Chapter 9-Celebrations and Betrayal
Morning came and Callisto was up and about as was a now shirt covered Inuyasha to everyone's amazement as both seemed extremely happy as they held the other by the hand as they walked towards them. "Well someone's happy," said Miroku as they approached.
"Yes we are. Aside from the fact we feel like were back to normal again I asked Callisto marry me. She said yes," said Inuyasha who smiled as she looked at Callisto's face.
(A/N: I know I know your pissed just keep reading.)
"Really! That's great! I would have thought that you would want to wait a little while till you knew each other better?" said Sango curiously.
"Callisto has seen into my mind as I have seen into hers and we feel as if we've know each other for years," said Inuyasha as he gazed into the eyes of his future wife.
"It seems Inuyasha that the love of your life...is full of surprises," said a voice from behind Kagome and the others with Rin and Jaken some distance behind him.
"Brother! Its good to see you again," said Inuyasha in surprise and happiness as he jumped with Callisto in his arms over to Sesshomorru and after putting her down on two her feet gave Sesshomorru a very big hug.
"As it is to see you. When last we spoke you were, but a hair's breath from being consumed in your own darkness. I see you have progressed much in finding your way back to thing as they were before," said Sesshomorru whose eye glanced over at Callisto whom he could tell was feeling a little uneasy being near the Lord of the Western Lands.
"I've done more then reach it Sesshomorru I found someone else who was reaching for it as much as I was. In the end we found each other and our lives couldn't be better," said Inuyasha as he introduced the blind priestess Callisto to Sesshomorru.
When he extended his right hand and she accepted with left she immediately pulled away as if she had sensed something...sinister in his mind aimed at her. "Inuyasha..." she said as she hugged Inuyasha and burying her face in Inuyashas chest in fear of him.
"What just happened Sesshomorru?" said Inuyasha with an angry look on his face.
"I guess she saw something in me she didn't like. It's not oncoming for people to find things about others...that they don't like," said Sesshomorru as he glared at Inuyasha.
"So he knows," thought Inuyasha as he glared back with a threatening look in his eyes telling Sesshomorru to watch his mouth.
"I'm sure it was something Sesshomorru did recently that got her attention Inuyasha. Come one we should celebrate this occasion properly. I say we cook up a feast and eat till our stomachs burst," said Shippo happily.
"Agreed. What do you think Callisto?" said Inuyasha as he looked at Callisto who left Inuyashas chest and looked in Sesshomorru's direction.
"Yes. A feast would be nice. We haven't really eaten anything for two days and I am a little hungry," said Callisto whose stomach growl a little as did Inuyashas who let out a laugh of embarrassment.
"I'll see you their then," said Sesshomorru as he headed back to where he entered and vanished into the shadows of the trees with Rin and Jaken not far behind.
Sesshomorru walked passed the rows and columns of trees till he found the spot where Kikyo was waiting for him. "Do the two suspect anything Sesshomorru?" said Kikyo quietly.
Sesshomorru made a head gesture to Rin and Jaken who left Sesshomorru to talk with Kikyo privately. "Not about our plan. However, Inuyasha knows that I know Callisto's little secret that she's keeping from everyone else," said Sesshomorru.
"Anything else that would be important to know before we start the plan?" said Kikyo who sensed Sesshomorru was hiding something.
"Our fears were verified about them. She is going to marry Inuyasha, which will lead to them eventually having offspring. There is going to be a feast tonight in honor of Inuyasha and Callisto's soon to be marriage. We will have to make our move sometime during or after the feast when their guard is down," said Sesshomorru.
"Yes. I thought as much as well. First we must get the two separated from each other before we make our attack. You will take care of Inuyasha while I take care of Callisto," said Kikyo.
"You're taking this somewhat personally...aren't you?" said Sesshomorru.
Kikyo stayed silent for a moment. "I would say no, but that would lying," said Kikyo who cracked a smile on her face.
(Hours Later)
After much preparation the food was ready and everything needed for the feast was complete. One by one they all sat down in their respective places around a circled table outside in the center of the whole village with a big fire blazing in the ending day as the sun set and the moon was rising. Inuyasha and Callisto were having the greatest time of their lives as they laughed and joked without a worry in the world. This surprised everyone because they had never seen Inuyasha so relaxed and slowly they admitted to themselves (especially Kagome) that perhaps things between Inuyasha and Callisto was for the best as she seemed to bring out the best out of him.
Everyone had helped put something together for the feast and they couldn't have been happier. Everyone ate all the food around them and was happy how everything turned out. However, things changed afterwards when Sesshomorru requested that Inuyasha follow him for a private discussion while Kikyo did the same shortly after with Callisto in which they need to talk about something personal. At first Inuyasha cracked a smile, but when they entered the forest things changed as they walked to a tall tree that was almost as wide as the tree Inuyasha had been bound to for fifty years.
"Its strange how things come full circle, but not in the way you want them to be when the circle is complete," said Sesshomorru who back was facing Inuyasha as he put a hand on the trees trunk feeling the bark with his one and only hand.
"I take it you didn't leave me out here for a demon to demon talk. So why don't you tell me why you brought me here away from everyone?" said Inuyasha whose smile faded and became serious.
"You cannot marry Callisto Inuyasha. One of you has to die to protect the future from possible threats like her and you together. To ensure the future of life for everyone one or both of you will have to die tonight," said Sesshomorru as he took Tokijin from his waist and turned to face Inuyasha.
"I see. That is your excuse for killing one or both of us? To protect the future from us? Is that best thing you could come up with in such a short time since you've known Callisto for only the briefest of moments?" said Inuyasha furiously as he drew Tetsuigia so he could defend himself against Sesshomorru.
"I'm afraid you don't have a choice in the matter Inuyasha. Even as I stand before you ready to fight you Callisto is being taken care of by Kikyo," said Sesshomorru as he saw Inuyashas eyes go wide with shock.
"Callisto will not go down without a fight and neither will I you...YOU SELFISH BASTARD!" said Inuyasha as he engaged Sesshomorru with Tetsuigia.
(At the same time not far)
"Did you feel that?" said Callisto curiously as they reached their destination in a circular clearing.
"It was nothing...like your life will mean when your dead!" said Kikyo who turned and fired an arrow at Callisto who just barely had enough time to react to the attack with a well placed wall of spiritual energy that bounced the arrow into a nearby tree.
"Why are you doing this? Is it your jealousy of what I have with Inuyasha that forces this? Or is it perhaps it's the fact that your dead and will never be able to love like I can?" said Callisto pointing a finger at Kikyo.
"A little bit of all three actually...and more...half-breed" said Kikyo with a smile on her face.
"You...you know?" said Callisto in shock.
"Sesshomorru told me what you are before Inuyasha had a chance to talk to him about it when you two were resting in that little house all nice and cozy. SOMETING I SHOULD BE DOING WITH INUYASHA NOT YOU!" said Kikyo as her jealousy of Callisto fueled her next arrow that pirecedthe white wall andtook a piece of the blind priestess's hair as ithit the tree behind her.
"Please stop this. I don't want to fight you. I don't want to hurt you," said Callisto who could sense Kikyo's power was as powerful as her own.
"You can't hurt me I'm already dead and so will you when I hit you with one of my arrows. You have no business being alive much less being with Inuyasha...NOW DIE!" said Kikyo as she shot another arrow at Callisto.
"I WILL NOT!" said Callisto as she created a spiritual energy ball and threw it at the arrow causing a major blast of light that blinded Kikyo..., but not Callisto who used Kikyo's temporary blindness to get away from the undead priestess.
(Meanwhile...)
"You cannot marry her Inuyasha she will destroy you with the offspring she will create with you. Such a child will be more powerful then either of you and would see that eventually when it matures enough to ever fight back against you two. After that everyone it comes across will be at its mercy, which it will probably show none too," said a defensive Sesshomorru.
Inuyasha was a half-demon, but due to Callisto's..."improvements" he found he was just as strong as Sesshomorru...maybe even stronger. "It would never come to that Sesshomorru. We'll be good parents to our future child and raise him to be honorable and good like his parents," said Inuyasha who pushed Sesshomorru back against a tree and knocking Tokijin from his hand.
"That won't last forever Inuyasha. Humans become old and weak and half-demons eventually fall victim to the aging process as time goes on. Especially when you turn into your human state for one night when there is no moon. How will you stop your precious child then?" said Sesshomorru as Inuyasha had Tetsuigia's blade up to his throat.
"It won't be like that," said Inuyasha angrily as he pressed his sword closer to Sesshomorru's throat.
"For once Inuyasha you and I both agree on something. It won't be like that at all," said Sesshomorru whose eye looked from Inuyasha to the shadow hidden behind the trees behind him.
An arrow shot behind Inuyasha who turned and deflected it with Tetsuigia only to find himself open to Sesshomorru who picked up Tokijin and stabbed him in the right side. "AHHHHHHHH!" screamed Inuyasha as the sword pierced through is back.
"Brings back an unwanted memory doesn't it Inuyasha? From the last time you were stabbed by Tokijin," said Sesshomorru as he forced the blade in deeper.
"Yeah...its does, but unlike last time I'm prepared to do something about IT!" said Inuyasha as he kick Sesshomorru in the chest hard with his left foot just enough to force the blade out where it entered.
"Perhaps you are ready for me Inuyasha, but...are you ready for THAT!" said Sesshomorru.
Inuyasha turned and saw Kikyo with her bow and arrow aimed at him and fired it with an angry look in her eyes that looked all too familiar fifty years ago. "No! Not again!" said Inuyasha wide eyed in horror as he clutched his wounded right side with his free left hand as the arrow pierced his chest in the exact same spot it had before fifty years ago pinning him to the tree behind him.