Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.


Chapter 1: The Box

"Thank you Sesshoumaru for coming over. Takeru was really glad you could make it" Kagome said over the phone as she talked to her brother-in-law.

"He is my nephew" Sesshoumaru replied to her.

"Yes, and since you are his uncle you should see him more, especially since you only live about two hours away" Kagome replied to him in a slightly scolding manner.

"Hn" was his only reply to her before he heard a child wailing in the background.

"Ahh! That would be Mayumi, either way thank you Sesshoumaru and please come by again. It was great having you!" Kagome said as she hung up the phone to go and attend to her daughter.

"Likewise" Sesshoumaru responded as he too hung up the phone. He looked out the window of his car to see the tall skyscrapers of New York as he entered the city and returned to the building that housed his penthouse that he called home.

(Talking on your cell and driving is a bad combination, so let's assume it was a Bluetooth.)

"Good evening Ms. Larson" Sesshoumaru greeted the landlord at the front desk.

"Good evening Mr. Taishou" she said back as a return greeting. "Oh, a package is here for you" she said as she went back into the room behind her desk to retrieve the package that was left.

"I did not order anything. Simply throw it out" he said, but what she told him next peaked his interest.

"It was from a one Kagura Vinter. I believe that you should at least see what is inside before you deem its contents worthless" she said as she placed the box on top of the desk so that Sesshoumaru could take it.

Sesshoumaru simply took the box back home with him, all the while wondering why Kagura decided to give him this and why now of all reasons. He and Kagura had not seen each other for twenty-six years. In that time he had been married, built a company, gained a niece and nephew through his half-brother, was divorced and is currently living alone as a bachelor in New York City. Kagura had been one of his only good friends throughout his childhood and into his adulthood and the only real woman he had deeply cared for. They had been together for a few years before she was offered a position as a surgeon in Oregon. After that she left for five years, ending their relationship. It wasn't until she came back, for what reason he couldn't remember, that they had met again. She had stayed for only three months before she had left him again for good. She always said that she wanted to be free and live her life the way she wanted. Her freedom simply meant that she would never be where he wanted her to be, that she would never stay in put.

He locked the door to his penthouse once he was inside and set the box on his dark mahogany kitchen table. He hung his coat up and started a pot of coffee. It was a Saturday and he would not be in to work until Monday morning.

He walked up to the brown box sitting on his table and sliced the tape binding the box shut with his claw. When he opened the box he found a large envelope, multiple DVDs, letters and one note that was sitting atop the many things in the box. He picked up the note and began to read what it said:

Sesshoumaru Taishou,

If you are reading this then all of these things found their proper home and all of my work wasn't a complete waste of time. If not, then all of these are worthless to anyone else.

Though if you are reading this and your name is Sesshoumaru Taishou then please follow these instructions.

Read each letter in the order they written; there are also DVDs for after you have read the letters and the envelope can be opened last. Whether you choose to read all of the letters is up to you, but I would appreciate it if you did. It would mean a lot to me.

Thank you.

Sesshoumaru looked for a signature or anything to indicate that it was indeed from Kagura, but he found no indication that it was ever from her. That was until he looked at the first letter.

On the front of it read his name in Kagura's handwriting and a date. March 23, 1984. It was dated a week after she had ended their relationship and left for Oregon.