AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hey guys, sorry this was a while in waiting. Lost the muse and had to go find her. She's back but for how long I have no clue. But she feeds on reviews so you can help me by doing just that.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Inuyasha or any of the other characters. I only own Sakura and the plot bunny of this fanfic...

When you wake up you will have all my memories and the information you need to complete your task is in them. Look for Inu no Tashio. He can verify everything that I have said."

Just then the winds picked up to a deafening roar.

"Who is Inu no Tashio?"

She couldn't hear her mother but she was able to read lips. And what she read shocked her….

He's my WHAT?!

"MOTHER!"

She sat straight up. She pulled up her knees and laid her head on them, crying.

"Sakura, are you ok? You've been asleep for a week."

Sakura heard Kagome's voice, registered the words, but the only thing on her mind was the last thing her mother told her in the dream. Or was it a dream?

"Who is Inu no Tashio?"

"What did you say?"

"How do you know that name?"

Inuyasha and Sesshomaru had excellent hearing, but that didn't stop Inuyasha from asking her or Sesshomaru from questioning her where she heard it.

"My mother, she told me."

"He's dead."

Sakura looked straight at Sesshomaru eyes wide in shock and fear. Inuyasha looked at her, sadness in his eyes.

"Yeah, he died protecting me and my mother."

"No, that can't be. He has the answers. My father has the answers…I need to find him…"

Now it was the Inu brothers' turn to be shocked. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha looked at each other then back at her.

"Your….father…?"

"Yes. Or at least that's what Mom said in the dream…..or was it a vision…? My father has the answers. She gave me her memories. Ugh my head hurts…."

She gripped her head in pain. An image of a tall, silver-white haired man with two purple stripes on his cheeks and molten-gold eyes flashed in her mind.

Wait. Those eyes…. They look like….

She opened her eyes and looked at Sesshomaru and Inuyasha.

They have his eyes….are they….my…brothers? Mother what did you get me into?

Her head started hurting again. She saw the man and her mother again. It's a memory…..her mothers.

_Memory_

A full moon hung heavy in the midnight sky. Snow piled on the ground, the first true snowfall of the season.

"Inu no Tashio."

"Moon Goddess…. How may I be of service to you?"

The great dog general bowed to the heavenly creature in front of him. He had never seen anything more radiant than she, not even his soon to be mate, Inukimi.

"I have heard your prayers, Inu no Tashio. I will grant them, on one condition; you help me with a problem of mine."

He could not believe his ears. This goddess is going to make it so that he gets to be with his true mate instead of Inukimi. He was overjoyed.

"Whatever it is you wish I will do whatever it is in my power to make it so. What do you need of me?"

"A child. I need your child, you first conceived. Then you will have your soul-mate, your true mate. However, I cannot prevent the mating of you and Inukimi. It is destined to occur."

The man was shocked. He would still have to mate with the cold bitch before he could be with his other half. It was a price he was willing to pay.

"Very well Goddess, I will not change my fate with Inukimi, but how am I to give you my first conceived child?"

"By planting her in my womb."

"So we have to mate? "

"No, you will not mark me in any way, but this will be pleasurable for both of us. After your seed takes root, I will need two of your fangs. It will ensure the child's survival."

"And how long before it takes root?"

"We will spend the week together so that success is ensured."

Behind her appeared a palace. She extended her hand to the general.

"Come with me."

Inu no Tashio took her hand and together they entered the palace.

The vision blurred then refocused to what appeared to be a week later on a new moon.

"Our goal was accomplished. Now all that's left is your fangs."

The goddess held out her hand. He pulled them himself and handed them to her.

"Will I ever see my daughter?"

"Maybe, if you survive."

The palace and the moon goddess disappeared.

_END MEMORY _

Kagome was shaking her.

"Hey wake up. Are you ok?"

"Yeah I'm fine. It was one of my mother's memories. They day she met Father, and struck a deal with him."

"A deal? What deal? Do you know when this happened?"

Sakura nodded her head. She looked at Sesshomaru.

"It was before he mated Inukimi, your mother I think. It was a full moon. The first snow of the season was blanketing the area. He didn't want to mate her; he wanted his true mate, his soul-mate. That was the deal; get my mother pregnant with me and he would meet his soul mate."

"So Mother was not Father's soul mate? Does that mean I was not meant to exist?"

"No, Sesshomaru, you have it wrong. Your mother and Father were destined to be together, if only to bring you into the world. She is just not his true mate. I think Inuyasha's mother may have been, though."

Kagome was sitting back watching all what played out in front of her. She watched as the pain and disappointment flited across the faces of the brothers.

"It makes sense though. Think about it. Why else would a man go to his death, willingly, if it wasn't to protect his soulmate?"

Inuyasha looked over at Kagome.

Kagome's right. That is exactly how I feel about her. I would rather die protecting her, than to see her hurt.

He went over and pulled his soul-mate into his arms. She readily hugged him back. He buried his face into her neck right where his mark was. Inhaling her sent deep into himself, he was able to calm his racing emotions. With a kiss on his mark he released her.

"So I guess we have a new sibling, eh Sesshomaru?"

Inuyasha looked over at his brother, only to find him staring at Sakura.

"There is no way you can be my sister. You look human. You even smell human."

"Oh, that's right. The other thing that my mother showed me was about this necklace. It's what is blocking my true self."

Sakura pulled out the crescent pendant from beneath her kimono.

"I can't remove it myself. It was put on me by a powerful priestess not long after I was conceived. Apparently, this is one of the things Mother had commissioned with Father's fang. The other being the cuff. Speaking of which…. Where is it?"

"Here it is."

Kagome handed the cuff to her. She took it, turning it over in her hands.

"There's no more power in it. It has served its purpose."

"How are we going to remove the one around your neck?"

"We have to find the priestess."

"She would be dead by now, if you were truly conceived when you said you were. It has been over 700 years since my mother and father was mated. It appears as if you are stuck as a mortal."

Sakura glared at Sesshomaru. Inuyasha smiled and started laughing.

"Man Sesshomaru, she must be related to you to pull off a glare equal to yours."

"Inuyasha….. SIT BOY!"

Inuyasha slammed into the floor.

"Why did you do that woman?"

Sakura watched as her newfound brother was plummeted into the flooring and she couldn't help but start laughing.

"I don't know how you did that Kagome, but I needed the laugh. Thank you."

"Subjugation beads and you are welcome. Now how are we to get that necklace off of you if the priestess is long since dead?"

Sakura closed her eyes and willed the needed memory to come forth. It hurt her head still but she knew she had to endure the pain to find the answer. After a few moments she had it.

"Mom put a spell on the priestess' family. They were to have two children each generation; one to be a priestess, the other to marry and produce two more children so that the cycle repeats. We just have to find a priestess with a sibling."

"The last powerful priestess with a sibling was Kikyo."

Inuyasha and Kagome looked at each other.

"And I'm her reincarnation. Do you think I can do it?"

"It can't hurt to try. Let's do a quick test to see of you can do it."

"OK."

Kagome sat on the futon in front of Sakura and grabbed both sides of the chain around her neck.

Well, that's a good sign so far.

"Ready?"

"As I'll ever be."

Kagome started to lift the chain from around Sakura's neck while making sure that the pendant continued to touch her skin. Just as the chain passed her ears, Sakura grabbed Kagome's wrists.

"Stop. You have already gone much further than I was ever able to. "

Kagome dropped the chain, and it settled back around her neck.

"I don't know what will happen once it's removed. I don't want to end up hurting any of you. Is there a place far away from anyone that we can take this off?"

She turned to Sesshomaru. He merely nodded his head and stood, expecting them to follow.

Sesshomaru lead the 3 of them into the woods around his castle. Several miles inward he stopped at the edge of a clearing.

"This should work for your purposes."

He turned to leave.

"Wait."

Sesshomaru stopped and looked over his shoulder at his new "sister'. She could tell that he still didn't believe her and won't until he saw proof.

"I need you to be here; in case I can't control myself you're probably the only one strong enough to control me. Please stand behind me. Inuyasha, you need to be right behind Kagome when she takes it off. I don't want her in danger because of me."

They all nodded their understanding and she walked to the center of the clearing. They followed her and took up their positions.

"Everybody ready?"

They nodded again. Sakura pulled her half undone braid underneath the chain to make it easier for Kagome to pull it up and off. Kagome grabbed the chain again with Inuyasha standing right behind her hands on her waist. Sesshomaru stood behind Sakura near enough to grab and subdue her but not toughing her. Sakura looked into Kagome's eyes and smiled. Then took a deep breath.

"Go!"

Kagome pulled the necklace off in one swift motion. Inuyasha pulled Kagome close and leaped to the far side of the clearing. The only ones left standing were Sesshomaru and Sakura. And for a moment nothing happened. Then a blinding light erupted from within Sakura, quickly expanding to encompass the entire glade and knocking Sesshomaru to the opposite side. And all they heard was screaming.

Author's Note: Again make my muse happy and help me to keep her around, please review!