Warning: blood and swearing

Summary: Naraku has come up with a new devious little scheme. To use Magatsuhi, his new little minion created from the jewel shard itself to wound Sesshomaru enough so he himself can absorb the wounded inu youkai's wondrous powers. Can Inuyasha help his wounded brother heal after the assault and will Naraku succeed in gaining Sesshomaru's powers for himself? Read and find out.

Thoughts

'flashback'

"Talking"

Shining Peridot Moon: this story will not be a SessKago, trust me on that, I personally hate that pairing and think that it should burn. (no offense to those who like it) I'm sorry if it seems that way at the moment but as Jineji states Rin and Kagome are just very similar in both looks and personality, and seeing as how Sesshy is so attatched to Rin it would be a little easier for him to trust Kagome faster than the others.

Chibi Tsuki Hikari: there will be no incest in this story, gomen, but there will be a lot of brotherly fluff.

Chapter 5

"Ok, so what you're saying is that this Magatsuhi is the evil spirit of the Shikon jewel and that Naraku sent him to wound Sesshomaru." Miroku was sitting in the same place that he was before, a concentrated look on his face as he watched the imp with his scrutinizing gaze from across the room.

Jaken shuddered slightly at the intense gaze, remembering that this so called holy man was the one who had once beaten him into one of his bloodiest pulps. He turned from the dark haired man to Lord Sesshomaru who had fallen asleep sometime after the cleaning of his wounds. Rin was still beside him, still kneading her little fingers through his silvery, blood soaked hair. Kagome was sitting next to Inuyasha who was sitting next to Miroku.

"Yes," Jaken spoke with a depressed voice as he looked back to the monk. "He left after…well, you can see what he did but, he told us that Naraku only wanted Magatsuhi to seriously maim My Lord. He wanted him to be injured so he could absorb him easier."Sango massaged her younger brother's upper arm while the group conversed in an attempt to help calm her brother. She knew he felt guilty, he had probably convinced himself that if it weren't for him than Sesshomaru wouldn't have been injured this badly. Although she had never liked Sesshomaru, seeing as he has been tormenting their group for as long as she could remember her entering it and apparently he tormented them far before she even showed up but…She couldn't help but feel indebted towards him, for saving her brother. Kirara was in Kohaku's lap, purring as she pressed against his stomach, causing his hand to run over her soft fur in a gently petting motion.

"Keh, as if Sesshomaru would let Naraku absorb him." Inuyasha was spouting those words with arrogant honesty and he looked over at his brother, his ears pressed back, showing his tight discomfort. "He'd kill the bastard even if he was still six feet under, if he were to die and Naraku showed up attempting to absorb him he would drag the asshole down into hell with him."

Sango finally spoke up, having been silent for so long, contemplating. "Perhaps he would Inuyasha. But, at the moment the only way he'd be able to pull off such a feat would be if Kagome was with him at the time Naraku appeared."

Everyone looked at the slayer with perplexed looks.

"Sango," Kagome had her head slightly to the side as if she were showing her confusion by her body language alone. "How would he need me?"

Kohaku sighed and looked up gravely, answering the question directed at his sister. Honestly it wasn't that difficult to figure out, it would be somewhat amusing that the slayers were the only ones who had figured it out if the situation wasn't so incredibly dire. "You're the only one who can hold back Magatsuhi's poison because of your spiritual powers. You noticed that when Inuyasha approached him he tried to attack, but when he did the poison made his wounds worse. Magatsuhi injected his poison into Lord Sesshomaru to keep him from protecting himself and even us. Naraku would have very little to know problems absorbing him, and the problem of him getting the shard from me would be Lady Kikyo's purification."

It was silent for a long time after that, everyone drinking in the information. Shippo, who was sitting in Kagome's lap looked at the sleeping youkai Lord before saying, "Than why hasn't Naraku shown up yet? It's been a few hours hasn't it? Sense the fight?"

"Because we're here runt why else?" As Inuyasha barked at the kit a little too loudly the sleeping form of Sesshomaru twitched slightly.

Kagome slapped her hand over his mouth, causing the golden orbs to widen. She glared at the hanyou and whispered frantically, "You have to stay quiet! We don't want him to wake up!"

He rolled his eyes and threw her hand away from him. He scowled at her but didn't say anything in retaliation.

Everyone was silent, not even a whimper or a whine from the elder inu youkai. Inuyasha was the one to break the silence.

"Alright, the bastard needs the most protection out of all of us right now I get it. So we should bring him and his pack somewhere safe." The hanyou growled and flushed under the curious gazes of his friends'. Raising his pitch by accident in defense he shouted quietly, "Don't look at me like that! It's not like I care about the bastard or anything!"

Kagome simpered and Miroku smirked. "Sure sure. Of course you're not concerned for him Inuyasha."

Growling he stood and walked to the entrance of the cave and planted himself there, his back facing them. With a snort as he heard Sango's silent giggles he stuck his nose into the air, not unlike a child having a tantrum.

The amused atmosphere turned serious in an instant. Miroku shifted into a more comfortable position and rapped his knuckles against his staff. "Inuyasha is right though, he can't be kept here. Not only would it be a threat to him but, to Rin and Kohaku as well."

Sango's grip on her little brother tightened as she narrowed here eyes. "They should come with us, it would be safest for them. Plus, Sesshomaru should stay as close to Kagome as he can for safety measures, to keep Magatsuhi's poison at bay."

The group nodded in agreement. Even Inuyasha didn't object to the idea of protecting his brother, he still felt quilt wrapping around his inner intestines. "Keh, if we're going to baby sit them we might as well get going." He stood and stretched out his aching form and turned back to them after hearing the satisfying pop of his vertebrae snapping into a better position. "If we can," he looked into Kagome's eyes, "We should probably send him to your time Kagome. You have better medicine in that era."

The girl nodded, accepting and understanding his judgement. "To your time miss Kagome?" Kagome turned to look at the younger girl, smiling and nodding. "Yes, my real time is 5oo years into the future."

Sesshomaru's group gasped and gaped, Rin looking at the young woman with adoration and the fascination of discovering some new life form. Kohaku blinked and shook his head, no wonder the girl wore such sluttish clothing. Jaken jumped to his feet and hollered at her, "You're lying! It's impossible!"

Inuyasha stomped over to the imp and pressed his foot into his head, keeping him cratered into the ground. Even though his ears were still down, his teeth bared and his eyes held in a harsh glare his voice was surprisingly calm. "Alright, whoever's aloud to touch him try to place him on the dragon."

Shippo hopped off of Kagome's shoulder as she stood up to walk by Rin and Sesshomaru. Ah-Un walked forward as well, kneeling down so they could push his Lord on.

After a few minutes of struggling aggravation the girls were left panting, Kagome leaning against Inuyasha and Rin slumping on Ah-Un's saddle behind Sessshomaru. Jaken (who Inuyasha had finally released) jumped behind Rin, Kohaku following suit. After they were comfortably sitting on him and he was reassured that they wouldn't fall, the dragon demon carefully stood up and followed their leader's younger brother out of the cave.

Kagome blinked tiredly from her place on Inuyasha's back and cringed when the sunlight attacked her eyes. Kirara, transformed, was accompanied by Sango, Miroku and Shippo were trailing behind the dragon.

Sniffing the air and deciding that there was no danger Inuyasha darted over to Kaede's village, the others following.

…clears throat and runs behind a tree…don't hurt me, I know it's short. I've been having a bit of a block on this story and frankly its driving me fucking nuts but, I wanted to get something posted so I put this up. Please review of and if you all would be so kind as to check out my other stories preferably Ten Tailed Jaguar I would greatly appreciate it.

Ten Tailed Jaguar is a NaruGaa basically set after and during the rescue Gaara arc if any of you are interested in Naruto. I just started it and would really like some input on it.

My other story is a DracoHermione, set after HBP, it's about Draco being part of an expirement and Hermione tries to help him out with coping I personally think it's really good but, if you would be so kind as to check it out…if you're interested in Harry Potter of course.

Anyway please review and I will try to get my mind back on track for this story.

Ja ne.