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Sesshomaru's Forbidden Bonds

Welcome Home!

The sun rose up for the first time in a long time on a joyous day. The search for the organ wasn't long compared to most and the transplant was successful. Everyday after the operation Sesshomaru had arrived at the hospital hours before visiting time and stayed long after. Soun Yee, once a tired weakened recluse, balding girl was quickly returning into the strong vigorous compassionate woman she once was. The doctors were very much surprised at the rate of her recovery.

"We;;, this is it." Kagome said as she led the two inu brothers into the hospital for the final time.

"It's about time!" Inuyasha exasperated, "We've been here WAY too long! I'd be surprised if the Kutoso hadn't whipped everything out yet."

"Now Inuyasha of you were so worries why didn't you go back to check on everyone?"

"You'd think I'd leave you here with Sesshomaru! Forget it!"

At the meantime Sesshomaru was already in the elevator, leaving the two bickering children behind.

As soon as they felt a dozen sets of eyes watching them they dashed after Sesshomaru.

"I was wondering, don't you think we should keep Soun Yee here a little longer?" asked the meko while they approached the recovery room.

Inuyasha growled, "Oh not this again!"

"Well I'm just worried about hoe the kids will react. She did kinda change a little in the past week-"

BANG!

CRASH!

Suddenly, and without warning a male nurse literally flew out from one of the rooms and crashed on the opposite wall. He fell with a thud leaving deep crack and fissers on at the point of impact.

The staff quickly ran to the scene.

Dr. Suechi: "What happened here?"

One of the attendants grabbed his radiophone, "Security you better get up here. We've got an emergency."

Soun Yee soon walked out of her room, dressed ready to leave with a cloth cap snug fit on her head "I told you I can dress myself."

The attendant, a short spiky black haired man took his radio out again and dais, "Never mind, it's just Hoishi again."

The male nurse climbed up to his feet and staggered into the nearest ward and with another male nurse assisting.

Kagome clasped her hand over her mouth when she saw a dark fingerless glove on his right hand with pale blue beads sewn in.

Inuyasha scenned the crack on the wasll indifferently, "Look like she's back to normal to me."

Sesshomaru kept silent throughout the time. His eyes never ventured away from his love and mate. He smiled. A first, true, grateful, joyous smile.

She smiled back at him relieved that her pain had ended and that they would finally be home.

Her thoughts were soon interrupted with the dreamy sighting of a flock of female nurses eyes her husband from across the hall, "Something hasn't changed in five hundred years."

When all four of them were outside a nurse called Kagome back in. however Sesshomaru and Soun Yee refused to wait. As soon as the meko and hanyou had their back turned she wrapped her arms around his neck at the same time he picked her up in his arm and boa.

Kagome: "Soun you-"

But her words were cut short with the absence of the two, "Where did they go?"

"WHAT! How could you have let them get away!"

"Me! You were supposed to keep and eyes on them!"

"I didn't want him to come along at all! Who knows what kind of trouble he'll start."

"We better find them. I'll go check by at the shame see if they gone through the well."

Inuyasha rubbed his nose as a large truck passed by releasing a cloud of smog, "Cough cough, I'll try to track them down. Arg stupid smog."

"Can you smell them?"

"Barely. He must've used his energy sphere thing."

"Alright. Met you back in a half an our."

Inuyasha turned his head in both direction, "Where could he have gone….? I know! The Poky Stand!"

The day pushed on to the early afternoon and yet the heat from the sun was already beating down upon the earth.

Keade had taken Rin out in the fields to teach her some of the more advance skills in archery. Sano followed along carrying a miniature bow in his teeth.

"Careful now. Pull the arrow as far as the string will let you,"

San watched from the arap around porch of the shrin with Hegiowu bathing in the sun on her lap. Kouga sat next to her resting his head on the railing soaking in the sun's warmth.

The wolf girl stroked the half breed pup's fur softly so not to wake him. "Now if that was a wolf pup this would be the perfect scene." She heard Kouga say with a sigh. She looked on at him and grinned slightly, "I think you've been in the sun too long."

He gave a weak toothed smile and reached his hand over and clasped hers tenderly.

Since her arrival into the village the burden of the Kutoso's poisons had lightened on his body and spirit. His fever had cooled to a point that the sun's early afternoon rays against his fur felt like a heartfelt blessing. The un-breathable weight upon his lungs had cleared and were filled with a new desire for life. Yet the pledge had rendered the use of his physical strength leaving his mobility restrained to the shrine.

He caressed her hand in his, soaking the softness of her skin the sweet fragrance of her fur…the-.

Chomp!

"OW!"

Kouga snapped back to reality and looked down to see Hegiowu's jaws clamped over his hand holding Sam's. "Let go you little imp!"

Hegiowu held on until Kouga released his grip on the wolf girl.

Kouga retracted his hand and rubbed it to dull the pain, "You better not have rabies."

Hegiowu just stuck his nose in the air and curled up back on her lap.

Sam chuckled and flicked Hegiowu's ear a little, "Come on you two behave."

The two males simply kept growling at each other.

Twang!

Sano fell off his feet when his arrow slipped from his grasp and flew up into the air, landing only a foot away. The little hanyou sniffed at his misaccomplishment. But not for long. His ears soon twitched excitedly and he began sniffing the air when the wind changed way. "Mama?" he said in a quiet whisper.

His words didn't go unheard. The priestess, Rin, and all the demons heard and turned their gaze in the direction of the Bone Eater's Well.

Sure enough four figures emerged in sight of the village.

"Mama!" a collage of young voices cried out from their games and rushed with incredible speed in their direction.

Soun Yee fell to her knees. This time with joy as the herd of smiling faces and laughs came into her arms. Rin hugged her around her waist while Sano grasped his tiny arms around her neck the best he could.

Sesshomaru stood back to watch his family be reunited. His wife, his son, and his daughter. Together at last. At that moment he knew at last that the danger within his family had been lifted. Soun Yee was saved; and the Kutoso would be no more before long.

Rin was the first to pull away and run to Sesshomaru. Her arm coiled around his leg embracing him with all her strength

Sesshomaru laid his hand on her head with a another smile creeping it's way across his face. He shifted his eyes to the others who all had their eyes on him happily.

"Come on. Let's go get your brother."

"YAY!" The kinds ran off again as ran straight back for the village. The adults followed closely behind. When they had arrived the adults had an unexpected surprise.

"I can handle it myself Sam." Moaned Hegiowu slowly descending down the stairs with the wolf girl's hand supporting him.

"I'm sure you can. Just making sure nothing happens to you."

As Hegiowu reached the end of a step he stumbled and fell forward.

Sam quickly reached out to catch him only to be beaten by a large ball of fluff. She followed the furry rope to its owner, who was starring down at her with icicles shooting down at her from his eyes.

She cringe backing away toward the shine again hoping it would give her SOME protection.

Inuyasha, Kagome, and Soun Yee shifted their gaze from the wolf girl to the wolf tribe leader on his feet, holding himself on a post with one hand and reaching for his sword with the other.

Kagome: "Kouga you're up!"

Soun: "Who is she?"

Kouga: "She's a good friend of mine. Samara. And you better not lay a hand on her Sesshomaru!"

The wolf girl's eyes followed the pup being lifted up by the boa-like tail to Sesshomaru's grasp. He curled up in the furry nest calmly and licked his under his father's cheek affectionately.

Sam: "O…k…must be the kids' dad. But of a stiff though."

Kagome dashed in-between the two demons and extended her hand out to Sam, "Nice to meet you Sam! I'm Kagome! And this is Inuyasha. Hegiowu's mom Soun Yee, and dad Sesshomaru."

Slowly getting back on her feet Sam looked around at the new arrivals at the shrine. She then looked to Kouga.

His breathing was becoming labored again with his eyes half shut from exhaustion.

"You have very strange friends."

"So where's Sango and Miroku?" Kagome asked noticing that the only other person they had seen since they left was Kirara pawing the hat off of Jaken's head.

"They went out to investigate some of the areas that have been attacked by there Kutoso. I told them that if I could have a fresh specimen of the flower and it's pollen I could develop a cure to the poison's effects."

"But they seem to be recovering fine."

"That is only because of the jewel shards in Kouga's legs are keeping him alive. And in the recent new moon Hegiowu's transformation to human had rendered his condition to a simple imbalance for being off his feet for a long time."

"Oh, I see."

"There is still no true evidence of what effect it would have on a normal demon and what remained after exposure."

Far off into the darker portions of the northern territories Miroku and Sango were searching for signs of the deadly flowers. Trudging further and further behind Hatchi shivered with fear struggling to keep one of Sango's breathing masks on.

"Master…is it truly necessary I should come along? I think I would be more useful back at the village taking care of the sickies…or even back in Mushin's shrine!"

"Now now Hatchi, you know we wouldn't willingly put you in any danger." Miroku replied calmly glancing over his shoulder, "Now hurry up will yeh."

Sango glanced around to the surrounding branches, dark as midnight in the noon's light. "This forest in supposed to be a haven for lesser demons. When Naraku went into hiding this was a deluge of demonic activity."

Miroku: "So we are bound to run into some demons."

Hatchi: (shivering) "And the Kutoso…"

The ventured on on foot through the dreaded woodland for half a day. Following the clawed footprints or slash marks on the trees. But the tracks would only guide them so far before ending with no demons to be seen.

The monk scanned the upper branches in vain, "Seems though 'The Demon Forest' is loosing its reputation."

"There's no way an exersizem could have taken place here. The area is too large."

Hatchi tightened the straps of the mask for the thousandth time. "Maybe they all moved out and didn't leave a forwarding address…hehee…"

Miroku adjusted the prayer bead around his wind tunnel, "No. the ora that they were here still lingers. There must be at least on around."

Sango quickly looked to her right at the rustling of undergrowth. The leaves quivered and stilled. Quivered and stilled again, "Something's over there." She said reaching for her sword. The forest enclosure was too small for her to use her hirokotsu.

Taking his que Hatchi scrambled behind a tree, and, with the touch of a leaf, transformed into a stone statue.

The brush soon began rumbling with the sound of thundering feet.

Miroku: "There must be a million of them!"

A giant boar demon the size of a house, stormed through on all fours.

Sango: "Nope…just one."

The boar thrashed about wildly, tearing down the surrounding trees and driving up the brush by the roots with its tusks. The beast snapped its head straight toward the monk and slayer. Burning fire raged in its eyes with insanity.

"Miroku run! It's going to charge!"

The ferocious hog sprinted once again before they could take another step.

They spun around and raced back through the trees, placing whatever they could find between themselves and the demon. Trees, boulders, hanging vines. But the boar drove right through the obstacles with little trouble.

Sango soon dropped into a shallow depression by a fallen log to hide. The demon jumped over continuing its pursuit, this time for the mink.

"Aaahh! Sango!" he screamed, running until only a rock face was in his path. He glanced back to the boar for a half a second before climbing up the cliff side.

BANG!

The boar demon crashed into the rock snout first just below Miroku's feet.

"Gah! Sango! Where are you!" he shrieked clinging onto the rock and the few vines growing there.

The giant pig thrashed and dug at the wall of stone fiercely with uncontrollable rage. Then…just as suddenly as it came…it fell off its hooves and collapsed.

Miroku blinked in surprise at the boar's sudden downfall.

Sango soon climbed out of the thickets, with Hatchi close be, "What happened?"

"I don't know," Climbing down with caution, "It just collapsed."

"At least we know there are still demons here."

Hatchi: "Yeah! And even better those flowers didn't-!"

Creesh!

Hatchi: "Waaaah!"

The hide underneath the boar's fur bulged and receded. Pulsing like a heart in numerous places in the body.

Miroku: "It looks like something's growing inside it."

Sango: "With the emphasis on 'growing'."

Long spidery roots speared out of the body. Tiny flower buds crepted up through the skin and fur in a few areas while more enveloped every possible exit from the body. The boar's eyes were turning wildly in fear…before being consumed in a cruel blanket of leaves and flower petals.

All three of them flinched at the sight.

Miroku: "It looks like the flowers are actually feeding on the demon."

Sango: "Sort of makes sense. The Kutoso's poisons kill the demons and the spores grow in the carcass."

"It doesn't look like the spores themselves to the killing." He said taking a closer look at the demon, "It appears as though the poisons only disables the victim and the spores devours the demons alive."

Hearing his master's works Hatchi hid behind another tree again.

The demon slayer took out a jar from her pack along with a sharp dagger. She carved out a section of meat with several little sprout lings on it and sealed the jar shut. "We better take some of the adult buds too."

Miroku carefully collected some of the mature buds waiting to release its spores, and a few of the leaves accompanying them. Each sealed firmly to minimize the risk of harming their friends upon their arrival.

Sango: "I still don't understand. In the forest where Kouga got poisoned there's weren't any demons remains."

Miroku: "The forest where Kouga went through must've had demons flesh decomposed into the soil."

Sango: "Then why would they start blooming now? If just having demon blood in the soil triggers their growth then how come we never saw them until recently?"

Miroku zipped up the last of the leaf samples into a plastic bag and tucked it in his robes, "I guess the amount of flesh needs to be very high. There must be about s hundred plus years of demons decayed in the ground because of the wars and our battle with Naraku."

Sango: "Demons soil to kill demons? Something there just doesn't make since…"

Suddenly her eyes widened in shock, "OMG! Hegiowu! Kouga! They still might have some spores on them! If they start growing…."
Miroku realized the urgency and nodded quickly, "We better head back before it's too late."

Hatchi: "I'll fly...but can we get away from here first!"

R and R