InuYasha Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Through your Heart ❯ Bad little brother ( Chapter 12 )

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Through your Heart

Chapter 12: Bad little brother

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"Come on guys! Kagome could be in danger for all we know!" InuYasha yelled harshly to the others.

Miroku grumbled something below his breath as InuYasha pushed them to their limits. They desperately wanted to see Kagome again too but the hanyou all pushed them too much. Shippou was now too tired to even cry about his "mother's" disappearance, his little Kitsune feet no longer able to carry him. The pup was riding on an equally tired Kirara. Even Sango had trouble with her Hiraikotsu and Miroku looked like he was going to drop at any moment.

"Please, InuYasha! We're only human you know! And what happened anyway? Kagome-sama would never leave us like this without telling us first! Did you do something again to anger her? And what is that red mark on your cheek? If Usagi-sama followed her, I'm sure she will tell us when we find her too." Miroku said in a mutter and watched as the hanyou shut his mouth and glared heavily at him, and then he turned around so they couldn't see his sad golden eyes.

Shippou started to sniffle again and broke into sobs, asking for the gentle miko. InuYasha was under so much pressure in the moment that he growled and bonked the Kitsune on the head a little harder than the usual. Shippou fell from Kirara and cried even louder.

"Would you shut up, brat! I can't concentrate with all your weeping!"

Sango took the small fox into her arms and glared at the silver haired hanyou. "Don't hurt Shippou like this for something YOU probably caused in the first place, InuYasha! I intend to find out what happened when we finally find her and Usagi and you better watch your mouth!"

InuYasha growled and Keh'ed!, turning around and muttering. Yet, his heart was confused, angered and sad at the same time. It was beginning to get on his nerves! Stupid humans were giving him their emotions too easily! Youkai shouldn't have emotions at all! He hated to admit it, but he kinda envied his brother…pardon, *half*-brother, for being so emotionless. It brought fewer troubles anyway. The guys looked at him weirdly as he started to growl low in his throat when the thought of Sesshoumaru appeared in his mind. 'Stupid bastard of a brother…'

And that's what the group looked like when Kagome wasn't around to bring joy and happiness. They were all against each other and if they didn't find the miko soon, the group would most likely fall apart and separate into different directions.

Suddenly, InuYasha froze and started to sniff the area. He groaned and readied the Tetsusaiga, his ears flat on the top of his head. "Great! Just what we need right now!" The hanyou exclaimed with his arms in the air.

The others tensed when their friend took Tetsusaiga out of its sheath and looked around, trying to spot the demon. "Where is it, InuYasha?" asked Sango, her Hiraikotsu ready to be thrown away without mercy.

"He's coming…That Ookami…" InuYasha growled lowly, his claws itching to be used against that particular foe. "Kouga you bastard!" He yelled, making the others sweatdrop.

'He got all worked up just because of Kouga?' Sango thought, lowering her weapon. "Just for a minute I thought Naraku was coming…" She muttered, making the others nod with her.

InuYasha poised himself for attack as soon as he got the direction the wolf demon was coming from but he suddenly froze and growled, also lowering his weapon. 'Kagome…'

Soon, a whirlwind came to them and Kouga jumped out of it with the miko in his arms. A large she-wolf stopped beside Kouga and Usagi waved happily to the group. "Hi guys!"

It took a few seconds for Sango, Miroku and Shippou to snap out of it but the little Kitsune blinked first and ran towards his mother figure at full speed and jumped into her arms. "KAGOME!!! I missed you sooo much!" Shippou wailed while Sango hugged her silently but tightly.

Miroku inched closer until he hugged both the girls. "Ahh! The whole group together again! Isn't it nice?" His hands dropped a little but before Sango could yell at him, Kouga was already barking at him to get away from his woman before he lost his patience.

InuYasha pushed the flustered monk aside and marched to the miko and parted the group hug almost harshly. "What were you doing with Kouga?" He asked with a growl and a sneer towards the wolf prince.

Kagome puffed up her chest in anger and was about to say 'the word', making the hanyou wince, when something in InuYasha's face made her stop and stare, before she burst out laughing. "Ha! Ha! Ha! I don't even need to say the word! Usagi, you did a very good job! Ha! Ha! Ha! He still has the mark on his cheek!"

Usagi smirked and shrugged afterwards without a word.

That broke the tension in the group even if InuYasha was still scowling. Soon, the Taijiya asked what had happened last night and Kouga was the happy volunteer to tell the story, much to InuYasha's annoyance. The Ookami prince couldn't wipe the stupid smile off his face as Sango started to chase the hanyou with her weapon until she got a good hit at him.

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When Kouga finally decided it was time for him to return to his pack, he told the group he would be coming back, as always. Poor InuYasha just ignored him for once and went to sit alone when Kagome waved happily to the wolf youkai.

'She must hate me now. She hasn't spoken to me since she came back. But why do I feel so sad? I love Kikyou, right? I made that clear long ago. But still, every time I look at Kagome…And why did Kikyou try to kill her? My Kikyou would never do that!' InuYasha growled to himself and ruffled his hair. "Rahhhh! Stupid emotions!" He shouted loud enough to make some birds fly away in fright, but not loud enough to be noticed by his friends.

He sulked alone until a familiar scent filled his senses, making his anger disappear to make place to apprehension. Kagome sat down with a straight back beside him and looked towards the horizon. The hanyou desperately wanted to say something, but since he always screwed up, he decided it would be best to let the miko speak first.

"Did it hurt?"

InuYasha blinked when Kagome broke the silence, her voice calm and even.

"Huh?" was the only thing that got out of his mouth.

"When Usagi-chan slapped you. Did it hurt?" Kagome asked more clearly, her eyes watching as the sun started to drop behind a far away mountain, painting the sky with bright colors.

"Of course it hurt! What kind of question is that?! I still have the mark on my cheek, are you blind!?" He said with a pissed voice, pointing at his cheek. But when Kagome turned to him with tear filled eyes, he instantly shut his mouth and sat down, his eyes wide.

"The only difference between us is that you heal fast. InuYasha, my heart is broken and it won't heal alone. Too many times, InuYasha. Did you know you actually were going to say yes when Kikyou asked you to go to Hell with her?" Kagome asked silently, adding in her head 'and breaking your promise that you were going to stay with me and protect me…'

The hanyou was speechless. "What? I don't even recall Kikyou asking me that yesterday…" he muttered, making Kagome look at him sharply.

"You don't remember? Could she have put a spell on you?"

It was a possibility InuYasha didn't want to agree to as he shook his head in complete denial. "NO! The Kikyou I know would never do this to me!"

Kagome had enough. She growled, as much as a human could growl anyway, and she pulled at his bangs until they were face to face. "THAT'S IT! InuYasha, she's NOT the Kikyou you knew anymore! Kikyou's DEAD! The only thing she is is a clay figure of what she was and she's filled with hate and vengeance, and let's not forget she has a part of MY soul! She doesn't even have a heart and she hates you! She wants to KILL you! I don't want you to die InuYasha! I DON'T WANT YOU TO LEAVE ME! I'M NOT KIKYOU!"

InuYasha was about to tell her to calm down as she broke down and started to pour her heart out at him when she suddenly tugged at his gangs even harsher and kissed him fully on the lips in an almost vicious movement.

InuYasha's golden eyes opened wide as she lunged at him as if he was going to leave her. The hanyou was so shocked by the bold movement that he froze for a few second, until his inner youkai screamed at him to do something, anything but stay still like a total idiot!

His mind told him to back away fast but when he started to move, it was the total opposite that happened. He leaned in and over-powered the kiss, turning it into something passionate and desperate. His instinct immediately took control as the scent of the girl beside him almost made his eyes bleed red. 'MINE!' flashed through his head as he pushed her until she was on her back and he half on top of her.

Their lips danced together, both fighting to overpower the other, but InuYasha would have none of it, pushing against her almost roughly as if this very moment had been a hidden and repressed desire. And boy, had it been repressed for long!

When the need to breathe became an issue, they both parted, panting heavily, forehead against forehead. When blue clashed with golden, they just froze and stared. Kagome opened and closed her mouth when nothing came out and InuYasha stumbled backwards none too gracefully, discovering that their hands were connected. "I-I! Hum, Kagome, I'm so sorry!!!"

The hanyou was still stuttering and slapping himself mentally for giving his youkai side a chance to emerge like this. But why did giving up his control and thoughts had suddenly made him feel free and thrilled? His head snapped up when Kagome put a hand on his softly. "You don't have to be sorry, InuYasha. I'm the one who started this, not you. I'm sorry I broke down. I told myself so many times to forget about you but I can't seem to be able to." Her voice was shaking and she was crying again, her eyes holding so much pain.

InuYasha was about to say something when she opened her mouth and in a totally unconscious moment she mouthed softly; "I love you…" Her eyes opened wide and she put a hand on her mouth when she registered what she had just said, in front of InuYasha, no less. 'Kagome no Baka! InuYasha will never…'

She turned around and was about to run away when a clawed hand caught hers and tugged, making her fall back on the hanyou's lap. Her breath itched in her throat and she looked jumpy as the silver haired youkai embraced her tightly and possessively to his chest. "InuYa-" she started, but the hanyou cut in whatever she wanted to say.

"Don't leave me. Never."

She gasped as he put his head on her shoulder from behind and nuzzled her neck affectionately. "You smell good…" He whispered almost inaudibly.

The miko gasped at his words and craned her neck to look back at him. She smiled softly with a pink hue on her cheeks as she saw he was asleep and since she was so stuck in his embrace she just leaned in and closed her eyes, breathing in the woody scent of InuYasha's haori as she fell in Morpheus's own.

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Usagi turned her back from the sleeping "couple" with a hidden smile. 'That's it Kagome. If InuYasha needs to be pushed in the right direction, then you are the right one to do it. Though he needs to be shoved more than pushed…-_-;' The rabbit thought while gazing at the sky.

Shippou jumped in her arms when she reached the campsite.

"Ohayo Usagi-chan! Oh? Where's Kagome-chan?" Sango asked curiously while eyeing Miroku out of the corner of her eye.

Usagi smiled and plopped herself down beside the Taijiya and began petting the kitsune's red hair. "Don't worry about her. She and InuYasha are just trying to reconcile with one another. Don't wince, Miroku-san!" Usagi laughed out loud when she saw Miroku grimace. "Did you hear any yelling? Don't worry, they're only talking." Usagi chuckled some more until her stomach protested loudly against the lack of food, making her blush.

Shippou giggled and put a hand on her stomach and Miroku and Sango eyed her belly with laughter in their eyes. "Jeez! I didn't know bellies could cry out that loudly!" The kitsune said innocently and giggled again while Usagi covered her eyes from the embarrassment.

"Well what? I'm hungry! I'll let you know that I haven't eaten today!" The rabbit proceeded to tackle the little Kitsune with tickles until he could take no more and begged for mercy.

"I give! I give! Please Usa-chan! I can't take no more!" Shippou gasped between giggles and squeaks. Usagi giggled and let go of him, moving to search for something in Kagome's yellow bag. The others watched as she rummaged in it until she found what she was looking for.

"Ah Ha! Found them!" She put the cups of ramen in front of everyone so they could see. "We should really eat anyway. You guys have been traveling a lot non-stop from what I've heard!"

The others nodded but Sango put a hand on her arm. "Usagi-chan, are you sure you know how to cook this? Kagome's the only one who cooks normally and this food is from her time."

Usagi shrugged with a grin and eyed the cups with a mysterious grin which passed unnoticed to the others. "It shouldn't be *that* difficult, Sango-chan! I learn fast anyway." Usagi then proceeded to cook the noodles with no difficulty at all and soon they were all eating happily. Many times the blonde had to tell Shippou to slow down before he choked and had to swipe his mouth from all the noodles he was eagerly slurping.

The blonde woman laughed at the little fox until her eyes narrowed a little and she gazed towards the forest. 'Star Seed!' She screamed in her head as soon as she felt it. She was the first one to feel the strange energy coming in their direction and Sango and Miroku eyed her strangely.

The monk was about to ask her what was wrong until Shippou's tail stiffened and he growled as best as he could. He was hiding behind Usagi's legs, but he was still stiff as a rod. Sango was getting up when Kagome and InuYasha ran to them at full speed.

"Jewel Shards!" Kagome gasped when they reached the rest of the Inu-tachi. Miroku gave the duo a lecherous grin and Sango blinked while red covered her cheeks. "Ummm…Kagome? InuYasha?"

The miko and hanyou eyed them bizarrely and then moved their gaze to their intertwined hands. Kagome eeped and took back her hand hastily. InuYasha stayed silent but his cheeks reddened. They had unknowingly joined hands when Kagome had awakened to the feeling of a jewel shard and not even noticed it until their friends had pointed it to them.

Sango soon snapped back into reality and readied the Hiraikotsu. "Kagome, you said you sensed jewel shards?"

Kagome confirmed it and pointed towards where Usagi had been looking, making Miroku eye the blonde suspiciously, but nobody seemed to notice as a couple of youkai emerged from within the deep forest with Naraku's poisonous insects flying over their heads.

Miroku snorted and took his staff more firmly since his primary weapon, the Kazaana, couldn't be used. InuYasha was about to run to the enemy when a small boy walked beside one of the youkai. Sango gasped and lowered the Hiraikotsu when her hands began to shake slightly.

Usagi watched as everyone just froze and stopped their attacks. "What's going on? Who is that boy, Kagome-chan?" The rabbit asked to the miko.

Kagome gave her a grim look. "That's Kohaku. He's Sango's little brother but he's now being manipulated by Naraku by means of a jewel shard imbedded in his back. If we try to get if off, he'll die. We just don't know how to deal with him, all we know is that if there's a chance, although slim it be, for him to go back to how he was before, we'll take it."

Usagi nodded and gazed at the boy whose eyes were completely blank. 'This Naraku doesn't even show mercy to children! What a monster!' The princess was beyond angered, yet she managed to seal her burst of energy before it could leave her body and be sensed by everyone. She stayed near Kagome and looked at the development with keen eyes.

Kohaku didn't say a word and merely motioned for the youkai to attack them. Naraku knew his stuff well. He was disabling both Miroku and Sango from the start with Kohaku and the poisonous' insects presence.

A tiger youkai with dark brown eyes pounced on InuYasha while Miroku and Sango both tried to fend off a boar demon that smelled as bad as he looked. Kagome hugged Shippou close to her body and Kirara transformed, snarling at the boar that dared to attack her mistress.

InuYasha was using the Tetsusaiga to slash his own opponent even if the weight was still too much for him to handle easily. The tiger demon was fast and agile and held itself with an annoying arrogance. "Kagome! Where are the jewel shards?" The hanyou shouted as he barely dodged the claws of the tiger.

Kagome concentrated for a second and shouted back; "The tiger has one in his shoulder! Sango! Miroku! Yours has one in his left hand! That's why his punches are so powerful!"

They all nodded but as InuYasha started to get the upper hand, 2 other demons attacked him by order of Kohaku. "Shit! That damned brat isn't helping!" The hanyou snarled as he was thrown back in a tree.

"INUYASHA!" Kagome let Shippou down and took her bow and arrow and shot the evil tiger right where the shard was, effectively killing the youkai when the jewel got purified. The 2 others immediately sneered and held back the hanyou as he strained against the tree he was being pinned to. The Tetsusaiga lay forgotten on the ground, too far for the hanyou to reach it.

The boar youkai threw Sango and Miroku aside with a burst of power and ran towards Kagome at full speed, his feet stomping on the ground loudly as he moved without any grace. Kirara and Shippou tried to resist as the little Kitsune used his fox fire but it didn't even put a dent in the boar's heavy armor. "Now you're mine, little miko!" The evil one snarled with a dark grin.

Kagome stumbled back with frightened eyes and Usagi marched in front of her, her hands held up in a defense position. "Leave her alone. I am your opponent now. Fight me."

The boar seemed to contemplate the idea as the rest of the wounded Inu-tachi glanced at the usually calm and peaceful blonde. This stance and her voice full of steel did not sue her at all, and it was as if she was a whole new person. Usagi didn't even wait for an answer as she charged at the boar, surprising him with a swift punch. He caught it easily and smirked when he didn't feel any power behind the attack but the smirk got wiped out as she grinned darkly at him in return, a look that went unnoticed by the others.

She blocked every one of his punches and delivered a few blows herself. In the mean time, InuYasha was still struggling with the 2 that were still restraining him and taking out their frustration on him. He was covered in gashes and the smell of blood was starting to make him dizzy. His energy was starting to lower rapidly.

Usagi got distracted by a small movement coming from the forest and the boar used that moment to strike her with his powerful punch. She evaded as much as she could with a grunt and landed on her feet a couple of meters away.

She cursed as Kagome was now within striking range and when the miko screamed in fear, she decided she didn't have any more of a choice. She prepared herself for an attack of her own when a blast came forth from behind her.

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When InuYasha heard Kagome scream, it was all too much for him to handle anymore and he snarled lowly, his ki starting to swirl around him. The 2 youkai restraining him didn't even have the time to scream in pain as they were killed with only one swipe of razor-sharp claws.

Bleeding red eyes looked down on what remained of the foolish weaklings until he turned his attention towards the boar and snarled. Usagi gazed at the usually friendly hanyou as he shredded the boar into pieces in one swipe and by the looks of it, he was delighted to see so much blood.

Kagome gasped with dread as the others joined her. "Oh no! He's changed into his demon form! We have to get Tetsusaiga before he destroys everything!" But when Kagome tried to reach the sword, the silver haired youkai snarled and pointed his claws at her.

Usagi watched as their friend lost all reason and started to advance to them threateningly, until Kagome shrieked and pointed behind the now red eyed hanyou. "INUYASHA BEHIND YOU!"

The hanyou didn't have the time to dodge this time as Kohaku swiftly threw his own weapon at him. InuYasha snarled and fell on the ground with the sharp metal tip in his back, a chain connecting it to Kohaku who pulled it to get his weapon back.

Now Usagi was pissed, yet saddened by the way Sango looked at her little brother turned evil. She ran in front of InuYasha while Kagome kneeled beside him protectively. "Stop it Kohaku! Don't you know you are hurting your friends?!" Usagi cried out in desperation, but the little boy's eyes didn't even waver.

He prepared his weapon again and Usagi lifted a hand on her chest. 'If that is what I must do to make you see the reason…Then let it be this way.' Her eyes snapped opened when the chain suddenly was thrown towards her and she was about to shout her attack when another attack diverted the chain's direction out of nowhere.

Kohaku's eyes darkened and he looked around, but when he didn't feel or see anything he walked back to where he came from, disappearing into the shadows.

Kagome shook InuYasha and when she saw that the markings on his face were still there, she shouted at Miroku to get the Tetsusaiga back and fast before he decided to get up and continue his rampage.

While the others busied themselves with the injured hanyou, Usagi stepped back into the forest and ran until a figure came into view. She stopped before the youkai who was currently waving her fan languidly as if bored. "Who are you? I have never seeing you around the half-breed's group before."

Usagi was still on her guard when she answered with a mysterious smile. "I've been traveling with them for some time now and I saw you in action before, Kagura. I was the cloaked person Kagome tried to protect when you last attacked our group. Why did you block Kohaku's attack when you are clearly on Naraku's side?"

Kagura looked shocked for a second that the human knew her name but quickly concealed it with a glare. "*I* am on nobody's side! I am the wind and meant to be free! I hate Naraku but I have to do what he wants because he is the one who holds my heart! If he discovers what I have done I will surely be killed on the spot. I know I'll never be able to beat him by myself. This odd miko… I don't know why but I trust in her ability to destroy Naraku. Maybe she'll be the one to free me?" Kagura seemed to ask herself and then turned and summoned one of her feathers.

She jumped on it but before she took flight, she looked back at the 'human' girl watching her calmly. "You're weird, human. I have never seen anyone like you before. Maybe it's because you look like a demon that I'm telling you all of this and letting you live. I don't know why in the hell the miko would try to protect you when you obviously know how to fight against an enemy. Yet, you're still only human and don't even possess any fighting spirit."

Usagi nodded and smiled slightly at Kagura, who glared because she felt uncomfortable by helping them in the first place. "Thank you Kagura for your help. I really hope you'll get your heart back."

Kagura didn't say anything and merely flew away. When Usagi got back to the others, they didn't even seem to notice she was gone, lucky for her.

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Sesshoumaru was in his office when Jaken entered with a guest in tow. The elegant messenger from the South, a panther youkai, bowed until the Inu Lord asked him to deliver the message. "Lord Sesshoumaru-sama, I bring a message from my Lord Kurama, the Taiyoukai of the South." The messenger eyed the Western Lord weirdly without lifting his head when he didn't acknowledge his presence.

Sesshoumaru had smelled the arrival of the guest but didn't even get up to greet him. His mind was still elsewhere and he got severely annoyed with the messenger's stare, his eyes reddening slightly under his silver bangs, until he barked out harshly; "OUT WITH IT! What is the message."

Both the messenger and the toad servant jumped in fear as Sesshoumaru looked at them with freezing golden eyes tinted with red, until he calmed down and became his usual emotionless self again. Yet, even Jaken felt a chill go down his spine when his Lord didn't show an ounce of humanity.

The messenger stuttered slightly before he decided it would be best to bow as lowly as possible if he wanted to stay alive a little longer. "Lord of the West, my Lord Kurama wanted to warn you that the others decided to go into war with the hanyou Naraku because of many complications he caused in the past few weeks. He has even dared to attack my master's lands many times over and I'm sure, although great and powerful you are, that even you, yourself, have had difficulties in the past with him. The other Lords are asking you and your army to join them in the Central Lands. We believe the hanyou received the warning, although the messenger is probably dead since he never came back from his trip-"

The panther youkai stopped short and gulped nervously as Sesshoumaru growled dangerously low, tired to hear him rant on and on.

Jaken sensed that his master was beginning to loose patience and bowed low, stepping back quickly with the messenger following him very closely. They closed the door of the Inu Lord's office after bowing one last time, the panther youkai daring a soft; "We hope to see you soon, Lord Sesshoumaru-sama."

Both breathed a sigh of relief as Jaken accompanied him back to the main gates. "Your Lord seems really preoccupied, Jaken-sama. He was hardly holding onto his legendary self-control." The messenger noticed.

Jaken nodded sadly. "Yes. We have all been on the edge lately because of the loss of a…friend. Lord Sesshoumaru's young ward was devastated when she learned of it and my master has never been the same ever since." Jaken shook his head sadly when he pictured the smiling blonde in his head.

The messenger blinked curiously. "I have heard that the Western Lord had taken a human under his wing. Is it the young ward you mentioned before? I never thought that your master would willingly accept to protect a human."

In less then a second after those words, the messenger had Jaken's staff of heads pointed at his throat warningly. "You will not speak of this again. What my master does is none of yours, or the other's concern."

The panther youkai nodded jerkily and turned around as they arrived in front of the gates. He bowed respectively. "I apologize for my rudeness. It was foolish of me to pry into your business. My Lord do hopes, though, that your great master will be present for the war. I bid you farewell, old leader."

Jaken nodded seriously and went back into the castle when the visitor was gone from his vision.

The messenger was elated, although a bit shaken, from his encounter with the fabled Lord Sesshoumaru of the West. He had actually survived his mission and was now proudly going back to his own Land with the news.

Meeting the Lord's servant Jaken was also an honor because, believe it or not, Jaken had been a great army leader in his younger days. That is, until he met the Inu Lord and got awed by his sheer power and control, deciding on following the Lord on his own will, leaving all his other duties behind.

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