Alright, everyone. I am sure that the suspense has been killing you long enough. Well, now you can go right ahead and read away. Just a reminder, this fan fic is almost finished. I have a few others that I am working on at the moment, and I hope that all of you who have enjoyed this story shall read all of my other work. With that said, on with the story.

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The Day Time Stood Still

Her vision was blurry as tears overflowed from her eyes. A hand was still on his body as she knelt there in midst of a great battle. Questions and answers flew through her head at a million miles per hour. Over and over she called out his name, hoping that he would wake up, that this was some cruel joke that someone had played on her. All her life, she had been missing something. Her family. Now, that she had her own, she was happy, but still she was missing her brother. He was all that she had left, in a way. No, she couldn't lose her brother like this. She had so many questions to ask him. She had to reminisce about things in the past. The demoness had to play her part in being the older sister. Her soft hand went to her right cheek, where her star would be. Her cheeks felt warm as she knelt there over her brother. A few moments later, she stood up slowly. Her fists clenched as she had her eyes closed. She could hear the sound of the battle going on around her, but she didn't care. At the moment, she wanted it all to just vanish. She wanted silence; she wanted peace.

"STOP!" Nara cried out as tears fell over her star. Even though, her eyes were shut, the tears still fell.

Her mate swung his sword and blocked Genroku's. He jumped back some and prepared for another attack. As he made his move, his actions seemed to be like he was moving through water. Sesshoumaru moved very slowly for a few moments, and then he stopped his swing as he came out it. The golden eyed demon lord sensed something was wrong. He looked around the battle field to see that no one was moving, not even Tama at the moment. His brow wrinkled as his eyes fell on Nara. She looked so still, but something was wrong with her. He simply walked over to her, not minding that everyone was frozen in time. He stopped before her and saw the tears falling down her smooth face.

"Nara." he spoke, but the way he said it made it sound like he was trying to calm her emotions.

Slowly, she opened her eyes, and the tears that had been held back overflowed. She couldn't stop them, nor could she stop the pain that her heart was feeling at the moment. Her grey eyes looked at him, and she wanted to cry on his shoulder, but she knew she couldn't. Pressing her lips together to try to stop the tears that were still coming, she kept her fists clenched. "K-Kija." she muttered through her weeping.

A nod came from Sesshoumaru, although he didn't have time for these emotions. He had to find out what had happened. "Did you cast a spell?"

She blinked and frowned some. "Sp-spell?" she asked, looking at him with question, even though her cries were still dominate.

"Yes, a spell to stop time, Nara." he said, trying to be patient as her crying was getting on his nerves. Yet, he couldn't really get upset with the one that had managed to get inside his heart.

She looked confused, but looked around as she took note that everything around them had stopped. Nara began to wonder if her strong emotions set this off. If her pain had caused her to be able to stop time. She pointed at herself and then nodded. As far as she knew, she had done nothing. She just wanted some quiet time.

Her mate placed a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry, Nara. I will take care of things. Take Tama and Kari and go back to the castle." he instructed her.

She nodded again, and then looked at Kija. Once again, she burst out into more weeping. "B-but...Ki-Kija." she said, burying her head in her hands as she couldn't bare to be out here any longer.

"I will handle it." he said, trying to keep his calm about him. "Now, go." he said, turning his back to her and beginning to walk back to Genroku, where the fun would begin.

Tama finally could move freely again. He looked around and wondered what had just happened. He looked at Nara and frowned. Why was she crying? He saw that the battle had literally stopped, so he decided to go to see what was wrong with his mother. As he moved to where she was, he would slice the people frozen with his claws, which were full of poison. A smirk came on his face as he couldn't wait to watch them all fall over when time went back to normal. Once Tama was close enough to his mother, he saw Kija. It was then that he understood what had happened. His nightmare had come true. He growled as he looked back to where his father was going. He turned to follow him, but someone grabbed his shoulder. "Mom?"

"D-don't Tama, h-he will take c-care of e-everyth-thing." she said, tears now had her cheeks completely wet.

He was upset that he couldn't help, but Tama knew that his mother needed comforting more then anything. His small hand held hers as he began to lead her away. "I am sorry, Mom. I was scared my nightmare might come true." he said, looking up at her to see a nod.

"I-It's alright. I should have listened to you and warned him. I-I shouldn't h-have left him a-all alone." she said, before another burst of tears came from her.

As the mother and son walked back to the castle entrance that past Kari. Nara stopped and looked at her. The poor girl had fallen in love with him, and now she was about to see him dead on the battle field. "Oh Kari." she said, before closing her eyes once again.

As Sesshoumaru was walking back his hand was on Tokijin. He drew his sword and came from behind Genroku. That cold emotionless look was on his face as he sliced at his arms and legs, just enough to have blood come through. He let his clawed hand rest on his neck and his nail almost seep into his flesh. He was waiting to for him to become unfrozen so he could watch the life drawn out of him. How dare this demon insult him like this? The Lord Of The West thought this to be fair punishment for all of the crimes that he had committed.

Meanwhile, Nara took Kari's hand and sighed. "I just want him to move again." she said, and at that instant everything moved again. Kari blinked and looked at the two before who had solemn faces.

"What's wrong?" she asked, before looking over Tama's head to see between the bodies there was Kija on the ground. "No! No that can't be...he is going to get up right." she said, looking at Nara who just wouldn't turn around "Lady Nara...please." she said, feeling her heart begin to break as well. She watched as Nara shook her head.

"Come on Kari, we have to get inside." he said, looking at her. His grey eyes looked sad as he walked with them inside. All of them were silent as they walked back to Nara's room. Tears fell silently as the two girls wept for Kija. Rin watched whole thing and was sadden by it as well.

As the battle unfroze, Genroku managed to drop his blade as he could feel his head become light. It was then that he looked at Sesshoumaru who had his claws on his throat. The demon lord didn't mutter a word as he just held that cold emotion look before he let his claws stab Genroku's throat and pull out his voice box. He threw it down and simply walked over to where Kija was laying. A sigh came to him as he called for Jaken to get a bucket of water. For as soon as Genroku fell, most of the enemies stopped fighting. The ones that didn't soon died.

The war was over in a matter of hours. The survivors ran back tot he East, scared. The servants went around the battle grounds and looked for any survivors. As the day waned, more and more servants were inside getting treated while the two girls sat in Nara's room and wept. All they could do was cry over the loss of a loved one and the others that gave their lives.

"It's my fault." she said, blaming herseld as she watch a few servants run by with bandages. "I should never have tried to find Sesshoumaru. I should have stayed with him and protected him. Look what I have done!" she said, tears still trailing down her skin.

"No, Lady Nara. You followed your heart. Kija wouldn't want you to be upset. He wanted to tell you. I think he died happy knowing that you finally remembered. That he could finally tell you that he was your brother." Kari said, placing a hand on her forearm. "Don't blame yourself for this." she said, her own bright green eyes no longer held the shine that they did.

Tama stood up and looked out the window. He should have warned more people. He blamed himself for losing his uncle. It seemed that everyone was taking blame for the fallen demon. He slammed his hands down on the window sill. A single tear ran down his cheek as he stood there looking at the bloody battle field. "Uncle Kija...you could have made it. You are stronger then that." he said, softly as he his looked to the golden sky.

"Tama, dinner time." Nara said, as she placed a hand on his shoulder. The demoness was taken aback by his actions as he hugged her tightly. "Tama." she said, her voice very soft.

"I am sorry, Mom. He loved you so much." he said, burying his head in her stomach.

Nara smiled some. "And I loved my brother very much." she said, that pain in her heart just wouldn't go away as she walked him to his room.

Tama looked up at her and smiled some. "He wanted to hear that from you the most. Uncle Kija wanted you to know that you were his sister more then anything." he said, before climbing up and sitting in the chair.

She left him with Kari and then proceeded back to her room where she laid down. Nara didn't feel like eating at the moment. She was to heartbroken to do anything. She closed her eyes and let a deep breath out. Things were going to be a lot different around here. Slowly, she fell into a deep sleep. Later on that night, Sesshoumaru came to bed as well. No longer did he smell of blood and death. In her sleep, she laid her head on his pelt and softly wept. The demon lord did not understand how much this meant to her, but he couldn't stand to see her tears. He let an arm wrap around her to quiet her cries before he fell into a light slumber.

End chapter...

sniffs I know! I hate me too! I can't stand to have it end like this. Well, the story is almost over. I hope that you people tell me if ya hate what I have done. See ya soon!