The End of the Demons

A Few Explanations

Kagome was so confused as they flew through the air. “Umm Sessh..” she tried to ask him what was going on, but he cut her off.

“Not now,” he grunted as he dropped her (literally on her butt) on the roof of a high rise building. “Stay,” he growled out and left, flying back in the direction they had just come.

She didn’t know what was going on or when he was coming back. She stood up rubbing her aching bottom and just stared in the direction that he had left. Then she saw an explosion in the distance. ‘What just happened? No, he wouldn’t have.’ Kagome just stood there thinking.

Sesshomaru came back a few minutes later and grabbed her from the roof. He flew them to a wooded area. After they landed, he set Kagome down and sat by a tree. Kagome stared at him waiting for him to speak. After a minute or two she couldn’t take it anymore, “What is going on? You said that you knew Naraku’s plan, what is it? And by the way you just committed what we in the modern era like to call double homicide. Which means, the police are probably hunting us down as we speak. And please tell me you were not the cause of that explosion that I saw? Oh my god, I am going to end up in jail!!”

“Calm yourself, Miko. I made a small error by going to that house. The error was rectified with a Dragon Strike.” Sesshomaru was staring at Kagome. “I had some time to observe your era today before I revived you. I understand this jail that you speak of, and you do not have to worry about that. There is nothing left to tie us to that house.”

“But the house was full of people when we left, were they gone when you went back?” Kagome asked trying to keep her tone hopeful.

Sesshomaru smirked, “You know the answer to that question, but if it makes you feel any better they were almost all incarnations of Naraku.”

“How can that be? Naraku never made more then a few incarnations at a time and his power should have been reduced with his wish on the jewel,” Kagome asked Sesshomaru and sat down across from him.

“The number of his incarnations was limited in the past because they were killed off by himself or others. There was never any indication that he could not have many incarnations at one time.” Sesshomaru answered.

“Why would he make all of those incarnations anyway? Would you please, just for once not act like yourself and explain what you know fully? Please, I just want to know what is happening.” She looked at him pleadingly.

Sesshomaru looked her over and then seemed to decide that she deserved some answers. “Hn. I will tell you what I know. Sit quietly and do not interrupt. When I went to explore the city this afternoon, I used my senses to search for other demonic auras. I found the man that you saw earlier. His aura was identical to Naraku, so I assumed it was him. At the time I was not using my sense of smell because I was too unaccustomed to the odors of this time. When I showed up at his home and confronted him, I addressed him as Naraku and I could see the recognition of the name in his face even though he denied that it was him. I tried to question him on several matters and he would not provide me with any answers. You saw the results of our time together. I do not like being denied whether I am giving an order or asking a question. When I returned to the house with you, I still had my sense of smell turned off, so I still did not realize the discrepancy. I had thought that we could use that house as our shelter while we hunted the solution to our problem. I also thought the house would be a good start for finding the needed information. When the woman arrived later, I realized that there was more going on then I initially thought, so I turned my sense of smell back on and came to the conclusion that the man that she called Sasuke was not Naraku, but one of his incarnations. I also realized that the woman was another incarnation and that she was pregnant…”

“Hold on! You’re telling me that you murdered that woman even though you knew that she was pregnant. How could you? You are a monster!” Kagome interrupted and then yelled at him. She then jumped up and started to run away. Incarnation of Naraku or not, the woman was still pregnant with an innocent baby and Kagome was too caring to just over look that piece of information. She was sick from what Sesshomaru had told her and wanted to get far away from him.

She felt a breeze pass her and did not have time to stop as she ran right into a hand that quickly closed around her throat. Her hands immediately grabbed his and tried to pry it off, with no luck. She then tried to kick him. No luck there either. He just held her at an arms length and watched her. She was expecting to be choked into unconsciousness, but she noticed that his grip had not tightened. He was holding her hard enough to prevent her from breaking free, but not hard enough to hurt her. When she finally looked at his face, he almost looked amused for a second, but then he went back to looking as cold and bored as ever.

“I believe I told you not to interrupt me human,” he said with a snarl. “However I can tell by your scent that you did not do so out of disrespect, but rather out of foolish sentiment for the spawn that woman had carried. I will not kill you for your insults this time, but defy or insult me again and I will take out all of my frustrations for this day on you. I assure you it will be a slow and agonizing death. Are we clear?”

Kagome whispered a very quiet, “yes, I’m sorry.”

Sesshomaru nodded and let go of her neck. He then leaned against the nearest tree and continued his story. “The aura and scent of the spawn carried much more power then either of the parents possessed. I believe that Naraku is having his incarnations reproduce and is then absorbing the strongest of the offspring to make himself more powerful. This would be a long and tedious process, but it would be a way to increase his power. With all other demons gone, this would be the only way to produce demons for him to absorb.”

Kagome wanted to ask a question, but was afraid to interrupt again. Sesshomaru could smell the anxiety coming from her and was pleased that she had learned her lesson about interrupting. He raised his eyebrow slightly as a signal that she could speak.

“Do you think they realize what they are and what will happen to their children?” Kagome asked quietly.

“I do not know,” he stated. “They did know the name Naraku, but what they know of him is a mystery.”

Kagome waited to make sure that he was finished with his answer before speaking again, “What do you think we should do now?”

“We need to find a place where we can stay and gather information.” He stated.

“We can stay at my family’s shrine,” Kagome quickly suggested, anxious to finally see and speak with her family.

“No, we need a place without distractions. I also think the right type of motivation is needed to keep you focused. You will not see your family until we fix things,” he stated flatly.

“But what if we can’t fix it?” Kagome asked even though she had a feeling she knew the answer.

Sesshomaru just smiled while staring at her. A smiling Sesshomaru is never a good thing.

---- Sorry for taking over a week to update. It has taken a little while to bounce back from the holidays and a death in the family, but hopefully I will have more time to write now that everything is done. This chapter is a little shorter, because this was the best breaking point between this chapter and the next. This should provide a little explanation for what happened at the end of the last chapter. I hope you like it. And once again, I do not own any part of Inuyasha or any of the characters that I used in this story so far.