Chapter 23: The Mark

'So little brother has the crescent mark, along with his mate. That must mean they were destined to rule. Or else they wouldn't have it. Especially not her. I better be careful now, if he realizes what kind of power it holds without knowing the dangers, they will both die. I must inform him.'

"Jaken?"

"Yes mi lord?"

"Send for my brother and his mate. Bring them here at once."

"Yes, yes of course." 'Something must of happened for him to have wanted his brother and mate to come. This is serious.'

"So have you decided on a name yet Kagome?" Sango asked her. They were in the hot spring outside the village.

"Yea. If it's a boy, it'll be Muteki. But if it's a girl, it'll be Izyaoi." Kagome replied.

"You'll give her a human name?"

"We don't care. I just thought it would be good."

"And I just went along with it." Inuyasha told them. He walked out from behind a tree.

The girls jumped when they saw him. He walked up next to the hot spring next to Kagome.

"Gosh Inuyasha, you could of told us you would be there! You scared the heck out of me!"

"Hey, it was the monk's idea. Speaking of which, GET YOUR ASS OUT FROM BEHIND THAT TREE! THIS WAS ALL YOUR IDEA!" He yelled. Miroku popped out from behind a tree and went over to Sango, she made a fist and hit him very hard, on the head, hard enough to knock him out; Kagome giggled.

"Never learns… Anyway, so you just went along with it, huh?"

"Well I don't mind." He laid down on his stomach and started to play with Kagome's hair. She sighed.

'What am I gonna do with him?' She mouthed to Sango.

'I don't know.' She mouthed back.

"You guys look so different now. I couldn't recognize you Kagome if I hadn't seen your hanyou form before. I'm starting to understand why Kagome was afraid of your youkai side Inuyasha. If you take away the crescent mark and give you red eyes you'll be your youkai form."

"Crescent mark, huh?" He said and leaned over to look into the hot spring. There indeed was a silver crescent mark. He looked up at Kagome. She moved her head to see his mark. He moved her bangs and she had one as well. He gasped when he saw it.

"What?" she asked him.

"Show Sango your forehead." Inuyasha told her and she did as she was told. Sango gasped when she saw it too.

"What does it mean Inuyasha?" Sango asked.

"I think its supposed to signal the royal blood of a inu-youkai. I can understand why I would have one, but not Kagome."

"I don't know either. I'm not related to any demons. Unless I'm some how related to myself. But I'm not royal."

"Are you sure?"

"Yea, I'm not even human royalty. I'm pretty sure. I may be related to Miroku, he's probably the one who started the shrine, it's either that or Kaede. And neither of them are royal."

Modern Era:

Mrs. Higurashi was thinking of her daughter. How she had changed into a hanyou, to a youkai, found out she was a miko. Then the telephone rang.

"Higurashi residence, oh Kagome. What's up?"

"Mom I meant to ask this while we were there but, in my demon form, I have a crescent mark on my forehead. It is supposed to signal inu-youkai royalty. What is dad's side of? My dad. The mark is only supposed to be on Inuyasha, but I must have inu-youkai royalty to have it. What's this about."

"Kagome, come over. That will take a while, and bring Inuyasha with you."

"Ok, I'll be there in a few. See you."

Mrs. Higurashi hung up the phone. She knew what Kagome's father's side was. But how was she going to tell her daughter.

When they arrived her mom rushed them in.

"Let me see the mark." Mrs. Higurashi said immediately. Kagome undid her spell on her and Inuyasha, they changed and she moved her bangs away for her mom to see. Mrs. Higurashi gasped when she saw it.

"It's the same!" Mrs. Higurashi said.

"Same as what?" Kagome said letting her bangs go.

"Your fathers. Oh god, I never thought I would have to tell you this." She told her daughter.

"Lets go in and discuss this, I can see it'll take a while." Kagome said. Inuyasha snaked a arm around her and led her into the room where her mom was.

"Kagome," Mrs. Higurashi said as she sat down. "Your father was an inu-youkai. A powerful one in fact. I bet he worked with your father somewhat Inuyasha. I never got to see his true form, but he said it was well over a thousand feet tall."

"That sounds like Inuyasha's father to me. He was 1500'."

"Oh, your father. He had the same hair you do now. Look, I still have the mark on my neck from him." She said pulling down her shirt a little for her daughter to see. It was on her shoulder not her neck, but almost at her neck. "I told Souta's father that it was a dog bit me when I was little. I had to lie so much to him."

"What was father like, what lands did he rule? Did he live in the Feudal Era?"

"He ruled the Southern lands, but he did come from the late Feudal Era."

"Oh, my god. What was his name?"

"Inunan. He was named for the Southern Lands."

"Oh my god. I've met my father and fought along side him. Oh god Inuyasha hold me." She said and looked like she was gonna faint.

"Oh no you don't. Don't phase out now. If you do, you know what happens!"

"I do as well. Her father fainted once after loosing too much blood after a battle on the mountain. I don't want that happening here."

"Kagome, you have to stay awake. Don't you turn demon here. No, she's going out. Oh god, her eyes are already pink. Get some ice quick, please!" Inuyasha told Mrs. Higurashi.

"Right!" She ran and got some ice. Her daughter's eyes were almost blood red. Inuyasha opened her mouth and stuck a piece on her fangs. Kagome shivered.

"This sometimes works. It'll bring her back. Oh thank god. Her eyes are getting lighter. Kagome? Can you hear me? Kagome say something, do something if you can hear me! Please!" Inuyasha yelled.

She shot up and started panting.

"Thank god, I thought we lost you!" Mrs. Higurashi said. "I don't want you going on a rampage."

"I don't want to either. Uhh… Why did that have to happen? That's been almost 300 years since I've done that"

"You said you fought along with him. How?"

"I met him in 1739. When the slayers tried to take over the Western Lands. Us, Sesshoumaru, and Kouga fought furiously for weeks and ran out of energy. We couldn't take it. Sesshoumaru mentioned an old friend of his father's who ruled the Southern Lands. We got him to come help. It worked out perfect. He didn't look more than early 40's. So he had to of been about a thousand years old."

"When he confessed to me that he was a youkai, he said he was about 63 in human years, but about 1600 years in demon years. So that sounds right"

Feudal Era:

Kagome and Sango got out of the hot spring and got clothed again. Inuyasha watched Kagome as she got dressed.

'Damn, she's still as gorgeous as hell. Nothing can get her off my mind.'

They walked towards the hut, but something caught their eye. A two headed dragon was coming their way. Inuyasha pulled out the Tetsusaiga.

When it landed Jaken jumped off.

"AHH! I mean you no harm! Please! I have a message from Lord Sesshoumaru!"

Inuyasha sheathed his sword. "What is it then?"

"He wants you two to come to his castle. He says he has to talk to you about something."

"All right tell him we'll be there soon."

"Yes, yes. I will tell him." Jaken said and got back on the dragon and went back the way he came.

"Come on, Sango, Miroku. We'll be back soon. Let's go see what my brother wants." Inuyasha told them.