chp 22 To Moonlight black rose: That was the most enthusiastic review I EVER recieved, thanks. It so made my day, cause i was fighting with my boyfriend when I read it, and it made me feel bushels and bushels better. So this chapter is in your honor!

"Well Kagome, your surgery is schedualed for...thursday of next week."

Kagome held Inuyasha's hand, squeezing it slightly harder than nessecary. She glanced over at him, her eyes showing a bit of fear. She bit at her lip,"Thank you doctor..."

"Come on Kagome..."

Inuyasha took her arm, and lead her out the hospital doors. By the time they got in the car, Kagome was shaking..

"Whats wrong..."

"I'm afraid, of all this..."

Kagome bit her bottom lip, a nervous habit that Inuyasha knew signaled a deeper problem. He took her hand, and stroked his thumb over her knuckles. She looked at him, her face carved with question. He smiled,"It's gonna be ok..."

He took her in his arms, and held her face in his hands, so she could look him in the eyes,"I won't let anything happen to you...ever..."

"I know, but...you can't protect me from the inevitable..."

"Kagome, I won't let anything happen to you. If you need blood, I'll give you blood, if you need support I'll give you support, if you need an arm, I'll give you one of mine..."

"I love you..."

"I love you too..."

She gave a small smile, and he turned to start the engine. She buckled her seat belt, and he turned to get his (a/n click it or ticket!). Kagome leaned back resting her head on the seatbelt. Inuyasha started to drive out of the clinic parking lot. He stole a glance at her every now and then, just so he could look at her beautiful face. By the time they reached his apartment, Kagome was asleep in the front seat.

"Stupid girl..."

He smiled and parked the car, carrying her all the way up to his room. He laid her down on the sofa, her sleeping form so peaceful in his eyes. He sat down next to her, slipping in behind her, and wrapped his arms around her protectively...

I will always protect you...always...

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Midori sighed, "I will do as you wish..."

She glared as she turned away, angry with Suikotsu. He was in his evil state, and he begged for a woman. She prayed he didn't do to her as Naraku did. She went down the the cellar, and picked out a nice one for him. The woman begged and screamed not to be taken away. But Midori had NO choice...

Besides...Suikotsu wasn't as evil as Naraku, he probably wouldn't kill her.

"You're not going to die, don't worry."

"You're hi whore aren't you!"

Midori looked at her, her eyes set in a glare,"Who's whore do you think I am..."

"That bastard Naraku's..."

Midori grew mad with fury, and striked out at the woman, pinning her neck to a wall,"I am no one's whore, unlike you you scummy filth!"

She threw the woman on the floor,"I know what you do for a living. Thats how you came here. You're not worried about you're body, how tainted you will become. You're worried right now that you'll die. Well thats what you get for selling yourself like that..."

"I HAD NO CHOICE!"

"Everyone has a choice..."

"You don't!"

She looked at the woman,"How would you know?"

"Your eyes, they are not like Naraku's and the others, they are kind. Your words are hateful to cover up your true feelings..."

"Be that as it may, you always have a choice...always..."

"My child...I do it for her..."

"Liar..."

The woman looked at Midori,"What..."

"You're lieing, you're trying to butter me up to get me to help you. I can sense it, and so no I won't help you."

Midori bent down and grabbed a few trailing strips of energy from the ground, throwing them towards the woman. They made a spherical cage around her, and Midori sent her to Suikotsu's chamber. She closed her eyes, letting out a broken sigh. She stared at the other woman, cowering in fear of her...

I am a monster...

She twisted around, sealing the chanber door with a wave of her hand. She marched up to her room, falling down on the grey cot. She reached over, and got a bowl of water from the side. She made the water trail out, creating shapes with it in the air. Then she turned it into ice, and threw them into the cement wall, shattering them. She flexed her hand, popping her knuckles.

"Hey!"

She looked over to her open door, and saw Bankotsu. She smiled,"Hey."

She motioned that it was ok for him to enter, and he bounced onto her cot,"So this is your room?"

"Yea, Naraku doesn't like to give me too many posessions, he says I'll become greedy of his fortune."

"I wouldn't even entertain the idea of you being greedy. Of course, having a grey room with nothing in it except a rack of clothes, 2 pairs of shoes, and a cot with a rotting night stand isn't much for simplicity."

She laughed,"Well I don't have it as bad as some..."

He nodded,"I remember, when I first entered into the society, I lived on the side of one of the underground city streets. The ground was always muddy, and always cold. I had only one set of clothes, of course I was lucky to have had even that..."

"Why?"

"Because I knew kids, who wore plastic sacks thrown out by the society."

"I'm sorry it must have been hard..."

"Its ok, look how far I've come! I'm one of the heads of the Society! Its not so bad anymore..."

"I hate it..."

He looked at her, giving her one of those secret glares,"I wouldn't let Naraku hear you say that."

"I know, but I don't have a choice whether or not I want to be here, do I?"

"Most of us don't..."

"Do you want to?"

"Would you believe me if I said yes?"

She looked at his solem face, remembering how she felt the same about her life too...

"No I don't..."

"Good..."

She felt her hand brush against his, and she immediately retracted,"I'm sorry."

"Its ok."

She felt his hand brush against hers,"Its ok, to feel happy..."

She looked over at his sad smile, wishing there was someway to be closer to him. She felt his hand clasp around hers, and she looked over at him,"Bankotsu..."

"Are you afraid of me?"

"No..never..."

"Not even now, when your hearts pounding, when your blood is rushing all around and you don't know what to do or where to look..."

"No...not even then..."

"Do you feel it too..."

"I do..."

She looked over at him, her green eyes lined with a soft glazed,"I feel everything you feel..."

She got up, and looked over at him,"But I can't allow myself happiness with you...forgive me..."

She exited the room, her self control dieing away with every step. How she wanted to run back to him, to feel good again. But how could she allow that, she wasn't allowed to feel for others. If all he wanted her for was sex, Naraku would give her to him without a second thought. But for love...

Naraku didn't approve of love...

She let her tears of blood fall, the iron smell penetrating her senses. She ran as fast as she could, tryign to run away from all of these feelings. She knew she should have blocked him out of her life, she should have never been friendly and happy with him. But how could she ignore him, with all these feelings swirling inside her...

How can I...ever feel for him...

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Inuyasha returned to the old man named Totosai. The old man turned around,"Oh its you again..."

"No duh, where's my sword!"

"Well eh..."

"WELL?"

"Its by the door, but try it out first."

Inuyasha looked over, seeing the Tetsusaiga hanging over the table on a dry cleaner type hanger. It had a smiley face wth a heart going "we heart our customers". He rolled his eyes, and grabbed the sword.

"How much?"

"Um...oh $150."

He took out his wallet and threw the dollar bills at him. He pocketed the money, and watched in fear as Inuyasha drew out the sword...

And it fell to the ground...

"TOTOSAI!"

"What did I do!"

He umtransformed the Tetsusaiga, shoving it against his nose,"Why on God's green earth is my sword so heavy?"

"The bridge I used from your fang, it hasn't caught up to the power your father's held. Until you master your own power, Tetsusaiga will not lighten."

"So I need to..."

"Defeat as many enemies as possible and grow stronger..."

He punched him in the head,"I don't have time for that!"

"Well then," He became thoughtful,"You're doomed."

"You stupid old man!"

"Hey don't look at me, you're the one who broke the sword!"

"So! I need to be able to use it!"

"Then I'd start working."

Inuyasha glared at him, trying to squeeze information out of him,"Tell me how I can lighted the sword as fast as possible...please."

"Well...there is one way..."

"Tell me!"

"Well...if you defeated Ryukotsusei...but..."

"But what, if all I have to do if beat him, then there should be nothing to it."

"HAH, don't be so cocky! Your father died from what that demon did to him, in fact the only way your father defeated him was by setting him into an eternal sleep. All you need to do is kill him by running the Tetsusaiga through his heart, then destroy his body using the Tetsusaiga."

"What? Why didn't you just tell me that in the first place!"

"Because you probably should have leanred the mastery on your own, but you need it now. I will give you the power necessary to defeat this man Naraku, as long as you continue to use it for good. Besides...you would have killed me."

"Damn straight!"

"Oi..."

Inuyasha sheathed the blade, and tied it at his waist. Totosai gave him a map of the area where Ryukotsusei's body was found. Inuyasha thanked him unwillingly, and got out of the cave. He shouldered the untransormed blade, wondering what to do next. Of course...as always...something in the wind made hm cringe...

Naraku's scent...

He twisted around, to find not Naraku, but Midori. Her hair was let down, the twisting locks trailing in the wind...

"Inuyasha, Naraku's coming after Kagome next. He figured it out, that she was mroe to you than someone to protect..."

"How!"

"He's the one who got her sick. He found out she was carring your child, and he told that man Mukotsu to give her a 'radiation treatment'. I didn't understand what he meant, until she got sick. I'm sorry, so sorry..."

Inuyasha's heart died a little when Midori continued. So all along this was planned...the baby...her illness...

"Midori..."

She looked at him,"What?"

"Please take Kagome to that safe place. No matter how she begs, don't tell her where I am. I can't let her be harmed again, ever..."

"Inuyasha, she needs to get better..."

"I know, but how can she get better if she's with me?"

"What do you suggest I do then?"

"Let her have the surgery, let ehr have the chance to be better. I know it's in its early stages, if we're lucky maybe they can remove it all in the surgery..."

"Fine..."

Midori looked at him, her eyes full of pitty,"I'm sorry..."

"She's in the best hospital in the state, she's under the best possible care, and under favorable conditions for the surgery...I couldn't ask for more..."

"Except for her to never have gotten sick..."

"Yes...only that.."

"I'll be back for her when she's better..."

"Ok, thank you...for everything..."

"Just make sure Naraku dies..."

He nodded, and watched as Midori flew away in her golden sphere. He watched her, feeling so alone right now...

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AGH! It so boring! I wanted something interesting to happen in this chapter, anything! But of course, I had to write a boring chapter for plot issues, yay! Just FYI ! Midori's picture is up in my photobucket, to view it go to the link on my profile, just scroll up the the top and click XBlackRoseX909 and scroll down to the bottom on my thing, and the link is there. When you're at my photobucket, just click the subfolder Silver Scar and Midori should be the last picture, theres also a new kiss scene! Unfortunately its not great quality color, so bear with me. I'm getting a new computer sometime this summer, and maybe I can get a paint program so my pictures don't look so crudy.

Anyway, review review review. And if you didn't bother to look a the paragraph, I suggest you do. It will help you with visual aid of Midori!

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