Here's part II of chapter 10 this one will be about the same length if not longer! Without further ado here's Dying Will's part II! That rhymed!-.-;;;;

Dying Wills part II

Kagome's Pov

I awoke with a start and I nearly jumped out of my bed in confusion, forgetting where I was for a moment. I looked at my surroundings and saw that I was in my room and Sango was nowhere to be seen. This caused my heart to thump madly with wild panic and worry and I threw my covers off before jumping out of bed and making a mad dash out of my room in search for her. I heard clanking in the kitchen and my heart stilled at the thought that maybe she was just cooking some breakfast. I walked slowly and cautiously not sure if Sango was really the one in the kitchen or not some stranger … or someone else. I stood behind the wall beside the open entrance to the kitchen (there is no door to the kitchen just open air) I took a deep breath and let it out slowly before taking a small peek to see Sango hard at work making breakfast as I had suspected earlier, only to my surprise there was another person in the small room. I saw that it was only 9:19 AM on the stove's clock and that surprised me even more since Inuyasha was known for not waking until much later on days he had no classes.

It seemed that they were having a very serious discussion regardless of the fact that Sango was busy cooking. I also had the sinking feeling that, though she didn't indicate it any way, she knew I was here watching them despite the fact that she hadn't turned her face in my direction once. Inuyasha however seemed startled for a moment and sniffed the air and turned to look at me in surprise and I grinned sheepishly at him. I knew I must look like a mess having only just woken up before coming out here to check out what was going on. He only gave me a reassuring smile before Sango said out loud "yes Kagome has been watching us for the past two minutes Inuyasha." It was Inuyasha's turn to look sheepishly at me and he blushed a deep red maybe embarrassed that he had not sensed me earlier in spite of his demon descent and the fact that Sango was human and could the moment I stood here peaking in on them. I had to laugh at the face he was making as Sango turned the heat off and set the pan onto a cool surface and faced me. She smiled at me with diminished affection due to another's presence and only shook her head at Inuyasha when he shook a hand in front of her, as if she had been spacing out.

I coughed a little and announced that I would be making myself more presentable and left it at that. I felt refreshed after I brushed my teeth and washed my face off with cold water, I left the bathroom sighing in content. I knew that I should be panicked because of the events that occurred last night but I felt calm for some reason. I picked out a simple outfit consisting of a light green tank top and turquoise shorts, I rarely ever wear them. I felt that it was going to be a hot day, weather forecasts predicted such as well, and so I dressed myself accordingly. Just as I closed the door to my room Sango had come out of her room and saw me and I could see the slight flush forming on her cheeks. I smiled sweetly and beckoned her forward and she complied without any hesitation and stopped mere inches from me. I smiled at what I was going to do next and I saw her give me a suspicious look before I pulled her down and leaned up to give her a swift kiss. "I couldn't give you that since you left before I woke up so shame on you Kaoru-kun," I murmured, my lips by her ear, barely above a whisper. I was hyper aware of Inuyasha's demon ears so I took extra precautions to be sure he didn't understand what I was talking about if he could still hear me. Sango looked at me and after seeing my hungry expression, I was just faking it as a joke really, she scurried back to the living room, leaving me to stand by myself.

I walked into the living room to see that Inuyasha was sitting on the couch with a deep concentrated look. He appeared to be trapped in grave thoughts, trapped in his own world filled with unknown torment. I knew what I wanted to ask him seeing the apparent torment on his face but I knew asking him is out of the question because it is his business and if he wanted us to know he would say something. I sighed in resignation, knowing the others would be along in about two more hours or so since we had agreed to meet again in the afternoon. I suspected the reason Inuyasha was here as early as he was because he could not sleep due to his haunting thoughts. His tired face didn't help matters either, more than likely thinking of what had transpired the day before. I wondered if maybe something happened to him as well, something like what had occurred here with Sango … and me. It was a scary thought seeing as someone else seemed to have taken control of my body and then … Sango … they hurt her so terribly! I would not be able to forgive such heartlessness on their part … if I ever saw them … I would wish terrible harm on them but … I don't think my miko powers are capable of such a thing.

I could only sigh as I came back to the living room to find Sango standing before Inuyasha and speaking softly, not intentionally I think. When she noticed me all she did was smile brightly at me, so radiantly I almost gave in to the temptation to dramatically cover my eyes with a hand and say "too … bright!" I would have burst out laughing though because her reaction would more than likely be the most adorable thing ever. She probably would have turned red and stammered saying that I was being embarrassing, which she hardly ever says anyways. It seemed as if my imagination was overactive as of late and I wondered why for a moment. It took all my will power not to kiss Sango at this moment; her expression was too adorable for words. She looked at me with a mix of fear and embarrassment, perhaps thinking I was planning to kiss her again. Her mouth was open the slightest bit and her eyes were wide, giving her a slightly fearful expression while her cheeks flushed furiously. I settled for walking up to her and only hugging her once Inuyasha left the room to grab some coffee in the kitchen and she returned the smile whole-heartedly.

I couldn't resist, couldn't hold back my urge anymore and gave her a little peck on the cheek and her face became an adorable shade of pink. I smiled and put my against her shoulder, not caring if Inuyasha came back into the living room and saw or anyone else for that matter. Sango looked down at me and I looked up to her and to see the adoring and love in the magnificent green I couldn't help loving. She whispered softly in my ear, "Would you like to get some breakfast Kagome? I made some fried noodles and shrimp earlier and it's cool enough to eat now." I looked up at her and wondered for a moment if there was anything she couldn't do, she cooked for us when I didn't insist, she was quite a bit gentlemanly, had perfect manners, she did laundry by hand, always insists on doing all of the dishes, and god was she good in bed. I couldn't think of anything I could say I disliked about her at all, then again I am in love with her anyways. She always had such passion in everything she did and sighed into her neck in content as I nodded before breathing a "yes." I felt her shiver a little as my breath was probably aimed at her neck with our current position being what it was.

"Come on let's go eat before Inuyasha eats it all since you're such a wonderful cook!" I said as I grabbed her hand and ran to the kitchen and I could already see the smile coming onto her face at my antics. An annoyed "hey!" could be heard from the kitchen table as we ran in, me not letting go of her hand as I grabbed bowls for all of us, chopsticks, and the cooking chopsticks to scoop some in each bowl. Finally having to let go of her hand I almost pouted at that thought but I shook it off before picking up two bowls for myself and Sango and Sango snatched up the chopsticks and Inuyasha's bowl. Settling down next to Sango we all yelled out "戴きます!(Itadakimasu!)"(1), before proceeding to eat the delicious meal. After having our fill of seconds and thirds even, for Inuyasha, we yelled "御馳走様でした!(Gochisousamadeshita!)"(2), having finished the wonderful meal. I felt very satisfied until the doorbell rang and I had to stand up and get it since Inuyasha is the guest and Sango was already washing dishes. I quickly glanced at the clock above the stove to see that two hours had passed by and it was already 11:25. I couldn't believe that two hours just went by like that but I put that thought aside with a sigh and opened the door a few inches to see, with relief, Kouga and Sesshoumaru's forms.

I smiled with relief and opened the door widely to allow them both in and Sesshoumaru gave me his curt nod as Kouga gave me a wide smile in return. I saw the large manila folder in Sesshoumaru's hand and wondered what information lay in wait in there as they gathered around the couch, Sesshoumaru setting the folder down on the small table. I went to the kitchen to check up on Sango's progress with the dishes and saw that she was just the last bowl on a rack to dry and dried her hands off with a small towel. I smiled in appreciation and she returned the smile with one of slight embarrassment and I giggled at how cute she was as I made my way towards her to lean up and give her a peck on the lips. I leaned on her for a moment, gathering strength from her solid form and her love for me, before taking her hand and leading her to the armchair, where I sat on her lap comfortably. I noticed that instead of their usual routine teasing the heck out of her they were actually both red-faced instead and I had to giggle at that.

Sesshoumaru took the manila folder from the coffee table and started spreading sheets of information out as well as some pictures I assumed to be profiles. The first thing he picked up was a picture of an average looking man with dark eyes and a slight scar on his cheek. The scar was like an indent marring the once smooth skin and probably served as a reminder to whatever had happened. Sesshoumaru's voice was soft but strong as he spoke, "this man is in charge of the whole operation and all of the Fushicho Faction answers to him. His name is Yamada, Sato. He might seem like an average human but there's something about this man that isn't right at all … he seems to have some kind of demonic power on him though he isn't a demon. There is something strange and dangerous about this man, he came into power through an odd occurrences as it is. It is said that before he came into power another person, a very powerful demon, had been the head of this group. His name was Kurosaki, Seishirou, a demon possessing great prowess and a demon to be feared for sure. The first strange occurrence was his fall in health just about a year passed now, at first it was very subtle; he would get a strange look in his eyes every once in a while. Then it started to become much more noticeable among his minions, the way he would hold his chest in pain and how sometimes he seemed to be someone else entirely. It was not long after the first subtle fall in health before he died, only a mere three months after to be exact." He paused, seeming to wait for questions that any of us might have about the two men or the situation in particular.

After a moment of silence Inuyasha broke the silence softly, "brother?" Sesshoumaru turned to him and gave a slight nod of acknowledgement. "I think … I … that it's happened to me actually … right after all of us left last night something … strange occurred … Kouga saw it. As we were both walking down the block to our college dorm together when I … just stopped and I don't remember this happening at all but … Kouga said that I sort of … started laughing maniacally and stopped. He said … that I looked at him with different eyes the color of blood and blackness surrounded them and … he said I told him 'you will all die … you will all die if you dare get in my way … if you protect that girl!' and just like that … I was back to normal but I don't remember it happening at all! I'm so scared Sesshoumaru!" He looked at his brother with pleading eyes, perhaps pleading for him to make things right, to tell him he hadn't gone mad. We could all see that Inuyasha was truly frightened by the prospect of having his body taken over and doing evil things without being aware of it. He must have been pleading for something, some kind of comfort from his brother whether in words or in action.

I wanted to recount what had happened last night to them all as well but I couldn't quite get my voice to work and I could see that Sango understood the look in my eyes already as she spoke softly but strongly. "A similar occurrence happened last night to the both of us but Kagome's … incident had been different from mine. Kagome seemed to have been … possessed somehow the way she acted suggested that her body and mind had been taken over by another. She had this evil smile and presence surrounding her last night when we were getting ready for bed and then she … started laughing maniacally as well before she just slumped over. For me though, after she came to, I wanted to tease her a little for her behavior when I felt as if my heart was being squeezed and my own life force being sucked right out of me. It felt as if someone had grasped my heart and started squeezing it with all their might in the hope that I would die. It was all very strange and terrifying and very painful." Another uncomfortable silence settled in this very dark space as the seriousness of everything enveloped our conscience.

Kouga was the one to break the silence this time with words he carefully thought out it seemed, "we must all band together to stay strong in face of this threat, this danger to us all. Though we might not have the strength alone to do this our strength combined might give us a shot at destroying those crazy men. There is little we can do alone and we all have our specialties here to give to each other! Look at all this information Sesshoumaru gathered here and he also is a powerful demon second to his father's strength alone in Japan's entire western coast! Inuyasha has his fang sword as well as the full moon when it's there! You, Kaoru, were trained all your life to detect and destroy demons who threatened innocents! Kagome, you are a powerful miko, one our time or any of that past, have never seen! Though I am not as powerful as either of these brothers I have speed on my side being the fastest demon of them all! You guys also have a very powerful father at your hands, you could ask him to lend you a few guards or demon friends to help us since it is his business too!" Throughout his speech we all nodded in agreement and had to chuckle a few times at his slightly exaggerated words about our strength and power individually.

Sesshoumaru smiled at that and uncharacteristically covered his mouth with his hand as he chuckled, and it seemed like he was ready to burst out laughing! This was such an unexpected sight that we all had jaw dropping reactions to his extremely uncharacteristic behavior! Not only was he not his usual calm, aloof self but he was ready to burst into hysterical laughter as well! It really was a sight to see as Inuyasha had said before that even as a child his elder brother was a composed and distant person. Sesshoumaru seemed to finally get a grip on himself and stopped abruptly, his composed face back in place. This reminded me of my mother's mood swings when she had been pregnant with my younger brother Souta and I had to laugh at that thought. I felt Sango's questioning gaze on me and I turned to her slightly and mouthed the words 'I'll tell you later when we're alone' and she gave me a slight nod, so slight that if I had not been watching her closely I would have missed it entirely. Her nod was barely a tilt and I nearly missed it but I caught it and I smiled at her and she smiled back unsurely and I thought it was adorable.

Sesshoumaru pulled out yet another picture and the woman on the paper had short hair and piercing eyes. Her features showed a strong and powerful woman with an arrogance that matched her perfectly. She had a slim but muscular build and a very striking eye color they were amber, almost crimson. She was very beautiful and she appeared almost delicate but I could tell she only appeared so because of the fire in her eyes. She had a small, cute, nose, full pink lips, and high cheek bones giving her an angelic beauty almost. Her powerful gaze caused shivers to go up my spine and it left me feeling cold and terrified inside. Sesshoumaru started his full blown, and very detailed, explanation of the woman, her position and any other information we would all need to know about her.

"Now to get back on track here is another key member of their faction; Kanazawa, Yuriko. Kanazawa, though a woman, is the cruelest member the faction has ever seen and very, very heartless. She has been known to kill women, children, babies, and men alike without any hesitation should they get in her way. She seems to have something against men the way she has made sure to torture them before they die, a very small mercy amongst women and children is she usually kills them quickly and thus as painlessly as possible. Maybe she does have some kind of heart in her for the fairer gender and children as well as infants. She serves as the right-hand woman of Yamada, this caused a lot of disconcert amongst the members when she first took this position after Kurosaki's death but after the first few months they all could see that she was not the 'soft' woman they thought her to be. She is seen as a force to be reckoned with and is even more feared than their leader due to her fierce personality and the respect she demands and the power with which she commands with. She is a key to winning this fight because she seems to be someone who does not have true loyalty to their members in the least. It's says in this profile that she actually has killed members of their rank for any disrespect for her as a woman and a leader. If anyone questioned her authority they would find themselves sprawling on the floor in pain and before they knew it they were in for tortured filled weeks for any treason as such or disrespect. She seems to really hate men for some reason or other and so we can use that to our advantage somehow if we are up against her."

Another few moments of silence enveloped the room as we all digested this information and Sesshoumaru looked through the papers to see who he would next speak of. This woman was a near opposite in appearance with long hair and cool, deep ocean blue eyes. Her features were not nearly as pronounced as the other woman but the look in her eyes spoke volumes about her personality. She had the look of a fallen member of nobility the way she held her head and her beautiful face looked similar to the royal family(3) themselves. She looked like the current emperor's sister very much and I couldn't help but wonder if she was part of that family or not. She exuded an aura of diminished arrogance but at the same time she almost seemed kind but cold. Her most striking feature was her expressive ocean blue eyes contrasting greatly with the cold demeanor. She looked very powerful and strong with her thin but muscular physique, a woman in very good shape most likely from her expertise in martial arts.

"Kazama, Sae is also a higher up member. She seems to have a special relationship with Kanazawa as they are seen together very often and are hardly ever away from each other. Take note of this because should things turn bad and we have her in our grasp, or Kanazawa herself, then we might be able to use this to our advantage. She has talent in many areas, gathering information, a martial arts master in all styles, and an amazing strategist. It says here that any operation she has planned out for the faction has never failed and she even participates in the operations unlike most strategists in the faction. She has also never lost anymore than ten men in all of her operations over the past few years, having had this position for the last three or four. This woman is a mystery because she never leaves any trails for anybody to follow and it seems that even her true whereabouts are unknown to the rest of the faction though most suspects she lives with Kanazawa they do not even know where she resides. Very little is known about her for she always has a neutral face about everything and not much is known about her personal life other than how close she is to Kanazawa it would appear. Kanazawa and Kazama like to keep things low key, although it seems that Kanazawa is not as low key as Kazama."

The next picture was one of a very brute looking man with many scars on his face and he looked like a giant. He was a muscled man, too built, and very tall with no hair on his head and eyes that looked as black as a starless and moonless night. He wore a very sadistic grin on his face in this picture and he caused shivers down my back, though not as badly as the other two women did. He had a thick, bulging slab of meat for a neck and the overly muscular arms and chest could be described in very much the same way. I looked away from the image, the man's neck alone disgusted me but the whole combination of his face, bulging neck, arms, and chest made me feel sick and nauseous. I saw Sango's worried face seeing my pale features paler than usual and I just managed a small smile and whispered in her ears, "that guys … features just make me nauseous." Sango cheeks became the palest shade of pink from the movement but nodded her head in agreement to my words and patted me on the back slightly. I smiled with more conviction as I leaned into Sango more and rested my head against her neck, burying my face in the crook of her neck, my haven. I gave her a soft kiss on the neck in gratitude and I felt that spot of her neck warm up just the tiniest bit from my kiss and I smiled knowing her face had grown warmer too.

I listened intently despite the fact that I didn't turn to Sesshoumaru as he spoke and I think they all heard me say I felt disgusted by the man's appearance anyways. "This man is Shiroyuki, Keisuke and though he is one of the top he is mostly just there for his muscle power. He won't be hard to take down except that he seems to be indestructible for some reason, knives, bullets, swords, etc. seem to have very little affect on him and I don't really understand it. My father said there was only ever one thing that ever managed to penetrate his skin; our father's poison claws when he was escaping. He still has this scar on his arm as you can see and it's not a pretty one, it was like a gaping whole when he first had it on his arm. I know one of the three of us has to do this being that our demon blood might be the advantage against Shiroyuki. He is most likely going to be the easiest to take down either way despite his seemingly indestructible skin." He paused looking as if he wanted to add something but thought better of it and started shuffling the papers he already went through and put it back into the folder.

The last paper held up depicted a family man who worked in some kind of business but the way Sesshoumaru looked made me feel uneasy. He had graying hair and a kind smile on his face but his eyes contradicted that face greatly with the evil I saw in them. They were cold and lifeless, soulless, black orbs where his eyes should have been and they caused me to become cold down to my inner core. I couldn't understand how he could look like such a kind but cold and distant man all at the same time. It was the most eerie and disconcerting image I had ever seen in my life but it, by no means, made me as nauseous as the other, previous, man's image had. I knew, instinctively though, that I should be more frightened by this man, feel more disgusted by this man, but I couldn't for some reason. It was a very curious thought that though he gave me worse bad vibes I couldn't bring myself to feel disgusted by this soulless, lifeless man. I almost felt as if I should pity him instead of feeling total and utter disgust and this confused me greatly.

Sesshoumaru seemed to hesitate before talking about this man, for some reason he almost seemed regretful. "This last man … is Hasegawa, Hisamu … our uncle Inuyasha. The reason why he became one regrettably was for the power to find the ones who murdered his wife, our aunt, and two children. Do you remember Eriko and Minoru? They used to play with us when we were little … maybe you don't remember because you were four at the time before their tragic death. I was seven when … it happened so I remember how we used to play together … they were a little bit older than you but younger than me. Eriko was the oldest and just a few months younger than me, and Minoru was just a little over a year older than you. I remember how we used to play in the forest behind our father's estate and we would have the best game of hide and seek in the deep, thick forest. That was before … the incident happened. Our uncle was away from their home one night and when he came back … they were all dead … slaughtered by some desperate thief. He died with them that night … he was never the same man again. He used to be a bright, happy man and that one night changed everything for him … his world was shattered in that moment and he died with them. At least his heart and soul did. He was so overcome by grief that he decided to join this group nearly a decade after they died … about seven years ago then. They offered him this position because of his power and money being the CEO of his own company, joined with our father's company 20 some years ago after his marriage to our aunt. All he wanted to do was to go hunt that man down and destroy whatever he had left of importance to him."

Sesshoumaru let out a heavy sigh at this last bit of information involving someone so close to them. It must have hurt him to say that he was a part of this faction since they were related and once very close family. "I know that our uncle would never hurt us because we were his little nephews, still are, but he loved us as much as his own children. I think that maybe he will be someone we won't have to face off because he still cares about us even if it's only a little bit. At least I hope we won't have to fight him because he's our only living relative other than our father. It would be a very tragic thing to have to fight our own uncle and I'm sure he wouldn't want to fight us anyways, at least I'm hoping he wouldn't want to fight us." He paused briefly before looking at all of us and speaking these last words, "this is all I have on our enemy and we have to come up with a plan but another day because I believe we all need to rest up in case something happens." He looked at his brother before saying something that we all didn't really understand but Inuyasha obviously did the way his serious became even more serious, but the slight blush I couldn't quite understand. "Inuyasha this is your last chance to really talk about your true feelings … I wish you luck in that area. I will be off now, good night everyone." With that last cryptic message he left us all alone to digest and a tense silence enveloped the room.

"Well I think it's about time we get going too Inuyasha. Let's go see you two now ok? Be safe." Kouga put his hand out to Inuyasha and he took the offered him and gave him a small smile of gratitude, and Kouga had a strange look on his face. I wondered what was going on with those two but it wasn't any of my business if they wanted me to know they would tell me. I smiled and waved bye to the two as Sango hadn't let go of me yet, hands around my waist, deep in thought.

I felt a smile on my lips as I saw the concentrated look on Sango's face, she always looked so adorable when she thought about something too hard. I felt the desire to pinch her cheeks take over me but I stopped that train of thought quickly and opted to kiss her instead. She looked taken aback by that as she had been too deep in her own world to see it coming and smiled at me softly, "and what was that for?" I just shrugged my shoulders and gave her another soft kiss, which returned easily and it became a much deeper kiss as we continued. By the time we pulled away we were gasping for breath and our tongues left a chain of saliva connecting our mouths. "Are you going to tell me what was so funny earlier now Kagome?" She asked me with a smile and an adorable tilt of her head and I had to kiss her again before I told her my earlier thoughts about Sesshoumaru and I had to laugh at her reaction. "It's going to be a long day I think so might as well enjoy as best we can nee Kagome? I have a few ideas how we can spend the next hour or two if you're interested?" Sango said suggestively and I had to admit I really wanted to just relax and forget about all of our problems even if it was temporary. I smiled and agreed with a hard kiss, almost all tongue, and we took it from there, and Sango carried me to the bedroom to continue our business.

(1) Itadakimasu! is said before every meal in Japan, almost the equivalent for "it's time to eat!"

(2) Gouchisousama-deshita! is past tense for "it was good" after eating a meal, almost a thank you for the meal.

(3) The royal family lost its true power many decades ago but still exists merely as a figure head. It was once believed that the emperor descended from the goddess Amaterasu, the sun goddess.

I truly must apologize for my month long wait for an update even though it is summer but it is due to my extremely busy June and I couldn't imagine it being that busy! Goodness it was much busier than I had anticipated it would be and no excuse would be good enough but hopefully when I come back home after my visit back to the home country and all I can update much more often! I hope I still have some royal readers despite this!

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