DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA NOR THE MANGA, NOR THE ANIME

Naraku stood up from his leather chair. He looked exhilirated about his upcoming plans.

"At last, everything is now in place for the oncoming doom. It is time for Inu's awakening" Naraku said to himself.

At the girl's dorm room...

"I don't understand why can't we go with them!" Miroku cried in dismay as he sat on the reclining chair of the girl's dorm room.

"Because… the Taiyoukai only wishes to speak with Kagome" Sango consoled him as she sat on his lap and gave a chaste kiss on his lips.

"We'd be interrupting their privacy and perhaps even his recovery…" Rin added as Shippo and Koga helped her carry the trays of food for their movie day.

"Did you give her the book, Rin?" Shippo asked his girlfriend.

He sat between her and Miroku his friend in the sofa, awaiting patiently for her answer.

"Yeah… and I mentioned Kagome about the page, she said that she'll read it later on…" Rin explained as she set the television set with the remote

"Where's Inu?" Miroku said as he looked around.

"He's the cover for the plan… Kagome's going out with Inu to do some picnic together… He's going to pick her up and drop her off at the field with Sesshomaru in toll" Koga admitted.

"I hope all goes well" Rin said in a worried tone.

"Don't worry… it will… what could happen?" Shippo teased as he drew her close to him.

Meanwhile…

"Later, Sessho" Kagome called out as she left the apartment.

Sessho merely nodded at her and sent a mere wave his hand.

"I'll bring her later, Taisho" Inu mumbled as he left.

"You be careful now..." Sessho warned as he closed the door on them.

Inu merely scoffed his remark as he gestured Kagome down to the elevator. Inu hummed a popular tune to himself after retiring from Sessho's apartment with her. He wore his usual college jersey and jeans and Kagome wore a white spring dress. They were going to a picnic, along with Sesshomaru in a ranch about 2 hours from the city. Kagome looked hopeful and exhilirated today. He got in the driver seat as Kagome slid to the backseat with Sesshomaru.

She couldn't help but stare at the angel before her. He wore a pair of black jeans and a white button shirt that accentuated every rippling muscle of his body. She gave the youkai a comforting smile, for she knew of his lack of knowledge from the modern technology. Outside he may be calm and collected, but inside he must've been screaming in disbelief.

"It's just the three of us." Inu said, trying to liven up the atmosphere.

Inu and Kagome enjoyed small talk as Sesshomaru looked on disinterested into the meadows. He sighed in contentment from the lack of stenches that were in the city. Finally, they arrived at the ranch and they got out of the sports car, entering the small cottage. It wasn'tmuch to look at, for most of the furniture was still covered by tapetries, preventing the dust to settle in, with the exceptionof small table and a pair of chairsfacing a glass window.Inside, Kagome sat onone of thewooden chairs while Sesshomaru preffered to stand and look on from the window.

"You like the forests… That's why I recommended this place to Inu" Kagome said to Sesshomaru.

"Indeed" the lord replied insipidly.

"Have you remembered anything from the book?" Kagome imposed as she stood and walked to his side.

"No… just facts" Sesshomaru replied in the same tone, "I see only you in the abyss of my mind and my urge to protect"

"You mean your baser instincts" Inu clarified.

"You're supposed to be my little brother's reincarnation… how quaint" he murmured as he faced Inu.

"Not by choice" Inu retorted, "Although you seem to be different from what he tell me…"

" 'He' ?" Sesshomaru repeated with a quirk of his elegant brow.

"My spirit… he said that you are an arrogant son of a bitch who kills for pleasure. No offense" Inu explained rather boredly.

Sesshomaru merely scoffed as he turned away from him.

"Shit…" Inu cursed quietly, "I forgot the damn basket, be right back"

"I'll go with you…" Kagome started before a hand took a grip on hers. Sesshomaru looked upon her with a pleading look in his amber eyes that quickly reverted to its usual stoic glare.

"Stay…" a voice reberbrated in her mind.

"Uh… Go ahead Inu… I'll stay" Kagome reconsidered.

"All right…" Inu said as he left the cottage, closing the door behind him, then locking it for safety.

Kagome and Sesshomaru remained staring at each other for a long moment. He still held her hand gently with his and Kagome blushed from its mere contact. Sesshomaru stared at her eyes before lowering his sights to the pendant encircling her neck. He raised his free hand and toyed with the sapphire crescent moon with one of his claws. Kagome breathed heavily from his gentle and innocent movements. He was invoking deep emotions that were bottled up for years within her.

"Did I give you this?" Sesshomaru asked her boredly, returning his gaze to her beautiful, expressive eyes.

"Yes… as a memento" she replied, avoiding his deep gaze.

"I assure you, I will try my best to understand my emotions, Kagome… and gather them in order" Sesshomaru promised.

"What emotions do you feel? What do you hold back?" Kagome asked timidly, afraid of his reaction to her question.

He removed his hands from their previous location and put them on either side of her crimson cheeks. He looked down his towering frame to her small, petite body. Sesshomaru searched for his answer as he remained in that position, unconsciously enjoying the contact they shared for the moment, until his urges demanded more. Finally, he leaned in and kissed the top of her head.

"Desire… excitement" he said as he kissed her forehead.

He raised her head and looked at her eyes with a flicker of emotion that she couldn't identify.

"Want… lust" he whispered as he delved his hips against hers, offering and receiving the warmth that he desperately needed, but yet not enough.

Kagome closed her eyes as she let the words flow into her very being, inciting urges from her body as she tentatively put her arms over his hard chest.

"Greed… jealousy" he murmured as he kissed each of her cheeks, never stopping his motions.

"Why do you feel jealousy, Sesshomaru?" Kagome asked, somehow knowing the answer to her question.

"Because I feel like you are mine… as I am yours" Sesshomaru explained bemusedlyand kissed her mark on her neck, suckling and nipping tenderly.

"What else?" Kagome inquired searching for that very word to drawl out of his very lips.

Sesshomaru gave a slight smirk as he knew her intentions and decided to grace her with the very emotion that he had just come to learn.

"Love…" he finally said as he kissed tenderly her lips in a chaste kiss as he poured his entire need into it.

He was about to deepen the kiss when a sudden explosion interrupted their private and loving moment. He held Kagome protectively next to him as he sensed for the origin of its sound.

"The contraption" he said to himself.

"Inu!" Kagome cried as she ran from Sesshomaru's side and outside the door.

"Stay inside,Sesshomaru!" she ordered as she slammed the door shut and locked it.

He was about to ignore her order when his mark burned him, causing him to fall to his knees and follow his bidding. 'Damn… It has come back to it…' he thought as he composed himself and slowly got to his feet and fought against it. 'I have beaten it once before… and if I'm this Sesshomaru… I can do it again'.

A few minutes ago… Outside the cottage

Inu quickly left the cottage, closing the door as he stepped into the driveway to his car.

He caught sight of his mustang and someone sitting on its hood. His blonde hair glistened in the wind as he stared off into the space, baring only his back to the youth. Inu's hands fisted themselves, drawing blood from the very force of his anger.

"HEY BASTARD! GET OFF MY CAR!" Inu yelled to the familiar individual.

The individual got up from Inu's car and walked towards him. His amber orbs glowed from within him. He laughed coldly at Inu's startled expression. He got off the hood of the sports car and walked menacingly towards him.

"Why the long face, Kazuma? Didn't you state you wished a spar with myself?" Sessho challenged.

"Listen you bastard! You leave us alone! Mind your own business, jackass…" Inu warned him.

"Getting mad, are we? I will not leave until my duty is finished" Sessho answered plainly as he looked upon his enlarging claws.

"What duty? Leave Kagome alone. Inu murmured darkly.

"To invoke your spirit…" Sessho answered in a matter-of-factly way.

"You're welcome to try… you won't be able to do it" Inu answered with a smirk, "I can control it much better than you did"

"Because he is much weaker than me, and weaklings deserve to be with ones weaker than them" he said ticking Inu off.

"You stop harassing us…" Inu said as his violet eyes began to darken.

"Kazuma... What is wrong with your eyes?" Sessho said tauntingly "Am I making you angry?"

"SHUT UP! I CAN'T TAKE THIS SHIT ANYMORE…" Inu yelled as he closed his eyes and his blond hair began to change into a silver hue.

"Yes, Kazuma… Let it out. Let your spirit out and I'll test my full extent of my powers… you'll be my guinea pig." Sessho said as he stood beside Inu, encouraging him to let it out.

"NO WAY JACKASS! THE BEAST WILL KILL YOU AND KILL EVERYTHING ELSE… INCLUDING KAGOME!" Inu yelled through gritted teeth.

"Ha! As if a mere half-breed will beat me… I will put your dirty name to your grave after I'm done with you" he replied icily as he took a fistful of Inu's hair and threw him across the meadow.

Inu tried to stand up but slumped to the floor on his knees. After a few minutes, he finally collected himself and looked up at Sessho and glared at him.

"You need do to better if you really want to piss me off" Inu said with a smirk on his face as he rose again. His hair reverted to his blond color but his eyesstill retaineda red blood hue.

"Well, that can be arranged" Sessho said as he charged his fluorescent whip and shot it to the Ford Mustang. It blew up in a huge explosion, the fire encircling their frames and adorning Inu's angered face and Sessho's impassive mask of indifference.

"My car..." Inu said to himself before out loud hysterically, "IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN DO, TAISHO?"

"Inu?" Kagome called out as she stepped outside. Her slightly disheveled look and bruised lips managed to set Sessho off the edge.

He flew past Inu towards Kagome and took her bridal style before returning to his previous position.

"Damn him!" whispered Inu as Sessho took hold of Kagome's wrist and forced her to face him.

"Kagome…" Sessho whispered as he smelled her aroused scent along with a similar scent. He knew it wasn't Inu's but much similar to his own. His amber eyes widened at the possibility that she smelled of his spirit's scent. His eyes bled crimson as the mere thought of them two entwined flashed in his mind. Kagome cried in fear as she tried to pull vainly from his grasp.

Suddenly, Sessho lost his hold on Kagome's wrist as Inu tackled Sessho to the ground and pounding a fist to his pale face. Inu quickly darted away from Sessho, gasping for breath and control. 'That'll give me a few minutes' he thought painfully.

Kagome darted after Inu and tried to touch his shoulder, but his skin felt like fire and she pulled away abruptly. Energy began to surge through him as his hair began to change into a silver hue.

"Inu?" Kagome said as she went closer to him.

"Kagome… get… out... run" Inu spat out as he dropped again to his knees.

"No I won't leave you." Kagome said determinedly, staying where she was.

"GO NOW YOU STUPID GIRL! BEFORE I LOSE CONTROL! GO TO 'HIM' AND EXPLAIN THAT I AM INUYASHA!" Inu yelled as he began to shudder in pain and pushed her roughly away from him.

Kagome turned and raced towards the entrance of the cottage. Before she could open the door flew open. Sesshomaru stood before her looking down at her in pure ire. He held Miroku's book in one arm as he used the other to wrap it around her waist.

"Do not order me to stand down… if it involves your endangered life, wench!" he gritted as he took hold of her form, "I listened to what he said… let us leave…"

"Wait… We can't leave him!" she cried hastily.

"It's too late for him… the beast has control of him" he replied as he gathered impulse and flew into the sky.

Her cries and outbursts seemingly died down as she lost consciousness from the stress and exhaustion of the occurrences that have taken place.

Sesshomaru stopped every now and then to sense a direction of the nearest scent until he found one that he recognized. He shifted Kagome's position to that of bridal style as he neared as campus and his nose wrinkled from the disgusting scents that assaulted him. His eyes closed as he summoned his extent to pinpoint one scent that seemed to be like a needle in a haystack. Finally he ran towards the building and searched the halls for its bearer. He didn't pay any attention to the people around. He needed to find Kagome's friens and explain this dilemma in some way. He finally found Miroku in the hallway as he took out books from his locker.

"Sesshomaru, what are you doing here? You're supposed to go out with Inu today," He asked questioningly before taking a look at Kagome's unconscious body, "Let's go to the girl's room"

When Miroku knocked on the door at the girl's room, Sango answered the door. She instantly paled when she saw Kagome's form and she opened the door for them. He carefully set Kagome down in her old dorm room as he inconspicuously kissed her forehead. He then closed the door and faced the pair before him.

"Where's Rin" Sesshomaru asked the girl, "Is she safe?"

"Taking her class with Shippo… he won't let her out of his sight…" Sango answered, "What happened?"

Before Sango could sit down on the sofa beside Miroku, he laid his hand where she would sit and groped her. She instantly blushed and pummeled Miroku to the ground. Sesshomaru saw this scene with a stoic look upon his fair face.

"Dear Sango… I couldn't resist!" Miroku explained.

"Enough! You were saying?" Sango implored the demon.

"Your male friend attacked the half breed's reincarnation. He has managed to invoke the beast within him. He has been captured" Sesshomaru explained bluntly.

Miroku's face grew pale, even with his red handprint on his cheek. "Sessho attacked Inu?" he thought "How did he know where they would be? That must mean.. He has completely transformed."

"What is in your mind, monk?" Sesshomaru questioned.

"Sessho is not a normal person like Sango or myself. He wielded your spirit before you lost your memory when you separated yourself from him. It's the same with Inu, only he wields the spirit of Inuyasha or should I say its beast. When you separated yourself from him your power was somehow copied, making Sessho as powerful as yourself" Miroku explained.

"What are you playing at, monk?" Sesshomaru retorted.

"He is working with Naraku, my lord" Sango answered, "In order to have Kagome…"

Sesshomaru's eyes bled red from the last statement. 'No one will have Kagome… but me!' his youkai cried. Even if his logical mind and memories are blank, his youkai and urges knows the one whom she belongs to and what feelings he harbors for her.

"She has no knowledge of this… so I suggest you don't tell her… It would break her" Miroku confided.

Sesshomaru nodded when the conversation came to an end as Kagome opened the door and stepped out. She nervously reached the sofa and sat down next to Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru remained impassive while Miroku smiled warmly at her. Miroku held Sango's hand as she summoned the courage to speak to her.

"Kagome... from now on you will NOT be alone anytime with Inu! He is not himself…" Sango warned.

"Nonsense… we must save him!" Kagome cried.

"Inu is long gone. If you see him, run…" Miroku said, ignoring her pleas, "We are the only ones who must know this for the moment… Koga and Shippo should be able to defend themselves if the time came"

"Why? What's wrong with him? Why can't I see him?" Kagome pleaded.

"He is the beast… he can kill you under Naraku's control" Sango confided.

"NO! We can turn him back! With the beads or –or" Kagome stammered.

"Kagome," Sesshomaru growled, starting the others, "You will do as you told by your mate"

"What? You expect me to stand by and let my friend die?" Kagome countered disbelievingly.

"Silence, you will submit to your mate and follow my bidding!" Sesshomaru ordered coldly.

"How dare you call yourself my mate! YOU CAN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING FROM OUR TIMES TOGETHER!" she cried in her rage, "HOW CAN YOU BE MY MATE IF YOU DON'T EVEN SEE ME AS ONE! YOU'RE ONLY A SHELL! MY MATE IS DEAD"

Kagome broke into tears as she ran back to her room and locked herself in. The humans seemed shaken from her outburst, but Sesshomaru held no emotions whatsoever. His stoic face never crumbled as Kagome cried her hurtful words. Sango and Miroku both bowed to the lord for their departure, leaving the Taiyoukai to his thoughts.

Naraku sat in his office staring intently into the bracelet. He noticed something was not right but pushed it quickly from his thoughts. His eyes narrowed slightly when Sessho made his presence known from a dark corner of his bureau. His amber eyes glowed ominously as a form crashed atop the desk, fumbling the papers he had taken his time to prepare. His silver hair and magenta stripes adorned Inu's unconscious face.

"He is invoked… and alive" Sessho commented, "Just as you said"

"Indeed… but yet… there Is a certain problem at hand…" Naraku explained.

"And that is?" Sessho asked plainly.

"The Taiyoukai is not here…" Naraku replied as he gestured the bracelet, "He is alive and roaming free"

Sessho gasped in realization. 'Of course… the scent and bruised lips were not from Inu but from the spirit!'. Naraku quickly threw the bracelet and Sessho stared at it before slipping the now harmless thing on.

"What is your desire?" Naraku chided the youth.

"Allow me to put the Taiyoukai out of his misery…" Sessho offered with a smirk on his angelical face.

"As you wish… but you'll have a lending hand in this ordeal" Naraku chuckled as he set his eyes on the unconscious body.

A/N:

SunMoon1285: Oooh... now Naraku's got Sessho AND Inu under his control!

Sesshomaru: They won't be able to stop me...

SunMoon1285: Without your swords? Without your memories? AND both of them at once? I place my bet on the bad guys

(Sesshomaru sweatdrops)

Sesshomaru: Well... we'll see on the next chapter, ne?

SunMoon1285: Sure... um... where did the summary go?

(Naraku poofs out of nowhere, summary at hand)

Naraku: (laughs maniacally) Now I know the next chapter!

(SunMoon1285's eyes grow red in rage... Sesshomaru inconspicuously steps away as a torturing battle for the hannyou occurs, causing the Taiyoukai to catch the slightly crumpled summary)

Sesshomaru: Here is the summary... Please review and no flames please...

Chapter 15: Remembering

Sesshomaru's eyes slightly widened ashe gainedinnumerableknowledge fromhis newfound memory. He looked at the now darkened night decorated with the moonlight and the twinkling stars. He lowered his amber gaze at the group of reincarnations of those who had helped him in the past. Finally he settled his sights on his servant.

"Hand me Toukijin and Tenseiga…" Sesshomaru ordered the toad.

"But my Lord-" Miroku started.

"NOW…" Sesshomaru said coldly, his eyes flashing red.

After Jaken scrambled through the duffel bag, he handed him his belongings and Sesshomaru turned away from the group.

"There is no more you can do… wait at your lair and await my beckoning" he said before swinging his sword and breaking through the barrier, "This is my trial… and mine alone".