Chapter 10

Taro dropped to the ground breathing heavy as blood seeped through his clothes pooling on the ground. He growled as he pushed himself back to his feet as several people dropped near him making him turn to glare and snarl at them.

"Taro, you need to get your wound healed." Jiro said as he saw the blood soaked fur on his brother's chest. "We'll get you healed and we'll get her." Taro snarled and took off only to have Toshiro sigh as he pulled his bow pulling the string back and closing his eyes he let it go making the others raise an eyebrow before Taro howled and dropped to his knees as a faint blue glow surrounded him.

"Izzy and I have been working on it for a while." He said walking over to Taro. "She wanted a way to stop him from being a moron." He knelt in front of his brother in law as he growled low in his throat. Taro looked at him as Toshiro growled back. "You growl at me and I'll tell Izzy." He said narrowing his eyes as Taro's eyes went wide before blinking several times as Toshiro started healing the wound.

"Shiro…." He said before he went into a coughing spurt. Toshiro smirked looking as he looked at Taro as his eyes brightened but the green color stayed dark. "Izzy…"

"My sister is tough. She'll fight the entire time until we get to her. But we can't help her if you're hurt like this." He said as Taro gave a small groan. "You really think my sister would let anyone do anything to her without her beating the crap out of them first?"

"If there were several who got her…" Toshiro looked at the others.

"Taro, Izzy has been a fighter since we were kids."

"We don't have time for this."

"We have enough time to get you healed. Besides, we have others who can start without us." Toshiro looked at the others standing around.

"I'll stay with them." Jiro said looking at his father, Inuyasha and Shippo as they nodded and took off to find Izayoi. "Taro, you really need to worry about getting healed before going after her. You know she'll beat you for even thinking it."

"She was hurt and taken by several guys, who knows what they'll do to her." He told his brother as Toshiro grinned.

"You ever heard about what the dragons did when we were little?" Taro looked at him confused. "When we were little Izzy, Hanna and me went after our parents when they tried to track down the dragons. We tracked our parents and were attacked by several demons. One would have killed us if my dad and Shippo didn't show up. Dad was so pissed but Izzy and he talked and he calmed down."

"Why was he so mad?" Jiro asked.

"I never understood why dad had gotten so mad. I never realized what it did to him to see us in danger until these demons went after my son. He was mad because we had put ourselves in even more danger. And it got worse when the dragons attacked and one got a hold of us. I was too afraid to do anything but Izzy… Izzy wouldn't let the guy get away with it."

"What do you mean?"

"Izzy twisted and thrashed, biting and scratching everywhere she could. He almost got her fangs into his neck once."

"What happened?" Jiro asked making Toshiro look at the two before focusing on the wound.

"Dad, Shippo and your dad showed up. She was able to slow him down and worry about her and not think about the three chasing after us." Toshiro smirked as he moved his hands away from Taro's wound. "Let's catch up to the others and we'll get Izzy back." The three men stood taking off as fast as they could to get to the others. Toshiro watched his brother in law run ahead of him.

"What really happened to Izzy when you were taken by the dragons?" Jiro asked as he ran beside Toshiro.

"Izzy was hit on the head with a rock so she would stop hurting him. Not long after that our dads and Shippo showed up."

"Yeah, best not to tell him that." He smirked as he watched his brother run as three figures came into view. "Looks like we caught up."

"How're you feeling?" Shippo asked Taro as he started running even with the others.

"I'm fine." Taro said in a deep voice.

"Taro, I'll shoot you again." Toshiro said as he and Jiro caught up to them. Taro looked at him as Toshiro smiled. "It's either you take control, I shoot you or I could always let Izzy take care of you." Taro looked at him before they heard a painful scream.

"Izzy." Jiro said as Koga and he looked worried into the trees ahead.

"That's not Iz." Taro said as Inuyasha gave a small chuckle. They ran faster, stopping at the edge of the tree line looking at a little clearing where one man held his neck as blood poured from it, another man tried to wrap a bandage around the wound and a third figure held Izayoi as she thrashed trying everything to get out of his hold. Inuyasha smirked as he saw the blood on Izayoi's claws and fangs as she snarled.

"That guys gonna die." Jiro whispered before Taro crouched growling deep in his chest making everyone look at him as he focused his eyes on Izayoi and the one holding her. Saburo…. Suddenly Taro flew from the trees pouncing Saburo and rolling off to the side snarling at each other.

"Shippo-" Inuyasha started.

"I'm on it. Shiro a little help." Shippo said as he moved to get to Izayoi. Inuyasha finished off the two men while Jiro and Koga went to stop the two brothers. Shippo and Toshiro landed as Izayoi took a deep breath and tried to stand up and get to Taro as he charged again and again trying to kill Saburo.

"Izzy." Toshiro said as she fell to the ground being caught by Shippo. "Izzy relax." Toshiro said as Izayoi twisted growling and snarling. "It's us, it's alright now." He said making her look at him. He closed his eyes opening them with a blue ring as she looked at him with a bright red ring around her iris.

"Izzy, you're safe now." Shippo said as Inuyasha knelt by them. He put his hand on the emblem around her neck letting his demon power flow into it. Izayoi slammed her eyes shut and gritted her teeth before she opened her eyes breathing heavy and going limp in Shippo's arms. Shippo pulled her closer to him as tears started to slide silently down her cheeks. "You're alright now." Shippo said as Taro grabbed a hold of Saburo digging his claws into him suddenly three large demons landed charging the little grouped with Izayoi. The three pulled their weapons moving Izayoi to the side as Jiro and Koga wrestled Taro to the ground as Saburo disappeared. The three men fought the demons as Koga and his son fought to hold Taro down. Izayoi was breathing heavy trying to get the strength to move when she felt a hand cover her mouth making her jump as she hear a deep voice.

"I'm not gonna do nothing." She turned slowly to look at Saburo crouching by the tree looking at her. "What… what's going on?" He asked making her look at him confused.

"You… you don't know?" She asked looking at him as he blinked. "You're…. you're different than….. A few minutes ago…"

"What are you talking about?" He asked as the demons were all fought off as Taro was slowly getting a hold of himself. "I better go. I don't know what I did to piss him off but my brother is really mad at me." He said as she looked at taro then turned to look where Saburo was only seconds ago.

"Izzy, you okay?" Jiro asked as they all went over to her as she looked around confused. "What's wrong?"

"No….nothing." She turned to look at the others as Toshiro knelt and started to push his power to mingle with hers to start healing her.

Kagome smiled as she looked out at Inuyasha, Katsu, Koga, and Taro sitting and watching Jiro, and Shippo play with the young children. She smiled as she saw Inuyasha chuckle at something Taro said before she turned to walk into the living room. Izayoi walked into he kitchen frowning deep in thought making Kagome raise an eyebrow.

"What's wrong?" Izayoi looked at her mother acting like she didn't know what she was talking about. "You are just like your father." Kagome smiled as she had her daughter sit at the table with her. "Now tell me what has you so thoughtful." Izayoi looked at her mother for a moment before sighing, knowing that she would never get away without telling her.

"When Saburo had gotten me at this last battle. When the other demons showed up and Koga and Jiro were stopping Taro Saburo came to me."

"What do you mean?" Kagome asked wondering what the young wolf demon had done this time.

"He showed up hiding behind the tree I was leaning against. He wanted to know what was going on. He was confused; he didn't know why Taro was going after him or anything."

"He didn't remember taking you away or anything?"

"No, he didn't remember doing anything to me at all."

"You believe him don't you?" Kagome said watching her daughter nod slowly. "Alright. There's always a way to tell if someone is lying."

"Look at his eyes, I know mom. They were completely different than they have been the last few years. He looked like he did when we were kids. I don't get it."

"Well then there's a chance he could be telling the truth. Where did he go?"

"I don't know he just said he should leave, he said he didn't want to get caught in a fight with taro again. He took off and didn't look like he was in good shape." The two sat for a minute as Kagome thought of what to do.

"What are you girls doing?" Kagome's mother asked as she walked in with Rin and Mizuki. Kagome glanced at Izayoi who looked around wondering what to say only to have Kagome smile.

"Nothing, mom. Just talking about the last fight."

"What happened? Shippo wouldn't tell the whole story." Mizuki said as the three women sat down. Kagome looked at them for a moment before Izayoi looked down.

"It was nothing really. We were able to take out most of them. A few of them pulled Izayoi away and they went after them to get her and they killed a few more demons and got her safe." Kagome smiled as Rin shook her head. Mizuki and Kagome's mother stood hearing the children start a fight in the front of the house leaving Rin to look at Kagome. "What?"

"I grew up with you; I know when you're lying." Rin said making Izayoi's eyes go slightly wide and she looked at her mother. "Spill it."

"Mom…" Izayoi said looking at Kagome as she sighed.

"Relax." Kagome said before looking at her sister in law. "If I tell you, you have to help figure out what to do and how to do it."

"Of course." Rin smiled.

"Alright well the one who pulled Izzy away was Saburo. He got into a fight with taro but when other demons showed up Saburo ran. He went to Izzy and was confused. He didn't know what was going on, and he took off trying to get away before he went into any more fights."

"Could he have been under a control?" Rin asked.

"It could be. But I won't know anything unless I can talk to him."

"Then go find him."

"We have no idea where to start looking."

"Besides the fact that if Taro finds out he'll go and try to kill him." Izayoi said making Rin nod and open her mouth as the door opened letting the little kids run in to their mothers with their fathers right behind them.

"Mommy, I'm hungry." Said a little girl with black hair, brown eyes and dog ears said looking up at Rin.

"Let's see what we can find for you guys." Kagome smiled standing up looking for some food for the children.

"What are you three sitting in here for?" Inuyasha asked leaning against the wall.

"We were just talking about some things." Kagome smiled at her mate before making sandwiches for the four children. Taro watched as Izayoi looked at her mother then away drifting off into thought. He knew there was something bothering her. He watched the twins take their food with smiles before digging in when he felt something stir in him making him look at Izayoi.

"Eat at the table." Rin said as the four wandered over to climb into their seats to eat.

"I'm going to go check on grandma and Mizuki with the other kids." Izayoi said leaving with a small smile. Taro glanced at Inuyasha who furrowed his brows at his daughters back. He glanced at his son in law as Taro looked at him for a minute before following Izayoi.