Kagome's breath caught in her throat as she saw a short, young-looking woman clad in black robes standing in the room with Inuyasha. She had short black hair, icy blue eyes, and a sword sheathed at her side. Kagome said, "Who...are you?"

Smiling gently, the girl turned around and said, "My name is Rukia...Rukia Kuchiki. I'm a Soul Reaper...I was sent to watch over Inuyasha until either you arrived here or until sundown, at which time I was to take him up to Heaven with me...you're just in time, Kagome. He hasn't much time left."

Kagome said, "Please...don't take him from me, Rukia. I love him, and I don't think I could live without him."

Rukia said, "I won't...in fact, now that you're here, I'm going to head back to Soul Society and inform my Captain that you've arrived, he'll tell me to abort the assignment then, and I won't take him at all….hurry, Kagome, I sense Kikyo and Koga are n ther way here. Ill eave you to your mission, but I'll probably come back when they arrive….maybe I'll even get to bring a few friends down to watch Koga and Kikyo get what they deserve." Rukia smiled slyly as she said the last part of her sentence.

Kagome smiled and shook Rukia's hand, and she said, "Rukia...thank you for watching him for me. Now...I've got to save the one I love, and then I'm going to make sure Kikyo and Koga understand why it's a bad idea to threaten the ones I love...especially Inuyasha. I know I haven't always been perfect, but I'm never going to scream or yell at him again, or plant him into the ground with that necklace. In fact...I know just where I'm going to put it. That lousy wolf Koga is gonna see what it's like to have Inuyasha laughing at HIM while HE sucks dirt, before he ends up sucking fist."

Rukia said, "I'll leave you to your healing, Kagome...good luck, and tell Inuyasha that I wish him all the best."

Seconds later, Rukia changed into a black butterfly and headed out the window, bound for Heaven. Shippo ran back to see Rukia fly away and he waved. "Good bye, Rukia!" he called out. "Good bye!"

Kagome looked at Shippo. "You know her, Shippo?"

"Yeah, I talked to her before. She's really nice. Oh hurry, Kagome, please, he's getting worse and worse every minute," Shippo pointed. "But, I gotta warn you, Kagome…it's not a retty sight."

Kagome looked at the sleeping Inuyasha and gasped at what she saw! Inuyasha was not only in his complete human form, his skin was as pale as chalk and bright blue sweat was pouring down from his forehead. His breath came in small funny gas and his chest was rising and falling in tiny moments…and there were huge moments in between. "Hurry, Kagome!" Shippo called out. "Hurry!" Kagome raced over to Inuyasha. Brushing back his now jet back bangs, she gave him a small kiss on the forehead.

"Inuyasha? It's me..I…I'm here…oh, Inuyasha please hold on…oh this is all my fault….hang in Inuyasha, I'm here…" she put her hands on his heart and concentrated on her love. Immediately a pink glow surrounded the both of them. Shippo heard a noise outside and ran out to see. Sesshomaru and Sango as well as little Kirara and Rin had by this time come up to the room.

"Shippo? Is she here?"

"She's right back there, Sesshomaru, she's giving Inuyasha the antidote right now."

"Thank God, I only hope we've made it in time," Sango said, nervousy gazing at the nearby window, watching the sun make its way down. Suddeny the voice f Jaken was heard from outside.

"SHE'S COMING! SHE'S COMING, MI LORD, SHE'S COMING, SHE'S COMING, SHE'S COMING, SHE'S COMING…" Kikyo then appeared in the doorway of the castle holding Jaken by the scruff of his neck. "She's here, Mi Lord, I couldn't stop her…"

"If I were you…Mi Lord…I'd get myself a brand new sentry!" she then proceeded to throw Jaken into the wall…which HE proceeded to ram into headfirst.

"Oh, jeee,,ew.." Jaken mumbled as he slid down the wall. Kikyo shook her head at that and turned to Sesshomaru.

"Hello, Sesshomaru," Kikyo said. "So…it looks like your dream is coming true at last at last."

"How did you get here, Kkiyo?"

"Easy when you can generate an invisible barrier. Even if that pet of yours DID smell me, no way he'd ever be able to find either one of us."

"Us?"

"Oh, did I forget to introduce my associate? Hw thoughtless of me!" she stepped aside with a grand florish to reveal Koga right behind her.

"Koga…" Sesshomaru growled.

"Hiya, Sesshy!" he smiled. Sesshomaru sniffed the air.

"You've been drinking wolf."

"Oh very good, you ARE smart!"

"What are you doing here, wolf?"

"If ya MUST know, Kikiyo and I just wanna come over and pay our last respects to the late Inuyasha."

"Last respects, Koga? You mean you wanna spit on his body," Sango said vehemently.

"Don't see why YOU care, Slayer. Ya haven't always been the model of a perfect friend yourself."

"Now, just one moment.."

"You shut your mouth, Monk! I'm sick and tired f both f you, always saying you're such good friend, that's a load of bull and both of you know it! Ya cant tell me you secretly enjoyed seeing him get sat all these times….man that was fun!" he snickered to himself. "Admit it, nether one of you cared for that freak who's now nothing more than a cold dead heap behind that curtain!"

"Why don't you shut up, you bastard, before I kill you!" Sango cried out.

" All YOU both cared about was who I only care about- KAGOME!" Sango's eyes filled with small tears for a few moments at these words. "Yeah, Kagome, Kagome, Kagome, that's the only one you DO care about, the only one you've ever cared about, the only one you give a damn about! Ain't that right? Tell him!" he pointed to Sesshomaru. "GO ON AND TELL HIM! YOU'RE NO BETTER THAN HIM AND BOTH OF YOU KNOW IT, SO TELL HIM!" He turned to Sesshomaru. "And you! You ought to be proud, Lod Dog, you ought to be happy! I know you're pissed cause you THINK I did your job for you, but look at it this way, I only FINISHED your job for you! YOU did most of it! Oh, it may not feel like that now, but in a way you did! Think about it, oh Mighty Lord, just think about it. If YOU didn't kick him out when he was an orphan at six, this whole mish mash with Kikyo would have never happened, he would still be alive, he would have the precious Tetsusaiga, he would be roaming this place wild and free, and we all know that's not what YOU want! So ya see, Sesshomaru, you DID kill your brother after al! It all goes back to YOU! Congradulations!" He reached over to shake his hand, but Sesshomaru threw him right off.

"ENOUGH, Koga! I have one thing to say to you. Would you like to hear it? You are a fool! You have no idea how big of one you are. Then again I would never expect someone with such low brain power to understand. Learn your place you lower class demon."

"Learn your place, learn your place, now who heard something like that before, oh let me think, let me think…"

"My brother, when I made a fateful mistake all those years ago. To this day I regret all I have done to him...to the family. But the one thing you do not know of, Koga, is that my brother and I have made peace. I WAS beginning to make up for all I did to him before this happened."

Kikyo made a face at him. "You expect us to BELIEVE that? If YOU swore to make up for everything you did to him, it would take you 400 extra years! But weather you actually WERE planning to, it doesn't matter anyway! We saw the black butterfly of death come in here to get him! Ad she DID come here to take him, for in case you didn't notice," she opened up a nearby window."It's NIGHTTIME! Ha,ha,ha..the sun's gone down! The sun is gone, and so is he! He's dead, he's dead! "

"Your wish is granted, we will take our thank yous now!" Koga said.

"How about GET OUT OF THIS CASTLE!" Sango said angrily.

"Nice try, but YOU can't throw me out, YOU don't own this place."

"Get out of my castle, Wolf," Sesshomaru said. "Does that sound right to you?"

"Believe me, Oh Mighty Jackass, I'd LOVE to! Just as soon as you let us see his body. We just want three seconds of your time before you stuff him and mount him on the wall to just see him one last time. I promise as soon as we have, we'll leave this place permanently. You'll NEVER hear from either of us again!"

"Are you sure?"

"I cross my heart, and hope to die...oh, sorry," he snickered as did his fellow wolves behind him, but they were quickly silenced by his staring daggers at them. Clearing his throat loudly in their direction, he continued. "Anyway, as soon as we've seen him, we'll leave and let you all decide what to do with him. So, if you'll excuse us.." he and Kikyo tried to get behind the curtain, but Sesshomaru quickly moved in their way.

"You are NOT passing behind that curtain, Wolf. My brother is lieing in state right now, and I forbid you to disturb him!"

"Oh please. There's nothing to disturb! He's a mess of cold limbs, shut up forever…not that that's a bad thing!" He laughed. "But seriously, all we ask is three seconds. Three seconds to spit…I mean spy! Spy on his body! Gee, spit, spy, where did that come from? Any way, all we want is to glance at him, say goodbye, and take our eave…and that;s it!"

"That's it?"

"That's it."

"No."

"No?"

"No, Wolf. I forbid you do take one step near my brother at all."

"Tough! I think we deserve to see the result of our work after what we had to put up with regarding him!"

"You lousy, sick, disgusting…" Sango yelled, running toward Koga.

"Yeah, go ahead, kick me! GO AHEAD AND KICK ME, Slayer! Go ahead! Not that it'll make much difference. He's still gone! All the crying, yelling, hitting, punching isn't gonna do you any good!" He was interrupted by Kirara hissing from Sango's shoulder. "Call off your cat, Slayer."

"Why should I? She's as angry with you as I am, Koga."

"Yeah, well I'M not the only one she should be angry with."

"Careful, Koga," Sango warned. "Kirara sounds hungry, and I haven't fed her her supper yet. Then again, I wouldn't want her to get indigestion."

Sesshomaru stepped forward. "Leave this place, Kikyo, and take that horrid lower class demon with you. He's contaminating my castle."

"Oh I'm sorry, great Mighty Dog, I forgot only people who are as perfect as you are the only ones who can stay here, am I correct?" Koga snapped. "In that case, why are THEY here?" He gestured to Miroku, Sango, and Shippo. "May I remind you THEY aren't demons! Why don't ya just give them the body of that…to quote you, 'Worthless Half Breed" and they can ALL get out of this place, and out of your face! Then you can just live happily ever after alone in this castle of absolute perfection, am I right? "

"You are WRONG, Wolf! You couldn't be more wrong if you tried. I HAVE made peace with my brother! Not only him, all of his friends, who have gladly become my friends too"

"Uh…Sesshomaru? You do know these are HUMANS, I right?"

"I am aware of that, Koga. I'm also aware that you are a disgusting, manipulative, lower class piece of trash!"

"ENOUGH!" Kikyo finally said, throwing her hands up in the air. "Enough Sesshomaru, I have had ENOUGH of this. How dare you try to throw us ot ad not let us look at your brother's body, as if you're suddenly a Living Saint as we have no business being in your presence. Well, I have news for you, we do! You're a fine one to talk, you're a FINE ONE! Now you say you want your brother to live? You DIDN'T want this to happen? Where was this a long time ago, huh? Where the HELL was this? You, standing there, looking like a statue with the personality of one..you can't see the truth right in front of you? Yu can't see the truth? You claim we're the killers of him? Oh how mistaken you are! Did it ever occur to you that if it wasn;'t for YOU throwing him out when he was only 6, he would have never met me, this fiasco with Naroku would have never happened, he would be living here as a Lord of these lands with you…" she continued her rant, not giving a thought as to what was happening behind the curtain.

Meanwhile Kagome was finishing up with Inuyasha. As soon as the pink aura had cleared, to kagome;s great reief Inuyasha was laying on the bed….back to his normal half-demon self! To her joy he had gotten his color back and the pain that was all over his face seemed to have vanished! His eyes opened slowly, to her relief they weren't a sick violet, they were pure gold! Healthy gold!

Inuyasha stared at what was in front of him. He must be dreaming,…he had to be! He carefully reached his hand to the top of his head….his ears! They had returned to him! He stretched his arm out…no pain! It was like the last three days never happened! He looked up to see the most beautiful face he had ever seen looking down at him! He reached with both hands and ran them through Kagome's hair, making sure she was real. "K…K..Kagome.." he whispered.

Kagome nodded through her tears. "Yes..Inuyasha, it's me."

A slw smile slid across Inyuasha's face. He reached behind Kagome;s head and brought her face down to his, meeting her lips in a log, long kiss. He took a deep breath of her special sweet Kagome smell…a smell he never thought he'd ever experience again! When they pulled apart he gazed into her deep brow eyes and finally said the words he knew he shoud have said months ago. "I love you," he gasped. "I love you."

Kagome embraced him. "I love you, too, Inuyasha, I love you to…" she looked at him, "How are you feeling?"

"How do I feel…" he slowly sat up. "Hey…I feel great! I don't hurt anywhere, I'm not nauscious," he touched his hand ti his forehead. "I'm not sweating…" he lifted his arm. "and I can move my arms!"

Kagome embraced him again. "Oh. Inuyasha, I'm so glad!" He pulled her down to sit next to him.

"They found you…I can't believe they found you in time…Kagome..I love you…" he tilted her chin up and tenderly kissed her again. "Kagome…please forgive me…"

"Forgive you? For what?"

"For those whole mess with Kikyo. I'm so sorry for everything…it's just that…all this time I was hoping that a little bit of Kkyo…the REAL Kikyo…was stil there I that body..and if I cud somehow find her and free her from that prison…that I could somehow make up fr my part in what happened…but I should have kown that this Kikyo is NOT really Kikyo…thee's NO part of the real Kikyo there. I know I hurt you realizing this…and I'm so sorry.."

"I'm sorry too, Inuyasha. I was acting like a jealous little brat. Maybe this whole thing was a wake up call for both of us. I should have told you how I felt from the start."

Inuyasha reached into his pocket, thankful the gift was still there. "Kagome," he began. "I want you to have something…" he handed it over to her. "Just something to say hpw sorry I am for everything. In fact, I was gonna surprise you with this before Kikyo came to ruin everything."

Kagome eagerly unwrapped the bright red paper and gasped when she saw the necklace. "Inuyasha, it's beautiful!"

Inuyasha tenderly put the necklace on her. "Looks perfect," Kagome threw her arms around him and kissed him deeply. Her hands traveled to his neck where to his surprise she unfastened the rosary and took it off. "Kagome?"

"You Don't need this anymore, Inuyasha. In fact you haven't for a long time. I'm gonna make sure this goes on the one who DOES deserve it, then I'm gonna throw it into the fireplace when I'm doe with him."

Inuyasha hugged her gentily. "Thanks, Kagome."

"You're welcome."

He pulled away and loked tenderly at her. "But, Kagome..I still want to try to make up for the ways I hurt you before."

Kagome smiled. "How?" In answer he pulled her into a assionare kiss.

"And FURTHERMORE," Kkyo concluded, pointing at sesshomaru. "You have the gall, the AUDACITY, to come in here and tell US to leave this place? To call US the murderers? We wouldn't even BE in this position at all if it weren't for you! Yes, you! YOU'RE the one who threw him out when he was six and an orphan. YOU are the one who constantly tried to kill him hundreds and hundreds of times,ad YOU are the one who routinely cursed his name and lineage, and ruled the day he was born! You are the one who has never been there for him and never made any effort to connect with him. Him! Your own brother. You! If you want to see the person who is TRULY guilty of this crime, the one who should FULY be blamed, the REAL murderer, turn right around and LOOK IN THAT MIRROR!"

"Ate you finished, Kikyo?" Sesshomaru asked. "Good. If that is the case I shall thank YOU to leave ths place right now. Reguardless of what I have done….and I know I have done a lot, I admit it, this is STIL my castle, and as such I can STILL have you forcibly removed from here."

Koga then smiled as he sensed several presences. "Oh I wouldn't be so sure of THAT Dog demon," he said. "I have a feeling your caste and ownership thereof might get called into question very soon."

At that very moment, the villagers all arrived at the top of the hill that led to Sesshomaru's palace. "There it is," came one of the men. "The Inino Castle." They all stared in wonder at it, it was huge, maybe about 40 feet tall, and was made of white marble. The pillars out in front were pure ivory and set with jewels, the windows were huge and surrounded with a tiny gold setting, and to the right a huge garden was constructed with almost every tree and flower imaginable. Just the sight of it would be enough to take anyone's breath away…if they didn't think too much about who lived there.

"It's beautiful," came one of the women.

'Yeah, on the outside at least," came another villagers. "However, I see a definite problem here. This castle is made of white marble. No way we can burn it to the ground!"

"Maybe we can't burn the OUTSIDE down," Heroshi said. "But we can sure as hell can break some of the windows and burn some of the ROOMS! We owe it to our brother Inuyasha to do this and do it NOW!" The villagers all yelled their agreement. "Get your torches ready!"

"Wait!" another villager cried. "Look, it's that two headed monstar pet of Sesshomaru's, he's guarding the place!"

"Hmm..K, it's obvious we cant get in that way…so…we sneak down quietly into the garden. Brother Jenenji, we're going to need you. Grab the biggest tree you can find and use it to break the gate down, several of you go into the garden and start messing it up. Throw the flowers around, mess up the fountain, do whatever it takes to entice him out. Te rest of us will sneak to the other side and break some of the windows in. "

One man gasped. "Brother Heroshi, look!" He pointed. They all turned to see the sun slip down into the trees and out of sight, turning the shy an ironic color of pink. "The sun…its gone…Inuyasha…he's dead. Dear God, he's dead." One woman screamed just then.

"Look! Look!" They all turned to see a black butterfly flutter out of the window of the topmost room and fly straight upwards to the sky.

"The Butterfly of Death," one villager gasped. "They came for Inuyasha, they're taking him away! He's off to Heaven!"

"As he so deserves to be," another villager said as several of the women wiped their eyes.

"So long, Inuyasha!" A villager cried out, waving to him.

"Have a safe journey!"

"Take care of him, oh mighty angel!"

"Goodbye, Inuyasha!" Some more women sobbed quietly.

Herishi turned to Father Toshiro. "Father? Would you please say a few words?"

Father Toshiro nodded. The villagers all joined hands and bowed their heads as he raised his staff to Heaven. "Dear Father God," he began. "Please take care of our brother, Inuyasha, our friend, our fallen comrade. His life was cut short by a cold unfeeling prejudice. And as he begins the journey to Heaven we ask only that he finally finds the peace, love, and happiness he was denied in his entire lifetime. We ask, Dear Father, that he be reunited with his father and mother, those that always loved him. Give us strength to avenge his loss. And let Inuyasha finally have love, acceptance, and eternal joy that he so longed for all his life. Eternal rest, grant onto him, Dear Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him, and may he rest in peace.."

"Amen," the villagers ended the prayer. Heroshi then raised his head as he saw one of the Samurai drag a heavy stone to the group. Drawing his sword, he carved Inuyasha's name into it and underneath he carved "A STRONG, BRAVE, AND KIND WARRIOR. THE STRENGTH OF A DEMON, THE HEART OFA MAN, 100% OUR BROTHER.

"Very nice, Brother. Nice and fitting. Where will you put that?"

"Right here," he set up the stone. "Right where Sesshomaru can see it with his vision. It's FOR him!"

"Brothers and sisters, now is the time to do what we should have done a LONG time ago," Heroshi said. "GET THAT BASTARD WHO STARTED THIS WHOLE THING IN THE FIRST PLACE! FOR INUYASHA!"

"FOR INUYASHA!"

"FOR HIS MEMORY!'

"FOR HIS MEMORY!"

"FOR THE LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE HE NEVER GOT IN HIS LIFE! DEATH TO SESSHOMARU!"

"DEATH TO SESSHOMARU!"

"LET'S GO!" They ran down the steep hill, pausing only to grab some of the heavy stones on the ground. They got quieter as they reached the bottom of the hill. Heroshi gestured to Jenenji who nodded and ripped out a huge heavy tree. Jenenji, leading a group of villagers, made his way to the garden. Finally taking a running start, he broke through the gate. The villagers gave a loud yell ad threw some rocks on the top of the gate, smashing the crest carved on top, finally having had enough of that crescent moon. " IF YOU CAN'T BE LORD OF THESE LANDS, SESSHOMARU WON'T BE EITHER!" Lead by Jenenji, they ran into the garden and began to pull out some flowers. Jenenji pulled out some more trees and more people began to smash the statues. The other group made their way to the side of the house, grabbed their rocks and procceded to throw them through the windows while screaming, " SESSHOMARU, GET OUT HERE YOU MUDERDER! COLD BLOODED KILLED, IN THE NAME OF YOUR BROTHER MEET YOUR FATE, NOW!"

One of the stones broke through the window of the bedroom just as Koga was going to speak. He gave a sly grin. "Gee, Sesshomaru, it looks to me like your loyal subjects have all shown up to pay you homage!"

"SESSHOMARU, GET OUT HERE RIGHT NOW!"

"WE WANT SESSHOMARU! GIVE HIM TO US!"

"YOU'LL PAY FGR YOUR SINS YOU FIEND, YOU'LL PAY IN BLOOD!"

"GET OUT HERE! GET OUT HERE AND FACE US YOU VILAN!" The screams got louder and louder. Finally Koga raced to the broken window. "HEY, SHUT UP!"

"Koga! Is Sesshmaru there with you?:

"Yeah, I got him u here. In fact I was just chatting with him a bit. But when I'm done he's all yours, promise!"

"Is that bitch Kikyo there with you as well?"

"No she ain't. But you're more than welcome to Sesshomaru when I'm done."

"Well, hurry and bring him out!"

"Yeah, bring him out!"

Another stone broke through the window next to the bed Inuyasha was sitting on. "What the hell?" He said, standing up and looking out. "What's going ON down there?" Kagome came to stand with him.

"Looks like a mob riot's going on!"

"Oh no, what are they doing to the garden, that's my brother's favorite spot!"

"SESSHOMARU, COME OUT!:

"GET OUT HERE YOU HEARTLESS BEAST!"

"IN THE NAME OF GOD YOU DEVL, SHOW YOUR FACE OUT HERE!"

"KILLER!"

"MURDERER!"

"DEVIL!"

"GET OUT YOU SPAWN OF SATAN!" The mob's voce grew and grew as more windows were smashed in. The servants on the bottom floors all were paincing and running out the back of the castle. 'GET UT SESSHOMARU! COME OUT!"

Sango dodged another stone that had been thrown in. "I'm going to go try to calm down that mob. Kirara, come on!"

Jenenji had by now ripped out another tree by its roots in the garden ad was coming ut with it, while at the same time some more villagers were uprooting some flowers.

"She loves me. She loves me not. She loves me, she loves me not," a villager said, pulling out rose after rose.

"Enough, brother, I think we made our point. Brother Jenenji, use that tree, start breaking down the door!" But before he had a chance too a huge shadow made an appearance. "Halt, halt, here he comes…and he looks like he's in full form. All right…get ready." The woman, Father Toshiro, and some of the weaker men got into the trees and prepared to aim their weapons. Just then Kiarara came out f th doorway in her full form and stood in front of them growing menacingly. "Hold it, hold it, it's just Kirara." They lowered their weapons. "Hello, Kirara." She responded with a growl.

"Kirara? What's wrong? What's the matter?" a woman asked.

"She just lost one of her best friends!" another woman pointed out, going to her and stroking her gentily. "There there, Kirara. It's all right, we understand." She growled again at the women, who quickly tok her had away.

"We know it hurts, Kirara. But justice WILL be done, believe me!"

"That's where you;ve got it wrong!" Sago's voice cried ut just then as she, in her uniform, made her appearance. The villagers gave her cold looks.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't the Slayer. I dunno if you know this, but Kagome'sn ot here, Sango!

"Look, you have the wrong person. Believe me, this is not who you want!"

"OH ho, so you defend HIM now, Sango? That's so like you!"

"What is THAT supposed to mean?"

"That just means that YOU have NO RIGHT to BE here, Sango! You call yourself a fried to Inuyasha….you dare come here to get his body…when we all know you're unworthy of it!"

"WHAT?"

"You heard us! We're all on to you, Sango the Demon Slyer. We all know YOU happen to be prejudiced against half demons!"

"I am NOT! Inuyasha is one of my best friends! I love him, I don't want anything bad to happen to him at all!"

"Oh, if that's the case Sango, explain to us why you constantly take Kagome's side, and why you hardy ever help him in any of his fights, in partcular with Sesshomaru!"

"Oh Mighty Demon Slayer suddenly isn't so high and mighty anymore?"

"And also explain why when Inuyasha was a demon and Sesshomaru came you didn't throw your boomerang when you had the chance to!" Mala said. "You could have, you had a full five minutes!"

"And also explain why you called him names all the time like 'warped ' or 'stupid' and you laughed at him sometimes."

"Do not deny that you have done this, Sango, for I have seen you do it," Jenenji saud. "You did it in front of me."

"Yeah, how about that, Sango?"

"Yeah, hw do you explain that, Sango?"

"yeah!"

"Wait, wait," Sango said. "Please just listen tome. Yes, I admit, I have been guilty of doing that to Inuyasha….I admit it. I'm not proud of what I did nor do I have any real excuse for my behavior, I admit t, I admit all of it. But I also admit that I'm sorry fr what I dd. I'm telling al of you right now, I'm sorry…I'm so sorry. Believe me I don't want him to die anymore than any of you, I swear. But I'm also telling you you have the wrong demon! Sesshomaru did NOT bring about Inuyasha's poisoning! He didn't, and the reason I know is that he was helping me find Kagome!"

One of the villagers snorted. "Go back to the woods, Slayer. Go back to your Monk!"

"You Don't believe me?" Sago said.

"Why should we?" the dress maker said. "If you ask ME Sango, from what we've heard about you, I'd say you WERE prejudiced against half demons!"

"WHAT? I am not!"

"Oh yeah, than why do you always take Kagome's side! Every single argument you never listened to Inuyasha, Kagome's ALWAYS right, always!"

"I…I…"

"She IS prejudiced!"

" If I didn't know better I'd say you only want him to live so KAGOME will feel better! Just take her to the woods, you love her so much! SJE'S the only thing that matters! Dear Kagome, sweet Kagome, and Inuyasha is left to crumble into dust!"

"NO! Please just listen.."

"We're DONE listening to you, Sango!"

"Yeah, give US Inuyasha's body! WE know how to treat him! We'll give him a Lord's funeral!"

"Yeah!"

"Amd don't think we don't know where he is..lieing in state in THERE," Heroshi pointed to the castle. "Sesshomaru is going to mount him, but we're gonna mount Sesshomaru on the wall!:

"Let's GO!" Sango tried to stop them, but several women got in her face.

"You have betrayed him, Sango!"

"You're no friend to him!"

"You're prejudiced! You're prejudiced!:"

Finaly Sango was pushed to the ground by the villagers. "BROTHER JENENJI, NOW!" Jenenji aimed with the tree he tore out of the ground. The villagers raced forward, nearly running over Sango on the ground, Kirara jumped in front of them ad started to hiss, but several f the villagers ordered her aside. Finally a cry sliced through the night. A familiar cry that made the villagers put down the weapons and stare at the topmost window.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU ALL DOING?"

KOGA:You hear that, Sesshomaru? Your subjects have come in droves.

SESSHOMARU: This fight is far from over, Koga.

KOGA: I do believe you're right, but I have the advantage.

SESSHOMARU: You are a fool, Koga, and you always will be.

KOGA: Why don't you go down and greet your people? Next chapter: TWO FOUGHT TOGETHER. This is gonna be QYUTE a sight to see!