InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Spirit of the Moon ❯ Returning Home ( Chapter 3 )

Spirit of the Moon

By: Witch Child

Chapter Three
Returning Home

WARNING: This fiction contains lemon scenes and is meant for mature
readers.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own the characters of Inu-Yasha

Inuyasha woke up with a headache the size of Texas. He groaned, grabbing his head, as he sat up. Noticing he wasn't in his usual tree he looked around him and realized with a certain amount of shock that it was his old room in his father's castle.

"Lord Inuyasha! I see you have finally awaken. I shall inform Lord Sesshoumaru right away!" A woman he didn't recognize scurried out of the room just as quick as she had come, leaving behind a pair of clean clothes. Inuyasha blinked in surprise. 'What the hell is going on?'

Throwing the covers off of his body he slowly got to his feet, making his way to the hot springs in the connecting room. His body was covered in a cold sweat and he winced at the amount of blood on the bandages around his torso. It was a moment after he entered the spring when he heard the cold voice of his brother.

"About time you woke up. When you are done here we have matters to discuss. Finish quickly and I shall meet with you in the council room." When he turned to leave Inuyasha stopped him.

"Wait! Why aren't you demanding Tetsusaiga? What the hell's a'matter with you?" Sesshoumaru frowned at him.

"Enough of this yelling. Finish now and meet me in the council room. Do NOT make me repeat myself!" Sesshoumaru turned on his heel and headed out of the room.

'I knew I should have had a servant tell him and then escort him. Who knows what he'll get himself into on the way....Runt!' Sesshoumaru mentally rolled his eyes as he entered the council room. He had matters to attend to while he waited for his hanyou brother to show his face. 'Why I bother to put up with the brat is beyond me.'

Meanwhile, Inuyasha purposefully took his time getting ready, mindful of his wounds, yet if anyone asked he would say it was to piss his brother off more. When he finally did reach the room where he was to 'face the beast' an amused voice greeted him.

"You are crippled not dead. What took so long?" Sesshoumaru was leaning back in a chair, reading over some papers when he smelt his brothers scent nearing the room.

Inuyasha growled in response but sat down in the chair opposite of him. "What's going on?"

Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow at him, "What? No yelling, screaming, charging in with the motto 'attack now ask later'? It seems my bratty brother is growing up." Inuyasha could have sworn that if Sesshoumaru was the joking person he would be pinching his cheeks to mock him. He snorted, 'No that's Kagome.'

"Just tell me what the fuck is going on so I can leave and get away from you."

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"I-I saw him against..." Kagome took a shuddering breath, "he was impaled on a branch. I don't think he survived it."

"Where?" Miroku was surprised that their companion would be so easily defeated and had to see for himself.

"Over here, come on." Kagome led the rest of their group to the clearing she saw Inuyasha last. She knew he was not dead because Sesshoumaru would revive him with Tensaiga....she hoped. Everything was turning out to be very strange. Sesshoumaru's sudden attraction to her was one thing. However on their last meeting he took her as a mate. Now he saved Inuyasha. 'God's, what's next? Naraku joining the "Save the Earth" organization?!' Kagome rolled her eyes at herself. Now was definitely not the time to be joking around and being sarcastic.

When they reached the tree Inuyasha had been impaled on Kagome was not surprised to find him gone. She glanced at her friends nervously, "Maybe he escaped and went to heal himself?"

"What if Sesshoumaru took him to be tortured!" Shippou cried out as he clung to him mother with wide eyes.

Kagome had almost forgotten he had seen Sesshoumaru and her eyes widened when their companions looked at her in surprise.

"Sesshoumaru was here?!" Sango cried out. "Why didn't you tell us? Poor Inuyasha..."

"We have to go save him! In his condition he might not survive much more-" Miroku was cut off.

"Stop! Yes, Sesshoumaru was here. No, Inuyasha is not being tortured. I just...don't know how he's doing right now." Kagome mumbled the last bit of her sentence while looking down. This wasn't the way she would have liked to tell them but then again, does anything go as planned?

"What are you saying Kagome? Do you know where he has taken Inuyasha?" Sango looked at her friend confused.

Kagome sighed, "I really didn't want to tell you this way but..."" She plopped herself down, "Sit down this might be a bit of a shock." Kagome preceded to tell them the whole story from her first encounter with the Demon Lord to that very night. The sun had begun to set by the end of the story and Miroku was passed out from shock while Sango looked at her suspiciously. Shippou sat in her lap, covering his ears when she told him to. Sango noticed how he grinned and knew he still heard her perfectly.

"You have betrayed us?" Sango glared at her.

"No!" Kagome looked shocked though she could understand. She was 'sleeping with the enemy so to speak. "He's not evil. Every story has two sides to it. We've only ever heard Inuyasha side. Granted Sesshoumaru did try to attack us but he was never serious about it. If he really wanted the sword he would have had it by now. Can't you tell he's been holding back? And besides, he never attacked us unless we got in his way of Inuyasha." Kagome sighed, trying to think of how to explain things to them. They just HAD to understand, "I don't know how to explain it but...I love him." A tear escaped her eye, "I really do. And I know he loves me in his own way. I'm his mate." She pulled back her collar a bit to show them the mark on her neck. They gasped when they saw it and Miroku passed out again.

Sango sighed, "All right Kagome. As long as you know what your doing and your sure." She looked to the stars as if asking for an answer she would not get, "Maybe we were a bit wrong about him..." She shrugged her shoulders and moved to get ready for bed. They would have a long day ahead of them tomorrow.

"Mamma! MammaMammaMamma!" Shippou bounced on Kagome's sleeping bag, trying to wake her up. "Come on! It's time to go. Sango and Miroku already got everything set up and Kirara is waiting."

Kagome bolted up at that, "Why didn't you wake me up sooner?!" Shippou laughed from his position sprawled on the ground. Kagome just rolled her eyes and gathered her things. She scooped up Shippou and ran to where Miroku and Sango were with a transformed Kirara. As she was settling down she paused, a shudder going through her body.

"Kagome-chan? Are you all right?"

"I-" A vision passed over her mind. "The shard is moving." Kagome had her eyes closed as she concentrated.

"The one we were going after?" Miroku looked confused.

"Yes. It seems to be following Inuyasha. We need to go fast! It's Kikyo." Kirara sped off as Kagome replayed the scene in her head. 'What is she up to?'

%*%Vision%*%

An almost mirror version of herself was running through the forest. She was in the red and white garb of a miko and around her neck were two shikon shards.

Her voice drifted around her, "Inuyasha....Come to me. Come to the shards." She laughed evilly as she looked behind her to see that Inuyasha was indeed chasing her and the shards. She looked back ahead of her. The sky darkened to a blood red and two serpents shot up from the ground to wrap about her form. Kikyo twisted her head back to look at Kagome.

The last words spilled from her mouth with her blood, "He will not come for you soon enough. He will not make it on time. He will betray you. You know this Kagome. Open your eyes."

A/N OMG !I was reading my reviews when I came across the funniest thing. I just had to share it with you,

Big-Ass backpack: $30; Rosary beads that sits your hanyou: $70; the look on Inuyasha's face when he found out Kagome fucked with Sesshoumaru: priceless

LOL So cute! Anywho, Thank you all for the wonderful reviews and since I said I would have a chapter up a day and I havent kept to it I'm adding this chapter as an appology. I've been more busy than I thought I would, so sorry. *waves and then runs away*