The Twisted Misadventures of Higurashi Kagome
An Inu Yasha story by Nami
All IY characters are property of Rumiko Takahashi
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Chapter 1
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Higurashi Kagome pulled herself out of the well and looked around, confused and slightly disconcerted.
The trees of the strange forest she had emerged in loomed over her as she made her way through them.
"Mama!" She didn't think that she would get a response from her mother, but she continued to try. "Mama! Souta! Grandpa! Buyo?" She frowned and stopped, looking around. This all felt familiar somehow. She squatted down in the fresh grass and thought on the situation.
Flash!
"Inu...Ya...sha?"
"Kagome-sama,"
"Kagome-chan?"
"Kagome~e!"
"Kagome..."
Kaede... Kikyou... Miroku... Sango... Shippou... Inu Yasha.
Flash!
Kagome blinked and her blue-grey eyes flashed. Inu Yasha! She leapt to her feet and ran towards the Go Shinboku.
"Inu Ya--!" she froze at the edge of the small clearing that surrounded the God Tree. The demon pinned to the tree was not the red clad Inu Yasha. Eh? She walked forward cautiously and climbed onto the root. Who..?
She reeled back and fell off the root when she realized whom it was. Se--Sesshou Maru!
"Hold!" she whirled at the voice and nearly cried in relief. There, just beyond the first row of vegetation, stood the village's hunters.
"Yokatta!" She cried and jumped to her feet. She ran full tilt for the nearest hunter but froze when she felt a sharp pain in her side. "Ah..." she whispered, reaching with one hand to her stomach. It came away red. She looked over her shoulder to see the still-quivering shaft on the ground behind her. "You shot me..."
Kagome woke with a groan and looked around. Her side was bandaged and she was dressed in a rough cotton yukatta.
"Are you awake?" she turned at the voice and saw a young man sitting near the door, watching her.
"I think so..."
"Who are you?"
"Higurashi Kagome." She winced as she sat up. "Could I have some water, please?"
"Ah, you're awake." She turned at the new voice. A young woman with long black hair and chocolate-brown eyes entered and moved to Kagome's side. "I hope my brother wasn't too rude to you. He takes his job a little too seriously sometimes. Here, drink." Kagome took the bamboo water carrier and drank gratefully.
"Thank you." She said with a sigh. "Please excuse my rudeness, but, who are you?" The girl smiled warmly.
"Not at all." She smiled. "My name is Kaho and this is my brother, Touji."
"Pleased to meet you." Kagome said, rubbing her head. "I'm sorry, but do you happen to have anything for pain? My head is killing me..."
"Oh, of course! Aunt Kaede sent me to check on your bandages. Touji, would you please go?" Touji sat stubbornly for a moment before rising.
"I'm going to check on the enchantment." He said finally, rising to leave. After he was gone, Kaho returned her attention to Kagome.
"Sorry about him." She said with a smile. "Like I said, my idiot brother can be too serious at times."
"It's alright." Kagome smiled, then gasped as the cool air hit the wound in her side. "Did you say Aunt Kaede? As in Kikyou's sister?"
"Yes." Kaho looked surprised. "How did you know?"
"That's a very long story, Kaho-san. May I see Kaede-sama?"
"Yes, I suppose that won't be a problem." Kaho looked at her strangely, then smiled. She tied off the fresh bandage and handed Kagome a steaming cup of herbal tea. "I'll go get Auntie. You drink that. It should help with the pain."
"Thank you, Kaho-san." Kagome leaned against the wall behind her. What's going on?
Kaede and Touji followed Kaho back to the small hut where Kagome was being kept. They passed the guard posted outside and filed in silently. Kagome was sitting against the wall, eyes closed. When she heard the trio enter, her eyes snapped open and she glared at them angrily.
"What's the big idea?" she growled.
"Excuse me?" Touji stepped forward and Kagome focused her glare on him.
"The guards, you moron." She snapped. "Am I a prisoner then?"
"You were in the Forbidden Forest." Touji said matter-of-factly. "And you attacked our hunters. You could be dangerous."
"Dangerous?" Kagome climbed to her feet, using the wall as support. "Dangerous?! Do you know who I am?!" Touji remained silent.
"Oneesama?" Kaede stepped forward. Touji and Kaho froze in shock. "Kikyou-neesama?"
"In a sense." Kagome said, voice clipped. "I suppose you might say I'm her replacement. But there's a more immediate danger. Kaede-sama, there was a centipede demon chasing me when I entered the woods. Did your hunters see her?"
"The hunters didn't mention anything about--"
"Kyaaa!" the scream from outside was followed by a series of loud crashes and screams.
"Dammit." Kagome growled and rushed towards the door. Touji moved to stop her, grabbing her arm roughly. "Let me go, jackass!" Kagome cried. "I'm the only one who can get rid of that thing!" Touji looked hesitant, but let Kagome's arm go. She rushed outside and had to duck in order to avoid the mangled horse corpse that fell almost on top of her.
"Kagome-san!" Kaho rushed outside and to Kagome's side. "You're injured. You should be resting, not--"
"Kaede-sama!" Kagome cried over her shoulder. "There's an order that these events have to follow. I'm going to lead that mononoke back to the well in the forest. You, Touji, and the hunters follow me. But don't attack until we have entered the woods. You know when the time is right." Kagome took off at a full run before anyone could move to stop her.
I honestly don't know how this will work. Sesshou Maru could kill me or he may help me. And I still haven't figured anything out about those two people... But for better or worse, I have to follow through with this now!
Kagome dove as she reached the clearing, barely avoiding the mononoke's attack. I wish I had thought to bring a bow... Kagome thought miserably.
"Really, Kikyou, is that all you can do?" The smooth, calm voice came from the direction of the tree.
"You--You're awake!" Kagome cried.
"Why don't you simply destroy that peon, Kikyou?" Kagome stood up and, biting her lip, looked around nervously.
"Look, Sesshou Maru," she said, stepping forward, "I need to tell you some things. First of all," she stepped onto the root, "I'm not Kikyou. Not really, anyway. My name is Kagome." She stopped in front of him. "And I need you to explain some things to me."
"Why would I?"
"Because in payment, I'll--" Kagome broke off as the branches above them crashed downwards, raining twigs and leaves on their heads. "Shit." Kagome muttered as the hands gripped her back. She grabbed the vine wrapped around Sesshou Maru's chest as the hands pulled her backward.
"Kagome-san!" Kaho's voice rang through the clearing. Kagome swung around, her fingers splayed. A flash of light emanated from her palm as she screamed at the mononoke to release her. She fell to the ground and immediately set to work gathering the dismembered arms together. She tossed them in different directions, praying that they went far enough that the mononoke wouldn't be able to regenerate.
"Sesshou Maru!" Kagome turned back to the pinned demon and ran up the root. "If you'll help me, I'll free you from this enchantment." Kagome ignored the cries of dismay from behind her and stared into the dog demon's eyes intensely. "Will you help?" Sesshou Maru hesitated, then nodded once.
Kagome set her face and grasped the arrow. Let this work. She prayed and gave a decisive tug. "Live again, Sesshou Maru!" she cried. The arrow came free easily and dissolved in Kagome's fist. Sesshou Maru leapt away deftly, slicing the centipede mononoke from head to tail.
He turned to Kagome, who still stood on the root, hands clasped at her throat. He'll kill me now... she thought, eyes clenching shut.
They flew open however, when she felt a set of rough lips crush hers in an aggressive, bruising kiss. Sesshou Maru's left hand wrapped around her, crushing her against him almost desperately. She struggled against him, but she was still a mortal and he was a full blood demon and his strength was 100 fold what hers was. Kagome finally succeeded in breaking away just in time to here a bowstring pulled taut.
"No!" Kagome grabbed Sesshou Maru's kimono and swung him around. She turned and glared furiously at the group of villagers. Kaho had cocked the arrow and was aiming it at Sesshou Maru's chest. "Kaho-san! Lower your arrow." She jumped down from the root and strode forward, anger burning in her chest.
"Who are you to do this?" Touji demanded angrily, shoving his sister away roughly. "What gives you the right--?!"
"What gives you the right to keep me as a prisoner?! You all want proof that I'm who I say I am, right?" She looked from one face to the next and found that they all did. "Why can't the powers I showed you be enough?" she growled. Nobody responded. "Fine! Sesshou Maru, I'll need your claws." She didn't really know why she trusted the dog demon all of a sudden except that something was whispering in her heart telling her not to judge him too harshly or too quickly.
Sesshou Maru was at her side in a moment and Kagome pulled the belt of her yukatta loose, holding the robe closed with her right arm as she slipped her left arm out of the sleeve.
"Kagome-san!" Kaho cried, scandalized.
"Relax." Kagome said, not looking up as she checked her bandage quickly. The wound in her right side had reopened and blood soaked the bandage. Kagome sighed and looked up at Sesshou Maru.
"Hopefully, this won't kill me." She whispered, and then raised her voice. "You need to reach in here." She pointed at her left side, just below her ribs. And, Sesshou Maru, don't use your Poison Talons." Sesshou Maru smiled.
"Now why would I do that, Kagome-chan?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. Kagome snorted.
"There should be a round, smooth stone near the skin." Sesshou Maru nodded and stabbed his claws into her side swiftly. Kagome gasped and braced herself on Sesshou Maru's arm. If you deceive me in this, demon, I'll send you through every hell on earth before I kill you. Kagome swore mentally. Sesshou Maru's hand emerged an instant later, carrying the Shikon no Tama.
"Sh-Shikon no... Ta...ma..." Kagome managed to grab it from Sesshou Maru as the pain and loss of blood caught up with her and she blacked out.
Kagome woke to the sound of excited, low voices near her head. She looked up, blinking, and realized that the Shikon no Tama, still coated in her own blood, was grasped in her fist.
"Finally awake, Kagome-sama?" she turned at Kaho's voice. "Water?" Kagome managed to nod weakly and struggled to sit up. Sesshou Maru was at her side in an instant. He helped her sit up and sip at the water until she refused to take anymore.
"What happened?" Kagome looked down at the Shikon no Tama. When she looked up again, Kaho had tears standing in her eyes.
"Great-grandmother." The young woman whispered tearfully. Kagome nearly choked.
"What?"
"You're the reincarnation of the priestess Kikyou." Sesshou Maru explained softly. "Kaho and Touji are Kikyou's great-grandchildren."
"Kikyou's... great-grandchildren?" Kagome placed her hand to her head. "Would someone please tell me what's going on?" she moaned.
An hour later, a pensive Kagome had the whole story. Kikyou had, in this reality, been forced to miss that fateful rendezvous with Inu Yasha that had shaped everyone's destiny. Kaede had, apparently, done most of the nursing of Onigumo and had asked for Kikyou's help finding her missing patient on the day when Naraku would have enacted his plan. As a result, Kikyou and Inu Yasha had been married and Kikyou had given birth to twins.
Sesshou Maru had been sealed at the Go Shinboku on the day of the twins' birth so that he wouldn't interfere with destiny. He had, apparently, been in love with Kikyou and wanted to protect her at all costs. But Kikyou had foreseen that she would die before the twins were five years old and had pinned her protector to the tree with an enchanted arrow. Sesshou Maru hated her for it. It had been fifty years since then and the siblings in front of Kagome were the grandchildren of Kikyou and Inu Yasha's children.
"So," Kagome said slowly, "the reason you kissed me like that was because you had been in love with Kikyou?" she looked at Sesshou Maru, frowning slightly. Sesshou Maru gazed at her impassively.
"For the most part, yes. But also because you are not Kikyou. Only her reincarnation." Kagome shook her head, confused.
"And you," she looked at Touji, "are the village headmaster." He nodded once. "And you're the protectress." She pointed at Kaho.
"Yes." Kaho said softly. "Inu Yasha gave those commissions to our ancestors before he left."
"Inu Yasha." Kagome said a little sadly. "Your patriarch."
"No." Touji growled. "He left immediately after Kikyou's death. He didn't care about our line at all."
"Don't say that." Kagome said absently. "Inu Yasha just has a lot of trouble expressing his emotions."
"Kagome?" Sesshou Maru looked at her, concerned. Kagome waved off his worry.
"We need to be worrying about Naraku... Onigumo. I think that he'll try to come after the Shikon no Tama." She looked up at Kaede and Sesshou Maru. "There are two... allies we'll need if this is going to work. Things will be more concentrated here since I still have the whole Shikon no Tama. I don't want to place the villagers in danger, but I also don't want to destroy the jewel." Kagome frowned in concentration, her eyes unfocused slightly.
"Kagome," Sesshou Maru said, "You're babbling."
"Oh! Yes. I need two people to come here, at least. There's a woman demon hunter named Sango. She lives at a fortress in the mountains."
"I know the place." Sesshou Maru said darkly. Kagome nodded.
"I thought you might. I need her. And possibly her father and brother, if they can come. And I need a monk named Miroku. He's hunting Naraku and travels around quite a bit. He's not that old. No more than twenty-five and he's quite a womanizer..."
"I've heard of him!" Kaho cried, snapping her fingers. "Though I don't know where he is now. Last I heard of him, he was wandering around in the country near here."
"Well, it's a start, anyhow." Kagome yawned.
"You should rest." Sesshou Maru said forcibly. "We'll gather these mortals later."
"Will you stay?" Kagome asked him blearily as sleep crept over her.
"I have to go check on my father's lands, but I'll return directly." Kagome nodded weakly as Sesshou Maru lowered her back into bed and pulled the blanket up to her chin. He pressed a kiss to her forehead and rose to leave, but Kagome had grabbed his hand.
"Thank you, Sessh." She said, smiling softly. "I think I misjudged you before..."
"Good night, Kagome-chan."
" `Night." Kagome was asleep before Sesshou Maru left the hut.
Next Chapter:
In Sesshou Maru's absence, Kagome tries to rally the village without Touji's assistance and Inu Yasha makes an appearance.
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Notes
So, how do you like it? I know, Fluffy's a little OOC. Okay, he's waaay OOC. But this is an AU fic. I plan on expanding on Kagome's past in the next chapter and maybe even pulling Kaede in more. Or maybe I'll kill Kaede off. I'm not sure. She is pretty old, you know...
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An Inu Yasha story by Nami
All IY characters are property of Rumiko Takahashi
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Chapter 1
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Higurashi Kagome pulled herself out of the well and looked around, confused and slightly disconcerted.
The trees of the strange forest she had emerged in loomed over her as she made her way through them.
"Mama!" She didn't think that she would get a response from her mother, but she continued to try. "Mama! Souta! Grandpa! Buyo?" She frowned and stopped, looking around. This all felt familiar somehow. She squatted down in the fresh grass and thought on the situation.
Flash!
"Inu...Ya...sha?"
"Kagome-sama,"
"Kagome-chan?"
"Kagome~e!"
"Kagome..."
Kaede... Kikyou... Miroku... Sango... Shippou... Inu Yasha.
Flash!
Kagome blinked and her blue-grey eyes flashed. Inu Yasha! She leapt to her feet and ran towards the Go Shinboku.
"Inu Ya--!" she froze at the edge of the small clearing that surrounded the God Tree. The demon pinned to the tree was not the red clad Inu Yasha. Eh? She walked forward cautiously and climbed onto the root. Who..?
She reeled back and fell off the root when she realized whom it was. Se--Sesshou Maru!
"Hold!" she whirled at the voice and nearly cried in relief. There, just beyond the first row of vegetation, stood the village's hunters.
"Yokatta!" She cried and jumped to her feet. She ran full tilt for the nearest hunter but froze when she felt a sharp pain in her side. "Ah..." she whispered, reaching with one hand to her stomach. It came away red. She looked over her shoulder to see the still-quivering shaft on the ground behind her. "You shot me..."
Kagome woke with a groan and looked around. Her side was bandaged and she was dressed in a rough cotton yukatta.
"Are you awake?" she turned at the voice and saw a young man sitting near the door, watching her.
"I think so..."
"Who are you?"
"Higurashi Kagome." She winced as she sat up. "Could I have some water, please?"
"Ah, you're awake." She turned at the new voice. A young woman with long black hair and chocolate-brown eyes entered and moved to Kagome's side. "I hope my brother wasn't too rude to you. He takes his job a little too seriously sometimes. Here, drink." Kagome took the bamboo water carrier and drank gratefully.
"Thank you." She said with a sigh. "Please excuse my rudeness, but, who are you?" The girl smiled warmly.
"Not at all." She smiled. "My name is Kaho and this is my brother, Touji."
"Pleased to meet you." Kagome said, rubbing her head. "I'm sorry, but do you happen to have anything for pain? My head is killing me..."
"Oh, of course! Aunt Kaede sent me to check on your bandages. Touji, would you please go?" Touji sat stubbornly for a moment before rising.
"I'm going to check on the enchantment." He said finally, rising to leave. After he was gone, Kaho returned her attention to Kagome.
"Sorry about him." She said with a smile. "Like I said, my idiot brother can be too serious at times."
"It's alright." Kagome smiled, then gasped as the cool air hit the wound in her side. "Did you say Aunt Kaede? As in Kikyou's sister?"
"Yes." Kaho looked surprised. "How did you know?"
"That's a very long story, Kaho-san. May I see Kaede-sama?"
"Yes, I suppose that won't be a problem." Kaho looked at her strangely, then smiled. She tied off the fresh bandage and handed Kagome a steaming cup of herbal tea. "I'll go get Auntie. You drink that. It should help with the pain."
"Thank you, Kaho-san." Kagome leaned against the wall behind her. What's going on?
Kaede and Touji followed Kaho back to the small hut where Kagome was being kept. They passed the guard posted outside and filed in silently. Kagome was sitting against the wall, eyes closed. When she heard the trio enter, her eyes snapped open and she glared at them angrily.
"What's the big idea?" she growled.
"Excuse me?" Touji stepped forward and Kagome focused her glare on him.
"The guards, you moron." She snapped. "Am I a prisoner then?"
"You were in the Forbidden Forest." Touji said matter-of-factly. "And you attacked our hunters. You could be dangerous."
"Dangerous?" Kagome climbed to her feet, using the wall as support. "Dangerous?! Do you know who I am?!" Touji remained silent.
"Oneesama?" Kaede stepped forward. Touji and Kaho froze in shock. "Kikyou-neesama?"
"In a sense." Kagome said, voice clipped. "I suppose you might say I'm her replacement. But there's a more immediate danger. Kaede-sama, there was a centipede demon chasing me when I entered the woods. Did your hunters see her?"
"The hunters didn't mention anything about--"
"Kyaaa!" the scream from outside was followed by a series of loud crashes and screams.
"Dammit." Kagome growled and rushed towards the door. Touji moved to stop her, grabbing her arm roughly. "Let me go, jackass!" Kagome cried. "I'm the only one who can get rid of that thing!" Touji looked hesitant, but let Kagome's arm go. She rushed outside and had to duck in order to avoid the mangled horse corpse that fell almost on top of her.
"Kagome-san!" Kaho rushed outside and to Kagome's side. "You're injured. You should be resting, not--"
"Kaede-sama!" Kagome cried over her shoulder. "There's an order that these events have to follow. I'm going to lead that mononoke back to the well in the forest. You, Touji, and the hunters follow me. But don't attack until we have entered the woods. You know when the time is right." Kagome took off at a full run before anyone could move to stop her.
I honestly don't know how this will work. Sesshou Maru could kill me or he may help me. And I still haven't figured anything out about those two people... But for better or worse, I have to follow through with this now!
Kagome dove as she reached the clearing, barely avoiding the mononoke's attack. I wish I had thought to bring a bow... Kagome thought miserably.
"Really, Kikyou, is that all you can do?" The smooth, calm voice came from the direction of the tree.
"You--You're awake!" Kagome cried.
"Why don't you simply destroy that peon, Kikyou?" Kagome stood up and, biting her lip, looked around nervously.
"Look, Sesshou Maru," she said, stepping forward, "I need to tell you some things. First of all," she stepped onto the root, "I'm not Kikyou. Not really, anyway. My name is Kagome." She stopped in front of him. "And I need you to explain some things to me."
"Why would I?"
"Because in payment, I'll--" Kagome broke off as the branches above them crashed downwards, raining twigs and leaves on their heads. "Shit." Kagome muttered as the hands gripped her back. She grabbed the vine wrapped around Sesshou Maru's chest as the hands pulled her backward.
"Kagome-san!" Kaho's voice rang through the clearing. Kagome swung around, her fingers splayed. A flash of light emanated from her palm as she screamed at the mononoke to release her. She fell to the ground and immediately set to work gathering the dismembered arms together. She tossed them in different directions, praying that they went far enough that the mononoke wouldn't be able to regenerate.
"Sesshou Maru!" Kagome turned back to the pinned demon and ran up the root. "If you'll help me, I'll free you from this enchantment." Kagome ignored the cries of dismay from behind her and stared into the dog demon's eyes intensely. "Will you help?" Sesshou Maru hesitated, then nodded once.
Kagome set her face and grasped the arrow. Let this work. She prayed and gave a decisive tug. "Live again, Sesshou Maru!" she cried. The arrow came free easily and dissolved in Kagome's fist. Sesshou Maru leapt away deftly, slicing the centipede mononoke from head to tail.
He turned to Kagome, who still stood on the root, hands clasped at her throat. He'll kill me now... she thought, eyes clenching shut.
They flew open however, when she felt a set of rough lips crush hers in an aggressive, bruising kiss. Sesshou Maru's left hand wrapped around her, crushing her against him almost desperately. She struggled against him, but she was still a mortal and he was a full blood demon and his strength was 100 fold what hers was. Kagome finally succeeded in breaking away just in time to here a bowstring pulled taut.
"No!" Kagome grabbed Sesshou Maru's kimono and swung him around. She turned and glared furiously at the group of villagers. Kaho had cocked the arrow and was aiming it at Sesshou Maru's chest. "Kaho-san! Lower your arrow." She jumped down from the root and strode forward, anger burning in her chest.
"Who are you to do this?" Touji demanded angrily, shoving his sister away roughly. "What gives you the right--?!"
"What gives you the right to keep me as a prisoner?! You all want proof that I'm who I say I am, right?" She looked from one face to the next and found that they all did. "Why can't the powers I showed you be enough?" she growled. Nobody responded. "Fine! Sesshou Maru, I'll need your claws." She didn't really know why she trusted the dog demon all of a sudden except that something was whispering in her heart telling her not to judge him too harshly or too quickly.
Sesshou Maru was at her side in a moment and Kagome pulled the belt of her yukatta loose, holding the robe closed with her right arm as she slipped her left arm out of the sleeve.
"Kagome-san!" Kaho cried, scandalized.
"Relax." Kagome said, not looking up as she checked her bandage quickly. The wound in her right side had reopened and blood soaked the bandage. Kagome sighed and looked up at Sesshou Maru.
"Hopefully, this won't kill me." She whispered, and then raised her voice. "You need to reach in here." She pointed at her left side, just below her ribs. And, Sesshou Maru, don't use your Poison Talons." Sesshou Maru smiled.
"Now why would I do that, Kagome-chan?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. Kagome snorted.
"There should be a round, smooth stone near the skin." Sesshou Maru nodded and stabbed his claws into her side swiftly. Kagome gasped and braced herself on Sesshou Maru's arm. If you deceive me in this, demon, I'll send you through every hell on earth before I kill you. Kagome swore mentally. Sesshou Maru's hand emerged an instant later, carrying the Shikon no Tama.
"Sh-Shikon no... Ta...ma..." Kagome managed to grab it from Sesshou Maru as the pain and loss of blood caught up with her and she blacked out.
Kagome woke to the sound of excited, low voices near her head. She looked up, blinking, and realized that the Shikon no Tama, still coated in her own blood, was grasped in her fist.
"Finally awake, Kagome-sama?" she turned at Kaho's voice. "Water?" Kagome managed to nod weakly and struggled to sit up. Sesshou Maru was at her side in an instant. He helped her sit up and sip at the water until she refused to take anymore.
"What happened?" Kagome looked down at the Shikon no Tama. When she looked up again, Kaho had tears standing in her eyes.
"Great-grandmother." The young woman whispered tearfully. Kagome nearly choked.
"What?"
"You're the reincarnation of the priestess Kikyou." Sesshou Maru explained softly. "Kaho and Touji are Kikyou's great-grandchildren."
"Kikyou's... great-grandchildren?" Kagome placed her hand to her head. "Would someone please tell me what's going on?" she moaned.
An hour later, a pensive Kagome had the whole story. Kikyou had, in this reality, been forced to miss that fateful rendezvous with Inu Yasha that had shaped everyone's destiny. Kaede had, apparently, done most of the nursing of Onigumo and had asked for Kikyou's help finding her missing patient on the day when Naraku would have enacted his plan. As a result, Kikyou and Inu Yasha had been married and Kikyou had given birth to twins.
Sesshou Maru had been sealed at the Go Shinboku on the day of the twins' birth so that he wouldn't interfere with destiny. He had, apparently, been in love with Kikyou and wanted to protect her at all costs. But Kikyou had foreseen that she would die before the twins were five years old and had pinned her protector to the tree with an enchanted arrow. Sesshou Maru hated her for it. It had been fifty years since then and the siblings in front of Kagome were the grandchildren of Kikyou and Inu Yasha's children.
"So," Kagome said slowly, "the reason you kissed me like that was because you had been in love with Kikyou?" she looked at Sesshou Maru, frowning slightly. Sesshou Maru gazed at her impassively.
"For the most part, yes. But also because you are not Kikyou. Only her reincarnation." Kagome shook her head, confused.
"And you," she looked at Touji, "are the village headmaster." He nodded once. "And you're the protectress." She pointed at Kaho.
"Yes." Kaho said softly. "Inu Yasha gave those commissions to our ancestors before he left."
"Inu Yasha." Kagome said a little sadly. "Your patriarch."
"No." Touji growled. "He left immediately after Kikyou's death. He didn't care about our line at all."
"Don't say that." Kagome said absently. "Inu Yasha just has a lot of trouble expressing his emotions."
"Kagome?" Sesshou Maru looked at her, concerned. Kagome waved off his worry.
"We need to be worrying about Naraku... Onigumo. I think that he'll try to come after the Shikon no Tama." She looked up at Kaede and Sesshou Maru. "There are two... allies we'll need if this is going to work. Things will be more concentrated here since I still have the whole Shikon no Tama. I don't want to place the villagers in danger, but I also don't want to destroy the jewel." Kagome frowned in concentration, her eyes unfocused slightly.
"Kagome," Sesshou Maru said, "You're babbling."
"Oh! Yes. I need two people to come here, at least. There's a woman demon hunter named Sango. She lives at a fortress in the mountains."
"I know the place." Sesshou Maru said darkly. Kagome nodded.
"I thought you might. I need her. And possibly her father and brother, if they can come. And I need a monk named Miroku. He's hunting Naraku and travels around quite a bit. He's not that old. No more than twenty-five and he's quite a womanizer..."
"I've heard of him!" Kaho cried, snapping her fingers. "Though I don't know where he is now. Last I heard of him, he was wandering around in the country near here."
"Well, it's a start, anyhow." Kagome yawned.
"You should rest." Sesshou Maru said forcibly. "We'll gather these mortals later."
"Will you stay?" Kagome asked him blearily as sleep crept over her.
"I have to go check on my father's lands, but I'll return directly." Kagome nodded weakly as Sesshou Maru lowered her back into bed and pulled the blanket up to her chin. He pressed a kiss to her forehead and rose to leave, but Kagome had grabbed his hand.
"Thank you, Sessh." She said, smiling softly. "I think I misjudged you before..."
"Good night, Kagome-chan."
" `Night." Kagome was asleep before Sesshou Maru left the hut.
Next Chapter:
In Sesshou Maru's absence, Kagome tries to rally the village without Touji's assistance and Inu Yasha makes an appearance.
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Notes
So, how do you like it? I know, Fluffy's a little OOC. Okay, he's waaay OOC. But this is an AU fic. I plan on expanding on Kagome's past in the next chapter and maybe even pulling Kaede in more. Or maybe I'll kill Kaede off. I'm not sure. She is pretty old, you know...
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