Inuyasha and Kagome, along with Miroku and Sango, immediately turned to look at the newcomers.
"Han..." Kagome murmured. Her whole body relaxed despite herself, the invisible pressure weighing on her lifted with ease.
"Kagome..." The girl facing Yan Luo heard Kagome's barely audible whisper and looked toward her with concern. Could a wounded heart still face the person who had once hurt it...?
"Sesshomaru..." Inuyasha's eyes saw only the haughty Dog Demon beside the silver-haired girl.
"Inuyasha," Sesshomaru said coldly.
Under Inuyasha's bewildered gaze, Sesshomaru slowly walked toward him.
Without drawing his sword or offering any explanation, he drove a merciless fist into the side of Inuyasha's face.
Sesshomaru's vicious punch sent Inuyasha flying. Even after hitting the ground, he slid several dozen meters.
"Bastard! What the hell are you doing?!" Inuyasha wiped his injured mouth and glared at Sesshomaru. For that brief instant, he had actually been naïve enough to think Sesshomaru had come for Naraku or that woman, Yan Luo. He had never expected an attack on himself.
"A mere half-demon, daring to cause trouble in Father's tomb." Sesshomaru's gaze was icy. Seeing that Inuyasha still failed to understand, he finally deigned to explain, though his voice was colder than ever.
Kagome silently helped Inuyasha up. Together, they watched Sesshomaru's proud figure gradually recede.
For the first time, Kagome realized how deeply Sesshomaru felt for his father-so deeply that he could not tolerate anyone causing trouble in his tomb or bringing other monsters there to disturb his rest. Of course, Inuyasha had not intended any of this. He had never known that the last shard of the Shikon Jewel would end up in his father's tomb...
"A disgrace to monsters..." Sesshomaru walked up to the white-haired woman and spoke with such bluntness for the first time.
"What...?" Yan