Garden of Everything

By: DeathNoteMaker

Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or Red River (Anatolia Story). Those rights belong to Rumiko Takahashi and Chie Shinohara respectively. I do own this fanfic, my ideas, and OCs.

Category: Crossover

Anime(s)/Manga(s): InuYasha/Red River (Anatolia Story)

Pairing(s): [Main] Kail Mursili II/Kagome Higurashi, Kagome Higurashi/Male Harem (Kail Mursili II, Zannanza Hattusili, User Ramses)

Rating: T+

Warning(s): Blood, Character Death, Extreme Violence, Lemons, Offensive Language, etc.

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Supernatural, etc.

Summary: Rejecting Hojo's latest advance, Kagome Higurashi is pulled through the small lake that was near the site of the festival. Finding herself in the time of the Hittite Empire, she is saved from being used as the Tawananna's sacrifice by the third Prince of the Hittite Empire – Kail Mursili II. Becoming his concubine and then proclaimed as the incarnate of Ishtar, Kagome will be forced to use all of her wits and skills that she learned during her journey in the Feudal Era in order to stay one step ahead of those who have it in for her. But the main question is will she live long enough to find her own happiness that had been denied to her once already?

A/N: As you can see this is the revised version of the surprisingly immensely popular Red River of Tears! Though I am trying to go for a more serious and realistic feel for this rendition of my bastardization of Chie Shinohara's wonderful romantic tale. Hopefully I will do the story justice, and bring something a little different than what happened to the InuYasha/Red River (Anatolia Story) Xover section. I don't want to just redo the story with just changing the dialogue, and a couple events. I want to make the storyline my own without completely copying or destroying the original. Anyway, I hope that this version will be as loved as the first. Hopefully by the time I upload this I am done with it – plus hopefully my flash drive doesn't go wonky again.

Being ripped away from her friends after suffering through so much had almost broken her. Especially after all the hardship, she was finally told those three words from Inuyasha that she had always longed for – I love you. As they were stuck in that void after wishing the Shikon no Tama out of existence, and it seemed as if all that they had was each other.

Thinking of those few seconds before everything was ripped away from her, she had felt content. Not the all-encompassing joy, which she had though such a confession would give her.

Even now – a year since the well and the Feudal Era was closed off to her forever along with any hope of ever seeing Inuyasha or her companions again, Kagome Higurashi questioned herself as to the reason for such feelings.

The time-traveling teen should've been happy that the half-demon she had been in love with finally returned her feelings. With all the heartbreak she had to endure as she competed with his resurrected first love, and her incarnation – it would've made sense.

Only that was not what happened.

Kagome was happy – she wouldn't lie, but she mostly felt content. Content with the thought of finally having her feelings returned, but not deliriously happy as she pictured herself all those two years ago when chasing after the silver-haired man's affections.

Shaking her head, Kagome came back to the present time and what she was doing. After coming back to her own era, she had thrown herself in school in order to distract herself from her pain. Much to the surprise of the teachers, she had quickly caught up on her work and graduated with her friends despite expectations.

Now 17-years old, she was at the top of her class at Junon High School – a very prestigious school. But at the moment, she was in the Shrine's priestess garb and supervising the Hanami and Cherry Blossom festival that was taking place at her shrine.

The nice calming breeze that accompanied the lovely day rustled the long sleeves of her white haori, and her red hakama. So like her incarnation, she had her hair pulled back into a low ponytail with a white ribbon.

As she had no reason to fear attack – since she was no longer in the Feudal Era, Kagome had decided to forgo the notion of bringing a bow from the shrine. Bringing up a hand to brush her bangs away from her face, the young woman gazed at the beautiful white cherry blossoms that were once again blooming on the Goshinboku with warm dark blue eyes.

Walking across the cobble stones, her zōri made not a sound as she practically glided across the shrine with all the grace of a hime – something that he been practically beaten into her while under a certain Western Lord's tutelage.

Her waist-length ponytail swayed from side to side with her every step, and she smiled and waved at those who called out to her. She even stopped a couple times in order to take pictures with foreigners who were on a tour.

Of course, after a while Kagome had decided to take a short break while her brother – now beginning his training as a priest in order to take care of the Shrine in the future as was tradition in the Higurashi clan, and her grandfather took care of things.

Tracing her fingers through her bangs, she continued on through the dirt path until she reached a small lake that had become something of a sanctuary to her ever since she had become stuck in her once home – to get away from the pressures her life in the future now put on her.

But she never noticed the person that had been following her into the forest, nor the determined expression in his brown eyes as he held the small box in his hands while gazing at her back with a strange longing.

"Higurashi-chan."

Jumping slightly at the unexpected voice, Kagome turned around and stared at the familiar yet unwanted sight of Hojo – her most persistent admirer even after she had made it clear she couldn't be more than a friend to him. Giving him a small smile, she locked her blue eyes on him intently and gripped her sleeves.

"Oh Hojo-san, how are you?"

He said nothing for a few seconds, but then stepped forward and brought his free hand to his chest.

"Higurashi-chan – No, Kagome..."

Tensing at the change in the way he addressed her, she narrowed her eyes a brought a hand up to her collarbone. She had no idea why she felt wary of him, but it may have been the change in tactics and the fact that they were alone and away from the multitude of people that were milling about the shrine. Brown eyes that she had once thought were so handsome, now only made her sense of foreboding grow as his gaze only seemed to intensify.

"I'm in love with you Kagome! Please reconsider my proposal and let me be with you!"

Cringing at the boy's words – yes, she considered him a boy for he was so naive in the true makings of the world around them. Kagome released her grip on her long sleeves and sighed. Entwining her fingers in front of her, she closed her eyes for a second and inhaled deeply. It was very obvious that she was going to have to be blunt and tell Hojo that nothing would ever happen between them.

Kagome appreciated his feelings for her – she truly did, but she didn't think she could ever put him through the same thing Inuyasha had done to her. All that she saw in her once senpai was that he was a very good friend – a friend, but that was all.

Shaking her head, she opened her eyes and looked the hopeful looking young man straight in the eye.

"As much as I appreciate your feelings, I cannot change my previous answer Hojo-san…"

Trying to show her feelings through her eyes, she took a slight step backwards and let her hands fall to her sides. "I just can't return your feelings, and I don't want to put you through having to deal with someone who cannot love you or even grow to love you past being a good friend."

Silence developed between them, and Kagome sighed as she believed that Hojo would like all the other times go away to regroup. "You have no idea how sorry I am to not be able to accept your feelings…" Before she could finish, her wrists were grasped in an almost bruising tight grip and she could only look up into angry brown eyes.

"Hojo-san!"

He ignored her alarmed protest, and brought her closer to him as he snarled.

"Why! – Why can't you just say yes!"

Blue eyes widened and she brought her hands up to push against his shoulders before he tried to pull her to him any further. "Hojo-san, get control of yourself! Let me go!" He shook his head, and started to overpower her.

"Just accept my feelings Kagome! Why can't you just accept me!"

With a strong push, she turned around and took off ignoring the frantic cries coming from the obviously unbalanced man. Hopping on to the roots of the tree that was coming out of the water on the side of the lake, she didn't pay heed to his shouts of her name. There was no way that she was going to stay anywhere near him after he had crossed such boundaries, and actually put his hands on her. So lost in her thoughts, she didn't notice the root giving out below her foot until she fell into the water with a large splash.

End of Chapter 1

Yay! I'm happy that I've actually found another way to start the story. I will be having the next chapter up very soon, and hopefully I should be up to the point before the entrance of Tito's sisters. So I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter, and will stick around for the rest of them.