A/N: we didn't leave off on good terms last chapter. it does get better so enjoy this chap!

disclaimer: i don't own InuYasha; my OCs belong to me.

**terms to be familiar with (i apologize in advance for not doing this sooner! /bows):

"daiyokai" - great demon lord/lady

"okami" - wolf

"inu" - dog

"hanyou" - half-demon

"yokai" - full-demon/ a demon that has a humanoid appearance

"kitsune" - fox demon

Chapter 14: The Wolf's Bane - Don't Leave My Side

'Stop running.'

I'm not going back to him; he can rot for all I care, she snapped back, coming to a halt despite her anger just short of a hilltop that overlooked a small valley. She wiped the tears from her eyes with a sleeve, looking up at the stars.

'You're a fool to leave him. What if he dies? Then what will you do?' It scolded, a growl sounding in her ears.

I don't care what happens to him; he betrayed me… Why in hell did he do this to me? She jerked her gaze away from the bright bodies overhead to close her eyes tightly against the new flow of tears that slowly spilled down her cheeks.

'You and I know him, we both know he is a passionate and persistent demon. This need for the Tetsusaiga that he so wants is what is driving him to such actions. But he also is afraid of losing you… I think you hurt him more than with your slap.' It sounded reasonable, which surprised her because she was prone to it being more like her evil adviser.

The tears stung like hot pokers as they glistened in the starlight. I'm afraid of losing him, too! I just… I don't want him to die. He is the only man I've ever given my heart to, and to have him make a deal with the devil like this… Damn it all, I hate this! She inwardly growled.

"Getsu-onee." Her sister's voice sounded soft behind her as she felt her place a hand on her shoulder.

She sniffed and wiped the tears from her eyes, looking into her blue eyes and smiling weakly. "I'm okay, Kori, honest." She croaked, her voice hoarse.

She placed her arm around her shoulders, hugging her; she held onto her tightly, hugging her shoulders.

"I have to go back to him." Getsu mused softly once she had stopped crying moments later, slightly surprising her sister, as she stared into her blue eyes after they'd pulled apart.

Korihime cocked a brow. "What brought on this change in heart?" She asked quietly, confused yet curious.

She looked past her at the trees she'd emerged from, almost imagining he was standing there watching them. "Naraku won't let him off so easily, he's going to try and kill him. I know he is; and I have to stop it." She said the last part in a growl.

She nodded, taking on a determined look as she smirked. "You know I'm going with you."
She mirrored the determined look in her eyes and smiled, folding an arm over her shoulders. "I wouldn't have it any other way."

The faint scent of oni blew in a soft breeze, perking both of their ears.

"An ogre…?" Korihime sniffed the air and widened her eyes slightly. "Onee-chan, it's him… it's his scent!" She exclaimed.

"Let's move, Kori," Getsu sprinted to the trees; she nodded and flew after her as both sisters disappeared into the darkness.

"Remarkable!"

"Yeah, he's quite the sight, isn't he?"

"Demon-wise, I suppose so…" The monk blinked.

A surprised scream began to spill into the night air before both sisters silenced the trio with a hand/foot. "Quiet down!" The blue-eyed one hissed.

"Geez, you humans are impossible… If you promise to keep quiet I won't beat any of you into a coma. Got it?" The silver-eyed one sighed quietly, looking from one set of blue eyes to one set of brown eyes to one set of aqua eyes expectantly.

The trio nodded simultaneously before the foot and hands were removed from their mouths.

"W-who are you two?" The youngest of the trio, a redhead fox kitsune with a tan tail asked hesitantly, looking from both sisters as he smelled wolf demon scent on them.

"Getsu." The ebony-haired sister said.

"Korihime." The cobalt-haired sister said.

"Nice to meet you." They declared in unison with a flash of a kind smile.

The girl, a priestess from what they could tell (aside from her strange green, white and red clothing), smiled slightly. Well, at least they don't mean to kill us, she thought. "It's nice to meet you two, too; I'm Kagome, this is Shippo, and that's Miroku." She pointed out her two companions.

The monk Miroku suddenly gained a strange light in his eyes and took the left hand of the cobalt-haired yokai. "It's a pleasure to meet you, my lady; I know we just met and all, but would you do me the honor of bearing my child?" He asked pleasantly.

Both sisters blinked once; Kagome and Shippo deadpanned.

"PERVERT!"

THWACK.

"O-Okay, I'll take that as a 'no'!" He yelped.

His ears twitched; that sounded like Korihime, he thought, briefly shooting a look over at where the humans plus kitsune were hiding in a brush.

Her angered silver eyes caught his attention.

Getsu… His inner demon hummed happily in his ears. 'I told you she would come back.' It pointed out smugly.

A battle cry sounded from his half-brother as he leaped overhead with the Tetsusaiga bared and raised high, jarring him from his thoughts and would-be rebuttal to his inner beast's smug comment.

He dodged, weaving in and out of his little brother's clumsy dives, huffing. "I see you're as stupid as ever, considering you haven't even awoken the true power of Tetsusaiga." He drawled.

"Oh yeah? I doubt I'll need to do that before I kill you!" He barked as he lunged again.

His claws glowed green before he caught his extended wrist with ease; a light green glow came from his grip he had as the poison burned through his flesh, making him cry out in pain.

"I must hand it to him to be able to stand so well against him," Korihime mused quietly, tapping her chin in thought.

"I know; but you forget that he is just a half-breed. His fighting style is atrocious; it's worse than mine was when I was little." Getsu chimed in distaste.

"Um, do you both travel with Sesshomaru?" Kagome asked as the brothers fought once again, looking at both sisters.

"Yep."

"Regrettably."

"Well that explains why I smelled dog demon on you, Miss Getsu." Shippo piped up, meeting the silver eyes of the older sister.

Getsu blinked before she smiled slightly, tousling his hair. "You have a keen nose for a fox kit. And you can call me 'Getsu-onee' if y'like." She added with a kind smile.

"Oi, I thought I was the only one to call ya that," Korihime pouted, deadpanning.

"We're related by blood, dummy, but Shippo's just a kit! He doesn't have a pack like we do… or rather we did." Getsu cuffed her gently, eyes closed serenely.

She winced and rubbed her head gingerly, blinking as the ground trembled, surprising all five of them.

"W-what's happening?" Shippo whimpered as he scrambled to hide in the older she-wolf's lap.

Both sisters widened their eyes slightly as the giant ogre Sesshomaru had summoned slammed a large paw onto the mountains in the distance; a strange glow came from the trees before a large horde of lesser demons rose up from the mountain and shot out towards where they were.

"Shit!" Korihime groaned.

"Kori, I'll take the demons, you get rid of the ogre." Getsu ordered, perking her ears.

"Right!" She nodded curtly.

"Wait a second!" Kagome barked as both of them began to take off.

"Now what?" The sisters demanded in chorus, their ears perking as they looked at Sesshomaru as he wielded the Tetsusaiga.

Sesshomaru swung the fang at the oncoming demons; a blast of yellow demonic energy screamed at the horde, decimating them instantly.

"So that's how Tetsusaiga works," she breathed in awe.

He spared a look over at the hiding group, meeting her surprised silver eyes; her eyes met his, reminding him of the first day they met once again.

Her eyes saddened slightly and she looked away, glaring at where the demons once were, shaking her head. "Kori, the oni, now." She ordered sharply.

She drew an arrow from her quiver. "You got it," she winked and spirited away, reappearing on a hilltop near the towering ogre.

"Hey, where're you…?" InuYasha barked, his gold eyes widening as a pink glow radiated from her bow and arrow.

Korihime released the arrow, sending it flying at the chest of the ogre demon; the same pink glow consumed the figure of the oni, making it cry out loudly in agony as it was felled, disintegrating and sending a small green imp flailing and squawking as he fell to the ground.

Her aura… she's a full demon like Sesshomaru! He thought in awe. But this scent… It isn't dog!

She looked over at him and smiled toothily, winking. "Ohaiyo."

"Show off," she deadpanned, refraining from rolling her eyes at his long-winded gloat he voiced.

"InuYasha!" Kagome made to run to his side.

"Hold it, Kagome; I will go. You two stay behind me." Miroku stated quickly, making her look back at him.

Getsu shook her head silently; you're wasting your breath, monk, she thought, listening once again to him gloat. "Remind me to brain him as soon as we get away from here." She mumbled to her inner demon.

"I'm afraid I must put an end to this sibling rivalry; I can bear to hear it no longer." The monk declared as he stood between the brothers, the staff in hand lifted slightly.

I guess this is as good a time as any to use the hive, he thought, pulling the hive from his sleeve and tossing it into the air; hornets rose up and flew at the monk as he opened his palm he kept covered and a tunnel of wind began to fly at the opened tunnel, plugging it up and bringing great pain to the monk.

"Miroku," she began in surprise as he grimaced in pain and held onto his hand; InuYasha swiped at the hornets that attacked them with his claws, Shippo using his Fox Fire attack to try and dispel the hornets.

"Both of you can't fight for crap," Getsu cracked her knuckles as she moved forward, watching the hornets hone in on her and sail at her face.

"Getsu-onee, no!" Shippo called.

A wall of blue wolf fire formed infront of the Okami-Daiyokai, burning the insects alive on contact.

"Your wolf fire is certainly stronger than it once was a few centuries ago." Sesshomaru declared.

Getsu met his gold eyes and widened her own a little as she saw there was something like repentance flashing in his stare; the out-of-character light faded instantly and was replaced with his usual stoicness. She bristled and stayed silent, folding her arms.

"Hey, get back, wolf! Blades of Blood!" InuYasha swung his hand out as four jets of red energy sailed at the Inu-Daiyokai, forcing her to leap away.

Her inner demon whined and growled in her ears as it longed to be with him once again; she sent a thundering snarl at it, quieting the beast to mere grumblings that came as a low hum in her ears.

"You owe me big for this, Miroku…" InuYasha grumbled as he dragged the monk away to hide.

"I will end this once and for all," Sesshomaru promised quietly as he walked after their fleeing form.

Getsu grabbed his arm wielding the Tetsusaiga from behind, latching onto him. "Don't do it, Sesshomaru! He's just a human! And InuYasha…" She began sharply.

"Getsu, get off me." He tried to shake her off.

"I won't! Whether you like it or not, InuYasha is your brother! You don't need to do this…!" She cried.

Sesshomaru glared into her stubborn silver eyes, looking away as his aura pulsed. "I told you to get away." His aura fluctuated wildly, forcing her to release him and fly back as he continued onward.

"No, Sesshomaru!" Getsu shouted, perking up as Korihime held her back from trying to intervene. "Run, you fool! InuYasha!" She exclaimed fearfully.

Sesshomaru swung the fang down, destroying the hiding place they were hiding at in a single stroke.

InuYasha was the first to scramble out of the demolished trees they'd hidden in, leaping at him; they commenced their fighting again, a slight relief to her.

"Getsu, we need to get out of the crossfire; there's no telling how much more dangerous this could get." Korihime declared, helping her to her feet.

Getsu nodded, keeping her eye on InuYasha as he blocked his strikes with the sheath of Tetsusaiga; the sheath must have some sort of barrier on it for him to be able to use it for defense, she thought.

"Korihime, can I borrow these?" Kagome asked as she came forward to the blue-haired yokai.

"Yeah," she nodded, handing her the long bow and an arrow, watching her poise the arrow and aim at the Tetsusaiga.

Getsu perked up as Sesshomaru had knocked the scabbard from his brother's hands, lifting Tetsusaiga high for a death blow. "No!" She barked.

Kagome fired the arrow; it sailed at the fang, piercing the barrier around the blade and making it transform back into a rusty old katana.
Her eyes widened slightly.

"Kagome, you did it!" Korihime beamed, smiling at the girl, watching her lift the bow again and take another arrow.
"Sesshomaru, drop the sword or the next arrow is going in your heart!" Kagome threatened, gripping the bow tightly.

Getsu perked up. "Kagome, don't! His arm, it's…"

"Stay out of this, Getsu." Sesshomaru ordered sharply, making her wince.
"You keep your mouth shut, you overgrown dog! I'm not finished with you." She snarled, baring her teeth at him.

He had a vague feeling that he was going to be doing a lot of explaining once this was over.

"Say goodbye to your shard!" She fired again; the arrow missed as he sidestepped it, claws drawn as he flew at her.
"No!" Korihime and Getsu shouted in chorus.

"Keep your claws away from her!" InuYasha diverted him, swinging his own claws at him and sending the same four jets of energy at his face, nicking his right cheek as he leaped away.

"InuYasha," Kagome began in relief.

"Idiot half-breed, that was too close!" Korihime berated as the aforementioned hanyou landed infront of the two girls.

"Shut yer mouth, fluff-ball!" InuYasha snapped.

Getsu sighed in relief, perking up as Sesshomaru landed nimbly several hundred yards away from where she stood.
"You're worse than me when it comes to a battle," she thought aloud under her breath.

So apparently Tetsusaiga has rejected me as its wielder, given that an arrow shot by a mortal girl reversed the transformation, he thought, looking at the dingy form of Tetsusaiga.

"Korihime, let me borrow a couple of more arrows; I'll return the bow to you, honest!" Kagome declared as she took two more arrows from her quiver and hurried to take the shard in his new arm.
She nodded, watching her tend to the monk before the two brothers started fighting again; she fired another arrow, destroying the curved shoulder guard of his armor and making it break.

"You did it!" Shippo praised.

This is the last one; let's hope it hits! Kagome thought, firing the last arrow she borrowed from the wolf demon.

Sesshomaru caught it between his right index and middle finger, the poison in his claws melting the arrow instantly.

"Getsu if it's all the same to you, I'm going to brain him for destroying one of my arrows." Korihime declared annoyedly as she joined her sister in standing on the sidelines.

"Fair enough, we'll tag-team." Getsu nodded.

"And now I shall put an end to your interference!" He swung the fang at the girl.

"KAGOME!" Korihime shouted as Getsu sprinted to save the girl in time.

His gold eyes widened slightly at her recklessness. "Getsu!" He barked.

"Look out!" The kitsune exclaimed.

"Divine Barricade!" Getsu lifted the fang horizontally when she reached the girl before the blast could; a pale blue barrier formed quickly infront of the two females to prevent the blast from making direct contact.

"Getsu," he breathed quietly in surprise. Her Mangetsuga, since when can it put up a barrier? He wondered, ears perking as the blast broke past the barrier and sent the two girls flying. "Getsu!"

"Kagome!" InuYasha shouted as he sprinted forward.

Her head was spinning; she grunted and sat up a little, rubbing her head and looking at the discarded katana lying on the ground a few feet away. "Kagome," she looked at the girl to see she was unconscious; she listened for her heart and sighed in relief. "Thank God," she muttered, gingerly getting to her feet and picking up her katana from the ground.

"Kagome!" The hanyou skidded to a halt next to the girl, looking up at the wolf demon and bristling. "Hey," he growled, perking her ears.

She looked at him. "What is it?"

He huffed, "your name's Getsu, right?" She nodded; his gold eyes looked like they softened slightly in gratitude. "Thanks for doing what you did." He said quietly.

She blinked and then nodded. "Mates stick together; you would do well to remember that, dog boy, for her sake." She declared in the same tone, smirking a little before she walked away, sheathing her katana with a quiet 'clink' when the silver blade was sheathed in the black scabbard.

Sesshomaru sent her a stony look when she glanced his way; she bristled and flashed her teeth defensively, stiff-leggedly passing by him to see her sister, her tail poised in mid-air.

'It would be wise for you to apologize before you lose her completely.' His inner demon growled inside his head.

He inwardly scoffed. Don't you think I know that? He snapped, lifting the sword at the huddled group of his little brother and his comrades. "Girls, I suggest you stay out of the blast zone." He advised, preparing to deal a death blow.

"Sesshomaru, don't!" Korihime shouted alertly as InuYasha flew at him.

He stabbed into his back with his claws, making his little brother cry out in pain.

"InuYasha!" Getsu barked, making to run forward.

"Onee-chan!" She barked alertly.

InuYasha yanked the fake arm off, grabbing the Tetsusaiga and tossing the arm aside as Sesshomaru leaped away, making the Okami-Daiyokai skid to a halt as both she and her sister's eyes widened slightly in awe.

"The arm," Getsu began softly.

InuYasha grunted and kneeled on one leg, gripping the handle of the fang tightly.
"His consciousness; InuYasha," Korihime began to go to his side.

"Stay away from him, Korihime." Sesshomaru ordered, perking her ears.

"But…" She began, quieting at the stony look in his gold eyes; she reluctantly obeyed and remained where she was.

"It'd be wise for us to leave now, the Tetsusaiga is beyond my reach. Girls." He declared, beginning to take off into the night.

She spirited after him, her sister flanking her.

She looked over her shoulder at the group, frowning softly before she looked away.

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She perked her ears as both master and servant returned to where they had left Ah-Un.

"Jaken, can I borrow your staff for a second?" She asked sweetly, taking the staff from the imp and measuring its weight in her hands before a strange glint appeared in her blue eyes as she looked at her brother-in-law.

"YOU IDIOT DOG!"

THWACK.

THWACK.

THWACK.

The imp balked as he was handed the staff back.

"You've got a hell of a lot of nerve to ruin one of my arrows that way! You're lucky she's upset otherwise she'd have beaten you into a friggin' coma!" She scolded angrily as he ignored the throbbing pain coming from the three large bumps on his head.

He looked slightly apologetic, his gold eyes sharpening at the mention of his mate. "Where is she?" He asked quietly, slightly surprising his sister-in-law.

Her blue eyes saddened and she looked over her shoulder at the trees, particularly at a tall oak several hundred yards away. "Over there." She replied in the same tone.

He nodded and dipped his head once in apology before he walked away from them. Leave it to her to be hiding out in a tree of all places, he thought with an inward sigh.

She sighed and reached to pet the head of Un gently, scritching the bridge of his muzzle. You'd better do something about this, Sesshomaru, before she's gone for good, she thought.

"May I join you?"

She blinked at the sound of his voice, looking down at the foot of the tree to see him staring up at her with his familiar gold eyes. "Go away, dog. I'm still mad at you." She huffed.

He sighed. Of course she would reply this way, he thought, the muscles in his legs tensing for a spring before he leaped up to her branch she was perched on.

So much for being chivalrous.

She bristled visibly and bared her teeth at him as he landed on the branch, claws sharpening. "I said 'go away'!" She made to smack him again.

He grabbed her wrist in time, slightly surprising her; his gold eyes were hard. "We need to talk." He stated calmly.

She glowered into his gold stare, being met with a surge of dominance and thinning patience; she growled under her breath in reluctant defeat, backing down but maintaining the angered bristle. "I don't want to talk with you." She ground out between her teeth.

"I figured as much… And I know I have a lot of explaining to do."

She huffed at that, feeling his hand squeeze gently on her wrist. "But first and foremost, I apologize."
Her ears twitched.
"I apologize for what I did and not listening to you, as well as being… what's the term again? 'A jackass-bastard', to you." He declared, his voice quieted by the time he was finished talking, dropping her wrist at last and watching it slip back inside the sleeve of her kimono.

She fell silent, lowering her gaze as a soft breeze stole past them through the darkness of the tree. "Your pride sounds like it's whining from taking such a blow." She mumbled at last after several minutes of silence.

His face softened in relief at hearing her speak at last. "I would imagine it is, but it doesn't matter right now." He saw her silver eyes lift to meet his gold with something like surprise and confusion in her stare. "W… what you said last night, about not wanting to be mates… Did you mean it?" He lowered his gaze this time, seeing her wince slightly before his gaze lowered.

She felt like an idiot for telling him that; her inner beast whined again as it wanted to be with him again. A quiet exhale escaped her.

He felt her lift his chin up, slightly surprising him, before his gold eyes stared into her softened silver stare.

"Getsu," he began before he was silenced when her lips pressed themselves onto his softly; he closed his eyes and felt her arms fold over his shoulders as he held her chin gently and deepened the kiss, leaning forward and pressing her back into the tree trunk behind her, the bark lightly pressing into her back.

She moaned softly and buried her fingers in his silver hair, feeling him cage her to the tree, hearing his claws dig into the bark, as his kiss turned hungry and needing.

He groaned as it felt like centuries since he'd held her or kissed her usually-pouting lips he wiped the pout off of, sinking down a little onto her lithe body and feeling her right leg rest against his pelvic bone, her tail tucked and curled between her legs in reverence for his dominant gestures.

Getsu ran her claws gently down his neck, hearing him growl softly, combing through his long hair with her free hand's claws, blushing as she could almost feel him throb against her leg pressed close enough to hurt his groin.

Sesshomaru opened his eyes stiffly, the rims of his eyes tinted red in that familiar dominant way, looking down at her as she stroked the cheek InuYasha had nicked, the cut almost gone from his skin; the red tint faded and his eyes looked like melted gold.

"Don't leave my side." He requested softly, perking her ears.

Her eyes widened in surprise. "Sesshomaru," she whispered, shocked that he had said that; was the almighty Sesshomaru asking her to stay with him? Her eyes softened and she nodded. "Not even until the end." She replied in the same tone.

He smiled a little, kissing her. "And then some." He amended.

She bumped foreheads when he pulled back, hugging his neck. "I'm sorry I hurt you, with what I said… and the slap." She looked sheepish.

He shrugged, sitting up and letting her sit straight. "I suppose I deserved the slap; I insulted your father's memory in saying what I said." He replied.

Getsu smiled bitterly, ears twitching as she remembered his arm, looking at him. "You got rid of the arm; Naraku's stink isn't around, so I imagine you also got rid of the Saimyosho." She pointed out.

"I did, yes." Sesshomaru nodded, his lip curling at the memory. "He just wanted to use me to destroy InuYasha… That vile shit." He grumbled.

She nodded, leaning in to kiss his nose; he blinked and then wrinkled it, making her laugh.

He smiled in reluctant defeat, sighing and lifting a hand to rub the back of his head. "Remind me to never make Korihime angry… She beat me three times with the Staff of Two Heads and it hurt like some fresh hell." He mused.

She snickered and ignored the pouting face he made, laughing again. "I can imagine. Kori… well, she's usually calm but if you piss her off she can be pretty scary. I guess you found out the hard way." She amended, smirking.

Karma really is a bitch.

"Don't patronize me," Sesshomaru growled.

Getsu smiled cheekily. "I have no idea what you're talking about…" She squeaked when he pinned her to the tree again, caging her to the rough bark that dug into her back, his lips hovering over hers as his eyes glinted red.

"Sarcasm will only get you so far, my princess." He remarked softly, his voice almost a dark purr, a sign she knew his inner demon was doing the talking, his teeth nibbling on her lower lip and tugging softly before he kissed a trail down to her neck.

"S-shut up, you arrogant oversized… Ah!" She moaned softly when he grinded his hips against hers, a soft whimper uttered as her tail curled again and she spread her legs obediently.

He heard no more complaints from his wolf princess for the rest of the night.

A/N: a chap well done, i would think, no?

and just a little tidbit, i was listening to 'Keep the Streets Empty for Me' by Fever Ray and 'Stripped' by Shiny Toy Guns for the last paragraph, therein fueling the smut-hinting xD anyway, you guys know the drill. see ya!