Chapter 4

Inuyasha went looking for Sesshoumaru. Using his nose, he sniffed out where Sesshoumaru was. Standing outside, he called for his brother,

"Hey Sesshoumaru, you there?", he called out, even though Inuyasha knew he was.

"What do you want?", Sesshoumaru came out, looking slightly disheveled.

"You look like shit. What happened to you?"

"Is that what you came for, little brother?"

"No. I was just wondering if you were missing somebody?"

"Missing?"

"Yea, you know, your dragon friend? Anyway, he's at my house. It seems he was attacked by something with huge jaws last night."

'DAMN!' Sesshoumaru thought. Ah-Un came from a group of dragons in the south. It was well known that the northern dragons hated the southern dragons and would attempt to kill them. How could he have let this happen?

"So, what's going on? What's with these demons that are attacking the western lands?", Inuyasha asked, trying to act not interested but not hiding it very well.

"It doesn't concern you. You've made it abundantly clear you are not going to fight.", After saying this, Sesshoumaru looked up in the sky. His senses were on high alert. That's when he saw them. A small band of dragons flying high in the sky. Flying south. Inuyasha saw them too. And fear flew through him.

"Kagome!", he cried, worried for his family. He took off, with Sesshoumaru close behind.

"Mama, what are we going to do with Ah-Un? He doesn't seem interested in leaving. Is he still hurt?", Kohana asked her mother, as her mother checked over the lazing dragon.

"No. I think he's just resting. Maybe he feels safe here from whatever attacked him. Kohana?", Kagome asked as she looked at her daughter, who stood wide-eyed in fear. Turning around, Kagome saw why she was fearful. They stood face to face with a woman surrounded by four dragons.

"Who are you? And what do you want?"

"Never mind who I am. I hear you guard the sacred jewel. Give it to me."

"Sacred jewel?", Kagome queried, "Never heard of it."

"Don't insult me. You know what I mean. Hand it over."

"It's not here. It's hidden and I cannot get to it.", Kagome lied. She knew she had disguised the jewel as a sapphire and that Shiori had put a barrier around it. There was no way that the dragons could have sensed the jewel, so how did they know where to find it?

'If you won't give it to me, then I will take you in trade. Your spiritual powers will assist me.", And with that, the woman changed into a dragon and started to grab Kagome. As Kagome screamed, she heard a growl from behind her. Ah-Un was up and was attacking the dragon!

The other dragons jumped in and started clawing at Ah-Un. Kagome now realized, as she watched them claw Ah-Un, what had attacked him last night. And four against one (even with 2 heads) were terrible odds. Kagome looked around and saw a human Yasha running to her aid. Worried for her son, Kagome stretched out her hands and hollered,

"TSUIHO SURU!"

Which succeeded in driving two of the dragons away. Before she had a chance to shout out another spell, the other two grabbed her and Kohana and flew away, as Yasha watched helplessly from the ground. The dragons flew away with their kidnapped bounty as Yasha cursed at them.

Yasha checked the severely injured Ah-Un and called out Kaori, who tried to heal him. But, it was no use. The dragon was too severely wounded and died as she watched. Shortly thereafter, Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru showed up.

"What happened?", Inuyasha demanded of Yasha and Kaori.

"Four dragons showed up demanding the shikon jewel. Ah-Un fought them off and so did mother, but they managed to grab mother and Kohana and flew away."

Sesshoumaru went over to Ah-Un. Pulling put Tenseiga, he looked for the emissaries from the underworld. Finding them, he sliced, attacking the demons and bringing Ah-Un back to life. Inuyasha broke his thoughts,

"Damn it Sesshoumaru, I'm talking to you. Where are these demons?"

"It is of no concern of yours, I said."

"Yes it is. They have Kagome and my daughter. It does involve me now."

"Fine. Follow me. I will take you to their location.", Sesshoumaru said, as he mounted Ah-Un and flew off, with Inuyasha following from below.