"Sasuke! Sasuke! Wake up!" Sakura shook her brother. No movements were made. "Sasuke…" Sakura started to cry. Sesshomaru heard the scream, and so did Inuyasha. They ran into the room to where Sakura was crying. "Sakura. Doustano?" Sesshomaru asked. "Sasuke." Was all she could say. Sesshomaru walked over to her brother. He examined the mirror pieces. "It has a curse on it. Hinako laid a deep curse that will affect him for only a while. For now, it presumably seems like he is dead, but Sasuke isn't. He just passed out from too much exposure to this kind of curse. Come." Sesshomaru offered his hand to Sakura and she took it. Sesshomaru turned to Inuyasha, who was admiring that scene just now and glared straight into his eyes. "You want to help the lady?" Sesshomaru chuckled. "Feh. Do I look like that kind of dog to you?" Inuyasha rolled his eyes and picked up Sasuke.
Kagome looked out to the door. 'What was that?' She was curious, but she knew she had responsibilities that had to be taken care of until later that night. "I will finish this later. But I'm so curious! I wanna know what is happening! God! I have been missing out a lot these days! Huh?" Kagome felt a pulse. 'A jewel shard is nearby? I have to tell the others!' Kagome was just about to open the door when the door sprang open with Sesshomaru right there. "Kagome. Since you're a miko, you can help." Sesshomaru walked passed her. 'So much for being in love.' Kagome turned around. Then came Inuyasha and Sasuke on his back. "Oh! Inuyasha! I wanted to tell you something! I felt a pulse earlier. It is a really big jewel shard out there in the woods!" Kagome's words came out as fast as she was excited. "Uh, Kagome. I'll go and kill whatever that thing is and take the jewel. You help this guy first." Inuyasha laid Sasuke on the bed. "Um, right! I'll do my best." Kagome said. 'At least I got some training from Kaeda-obaachan.' Kagome sighed. "Ano, Sesshomaru, about it…What was that all about?" Kagome stared at the demon lord. "Hmph. Don't take it for granted. It rarely happens. Now see what you can do to wake him up." Sesshomaru stated. "Okay. What happened though?" Kagome asked. "Miko. Don't ask stupid questions. Just heal him and I will get the hell out. You hear me?" Sesshomaru grumbled. "Fine. Be like that. Just tell me what happened then I will know how to heal him, smart ass." Kagome muttered. Sesshomaru's demon hearing picked that up and he glared at her. "Say that again, and I'll rip your head off!" Sesshomaru growled. "Haha. So, acting so lord-like aren't we? Can you just tell me already?" Kagome returned that glare. "Fine. He touched a cursed mirror. And he passed out. Then you are here in the story. Happy?" Sesshomaru raised a brow. "That was very descriptive, Fluffy-kun!" Kagome smiled widely. Sesshomaru couldn't stand it any longer. Using the nickname that his mother gave him for an unforeseeable reason was just boiling. His blood boiled and, if you could see it, steam was spurting out. "THAT IS IT! I HAVE HAD IT TO HERE!" Sesshomaru lunged toward her and instead of moving, Kagome stood there and kissed him. All of reality stopped then. Then, breaking into reality again, Kagome laughed. "You actually stopped! I thought you were going to kill me! Haha!" Kagome continued laughing. "Whatever. Just heal him, okay?" Sesshomaru blushed a bit, but tried very hard to keep it in. "Okay. So, oh my god. I don't really like to do this but, we have to remove his clothes." Kagome wailed. "What's wrong with that?" Sesshomaru asked. "You people are so perverted sometimes you know! I'm a girl, and he's a he! Get it!" Kagome spat and continued to whine. "OH! The gender thing. You aren't gonna remove his lower part are you?" Sesshomaru winced at that thought. "YOU DIRTY MINDED DEMON!" Kagome covered her ears and ran out.
Inuyasha looked around in the forest. 'Is Kagome really sure about the jewel shard being here?' Inuyasha asked himself. Then before him, was a serpent demon. "Inuyassssssha!" It hissed. "Hinako. So you've found the jewels, huh? Spit it out or else I will make you!" Inuyasha released Tetsusaiga. "Ssssso. The ninja fell for it. He wasssn't wisse at all, now was he?" Hinako laughed, "I only found 5 shards, but they will make me strong enough for the great lord to like me. But liking is not enough!" Hinako opened her jaws and hit the ground. "Heh! Too slow!" Inuyasha said that too soon. Hinako didn't have one head, but two! "Oh shit!" Hinako bit down on Inuyasha. (A/N: He isn't dead though!) "God! What the hell smells in here? Okay. Finding a way out. Tetsusaiga!" Inuyasha ran across the tongue and smashed Tetsusaiga against the canine of the snake. "Damn! It is as hard as Ryukotsusei's body! That leaves one choice, Kaze no Kizu!" Inuyasha let the wind scar out and hit Hinako's head off. "Yes!" Inuyasha jumped out of the neck and onto Hinako's other head. "You bastard! You know how long it took me to get that other head!" Hinako hissed and swished her body around. "Heh! Like I really care!" Inuyasha took a hold of Tetsusaiga and stabbed it onto her head. "Arrrgghh! This can't be! I still need more power! Kehhh!" Hinako's corpse collapsed on the ground below. "Now, finding the jewel before it gets all back together again. Inuyasha looked for it and then he saw something shiny. "Ha! Got you!" Inuyasha took it out of Hinako's heart and put it into his haori. "Now heading back!" Inuyasha leaped onto the trees and flew back to the castle, not knowing what will hit him on his way back.
While Inuyasha leaped through the forest, he scented Kikyo. 'Kikyo…Kutsu! Why does she have to appear now?' Inuyasha growled. "Oh, Inuyasha. I knew you would come!" Kikyo purred. "Shut up! I don't have time for you and your crappy shit!" Inuyasha tried to move out of the way, but Kikyo's shikigami blocked the way and attacked him. "That isn't the way to treat your former girlfriend, and soon to be living with her in hell." Kikyo gave him a crossed look. "Kutsu! How many times do we have to go through this shit? I'm tired of it and I need to help someone that needs help right at this moment!" Inuyasha yelled. "Oh? Is that so? I thought you wanted to kill that lowly bitch of a reincarnation of mine for me! I thought you chose me!" Kikyo had tears streaming in her eyes. "Kikyo, I don't anything to do with you anymore! I want a new life! I don't want some crazed bitch who wants to kill some innocent person's life!" Inuyasha clenched his fists. "Gone soft because of that reincarnation of mine, eh? Fine. Then choose her over me. But she won't choose you…" Kikyo was grabbed by the neck and held in the air. "What did you say?" Inuyasha was dead serious. "I mean that that girl has another lover. And you don't want to know who." Kikyo sneered. "Who is it! Tell me!" Inuyasha demanded. "It is none other than that full-demon brother of yours. I saw everything. She does have my soul, you know. I can use my miko powers and connect it to hers." Inuyasha dropped Kikyo to the ground. He thought that he could start another life again, just with Kagome, but it was smothered by some half brother of his. "How in the f world did you find this shit about?" Inuyasha stared deeply into Kikyo's eyes. "Simple. I just was wonder what you guys were doing, so I used my miko powers to lock it on to my previous soul. And during that time, I didn't see her with you, but with your brother. He left and she was reading something that made her cry. That got me really curious. So, I dug deeper into her heart, and what I found, she wasn't ready for a new love with your brother. She was scared that he was going to be just like you. Isn't that funny?" Kikyo chuckled. "No, it isn't, Kikyo. She couldn't accept me because of that incident…But I can always try to get her back!" Inuyasha re-clenched his fists and took off. "What a bastard. Still can't give up on a traitor like her." Kikyo called her shikigami and disappeared.
Kagome continued to wail. "God damn! Shut up already! I get it! So can you heal him in another way?" Sesshomaru hollered, still covering his ears. "Umm…I can't really think of another way, but I can try to clear his mind first. But the rest, you have to figure it out. It is a gender thing. Get a male priest to help you." Kagome then sighed and looked at her hand. She concentrated on her powers to bring out a bluish green color. "Nani?" Sesshomaru bent down. "Shh!" Kagome scolded. Sesshomaru immediately shut up. "Okay. Now, remove his mask so I can heal him." Just when Sesshomaru was about to do that, Sakura burst in and stopped them. "You can't!" Sakura yelled. "Hey! You want your brother to get healed or not?" Kagome grunted. "Hai, I do. But this is the part that you can't take off. It resembles everything." Sakura turned away. Kagome whispered to Sesshomaru, "Is she talking about the private part or his mask?" Sesshomaru rolled his eyes and smacked Kagome across the head. "OW! What the hell was that for?" Kagome rubbed her head in pain. "You say I have a dirty mind? Look at you!" Sesshomaru scolded. "Hey! I was just wondering!" Kagome spat. "Umm…If your wondering, I'm talking about the mask. It resembles our village. If you take it off, he won't be part of it any longer." Sakura fell to her knees. "Oh, sorry. Maybe you can tell them that they didn't remove his mask!" Kagome clasped her hands together. "That won't work. They will know. Sasuke will act strange after words. I'm so scared. He is the strongest ninja in our village…I don't know what to do…" Sakura wept. Kagome knelt down to comfort her. "Daijoubou. Sasuke will be alright. We'll think of something. Do you want him to live or die? That my dear friend, is in your hands. His life depends on you." Kagome pushed herself back up and sat next to Sasuke's body. Sesshomaru turned his head to the door. Inuyasha burst in. "Kagome!" Inuyasha was taken over by his demon side. "Kagomeeee!" Inuyasha lunged at her. Sesshomaru unsheathed Tokujin, but Inuyasha easily dodged it. Sakura tried to perform a spell but was too late. "INUYASHAAAA!" Kagome screamed.