A/N: not much to put, so just enjoy the chap! ;D

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

Chapter 20: Moths Chasing Cats Chasing Goblins

"So why did you decide to pull me off babysitting duty?" She wondered as she walked beside her sister, bow and quiver slung over her right shoulder casually as her blue eyes held curiosity as well as confusion.

She came to a halt short of the first breaking of the trees that gave way to a dried up valley, looking at her and smiling. "I need backup. Besides, we've both been dying for a fight, you know as well as I." She explained.

She huffed and then smirked widely, nodding. "Sounds like a brilliant excuse to tell fluffy." She mused lightly.

Seeing as they were moreso lenient towards his little brother than he was, Sesshomaru had sent both Korihime and Getsu to scout the area for any sign of said hanyou and his friends.

And considering both sisters had keener noses compared to his own, they were already closing in on the location of his brother.

Getsu felt a breeze blow past them as they looked out at the valley that led to a desolate-looking village; her ears twitched as she could catch the scent of the girls and kitsune and neko, and judging by their location, she had to guess they were in the village.

But something was off, especially regarding the two males of the group; she bristled slightly.

"Kori, get ready. There's something wrong here." She mused quietly.

Korihime nodded as she sniffed the air and her lip curled. "You're right, and it smells like a moth demon. Let's go." She took off towards the village at a sprint.
Getsu flew after her until they were side-by-side.

Would InuYasha have controlled his demon blood by this point? Did he manage to get any stronger? And furthermore, why did something feel off about his current whereabouts?

They reached the outskirts of the village, at this point slightly on edge beneath the surface even though they kept a blank-faced façade ontop of the slightly paranoid feeling both sisters harbored.

The stink of jeering and partying men registered soon, making the girls reach for their respective choice of weaponry, Korihime an arrow for her bow and Getsu the hilt of her Mangetsuga.

Kagome, Sango, Shippo, and Kirara's scents were mixed in with the stink of the men, bandits if they had to guess, further fueling the off feeling the sisters had about the situation.

Korihime saw her sister nod slightly before she aimed the arrow at a distracted bandit's forehead as he was busy talking to another bandit at his left, her nose once again being assailed with the stink of moth demon: she fired.

The target fell back-first onto the ground, baffling his companions, before they registered the arrow that had been shot at his forehead, having hit him right between the eyes.

The priestess and demon slayer perked up in surprise at the sight, both girls looking past the throng of bandits to the perpetrator.

"Oops! I seem to have missed; I was aiming for the cross-dressing bastard to his right. Damn my aim is horrid!" The cobalt-haired princess sighed dramatically as she and her sister walked forward boldly, the latter's katana hanging calmly at her right side.

"Oi, boss, what should we do with these two? They're both really pretty!" One of the bandits asked hopefully, looking at said 'boss', a demon with wavy brown hair tied in a ponytail and wearing a violet coat over his dark garb with red lipstick on his mouth.

The moth demon let his eyes roll down one she-wolf's body to the second one before he seemed to hum in satisfaction at deeming them beautiful. "Bring them to me; I'll eat them first before these two lovely creatures." He ordered smoothly.

"Kori, take the bandits; I've got Mr. Girly-Man," she whispered, seeing her nod and wink before her sister lunged at the nearest man, the toe of her right boot catching on his throat and sending him flying; she leaped out of the ensuing fray to lung at the moth demon.

A loud 'klang' rang out as her katana's blade met the handle of a large hammer he bared defensively, a sneer on his lips that was meant to bring some emotion into her emotionless pretty face.

"You move quick, I had been wondering if you weren't going to scream like a girl and cower behind your friends." She mused lowly, shoving her weight against the blade until he forced her away; she flicked her wrist and glared at him with steely silver eyes. "Lesser demon kind like you make me sick." She spat at him as he straightened his posture.

He laughed blackly, gripping the handle of the large hammer in one hand. "Cruel words coming from a beautiful wolf demon like yourself. Tell me, what name shall I remember before I devour your body and demonic powers?" His beady eyes glinted malevolently.

She bared her teeth defensively, swinging her blade from the right sharply; a wide jet of violet energy screamed at him, sending him flying. "Getsu, Lady of the West and Okami-Daiyokai of the Western Wolf Clan." She introduced frostily, watching him stiffly get to his feet, her aura pulsating until it looked lilac as it emanated around her petite form. "And do I get to know the name of the disgusting insect I'm going to kill?" She wondered as she flicked her wrist to the side before holding onto the hilt with both hands.

"Forgive my manners, my lady! I am Gatenmaru." He grunted and slammed the hammer down on the ground, making a large fissure erupt and sail at her.

She leaped out of the way, huffing and sheathing her katana. "Oh, you're serious!" She drawled, dropping down onto the ground and swinging her fist out at him, sending a torrent of blue fire at his chest.

Gatenmaru dodged and then snarled as he leaped at her, hammer swinging; she bobbed and weaved around his blows, placing a hand on the blunt side of the hammer and propelling herself forward, right foot on fire as it crashed right into his left jaw, nearly twisting his neck as he was sent sprawling back from her sharp kick.

Getsu snarled and bared her teeth as she cracked her knuckles, her aura still visible and the same lilac color as it flowed around her petite form. "Is that all you got? But then again, what can I expect from a vulgar insect demon I should've crushed on first sight?" She sneered frostily.

He spat out a tooth from the blow she'd delivered, glaring at her with renewed anger. "You stupid whore, you ruined my face!" He snarled as he opened his mouth wide and shot a thick string of webbing at her.

She hopped out of the way, sprinting for him and continuing to dodge the web-shots with ease, skidding into the ground briefly to send another torrent of blue fire at him, watching the fire divert his attention from trying to entrap her in the webbing; she grunted and hopped into the air to give herself a better shot, her left fist crashing into his nose and sending blood gushing out from the broken nasal cavity.

He tried to grapple for her wrist before she slipped away and hopped back to land nimbly on her feet, groaning and snarling curses in pain.

She panted, bristling like mad despite the physical exertion on her body, lifting a hand up to gesture he come at her.

He wiped the blood from his nose, his own aura pulsing until he shot a large and thicker stream of webbing at her; she leaped out of the way, twisting and weaving around the various web-shots that seemed to be deadlier than before, sending bouts of fire at him to which he either dodged or blocked with his hammer.

Getsu grunted and lunged when she thought she had an opening, right fist extended to crash into his chin; one of the web-shots caught her wrist, surprising her before she growled in pain at the stinging feeling of the poison that seeped into her skin from the rendered-flimsy fabric of her black wrist guard. She drew back, making the webbing stretch like rubber, a second growl uttered between her fangs in disgust.

Gatenmaru cackled as he spun the direct line of the webbing between the fingers of his right hand like a cat's cradle string, drawing closer to the struggling she-wolf. "You put up a good fight, my lady. But I'm afraid the fight will have to be drawn to a close here and now. Farewell." He sneered as he yanked on the webbing to bring her closer.

Her inner demon snarled in her ears as she fought the pain and tried to yank free, the poison digging deeper into her flesh like a hot knife. "Go to hell." Her left hand was aflame as it severed the webbing and set her free; she drew back, ignoring the pain radiating up and down her right arm, feeling the flesh begin to regenerate. "And rot!" Her right foot lifted high to send a spout of blue fire at his face, sending him flying.

A loud snarl sounded behind her, making her look over her shoulder to see her sister yanking the sharp end of a dagger out of her right shoulder, blood trickling down her arm from the wound.

The unfortunate bandit that had knifed her roared a battle cry as he flew at her when he thought she was distracted; a wave of ice screamed at him, freezing him on contact and surprising the group she had been protecting.

She cracked her knuckles and huffed, smirking. "My name doesn't mean 'Ice Princess' for no damn reason. She mused; she looked back at her sister and winked, the smirk remaining.

Gatenmaru roared as he flew at the distracted daiyokai.

"Onee-chan, look out!" Korihime shouted.

The sound of someone ripping through webbing made the enraged demon skid to a halt as both sisters looked at the cocoon of moth webbing held between two dead trees as a pale pink light shone out from the web's encasing.

The stink of transformed-hanyou blood assailed their noses.

"InuYasha." Getsu whispered.

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Korihime stood with her arms out infront of the humans, baring her teeth at him and bristling.

InuYasha thundered a snarl at the insolent female, blood-stained claws bared like his teeth.

"Korihime, get away from him!" Sango barked.

"I know you can hear me, you idiot mutt. Snap out of it or I'm going to beat you into your own grave." She threatened coldly, ignoring the demon slayer's words.

"InuYasha, take the Tetsusaiga; return to your old self!" Kagome cried as she hurried closer.

"Kagome stay away!" Korihime snapped at her, shooting her a look.

His familiar scent blew in the soft breeze that came in, making both yokai sisters perk up; the hanyou snapped to, growling and hopping away from the female, landing crouched on his heels as he snarled at the approaching Inu-Daiyokai.

"Sesshomaru." Getsu sighed in relief.

"Korihime, move away from him. Now." Sesshomaru ordered sharply of his sister-in-law.

Korihime looked at him and obeyed, quietly slinking to stand beside her sister, slightly relieved that he had arrived but at the same time she felt worried for the half-breed she had befriended.

He took one look at the carnage and destruction his little brother had caused and then looked at him as he straightened stiff-leggedly; he huffed. "You're nothing more than a murderous demon." He mused.

'You will stay out of the way this time, won't you?' He'd requested of her what felt like hours ago.
She'd nodded reluctantly, meeting his gold eyes. 'Yeah.'

"Come after me, InuYasha; I wish to fight you transformed into the blood-soaked dog that you currently are." Sesshomaru beckoned coolly.

InuYasha cracked his knuckles and bared his teeth before he snarled and lunged at him, taking the bait.

He drew the new sword Tokijin, extending it at the sailing hanyou; the sheer aura of the sword repelled him, seeming to put up a barrier against its wielder's enemy.

"InuYasha, don't do it, Tokijin can slay you with just the aura itself! Please!" Korihime shouted fearfully.

He snarled again and deflected the blade with a sharp fist, surprising his brother as well as the others gathered there.

"He hit it with his fist?" Shippo balked.

"You're such a damn fool!" Getsu barked.

Blood flew from the various nicks the aura had left on his bare fist and forearm; he swiped at the footing of his brother, making him dodge and leap to land on the opposite end of him.

"That was foolish." He growled, extending the Tokijin again as the hanyou growled and flew at him; the aura once again repelled him and sent more of his blood into the air.

"Sesshomaru, stop it! Please, you're going to kill him!" Korihime cried, pleading with her brother-in-law to stop his onslaught of the half-breed. "Sesshomaru!"

Sesshomaru dodged and weaved around the swipes meant for his face or jugular, finally leaping overhead and landing in the same place he'd started at, his attacker landing opposite him. "Now I understand, little brother. Know your place!"
He lifted the Tokijin high as the hanyou flew at him from the sky. "A half-breed should act like one." He thundered, the aura of Tokijin connecting with his little brother's body and repelling him once more as a blinding light came from the impact.

"INUYASHA!" Korihime shrieked as Getsu held her back by her arms, shutting her eyes tight against the surge of light as her sister mirrored her and shut her eyes tightly.

The light faded with a loud cry of pain from the hanyou that was sent flying back, dust flying in his wake as he fell.

"InuYasha!" Kagome hurried to his side clutching the Tetsusaiga tight; Korihime scrambled away from her sister to rush to his aid as her brother-in-law walked forward to end the struggle.

Korihime skidded to a halt a few feet infront of the hanyou and girl that kneeled at his side, extending her arms out and glaring sternly at his gold eyes, gritting her teeth as tears threatened to fall down her face. "Enough, Sesshomaru." Her voice was a cold growl, slightly surprising him.

His gaze sharpened as he almost took a step back: angered and on the verge of tears, Korihime looked exactly like Getsu, except that her hair was bluish-looking and she had the silver star on her right cheek instead of the violet crescent on her left cheek.

Miroku and Sango rushed in to also block him, reminding him of a pack of wolves defending their leader.

Sesshomaru spared his mate a glance; she looked on at the scene with her arms folded across her chest, her face blank. He looked at the priestess beyond the angered and defensive stare of his sister-in-law. "If you want him to stop, use the Tetsusaiga to reverse the transformation; otherwise he'll keep changing and his demon blood will overcome his soul." He informed, surprising both females.

I thought he was going to kill him… But he wanted to tell Kagome this to help InuYasha? She thought in confusion.
"Sesshomaru…" A wry smile formed on her lips and she nodded. "Thank you, Sesshomaru."

He nodded. "Hn." He glanced over at her sister before meeting her eyes. "If you wish to stay with him, it's up to you. Getsu nor myself can dictate your actions, Kori." He saw surprise register in her eyes at his first nickname for her.

She looked at the unconscious half-breed for a long moment before she lifted her eyes to the priestess's brown eyes. "Please take care of him." She pleaded quietly, flashing a soft smile.

She nodded, smiling back, watching the female wolf demon step aside and walk away.

"Kori-chan, this isn't goodbye is it?" The kitsune called, perking her ears.

She looked back at him and smiled, waving. "Not even close, kit." She chuckled, her blue eyes soft again.

"Let's go." She nodded to him, smiling at the gathered humans and sparing the hanyou a brief nod before she followed her sister quietly, arms folded in the sleeves of her kimono top.

He nodded and followed the two females of his pack.

"Sesshomaru, wait." The monk barked, making him pause; his mate also paused as she looked back at his voice. "We all know you hate InuYasha, so why did you stay your hand?" He demanded, blue eyes for the Inu-Daiyokai.

Sesshomaru looked at him. "I will slay him eventually; but why do as such now, when he isn't even in his right frame of mind?" He answered calmly, turning away to continue walking.

Getsu looked back at the humans and smiled kindly before she trotted to sidle up to his right side, taking his hand in hers habitually.

"What's he so glum about?" She wondered of the 'melancholic' imp as the girl hugged her neck gently before she set her down on the dragon's back, putting a hand on her hip.

"Search me. Oi, I have a bone to pick with you, mister. One:"

THWACK.

He recoiled from the large bump that swelled on his head. "Ow…"

"That's what you get for tryin' to kill my friend. And two: since when do you call me 'Kori'? To be honest, I had to stop from tryin' to check your forehead to see it was you who called me that." She asked, arms crossed over her chest.

Her sister deadpanned at the sight, seeing the confused look on the girl's face before she giggled and smiled at her, tousling her hair affectionately.

"Getsu-onee, why did Kori-onee hit Lord Sesshomaru?" She asked innocently.

She sighed. "Your big sis is a bit of an enigma, Rin. You'll understand when you're bigger." She explained patiently, winking.

She nodded and giggled at the expression on her sister-figure's face.

"Between the two of you, I don't know who hits harder…" He grumbled, ignoring the throbbing pain coming from the bump on his head that was starting to go down in size.

"You didn't answer the question." She sniffed.

He had to fight the shudder that rolled down his spine at her striking resemblance to her sister in terms of being pissy. "Even though you're my sister-in-law, we're still pack, if you recall; besides, at this point you're almost like a sister… And an annoying one at that." He explained, seeing her eyes widen.

She looked away and sniffled as fat tears welled in her eyes. "Aww Sesshomaru!" She wailed as she threw her arms around him and almost made him teeter back before he caught hold of her back and steadied himself.

"Korihime, let go of me…" He deadpanned.

She giggled with the girl before she smiled deviously and mocked tears, crocodile tears streaming down her cheeks as she lunged at him and hugged his right side. "You do have a heart!" She wailed loudly, making him almost yelp before the trio fell to the grass.

Rin was in hysterics, tears of laughter in her eyes as the sisters also laughed.

Sesshomaru looked from one female to the next before he groaned and sighed, letting his head drop into the grass.
"I'm surrounded by emotional women…" He grumbled.

A/N: *ignores the throbbing bump on my head from the braining a certain fluffy inu gave using Tensaiga* yes i had to put in some humor in this chap, most of it seemed too serious.. but other than that, hope you guys liked the fight scene! i haven't written one in a week or so and i was afraid i got rusty.. there's more fight scenes coming in so hopefully my skills will get better by then.

other than that, until next chap see ya! ^^