Alright just a not based on the purification thing. So being that Sesshoumaru is immune to them I'm going with there's a good chance that daddy is as well; it only seems logical. Now if you want to dispute this fact (Sesshoumaru being immune) let me know and I will point you in the direction where it proves otherwise.
With that being said I will also tell you that this is going to be a two shot. I should have the next chapter up in the next week or so but don't quote me on that. So hope you enjoy; much love for you all. Keva
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"I'm sorry." Kagome whispered as she fell through the void of time her tears falling with her. "So sorry."
She watched before the blue light took her as Inuyasha leapt above the well eyes red as blood and lips curled into a deadly snarl. He was going to follow her and kill her she had no doubt about it; if she managed to survive the damage he already dealt her.
It really wasn't entirely her fault Kikyo was killed and turned to the dust and ash she was made from. Sesshoumaru was just as much to blame as she was if not more so. Sure it was her arrow the landed the fatal blow but if Sesshoumaru hadn't of thrown her out of his way and straight into her arrow's path she'd still be alive. The glory to be the one to kill Naraku is what caused her death not her arrow… sort of.
Yet because it was her arrow that killed her Inuyasha blamed her saying that she always hated Kikyo and killed her on purpose. She didn't really hate her but she never really liked her either; she wasn't real. However it didn't matter at this point Inuyasha was going to kill her anyway then he'd be without both of them.
Part of her was glad he was going to be stuck alone without no one to truly love him. The part of her that thought that had to be the part of her soul Kikyo once owned. She would never truly wish any ill will towards her friend. Inuyasha always came around once he cooled down and realized things aren't as he initially thought that were. That was always his flaw act first think later.
She hated that part of him since it always caused so much trouble for them. Yet that was also what made him so endearing that brash attitude of his. Well none of that mattered anymore anyway. He would meet her in her time and finish what he started and maybe later live to regret it.
She closed her eyes; the deep gashes in her chest searing painfully as her blood spilled forth leaving drops scattered across time. Darkness surrounded her and she was sure the next time she opened her eyes she'd be in the hereafter which at this point was fine with her.
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"I'm sorry!" Kagome cried as she shot straight up into a sitting position only to fall back against the searing pain in her chest. Tears filled her azure eyes and she wasn't sure if it was from the pain in her body or the pain from her broken heart.
"Don't move."
That voice was oddly familiar; where had she heard it before? She turned her head in the direction of the voice and could only make out the barest shape of the man's silhouette. However what she did see was enough to put a little of the picture together. "Sesshoumaru?" The silver hair and the tail end of the fluffy thing he carried was all she could really make out.
"You know my son?" Toga questioned as he leaned forward into the dim moonlight for her to see him better.
Kagome snapped her eyes wide as she paled. "Toga." She gasped causing said inu to arch a dark brow at her. "But… but you're dead." That led to only one conclusion and that was she was dead as well. Yet why was she in the hereafter with Toga and not someone of her own family?
He scooted closer to her and placed his hand to her brow. "Hmm… you're not feverish." He removed his hand and lifted the fur covering her form. "And your wounds haven't reopened." He looked back at her face as he covered her back up. "Perhaps during your battle you lost your mind for as you can see I am alive."
He wasn't surprised that she knew him for many humans in the area were well aware of who he was. What he did find curious was her strange clothing and that she carried the tiniest hint of his scent on her. As far as he could remember this was the first time he had ever met the girl or had her in his company. Even stranger than all of that was finding her unconscious in the bottom of a well. If the well didn't suddenly explode into a blue light drawing his attention to its strange magic he would have never found her. What was she doing in the bottom of the well and injured as she was? Was this the work of an enemy?
"Alive?" She shook her head. "That can't be possible; you died. You died in battle to save Izayoi and Inuyasha." Her eyes filled with tears. "So does that mean I too am dead?"
This girl was strange and he was sure she was completely out of her mind. "Have you taken a hit to the head?" He questioned with a brow arched. "Again as you can see I am alive and well as are you." He nodded. "As for Izayoi there seems to be no danger around her that I can sense and Inuyasha I do not know who that is." He eyed her carefully. "Unless you speak of my child that Izayoi carries which leads me to ask how do you know it's a boy? We only recently discovered her pregnancy not but two months ago."
She suddenly felt very sick to her stomach. Did the well send her further back in time? Well of course it had to otherwise she wouldn't be here with Toga with Inuyasha not even born yet. Why didn't it send her home like it always did? What happened that she was brought into this time and not her own? Did Inuyasha destroy the well while she was inside stuck between times? It was entirely possible since no one could really explain the workings of the well anyway.
She looked away from him and stared at the ceiling of the cavern they were in. "You found me in the bottom of the Bone Eater's Well." She whispered knowing full well that was in fact where he found her.
"I did." He nodded as he stared at her. "Do you wish to tell me how you ended up there?"
She sighed as her tears spilled over remembering how she ended up falling into the well. "I was attacked and fell in." She answered truthfully not elaborating anymore than that. She was in a precarious situation and one that could seriously alter the future if she wasn't careful especially now that she already gave him too much information.
He figured that much out on his own only a simpleton wouldn't know that. "We both know where you were found and how you ended up there." He pointed out causing her to look over at him. "Now what I want to know is why you would think I would be dead from a battle to protect Izayoi and our son and how you know she's carrying my son."
She couldn't lie since she wasn't all that great of a liar anyway so she told the truth or as much of the truth as she dared. "I know the future."
"A seer?" He questioned watching her face carefully trying see if she was lying or not.
She nodded silently thanking the Kami for giving her an out to this situation. If he thought her to be a seer which in a sense she was then she could keep from altering the future too much with what she knew.
"Alright tell me seer what did you see that makes you think I should be dead right now." He ordered with deep ambers slightly narrowed.
She sighed then flinched against the pain when her gashes stretched from the action. "A man," she started and locked stares with him. "he desires your wife."
"Wife?" His brows arched highly as his eyes widened. "I have no wife."
Her brows drew at that. "You aren't betrothed to Izayoi?"
"No." He gave a curt shake of his head. "A mistress; yes. My wife; no."
"Oh." She looked away to thoroughly process that. "Perhaps I was seeing it wrong then." She said to cover her shock.
"Perhaps." He responded drawing her deep blues back to him. He was sure she wasn't being completely honest with him about who and what she was. However he would bid his time for now and catch her when she slipped up. "So this man; who is he?"
She gave a small shake of her head. "I'm not certain I just know he desires Izayoi. His desire is so strong that when she gives birth he kills her and your child. However you save them and as a result you end up dead."
Now that was the biggest load of nonsense that he had ever heard. He would never sacrifice himself for his whore even if she was with child. "I see." He answered with a small nod not bothering to point out why he would never do such a thing. "Well perhaps that will happen and perhaps it won't." He nodded. "Only time will tell what will become of us both."
She nodded in agreement then flinched when she moved. She placed her hand to her chest against the searing pain then brought it out from under the fur to look at it when it felt wet.
"You shouldn't move too much." He ordered as he pulled the fur off her body. "Your wounds are deep and fresh."
Kagome looked down at herself and widened her eyes at the crimson bandages covering her chest and abdomen. Her only real thought was that Toga had to see her topless in order to dress her wounds causing her to blush.
"Are you feeling feverish?" He looked up at her face in the dim light his demon eyes easily seeing her change in color.
"No." She answered with a small shake of her head. "Just a little modest." She whispered.
He couldn't help but smirk at that. "You have nothing I haven't seen before." He pointed out then went back to changing her bandages.
"Yes… well… you haven't seen mine before." She answered and flinched against the pressure of the bandages being pulled tight around her.
"I assure you they're no different than any others beyond their size." He nodded and tied the bandage off on her side.
She blushed a deeper shade of crimson at that. "Um… okay." She whispered and made sure not to look at his face.
He again looked at her face. "I see." He nodded with smirk still in place. "You're untouched."
She nodded without looking at him. Why would she be touched? Inuyasha made it quite clear where she stood in the ladder of his life; second best. Kikyo would always be the first and she would just be the replacement for what he had lost. The best she ever got out of him was a simple kiss and it turned out later that he regretted it. He even went so far as to apologize to Kikyo for it.
"What saddens you?" He questioned as he grabbed her hand and tried to wipe the dried blood from it.
"Heartbreak." She answered quietly.
"From what?" He held her hand gently in his own and watched her face as silent tears spilled over.
"Being second best." She nodded. "Always second best."
He brought her hand up to his mouth and ran his tongue over the dried blood to get it off. "To what?" He questioned as he uncurled her suddenly clenched into a fist fingers so he could finish cleansing her. The salty metallic taste of her blood loaded him with a good amount of information about her. Namely that she had a power deep within her that had yet to be released. He was going to have to explore this further to find out what exactly this power was especially since she was no seer like she claimed.
Her eyes snapped wide at the feel of the hot wet appendage being dragged across her palm. "Um…" She looked over at him and watched as he ran his tongue over her hand a second time. "What are you doing?" She gasped.
"Cleaning you." He shrugged as he eyed her hand over to see if he got it all.
"Oh." She answered not really sure how to handle this situation.
"Now you said you're second best," he started and gave one more lick to her palm to get the last spot he missed. "to what are you referring?"
"Um… another woman." She whispered.
"I see." He nodded and placed her hand back at her side. "You do not desire to be a mistress?"
She shook her head. "No." She sighed sadly. "All I ever wanted was to be loved; truly loved."
"Perhaps the one you wanted to love you wasn't the one meant to love you." He pointed out.
She looked over at him. "Then why did I love him?"
"The heart is fickle." He shrugged. "You can't make it do what it doesn't want to and it always does what you don't want it to."
"I guess." She smiled lightly at him. "Thank you."
He tilted his head slightly. "Thank you? For what are you thanking me?"
"For helping and healing me."
He smiled in return. "Well in that case perhaps it's time I know your name."
"Oh." Her eyes widened as she blushed a light pink. "Um, right. It's Kagome."
"It's a pleasure Kagome." He gave a small bow of his head. "Well Kagome perhaps you should rest so you can heal then we will discuss more about you later."
She nodded at him and slowly pulled the fur covering her up higher around her body.
"In the mean time I will see what I can gather for you to eat." He stood up. "You will be safe here while I'm gone."
She nodded up at him and smiled. "Thank you again Toga-sama."
He smiled at that. "You're a little late for formalities," he nodded. "Toga will be just fine."
"Sorry." She whispered shyly.
"Go to sleep." He ordered with a grin and a shake of his head. "I'll be back shortly."
She nodded at him again and watched him go. What was she going to do? How was she going to get out of this and back home without causing too much of a rift in the timeline? More importantly would she be able to get back home?
So many questions and so few answers. Yet there wasn't much she could do about any of it until she was healed. Toga seemed nice enough maybe he would take her back to where he found her and she could sneak away and try to get back home. It wouldn't be that simple but she had to at least try for she did not belong here in this time. It was just too risky to the time line of Inuyasha's and Sesshoumaru's life.
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Toga sat against the wall watching the girl sleep. He could only wonder as to who she really was and where she really came from. There was no doubt in his mind that she came from somewhere else especially with the strange indecent clothing he found her wearing. If her clothes didn't tell him she was from somewhere else the difference in her accent did.
Yet that wasn't the strangest thing about her. No, what was bothering him about the girl beyond knowing about him, Izayoi, and her pregnancy was that he found her in the bottom of the well. If that wasn't strange enough then finding her at the bottom without the slightest hint that she was injured from such a fall was even more peculiar. It was almost as if she was placed there after she was injured in this supposed fight she was involved in.
That was the other thing about her that was off. Sure she showed the injuries of being in a fight but not one defensive wound or counterattack wound anywhere on her hands or arms. Anyone in combat was sure to show at least one of those… well unless they were taken by surprise.
It was entirely possible that she was attacked before she could defend herself such a thing wasn't unheard of. So even if that was the case his other problem with her was that she had the hands of an archer but no bow.
Why was she unarmed when she was attacked? Did she drop her bow and arrows or did she just not have them on her? If so why would she be without them when there was a risk that she could be attacked? Nothing about her was adding up and yet he didn't sense her as a threat to him or anything else in the world.
The more he thought about her the stranger she became especially with knowing his son. Sesshoumaru wasn't known for liking humans or even associating with them… well unless he was out killing them for whatever reason. So it was just as strange for her to say his name like she knew him as more than just a name. He could hear it in her voice that she was almost relieved that it was him she was waking up to.
The question of where did she come from reared its ugly head once again. If Sesshoumaru was near by he would go find out if is son in fact knew the girl. Yet Sesshoumaru was… well he wasn't quite sure where Sesshoumaru was at the moment. That boy was always out wandering around doing who knew what which he was sure involved a lot of death and destruction.
Really he was going to have to watch his back for one day that boy was surely going to put a knife in it.
Sesshoumaru was an issue for another day right now it was this girl Kagome and the fact that she was glowing pink. His eyes widened as he realized what was happening feeling the purifying healing powers trickling across his skin.
Well now if that wasn't interesting.
He was by no means worried about being purified being immune to such powers but if he were a weaker demon he certainly would be. A little more of the puzzle about this girl was coming together. She wasn't a seer she was a miko and a powerful one at that or would be if she were aware of her powers. Clearly she didn't know her potential otherwise she would have healed herself the second she woke up.
Oh he couldn't wait for her to wake up and explain this one away. Though he was sure she wasn't going to be entirely honest with him whatever her excuse was. Something was holding her back from telling him the truth. Whatever it was he was sure it had nothing to do her being afraid that he would harm her for it. It was almost like she was afraid of revealing too much for whatever reason.
Ah well he'd get his answers soon enough; her grumbling stomach said as much.
