A/N: Last one until the new year~ Time for parties and drinking! I mean... haha xD

The Other Side

Chapter 33

Destiny Has Her Say

It has been days since the fight between the brothers and Kagome. Inuyasha and Kenichi were always in the room that held the two as were the children. InuKimi would occasionally come to check up and see if there was any updates on her son and Kagome. Touga tended to aimlessly wander the castle and told Inuyasha to come find him if either Sesshomaru or Kagome woke up.

Inuyasha was currently sitting besides Kagome, who was lying on the right side besides his brother. It worried him that she had gasped a couple of hours ago before she stopped breathing entirely. His brother was breathing, lightly though, but he was alive. Inuyasha had even panicked enough to find his father and explained to him that Kagome stopped breathing.

He remembered his father saying that that trance wasn't anything like he's seen before then told him that he didn't have to worry. Inuyasha left it at that but never left her side after that. Kenichi didn't either for that matter and he was glad that he had someone other then himself in the room. He wasn't entirely sure what he would do if there wasn't someone else with him.

It was going on four days now since the battle outside the castle happened and neither had woken up. What was going on? Inuyasha had to admit to himself though that Kagome was powerful but where did she get that power? He had to rack his brain for a few moments before remembering Midoriko say that Kagome had a power alike the Gods. He furrowed his brows to that; why did that make him think that something bad was going to happen?

If what was going on wasn't bad enough.

"Kenichi, what are we going to do?" Inuyasha finally decided to say something. Being quiet was never something he learned... He heard Kenichi's startled gasp and he had to smirk to that, even if Kenichi couldn't see that.

He, of course, felt the glare that was aimed at him. "Give a guy some warning when you decide to start talking like that out of the blue..." Inuyasha barked a small laugh. "And as to what we're going to do—well, I'm not sure. This trance—whatever it is—isn't something that I've seen nor heard of, so I don't entirely know what to do. I'm sorry for not being the best of help."

Inuyasha sighed. "I'm just worried. This just practically screams trouble, you know?" He heard Kenichi walk in the room before he saw him, standing next to him with a frown on his face.

"I agree; I have a horrible bad feeling."

"Well, that's concerning." Kenichi hummed. Inuyasha glanced at him then both froze. They shared a look, followed by slowly turning to the bed. Sesshomaru was growling. "Um... what?"

And then just as quick as it came, it stopped. "Well, that was weird."

Inuyasha gave a nervous laugh but nodded in agreement. There was a moment of silence before something materialized right in front of them. Swords were out in seconds.

A rather short woman appeared at the end of the bed. She was partly see through. She quickly looked around the room, clapping her hands happily when her eyes landed on the pair that was on the bed. "Yes! Beat that Fate!" she exclaimed as Inuyasha and Kenichi merely stared. Who the hell was this? The woman suddenly turned to them, blinked, then looked between Sesshomaru and Inuyasha before a grin graced her face. "You're Sesshomaru's brother, yes?"

Inuyasha twitched while saying, "Who the hell are you? You can't just come into this room and expect us to comply to what you ask."

She frowned but it was quickly replaced with a smile. "My name is Destiny. I am the reason that your brother and Kagome are the way that they are." Kenichi's eyes widened on that piece of information. Inuyasha's grip on his sword loosened enough that the sword fell to the floor. Destiny smiled wider. "Now then, you are Sesshomaru's brother right?"

"If you're really Destiny, then you should already know that answer," Inuyasha said softly, reaching for his sword to place it back at his side.

"Yes well, I am just making sure but I suppose that that is enough of an answer." Destiny looked to the male standing next to Inuyasha. "Are you his lover?" Kenichi went red as Inuyasha spluttered with a horrified expression on his face. She giggled then waved off their reactions and turned as serious as she could. The only thing that gave away that she was serious was her brows furrowing and her eyes flickered. She said while staring at Kagome, "You can expect those two to wake up in two weeks from now. Fate has sent them on a small mission to find some items."

Inuyasha's face went blank then he asked, "And why are they looking for these things?"

"Mostly for Fate's amusement," she commented as her face softened before adding, "and because he wanted to give them a chance to bond with one another." She narrowed her eyes on Sesshomaru that made Inuyasha and Kenichi became alert. "Unfortunately for Fate, the way he saw things going, did in fact not go the way he wanted."

"Which means what?" Kenichi voiced, turning the attention onto him as Destiny eyed him. Inuyasha glanced to the man as well.

Destiny gave him a sad half-smile. "At this moment in time, Kagome is in a deep sleep. Fate attacked—something, that caused Sesshomaru to not react the way he wanted, which caused Kagome to pass out, followed by Fate trying to kill off what he had started, which made me plan a back-up plan. And I have to say, I'm almost sure that my plan may have caused a bit more damage than needed..."

Kenichi took a moment to let that all sink in and from what he gathered, Inuyasha was doing the same. "Kagome's not dead, right?" The woman didn't say anything; Inuyasha felt his ears flatten against his head in worry. "Right?"

She bit her lip as if she was trying to hold in what she really wanted to say. "I wouldn't say dead..." She looked to ground. "I was just supposed to come here and tell you that they were to wake up in a few weeks. I can't say anymore then I already have or the Gods will have my head."

"Is she going to be alright though?" Inuyasha questioned, his voice barely a whisper.

"It depends on Sesshomaru; it's life or death if he decides wrongly." With that, Destiny vanished.

"Fuck; I knew I had a bad feeling—I just didn't think it was anything like this," Kenichi said after a while. Inuyasha grunted. "Should we keep this between us or inform everyone else?"

Inuyasha rubbed the back of his neck. "I think—I'm going to keep this between us for right now. I don't know what I'd say to anyone else."

"Agreed."

"Damn Kagome, what sorts of trouble did you get into now?"

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