\FLASHBACK/

"..." Sango looked down, "Kohaku..."

"K-Kohaku? Did you just say Kohaku?" Shuichi looked petrified.

"Yes. He's my younger brother. Why?" Sango asked.

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NOW

Shuichi sighed, and then shook her head, "No. I won't tell you. Not yet. I need to trust you all. Sorry." She looked down.

"Oh, don't worry. Inuyasha's still learning to trust!" Shippou said from Inuyasha's shoulder. Inuyasha punched Shippou to the right, so he landed in Kagome's arms, "Wahh! Kagome!"

Kagome was fuming, "SIT!"

CRASH!

"Ka...Go...Me!" Inuyasha's voice was muffled from the wads of dirt within his mouth. He got up and spat out dirt, "Why thehell did ya do that for!"

Kagome ignored Inuyasha, looking down at Shippou. Miroku and Sango sighed and sweatdropped as Shuichi was huge-eyed.

Within an hour or two, Kagome was whining, "Let us rest!" Kagome moaned.

"Yes, Inuyasha, we all need rest." Miroku said.

"Ride Kirara then. You can run, right?" Inuyasha asked Shuichi, as Kagome got onto his back, and Shippou leapt onto Kirara's large head.

Shuichi nodded, "I am an inu hanyou." She grinned and nodded. Inuyasha nodded and began running, Shuichi at the same exact pace, and Kirara not far above them, watching for any demons. Shuichi opened her mouth to speak, but her voice squeaked as a loud slap echoed the forest.

"Perv!" Sango was red, Miroku's face even redder on his left cheek. Miroku rubbed his cheek.

"Please forgive me, Sango! I cannot help myself!" Miroku pleaded.

"Then let me help you!" Sango clenched her kataana, "I will slice off your right hand, so you won't be cursed one bit!"

"Uh... No thanks..." Miroku looked to his right, not wanting to catch Sango's glare. Shippou sighed.

"Idiot..." Shippou murmured. Then the wind stirred eerily. Then bones clashed against the gang, "Wh-what is this?" Shippou asked, getting closer to Sango. Kirara growled in pain as a skull hit her head.

"Isn't this Kagura's attack?" Kagome asked, scared for her life on Inuyasha's back. She was clenching Inuyasha's haoris in pain.

"Yeah." Inuyasha growled. A minute later, tornados swirled around Shuichi, Inuyasha, and Kagome. Then all of a sudden, everything stopped, and Kagura was in front of them.

"Ah... Shuichi. So nice to see you once more. Shall I call Kohaku here to finish up your little fight?" Kagura snickered.

"..." Shuichi was trying real hard no to growl, but she was. Kagome got off of Inuyasha's back, allowing Inuyasha to unsheath the Tetsusaiga.

"Ah, poor doggy mad I almost killed his li'l friends? Too bad!" Kagura sent tornados right for Shuichi, but Inuyasha did Wind Scar, stopping the Dance of the Dragons. Naraku's voice echoed through the forest.

"Come back, Kagura." He said.

"What ever." Kagura took off a feather and flew off. Shuichi fell to her knees, quivering. Inuyasha put his sword away and looked over Kagome, seeing injuries. Then Shippou, Sango, and Miroku turned to Shuichi.

A silence wasn't Inuyasha's type of thing, "Girl, explain yourself."

"Naraku has been trying to get me... I helped him once, he seemed nice. Offered me shards. So I did, but then he tried to kill the girl I took. Ever since..." Shuichi explained.

"But why?" Miroku asked.

"He always has a plot. It usually has to do with either Kikyou, Kagome, or Inuyasha." Sango explained.

"B-but, I barely know any of you..." Shuichi said, looking up.

"He probably knows more than we do." Shippou said, jumping onto Miroku's shoulder.

"He's right." Kagome said, putting bandages on her wounds. Inuyasha just stood there, then he sniffed Shuichi. Shuichi twitched.

"You smell like..." Inuyasha took a step back, "Me."

"You!" everyone, including Shuichi, exclaimed. Inuyasha was almost about to fall.

"My nose ain't lyin'!" Inuyasha snapped, "She smells a bit like me, and a bit like Sesshoumaru!"

"Who is Sesshoumaru to you?" Shuichi asked immediately, now standing up.

More silence fell apon them, a dry wind made all their hair dance, covering half of Inuyasha and Shuichi's faces. Both gazed at each other dead in the eye for about two minutes, then Inuyasha folded his arms, "Older brother."

"O-older! He's... My... Older brother." Shuichi looked as though her spirit was yanked out of her.

"NANI!" Inuyasha fell to his bottom, "He... Can't be."

"He's the brother she told us about, isn't he?" Kagome went to Inuyasha's side.

"Yeah. He is SO cruel!" Shuichi sat down, legs criss-crossed, and folded her arms, "Che, having someone like him as a relative is too much. Every now and then he comes for me, asking me about Kohaku, since I smelled like him, and Rin."

"Now I see..." Miroku and Sango both said.

"Huh?" Shuichi turned some, looking up at Miroku, "What d'you mean, monk?"

"We mean, Sesshoumaru HATES it when someone kidnaps Rin." Shippou explained. Shuichi was stunned.

"But she's..."

"A human. We know. But he does care for her." Kagome smiled.

"Yeah. Weird demon, he is, huh?" Inuyasha sighed, as he got up, "Come on Shuichi, we need to learn some more about you."

"Inuyasha!" Kagome smiled.

"What?" he asked.

'Baka...' Shippou thought.

'Doesn't he noticed he hasn't said her name since we met?' Sango thought to herself. Until Miroku groped Sango. "PERVERT!" Sango slapped Miroku's face really hard.

"Idiot..." Inuyasha mumbled.

"Inuyasha, you trust Shuichi, don't you?" Kagome smiled softer now.

"Wha--" Inuyasha's eye twitched.

Shuichi walked next to Inuyasha, "You finally spoke my name, Inuyasha. That's how we all can tell."

"You are dense. Can't even tell you trust someone!" Shippou said. Inuyasha hit Shippou right off of Miroku's shoulder, and to the ground. Earning him a 'sit' from Kagome.