It almost seems like Inupapa thinks that this is a curse, to be drawn to that light. I am curious though if the bond is influencing Sesshomaru's desicions. Inupapa said that Sesshomaru feels it more strongly than he himself ever did, and the Inuyasha is to blame. That can only mean the forcing of the mate bond through Leader's Right, or does he perhaps mean that now that Sesshomaru has Kagome with him, he cannot help but be subjected to and surrounded by that light.

Hmmm he says in the beginning, obviously that means that his feelings changed, but i think the important thing to note is that he said both brothers have this in common in regards to Kagome. For Sesshomaru there is lust and the want to care for her, so does that mean that it is the same for Inuyasha? That what he thought was love, was not; but just a need to be loved, to be cared for?

Who though has Sesshomaru had trust in, then lost? Yuugao's when he killed her, or his council's for not being able to control himself? Sesshomaru is already learning that to care is to fear (let's face it, he does not love her, not yet anyway), but he has not come to the conclusion that that fear can make him stonger than anything else on this earth. But this lesson will take Inuyasha a lot longer to learn, I think.

Inu the Enlightened seems to be backsliding, but in this Inupapa is right. The brothers do need to learn to trust, they have both lived their lives without it. There is no true trust in them for the others around them, for each other, and most importantly, in themselves.

Poor puppy, lashing so he can get attention from his father. It's so sad because it seems that is the only way to Inupapa the Neglector's attention. He left his son to fight wars, to politic, to combat famines and he had noidea what was going on in his own home, his own lands. I'm sure more enlightenment is to come Inuyasha's way that his great father is not so great after all. In my opinion, Inupapa's only redeeming quality at this point is that he acknowledges just what he has done, even if it is in death. 

Hmmm...Did he really take the first step, or is Inupapa just following Sesshomaru's lead by giving him what he wants, giving him an outlet for all the rage and pain he has stored up.

Oh, InuPapa, you are right. Things started going wrong way before INuyasha ever came into the picture.

I have a feeling that the truths that INuyasha is about to be given at the hands of his father, are going to be just a bit much for the   poor hanyou can take. 

Interesting. Is the cause Sesshomaru's destruction Kagome's own destruction? Or is he envisioning himself dead along with her? And to expand a bit on what I said last chapter, because it fits here too, since Sesshomaru could only find acceptance from Shizuka, he may pull him closer while pushing the others away. For the first time ever in 200 years, he feels he cannot trust those closest to him, which is bound to cause more than a few problems. Though I guess sometimes it is better to err on the side of caution. 

Hmmm but only Shizuka has seen the full display of her aura and the power meld. Yes, the twins saw the release of some of her power during sex, but not the way it settles around her at all times, not the true vastness of it. Yoshio is probably still terrified over that little faux paus he just made. I'm wondering if he is just being overly cautious here or not. I'm still a little wary of the twins and their earlier silence since it is apparently out of character for them to do so. 

Well, that should clear that matter up. If he is willing to kill even Yoshio, no one is immune. If his little statement at dinner didn't get through to any eavesdroppers, this surely did.

Uh-oh, that most definitely not the best thing to have said to Sesshomaru. Though he may not kill you, expect dooom.

Wow, Sesshomaru almost sounded...frantic in this chapter. He is so desperate not to make his father's mistakes with Izayoi, even though the only thing similar Kagome and Izayoi is that they are both human. He needs for Kagome to make this stand against his mother, and though there will be enjoyment on his end from flaunting his very human mate in front of Sessmama, this need he has for her to prove her strength and worth seems to be more important.

Goodness, Sessmama's name is mouthful. XD I like how the council keeps reaffirming that they are going to stand behind him no matter what. I think that with everything that is going on, all of the memories that are about to be brought into the light, Sesshomaru needs something that has and will remain constant. Even when he is being a super sneaky puppy like now,

Oh sneaky Sesshomaru, trying to buy some time. It also speaks to the loathing he holds for his mother if he is willing to break what is probably millenias worth of tradition to keep her away, from him and from Kagome.

Ruh-roh, that's not good. I can only imagine that Sessmama was none to pleased at the thought of losing her titles, but probably no more than Sesshomaru who doesn't have much time to come up with some kind of game plan. At least she has no way of knowing that Kagome is human yet.

I just had the mental image of Sesshomaru as a teenager reading a note his mom left him before throwing it away, complete with eye rolling. Obviously, Sesshomaru, just  like the honey badger, doesn't give a sh*t.

Many, many enemies it seems, and not all of them demon. I do wonder if this chat about Izayoi is having a negative effect on Kagome, pointing out what can happen to her, instead of pointing out how more than likely her life will not end up that way. And that damnable pillow book is probably not going to help in the least bit.

Now Kagome understands why it is important that she make her place here, build her own reputation, because if she doesn't she will appear to make Sesshomaru weak and there are those who would take her out to rid him of this weakness. I have a feeling that living at the shiro is going to be tough before the other youkai get it into their heads that she can fend for herself. However, this does bring Rin to mind. As of right now, she is just an ordinary human child. Maybe that is what keeps her safe, the fact that she is just a child not yet of birthing years. :ponders:

OK, so obviously Yoko thinks better of Kagome than Izayoi, which helps settles the confusion of last chapter. I think too that the more that the differences between Kagome and Izayoi are brought up, hopefully the less likely she is to fall prey to Izayoi's pillow book thinking there situations the same. But I completely LOL'ed at Sesshomaru's belief that izayoi was a tramp/godless woman, when he has multiple concubines. He may not have sired any children with them, but it doesn't make them any less a tramp. Just tramps with a fancy title.