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Chapter List
- 18
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- 20
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There is going to be a little humor in this chapter and then things are going to get serious and violent very quickly.
Warnings: Foul language and plenty of violence.
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Special thanks to our awesome beta: SplendentGoddess
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Written by Ai Kisugi with plotting and editing by Karaumea
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Chapter 19: Takeshima Island

Lingering fog banks obscured two vague shapes that flew through the air. One figure was that of a man floating on a cloud. He had long silvery hair, a formal kimono and a long billowing white fur that trailed behind him. Dangling on the fur was a beautiful woman with a dark complexion.

The other figure that had taken flight was a strange looking double-headed dragon. The beast had a muzzle on each mouth, and a young man with matching silver hair and dog-like ears held the creatures' reigns. He was wearing red robes and had a battered sword secured to his waist. Behind him was a miko with long raven black hair, with a bow and quiver on her back.

The miko gestured to the other ‘couple' that was flying alongside of them. "Sesshoumaru-sama seems very uncomfortable."

The hanyou in front of her laughed. "Well, that's his fault, isn't it? Maybe he should have thought about freeing Kouga of that cursed bracelet before they left."

The miko smiled into his shoulder and squeezed the man she loved.

Sesshoumaru was beyond irritated. He had wanted to teach Kouga a lesson. The insolent wolf demon had refused his initial request to join them in his search to rescue Rin. Furthermore, it was partially Kouga's fault that Rin was in this situation to begin with. If Kouga had stopped the kidnapper who had been carrying his precious Rin from the Seventh Heaven, none of this would have happened. The wolf was obviously a coward and didn't deserve to be a man any longer than he needed to be.

Of course, he hadn't anticipated Kouga's reaction to flying with him. That guy was far too comfortable with playing the role of a female.

"What do you think, Sesshy?" asked the wolf demoness that was dangling from his ‘mokomoko-sama' fur. The girl twisted to show her backside to the dog demon before she squeezed her rear end. "Do you think my butt is too big?"

Sesshoumaru tried not to growl.

Kori freed one hand from the fur she was holding onto and squeezed one of her breasts through the thin white t-shirt. "But, I think my boobs are just the right size. They fit so nicely in my hand."

"Quiet!" bellowed the dog demon.

The girl swinging from the long dangling white fur just smirked. She managed to pull herself closer to the dog demon. "Do I smell good?" she crooned.

Involuntarily, Sesshoumaru drew in a breath. Wolf demons never smelled good to his kind, but any female of the canine species had a certain allure to other male dog demons. Kori didn't smell nearly as good as Rin did; Sesshoumaru thanked the Kami for that small favor. However, the boy teenager turned female did have a nice feminine fragrance, and that in itself was highly annoying.

"Oh, your white fur is so pretty!" exclaimed Kori right as the dog demon felt the familiar feeling of someone stroking his mokomoko. The only person who was allowed that small pleasure was Rin and certainly not a tiresome wolf.

"Why, you insolent..." he hissed as he tried to pull his dangling fur away from the exasperating wolf demoness. However, the action had the unfortunate side effect of pulling Kori even closer to him. She simply smirked at him and puckered her lips.

Sesshoumaru's mouth shut closed instantly.

The dog demon dropped his precious mokomoko in disgust. Kori was again swaying underneath him, holding fast onto his white fur.

"You will stop your incessant chatter, wolf!" ordered Sesshoumaru.

The girl who was suspended underneath him started to laugh. "There's only one way you can get me to shut up, Sesshy, and it ain't with a kiss!" Kori bent over in riotous laughter as the stoic dog demon tried to keep his carefully controlled countenance as emotionless as possible.

The awkward situation was broken by the steady beat of a ringtone that incessantly reverberated from Sesshoumaru's belt.

The dog demon seemed to know who was on the line without looking at the caller ID. "Are you on your way?" he muttered to his phone. "Good. We should arrive in twenty minutes." He paused. "Of course I will. Rin is everything to..." Sesshoumaru paused again to pinch the bridge of his nose. "Yes, understood. She will be safe. You have my guarantee."

The fearsome demon was about to say something else into his phone when Kori made another appearance. She had somehow managed to swing up onto his back and began to talk breathlessly into his phone. "Who's that, Sesshy-baby? I'll get so jealous if it's another woman."

"No!" The dog demon actually looked flustered as the voice on the other end took on an accusatory tone. "That was Kouga....yes, I am sure it was Kouga...because he still has the bracelet on... I should...? Yes, sir. Good day."

Sesshoumaru snapped his cell phone shut and tried to put it back in his pocket. Unfortunately, the wolf demoness grabbed the cell from his hands. Before he knew it, the girl had put her cheek to his and yelled, "Cheese!"

With a quick flash, his angered face was immortalized next to the flirtatious Kori whose mischievous blue eyes gleamed with merriment. She was then rapidly hitting some buttons on his cell. "Oh, I think I know of a few people who would love a copy of this!"

"Give. It. Back. Now!" demanded the dog demon. His golden eyes started to shift to red and the purple lines that adorned his cheek seemed to expand and widen.

However, Kori either didn't see his anger or was simply choosing to ignore it. "There we go. Your Mom and Dad got a copy, so did Inuyasha and me...oh, and Kaede!" The girl sighed as if she was hopelessly infatuated as she batted her eyes at the dog demon. "I'll be sure to add it to my Facebook page! We look so cute together!"

Sesshoumaru ripped the cell out of her hands, nearly managing to break the fragile equipment in the process. "Am I to understand that the only way to keep you from bothering me is to remove that bracelet?"

Kori turned a flirtatious eye at Sesshoumaru. "Why Sesshy, it's the only way. Otherwise, I think I'll have to take off my top and I'll..."

The wolf demoness couldn't even finish her sentence. Sesshoumaru had already ripped the bracelet off of her wrist. Suddenly the image of the buxom dark-haired beauty shimmered and changed into a very handsome young man with cerulean eyes and a tight white t-shirt stretched across his well-defined chest.

"YES!" he screamed as he flexed his arms, looking at the way his muscles moved under his skin before he pulled at his jeans and took a peek inside. A wide grin stretched across his face. "Hello, big boy! I missed the sight of you!" Letting go of his crotch, Kouga lunged for the dog demon's pocket. "Damn, I need your cell!" he demanded.

For a brief second Sesshoumaru had an unwanted vision of Kouga sticking the phone into his jeans to take a picture of his ‘big boy.' He was about to object. However, the wolf grabbed the cell phone again, even though Sesshoumaru tried to keep him out of his pockets.

Much to the dog demon's relief, the boy's hand stayed away from his groin as he took a picture of his face and then stared at the result with a look of dreamy satisfaction. "Where have you been, handsome?"

"Talking to yourself is a sure sign of mental instability," intoned Sesshoumaru, who had finally given up on his cell phone.

Kouga hadn't heard the pointed remark. He was simply running his finger over the digital image of his smiling face.

Sesshoumaru resisted the urge to roll his eyes as the wolf demon grinned and took various photos of himself while dangling from his mokomoko.

"Vainglorious narcissist," the taiyoukai muttered as he sped up. He quickly decided that spending any more time with the troublemaking wolf than was absolutely necessary would be detrimental to his mental health. Once Rin was rescued, that wolf demon better stay at least one hundred kilometers away from him at any given moment. Otherwise...

Sesshoumaru's claws oozed green vapors and dripped poison.

His icy golden eyes narrowed. It was best for him to take his anger out on Naraku and the people who had kidnapped Rin-not the loathsome wolf. He was going to bring her home last night. She had finally acceded to his wishes to keep her safe. And then, Naraku had to interfere!

It wasn't enough that the bastard had been the sole focus of Rin's solitary criminal investigation, the very same investigation that had kept them apart for two infuriating years. It wasn't enough that the crime boss had put a price on his sibling's head necessitating the bothersome need to hide both Inuyasha and Kouga. Naraku had upped the ante when he had kidnapped Rin and had threatened to kill her.

Now, it was personal. Rin was his and his alone. Anyone who threatened her was threatening Sesshoumaru.

Naraku had threatened that Rin might not survive the coming sunset. But, that wouldn't be the case-it would be Naraku who would not live. Tonight's blood-red sky would be the last one he would ever see.

Gradually the misty dark blue of the sea gave way to charcoal grey and darkened green. He could easily determine the steep, darkened mountains of the western-most Takashima Island that peeked out like shadowed fingers from the misty white below.

Encrusted upon the jagged inclines were green foliage and a lingering mist. There was a sharp delineation between where the sea ended and the sharp peaks of the island began. The only separation was a narrow, rocky shore, only wide enough for one man to stand.

Sesshoumaru tried to calculate the best defensible position to land. He could try to take the fog-enshrouded seashore, which did not give them much room to move yet obscured them from view. Or, he could land on the top of the mountain, which would be easier to defend but would leave them wide open to attack from the covering mists that hung below.

It only took him a second to decide. He was the prince of the dog demon clan, not a coward. They would land on top of the mountains. He would attack from above, and his sense of smell could detect anything below, fog or no fog.

Before he had even landed, the wolf demon had already jumped onto the mountain peak. The imbecile was still grinning, patting his body down with satisfaction.

‘Ah-Un,' his two-headed dragon, swiftly followed him to the landing site. Inuyasha and Kagome quickly dismounted. When the hanyou patted its flank, the two-headed monstrosity took to the sky. The miko readied her bow, and the hanyou drew his battered Tessaiga from its sheath.

The low-lying cloud, with its cold wetness, blanketed everything below like a swath of cotton. Sesshoumaru breathed in deeply to ascertain where Rin might be and whom they might be facing. The wet fog and salty sea obscured most of the scents that surrounded him; however, he could still easily discern and separate all of the discordant smells.

He sniffed and caught the faint, yet lingering scent of Rin. Her clean scent of waterfalls cascaded over his senses. She was alive! He was incredibly distracted by her fragrance and had turned to race toward it when he discovered that he really should have been focusing on the inevitable trap that Naraku had set for them.

He smelled gunpowder, water, salt and humans. He could not detect any demons or Naraku's scent.

"Inuyasha, your miko is useless here. We only face humans. Hide her and then rejoin the fight," he ordered.

"I will not..." Kagome responded while stamping her foot. She was not able to finish her sentence before Sesshoumaru smelt the acid, burning scent of gunpowder exploding and the whining noise of an over-the shoulder-rocket being launched.

"Move now!" he ordered, before he silently rose and then fell into the fog banks below.

Inuyasha quickly grabbed Kagome and held her bridal style. Then with one smooth leap, the pair of red-clad warriors ascended into the air and then disappeared into the misty-white.

The rocket whistled as it flew, then landed with a blinding explosion, full of fire and black smoke. It slammed into the top of the mountain where they had just landed.

Sesshoumaru knew that the wolf demon was fast enough to avoid the barrage; he was only worried that his half-brother would not be able to keep his miko from harm. Inuyasha was hard enough to deal with when he had not been able to obtain his mate. But now that the hanyou had bound himself to the miko, her death would make living with his brother impossible. He didn't relish his new obligation to protect both Rin and Kagome, one human was enough trouble to try to protect-two was nearly impossible. He only hoped that his brother would be able to keep the miko alive during this fight. Sesshoumaru had other things to worry about.

His senses pulled him toward the small brigade that had just loosed the motor shell. The scents spoke of five smelly mortals. His first inclination was how easily he could fell a group of weak humans. But then, another more logical side intervened. It told him to be cautious as he attempted to slaughter the motley crew that was keeping him from Rin. Something wasn't right. Something was off in the air.

The very air seemed too pure...to clean. It was as if the scent of the misty ocean and moist undergrowth was being pushed away.

He felt a gnawing sensation inside that spoke of a trap. However, he moved forward swiftly and silently. Perhaps if he could overtake them before their plans could take form, then he could quickly take Rin away.

Falling like a crashing cannonball, Sesshoumaru erupted through the foggy embankment right next to a large tank. Time seemed to slow as he squeezed the tank gun with his bare hands. Green vapors and poison oozed from his fingers, melting the muzzle like butter. The middle of the long metal tube crumpled as easily as a plastic straw. The gun began to vibrate and heat as a new firing sequence had initiated.

He easily lunged to the side just as the cannon fired another round. His expression was passionless; his lips a thin line.

The mortar shell backfired into the main compartment. The screams were brief as fire hissed past the tank hatch; throwing it open with flames trying to reach for the air above. All that was left of the tank was billowing smoke and silence.

The dog demon's eyes instantly focused on his next target: the same man he had seen at the Seventh Heaven when Rin disappeared. His eyes narrowed as he took in the feminine looking man in front of him. The freak wore the face paint of a clown, with dramatic fake tears lined in dark blue under both eyes. His pink kimono had the cut of a woman's with a green leaf pattern, a silky purple scarf and with the side of the kimono drawn up to show his leg. The effeminate man bore a sickening smile that spoke of madness and a lust for fighting. He drew a sword that looked like a scimitar and pointed it at him.

"I love your hair, sweetcakes. I think I'll chop it off for a souvenir," the cross-dressing mercenary mocked.

Sesshoumaru wasn't one to talk during battle; he simply lunged forward.

He moved past Kouga, who was fighting against two men at once. One man was a giant; he had obviously overdosed on growth hormones and steroids. His size was actually grotesque. Next to him was another man with war paint on his face and sharpened steel claws on his fingers.

The wolf demon seemed to be toying with the two men. Kouga's face bore a smirk of utter delight as he danced around his opponents like a gnat buzzing around a horse. He would hit, annoy and parry, each time leaving the duo more blood-soaked and angry than before.

The giant's huge fists swung down only to meet dirt when the wolf demon quickly jumped away. The force of the impact churned the earth as chunks of dirt flew in all directions, and a small crater was left in the ground.

While Kouga's back was facing him, the other man swiped at him with his metallic claws, but the wolf demon was too quick. Like a tornado, he jumped and spun away just in time for the man to attack his compatriot. The giant howled as his own companion's claws raked against his chest, gouging flesh and leaving behind five gashes that oozed crimson blood.

As Sesshoumaru ran past the trio, Kouga shouted, "Look, Sesshy! Who's the man now, huh?!"

"You fight like a bitch," shot back the taiyoukai before he ignored the wolf demon completely. His opponents were already faltering; they wouldn't last much longer.

The dog demon attempted to slice the pink kimono-clad man in half with his claws; however, the strange scimitar leapt from the confines of the handle to fly toward him like a writhing snake.

The blade would have cut down a normal man, but Sesshoumaru was far from normal. He had never met a demon as fast as he was. With careful precision, he evaded the blade, stepping through the loops and twists of the blade as it slithered across the air. Then, the blade was taut and pulled itself back, falling back into a regular looking blade like a folding accordion. The fighter readied his scimitar again. It would be hard to get past the trick blade, but Sesshoumaru knew that his abilities were far superior to the human in front of him. The mercenary would fall quickly.

It was at that moment that the purity that had been lingering in the back of his senses exploded in rushing chaos all around him. Like a tidal wave, the onslaught of holy energy flooded into the area, crippling him and sending him to his knees.

The mercenary in front of him laughed manically. "Didn't expect that, did ya? You demons can't stand the effects of purification, can you?" The man grinned before he readied himself for another attack. "But don't worry. You're too pretty for a quick kill. I'm going to take my time with you."

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Kagome was still in Inuyasha's arms when the explosion rocked the ground far behind them. She could hear the shrieking sounds of armaments going off in the distance. Inuyasha landed gracefully on the overhanging branch of a large pine tree. He gently put Kagome down beside him. Her small, zori-clad feet shuffled against the damp bark.

She looked down and was a little disconcerted to see that the ground was not even visible, only some branches further below and the lingering gray-white fog.

Kagome looked up to see wide, amber colored eyes looking at her mischievously. Inuyasha tipped her head to the side, kissing her firmly on the lips.

After the brief kiss, the miko tried to breathe. As she exhaled, a thin, warm mist escaped from her lips. "Inuyasha," she implored. Somehow, she knew that for once in his life, he was actually going to follow his elder-brother's advice. "You can't..."

The hanyou silenced her with one more kiss before he placed a single clawed finger on her red, swollen lips. "You could help in a battle against demons, but not humans. Besides..." He paused, and this time only serious honeyed orbs looked at her with concerned fear. "I can't have you killing a human. You're far too gentle for that."

With one bound, he left her side and disappeared into the surrounding wall of mist.

"Inuyasha! Rin's my sister!" she screamed, but her only answer was the sudden fluttering of a flock of birds that were disturbed by her outburst. The miko gathered her fists to her side. "You...you...arrogant jerk," she muttered under her breath.

Kagome exhaled loudly in an attempt to keep herself from screaming again. The last thing she needed was to call attention to herself now that she was alone.

Peering down into the mistiness below, she was happy to see a wide choice of branches within arms reach. The only problem was that she couldn't even be certain how far up she actually was since the ground was concealed by a low-lying cloud. She steeled another breath and then decided to look on the positive side. At least, since she could not really look down, she would never get vertigo. The most she could see was five meters in front of her.

With her bow and arrows secured to the quiver on her back, she carefully descended into the mist of the forest. She would hear the occasional squawk of a bird or the rustling of branches in the wind. But, the sounds of battle were now too distant for her to discern. Knowing Inuyasha, he was probably doing his best to move the fight as far away from her as possible.

Eventually, her sandaled feet made their way to the damp, pine needle encrusted forest floor. Kagome sighed as she brushed off the mud and dirt she had acquired from her climb. Then, she readied her bow and made her way through the dense canopy of mist and trees that surrounded her.

With no warning, suddenly everything shifted, and she felt the most intense waves of peace and purity wash over her. It felt lovely, and her arms stretched in an attempt to absorb the beautiful serenity that surrounded her. She breathed in the sweet scent of a spring day and sunshine even though the area was obscured by fog and dampness.

Tranquility suffused her senses, lulling her into a false sense of calm. Then her eyes suddenly flew open. "Inuyasha!" She shook her head left and right in order to fight against the numbing stillness. The purity that griped the island was so intense that it would certainly hurt a demon or half-demon. "No!" she cried as she ran forward.

At first, she widened her senses to detect demonic auras. She had to get to Inuyasha; she needed to save him. He was fighting a group of humans with modern weaponry. All he had was his Tessaiga that was probably nothing more than a battered sword with its weakened demonic aura. As she ran, she stumbled and slowed. Was it really best for her to run to Inuyasha? Not only would he be weakened by the pure aura enveloping the island, but also Sesshoumaru and Kouga. She could try to help them in battle, but what could she do against heavily armed men? Inuyasha's older brother was right; she was useless in a battle against humans.

Unless...

She was the only member of their party who could go to the source of purity. Perhaps, she could succeed in the one mission they would never be able to accomplish. She would try to take the holy barrier down. She closed her eyes and stretched out her senses, trying to detect the source of the purity.

Yes...

Like called to like...

She felt it drawing her near, a holy aura that seemed to be calling to her very soul.

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Inuyasha hated leaving Kagome all alone on a treetop. But it was better than having her fight a group of mob henchmen. Her powers were worthless against human beings, and further, they were equipped with modern weaponry and guns. If she were ever shot...

He shook his head to clear it. She'd never have to face bullets or rockets. He left her high in a tree and he'd be damned if she was going to face human mercenaries armed with guns. She'd never stand a chance. For once, he agreed with his older brother. He snorted at that thought.

Perhaps, this was the only time he had ever agreed with the bastard.

As he made his way toward the battle that was raging, he caught the scent of another human male. The man was trying to hide himself in the underbrush. He zeroed in on him and swiped a claw at his large bulbous head. The toad-like man evaded his aim at the last second, and only tree leaves were felled.

"You," growled Inuyasha as he looked at Mukotsu for the second time. It was the creepy potions master that had kept them unconscious with noxious gases in Naraku's greenhouse. He remembered that Jakotsu had accused the man of molesting drugged girls. A shudder ran through him as he recalled that Kagome was almost a victim of Mukotsu's. This man needed to die.

With the power of rage coursing through his veins, he raised his Tessaiga high in the air before it barreled down to slice the man in half.

Mukotsu's bulbous eyes widened with comical proportions as his hands shot up to ward off the impending blow.

Both Inuyasha and Mukotsu were shocked when a huge blade parried the attack. Two large silvered swords hissed as they scraped against each other. The two combatants pressed their blades down, trying to gain the advantage.

Inuyasha noticed that a human opponent was countering his Tessaiga. The man wore a white fighting ‘gi' and sported a long black braid. He looked familiar. It took Inuyasha mere seconds to realize that the manager of the Seventh Heaven, Bankotsu, was fighting against him. Of course, the man wouldn't recognize him; the last time he had seen him, his name had been Shaya and he had been scantily clad.

Inuyasha growled at the memory.

Mukotsu scrambled out of the way on his knees as the owner of the huge sword grinned. "This is my Banryu, and my name is Bankotsu. I don't know why Naraku wants you dead but I am happy to oblige him."

Inuyasha grunted as he pushed against the huge Banryu blade with his own transformed Tessaiga. The blade and Bankotsu moved back, thrown backward against a tree trunk.

"Keh!" Inuyasha muttered. He was quite certain that a well-placed ‘Wind Scar' would not only kill the human, but destroy most of the trees in the nearby vicinity. He had only done this once before and managed to obliterate an entire stadium.

He recalled the thoughts coursing through his veins the last time he used the ‘Wind Scar.' He thought about what might happen if Mukotsu managed to drug Kagome with his poisons or if Bankotsu faced Kagome with his broadsword.

Not going to fucking happen!

A desire to protect, to shield, sprang up from his very veins writhing around his blade and pulsing with power. He felt the energy swirling like a tornado around his sword, readying for an attack.

Bankotsu seemed to sense that something was amiss and took a step back even as he extended his Banryu in attempt to deflect the oncoming storm.

Inuyasha smirked.

You're going down fucker!

Then, an agonizing wave of energy shot over his body. Purity crashed over him like a lightening storm. He watched the gathered demonic energy of the Wind Scar dissipate into the air. Horror gripped his form as his claws receded and his long silver hair darkened into grey.

He was nearly human again, and it wasn't even the night of the new moon. His demonic energy had virtually left him. He could still feel a sliver of power in his body, but it was weak.

Bankotsu smirked as he observed the half-demon's transformation. Somehow, he knew that the hanyou before him was no longer a threat. He held his Banryu aloft ready to fight again, knowing that the tides of battle had turned in his favor.

However, Inuyasha wasn't about to back down. Not while he could still breathe, not while blood still coursed in his veins. He would never give up. He had something to fight for, and her name was Kagome.

He held his battered, untransformed Tessaiga with one hand as he ran forward, ready to meet his fate head on.

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It was desperation that moved Kagome's feet forward. She could only imagine what was happening to Inuyasha, Sesshoumaru and Kouga while the purification barrier enveloped the island. She had to stop it, though for the life of her, she wondered how something that powerful could be stopped. And was the source inanimate or animate?

If it was a human being that was unleashing such a powerful force, surely she could reason with him or her.

She stumbled and fell over tree roots and rocks until she made it to a rocky shore. Grey-green waters flecked with white foam crashed against the pebble-strewn beach. The salt water from the waves mixed with the fog, coalescing as a salty mist.

She shivered at the coldness, but also felt the warmth of intense purity wash over her. Her eyes tried to find the source of the aura. Both her soul and eyes were working in tandem to discover the epicenter.

As she turned, she noticed a small wooden shrine farther up the shore. It was enshrouded by pine trees and would be difficult to see if it wasn't for the pure aura that shone from within the building.

Carefully, she made her way up the rocks of the shore and then onto the gravel path that led to the shrine. As she approached, she noticed that it was the focal point of the purification energy that was running all over the small island.

Bending down, she walked into the small abode. Then, she gasped and covered her mouth with her hand.

There, before her, was a mummified man in silk monk's robes. His skin was muddy brown in color with flecks of bone yellow. The eyes that had once rested in their sockets were hollow, and his cheeks sunken. There was no flesh left; only a wrinkled corpse remained.

"Sokushinbutsu!" she gasped.

She had heard of these mummified living Buddhas, though she had never seen one in the flesh before. They were men who had virtually starved themselves over a period of nine years before they finally allowed themselves to be buried alive. The lucky ones became dried out mummies; the unlucky ones rotted like a normal human being. She couldn't imagine putting herself through such agony, however it was said that taking such steps allowed the men to reach nirvana and to become living deities.

There was no doubt that the spiritual purity coursing all around her was centered on that very figure. But how could she stop it? It would be sacrilegious to destroy a living Buddha, and she didn't have the means to get the mummy off of the island. Sesshoumaru's dragon would probably be helpless to return to the island now that the spiritual energy enveloped it.

Her head tilted to the left in wonderment and sorrow as she viewed the holy man. The only way she would have any chance of contacting him and convincing him to stop would be by communion.

Carefully she sat on the wooden floor. Then, she pulled herself into lotus position. Each crossed leg was bent at the knee and her hands rested on her thighs, the middle finger and thumb joined in a circle.

She willed her mind to calm and for her breaths to be even. She slowly brought in a breath through her nose and then exhaled through her mouth in an equal proportion.

Kagome was thankful for Kaede's tutelage on mediation. Otherwise, her worried mind would focus on Inuyasha and how he might be...

No...

She would find peace and calm. There was no Kagome, no Inuyasha, no island...just her soul, reaching out to seek another soul--a soul of intense purity, a soul that had faced the harshest of human punishments, a soul that had been willingly buried alive.

Then she felt it, a warm yet sorrowful soul that wrapped around hers.

Words fluttered against her mind. "Who are you? Who dares to violate my sanctuary?"

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Reviews are better than seeing Kori pucker up to kiss Sesshoumaru.
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Next Chapter: Sesshoumaru, Kouga and Inuyasha are helpless against their foes as the purification barrier drains them of their strength. What’s going to happen and will Kagome be able to stop it?

Authors’ Notes:

#1: Ai Kisugi needs your help again. InuSaga has deleted her brilliant masterpiece, ‘Watcher in the Darkness.’ Does anyone know why it was deleted and if there are any links to it that work? Ai has it listed as her ‘Number One’ Inuyasha Fan Fiction that she has ever read (on her Fan Fiction Profile) and now it is gone (which is a complete tragedy in her book). (Ai already tried to contact the author on Living Journal, but to no avail.)

#2: November is NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), where authors are challenged to write 1,600 words per day on a novel. So Ai Kisugi will be taking the month of November off to write her original story. She’ll be back to writing another chapter of ‘He’s My Girl’ in December.

#3: A few reviewers were asking when Rin was kidnapped and by whom. The kidnapping took place off-scene. If you read the end of chapter 17 you will see that Naraku has just asked Kanna to kidnap Rin. Then in Chapter 18 you see Kanna walking on past both Sesshoumaru and Takeshi Higurashi who are arguing. Their argument keeps them from noticing Kanna who has no scent. Kanna walks into the dressing room that Rin was in. The next thing we know, at the end of Chapter 18 Sesshoumaru shows up at the dormitories and tells Inuyasha and Kagome that Rin is missing. Kouga then pipes in and tells everyone that he saw a girl that looked and smelled like Kagome who was taken unconscious into a van outside of the Seventh Heaven. Re-read chapters 17 & 18 and read between the lines.

#4: Ai has read a ton of Inuyasha fan fiction and has never stumbled across one that includes Rumiko’s mummified Buddhist monk, Hakushin, and considering the complexity of that particular character, Ai can see why. While writing this chapter, Ai did some research on the ‘Sokushinbutsu’ or the mummified (living) Buddhas of Japan. These mummified men are considered living deities in Japan. It would stand to reason that if they were really deities, that they would have the holy power to both ward off and to expunge demons of their power. In order to become a mummified Buddha the monks would ritually fast for over nine years, which made them look like living skeletons and then would finally allow themselves to be sealed alive to die and seek enlightenment. Ai actually got a little sick to her stomach when reading about what these monks put themselves through. http://www.sonic.net/~anomaly/japan/dbuddha.htm.
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