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Dissident Hope	By : inufan625 Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > InuYasha/Kagome Views: 7761 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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A/N: Sorry for the long wait but I have kids that require alot more time and attention during the summer, but I am back now and the good news is that I have several chapters ready to post as I just finished 36. I have to go back and give them a once over but you can expect a weekly update until I catch up with myself again, but hopefully I'll be able to keep a small lead from now on. Anyway here we go.

By the time they reached the kitchen Sesshomaru was already inside standing over the cradle looking down and the twins who were both looking back up at him unblinking.
“Keh, they don’t bite,” InuYasha said. “Well, at least not yet anyway.”
Sesshomaru glanced towards his brother. “Hn, there is something strange about them.”
“Now what kind of thing is that to stay about you own niece and nephew,” Hisako scolded as she bent down and picked up Kazuki. “I’ve never seen a finer pair of pups.”
“I’m sure he didn’t mean that how it sounded,” Kagome offered as she lifted Emiko into her arms. “They are unique after all. The miko daughter of a hanyou and the hanyou son of a miko.”
InuYasha grinned at his son as Hisako handed him over. “I’ve been thinking that it is pretty strange you carried him a whole month too long and even then Emiko still came too soon for a human pup but they were the same size. I’m thinking he waited for her to be ready and let her have more from you so she’d grow faster, maybe she even used his youki.”
Kagome’s eyes widened a little as she sat down at the table to nurse her daughter. “I hadn’t even thought about that. Also Aiko did say she sensed a special bond between them.”
“As interesting as all that may be to the both of you it is not what I came here to discuss,” Sesshomaru said.
“As far as I knew you weren’t coming over here to discuss nothing until this afternoon, what with how busy you are,” InuYasha said. “Funny how your schedule magically opened up when you knew I was busy.”
“You should be grateful that I consider you such a high priority when you have caused me nothing but trouble with your apparent inability to go even the shortest amount of time without indulging yourself with your miko,” Sesshomaru told him.
Kagome blushed but InuYasha smirked. “First of all, I went months without even knowing where she was and then had to wait even longer because she’d given birth. On top of that we have two pups with the worst timing ever. Second, jealousy really is an ugly emotion and doesn’t suit you at all.”
Hisako laughed quietly. “Now now, boys don’t make me get a rolled up newspaper.”
Kagome didn’t know what to make of it as both of them cringed a little. Surely no one ever had ever used such a method to discipline them. Though she had to admit it made a cute picture little InuYasha gnawing on a table leg only to get a rolled up paper smacked against his bottom, or little Sesshomaru sniffing butts and getting whacked. She laughed outloud at the image of it in her mind.
“Something amuses you?” Sesshomaru asked.
“The way both of you looked when she said that,” Kagome replied breathlessly. “Something tells me you two were quite unruly as puppies.”
InuYasha snorted. “Yeah, well at least I never turned into an actual puppy and peed on the carpet or went around sniffing butts.”
“So it was for butt sniffing,” Kagome said with delight. “Though I didn’t picture him in his true form. I should have though, that’s even more adorable!”
“I wonder where InuYasha would have heard such tales,” Sesshomaru said as he looked to the elderly youkai woman.
“All inu youkai pups do it,” Hisako said. “Had InuYasha-sama not always been kept so close to Izayoi-sama he would have done it too, until he was broken of it or grew out of it. Besides you are a lot for a younger brother to try and live up to. He needed to know even his Sesshomaru onii-sama had not always been so fearsome, especially once Izayoi-sama had passed.”
Kagome looked up as InuYasha offered her Kazuki since Emiko was finished eating. She captured his hand briefly to offer him some small comfort. He had loved his mother very much as she had her own and she understood that even with the passage of time, the sharp ache of such a loss could still take you by surprise at times.
“So, what did you come over here for?” InuYasha asked. “You didn’t need to come in to impart some youki into the wards.”
“It is looking more and more like there will be a civil war amongst the dragons,” Sesshomaru said. “From what I can tell the clan is fairly evenly divided and Ryuunosuke who leads those who would side with us is asking for our support should it happen.”
“Shit,” InuYasha said quietly. “What are you going to do?”
Kagome frowned a little. “I feel like I’m missing something.”
“The youkai no taishou isn’t meant to get involved in internal disputes,” InuYasha explained. “At least not unless it spills over onto other clans or makes trouble with the humans. If he takes sides it’ll be unprecedented and will run the risk of pushing some of the fence sitters to the other side.”
“And if I do not I run the risk of appearing as though I’m not willing to back my own allies,” Sesshomaru added.
“I know it’s not really my place and I don’t really understand all the finer points of how youkai handle these sorts of things, but if there is risk either way, I would stand on conviction,” Kagome offered. “We know Naraku is a threat. We know he has been doing his best to keep this war going for centuries. How many humans and youkai have died because of him? The fact is that even by simply not choosing sides they are hurting the other clans and the humans because they are doing nothing in the cause of putting an end to it, let alone the damage caused by seeking to join the enemy.”
“Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” InuYasha asked.
“If you are thinking that by her logic I have grounds to take their dispute to mediation in preparation for a challenge to the current leadership of Dragons then yes,” Sesshomaru replied. “Some will not like it that she was the one who made the accusation because of what she is and others because she is directly tied to my family, but due to her position as great miko and the mate of a hanyou they cannot dispute she has the right be heard.”
“Anyone want to tell me what I just did?” she asked.
“One youkai can challenge another for leadership without bloodshed through a mediation before a selected group of clan Lords and the youkai no taishou,” InuYasha told her. “Tatsuya will pick two Lords and Ryuunosuke would pick two with Sesshomaru casting a vote only if there is a tie. The problem is that the mediation has to be called for by an outside source with a grievance against the current leadership. I can’t do it, and Sesshomaru can’t do it and most of the other Lords wouldn’t because they wouldn’t want someone calling them out later.”
“Were you an ordinary woman who was mated to my brother you would not be able to make such a request either,” Sesshomaru told her. “However, that would only be if you were speaking as his mate and not as the great miko on behalf of her people. As I said some will not like it, but I believe the distinction great enough and as InuYasha’s mate they cannot deny you have a right to a voice.”
“So as his mate I couldn’t call for a mediation but it’s because I’m his mate that I’m allowed to do it, but only if I do it as the great miko on behalf of my people,” she clarified. “Do I really have that right?”
InuYasha chuckled. “Trust me youkai have just as much political bullshit and, gray areas and laws that are open to interpretation as you humans do. Luckily the interpreter is on our side. It’s murky logic for sure but one law is clear, when it could go either way the youkai no taishou gets the final word.”
“If you put forward a formal grievance you will have to attend the mediation and put words to it before both sides and the mediators,” Sesshomaru told her. “You will be taking sides and by association so will I.”
“You devious bastard,” InuYasha said suddenly. “I didn’t even think of that. It will let you take sides without actually have to do anything. Just by allowing her to call for the mediation we’re making a silent declaration of support, but since you aren’t actually coming out and saying it you aren’t personally interfering. This is exactly the kind of shit that makes me glad it’s you and not me.”
“I think we can all be glad of that,” Sesshomaru said.
“Oi!” InuYasha protested as his own mate snickered a little.
“I’m sorry, but you have to admit diplomacy isn’t exactly one of your strong suits,” Kagome said gently. “And besides you do have many other things at which you are quite exceptional.”
Sesshomaru rolled his eyes at the way the miko’s tone had shifted to that of seduction. “She is as bad as you are, little brother.”
InuYasha ginned. “I know and it’s one of the many things I love about her. It’s also your own damn fault for interrupting us. So why don’t you hurry the hell up and say what you need and get lost.”
“The time when I can depart cannot come soon enough,” Sesshomaru said. “What say you miko, will you make an official request?”
“I will,” she replied. “I’ve already laid down the law with my people demanding they either come to my side or get out of the way. I might as well go all in.”
“Very well, I will contact you both when it has all been arranged,” Sesshomaru told them.
Kagome had every intention of taking her mate back upstairs to pick up where they left off now that his brother was gone, but there was something, a feeling she couldn’t shake that something was wrong. It made no sense of course since she was getting nothing from the wards and it wasn’t even her reiki prompting her to be on her guard, but a different sort of intuition.
InuYasha came up behind her and she could feel it in the way his hand rested on her shoulder and in the caress of his youki that he hadn’t forgotten his earlier promise to finish what they had started. She put her hand over his and leaned her cheek against it. Almost instantly she felt him connect with the wards, his youki expanding as he tried to find whatever it was that was nagging at her consciousness.
‘I don’t sense anything,’ he said.
‘Me neither,” she assured him. ‘But I just have this feeling and I won’t be able to really enjoy us if I don’t just go take a quick walk around the grounds to be sure.’
“I’ll go with you,” he offered.
She shook her head. “I’m sure it’s nothing. Maybe even just nerves from not really knowing what to expect with the mediation. I’ll only be a few minutes.” She passed Kazuki into his arms. “You get those two squared away and I’ll be back before you know it.”

A pair of empty black eyes watched the great youkai leave the shrine grounds. Just as her master had suspected even the powerful wards over the shrine could not detect her as she laid in wait. His instructions were clear. She was to wait until either the great miko or the hanyou were alone and to remove their souls. Then taking the infant with her would be a simple matter.
From the shadows she kept watch on the house and was soon rewarded as the miko came outside all alone. She went first to the sacred tree, saying a quiet prayer as her hand rested on the trunk. Then for a moment the miko seemed to look right at her with her brow furrowed but she knew that there was no way she could see her in the place she had concealed herself. A long moment passed and then the miko moved on away from the house.
She moved around behind several of the buildings and stepped out behind the miko, her mirror in her hands ready to take her soul. “Look into my mirror miko.”
Kagome spun, her eyes inexplicably drawn to the mirror the strange girl was holding in her hands. How was it possible that she could sense nothing coming from her? It wasn’t as if she was human even, merely a void, blank space in the world. She’d never even heard of such a creature existing. Her chest grew tight as she felt her soul being drawn out, the light of it flowing into the mirror.
‘Inu...’
She sank to her knees and then collapsed forward into the dirt as she fought against the pull, holding onto her soul with all of her will.
Hisako’s eyes widened as Inuyasha clutched at his chest, nearly dropping his son. She moved swiftly catching the babe.
“InuYasha-sama?” she questioned as he sank to the floor.
He growled as he fell forward his palms against the floor. His claws dug into the tile, scratching it before he pushed himself back onto his feet. “It’s Kagome. Something is wrong. I’ve never… I have to go out there.”
Hisako nodded. “Do what you must. Whatever it takes I will keep them safe.”
InuYasha headed outside and in the direction of Kagome’s scent. He still sensed nothing, smelled nothing that could tell him what might be happening to her. A low growl escaped him as she came into sight. He didn’t give a shit if he could smell or even sense the girl in white standing before him. He could see her and see that she was doing something to Kagome with the mirror in her hands and that was all he needed to know.
He clenched his fist, drawing blood from his palms. “You get the hell away from her!”
The girl who might as well have not existed to any of his senses except his vision turned. He snarled and slung out his hand sending his hijjinkessou towards her. He didn’t know what to think as she just stood there, the blades made by his blood and his youki headed right for her. Surely she wasn’t going to just stand there and let him kill her that easily. He watched as his attack struck her mirror and then suddenly was deflected.
With wide eyes he leapt out of the way in time to avoid the worst of it, but not all. Blood dripped from his left arm and leg, landing in the dirt. It looked like he was going to have to get up close and personal with this whatever she was, which was fine by him.
“Look into my mirror,”’ she said softly.
His eyes flicked down from her face to the silvery disc in her hands and then for some reason he couldn’t make himself look away. He growled his fingers flexing as the youkai surged forward. What the hell was happening to him? He tried to resist to hold back the demon and the mirror seemed to be drawing out his humanity and letting the youkai surface completely. He couldn’t give in.
“S-s-stop,” Kagome said as she pulled herself across the ground.
The girl looked back. “How strange. Your soul is resting my mirror.”
Kagome forced herself onto unsteady feet as the void youkai refocused on InuYasha. The girl had revealed that the mirror captured the souls of those who looked into it, which meant she was removing InuYasha’s human soul, leaving only the youkai behind. She watched as InuYasha moved almost faster than she could see towards the demon child. The girl blinked away just in time to avoid his claws.
He looked at her then, red eyes bright with his blood lust, his fangs hanging down past his lips and those purple slashes on his cheeks. He snarled at her, a warning before going after the girl once more. Clearly he felt that the youkai was a bigger threat than she was at the moment which meant now was her chance to do something.
She felt so tired and her legs were shaking as she made her way towards the nearest storage building. She leaned against the wood beside the door as she forced it open. The dust made her sneeze but to her relief she saw several bows lying against the nearest wall. She grabbed one only to find the string broken and the second snapped as soon as she tried to draw it back. She said a silent prayer as she grabbed the third and final bow and grabbed the lone arrow from the quiver beside the door.
InuYasha was crouched in front of the back door his eyes on the little girl in white and she wondered if that meant the youkai had tried to get inside. And if that was the case the case then was a part of her InuYasha still in there? Did the youkai know that their children were inside? Maybe when he snarled at her before it wasn’t because he saw her as a threat but because he was warning her to stay back and let him deal with the danger to their family.
She took a deep breath and drew back her bow. Whatever power this youkai had it was clearly tied to her mirror so if she could hit that then maybe she could free her soul and InuYasha’s. She was about to take her shot when suddenly he was standing there in front of her.
“No,” he said, his voice low and gravelly. “The mirror reflects.”
“Not my arrow, it won’t,” she told him. “My arrows only destroy evil.”
He looked into her eyes and then stepped aside. She didn’t hesitate to release and watched as her arrow flew directly for the mirror. Everything seemed to slow down as the arrow blazing with her holy power started to sink into the mirror. The girl showed no emotion as she looked down.
“I have failed,” she said quietly.
Suddenly Kagome was gasping as her soul poured back into her. Beside her she could see another light enveloping InuYasha, but he wasn’t changing back even though his soul had been returned. He didn’t even glance at her as he left her side intent on destroying the youkai that had attacked them. She ran after him and made it to the shrine stairs just in time to see the woman she had once hoped to turn to her side during her captivity gathering the girl onto a giant feather and rising up into the sky.
“InuYasha!” she cried, hoping to call him back to her instead of having him give chase.
The youkai might recognize her but that didn’t mean it was safe for him to be running through the city. What if one of her people saw him and went after him. Like he was now there was no guarantee that he would hold back and such an encounter could mean an end to the peace she’d been working towards for so long.
“Mate, I need you!” she called. “Come back to me, please.”
He looked towards her and then back at the sky. For a long moment she wasn’t sure which way he was going to go, but to her relief he took one last long look in the direction the enemy had fled before returning to her side. He grabbed her upper arms and sniffed her several times before dragging his tongue across her throat several times.
She slipped her arms around his waist and wrapped her reiki around him, willing it to calm the youkai. “Come back to me.”
“Kagome,” he said as he lifted his head, his markings still visible and the red still behind his eyes, even as the gold reappeared.
She reached up and touched his face. “Almost there.”
She raised herself up onto her toes and brushed her lips across his. Just as she expected, he didn’t hesitate to close his arms around her, returning her kiss with one of his own. As always being in his arms made her heart race and warmed her down to her very soul and she never wanted moments like this to end.
He drew back slowly. “What happened?”
She smiled at little as he was once again her hanyou. “That girl or youkai, whatever she was, her mirror tried to capture my soul and when you came out she took yours too. You became the youkai for a little while.”
“Shit,” he breathed as he took her face in his hands. “But I didn’t hurt you?”
She shook her head. “You only went after her. I went to get a bow and I found you blocking the backdoor, protecting our babies. At first you tried to stop me from shooting her with my arrow worried it reflect back at me but you trusted me when I told you it wouldn’t happen. Once my arrow hit her mirror she released your soul and the part of mine she’d taken and you chased her away. You knew me but I didn’t know if you would anyone else so I called you back to me, said I needed you and you came.”
He seemed to think about it for a minute and then let out a slow breath. “That was probably for the best. I’m glad that the youkai recognized you but it’s too dangerous for me to spend too much time in that form. The human half of my body can’t take that much youki for very long.” He caressed her cheek with is thumb. “I know I promised you we’d pick things up but I need to go see if I can pick up their trail.”
She covered his hand with her own as it rested against her cheek. “I know. Just be careful and keep in contact with me, okay? I’ll stay here and watch over our babies, even if I don’t think she’ll be back now that Naruku knows she can’t incapacitate me and that taking your soul only makes you more dangerous.”
He nodded and gave her one last quick kiss. “I love you, woman.”
“I love you too,” she replied.
He headed off the grounds and she headed for the house, vowing to herself to keep a bow and quiver handy, since Naraku had found one minion who could breach the wards, he might be able to find another and she wasn't taking any chances.
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