A Woman!

Liquid magma like pain ran through his veins for hours, time itself seemed to laugh at him as his abdomen and lower reigns twitched in unimaginable pain, that had been all there was for him days ago. Now he was trapped in blackness, the only light source the entrance of the cave, the walls lined thick with powerful barriers to keep him from collapsing the mountain upon itself. He had never in his life known it was possible to feel so much, he had practiced for decades to be emotionless, and yet as his own bellows and yowls of pain and torment, regret, and unfathomable turmoil brewed, he prayed to every kami that might hear his voice that she, and their pup was okay.



At first Sesshomaru hadn’t known what was possibly worse, knowing she was pupped and alone, as well as ready to give birth without him, or when she gave birth still without him, or lastly when the pain receded and he knew she was still out there alone and with their pup, far weaker then she had been while pupped. His eyes had long ago bled pure crimson, beyond the rage of scarlet and well past the anger of red, his hollowed solar orbs lay blazing with a glow of emotion that could not be discerned, only his mother was brave enough to come near the barriers entrance now. In all his life, in all he had lived through nothing had been worse then this.



He was a horrible mate, and even though their situation was circumstantial, that fact did not leave him or his beast feeling any better. They wanted her, to be with her, to protect her, and it was killing them that they were not, he howled every night from dusk until dawn until he could not any longer, his anger at himself for not noticing everything when she left, not finding her before it was too late, was evident in the dried tracks of tears of fury that now lined his face, that even he knew not had fallen.



It was a dark time in the life of Sesshomaru, and his only light was his little mate, whom he would not be able to see until he was released from here. Yes, he knew on some levels he’d have to calm down before they let him out, but it was rather easier said then done. When the pain left him, and he was again left with what to do, it was then that he quieted, then that he stilled, it was then that all those outside of the barrier knew it was the quiet before the storm.



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With Kagome’s ‘pack’…



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Kagura had been watching the small ‘pack’ for some time now, she had been told many things about these people. ‘Here the ‘True North’ lies, here lies both your freedom and your death, watch them, and report back‘. She could find nothing special about any of them, yes there was a Prince of the West here, and yes both the slayers were here, not to mention the monk who’s family had been cursed by her master, but there was nothing too special about them other then the fact that a small number of Naraku’s personal enemies resided together. However her opinion changed the day the female inu had left the cave for the first time in over a week, for one thing her rather large bump was gone, signaling that she had given birth. And most importantly she heard what the hanyou had to say when the female was gone far enough not to hear him speaking.



“Hey.” she listened as he called out to the rest of them, though not all came out, only the monk and the kit had left the cave to greet the hanyou in conversation that still stood guard at the opening of the clearing the cave sat in. The lush, newly green trees giving her a place to hide from the watchful eyes of any in the group.



“Yes Inuyasha?” said the monk.



“Did you see a symbol on the pup’s head?” he asked seemingly hoping that he was wrong.



“Why yes, there was a crescent moon on the male, though I didn’t get a chance to see if there was one on the other, it looked somewhat like I’m told your brother’s crest does.” he stated knowingly.



“Half-brother.” stated the hanyou before he got quiet again. “But that’s just it, the only way the kid could have that was if they were Sesshomaru’s pups. It’s passed down from his mother’s side, not our father’s side.” stated the hanyou. Kagura tuned the rest of their conversation out as she thought about everything her master wanted, whether she wanted it or not, his goals were her own, and it was her job to execute them.



It didn’t take her long to get things going, soon she had hell bees for the monks wind tunnel, many demons coming for the elder slayer, and the hanyou, as well as the fire-cat. She had the hordes of demon attack the small group, with the mother was gone for a while to hunt, this was the only chance she would get. She didn’t have time to check in to see if it was okay, and she was sure that Naraku would be pleased. Wasting no time what so ever she snuck into the cave unnoticed by all because they were too busy fighting to do so. All were busy in their own battle to see her but the younger slayer who stood guard over the infant youkai twins. With a flick of his wrist his sickle came forth cutting her deeply in the shoulder, but while his weapon laid extended his body lay exposed to attack.



Her fan was pulled and flicked faster then the boy had time to register, the cutting wind slicing open his chest as blood slashed all over the babes and the walls around them, the young slayer lay dead. The children cried in distress, for their mother, even for the father they had never felt, only none could answer them in this moment. Kagura, looked down upon them, innocent’s that were casualties of a war they knew nothing about and tears that fell from her eyes, “Kami, please forgive me.” she whispered as she gently flicked her fan again, killing the pups.



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Miles away…



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The cutting yellow scars reached out to the heavens, the energy and stress in the youki in the air was pungent, stopping mid strike, she was aware that the blast had come from her cave grounds, and within moments she was pained like no other she had ever felt, even birthing her pups had not hurt her heart so. Logic and Beast we aligned as one with crimson so fierce and vibrant took over the white, and white shown through the pale blue. Their aura built in mere seconds, and in moments, she was home again, taking in all that was before her. Youkai in the hundreds laid dead, the elder slayer sobbing over her brother’s dead body, the monk holding the slayer, and the hanyou badly hurt, only the kit and the fire-cat were alive and without injury.



Her fury thickened the air as she silent swept passed them all, no sound present as she walked to her goal, her intent to find her pups, for they were not crying. Something was horrible wrong, she felt like her heart was slowly stopping with each step she took towards them. The scent of their mixed royal blood hung heavily in the air, she could not stop the tears from washing down her face as she came to their bodies.



The muscles in her face twitched as she look upon the innocent faces of her young, her pups who had not even been given names, who had been taken from her only after a week of life, her sorrow, and rage were growing. Kagome’s aura cracking like a wild deadly thing around her being, she kissed each pup as she cried. She was silent at first, rocking them against her breast, until she could not longer keep her frustration in, and she cried out. Her soul felt as though it had been killed, drowning in their blood, their innocent blood that had never once asked for any of this to fall upon them.



Her cry was mournful and broken with the stress that only a mother could know, the world had wronged her in so many ways, and though she had never cursed their father for what had happened she cursed him in this moment, that he was not here for them, or for her. Her wail turned into a howl of outrageous sorrow, before she placed her pups down lovingly, tenderly as though she would wake them if she did it any other way.



She backed away from them, before exiting the cave and asked a question to any that would dare answer in a voice that blatantly denied her murderous intent, “Who did this?” it was not full of venom, nor malice, but a calm coldness that gave no birth to the fury of a mother wronged that swelled just below her skin. It was the hanyou that answered in a broken voice, his own body having a hard time healing its wounds for the loss of blood.



“A wind youkai, who smelled of the North.” was all he could hack out before he felt himself falling to the ground, having raised his head from the earthen floor to speak to her. Sharp eyes became far crisper as she looked out in the lands, the witch had gotten away for the moment but this would not last. The heavy weight she’d held in for all her life was released like water breaking a dam, her aura released in full, all concealment be damned, the white bolt of lightening appeared first before it was over laid by a dark royal blue crescent moon.



The hanyou watched as the woman he was now certain was his brother’s mate by the crescent moon that slowly shifted upon her brow, but beneath it and centered was a white bolt of lightening, her aura was drowning out all things. The fury and anger in it seeping into the world around them for miles as she searched for the wind in a body. Her eyes slid closed as she looked with her youki in all directions around her, and when she found her prey the most wicked, devious smile spread across her face, the devil himself could not look so fearsome if he tried, all before her eyes shot open and she was suddenly gone.



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With Naraku…



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He was terrified, though he didn’t let it show on his face, never before in his life had he felt such an aggressively angry aura, and through his detachments link to him no less, he knew there might be no choice but to face such a wrath, and possibly lose Kagura to the wrath that awaited her. His consolation was that at least the owner of this anger would first be directed towards Kagura as before it came his way. He wondered what had happened, and thought to call Kanna over to find out but they were moving out for their greasiest march, to take Taishou’s castle. Whatever was after the part of him that was Kagura would have to wait, carefully hiding the fear that the aura had given him he left to meet up with his father so they could march into the heart of the West.



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With Keade and The Higurashi clan…



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Kaede knew only that wherever Kagome was, she wasn’t close, but she was in a horrible pain. The release of her full aura had dropped the concealment spell on those of the ‘true North.’ Her family, her only son, and herself both had bright shining white lightening bolts upon their brow, Sayuri had been the one to point it out. The swell of power that flowed from them both had increased more ten fold, as the concealment had held much in, commoners were not taiyoukai or daiyoukai’s, for the most part only royals were capable of such feats of strength, and if their seal was broken, then that meant Kagome’s was too.



She sighed heavily and concentrated to pinpoint the angry sorrowful aura that she knew was her granddaughters, when she did her eyes snapped open wide, mixed within that aura was that of the Western line, some how her grand-pup was mated and livid. Kaede wasted no time getting her son, and Sayuri this was a family affair and for whatever reason if Kagome dropped the concealment, then she might need them. Sayuri and Kengomaru were ready at a moments notice for their pup, Kaede chose not to mention that the aura was mixed with the line of the West, they would figure things out when they got the situation settled, and with that they set out following the aura. All the while the elder inu preying that things were not as bad as they felt from her grand-pup’s aura.



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With Kagura…



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The air around her thickened with an aura so full of sorrow and rage that Kagura knew the instant she was engulfed within she was going to die painfully, and at the retribution of one pissed off mother. She knew no kami would save her, nor would her master even if he could, nothing would want to be anywhere near her when the youkai found her, there was no hiding, she was too close, and no matter what she couldn’t hide if she wanted to for whatever was after her was closing in at such a speed that not even the wind could compare to it.



She felt herself being knocked from her feather, plummeting towards the ground fast, and yet at the same time she knew she wasn’t alone. The aura around her was stifling, and as she saw the ground near Kagura felt her decent suddenly stop. A hand upon her throat clenched with such a tightness the Wind youkai could feel her windpipe closing in, her eyes watered as she felt pain like nothing she had ever felt before. She realized it wasn’t all her own that the being that held her was projecting it as well, so much so that the wind youkai felt it was her own.



Crimson eyes were already dulling as she looked upon the being that held her, but couldn’t stop the gasp from what she saw. Before her, holding her, ready to kill her was one of the ‘True Norths,’ she knew that moment that her bodily death was upon her. Kagome held the wind youkai that smelled of ‘the north’ the wind in a demonic body, her logical side and beastial said in complete harmony, her voice darker, her eyes already bled crimson where white once was, and glowing white pupils where pale blue had been.



Her long onyx hair flowing on winds of her own youki, whipping around her near glowing body, her fury was evident, her anger palpable. There were things she wanted to say, but what would the point be if the youkai was simply going to die, and there was no way she’d let this being live, nothing would stop her from decimating the wind youkai, she was curtain of that. At the same time though, she needed answers, and the most important was, “Why?” her voice was dark, yet cold, emotionless, and yet tinged with fury.



The wind youkai understood, but didn’t really know what to tell this female, she had killed this females pups, pups of both the ‘True North’ as well as being the heirs to both that and the West. What could she say to this female, she knew she was going to die, there was nothing that could save her, and yet she did not want to be saved as it was. “I was under orders.” she choked out.



“From whom?” asked Kagome.



“The holder of my heart, Naraku,” wheezed out the wind youkai as the grip on her throat contracted more at the mention of the hanyou prince. Kagura was startled by the deep and deadly laughter that fell from the inu’s lips, and even more shocked by what she said next.



“I care not for your affections, all I want to know now is where the bastard is, and then he’ll be meeting you in hell shortly after.” in toned Kagome. Kagura though set her straight even if there was no point in doing so.



“I don’t love that…monster! He has my heart, literally, I am his slave! I can do nothing but follow orders!!” she was screaming as much as one could with someone crushing her throat, but failed to notice the rather predatory grin that filtered over Kagome’s face.



“Then I will free you of your bondage as well as your life.” With that the sky above them darkened as thunder clouds began to roll in from what was a clear and sunny day, lightening crackled loudly in the ears of all beings, and the last thing Kagura saw was a flash of blinding white before her world was gone, and she could no longer feel. Kagome’s hand surged with lightening, as her eyes glowed, and her fury was not as of yet sated, she smirked as the onna turned to crisp ash before her dropping her hand to her side before calling back her powers. The sky lightened but was now heavily overcast as her fury was still greatly in effect.



She now stood in a clearing where once there had been many trees, there was nothing now, but she did not care, she had a spider and his half blood prince to kill. With a crack of white lightening from the ground to the sky, Kagome was gone, when this mess was over with she would return for her pups.



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With Naraku…



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He looked at his chest in Kanna’s mirror, they’d been traveling when his chest suddenly felt like it had been burned by a thousand fires at once. Against his lapel had once been Kagura’s heart, the red stone had pulsed in time and rhythm as a heart should, and yet now he had nothing but a still black stone that was both dull and cracked, lifeless. The place it had rested against was scorched, and black as well, sore from a pain that he had never known, whatever had killed Kagura had done a good job of it for it to reach to her heart.



Her body had been his greatest master piece, it was supple in all the right places, pouty lips, large breasts, even a nice round butt perfect for slapping, and long hair to pull against in the heat of the moment. Beyond this she could be beaten, her life couldn’t be taken, she could even be dried of all her blood, but without her beating heart in her chest, she would never die. Yet she had managed to upset something that was incredibly powerful, so powerful that not only was he sure the body was gone but the detached heart as well had been rendered lifeless. The hanyou was not much for omens but this did not seem to bode well for him in the least, without thought he spoke to the white child of the void.



“Show me what or who killed Kagura.” even his voice was not its normal deep tenor when he spoke, so troubled was he that it rasped a bit. He watched as the mirror swirled with power, before all he could see were dark clouds, the figure would not show, and this nearly scared him as much as the slight bit of power that he had felt before. Part of him, the small part that was loyal to his father told him to tell the old man, but the larger and more confident, arrogant part of him wouldn’t let him do it. ‘Perhaps this being could take care of the old man for him‘, he thought.



Gritting his teeth, causing his fangs to cut into his gum, he re-clothed and made to go back out to his father, they weren’t close to the palace, yet, but unbeknown to them, their scouts were about to find themselves upon the camp of the Western army. Near the cave that the heir had been pent in for a bit over a week, they were in fact about to awaken the sleeping dogs and walk fully into the wrath of them all.



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At the Camp of the Western Army…



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The Northern scouts were at best two hours away from their army, when they were captured, tortured for information and killed. The Western army was already ready, there was peace in their camp as they knew soon they would fight off the bulk of the Northern army, its head and its second as well as their generals. Yet facing this task, there was excitement amongst them rather then worry or fear, the West feared nothing, and the North would fall, it was only unfortunate that this battle would be fought on their own lands, and the stink of their enemies blood would soil the ground they walked upon.



Taishou and his Captains, their seconds and down were all barking out order, it was like any pack would be when excited about the upcoming battle, they were charged with pent up energy. They craved the blood, the battle, and their General and Lord was ready to march them to their feast. Taishou feared nothing in battle, death was inevitable even for one such as himself, he accepted that, and so there was nothing to fear from this, the West would not fall, and if by some miracle the North managed to best him, Sesshomaru even in his current funk would be able to hold the West in utter stability.



He at least prayed this was the case, his son’s screams of pain, and yearning to be with his mate had been horrible, it ate away at his soul. The quiet that followed it was just as bad, possibly worse, and yet just within the last hour the roar of pain and loss that came from his son’s body was soul shattering, he was certain of only one thing, that either he had lost his grand-pups, or his new daughter and the pups. His son soon would be in a blood rage when the logical side finally shut down, and if his son’s mate was alive, and her pups gone she was sure to be in a blood rage as well.



Either way, he wanted to end this for good, he was tired of fighting this war, tired of watching blood flow, he wanted to be there for his grampups, even if he now had to wait to get more.



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Back with Kagome’s pack…



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Inuyasha had managed to sit himself up, his wounds were possibly fatal, but that was not his concern, he could smell their scent over all their blood in the air. It was richer then most, sweet, and smelled of his brother. As rare as it was to scent that pungent sweet smell, it was there in the clearing, any and all doubt he had was gone, those pups were his niece and nephew and they had been killed, they were pack and he’d failed to protect them. Instinct pushed him even when his body did not want to let him move at the moment, he knew of only one that could save them now, and time was not on their side..



Miroku noticed the hanyou’s movement and went to stop him only to be pushed back as the hanyou stood, blood coating his already red hatori and hakamas. His once dull silvery tresses stained as well, he was fading, he knew this, but he needed to get back to his father, and his fang of life. His hearing was being lifted from him, the sense not as important to living at the moment as his body focused blood to the rest of his being.. He began barking out orders, startling the group.



“Sango! If you want to save your brother’s life, stop crying NOW, and listen up. We need to get to my father, and we don’t have time. I need you to find some of Kagome’s clothing, anything and go pick up the pups, Miroku. I want you to get on Shippo’s transformed state, and follow us with Kohaku. Kirara, you’re going to have to take Sango me and the pups. We need to do this fast so please don’t fight me on this.” he silenced them with that. He was never one to ask politely for anything, it had to be serious for him to ask in such a way. With nods of their heads they went off to do his bidding.



It took them a few minutes to get everything settled when they were stopped by a gale force wind cycling in front of them. When the cyclone vanished a woman in all white and pale blues stood before them, the one that had launched the attack, and yet her hair now was the same pale blue, almost gray, where as her once crimson eyes were now grey. Kagura knew they’d never make it, she was the wind, and knew where all things were in this land, it spoke faster then it traveled and she could hear it all.



Taishou and his army, which of course also meant his sword, were hours from here, they’d never make it before the time was gone, the child and the pups lost to them all, possibly the mother too. “I want to help you..” she stated, but the hanyou could scent no lie upon her and even though he bristled he didn’t have the fight left in him to do so. They all knew who she was to a point but not what had happened. Inuyasha was weak and yet he could still smell and feel the apprehension upon his group, so he asked few questions so he could get them moving, none of them had time for this.



“Why would you want to help us? You killed them.” he said it with out sparing her feelings, and she could not blame him for doing it.



“The wind tells me where your father’s army is even now. I know of his great fang of life, and its limitations, without my help you will not make it, the slayer, and the pups die, perhaps even you. She freed me, and I took her greatest loves away from her, it is the very least I can do to help you get to your father faster.” she stated bowing low to the ground, placing the back of her vulnerable neck to him, leaving an easy opening if he wished to kill her. His chest puffed at the thought, the ache to do so, but his need to protect his pack, both the pups and Sango’s little brother were stronger then his need to kill this creature, whatever she was.



“You will get us there as soon as you can, and prey to the Kami that we can save them, or I will personally hand you again to Kagome and Sesshomaru to kill until their desire to do so has left them, and then I will kill what is left.” he stated smoothly and with cold indifference, that his brother would be proud of. It was times like this that he expressed his mature nature, rare as that was, he was nothing to be played with.



They boarded their respective pack, and the winds pulled them faster then they had ever flown before, Sango sat before Inuyasha, holding the pups, one in each arm, while he held on to Kirara, as well as Sango and the pups, hunkering them down against the force of the air they sped through. While Miroku did the same atop Shippo’s round pink form. They floated fast on the winds, making time that no being was able to do so with, even with light orbs.



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With Kagome…



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Her larger true form was not one that she often used in fact she could honestly say that only in secret, even her grandmother had never seen her in true form like this, in this state of angry fury. Large lean muscular legs pumped her over the clouded sky, the sun bearing down hot on her back, the clouds below her feet giving the world below a shadowy overcast day. She could feel the great force of youki getting closer to a similar yet stronger and stationary youki, beyond this in that sitting state was the youki of her mate, both Logical and Beast had long ago merged, long ago lost all reason not to kill Naraku, there was nothing for them now but vengeance.



All around her the clouds darkened, both from her imposing shadow and her engulfing powers, it was part of her that she had never been able to truly express, it was the secret her that lay deep inside, the kuroinu of thunder deep within. Closer and closer she got to them, how long it had taken her to get here, she didn’t know, nor did she care, she wanted his death, and she’d take down as many as it took to get it, until he was gone, the one that made her pup‘s killer, the one that forced the scarlet eyed woman to kill her pups, Naraku.



Stopping just above the still advancing Northern army, unknowing that the West was within eyesight, the clouds around her were nearly black, her figure being the focal point of power, of darkness, of anger, and of building fury. Lightening surrounded her as she descended upon them, a beautiful and dangerous array of power was at her fingertips and she for once was going to use it with out hesitation. The beautiful deadly thing landed in the midst of them, her roar of fury ripping through them all as she screamed out, shaking the very land and air, gleaming white long fangs dripping with poisons opened and snapped.



None had expected it, those that were near her went ready to attack her, she hadn’t even thought of it, when she reacted before they could, her claws dipping into dry earth beneath her sending her powers out and around the area closest to her fighting range. The ground rumbled for moments before it erupted in a fiery display of deadly life ending lightening. It circled her, engulfed her and those around her, and when it was gone, only she stood. Her back was to the West, her gleaming orbs filled with hate towards the heads of the ‘North,’ there was silence there for a long moment as a silent message seemed to be said, ‘I. Will. Kill. You.’



Both Onigumo and Naraku got it, as all hell broke lose. The larger then most black inu came towards them, the single female, having already taken out a large margin of the army as she attacked. Her tail swept those behind her, the thing crackling with electric energy that pulsed and killed when hit with it, the solders attempting to stay way from it, but were hard pressed to try and stop her from so far away. Her legs were no easier to attack, as wave after way of the same energy came from her very being, causing any and all who attempted to get close to her the same deadly fate..



The spiders watched with both horrible indignity that a female could even do so much damage, let alone by herself, and with lustful eyes. Such a female was rare, her power palpable, dangerous, and coveted, yet they could both see her brow, both could see the West monarch there, but what sparked both of them most was the bolt of lightening there, this was one of ‘the true Norths.’



Onigumo saw this as an opportunity, to take her from her current mate, no doubt the prince, and Captain of the West, Sesshomaru. He would have a legitimate claim to the Northern Lordship if he could take her, and yet to kill her, he would still not know how many others there were that could take her place.



He’d taken the North long ago, and only the one had gotten away he’d thought, it seemed at least that the former lady Kaede had reproduced at least once. He sneered at the thought and raised his voice in battle cry. His leagues marched upon the kuroinu, come hell or high water he would take the bitch in life or in death.



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With the Western Army…



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They had never seen anything like it, not even those that were elders in the ranks, clearly before them was a war goddess, it was impossible to think that any female could have such power, and yet it was not their primary concern, as the cave that Lord Sesshomaru, the prince, and their Captain had nearly been rattled down to the ground with a near ear splitting roar of anger. Toga had never heard his son make such a sound, and even his mate, Hatsumomo cowered because of it, there was so much pain and anger in the sound and the mountain on top of him, despite the spells to keep it from doing so nearly crumbled on top of the boy.



His army was trained, they were stable but they could not stand up to his son in such a state, he didn’t even understand what was going on, his son had been fine before the female had shown up, and that’s when it hit him. The figure was kuroinu, the bitch before them, taking on the whole of the Northern army by herself and doing a rather good bloody job of it, was more then likely his son’s mate. For her to be in such a state could only mean that her pups, his grand-pups were no longer of this world, suddenly he could understand his son’s lament, his anger, his rage, he could feel his own beast howling in sorrow for the loss as well.



Hatsumomo could feel her mates emotions through their bond, and it pained her so much that she cried, tears she hadn’t spilt in years were cascading down her face, she knew not why her mate was pained so but all she could do was go to him, and hold him. Toga held on to his mate like a life line, not wanting to know how he had failed so in this situation, pack did not let pack die.



Tears welled in his own eyes, though they did not fall, he clenched his own fists at his sides, drawing his own blood, just before he was going to move a wind picked up like nothing he’d ever felt, when it cleared his eyes were set on a demoness he’d never seen before, along with his youngest pup bloodied and near death. The young slayers, a monk, and a kitsune, but most surprising were the two small bundled up beings that scented like his son in Sango’s arms..



It was seconds as the scent filter through the air when his son’s roar shook the very earth itself, and the mountain again quaked above him.. Toga nearly fell to his knees but Sango’s voice brought him out of it. “My Lord please! Your sword!” she cried as the monk brought the youngest slayer over as well. The Dog general wasted no time as he unsheathed Tensaiga, narrowing his eyes the pallbearers of death were over the tiny bodies of the three, and even his own youngest pup. With one clean swipe all were gone, and the pups wailed into life. He was so happy he nearly went to them, before Hatsumomo stopped him, he growled at her for her arrogance to stop him at all.



“No! These pups do not know you, and their mother and father are enraged, they must be calmed, and you touching them will not help the situation! Girl. Slayer, are you pack to the mother?” she asked, Sango nodded, knowing she and her brother both scented like Kagome.. “Fine then, quickly bath yourself of the blood, we will calm Sesshomaru first, and he in turn will help us calm the mother. I can only assume it is she that takes on the army?” At this Sango looked back to see Kagome in all her glory, fighting and killing many, it was so very beautiful, and yet she could not blame her for her rage, she could only nod to the fact that it was her alpha doing battle.



Quickly she was bathed as were the pups, she was terrified to go towards Sesshomaru’s cave but he needed to calm down, and being female, with his pups she was the safest option. She trembled in fear as she walked with the now cleaned up pups towards their father, darkness was all she could see before two very large very scarlet eyes opened and peered at her, threatening to burn her soul. “S-Sesshomaru-sama?” she spoke quietly, knowing he could hear everything. “Please milord, your pups are well, you have to calm down so that you can take them to your mate and calm her as well, she is not aware of their safeness.” she said.



It took time for him to understand what she had said, but soon the beast had turned back to his humanoid form, his eyes were still crimson as he walked towards the barrier that separated him from his pups. When he was upon them, or as close as he could get to them, he could see the two small pink chubby faces, their small features scrunched up, whining for their mother, his eyes softened as he saw one had a tuft of onyx hair and the other, a tuft of white silver, he was a father, and never before had he felt so much.



Slowly the scarlet faded from his eyes as he looked upon this woman-child who held his young, his questioning mind wondering why she smelt just barely like himself, before it dawned on him that this was pack to his female, and thus his own pack. She was beta. Feeling a calmness he hadn’t known in hours, his deep voice spoke, “What has happened?” he asked needing to know.



“We were there with her during the last few weeks of the pregnancy, she birthed them about a week ago, she went out for her first hunt after wards and we were attacked, you brother was nearly killed, my brother was, and my companion the monk was hurt gravely. But the pups were killed as well. Kagome came back to us, to find us like that, she only asked who did it, and left before we knew what was going on. Your brother got us here, where your father revived your pups, and my bother, healing yours as well. But Kagome knows nothing of this, and is at the moment taking on all of the Northern army in her rage. We need you to calm her down Milord.”



Sesshomaru took all of this information in, he felt like a failure for had he been with her, or she with him, this would not have come to pass, had he not taken her, and simply let her go with her life, none of this would have happened. But he could not change the past, and for once he was thankful for his brother, and his father, now though he needed to make it to his mate. “Get my father to release me. ” he watched as Sango nodded, and his father simply appeared, letting the barrier fall.



One by one, Sango placed the small bundles in Sesshomaru’s arms, helping him with the awkwardness, and stabilizing them. The great and feared demon was awed by the small beings, his pups, he wanted so desperately to just hold them, not to bring them into the fray of battle that he would have to, to get close to his mate, but she would not calm without the pups, that he was certain of. He sighed heavily feeling the world around him, knowing instantly that he would die for these tiny creatures in his arms. Looking up he saw his mother smiling at him, and his father nod, knowing they would support him made him feel better. Forming his ki cloud beneath his feet, his father and mother did the same as they raced towards Kagome.



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She was too far gone to notice the darkening sky, and the high amount jyaiki coming towards her, but the rest of the army that lived was not. Above her the skies blackened in three places, two of which crackled with lightening much like the onyx inu before them. As she fought with the army around her she felt the air crackle wildly with power that she knew, even in her red haze she knew this strength, descending from the heavens above were three large kuro inus, two of them with wild lightening forming around their bodies much like her own, the third though had no lightening, but the snarling winds of her jyaiki was unmistakable, it was her mother, along with both her grand-dam and her sire.



The bark like growl that was her own laughter in dog form rippled through her chest as she turned her burning scarlet eyes upon the ‘northern prince’ not noticing the same deadly intent from her sire fixed upon Onigumo. She growled deeply the vibrations from it shaking the earth itself beneath them. Kaede knew not her grand-pup’s rage or its cause but the fury within her snarls and growls were like nothing the elder inu had ever heard from the pup. The sounds spoke deeply to her instinct, and fed her will to end this pointless battle. Her daughter and son were of the same conviction.



Naraku for the first time in his life, since he himself had been such a very young webling, allowed his fear to radiate around him, engulf him, and drown him. He who dealt death far too often had always known when a battle was won and a battle was lost, this battle was one that neither he or his father would walk away from, let alone live after. He made to run, and yet a force seemed to hold him still, looking around he could not see a thing that would keep him in place, when his young void demoness came forth.



“Your death is at hand, and hands of the wronged hold you in place. You will die.” she softly whispered, still being heard over the fray of war as if she were a titan speaking, and yet it was so soft, and damning. He found himself looking in his void’s mirror, and on each arm was either the red or blue priestess he’d killed not long before. He tried greatly to shake them off but the more he fought the harder and tighter their embrace was, neither vengeful spirit spoke to this sadist. When the nearly invisible red priestess Mimiji, held the Halfling nodding to the specter her sister Botan went on to hold on to Onigumo, who was suddenly seeing the ghosts as well.



Trapped by the blue priestess, Onigumo realized just who and what was holding him, and terror filled his being as he realized that both specters held on to him and his son. Simultaneously, he was realizing that the True North had set foot on the battle field as he realized that there were now four fully grown kuroinu, three of them being legitimate blood royals of the North, the Lighting clan of Inu, all of which had always been kuroinu. The spider struggled desperately for purchase to get away from the angry ghost but nothing was to his avail.



His breath was labored as he tried but could not pull away, his own fear and that of his son’s filling the air with an intoxicating mix for the inu’s who fed on such feelings. Both Kagome and Kengomaru snarled and lunched for the two ‘northern lords,’ their power so high and willful that it scorched the earth as they moved, ripped the air around them, and charged the air with power. Neither spider could move, as the spirits of two wrongfully killed miko’s held them at bay, they watched as death greeted them. The false Norths were gone.



Poisons laced with lightening and energy filled the area, and silence reigned as the foggy cloud of death disappointed. The four large inu’s padded out to one another, greeting one another by licks and nuzzles on their faces, when they felt the strong jyaiki coming towards them. Any of the soldiers that had fallowed the spider were instantly running not knowing that they had been surrounded by the Western armies to prevent their escape.



Kagome’s burning eyes fell upon her mate for the first time in months, her anger swelled at the sight of him and she not thinking started to charge, until she saw the bundles in his arms start to squirm, and began to squall at her nearness. Unsettled she fell into a stuttering stop as all the fight seemed to leave her as she breathed in the smell of her twins, smoke gathered around her and when it cleared there before her mate was the humanoid Kagome, just as beautiful and more so then he remembered.



Her breast heaved as tears welled in her eyes and her lower lip quivered, her heart constricting tightly as she slowly walked towards her family, headless of her family behind her, or the slight low growl coming from her father who was being held back by her mother. The tears slowly leaked from her eyes as she came close enough to look upon her pups, she bit her lip before she breathed in deeply, still not wanting to believe for it would kill her if it was a lie. “How?” she breathed out so quietly Sesshomaru almost missed it.



“Tensaiga.” was his reply, as he took in the sight of her, cut up, and hurt, her clothing shredded from the fray of fighting so, she was glorious. The name leaving his lips had sent joy cascading down her body, there were three great fangs of the West, the Inu no Taishou’s Tetssaiga handed down to his hanyou son to seal his blood and slayer of one hundred foes. The Fang Tensaiga forged to save his human wife’s life before time took her and capable of saving one hundred allied from death. And finally the Captain’s Bakusaiga, a fang of ultimate destruction that cut and disintegrated the foe once cut, leaving the foe unable to regenerate ever.



Her mates sire had saved her pups, “My pups.” she whispered as her delicate clawed finger traced the moon on her eldest brow. Sesshomaru smiled lightly.



“Our pups.” he countered, gently handing one off to its mother, and pulling Kagome towards him in an embrace, his Mokomoko and her own wrapping around them as his ki cloud flooded the ground beneath their feet and he lifted them away from all this destruction, away from their families, and off to seclusion. There was much that needed to be settled, Kagome though did not protest, for the first time in months she felt perfectly safe, and very content. She was in fact a daughter, a woman, a warrior, a friend, a mate, and more importantly a mother once more.



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Still on the Battle field…



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The armies of the North were surrendering to their fates, held captive by the much larger and still stronger Western army, Taishou barking out orders left and right while Kouga bellowed them out to the armies, as well. Kengomaru, was bristling, about the fact that his daughter had just been taken away from him, not knowing of her mating, he was still in the mind set that he was her alpha. Growling low Kaede, his dam and elder snapped her jaws as if reprimanding a pup, she had felt and smelt the change in Kagome as they’d fought briefly together, she was now a daughter of both states, and things would need to be cleared up.



“Quiet your growls pup, there is much to be discussed. Your pup has mated that of the Inu no Taishou, she has a new alpha.” stated the calm little inu, who watched animatedly as her own son began to throw a small tantrum, his mate Sayuri just scowling and shaking her head at her mate while her hands were balled upon her hips.



“You knew?” came the question of Hatsumomo who had arrived with Taishou shortly after Sesshomaru, and her own grand-pups. Kaede regarded the younger inu, the Lady of the Western lands, before she spoke.



“In battle in ones true form it is hard to remember to hide one’s scent. I figured it out Hatsumomo.” stated Kaede, not calling her by title which was easily picked up on by the Lady.



“You do not know me, there for you should not speak so informally with me obaa-san.” stated the cold irritated inu Lady. Kaede decided now would be a good time to begin speaking the truth..



“It is true that I do not know you but I have no need for formalities with you, Hatsumomo.” she said as she fully released the concealment on her and her clan, forcing the air around them all to crackle with power the likes of which few were able to wield. Instantly Taishou was there standing before his mate in protection, he growled threateningly towards the ancient inu.



“Who are you?” he sneered out.



“I stand before you as the True North, West. I am Lady Kaede, mate of Kagemirushi. My son, and the True heir, Kengomaru, and his heir, has just been absconded with your heir as well.” she stated with a mischievous grin that too often elders wore. Taishou was in shock, he had not been more those many hundreds, nearly thousands of years before when the North had been sacked by the now debunked spiders. But he’d known the stories well, his own Sire had been great friends with that royal family, and alliances had been lost when the new rule had come in, the North and the West had not had peace since that time, and now they found them selves connected by their heirs. He sighed.



“My Lady, it seems we have much to speak on, if you would join me and my mate, along with your heir and his mate, it seems we are all pack now.” he stated politely as the elder inu nodded to the younger Lord, and motioned for Sayuri to drag her pouting mate behind her, Kaede couldn’t help but chuckle.

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AN for FF: OKay, so the next chapter of 'Betrothal' is still being worked on, the next chapter of 'Dance' is almost ready literally! I'm trying to swork some issues with other sites out before i update but if i can't then I'll add it anyway, thats my next update unless its 'What she wants', I'm just going to town with that one. I'm writing on 'Mad World', and 'What became of Her' yeah i haven't forgotten about I swear! finally I'm still trying to get my muse going on 'New Beginning'. Its aggravating b/c i know what i want to happen its just getting my fingers to do the walking. I'm still debating on adding a lemon-end to 'Battleship' i've had so many positive reviews about wanting a better ending and a coupling of sorts, seriously thinking about it. Hmmm what else... O! those of you who might had started, 'Amaterasu's Will' I'm almost done writing the first of the next two chapters, I haven't got a clue why but i like to update that one in two's so as soon as i get five and six written and beta'd they're going up. Still have a napping muse on 'Gift of the Blood' any ideas anyone has would be appreciated, I love the fic because it was one of the first things i ever wrote that made me actually sad that i'd written it but I'm having a hard time not being so common on whats going on in that fic. Anyway, thats all i think.

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For AdultFanfiction site: Do you Know How to Dance? has been hidden by admins because of my Disclaimer, I have corrected it, and yet they still saw fit to Hide it. The only way you can currently even find the fic is by searching for title direactly, and all it does is state that Admins haave hidden it, contact Admin. Bc of this i have loged into the Forums and sought help to fix this, but its been three days and i havent been able to get any help, mostly because the forums wont let me do anything, cant post, reply, send messages, its really annoying. Anyway, I'm strying to fix it, if you read that story there only, Dance, then you may have to find it on This site or Dokuga, bc I'm only holding up posting on trying to get it fixed on AFF, and its not fair to me or the readers b/c that site wont work properly. :le sigh: anyway, if you want to help :D then go bug them to fix it, b/c i've already fixed my disclaimer to their specifics twice. OKay thats all.



Hey, if your an admin can you PLEASE fix Do You know How to Dance?, i really want to update it on all my profiles. thanks, its story ID number is: 600092942



http://inu.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600092942 specifically. thanks! - r0o

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PS. Thanks again to my marshmallow rangler aka mah betah!, you know i adore you for putting up with me. - r0o