Kagome knew she belonged to this world the moment she stepped into it. The fresh air and the open sky was all too familiar even though she came from another time. Or so she thought. Recently she found out that her father was actually from this era but somehow ended up 500 years in the future. He was one of most powerful mages that ever lived and passed on his powers to his daughter. He trained her until her powers began to rival his and then sealed her powers to be able to keep them hidden in an amulet he gave her. It was an extremely powerful seal that kept her powers locked away and it also could not be taken off by anyone other than someone whose power equaled to his. He intended to take it off when she came of age but unfortunately passed on before he was able to do so, leaving her powers sealed forever. However, when she came to this era, she knew she might be able to find someone that would be able to remove the seal. She was lucky to find such a person and so quickly.
At her first encounter with Inuyasha's older brother, Sesshomaru, he had tried to kill her with his poison but failed to do so thanks to Tetsusaiga and also melted the amulet in the process. She didn't realise she was free of the amulet until Inuyasha saved them and they returned to the village. After she realised her amulet was gone she decided to seek guidance. She asked Kaede if she knew anything about mages like her and where she could find them and after she learned all she needed to know she and Inuyasha set off to find the mages and look for the jewel shards at the same time.
On their way they had some additions to their group, a little fox demon named Shippou who they saved from a trio of demons called Thunder Brothers and a perverted monk called Miroku who almost sucked Inuyasha in his wind tunnel. Together they traveled to the sanction of mages and stayed there for about month while Kagome trained to become a full fledged mage. After a month the mages decided that they taught Kagome everything they could teach her and she would have to learn anything else by herself, which included her master element. The element that she had the most powerful control over. She was told it was probably the same as her father's but unfortunately she could not remember that. They also told her about the contract.
The contract was more than a mere piece of paper. Once signed it increased powers of the contracter,who had to be a mage much to Inuyasha's disappointment, greatly and also gave him or her immortality. In exchange of their humanity that is. Kagome didn't know what that meant but the mages told her that it didn't really mean anything other than she wouldn't be counted among the human population anymore. She also didn't need to rush it since it could be signed anywhere and anytime. After that Kagome and the others decided to go back.
One night when they were staying in a mansion thanks to Miroku who decided to help the owner with the 'black clouds' that were lingering on top of their house. They were peacefully having their dinner and Shippou and Kagome were bantering cheerfully and Inuyasha was pouting . Suddenly they were shocked by tremors coming their way. Something big was coming.
Miroku suggested they ran away thinking that they were outmatched when Kagome sensed a jewel shard.
"The shard. It's coming this way with a great speed." She said.
Inuyasha smirked. "A jewel fragment,eh?"
"Let's go then!" Miroku shouted and started running. Inuyasha and Kagome followed.
Then it appeared. A huge ogre like demon came in to their sight but instead of doing anything it revealed something that was sitting on his shoulder.
"Sesshoumaru!" Inuyasha hissed at the silver-haired man that was staring at them with an emotionless face.
Sesshomaru jumped off of the demons shoulder and attacked them with his poisonous claw. Inuyasha jumped out of the way while Miroku and Kagome barely managed to escape.
"I see you are slow as ever, Inuyasha." Said Sesshomaru. He was so indifferent that it made Kagome furious. Even she wasn't so emotionless and she was known as the "Ice Queen" of her school.
"Damn it, Sesshomaru!" Inuyasha managed to say between coughs. "What do you want?" he snapped.
Face unchanging, "Do not ask me such stupid questions. I am here for Tetsusaiga." Sesshomaru said.
Inuyasha gripped the handle of his sword. "You still haven't given up?" he spat.
"They know each other?"Miroku asked with wide eyes.
"That's Inuyasha's elder brother." Kagome said with a sharp tone that showed she didn't like him one bit.
"Brother?" Miroku's eyes widened even further.
Kagome nodded. "But unlike Inuyasha, he's a full fledged demon."
'Why is he still after Tetsusaiga when he can't even hold it?' Kagome thought to herself. Tetsusaiga was a sword made in other to protect humans and Sesshomaru who had nothing to do with humans and even despised them would not be able to hold it.
"Draw your sword, Inuyasha." Sesshomaru demanded. "Or will you hand it over quietly?"
'It's not so hard to guess where this is going.' Kagome thought. She just hoped that Inuyasha could win by himself because she didn't want her powers to be exposed to this guy before she even figured out her master element.
"Shaddup or this time I'll cut off more than just your arm." He unsheathed Tetsusaiga and started swinging it toward Sesshomaru but he just kept jumping out of its way.
"I see you failed to master the use of Tetsusaiga." Sesshomaru said. It was obvious from the tone of his voice that he underestimated Inuyasha.
"What!? Shut up, damn it!" Inuyasha screamed and launched towards him. But Sesshomaru caught Inuyasha's wrist before his sword reached its destination. Kagome and the others gasped.
"You really can not handle this sword, Inuyasha. It is so pitiful really." Sesshomaru's hand began to radiate a sick green light and they all heard Inuyasha scream in agony.
'He's poisoning Inuyasha's arm. If this goes on his arm will...' Sesshomaru's voice interupted her thoughts.
"If you do not let go of the Tetsusaiga now, your arm will rot and fall off."
"That will not happen!" Inuyasha's other hand gripped the sword and he pushed Sesshomaru and made him let go of his arm. But Sesshomaru was not about to give up. A line of light formed between his finger and he snapped it at Inuyasha's hand until Tetsusaiga finally flew out of his hands stuck into the ground. Sesshomaru rushed to the sword before Inuyasha could reach it . He slowly gripped the sword with the hand that was given to him by Naraku. Under normal circumstances the sword would have burned his hand with rejection but this hand was that of a human. He took it out of the ground and Tetsusaiga transformed in his hand. He swung it toward Inuyasha and made huge breach on the ground. If Inuyasha hadn't gotten out of the way on time, he would be in pieces.
Kagome's eyes widened while she watched. This could not be happening. Sesshomaru should not have been able to hold that sword. Inuyasha was as shocked as she was.
Sesshomaru's face showed an expression that reminded of a smirk. "Now I shall show the true power of Tetsusaiga." With that the huge ogre like demon made a hole in the mountain and dozens of demons gushed out of the mountain. But with a single swing of Tetsusaiga, Sesshomaru killed them all in the blink of an eye.
Kagome 's jaw dropped to the floor. She didn't know that Tetsusaiga was so powerful. She knew it was nothing compared to what she learned of her powers but still it was powerful. Its power almost rivaled the power of the Sword of Four Elements, the sword of the mages. And Inuyasha was fucked.
"Inuyasha!" she screamed and started running. But she was stopped by Miroku.
"Kagome wait. I'll go. Shippou, you stay back, too." He said.
"Miroku don't be ridiculous! We don't stand a fucking chance against that bastard without my powers!" she yelled at him.
Seehomaru and Inuyasha didn't pay any attention to them.
"Do you see now that a pathetic half demon like you will never be able to master this sword?" Sesshomaru asked Inuyasha. His voice was filled with arrogance.
"We do if I use my wind tunnel." Miroku said as he started undoing the seal on his hand.
"How fitting that you will be killed by Tetsusaiga. I can not think of a better end for you."
"Like I would let a fu-" Inuyasha started but he was interrupted by Miroku who was now standing in front of him.
"I can't let this go on any further. I've had enough of your sibling rivalry." Miroku said firmly.
Kagome thought she saw Sesshomaru raise an eyebrow.
Inuyasha, of course, wouldn't except his help and Jaken had enough of their argument.
"Sesshomaru-sama, please allow me to take care of this." Sesshomaru simply nodded and stood back.
The huge demon started attacking on Jaken's command but was stopped by Miroku's wind tunnel.
'So this was what that Naraku warned me about.' Sesshomaru thought. He took out the hive of insects and set them free. Soon he observed that the insects did their job and the monk had to close that hole in his hand. He watched as Inuyasha and the rest got rid of the insects but it was no good. The monk was functional no more. He saw the girl that knelt next to the monk run off to somewhere telling Inuyasha to take care of someone who he assumed was the monk. He blocked Inuyasha's blades of blood and watched as Inuyasha wrapped the monk's arm around his neck and went into hiding behind the remains of the giant demon.
"Hn. It is useless to hide Inuyasha." He lifted Tetsusaiga and swung it at their direction. It destroyed everything in its way. But soon Inuyasha's head showed up.
He laughed but there was not a sign of humor in his voice. "You are nothing but a disgrace, Inuyasha. A stain that needs to be removed from this world."
"Keh. Just because you got you hands on one sword doesn't make you king of the world, ya know." Inuyasha laughed and smirked. "And by the way, the next time you try to kill someone, make sure you do it right. Or that someone you were trying to kill might just feed you those words." And once again he launched himself at Sesshomaru but Sesshomaru easily blocked all his attacks with Tetsusaiga.
"I've had enough of you!" said Sesshomaru and hurled his sword at Inuyasha but much to his surprise Inuyasha managed to block him.
"What's the matter, Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha smirked. That stupid smile on his face got on Sesshomaru's nerves more than anything.
"The sheath, you say?" He shot Inuyasha a death glare. "What sheath?" He pushed Inuyasha back and started attacking rapidly with Tetsusaiga until Inuyasha let go of the sheath. He was now defenseless in front of him and there was no other way out.
"One swing, Inuyasha. That is all that it will take." Sesshomaru lifted Tetsusaiga to finish of Inuyasha once and for all. "Goodbye, brother." He said as he lowered his sword onto Inuyasha. But only to meet an invisible barrier.
Kagome barely made it in time. If she was late even a five seconds, Inuyasha would be dead. But he wasn't and this was her battle now.
Sesshomaru looked in to the piercing eyes of the female human. If looks could kill, he would be dead for sure. But that wasn't his concern. His concern was how this human was able to make a barrier that could stop Tetsusaiga.
"Inuyasha. Take Miroku and Shippo to somewhere safe. I'll handle this." She said without breaking eye contact with Sesshomaru.
"Kagome, are you insane? No way in hell I'm leaving you alone to deal with that bastard." Inuyasha responded. As he took his place near her. "I'll –"
"INUYASHA! Be reasonable! I'm sorry to say so but you are powerless against him without your sword and they need your help more than I do." Kagome yelled at Inuyasha. Inuyasha's eyes widened for a moment. He was taken aback with her statement but he knew she was right. He saw what she could do and he really didn't want to be nearby when she did it.
He nodded firmly and ran toward Miroku and Shippou, saving them from Jaken and giving him a beating in the process, then he took them on his back started running towards the opposite direction.
Sesshomaru suddenly broke away from Kagome and attempted to attack Inuyasha again but Kagome would not have it. She held him back with a wind she created making him stick Tetsusaiga to the ground to keep from flying away.
"I don't think so Sesshomaru. Your battle is with me know." Her voice echoed in the wind.
Sesshomaru looked at the human that was keeping him from his goal. She was wearing a white dress that covered her body perfectly and stopped a little higher than her mid-thigh. After the line that showed her hips started it was a little loose and had interesting markings on. Her shoulders and collar bones were exposed as the dress started right above her round and firm breasts. The sleeves of the dress seemed a little odd to him as they also were tight until they reached her elbows and it seemed like it was cut in the middle of it. Her midnight black hair was pulled up in a high pony tail except for her fringe and two thin strands of hair. Her face did not show any emotion. It was as emotionless as his. It irritated him to see that she was not afraid of him.
Kagome knew Sesshomaru was assessing his new opponent. So she did the same. He didn't look any different than the last time she saw him. He still wore a white kimono with a red hexagon and flower crest at the collar. She also knew he wore an armor that covered almost all of his torso. On the center of his forehead was a blue crescent moon along with magenta stripes on his eyelids. On both his cheeks were two more magenta colored stripe matching the ones on his eyes also had a large length of fur on his right shoulder which Kagome assumed was some sort of a tail. His silver hair and golden eyes was the same as Inuyasha's though his hair seemed much silkier and his eyes much colder. The only difference that she did notice was his arm. The arm that was not supposed to be there since Inuyasha cut it off at their last encounter. And all the pieces fell into their places.
"Did you grow your arm back or did you find it elsewhere?" Kagome asked and thus breaking the silence. "I assumed you got it elsewhere since you would not be able to touch Tetsusaiga if it belonged to you."
'Clever for a human.' Sesshomaru thought as he narrowed his eyes.
Kagome smirked. Bingo. "I'll take that as a yes. Where'd you get it from? A corpse? Someone you killed for this purpose? Or was it a gift?" Kagome's smirk deepened.
Sesshomaru's eyes widened slightly. How did she know that?
Kagome probably would have missed that slight change in his expression if she hadn't been looking for it.
"Hmph. There's nothing you should be surprised about. It's not so hard to guess with those insects you released. So long as you don't shit them. But that would be disturbing." Kagome said with a faked look of disgust on her face. But that look changed to an arrogant smirk when she realised she had managed to make him angry. Or annoyed at the very least. She was fucking with him and he knew it. "Yeah, really. I wonder how Naraku does it. I mean, wouldn't it ,like, hurt when you do that? Even normal shits hurts sometimes and I just can't imagine someth-"
"Enough! I am not here to listen to your nonsense. " His poker face was back on his face but he couldn't hide the irritation from his voice.
"Aww. Play time is over, I see. And here I thought we were having so much fun." She grinned.
Sesshomaru had to try real hard to keep his face straight and not to gag. This female was getting on his nerves and she was going to pay for that. So instead of answering he lifted the sword and pointed at her.
She knew he was getting ready for an attack and wondered what his reaction was going to be when he found out that he couldn't move his feet. She smiled. She had silently pinned his feet to the ground with earth and ice while they were talking. 'This is going to end before it truly started.' She thought.
Sesshomaru observed his and her surroundings. If he launched at her like he did to Inuyasha, she would easily be able to dodge or block his attack. She was too smart for that. No. He had fake an attack first. He would lift the sword and jump over her head making it seem like an head first attack but then quickly move behind her when she puts up the barrier like the last time and finish her off from her back. He smirked ever so slightly and thought 'This is going to end before it truly started.'
He saw her face light up with a confident smile and put his plan to action by lifting his sword over his head. But there was a small problem. He couldn't move his feet. He looked down quickly to see that his feet was covered in some sort of substance that seemed to be solid mud and ice. Then he heard the human laugh.
"I'm surprised that you didn't notice really. I thought with how sensitive you are you would have realized and attacked me long ago. I guess you mind was too preoccupied." She smiled sweetly.
His face now clearly showed his fury. He looked at his feet once again only to that the substance now reached his knees and was still going up. He used poisoned claw to get rid of it but it didn't work. No matter how much he tried nothing happened and the substance was rapidly raising. He was about to use Tetsusaiga when she interrupted him.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you. Of course if you really want to lose you feet, that is your choice." Kagome said calmly. She decided it was really fun to watch him frustrated but what she said was the truth. "The thing that I like the most about magic is, you see, it's adaptive. I already know what you and the Tetsusaiga can do so I adapted my magic accordingly. So there's no way out for you. Only I can break that you out of that."
Sesshomaru, the great Lord of the Western Lands, for the first time in his lifetime felt helpless.
