InuYasha- Chapter 373- Siblings

"InuYasha…" Moryoumaru sneered, drinking in the half demon's name. InuYasha stood, sword still pointed at Moryoumaru, standing guard in front of Kohaku. He lay, unconscious upon a mound of Moryoumaru's flesh.

"Kohaku!" Sango shouted, running to him. She lifted him up, holding him in her arms. She inspected his back, looking over his shoulder. Kohaku groaned in pain as the remainder of the tentacle dissolved. The shard was barely attached.

"Kohaku…" she uttered, tears in her eyes. He's alive…

"Sango-chan!" Kagome called, running up to the scene. She clutched her bow in her hand.

Miroku ran after, lugging not only his staff, but Shippo and Hirakotsu as well. "Sango, are you ok?" he shouted, worry on his face.

InuYasha turned to them, "Everyone, stay back!" He turned back to Moryoumaru, glaring at his despicable face. "Moryoumaru…no…inside you're Naraku's baby…eh?"

"So Kagura talked, huh," he laughed.

"Now that I know your true form, there's no way I'm letting you go!" He swung Tetsusaiga, causing diamonds to coat the surface. The sunlight glistened upon the diamonds, "Prepare to fucking die!"

InuYasha swung his sword down, causing the spears to erupt from the blade. They soared through the air as he yelled his attack, flying up to where Moryoumaru stood. Kagome and Miroku looked on in wonder as Moryoumaru disappeared before their eyes. InuYasha stood in the silence. That was too easy.

A shadow hung over them, blocking the light from InuYasha. He looked up to see Moryoumaru, wings outstretched, hovering above him. "Are you running away you bastard?!" InuYasha shouted, anger on his face. Damn, almost got him.

"Humph," Moryoumaru responded, "Your sword's youkai energy…someday I will absorb it too."

He turned towards another set of mountains, and flew away, through the two peeks.

"He ran away…?" Kagome asked, curiosity on her face.

"Why?" Shippo asked, "That Moryoumaru guy….He seems to have the ability to absorb his opponent's youkai energy. Why did he run away without fighting?"

Miroku looked at where the demon had flown away, "Probably he doesn't yet have enough power to eat the energy from InuYasha's Kongou Souha."

"That's right," Kagome added. "Which is why…" she looked over to Sango and Kohaku, "he tried to take Kohaku-kun's fragment, to increase his power…."

Kohaku groaned and opened his eyes. He looked up, surprised to be in Sango's arms. He gasped as she spoke his name.

"Kohaku-kun has woken up," Kagome commented, joining everyone in staring at the two. Kohaku jumped away from Sango, pure horror on his face.

"Ah…Don't run away Kohaku!" Sango begged. Kohaku stared at her, his expression cold.

"Kohaku you…have remembered, haven't you?"

Kohaku felt panic arise in his heart. She wasn't supposed to know! He didn't want her to know! He didn't want to face her after all he had done…

"Even just now…Didn't you try to protect me from Moryoumaru?" She continued, staring him down. She placed her hand over her heart, sadness in her eyes. Kohaku looked down at the ground, sweat beading and running down his head.

He looked up at her, sincerity in his eyes, "Ane-…ue…."

Sango gasped, tears forming in her eyes. Kohaku….

"You know who I am, don't you?!" Sango asked, grabbing his upper arms. "You've remembered, haven't you?!"

InuYasha and Kagome looked on, "Kohaku-kun…has broken free of Naraku's spell…?"

"I remembered…everything…" admitted Kohaku, avoiding her eyes. "About…that day too…"

Sango felt the memories of Kohaku killing everyone run through her head. She looked at him with sad eyes.

"That is why…I can't be with you, Ane-ue."

Sango just stared at him, wordless.

"Kohaku-kun…" Kagome said softly.

Kohaku grimaced as he remembered Moryoumaru's words, "That her little brother killed her own father…that is something Sango cannot forget."

"Why?" Shippo asked Miroku, "they only just met again…" Miroku was silent. He stared at the pair, depression and pity on his face.

"By yourself…what do you intend to do?" Sango asked.

"Naraku has not yet…realized I got my memory back…so…"

"What can you do by yourself?!" Sango yelled, anger building up inside her.

"But I can't!" Kohaku shouted, referring to staying with her. How could he, after all he had done?

Kagome walked closer to them, "Is it painful to be together?"

They both stopped their arguing and faced her.

"Kagome-chan…" Sango stated, curious at her interruption and her words.

"Can't you be at Sango-chan's side?" Kagome asked, "Nobody can be a substitute for you, Kohaku-kun." Sango and Kohaku stared at each other, pain and betrayal on their faces. Kohaku wanted to but….

"Meaning that even Miroku can't fill Sango's sadness," Shippo commented from the monk's shoulder.

Miroku grunted, his eyes closed, "I should tell you that there is no substitute for me, either."

"Hey, have you finished talking yet?" InuYasha spat, looking behind himself.

"InuYasha…"

"An unpleasant wind….This smell…it's faint…but it's Naraku's miasma, and…Kagura's blood."

Everyone stared at him, shock on their face.

"Kagura is…" Kagome said. "InuYasha, let's go!"

He turned to go, "Sure. She's a stubborn bitch, but this time…"

"If Naraku has noticed Kagura's betrayal, she's in danger," Miroku explained. He turned to his fiancé, "Let's go, Sango."

"Me too!" Kohaku put in.

"Kohaku…" Sango said. True enough, Kagura had looked after him all this time…

"Of course!" InuYasha agreed, "Let's go!"

Meanwhile in a peaceful field, Kagura sat in an enormous bed of flowers. She hung her head as the blood and miasma poured from her body. Her eyes displayed sadness and despair….