I'm glad you all liked my last chapter and here's the next. Thanks for the reviews as well.

Okay by the way I think that there was a mistake that I noticed in chapter 10 and it was where it said that it spoke of golden eyes and blue began to surround them, if you couldn't tell that was Sesshoumaru getting extremely frustrated about the situation.

It wasn't so much that Kagome was hurt but instead mainly that Naraku was finding ways to where Sesshoumaru was almost powerless to aid the priestesses.

Akin stirred, Kira noted, at least three times in the past five seconds meaning he would awake soon. She dipped the cloth that had been over his forehead in water and put it back on. He was still very weak but if he awoke and smelt Kagome's still lingering pain and fear after the four days that she had been unconscious then he would move.

His features stayed slightly paler than they should be but there was nothing that she could do about that. His hands clenched and unclenched by his side. The way he began to breathe every moment changed, quickening meaning it would be seconds before he came to. 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 his eyes fluttered. His apricot eyes seemed troubled and that was when he disappeared from her sight.

Akin moved fluidly down the halls, passing the many lord's deciding that they were hungry for it was time to supper. That f course didn't matter to Akin because he was not hungry, only extremely nervous for Kagome's scent held great amounts of fear. There was the smell of her blood as well, seeming slightly old. "What had transpired while I remained unconscious?"

Sesshoumaru lifted his head; Akin's aura fast approached him. Hs amber eyes moved to view the miko. She was obviously the object of Akin's affection which did not bode well. His guard did not need to fall in love with one of his ally's but there again he couldn't trust any other to watch over her. Akin was the only option.

The male slid into the room, panting as he stood beside Kagome. His eyes looked over her wildly for one moment and then they found Sesshoumaru. "My Lord if you please explain what has occurred during my obvious absence." Akin's head remained bowed the entire time, showing the demon lord great respect. But his eyes, his eyes remained on Sesshoumaru's own watching carefully and rather threateningly.

"Look at me like that again and you will be killed, is this understood?" Akin averted his gaze with a quick, briefly sharp nod.

"Naraku has been foolish enough to attack the miko once again and this time she came near to death. With rest she shall become well once again." His tone seemed extremely bored.

"My Lord I shall watch Kagome. You are in no need of troubling your self."

"Akin until this slight amazement with the miko wears from you; you shall not come near her. I do not need you falling in love with my ally, especially a miko." He felt the anger radiating. "Is this understood?"

There was a great pause from the protector and Sesshoumaru almost asked a second time but the male spoke. "Yes it is my Lord." As this was said he stepped out not wanting to be near Sesshoumaru at this moment. Akin believed that he was not falling for the miko; he was simply becoming fast friends with her.

Sesshoumaru sighed and shook his head for a moment. At times he truly did miss wandering through the wilderness, Rin and Jaken by his side, through all seasons. Maybe in a couple of years he would take a short leave with his ward and stay in the wild for a few months each season in order to enjoy what the world had to offer. His eyes found Rin's sleeping form. Yes it would not only aid him but it would her as well.

"Inu-yasha why-please…" The demon lord looked over to Kagome while she slept; obviously she had been confined to a nightmare. She had been and would be always concerned for the hanyou and desire his heart. Trouble was she was not meant to have his eyes always watching her. It was only for Kikyo that he would hold that sort of affection.

On closer inspection Sesshoumaru noticed that Kagome's lips were slightly cracked meaning that her body was losing its hydration. With slight hesitation, making sure Rin was asleep, he rose. Near Kagome lay a bowel with a wooden cup inside of it. Sesshoumaru lifted the cup from the holding of water. With one more glance to Rin he lifted the miko and shifted her weight onto him in order for easier access to her mouth.

Kagome slipped her hand around his forearm which surprised him into almost gasping. She muttered something incoherent even to his ears before stroking the skin. He watched her closely, not with suspicion or with hate, but with quiet interest. She cuddled closer to his body extending her neck outward and toward his face.

Kagome opened her eyes after feeling someone's breathe on her face to find Sesshoumaru's golden orbs. His eyes, they were half lidded informing her fogged brain that he was not angry or any other emotion that she had witnessed before. In their depths there was a hunger swarming but not for sex she realized slowly, only for her. He only wanted her companionship.

Sesshoumaru could feel the miko's own breathe on his face, fanning out over him. The longer he looked into her depths the harder she began to pant. Eventually his bangs moved slightly and with lazed acknowledgement so did her own from his exhales. Her blue eyes swam with something that resembled what many women's orbs held. She wanted him but it was not the same and yet it was. What was it?

Kagome inched her head forward as he did. Slowly but surely they would eventually collide. Her breathing starting becoming noticeably faster. Her head wouldn't move any farther toward him and so she lifted her weak body upward. Sesshoumaru knew suddenly what she desired most as he read her eyes. "You want to know me."

He bent fully into her then after placing the water into the bowel. His lips took her own and his hands held her closer to his own body. Kagome felt dizzy as he suddenly took her mouth. For a moment he reminded her of a swarm of some kind. She moved upward for a moment before another wave of severe pain rammed her.

Sesshoumaru muffled her scream with his mouth, almost pulling back when she first began. Her body shook against him and her own pain was felt even by him. Naraku was trying to steal away her soul once again and by being so close his own was leaving. Sesshoumaru eventually cried out in agony as well, his eyes became red. Rin awoke at the sound of her lord and Kagome each calling forth in pain. The darkness in the room was no longer dark.

Their bodies lit it up. Kikyo stepped forth almost falling over in a spell of dizziness. Rin leapt up and caught her. "What is happening to lord Sesshoumaru priestess Kikyo?" Tears rolled down the child's face out of both fear and worry.

"While Sesshoumaru tried to aid Kagome the demon Naraku has decided to take his soul as well." Just as this was said Kikyo cried out her own soul beginning to tear away. She knocked Rin back. "Don't touch me for he shall take yours as well."

The demon lord slammed his head against the wall, in far too much pain to bear. He had never felt anything like this, it was worse than acid melting through his skin. Hell could not torment him as terribly as this damnable pain was. And that's when he became most angry. A filthy hanyou was slicing though his barriers, harming him in the worst way possible but he could not defend himself.

Sesshoumaru's aura rose at this thought. "Curse him to the fiery pits of the seven Hells." His body continued to light in a green glow becoming more vibrant with each and every second. He gripped Kagome tightly but her soul was in such torment that she did notice.

His aura grew brighter and brighter with every second and at this moment Akin and many other on lookers appeared at the door way. The protector rushed Rin from the room. Inuyasha tried to enter but Miroku held him back. "Sesshoumaru will save them Inuyasha, I have faith."

The hanyou glared up toward him and suddenly the light in the room seemed to be blinking. Like turning on and off the bulbs switch until it will not light anymore. That's just what his power did; it toyed like this for minutes until there was no longer any light only silence accompanied by the dark.

Akin and Rin were the first in the room followed by Inuyasha and the small group of ally's. It was so cold compared to the hall reminding every one of death. Rin lit a candle so that she and all others could see the western lord and each priestess.

Sesshoumaru still held Kagome within his hold and Kikyo lay strewn at the bedside. Inuyasha went to her of course. "Kikyo are you alright?" She was unconscious so it was stupid to ask but he couldn't help but do it.

Rin and Akin stood beside Sesshoumaru and Kagome while Sango and the group stayed just behind them. Shippo had hopped onto Rin's shoulder while she spoke quietly. "Lord Sesshoumaru would you please awaken? We are worried."

Akin watched Kagome rather than his Lord. If he knew his master by now he then knew that Sesshoumaru would eventually stir but Kagome was human and therefore could not handle certain extremities. As he looked her over she seemed to be over heated, a warning that she may have a fever.

Akin bent slightly and touched her forehead but what he felt was not just the burning of a fever but Sesshoumaru's hand wrapped about his wrist burning it. The guard's eyes found Sesshoumaru's golden sun kissed orbs as the poison burned him deeply. "My Lord I am merely finding if the miko Kagome will be alright though she seems to be fervently ill."

The demon loosened his grip before shoving him mightily in his rib cage causing the bones healed to break. Akin gave a small noise of pain but continued to stand. Rin cried out in shock causing his attention to draw its self to her. He knew she was not threatening him or Kagome in any sort of way and therefore stayed still. "My Lord why would you do such a thing?"

His eyes flashed some emotion which had not been seen before by many within the room as he starred down each and every one of them. There was something unbidden in that gaze, something old and hidden for many years. Inuyasha watched him wearily having seen this odd look before.

Flash back 400 years prior

Rain fell in a constant motion, seeming to weep for his half brother's loss. The sky, it was so black that even a moonless night seemed brighter than what any one's eye seen at the moment. Inuyasha with his almost inhuman gaze saw through the thickness and to his brother's shrouded figure.

The water fell from the sky so quickly and painfully that it tattered its way through the white silk layer of Sesshoumaru's clothing, but still he would not move. He had sat in the same still position for at least four hours. His clawed hands long ago washed of the human, once living, blood that he had taken. Inuyasha swallowed his eyes flashed with left over rage and remnants of sorrow. His silver hair billowed in the wind and his clothing also shook from its mighty force. Nervously he took his first step toward Sesshoumaru.

The demon still remained perfectly still though the mud around him allowed his body to sink a little bit. Inuyasha even while walking slid about in an uncomfortable manner. The grass had already been drowned in a large puddle and around Sesshoumaru it was almost in likeness to a lake. His hair seemed to float a tad bit over the muddy surface.

One of the men still seemed to be alive and as Inuyasha almost passed him that was made affirmative. His hand gripped Inuyasha's leg, holding into the pants while twisting the fabric in his suffering. Blood came in spurts from his mouth as he tried to speak, most likely begging for mercy. Inuyasha's eyes narrowed dangerously, the pupils becoming mere slits. Before the hanyou could give any sort of punishment the sound of a whip crackle hit his ears with immense ferocity and the heat, along with scent, of burning acid was noticed. The man's hand loosened and it fell.

The water pattered about under its weight and his brown eyes became lifeless of pain. Inuyasha looked back to Sesshoumaru, regarding the human no longer. With a sigh he began to walk toward his brother once again. This one moment he could not hate Sesshoumaru and could for once understand his brother slightly more than normal.

He seemed as if he hadn't moved while Inuyasha knew differently. Sesshoumaru had killed that man and though the man was mortal he could not blame the demon lord for no mortal man should commit such a heinous act. Inuyasha stopped all movement momentarily in order to stand beside him in respectful silence. He needed permission to come forward. Sesshoumaru sat quite still and to our eyes we wouldn't have noticed a thing, but to Inuyasha's he seen a nod.

Come forth.

With extreme slowness he came about looking not down for injuries on Sesshoumaru but to the victim. A young woman, no older than seventeen lay in Sesshoumaru's hold. Her body had been stripped of its clothing and by the time Sesshoumaru had arrived to save her she had died of her injuries but worst of all, she lost her innocence.

Anger built in Inuyasha. How could they do this to such a kind women? How could they hurt her like this? Torture! Humans, he hated them for this reason. Sesshoumaru most likely did as well and would forever hate them from now on. Inuyasha looked into her blue eyes. They were lifeless yet he could still smell the fear in her and even as he looked into her orbs so deeply the void seemed to still hold absolute terror.

Inuyasha then looked a little upward to find Sesshoumaru starring at him with wide confused, pained and angered eyes. Black surrounded yellow telling him that Sesshoumaru was there but was so confused that his beast decided to also appear. And all he could do was stand before him and stare back.

His brother never admitted it afterward but Inuyasha swore and does to this day that he thought of that woman more than friend like, he loved her.

End of 400 year flash back

The demon lord held the same look now as he did then and so Inuyasha concluded that the sadness still standing within him awakened. Naraku may not have done this intentionally but he would be proud if he knew how much pain Sesshoumaru was in now. The hanyou stood and came before his brother. "I know that you are thinking of her brother but this is not her. Sesshoumaru I know you're confused but just think about the situation. Don't I at least look different to you? Maybe a bit taller or something?"

The demons eyes glided over him time and time again trying to find a difference in his half brother but he saw nothing and yet he noticed something. His soul had awakened so much that it made Inuyasha seem the way he was four hundred years ago yet when he viewed the room there were people he had never known before. For example the young girl who called out to him and the man who tried to touch Katsu.

Sesshoumaru looked into his arms to find that it looked as if she were in his arms but when did she ever where clothing like this? He looked back to Inuyasha even more so confused than ever. He had seen the hope in his brother's eyes. "That's right Sesshoumaru she was buried four hundred years ago." At this some of the now stoic demon lord seemed to resurface. Slowly he loosened his grip around Kagome to let her lay down on the bed so that he could stand.

After taking a quick glance about he fled not in fear but in a place of his own where all of this was so very blurry to him. "It seems as if the new Lord has had a taste of the real ruling now." Inuyasha turned to glare at the older demon. He was a general of one of the other lords he believed. "Such foolishness will make him a mockery."

A red blur was noticed in the room as one heard the sudden twang of Inuyasha's claws filing around the man's neck and into the wood behind him. "Now you listen to me you jack ass. You know exactly why he acts like this at this time for it has been around Japan once or twice. I believe I heard you speak of it before on a battle field. The villagers and demons call it Sesshoumaru's final howl. Am I right?"

There was a slight nod. "It was his final because when you loose someone why is there reason to call out the night, daring it to come forth and show its power, especially if it is someone that you love deeply. No swine like you will ever know or understand the meaning of this. True love is hard to come by and my brother truly loved her with all of his heart and soul. She may have been human but she was more powerful than any other demon female, priestess or human alive because she did not tame his beast but she did become allied to it. If I ever hear you mock my brother of this ever again or even think you've said anything about her I swear on my half bred bloodline that I will come for you and kill you with my bare hands."

Inuyasha let him go while his chest heaved. His eyes were reddening as he starred up to the tiger demon. Anger slid over him like a sea of blackness blinding his vision to what was about him. Sango and Miroku stood shell shocked and all within or about the room remained quiet. Inuyasha closed his eyes and took in steady breaths as his raging blood tried to calm. Everything had gone silent in the room because of the pounding in his ears and his screaming thoughts.

No one had moved and many scarcely breathed as the watched him. He shook with unmatched rage and great waves of power clashed with all others. Kagome stood from her bed, though very weak, and touched his back. Inuyasha whipped around claws out and ready but he was met by blue eyes. Her aura sailed like a gentle breeze, calming him slowly but surely. The darkness which stayed within the room seemed to brighten at a sluggish but noticeable pace.

The boy's aura finally stimulated enough to where he could turn to the youkai who made him this angry. "I want those that are my allies to stay, everyone but Rin leave." Many hadn't moved trying to decipher what he meant by friend or foe. "I said get the Hell out!" Once his eyes turned crimson again with the Tashio trait many disappeared from his sight.

Kagome smiled at him and then fell unconscious. "Kagome!" Many in the room cried out and Inuyasha being the closest caught her. He looked over her with concern for a moment before setting her on the bed. "Thank you for helping me Kagome."

At this he turned to look beside her bed and found Kikyo looking at him weakly. He bent quickly and touched her face. "Are you alright Kikyo?"

"I am merely loosing my strength, I need rest." He nodded and lifted her into his arms. "Miroku the fever must be taken care of, do you believe you can?"

"I am not sure priestess but I will try my best." As this was said Inuyasha laid his chosen down on her bed. "Sango please dampen that clothe and hold it over her forehead for a moment. Shippo just hold her hand, it will help a little."

"Okay but will she die?" His eyes filled with tears as he starred up at the monk.

"No she will not." Miroku seemed troubled and so Sango rubbed his forearm. He smiled and Kilala mewed from the bed side. "We just need to get to work."

Kagome's dream

A light drizzle had begun to sprinkle but something from the blackness of these clouds told Kagome that this storm would get worse. The wind was already picking up and thunder growled through the sky. Lighting lit it as brightly as the sun but with an eerie glow. Kagome cried out as she fell backwards for standing next to her was the demon lord.

"Sesshoumaru you scared me!" He said nothing just continued to stare into the oncoming thunder storm. Her blue eyes filled with concern. "Sesshoumaru are you alright?" Still he did nothing but seem to become agitated and more agitated. Kagome thought that she seen worry flash through them for a moment. "What's going on? What's wrong with him?"

Kagome watched as he suddenly looked up his body went rigid. He immediately transformed into his larger state and ran. Kagome watched him storm off into the night in frazzled confusion. "Where are you going?"

As the last word left her mouth she suddenly appeared in another area that she did not expect. A young woman was screaming as four other men took her. It seemed as if they gagged her so that she wouldn't scream but for whom? A howl broke through the stillness and his figure came through the brush. "Sesshoumaru-Sesshoum-aru help me I…" Kagome heard her speak but watched the demon lord. His eyes grew wide and anger cast every other emotion out.

The men scattered but Sesshoumaru stepped on each one of them, crushing their bodies under his massive weight. One of the men, even though he was dead, was lifted into the air and shook about. Sesshoumaru slammed his body into the ground busting it apart. He hissed at the scattered remains. "Sesshoumaru-Sess-Sess…" The dog demon turned his head to her and came to her body. She smiled at him with tears filling her eyes. "I-I lo-love you." Her hand touched his snout before a shock wave of pain crashed into her.

Her blue eyes widened for a moment and then her hand fell. Sesshoumaru could feel death leaking over her slowly though she was already to far gone to be saved. His body began to shake in small tremors which slowly grew into large one's which shook the ground. He sat rigid immobile for a split moment. He did not shake but the ground did as he let a horrible howl loose into the night. Kagome felt as if there was nothing so terrible in the world other than what she heard. It was his very spirit breaking and it flew up to the blackened clouds once more.

As he cried out his body transformed into the man like form it normally took on and she noticed his black and yellow eyes. Kagome gripped her shirt with her fist and began to cry without knowing that she was. He lifted Katsu into his arms and whispered something in her ear. After that he made no movement. Time felt like it flew by as she was suddenly before Sesshoumaru and she spoke a name when she looked up. "Inuyasha?"

He seemed too filled with such anger and hatred but with sadness as well. For a while he made no move seeming to think this action over. Kagome watched him as he slowly stepped down from the small crest one would call a mound. His feet slipped in the mud a little but not much. Her face turned to horror as a human man gripped his foot. Blood came from his mouth as he tried to beg for his life but Sesshoumaru ended that with his whip.

Inuyasha didn't move for a while longer, watching Sesshoumaru closely but eventually did move again. He stopped briefly at his side before coming to stand in front of him. Tears almost seemed to brim as he looked down to the woman in Sesshoumaru's hold. He starred at her blue eyes for a long while and eventually looked upward. Each brother starred at one another for a long time.

Inuyasha slowly bent down to crouch below his brother. "Would you like to bury her near the water fall, she really seemed to like it there?" Sesshoumaru watched him for a moment before nodding numbly. Kagome could not believe what she was seeing and wanted to be rid of the image. But she especially didn't want to hear that wretched laugh.

So what do you guys think, is it good? Oh thanks for all of your reviews and Merry Christmas. To those who don't believe in Christmas Happy Holidays!