AUTHORS NOTE: Hey guys I know this is late but life sucks, I'm sorry... On the bright side yesterday was my birthday! I'd Like to say a thank you to those that are new and are following this crazy story. Thank you to reviews as well.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Inuyasha.

His scream of rage rung in the hall, accompanied by the shattering of earthen plate ware.

"Damn golem!"

The useless thing reported nothing of importance and it had been a week. The only good news was the creature's success in infiltrating the dog's fortress without incident. He needed to blow off some steam. And he new exactly how to do it.

He exited the room and walked down the hall, descended a flight of stairs, and followed the sounds of soft whimpering and the sent of fear. Nodding to the guard he walked through the door to the source of the sounds.

At his entry, twelve females looked his way. None were pleased to see him and a few became even more afraid. They could not move to attack him or to run, the chain around their ankles anchoring them to the floor around the piles of pillows and silks. The room resembled a harem. Looking around the room, he smiled noticing that there were some new additions to his treasures; he would have fun breaking them in latter.

He took a moment to look over each female, deciding which would ease the ache that sprang up every time he thought of his Goddess or the bastard she brought into this world. Each female had a physical feature that reminded him of his Goddess; golden hair, violet eyes, high cheek bones, lush breasts, the same skin tone, the curve of her lip. Some even could have passed for her double, though the cat ears were a flaw on one of them. He didn't care what they were, demon, hanyo, human, kami, as long as they looked like or had a particularly pleasing feature that looked like her.

Letting out a low growl, he grabbed the young Inu closest to him by her hair and drug her to the opposite end of the room, her chain releasing at his touch, to his favorite place. He slammed the door closed once he entered, and threw the poor girl onto the low table. The female knew that to struggle would be pointless, only releasing the barest of whimpers as the chains once again slid around her ankles and wrists. They pulled her legs apart at an impossibly wide angle and kept her hands far above her head, making her back arch to get relief form the pain it caused. The garment she wore would not interfere with what he wanted to do to her body, the sheerness of it not truly hiding an inch of her skin.

He didn't bother with taking his clothes off, merely pushing his hamakas far enough down to release his erection and slam full force into her pussy. The full size of him and the force he used to enter her body caused her to tear and bleed. This only excited him more and he started to pound into her using his kami speed and strength, further ripping the wound open. He quickly reached his climax but he was still painfully hard. He pulled out of her and mentally ordered the chains to flip her onto her stomach. Once she was settled, he rammed into her ass, causing her to cry out for the first time during this ordeal. Again, his force causing her injury. Gripping her hips for more leverage and to keep her still, nails piercing her flesh, he picked up his pace. Again he reached his peak and again he was still unsatisfied.

He was becoming frustrated. He pulled out of her and moved to the head of the table. Fisting the girls hair again, he pulled he close to his cock.

"Bite and loose something precious to you."

Not waiting for her to respond, he pushed into her mouth and started to pound again. As he reached his release he kept himself in her mouth.

"Swallow."

The girl did so and was finally released from his hold. However, he was still not satisfied. He grabbed her again and pulled her off the table. He drug her back to the other room, where he threw her back near the pillows and the ankle chain reclaimed her to the floor.

He smiled as he chose another female, this time one of the new ones; a human and a virgin. He drug her back to the other room and closed the door.

All the women could hear was the innocent young girl screaming.

The siblings turned toward where they heard the voice. The male stepped into their line of sight from what appeared to be a solid wall, but upon further inspection was really a sharp turn in the tunnel to their left. He was dressed in a kimono and hamakas, boots, and had a red sash with purple accents wound his waist. His pearlesant white hair was in a high ponytail and he had length of fur that spanned the with of his shoulders and trailed behind him. He was just a few inches taller than Seshomaru. His eyes, Sakura saw, were the exact same shade of molten gold that hers were.

"Father...?"

Her voice wavered, showing her uncertainty. He turned his eyes to her and gave her the slightest of nods.

"Impossible."

All eyes turned to Sesshomaru, who stood just behind his siblings. His features once again the stoic mask he wore, his eyes betrayed no emotion either. He stalked toward the man, firmly placing himself between him and his siblings and moving into a defensive stance.

"Father is dead. You may look, smell, and sound like him but you are not our father."

"A clone. He's a clone..."

Sesshomaru kept his eyes on the new comer, but Inuyahsa turned to his sister confused and angry.

"What the hell is that?"

Ignoring her brash brother's tone, Sakura answered never taking her eyes off the man who called her 'daughter'.

"It means, dear brother, that he is a copy. An exact genetic duplicate of our father."

"What does 'genetic' mean, woman?"

She turned then to Inuyasha, a small smile gracing her face.

"I'm sorry. I forget sometimes what era I'm in. Genetic references an individual's genes. Genes are a series of dominant and recessive traits manifesting as the individual's physical appearance; hair, eye and skin color for example. The simplest way that I can explain is this: Man has green eyes, woman has blue, their child has green eyes. The green eyes are the dominant trait while blue is recessive. Does that explain it a bit?"

Inuyasha nodded.

"I think so."

She turned to Sesshomaru.

"Any questions, Sessh?"

"Hn."

"Ok then..."

Sakura turned back to the man that her father and yet not her father...even with her knowledge it still confused her.

"Come"

The man motioned them to follow then turned back the way he came.

Sesshomaru growled a low warning that stated he and his siblings were gong nowhere, which stopped the man in his tracks.

"I will not harm you nor the pups."

He started walking again. With a growl still present and hand on Bakusaiga, Sesshomaru led Inuyasha and Sakura behind the copy. After a short walk they came to a curtained off area. They stopped as the clone pulled aside the thick fabric and motioned them to pass through. Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes.

"You first, clone."

The clone nodded and walked through, leaving Sesshomaru and company to walk through the curtain on their own.

Blinking to adjust to the light, Sakura looked around the large oval room. It was large enough to be a 2 bedroom apartment. It housed dozens of chests, bookshelves filled with books and scrolls, several wardrobes, and even a few stacks of rick silks in a multitude of colors. On the far side there was an elaborate shoji screen, depicting a beautiful dog demon in his natural form, the moon, a castle, and several beautiful women. Just beyond that you could see the edge of a futon and another wardrobe.

Sakura stared in wonder at all the magnificent, rich, treasures surrounding her.

"What is this place?"

"It is my home, and my prison. I have been down here since my creation."

All three turned to the clone, who was sitting on a deep purple cushion at a low table. He was looking around at the treasures, with a sad yet resigned eyes.

"Explain."

Sesshomaru having never taken his eyes off the man, waited to be answered.

"I was created from Toga's flesh and was given life through his yoki. Close to the end of his life, he knew he would not see his daughter and thus created me. He connected our minds and so I have all his memories up to and including his death."

"If you truly have Father's memory, what did he ask of me prior to his death?"

The Toga-copy looked at Sesshomaru then. Looking into the young Inu no Taisho's eyes and saw the challenge; answer correctly or die.

"He asked you if you had someone to protect. And you stated 'No, I have no need of such'."

Sesshomaru's growling stopped, the mask dropped, shock becoming evident on his features. For a moment, he couldn't breathe.

Sakura glanced at both her brother's shocked faces and decided to get the "visit" over with.

"You needed to tell me something?"

Toga 2.0, as she decided to call him in her mind turned to her. He nodded, and motioned for her to sit on the cushion beside him. She moved to sit, but was stopped by Sesshomaru's arm wrapping around her waist and pushing her behind his back. The mask back in place and eyes once again trained on the copy.

"You may tell her where she stands."

"I can not. What I have to tell her is more of a vision than words. It is crucial she see what was shown to Toga during his stay with the Goddess."

Peaking out from behind her brother, she glared at the man.

"This isn't going to be anything kinky, is it? Because I guarantee no one wants to witness their parents' intimacies."

The smile that graced Toga 2.0's face was full of humor, and the laugh you heard in his voice was genuine.

"No, pup, nothing of that sort."

Sakura looked up into her eldest brother's face, seeking permission to learn what it was their father wanted her to know. Sesshomaru barely glanced at her from the corner of his eye before giving the briefest of nods and removed his arm from her waist.

Sakura walked over to the offered cushion and sat down facing Toga 2.0, who turned to face her as well.

"Place out your hands, palms down."

She did as told. When his palms met her's, they were warm and comforting.

"Now close your eyes, and remember to breathe."

Sakura licked her lips nervously, nodded, then closed her eyes.

The first thing she felt was heat; a stifling, oppressive heat like she was standing in the middle of an inferno. The second thing she became aware of was the smell of blood and death. The third was the sounds of metal hitting metal, screams and war cries.

Then she opened her eyes. The vision solidified around her and completely enveloped her. She stood on a hilltop overlooking a valley of warring fractions. The ground was scorched black and all around her there was corpses; men, women, yorki all burned beyond recognition; patches still sporting the flames. Rivers of blood and bodily fluids flowed past her. Her gaze turned back to the battle before her. She saw humans brandishing weapons at yorki and other humans. As she searched the field, she saw towards the back of the yorki line a heavily pregnant female attending a old man in back and purple robes, a shakujō leaning against a nearby tree along with a large bone boomerang.

Sakura smiled, a familiar face at last! She waived her hands and shouted 'Kagome', but the woman didn't turn toward her. It was as if she couldn't hear her.

Suddenly her eyes caught a streak of silver and red. Inuyasha! Sakura turned her head following his movements. She stared in amazement at the grace and speed her brother exhibited with Tessaiga.

She blinked and another streak of white and silver came to rest at her brother's back. And Sesshomaru!

They fought together as if they had done so from birth. Perfectly in sync with one another. They were only beside each other for moments before separating to opposite ends of the battle. She heard the roar of the fire neko Kirara. Glancing up she spotted her along with Shippo riding her back throwing his blue fox fire at the humans attacking their friends. She smiled thinking the kit has grown in his abilities and strength.

Suddenly she heard a gut-wrenching scream. She recognized Inuyasha's voice and quickly searched for him. It didn't take long to see her brother, a sword through his chest, kill his attacker and move to pull the object from his body. That's when she noticed another man move in behind him. She screamed to alert him but it was too late, the man swung his weapon and dealt a killing blow. She watched, horrified, as her brother's head rolled from his body. Another scream tore her from the site, back to Kagome. She was on her knees, blood pooling around her, as she too died. Her mating mark pulling her to follow Inuyasha to Heaven. Several screams of 'mother' caught her attention as several individual's moved to keep Kagome's body from falling into her own blood.

A blast of yorki flooded the battle field, pulling her attention to where her brother's body lay, only to find Sesshomaru standing over him. His pain at losing his his brother echoing in his vicious attacks. All his control lost, she watched as he too was eventually struck down and killed. The valley turned in to chaos at that moment, they lost the war. Here eyes filled with tears as she watched one by one, each member of her new-found family was ripped from this world. Her voice eventually gone from her screams.

NO!

Sakura squeezed her eyes tighter and pulled her hands from Toga 2.0's grasp, her wrists sliced by his claws. She gasped for breath as tears streamed down her face. She clung to whomever was holding her and buried her face in their neck as her sobs wracked her body and drew away her strength.

"No. It can't happen that way. I can't loose them. I can't loose them... I just can't."

Sesshomaru roared and rushed to Toga 2.0, grasped his neck and with deadly force pined him to the wall on the opposite end of the room. His eyes were scarlet, fangs elongated, and his magenta stripes turned jagged.

"What did you do to her? You promised she would not be harmed and yet she bleeds."

"It was an accident. She caught herself on my claws. The vision upset her more than I thought it would."

Sesshomaru growled.

"Sesshomaru let him go. She's fine. The cuts were shallow."

Sesshomaru turned his head enough to see his sister still in Inuyasha's arms. Her sobs slowly calming but the scent of her fear was still at a near choking level. She was still mumbling 'no' and 'I can't loose them' and something else completely incoherent even to his sharp ears.

He turned back to the copy, squeezed his throat one last time in warning then let him drop to the floor. Toga 2.0 landed with a thud gasping fro breath with a hand around his throat. Sesshomaru moved back towards his siblings.

"Get her something to clean up with ans wear."

The copy nodded, and moved to disappear behind the shoji screen. He came back around a few minuets later.

"There is a pitcher of cool water and a cloth as well as some clothing that should fit her."

Sesshomaru nodded and glanced back at Inuyasha. Inuyasha began to gently untangle his now silent sister from his robe.

"Lets get you cleaned up, ok?"

Sakura pulled herself from her brother and nodded. Sniffing, she wiped her tear-stained face and moved to get up. Her muscles protested the movement. Inuyasha stood with her and steadied her as she wavered in her attempt.

"Think you can make it to the screen by your self?"

She blinked at him and the concern in his voice made her question her own abilities if only for the moment. She nodded that she could and he let his arms fall from around her. She took a deep breath and made her way over to the screen.

Flashes of the vision would fill her eyes and she'd have to stop undressing several times to calm her breathing and stop her tears from flowing again. Once devised of her clothes she took the pitcher of water and poured it into the basin, dipping the cloth into the cool water she took the time to finally push the raging emotions as deep as they would go. She would not grieve for something that she would never allow to pass. She decided that her brothers and her friends would not die that way, she would sacrifice herself to ensure it. Nor would they find out the nature of the vision.

Stealing her resolve, she wiped her face clean of tears, and washed the blood from her hands. She dried her face and hands and started to dress in the clothes Toga 2.0 pulled out for her. There was a soft gray hamakas, black boots, a cream haneri with sleeves that reached mid bicep, and knee-length haori that had slits up to her hip on both sides and the same short sleeves; it has a cream background and sage colored dots in small swirling patterns with sage trimming. A gold and red sash finished off the outfit. Glancing around she found a strip of silk and decided she wanted to put her hair up. She was finishing the tie on her high ponytail as she walked out from behind the screen.

Threes sets of honey eyes looked her over. Sesshomaru nodded his approval. Toga 2.0 gave her a small smile. Inuyasha gave a small 'keh'.

Sesshomaru turned to leave. Sakura caught up to him and Inuyasha, following them towards the exit.

"If that is all we are done here."

"No. I have a few gifts for Sakura."

Sesshomaru stopped and turned around.

"They're from Toga, your father."

"Very well. Proceed."

Toga 2.0 turned to Sakura.

"Everything you see here is yours. It is meant to be your dowry."

"I'm not going to marry."

"I know. But Toga collected all this just the same. In hopes that you would."

He held out his hand and a ball of light formed. It pulsed once, twice, then settled to a soft glow.

"When you get back tap it twice and everything will be transported to your location."

He handed her the ball as she nodded and tucked it in to her haori.

"One last thing."

He pulled a leather harness from one of the chests beside him. Strapped to it were twin sai. Each had a center blade as long as her forearm, the wing tips curving outwards in a graceful 's' shape, the handle wrapped in red and white silk.

"These were forged from his fangs and claws. Use them well."

He strapped the harness on her back; one strap warping from her right shoulder to her bottom most left rib between her breast, the second securing around her diaphragm. She stepped back from him when he finished, nodded and left the room.

"Protect her. She is your only hope of survival."

The boys watched as the copy of their father gave his last breath and turn to ash before their eyes before following their sister out.

No one said a word as they went back to the beginning of the tunnel. They located the sakura blossom in the original chamber they fell in and left the way they came in.

AUTHOR'S NOTES: Ok another chapter down. Please review...