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Ch. 1

Kagome picked her backpack up, "I'm off!" she yelled to her family and ran out the door to the well.

Kagome's mother ran to the door yelling after her daughter "Be safe! Come back soon!"

She turned towards her mom smiling; "I will!" she turned back walking into the well house. She stepped on the edge of the well and jumped in. As soon as she did she was enveloped in a blue light. She waited to come out of the other side, but it was taking longer than usual. Finally her feet touched the other side of the well. She climbed out and looked around, 'Hmm Inuyasha's not here? Usually he's here to complain about how long I took.' She thought to herself with a sigh, 'Maybe I should have stayed home longer.' She smiled to herself, "But then I wouldn't be able to see Shippo and the others!"

She always missed Shippo the most when she went home. The little fox had started to think of Kagome as his mother and Kagome took care of him as if she were. She loved the little fox and wanted to be there for him. He was so young but has already lost so much… well he was young for a demon. Kagome was shocked to find out he was already 150 she knew demons could live for centuries but she hadn't realized how slowly they aged. She was walking to the village when she heard someone scream. She froze and went running towards the forest where it came from. She made it just in time to see a fox demon destroy a snake demon. She started to back away from them scared that the fox demon would attack her. As she was backing away she of course stepped on a twig making the fox whip around. She could see he was badly injured. He had several slashes across his chest and a few bite marks. He was growling at her and she stood there frozen. She couldn't stop staring at him he was a lot bigger but there was no doubt. The hair, the eyes, the face, even the bushy tail; it was all Shippo's. "Shippo? Shippo what happened did you transform yourself? Why are you so big?"

He looked at her confused, "W- Why do you keep calling my son's name?"

"Y- Your son… but that means… and you're… oh no!" she said backing away. She went too far back! It felt like it took longer in the well because she was going farther back. "I should… um… go you um… be safe…" she said backing away slowly as he stared at her. She was about to turn her back when she saw one of the snakes get up. He was about to strike Shippo's father when Kagome put up a barrier around him. The snake hit it and was instantly purified; all that was left was a pile of mush. He turned around staring at what used to be a demon as the shield dropped.

He looked back at her, "A miko…"

"Well you seem fine… bye!" she said and ran off. That was a lie about him being fine, but she really shouldn't be here. She quickly made it back to the well and jumped in, but this time no blue light surrounded her. The well wasn't working.

"Wait!" he called but she was already running away. Why had a miko saved him, a demon? And why did said miko know his son's name? He hobbled after her holding onto trees as he went. He finally made it to the clearing.

He watched as the miko attacked the well repeatedly kickng it, "What the hell!? First you take me too far back and then you stop working all together! Work dammit!" she begged.

"Miko?" he asked. She turned around. He could smell her nervousness roll off of her, "Why do you know my son's name!?" he demanded.

"Um… Lucky guess…" Kagome offered pathetically.

He came closer to her and grabbed her shirt pulling her closer, "Why do you know my son's name!? If you ever hurt him-Aaagh" he clutched the wounds on his chest and dropped to his knees panting, "If you hurt him I will kill you…" he finished and then fell to the ground unconscious.

Akito woke up groggily. He felt weak and couldn't even open his eyes. He smelled his blood and a lot of it. And someone was touching his chest… who was it? Their hands were so soft and gentle. Under the scent of his blood he could smell whoever it was. They smelled like lavender and that smell after it rained. He finally forced his eyes open to see a human girl spread some kind of herb on his chest. When he saw her he remembered the fight with the snake demons and the miko. His eyes widened and he sat up quickly, "Miko!"

She jumped, "Don't move your wounds will reopen!" but it was too late he was already clutching his chest in pain as blood dripped. She shook her head, "Lay back down." She said as she pushed him by the shoulders.

"And why should I trust you?" he growled.

"Why shouldn't you?"

He narrowed his eyes, "You're a miko I'm a demon! We are natural enemies. Besides you threatened my son."

Kagome stood up angrily, "I never threatened him! I would never hurt little Shippo! And who gives a damn if I'm a miko and you're a demon! You're injured and I help those in need!" she took a deep breath and kneeled down beside him, "Now lay down so I can help you."

He sighed and did as she asked he had smelled no lies, "If there's any type of funny business, miko,-"

"I got it no funny business and it's Kagome by the way."

"What?" he asked.

"My name, it isn't miko. It's Kagome."

"I'm Akito."

She smiled at him, "Nice to meet you Akito." Akito looked away from her and thought, 'What a strange human.'

She had finally finished patching him up and he moved to get up, "What are you doing? You are too injured." He just blinked at her, "Rest I'll go get some water and fire wood." She said standing up, "And don't get up! I really don't want to patch you up for the third time now."

She sighed as she walked to the river. What the hell was she going to do? She was now stuck even further in the past. She couldn't see her friends or even her family. What if she was stuck here forever? What if she could never go home? At this thought she started crying. She let the tears fall for a couple of minutes before taking some deep breaths to calm herself, "Come on, Kagome. You've been in worse situations. You'll figure something out." She said giving herself a pep talk. "Alright let's go!" she said picking up the pace.

She had finally collected everything and awkwardly walked back with a container full of water and the wood for a fire. She walked to where Akito was and dropped the wood in a pile and placed the water down. She started setting up the fire while Akito watched her curiously, "Are you hurt miko?"

She didn't look up at him just focused on making a fire, "It's Kagome. And no I'm fine why?"

"You smell of tears, Kagome." He said putting emphasis on her name. She looked up in shock and then she blushed a bit, "Why were you crying?"

"It's not important, what's important is starting this fire." She said as she finally set the wood up. She stood up and went to her backpack to grab matches.

Akito rolled his eyes and lit the wood with his fox fire, "Fire's lit. Now why were you crying?"

She looked at the fire and laughed a bit, "I forgot about fox fire. That makes things easier… maybe we should get Shi-" she cut herself off before she said Shippo's name, "It's really not a big deal."

He rolled his eyes at her, "You protected me from the snake demon and then treated my wounds the least I can do is listen to your woes."

She grabbed the tea pot she had in her backpack and put some of the water in it and set it over the fire, "Let's just say I'm a little lost."

"I could help you. I could follow your trail and lead you home." He offered.

She gave a little laugh, "If only it were that simple…"

"Why isn't it?"

"If you follow my scent it's just going to lead you right there." Kagome said miserably pointing to the well, "I'm not even supposed to be here and now the stupid thing won't work…"

He raised his eyebrow at her and she had to admit he looked really cute when he did it, "Are you sure you're alright?"

"I'm not crazy I swear! It's just hard to explain…"

"Well since you refuse to let me move I have plenty of time."

"But if I explain it to you, you probably would think I'm crazy."

"I already think you are, a miko helping a demon? That is truly crazy." He said with a smirk and she couldn't help but laugh.

"Well you know how you put bones in the well and they disappear?" he nodded his head, "Well I've been using it to transport myself between two different times like 500 year difference of time. And the well took me too far back in time… and now it won't work… and I can't get home or see my friends from the other time. And- and I'm stuck here with nowhere to go. And I might never get home. And I don't know what I'm going to do."

Akito reached up and swiped the pad if his thumb across her cheek wiping away a tear, "Don't cry. Just take it one step at a time."

She hadn't even realized she was crying until he said something, "Uh sorry I didn't mean to cry. I mean I've gotten myself out of worse situations and hell this time at least no one's trying to kill me yet."

He laughed, "There's always that, but who would try to kill a nice girl like you."

She laughed, "More people than you'd think and on multiple occasions." Just then the tea pot started to whistle and she quickly moved it away from the fire. She went to her backpack again and pulled out two things of Ramen.

He looked at the containers curiously, "What is that?"

"Just wait I'll show you." she said pouring the water into the containers and set them aside so they could cook, "Give it three minutes and it'll be done." she said.

"So how do you know my son?" he asked narrowing his eyes.

"Um well…" She said thinking. She didn't want to tell him the truth of how they met, "He's a friend of a friend…" she offered.

He sighed, "I can smell that lie."

She sighed, "It has something to do with the future and if I told you about it then you could accidently change it, so it's better to just not talk about it." She couldn't really say I've been taking care of your son and now he travels around Japan fighting demons.

"So you know my son, but have never met me. Why is that?" he asked.

She had to be careful what she said he could smell a lie, "I just haven't." she said vaguely. She was trying not to lie.

"Why do I feel as if you are trying to hide something from me?" Akito asked suspiciously.

She rolled her eyes and grabbed the Ramen. She handed one to Akito and took one for herself, "Its dinner. Here" She said handing him chopsticks. She watched as he sniffed it then tentatively took a bite. After tasting it his eyes widened and he took a huge bite. She giggled at him.

He looked at her excitedly, "This is good!" which only made her laugh. He reminded her of when Shippo first tried Ramen, she thought he was going to eat her entire stock.

"I'm glad you like it!" She said picking up her own thing of Ramen, but as she picked it up some of the broth slipped over the side and her fingers were burned.

Akito looked over at her when she screamed out in pain, "What's the matter?" he asked worriedly.

"I just burned my fingers." She said with a sigh.

She was about to get up to get ointment when he stopped her, "Let me see."

She moved closer holding her hand out to him. He took her hand in his and then started sucking on her fingers, "What are you doing?" She screeched pulling her hand away.

"I am healing you. Some demons' saliva has healing property." He stated simply as if it was no big deal.

"O-Oh…" she said handing her hand back. She blushed as he started sucking on her fingers again. After a couple of seconds he released her fingers, "Thanks." She said blushing even more.

"Why does your face keep turning red?" he asked.

"Eh? I'm a blushing?"

"What is blushing?" He asked.

"Demons don't blush? Well it's um something you do when embarrassed."

He looked at her confused, "What has been done to embarrass you?"

"Well… um…" She struggled to try and explain without embarrassing herself further but found it impossible, "Just finish your food." She said and left it. He smirked and started eating again. Kagome watched him and realized his hair was actually a little darker than Shippo's . Also his chin wasn't as pointed either. There were a few other differences, but not that many. She now knew what all those girls saw in Shippo looking at his father. Akito was extremely handsome by human and demon standards.

"Why do you stare at me Kagome?" he asked and she jumped and started blushing again. "You are blushing. You are embarrassed again?" he asked.

"I was just thinking you look a lot like Shippo." She said.

He smirked, "I can smell that that is a lie. Do you stare because you find me attractive?" his voice was full of cockiness. She shook her head no, "So then you do not find me attractive?" he asked as he added hurt to his voice. He found it fun to tease the girl.

Her face was a deep red and she was very flustered. "I- uh- I mean you are very handsome, but um-" He couldn't hold back his laughter anymore. At first she looked at him shocked then started glaring at him, "I think I regret saving you." She said angrily.

"Oh come on! You just look so cute when you blush." He said with a smile.

"It's not nice to make fun of people!"

"I was only teasing. You humans are too interesting." He said with a big grin on his face.

"You make it sound like I'm some kind of a science experiment! If that's it then go talk to some other human."

"But you are the only human I've talked to." he said.

"What? Why?" Kagome asked in shock.

He rolled his eyes, "When most humans see a demon they run away screaming. You are just very odd for a human. Oh and what is a science experiment?"

"Eh, it's something you test things on to figure out the outcome." She said calming down.

"Hmm… then I guess you are one…" he said as he drank the remaining broth.

She sighed miserably, "I really regret saving you…" he chuckled at the girl.

She ignored him for about a half hour until she finally asked, "How are your wounds?"

"Much better, thanks to you."

"Why were you fighting with those snake demons anyway?" she asked.

"Well it seems I accidently wandered into their territory which apparently to them is punishable by death."

"Such a stupid reason to fight." She said.

"Tell me Kagome, why did you join in the fight? I could have turned around and killed you."

"Well originally I only heard a scream which made run to make sure no one needed my help. I originally was going to leave when I realized it was two demons fighting, but you caught me. And I mean I know Shippo and Shippo is a really good kid. So I knew you couldn't be a horrible blood-thirsty demon. So why not help you?" Kagome replied.

"But you helped me even after I threatened you."

"That showed me even more that you weren't a bad guy. Yes, you threatened me, but it was only through the love for your son. Plus I'm stuck here so it was a good way to show that I'm not a threat to you or your family." She said with a laugh.

He smiled back at her, "You are a very strange miko, Kagome."

It was starting to get late now and Kagome looked up at the sky, "You should get some sleep, I'll keep watch."

He shook his head no, "You are a human and I a demon, you need much more sleep. I'll keep watch."

"You are injured!" she said protesting.

"And you are a child." He responded.

"I am not a child I'm 18. Besides you don't look much older than me." She spat back.

"I am 480 you are but a baby compared to me." He teased.

"Do I look like a baby to you?" she demanded glaring. He was about to answer when she cut him off, "Never mind don't answer that."

"How about we both sleep Kagome, if anything approaches I will sense them even in my sleep." He suggested.

"Alright deal." She said rolling out her sleeping bag. She settled in and got comfortable, "Goodnight Akito." She said with a yawn.

"Goodnight Kagome." He said with a smile.

He closed his eyes ready to sleep when his inner demon interrupted, "Beautiful isn't she."

He mentally rolled his eyes, "Who?"

"The miko, of course!"

"She is human."

"And?"

"And not of this time."

"And?"

"And I'm not interested."

"But you are. Do you forget I am you. I am interested which means you are interested. Besides you cannot deny her beauty."

He inwardly sighed, "Yes she is beautiful. What of it?"

"Just imagine how beautiful she'd be moaning underneath you." His beast said as he flashed an image of the miko doing just that.

"Beast!" he growled, "I've had enough of your nonsense, now leave me alone."

"Fine I'll leave for now." He said leaving as he cackled. Akito settled in for sleep, but before he welcomed the darkness he couldn't help but take a look at Kagome.