Just to let everyone know, Kisho is my original character, and nothing that is said about him actually happens in the anime/manga

Kisho's Story

"Why should I stay and fight? That'll just give my brother another chance to kill you." Inuyasha asked.

"You don't understand. Sesshoumaru isn't himself," quickly, Kagome launched into her story.

When she was finished Inuyasha was skeptical. My brother? Taking orders from someone?

Then Inuyasha realized something that Kagome had convinced herself wasn't true. "Kagome, you're pregnant aren't you?" He asked softly so Shippo couldn't hear.

Kagome wasn't surprised at the question. She had known almost her whole captivity that it was true. The problem was that she had tricked herself into thinking it wasn't. She had believed that if she didn't think about it, then the baby it would go away.

She hadn't convinced herself of this because she was bitter. It was just the opposite. She had believed that her captors would hurt her baby if they knew about it. She had figured that if she didn't know that she was pregnant, then no one else would.

Her logic had worked on Rin, who was still innocent. It had worked on Jaken too, because often times he was clueless. However, Sesshoumaru and his Master had not been fooled. Sesshoumaru's prophesy had brought reality closer to the surface than she could bear; so, she buried the knowledge of her pregnancy deeper than it ever before.

Now, after nearly nine months of pretending to be ignorant, Inuyasha had brought her ruse to an end with one question. She looked up at Inuyasha's face and nodded. There were tears streaming down her face. The realization of her complete denial had shocked her.

Kagome could hardly believe that she had ignored the life inside of her for so long. In her time, she had heard stories of mothers who did this. She had never thought that she would be one of them.

Inuyasha seemed almost as shocked as Kagome, but he pretended to be aloof. "Well then, that solves the fourth line of the Prophesy." He said, his voice higher than normal.

They stood in silence for awhile. This gave both Kagome and Inuyasha time to compose themselves. Then, in his usual tactless way, Shippo broke the silence. "Are we going to keep Miroku and Sango waiting forever? I'm sure they'll want to help."

"Shippo's right. It's time to get to work. Shippo, go down and tell Miroku and Sango to enter through the front door. We're going to go find this 'Master' from inside the house." Inuyasha said sharply.

"Okay," the kitsune nodded.

"Kagome, you should go with him." Inuyasha pleaded with a lowered voice.

"Please, you can't make me leave you now." She implored Inuyasha.

"Kagome, think about the baby. Don't you think that for once it deserves your attention?" He said this in a low, flat tone.

The words stung, and Kagome realized that they were true. Yet, she also knew she couldn't leave Inuyasha. "Last time I saw you Inuyasha you swore to always protect me, and not to leave me. Since the beginning when I met you I have been by your side in all of our adventures. Don't make me leave now."

The words struck home and Inuyasha turned to Shippo. "Hurry, we may need Sango and Miroku's help." Without another word, Shippo changed into a balloon and jumped out the window.

"Let's go Kagome." He said, taking her gently into his arms.

"What about Rin and Jaken?" She asked.

"They can follow us if they want."

"I'm coming Kagome." Rin told her bravely, though her voice shook.

"If Rin is coming, then I have to too." Jaken whined.

"Feh, I don't care what you do." Inuyasha replied, as he turned towards the door.

He set Kagome down for a second to knock down the door which had kept them prisoner for so long. Then he picked her up again and ran out into the hallway. Once he was out in the hallway he realized he didn't know where to go.

Quietly, Rin approached from behind and spoke to Inuyasha. "I can show you where the Master used to spend most of his time. I'm not sure if he still does, but he might."

"Thank you Rin," Kagome said to her, smiling.

"We would have found it eventually." Inuyasha muttered to himself.

Rin led them towards the room. It was down a flight of stairs, but they came to it quickly. When they stood in front of the door a voice called to them. "Inuyasha, you have finally showed your face. Where my demons to difficult for you to handle? Do feel free to come in. In fact, bring your pregnant mate with you."

"That's the 'Master'." Kagome whispered her voice tight.

Inuyasha growled deep in his throat, and then turned the door handle. The interior of the room was lit only by torches and candles. Sesshoumaru and the 'Master' stood across from the door. Inuyasha carefully put Kagome down, knowing that he would need his hands for his fight.

"Excellent, events are just about to come to an end. My goal shall be realized, and my vengeance achieved." The Master's ghostly voice made Kagome shudder.

"Your vengeance against who?" Inuyasha asked; he was wisely trying to gain more information.

"You of course Inuyasha."

"What did he do to you?" Kagome asked defensively.

The Master's eyes ignited from beneath his hood, and then he threw off his cloak completely. Beneath it was not a youkai, but a human. This shocked everyone, and they remained silent.

The man had a horrifying scar running from his left temple, to his lower cheek. His hollow eyes were like smoldering coals, which lit up his face eerily. He was taller than most men. His skin, which they could now see clearly, was stretched tautly over his protruding bones. If Kagome had to describe him she would have said that he was a wraith.

"What has Inuyasha done to me? He destroyed my life and the life of my wife." The Master steadied himself, and then began his horrible story. "My name is Kisho. I was the son of prominent lord, and I had everything. I succeed my father, and was very rich. My servants would perform at the snap of my fingers.

"Then, my life only got better. I met the most beautiful woman who ever walked the face of the earth. My Takara…. She was not rich, but her dowry was the stiller richer than any other woman's. The only piece of dowry that she brought with her was this amulet." Kisho held up a small, golden object that hung around his neck.

Then he resumed his story, "I quickly discovered that it had magical properties. I could control youkai. This helped me achieve more and more power. I finally began to realize my dream of becoming as powerful as any youkai I met. However, just being able to control the youkai was not enough. You see, it is not nearly enough to just rule the best, you must be the best. That is when I began to seek a way to become youkai.

"Takara, sharing my ambition, then told me about the Shikon no Tama. Unfortunately, it only worked for youkai (those stupid beasts get everything). In spite of this, Takara had a way to help me fulfill my goal. A long time ago there had been a Prophesy (this is the same Prophesy you heard from my witless servant). The Prophesy spoke of how to become a youkai using the Shikon no Tama.

"Together, Takara and I decided to set out to search for the jewel. That's when you slaughterers came into my village. You were persuading a youkai with a shard of the jewel. You entered my courtyard and used an attack, which not only killed the youkai, but destroyed my life. My house was obliterated, and I was permanently scared, but poor Takara. Takara was struck full force by the blast and was knocked into a pillar. It collapsed and crushed my beautiful wife.

"When I came to I had been buried alive. You believed you had killed me, but you were wrong. At first I wish you had killed me, but then I began to realize that I was glad that you hadn't. If you had killed me then I wouldn't have a chance for revenge. Right then, I vowed that I would avenge my wife and obtain the goal I had been working towards my whole life.

"From then on, I learned as much as I could about Inuyasha. I learned of his love for the priestess of the Shikon no Tama; I learned of his hatred of his brother. These were the two most important facts that I learned. I then decided to use them. I would control his brother and used him to reach my means. I would have controlled Inuyasha himself, but my amulet only works on pure youkai, not filthy hanyou. After I finished this step, I would achieve my ultimate goal, and my revenge would be complete." When Kisho finished his rant he was short of breath, and his eyes were flashing more than ever.

I remember that time! Inuyasha was just starting to learn to wield the Kaze no Kizu. He had so almost no control at that point! How sad. Kagome thought with pity.

"We're so sorry, Kisho." Kagome told him quietly.

The mention of the name seemed to drive him insane. "Call me anything you like, Wraith, Master, Shadow, but never call me by that name! If you ever do so again, I promise you will suffer even more than I intended."

"Listen Wraith, I am sorry for causing your pain, but it wasn't intentional."

"You are far too late in your apologies Inuyasha." The Wraith hissed venomously.

"I figured apologies wouldn't make a difference." Inuyasha told Kagome quietly. She nodded, agreeing completely.

"Shall I attack them Master?" Sesshoumaru asked, speaking for the first time.

"No, not yet. You will destroy my sanctuary. Wait for a minuet." The Wraith closed his eyes and his palms faced the ceiling. The amulet glowed, and then they no longer stood in the room, but in a walled garden.

"Now you may attack my Servant." With the Wraith's permission, Sesshoumaru sprang towards Inuyasha.

Okay, so I know several people wondered why Kagome didn't realize she was pregnant earlier, and my answer was that she did. The point I was trying to make was that if you believe something hard enough, you can trick yourself into believing it's true.

Sorry for the cliff-hanger, but I'll update soon.