Sorry if I kept you all waiting for too long, but here's the new chapter. And this is the last disclamer that I'm doing because we all know that I don't own Inuyasha.

Revenge of the Forgotten Love

Chapter 5 Old Meetings, New Battles

Kikyou walked on through the woods, headed for Inuyasha. Inuyasha was headed in the same direction. Inuyasha finally found her and stopped to stare.

"Kikyou, I'm so glad to see you," he said as he walked up to embrace her. Just as he took the last step toward her, Sesshomaru appeared out of nowhere and sucker-punched him. Inuyasha skid several feet on his back.

Sesshomaru stood in front of Kikyou as he said, "Keep your filthy hands of my woman."

Inuyasha just sat there with his mouth open, trying to stomach what he had said. When that didn't work he jumped up and drew the Tetsaiga. "What in the hell do you mean your woman, huh," he yelled at his older brother.

"As I see it, Inuyasha, you choose that other girl over, Kikyou," he explained as he pulled her into a semi-huge with his right arm. "I found Kikyou after the incident and took her in as my companion. You always were a fool, letting such a fine specimen pass by you while pursuing someone of lesser value."

Kikyou and Inuyasha were both equally surprised by this exclamation, though Kikyou hid it far better than Inuyasha. 'He's a far better actor than I gave him credit for,' Kikyou thought as Inuyasha regained himself.

"You can't be serious. You're supposed to hate humans," Inuyasha yelled. "And for that matter Kikyou is my woman."

Sesshomaru was not fazed by his words as Kikyou was, and replied, "As I recall it was I, not you that returned her to life and gave her meaning in this world." 'Damn, he's good, he already got Inuyasha to want me back,' Kikyou thought.

Inuyasha was really pissed now and lunged at Sesshomaru, "Get your filthy claws off her." He did a vertical slice as Sesshomaru grabbed Kikyou around the waist with his right arm and jumped backwards landing in a tree. Sesshomaru set Kikyou down and leapt from the tree. Sesshomaru had used his right arm the whole time, perhaps from habit or wanting to reveal it later.

"Say your prayers, Sesshomaru," Inuyasha said evilly. "You couldn't beat me when you had both arms and you don't have that sword of yours anymore so you don't stand a chance against me."

Sesshomaru then placed his left hand on his new sword and used his thumbnail to bring part of his sword out of his sheath as he drew it, much like Inuyasha does. Inuyasha got even angrier, if possible, at seeing that he had his arm back, and a shiny new sword. "Let's see how much of a chance you stand against me, seeing as I have regained more than I had lost," the youkia said.

They both leaped at each other, clashing in midair. Inuyasha was knocked backwards at the mere aura of the sword but that didn't stop him from jumping back and attempting to slash him again. Sesshomaru landed and easily blocked Inuyasha's attack, and then pushed him back and jumped into the air while summoning his electro whip.

The hanyuo was barely able to hang onto the sword as he blocked the attack, since Sesshomaru's whip was repelling his sword or seemed to be. After a few swipes, Inuyasha yelled, "Wind scar," as he initiated the attack. Sesshomaru banished his whip and used his own sword to send a blast at his brother.

The two energies collided sending bolts of power flying everywhere, and after a few seconds of fighting for dominance, the blast went straight for Inuyasha. That's when Inuyasha saw his chance to get rid of Sesshomaru forever, and he took it. "Backlash wave," was the last yell that anyone heard before the massive explosion.

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Kagome and the others were running down the path that Inuyasha had taken. They had all gotten worried after hearing a few explosions in the direction that Inuyasha had headed in. They had no doubt that Inuyasha and Sesshomaru were fighting again, and even though Sesshomaru didn't have a sword anymore they still deemed him dangerous, especially if he was using Kikyou as a hostage.

They arrived just in time to see the large blast headed for Inuyasha. Kagome didn't even have time to yell out his name before he used out the backlash wave. The energy collided and swirled together before heading straight for Sesshomaru.

The backlash wave hit its target and churned up dust and smoke as it did its job. When the attack subsided, Sesshomaru shot out of the smoke and knocked the Tetsaiga out of Inuyasha's grasp. He followed through with a swipe of his claws across Inuyasha's chest.

The attack had been so quick that he didn't have time to protect himself in anyway. Inuyasha landed on his back and opened his eyes only to find Sesshomaru's sword pointed at his throat.

"You're pathetic, Inuyasha," he said. "So pathetic that I'll spare your life until you can put up a fight and die with honor." Sesshomaru sheathed his sword and jumped into the tree that Kikyou was in and turned to face Inuyasha again. "Until our next meeting, little brother," he said as Kikyou and he faded into the shadows.

"Damn it," Inuyasha stated as Kagome rushed over to him, calling his name.

Kagome dropped to her knees next to him, as he was still on the ground. "Are you okay, Inuyasha," she said.

Inuyasha jumped up off the ground and growled his reply, "Yeah, I'm fine. You need to stop thinking that I'm so weak, like you humans!"

He walked over to pick up the Tetsaiga, leaving Kagome on the ground. Inuyasha turned around and walked back to them while sheathing the sword. "Did you find out why Kikyou is with Sesshomaru," Kagome asked while standing up.

Inuyasha didn't know whether he should tell them or not, after all it wasn't any of there business. The hanyuo told them though, "It seems that Sesshomaru fell for Kikyou and she fell for him. At least that's what Sesshomaru said, and he's probably telling the truth because he's got his arm back and a new sword."

Everyone gasped when they had registered what he had said, save for Kirara who couldn't gasp. "But Sesshomaru hates humans, why would he like Kikyou," Sango said.

"I don't know," Inuyasha stated. "I'm going for a walk." No one argued as he walked off into the distance.

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Sesshomaru and Kikyou appeared near a stream, about a mile from where they had left their companions. Sesshomaru then began walking in the direction of the other two that they had left behind. Kikyou walked behind him, lost in thought for a while.

Kikyou was about to break the silence, but Sesshomaru did so instead, "What are you planning to do next? You have Inuyasha's attention, you can get him back any time that you want."

Kikyou had been pondering over the same question herself, and had found no answer. "I don't know, but I think that I shall wait for Inuyasha to come to me. Then I shall choose a course of action," she answered.

Sesshomaru hated to admit it, but he felt attraction to her. Perhaps it wasn't love but more of a dear friendship that he had never felt before. He didn't want to think of her leaving him, but his pride kept him from saying anything, or thinking too hard on it for that matter.

All the sudden, Sesshomaru grabbed Kikyou in his arms and leaped into a tree, hiding them from view of any that may be watching. A youkia was running down the path, it seemed enraged, as though trying to fight so invisible assailant. The youkia itself looked like a humanoid wolf, with gray fur covering its entire body and narrow eyes that faintly glowed blue. It also sported long claws and sharp fangs, and body armor that looked much like Monten's armor.

An evil laugh erupted from the throat of the youkia as it stopped struggling. "Ahh, yes. This body will do nicely until I can claim the Shikon no Tama as my own. Until then I think that I'll hunt down Inuyasha and finish him off," the voice could not be mistaken for any others, for it was the voice of Naraku. Before either Kikyou or Sesshomaru could move to attack, he vanished.

Kikyou was all of the sudden aware that he was actually holding her. She could not deny that being in the arms of the strong youkia lord was quite pleasant. Sesshomaru also realized the position. He then jumped down from the tree with her and set her down.

"We have to go after Naraku," Kikyou said to Sesshomaru. He nodded in agreement.

"I can travel faster, so I'll carry you," he said as he motioned for her to get on his back. Kikyou did so and Sesshomaru took of jumping off branches, and using his momentum to go faster, as they sped after Naraku and Inuyasha.

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Inuyasha was on his 'walk', but was actually sitting in a tree. He was trying to figure out how to get Kikyou back. His planning was interrupted though by the appearance of a youkia. Inuyasha jumped up and pulled the Tetsaiga out of its sheath.

"Who are you and what do you want," the hanyuo snarled at the youkia.

The youkia chuckled in an all too familiar way. It then replied, "Inuyasha, just as rude and upfront as ever. You may find out my identity in a short while, but as for what I want, I can give an answer. I want you dead."

"Well then, I guess it doesn't matter who you are, because you'll be dead soon enough," Inuyasha yelled, right before charging at the beast. He did a horizontal slice as he came down upon the creature. It dodged him, almost lazily. As a counter attack, the youkia attempted to slash the hanyuo with its claws. He tried to dodge, but the attack still grazed his left arm.

If this youkia wasn't powerful, then it was quick. The beast didn't give Inuyasha time to recover and went to attack him again. Inuyasha wasn't about to underestimate its speed again, and jumped away. The same moves were tried several more times. The hanyuo, wise to this form of attack, dodged most of them easily and got a few of his own swipes in as well.

Inuyasha finally got tired of this battle and yelled, "Wind scar!" The youkia seemed to have been expecting this and jumped out of the way. It then used its momentum to propel itself at Inuyasha too quickly for him to register. The Tetsaiga was knocked out of the way and its master slashed by the attacker.

Inuyasha was knocked to the ground. "It seems that you have met your match, Inuyasha. Now die," it said. The creature was bringing its claws down when an Enchanted Arrow appeared out of nowhere and destroyed its arm.

Both the youkia and hanyuo looked over to see Kikyou stringing another arrow. Sesshomaru had been standing next to Kikyou until he came at the attacker, unsheathing his sword. The dog youkia slashed at the wolf youkia in a vain attempt, for the wolf dodged.

"Naraku, it's not like you to do your own dirty work. You're not getting desperate, are you," Sesshomaru asked coolly.

Inuyasha jumped up at hearing that. He wasn't about to give his brother the chance to kill his enemy. He then butt into the conversation, "You're telling me that this is Naraku?"

"Ahh, very good, Sesshomaru. I had expected someone such as yourself to notice," Naraku replied in a mocking tone.

"Lets just finish this," Sesshomaru replied. He then shot forward and began attacking Naraku. Inuyasha, not being one to be left out, also went in to attack. Both brothers attacked the enemy simultaneously for a while. The two brothers quickly became tired of the others presence. Sesshomaru, enjoying having the use of two arms, pushed Inuyasha out of the way with his left arm as he slashed away at Naraku.

The battle went on in such a way for, with both pushing the other away at times. As a result, Naraku was having no problem dodging the attacks. In his new form, it seemed that he was untouchable. That was until Kikyou started firing her arrows at him. Once Kikyou started attacking, the other two began attacking simultaneously again.

Before long Naraku was loosing badly. Seeing that his defeat was inevitable this way, he decided to attack in a new way. The claws of the form that he was using could be launched, and explode on impact. It seemed that he was going to take full advantage of this weapon.

Naraku began to fire his claws at the two unsuspecting siblings. Luckily both dodged the first rounds instead of deflecting them with their swords. As planned, the projectiles exploded upon impact. This gave away Naraku's surprise, and warned Sesshomaru and Inuyasha of the danger of these objects.

Sesshomaru and Inuyasha dodged the claws as they tried to get close enough to get a decent wound on him, or right out kill him. When this method failed, Inuyasha used the wind scar. Sesshomaru tried the same kind of move, but the youkia dodged both of them. Kikyou then tried her arrows, one of them hitting him since he didn't see it coming.

Naraku decided that it was time to get rid of Kikyou and steal the Jewel. He then launched himself at her. Kikyou, seeing him coming, fired another arrow at him. Since he was traveling so fast, he didn't have time to dodge. The arrow hit where she had intended it to, right in his leg. At the loss of this limb, Naraku became immobilized and fired a few more claws at her, as a last resort.

It so happened that the area that they were in had a river. The river became a waterfall that cascaded over a several hundred-foot cliff. Perchance, Kikyou was standing near the falls since it provided her the ability to see the entire meadow in which they were fighting, and was a perfect archery spot.

Naraku had intended to kill Kikyou with this attack, but his aim wavered as he was falling. Sesshomaru had already been speeding as fast as he could toward him, and seeing the attack launched at Kikyou sped twice as fast toward her. Sesshomaru was able to reach Kikyou and grab her before the claws exploded, and shielded her with his own body, keeping her safe from the blasts. However, the blast knocked them both backwards and they fell over the cliff, vanishing from sight.

Hope you enjoyed. If you did then please review, and if you didn't do it any way. Of course if you don't like the story, you probably won't even read it to the end, so I'll shut up now. Bye!

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