A/N: I'm really so sorry about the long wait. Whose fault is it? Why it's finals! But now school is out, whose fault is it? Why it's me traveling! Actually…Kingdom Hearts 2 is to blame. That game is so incredibly awesome. Man I love that game! Anyway, I'm very sorry!

Q: Does this story have a pairing?

A: Hmm…I was sort of thinking about it, and I have to say sort of. The truth is that I don't want to make things too awkward, but just funny. There will be some liking...a lot of liking…and the liking will probably come from pairings you might not expect, but it's not going any farther than liking. Pairing? No.

Chapter 6

I don't own Inuyasha

"I've got a really bad feeling about all this," said Inuyasha. He knew Naraku by now, and so he knew that Naraku had to be up to something. He had to be planning something, and it was obvious that his new plan would involve Sesshoumaru. 'This is just his style. Sesshoumaru disappears for a second and Naraku already has a plot cooked up. Whatever it is, I'll defeat him.' "Sesshoumaru's up ahead."

"I can see him!" Kagome pointed ahead to where the young boy was standing. "He has some jewel shards!"

"He must have gotten them from Naraku…" 'You just keep giving me reasons to kill you, eh Sesshoumaru?' "How many are there, Kagome?"

"Well, there are two in each arm and two in each leg." They caught up with him, since he wasn't running. He tried to look calm, but he had that childlike guilt on his face. He didn't look like he was guilty for whatever he did, but it was obvious that he had committed some sort of crime and was proud of it.

"Alright, spill it!" Inuyasha commanded.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"Where'd you get the jewel shards?"

"I found them" he lied, and so obviously too. He had a wicked smirk on his face, something that didn't appear too often, but when it did, it always meant trouble.

"You're lying!" Kagome got off of Inuyasha's back, and readied herself just incase she might have to yell sit a few times. "Spill it you little creep! If you don't, I'll beat the truth out of you!"

"You're not very intimidating, little brother."

"And neither are you midget!"

"It's none of your business, Inuyasha. I found them."

"You got them from Naraku, didn't you?"

They were all looking at him with suspicion. They all knew Sesshoumaru was lying, and he knew that they knew. "I suppose there's no point in lying, is there little brother?" With a mischievous grin he prepared himself and ran as fast as he could past Inuyasha and all of his friends.

"Why that little…" Inuyasha was steaming now, and began chasing after him, but Sesshoumaru sadly seemed to have the upper hand.

"At least they're even…" Shippo said while on top of Kagome's shoulder.

"It's too bad that Sesshoumaru has to be a child for them to be even." Miroku sighed.

"Well come on," instructed Sango, "we've got to find out if he knows anything about where Naraku is."

"And we've got to stop the two of them from killing each other!" Kagome just didn't want Sesshoumaru to end up dead. Sesshoumaru didn't really seem to hate Inuyasha, especially now. It simply seemed like sibling rivalry to the extreme. If Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru continued on, then it would only get worse. 'I've got to do something!' With that thought, an ingenious idea came to her mind. "Come on guys, I've got an idea."

Further up ahead was Inuyasha, making death threats continuously to his little big brother who was only a few feet ahead. 'This stupid kid wouldn't be so fast if he didn't have jewel shards in his legs.' "I'm gonna get you!"

"Not before I reach my destination!"

"And that would be?" It suddenly came to mind as Toutousai and the demonic Tokijin came into sight. "You're really stupid, Sesshoumaru! You can't wield it!"

"We'll see!"

Toutousai saw Sesshoumaru and made a run for it. "Sorry Inuyasha, but I've got to go!" He jumped up on his demon cow Momo and got out of there as fast as possible, before Sesshoumaru could kill Toutousai.

"What a coward…" Sesshoumaru mumbled under his breath. "I wasn't even after him!" Luckily for Sesshoumaru, he reached the Tokijin before Inuyasha could stop him. "I was really after this!" With both hands he grabbed his sword and smirked as victory was his. "This time is different."

Inuyasha waited for Sesshoumaru to go insane with rage and start to be possessed by the sword, but it wasn't happening. 'Why could he have done?'

"You really are stupid, aren't you, Inuyasha?" He almost laughed. "The jewel shards."

"I see…Naraku gave them to you so you would kill me with the Tokijin, and you actually trusted him."

"Oh, so I'm supposed to trust you?"

"You're not supposed to trust anyone! You're Sesshoumaru! You're a loner! You can think for yourself. I didn't realize you were this pathetic as a child."

That ticked him off. "Well, just because I'm a child, doesn't mean that I can't see a good opportunity when it comes my way. Naraku may be my enemy, and he might have even changed me into a child—that I don't know—but I do know that we both have a common enemy. If I can kill you, then that's all that matters to me!"

"You little ungrateful brat!"

"I know about my missing arm, you half-breed!"

Inuyasha was surprised at Sesshoumaru's outburst. He was never that angry before. He almost seemed hurt…emotionally? "Oh give me a break! You deserved it!"

"That's it!" With his anger fueling that Tokijin, it was ready to fire and it certainly was strong enough to take on Inuyasha. "You're going to die, and you're going to die right her and right now!" Sesshoumaru didn't even intentionally blast Inuyasha with his sword. It was just pure anger and hatred from the sword. That was what made the sword stronger, and that's what made the attack so powerful and unexpected. Inuyasha didn't have time to counter it. The Tetsusaiga protected him the last second, but still let Inuyasha injured. "You're gonna die today!"

When Inuyasha opened his eyes, he realized that he was really hurt. 'Curse that kid!'

"Inuyasha!"

"Kagome?" He stood up as fast as he could, but it wasn't very fast though. It was slow enough for Sesshoumaru to mock him for being weak. Inuyasha ignored it (partially because he couldn't hear due to the pain) and looked up to the sky where Kagome's voice was coming from. "Kagome?"

"Inuyasha!" She was riding on top of Kirara alone. "Grab my hand! Trust me!"

Inuyasha didn't want to run away from battle, but Kagome sounded so confident. She really knew what she was doing. Even with that, he was still Inuyasha. "I can't run away!"

"If you don't I'll say the you know what!"

That scared him more than his wounded pride. "Fine!" He reached up his hand and climbed on top of Kirara with Kagome, and they rode off together.

"What is that fool doing?" Sesshoumaru was rather disappointed with his younger brother. "How can you just leave a battle like that?" Sesshoumaru wasn't about to let Inuyasha get away with that. Though they were in the air, he ran after them, as fast as he could. 'At least I'll still have their scent if my eyes lose sight of them. I'm not going to let them get away!'

"What's the plan, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked.

"You're gonna just have to trust me Inuyasha."

That didn't sit too well with Inuyasha, but he did notice a gleam in her eye that got him curious. 'Whatever it is, it must be a good idea. I'll have to trust Kagome or else…' He didn't want to think about that "sit." Inuyasha tried to remain patient, but he was itching to rip the jewel shard from out of Sesshoumaru's little body. "He's still following us, you know?"

"I'm counting on that."

'Then what could she be up to?' "Kagome, you do realize that he is dangerous. Even though he's not even eye level, he can and will kill you if he gets the chance."

"I don't think it's that simple, Inuyasha. He's just an angry kid."

"Ha! Just an angry kid?" Inuyasha was beginning to doubt Kagome's idea. "How can you say that? So what was he every other time he's tried to kill us? Was he a screwed up adult?"

"Well—"

"Well nothing! Are you even being serious right now? I've got to put an end to this right now!"

"But…" Kagome shook her head and had pure determination in her eyes. She wasn't about to let this kid die by Inuyasha's hands. "When you were overtaken by your demon blood, Sesshoumaru had the perfect chance to kill you. You were practically unconscious and bleeding badly anyway. He could have finished you off easily, and the only thing standing in his way was me."

Inuyasha didn't quite remember the whole story. "And you stopped him?" Inuyasha asked in disbelief.

"No!" 'He'd believe anything to avoid the idea that his brother might not actually hate him.' "Inuyasha, I didn't convince him, or try to make a move. Even with my spiritual powers, he could stop me. He melted one of my arrows in his hands, and no one else has ever done that."

"And what's your point?" he asked impatiently.

"The point is that he could have still killed you, and he just walked away. Miroku asked why, and he made up the excuse that you didn't know yourself, and there was no point. He said he'd get to it eventually but—"

"But nothing! Get to it eventually, Kagome? Sorry that I missed the point of your story, but he still wants to kill me, you, and anyone else who'll stand in his way. He's evil!"

"I don't think so!"

Inuyasha grumbled in…jealousy. He didn't realize he was getting jealous, but he was. He was forgetting that his brother was only a child at that moment. He mocked the child, but still thought of the cruelty of the man, and even besides the cruelty, the fact that he was a man. "So what are you saying?"

"I'm saying that I don't think he's evil. I don't think a powerful and evil demon can take in a child and take care of her. I don't even think an evil demon can be patient enough to deal with Jaken. I also most certainly know that an evil demon wouldn't spare your life. Naraku is evil. He would never miss the opportunity, but Sesshoumaru hesitates. Sure he'll beat you up if he can, but he's never really made the move to kill you." She said the next line quietly. "He's even seemed to protect you…" She waited for Inuyasha to yell at her, but he just grumbled an in anger. Kagome could only sigh at him. "Look Inuyasha, I know you don't like your brother, and I know he really doesn't like you, but he doesn't know himself. Before you really do have a duel to the death, why don't you wait until he's himself, since he gave you that privilege?"

"We're going to regret this…" He mumbled.

"Just trust me…"

When Kirara landed, Inuyasha realized that they were in Kaede's village, right outside her house. "Why are we here, Kagome?"

Kagome didn't answer. "Okay, I'll be back. You go distract him."

"He couldn't catch up that fast…" As soon as he took his eyes off Kagome, who went inside, Sesshoumaru appeared in front of Inuyasha. "You little worm! Those jewel shards in your legs has made you a lot faster than what you should be!"

"You really are an idiot if you just now figured that out, Inuyasha." Sesshoumaru wasn't much in the mood for talking. "I'm going to destroy you right here and now!"

"I'd like to see you try!" There was a bit of space to fight, but not a lot. 'I've got to get him away from the village, or someone could get hurt.' "Let's settle this somewhere else!"

"Are you kidding me? I just chased you down for miles! I'm not going anywhere else. I'm going to stop you right here and now!"

Kagome ran out of the house with Kaede behind her. Kagome could tell Sesshoumaru was angry, far angrier than she had ever seen him before. "Sesshoumaru, the jewel shards in your legs have given you power, but they're still corrupted from Naraku. If you don't let me purify them, then you'll just keep getting angrier."

"Why shouldn't I be angry?" He asked. "You people pretend to help me? Is it because I'm a threat?"

"Ha!" was Inuyasha's reply.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome scolded. "Sesshoumaru, we were really trying to help. We…" Inuyasha cleared his throat, to make sure that she got the wording right. She only rolled her eyes at him. "Well, I care about you. And I don't want to see you get killed."

"But Inuyasha can kill me?"

"No! I don't want you two to even fight! You're brothers! You shouldn't be doing this!"

"Then why did he cut off my arm?"

"What?" 'Naraku must have told him about it. I know I didn't mention anything.'

"You were trying to steal my sword!" Inuyasha yelled. "I shouldn't defend myself?"

"That's no excuse!" Sesshoumaru yelled. He was hurt, and he didn't even realize it. He just felt anger. "You're my brother!"

Inuyasha hesitated for a moment, but just a moment. "That doesn't mean anything to you!"

"Yeah, then why are you still alive?"

"Because you're not strong enough to kill me!"

"You're still my little brother, Inuyasha. You're barely my equal now! I bet you couldn't defeat me if I was older, unless I was holding back. You took advantage of my compassion and cut off my arm. No wonder why I hate you!"

"Well, you're not actually a big ball of sunshine yourself!"

Sesshoumaru was enraged, and his fury only fed the Tokijin. "Kagome," said Kaede, "now is the time, before he destroys the whole village."

Kagome nodded. She knew what had to be done. "I guess there's no other way."

Sesshoumaru's sword seemed to be charging up for an attack. It had never fed off of so much of Sesshoumaru's anger before, and now it was about to be released fully. "Die little brother!"

"Kaede, now!"

Sesshoumaru raised his sword to attack in a mighty blow that would destroy the whole village, but Kaede said a quick prayer to stop the boy in his tracks. That gave Inuyasha just enough time to react and he drew Tetsusaiga and stopped Sesshoumaru's attack from spewing forth. "What's going on?" Sesshoumaru asked. Little bright lights began to surround his neck and he had no idea what was going on. He was too shocked to hold on to all of that anger, for he felt something powerful and something wicked come upon him.

Inuyasha knew what it was though…

"Now!" Kagome prepared herself. 'Should I try something different this time…?'

A smirk came to Inuyasha's face…

'How about play dead? No, that's a bit too dangerous. Stay? Stay could be good. But then again, it might only bind him for a few seconds. I need something like what Inuyasha has…'

…But Inuyasha's smirk was short lived. 'Wait a second…!' "Kagome, don't say the same—"

"Sit!" In an instant, the two brothers' were forced down into the ground by two separate beads of subjugation.

Sesshoumaru was in pain, but could get back up. So he tried…

"Sit!"

And tried…

"Sit!"

"And tried…

"Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit!"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" The two brothers were now in much pain, so much that the two were actually dizzy. Sesshoumaru let go of the Tokijin and the demonic power began to spew out of it once again.

"Something must be done about his sword…" Kaede told Kagome.

Kagome nodded. "We're open to any suggestions."

Inuyasha knew this would be trouble, and he learned that he should never trust Kagome again. He did manage to let out some words before he passed out though. "Why…not…another…word…?"

Sesshoumaru wasn't used to Kagome's command, and he soon too lost consciousness, no matter how hard he tried. Besides, once he was down, Kagome touched him, and purified the jewels in his body. Her touch was simply enough, and he couldn't run on his hatred any longer. "What did you do…?"

Kagome kind of felt bad. "Sorry…" Kagome muttered. Well, she almost felt bad. "But at least the mutt brothers will learn to get along…or else!"

To be continued….

A/N: So now they have to play nice. Review and I'll update guys…I promise I will!