"Go Kagome! You're the most important person here! We'll hold these guys off!" Sango yelled as thousands of demons poured in on them, feeding off of Naraku's aura. Her and Inuyasha were taking them head on; and they wouldn't let Kagome help. She cried out as Miroku grabbed her midriff and ran to Kirara, Shippo on her back. As they took off, Kagome jumped off, and in the nick of time. Naraku showed up behind the pair, catching them off guard and tossing them aside. She smiled, and shot an arrow, Knocking off his tentacles, and as his heart was killed, he didn't heal.

"You Wench! we told you to leave!" Inuyasha bellowed. Naraku attacked, and she easily dodged it, having been graced with the Midoriko's presence, giving her a gift that she would need to survive the feudal future. She was given what her era called psychic powers. (I will list them later in future chapters.) Without realizing it, she had grabbed Kikyo's arrow, and it was crackling with red sparks, burning her hand, but she was able to deal with the pain. Aiming for his jugular, she hit his forehead, killing him instantly, and a huge explosion built up very quickly. But she didn't see it, and was able to catch the Jewel before her senses were cut off. She woke up, squinting her eyes at the soft white glow. In her hands, she saw that the Jewel was whole.

"My child, you have done it. Now your destiny awaits." a soft voice, not feminine or masculine, but rather a pair of people talking in sync. "You will keep the jewel, but Inuyasha is not to become full demon. It is his destiny to live out his life as a half demon. He is not to mark you as his, as he is unfaithful to you even now. Do you have any questions?"

"Where am I?"

"At the origin of the Shikon No Tama. Now, you are to stop traveling with the group, and travel on your own. I will tell you now, there is no way you can go back to your time. Time will help you, and more of your Miko powers will expose as you continue your journey."

"When will I be able to use the Jewel?"

"You will know. We have one more thing for you- look yonder that way..." a finger erupted, and pointed to her right. Kagome stood up and walked over to it. "This is your new attire. You have the option as of now. You may continue to be a human, but You will be given Immortality, exceeding those who you share a life with now, or you become a full fledged Demon. and a Fang sword far powerful that the one you knew as So'unga, but far more recessive at the same time. You choose now."

"Can I have a minute?"

"Yes." the voice said. Kami, how am I supposed to choose? Out live those, or become a demon and still out live those, yet still die... She thought.

"I will become a demon. But what of my Miko powers?"

"You will be the first to still have Miko powers. Even after you become intimate with a man, You will continue to harbor them. But you will be very similar to a past Inu demon, Lord Inutaisho. You follow in his footsteps. Are you sure that you wish to become a demon?"

"I will be able to stay in contact with my friends, and tell them what happened right?"

"Yes. We will allow it. there are no restrictions, only that you cannot use the jewel until your soul says it is time to use it."

"Very well. But may I request one thing?"

"What would you like?" the voice asked, curious.

"It was basically because of me that Lord Sesshoumaru's arm was removed. Could you grant him his arm once again? And that he knows that I wished it? Along with giving Kohaku his life back?"

"Why?"

"I...I don't really know. I- I mean he's saved my life countless times, and all I've done for him is take care of his ward once or twice."

"We shall do that. Now you must go back to the blast,- at least the after math. "The voice said, as she was lifted inside a blue orb and carried softly back to the human Earth. The Jewel was hung out of Sight.

*****(While that was taking place)*******

The dust settled, and everybody came looking around for Kagome. Inuyasha was looking for her, while Miroku and Sango were staying back, sure she was dead.

"She's not dead. She was carried up into the sky."

"By what?" Inuyasha snarled.

"The Jewel. Perhaps the Kamis summoned her." Shippou suggested. Inuyasha looked skeptical, and his proof was lying in front of him. Kagome's attire, her school clothes, floated down from the heavens. Inuyasha caught it, and brought it down for the others to see. There were scorch marks on the bits of fabric that had been saved from the explosion. Shippou started to cry. Inuyasha was silent, smirking just a bit.

"You always have had a way of going out Kagome." he said. Sango picked up the crying Kitsune, and tried to comfort him. Miroku hugged them, even hugging Inuyasha, though it brought little comfort. "C'mon, Kagome's clothes at least should be buried. Let's go to Kaede's; She'll know what to do." Inuyasha said. Miroku and the gang climbed onto his back, and he ran away from the death scene of the most notorious Demon and the Beautiful reincarnated Miko, whose bodies were burned up in the explosion. Why Kagome? Why use Kikyo's arrow? Were you afraid that nobody would make it out alive? Sango asked the twilight sky as They hopped away, heading towards the nearby village.

Inuyasha's back was finally free when they reached the village's head house, where Kaede was at home, wide awake. But nobody dared go inside and risk the crying tears of... laughter? Shippou's ears went to the wall, as did Inuyasha's, Miroku and Sango standing next to them.

"... Oh Kagome, that is so amusing... What did ye do?"

"What could I do? I came here as soon as I was able to. I got down from the heavens and Here it is almost dark, and I see Inuyasha and the gang on his back, hopping towards the setting sun. I had a silent laughing fit. They even took my burned clothes. It was almost too easy to get ahead of them with my new body. I'm still not adjusted to it. I wonder if I will ever be..." The smooth voice of Kagome's rang true through their ears, and were startled when somebody came to the door. "Are you coming in, or are you going to act like I died?" She said. They stared at her in horror. This wasn't, couldn't be Kagome.

"You aren't Kagome... You're a demon." Sango said.

"Yeah I am Sango. and Thanks to me, Kohaku gets to live, without a shard implanted in his back." The silver haired girl said. Shippou pounced on her, sniffing her neck.

"Guys, It is Kagome! I smell her through all of these clothes." Shippou exclaimed and Everybody but Inuyasha stepped inside.

"What's wrong Inuyasha?"

"You changed. You used the Jewel, didn't you, after you knew-"

"You are wrong Inuyasha." She held the jewel, intact, in front of him, hanging perfectly around her neck, "I still have it. And I was told by the Kamis that You were to live this life as a Hanyou. I'm sorry Inuyasha."

"And what of us?"

"i must split from the gang. It is time you go and find the concubine that is carrying your child. Miroku and Sango are gonna have to settle down and I am taking Shippou to train him with the wolves. They are willing to take him on, and It won't be that long before he hits a growth spurt. I will be fine."

"Oh. How did you know?" he just kept asking questions

"The Kamis obviously! Just stop asking and accept the fact Inuyasha. I'm leaving without you." She snapped. Kagome was tired of playing 20 questions. She walked inside, Inuyasha following, his puppy ears flat. She sat next to the powerful Priestess, Inuyasha standing in a

corner, glaring at her. She retold her story to the gang, ending with her question to Shippou…

"So, That is why I need you to travel with me Shippou. Koga is willing to train you in battle, Are you willing to accept?"

"Hai, Okaa, I will. When will we be leaving?"

"Tomorrow at dawn. I have to get you there, and find my purpose." Kagome said with a hint of sadness. Her pack was packed, and she was ready to go in the morning. Once everybody settled down in the hut, Even Inuyasha was nodding off to sleep. Kagome was rather subdued and quiet. She sighed, and gathered things for a nice soak in the nearby hot springs. Once there, she began to undress and slip into the warm welcoming waters that lapped at her body playfully. An hour came and went, and Kagome ended up falling into a light sleep.

She awoke, and sighed, she had fallen asleep. It was the middle of the night, and she decided to head back, cursing herself because she looked like an oversized silver prune.

EARLIER THAT DAY…

Rin played in the field, chasing Jaken and picking flowers while Sesshoumaru sat back on a tree trunk, watching the Kappa getting his head plopped on the ground multiple times. His ward was cheerful and everything he wasn't, yet he stood in as a figure in her life. After all, he did save her, as she had him, a little ningen looking after the taiyoukai. his beast grumbled within him, bored out of his mind. They were taking a day from traveling, so everybody could relax.

Master, when are we leaving the ningen in a village? She needs to interact around her own species.

When this Sesshoumaru decides to. It is none of your business.

"Lord Sesshoumaru!" he heard Rin cry. He quit arguing with his beast and looked to her, who was running towards him. "Lord Sesshoumaru! Help me!" she cried across the meadow. There were boar demons who were attempting to attack her. He sprinted across the field, poison whips out, and sliced through them, but wasn't quick enough. One had bitten Rin's side, and she was bleeding profusely. "Lord Sesshoumaru..." she squeaked, and became unconscious. He picked her up, and licked her side, healing the scar. Looking around, he saw Ah Un, but no sign of the insolent Kappa, only the staff, and he never went anywhere without it. some green blood was spewed across the grass, and Sesshoumaru knew that he was digested in one of the boar demon's stomach. Placing the unconscious Rin on the two-headed dragon's back, he picked up the staff, and took off, Ah Un behind him, carrying his ward.

Sesshoumaru stopped at a small Village. It was near his half-brother, with the Priestess Kaede residing in. He walked through the village, stopping at Kaede's hut. It was black outside, the middle of the night. He laid the sleeping girl in front of Kaede's hut, and continued on his way. He would come back for her, he always did. But at least she was safe from demons here. Kaede would recognize her and care for her. But he had to get back to the Citadel, his Lordly actions needed tended to.

Kagome stopped, the wind had shifted and brought with him a new smell, in which she had recognized as Sesshoumaru's. She hid in the bushes, watching him track up the small hill, and turned to look at the village one last time, and placed a stick of some sort in the ground, and took to the air, not looking back. As soon as she could see him no more, Kagome walked up to the stick, which she found to be the Staff of Two Heads, the staff that Jaken carried. Yet she didn't see him there, nor did she spot Rin, his ward. This had her puzzled, but she took the staff and walked back to Kaeda's hut.

She stopped in her tracks when she was but five feet to the door of Kaeda's hut. There lay Sesshoumaru's ward, with a scroll on top of her, and she was unconscious. Kagome grabbed the scroll and read it's contents.

To the Ningen that find this child:

I am Lord Sesshoumaru of the Western lands, and this is my ward. Her name is Rin and I must leave her for her to gain a normal life, or at least some etiquette in the feminine ways, for I cannot have her in my Citadel without etiquette. I will come back for her, but she mustn't know of that fact. I will return in three years, Keep her safe for me until then.

Kagome was shocked. This letter that she held actually suggested that Sesshoumaru held feelings for Rin. Carefully, so not to wake her, she picked her up and took her inside. Sitting back in a corner, she fell asleep, holding the young girl against her chest. Her sleep was deprived from her that night, and she woke the next morning to a still sleeping Rin and everybody staring at her.

"Isn't that Sesshoumaru's ward, Kagome?" Sango asked, puzzled. Kagome nodded.

"I found her in the doorway coming back from my bath. With this laying on her chest." She said, tossing her the note. Sango read it out loud to the rest of the group. "I am taking her with me. She is used to traveling, and it might do me good."

"Are you sure Kagome? What if after the three years are over, Sesshoumaru comes back to find that she has been taken by a Miko-demoness to travel with her?" Sango asked, worried. The men and Kaeda were still sleeping, and Shippou was getting a quick bath.

"Tell him to find me. He doesn't want her to know that he will return. Erase the last line in the letter, where it says he will come back. I will let her read that, and she will see for herself that she is not wanted in his presence. Then I will become her adopted mother." Kagome said, silently praying that it would work. And just as Sango finished eradicating the last few sentences, Rin awoke. "Hello Rin. Do you know where you are?"

"No. Where's Sesshoumaru-sama?" Rin asked, Kagome was thankful that she had taken acting classes before. Her face paled as Sango handed her back the note, winking, so Kagome knew she would act as well.

"Rin, sweety, we found you here last night, with this on your chest. It is from Lord Sesshoumaru. It says that you were left here for a chance at a normal life." Kagome said, handing it to her.

"I can't read." Rin said sheepishly, bowing her head.

"I'll read it then." Sango said, saying exactly what Sesshoumaru said on there. Rin started to tear up, crying into Kagome's chest.

"Then- Who are you?"

"You remember Kagome, right?"

"Yes."

"I am her. I was changed into a full Inuyoukai by Kamis, as this is how I must live my destiny. Do you wish to travel with me? I am leaving today, would you like to come?"

"I- Would. Thank you, Kagome-chan."

"Rin, would you like to call me Mother? I would be honored if you chose to. You would have a brother, The kitsune, Shippo calls me his mother."

"thank you… Mother." Rin said slowly. Kagome smiled. Sango took something out of a basket that Kaeda had in a corner, it was a small Kimono, the same one that Rin was wearing, but it wasn't bloodied or dirty. Rin changed, and headed outside where Kagome was explaining things to Shippo. "I am ready. Hello Shippo!" Rin said as the little Kitsune smiled at her approach. Kagome had felt best not to tell him of her plan.