A very speedy update today. Two chapters in way day, yay! The previously thing is something we used to do in the Teen Titans community. If y'all hate it let me know and I'll stop doing it. I own nothing!

Chapter 2

The Return

Previously on TSSoD:

"InuYasha, a nearby village is being ransacked. A messanger has come and asked for our help. Sango has gone ahead. They said something about a pack of demon wolves." Miroku informed his friend.

"Already?" InuYasha sniffed the air. Kagome smelt slightly of birth. "I don't want to leave you if it's nearly time." he stated. Kagome clutched his hand and smiled up at him. "Don't worry, InuYasha. We'll be fine. Kaede-sama and Rin are nearby...Just hurry back."

"Something doesn't feel right about all of this." Sango said.

InuYasha sniffed and then growled. "This smells like Kouga's pack."

"InuYasha." Ayame breathed. "Please, stop him."

Rin let loose a blood churning scream and ran as fast as she could screaming, "Kaede-sama! Help! A demon has attacked Kaede-sama!"

"That abomination is a bastard. When I heard you mated with that flithy hanyou, I decided to take up Ayame's offer until you decided to come back to me. However, when I heard about...that thing...I knew I had to stop this." Kouga paused and unsheathed his sword. "You are mine." Kouga growled as he raised his blade. Kagome's eyes widened as Kouga brought the sword down onto her stomach. Kagome cried out in pain.

Rin blinked her eyes. Her head ponded as she tried to stand and she let out a small moan. She surveyed the area to find many huts destroyed and dead villagers. She looked back towards Kagome's hut. The flap was hanging on by one hook and Kaede-sama lay by the door. Rin struggled, but finally stood. She held her left arm to try to stop the blood flow. Her wounds were similar to Kikyo's wounds nearly 54 years ago. She clenched her teeth and slowly limped towards the hut. Her only thoughts were of saving the baby. She would treat the baby, Kagome, and Kaede before herself then tend to the villagers. Oh, how she missed Sesshomaru-sama. He would be able to go after that...mean, old Kouga for this...and help her. However, he wasn't due for another visit for another two weeks.

Rin finally reached the hut. She leaned of the entrance and studied the sight before with teary eyes. The small light coming from the fire showed Kagome-sama laying curled on her side with blood pooling around her stomach. A small lump could be seen between her legs. Rin swallowed as she slowly approatched the figures.

'Oh, Kami...' She prayed as she croatched next to Kagome-sama and pulled back the kimono covering the mother and child. Rin let out a small sob as she looked upon the still-born baby. It was a little hanyou girl. She lay curled inside her mother's thighs with the umbilical cord still attached. The little girl had dark black hair plastered her head, still covered in after birth, with two little black dog ears like her father, InuYasha-sama. Rin reached for the knife in the mist of the birthing supplies and cut free the baby. She cleaned the baby and wrapped her in the blankets already laid out. She then turned to Kagome-sama.

InuYasha cut through the last of the trees and stopped at the sight of his village, his home. Dead bodies lay scattered amoung the village. Huts were desicrated. InuYasha slowly made his way to his hut, praying to Kami to find his mate and pup alive. The smell of blood became stronger as he neared his hut. When he was within seeing range, he nearly flew to the damaged hut he shared with Kagome. He swallowed as he bented down to see if Kaede was alive. He felt a moment's pain to realize she was dead. Biting his lip he looked up towards the flap covering the doorway.

A small breeze lifted the shredded hanging. The small of death and blood made his head swim. 'Oh, Kami, no...please...no...oh, Gods!' He slowly stood and entered his home.

Rin was bent over Kagome when he entered. She looked up at his entrance with tears in her eyes. Rin shook her head and looked away. InuYasha's chest tightened as he dropped to his knees next to his mate. His throught became thick as he reached for Kagome's hand. It was ice cold and damp. The scents of blood, birth, sweat, and death nearly choked him as he began to shake Kagome's shoulder with his other hand.

"K-Kagome...kio..wake up." he whispered. He swallowed past the lump in his throught and looked at Rin. The small girl looked up at him sadly. "The pup?" InuYasha mouthed, unable to speak.

Rin turned and picked up a brown bundle of blankets. She turned back to him and handed him his newborn pup. InuYasha slowly let go of Kagome as he reached for the pup. He cradled it awkwardly in his arms as he fought back his tears. His...daughter..was...dead...his mate..was..dead. InuYasha held the baby to his chest and whispered, "My little Izayio." The tightness in his chest began to hurt terribly. InuYasha threw back his head and howled to the heavens.

Frightened, Rin crawled away from him and into a corner and held herself as she watched her Lord's brother completely lose his mind. The howl straggled off to a sob as InuYasha wept over his lost mate and child. Rin quietly sat in the corner until the sun slowly lightened the hut and the flap was pushed aside by Miroku with Sango following behind him. InuYasha had long since quieted, as he was now hunched over Kagome with Izayio still in his arms.

Sango let out a sob as she pushed back Miroku and sank down next to InuYasha. Tears poured down her face as she examined the site before her. She tried to reach for Kagome but gasped and pulled her hand away as InuYasha growled at her. Miroku grabbed her by her shoulders and pulled her out of the hut. He returned back into the hut and pulled Rin out with him.

Miroku sent Sango to their hut to check on their children before he turned to Rin. Rin stood before him in her tattered, bloody sleep kimono -a present from Sessomaru- with long ugly claw marks down her left side. Dried blood and after birth covered her body. Her face was cracked, tear stained, and dirty as she looked up at him with painfilled eyes. Miroku dropped to her level.

"Rin-chan, I'm going to clean you up and bandage your injuries. While I'm doing so, tell me what happened." Rin nodded as Miroku found a pot of water, towels, and the other supplies needed. He began to clean her face off with a rag as she began her tale.

Rin swallowed and blinked her tired eyes. "I was down by the river getting Kaede-sama some water for Kagome-sama. I saw Kouga pass by me and I turned to speak with him. He continued past me and towards InuYasha-sama's hut. Kaede-sama tried to tell her he could not enter. He...he k-killed her. I screamed and ran at him when he attacked me and then he attacked the villagers and the rest ran away. Kouga entered the hut. I heard Kagome scream and then he was gone.

"I went in to check on the baby and Kagome. They too were dead. I cleaned the baby and then InuYasha came in." Sango had returned with Kirara and the children riding on Kirara. Kohaku was a step away from Sango. Miroku looked up at them.

"Kouga did this?" Sango whispered. Miroku nodded.

Kohaku cleared his throught. The others looked at him. "I was returning to retrieve Kirara from Sango when I came across a demonic arua. I followed it to the Western Lands. Kouga was returning to his tribe. Everything was destroyed and everyone was dead. I quickly returned back here and that's when, of course, Sango met me going to check on the kids. What ever Kouga is doing, he most be stopped."

Miroku nodded his head and turned back to Rin. "Rin, go with Sango and she'll finish cleaning you up." Rin nodded and follwed behind Sango and Kirara. Miroku stood and turned to Kohaku. "It doesn't make sense. Why would Kouga suddenly attack like this?"

Kohaku crossed his arms. "Kouga did have a verbal claim on Kagome. But, with InuYasha marking Kagome and Kouga marrying Ayame, you would think he had let it go."

Miroku nodded. "Did Kouga still think that Kagome was his?"

"It's possible. Some demons are known to take on a mate and then claim another woman as a...mistress. Prehaphs he thought Kagome was his mistress?"

"Even if he did, why would he wait 'till the baby was going to be born? Why not act before hand and have settled the whole thing earlier. Why wait now and attack and kill." Miroku and Kohaku silently thought the ordeal over. They were pulled out of thier thoughts by the sound of someone exiting the hut. InuYasha stood before them, his family's blood covering him and his head down.

"Kohaku, is Kouga at the tribe now?" InuYasha demanded. Miroku stepped up to his friend.

"InuYasha, just what do you plan to do?"

InuYasha jerked his head up and looked into Miroku's eyes. Miroku took a step back. InuYasha had murder in his eyes. "What the hell do you think, baka! I'm gonna hunt the bastard down and kill him! Then I'm gonna find Sesshomaru and demand that he tell me how to bring a soul back from the dead."

"InuYasha, we know you want to kill Kouga, but we need to understand this before we act." Miroku calmly told him.

"What the fuck is there to understand, baka! He fuckin' murdered Kagome and Izayio!" InuYasha screamed. His eyes began to get a red tint to them.

"Doesn't this sound...familiar?" A small voice asked. Everyone stopped and looked around for the source of the voice. Kohaku smacked his cheek and everyone looked towards the small demon floating into his hand.

"Myoga-sama?" Miroku questioned.

With a pop Myoga stood fully sized in Kohaku's hand. "InuYahsa-sama, I am terribly sorry for your loss." Myoga bowed.

InuYasha growled and stepped forward. "What were you saying, you dog bitting parasite?"

Myoga sat back and crossed his arms. "Why, InuYasha-sama, have you never heard how you infact came into this world?"

"Of course I have, baka! Takemaru killed Mother. The Old Man brought her back with the Tenseiga. Mother go away with me, while the Old Man died fighting Takemaru." InuYasha summarized the events.

Myoga nodded wisely. "And last night, Kouga killed Kagome-sama and the pup. And you plan to go after him to kill him and find a way to return Kagome-sama to life."

Miroku raised an eyebrow. "Are you saying this is exactly what happened nearly two hundred years ago? And that InuYasha might very well die soon?"

Myoga nodded solmenly. "'Tis quite possible. I think someone is pulling the strings behind Kouga. Someone wants InuYasha-sama dead." InuYasha growled.

"I'll take down every bastard involed in this and rescue Kagome and Izayio!" InuYasha swore. He turned and began to walk off.

Myoga called after him, "InuYasha, if you do not bring back Kagome and Izayio within three days, their souls with forever be lost." InuYasha paused and turned back around.

"I just got her back. I'm not gonna lose her again." InuYasha stated before turning and walking away.

"We should follow him." Kohaku stated. Miroku nodded and they made as if to follow him when footsteps behind them made them turn. Sango stood behind them.

"Rin's in danger." she whispered. Miroku, Kohaku, and Myoga looked at eachother. They all knew that meant InuYasha would not have to look far for Sesshomaru.

Today I had nothing to do so that I why I'm updating so soon. You know what to do. Thanks so much to inuyasha4life17. First reviews are always great on a new fic!

~Azarath101