Once Sesshomaru and Kirai were done with their bath in the hot springs, they got dressed and began to make their way further south. Since they could now smell/sense their friends, they proceeded with haste. Sesshomaru flew above the trees with Kirai clinging onto him. She was still afraid to fly, that didn't go away when her memories returned to her. It was clearly a true fear of hers and one that Sesshomaru found to be funny.

"Don't you laugh at me. This isn't funny. I'm terrified right now." Kirai growled at the demon as he smirked to himself after she tightened her hold on him. "I swear if you drop me..."

"Do not worry... I'd catch you if you fell." The humor in his voice made Kirai even angrier.

"Sesshomaru..." It was a warning.

"Hush, I will not drop you. I plan to never let you go ever again." That sweetness caused Kirai to blush to herself and hide her face in Sesshomaru's Mokomoko.

~

It took quite a while, but the two of them finally could smell/sense that they were close to their friends. So, Sesshomaru landed and Kirai got off of him carefully. Her legs were a little shaky so she used Sesshomaru to support herself. He helped her stand up and walk for a moment before she regained full use of her legs.

"Are you prepared?" Sesshomaru questioned as he looked down at his shorter lover.

"Yeah, let's go kick some ass and save our friends!" Sesshomaru just stared down at Kirai with a blank look on her face, but his eyes showed some of her enthusiasm.

With those fighting words, Sesshomaru and Kirai made their way to the hideout of their enemy. They walked the rest of the way through a patch of forest. Within the forest, there was a little castle that the two came upon. That castle was their destination. Hakai and their friends were within it, but outside of it were many demons and the two warlocks from before; the blue and white-robed men.

"Hello, you two. We've been waiting for you." The blue-robed man spoke up with a smile on his face. He had a staff in his hands and so did the other man.

"It's time for you two to die." The other man spoke up with a smile also on his face.

"I'm sorry, but we can't do that. We're here to save our friends, not die!" Kirai called out angrily as she unsheathed her sword. Sesshomaru followed suit and brought out Bakusaiga.

"Kill them." The blue-robed man spoke to the demons and pointed his staff in the direction of Kirai and Sesshomaru. The demons all darted forward and headed towards the couple.

The next few minutes were full of Sesshomaru and Kirai fighting demons. Every one in a while, the robed men would send a blast of their power into the mix which the couple managed to avoid. The two warlocks mainly just watched though, until the two were finished with all of the demons, then they appeared closer to Sesshomaru and Kirai.

"It's time to die!" One of them yelled out as they attacked Sesshomaru. Instantly though, they were cut down. Sesshomaru moved faster than he'd ever moved before and sliced the white-robed man right in half. The remaining halves of him disintegrated into nothingness.

"My brother!" The blue-robed man cried out as he watched the other man die. Within a moment, Sesshomaru was face to face with the man.

"You are next. Die." Was all Sesshomaru spoke before swinging his sword at the blue-robed man. However, that man was able to dodge, but waiting there was Kirai who swung her sword and cut that man in half. He was slowly ate away by her acid as he screamed in pain. It was a horrible death, but both Sesshomaru and Kirai couldn't find it in their hearts to feel bad for him.

"Come out, Hakai! It's time for you to face us!" Kirai yelled to the quiet castle. Soon enough, there was movement, but it wasn't Hakai. It was Rin, Jaken, and Safaia. Their eyes were black where the whites were supposed to be and red where their normal eye color was supposed to be. They were possessed. In their hands were swords and it was clear that they intended to use them. "What the..."

"They are being controlled. Put your sword away. We cannot risk injuring them." Sesshomaru spoke as he, himself was putting Bakusaiga away. He looked extremely hesitant now, which worried Kirai.

"What do we do? We can't fight them."

"We have to." Sesshomaru darted forward and began to fight with Jaken and Rin. He left Safaia to Kirai.

"Come on sis, you can't do this to me..." Kirai might have said that, but the girl in front of her clearly didn't care. She swung the sword at her sister, causing Kirai to dodge, but as she dodged, she was hit with Safaia's powers. Kirai didn't see it coming and fell to the ground, unconscious.

"Kirai!" Sesshomaru roared as he looked over at his lover who was now laying on the ground. "I don't have time for this." He was clearly angry, so he took down Rin and Jaken with a bit too much force. They would be fine, but they would have bruises on their bodies a little while after all of this.

Once those two were down, Sesshomaru made his way to Kirai and Safaia. She tried to take him down, but in his rage, he just shoved her away from Kirai causing her to hit the ground hard. It seemed to be enough to shake her from the hold Hakai had on her.

"What the hell happened?" Safaia questioned as she looked around her. She then eyed the sword in her hand and quickly let go of it, like it offended her.

"You hit Kirai with your magic. What did you do to her?" Sesshomaru looked incredibly dangerous at that moment in time. His eyes were beginning to turn red and furious. It reminded Safaia that he was a true demon, and it startled her slightly. He'd never gotten that look on his face directed at her before.

"I think... Oh god..."

"What is it?"

"I hit her with a memory-erasing spell."

"You did what?!" Sesshomaru roared at the girl, his eyes turning more red as he did so. His loud yell seemed to be enough to wake up Kirai. She looked around her confused and scared.

"Who are you, people?!" Kirai shoved Sesshomaru away from her, but when her hands touched him, lightning shot through the two of them. "Sesshomaru? What is going on here? I thought I was fighting my sister?"

"You-You remember everything still? I thought..." Safaia was clearly confused now.

"You hit me with a spell, but it seemingly did nothing." Kirai, herself was just as confused as her sister.

"How sweet. The love that the demon and witch share is stronger than your weak spell." All three of the people turned around to look at the castle. There stood Hakai with a smirk on his face. "How disgusting."

"Hakai..." Sesshomaru stood up, leaving Kirai sitting there on the floor.

"Kill him, Maru."

"I plan to. Stay back."

Sesshomaru quickly approached Hakai with Bakusaiga out. He swung at the warlock, but it bounced right off his barrier. Sesshomaru didn't give up though and kept swinging his sword at the man. It took another few swings for the barrier to break which surprised the warlock.

Hakai then jumped back, disappearing into the castle. Sesshomaru chased the man around until he was cornered in a room with only one exit.

"Do you think you've won? I wouldn't be so cocky if I were you." Hakai pointed at Sesshomaru, sending a blast of power at him. The demon dodged it, but the power came back at him from behind, hitting him on the back.

Sesshomaru grunted in pain and fell forward which caused his sword to drop from his hands. He caught himself though before he hit the ground and moved to attack Hakai. His movements were slower, but he was finally able to get his claws on the man.

"Now you die." Hakai gasped out in pain as Sesshomaru began to use his poison claws on the man's neck. However, Hakai just began to laugh instead of screaming in pain like Sesshomaru thought he'd do.

"You think such weak poison could kill me?!"

"No, I do not." With those words, Sesshomaru reached into Hakai's chest and tore out his heart. Once the heart was disconnected from his body, he crushed it in his hand.

As soon as he was sure that Hakai had stopped moving, he allowed the body to drop to the floor in a heaping mess of blood and various other body parts that could escape from the huge hole in Hakai's chest.

With one last look at Hakai, Sesshomaru picked up his sword, sheathed it and then made his way back to his lover. As soon as he reached the entrance of the castle, he was hit by a force. That force happened to be Kirai.

"I'm so glad you're okay! When you disappeared I began to get worried!"

"You were worried for no reason. Do you think I would fall in battle against a man such as that?"

"Of course not, but I was worried still. Don't judge me." Kirai pouted up at the man, but he ignored her and leaned down to kiss her. As their lips touched, they finally felt a sense of peace, like everything was finally okay once again.

"Why is Lord Sesshomaru and Kirai kissing?" It was Rin's confused voice that caused the two to break apart.

"My lord, why are you kissing that human?!" Jaken cried out clearly horrified by the situation.

"We're together. We'll explain later." Kirai simply spoke, as she pulled Sesshomaru back down to kiss him once again.

~

"Later" was after Sesshomaru took a bath to get the blood of Hakai off of him. It was also after everyone got something to eat and finally we able to relax. Obviously, it was also after they located the unconscious body of Ah-Un. It wasn't like they would leave the castle without their precious dragon friend. So once those things were completed, Kirai and Sesshomaru explained their situation.

They explained how they'd been together for many years, how Kirai and Safaia were attacked by two warlocks and how Kirai ended up falling down the well. They also explained everything that had happened in Rin, Jaken and Ah-Un's absence. Just as Rin and Jaken explained how they didn't remember anything during the time that they were gone.

"I see.

Well, I approve!" Rin spoke with a smile on her face.

"I don't! Milord, please reconsider!"

"I've known him longer than you, ya imp, so shut it," Kirai growled as she clung to the right side of Sesshomaru. She hadn't wanted to let him go since the fight with Hakai ended. She was practically glued to him now, which bothered him at first, but he would rather her be glued to him than her not be there at all. So he allowed her to cling to him. Secretly he thought it was cute anyway.

"So... what do we do now?" Safaia questioned as she looked around the group. Everyone thought about it for a moment before Rin jumped up with a huge smile on her face.

"Let's go find you a lover!"

"What?!" Safaia clearly was not expecting that and was horrified. "I am a strong independent woman, I don't need a man."

"No, but you want one." Kirai simply said with a smile on her face. Safaia couldn't deny that, so she just nodded her head, giving up the fight. "Either way, let's continue our journey. I think our first stop should be heading to Kagome and the others. I'm sure they'd want to hear our tale."

With those words, the group, now consisting of Sesshomaru, Kirai, Rin, Jaken, Safaia, and Ah-Un, set off on their new journey. Who knows where it would take them, but they would go there together.