"I wish I could tell you what would happen when Naraku is gone." Kagome spoke softly as she looked at the flower in her hand.
"What do you mean Miko?"
"I was born in the future Sesshomaru, in 1982 in Tokyo." She replied as my miko told me her story. How she was born on a shrine, how she was brought through the well by a centipede demon. How she first saw Inuyasha, and got caught by the village men. She learned that demons were real and not just stories told to children to frighten them.
She told me of how she shattered the jewel, and met each of her friends. How the undead miko was brought back, and her journey to complete the jewel and fight Naraku. She told me her worries, and her fears. And the unanswered question of her future, looming over her.
"If you do have to return to your era, don't worry. I will always be with you." I told her as she leaned into my side, for once not having the armor in her way.
(1985)
Centuries ago Naraku was defeated. The Jewel finally disappeared, never to be brought back to this world. Centuries ago my love vanished, before I could say goodbye.
Today, I sit, staring out the window of the pet store. Me, the great Lord Sesshomaru, pretending to be a mere mortal pup. I watched as a man came in.
"Hello, Mr. Higarashi." The cashier greeted him. My little white ears perked up.
"Kagomes 3rd birthday is coming up and I wanted to get her a pet."
"What would you like? A dog perhaps?" The man nodded as the cashier lead him over to the pen where I watched him with 4 other young pups.
"What about that white dog? THe one with the golden eyes?"
"A fine choice sir, this young male is 10 months old and has all of his shots."
"I'll take him."
And that is how I became the family pet of the miko who held my heart.
I watched as she grew up, watched her brother be born. I watched as she mourned the death of her father.
I watched as she began her journey to the past. As much as I hated it, I knew it had to happen. She could not know who I am until its over.
I watched as Inuyasha came through the well for the first time. I held my aura and scent close so he did not recognize me.
I watched as she came back time after time, angry with Inuyasha, and hurt because he didn't love her like she did him. I hated not being able to wrap my arms around her, now having both thanks to her.
I listened to her fume over how the half-breed wouldn't let her visit the family she rarely got to see.
I watched him take care of her when she got sick, as jealousy made me growl low once he was out of earshot.
I listened to her confusion on her feelings for me and how the differed from her feeling for Inuyasha. I knew it was almost time. Her journey was almost over. Then I can show her who I am and we could finally be together.
I witnessed her homecoming, the well finally closed. I watched her cry over the loss of her friends, her kit, and me. I followed her as she closed her bedroom door, not wanting her family to see her sorrow, her pain. I knew what I needed to do, what I've wanted to do, ever since I first saw her in this era, as a happy toddler, a modern version of Rin.
I flared my youki, just enough to gain her attention. She watched me, hope in her eyes.
"Sesshomaru?" She asked as I growled soothingly, before transforming to my fully clothed human form.
"I told you I will always be with you."