A little Inu's Journey

Ch. 1 Kagome Panic's

WITH THE KAGOME

It was another normal day for one Kagome Higurashi the group was heading back to Edo to restock on supplies after Inuyasha had protested of course.

Flashback: It was hot but what person in their right mind wouldn't expect it to be in mid-summer feudal Japan even though they were walking beneath the canopy of trees it was still sweltering and they were all sweating buckets especially Sango who wore her slayer uniform underneath her Kimono. Kirara was curled up on Sango's shoulder letting out pitiful mews every so often letting her discomfort be known, and poor Shippo was panting in Kagome's arms from the heat unable to walk anymore. The only one who seemed unaffected by the heat was Inuyasha and when Miroku complained that they needed a rest and Inuyasha decided to open his mouth and degrade them again Kagome lost her already frayed temper. Everyone including Inuyasha backed up at the dangerous Aura coming off of Kagome she put Shippo down before chewing Inuyasha a new one.

"Inuyasha" she said in that tone that warned he was probably going to get sat "we have been walking all day since we got up this morning and are all this far from collapsing where we stand and you complain about us wanting a break!" she said while holding her fingers no more than a half a n inch apart "You insensitive jerk, if you have noticed the majority of your group are made up of humans and unlike certain weather immune hanyou we need to rest!" "And another thing if you run us ragged because you are an impatient ass then go on ahead without us because if we don't get rest like we need Naraku will not even need lift a finger to kill us because we will die of heat exhaustion!" She breathed in deeply and then "Inuyasha SIT BOY, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT BOY" all in one breath before turning her back to the Inu hanyou and huffing You see at first glance you would think that Inuyasha was the alpha of the group, but if you watched carefully you would see it is actually Kagome that was alpha and any youkai that found out about this laughed at the dense hanyou's expense. End Flashback

After that everyone avoided both of them to give them some time to cool off Kagome thought ruefully although she and Inuyasha had long since decided that they were better off as friends he could still be rather dense at times.

As she walked along the road she thought over the last three almost four years she had spent with the group. It had been really tough, but they all pulled through somehow now they were a unified force. All of them had changed so much and yet had stayed relatively the same as well out of all of them Kagome thought she had changed the most. She was no longer the naïve school girl she was when she came here nor was as helpless as she had once been she could not only wield a bow and arrows, but sword as well effortlessly thanks to Sesshomaru. She chuckled at the memory

Flashback: It had been just another day like any other for the shard hunting group when they had come across an insect youkai with a jewel shard. That battle had been one of the grossest they had ever encountered on their journey the dumb bug was a slimy thing and when you got touched by the slime it felt like your skin was going to be melted right off. Honestly she should have seen it coming, but she didn't and ended up in the things pincers about to be eaten when a yellowish light flashed across her vision and she heard a curious gurgling sound before she was abruptly dropped. When she got the breath back in her lungs she looked up to see Sesshomaru standing there with a look of annoyance on his usually impassive face.

He had then abruptly disappeared as soon as she had appeared. Later that night after they had found a place to set up camp not too far from where they were attacked, they had cleaned themselves up, and dinner was prepared and eaten Sesshomaru appeared again. He had bluntly told her in a tone that brooked no argument that they would accompany him back to the western lands and where he would train the miko. Inuyasha had feebly protested it, but she had sat him until he agreed as she saw the value in having someone as skilled as Sesshomaru train her she was tired of being the weakest link in the group.

Eventually during her training Sesshomaru was trusted with her the secret of where she came from and she found that the western lord was a very good conversationalist when he wanted to be. She found that she liked his company as not many of this time could appreciate the fact that knowledge is power. The western lord she learned did not like to be confused and he had for some time where she was concerned anyway and she had been flattered that she had intrigued such a powerful and intelligent being as Sesshomaru.

After six months of intense training or as she liked to call it "death training" she had not an ounce of fat on her all of it was pure muscle that in their last spare was even able to push Sesshomaru back when combined with her miko powers.

Also during that time she and Kikyo had come to an understanding and she had even given the older miko her life back and she was now happily mated to Inuyasha though they still traveled separately to keep the illusion that she still hated Inuyasha and wanted to take him to hell. Every so often they would meet up and she and Kagome would put up a barrier strong enough to keep Naraku from seeing what was going on through Kanna's mirror, so Inuyasha could spend some time with his mate. Flashback End

As she saw the village come in to sight she couldn't think of anything that would make her life better other than seeing Naraku dead.

Break

Kaede welcomed them back to the village and she decided that she would eat the evening meal before heading to her time for the a few days to visit with the family and restocking on supplies. She and Sango helped Kaede make the evening meal which consisted of rice, vegetables, and herbs from Kaede's garden, with a little bit of meet hunted by Inuyasha earlier. As soon as the dishes were clean she headed to the well and when she reached it she jumped over the ledge and into the time portal. When the blue lights receded she proceeded to the ladder that her family had installed for her not long after her journey began. When she reached the top she slid the shoiji screen door open and walked to the her house she opened the door and while taking her shoes off called "I'm Home" when she got no answer she went into the kitchen. Nobody was there so she looked around for a note her mother usually left them for her when the family went out somewhere just in case she came back while they were gone.

Eventually she found a note attached to the fridge that read…

Dear Kagome,

If you are reading this we are at your aunt's house and will not be back for a month after the date on this not.

She looked at the bottom of the note and saw that the date was todays so they had left earlier today. She looked back at the note…

Oh and Kagome don't forget you promised to watch your father's family's friends youngest daughter a while ago she should be arriving a few days from the date this letter was written. Please take care of her Kagome you are the only one they can trust with their child.

Love,

Mom

The slip of paper fell from her hands, so that's why she had felt a sense of urgency that she get back home "CRAP" she thought frantically she had completely forgotten about the promise to watch little Miyoko. Miyoko was the youngest daughter of the CEO of Taisho Corps a billion dollar business that had its hands in everything from cooking appliances to weapons. Her father had gone to college with the CEO and they had become fast friends He had been one of the few of her father's friends that had kept into contact with her family after her father's death. A few months ago she had come home to mister Taisho in her sitting at the kitchen table talking to her mother about something that seemed important. It turned out he and his wife would be leaving on a business trip in a few months once some things were settled and didn't know how long they would be away exactly they needed someone to watch little Miyoko. One of her elder siblings usually watched her, but this time they were all busy and could not properly watch their little sister, so her father decided to ask us as he had known us a long time and trusted us with his youngest.

Flashback: Her mother had just informed him that they couldn't watch their daughter as they would be out of town to visit her sister for a month during summer vacation when she walked in. Immediately once she learned the situation she volunteered to watch the little six year old girl, and Mr. Taisho was extremely grateful that she was going to watch his daughter. End Flashback

She was still panicking after all she had to go back and look for the shards and fight Naraku and Inuyasha would not doubt be seriously pissed at her if she didn't return when she said she would. Eventually she was able to calm down and think things through rationally again and decided her only option was to try and take Miyoko with her to the past and watch her mind made up she went about business as usual when she was home.

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Author's Notes: The idea for this fic just came to me one day and it was so cute I just had to type it up and share it with everyone on . All characters except my OC's belong to Rumiko Takahashi.

Next chapter Miyoko arrives and her curiosity leads her to falling down the well and she meets Inuyasha while he is helping Kagome look for her. No way she could have been alive if back then if she were human right. Oh and get this Kagome is Miyoko's mother how is that possible? Ja Ne!