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Chapter 1

Her dark green eyes narrowed as she studied the falling apart well. How many stories had her mother told her of the world beyond it? Countless? Ever since she was young enough to remember. Now was the time. She was the same age as her mother had been when she had first gone through herself, well, maybe older. Now it was her turn. They said her mother went crazy. That was a lie. How could it not be? She knew so much about the past, about that time. So did her uncle. And she had proof. She had pictures and everything.

I looked at the well before me and for the first time I felt nervousness at the sight of the much aged well. "You'll be fine Kyoko. Just don't forget what I've told you." My mother said with a smile as she laid her hand on my shoulder, her miko robe sleeve brushing my bare arm.

"Hai." I said with a nod.

"Do you have my letters?" she asked gently, her aged blue eyes twinkling. I grinned as turned to look at her.

"Okaa-chan! You're crying!" I said in surprise as I brushed some away with my bare hand.

"Hai, I know. But they are happy tears." she said softly as she pulled me to her in a fierce hug, backpack and all. "Now, go...and have yourself an adventure." she said as she pulled back and kissed my forehead.

"Hai. I love you okaa-chan." I said as I kissed her cheek. Turning I looked down at the well. Taking one final deep breath I climbed over the edge and let myself drop. Almost instantly I was surrounded by glowing blue light. The same light that mother had described and I couldn't help but smile like an idiot.

Kagome watched with a bitter sweet smile as Kyoko disappeared into the blue glow. She missed traveling through the well. As the glow was slowly slipping away the sound of running footsteps reached her ears moments before the well house doors slammed open. "You are too late, she is gone. Now, you deal with me." she said calmly as she turned to the eight men. The men looked among each other, a nervous ripple going through them. "What? Are you afraid of a miko past her prime?" she said off handedly as she withdrew a short katana from the sleeve of her robe. The men hesitated for only a split second more before they drew their own katana and leapt forward. The older miko seemed to move as if she were dancing as she dodged blades and landed her own strikes. But when there was only one of her and eight of them, it was clear who had the upper hand.

"You're getting old miko." a deep male voice said from the door. Kagome blinked in surprise as she place the voice to a face.

"Maybe, but you will always be the old man." she teased as she ducked one man's sword. The next thing she knew was that the man no longer had a head.

"True, but with age comes wisdom." the male said with a small smile. Kagome couldn't help but return it. It had been far too long since she had seen any of her friends.

"Forgive me for the mess. I'll do the clean up." Sessho-maru offered as he shook his claws free of blood. Kagome looked up at the tall taiyoukai lord. He looked almost the same, except so different in a loose button down white shirt and khaki pants. "Kagome?" he said pulling her from her thoughts.

"Hai?" she asked, blinking. Sessho-maru chuckled as he stepped over one body to her side.

"Still as spacey as ever." he teased as he laid a hand on her head before moving away to kick bodies into a pile. Kagome's cheerful laugh turned to loud sobs as she covered her face. "Kagome! What's wrong?" Sessho-maru asked as he quickly left his task and came to her side, searching her person for injuries.

"I've been so alone." she sobbed as she threw her arms around him and cried into his chest.

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I felt a little light headed as my feet finally came to land on firm ground. The first thing I did though was look up. The moment I did, I knew that it had worked. I was on the other side. "I did it!" I cried to the box of a sky, throwing my arms upward. I was so tempted to fall onto the dirt, but that temptation vanished at the sound of a man's voice.

"Kagome!" I froze at the sound of my mother's name. It wasn't the first time that someone had, or would call me by my mother's name. The only thing that was really different about us were our eyes and our hair. Her hair was almost a dark blue while mine was all black, except the edges, and our eyes. While hers were a clear ocean blue, mine were a sharp acid green. But I looked around anyway. Suddenly I wasn't alone in the small well. I didn't even get a chance to look and confirm who I thought he was because he scooped me up and into his arms. "Kami Kagome, you haven't changed a bit. Still as small as ever!" he said happily as he literally lifted me off the ground.

"Gomen ne sai, but I'm not Kagome, InuYasha-san." I said as I finally caught a glimpse of him.

He froze and for a moment I was suspended there in his arms. Than, slowly, I was sat down. The hanyou pulled back and I finally got to look at his real face. I had only seen his face in the locket that my mother still wore around her thin neck. But as I looked up at him I could tell that age had, had an affect on him. He looked down at me for a moment. "Who are you?" he asked slowly, looking at me in question.

"Could we get out of here first? Please?" I asked reaching for a vine, not expecting what came next. A small cry of surprise came from me as an arm suddenly wrapped around my waist.

"Hold still." he said. He didn't give me a chance to even answer before he jumped, landing easily in the grass.

"Wow." I said as he let me go and I took a few steps away from him, looking up at the familiar tree before me.

"Who are you?" he asked, an edge creeping into his voice now.

"Oh, gomen ne sai, my name is Kyoko. It is a pleasure to finally meet you InuYasha-san." I said cheerfully, giving him a deep bow.

"How do you know my name?" he asked, his voice softer.

"From my okaa-chan; Kagome Higurashi." I said, still cheerful before I could even stop myself. Almost instantly I saw pain flash through his eyes.

"She has a danna?" he asked, his voice soft and sad.

"Iie!" I said quickly, waving my hands before me. He raised an eyebrow in question and looked pointedly at me. "Uh...Oh wait!" I said as I whipped my pack off along with the hidden bow and arrows. InuYasha watched me in question as I dug through my bag until I found the small bundle of letters. "Here we go!" I said standing up with a smile. I was glad that his was on top so I could just hand it to him and not search.

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InuYasha looked down at the thick envelop that this Kyoko girl had just handed him. By scent he knew her claim to be Kagome's daughter to be true. Now as he looked down at the sealed letter he found that he didn't want to open it. Kagome was not the kind of girl to have a one night stand with just some guy, so the only explanation was that she had a husband. He looked up when he felt a warm unfamiliar hand lay on his forearm. He looked up into the sharp green eyes of Kyoko who smiled gently at him. "It's alright." she said gently. How did she know it would be alright. It had been twenty years since he had seen Kagome. Twenty years since this stupid well had taken her from him. But as he looked down at the woman he loved daughter, he felt his fear and worry slowly slip away. Taking a deep breath he opened the letter.

InuYasha,
It feels strange, talking to you through a piece of paper, but it's the best I can do. I know you must be confused, so let me try to explain some of it. First of all the well. I still do not understand why it would, and will not allow me, you or any other through. Kami knows that I've tried to come back. But let me explain Kyoko. I had her not through the way that children are usually born. Long before she was born doctors placed her in my womb. I am still, in all means, as pure as they say. Please forgive me, but when I was asked who the Otou-san was, I said you. So, in all aspects, she is your daughter as well. Please watch over her while she is there. And InuYasha, I still love you, more than anything.

Love Kagome

I watched his expressions shift as he read mom's letter. First there was question. than surprise and longing and finally 'that' surprise. He looked up at me, but I quickly looked down. I knew that back home I was 'legally' his daughter, and I embraced this fact with open arms, but would he? I tried to distract myself by looking at the names on the other letters. 'Shippo, Keade, Sango, Miroku, Koga, Rin, Kikyo and Sessho-maru.' I mentally read to myself as I spread them out before me. I couldn't help myself as the doubts flooded my mind. What if he didn't believe the letter? What if Kikyo and him were together? What if he didn't want me? The last one hit the hardest. It was my one fear since mom had told me about him. What if he just didn't 'want' me.

I looked up when a shadow fell across the letters. InuYasha stood there looking down at me. I quickly gathered up the other letters and stood. There was silence for a few minutes before he spoke. "You look just like her." he said softly.

"I know." I said with a small nod.

"She said that she told the ningens that 'I' was your otou-san." he said slowly.

"I know." I said even slower as I met his eyes. At first he seemed surprised that I knew, but than he smiled.

"I should have guessed that Kagome wouldn't have kept something like that from you." he said with a smile. My hopes lifted as he laughed. "I always imagined what it would be like to have a kid." he said with a smile as he looked down at me. I felt my hopes soar as I smiled up at him.

"Oh, I almost forgot, Okaa-chan told me to give this to you. she said that I couldn't look at it until you did." I said remembering the extra envelop she had given me for him. He gently took it from me.

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InuYasha opened the envelop and pulled the small pack of pictures out. The moment he laid eyes on the first photo laughter burst from him. "What? What is it?" Kyoko asked as she tugged on his wrist so that she could see the picture as well. "Oh, that is so, not fair." she groaned as she looked down at the picture. It was of her, when she was about five on her way to her first day of school, and atop her head was a pair of inu ears.

"Should I even ask?" he asked through his laughter. Kyoko blushed but told him anyway.

"When I was three okaa-chan showed me your picture for the first time. So, I decided that I wanted to like my ot... like you. Then came the ears. I made them and wore them until I was eight and my sensai made me take them off." she said stopping herself from calling him her otou-chan just yet. InuYasha laughed.

"I don't know if I'm flattered or surprised." he said as he laid a hand on her shoulder. Kyoko resisted the urge to throw herself on him with a hug and hold on. The only time that a man had treated her with affection was when they wanted to get close to her mother.

InuYasha withdrew his hand and flipped through the rest of the pictures in his clawed hands. "I wish I could have been there ." he said as he paused on the last picture, which was of her and Kagome. She said nothing, though on the inside she agreed. She wished that he had been there for all the birthdays, the school outings and slumber parties, but he hadn't and there was nothing that could be done about it.

"It's alright." she said with fake cheerfulness. She froze when he suddenly reached out and embraced her.

"Gomen ne sai." he said. Finally she broke down and wrapped her arms around him, gripping the back of his haori.

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"Can I call you otou-chan?" I asked softly. "Hai, just not Chi-chi-ue, I'm not Sessho-maru's age just yet." he teased. I laughed.

"Oh. I almost forgot." I said. The inuhanyou laughed.

"Yep, just like your okaa-chan." he teased. I glared at him but continued.

"I need to give; Shippo, Kikyo, Keade, Sango, Miroku, Koga, Sessho-maru, and Rin letters." I said and I ticked each name off on my fingers. InuYasa nodded.

"Well, Shippo and Sessho-maru aren't far from here. We haven't seen Kikyo since the final battle, and you better give Rin's to me." he said holding his hand out. I gave him a questioning look but dug Rin's letter out. InuYahsa took it and slipped it into his sleeve. "Well, you ready to go?" he asked cheerfully.

"Hai!" I said happily.

"Alright, hang on." he said as he turned and crouched . I grinned as I gathered my things up, slipping the bow and arrows where I could get to them fast. "Are you any good with that?" he asked as I gripped his shoulders.

"Extremly." I said as he hooked his arms behind my knees.

"That's what your okaa-chan thought, than we found that she couldn't hit the wall of a barn." he said with a laugh. My come back turned to a gasp as he took off.

"Whoa." I breathed when he finally came to a stop.

"You alright?" he asked as he carefully sat me back down.

"I'll be fine." I said as I caught myself from falling.

"Are you sure?" he asked as he laid a hand on my back, steadying me.

"Hai." I said with a smile.

"If you say so, there's Sessho-maru and Shippo." he said pointing to a spot past me. I turned and felt my jaw drop. With the sunset and lake backdrop, the inutaiyoukai lord looked like a god.

"Kami kuso, okaa-chan was right." I said remembering her description of him. 'Sometimes it's almost as if he's one of the Kamis." she had said.

"What? You like him now?" InuYasha teased.

"Five years dude. There is no way he could beat that." I said grinning up at him. He laughed and laid a hand on my head.

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(AN: Alright, that's the end of the first chapter. I hope that I have set up enough questions that you will return to read more. ^_^ Like who were the men that Kagome and Sessho-maru fought? What has happened to Rin? And most important, Is Kyoko really good at the bow? Come back to find out.)