I know that I should update other stories before starting new ones, but I was captured by the anime.
I don't own either anime.
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Kagome blinked once, twice, three times as she stared up at the bright blue sky when a stray thought crossed her mind, 'What the hell just happened?'
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Kagome Shibuya sighed in relief as the bell signaling the end of the day sounded.
She had been feeling on edge all day and after learning to trust her instincts in the feudal era she kept her guard up. She didn't know what was going to happen but she had a feeling that whatever it was, it would happen soon.
She gathered her things, placed them in her bag and walked out the door, heading to the nearest bathroom.
Finding an empty stall, Kagome locked the door, placed her bag on the hook, took off her school issued blazer and placed it in her bag, fished out a pair of black slacks and swapped her skirt for them and pulled out an old, worn out, baggy hoodie (It was still early spring and the air was a little on the cool side) that she stole from her brother and pulled it over her head.
When she was done, Kagome packed the skirt into her bag and walked out of the stall to stand in front of the mirror.
She smoothed out the hoodie and pulled a ball cap out of her bag and placed it on her head while stuffing her waist length black hair in it giving her the appearance of a very feminine boy. her black eyes scanned her reflection before she left the bathroom, heading to the entrance of the building.
Once there she opened her locker and sat down to switch out her white school shoes for her regular ones and then attached her metal, clip on, in line skates to the bottom of her shoes.
As she was making sure her skates were secure a pair of shoes appeared in front of her and she looked up to see Ayumi, the only friend she had left out of her group from middle school. She was also the only person outside of her family who knew about her adventures through time.
She gave her friend a bright smile, "Hey Ayumi."
Ayumi returned the smile though Kagome could see the worry in her eyes, "Hey Kagome, I was wondering if you were okay. You looked kind of tense today."
Kagome was quick to reassure her, "I'm fine. I've just got a feeling that something is going to happen today."
Ayumi frowned, "A feeling? You mean like the ones you used to get when you had those priestess powers?"
Kagome hummed in thought, "Sort of, but they gave me a feeling like static crawling over my skin; this one is different, it makes my heart beat faster like I'm anxious or something."
Ayumi placed a finger to her chin in thought, "You don't think it has anything to do with what Midoriko told you after you purified the jewel do you?"
Flashback
Kagome stood in the middle of a deep crater staring blankly at the glowing Shikon Jewel.
It had been a two minutes since Naraku's defeat.
Two minutes since they won the fight for the jewel.
Two minutes since Inuyasha died trying to protect Kikyo.
Two minutes since Kikyo died with him.
Though the loss of the half yokai and his lover weighed heavily on her heart, it didn't pain her as it once would have.
Kagome accepted the fact a short while ago that Inuyasha loved Kikyo, and the love she once felt for him had become sisterly affection; all she wanted was for the two of them to be happy.
And now nothing would be able to separate them again.
Around her lay Sango, Miroku, Shippo and Kilala; all of them were unconscious.
Sesshomaru, her teacher stood a few feet behind her, flicking the blood and pieces of flesh off of his sword, the Bakusaiga before he turned to her, "Priestess, what will you do now that the jewel is complete?"
Her hand clenched tightly around the jewel in her hand as she heaved a tired sigh, "To be honest I'm not really sure. I can't make a wish on it because there is no such thing as a pure wish."
Sesshomaru hn'ed in agreement.
Suddenly the jewel's glow began to grow brighter until it was almost blinding, causing Kagome to shield her eyes with her free hand.
"You are correct Kagome."
The light began to fade away and Kagome was left staring wide-eyed at the faintly glowing incorporeal form of the ancient priestess Midoriko.
The ancient priestess smiled warmly at the young raven haired girl and shocked her further by bowing at the waist to her, "I thank you for all you have done and apologize for the burden I had placed upon you."
"Th-that's okay! Th-there's really no need for you bow!" She stuttered.
The ghostly priestess chuckled, her eyes trailed over to the stoic yokai lord as she quieted before her face turned solemn as her eyes once more came to rest on the raven haired girl before her, "There is something else that I must apologize for."
Kagome brows furrowed in puzzlement, "What for?"
"You were not supposed to have been born with the jewel in your body."
Kagome was stunned, her mind filling with questions, but the only sound that came out of her mouth was a startled, "EH?!"
The dead priestess nodded, "In fact none of what transpired fifty years ago thanks to Naraku's birth was supposed to happen. Onigumo was meant to die from his injuries, Inuyasha and Kikyo were meant to find happiness together and after a certain amount of time in a priestess's care, the jewel was supposed to be completely purified and destroyed, releasing the souls trapped inside; however Onigumo's greedy and dark will clung to life and he continued to live thanks to Kikyo's care. He then began to lust after and desire her along with the jewel. Unfortunately for Onigumo, he was tricked by the yokai that were summoned by his dark desires and willingly allowed them to devour what was left of his body in return for a new one. After the yokai merged together to create a new body Naraku came into existence while Onigumo was locked away in darkness. You know the rest."
Something about the explanation seemed strange to Kagome, "You said I wasn't supposed to be born with the jewel, but I'm Kikyo's reincarnation. When the jewel was burned with her body it stayed with her soul and was reborn with me, wasn't it?"
Midoriko gave her a small smile, "Child, you are not the reincarnation of Kikyo. When the jewel passed from this world I kept my senses out for a pure and selfless soul that would never be corrupted by Magatsuhi's whispers and make a wish on the jewel for their own desires. And after five hundred years I found that soul… you. During that time Kikyo's soul clung to the jewel and lay dormant in your body. Its presence most likely influenced your facial features, causing your resemblance to Kikyo."
Kagome felt like her legs might give out from under her, but remembering the stoic yokai lord standing behind her she managed to keep standing, "You mean… after everything that's happened… I was never…"
"That's right. In fact, you were never even born with priestess powers; they were something I blessed you with to stop the demons that were within the jewel from lashing out at you and taking over your body. Why else do you think that you weren't affected by the Priestess Eater while Kikyo was?"
While Kagome was processing this information, Sesshomaru, who had been silent up until this point spoke, "You said, 'the demons that were within the jewel'. Does this mean that they no longer reside within it?"
A slight smirk tugged at the corner of the dead priestess's lips, 'Trust the son of Toga Taisho to catch on to that detail.' "You would be correct. The enormous surge of energy Kagome released when she defeated Naraku pierced the depths of the jewel, completely eradicating the demons inside. Now the jewel is just a physical manifestation of my soul."
Her eyes drifted back to the girl before her, "And now, dear Kagome, your task in this era is finished."
Kagome's eyes teared up, "You mean… I have to leave?"
The look on the ancient priestess's face turned solemn, "I'm afraid so, your life is in the future where you were born. You cannot remain in the past. Besides, I have a feeling that you still have much awaiting you in the future."
An image of her family flashed through her mind as Kagome cleared the tears from her eyes, "You're right, I have to return to my family."
She glanced at her friends sadly, then turned to the stoic lord, "Sesshomaru, if it's not too much to ask, would you be willing to take Shippo in, I can't take him with me and he needs to be raised by someone who can teach him to control his powers."
The yokai lord's cold gaze melted slightly as he nodded and gently patted Kagome's head when she hugged him tightly.
'I guess it's now or never.' with a deep sigh, Kagome let go of yokai who had taught her to fight and protect herself and turned to the ghostly Priestess who gave her a sad smile and held out her hand.
Kagome returned the smile and placed her hand in Midoriko's.
Slowly Midoriko began to glow, her light encompassing both herself and Kagome when the dark haired young woman looked back one last time at the yokai lord as a single tear fell from her eye, "Say goodbye to them for me."
Then both she and the ancient Priestess were gone, the birds songs were the only thing that could be heard in the clearing.
End of Flashback
"Besides, I have a feeling that you still have much awaiting you in the future."
Kagome sighed and rubbed a hand over her face, "Maybe, maybe not. All I know is that it'll probably happen soon and when it does I'll have my answer." with that the teenage ravenette stood and lightly pushed off, rolling through the building's entrance and out into the school yard, Ayumi trailing behind her.
"HEY, LOOK OUT!"
Kagome turned to the side in time to see something flying at her head.
With reflexes that were finely honed by the training she received from her yokai teacher her hand shot out and caught the incoming projectile.
Turning her hand around she looked at what she had caught, a baseball.
She looked up to see a boy from the baseball team waving at her so she drew her arm back and pitched the ball to him.
When the boy caught it he waved back to her, then ran back to the ball field.
"You know… even though you can't join the baseball team you could always play softball."
The ravenette turned to her friend with an arched brow, "Seriously? Nothing against the sport, but softball isn't exactly something that I can see myself doing Ayumi."
Ayumi hummed in thought, "I guess you're right. It's too bad that girls aren't allowed to join the baseball team, it is one of your favorite sports."
Kagome continued on to the school gates with a slight smirk, "Yeah, too bad that the people in charge are too sexist to let girls play, after all we are 'delicate'."
Ayumi started giggling, "The day that I consider you to be delicate will be the day that your big brother throws away his dating simulators."
Both girls burst out laughing at the thought of Shori throwing out his precious virtual girlfriends.
They calmed down and caught their breaths as they reached the gates, "Thanks Ayumi, I'll see you tomorrow."
Ayumi nodded with a bright smile, "Kay."
With that the two parted ways, going in opposite directions on their way home.
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As Kagome was skating down the side walk she found that her thoughts kept drifting to the Feudal Era and she sighed, 'I shouldn't be thinking about that, the past is the past and that's where it'll stay.'
"What do you mean ya can't play."
Kagome rolled to a stop at the entrance of a local park and looked over to see someone she recognized from middle school, 'That's Ken Murata. Those other guys look familiar to me too.'
She listened as they continued to harass Murata for money when she sighed and removed her skates, and placed them in the pocket of her hoodie and called out, "Hey, shouldn't you guys be stealing candy from babies or something."
Murata blinked in surprise, recognizing the girl in guys clothing as the bullies turned to her, "Shibuya?"
"Well, well. It is you Shibuya." the blond haired leader said as he leered at her.
"What's the deal, are you two buds or something?" one of the lackeys asked.
Kagome's eyes narrowed slightly, "Not really, but I'm not just gonna standby and watch as you shake someone weaker than you down for money."
"You showed up at the right time to donate money to, but if you don't have any I can think of something else you can do." he smirked as he looked her over from top to bottom; she may be completely covered, but he could remember what she looked like in her middle school uniform and that just had him leering at her even more.
The sound of scuffling feet had the bullies turn back to see Murata making a break for it and get away.
The bullies then turned back and began to walk towards her, "We lost our mark and it's all your fault Shibuya. You'll definitely be 'paying extra'."
As they closed in on her Kagome reacted in a way they weren't expecting.
She jumped, flipping backwards over the bars that stopped cars from driving into the park and took off down the street, 'Even though I can take them out it's still four against one in close proximity in an enclosed area, it would probably end badly for me if any of them got a lucky shot in.'
Just as she had made it to the middle of a bridge over a waterway Kagome found herself yanked back by the hood of her jacket and slammed into the railing of the bridge by the blond bully.
Unfortunately the force of her momentum was too great and she found herself tipping over the railing and falling headfirst into the waterway below.
She braced herself as she hit the water, opening her eyes after the water had enveloped her to see what appeared to be some kind of black hole that was now sucking her in!
She tried to fight it and began to panic when she couldn't move her body as she was pulled closer and closer towards the swirling black vortex.
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Kagome's expression remained blank as she continued to stare up at the bright blue sky, 'That's right, I fell. It's strange though, when I went through the black hole the power coming from it felt like the bone eater's well. Not only that, but it was strong enough that I could feel it without my old priestess powers.'
She then sat up and looked around to see open fields with flowers and trees dotting the landscape with a few old fashioned house scattered here and there.
"So that means that I'm either in another time, or another world altogether." she mumbled to herself.
A small breeze blew by causing her to shiver and remember her current soaked condition.
She then took her bag off her back and left it closed as she turned it upside-down causing all the water trapped inside to gush out as she sighed, "Good thing I forgot my books today, but that means the rest of my uniform is as soaked as I am."
Her attention was then caught by the sound of footsteps, so she looked over to see a blond haired young woman in a pink and blue dress with a white apron over it and a handkerchief tied on her head; all-in-all she looked like an ordinary village girl from Europe.
Without giving it another thought Kagome got up, put her bag back on and began to make her way towards the girl, "Excuse me!"
The girl turned towards her and dropped her basket of fruit, a look of fear on her face when she spoke in a strange language that Kagome had never heard before.
She held her hands up with her fingertips pointing towards the ground to try and show the girl that she meant her no harm but instead she turned and ran off crying out in terror.
Kagome sighed, "Well that could have gone better."
She then looked down at the girl's dropped basket and the peculiar purple apples that were scattered on the floor.
She stooped down and began to collect the apples and placed them back into the basket, 'I'm guessing that that hole must have brought me to a different world because I sure as hell have never heard of purple apples.'
When she was done she looked up to see that the girl had come back with a group of villagers carrying farming equipment, and they didn't look friendly.
They suddenly began throwing rocks, forcing Kagome to dodge them so that she didn't get hit when a muscular blond man rode up on a horse and began to yell at the villagers in the same strange language the girl spoke in, causing the villagers to stop throwing their rocks.
Kagome watched cautiously as he maneuvered his horse in front of her, "Uh, thanks I think."
The man said something she couldn't understand as he dismounted and stood before her and reached his hands out to grasp her head.
Unsure of what to do, Kagome ducked down and leaped back away from the man, her eyes watching him carefully.
Her actions caused the man to frown until he turned to the villagers and spoke to them.
The ravenette watched as they cautiously moved to surround whispering amongst themselves; while she was distracted, the blond man grasped her head between his large hands.
Before she could move to get out of his grip, an unknown force invaded her mind that felt like hot pokers stabbing her brain almost causing her to cry out in pain.
When it was over the blond stranger released her head and Kagome stumbled forward with her head in her hands.
"That should do it." Kagome's head shot up and her eyes connected to the blond man's as he smirked, "You should be able to understand me now."
Before Kagome could demand answers out of him, she heard a voice call, "Kagome!
'What now?' she turned to see three men on horseback charging towards them, the one in the middle kept calling out her name, but what really caught her attention was the flying skeleton with bat wings that was above the riders, 'It reminds me of those birds in the realm between life and death where Inuyasha's father's bones are, minus the feathers.'
The villagers began to back off as the men approached creating an opening for Kagome to break through and reach the large tree that was off to the side of the road.
She ducked behind it and leaped, pulling herself up into the tree as the blonde man got back on his horse and unsheathed his sword from his scabbard and urged his horse forward to charge the middle rider.
"Adalbert Von Grantz, why do you approach the national border?"
The two then crossed swords in a stalemate as the other two riders chased off the gathered villagers.
Her attention was brought back to the now named Adalbert as he spoke, "So Lord Conrad Weller, does Mr. Brave still choose to hang around with cowards?"
Kagome watched their confrontation intently, 'They remind me of those classical European movies mama likes to watch, but this situation is too confusing. Who is this Conrad guy and how does he know my name?'
A pair of hands caught her off guard as they grabbed her shoulders and hoisted her high into the air, "What the-" she looked up to see the skeleton holding onto her as it kept a firm grip on her, 'I forgot about this one.'
She looked down to see the other two riders heading back towards them as Adalbert called out to her with a smirk on his face, "It won't be much longer now, be brave! I'll rescue you soon!" with that he rode off.
'Somehow I really doubt that's his intention… but I'm completely lost as to what's going on.'
She looked up at the skeleton as it clattered its teeth and began its descent.
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She sat behind Conrad as he rode through the two lines of soldiers on either side of the gate that led to a large old fashioned cottage.
The man had promised answers when they were in a safe location and her instincts weren't screaming at her that he had ill intentions for her; besides something about him seemed familiar to her, she just didn't know what.
As they approached the cottage, the door opened and out stepped a tall man with silver hair almost as long as Inuyasha's, but not as thick, 'How is it that wherever I go there is at least one person with silver hair?'
He quickly closed the distance as Conrad stopped the horse and stood before them, staring straight at Kagome with an expression of awe on his face, "Your Majesty."
'Wait, what!?'
"Your Majesty." her attention was brought back to Conrad as he spoke, "Please dismount slowly."
Kagome raised a brow at him and instead quickly and expertly slid off the horse surprising Conrad, "I'm not a first time rider."
And in fact she wasn't, though most of her riding experience came from Kilala, she had also ridden Ah-Un and a couple of horses in the Feudal Era.
"As expected of his Majesty." she turned to face the silver haired man as he dropped to one knee in a bow, "I am Gunter Von Christ and it's an honor to finally meet you. Words alone cannot express how much I have looked forward to this day."
'He said "his majesty" so it looks like they have me confused with someone else, what a relief.' she laughed nervously as she raised her hands up in a placating manner, "I'm afraid there's been some kind of mistake-"
"Oh there's no mistake your Majesty, I knew it was you from the moment I saw your noble black hair and eyes."
"There's nothing special about my hair and eyes, they're actually pretty common back home. Besides I'm-"
"Oh my."
Kagome sighed, maybe was finally getting it.
"It just occurred to me, why are you speaking the language of our part of the world?"
Kagome nearly face faulted, a sweat drop appeared on the back of her head, 'Did he just ignore everything I said?' with a sigh she answered, "I'm not really sure myself, but it was probably because of that Adal-something or other, he grabbed my head, it started hurting and when he let go I could understand the language. But-"
Gunter turned to Conrad, "Adal? You don't mean Adalbert Von Grantz!?"
"Yes, he almost took him away before I found him."
Gunter turned back to Kagome, "How awful. He didn't do anything else to harm you did he your Majesty?"
"No, he didn't get a chance to."
"That's a relief." Gunter then blinked in surprise as her took notice of the small drops of water dripping off of her clothes, "Oh my, your Majesty you're soaked to the bone! We must get you inside and dry your clothes."
Kagome tried to protest as she was hurried inside the cottage with Conrad right behind her, where Gunter began to remove her clothes after the door was shut.
"Let go of me you pervert!" she screamed as she pushed him away.
"Pervert? Your Majesty I don't understand, I was only removing your clothing to dry it by the fire. There's nothing to be worried about, we are all men after all." the silver haired man explained.
Kagome's entire face was flushed scarlet as her hands were crossed over her chest, "I've been trying to tell you, I'm not a boy!"
Gunter had a stupefied look on his face while Conrad's eyes widened in shock, "You're not?"
Kagome lifted one of her hands to her head and yanked her hat off, allowing her long hair to cascade out and fall to her waist, "No, I'm not."