Chapter 2 Enter Fire Demon Brothers

"Can you three leave us?" Inuyasha asked his concerned friends. I sat in the grass beside him as I watched them leave me alone with this dog demon. "Can you find the jewel shards?" he asked not looking at me but looking past me as if there was someone behind me.

"You mean the Shikon Jewel?" I asked confused by his unusual question. He nodded his answer now focusing his gaze on me. I avoided eye contact and didn't answer his question.

"Can you find the jewel?" he persisted to ask.

"Why!"

"Because," he sighed, "I had this odd dream when I was unconscious.

"A dream, are you sure you weren't just sleep?" I asked sarcastically.

"Shut up and listen! You were there and so were Kagome and Kikio."

"Do you mean Kikio the prestest?" He nodded his answer and continued,

"She and Kagome changed into demons. Kagome was a fox and Kikio was a wolf. They each had half of the Shikon jewel hanging around their necks. They were facing each other in different sides of the sky. At first they were just standing there looking at the stars that surrounded them, but then it was like they noticed each other for the first time and didn't like what they saw. They both then charged towards each other and there was a blinding light. When the light disappeared you were standing there holding the whole jewel. Then you handed it to me, but instead of changing into a full demon I changed into a human. I didn't understand, and then you walked towards me and told me that Kagome and Kikio both gave you a gift and they both told you that you should use it to help me realize my true dream and power. There was a catch though,"

"A catch? What was it?"

"You had to trust yourself and your father and believe that the power he gave you will allow you to defeat all of your enemies. The gift Kagome gave you was to find the jewel shards." I watched as a tear tried to fall from his face. "You also told me that she didn't want me to cry over her and that her spirit will always be with me. Then I woke up." He looked at me oddly and said, "You can sense them you just have to try, and trust your father what ever that means." Then as if to promise me that all would work out he leaned in and brushed his lips over mine softly. Then he suddenly stood up. "We can't stay here, Naraku knows where we are." I was still a little dazed about the kiss and I wasn't really focused on what he was saying. "We have to go." He continued as he buttoned up his shirt.

"We can go to my house. My parents won't mind. Besides you'll get to meet my little brother Sonichi." I stated as I tried to stand to my feet. He smiled at me and nodded in agreement. We arrived at my house in ten minutes.

"You live with humans?" Miroku questioned surprised.

"Well I told you that I lived with a lot of half demons. Most of the time they are children who live with their human parents. Most of the families that are here are families that were rejected by the others for either having relations with humans, or having relations with demons. It's really quite sad actually, to think that your own kind can reject you because of who you choose to love as if you can control your emotions." I explained. Looking at the children walking around and their parents fixing dinner and cleaning. I wished that my family could be as happy as theirs. We arrived at my hut with dusk setting in and fire flies flying around every where. "Mother! Where are you!" I yelled loudly as I stepped into the hut. She came walking in the room with a broad smile on her face. It was obvious that she had spent all day drinking again.

"Where have you been!" she yelled as her words slurred together and her smile abruptly turned into a frown.

"I uhh, I was," I started, to ashamed of her to look at Inuyasha or the others.

"Save the excuses I've told you before, I don't except excuses! Your sister Sakura has been looking for you everywhere!" she spat. I erupted with anger and rage when she mentioned my sister as if she could do no wrong.

"She didn't come looking for me! I was only ten minutes away from the house! Sakura always lies to you and you always believe her over me! She was supposed to be watching Sonichi but amazingly he somehow followed me into the forest! But you know what I'm pretty sure that Sakura was watching him very closely and she new exactly where he was! If you love her so much why do you even need two daughters? It's not like I've ever done anything right for you! The only thing that she is actually good for is…" I exploded not paying attention to my awkward feeling guests.

"Are we interrupting something?" Inuyasha growled sarcastically. Hearing his voice pulled me out of my rage and I slowly started to breath again. Even though there was a distinct line of sarcasim and annoyance in his voice I couldn't help but wounded weather he really cared or not.

"Who are you!" my rude mother yelled as if she had lost her mind. She didn't take her eyes off of me shooting ice cycles at my heart every time she blinked. I gave her the same cold star back until she shifted her gaze from me to Inuyasha. She locked eyes with the dog demon and her face was engulfed with a smile. "Wow you are very handsome. You would make a wonderful husband for my daughter." She stated with the tone in her voice unusually soft. Inuyasha looked at me and his face turned red. My mother eyed me suspiciously and then shook her head. "I'm not talking about her, she's a useless daughter. I was referring to my oldest daughter. I'm sure she'll be very thrilled to meet you." I looked at the floor as my face turned red and burned from embarrassment.

"If you don't mind, unless your other daughter can find the jewel shards I'd rather stay with Sosha. She's just the person I need." he stated sarcastically. A smirk spread across my face as I thought of the one thing I could do that my sister couldn't. At that very moment Sakura came in the house with my brother following behind.

"Hi mother, I see that Sosha's back." She started as she walked into the hut. "I looked for you everywhere."

"Whatever you lair. I was only ten minutes away from the village. You were just too afraid to go into the forest to come and find me." I spat my anger slowly returning. She started to walk towards me after she saw Inuyasha looking at her with aggravation.

"Who's the cutie over there?" she squealed in a high pitch voice ignoring my last comment. "Is he your boyfriend? Is he here for me? Who is he? What's he like?" I looked at her disgusted.

"He's not here for you, he's mine I saw him first" I yelled angrily. Everyone looked at me and then at Inuyasha and I felt as though I could have died.

Inuyasha POV

I was looking at these three idiots arguing over me. Sakura was obviously older but she seemed to be dense. "We need to go." I said as I pulled on Sosha's arm trying to walk towards the door.

"What? I can't leave my family! I have to stay. Sorry, but there's know way I can't go." I looked at her getting more and more annoyed with every word that came out of her mouth. I just lost Kagome and I wasn't going to loose her to.

"We need you to come. You can find the jewel shards and you wont hold us up like," I couldn't finish my sentence. Every time I thought of Kagome I had a flash of either my dream or her calling my name as she was being killed. I quickly turned away from her and stomped off to the door. I started to walk out and I said, "If you don't come I'll just leave now!" I started to walk out of the door until I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"You can't leave yet. You have to let them know which one you want. We wouldn't want to let them argue about it all the time would we? You have to give them an answer. Unless," I didn't really want the answer. "Unless, you have them both." Miroku continued. I turned around when I heard Sango scolding him for his useless information. Sakura's hair was long like Sosha's. They looked exactly a like except that Sakura had a wolf tail instead of the annoying fox tail that Sosha had. I looked at Sosha and saw that she was sad. I couldn't believe that she was actually gonna let me leave. I moved away from the front of the door and flopped down on the ground beside it. I looked at Sosha and saw that she was looking at the ground sorrowfully.

"Are you gonna stay?" she asked dumbly. I leaned against the rock wall and closed me eyes.

"We'll stay but only for one night. Then you have to decide weather you're coming with us or staying here." I opened my eyes and saw that her eyes were damp with tears. "Hey! Why are you crying! I just wanted you to decide!"

"You could be a little more sensitive! I have one day to choose my family or the world! You're an arrogant, annoying, self-centered jerk!" she yelled as she put her hands on her hips, her eyes red and puffy from rubbing them. She stomped away to her room. The tone and volume of her voice actually scared me for a while, until she walked out of the room. 'What did I say? She's just overly sensitive.' I thought as I starred at the door that she had walked out of.

The Next Day

"Eat something Inuyasha. You have to keep up your strength." The old lady said as she placed tons of food on the table. I looked at Shippo and Miroku as they started to eat.

"Excuse me miss." Miroku said while taking a break from eating. "You have not told us your name." I looked at the woman at the end of table and noticed that she had an overwhelming resemblance of my own mother. When I realised this I quickly looked away. She placed her cup of sake down and looked at Miroku as if she was thinking about something.

"You know, I think you're right. I guess with all of the excitement I never really introduced my self. I'm Sakia Miro, that's nice of you to ask though." She then smiled and took another sip from her cup. "Where is everyone?" the old lady asked looking around. Confused I looked at the empty seats at the table and I knew what she meant, Sosha, Sango, Sakura, and Sonichi, where all missing from the table. I stood up and walked out of the hut looking for them. As soon as I walked out of the door I saw Sosha in her usual fuss looking for something. Then she turned to me and she started to cry.

"Why are you crying!" I asked as a tear fell from her already damp face. "You cry too much." I said avoiding eye contact because I couldn't stand seeing her cry.

Sosha's POV

I sat at the table looking at everyone. When my mother put the food on the table I noticed that my runt brother and my annoying sister where missing. Looking at Inuyasha I noticed that he wasn't eating but everyone else was happily enjoying my mother's breakfast. He was actually doing the same thing I was but I'm sure he had a different motive. I looked at my mother who seemed to not notice my siblings obvious absents from the table. I stood up and walked out of the hut looking for them. I was standing in front of the house when I heard someone come out behind me. I had hopped that it was Inuyasha but as I turned around I saw Sango standing there looking concerned.

"Where are you going?" she asked trying to figure out why I had left the house so early in the morning. When I was about to answer her I heard a sound. A sudden gleam of relief forced its way into my body. I walked over to the bush where I heard the sound.

"Sonichi is that you!" I moved the bushes out of the way and a boy from the neighborhood was standing their crying. "What's wrong?" I questioned disappointed. He held out his finger and there was a splinter in it. I picked him up the same way I picked up my brother. I removed the splinter. I carefully placed him down and he ran away. "Why are you here?" I asked as I looked at the little boy walking away.

"You're looking for Sonichi, your little brother?" I looked at her and I realized that for a moment I actually forgot about my little brother. The horror of my brother that was once in my heart suddenly returned. As soon as she asked that simple question.

"Yes," I said as I looked down. "He has never been gone this long before breakfast. He loves to eat, and there is nothing on this Earth that could keep him away from a good hot meal." I took in a deep breath and I continued, "I know that there's something wrong. They never come out this early. He's probably with Sakura but she's an air head so who knows where they are." I said as a lump started to form in my throat and tears formed in my eyes. I couldn't stop thinking about my poor lost little brother as tears formed in my eyes. I turned my head and looked away from her. Looking back at the hut I saw Inuyasha slowly emerge from the door. He was looking at me with a blank emotionless face; it seemed as if he knew that I'd done something wrong. I looked down ant the tears that where falling down my face hit the dirt ground.

"Why are you crying now!" he asked a little confused and annoyed. "You shouldn't cry there's no point in wasting your tears."

"I'm sure that they're okay." Sango said as she attempted to comfort me. I took in another deep breath and the cold stale air filled my lungs. I began to relax as I noticed the sun shining brighter. I started to walk towards the forest when I heard a piercing scream from outside of the village.

"S, Sakura?" I whispered as I began to run in the direction of the scream. I was positive that the scream belonged to my older sister. I ran through the forest as Inuyasha and Sango followed. We arrived in a field not to far away from the river. The green grass that once grew in the field was burned and stained with blood.

"Sosha!" I heard someone yell. I looked across from me and my little brother was on the ground crying. He looked as though he had been fighting he was bleeding from a wound that he had in his stomach. His white kimono was covered in blood. His long brown hair also had blood in it. I ran over to him and picked him up.

"Where's Sakura?" I whispered as my little brother winched in pain. He lifted his finger and pointed over my shoulder. I heard Inuyasha growling and I turned around. I stood up and walked my brother over to Sango. "Can you take him back to my mom?" I asked as handed him to her. I walked away and ignored my brother's pleas to stay. I looked at the two demons that where fighting with my siblings. One of them was big a very muscular. He had wild hair that fell past his shoulders. The other was smaller in physique but looked to be older. His aura was much more powerful that the others. The smaller one was holding my sister by her wrist and smirking. "Who are you!" I barked looking into his bright red eyes. I could tell by my sisters battered clothes that she had been fighting him, but he didn't have a scratch on him.