I don't own any Inuyasha and I will never own anything of Inuyasha. None of the songs are mine.

Kagome and her pack finally finished the long trek to Sesshomaru's mother's castle.

When she finally saw it, she had to stop in awe. It was like something out of a fairytale. Sesshomaru saw her face and laughed.

"Your face is hilarious." He said. "Her other home is much better. There are Sakura blossoms there." His face lighted up just thinking about it.

The guards spotted us. "Lord Sesshomaru. Have these despicable humans kidnapped you?" They ran over towards us.

He set his face in stone. "No, and it is urgent that we see my mother immediately, because Lord Inutashio has asked for us to seek an audience with her." He gestured to me. "Do you not recognize her? She is the Shikon Miko."

Their faces paled considerably. "Yes sir, young lord. We'll take you to see her immediately.

They led us to a dining room where a beautiful demon was sitting at one end of the table and at the other end was Inutashio.

I inwardly groaned. "How nice. I get the mother and the father, whose fiancee wants to kill Sesshomaru," I muttered, forgetting about demon hearing.

Sesshomaru looked delighted. Apparently, now was one of the few times he got to watch his mother chew his bastard father out.

I looked down at my feet and Shippo tugged at my dress. "Mama," He whispered fearfully. "I'm scared."

I nodded. "Me too. This might hurt a bit, but I'm going to show them what they're dealing with." I let my aura out, letting it flare.

To my delight, I saw the two adult demons lose their composure. They looked at me and I smiled.

"Now that I have your attention, I would like to point out that Sesshomaru here needs both his mother and father and i will not hesitate to kill or preferably maim either one of you, regardless of your status." I smiled happily.

"Excuse me?" Sesshomaru's mother asked. "Do I know you? Tell me, Inutashio, why is a puny human threatening me?"

"She isn't just some puny human," Shippo got the courage to say. "She is the Shikon Miko and she rescued your son from two demons who were trying to kidnap him."

"Shippo," Rin said wondrously.

"Thank you Shippo," I said before gazing at Sesshomaru's mother. "Listen, I don't know your name and you don't know mine, but what I do know is that I can purify your ass to hell. So, guess what," I paused for effect. "I would watch what I say. Plus, there are children here and I hope you don't usually use that tone when speaking to them." I said, my eyes glinting dangerously.

They shook their heads, feeling the raw power coming from me.

Sesshomaru's mother stood up and looked at me with new found respect. "My name is Jade and you know my ex-husband's name. Now what can the ice queen do for the Shikon Miko?"

'Well,' I thought. 'I now know where Sesshomaru gets the speaking in third-person from.' I cleared my throat. "Well, I'd like to know why you left Sesshomaru in his father's care where his fiancee tried to kill him. And would've succeeded had I not stepped in."

"Inutashio convinced me that Sesshomaru would be better off with him, since he would be with his father, who, in the demon world, usually raises the sons." She answered.

"Well, since, that worked out so well," I said sarcastically.

"Well, at the time, I thought it was best because I am always away and the child should have a stable environment to grow up in." Inutashio reasoned.

"As much as I would love to get in a debate about how wrong that statement was, I don't have the time, much less the patience to explain all of it." I sighed. "Well, actually, the mother needs to have a bigger part in the raising of the child. However, that doesn't mean that you teach the child to hate humans." I said sternly.

Feeling my power flare, Jade, at least, had the decency to look ashamed. "Well, all the humans I met, have been disrespectful and smell really really really awful."

"And I have met some really stupid and awful demons, yet I don't judge the entire race because of that." I said pointedly.

Shippo, Sesshomaru, and Rin tugged on my shirt. "Can we go play somewhere and not listen to all this boring grown-up talk?"

I looked at Jade and Inutashio. "It's your call. I don't mind, but as he is your child and this is your home," I trailed off.

"That's fine." She looked at Sesshomaru. "But later, Sesshomaru, we need to talk. Just us and I need you to listen, this time."

Sesshomaru nodded respectfully.

The children ran off laughing.

'The wonders of having a child's point of view.' We thought wistfully.

I looked back at the people hundred's of years older than me. "I can't tell you what to do and I am sorry for my outbursts, but I have seen this situation so many times and the children grow up to be cold bastards." I looked at them.

"Actually, we deserved it, so don't apologize dear." Jade assured me.

I resisted the urge to roll my eyes. "I don't know what's going to happen next. Any ideas?"

"Well, you're welcome to stay here as long you need to." Jade told me.

I smiled softly. "Thanks for the offer. I need to get home though. My family must be really worried." 'Poor Sango and Mama. Sango's probably going insane with worry, along with Mama. I haven't visited in weeks. Not to mention, we still need to destroy Naraku and collect the jewel shards.' My face darkened. 'Of course, they have Kikyo for that. So they don't need me, unless...'

Realization dawned on me. 'No! My Kami, Kikyo is in league with Naraku and she's leading them into a trap!'

I felt the shards of the jewel darken. 'That means Naraku has become even more tainted. That is not good.'

I jumped up. "How far is the Bone-Eater's Well from here?" I asked.

"Probably a two or three days journey." Inutashio estimated. "Why?"

"I must get there as soon as I can. My friends are in great danger." I gasped, as sharp pains hit me.

"Shippo," I called. "Rin!" They came running.

"Yes?" They asked.

"Fluffy, Sango, and Miroku are in danger. Kikyo and Inuyasha betrayed them. We must get there immediately." I said.

I turned to the demons behind me. "I might be back and I might now. If I'm not back within a day or so, I won't be coming back, but if one of the children come back, I'm either hurt, dead, or just plain stupid. Promise me that if I don't come back, you will take care of them." I said.

Jade and Inutashio looked at each other. They nodded. "We promise."

I looked at them gratefully. "Thank you very much."

I took off, hoping I would get there in time.

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