InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Lonely No More ❯ Chapter 15 ( Chapter 15 )

Sorry for the long wait guys. Here is the next chapter to our story. I hope you like it.

Chapter 15

Inuyasha had been running through the forest with Kagome on his back when he felt her shivering, he picked up the scent of her fear as he was approaching the village. He stopped and slowly turned his head towards his angel and said, "Kagome, what's wrong? Why are you shaking so badly? What are you afraid of?"

Kagome was deep in thought she didn't know how to answer his questions. Her tail tightened around his waist as her fear took over.

She was afraid, afraid that her friends would reject her because she was different, afraid that the hate and name calling would return, afraid that she would be rejected for what she was.

Inuyasha started to get worried she wouldn't respond to his questions, he stood there for a few minutes deep in thought. He finally got an idea of what she was thinking about and decided to put her fears to rest.

"Kagome, these are our friends they won't reject you because of what you are. They liked you as a half breed and they will like you as a hanyou, and if they don't then they were never your friends to begin with."

His words reached her ears as she listened, he was right they were her friends and they would like her no matter what and even if they didn't she still had Inuyasha who loved her for being herself.

She snuggled closer to him and then said, "Thank you, I feel a lot better now."

Inuyasha smiled as he felt her get closer to him. He turned his head and started towards the village again. It only took him about ten minutes to finally reach it. When he was approaching he saw his friends standing near the fire talking to some people, he didn't recognized, as he leaped from the branch and landed next to them.

Everyone jumped at the sudden appearance of Inuyasha landing next to his friends. They all stared at him in awe, he had someone with him and they were hidden under his hair.

As he lowered himself down to let the person on his back get off, he looked at everyone that was standing around looking at him and said with a growl, "Why are you all staring at me?!"

He was irritated, he hated when people stared at him like he was some kind of fool or a freak.

As the girl that was riding on his back stood up, everyone gasped, they knew this was Kagome but she had changed, she was a hanyou now.

Jinx saw her sister and knew that she had mated but not fully. She could tell that she was still pure but Inuyasha had some how released her hanyou powers that saved her life. She slowly started to approach the hanyou's as Inuyasha pulled Kagome behind him to protect her.

Jinx laughed at his actions as she said, "Still possessive I see, you will never change Inuyasha."

Jinx started to giggle as Inuyasha looked at her with a blank look. She looked at her sister and said, "Do you know who I am?" her eyes were filled with the love she felt for her as Kagome stared at her for a few minutes.

Then realization hit Kagome as she said, "Jinx? Is that you?"

Jinx nodded yes to her question as Kagome screamed "JINX!!!" and flew into her arms in a tight embrace.

Kagome forgetting that her tail was wrapped tightly around Inuyasha waist spun him around like a top as he fell on his butt. He let out a loud growl to show that he wasn't happy.

Kagome pulled away from her hug to look at the hanyou and she noticed that he was on the ground. She then realized that her tail had been wrapped around his waist and in her haste to embrace her sister she had spun him around causing him to fall.

They all busted out laughing at what had happened as Inuyasha picked himself off the ground and glared at everyone standing there.

Inuyasha "Feh" as he crossed his arms across his chest and turned away from the group looking like a four year old, pouting. Clearly he was not happy about being made fun of.

Everyone then noticed that Kagome had a tail and it was moving from side to side so fast that it was just a blur. She finally got control of her tail and placed it around her waist as she approached Inuyasha; she gently placed her hand on his shoulder as she gazed up into his eyes.

Inuyasha tried to remain mad at her but when she started to lick his chin in apology, he couldn't do it. Inuyasha reached for her and pulled her into a tight embrace as he buried his nose in her hair.

Kagome scent always made him feel calm. He pulled away from her as he turned his attention to his friends and said, "We are not staying, we came here to tell you that Kagome is safe and for all of you not to worry."

His statement caught everyone off guard, Miroku being the first one to recover from the shock, said, "Inuyasha you can't leave just yet, the four chiefs of the governing tribes will be here by tonight. Chief Togo believes they have come to challenge for the right to lead. He has called a meeting of the elders in order to develop a plan to stop them."

Inuyasha was shocked to hear the news; he looked at Kagome and said, "What do you want to do? You know that we only have until tomorrow night to finish what we've started."

Kagome looked into everyone's eyes, they were scared of what was coming, she knew she couldn't leave them in their time of need so she said, "We have to stay, we can't just leave them to what may happen. We have to stay and fight if we want a future."

Inuyasha nodded his agreement and said, "We'll stay, and we will see what these four chief's want, hopefully it won't be a battle."

Everyone agreed with his statement. Miroku turned and looked at his mate who was still in his arms and said, "Sango, please stay here with them I will be back shortly, I must deliver Chief Togo message and get the elders here."

Sango looked into his eyes and nodded her understanding. She separated from her mate for the first time in two days as he turned and walked into the village to deliver the message.

Everyone sat around the fire as they all got caught up on what had happened. The girls continued to chitchat while Inuyasha and Tsa-li talked quietly so that the girls didn't hear their conversation.

"Tsa-li you said that the four chiefs are on there way here, right?" Inuyasha asked with interest.

"Yes, my pack spotted all of them as they are approaching this village, why?" Asked a curious Tsa-li.

Inuyasha sighed and said, "Well if they are truly coming here then my half brother will be here also."

"Your half brother?" asked a clearly shocked Tsa-li.

"Yes half brother, Sesshoumaru, he is the chief to the west, he left here a long time ago and settled there. He has no reason to leave his land; he never wants to get involved with the settlers. He is happy were he is as long as he can live in peace." Said Inuyasha in a far away voice as he was thinking.

"Then we have an ally in him?" Tsa-li asked with hope in his voice.

Inuyasha shook his head no, "I know he won't fight but if there is a chance to grab more power then he will. He prides himself in being stronger than anyone else and he doesn't particularly like me to begin with."

This news hit Tsa-li very hard he didn't know what to say as Inuyasha continued speak, "Well we can't worry about that right now, first we must see what Chief Togo wants to do."

Inuyasha noticed that the village elders were approaching Chief Togo teepee ready for the meeting to start. He slowly got to his feet and walked over to his mate.

Kagome noticed that Inuyasha was walking over to her; she stopped talking to her friends and she stood to greet him. Everyone looked in Inuyasha direction as he came closer to Kagome with a serious look on his face.

"Kagome lets go see what Chief Togo has planned for tonight. We can listen from the forest, I don't want anyone to know that you are still alive until we have figured out what is going to happen." Kagome nodded her agreement as they made there way into the forest.

Jinx and Tsa-li followed the hanyou's as Miroku and Sango went to the meeting. They would keep their friends secret for the moment until they had a better understanding of what was going on.

Chief Togo was sitting in front of his teepee as the elders came walking towards him. Sango and Miroku also came, they didn't want to leave Chief Togo unguarded as the elders approached for fear that they might hurt him again.

Chief Togo sighed as he stood to address the elders. "I have called you here because the chiefs from the four tribes will be arriving here today. I don't know what they will be doing once they get here but I do know that they are bring many warriors with them. If they want to challenge then I'm prepared to fight.

The young healer that was here was sadly taken away from us; she was attacked yesterday and was seriously injured. We have lost much with the girl gone all because you couldn't believe that she was a healer. You pride yourselves in your knowledge but you know nothing. She would've protected this tribe and the land we live in if she were still alive."

As he said this he glared at everyone who was seated in front of him then he continued, "Legend say that a girl by the name of Kagome, who was a hanyou, will come back to protect this land. She, along with her mate, would unite to place a barrier around our sacred land to keep it safe and restore it to the way it was. Peace would again be restored and everyone living here on this land will be able to live here without fear of being attacked.

But all that was taken away by a greedy few who thought that by getting rid of me they could rule over this land."

Chief Togo was starting to get angry, angry at loosing the girl, angry at having the peace that he so craved, being taken away from him.

Kagome and Inuyasha were in a tree listening to what Chief Togo was saying.

Kagome listened very closely to everything he said about her, `So, I'm destined to keep this land save from the settlers and prevent them from coming into our land. Inuyasha and I must unite as one for this to happen. But before we could do that we have to finish the mating ritual, only then will we have the power to restore peace.'

Kagome leaned into Inuyasha embrace as she continued to listen to Chief Togo.

Inuyasha was hearing everything that Chief Togo was saying, he knew that they were destined to protect this land; all he wanted to do was be with Kagome.

Inuyasha noticed when Kagome moved closer to him seeking comfort from his embrace as she heard the chief words. He tightened his hold on her keeping her safe as they continued to listen.

Chief Togo looked at each of the elders and sighed, yelling at them would accomplish nothing so he said, "Now that our last hope for peace was taken away from us we have to make due and make the peace ourselves. We must come up with a plan to defeat who ever decides to challenge for my position."

All of the elders nodded their heads in agreement. They sat around the fire trying to come up with a plan to quell the impending battle and keep all of their people safe.

Kagome had enough. She heard everything she wanted to hear and then looked up into Inuyasha's eyes.

"Inuyasha, we have to put a stop to this if we don't a lot of people will get hurt. I want to help as much as I can, I know that I can do this." She said with force in her voice.

Inuyasha closed his eyes as he thought then he opened them as he came to a decision.

He stood up bringing Kagome with him as he jumped from the tree. He landed near the wolves with a soft thud as he turned to look at them, "I want you two to do me a favor, I want you to go back to your pack and bring them here. When you return I will tell you my plan."

The wolves looked at him and nodded that they understood then they turned into their wolf forms and ran into the forest.

Inuyasha turned to Kagome and said, "lets go" as he lead her to where Chief Togo and the elders were sitting.

Chief Togo heard a noise in the forest as turned to see what it was. When he saw Inuyasha emerge from the forest his heart skipped a beat. He knew that he would come back to the village when he was ready. He saw him stop and offer his hand to someone as they emerged from the forest. It was another hanyou like him and together they came forward.

As they were getting closer Chief Togo noticed that the other hanyou was a female his eyes started to get big as he realized whom that hanyou was. A big smile spread across his face as his second in command came into view.

All of the elders stared at the hanyou's as they came closer. When they were only a few feet away and they were sure that they could be heard, they stopped and addressed Chief Togo.

"Chief Togo, I think I may know of a way to help you." Said Inuyasha with a smirk on his face as he looked at the girl next to him and she smiled warmly back.

"Thank you Inuyasha, I knew you would be back in time for the fight," he had said with genuine gratitude in his voice as he turned and greeted the female hanyou, "and it's nice to see you again, Kagome."

All of the elders gasped at the chiefs comment the girl standing there was the girl from the legend and by the looks of it her mate was none other than Inuyasha.

Inuyasha glared at each one of the elders, he clearly didn't trust any of them. There still had to be a traitor among them if they were coming to challenge because he knew for a fact that his brother wouldn't have come unless there was a reason for it.

As they continued to look at each other they heard a sound coming from the forest as the wolves emerged and headed straight for Inuyasha and Kagome.

The two wolves in the lead transformed and stood side by side as the rest of the group looked on in awe. Never before had they seen a wolf do that. The wolves stopped in front of Inuyasha and said, "The pack is here and ready to do your bidding," said Jinx as she turned to look at everyone who was seated around the fire.

Kagome smiled warmly at her sister as she turned to pay attention to what was going on.

Inuyasha took a deep breath and then he started to speak, "Well, we all know that the chiefs of the four tribes will be arriving soon, the only way to keep the peace is to let them challenge for your position. In this way we will know who is behind everything that has happened here lately.

I am not convinced that De-wa was the only traitor we had in our mist. He was just the one that got caught for being stupid. There must be a deeper plan because I know that my brother wouldn't be traveling here if there weren't a chance to gain more power."

Kagome was shocked to hear that Inuyasha brother was one of the four chiefs coming to challenge. She looked up at him but all she felt was a gentle squeeze of her hand reassuring her that everything was all right and that they would talk later as Inuyasha continued to stare at the group.

Chief Togo liked the idea that Inuyasha presented, he wasn't convinced that they had gotten rid of all of the traitors in their mist, "I like your plan and I agree with you. We will wait until they arrive to see who challenges."

Chief Togo dismissed the elders as he turned to go into his teepee.

Kagome was about to say something when Inuyasha stopped her by glaring at her, as he turned to the wolves and said,

: I want you to follow anyone leaving the village. Follow them until they reach their target and before they get there kill them. Come back with the information on whom they've gone to see, that way we will know who the traitor is and we can prepare for the attack:

The wolves listen to his words as they disbursed all over the village; they were keeping a watchful eye on anyone leaving the village to go and warn the approaching chiefs.

Kagome just stood there listening, as she understood all of the barks and grunts that Inuyasha had spoken to the wolf pack.

Inuyasha noticed how still she was and looked down at her with a frown on his face.

"Kagome are you all right? What's wrong?" She looked up into his golden eyes and said, "Nothing's wrong, I just understood everything you just said and I'm confused, I never understood barks before."

Inuyasha started laughing at her comment as he turned to Sango and Miroku, "Well, all we have to do is wait, they should be arriving soon."

Miroku nodded his agreement and then motioned for the group to sit outside of Chief Togo's teepee. They were unwilling to leave him unguarded, as the group settled outside keeping watch while they talked quietly amongst themselves.

The elders started to move away from Chief Togo's teepee. They were quietly talking to each other on what would happen once the four chiefs arrived.

As they were walking away a lone elder moved away from the group and entered a teepee that was off to the right, there he instructed one of the warriors to go warn Chief Toki of the trap they had set for him. He told the warrior to be careful as they might be watching the village for anyone leaving the area.

The warrior stood and nodded that he understood as he slipped into the forest to deliver the message to the Chief. He made his way out of the village without anyone noticing that he had left. The warrior breathed a sigh of relief as he took off towards Chief Toki never noticing that there were two wolves following him.

He was getting close to the chief when he heard a noise in the forest. He stopped and waited to see who was coming but there was no one there. He was getting nervous as he got the feeling that he was being followed. He decided to turn and head in another direction in case someone was following him to make sure he never reached Chief Toki.

The wolves stopped and sniffed the air; they noticed that their prey started moving in a different direction instead of going in the direction that he had been traveling. Thinking that they had been discovered, one of the wolves went after the warrior while the other wolf continued going in the direction the man was originally heading.

After traveling for about another half mile the wolf saw a tribe approaching as they were making their way towards Inuyasha's village. The wolf took note of which tribe the man had gone to see as he turned back racing to catch up to his friend who had gone after the warrior.

It didn't take long for the wolf that had gone after the warrior to find him, he saw the man looking around as he was trying to detect where the wolf was hiding.

The time had come for this one to die. The warrior would never see the light of day as the wolf leaped into the air with claws extended and fangs barred. He landed on the warrior and killed him before he could utter a word.

The wolf waited for his friend to catch up to him, when they were united they headed back to the village.

Everyone was sitting around the fire as they waited for the chiefs to arrive; they were getting nervous, as the sun was getting lower on the horizon.

Two wolves came rushing into camp and Inuyasha stood to face them. When they stopped they quickly told him the news. Inuyasha understood and told them to gather the pack and for them to be ready when he called for them.

The two wolves took off again and went into the forest looking for their friends.

Inuyasha turned to the rest of the group and told them what the wolves had said, "They have found the traitor and followed a warrior towards one of the four chiefs to warn him of our plan. The chief that is behind all of this is Chief Toki." Everyone except Kagome looked shocked at who it was.

Chief Toki was a fox demon that ruled in the south, he was by far the weakest of the chiefs as he only relied on tricks and magic to keep his area in line. Something must've happened to make him want to take control of the area, enough to come here and challenge Chief Togo as commander.

Kagome looked at everyone who had gone totally silent at the news that this Chief Toki was the one who plotted against Chief Togo. She didn't know who this Chief Toki was but she had a hunch that something was definitely wrong.

She closed her eyes and concentrated on this chief trying to see what was so different about him.

~oOo~ --Vision-- ~oOo~

Kagome was overlooking a beautiful lake that was situated deep in a valley. The lake was located at the base of a mountain that feed it clean water as the snow melted from its peaks.

Wildlife was abundant in this area as the animals came to drink from the pristine waters.

Kagome was sitting in a tree gazing out at the wonderful site. She heard a noise and looked down to see a fox demon. He was not very tall he had a big red bushy tail, pointed ears, red shoulder length hair and light brown eyes.

Kagome watched as he approached what appeared to a cat demon.

The fox demon was not very happy to see the cat demon on his land, he asked what it wanted but the cat just hissed at him. He tried several times to talk to it but the cat demon never answered his question.

The fox demon had enough as he started to fight against the cat demon.

The fox used tricks and magic to out fox the cat but the cat was too sly. The cat demon dodged all of the attacks and when he was ready he let out a powerful blast from his hands that killed the fox on the spot.

The cat demon threw his head back and started to laugh at his triumph over the fox demon, and then he said, "Too bad you were weak, now I will put my plan into motion to take over this land."

He transformed into the fox demon and took his place as chief.

No one from the fox demon tribe noticed that he had changed. He started giving orders to invade the settlers and take back the lands they had taken.

Many of Chief Toki people died trying to take back the lands that the settlers had taken. They succeeded in only taking back a small portion of the land he wanted.

The cat demon had to devise a new plan of attack, he needed more warriors to fight with and the only way to do this was to challenge Chief Togo for his position. He knew he could never win against his second in command, Inuyasha, so he contacted a couple of corrupted elders to do his bidding.

The cat demon was very proud of itself as its plans were taking shape, he was standing in a forest as he looked up into the trees and stared directly at Kagome with bright green eyes.

~oOo~ --End of Vision-- ~oOo~

Kagome gasped as she quickly stood, she was trying to breathe in some badly needed air.

Inuyasha was at her side the moment he noticed she was in trouble. She had gone into a trance and he was keeping an eye on her the whole time as he was speaking to the others. When she gasped he was quickly there by her side trying to calm her down so she could breathe.

Everyone looked at her with concern. They didn't know what had gotten her so upset that she would forget to breathe.

Kagome started to calm down as Inuyasha held her in his arms. He was gently rubbing her back in small circles.

Kagome was shaking from the vision she had seen; this Chief Toki that was approaching the village was a fake. He was a powerful cat demon who wanted to gain control for his own greedy purpose. He cared little for the people that lived in the village where the true Chief Toki was from.

Kagome had calmed down enough to start breathing normally as everyone looked on with concern. When she was calm enough Inuyasha gently asked, "Kagome? What happened to make you this upset?"

Kagome stared into everyone's faces as she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she was satisfied that she was calm she said, "Chief Toki is dead." Her statement took everyone by surprise but they looked at her confused, they knew that Chief Toki was on his way to the village so her statement made no sense.

Kagome took another deep breath and then started to explain, "Chief Toki is dead, the one who is coming here is a cat demon disguised as him. He killed Chief Toki some time ago and has been forcing his people to attack the settlers. This cat demon doesn't care about the people, he only wants power and he wants to rule this land. He will stop at nothing to get it."

Kagome words took everyone by surprise. They now knew why the weakest chief was the one who was behind all this trouble.

Inuyasha had to think about what Kagome had said. He knew that cat demons could be devious individuals so he had to be more conning.

As they were all standing around deep in thought Kagome spoke up, "Inuyasha, one of the reason all this started was because this Chief Toki knew he couldn't defeat you, how about we just hide in the forest to see how everything plays out and when the time is right you make yourself known. I know that he thinks I'm dead so he won't be expecting to see me. But it's you he fears."

Inuyasha heard what she said and she had a point. "O.K. we will hide in the forest until they come and make themselves known, then I can take this bastard out. I'm not going to give him the satisfaction of winning this fight."

Everyone agreed to the plan, so Inuyasha and Kagome went into the forest to wait, while Miroku and Sango stayed with Chief Togo as they waited for the arrival of the four chiefs.

They didn't have to wait long when all four chiefs arrived at the same time. Chief Sesshomaru of the west, Chief Joseph of the East, Chief Toki of the South and Chief Running Bear of the North.

As all four chiefs approached the village a cry went out to announce their arrival. All four chiefs approached Chief Togo as they gathered to have a meeting.

Chief Togo greeted them all as they sat around a fire to talk.

Chief Sesshomaru was the first to speak, "Chief Togo, we were told that you were gravely ill and that you were dieing. They told us that we needed to be here to select a successor."

Chief Togo looked at each of them and said, "Yes, I was gravely ill but it wasn't from sickness, someone within my tribe had poisoned me, but a healer came here and cured me. We have taken care of the traitor and I have recovered fully."

All of the chiefs looked at each other and then Chief Joseph said, "If you have found a powerful healer then we would like to meet him or her."

Chief Togo looked around then lowered his head, `it's going to be hard to lie to them when you have two demons that are chiefs and can tell when you were lying.'

He had to think for a few minutes then he looked up and said in a solemn voice, "I'm afraid that she was hurt rather badly, we don't know if she will survive her injuries. Inuyasha took her deep into the forest and he hasn't been seen since." This statement was true enough the girl was injured and they were in the forest.

Sesshomaru heard what Chief Togo said he knew that his half brother would do anything to save the girl. He had heard stories that his brother was her protector. If the girl is still alive then she would be a prize worth fighting for, because if the legends were true then whoever was her mate would share in the great power and rule supreme.

Sesshomaru had a small smile on his face; he didn't care about challenging for position if the girl was around to be had, she was the true prize.

All of the chiefs heard Chief Togo's words as they sat around digesting everything the supreme chief had said then Chief Togo spoke again, "So now that we have gotten rid of the traitor you can all return to your land and keep the peace. We will continue to strengthen the barriers to make sure they don't come down and…"

He never got to finish what he was saying as Chief Toki stood and began to speak.

"We understand that you had a traitor in your mist but you have been poisoned and that might've made you weak. You are not fit to rule as Supreme Chief and therefore I challenge you for the spot. It is about time that we get someone stronger to lead. Maybe we can stop the settlers from taking all of our land away from us." Chief Toki said as he stood there with his chest puffed out looking menacing.

Chief Togo started to rise to his feet in order to meet the challenge.

Inuyasha had heard enough, he told Kagome to stay in the forest and wait for the right time for her to emerge. He told Jinx and Tsa-li to protect her while he went to face the traitor.

Inuyasha slowly got up and started walking into the clearing where the meeting was being held.

Chief Togo turned his head when he heard someone approaching the group and was happy to see that it was Inuyasha. The Chief's turned their heads as they watched him walk over to the group and took his position next to Chief Togo.

Everyone was staring at Inuyasha. They didn't expect to see him there, especially Chief Toki.

Toki stared at Inuyasha, as the face off commenced. They started to growl and bare their fangs at each other. If looks could kill, they both would've been dead a long time ago.

Chief Togo looked at the two clearly there was something there that he didn't know anything about, he said, "Toki, you have come to challenge me well so be it, in order to get to me you must first defeat Inuyasha then and only then would you have the chance to take me on for the position."

Toki flexed his claws as he agreed to the terms and got ready to do battle.

Kagome was seeing everything from deep in the forest and she heard what Chief Togo said. She was worried that Inuyasha would get hurt trying to protect the tribe. She knew that this cat demon was powerful and she had told Inuyasha as much, but that still didn't relieve the pain she felt deep in her soul.

Kagome loved him deeply and if anything ever happened to him she didn't think she could go on. He was the only thing keeping her in this world; she had lost everything just to find him. He made her complete and she will remain true to him.

Jinx looked at Kagome with concern, she knew what was running through her sister's mind. She placed a gentle hand on her shoulder as she softly said, "Kagome I know what you're thinking, don't worry Inuyasha is a strong fighter and he will win against a bastard like that."

Kagome looked at Jinx and knew she was right but she still had this nagging feeling in the back of her mind that something was wrong.

Kagome closed her eyes as she placed her hand on a nearby tree and concentrated, `God tree do you hear me?'

She waited a few minutes and then she heard a gentle reply, `yes my child, what is it that you wish of me?'

Kagome inhaled deeply as she sent out feelers into the forest and then she asked, `God tree, I feel an impending danger near by but I can't locate it could I use your trees to seek out what I'm looking for?'

The god tree was happy that she had asked his permission before she did such a thing. She could of done it on her own but she chose to ask first. `Yes, my child you may use anyone of my trees to help you but if you would allow me, I will show you what you are looking for.'

Kagome silently said yes and the god tree showed her what she was looking for. There were three men in the forest, they had bows locked and were ready to kill Inuyasha if it looked like he was going to win the fight.

Kagome slowly opened her eyes as she saw Jinx and Tsa-li looking at her with concern in their eyes. She felt uneasy as they stared but she had to address the threat that was present in the forest.

Kagome slowly turned to talk to her friends, "Jinx, Tsa-li there are three men in the forest with bows aimed at Inuyasha. They will kill him if they see that he is winning the battle. We must stop them before they can do anything."

Both wolves nodded their agreement as they turned back into their wolf forms and followed Kagome to where the three men were located.

Inuyasha was getting ready to do battle with Toki, he knew that he could win this without any problems but in the back of his mind something bothered him, his brother didn't challenge for the position. He knew that his brother was stronger than Toki and he knew that his brother could easily beat him in a fight. Inuyasha was no match for his brother but for some reason Sesshomaru was holding back for something much bigger.

Inuyasha couldn't ponder this anymore as he moved into position to begin the fight.

Kagome reached the place where the three men were located. They didn't even notice that she and the two wolves were behind them. They stood there and watched as the battle started.

Toki was the first to make a move he attacked Inuyasha with his claws extended as he rushed to where the hanyou was.

Inuyasha just smiled as he saw the attack coming and quickly side stepped the attack sending his own claws into Toki stomach, slashing him.

Toki fell to the ground clutching his stomach as he slowly rose to meet his enemy. He was going to win this fight no matter what. His men were in the forest ready for him to signal the attack if it looked like he was going to lose. Toki stood straight up as he brought both hands together and shot a fireball directly at Inuyasha.

Inuyasha saw when Toki released the fireball directly at him. He had a split second to react to it as he jumped into the air. The fireball nearly got him but he was quick enough that he managed to escape injury as he came down he yelled "Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" as the blades shot out of his claws and they hit the cat demon.

Toki was on the ground panting from the attack when Inuyasha came up to him and said, "you are defeated why don't you show your true form cat demon!"

Everyone gasped at what Inuyasha had just said and they all turned to Toki.

The cat demon had taken special care to hide his scent and mask his appearance in order to win control over this land. This half-breed saw right through everything he had managed to accomplish, he slowly looked up with hatred in his eyes as he said, "I don't think so, you haven't won the fight yet Inuyasha, I will win this one way or another."

Then he raised his hand and quickly lowered it signaling the attack.

The three men in the forest were watching the fight very closely, they saw when Toki went down and they readied their bows. When the signal came they each locked an arrow and got ready to release.

Kagome only had a split second to react so she raised her hand and placed a barrier right in front of them as they let go of the arrows. The arrows hit the barrier and fell to the ground.

The men looked confused when two wolves came out of the dark and attacked them, the third one was taking aim at Jinx when Kagome jumped in the air and landed on top of him slashing her claws down, killing him.

Kagome was panting, instincts had told her what to do as it took over. She looked at what she had done and lowered her head, she didn't want to kill but if they were going to hurt her mate then she would do anything to protect him.

Jinx and Tsa-li saw what Kagome did; it was amazing at the speed in which she moved. They saw her standing there with her head down and eyes closed. They both approached her one on either side of her as they both nudged her hands to make her look at them.

Kagome felt the gentle touch and knew who they were as she reached on either side of her with her hands and rubbed their ears in thanks. Both wolves purred and then the group turned their attention to the battle in the clearing.

Inuyasha heard a purr coming from behind him and knew that it belonged to Jinx. There must've been something there for the wolves to move behind him.

Inuyasha looked at Toki as his eyes grew wide and then he raised his arm again and dropped it but nothing happened, `Shit! Something must've gone wrong! My men aren't attacking.'

Inuyasha continued to eye him as he crossed his arms over his chest and said in an arrogant voice, "Well! I'm waiting! Do you want to continue to fight or what?"

The cat demon looked at Inuyasha and knew he had been defeated. Then he turned into his true form as he slowly stood to face him. He looked at Inuyasha with disgust on his face and then he said, "If you think this is over then think again I will be back and when I do, you'll all die!"

The cat demon quickly turned like a tornado and disappeared into the night. The fight was over as he glared at the remaining chiefs to see if they would challenge.

Chief Togo was the first to break the silence, "Well it seems that Toki wasn't Toki after all, but a cat demon in disguise. Now, are there anymore challenge's?"

Chief Togo looked at the remaining chiefs and each of them shook their head no indicating that they wouldn't challenge.

Inuyasha eyed his brother closely he knew he was up to something but he didn't know what.

Chief Togo, clearly being happy that no one would challenge, dismissed them all to return home when he stood to leave Sesshomaru slowly stood and said, "Chief Togo now that the enemy has been defeated why don't you bring out the girl so we can all meet her."

Chief Togo was in shock he didn't know what to do, he looked at Sesshomaru and said, "What are you talking about? What girl?"

Sesshomaru had a smirk on his face as he said, "you know whom I'm talking about the girl from the legend, the one you have been protecting all this time. The one that is standing in the forest with two wolves protecting her."

Inuyasha eyes grew big, he knew, his brother knew about Kagome and he had found her. Now the fight was on, as he will try to claim her as his own.

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