06/17/06: This chapter has been edited. Wee! Longer and easier to reag - again - Hey, btw, if you read the chapters before I updated them and you can see the difference, please leave me a review so I can know
Chapter 3 – Impossible!
"What do you want?" said Miroku, although he got no answer. The monk was losing his patience, even though it was only starting.
"What are you doing here, my dear? Is there something wrong?" Chikara said as she got up and approached Sesshoumaru carefully.
"Is there something wrong in coming to see my mate and child? If so, I can leave, you know" he said, with a cold tone.
The goddess shook her head, not wanting to upset him: "No, of course it's okay." Chikara said with a fake smile.
Sesshoumaru approached the goddess and their son while everyone was frozen on the spot, not knowing what to do with the situation.
The gang watched the little family like they were invisible as Sesshoumaru passed by and didn't acknowledge them. Takato, who wanted to greet his father, came forward, only to be stopped by him: "What's wrong Inuyasha? Are you jealous I came for her and not to fight you?" he chuckled evilly.
Takato didn't move or said anything as he didn't felt concerned and also because he forgot that he was in someone else's body. Sesshoumaru, seeing no response from the one he thought was Inuyasha, jumped at Takato's face and held him by the collar, always keeping his cool: "Answer me you little bastard… Oh I get it; you understood that you, being a half-demon, are not worthy to answer my question. I prefer it that –
Chikara was about to burst from her husband's behaviour: "Sesshoumaru! Get your hands off our son!" she yelled at him.
The demon lord frowned at her: "What are you talking about? That's not our son. I can smell…" he stopped when he caught Takato's scent in the half-demon's body.
She got up, a hand on her hip, the other occupied with baby Inuyasha: "See! What was I telling you? Put him down… now!" she ordered him, pointing the ground, showing that she wasn't joking.
Sesshoumaru kept his cool, although he was being yelled at by his wife. "But this is impossible. How in the world could Takato end up in there? And where is Inuyasha?"
As an answer, baby Inuyasha started to giggle: 'Ha! He can't even believe his own mate. Oops! He's coming here! I'm sorry; please don't be mad at me! Chikara, do something…'
Sesshoumaru was walking toward Chikara. Fast, very fast… but, in a graceful manner. Now in front of her, he looked down at Inuyasha, who was in her arms. The demon lord looked into the baby's eyes and said: "You think that's funny? Hn." He smirked: "I think you need to be punished Inuyasha; take this!"
When Chikara saw the dangerous look on her mate as he said that Inuyasha should be punished, she knew he was up to something; she needed to be ready for anything. As he plunged his only hand to take the baby, she blocked herself and Inuyasha from the attack by creating an energy shield.
Sesshoumaru had no choice but to back away, it was like hitting a rocky wall.
The gang let go of their breath as the saw that the goddess and the baby were unharmed. Kagome, who was fuming, stepped forward and spoke up, although it wasn't on her nicest tone: "Hey you! What was that for?"
Surprisingly, the lord answered: "I wanted to show Inuyasha who is the leader here, while I had the opportunity." he stated.
Kagome gasped at his last words: 'He would go as low as hurting him while he can't fight back? How dishonourable from a high regarded lord such as himself!'
"Now, Sesshoumaru, no need to get rough! You know my defence equals your strength. Don't be silly and let's talk about all this. Now come with me!" Chikara said, angry at her mate's behaviour, as she pulled the almighty lord by his sleeve: "Wait here you guys, I'm going to have a little talk. I won't take too long." She looked at her son: "Takato, you stay here too." The young demon was going to object, but stopped when he saw his mother's face: 'Better not make a move, or it could get worse' he thought.
'You won't come and put chaos with what's already messed up, Sesshoumaru! At least, not while I'm here!' Chikara said to herself.
Sesshoumaru, who didn't like to be bossed around, pulled himself from her grasp and simply followed her. At least, it looked better like this and he looked almost in control of the situation.
Chikara went deeper into the forest, to be sure nobody would here them argue, as she sensed it would surely get agitated. But she forgot that Takato, who was now in Inuyasha's body, could hear them perfectly, even though being a bit far from them.
The demon lord stopped walking. "We are far enough, Chikara."
She stopped too, and turned to face him as he was behind her. "Very well then. Now, what was that all about? Explain" she said, tapping her foot on the ground impatiently.
"I don't understand what you mean" he simply answered her.
She scoffed: "Yeah right." She rolled her eyes to finally look at him directly in the eyes: "That whole interrupting. We were trying to find a way to get them back to normal. Why did you have to butt in?" She waited patiently for an answer.
"How come they are like this in the first place?" Sesshoumaru said, irritated that his son is now in his half-brother's body.
The goddess sighed, not really wanting to explain that to her mate. "We simply had an encounter with a sorceress that wanted to get rid of Inuyasha. Then she cast a spell to make him switch body with someone else, and that person happened to be Takato, as he was in his arms at that moment."
Sesshoumaru frowned: "And he didn't do anything to stop her?"
"Of course not. He didn't want to endanger our son's life."
Hn" was his simple answer; he didn't like the outcome of all this.
He took a look at the baby in his mate's arms. Chikara looked into his eyes. He rarely showed any emotions, but now she could tell that he was sad and a bit disappointed.
"Is it a permanent spell?" he said calmly.
"Not until the next new moon… which is in three days."
"What do we have to do to break the spell?" he said, exasperated.
Chikara bit her lower lip, again, not sure if she should answer: "We don't have a clue…" she said, putting a hand to cover her face, silently starting to cry.
Inuyasha, who had been listening for the last minutes, was sad himself; if the spell would become permanent, he would have to start his life all over again, and in someone else's body. At least, he would have someone to take care of him; Chikara promised him and she never let people down. Even being in a full demon's body, he is still half because of his soul. He bet though, that nobody will mock him, since he's supposed to be prince Takato, son of Sesshoumaru, Lord of the Western lands and Chikara, goddess of the moon and the sun.
Chikara took a deep breath, trying to chase those tears away: "Sesshoumaru. Please promise me that if the spell becomes permanent, you will accept your son like he is."
"How would I explain that to my counsellor that my brother is now my 'son' or should I say heir, and he's the one who's going to be the next lord? I can picture it already" he said sarcastically.
The goddess let go of a frustrated growl: "By all gods, Sesshoumaru! Just because of his physique and strength you would reject him? He's your son!"
"I can only promise that I'll do my best."
"Ugh! You're helpless!"
He looked around, anywhere but at Chikara's face and said: "But for now, as I just learned, we still have time until it becomes permanent. So let's find that dead witch!"
As he finished his sentence, he walked in a certain direction.
Chikara was stunned at his action, but activated and yelled: "Dear, wait for me, I want vengeance too, you know!"
As she said that, she took off her outer kimono, spread her wings and went high in the sky to try to locate her husband.
At that moment, Takato, whom was listening, dashed in his parents' direction: "I'll be back in a few minutes", he said. Everybody was surprised, not knowing what was going on; but still, he said that he would be back, so they let him go.
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It was a clouded night and the moon was almost gone. The goddess hoped that they would locate that witch soon, or the consequences will be hard to bear.
Chikara was flying in the sky, as she noticed her son catching on with them: 'I thought so. Oh well, at least, if we find that evil one, he'll be there to switch back bodies' she thought, smiling.
So they went like this for some time, as they didn't know where she was, but they were determined to find her. As Sesshoumaru was now running, he let his heightened sense of smell guiding him while the others were following him.
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Sesshoumaru was at loss. What would he do if the spell really became permanent? He would have to associate that stench of his brother to his son. He would also have to pretend that his son was his brother.
Suddenly, he felt something coming his way, jerking him out of his thoughts. He stopped, waiting for it, ready for anything. Soon, his mate, with his 'just for now' baby brother, and his son joined him.
As soon as they were present, the evil force showed itself; Chikara recognized the old witch and told her mate. "Dear, it's her!"
"Well well, what do we have here? The whole family is there, I see." The old witch appeared from the same cloud of smoke from earlier. "It doesn't matter because I'm back to eliminate you, Inuyasha!" she said, pointing toward the small child. That made the said baby cry in fear. Chikara tightened her hold on him for reassurance: "Don't worry," she whispered, "that old one won't get to you."
She turned to face her son, whom his anger was surrounding him. He was ready to attack, but he was still unsure of what to do. "Takato, can you use Tetsusaiga?" Chikara asked him.
The demon shrugged: "I don't know, but I'll try."
He tried to reach Inuyasha's sword attached to his belt, but a barrier was protecting it from full demons: "Shit! I can't!"
While he tried to get a hold of Tetsusaiga, the sorceress' slave demon appeared right in Takato's face. The dog demon tried to attack it with his claws; but it wasn't his body, so he wasn't in full control and missed. He ducked in and jumped away from the monster.
He turned to quickly look at the goddess: "Mother, what do I do? It didn't work?" he panicked.
She thought rapidly: "Give me Tetsusaiga, quick!"
Takato didn't understand why she wanted the sword so much: "But-"
She frowned: "Do as I say, young man. If you can't use it, I'll try."
So he did as she had said: he took Tetsusaiga by the sheath and threw it to her.
She tried to use it. The sword didn't reject her; she wasn't a demon or human, so she could pass through the barrier and had powers to make it transform into the powerful fang that it was. She tried to lift it, but with only one arm, she couldn't and that frustrated her.
Meanwhile, Sesshoumaru was standing in the shadows, waiting for his moment. Besides, they didn't need him; they had managed to do it… so far. He sighed, trying not to intervene into the battle, because if he did, he would break the promise he had made to Chikara.
The witch was analysing the whole situation; with that powerful fang, her demon didn't stand a chance, unless he received a bit of help from her. The old woman didn't notice that Chikara couldn't lift the heavy sword.
Chikara couldn't move to battle; with Tetsusaiga and her powers, she could try to lash blows at the monster, even without raising it in the air. She didn't have much choice anyway, because she still had Inuyasha that she held firmly against her with her right arm.
The witch took her time to create an energy blade, which was launched toward Chikara. The goddess didn't see it coming, but she managed to barely block it with Tetsusaiga, which was in front of her. The blow was strong for such an old witch.
'If it continues like this, I won't be able to hold on for very long' she feared; the energy bade was pushing on the sword she was holding. There was only one way to manage this and it was to evade it… if she could do it. So Chikara took her courage and tried. Her plan was to make it swing on her left, so that Inuyasha was going to stay safe on her right, as she will probably have some nasty scratches.
'Okay, 1…2…3…GO!' she let go of Tetsusaiga and prepared herself to evade.
The thing is that it didn't work that way. The fact is that the energy blade did move on her left, but it passed through her, and not beside her.
Inuyasha feared that moment was her last one. The blood was gushing from her left side and she was falling. Everything was now in slow motion as it took only a few seconds. Inuyasha was staring at the scene in horror, as she dropped on her knees and crushed on the ground. He looked at her face and she smiled: "I'm glad that you're okay, Inuyasha."
He then realised that it was over. She was surely dead, with all the blood she had already lost. He cried and shook his little fists: 'NO! no no no no! It can't be! Somebody help her!'
At that moment, Takato, who saw that scene too, jumped and approached the two of them. He took Inuyasha in his arms and saw red. Nobody will hurt his mother without having to face his wrath. He then turned to see that witch, but Sesshoumaru was already there.
The witch gasped as she was levelled up to a certain lord's eye; it was saying everything. His eyes were red and his inner demon had taken over. She managed to make a quick spell and he killed her.
He dropped her body and went for her slave. It took only a second and there was no more of him.
Takato looked at the bloody scene with teary eyes; why this always happened to the ones he loved?
