So welcome all who have found their way to my brand new story! I promise all of you that this one will be longer than my last one, which i just reciently completed! This one's a little rough around the edges i think but i hope you all like it. Happy reading!

Prologue
In every universe two people are born. they are the exact match to the other person, a soul mate in essence. In

some worlds these two find each other and live out the rest of their lives happily, in others, they don't find eachother

and live their lives knowing that there's something more for them, something better. The story you are about to read

is a story of a world where two soul mates have found each other and then lost each other. this is a story of one

soul's struggle to survive. and the other soul's struggle to get back.

-Chapter 1-

"Kagome, i'm cold," came a scared, tired voice. A girl turned to the voice. "I'm sorry Shippo," the girl said softly.

She went over to the blanket wrapped boy and picked him up and held him close, this was not the best contitions for

him to be in. "I'm sorry," the girl whispered softly," i didn't mean for this to happen." She held the boy as she gently

rocked him to sleep and sang him a lullaby to calm him down.

When he was finally fast asleep in her arms she carried him over to the little "nest" she had made for the two of them.

It consisted of her sleeping bag, her backpack, and some pillows that she had. They were up on the roof of a

building, in a strange world, with no idea where they were.

And it was all his fault. It was all that stupid jerk's fault.

Flashback

"Come on Kagome," a guy with silver hair cried as he tried to dodge the things that were being thrown at him," calm

down, please?" "Calm down!" she had screamed," how in the world do you expect me to calm down? After what

you did?" "Kagome i can explain," he said. "Explain!" she screamed," no, you can't explain. you're done explaining

because we are through!" And with that she had taken her things, and Shippo's and left him.

She winced and felt tears running down her face at the remembrance of that memory. She had loved him, she had

decided to become his wife for god sakes! and then he goes and does that?

Flashback

She was in a white room, with doctors and nurses running everywhere as machines beeped and made other

annoying noises in the background. It all seemed so surreal. no, this wasn't happening, this couldn't be happening, it

wasn't allowed to be happening! Distantly she recognized that her best friend, Sango, was there with her husband,

trying to comfort her. And Shippo was in her lap, crying and holding onto her for dear life.

Looking back she realised that she had probably been holding him just as hard. He had become her lifeline in the

world, the thing that told her no matter what she had to carry on. even if she felt like giving up.

Oh why had he had to go and do that? Why had that stupid drunk driver had to hit him? He had gone on a late night

drive, to clear his head, and most likely try and think of a way to win her back. A drunk driver had runn a red light and

hit him head on. he hadn't even braked.

Kagome tried to calm her tears, for fear of waking up Shippo, when another memory came to her. this one just made

the tears flow harder.

She was in that same white room, only this time she wasn't crying. her tears had all been used up. All she could do

was stare blankly at the wall. They had already taken the body away. She almost hadn't been able to bear the sight

of his body, with the white cloth covering his face. "I wish i'd never met him," she had whispered to the empty room,"

i wish i never knew who he was and spared myself this heartache. Goddamn it."

But the room hadn't been empty that day. someone had heard her and granted her wish.

'No,' she thought fiercely,' no, i'm not going to think about that now. i've wallowed in enough self pity for one night.

now i'm going to curl up next to my son and sleep. Tomorrow brings what tomorrow will.' And with that she dried the

rest of her tears and laid down next to Shippo. 'The only thing i regret is having to drag you into all this,' she thought,

staring lovingly at her adopted son's face,' i wish i could have left you at home.'

Kagome woke up the next morning to a shivering Shippo beside her. She slowly got out of her sleeping bag so as

not to wake him and covered him even more. Rumaging through her backpack, Kagome pulled out the one thing that

had been their lifeline through this idiotic journey. Their lunchbox. It was a regular looking thing but once it was

opened it was always full of food. All fully cooked and made as if it had been specially prepared for them. It was

one of the things that she had been provided with for the journey.

With the smell of freshly cooked oatmeal it was hard for Shippo to stay asleep. 'He's so much like his father that

way,' Kagome thought as he wolfed down his bowl. 'Adoptive father,' she thought, catching her mistake and

correcting it,' he's not shippo's real father. Just like I'm not his real mother.' She recalled with a smile on her face,

the day she and Inuyasha had found Shippo. When they learned they could adopt him as their own, they had been

thrilled. They had been happy for a while. But then…

'Only happy thoughts Kagome,' she chided herself, shaking the train of thought out of her head. "Kagome, where are

we going today?" Shippo asked. He had finished his oatmeal and was holding out the bowl to her. She smiled and

put the bowl back into the lunch box. That was the thing about it. They could put all the dirty dishes inside it they

wanted and they would all disappear to be replaced with full wholesome meals.

"Good question, Shippo," she said," I think we should break camp and go exploring. How's that sound to you?" He

nodded and started to clean up his toys and put them back into Kagome's huge yellow backpack. 'And hopefully I'll

be able to find what I need here,' Kagome thought,' I don't want to add another shard to that cursed pink jewel.'

She and Shippo wandered for a while before Kagome caught sight of someone familiar. She and Shippo followed

the person for a time. Shippo looked at her confused. Kagome sighed to herself, she knew the question behind

those eyes. The person they were following had long silver hair and cute, small little dog ears. 'He looks just like

Inuyasha did when he was younger,' Kagome thought,' damn. I was in love with him even then.'

They followed the boy for a while before he turned into a school yard. "Shippo," Kagome said," climb up onto my

shoulder and hold on tight ok?" "Ok," he chirped, clambering up onto her shoulder, his favorite perch. Taking a

deep breath, Kagome focused her energy and jumped into a tree nearby the school, as it overlooked the entire yard.

It gave Kagome the best vantage point possible to see the action going on below.

She caught sight of the silver haired boy making a beeline for a girl that she knew all too well. 'Here we go again,'

she sighed, and braced herself for what came next. The boy and the girl talked for a moment before the girl let out a

squeal of joy and jumped into the boy's arms. They shared a sweet, short kiss before the bell rang and the happy

couple, surrounded by their friends, made their way to class.

Still in the tree, Kagome was frustrated. Her job was to prove that they weren't meant for each other not that they

were. Suddenly a flash of pink overwhelmed them and blinded the two for a moment. When they finally blinked the

sunspots from her eyes, they were in a dark place that looked like it was out in space. "Once again," came a voice,"

you have seen that which your heart struggles to deny. Will you now give up this foolish journey and return?"

'They ask this question every time,' Kagome thought,' and every time my answer is still no. When will they just give it

a rest already?' "No," she said out loud," just give me the stupid shard and ship me off to the next world." "If this is

what you really wish," came the voice again, it sounded disappointed," then so be it." Kagome shuddered as the

cold came up around her and shippo, who was in her arms, and surrounded them, pulling her into blackness.

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"How can she continue to deny that which her heart cannot live without?" a woman asked. She had been the one

speaking to Kagome in space. "Because she is hurt and not willing to forgive," came a second voice. "Stubborn as

an ox," grumbled a third woman," the girl is too blind to see what is in front of her own eyes." "Now, now sister," the

second woman chided," we gave her the choice so that we could show her that, did we not? There is more in store

in this journey. Now I believe it's time to set our other plan in motion." The second woman faded out with a smile

and a wave. Her sisters in the mean time, crowded around a clear, blue, reflection pond. Within it was the image of

a man with silver hair and dog ears, laying on a bed with a sheet pulled over his face. The two watched as their sister

touched the boy and sent a burst of power through him. She then appeared beside her sisters once again. "Now we

wait," she said. "Now we wait," the other two repeated.

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He gasped and sat up. He looked around and found himself in a cold, dark place. He put his hand out and hit hard

metal, inches from his body. The same thing on the other side too. He bit his lip, he was never really fond of tight

space and this one seemed to be a tiny one. Keeping himself calm he felt around him and found the extension of

the box. 'What's going on?' he thought to himself,' the last thing I remember was that I was in the hospital. People

were crying and shouting. Where am I now?'

He took a deep breath, breathing deeply of the smells that were in the area, hoping to figure out where he was. The

first thing that came to him was the smell of death. A lot of dead bodies, maybe 12 or so. Then the smells of

sterilized equipment. Was he still in the hospital? No, it didn't smell like there were a lot of live people in here, only

dead. 'Oh holy fuck,' he thought,' i'm in a morgue. they thought i was dead. those bastards.'

In a split second he had the door kicked off of the drawer her was being kept in and was out. 'Well thank god there

aren't any people her,' he thought wryly,' saves me the trouble of having to explain how i came back from the dead.

How the hell did i do that anyways? Never mind, got to find some clothes and then find Kagome!'

Fortunately for him in one of the lockers in the room was clothes. they were just his size, well ok the shoes were too

big and if he didn't trip over them and fall on his face in front of her, he might just be able to pull this one off. Now on

to the question of how he was supposed to get home?

As it turned out, the only way he could figure out to get home was by running/walking. He still wasn't quite back up to

par so he'd had to take it slow. "Kagome," he shouted as he walked in the front door," i'm home! Kagome!

Shippo! Come on where are you guys?" Then he remembered the fight he'd had with Kagome before.

She had packed up and taken Shippo with her, now he was remembering. Well she couldn't have gotten far, she

was probably over at Sango's. That's where she always went when she was mad at him.

After grabbing something to eat from the fridge, he walked out the door and locked up. Then he ran at top speed for

Sango's house. "Come on open the damn door you guys," He growled out in rage as he banged on the door.

"Alright hold your horse," came a voice on the other side of the door," although any sane person wouldn't go banging

on door when there are babies asleep in here! Miroku, could you please come here and lower that barrier?"

She opened the door and nearly fainted when she saw who was standing there, hand raised ready to bang on the

door again. "Never mind Miroku," Inuyasha called as he walked in the door and through the barrier," i'm good."

Miroku walked in, eyebrows raised when he heard the voice. And then nearly dropped the baby he was holding when

he saw who was at the door.

"Christ you'd think you'd be happy to find your friend come back from the dead," Inuyasha said grinning his face off.

"How the.. What did... You're..." Sango stuttered, trying to wrap her mind around what was happening," Ahhhh." She

finally threw her hands up in defeat and went to go take the now very awake baby from her husband.

"I think what she means to say is," Miroku said," what the hell happened? I mean, we all thought you were dead!"

"Long story short, i woke up in the morgue about an hour ago," Inuyasha said," stole some clothes and went home. i

figured Kagome was still mad at me and figured she'd be here. Can i see her?"

At that question Sango very nearly dropped the baby again. "What, what'd i say," Inuyasha asked, looking from one

face to another," oh please tell me nothing bad has happened to her." "Uhhh, Inuyasha i think you might want to sit

down for this one," Miroku said, as gently as he could. "No i don't," Inuyasha said, leveling his gaze on his best

friend," now what happened?" The next thing that Miroku said made Inuyasha wish that he'd taken the free advice

that had been given.

"She's gone Inuyahsa," Miroku said, not willing to meet his friend's eyes," the day after the accident. She just up and

left, her and Shippo, no one's seen or heard from her since." The only thing that could be heard after he'd said that

was the "thump" as Inuyasha hit the ground, hard.

And chapter one is done! I promise you we find out who the three women are and what in the world Kagome is doing in later chapters! For now please read and Review and if anyone has a name for Sango and Miroku's kid please let me know!

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