Okay this fic was a challenge on another site that I don't even read much from anymore, A Single Spark. I have turned into a huge yaoi reader and writer. But if you are a Sesshomaru/Kagome fan then that is the site for you. They have fictions and drawings, so check them out.
Also because of problems with my old form of breaks I am going to use O.O through this fic as a test.
I do not own anything from the world of Inuyasha. If I did there would be all kinds of weird ass shit involved.
Chapter 1
Trying hard to not pull her hand away harshly, Kagome put on a pleasant smile and addressed the question at hand. "I am sorry, my answer is still no. I value our friendship too much to become romantically involved with you."
Koga was looking at her like a hurt puppy dog. The only bright and shiny about him after her rejection was his Sheriff's Badge. "But Miss Kagome."
"Again I am sorry," was all she said as she turned and headed to the porch of the nearby General Store where a short young boy set. The red haired boy smiled up at the young woman that was approaching her.
"Did he ask you again, Kagome-sensi?" Shippo said looking up from his drawing. The stick in his hand drawing out little pictures in the dusty road, dropped down into the dirt as the boy gave the woman his complete attention. "Do you think he will ever learn?"
Shaking her head, "I don't think so, Kit."
The nickname came from the fact that the boy was as smart as a fox, and sometimes just as crazy. "Miss Kagome! Shippo." Shippo turned his head to see just where the call came from. His cheeks turned a slight pink in a blush. Kagome smiled at the crush the young boy had on their young caller.
"Rin, dear what has you so excited today?" Kagome asked the young girl when the other child finally reached them. She was red faced and huffing a bit due to her sprinting over to meet them.
"My father is coming to visit! He and my uncle are going to be spending time with me and Grandma Kaede for a while. Isn't that great!" Rin said smiling from ear to ear. The young teacher smiled down at her student, happy for her. From what she had been told, Kagome knew that Rin's father traveled a lot as he was a bounty hunter, who had been hunting down a ruthless killer. According to the girl's grandmother the man was kind of cold and distant but loved his wife and his adopted daughter. Rin's mother had died over two years ago and that was when she moved out her to this nameless town to live with her grandmother.
Sesshomaru, a scary name for a man that supposedly really loved his daughter and family, sent the girls letters and the money that the women needed to survive. Kagome had never met the man as it was the girl's aunt, Kikyo, that had brought her to town, and about six months later her aunt was killed by the villain that Sesshomaru was now hunting down. Before that they were ranchers that raised cattle and made a modest living doing so.
"Well that's lovely. Do you know when he will be arriving?" Kagome asked as she gave the girl's hair a run through. Kagome looked at Shippo. That was another story all together. Shippo was the bread winner in his family. His father had been killed serving in the army and his mother was ill. She sewed on her good days, helping the town's dress maker for extra money, but Shippo was in charge of their small garden that kept them fed. The boy would wake up early and do his chores, attend the classes that Kagome taught, go to the general store, working for the owner moving around stock and helping with inventory and then he would go home to take care of his mother and their home. It was sad to see such a young child having to take on so much responsibility. Kagome often wondered and even asked how the boy did everything all by himself, but he would answer that it was just something that had to be done and that's why he did it.
"In a few weeks. I can't wait to see them both. It's been too long." Rin said smiling happily. Kagome returned the smile and turned to the young boy.
"Shippo, why don't you walk Rin home, I am sure that she has to be there before dark. Rin, tell your grandmother hello for me." Shippo jumped up and was ready to escort the young girl home to her grandmother. "I need to talk to Sango."
Kagome had been the town's school teacher for the last three years, ever since she came here. She was found wondering the plains, and did not know who she was. She only could tell the girl that found her that her name was Kagome. Sango, now Kagome's best friend, had heard her screaming and ran to find out what was going on. There was the woman dressed in rages screaming for help in Sango's native tongue. Kagome was speaking Japanese, and fortunately Sango spoke the same language. It did not take long to see that Kagome also spoke English and was very smart. She could read and write and was willing to become the school teacher that town needed for its modest pay.
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Long sliver hair swayed in the wind as the man attached stretched out his back and shoulders. In the next two days he will be hugging his daughter again. It had been over two years since he last saw her with his own two eyes. He knew that her "grandmother" was taking care of her. Kaede was not his late wife's mother but sensi. Kaede would start to teach Rin the ways of a priestess soon but carefully as in this country it was not respected as it was in his homeland. A shame really. The priestess back home could heal things that here in this new country killed many people. But as the youkai, the miko were forced into hiding with the new Christian invasion.
And now he was hunting down a hanyou that came over on the ships just like he and his half-brother. Inuyasha was the one that really had the problem with the hanyou, as he lost his wife Kikyo to that bastard's hands. It was a shame really. She was so good for him. She made him feel like a man, not a mixed blood who didn't fit in either world. Sesshomaru remembers the day that Kikyo was killed.
Sesshomaru and Inuyasha were returning home from a trip into town. It was only a day trip and they were finally returning home just as dust was turning to dark. But there was smoke, and they each jumped from their horses and ran as fast as they could, using their demonic strength. They were too late. Kikyo was at Naraku's feet and the monster was laughing like the mad man he was. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha attacked but it was just a clone, and as the small wood figure fell to the ground the laughter died. Their home was in flames and their life was in ruins. The only happy thought was that Rin was not here, she was with Kaede.
A lonely funeral pier was how they paid their respect to the fallen priestess that was his brother's mate and wife. The wind took her ashes across the land that was once their home. The rich ranch land sold for enough to support their new life style and for Sesshomaru to send an allowance for Kaede to help her with Rin.
It was from then on that the two inu brothers traveled turning in bounties and collecting allies along the way. On a former monk from their homeland that knew just who and what they were. The other two were just humans that were there for the payday, clueless to who the brothers truthfully were. Miroku, the former monk that also had a bone to pick with Naraku. The monster hanyou had cursed his family, and only his death would free him. And so they traveled after leads of the creature. He and his family would have their vengeance. And the more he thought it through the more he knew that it would not be by his or Inuyasha's hands. He just did not know who would be the one to finally strike the blow.
End Chapter
If you have read this fic before you can tell I edited/rewrote this. I can't get this fic out of my head, not since I rediscovered that I wrote it to begin with. That's right; I forgot that I had this fic started. I am a bit of an air head at times.
Well if you have reviewed in the past you can send me a private message about what you think of the rewrite. And keep reading I did the next couple of chapters as well.
