"Bye mum I'm going now" Kagome called out opening the door
"Be safe Kagome" her mum answered
Kagome closed the door and headed over to the well room where her little brother Sota was waiting.
"Hey Kagome you going back down the well?" Sota asked
"Yeah"
"Give him this for me ok" Sota asked throwing something at Kagome
Sota ran off to play; Kagome looked down at the object in her hands. It was a spinning top, Kagome remembered the last time Inuyasha was here and Sota was playing with one, Inuyasha had been so interested in it. With a smile Kagome tucked it into the side pocket of her bag; she adjusted her bag then opened the well door to see her grandfather walking around the well shouting out some chant.
"Grandfather... what are you doing?"
"Stopping evil spirits from coming through"
Last week a demon had followed Kagome through the well, it was only a week demon and luckily her grandfather had been cleaning out one of the storage sheds and Kagome was able to grab an old bow and arrow and defeat the demon. Since then her grandfather has been trying different spells and chants to stop demons from passing through but nothing is working.
"Right well I'm going now grandfather"
Kagome stood at the edge of the well and started climbing in when her grandfather placed a sutra on her bag.
"For good luck" he said
Kagome sighed and fell down into the well. As she was passing through Kagome thought she saw a light behind her but as she turned around to look it was gone. She landed on the other side and looked behind her, with a frown she shrugged the light to the back of her mind and shuffled her bag around again, as she did this the sutra fell from her bag and landed on the bottom of the well. As she climbed up the well she noticed there were more vines growing down and there was more moss near the top, the weather was also different, it was colder then back home, there is normally a slight wether difference but nothing like this, it felt like winter was coming.
"I didn't pack a jumper either" Kagome thought annoyed with herself
She pulled herself over the edge and looked around, everything here looked slightly different to, there looked like there were more trees then normal and she couldn't see the path to the village.
"That's odd..."
Kagome sat on the edge of the well and looked around, she guess the path would have to be around here somewhere. She thought about just waiting for Inuyasha and the others to come but the cold was getting to her so she decided to find the path on her own. Kagome walked around for a little while until she saw a small path leading into the forest, it was only a small path and it didn't look like it was used to often. She made her way through the forest to the small village, Kagome knew the second she saw it that something defiantly wasn't right with this place. The village was half the size as Kagome remembered it and she didn't recognize any of the people that were walking around.
"Get him!" a villager shouted
"Get the demon" another one shouted
Kagome ran down the slope to the village and saw a bunch of villagers holding field tools chasing after someone; she followed them until they stopped. They had sounded the creature to a boulder, Kagome shouted to get their attention; they all turned around to look at her.
"What do you think you're doing?" she asked
"Get out of here women" one of them said
They turned back around towards the bolder and pointed their weapons towards it, Kagome managed to catch a peak at what they were planning on harming. It looked to be a human child; Kagome could only see the white pants and the tips of white hair.
"There attacking a child!"
Kagome was used to the horribleness of the feudal era but she had never seen anything like this in this village before. As she pushed her way through the crowd Kagome could see the child better, it was a small boy with long silver hair and wearing a white shirt with red flowers on one side and an armour plate. The clothes looked strangely familiar but it wasn't until Kagome saw the crescent moon and the red stripes did she realise who it was.
"Sesshomaru? No, it can't be... Sesshomaru is... Bigger"
Shaking herself out of her shock she continued to push through the crowd until she was standing between them and little Sesshomaru.
"What do you think you're doing women" the villager shouted
"Me? You're the ones attacking a child!"
"How dare you yell at me"
"She must be a demon to, look at what she is wearing"
"Great" she thought "here we go again... where's Kaede when I need her"
The villagers didn't look like they were going to listen to reason so Kagome quickly grabbed hold of Sesshomaru and jumped over the small boulder. The villagers chased after her and Kagome had no place to go, she was used to running towards the village not away from it. With the well being the only place she knew how to get to she headed there, Kagome made it to the well and tossed her bag inside and placed Sesshomaru down on the edge.
"Hop down and stay quiet, ill lure the villagers away"
Sesshomaru listened and half stumbled down the well, Kagome heard the villagers coming and she once again took of making sure to make enough noise for them to follow her. After running around for a while she managed to find a place to hide until the villagers stopped looking, once everything was quite she headed back to the well. She made it to the well and looked down; Sesshomaru was sitting in one of the corners with his legs curled up.
"You can come out now Sesshomaru, it's safe" she called down
"This is to strange... maybe I bumped my head and this is all a dream"
Kagome yelped as she pinched her arm.
"Not a dream... Demon attack maybe? Has to be something, this can't be real"
She looked back down in the well to see Sesshomaru starting to climb up with her bag; even though he was small he was still quite strong. He climbed out of the well and handed Kagome her bag.
"Thanks... so umm..."
"How do you know my name?" he asked
His voice was much smaller but still held a touch of that coldness he was known for.
"Oh well..."
"How am I meant to explain this?"
"I umm have heard about you"
His chest puffed out slightly making Kagome laugh a little; it was strange seeing Sesshomaru like this.
"So what were you doing in the village?"
"Mother dropped me there" he frowned
"Your mother did? Why?"
"She said I need to learn how to look after myself and not to come home until I become a son she can be proud of"
"Do you have somewhere else you can go? What about your father?"
"Father is too busy, I'm fine on my own, I'm Sesshomaru future Lord of the west" he said proudly
"Well I'm not going to leave you here alone"
"I don't need a human to look after me"
"At least Sesshomaru is still in there" she sighed
"Are you hungry?"
"I can go for days without food" he declared
There was a small rumble coming from his stomach, Kagome raised her brow and looked down at Sesshomaru. He looked away and pretended to ignore it.
"Well we should go, the villagers might come back" Kagome said looking around
"Where am I meant to take him? I don't think I know anyone that lives here... I don't even know how far back I am this time or how I got here!"
"Sesshomaru, how old are you?"
"Maybe I can guess by his age"
"I'm 6"
"6, I would of guessed 10... Anyway if he is 6 now... I DON'T KNOW HOW OLD HE WAS!"
Kagome picked up her bag and placed it on her back; she decided that she would go the way she would normally go if they were going after Naraku.
"Well I know Inuyasha was pinned to a tree for 50 years and if this is before Inuyasha was born then were... I have no idea... I don't know anyone from before Inuyasha was born... expect for Myoga!"
"Sesshomaru... do you know anyone called Myoga?"
"Yes, he's the flea that's always with father"
"Well at least he is still around"
They had been walking for a while and the sun was starting to set, Kagome was getting tired but she was hoping to find a friendly village, she didn't feel very safe out here without Inuyasha or any weapons.
"I don't even have any arrows... or a bow"
Kagome looked down at Sesshomaru who was walking quietly beside her; he didn't look tired at all.
"Let's set up camp here" Kagome said
They had found a small clearing in the woods and it looked like a good as place as any to set up camp for the night.
"I don't need sleep human"
"You might not but I do, now help me build a fire"
"I don't need a fire"
"He's not going to help... how does Rin survive with him?"
"Ok fine you wait here and ill build the fire"
Kagome walked of and started to collect sticks for a fire, as she was collecting fire wood Sesshomaru came up next to her and started helping. She wanted to say something but he was only a child and different from the Sesshomaru she knew so she kept her mouth shut and continued to collect sticks. Once they had enough they headed back to the flat area Kagome had left her bag, she placed the sticks around then started to look through her bag.
"I know I have matches in here somewhere..."
Sesshomaru watch with a raised brow as Kagome dug through her bag, he hadn't met many humans and every human he did met had tried to kill him but Kagome had saved him, he didn't understand this.
"Found it" she said pulling out the box
Kagome lit the match and then lit the fire, once the fire was going she started to look through her bag again. Sesshomaru watched with curiosity as Kagome pulled out a small kettle and a bottle of water; she poured the water into the kettle and placed it over the fire.
"So are you hungry yet?" she asked him
"I told you I don't need food"
"Well it's here if you want it"
Kagome pulled out two instant noodle cups and poured hot water into both, Kagome started eating hers and when she was nearly finished Sesshomaru picked up the cup and started to eat. Kagome smiled and started cleaning up; once everything was put away she pulled out her sleeping bag.
"What's that for?" he asked pointing at the sleeping bag
"It's a sleeping bag, it's like a bed but it can go anywhere, are you cold? If you like you can share with me"
"I'm not cold and I don't need sleep human"
"Well... goodnight then"
Kagome pulled the blanket around her and snuggled in, she hadn't been sleeping for long when she was woken by Sesshomaru climbing in next to her, once she was sure he was asleep she pulled the blanket over him then drifted off to sleep. She was woken once again by the sound of growling; she sat up and saw Sesshomaru next to her growling into the dark.