She to He
Summary: Who would have thought that an elder woman could cause your life to do a complete 180? Kagome was just an ordinary girl...well, maybe normal isn't the right word, but...this has nothing to do with her odd trips down the well. This is a story about one run in that turned her life into an odd...romance.?.? Kagome/Gaara.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha/Naruto
Rated: M (Excessive Violence) (Excessive Sexual Themes) (Mild Language) (Medium Blood and Gore)
Disclaimer: Do you really have to ask? No I don't own InuYasha or Naruto.
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Prologue
A Run in with the Wonderer of Ages
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(Year 1502, Feudal Era, Japan)
Centuries of knowledge looked back at Kagome through cold, lifeless eyes. She made no move to turn and leave. Any sudden movements would startle the aged woman...and Kagome didn't want that. If what her friends had told her of the old lady were anything to go by...then no, she had no intention of drawing the attention of the one woman known as the Wander of Ages...the Holder of Curses...and the Devil's Apprentice. A woman who willingly awaited the day hell would take her to its fiery depths and she could serve the dark ruler of the world below.
"What a pretty girl..." The woman said, grey hair in long straight strands, falling past her hunched over back. An old frayed cloak covering the majority of her wilted and creased form.
'What? I thought she had given up her sight for the ability to use all curses? Can she really see me?'
"So pretty. Can I see the rest of you?"
"Can you see at all?" She clenched her eyes shut, 'Oops, I didn't mean that...'
"Heh, heh, heh. I see not with my eyes child, for they are but obsidian orbs used not to look through but to steal the life of those that look at them. Have you taken a good look, my pretty child?"
"No, I hadn't planed on it. Tell me then, how can you see me if not with your eyes?"
"I too was a Miko at one time child. Centuries ago...I was a beautiful and witty girl, a trainee under one our finest Miko. Surely you know of whom I speak."
"...Midoriko?"
"Yes, that was the woman's name. A beauty she was, having fallen in love with demon herself, like so many other Miko's. However with her status, she could speak nothing of her affections toward this demon. Can you think of a demon who might have loved a human?"
"Only one, The Great Inu Taiyoukai of the West, but he was in love with Sesshoumaru's mother as well as Inuyasha's mother. I was not aware of his affections towards Midoriko." She could faintly pick up both Inuyasha's and Sesshoumaru's irritated auras.
"Heh, heh, heh, he could speak nothing of his affection's towards her either. Both were in love, such a kind demon he was, strong and handsome too. She loved him dearly, but two opposites such as them...can not possibly be together. He fell into a depression and tried to move on, he did a few centuries after his love had passed away, falling for another human, this one not a miko, so she was acknowledged, though still frowned upon. Izayou, I believe was the young lady's name. Beautiful...but not Midoriko, as she could not fight along side him in battle, nor could she protect herself from the dangers of having a hanyou child."
"What—" Inuyasha started.
"Do not...interrupt me. As I was saying...the glorified and handsome Taiyoukai lord died to protect the second rate human and her half-breed child. So I ridded the world of his cause of death. She deserved nothing more, getting to live the life Milady had wanted. Giving birth to a child she too wished to have. I spared the child's life; I knew Milady Midoriko frowned upon harming children of any race, so I would respect that...until he was no longer a child."
"So you're going to kill him?"
"He is still but a pup."
"HEY HAG, WHO ARE YOU CALLIN A PUP?"
"Inuyasha, perhaps you should be quiet until we are out of the grace of this woman." Miroku said in a calm, slightly irked voice.
"DAMN IT MONK, STAY OUT OF THIS!"
"As you wish, I however would advise all those near InuYasha to take a few step away incase this woman decides to take his life."
"Heh, heh, smart monk you are."
"Thank you madam, I try my best."
-SLAP-
"This is hardly the time Miroku!"
"Forgive me Sango, it's this cursed hand."
"The only thing wrong with that hand is the owner using it!"
"Sango, surely you are not implying—"
"Sango! Miroku! Please, let her finish!" Kagome said in exasperation.
"Of course." Miroku said from his spot on the forest floor, rubbing the sore spot on his head.
"As I was saying...she had loved the demon dearly...so had I though. I respected her greatly, but I couldn't let her have him and not I. I told the villagers, they turned her away, yet she protected them still, I killed the wench Izayou...and now...I'll kill you...such a pretty girl."
"Wh-what?"
The others stared in surprise, a flicker of emotion crossing Sesshoumaru's molten gold eyes as he glared coldly at the woman who dared threaten the life of his apprentice.
"That's right. No one shall have my love's heart."
"...I think you may have me confused with someone."
"No...You are she."
"And...She is who?"
"Midoriko, you are Midoriko's reincarnation."
Eyes widened at the declaration. "I-I'm not..."
"You think I would mistake the soul of my teacher for 32 years, the very soul of the woman who had stolen the gaze of the Great Inu Taiyoukai Lord of the West? Do not take me for a meager human being. My miko abilities, though darkened and corrupt, are still far more powerful then your partially unrestricted Miko abilities."
"Partially?"
"Yes, you have the potential to surpass even Milady...already you are greater in power then that fraud and walking whore Kikyou."
"SHUT YOUR MOUTH YOU HAG!"
"She is as I said, sleeping with Naraku, perhaps if you used your nose when around her instead of your dick you would know."
Sango, Miroku and Kagome looked away from InuYasha, two to hide their disappointment and Kagome to hide her hurt. Sesshoumaru hid nothing, taking his sword Tokijin with it's sheath and hitting him hard against his head, sending him flying into a nearby tree.
"SHIT! What was that for bastard!"
"Hmm," Sesshoumaru glared heatedly at him, placing his sword at his side again.
"It's time pretty." They turned back to Kagome and the Elder in time to see Kagome engulfed with a black light, purple and white electricity running along and through the aura that covered Kagome, screams erupting from her lips as pain overwhelmed her. She fell to her knees and her friends rushed to her side only to be thrust back away from her.
"Heh, heh, heh. She will be in a state of pain until dead and that should last...till past dawn."
"You witch!" Sango called out loudly.
"I may be...but it matters not to me." She turned to walk away only to stop at the sudden clash of white against black.
"So Midoriko wishes to fight back, heh, heh, heh, let's see what she's got." It last not long at all, before nothing was in the place of Kagome.
"...clever..." The others looked up to the woman.
"What happened?"
"Midoriko has taken her to a realm that is not this." The group looked confused by her wording until realization hit them.
'The Well!'
Inuyasha leaped forward to attack the old woman when Sesshoumaru stopped him.
"At the slim chance that we need her...let the old lady live out her remaining life in fear of what I will do once we find Kagome and are sure she is okay, for I will make sure to kill her in the most painful of ways." Sesshoumaru said, directing most of his words to the old woman.
"Heh, heh, heh..." The woman faded into the dark shadows of the trees, her cackling could be heard echoing all around them.
"We should head back to Inuyasha's forest." Miroku said, turning from their spot and walking back the way they had come.
It wasn't until night fall, when they arrived at the well, did they find that reaching Kagome...was no longer possible.
"DAMN IT!"
"Inuyasha, screaming isn't going to help anyone." Miroku said.
"Well it's helping me!" He said violently.
Shippou was at Sesshoumaru's palace with Rin. Seeing as how he had no more business with the group of travelers or his brother, Sesshoumaru left the group and returned to his home, promising himself to care for the young kit, if only for his apprentice's sake. She was like a sister to him, a family member that he actually cared for. Now, she was no longer here, so they would wait...500 years.
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(Year 2002, Modern Era, Konoha)
'Why did this happen? It's not fair and I have no doubt the Kami's are having a grand fucking time screwing around with my life.' Black hair blew gently in the wind, sapphire eyes scanning the area for anyone brave enough or stupid enough to try and sneak up or attack the lone figure.
Kagome carried her bags down a nonexistent path through the woods until she came in view of two guards at the gates of the Village hidden in the Leaves.
"Stop, passport please."
"Here." She tossed it to one of the guards; he caught it with ease.
"Alright, you can...this say's Kagome Higurashi...that sound's like a girls name..."
'That's because it is...moron.' Kagome thought to herself. "My mom had high hopes for a daughter, never thought about names for a boy."
"...I see, well, continue I guess."
"Hm," She had a deadpanned expression on her face. 'It's been four week's. Four week's! I have been in this body...my body...but...it's not fair that this is...my body. Just wait till uncle Kakashi see's me. He's bound to have a couple heart attacks. I estimate about three. To think, four week's ago...I had been an unusual girl...now...I'm an unusual...boy...'
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Me: That has to get some reviews. Yeah, I'm going to have a lot of fun with this story. It's Romance and Humor all throne together.
