Do you know how to Dance?

Hatsumomo had arrived in the city of Tokyo at about 11:30 in the morning, on her way she’d talked to her son for just a moment really earlier that morning. She’d been upset that he hadn’t told her about this female, and even more upset when he still refused to say anything about her, telling his own mother that she would meet the girl in time. Needless to say that conversation didn’t go over well. Sesshomaru had asked her what she was doing, she’d told him that she was headed to Tokyo as they spoke, knowing he wouldn’t be going into the office because of the mating, it made sense for her to go in, in his place.

Sesshomaru had told her briefly what was going on at work, and asked if she could insure that his apartment had a few feminine touches to it for when he returned. Her in town apartment was right under his own. She was actually excited about that, not knowing that her new daughter in law had never been there. Hatsumomo had asked where he was, and he’d informed her that he’d stayed at ‘the Penthouse’ and would be doing so for a week or more.

When asked why, he’d explained that even though his apartment wasn’t as far it was not set up for both a him and a her. It was a logical enough explanation, so Hatsumomo hadn’t pressed the issue, briefly she wondered if her daughter in law would be upset that her mate had an apartment above his mother‘s. Really she didn’t think it would matter for she only stayed there rarely, but still she didn’t want to encroach on the new couple. She figured this new female in her son’s life would just have to get used to it, considering that she and her son were close still, she pitied the bitch if she thought she could stir Sesshomaru away from his mother.

After getting off the phone with her only son, and arriving in Tokyo she’d gone right to the office, Sesshomaru’s secretary had been completely surprised, for Hatsumomo never came in. She’d built the business with her mate and son, but had not come in unless she had to ever, she was the devil incarnate at work, and soon many rumors were started about the white silver haired bitch on the thirty second floor giving out orders left and right, and sitting in Mr. Taishou’s office like she owned the place, it was obvious to many that didn’t know, she did.

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At the Yokohama Residence near the Sea….

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His morning had not gone well at all, first a four am wake up call from his bitch, who wanted nothing to do with him, not that he blamed her. Then his wife was annoyed with him, he’d tried to go back to sleep only to wake up to a female screaming out his eldest son’s name in the throws of passion, only to realize that it came from his younger son’s room. He’d panic, ‘why he wasn’t certain, though he was sure it was a nature fatherly reaction to such‘, but he’d thrown the door open and watched as his youngest and a girl that looked dangerously like Kagome, but definitely was not Kagome, fall from the bed in a flurry of sheets.

Scenting the air he’d come to the conclusion that he unfortunately knew this female, and had not liked her from the first moment he’d ever met her. Combine this feeling with the scent of sex, blood, confusion, anger, and his own son telling him that he was knotted, had the old dog drinking far too early in the morning. Toga was not at all pleased with this day, because of all this and the nagging questions that bit at his conscious the most important of which were: If Inuyasha was with Kikyo, his eldest‘s seemingly ‘ex-chew toy‘…Who was Sesshomaru with now? And where was Kagome?

Toga had desperately wanted to know the answers to those questions, which was why at noon he found himself in his study having stayed home from work today to deal with this. His wife was sitting behind him on a small perch like seat that was meant for his female in such situations, as well as his youngest pup and his ‘mate’ in front of his desk, sitting and waiting. He was far older then the lot of them put together, and only Sesshomaru had ever successfully out lasted the ‘waiting game,’ with him, he knew one of them would crack first. And it didn’t take long for the pup to crack. “What?” asked his youngest. Toga still said nothing, his darkening scowl telling the boy to speak up and be quick about it.

Inuyasha of coarse squirmed but still tried hard not to fall under the hard gaze of his father, he sighed knowing he didn’t have it in him to outlast the old dog. “Kagome threw me out last night, so we came here.” he said as his ears flattened to his head, and he looked down, shame rolling off of him in waves, making Toga sigh.

“And why is she with you now, other then the obvious?” stated the rather annoyed elder inu, while gesturing to Kikyo. Inuyasha squirmed a bit more before looking at his mother, not wanting her to hear this, seemingly his father picked up on his upset nature and spoke to his mother without looking at her. “Izayoi, why don’t’ you take the young lady downstairs to get something to eat, she must be famished.” He noticed right away that Kikyo, if he remembered her name correctly, stiffened but stood after his own wife had, both females left the room. Toga waited until he heard their footsteps going down the stairs before he spoke to his son again.

“Now Inuyasha, tell me everything that happened. And this Toga does mean everything.” he said with such a dark cold fury that the younger boy knew he was in trouble and that nothing would save him from the wrath of his father. Inuyasha had to wonder why the people that loved him seemed to hold such unhealthy levels of anger towards, him, right now he felt only his mother loved him unconditionally. He sighed, and began to tell his father everything.

“Yesterday I was at the college looking over what classes I wanted to assign myself in for next semester. I was walking down the street when I saw her. Kikyo had gotten her heal stuck in a grate on the street and I helped her get the shoe loose. She smiled at me and it was so beautiful and I couldn’t help but think she looked like Kagome, and the way she smiled, it was, I dunno but something in me wanted to get to know her.” He said as his father nodded.

“Continue.” the monotone answer did not help to ease Inuyasha’s fears of what was about to be said in the next few minutes.

He sighed, “Well, we went to go get coffee, and we talked, and when it was time to go, I didn’t want to leave, neither did she. I asked if we could go her place, she said it wouldn’t be the best, so instead we went back to my place.” said Inuyasha.

“And you did this, knowing that you lived with your fiancée?” asked the elder Inu with his eyes closed, not wanting to look at the pup. He was not one to actually lecture on inu courting rituals, considering he had both a mate and a wife, in two different females, but he did not want his own pup to fall in his footsteps in this way.

Taking Izayoi, though he did not regret it, was one of the largest blunders in his life. He truly loved Izayoi, he really did, along with his second son, but loving them had forced him to give up something he equally loved as much and for far longer, he was also left shunned in the eyes of all most all demon kind, fore concubines were fine in their eyes, a second wife was not, even if she wasn’t mated.

He sighed as his son started up once more. “Anyway,” Inuyasha started feeling uncomfortable telling his father about his affair, even the word ‘affair’ sounded so much worse then anything he’d ever heard before, ‘cheating’ wasn’t much better either, he thought. “We went back to the house, and things just escalated, I knew Kagome wouldn’t be home until later that evening, and I got lost in the moment. I didn’t hear Kagome come in, she caught us both in the shower, she had her camera with her because she’d been out yesterday taking photos.” He sighed again as he thought about it after that.

“She just left, she didn’t even say anything, didn’t scream, cry, she just left, I was shocked. I called after her, but she was gone. I didn’t know what to think, I was mad and hurt, angry, everything, eventually we went back to Kikyo’s place, after I realized who she was to Sesshomaru. We didn’t know what to expect, but when we got there, Kagome’s camera was there, but neither asshole nor Kagome were there. I knew whenever she’s upset, she goes to this club in downtown Harajuku.” he said.

“A club?” asked his father.

“Yeah. She likes to dance, and I don’t, but whenever she’s upset she goes there, I figured it was where she went, probably with lord asshole.” gruffer the hanyou.

“You will not speak of your brother in such a way pup, like it or not, he is the Lord of these lands, and though I am your alpha, he is now mated and has his own pack, I can no longer protect you from his wrath.”

“Mated? Who would mate that bastard?” sneered the younger inu. Receiving a growl from his father that silenced him.

“That is something I would like to know myself, it happened last night, but again I will warn you only this last time. You will not speak of or about your brother in anyway that is disrespectful or dishonorable. Now that he has a mate of his own he has every right to start his own pack, and if he does, which I’m sure he will, he is no longer under my control, and because I am no longer Lord, I will not be able to stop him. Be careful Inuyasha the waters you like to tread so often are no longer safe for you. Now finish your story, how did you end up with that girl.” he sneered.

The younger inu huffed but finished his story, still not thinking anything about what his father said and how it could relate to Kagome at all. “Yeah well, Kikyo, is Kagome’s elder twin sister, I hadn’t known when we met. We got to Kagome’s club and when we walked in, Kagome was all over Sesshomaru, and him the same, dancing. I’d never been so angry in all my life, next thing I knew Kikyo slapped Kagome. And just as fast or faster, Kagome had Kikyo against the wall, she disowned her own sister. Her friends then took my keys, my credit cards, and my cell phone, it was embarrassing.”

“Then your older son.” Inuyasha spat out, “Took me outside by the scruff of my collar and threw me in the trash, I’ve never seen him so protective of anything before, then he went back inside and took Kikyo’s stuff too, everything but her car keys, her cell phone was shut off by the time we made it back here.”

“He left with Kagome to take her home I guess. After that Kikyo and I went to go get something to eat, when we got here she was drunk and I wasn’t much better with the new moon being to night. This morning when I woke up, everything was so dulled and I was still kinda asleep, you know the rest.” Inuyasha said as he lowered his face and looked away from his father.

Toga was shocked, there was nothing to prepare him for such a turn of events, his youngest son had lost a treasure to his eldest, and he was certain now, that the female that was now his new daughter in law, and Sesshomaru’s mate was in fact Kagome. While he could at least be happy for his eldest, it did not mean he was against his youngest, the fact was that some how the two had changed partners, was beyond him. He knew Kagome well, and he had Kikyo investigated long ago when she was nothing more then his eldest’s plaything.

The two miko’s couldn’t be farther different then night and day, granted they visually looked similar, they were nearly nothing alike. He knew for a fact that Kagome held the title of Head miko of Japan , as well as the Shikon Miko, that she worked for him, as well as many other wonderful things that any new father in law would be proud to add to his family.. But where Kagome was a bright and shinning example of what any father would want added to his family, her sister was not so lucky.

Kikyo was not horrible, but she was spoiled rotten, whiney, and often times she could not back up anything she did, having to rely often on others to do what she wanted. She thought herself to be a true high born bitch, and yet she was nothing. He was aware of the rift between the two sibling miko’s and knew that with the strife of his own sons that both couples would only grow farther apart, much to his dismay, and more then likely the dismay of the Higurashi family as well.

Both Kagome and Sesshomaru were similar, and though his life span more then doubled her’s many times over, she would be a perfect female for his eldest, a perfect Lady of the West. He could not be certain what the miko Kikyo could offer his younger son, in many ways she reminded him of his wife as she was now, and not as she had been when they met.

The old dog closed his eyes and thought about everything that had happened in his life in the last twenty-five years. His mate, his beautiful Hatsumomo, did not speak to him unless she was forced to do so, went out of her way to be away from him at every turn, and the only thing he could give her was the space to do so. There were rare times that he requested anything from her, and even then she only came for what he wanted and left usually without a word, her indifference hurting him far more then any cold words could ever.

Toga was forced to call upon Hatsumomo at least once a year to sate his beasts lust for its mate, their mate, for the beast did not love Izayoi as it did Hatsumomo, the beast would easily kill his little human if it had its way, and would he knew all too well. Toga had set himself up for this really, inu youkai’s inner beast picked one and mated her, and there would more then likely never be another for his inner-self.

His beast had voiced on more then one occasion the lust to spill Izayoi’s blood, of coarse this she did not know, and never would if he had his way. He and his beast needed their mate in their bed at least once a year, lest he actually lost control and destroy the world around him or let the world around him attempt to destroy him in return.

In twenty-five years she always came to him, and yet every time he was with her he felt his heart break even more, his beast’s will to kill Izayoi more for it too saw her as the catalyst to Hatsumomo’s pain. What he had done to her, to their relationship, was going to be nearly impossible to fix.

He remembered the first time he’d had to call upon her, his mate was not one to cry, she was stronger then any being he’d ever met until they’d had their son. She was his perfect peach, his little flower, and yet the first time he’d called her, he’d had to force her to submit to him accepting his dominance, and though his beast whined for her, to keep her, cherish her and only her, he’d still forced himself upon her.

When he came back into control of himself, his mate had been sobbing, she’d looked so broken and fragile, so unlike herself and more beautiful then he’d ever seen her before. He’d wanted to comfort her, and yet as he closed in on her she’d flinched away from him, afraid of her mate. His beast had died some that day, he’d felt broken, and she seemed shattered, he’d felt through their mating bond, he was the cause, and he knew it. But what could he have done, he’d given up his thrown, given up mated life of over hundreds of years, he had a new born son to think of, and a young human wife, who was a slap in the face to his beloved mate.

The next year when he’d called upon her, she came, but his mate, his beautiful mate was so cold, so indifferent, she was never the same with him again, and every year after they had met once more, she was just as much detached if not more so. It hurt both him and his beast more and more that she would leave their side right after they were sated, shower, and leave, never saying a word, or bothering to talk.

He’d lost all pleasantries with Hatsumomo, and now only an eternity bond and a fully grown pup bonded them together. He sighed, he wanted his mate back but he knew it’d take time, knowing this he decided to try to fix things with his mate.

He shuddered at his life, he was nearly one thousand five hundred years old, and yet in only twenty-five years his life was blissfully ruined. Sure he’d had concubines in the past and though his mate had not liked it, there was nothing to fear, Hatsumomo had been pleased at least to know that she still held her mates heart. Yet a wisp of a human girl had come in and taken everything from her, his wife did not like his mate, and his mate hated his wife. Neither female stood in the same room if possible, and yet still Toga forced them to do so from time to time.

His Izayoi thought often that Hatsumomo was the one who called upon him, how wrong she was, often those times were times he’d called her assistant, and scheduled time with his own mate. Hatsumomo would usually be livid and call him to scream at him, but even though she was normally mad at him, it was little things that kept him in check, kept his beast pent up, kept him sane, even if she was only screaming at him, sometimes it was enough.

Even though he loved Izayoi, he’d fallen out of love with her long ago, it was an oddity that he could look back now and see the ‘fad’ that she was, and that she was nothing compared to his mate, and for longer then he cared to think about his beast had been stirring more and more for its mate. He wouldn’t turn back time to stop anything from happening, had it not occurred, he would not have his youngest, but it did not stop him from wanting his mate back, wanting to hold her, and pup her. Wanting to see her face in the throws of passion once more and actually liking it rather then dealing with it.

He sighed as he opened up his eyes and looked at his youngest, he was no fool he knew why his eldest hated the younger inu so much, though Inuyasha looked similar to his sire, the likes of which Sesshomaru did not, Inuyasha was a symbol of his failure to Hatsumomo, as a mate. And though he had never gifted his Hatsumomo with another pup, when he’d known she’d wanted nothing more to give him more pups, but he had done so to another female.

Sesshomaru had been far old enough to understand everything that had happened, and had yet to forgive his sire for any of it, remaining closer to his mother, then his sire. His son choosing his mother’s side was needless to say a slap in the face to him as well. Often times the grown pup was more or less the only way he could get any information on his mate, and even then it had always been forced out of the man that his son had become.

He looked at Inuyasha, really looked at him, the boy did not have to grow up as Sesshomaru had, did not need the sword, or battle knowledge, was protected under his name. Even fallen from grace he was still fierce and a force to be reckoned with, though his second female, and the hanyou pup had caused such bad backlashes in all areas of his life, he was still stronger then most and had literally fought for the first few years of his separation from his mate to keep them safe.

His eldest had not lifted a finger to help him or stop others from attempting anything against him, his new pup and wife were his to protect, Sesshomaru had made that clear. He had no delusions that Sesshomaru might do anything ever to help him again, that was when he realized how much of a mistake he’d created.

No he would never say his son, Inuyasha was a mistake but having the pup, taking the pups mother as his wife had cost him dearly. He sighed once more before he spoke. “When was the last time you saw Kagome?” he tiredly questioned the boy who’d obviously forgotten that he was still being questioned.

“Last night before I left, she was dancing again in his arms.” Inuyasha growled out, still pissed that all this had happened to him.

“Hn. In all likelihood, Kagome is now your new sister. It--”

“WHAT?!” the hanyou roared out in both anger and frustration.

“You. Will. Be. Quiet. BOY!” threatened the elder inu, his growl rumbling deep within his chest, as the younger inu stilled, not having heard that kind of anger in his father in a very long time. “You were unfaithful, and you were neither mated nor married to her, she was fair game. Beyond this, if she has mated Sesshomaru you will do nothing to encourage his wrath, I will not lose another son for the other!”

“Lost another son? What the hell dad?” threw out the emotional hanyou. Watching as his unfathomable father slouched and suddenly looked very old, and tired.

“You have to understand boy, there are things that Sesshomaru has lived through, things he was trained for, you have lived a life of ease compared to the life your brother has lived. While you run around throwing tantrums about the color of your car, or some girl, or even have issues deciding what college courses you want to take, Sesshomaru has been groomed since birth to take over as Lord of the Western lands.”

“He has been taught to take on anything that comes his way and decimate it, even if that it is you he will have no problem doing this. You are twenty-four years old he is over a thousand years old, when I say to leave it be, I mean it. He‘s faster and stronger then this Toga, and I would not be able to protect you from his wrath over his mate. ” said the elder inu in a voice that sent shivers up his youngest spine for the force and determination behind it.

“His heart holds no pity for you, or any of your issues, you will not gain any pity from to him, he deals with millions upon millions of dollars a day, and all the lives of his employees and subjects depend on his stability, his strength and power, your small compulsion to believe that Kagome is yours will only insight your brothers natural instincts which are stronger then your own to defend what is his.”

“While you might have thought that a ring could lay claim to Kagome, you were wrong, if she is mated to your brother, then you will not interfere with them or their lives. He will be within his right to kill you if it is warranted, and I will be powerless to stop him. Do not push this issue or your brother, or this Toga on the matter. You have your own mate to attend to.“ dismissed the younger so that he could be alone with his thoughts.

Inuyasha got up and left his fathers office not liking at all what was going on in his life, not liking that he was now trapped with Kikyo, and could no longer look towards Kagome as his woman. He had lost her for his selfishness, in less then twenty-four hours he’d managed to ruin his life. He stalked down the hall to his bedroom, to grab his keys he needed time to himself, to think, it was now two in the afternoon, and his day had only been horrible to start he hoped that things went better from here on out.

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At the Sunset Shrine in Tokyo…

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Sayuri swept the grounds to her family’s shrine, absentmindedly as the wind blew lightly against her face brushing stray strands of hair from her neat little bun. Her husband and father in law were out at the moment, and her son was due to return any time now, she had thought the day to be a beautiful thing, as she as spent time in her small garden as well as helping her father in law tend to the shrine while her husband was out at work. She smiled to herself at the thought of her family, but soon that smile fell form her face.

Mother’s intuition told her that today was a day of great change in their family, she’d gotten the feeling late last night, actually not while waking to Souta Vs Buyo Vs the stairs --sadly a common occurrence at the Higurashi house--, but actually because of her youngest daughter. Then hours later the same feeling came over her, she couldn’t explain any of it really but she felt that both her daughters were mated. Remembering her conversation with her son before he’d rushed off to school, he’d showed her who Miroku said Kagome was most likely to have attached herself to.

She had to admit, he was a beautiful man, and very regal, but his picture had looked so cold, Souta had gone to school early, and she’d asked that he leave the screen up so she could look over it more thoroughly. Having done the majority of her house work when she finally got around to reading the miniature profile about one Taishou, Sesshomaru, Sayuri found herself very concerned. She’d been worried because this man, sounded awfully like the man her eldest daughter complained so very much about.

Sayuri didn’t know the full story but she was horribly worried over everything that was happening in her children’s lives. She knew she’d have to speak to her husband and Souta on what information he did have on this situation. She sighed, it would do her no good to worry herself sick, with that thought in mind Sayuri went back to sweeping the shrine grounds until her son came home, followed shortly there after by her husband, Shinji, and her father in law Hiroshi.

Sayuri greeted her family with afternoon snacks and tea, ready to go when the males in her life came home, her cheerful smile, and bright disposition did not fool any of them though. If it was one thing a male born into the Higurashi family was aware of, it was the female disposition within their own family, some how all the males always married women that were usually always polite but always had tempers and mood swings, they birthed them too.

“Koi, what troubles you?” asked her husband politely, having sat through a tease session of tea with his family.

“Yeah mom, what’s wrong?” asked Souta. Sayuri smiled at her son, and her husband not knowing where to begin, sighing she decided she’d start with what Souta knew.

“Well this morning when Buyo tripped Souta, I knew I wouldn’t be able to go to sleep again. Having talked with Souta, about it, I was worried for Kagome. I have a feeling that something big is happening, and I had been worried about her for a while, when I suddenly felt the same thing for Kikyo. I have no idea what’s going on but I’m worried about the girls.” she said lightly biting her lower lip a habit that Kagome alone had picked up on.

Souta had of course noticed that a large piece of his mothers story was missing, namely Sesshomaru, he would have to ask about that later, for the moment he’d listen to what his dad thought. Shinji sighed, “I’m sure their fine darling. Their both responsible young women, and I’m sure everything is okay with them, we’ve raised wonderful daughters.” he said not really giving his wife credit for her motherly instincts. Thus Sayuri continued to worry her lower lip. She eventually nodded but not before her son caught her eyes, a silent message being sent between the two that they’d talk later. Souta, got up and hugged his mother, before heading upstairs to finish homework, while his dad helped Jiji up to his room.

Shinji was a modest man, very level headed, but had a temper when provoked, something Kagome and Souta inherited from the patriarch of the family. He was a military man, the naval officer was prime for retirement but stayed on to teach, his hard drill instructor life style at work rarely making its way home. He towered over other men, a giant in human standards to the average man of Tokyo , something he’d gained from his American mother.

Hiroshi, his father had met his mother Anna right about fifteen years after the World War II, the mixed couple had not been received well on her side and as a result they had no real contact with their American roots, but his Japanese side had eventually resigned to the fact that the woman was going nowhere. They had come around with time, but still they were not close by any means standard.

As such he’d grown up an only child and when he was young his mother passed on, his father eventually took over the shrine, when he’d started his naval career, but when he gained a family, he’d settled them with his father, where he too lived when he wasn’t on base. It was his way of staying with his father always, and as such his small family of both his daughters, his son, his wife and father, were all very close, well most of them anyway.

One thing that did pass from one generation to the next was his mother’s height, and oddly enough her blue eyes but only to Kagome and himself had they gone. While he and his own son Souta had benefited from the unusual height that Anna has passed from herself to her child and grandchild. Hiroshi was by no means short in his hay-day but Shinji simply dwarfed many, and often he was confused for part demon, rather then partly American. His daughters though grew to their mother’s short stature, but he adored them all the more for it, his wife and both his daughters were simply tiny.

He chuckled to himself as he made his way back from his father’s room, and sighed as he sobered up a bit, his wife was worried, and though his son needing to speak to his mother hadn’t gone unnoticed, he’d give them the time they needed to talk. He laughed inwardly, he wondered if his family would ever realize they were all too open with each other to hide anything. He wondered if whatever it was, was a situation that would have him angry, it was usually the only thing that would have the two conspiring to be so secretive, which really meant it was about his daughters.

Shinji was not a stupid man at all, he was very aware of all the things going on with his daughters, and their sore disposition towards one another. He was partly to blame for this, having often compared the two when one or the other was doing something wrong, usually Kikyo’s bad to Kagome good. He would swallow his pride and say he’d wronged his children doing this, but at the same time, he would not apologize for it, his younger daughter worked far harder then almost anyone he knew, and she deserved happiness for this.

Her sister on the other hand, had turned out spoiled some how, coming from a middle class family neither poor nor well off, he couldn’t understand how that had happened. The oddity that were his daughters, were not like others in their situation, often the eldest took care of the younger, and the younger was jealous of the eldest, but it was not the same with his twins. Kagome always took care of her sister, always did everything she was told, and Kikyo was the one always pushing boundaries.

He’d figured, and teased Sayuri that Kikyo had to have been the milk man’s baby, which was impossible, and usually he got a light slap on the arm for it, he still teased her. He didn’t know what was going on but he’d find out and when he did, Shinji just knew he wasn’t going to like it. Shifting his mustache heavily, the large thick bushel like tuft of hair on his lip looked like a large furry black caterpillar, his wife hated it, stated it scratched when they kissed, and he’d been in the dog house for a bit on that matter. He chuckled to himself as he made his way to his study to read his paper, he’d just have to wait to find out what was going on.

Once he finished his homework, Souta was down stairs and walking into the kitchen, prowling like he had this morning, just trying to see if his dad was there now. Sighing in relief, it was only his mom in there, and with a quick look she was just about to begin dinner, which meant that he could pull her away for a bit without fear that something word burn up the house. Quickly walking over, he lightly grabbed her elbow and led her out the back door to her garden, where a bench sat beneath an ancient sakura tree.

“Your worried.” he stated knowing the woman far too well, to which she didn’t even try to hide, for she really couldn’t with him or Kagome ever.

“Yes, this Sesshomaru... I think he’s the male your sister was seeing.” she said sadly.

“Kikyo?” he asked just to clarify, watching as his mother nodded a bit. Souta had heard some of the conversations that his sister had with his mother on this male she’d be seeing not much of it was good, but then his sister often whined about things that were her own fault. Sighing he decided it was best to ease his mother the best way he could, with pure fact.

“Even if it is, it doesn’t mean it’ll be the same with Kagome as it was with Kikyo. I’m not going to lie mom, Kikyo’s no angel, hasn’t been for a very long time now. While I won’t justify anything that happened in their relationship, from everything I’ve heard and read up this Sesshomaru guy he’s a very honorable demon. Lord of the West in fact, more then likely he told Kikyo what she was getting into before hand, and you know Kagome, she wouldn’t make a deal with a devil to save her life, but she would know what she’s getting into before she did anything. She’s not the type to just run off and do something without thought. You know that.”

Sayuri’s shoulders seemed to slump a bit, but at the same time, a slight weight was lifted from her shoulders at this thought. He was right, Kagome might be impulsive from time to time, silly and childish at others, but she was not the type to sow seeds she could not handle the growth of. She was the type that while looking silly and unprepared was highly calculated, and mating was a large step, her daughter would have thought of that clearly before making such a large choice.

While her thoughts were eased some with Kagome, they seemed to weigh heavier on Kikyo now. “But if it is the same male, then what of Kikyo?” she asked her son who’d been waiting for that question since she mentioned the male’s possible involvement with his other sister as well. But before he could answer his mother also shot out with, “And what about Inuyasha?” Souta furrowed his brows.

“I’m not sure about Kikyo, we both know she and Kagome don’t get along a bit, but I don’t think Kagome would go so far as to steal someone from Kikyo. As for Inuyasha, I won’t go into details mom, but he wasn’t good enough for Kagome.” he stated a bit angrily.

Sayuri smiled a bit, “You’re just saying that because she spent so much time with him.” chided his mother, making him sigh once more, for this he could not look at his mother to say.

“Mother,” he said, knowing she knew that for him to say that, ‘mother’ rather then ‘mom’ was serious, “There are things that I have spoken to with both my sisters in trust, I will not betray that. But I can say with all my heart that I am glad Inuyasha is not with Kagome any longer, there were times, mom, when she called me in tears, near hysterics, over his jealousy.. He never hit her or anything but he would never let her be as free as she needed to be. I don’t want that for her, not when she’s been through so much, and works so hard. He stresses her too much, she doesn’t need that.” he finished still not looking at her.

Sayuri was in thought, some of this she had not know about the pairing, and the conversations she’d had with Kikyo about this male, Sesshomaru were never negative, just not often happy. If he was with her youngest daughter then he would have to make her happy, and that was all there was to it. Nodding her head she smiled as she rubbed her son’s back watching as he closed his eyes and smiled a bit, a mother’s touch could always work on any of her children. Standing she made her way back inside while Souta stayed out in the garden, he got up to go sit beneath the Goshinboku, closing his eyes he relaxed and prayed to any that would hear him that things worked out well in the end.

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AN: To the fans I've had this for a few days and i was really wanting very much to update on the normal home for it on all sites but i couldnt get the issues fixed with AFF, its still in the 'hidden' land of AdminsHateR0o land. Anyway, I'm not mad at them, their doing their job, but i'm disappointed.

Because of this i'm going to make a new home for chapter 9 on until i can get it fixed there, and when it is, I'll delete the new 'repost' and add the chapters back to the original story post. This is of coarse aggravating. Beyond this i will not repost chapters 1 - 8 on AFF, if you want to re-read them, please find author name: Sugar0o on either FanFiction-dot-net or Dokuga-dot-com.

Again, if your an ADMIN on AFF, please fix this issue with the disclaimer stuff. Its really upsetting to have to 'repost' because i cant get it fixed when i already fixed it before you guys hid it ANYWAY. :sad face:pouts at you if your reading: If you know and admin on AFF bug them until they fix it. thanks! loves!

Thanks: Other then that, I've been working my marshmallow wrangler overtime this week and she's done a fine job, Thank you so much for putting up with my BS this week love your new story, if any of you havent looked, go read: Twist in Fate's Danger Amongst Them on Fanfictiondotnet, o yes shameless plug :D Thanks to the reviewers, and those that love this enough to threaten me for not updating it. Reviews feed the fires of my muse's soul.