A/N: First off, I'd REALLY like to apologise to everyone for not updating sooner, but I've been REALLY REALLY busy… but I have a little time now, so I typed up some responses… oookay. Here we go. And I also corrected some mistakes. And if it means anything at all, I have flu. The doctor said not to have refridgerated water, aerated drinks and spicy food. ...I decided to exclude Pepsi and potato chips...

I'll be putting the current status of this story on my profile page… will update it almost daily.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. If I did, I'd buy lots of chains… big ones… don't ask me how it relates to owning Inuyasha…

Demons are immortal: Yay or nay? That episode where Shippou and that little girl's there, along with that Black Bearded Cat… Kiroro or Kuroro or something, after his finger gets hurt, WHAT THE HELL DID HE SAY after she expresses her concern for the wound? I really wansta know.

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Brothers Unite

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Kagome scrambled up from her sitting position. Kouga was shouting now, swearing bloody revenge. "Kouga! Calm down… what's happening to you?" Kagome asked him, horrified as his eyes turned red.

Kouga didn't reply. Ginta and Hakkaku both stood up. "King Yasashiku told us not to waste any time. Kouga, come with us," Ginta said quietly. Kagome looked at him, not used to this sombre mood of the two usually slightly moronic "right and left hand" men of Kouga.

Kouga calmed down a bit. "Kagome, you stay. I have to take care of this," he bit out, an angry undertone in his voice. Kagome shook her head. "No, Kouga, let me come with you. I want to help. I'll –"

"Kagome, do as I say. You'll only come in the way. I'm going now." With that, Kouga took off at high speed, a tornado quickly forming around him. "Kouga! Hold on!" Kagome yelled after him, but it was no use. He was gone.

"Wait, Kouga! Geez, he forgot us again…"

Ginta and Hakkaku hurried after Kouga. Kagome looked at the horizon in the direction where Kouga had disappeared, tears blurring her vision. I have to go and help him, she thought resolutely. She couldn't bear the thought of sitting around doing nothing while Kouga went and put himself in danger.

I bet Sango, Miroku and Inuyasha would want to come along too, she thought again as she picked up her bow and arrows. But where are they?

She closed her eyes and concentrated. Might as well put my powers to use. In her mind's eye, she saw a confusing mixture of colours blurring into each other. She immediately opened her eyes and looked to her left. Their auras seemed to be stronger in that direction.

Kagome took out an arrow and hacked away at the brambles, making a path straight to where she sensed them. I have to hurry.

After a while, she reached a clearing. Miroku, Sango, Inuyasha and Shippou were sitting around, and looked up at her. They seemed to have been in a deep conversation. Sango stood up.

"Kagome…? What happened?"

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When I find that bastard, I'll tear his fucking head right off his neck and –

Murderous thoughts were all that were on his mind as Kouga sped onwards towards home. He knew who must have attacked his tribe. There was no doubt about it. Hakkaku had told him that when the males were out hunting, a hundred and more demons had suddenly appeared from the sky and massacred the population of his wolf clan. The children weren't spared. Nor were the wolves or females.

Only Naraku could have arranged that.

Just the thought of sinking his claws inside that bastard and ripping his heart out spurred Kouga to run faster, and even the tornado was left behind as the trees blurred in patches of brown, yellow and green.

Suddenly, a white ball of light appeared before him, but Kouga was sprinting so fast that it was soon left behind. He took no notice. There were more important things at hand to do, and inspecting flashes of light wasn't one of them.

Kouga was in such a foul mood that even Ginta and Hakkaku dared not approach him too closely. But truth be told, they couldn't get near him even if they wanted to. At this rate, they'd be home by nightfall.

As the skies darkened to a deep navy blue, Kouga slowed his pace down. A vile stench assaulted his senses. The stench of blood and burning flesh. They had reached his territory.

Kouga came to a stop at the top of the small cliff where the waterfall was situated. As he looked down, his knees almost gave out. Countless bodies of wolves and various demons littered the base, staining the water black with their multicoloured blood. A few of the wolf demons were still fighting an eight foot slug, trying to stab it with spears. It was a losing battle.

Already maddened with demon bloodlust, Kouga jumped directly onto the slug's head and pierced both its eyes with his fists. It fell to the ground, spurting a dirty brown blood which darkened the little stream even more.

The remaining fighters gave a subdued cheer as Kouga turned to face them. They had lost many men, and there wasn't any hope. Kouga raised a hand, and immediately they quietened down. "Where is the King and Queen?" he bellowed out, trying to ignore the smoke billowing out from behind the waterfall. "Where are my parents?"

A raven haired wolf demon stepped forward. His armour was cracked and he was covered with maroon blood. "They are at the heart of the territory, Kouga. They are trying to defend the last of the pups. We were preparing to go and fight the demons there, but we were atta–"

But Kouga had already gone, speeding into the forest. The heart of the territory was where the unmated females and pups were kept… without them, there wouldn't be a tribe in the near future.

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Kagome shifted around restlessly on Inuyasha's back as he bounded towards Kouga's homeland. "Can't you go any faster?" she yelled at him. "I'm going as fast as I can, now shut it!" he shouted back at her, but sped up none the less.

Kirara, with Sango, Miroku and Shippou on her back, followed them from the air. It was getting dark, and they had covered a fair bit of distance, but Inuyasha and Kirara showed no signs of tiring.

By nightfall, they had reached the outskirts of the wolf territory. Inuyasha stopped and smelled the air, and started running again. Kirara flew over the treetops, deviating slightly from their path. "Hey, she's –" Kagome began, but Inuyasha cut her off. "Kirara's taking the direct route… here," he skidded and turned abruptly to the left.

The trees gave way to a large grassy clearing, and it seemed like the ground stopped a few paces ahead of them. A small stream flowed out the forest and black smoke rose into the air where the water disappeared. Kirara was standing nearby. Sango, Miroku and Shippou were standing at the edge, looking at something below the edge.

Momentarily confused, Kagome looked around while climbing off Inuyasha's back. "Where –" she started and then she realised that they were probably standing on top of the cliff.

Hesitantly, she made her way to the edge. As she looked over it below, a horrid sight met her eyes. The remaining wolf demons were picking up their weapons among countless dead bodies. A few more staggered out the secret entrance of the cave with burnt arms or legs or even faces.

Kagome's stomach clenched up when she didn't see Kouga anywhere. She hurried to Inuyasha. "Take me down there," she said firmly. Inuyasha looked at the dismal scene below and then back at her. "Are you sure you want to –"

"Hurry up." Kagome had already climbed up on Inuyasha's back. He shrugged and took a direct jump below. As soon as he touched the ground, Inuyasha coughed and held up the sleeve of his haori to his nose. Kagome too wrinkled her nose. The stench was too much to bear; Inuyasha quickly took a whiff of the air, and found a faint trace of Kouga's scent.

He nodded up at the air, and sped off into the forest; eager to avoid the smell of death. Kirara followed him, flying as high as possible.

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Naraku smirked as he looked into Kanna's mirror. This was what he lived for. This chaos he created… and the reactions which it caused… were most amusing.

But there was a reason, of course. There was a reason for everything. Quite simply, Naraku wanted the land to the east. The land occupied by Kouga's tribe. He would have preferred no one know that it was he who attacked them, of course, but Kikyou turned out to be a bad choice.

He made a mental note to send one of his creations, not puppets, to deal with her later. She was turning out to be quite an irritating itch in his plan. Two pieces of the puppet – a wooden heart with hair lying below it – were still on the small dais where it was kept.

"Kanna. You may leave now. And clean up before you do." Naraku waved his hand imperiously at her, and stood up. Kanna nodded dispassionately and picked up the wooden pieces before exiting Naraku's room.

Naraku walked to one end of the room and slid open the door, looking out into the back of the small patch of wasteland which was his castle in the northeast.

"I wonder what he wants. Maybe I should just let him in… after all, he did prove weaker than me."

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"L-Lord Sesshoumaru! This must be a trap! You don't think –"

"Silence."

"S-sorry, milord… I –"

But Sesshoumaru had already entered the glowing dome through the hole in the barrier, and Jaken bounced off of it when he tried to follow his lord. The barrier was meant to allow Sesshoumaru alone.

Rin turned Ah-Un around and began leading the two-headed demon back down the hill. Jaken looked at her, and then back at the barrier. Finally, he shrugged and hurried after Rin, cursing all the way.

Sesshoumaru paused for a moment as he entered Naraku's castle. It was unusual for him to let a powerful demon like Sesshoumaru, who was looking to kill Naraku, enter his castle. He pondered on the thought that Jaken was probably right; this must be a trap.

But Sesshoumaru wasn't one who fell for traps. He readied his Toukijin and strode forward. No one was in sight; not even that wench Kagura. Maybe Naraku had abandoned this place and the barrier must have weakened in his absence.

He left the handle of Toukijin and turned around again to leave. There was no use in fighting whatever insignificant demon Naraku had probably set up for him to battle against. It was Naraku he wanted to destroy; Naraku, who had dared insult him.

"Sesshoumaru. I do wish you could stay for tea."

Without batting an eyelid, Sesshoumaru turned to face his nemesis. Naraku was standing before him in his baboon pelt, a smirk visible on his lips under the baboon's snout.

"It is polite for the host to invite the guest personally. A servant will not do. Nor will a puppet." With that, he slashed the pelt-clad figure in half. A purplish smoke escaped the pelt; but Sesshoumaru was unaffected by the poisonous miasma.

A hazy figure could be made out through the smoke. Sesshoumaru drew out his sword. Without wasting any more time, he charged at the real Naraku. He leapt up high and slashed his sword through the air. Blue light erupted from it, heading straight towards Naraku.

But Naraku held up his hand, and the blue light deflected off the newly created barrier. As the light spread in all directions, Sesshoumaru landed deftly on his feet and charged at Naraku again.

"Prepare for death, Naraku," he said dispassionately as his sword penetrated the barrier and pierced Naraku's abdomen. Naraku smirked at him and stepped backwards so that the sword was drawn out of his guts.

Sesshoumaru could only watch emotionlessly as his sword was enveloped in a green substance, which slowly creeped up his arm and disappeared into his skin. A minute later, he was struggling to stand up.

Naraku let out a delighted chuckle as Sesshoumaru went down on one knee. "I'll leave you to your misery, then. But wait, on the other hand, you may need someone to comfort you on the brink of death… ah, here they come."

A hundred and more demons appeared suddenly in the sky, all making a beeline for Sesshoumaru. Their mouths were salivating; Sesshoumaru had been promised to them.

"Why not try to absorb me again, Naraku?" Sesshoumaru asked him. Naraku looked at him. "I have no further use for you. Besides, I have to feed my soldiers… I take it you'll not agree to transform into your true dog form…? To give them more meat…?"

Sesshoumaru's eyes turned red. "Fool! Never… never…" he started to yell, but the demons were upon him. He shook off the ones which were trying to bite his arm off, and collapsed on the ground.

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"You have to give credit to the man. He's not crying out even though he's being eaten alive."

Kanna was once again in his room, holding out her mirror for her master to overlook the situation in the wolf territory. "Sometimes, I almost wish you could move a muscle in your face, Kanna. It can get drab around you after a while," Naraku continued conversationally.

"Hm. That boy turned out to be very useful indeed. I am glad Sesshoumaru did not kill him," he said after a moment of looking into the mirror. Suddenly, a loud crash was heard outside his room, but Naraku didn't budge from his place to inspect it.

"What a pain."

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Kouga was deep in the forest now, heading towards the hilly region where all the dens were. As he drew closer to it, the smell of death once again assailed his senses. Every muscle in his legs strained as he coaxed them to move faster, and the tornado around him was now destroying everything within a ten foot range.

At long last, the tree thinned out and finally cleared, giving Kouga a good look of his part of the territory where the wolf tribe of the east lived. On any other day, small pups would be frolicking around, their mothers sitting around or doing various chores, and the elders would be on the top of the tallest hill, discussing gravely about something or the other. At night the young wolves fresh out of training would be sleeping on their night guard duty, an ear open just in case Kouga decided to come along to inspect them.

But today they were lying on the ground, not sleeping, but dead. Kouga knelt on one knee and took the hand of one particular youngster; he looked to be about thirteen, and his chest had a gaping hole in it. His face was frozen in an expression of surprise; he must've been hit from the back.

Grimly, Kouga shut his eyelids and stood up, swearing to bury all his kinsmen personally after he dealt with Naraku. He threw a sweeping glance over the entire place. There were two rows of hills (rising into mountains farther off) stretching right and left. One seemed to be missing in the first row, making a circle of hills with an opening like a horseshoe. It was the perfect place for a whole clan or tribe to live. They were dotted with entrances to dens.

Kouga's feet felt like they were planted to the ground when he saw a huge group of demons at the entrance to the topmost den; the den where his parents lived. With a roar, he sprinted straight up the slope of the hill. Ignoring all the dead bodies littered around, he took a high jump and landed directly on the small level ground outside the cave.

He slashed a demon which was straying behind the group and sped inside. The den was pretty large and there weren't any torches. He followed a wide passage, killing all the demons one by one as he progressed. At last, only a few of the vile creatures were left, snivelling at his feet, trying to escape; but Kouga flattened them with his heel before entering the anteroom.

"Dad!"

A wolf demon was backed up in a corner, a huge demon ready to strike him. Kouga quickly delivered a spinning kick to its neck, making the demon fall to the ground at the side. It quickly disappeared into fine dust.

"Thank you, son."

The Wolf King Yasashiku was a slight man. His tail had a certain droop to it, and his shoulders hunched ever so little. His face was wrinkled with age, and his hair was white, matching his tail fur. He waved a weathered hand at his son.

"Go on inside. Your mother is waiting." At his words, Kouga hesitated a bit. Ginta did say that his father had sent for him; not his mother. She must still be angry at him over the mate problem. When Kouga had left home, she hadn't thought that he had it in him to start a tribe of his own, and they had had a huge row over it. She had seemed really enraged that he was without an alpha female.

After giving his father a brief hug, he braced himself and entered another passage leading to the inner cave. It seemed like eternity until he entered the large room. The floor was completely covered with fur, and his mother sat right in the middle of a large group of children and wolves.

"Mother." Kouga nodded stiffly at her. The old wolf demon glared up at him. Kouga gulped and shifted his feet slightly. Then, suddenly, she scrambled up and embraced him tightly. "Kouga! Where have you been? Oh, this is so terrible…"

Kouga was unnerved by the fact that his mother was moved to tears. He had never seen her cry in his entire life; even when his grandfather had been killed by a dog demon. But there were first times for everything, he thought.

He patted her on the back and pulled away to look her over. She was old, like his father, but her blue eyes still shone brightly and her posture still straight and proud. She was the true leader of the tribe to the northwest, where they came from. His father had been a commoner in the tribe whom she had fallen in love with.

Just as he opened his mouth to say something, a loud crash was heard outside. The children in the room shrieked and the wolves howled loudly. Kouga immediately let go of his mother and sprinted out again.

"… Kagura."

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"Come on, hurry up…" Kagome muttered as she dug her heels into Inuyasha's sides. "Shut up! I'm trying!" he retorted. "It's hard to follow a scent at high speed!"

"Well, just follow Kirara then. She's much better at it than you are."

"Bitch."

"Dumb pole."

"You're not very good at insulting people."

"It's because I've got better things to do, idiot."

"Well, it gives me certain satisfaction. … Dumbass."

"Enough, Inuyasha. Just shut up."

Even though it wasn't all that pleasant, bickering with Inuyasha calmed Kagome down somewhat. At least here was something which wouldn't change at all.

Inuyasha suddenly skidded to a halt. Trees with thick trunks blocked their path; it was a dead end. Inuyasha looked up at the sky and waved Kirara to go on. He then clutched Kagome tighter. "I'm going to jump up, okay?" he said. Kagome nodded and tightened her hold on his shoulders.

"Stop."

Inuyasha turned around slowly and let Kagome down. It was his half brother Sesshoumaru. "What the fuck do you want? I'm busy," he snapped at him. Kagome inched behind slowly, and took note of Sesshoumaru's appearance. His clothes were bloodstained and his armour had cracked. The Tenseiga was glowing faintly.

"I have come to get the Tessaiga." Sesshoumaru replied, flexing the claws of hisright hand as he got down from the two headed beast Ah-Un. He charged at Inuyasha without warning, hand outstretched not for the sword, but for Inuyasha's left shoulder.

"Not that crap again!" Inuyasha snarled and sprang up, avoiding Sesshoumaru's claws. Sesshoumaru didn't bother replying. He too jumped after Inuyasha and in the blink of an eye, rose till Inuyasha's eye level and cut his left arm off with his poisonous whip.

"INUYASHA! NO!"

Inuyasha's mind barely registered the fact that he no longer had a left hand. He flailed about in midair and plummeted down to earth again, a look of shock on his face. Sesshoumaru floated till the ground, still clutching his arm.

"Now for the sword, Inuyasha. Hand it over." Sesshoumaru said coldly, and to Kagome's horror, attached the severed limb to his own shoulder socket. The joints glowed for a moment, and the skin melded seamlessly together. Kagome ran to Inuyasha's side, and tore his haori sleeve, attempting to stem the flow of blood while tying the stump of his left hand up.

"You need a half demon's help now, do you?" Inuyasha growled. Sesshoumaru looked down at him, but didn't reply. "How does it feel to have dirty blood flowing through your veins, half brother?" Inuyasha ventured again.

"That blood will soon be purged and my own pure blood will replace it. But I must say your amateurish delaying tactics aren't working on me. Hand over the Tessaiga!"

"If your blood replaces it, then you'll not be able to hold the Tessaiga."

"You are wrong. The flesh is yours, and that is enough."

While Inuyasha was thinking about something to say, Sesshoumaru cast his whip at his sheath and drew out the Tessaiga. It flew through the air and Sesshoumaru caught it with his left hand deftly. He pointed the tip at Inuyasha.

"Today you shall not escape. You die… by your own hand."

And he brought up the Tessaiga and slashed it through the air. Blinding yellow light flashed from it, scurrying towards Inuyasha and Kagome.

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"Just thought I should tie up the ends in this battle, what say you?" Kagura smirked. Kohaku was standing right beside her, brown eyes blank and staring off into space. She raised the fan to cover half her face as she laughed.

Kouga growled and bent his knees, ready for battle. Kagura tutted. "Do you really think you can beat me? Don't you remember what happened last time? Maybe it's time to remind you again." Kagura gave her fan a dainty little flick. Nothing happened.

Kouga ran at her, fists ready. "Bitch…" Kagura dodged his first punch, but seemed to be in a pretty jovial mood for someone whose ace in the hole trick didn't work. Or so it seemed…

Kouga watched as a large group of corpses climbed over the edge and entered the den. He readied himself for battle again, swearing to himself that he wouldn't mutilate any of his brothers' and sisters' bodies even as they advanced upon him.

He hit the first one, a young female wolf demon, with the back of his hand. She fell down almost immediately, but was replaced by another one near instantaneously.

Kouga could sense them behind him. "Don't come in the way father… you too mother. This fight is mine," he said, and punched another corpse. And so he punched, kicked or just simply pushed the animated corpses until only him, Kagura and Kohaku stood. His parents had already retreated inside.

Kagura's smirk was still in place. "No… I didn't really expect that to stop you, I guess. Well, I'll have to deal with you myself, then." She raised her fan high. "Kohaku, you better not watch… well, on the other hand, I do want someone to see this…"

She brought down the fan, and three glowing blades of light emerged from thin air, slashing Kouga's feet even before he dodged them. Kouga cried out and tried to run closer to Kagura, but was forced to the side as Kohaku's sharp weapon shot out towards him. How moronically heroic of him… he would've made a good enemy of Naraku's if he weren't so weak. Pity. All the same, I have no use for him.

"It's time to end this once and for all!"

Kouga's last thoughts were that he was glad Kagome wasn't here. As Kagura's blade cut through his chest, four words could be made out as blood spilled from his mouth. "I love you, Kagome…"

How annoying. He almost accomplished in making me throw up. Kagura folded her fan and chuckled. There was no way the demon could survive. The blade had gone clean through his heart. She could see the ground through the hole she had made there. As the blasted wolf's parents hurried out to weep on their dead son's body, Kagura took out the feather from her hair and lifted off into the air, leaving Kohaku to finish them off.

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As Kagome saw the light of the Wind Scar, all her thoughts were on how to avoid it. She knew there was no way, but it felt like there was. She thought back to the time where Naraku had managed to avoid the Scar… with the help of a barrier. But how could she make one? She wasn't a demon, she was a priestess…

"That's it!"

With no time to lose, she quickly took out her bow and held it in front of Inuyasha, ignoring his looks of surprise. Hope this works… closing her eyes, she concentrated hard, imagining the light being deflected, stopped… hope there isn't supposed to be a spell for this…

A pink shield formed around the both of them. Kagome opened her eyes and gasped. It was like a soap bubble, pink blobs writhing on the surface of the shield, contracting and expanding… and flashed bright as the Wind Scar hit them. She could only screech as the shield pulsed, but it held. She had done it. She had succeeded in protecting Inuyasha, and herself.

Sesshoumaru didn't seem to be disappointed… or anything, in fact, as his face held the same stony expression. Kagome wondered where that toad and the little girl were, but pushed it aside.

"Very good, wench. You have passed the test. You shall come with me now."

What? Kagome stood up and scrambled away as Sesshoumaru lunged at her. Inuyasha fisted his right hand and buried them in Sesshoumaru's face. "Not so fast, bastard!"

But Inuyasha got a close-up of his own familiar claws as Sesshoumaru cracked his jaw without loosening his hold on the sword. Inuyasha growled. He couldn't take it anymore. A heartbeat. Two heartbeats. Inuyasha's eyes turned red, and his fangs and claws lengthened.

Sesshoumaru had now grabbed hold of Kagome's waist and was halfway up Ah-Un when he felt Inuyasha's claws raking through the back of his neck. He dropped her immediately and turned to face the transformed Inuyasha.

"Ah yes. Now to get rid of my pest of a brother."

Sesshoumaru was still clutching the Tessaiga with his left hand. He raised it high above his head and prepared to cleave Inuyasha's head in two, but Inuyasha sank his fangs into Sesshoumaru's wrist, and wrenched the Tessaiga out of his grasp.

As soon as Inuyasha got hold of the Tessaiga, he returned to normal. He stumbled a bit, and straightened up. "Kagome. Behind me." He ordered her, and she quickly scrambled beside him. "You've gone too far, Sesshoumaru. It's time to end this. Hand over your swords!" Inuyasha yelled at him.

Sesshoumaru smirked. "Will you fight me while I am unarmed? I did not think you would sink quite so low," he shot back at him. Inuyasha shook his head. "I won't fight you, Sesshoumaru. But I know who took that bite out of your shoulder. It was Naraku," Inuyasha said, gesturing at a gaping wound on Sesshoumaru's left shoulder where the armour had crumbled away, spikes and all.

At Naraku's name, Sesshoumaru's eyes turned red. "Do not speak to me of that fool!" he growled. Inuyasha grunted. "Listen. I have a deal to make with you. If you agree, it'll be possible to defeat Naraku. What do you say?"

Sesshoumaru's smirk widened. "So you think I'll make a deal with the likes of you?" he snapped. Inuyasha shrugged and, with a swift motion, relieved Sesshoumaru of the Toukijin and Tenseiga. "What's this? Getting slow in your old age? Or is it that you've been weakened by the 'fool'?" Inuyasha grinned. Ah, so Sesshoumaru did use up all his energy to capture Kagome. What a waste.

Sesshoumaru's red eyes were glinting dangerously, but he didn't transform into his true form. He couldn't. He had no energy left, and the poison of Naraku's was going to kill him sooner or later. It was the first time Sesshoumaru was helpless. He took a silent oath to kill Inuyasha after Naraku was dead.

"I knew you'd come to your senses."

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A/N: RESPONSES!

Kei-Ookami.kara.mori: Is it palatable? I'm getting a bit hungry…

Pointy Objects: The stories are pretty good… read some of them, even though I'm not a very big fan of AU stories, ya know… anyway. Thanks for reviewing! Yours faithfully, bitchdemon. Ehehehe… Dunno what made me say that. Because I'm not a demon… AHAHAHA

Nikkita: AGH! Another mistake! .:tears out hair:. … why does this keep happening! … Thanks for your review!

DreamBeamz: Well… I don't know what to say without giving the plot away. So I'll just thank you for the review!

Sheenachi: I woulda said "Fluffi" is MINE. But Sha Gojyo surpasses all in the matters of sexiness, so it's okay. Thanks for the review!

Black Metalmark: I read somewhere that Inutaisho means Father of the Dogs… well, almost…

TurboTwistedFire: Glad I could be of help! Truth be told, I completed this chapter while I was reading yours. Yes… I hadn't touched the chapter for almost a whole month…

wynter89: It was supposed to be a separate story, but somehow I think it would fit this one better… and another smart move of Naraku's was getting rid of Kouga, methinks… ehehehe

Hya-chan: But why poor Yasashiku-kun and Leiko-chan? What have they ever done? … oh. Ehehe Thanks for reviewing!

inuhater101: If you do somehow accomplish that, make me his loincloth, won't you? I'd give you a tissue, but I used up all mine drooling over Gojyo… my apologies… Another thing: If your dog is ANYTHING like Inuyasha, THEN kill it, okay? But I have a feeling it's not red… or white… so keep it. Mebbe you can teach it to fetch bishounen for you in the parks… ehehehe

Skittles: Roy Mustang. Though I've read only the first two mangas, I've seen pictures of Roy, and he DEFINITLY looks better than shorty.

Vumpler: No, not lots of pups… ah, the implications of that simple statement…

Queen of the Mary Sue: Tissue? …no, wait, I don't have any… damn that Gojyo and his sexy coolness and deeeep voice… HE gives ME nosebleeds… but why am I talking about a silly old half demon like him? Kouga's on! Well… not anymore. That's one dead wolf I have here. Thanks for reviewing!

SOMe dude: Tell me when you post it, alright?

SilverYoko: Oh yes… a closet pervert… ehe… mebbe a Sango/Miroku one-shot for later… thanks for reviewing!

Kirara the two tail: Hm… maybe if you run in squares, you won't die, because then you'd have to pause when you have to turn a corner… sorry… but that statement of yours got me thinking in weird ways… ehehehe

Toki-san: Well, the grandest ending of all was that I killed off the main character… for real this time. But this hasn't ended yet, so… anyway, thanks for reviewing!

sailorgirl16: Kikyou can so evil sometimes… ehehe .:tries to be mysterious:.

MANY THANKS TO ALL THE OTHERS WHO REVIEWED TOO!

Bishounen of the Day: Sha Gojyo. ALWAYS Sha Gojyo. From Saiyuki Reload. Ask me what's the bishounen of my dreams? .:somebody coughs "Allen":. NO! It's SHA Gojyo! And from Inuyasha, it's Oda Nobunaga… he's cute… and I was reading the manga, the way that toad keeps saying "My little dew drop 3" is just HILARIOUS…

I'd say "I'm outie!" but where would I go? It's not like I… oh, oh, nothing.

…I'm outie…