A/N: sorry for the technical cliffhanger last chap, this chap also leaves off on a cliffhanger only because there's a couple of action scenes in the following chap after this so just a head's up. also, i'm surprised i managed to get this fic to at least sixteen chaps! anywho, enough rambling. enjoy the chap!

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

Chapter 16: Moons: Heave the Silver

"Oh there they are." Korihime deadpanned.

So casual, the hanyou sweatdropped, shooting the wolf yokai a look which she blissfully ignored.

"Who is that?" The fourth woman present asked warily.

"InuYasha's older brother." Miroku answered grimly.

Korihime exhaled, "you mentioned he commissioned this old man to forge a sword? Geez, he's as persistent as ever… I still wonder what it is my sister sees in him." She grumbled with a shake of her head.

"InuYasha, why have you conspired with Totosai to plot against me?" Sesshomaru wondered of his little brother, glancing at the cowering welder behind the half-breed.

"Because you happen to be evil incarnate!" Totosai yelped.

'Evil incarnate…?' Sesshomaru inwardly repeated; his inner beast huffed proudly at the unofficial title.

Getsu deadpanned, "strong words comin' from an old sod like him." She muttered.

Korihime couldn't help but giggle. "Aww he likes you!" She teased, earning a look from InuYasha, Totosai, and Sesshomaru.

How is that a way of saying he likes him…? The priestess wondered, sweatdropping.

"Totosai, it sounds like you're ready for an early retirement… into your grave." Sesshomaru growled, making the already-cowering welder yelp that he would forge the sword once he killed InuYasha off.

"Oi whose side are you on, ya old geezer!?" Getsu, Korihime and InuYasha barked in chorus.

"Did you hear that, InuYasha? He's going to forge a sword for me once I kill you." He declared in an out-of-character jovial tone as he hopped off the dragon's back and handed the reins to his companion.

"Take cover, Kagome!" The monk barked as the priestess, kit, welder and wolf demon hurried out of the way of the oncoming Inu-Daiyokai.

"Sesshomaru…!" She began as he leaped down at his brother; she sighed patiently and slapped her forehead. "Good grief, and you wonder why he called you 'evil incarnate'… Idiot dog." She grumbled, steering the dragon to the left side to be out of the line of fire as the brothers began duking it out again.

"When are they ever going to learn…? It's a wonder neither Getsu or me were born as boys, we'd prolly be just as bull-headed." Korihime grumbled from her place standing by the tree, holding a slightly spooked kitsune in her arms.

Sesshomaru finally decked InuYasha across the cheek, sending him sprawling back.

"I told you his fighting style was atrocious." Getsu sighed, tossing the reins to the imp before leaping down and landing nimbly on one foot by the huddled group of humans plus kitsune, twin-tailed cat demon and her sister.

"Onee-chan," she smiled slightly.

"Getsu-onee!" Shippo leaped into her arms, making the Okami-Daiyokai laugh lightly and hold him.

"If those two morons ever settle their differences, I'm gonna have to insist I train InuYasha to fight better. His fighting style is worse than mine used to be when I was a cub." The aforementioned she-wolf declared patiently as the kitsune scrambled to hold onto her left shoulder, folding her arms in the sleeves of her kimono top.

"So I would imagine you can fight fairly well for a female demon," the fourth woman present noted aloud, making her ears twitch.

She met her brown eyes and nodded, shrugging. "My father trained both myself and my sister to be able to fight firstly by hand-to-hand combat when we were young, so at this point it comes natural to us. You're new, I see, and judging by your weapon I can tell you're also a demon slayer; what's your name?" She lifted a brow.

She nodded back, smiling a little at seeing that these two demons meant no harm, as well as already being familiar with her new traveling group. "Sango, and this is Kirara." She replied, looking down at the twin-tailed neko in her arms.

The neko mewed and shuffled out of her arms to hop at the younger sister, nuzzling and making small purring noises as she rubbed against her cheek, making her laugh.

"Nice to meet you; that's Korihime and I'm Getsu." She smiled lightly at the friendly neko and her master, looking over at the two brothers and sighing, dipping her head patiently. "I must apologize for the… family visit. Sesshomaru's been on a mission to get stronger for the last century or so, so naturally he's wanted the Tetsusaiga InuYasha has been bestowed with from their father. You'll have to forgive him." She laughed weakly and rubbed her neck.

"So I take it you two patched things up after last time?" Miroku wondered, perking her ears.

Getsu nodded and smiled sheepishly. "Yeah, we're good. He's just… well, bull-headed. Not unlike his little brother." She replied with an innocent shrug.

"I heard that." Sesshomaru declared over his shoulder without turning to her, making her cringe.

Korihime snickered and smiled as Kirara settled onto her right shoulder. "Don't get huffy over there, ice king." She quipped as her sister blushed and stuck her tongue out at him.

"Well Totosai don't you feel sorry for Tetsusaiga? It's a shame to see all your hard work go to waste when seeing InuYasha swing it around like a Neanderthal with a wooden club." Sesshomaru turned to the welder next. "The sword can live or die, depending on its master."

"I must agree," Totosai nodded after receiving a beating from the priestess as she hit him with his hammer.

"Don't give me that, swordsmith, otherwise you'll really have something to be worried about!" InuYasha threatened. "I'm only warming up; you'll be shocked to see the power I really got!" He swung the large fang at his brother, the latter bobbing and weaving effortlessly around his clumsy swings.

"Yeah he had it right on the nose; but he's acting more like an oni swinging a spiked club." Korihime sighed.

Sesshomaru finally lunged and caught his wrist, the poison burning into his skin. "Well, Totosai, do you still refuse to forge a sword for me?" He asked.

"Hm… no way!" Totosai declined as he leaped overhead and spouted out a beam of fire.

Sesshomaru leaped out of the way as InuYasha got the brunt of the attack; both sisters deadpanned as their leader landed nimbly on the other side of the small firewall. "So you honestly refuse?" He called.

"Keep quiet you ungrateful mongrel! You know as well as I do that I already forged for you an excellent sword! The sword of Heaven, the Tensaiga!" Totosai barked, pointing an accusing finger at him.

'Sword of Heaven..?' Getsu inwardly repeated, making a mental note to ask him about it later.

"So you dare imply that this useless sword is meant for me?" Sesshomaru drawled, bristling as his aura pulsed around him.

"Ahah I've made you angry, have I? Time to take our leave!" The welder leaped overhead and slammed his hammer down on the ground, making it erupt in fire and resemble the ground where his home was.

"Kori, stay with InuYasha; we'll most likely meet again so when we do regroup with Sesshomaru and me." Getsu instructed, perking her ears.

Korihime nodded, smiling at her. "You got it; see you then." She waved as her sister winked before she spirited to her mate's side.

"Sesshomaru," Getsu landed nimbly next to him.

Sesshomaru nodded to her, taking her hand. "Let's go; there's no reason to stay since they escaped." He declared, leaping into the sky as they disappeared from sight.

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"So did she finally turn on you?" He wondered.

She sighed, "No, she went to ask Kagome something; she'll find us." She looked at the fang on his hip, tilting her head to one side. "So your Tensaiga…" She began.

His gold eyes lowered to the katana he deemed useless, looking up at her. "What of it? You heard what that swordsmith said." He replied.

Getsu nodded and gestured he let her see it, taking the fang from his hand and drawing the blade from the black scabbard, tilting the blade up to see her reflection in the front of it.
"Totosai did a good job welding this blade, given that it was forged from your father's fang." She said thoughtfully, sparing her reflection one last glance before she sheathed the katana and handed it back to him.

Sesshomaru slipped it back beneath his sash, huffing quietly. "I still do not see why he left me such a useless thing; if it doesn't cut then I can't use it." He grumbled.

She rolled her eyes and sighed, slipping her katana from her waist to lift it up a little, admiring the teal fabric on the hilt. "Just because the sword is considered useless because it can't cut down your enemy doesn't mean it isn't useful in some other aspect." She chided.

He cocked a brow at her words, seeing her admire her own heirloom fang. "I must admit I envy you for having been bestowed with a powerful sword, compared to the Tensaiga." He mused quietly.

Getsu blinked before she smiled slightly, slipping the katana back in place at her left hip. "It'll be the sword you want it to be, one day; you'll see." She promised in a quiet voice, looking away and at the fog surrounding them as they passed through a marsh.

Sesshomaru blinked at her words and huffed quietly, taking her hand and squeezing. "Since when did you have such faith in a man you once called a 'lecherous-jackass-bastard'?" He wondered with a hint of amusement in his voice.

She blushed and then shrugged, lifting her free hand to rub the back of her neck. "Since you stopped being those things. Everything that's happened up until this point has made you stronger than you were when we first met, as it's done the same to me and Korihime. I know one day when this is all over, we're going to see a bright new dawn." She mused quietly, smiling with a wistful look in her silver orbs.

He nodded, slightly awed by her faith in being able to see a bright day sometime in the future, his gold eyes softening as he lifted the hand holding hers to fold over her shoulders and squeeze gently. "Your antics and faith in things cease to amaze me sometimes." He mused.

Getsu blushed slightly and chuckled, smirking softly. "Maybe Kori and I beat you a little too hard the other day," she giggled.

Sesshomaru made a face similar to a pout, seeing her laugh. "Shush," he grumbled in defeat.

"Milord, so what kind of power does your heirloom fang have? Considering it was forged from one of your father's fangs, it must be really powerful!" Jaken asked, making both daiyokai's ears twitch.

"Do you want to know, Jaken?" He wondered, sliding his arm from around her shoulders.

She blinked as she could hear a strange tone in his voice that sort of made her on edge, hearing the imp ramble and trip over his words before he drew the sword and swung it at the imp, slightly surprising her.

"I know he's annoying and all, but I don't think that was necessary…" She mused, ears twitching as she watched a violet glow come from the place he'd struck the imp, tilting her head to one side.

He smirked slightly. "Get up, Jaken; you're fine." He declared, slightly baffling her.

The imp blinked before he scrambled to his feet.

"Ah that's what you meant. Interesting." She said thoughtfully, tapping her chin with a knuckle.
"Exactly; this useless Tensaiga can't kill." Sesshomaru grumbled as he returned the sword to its scabbard.

Getsu began to open her mouth to rebut before a bright glow came from the water near them, making her ears twitch again.

A roar sounded as a large green dragon rose up from the murky depths of the water, red eyes glowering down at the trio.
"A dragon!" Jaken squeaked as he scrambled to hide behind the two daiyokai.

"Honestly," she sighed and prepared to draw her katana before it swung its coiling tail at where they stood; they leaped out of the way in time before she flew up at the dragon. "Leave it to an overgrown pest like you to ruin my day!" A torrent of blue fire screamed at the serpentine beast, a second torrent of the same fire lashing out.

The dragon roared in pain before it split apart in four pieces, the pieces dropping down into the water.

She landed nimbly on the strip of land, flexing her claws absently and spitting over her shoulder at the dead beast, sniffing. "He was too easy." She sighed, folding her arms in the sleeves of her kimono.

"Quick reflexes," he praised, walking past her to crouch and take one of the arms from the dragon, yanking it off the corpse and holding it aloft. "This dragon has given me a gift, so that I may claim what is rightfully mine." He mused.

"Tetsusaiga," she guessed quietly, frowning a little.

Korihime sweatdropped as the welder turned tail and ran. "That doesn't surprise me… He kinda smells like a coward, even though he's got a mouth on him." She muttered, sighing and folding her arms as she sidled up to Kagome's side, Shippo on her head.

But still, from what he said about the requirements for someone to wield Tensaiga… So far, Sesshomaru doesn't have those qualities. I mean, sure, he's kinder to onee-chan because they're mates, and he's nice to me because he's my brother-in-law, but other than that… She sighed again.

The sound of clattering hooves sounded behind them, making her ears twitch as her sister's scent wafted into the air; she turned about sharply, eyes wide. "Getsu-onee," she declared, making the rest of the group turn about as well to see Totosai rushing forward at them, leaving a cloud of dust in his wake.

A familiar ball of energy chased the three-eyed cow he rode, crashing into the ground and sending both welder and cow flying forward.

Sesshomaru stood there, claws drawn after having lashed out at the cow and missing, Getsu behind him.

"Sesshomaru!" InuYasha spat his name angrily.

"Getsu," Korihime smiled, meeting her sister's silver eyes as she stepped away from her mate.

Getsu winked at her and smiled back.

A/N: yes i know, cliffhanger. maybe i'm getting too good at writing those.. /sighs
anyway, so if you're wondering why i had the girls split up between Sesshomaru and InuYasha is because i felt Korihime could relate more to the humans of InuYasha's pack (as well as him, considering they're both the babies of their families) and Getsu... well, Getsu and Sesshomaru is almost like peanut butter and jelly. ;') just figured i would put that out.

other than that, i'm almost literally dying to write up the Kanketsu-hen (Final Act) take for this fic. having an imaginative mind, i listen to music on my iPod and it's cool and ironic that sometimes i come up with little fight scenes in my head that i either exorcise by drawing them out (which sometimes they come out looking like shit compared to how they looked in my mind) or writing them out (which works much better than drawing them out).

ahah forgive my rambling. until next chap, see ya! and please review! xD