Chapter 24: Inukimi and Inuyasha talk.

The group headed back to the village the next day when Kira woke up. Inukimi was very glad to be free of Naraku's Castle. Kira was being held in Sesshomaru's arms, happy to be back with him.

They arrived at the village mid afternoon. Everyone was glad to see that Kira was alright. Sesshomaru and Kira decided to stay in the village and reschedule the appointment with the doctor. She really needed her rest from using it on the jewel and staying awake.

Keade and Myoga were glad to see that Inukimi was alright as well.

Inuyasha walked in and sat next to Kagome, smiling. "Miss me?"

"Very." She said as she kissed him lovingly. "Your daughter missed you too."

He smiled and hugged her around her stomach. "I missed both of you then." He nuzzled her neck affectionately to show that he truly missed them.

Kagome was just giggling as he did so and looked over at the demon lady. "Hi. You must be Sesshomaru's mother."

Inukimi nodded. "Yes i am. You must be the priestess Kagome." She said as she sat down by the fire pit.

Kagome nodded and looked over at Kira, being held by Sesshomaru who was sitting against the back wall. "She looks tired."

"I am tired." Kira groaned as she slowly opened her eyes. "Having the jewel make a barrier to protect Inukimi and myself took a lot out of me."

"Shhh.....Get some rest Kira. You need it." Sesshomaru said as he looked at him.

Kira just smiled at him. "You are so protective of me."

Sesshomaru smirked. "I have to be. You are my mate and the mother of my heirs. I would do anything to keep you safe."

Kira smiled and snuggled into the fluff of his boa, falling asleep. Inukimi smiled seeing her son so happy.

It was later that night when Inuyasha woke up to his eye hurting again. He carefully got out from the warmth of Kagome's sleeping bag and went outside. Once he was out, he started rubbing his eye.

"Something wrong Inuyasha?" Inukimi asked. She was up on the roof looking up at the stars.

Inuyasha looked up at her but said nothing, continuing to rub his eye.

Inukimi sighed and jumped off the roof. "Inuyasha."

He turned to look at her. "What?"

"I want you to know that i loved your father very much. Even though i heard you never got to meet him." She said as she placed her hands over the necklace she was wearing.

"Yeah. Mom told me he died in a fire on the day i was born." He said as he stepped rubbing his eye.

She nodded. "And i had heard your mother was a human."

"Hey! I loved my mother very much." He retorted. "I didn't care that she was human. I still don't care. She was MY mother. Don't you dare say anything bad about her."

"I wasn't." She said softly as she looked at him. "I even met your mother once while she was still pregnant with you."

Inuyasha went silent as he looked at her. "You did?"

"Yes. I did." Inukimi took a seat on a barrel as she sighed. "She was a strong woman. I met her once when she was out picking herbs. I only saw her on that one day."

"What happened?" He wanted to know what his mother and Inukimi talked about.

"Oh. We just talked about Inutaisho. And i told her to not leave him or her baby. She would regret it if she did. And to make sure Inutaisho was happy while he was with her." She said as she fingered the pendent on the necklace.

"You miss him." He said softly as he started rubbing his eye again.

"I do. Very much." She said as she looked up at him. "I regretted every day of my life of not being with him and watching Sesshomaru grow into the man he is now."

"Feh. Sesshomaru was a pain in the ass before Kira came along." He went over to the hut and leaned against the wall.

"So i heard. He was a cold hearted killer before Lady Kira came and melted the ice around his heart." She said as she glanced up at the moon. "I guess it's mostly my fault that that happened."

Inuyasha shrugged. He then groaned loudly again. "Damnit!"

"What is it?" Inukimi asked as she looked at him.

"My right eye. It's been hurting ever since we rescued you. Something is happening to the black pearl that dad hid in my eye."

"The black pearl?" She got up and went over to him. "I remember him asking Hosenki to make him a pearl that would lead to the land between this one and the next. But why did he hide it in your eye?"

"To protect this." He pointed at Tetsusaiga. "It was to be mine when i came of age. Sesshomaru's the one that removed the pearl and opened the gateway so that we could go and get it. Course we kind of fought over it once we got there."

Inukimi nodded and moved his hand away. "You shouldn't rub it though. It'll just make it hurt more."

Inuyasha froze and looked at her. "You're not my mother."

Inukimi noticed this and backed away. "I'm sorry. It's just motherly instinct." She said as she stood before him. "I'm not trying to be your mother. You've already had one, a great one. But you are Inutaisho's son and i will do anything to repay my sins for leaving him and Sesshomaru."

Inuyasha was silent for a while as he looked at her. He then nodded.

Meanwhile, inside the pearl, an odd reaction was happening to the skeleton body the stood there. The giant skull was cracking and falling into the torso of the armor covered body.

Hosenki, the self erected gaurdian of these bones, watching in silence as the skull pieces fell to where he was in the stomach.

What is happening here? He thought as he stared in amazment. Could it be that the great prophecy is starting to happen in the world of the living?It has to be if the master's skull is breaking apart like this.

He continued to watch in amazement as the entier skull collapsed and fell into the chest. One of the fangs scraped one of the ribs that was melted by poison so many years ago.

Hosenki made a adamant shard appear and catch the falling scrapings. "It is time Master for you to be revived." He said as he moved closer to the shattered skull fragments.

He then took out a small skull that had blood in it. "Poison from the older, melt the bones to form as one." He recited as he dusted the fragments with the poison scrapings.

Within a few minutes, the fragments of the skull started bubbling and melting into a glowing green goo.

"Blood from the younger, of whom shares your likeness." He tipped the small skull and the blood poured out into the green goo.

The blood and goo were mixed together with a adamant shard that was holding up against the poison very well. The mix started sizzling and bubbling a lot more now. It was also starting to let off steam.

"And finally, fires of life, give life to the great demon general." He sent a shard flying toward the old stand that once held the Tetsusgaia.

The adamant shard managed to break the metallic flame, causing it to fall. Within seconds, it came to life as an actual flame of golden color. The flame fell into the bubbling goo and a bright burst of light erupted, changing the green goo into a bright golden light.

Hosenki didn't even have to shield his eyes as the goo moved on it's own accord and twisted in the air. The goo formed into a human body, giving it features that the adamant demon soon recognized.

With another flash of light, the Great Demon General, InuTaisho, stood there on the bones wearing golden robes.

He groaned as he fell to his knees and collapsed on the ground.

Hosenki would have been smiling proudly if he still had skin. "Rest now my master. Regain your strength so you may soon return to the world of the living."