A/N: Here is the next chapter of this one! Hope you all like it! Please review and let me know what you think.

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What the Future Holds
Chapter Eleven

"How are you feeling, Rin?" whispered Kagome. "You are going to be just fine, although you shouldn't be exerting that arm too much in the near future. It will heal all right…there won't be any significant scarring…"

"It's all right, Miss Kagome…" Hikari smiled.

"Miss?" Shippo repeated.

Inuyasha came into the room. "Sango and Miroku are here, and Sesshoumaru, Yuka, and Rin are following them in." he reported. "So I guess we have to talk to everyone, don't we?" he mused, and Kagome nodded.

"Inuyasha, tell everyone to meet me in the living room in about ten minutes. I am going to get myself cleaned up and then I'll be down." She told him.

He nodded. "Got it."

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"Wait a damn minute…" Sesshoumaru growled. "Are you telling me…that you think Rin's own grandparents are trying to kill her? Simply because Yuka mated me?" Sesshoumaru blinked. "What the hell?"

Kagome sighed. "That is what we believe. I'm sorry." She frowned.

Yuka took a deep breath. "I don't understand why they would go to such lengths over something like this. They were fine with everything…until I fell for Sesshoumaru. I can't believe they would do this. You don't think they would really go through with it…do you, Sesshoumaru?"

He shrugged. "I have no idea. I do not know how their minds work, unfortunately."

Yuka blinked. "This isn't my fault!"

"I know," Sesshoumaru said quickly. "But…your parents are trying to kill our daughter. I think that something has gone terribly wrong somewhere along the line, and I don't understand how we missed something like this…"

"I can't believe that man shot Hikari. I mean, why would he be so bold?" Miroku frowned deeply. "I don't like the way that this whole thing seems to be unfolding. This is going to end up involving people that need not be involved. Everything about it seems completely senseless."

"I am fine, father." Hikari smiled. "Shippo brought me here. I think we ought to be more worried about Rin's safety…" she suggested.

Sesshoumaru nodded with enthusiasm. "I have to agree…although there is an easy way to solve the problem…or try to solve it."

"Hm?" wondered Yuka out loud.

"We need to talk to your father, Yuka." Sesshoumaru blurted quickly.

Yuka paled. "But Sesshoumaru! If he really wants to hurt you and Rin, would walking up to him to talk about it be a good idea?" she asked him.

Sesshoumaru seemed to be thinking about this for a moment before he finally responded. "Hikari has been shot, and she has nothing to do with anything that has happened…it is too dangerous. We have to talk to him. We are going to have to risk it, before someone ends up getting really hurt."

Sango nodded. "I agree. However, I think that if you go, it would not be wise to go alone. I would suggest bringing Kagome and myself?" she whispered.

Kagome took a deep breath, and nodded her agreement. "Fine with me." She smiled.

"I still think that this whole thing seems very dangerous…" whined Inuyasha, folding his arms in front of his chest in anger. "I don't like it at all."

"Oh well. I'm still going." Kagome said in a definite tone.

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Yuka's parent's house loomed before them. It was a moderately sized home in downtown Tokyo, surrounded by small trees. Yuka took a deep breath before stepping up to the front door and knocking softly.

After a few moments, someone answered. It was her mother. She looked confused for a moment, seeing her daughter, her son-in-law, her granddaughter, and two people she honestly didn't recognize.

"What's wrong, Yuka?" her mother whispered, a worried look in her eyes.

"As if you don't know, mother. Where is dad?" demanded Yuka.

Her mother took a step back and let her daughter and everyone else into the house. "He's in his study…" she said under her breath as the group removed their shoes and made their way into the house.

Yuka took yet another deep breath, and Sesshoumaru placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. "I don't know if I can do this…" she whispered to him.

"Yes you can. You're very strong, Yuka. This is nothing compared to everything that you have been through…" Sesshoumaru replied.

"Really?"

He nodded quickly.

"All right…" she smiled faintly, knocking hard on her father's office door. "Dad?" she called. "I need to talk to you!"

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Yuka's father did not look happy to see any of them. He kept his eyes toward the wall behind the group, and remained stoic as Yuka questioned him.

"I know what you have arranged to do, daddy…" she whispered after her series of questions was finally over. "I know about it, and just so you know, an innocent girl has been hurt in your quest to ruin my happiness. You are despicable for what you asked that man to do…" she growled at him.

Again, she felt Sesshoumaru's hand on her shoulder. "Calm yourself, Yuka."

"What are you talking about?" demanded her father, although there was a dangerous smile on his face, and a glint in his eye.

Seeing her father deny his actions angered Sesshoumaru. He took a deep breath. "The doctor told us what you want him to do!" he yelled at his father-in-law. "We know about everything! How could you? How could you want your own granddaughter dead? Is this because of me?"

Rin's eyes clouded with worry and fear, and she seemed to shrink a little bit. She had only seen her father this angry twice in her life, and neither time had ended well.

"I have done no such thing!" he roared.

"We have proof!" screamed Yuka. "You've been caught red handed!"

Yuka's father began to laugh in a wild and uncontrollable manner. Yuka took a step back in fear as her father stood quickly. She ended up clashing with Sesshoumaru's front. She gasped.

"Dad?" She whispered. "Something is wrong…this isn't him. I've never seen him like this before…"

Sango blinked. "What the…" she realized. "Get back, everyone! That isn't Yuka's father! It's a demon! Run!" she commanded, pushing Yuka and Rin out of the line of attack.

Sesshoumaru drew his sword.

"Sesshoumaru, no! Don't hurt him!" Yuka screamed. "What happened to my real father?"

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A/N: Short, eh? Sorry about that. Hope you liked it. Please review and let me know what you think! Thanks!