A/N: Yay, thanks for my little review :P aw well, every bit helps, besides I'm not writing this for the reviews, I'm writing it for the fun… but anyway… dunno how much InuKag goodness will be in here, I kinda have my mind set on an Inu Family story kinda thing, but I'll see where I'm heading with this, but I'll try to put fluff on them:3!

Chapter Nine

Inuyasha ran outside, into the crowd of people running around. Some of them completely ran over Inuyasha and knocked him over. Inuyasha started to crawl over in the opposite direction that the people were running.

Izayoi burst out of the door, "Inuyasha! Inuyasha!" She cried hysterically.

"Izayoi-sama we have to get out of here!" Some villager grabbed her wrist and started to pull her in the opposite direction of the yōkai and Inuyasha.

"No! I have to get Inuyasha!" She struggled to get her hand free, but the villager was just too strong.

"That hanyō brat is better off dead!"

"No…" Izayoi whispered. "I am the walking dead, Inuyasha has a right to live!" She cried in a whispered. The first part caught the villager off guard and he loosened his grip on her wrist.

Izayoi spotted Inuyasha crawling towards the yōkai, "Inuyasha!" She cried once again and ran over to him, trying to get through the rough crowd. "Inuyasha! Inuyasha, please come back!" She begged of him. She couldn't get there fast enough thanks to all of the people running in the opposite direction.

"Mom?" Inuyasha's head tilted up and he flickered his ears. He turned his head to see his mother trying to get to him.

"Inuyasha! Come here!" Izayoi begged.

Inuyasha shook his head, "See," he pointed at the yōkai who seemed to be miles away right now and he was surrounded by dust. "Dad's here!" Inuyasha smiled and got on his feet once again since where he was now there weren't so many people running.

"Inuyasha…" Izayoi said with horror in her eyes.

Inuyasha ran over to the yōkai and the yōkai stopped immediately when he saw the hanyō standing at his feet. The yōkai was massive and looked like it was either a goat or lizard type of thing. Obviously this yōkai didn't hold a human form, but this knowledge was unfortunately still unfound by Inuyasha.

"What do you want hanyō?" The yōkai asked the boy.

Inuyasha looked up at him and blinked a few times. "You… are not my dad?" He asked confused.

"Your dad?" The yōkai blinked. "Why would I wish to mate with a pathetic human? You're a half-human so you deserve to die like everyone else in this village." The yōkai smirked.

"Deserve to die?" Inuyasha asked and tilted his head in confusion.

"Inuyasha!" Izayoi grabbed Inuyasha and picked him up then started to run towards the others.

"So you're the mother of this hanyō? Heh. I'll let you two die together and end all of your misery," He raised up his claw…

Inuyasha's eyes stretched wide, "Mom!" he cried out.

Izayoi looked behind her and saw the claw of the yōkai heading right towards them. She gasped. She knew she wouldn't be able to dodge this. This made her long for the days where she had Inu no Taishō to protect her from these things. She put Inuyasha down in a laying position and before anything else happened or was said… Izayoi felt a sharp pain go through her chest. The yōkai smirked at his successful attempt. The wind started to blow really viciously sending up dust everywhere, making it completely impossible to see anything unless you were standing right in front of it. Now the yōkai was left without sight of Izayoi and Inuyasha and he just assumed he had killed the both of them so he made his way to the scent of the other villagers. The blood started to poor out of Izayoi's chest and she fell to her knees. This wasn't how she wanted Inuyasha to see her for the last time. "Inuyasha…"

"M…mommy?" Inuyasha asked shaking out of fright, his eyes glowing from sadness, and tears visible in his eyes.

"Inuyasha… erase this memory from your thoughts…." She clutched her chest to try and make the bleeding stop. "And remember… not all yōkai are as nice as your father…."

"M-mom…" Inuyasha got up and walked over to her, shaking terribly. He didn't know why he was shaking out of fear so much… it was just that looked in his mother's eyes that sent out a message… a message that means he'll never see her again. He ran into her arms, allowing her blood to spread over his little tiny body.

Izayoi couldn't refuse a hug, but she really wanted Inuyasha to get out of here before the wind stops, she knew Inu no Taishō's spirit was there watching them and making all of this wind so that Inuyasha can escape. She just didn't know how long he'd be able to do it… he's just a spirit now… "Inuyasha…"

"It is time," She heard Inu no Taishō's voice and her eyes stretched wide. She knew Inuyasha hadn't heard him and before anything else was said her eyes slammed closed and her body turned limb. She fell over Inuyasha and now he was lying underneath her.

"Mom?" Inuyasha asked… almost too scared. He heard and felt the vibration on the ground of the yōkai returning. He hid his entire body underneath his mother's. The wind started to clear up but only a bit and the dust was still there, just not so much anymore. The yōkai stopped a few feet away from Izayoi and smelled if he could smell the hanyō, but from Izayoi's blood covering him up, he couldn't pick up his scent at all. So he decided to leave as he couldn't find much of the other villagers.

Once Inuyasha couldn't see the yōkai at all and didn't hear him, he got out from underneath his mother. He sat next to her and watched her face. She was really pale, he couldn't understand what was going on.

"Mom, the yōkai's gone now… you can get up…" Inuyasha said. She didn't move, not one bit. Inuyasha touched her arm and felt how cold she was. "M-Mom-my?" His voice was shaking with fear. He started to shake her gently in an attempt to get her awake. She remained motionless. "Mom!" Inuyasha cried out tears streaming down his little face. He shook her as violent as he could desperate to get her to open her eyes.

Finally, Inuyasha stopped shaking her, realising something isn't right. Something told him she won't wake up no matter how much he shook her. Inuyasha fell to his knees and swung his arms around her neck the tears rolling down his cheeks like waterfalls. He wanted to hug her - just one last hug, no matter if she'd hug back or not…

Inuyasha's ears flickered as he heard something or someone walking. He let go of his cold mother and looked up. He saw the humans coming out from their hiding places, some of them mourning over their lost ones too. The dust was beginning to settle. Inuyasha looked down at his mother and his mind instantly told him that if he stays there they'd only be meaner to him now that his mom isn't there to protect him anymore. Inuyasha quickly jumped to his feet. He started to walk backwards, still looking at his mother. He stopped when he was a few feet away from her then he saw a villager heading that way. Inuyasha gasped then ran as if running for dear life and he ran out of the village…

Alright, back to fantasy's reality xD

Hana looked at Izayoi, feeling her and Inuyasha's pain.

"But that's all over now… I'm just happy he survived long enough to be able to meet his father… that's all I had ever hoped for. There was nothing else Inuyasha wanted more than meeting his dad… he might never say it, but I know him…" Izayoi smiled happy that the past was all over now.

Inu no Taishō opened a door to a room to reveal a nice big room, filled with fluffy toys, a bed in the corner. "This Inuyasha, is your room. The one we had prepared for you before you were born."

Inuyasha looked into the room. It was much different from the one he used to have while living with his mom.

'It surprises me Kane hasn't gotten rid of this stuff…' Inu no Taishō thought. "This is where you'll sleep tonight," he said rubbing the thought off. "Your mother and I will be just across, and your brother's room is right next to yours."

"Thanks… dad…" Inuyasha said, at first feeling a bit uncomfortable. It's as if though he hasn't gotten used to the idea of being around his father.

"Well I hope you like it, feel free to discard of anything you don't like or don't want in there," Inu no Taishō said. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'd like to have a word with your brother," but just before he could turn around, Inuyasha had pushed himself into Inu no Taishō's arms just like a little pup, forcing a cute embrace. He buried his face in his dad's fluff. Inu no Taishō smiled and embraced his son. It didn't take Inu no Taishō long to figure out Inuyasha was shedding a few tears, that's the main reason why his face was buried in his fluff. Inu no Taishō decided to stay a little while longer with Inuyasha.

For some reason Inuyasha had thought back as well… (A/N: You know… htose share thoughts… whatever they call it… it happens a lot to people who are very close and spend too much time together P like a married couple…)

Weee…. I'm making a habit out of this!

"Go away!" A little kid yelled. "We don't want to play with a half-breed!" The little kid then pushed a little boy over with cute doggy ears.

Inuyasha hit the ground and dust shot up into the air, showing the horizon clearly.

"You're from the other half!" Another kid yelled and pointed at Inuyasha.

Inuyasha got up and looked at the group of kids who were trying to play a game with their ball.

"Other… half…?" Inuyasha's little head tilted to the right in confusion, his ears up straight. (A/N: OMFG! My dog does that when she's confused! It's so cute!). "But I just wanna play…"

"You wanna play?" The kid who held the ball asked.

Inuyasha nodded.

"Fine," the kid said and threw the ball at Inuyasha and in the process, knocked him over. The other kids laughed as Inuyasha fell to the ground. A girl behind Inuyasha picked the ball up and ran towards the others and they made their way away from Inuyasha.

Inuyasha stood up and watched the kids depart away from him. He lowered is head then started to walk home. He looked up again and saw all the people walking through the village. He'd have to pass them again to get home. He started to walk through the village and people gave him dirty glances. They started to call him names as he walked by and they teased him. Inuyasha started to fasten his pace and started to run. He soon reached his home and opened the door to walk inside.

"Inuyasha!" his mom gasped when she saw him enter with dirt and bruises all over him. She ran over to him, leaving he food she was busy cooking then she kneeled down and hugged him. "What happened?"

End it… short thing…

(A/N: He also thought of the rest, I'm just not gonna put it in there since you already read it P well I'd hope you read it.)

"Inuyasha," Inu no Taishō just wanted to speak when Inuyasha lifted his head from his fluff.

"You should go to Sesshōmaru now," Inuyasha spoke, obviously not shedding tears anymore.

Inu no Taishō nodded and the embrace between the father and son ended. He walked away then Inuyasha stepped into his room.

I wish I knew where I was heading… Sesshōmaru would be mad at me if I'm not back in the forest with Rin when he gets back, but knowing his father… they'll spend quite a lot of time in the Dog's Village,' Were Setsuko's thoughts as she walked through the endless field of flowers. Rin and Jaken were back there somewhere. She stopped in her tracks and looked up to the sky. Oh she missed Sesshōmaru's father. 'I guess I only have myself to blame for both of us ending up dead… It's a miracle what jealousy can do to one, miracle what jealousy can do to one, yōkai or human…'

"Setsuko-sama!" Rin ran towards her.

Setsuko looked behind her, "What is it?"

"I'm ready!" She said and held up the flowers she picked. "We can go now!"

Setsuko couldn't help but smile at the silly girl. Jaken crawled up behind Rin, "Please, can we just go now?"

"Sure, let's go find Sesshōmaru," she smiled and looked up at the sunset. "Let's pay a visit to the dog village!" She said gleefully, but her eyes showed off sadness, jealousy and anger at the same time.

"I am disappointed in you," Sesshōmaru told one of the warriors. The warrior was lying on the ground with Tōkijin's blade touching his throat. "Your fighting skill has gone down since last we met, it was two hundred years ago, how is this possible?" Sesshōmaru asked and pulled Tōkijin back.

"My apologies Sesshōmaru-sama!" The warrior spoke and got to his knees.

"Don't apologise, it's that bastard Kane's doings," Sesshōmaru murmured the last part of his sentence.

All the other warriors suddenly also dropped to their knees and Sesshōmaru looked up to see his father standing there. "Father."

"Gentlemen, if you would please leave, I'd like to have a word with my son," Inu no Taishō spoke.

"Certainly!" The warriors said and gracefully got up leaving their Lord and his son alone to speak.

"Figures," Sesshōmaru sheathed Tōkijin (who doesn't have a sheath… but I don't know how else to put it…). "You'd first speak to that hanyō before speaking to me."

"I didn't lie when I said I wanted you to speak with the warriors. Kane's training was never as good as yours, and I knew their skill would've gone down as well. To top that all off, you know your way around the castle, Inuyasha doesn't. This is where I'd first like to start off," Inu no Taishō crossed his arms.

Sesshōmaru glared at him.

"I'd like it if you'd address your brother by his name, not by referring to him as that hanyō."

Sesshōmaru looked annoyed at his father.

"I'm very disappointed in you Sesshōmaru," his father said with a serious look on his face. "You knew I expected from you to be Inuyasha's big brother, to be there for him. But you weren't there for him. Instead you were planning his death."

"I tried to be his big brother father, I really did try," Sesshōmaru said with a cold stare in his eyes. "But it became too much for me to be living in that human village with a human women and a half-human brother. There was nothing more I wanted than to take my own path."

"So you just turned your back and walked away pretending you don't know them?"

"Exactly."

Inu no Taishō sighed.

"Just because you like humans doesn't mean I do too."

"You say that Sesshōmaru," Inu no Taishō started and shook his head, not looking at Sesshōmaru.

"Don't say it father. I know what you're going to say," Sesshōmaru glared at him.

"Actually I wasn't planning to," Inu no Taishō said and looked back at Sesshōmaru's face. "I want to thank you for at least trying. I know I can't force you into doing things you don't want to. Therefore I thank you for being there for Inuyasha, even if it only was for a little while…"

"You didn't bring me all the way over to the dog village just to tell me that, did you?" Sesshōmaru asked.

"Of course not," Inu no Taishō rolled his eyes. "I think you pretty much know how I feel, so I won't continue with this subject," Inu no Taishō spoke seriously. "At the same time, I am proud of you. You're an excellent fighter."

"I was taught by the best," Sesshōmaru reminded him. Inu no Taishō smiled at his son's comment, after all, Inu no Taishō was the one who trained Sesshōmaru.

"Even so, I never finished training you since I had died. You've learnt a lot."

Silence passed through for a minor second.

"Come give your old man a hug," Inu no Taishō said and opened his arms.

Sesshōmaru shook his head, "This is pointless," but he anyway for a change accepted his father's embrace.

"DINNER! Oh my gosh! What's for dinner!" Hana squealed jumping up and down in the dining room, excited to be eating with her big brother once again.

Inu no Taishō and Sesshōmaru walked into the dining room. "Calm down, Hana. Why don't you go call the humans?"

Hana stopped jumping up and down, "We're having humans for dinner?" She asked confused.

"No…" Inu no Taishō tried hard no to laugh, "Just go call them so that they can eat."

"Okay…" Hana raised an eyebrow then walked down the hall to go and call them.

"Sesshōmaru, go call your brother," His father commanded.

Sesshōmaru stared annoyingly at his father. He was doing this on purpose just to spite him. But without hesitation, Sesshōmaru turned around and walked down the hall towards the stairs.

Izayoi smiled at Inu no Taishō. "What did you tell Inuyasha?" She asked curious.

"Nothing much," Inu no Taishō smiled at his curious wife and wrapped a loose arm around her. Izayoi rested her head against his chest. (A/N: ow… that's gotta hurt with all of his armour…)

Sesshōmaru walked up the stairs and into the next hallway until he reached his room's door then he passed over to his brother's room's door. It was open and Inuyasha was sitting on his bed admiring all of the things his parents had gotten for him. Every now and then he'd pick up a fluffy toy, inspect it, then he'd put it back down again.

Sesshōmaru eyes this from the doorframe and was surprised that Inuyasha hadn't picked up his scent yet. Inuyasha was extremely alert and he'd pick up Sesshōmaru's scent more than ten miles away. Maybe it had to do with the fact of them living together for now… Even so, Sesshōmaru found this quite amusing how Inuyasha would inspect his room, from every corner, to find every single dust ball, as if claiming everything to be his own. It was very vague, but a very, extremely, small smile appeared on Sesshōmaru's face as he watched his little brother 'play'with his little toys.

Sesshōmaru decided to enter the room, so he did. Inuyasha's eyes caught the movement and he finally picked up Sesshōmaru's scent. Inuyasha himself was amazed how his senses had failed him in his own happiness. He eyes Sesshōmaru completely forgetting about the fluffy dog toy in his hand. He growled at his brother.

"Don't growl at me," Sesshōmaru said and stopped across from Inuyasha.

"What do you want?" Inuyasha asked.

"Father told me to come tell you to come down for dinner," Sesshōmaru told his little brother. He took the fluffy toy from Inuyasha's claws and inspected it himself.

Inuyasha's eyes grew wide, "What… the… hell…?" He asked confused.

Sesshōmaru remained emotionless then threw the stuffed animal at Inuyasha.

"Hey!" Inuyasha yelled and grabbed the toy.

Sesshōmaru walked outside, down the hall. Inuyasha glared at him then put the fluffy toy down and walked after him.

Everyone was sitting at the table. Inu no Taishō sat at the north end and Izayoi sat at the south end. Inuyasha sat on his dad's left side and Sesshōmaru sat in front of Inuyasha at his dad's right side. Those two were glaring at each other busy plotting out how to kill one another in their minds and sending signals through their golden orbs. Kagome sat next to Inuyasha and Soyahana was the bravest to sit next to Sesshōmaru (A/N lmao…) in front of Kagome. Next to Soyahana sat Sango and Shippō sat in front of her next to Kagome. Kirara sat next to Sango and Miroku sat next to Shippō, in front of Kirara. Then it was Izayoi. Food was placed all over the table and everyone just had to help themselves.

Everything went smoothly, and right now was the perfect time where they really got to know one another. Inu no Taishō and Izayoi had learnt that Kagome was from a different era and somehow managed to fall down a well and ended up in the Sengoku Jidai, and that was the same way how Sou'unga got released. Yet no one brought up Kikyo's name, probably because they all felt if anyone should tell Inuyasha's parents about her it should be him, and no one wanted to spoil his happy mood. Yet somehow that mood was still ruined when they got to how Miroku and Sango joined and to the subject of… Naraku.

"Both me and Sango joined up with Inuyasha and Kagome since we all hold a grudge against Naraku," Miroku explained.

Inuyasha and Sesshōmaru's attentions were immediately broken from each other.

"Naraku?" Inu no Taishō asked, "Who is this Naraku?"

"Naraku is a hanyō as well, on search for the Shikon no Tama, he cursed my family with a Kazaana in the right hand," Miroku said looking at his right hand.

"Naraku killed my family using my little brother and now he erased his memory and he uses him to fight against us…" Sango said trying to fight the tears.

Inu no Taishō looked at Kagome and Inuyasha. "And what grudges do you two have against this Naraku?"

Kagome looked at Inuyasha then spoke up before he could speak. "I don't have a grudge against Naraku, I just want to kill him because he's so mean and evil."

"Keh! He just used me in one of his plots to pollute the Shikon no Tama," Inuyasha spoke then reached for more food.

Inu no Taishō looked at his other son, "Do you know this Naraku as well?"

"Yes, and my grudge is similar to Inuyasha's," was all he said then he too reached for more food when… both of their chopstick landed on the last piece of cake. (A/N: If cake existed back there, but who cares? This is a story - it's NOT real XP )

They both glared at each other then Inuyasha started to growl.

"No way bro this is my cake. Get your own," Sesshōmaru said then put the cake piece in his plate.

Inu no Taishō sighed at his two sons fighting in the most ridiculous way imaginable.

"I'll trade ya my cookies for that cake," Inuyasha spoke up, glaring at his brother for stealing his cake.

Inu no Taishō tried his damn hardest not to die laughing. But for some reason he couldn't help thinking that Sesshōmaru did that on purpose. Inuyasha did look rather off and Sesshōmaru reached for more food as fast as he could. When that fight started over the cake, whatever Inuyasha was thinking about had escaped his mind.

A/N: Oh goodness… o.O;;; I don't own the entire "That's my cake bro" and "I'll trade ya my cookies for that cake" thing… I found it on a picture at some msn group for Inuyasha, the picture was that one where Sesshōmaru and Inuyasha were sitting at the table when Kagome told him about in her time where families still eat together. It's hilarious, my friend kinda dared me to use that. But be glad this chapter didn't end with a cliff-hanger :P Now you can love me again :D! But the next two chapters will probably have cliff-hangers :D

Well here you had some Inuyasha Sesshōmaru, Inuyasha father, Sesshōmaru father bonding. Bleh… this chapter was boring, but necessary :P

Expect the next chapter to be up sometime this week.

Kiyoshi Kaiiki Rindō