Chapter one
It has been ten years since Kagome returned to feudal era…
Kagome who was now 29 years old poked at the fire to get it back going while Shippo remained asleep and Sora as Kagome watched the flames dance back to life she went in to thinking of the past. Oh how things have changed so much though she would not have it no other way and was still pleased on how things have gone so far. Kagome thought back the day Koga and Ayame gifted Sora to her. The Inu wolf was taller than a normal wolf and was a rare solid black with silver eyes and three fluff tails and Ayame had bonded Kagome and the Inu wolf together as life and battle companions and always remain by each other's side. When Ayame had bonded Kagome and the Inu wolf together they all got shocked when they found Kagome and Sora the Inu wolf could speak telepathically with each other, which have never happened before in all history. Kagome also remembered when Ayame explained that the Inu wolf was similar to Sango's neko cat friend and was able to transform to a larger form and able to fly in both forms, but she also held an element power of lightening.
She thought back further more on everything that took place a little after she first returned on how she and Inuyasha would travel around and the talks they had and the agreements they made. They had come to terms of loving each other, but it was best friends and more like siblings and was glad they had both realized it before mistakes were made. Now she knew for sure they took the right path when the day came and they met with Riko who was also a half dog demon, but a black one instead of silver. Riko had golden green eyes and dog ears also with black hair that came to midways of her back that she kept braided. Kagome had never seen Inuyasha so happy since she met him once Riko agreed to be his mate. Kagome had Inuyasha and Riko both some rings made with a spell upon them to help control their demon blood so they both would not have to just depend on their swords for it. Then Kagome remembered on how Inuyasha's face expressions made Kagome cry with laughter when Inuyasha found out he was going to be a father of twins and it was priceless sight to have seen. When the day came she delivered Inuyasha and Riko's pups were something she would never forget. They were some of the cutes babies she had ever seen both was born, they had named their son Kyo after Riko's late father and named their little girl Izayoi after Inuyasha's late mother. They both also had the dog ears and the pup's hair was a steal silver a blend of both mother and father, but the rest of their looks screamed Inuyasha.
Kagome remembered the shocked faces on Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Keade, and even Rin and Kohoku when they returned to the village a year and a half of not seeing them and just now meeting with Inuyasha's mate and his two pups. It took a while to explain things to them as everyone had thought Inuyasha would have mated Kagome. Inuyasha had a hut built not far from Sango and Miroku's large hut.
Shippo was happy when Kagome returned from her travels and soon adopted each other as mother and son with a soul bond.
Kagome frowned when she thought back to one of many reasons why she, Shippo and Sora left the village in the first place. Every male within the village that was not married asked for her hand and told them no and many more kept asking. She had spoken to her friends and told them she was not ready to marry anyone. That was when Keade spoke of an old shrine up in the mountains far in the west where she could be further trained since she had learned all she and Miroku could train her with. Keade also told her it may take years of training with the amount of holy rieki Kagome held within her. Keade also admitted that Kagome held and was more powerful than even that her sister was and it would be best to control and train all of it before it explodes within her and could hurt others that maybe around her. Kagome agreed after hearing what Keade had said about her rieki she just hated the thoughts of leaving Inuyasha's side just to do it. Inuyasha had also agreed with Keade and they both left the hut to speak in private with each other. It was then Inuyasha released her from her promise so she would not feel bad about leaving him as he knew her all too well and told her she was his sister and best friend for life and nothing would ever change that. Inuyasha had also told her he and Riko had Totosai make her some weapons and would be ready in two weeks it was the reason he had asked for some of her blood and hair. Kagome had agreed to wait until the weapons were ready, but also asked what kind and he told her he was not sure as he left it up to Totosai to create two that he thought would suit her more and for a female and one for Shippo. He explained they were to be gifts from him and his mate for everything she has done for them, but also to have for protection when he was not around. Inuyasha over the year and half they had been traveling he had trained Kagome in some hand to hand combat and how to fight with a sword. Inuyasha told her they may train her more at the shrine which was why he didn't try to complete het fighting skills no more than he had.
The two weapons Totosai created for her surprised everyone. Kagome's sword/dagger had a pearl white handle with blue gems upon it. Totosai had told her it was able to transform in to a sword when needed. He had explained the name of it was Angel blades as it could give or take life. Angel blades held the power to kill in the form of a dagger, but when transform in to a sword it held the power to control souls and bring others back to life up to three times. Kagome had asked how and Totosai told her with him using Inuyasha's purified fang plus her own hair and blood had create it as such other then that he didn't know. He also told her he was unable to touch it once it was finished and with a lot of pain he was able to get a sheath upon it and place it inside his bag. Totosai then handed her 2nd weapon to her it was a staff glaive that had a pearl white handle with three very sharp silver crested moons upon it, but each one was different in size and direction. He told her it was created with Riko's purified fang plus her own hair, but after the trouble and pain with angel blades he had not placed her blood upon the staff glaive as of yet and needed to do. They all watched as Kagome added her blood up the staff glaive and saw it disappear in to it. Then in a flash they all saw what looked to be white wings just at the base of all three crested moons and there was blue moveable flame in the center of all three. Totosai, Inuyasha and Miroku all three tried to touch it and got shocked to the ground as Kagome picked it up without harming her. He told her the name of it was Takara and it held unknown power within it and she would need to learn them. Totosai also admitted that the spirits asked him and told him what weapons to create and how to create it from a dream he had. Then Totosai handed Shippo a dagger that was also able to transform in to a sword, but held different powers within it the name of it was Hiryū since he had to use a dragon's fang and Shippo's together. He told Shippo the blade was light, but also short and as he grew the sword blade will adjust to the size he can handle. He also told him it would do until he was an adult and had a better one created.
Sora and Shippo both moved closer to Kagome as the chill of the night air picked up she wanted to laugh as they had pinned her between them. Kagome lay back down and star glazed until she fell back asleep.
Sesshomaru had been watching Kagome off and on over the years from afar since Rin told him where she was after Kagome, Shippo and Sora had left the village before his visit. He was also told the events on why they left and the relationship between Kagome and his half-brother was now like siblings and about her weapons she carried. Sesshomaru had also met Inuyasha's mate Riko and their twin pups which had surprised him, but also approved of them. He had also given Inuyasha his part of what their father had left for him this included money and a palace that had been built when his father found that Izayoi was with child and was to remain under a barrier hidden until Inuyasha was mated. Inuyasha had been shocked when his brother told him and given him, he would have never guessed it. Inuyasha had told his brother he would not move from the village until later in time as he had a promise to keep, but for now he would stay where he was. Over the years of watching Kagome, Sesshomaru noticed she was now a little taller, more mature and her hair now touched the ground and wore it a little different then use to. He could see some of it was in a braid while the rest of her hair flowed freely upon her back like a waterfall. He had figured she had done it due to her hair being thicker and waver than most human's and he had also notices her eyes had changed colors to blue. He also notice she now wore a blue and white miko garments while all others wore red and white and thought it was fitting as he knew she was not like the others in fact never had been. Sesshomaru had also watched as Shippo was able to keep all of the others within the shrine fooled by pretend to be a human child just to remain with Kagome and followed her everywhere within it. Now that they were no longer at the shrine the kit walks around in his true humanoid form and he could see the kit had grown a little taller and was now up to Kagome's waist. He also knew the kit claimed Kagome as his mother. When he got word about Rin's and Kohoku's was to be married and wanted him there he had sent Jaken a head of him to help her get things ready. Sesshomaru knew they would invite Kagome and Shippo as well. So he had been following them since they left the shrine.
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Morning came and then Kagome, Sora and Shippo ate and bathed then cleared camp then Shippo spoke.
''Momma, why don't we just fly to the village?'' asked Shippo
''Because the wedding is not for another five days and we are only a day's walk from the village, plus I want to remain unseen as much as possible. I'm not too fond on the idea of having arrows and spears shot and thrown at us again it is the reason we are walking through the forest instead the main road. Last I checked those jerks were on the main road and was looking for us.'' Kagome said as they all three started walking.
''True, I'm just excited to see everyone again it's been far too long since we had seen them.'' Shippo said
''I know honey I am also excited to see them I just hope they don't noticed I no longer age. I think Inuyasha had noticed it when we snuck off to that village to see him five years ago. It would be very hard to explain to others why I am no longer aging as I don't have an answer for it myself.'' Kagome said
''Yeah, it is weird, but in a way I am happy about it I get to keep you with me longer.'' Shippo said making Kagome giggle at what he said.
''Mom, I smell a lot of humans.'' Shippo said in a worried voice as he smelt the air and before he could tell her more a male's voice rang through the forest.
''THERE THEY ARE GET THEM.'' a male's voice yelled
Kagome, Shippo and Sora turned to the voice and saw around 20 or more human males surrounding them with weapons drawn. They knew it would do no good to fly with the men this close to them it would be too easy to kill them and they were to close for Sora to use her element power upon them as it would hurt Shippo while she was immune to it.
''Why are you after us we have done no harm to any of you?'' Kagome asked as she seen they had nowhere to run.
''We get paid to bring every head of a demon we can get.'' a tall male spoke out.
''Getting paid by who?'' asked Kagome
''That is none of your concern wench, know your place women.'' Yelled another male
''I know my place and it is not with you. Now why are you after me?'' Kagome yelled back
''You disobeyed filthy bitch listen here, I will put you in your place before we are done with you.'' The same male yelled
''Humph, I don't think so I am not like other females and I will never bend to your demand or wil to you or any other.'' Kagome said as she watched for any to make a move upon them.
''You are nothing more than a demon loving wench and all demons and any humans that is with them should and will be put to death and you're supposed to be a priestess you make me sick, but guess you like being a whore to demons more. We should show you what a real man is like before your death.'' Another male yelled out as they slowly closed in on her more.
''WHAT? You prejudice jerks, I have never laid with any male of any kind and NO way in heaven or hell that I will stand around and let any of you filth touch me in that manner. I will never go down without a fight. You are disgusting and have no honor.'' Kagome said as she, Shippo and Sora got ready to battle. Kagome was pissed now and was not backing down.
''Kill the demons and let's teach this whore a lesson to remember even in death.'' Yelled another male as the fight was now on.
Sesshomaru stopped his hunt for food when he caught sight of many tracks within the forest ground and he knew right away it was human males. He rushed back where he last saw Kagome, Shippo and Sora. Sesshomaru knew with them being humans it would be harder for her to fight them. When he got closer in hearing range he was able to hear everything that was said and when he came closer it was then he seen all the males attack all three of them. Sesshomaru knew they were outnumbered by a long shot. It didn't take him long to get to them and joined in the battle. Kagome had seen Sesshomaru, but kept fighting she was stabbed a few times in different areas Shippo and Sora both got cut as well. When he caught the smell of Kagome's blood he became in raged and took most of the men out while Kagome, Shippo and Sora kept battling until all were dead. Kagome rushed to Shippo and Sora checking them and used her rieki to heal them then started on herself, but only got half way before she passed out from so much blood lost. Sesshomaru moved to her quickly.
''We need to find a spot to set up camp and stop the bleeding she losing too much blood.'' Shippo said in a worried voice. As he went to his bag and grabbed some cloth to hold pressure on the last deep cut she had. Sesshomaru picked Kagome up in his arms holding pressure at the same time over the cut then spoke.
''Follow.'' Sesshomaru said as he rushed to a river close by with Shippo and Sora on his heels.
Shippo set up camp while Sesshomaru striped Kagome to her undergarments then cleaned the blood and her cuts. Sora knowing what plants and herbs to gather rushed to them, returned and dropped them next to Sesshomaru which made him look up at the Inu wolf in wander. Shippo had seen the look in his eyes and answered it for Sora.
''Sora knows what is needed because she has been with us for so long and learned over the years what kind of herbs and plants to use for many different things. Mother and Sora are also able to speak to each other telepathically it is also how Sora is able to learn and understand on everything better.'' Shippo said and Sesshomaru nodded once with understanding on what the kit meant.
''Sora, don't forget to hunt.'' Shippo said as he started a fire and gather water.
Sora barked at him and ran in to the forest. When she returned Shippo cleaned the deer and took the blood in a cup and the gathered the liver and cut it in tiny pieces before he walked to Kagome. Sesshomaru stopped Shippo's hand when he started to move the cup of blood and tiny pieces of liver to Kagome's lips.
''What are you doing kit?'' Sesshomaru asked him with a glare.
''Mother needs blood and the liver will also help speed up on making more blood within her. It is not the first time this had to be done. When we first traveled to the shrine we got attacked and she had already told me long ago back when we use to hunt shards and Naraku on what to do if it was ever needed for her. We are unsure how demon blood would affect her having so much holy rieki so we use animal blood for it. There are no humans to draw the blood from them or a way for it, so this is the only other way.'' Shippo explained as Sesshomaru let the kits hand go so he could give the cup to her and watched her chew the liver then Shippo placed his hand under her neck to help it go down. Then Shippo spoke again.
''We have all three learned everything we could on healing so if it was needed we would know what to do if one of us gets hurt, sick or anything else while alone or with others. With mothers knowledge from her time period me and Sora was able to learn even more and things no one else knows. We have spent our spare time over the years on finding and come up with different ways to get things to work without the use of supplies from her time period. Mother hopes later on we can travel around and try to find things she could use to create or copy some of the supplies that she had in her era and could use since none of it will not be made for many years.'' Shippo said
Shippo walked back over to the deer and started talking once again.
''Before we went to the shrine we came across a demon that was dying mother befriended him and asked if he wanted to live again he told her no. Mother asked if she could use his body for us to study the insides of a demon to get a better understanding and he agreed in return she told him she would bless his soul and see to his remains was burned to keep others from getting it. When he died Mother used her sword to hold his soul and was able to speak to each other. His soul watched everything we did and then when we were done she burned his body and blessed his soul to be reborn and sent it to the heavens. It was his gift from her for allowing us to learn what we needed. It was weird to find out both human and demon insides are the same just very little was differences.'' Shippo said as he was preparing the deer.
Shippo cut both hams off and then tenderloins and then gave the rest to Sora for her to eat. Shippo cut the tenderloins in to tiny pieces and placed in to a pot with some broth, herbs, rice and mushrooms cooking them together. Then he cut up one ham in to strips to make jerky and added the cure for it while the other ham he roasted party for his self and Sesshomaru. He offered Sesshomaru some of the party cooked/ bloody roasted ham as he was not sure what Sesshomaru ate. Sesshomaru took the kits offer on food even though he was not too keen with it being cooked meat as to him it was human food if it was cooked, but soon changed his thoughts on it when he bit in to the seasoned roasted ham and found the inner was raw and with it the outer part cooked with tastes he never knew and liked it.
''How did you come about learning to making food as such?'' asked Sesshomaru
''Mother, she uses all kind of season and herbs when she cooks and she taught me on how to do it in case I was alone or if she was unable to. When Kagome eats meat it depends on what kind of meat. She will eat it raw, fully or party cooked. Mother had to teach Riko how to make homemade ramen noodles for Inuyasha before we could even leave the village. Inuyasha loves that stuff and would fight anyone over it they are the only two people who knows how to make it in this time period. Mother has always said people in this time period needed cooking lessons and can't wait until the future comes when cooking and making food changes.'' Shippo said with a chuckle and grinned.
Shippo got done eating and then checked the food in the pot mashing it as he stirred it. Then checked the jerky and seen the unspoken question from Sesshomaru.
''The food in the pot is for mother I made it to where she could pretty much drink it in a way since she would have a harder time chewing her food right now. This is cured meat is called dried jerky and it is good to make for traveling or to make during winter months when you can't hunt and need meat. You can add it to soup, stews or snack on like it is when you have no time to stop and will last for many days when other meats will not.'' Shippo said and seen understanding within Sesshomaru eyes.
When the food in the pot was done he helped feed Kagome and then covered her up with some fur they had in the traveling bag. While Sora laid down beside Kagome and fell asleep. Camp stayed quite for a little while until Sesshomaru spoke.
''Why is she not aging?'' asked Sesshomaru
''We don't know, nobody knows about it yet other than us. We didn't notice it until about 5 years ago when her eyes changed to blue.'' Said Shippo
''What of the shrine?'' Sesshomaru asked
''Mother finished her miko training about a week ago. The miko's at the shrine are prejudice and told mother she could not fully complete her training or leave until she took the vows they had and she told them no. We had been planning a way to leave when we got a message from Rin. They still would not let her leave until the vow was taken so we had no choice, but to find a way to sneak out of the shrine in the cover of dark. One thing we do know is no matter where we live she would only be able to stay for only so long before other humans start to notice she is not aging. That alone puts her in more danger around human kind. Both of us are still in need of more training in defense /battle forms and more practice with our weapons. Inuyasha and the others only partly trained mother in a couple of human fighting forms and only just enough to get her by with. He had thought they would train more at the shrine, but after mom figured out how to make a bow and arrow with her holy rieki they didn't want to train her with any other weapons. The thing is I have seen she could do much more if given a chance. '' Shippo said
''What do you mean she could do much more if given a chance?'' asked Sesshomaru as he seen Shippo look to a sleeping Kagome and took a deep breath before he spoke.
''Inuyasha and mother were sparring in the village before we left to travel to the shrine. I saw soft gold color looking rieki at her feet and it could barely be seen as she started moving faster with her movements. No one else had saw it except me and I don't think even she knew about it. Inuyasha stopped the sparring when his mate called him for dinner before anything else happened. Her normal rieki colors I've seen her use are pink, purple, white and light blue color. Come to think about it mothers rieki is different than other mikos they only have two colors of pink or light blue rieki mom has five counting the new one. It even makes me wonder if she is more than just a miko or if she is even human her true scent is different than all others.'' Shippo said as he looked at the sleeping Kagome.
Unknown to Shippo it was one of many questions Sesshomaru has wondered himself since the day he met her in his father's tomb.
''If she wishes it I will train you both, but things would need to be discussed with Kagome first. '' Sesshomaru said as he seen Shippo nodded his head in agreement.
It was getting late when they heard Kagome moan and they watched as she slowly opened her eyes and turned her head to the fire she felt close by and then seen Shippo.
''Shippo are you alright? Where are Sora and what happened?'' Kagome asked in a low sleepy voice
Shippo walked and sat beside her.
''I'm okay momma so is Sora. You healed both of us before you passed out from losing to much blood when you were trying to heal yourself. Lord Sesshomaru found us and helped in the battle. He brought you here close to the river and cleaned you up while I made camp. Sora is resting on the other side of you.'' Shippo said while he helped her drink some water. When she was done she laid her head back down and started to drifted back to sleep while she was speaking.
''Thank you Sesshomaru for everything, you to Shippo and Sora.'' said Kagome as she fell back asleep.
Sesshomaru heard what she said and leaned back against the tree and closed his eyes and spoke.
''Rest kit.'' said Sesshomaru as he felt a barrier go up around camp and opened his eyes back open and looked at Kagome.
''Alright oh and don't worry the barrier is a habit of hers, it goes up every night without thought when she sleeps and been doing it since we lived at the shrine. She does it to protect me in my sleep when I was unable to control my illusions. Your still able to move in and out of the barrier since you were within the camp when it went up, it's just no one outside of it can enter.'' Shippo said as he curled close to Kagome and went to sleep.
