Kae, to weak to defend herself, was guarded by Inuyasha. The yellow whip bounced off of Inuyasha's strong, red, fire-rat fur cloak, as he thought back to when he was a young boy and his mother was still alive. "A half-breed am I?" he thought to himself.
Inuyasha and Kae spotted a group of people in their village kicking around a red ball. They ran into the circle of people and walked up to the man who had caught the ball.
Inuyasha smiled at the man and waved his arms above his head, as if asking for the ball. Kae stayed in the middle of the circle, knowing that the man wouldn't give her the ball because they thought she was a full demon. She had hoped that the man would give the ball to Inuyasha because they knew he was part human.
The man smiled meanly back at Inuyasha. He threw the ball over his shoulder and laughed.
Inuyasha and Kae chased after the ball as it bounced over a small bridge. They caught up to the ball and Inuyasha picked it up. They turned back to the group to play with them, but the group walked away.
"Half-breed," they heard the man who had thrown the ball say. "Demons don't belong in this world."
Inuyasha stared after the group. "Half-breed?" They abandoned the ball and ran up to Inuyasha's mother, who was sitting near the water. Kae stopped, and Inuyasha ran into her open arms. "Mother, what's a…half-breed?"
His mother began to cry, as she embraced him in a hug. Kae watched silently, and then walked up to Inuyasha and his mother, and was invited into the hug by Inuyasha's mother.
Inuyasha came out of the memory. Sesshomaru put the whip away and stared at his brother. "That's right. I remember. My mother, she was crying, crying for us. She knew what it meant, what our lives would be like." Inuyasha looked at the pile of melted bone which concealed Kagome, then looked back at Kae, who was barely conscious. He put his hand on the bone wall behind him, and blinked twice. "Half-breed or full-breed. To me it don't matter, but when you insult my mother, that's when I get angry. For her sake then if nothing else, I'm gonna make you pay!" Inuyasha jumped at Sesshomaru and hit him in the chest with his claws. Sesshomaru jumped into the air. "That was for Mother and Kae, and this," he yelled as he jumped into the air after Sesshomaru. He hit Sesshomaru's chest with his claws again, "this is for Kagome!"
Sesshomaru landed on his feet, and looked down, as his chest plate crumbled and fell to the ground. He looked at Inuyasha, who had landed next to Kae again. Sesshomaru smiled. "All that for a memory, a soft-hearted demon, and a dead mortal girl? If I had known that's what it took to make you fight, I'd have killed her sooner, along with Kae."
"Sesshomaru! I'm gonna cut open your stomach, take out your guts and put um' in a bowl!" Inuyasha yelled. He was about to attack Sesshomaru when he heard a noise behind him. Inuyasha and Kae both looked over to the pile of melted bone. It was moving!
Kagome popped out of the melted bone with the Tetsusaiga in her hand. "I thought I was a goner." She stood up and walked over to Inuyasha and Kae. She turned to Sesshomaru and pointed the sword at him. "Hey you! You tried to kill me, didn't you? Well, I'm going to make you pay!"
"Um, hey! How come you're still alive?" asked Kae, as she stood weakly.
Kagome handed Inuyasha the sword. She looked at her own hands. She shrugged. "I dunno."
The skulls on the ground beneath them began to shake. Sesshomaru stood silently as the answer came to him. "The sword, that's what protected you," he said.
"Its true. Those claws of his dart deadly poison. If it hadn't been for the Tetsusaiga, she really would have died. The sword was originally made by M'lord Inuyasha's father as a way to protect his mortal mother," explained Myouga.
"Let's see if a half-breed can even wield the Tetsusaiga. I, myself, shall be the witness," said Sesshomaru. His eyes glowed red, as skulls flew off the ground.
The skulls shot at Inuyasha and Kae. Kagome hid behind the two demons. The skulls hit Inuyasha and Kae and shattered. Neither flinched as they were hit.
Sesshomaru grinned, as his body was engulfed in red smoke. When the smoke cleared, in his place, stood a cream white demon dog, which was over thirty feet tall. It had a blue crescent moon on its forehead and a cloth-like tongue that looked like a ripped up rag.
"Good, now we know his true form," said Inuyasha. He looked at Tetsusaiga and smiled. "Now that I'm using this, I'll win for sure. I'd say that this battle is just about finished before it even starts." Inuyasha ran up to Sesshomaru and jumped onto his back. "Alright, sword, time to show me what you're made of!" He ran the Tetsusaiga along his brother's neck, but nothing happened. He jumped down and looked at Myouga, who was holding onto his rosary necklace. "Yo, Myouga! What's the deal? This thing can't even bruise let alone cut!"
Myouga pulled his traveling bag onto his back. "Well, maybe it's not from your father. I guess it'll make a lovely heirloom," he said as he jumped off Inuyasha and over to the girls.
"Whoa! Whoa! Hey!" Inuyasha yelled as he watched Myouga run up Kae's body.
"And don't let that Sesshomaru push around!" yelled Myouga from Kae's shoulder. He dove into her silver and black hair.
"Coward," muttered Mizu under her breathe to Myouga. "C'mon Inuyasha!" she yelled to her half-breed friend.
Sesshomaru jumped at Inuyasha, and tried to step on him, but Inuyasha jumped out of the way each time. The huge dog demon began to salivate, and it fell to the ground in huge white globs of goop. The skulls under the saliva melted as green gas rose from the ground.
The room they were in began to fill with the poisonous green gas. Kae, being weak already, collapsed to her knees, and coughed.
"Kagome! Get Kae out of here! Her nose is to sensitive!" yelled Inuyasha.
"What do you suggest?" asked Kagome.
"Just climb up, up, up!" Inuyasha pointed up with the Tetsusaiga.
Kagome grabbed Kae, who was surprisingly light. She put Kae on her back and started to climb up the bone wall, as Inuyasha continued to fight Sesshomaru.
Kagome stopped climbing when she was about half way to the hole in the top of the room. "Inuyasha!" she called down into the green vapors.
Myouga, who was also climbing up the wall, stopped and turned to Kagome. "We have to keep climbing! Not even a demon can stay in those fumes for very long!"
"But…what about… Inuyasha?" asked Kae from her half unconscious state. "Will he…be okay?"
"Probably noooot…ahhh!" Myouga let go of the wall and fell down through the vapors. He sped back up to the two girls. "Forget about him. It's every flea for himself! C'mon!"
Myouga began to climb again and Kagome followed.
Inuyasha coughed from the vapors. "Even I can't stay down here much longer," he said. He jumped into the air and landed on a ledge half way to the hole. He tried to stand up, but couldn't. "My arms and legs are goin' numb."
Sesshomaru's red eyes appeared behind Inuyasha. The dog demon grabbed Inuyasha by the waist with his razor sharp teeth. He jumped back into the fumes and started to bite down hard on his brother.
Inuyasha groaned from the pain and started batting at Sesshomaru with the rusty Tetsusaiga. "Even a mosquito with wooden teeth must bite harder than this piece of junk!" he said as he poked his brother in the eye with the Tetsusaiga.
Sesshomaru howled as he dropped Inuyasha, who grabbed onto the fur of his neck. Sesshomaru started rolling around in the melting bones. He got to his paws and jumped through the hole in the ceiling.
Inuyasha let go of Sesshomaru's fur and slashed at one of the demon's front paws. He jumped back and landed next to a bush, which concealed Kagome and Kae.
"Sock it to him, Inuyasha! I think the last one hit!" cheered Kagome. She was sitting, with Kae's head resting on her knees.
"What are you talking about? That didn't even hurt him! I'd start worrying about you. Me and Kae, we'll live, we're both demons, but you though, you ain't got a chance," said Inuyasha.
"So, I should just give up hope?" asked Kagome, as she started to cry.
"What…what are you doing? You're not crying are you? No crying!" yelled Inuyasha.
"Oh, should I laugh?" shot Kagome.
"No, you should shut up and let me protect you!" He turned toward Sesshomaru and walked toward him with Tetsusaiga over his shoulder.
"Did I hear right, Mizu? Did he just say he would protect us?" asked Kagome. She helped the fox whelp sit up.
"In some ways, he is like his brother, but in others he's totally different," explained Kae.
Inuyasha looked up at Sesshomaru, as he growled at him. "Yeah, yeah. Roar, roar to you too, buddy." He held Tetsusaiga out in front of him. "Let's end this!"
"C'mon Sesshomaru! Eat the little half-breed! Nibble on his little fee…yow!!" yelled Jaken, as a skull hit him on the head.
"We'll see who eats who!" yelled Kagome, as she threw two more skulls. "Go Inuyasha!"