Chapter 9: The Dam Broke.

Kyoko stood at the bus stop alone. Izaoi had offered to wait for the bus with her but Kyoko knew she had a date with Bankotsu she had to be at before the bus would arrive. Kyoko felt unsafe but it was a well lit stop and the community watch was just down the street from her. She was going to see her grandmother, Kaede. Her Miko instructor wasn't exactly her real grandmother but she'd been in her life since she was young. Kyoko had asked for extra Miko training to fill up spring break. Yosuke had a family emergency he had to go to for most of spring break and she didn't want to leech off her sister. Nor did she want to be around her mother. A pregnant Kagome was not always a happy mommy.

'Why did I have to decide to leave at night?' She wondered to herself as she looked down the road. No sign of the bus could be seen. She sighed and sat down on the bench and hung her head. Summer may be coming but it still got cold at night.

"Kyoko." A jolt of fear shot up her spine at the sound of her name being called. She looked around her hand going for the canned pepper spry her mother gave her. Nothing moved, nothing breathed for what seemed like forever. Her racing heart slowed down and she laid her hand against her head in relief. Maybe she'd spent so much time worrying about dark shadows that it was playing with her mind. Sighing she sat back down and fiddled with the pepper spray.

"Help." A weak voice called from the walk path a few feet away. Kyoko stood up and searched for the source seeing a figure staggering down the walk path. She felt her alarm system going off as she watching the figure pass under a street lamp. Her eyes widened at the sight of the man. He was scarred on every patch of skin she could see. Gasping she ignored her warning system and rushed to the man afraid someone had hurt him because of his appearance.

"Are you okay?" She asked looking around for any other strangers.

"Please, help me." He said in the same weak voice. Kyoko stepped back from him, something about his voice brought up bad memories of answering a phone call for her mom. "Please." He pleaded leaning against the pole for support. Kyoko hesitantly wrapped her arm around his waist and allowed him to put his arm over her shoulders.

"There's a community watch center just down the road. Let me take you there." Kyoko said starting off to the community watch center but was halted by the man's weight. "Are you okay?" She asked when he started to shake. His voice grew louder as he shook. Her eyes went wide when she realized he was laughing! Shoving him away Kyoko found his hand gripping her arm tightly. "You're hurting me!" She shouted trying to claw his hand from her arm.

"You should know better than to help a stranger alone little girl!" Onigumo laughed pulling her in close for a better look. He could see her slight resemblance to Inuyasha but Kagome's image stood out the most. He gripped her chin in his hand and twisted her head this way and that to see her whole face. "Ah, Kagome does indeed produce beautiful children." He looked her up and down watching her shake in fear of his intentions.

"I'll scream if you don't let go!" Kyoko said her hands gripping the pepper spry tightly maneuvering it to spray out at him.

He laughed, "No one will come for you!" He looked around then to her slowly, deliberately scaring her. "No one would hear you if you screamed." He looked her in the eye saying, "Not even the gods." Her eyes widened as his hand clamped around her throat squeezing lightly. Kyoko sent up a prayer to get away safely and waited for her chance to spray it. It didn't take long for his attention to drift elsewhere and she sprang. The shock alone make him lose grip then the searing pain of the pepper spray in his eyes flung him back howling in pain. Kyoko grabbed up her bag and ran towards her home. She wasn't far but far enough to being heard easily.

"DADDY!" She screamed at the top of her lungs as she ran. A black figure tackled her from the side off the small hill and knocked her into the road scratching and cutting up her bare legs and arms. She kicked and scratched knocking her assailant off her. "DADDY!" She screamed again grabbing at anything she could to fight off the attacker. Coming up on her she could hear Onigumo cursing and shouting he was going to kill her. Fear filled her body and she landed a well aimed kick into the groin of her attacker and scrambled away running up the middle of the road screaming for her father to help rescue her.

"Get her!" Onigumo screamed at Renkotsu rubbing at his eyes as the pain continued to assault them. Renkotsu shook off the pain and quickly caught up with Kyoko, his legs much longer and stronger than hers.

"Got cha!" He shouted tackling her again to the ground.

"Get off! MOMMY! DADDY! SOMEONE HELP ME!" She screamed once again struggling against Renkotsu to get free. Pinning her arms above her head Renkotsu slapped her repeatedly to get out his frustrations. Behind him Onigumo was making his way.

"Shut up you bitch! I lost everything thanks to you!" He shouted punching her stomach knocking the wind from her lungs.

"IZAOI! DADDY!" She screamed when she got her breath back and Renkotsu hit her again. She tried to buck him away trying anything to get him off her body. "GET OFF ME! GET OFF ME!" She screamed trying desperately to escape.

"KYOKO!" Inuyasha shouted running down the road from their house. Kagome hot on his heels with a phone in her hand. Renkotsu cursed and quickly pulled Kyoko to a stand and began to drag her behind him shouting for Onigumo to run for it.

"Daddy!" Kyoko screamed deciding she was going to have to bite Renkotsu to make him let go of her. Running with his pace she bit down hard, blood oozing into her mouth.

"Bitch!" He shouted knocking her to the ground and looked at his hand before realizing Inuyasha was nearly on him. "I'll be back for you!" He told Kyoko before turning and running into the trees, he disappeared before her eyes.

"Don't touch me!" she screamed hitting wildly as Inuyasha scooped her up into this arms.

"Kyoko, it me, it's daddy!" Inuyasha said cooing to her, rocking her bloodied body in his arms. "It's Daddy. I've got you." He chanted for her and for himself.

"My baby!" Kagome cried nearly collapsing at the sight of her daughter. Police sirens filling the silent night air as they raced to their house. Inuyasha had to half carry a hysterical and very pregnant Kagome, and carry his battered little girl, tears streaming down his face as police personnel and EMTs met them. Kyoko screamed and fought being strapped down to the gurney for transportation. She kept screaming for Inuyasha, screaming for her daddy. It broke his heart to see his daughter so filled will fear after all the progress.

"Go," Sesshomaru said as his greeting, his hand on Inuyasha's shoulder. Inuyasha looked to Kagome who nodded from her position next to Kagura. Nodding back he jumped to Kyoko's side holding her hand as they loaded her up into the ambulance with ease now that she had her father.

"Daddy, you find that bastard and kill him." Rin said stunning her father. Sesshomaru stared down at his daughter with shock. "He's not going to stop otherwise. I'm not dumb." She said staring back at her father with his signature ice prince look. "He's going to continue to hurt everyone for his brother's incarceration. And if he's gotten this close to Kyoko twice, he'll do it again. I can't see her broken like that again. Izaoi and Aunt Kagome, even Uncle Inuyasha will break if something happens and Kyoko is lost to us. Our whole family will break down." She said looking at Kaguya sobbing alone in their car. Sesshomaru had seen his other daughter too. He knew Rin was right.

"You know I can't just kill him Rin. I have a duty to uphold the law." He replied but knew he would kill Onigumo and Renkotsu given the chance.

"They'll make it so there is no other choice. You may want to see justice done through the legal system but people like them will weasel out and then lash out. If you ever get the chance to shoot and be called a hero, shoot. I will never think less of you as my dad or as a human. If this was the feudal era, killing him on sight would be called justice." Rin said her voice as cold and unemotional as he'd ever heard. He didn't like hearing his daughter talk like this but he knew it would be voiced soon.

"You are my daughter indeed." Sesshomaru said kneeling down and kissing her forehead. "Check on your sister." He said. It was logical, Rin's way of thinking. The health of his family out weighted the life of a life time gangster and a crime boss. It didn't set right with him morally, but the primitive to protect the ones that brought laughter, and life to his world, was overwhelming. 'I will protect them.' Sesshomaru thought his resolve to ensure that no more harm at the hands of Onigumo would befall his family when given the chance.

Inuyasha sat next to Kyoko, his heart in his throat as he counted the stitches in her cheek. They kept her sedated, she had night terrors when she slept. He had seen just how close to losing her he was when she woke up screaming begging for help, begging for him. Her eyes so large and in so much pain. He had tried to call to her to wake up but it didn't do anything. Doctors still had to sedate her.

"Oh Kyoko, I'm so sorry." He whispered. Standing up he kissed her stitched up cheek wishing he could make her feel better. He knew why they were going after Kyoko. What better way to break a father down than to take her first born? He loved Izaoi since the first time he held her. He had brought her into the world, showed her love, he named her! He took her as his own and showed her how a family should be. But Kyoko was his. His first born daughter. As much love as he had for Izaoi, he knew if he lost Kyoko he'd be destroyed. "I'm sorry you are going through this baby. I promise, even if it kills me, I'll make them pay and I'll make them disappear from your life forever." Inuyasha vowed brushing her hair with his fingers.

"I don't want you to die, Dad." Kyoko whispered her eyes slowly fluttering open. She smile at him, one that was meant to cheer him up, but it broke his heart.

"How do you feel?" He asked sitting next to her on the bed.

"Tired and beat to hell." She smiled. "But you came for me." Inuyasha almost lost it.

"I always come for you baby." He replied choked up. She nodded and closed her eyes again. "Do you know who attacked you?" He asked needing to hear her say the name.

"Renkotsu and this severely scarred man." Kyoko said trying to remember where she knew his voice from. "He sounded so familiar." She whispered instantly getting Inuyasha's full attention.

"What?" He asked. "What did you say."

"I knew his voice from somewhere. I didn't notice it at first but when he started to talk I knew I had heard it somewhere before." She shook her head but it hurt so she stopped. "No, it was similar to someone's voice I'd heard when I was little." Kyoko said trying hard to remember. "I was little, really little. Iza was in school and I had gotten the phone for Mom. I was talking to a man and he wanted to know about Iza and me. He started to yell at me and curse at me for something I said. Mom took the phone told him he wasn't allowed to contact us and hung up. We both cried for a while." Kyoko looked up at her father. "Ask Mom. Maybe she remembers more." Kyoko said as Kagome and Izaoi opened the door with flowers.

"Kyoko, you're awake." Kagome said smiling. "How are you feeling baby?"

"Bruised but not broken." Kyoko said know what her mom was really asking.

"You're so strong." Kagome smiled.

"I'm sorry I wasn't with you." Izaoi said tears in her eyes.

"Baby, I told you we thought it was safe." Kagome said.

Kyoko nodded. "Mom's right. I didn't think anything bad would happen. We hadn't heard from Renkotsu or even sighting of Renkotsu in months."

Izaoi sighed and walked to Kyoko side, placing a sorrowful kiss on her cheek. "I had a bad feeling but I thought it was because I was scared to be on my first actual date with Bankotsu." Izaoi said.

"I had one too just before the scarred man appeared but I ignored it because I wanted to be of help." Kyoko said smiling. "I'm just lucky that all those years of rough housing and wrestling saved me from being hurt worse. That and the can of pepper spray Mom gave me."

"Good, I hope you got him right in the eyes." Kagome said angrily.

"I did, there just wasn't enough for Renkotsu." She watched her mother's eyes widen.

"Two? You were attacked by two men?" She asked looking to Inuyasha. He nodded.

"The guy with the scars all over his body attacked me first. He got the pepper spray and then Renkotsu got me as I was running away. I bit his hand really hard when he was trying to run away with me in tow." Kyoko said. "The guy with the scars sounded like that man that I talked to on the phone when I was like four. Do you remember? He yelled at me about Iza and Dad." Kyoko said watching her mother's face pale.

"We'll be right back girls." Inuyasha said taking Kagome by the arm and led her out of the room.

"Onigumo," she whispered.

"Kagome did Naraku ever call the house?" Inuyasha asked seriously. When she didn't answer her jolted her roughly. "Kagome, our daughter is in the hospital because of him, now tell me; did Naraku ever call the house?"

"Yes," She said her body shaking. "When Izaoi was at school. I wasn't feeling well and I asked Kyoko to answer the phone. She came in talking to him. I thought it was my mom or grandpa humoring her but then I heard him yelling at her and cursing and she was crying saying she wasn't a liar. I told him to never call back and hung up. I didn't want you to worry about it so I never said anything and Kyoko never remembered it." Kagome said covering her face with her hands. "I'm so sorry." She sobbed. Inuyasha held her and told her it was okay and that he wasn't mad. Inside he felt his blood boil with rage, not at Kagome and her secret but at Naraku once again.

"Inuyasha," Sesshomaru greeted like normal. "Kagome, Kagura and the children are waiting to see if they can come up."

"Oh, right, I'll go get them." She said sweeping the tears away. Inuyasha grabbed her hand and pulled her back,

"Do not blame anyone but Naraku and Onigumo." He told her kissing her.

"I know." she smiled heading off to get her sister-in-law.

"Inuyasha, I got the most odd request from my daughter."

"Really?"

"She asked me to shoot first and ask later." Sesshomaru said.

"She's smart." Inuyasha replied honestly. Sesshomaru nodded looking through the window and Kyoko and Izaoi.

"He is Izaoi's uncle." He added.

"No, you are her uncle, he is just a mad man out to ruin her life." Inuyasha countered. "Rin is right." Inuyasha said after a few minutes of silence. "Shooting first if given the chance comes up and no one can be at fault for it. This is the best solution."

"We truly are family." Sesshomaru said as his wife and Kagome ushered the children to the room. Inuyasha smacked his arm in a show of agreement and they joined everyone in Kyoko's room. Both knew the dam of toleration and finding another way to finish this situation was broken. Hell would be unleashed should it come to it and oh how they wanted hell to break loose.