Chapter four

Asuka sat well away from her sisters, she was not welcome to sit with them in Annika's palace. She glanced up and quickly bowed her head when she noticed her sister's glare. 'They'll probably turn on me once they've finished with Inuyasha.' She let out a sigh at the thought, she wished she could say she was more concerned about her own demise.

She hadn't valued her own life in a long time.
Inuyasha laid on his stomach in Kagome's bed, he was still incredibly sick. "I forgot what it was like to be sick." Inuyasha said, he said something else but it was muffled by the fluffy pillow. "I think we should spend a few days in my time Kagome." Inuyasha said as she ran one hand down his back. "Okay, but we're waiting till you're better!"

"Fine." Inuyasha laughed. She leaned back and unconsciously rubbed Inuyasha's back. Inuyasha was trying to keep his eye's open as the constant movement of kagome's hand down his back made him more and more exhausted . His eye's slowly drooped closed and he fell asleep.

Sesshomaru pushed open through the reed screen and entered Inuyasha's hut. "He isn't here." Sesshomaru shook his head and left the small hut. 'How can he stand to live in such filth?' Sesshomaru thought to himself as he walked away. Sesshomaru spied Sango and Miroku sitting in a field near by, surrounded by children. Sesshomaru never did understand why she put up with his lecherous ways.

She was a decent respectable girl. He shook himself free from the thought and continued away. 'What could Anikka and Kasuga be planning.' It was obvious to Sesshomaru she didn't want to kill Inuyasha. She had always protected and cared for him since he was young. Showing him affection and kindness where no one else had.

'She sure does have allot of compassion for being the niece of Ryuutkotsusei.' He thought walking silently through the fading light of the Forrest of Inuyasha.

"I'm fine Kagome!" Inuyasha stated annoyed. Kagome and Inuyasha were in a battle of hands as she tried to put a wet wash cloth on Inuyasha's head. "You are not!" She yelled pushing away one of his hands that tried to block the cool damp rag. "You said it yourself, you haven't been sick in a long time, so that means there's something wrong with you."

Inuyasha quit fighting her, and let her lay the cool rag on his forehead. It felt nice, tho he'd never admit it. Inuyasha reviewed his memory, trying to remember the last time he was sick.

-Flash back-

Inuyasha sat shivering in Asuka's lap, she ran one clawed hand through the miserable half-demon in her lap. His upper dropped back against his sister's chest. She giggled and wrapped her arms around Inuyasha's waste and pressed her cheek against the pup's burning head. Something dangerous was coming, she tightened her hold on Inuyasha.

Sesshomaru came into view from the brush up, she stood and kept her ground, letting out a defensive growl. Sesshomaru was digusted by the boy's sent, he smelled like mucus, and sweat. "Tell me sister, why do you protect such trash? would you sacrifice your life for his?" Sesshomaru was trying to understand her reasons for protecting him. Her hands clenched Inuyasha protectively, who let out a whimper and buried his face in her blue and black kimono.

"He isn't trash, and I wouldn't hesitate to sacrifice my life for his." her lips curled as she let out a growl.

Inuyasha snapped out of his memories and was glad Kagome wasn't awake to bother him about it. She would have tried to make him talk to her about it. Inuyasha wondered why she had stopped coming to see him as he grew older. Inuyasha entertained the thought that Asuka had begun to despise him as his siblings did, as shifted closer to him in her sleep.

'But, why would she spend all that time protecting me, and caring for me when I'd get sick, just to turn on me now?' Inuyasha was truly hopping she hadn't turned on him like his other siblings had. "How could Father allow a half-breed to taint his name?" He remembered annika's words like it was yesterday. Inuyasha had a smile play across his lips at tje thought of Annika's irrational anger.

"She always has had trouble containing her anger." Inuyasha whispered to himself with a light chuckle. 'Why does it have to matter that I'm only half-demon? I'm stronger than all of my sisters and some how they're better than I am because I'm part human?' Inuyasha's was growing more and more angry. Inuyasha gave up on trying to sleep and went down stairs.

Inuyasha sat on the couch, he could hear Ms. Higurashi moving around up stairs, even though the sun had just begun to rise and the sky was light blue. 'Does that woman ever sleep?' Inuyasha thought with a smile, he's never seen her sleep. Or even not heard her moving through the house, even late at night she seemed to be up doing something.

Inuyasha was hopping Kagome would allow them to return to his time. The thought made him anxious to return to his time.

Sango was brought from her sleep by two powerful demonic aura's. She left the hut clutching her Hiraikotsu, ready for anything. Three demonesses came from the brush. "Are you the traveling companion of Inuyasha?" The alpha female spoke. "I was, years ago." Sango grew suspicious as to why they wanted with her friend. "What could you possibly want with Inuyasha?" She yelled. The lead demoness reached back and grabbed the smallest one and drug her forward.

It was obvious to Sango that she didn't want to be there, she had been looking at the ground the whole time. "Why don't you tell her why we're looking for him, Asuka. "We're trying to take the Tetsiaga from him." She spat out. The much larger female released her hair, and she dropped to the dirt. "Do you expect him just to hand it over to you?" Sango smirked.

"We have a plan for that." The woman smiled slipping back into the brush. Asuka stood from the dirt. "Sorry for the trouble." Asuka said following the other two

Thats chapter 4:)

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