"You are not supposed to be here yet" a deep voice stated from somewhere above her. She could not see his face in the darkness, and yet it was so familiar.
"Sesshoumaru?" she half asked, half demanded.
"Hn." The familiar words to match the familiar voice.
"What year is it?" she asked as she allowed him to pull her out of the well.
"1810."
"The Edo era. We're still isolated from the West then" she mused.
"Hn." He was used to her strange foresight.
"How fairs the West?" she asked as she brushed off her skirt.
"This Sesshoumaru remains its lord. I am the daimyo of the western regions from Tamba to Nagato."*
"Well... not for long" she muttered. His gaze sharpened into a glare. "The Meiji Revolution is approaching, and everything will change. I believe this is when the ningens truly took control. With the destruction of the traditional hierarchy, the youkai lost their political power which had enabled their existence. They faded, or they left." She looked up at him, "Will you fade Sesshoumaru?" she asked with a small smile on her lips.
He snorted. "This Sesshoumaru believes you are correct. It would be more strategic to absent myself from the struggle and thus maintain power."
"I always wanted to go to England" Kagome sighed dreamily.
"Hn."
Author's Note: I'm trying to implement historical elements of the Edo/ Meiji era in Japan and the Regency period in Britain, please send me any corrections or details that you think are important, especially about the Japanese eras since I'm more familiar with British history.
*I just randomnly picked western areas on a map of Edo provinces, and I thought it should be a large area so I combined things and I have accepted that I am being completely incorrect historically.