Inuyasha: Sealed Fates Unleashed

By: Lady JenDragon

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Inuyasha and the characters. Yeah, sad isn't it?

Author's Rants: Okay, not sure if this is a good chapter. This is more like a digression of the brain here. I'm not sure how this will affect the story so I thought 'what the heck'. Also, next update won't be for another week and a half. I will be at Comic Con 2006 in San Diego next weekend and won't have time to upload the next chapter.

Chapter Twelve

Sesshomaru's Discovery

Kagome went off on her own after the group returned from the Cave of the Fifth Seal, allowing the others to rest for the remainder of the day. Mainly Sango and Miroku would need to recharge before the journey to the Northern Valley they would begin tomorrow. Finding a quiet spot, she sat on the rock near the cave where Inuyasha first took her, not too far from the Bone Eaters well. It seemed like so long ago yet it had only been 48 hours. Her body was healing quickly from the experience but her heart felt torn in half.

She sighed heavily, her shoulders dropping as she allowed thoughts of pity to overwhelm her. Yet, no tears would form. Kagome tried to keep the memories from replaying in her mind, but all she did was dwell upon them. Did she not regret her actions? A part of her felt the guilt yet another felt she had been the victim. Not of Inuyasha's touch but that she had been robbed of his conscious passion. 'It isn't fair!'

She took a few breaths to calm down. The flash of crimson eyes struck her as odd. Why had they been crimson? Inuyasha kept some level of consciousness while he chased after her. Miroku suspected a sorcerer. Someone powerful enough to place even Sesshomaru under its influence. 'Oh god!' Kagome lamented.

And what about Sesshomaru? Would she ever stop seeing him in her dreams? Kagome clasped her hands together, leaning them on her bent knees. He had been so enormous, so… Kagome squeezed both fists together tightly.

'Let me show you the pleasures a full demon can give a woman.'

His words came back to haunt her in the night. The huskiness of his voice returned to confuse her more. Kagome admitted hesitantly that Sesshomaru knew more about women than he let on. All this time she wanted Inuyasha…but his older brother turned out to be more experienced to a naïve girl like her. 'Of course he's more experienced…he's older. He should be, duh!' It was difficult to ignore and forget him. She gave Inuyasha her heart shortly after first meeting him. There had been no love with Sesshomaru when he claimed her. Of that she was quite certain. All he thought about was lust yet he had been neither harsh nor violent with her. She doubted he even knew that a human was the woman beneath him. He, too, had crimson eyes like Inuyasha.

The noises of the forest were comforting. But, there was something different. Kagome stopped dwelling on her woes, perking her head up. She frowned, concentrating on keeping quiet. Then she heard it. Someone cried faintly nearby. The person was close but still far enough away to be almost undetected. Curiosity got the best of her. Kagome shifted, sliding off the rock. She waited for the sniffles to come again.

'There.' Kagome pushed through the forest towards the crying voice. It sounded like a child's. A little girl was crying, she was positive now. Coming upon a rock, a small form occupied it, facing away from her. The girl seemed a familiar to her.

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Rin wiped her eyes again. It probably was not a good idea to run off like she did. Lord Sesshomaru would never allow her to travel with him any more. But, she could not change how she felt. It was too hard. She did not know how to tell Lord Sesshomaru about the previous night. Caught up in her own turmoil, Rin had not heard the forest moved behind her. Her heart pounded in her chest when the voice spoke.

"Oh, it's you." The feminine voice spoke gently.

"Uh?" Rin uttered in surprise.

Rin spun around to find Kagome, dressed in her odd green and white clothes, had come to find her. What was she doing here? Tears stained her face and littered her orange and white checkered kimono front.

Kagome smiled at the little girl. It was her! 'Rin.' The girl who traveled with Inuyasha's brother, Sesshomaru. But why was she crying? And what was she doing by herself? Her heart slowly stopped, holding her breath. Was Sesshomaru close by?

Rin did not know what to do. It was her from last night. The girl was so young compared to Lord Sesshomaru. But she was also strong. Kagome was her name. Kagome had cried for Lord Sesshomaru to stop his unwanted attention and was shared between brothers. Rin felt her body quiver, fresh tears began to form and fall.

"What's wrong?" Kagome sat beside Rin on the rock.

Rin continued to cry, barely able to control the spasm of sobs that began. Kagome collected her onto her lap and hugged her close. Neither noticed Sesshomaru take up position behind the thick tree near by, his amber eye the only part of him visible through the leaves.

"I saw…saw you last night." Rin sobbed.

Lord Sesshomaru scared her last night. That was it. She had not wanted to admit it until now. She knew that he would never harm her like that and did not fear him for herself. Seeing it, witnessing the…thing…proved too much to handle for a girl her age.

"Last night?" Kagome went rigid.

Had this little girl been watching when Sesshomaru took her? Kagome felt her eyes water. 'Oh Rin!' She was too young to understand what had happened. 'Uh, so were you…' But, the girl was smart enough to know it wasn't good.

"I saw…saw what he…he did to…to you."

Kagome knew exactly what she meant. The little girl shivered against her. Being in the company of Sesshomaru, Kagome did not think he offered the hugs and encouragement she could. She held Rin closer, humming quietly to calm her down.

Rin felt better now that she was talking to someone about it. She kept her head bent. Rin needed to be strong. But, she knew that Lord Sesshomaru would not like what she had to say if she told him what he had done. To a human.

"You shouldn't have seen that, Rin."

"My…family was killed…by…by thieves." Rin wiped her eyes. "I couldn't help but to be reminded what Lord Sesshomaru had done to you, the thieves had done to my own mother before they killed her."

Tears welled up in her eyes. Kagome had no idea that Rin had been following her master. This little girl's mother was raped before being murdered. To have seen Sesshomaru do something very similar could shatter any young girl's world. That brought up the question she had been wondering about herself. If Inuyasha had no memory of last night, did that go for Sesshomaru as well? Demons and half-demons were placed under a spell, only Humans would have the memory of what happened. That left Rin and her in the same predicament while Inuyasha and Sesshomaru remembered nothing.

Suddenly Rin perked her head up, looking over Kagome's shoulder. The fear in her wide eyes seemed very real. Kagome knew what that meant. She gulped refusing to face him.

"Rin, come." Sesshomaru spoke evenly.

Sesshomaru stood behind the pair, looking down at Rin with reserve he had not shown in a long time. He appeared angry through his eyes. Rin knew someone was in trouble. She never saw him so cold. How much had her master overheard? There was no hint of any emotion. He was good at hiding his thoughts, how he felt from the rest of the world. Rin looked to Kagome then slid down onto her small feet. She walked over to him without hesitation.

Kagome sat on the rock away from Sesshomaru. She never expected to see him so soon. Having him in her memory was more than enough. Clicking back to reality, she realized that Sesshomaru remained silent. Was he waiting for her to speak first?

"What do you want?" Kagome asked coldly.

What could she do? She did not think she had the ability to stand on her own two feet confidently at the moment. The memories of his touch made her skin shiver, chilling her to the bone. That Inuyasha shared her with Sesshomaru was unforgivable by any standard. But neither of the brothers had the memories from last night.

"Does Rin speak the truth?" His voice was coolly reserved.

Sesshomaru could tell the girl was disgusted with either herself or the memory. 'Her silence is deafening.' She touched him. His scent on her was faint but detectable. 'So, Rin spoke the truth.' He shared himself with a Human under the influence of a spell. And not just any Human, his brother's miko Human. He needed to hear the verbal confirmation of his actions before deciding on the proper course to discover the culprit behind the spell. To deliver due consequences on just words alone would not suffice.

"Truth?" Kagome asked more of herself than anything.

Both shoulders sank. There was no point in hiding the truth from Sesshomaru. He would not allow this to go without punishment. Sesshomaru detested humans, and last night would be considered the ultimate insult. Sesshomaru would destroy the person behind it.

"Did…this Sesshomaru do those things?" Sesshomaru asked again, his hand grasped Tokijin's hilt.

Kagome took a deep breath, forcing her mind to concentrate on answering his question in an audible tone. She wanted to cry internally. No, she would not do that here, not in front of Sesshomaru. He hated Humans enough as it were.

"Yes." Her response was quiet but remote.

Sesshomaru sucked in breathe quietly, his anger rising above boiling. His entire being went rigid. Both eyes flared red then returned to his normal amber color. 'Impossible that a demon such as he would even consider a Human a worthy…' Yet, Rin's reaction to him was evidence enough. It was harder to accept than he expected. He turned on his heel and walked into the forest.

Rin eyed Kagome then turned and followed Lord Sesshomaru. She did not know what to do. He had come to find her. He asked Kagome if what she spoke was true. What did that mean? Was Lord Sesshomaru sorry for what he did? Rin could not think and keep up with her master. She ran faster to catch him.

Kagome forced herself to turn to where Sesshomaru once stood. She looked at the Dog Demon's diminishing back. This was going to be tough. Now, he knew and he was not happy about it. 'No, not one bit.' Was he always so cold? Or was it because he was mad as hell?

"Kagome!" Inuyasha's voice yelled through the forest.

She lifted her face in the direction of his voice.

"Well, better go." Kagome said quietly, getting to her feet.

She walked in the direction of Inuyasha. He was coming to fetch her so they could get some sleep before jumping on the journey early tomorrow. Sesshomaru did not know the whole truth about last night. She wanted to be there when he discovered that Inuyasha shared her with him. Someone would die immediately. Hopefully, it would be this sorcerer Miroku mentioned.

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Naraku sat in the dark corner of the room. The smile on his face was unmistakable. He sat with his arm resting on his knee, leaning against the wall. His wounds were healed and his mind refreshed. He got what he wanted. Kikyo had been his alone last night. A flesh dream he fulfilled in a way he never considered. Or thought would ever happen. He even defeated Sesshomaru for her. And better yet, she was a woman of flesh and blood at the time.

Now, her flesh and blood was gone. It disappeared with the morning sun. Her body returned to the clay and soil that had been resurrected to house the echo of her former self some time ago. He left her on the floor of the forest, not daring to look back. Kikyo would have redressed and shot him with one of her sacred arrows. But, no arrow came.

Which brought him to the question: Who was behind the spell on the demons? After his liaison with Kikyo, he had taken stock over the country side. Battles were waged all night between unusual enemies. Villages were fighting off demons from every angle. The demons turned into crazed pawns to hide the agenda of an unknown entity.

The death toll on demons was staggering. Mostly the weaker demons perished, allowing for the stronger to take over new lands. The Humans were another story. The majority had been protected with minor casualties. The priests and priestesses were the targets of the attacks.

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Inuyasha walked beside Kagome on their return trip to the village. He knew something bothered Kagome. Heck, she lived through a night he could not remember for the life of him. Nothing worked to jog his memory.

"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked cautiously.

"Yes?" She pretended to be listening.

What would she do if Inuyasha asked a direct question about the night of chaos? Kagome squeezed her hands together unsure as to what to expect. Guilt riddled her with constant self-doubt. She hated that Inuyasha did not remember. That neither did Sesshomaru. But then, Sesshomaru found out rather quickly, discovering the events of that night from Rin, his ward. His faithful servant who followed him around all night to make sure her master met with no harm. 'She got more than she bargained for,' Kagome concluded humbly.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Inuyasha stopped, staring at Kagome intently.

She certainly smelled differently right now. He took a deeper breath, categorizing the scents he detected. There were none out of the ordinary except for that stuff she called 'soap' she used to bathe with all the time. Perhaps, he wanted there to be more. More scents to give him a direction to look, an enemy to face off in a battle, something to take his mind off the empty memories he knew he should have of the night of chaos.

"I'm fine." Kagome continued to walk without looking at Inuyasha. "Why do you ask?"

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Long, slender fingers touched at the tips over the shimmering water bowl. A wide smile watched as Kagome and Inuyasha's conversation proceeded mutely. Atokiyada watched the pair with solemn concentration, her silver/blue/white kimono shimmered in the light from the water. Her long dark hair hung loose around her shoulders.

"Soon…very soon." Atokiyada touched the water, shifting the view to Inuyasha's boyish face. "We shall meet. The Seal will be mine soon enough."

She waved her hand across the water bowl. Impatient to escape her prison, she got to her feet to pace. Her minions were on their way to obtain the last few items required to free her from this cursed place. Once they arrived to rescue her, she would begin her plans and take over the world. Ridding the world of pesky demons and humans was first on her list of things to do.