Chapter 8-Conspiracy against Love

(A/N: According to the vast majority of the reviews I've been gettingit has copme to my attention that no one like the uh...paring! I know you think Callisto is a bit...wierd as some of you called her however, you got to put into consideration she is blind, priestess with an unsual up bringing, and the fact that I made her this way. From here on out things start to go...well read for yourself. Don't forget to review.)

The burning snake demon body fell next to Inuyasha who appeared to be no way affected by the intense heat of the fire he had created. He walked slowly toward Miroku who for a moment felt a little worried that Inuyasha would attack him like he had in the past when his demon side got out of control. However, that didn't happen as Inuyasha just walked up to Miroku and took Callisto out of the monk's hands. "Inuyasha...you shouldn't have...you needed rest and now...," said Callisto, but was cut off by Inuyasha.

"I'd rather rest with you Callisto...then rest at all without you," said Inuyasha in a calm almost human voice only to turn to stare at all of them with a hateful glare in his eyes.

"Inuyasha I..." said Kagome, but was stopped by Inuyasha growl.

"Shut up! Save your excuse! You didn't even bother to try and help her when she needed it the most. You make me sick to think that after all I have done for you that you wouldn't even return the favor by helping her. How many times have I saved you from crossing deaths door and facing oblivion? Huh? More times then I care to remember and yet you would not grant the same courtesy I have shown you to Callisto. If you ever disrespect her again like that...I will kill you...all of you," said Inuyasha who turned and kissed Callisto on the head. Inuyasha then walked to the small house he had been in before with Kaede right behind him to nurse Callisto's wounds.

"That seemed a bit harsh considering I was holding Callisto the whole time and he never bothered to thank me," said Miroku who had gone a little pale from Inuyasha words.

"He's right though," said Kikyo as she watched Inuyasha stare back at her with another hateful glare before entering the house.

"He is?" said Shippo in surprise like everyone else.

"We should have helped Callisto regardless of her being a priestess. We should have respected her like we do Inuyasha even if he has become different since his return to us. I see now that I was wrong to be jealous of what they have and should never have tried to end it," said Kikyo who started to walk away from the group and leave to think about her selfish actions.

"That was odd," said Shippo.

Yeah it's not like Kikyo to just give up when it comes tolove for Inuyasha," said Sango curiously as Kikyo shortly went out of sight.

"We should apologize to Inuyasha for our actions. He deserves that much from us for not helping Callisto," said Miroku as they all headed to the small house.

They were about to enter when Kaede came out and prevented them from going in the room. "Ye cannot pass Miroku. I cannot permit it," said Kaede as she raised a hand to the monk and the others forcing them to walk backwards.

"Why can't we? We just came to apologize to Inuyasha," said Miroku, but found that Kaede was still pressing them to back away from the house entrance.

"They are both resting now. Callisto has two broken ribs on her left side and a bruised right shoulder caused from hitting the ground hard. However, her wounds pale in comparison to Inuyashas," said Kaede shocking everyone.

"What wounds? Inuyasha didn't have a mark on him Kaede," said Kagome surprised at the news.

"To the untrained eye yes Kagome it did look like Inuyasha was unscathed in the attack, but when I had taken a closer look I saw his body was had been damaged from injuries of the past that have reopened in him from his fatigue, which came upon him after I had finished with Callisto. At first ye thought I was hallucinating about what I saw and my eye was playing a trick on me, but I realized then that Callisto had wanted Inuyasha to rest for a reason. She knew Inuyasha was severelyfatigued in coming here and wanted him to rest before the fatigue surfaced and started affecting him from the outside. She knew that if Inuyasha fought as he did he would speed up the process leading to his fatigue and opening some of his old, but extremelysevere wounds," said Kaede as she pushed back the beaded door to reveal Callisto sleeping on Inuyashas shoulder while Inuyasha rested his head on hers.

They could see a now shirtless Inuyasha had been properly bandaged along the head, shoulders, arms, chest, waist, and right leg above the knee cap. His breathing was close to shallow as he rested as his head on Callisto's as the two were sleeping. "There is one thing I don't get. The snake demon said that Inuyasha had a scent traces of miasma on him when it killed its mate, but Inuyasha would never go near miasma?" said Kagome curiously as she thought about what the snake demon had said.

"It is possible that some remnant of miasma still remains with Inuyasha as a sign that he was once Narakus apprentice or when he had the Spider Amulet in his head and was being some what controlled by his former master," said Miroku.

"It wouldn't surprise me. Inuyasha was practically bathed in if not feeding off the miasma when he served Naraku," said Sango as she saw some of the blood leaving the bandage on his shoulder as it dripped down his arm and onto the floor.

"We should let them both sleep till they are ready to talk again," Kaede as she motioned for them to move.

(In the forest)

Kikyo was walking along with bow in hand in case of another demon attack as she thought about what she had done. She loved Inuyasha now question about it. She had love him twice in two lifetimes. One living and one dead. Now she found that her love was making her hate someone who was also in love with Inuyasha who in fact love that very same person back. It didn't seem fair to her that she would be...replaced by some blind priestess who made be more then what she appeared to be. The fact that Callisto called Inuyasha beloved and he came out of nowhere to save her still played back in her head. "Why does this priestess bother me so? What is it about her that I would suspect something of her?" said Kikyo out loud.

"Perhaps the reason is Callisto is not the blind good priestess she appears to be Kikyo," said a voice from the shadows.

Kikyo took an arrow and placed in her bow ready to fire with great speed that the shadowy figure had to reveal itself before she could turn around and fire. "Sesshomorru!" said Kikyo who gasped at who was in front of her.

"Yes, I had heard of my brother's return from his...exile if you will. Of course it was only a matter of time before he did return to where it all began," said Sesshomorru as he walked a little closer towards Kikyo till he was no longer fully in the shadows of the trees.

"You knew he was alive and didn't tell me or the others? Why?" Kikyo said angrily as she raised her bow with arrow aimed at him.

"Because that was what he wanted Kikyo. When I talked to him two years ago he was hiding in a tree blooded and in pain several days after the events that took place at Narakus castle. He feared the repercussions of the Spider Amulet after he removed in and broke it causing the explosion we witnessed shortly after we left Narakus castle. He gave me back Tokijin to even everything out with the loss of my eye and only one arm to defend myself with. Inuyasha apologized to me for everything he did me and asked me to keep my silence till his return. IF he had ever returned," said Sesshomorru as he showed Kikyo Tokijin at his waist like it was all those other times before that day two years ago.

"You said something about Callisto not being the blind good priestess she says she is. If she not all good then what is she exactly?" said Kikyo curiously.

"She is a half-breed. Spiritually speaking of course. She has both light and dark priestess like powers inside her. No doubt a combination from one dark entity mating with a lighter entity. It's actually quite similar to a demon mating with a human, which creates a half-breed child. Callisto may be a priestess, but she wields both sides of that power. The side you've seen is the light side of her. She has yet to reveal her darker nature to you and the others. If she does you or anyone else she comes in contact with will be safe...not even Inuyasha," said Sesshomorru.

"I can't believe it. Two half-breeds together. If they mated and..." said Kikyo who stopped at the mere thought of such an offspring made from Callisto and Inuyasha.

"Yes the power that child would wield would beunimaginable. Such a child must not be brought into this world. Their potential offspring would be far too powerful to control shortly after it had grown matured after being trained by both parents. It would destroy them both in a heartbeat. There is only one way to stop such a thing from happening in the near future," said Sesshomorru who deep down really didn't want to do it to Inuyasha, but found no alternative choice in what to do.

Kikyo nodded. "Yes. Callisto or Inuyasha must die. One way or another the future must be preserved," said Kikyo.

(A/N: BUM BUM BUUUUUUUUUM! Well what do tou say to that? Who says I don't write good stories...oh wait I'm not done yet. Continue please!)

(Back at the village sometime later)

Callisto awoke from her slumber to find it was dark outside and Inuyasha was next to her bleeding from old wounds left from his old life. Even though the two sides were fused together Inuyashas wounds in his soul from the past were still their and were showing themselves in physical form. "Inuyasha," said Callisto as she put a hand on the side of his face as blood left his head bandage.

Callisto then put a hand on his chest and focused her powers to heal his wound all over his body at the same time her own. Inuyasha awoke just as she completed the process and looked down at her and realized what she was doing. "Thank you Callisto," whispered Inuyasha as to not startle Callisto.

"To be with you is an honor in its self my love," said Callisto as she rested her head in his now healed chest.

"Do they suspect anything? About you my love?" said Inuyasha as he stroked her hair with his claws.

"They know I have a secret that only you know other then me. No more and no less. That is how I want it to stay with them. They don't trust me and I don't think I can trust them," said Callisto who voice was calm, but still had a hint of worry in it.

"Do not concern yourself with them now my love. If any problems occur I will see to it that they do not harm you inany way," said Inuyasha seriously.

"What of your brother Sesshomorru? Do you think he suspects me?" said Callisto curiously.

"Ah you sensed him too as we walked along the path? If he does suspect or know anything about you I'll know before he says anything. And I'll make sure he doesn't say anything to anyone about you that would cause problems with the others. The only thing they need to know about you is that you are a priestess who to me is a goddess," said Inuyasha as kissed her on the forehead.

"You are sweet Inuyasha. I don't know why the others can't see that about you now?" said Callisto sadly.

"It doesn't matter what they think of us. All I know is nothing can separate us. Nothing," said Inuyasha as they both drifted back to sleep with out a worry in the world.