So this is my first time writing a Sesshomaru paring story, I've written a one-shot, but not a story. Please feel free to review and let me know what you think, just please don't be haters, constructive criticism is always appreciated.

Prologue

All that was heard was a woosh of wind and the rattle of the leaves before it fell silent in the forest once again…

Until a shrill voice screamed out "Tora!" the sound full of fear and pain, the one whose name fell from the lips of a small boy called back "Akai!" her own voice full of desperation and fear as she ran through the trees, desperately following the boys scent trail.

A chuckle sounded, seeming to bounce among the trees "look at that, the poor tiger unable to defend her own family" it cooed as a whimper was heard from the boy named Akai. Tora let forth a rumbling growl, her eyes flashing in anger at the voice "let him go Ankoku, this is between you and I, he has nothing to do with this!" She screeched into the air.

She could feel her body shaking as she wanted to shift to her demon form, but before she could Ankoku spoke up again "on the contrary my dear, the moment you decided to betray me, you brought him into this twisted circle" he snarled, anger lacing his voice.

At that Tora felt her body twisting and reforming to that of a gigantic white tiger, her lips pulled back in a fearsome snarl. Suddenly a figure dressed in a black hood appeared in front of her, holding the arm of a young boy, his other hand poised at the boy's throat, his claws gently pressing against the tender skin.

"Now, now Tora wouldn't want to do anything rash now would you?" the figure sneered. Tora growled but didn't make a move towards the figure, although she desperately wanted to sink her fangs into the demon's throat and watch as his life faded away.

"Good girl, now why don't you shift back to your human form so that we can talk properly" he ordered her, his voice edged with steel, Tora growled, hating taking orders from anyone but shifted back despite her instincts telling her not to. "What do you want?" She hissed her eyes still red as her beast lingered near the surface.

Ankoku grinned viciously at her "you know what I want" he said simply, Tora clenched her hands at her sides, her body shaking. She knew what he wanted; he wanted her to pledge herself to him in a way to where she could never escape him unless he released her.

She opened her mouth to agree when Akai spoke up "don't do it Tora!" he cried, staring with wide eyes at his older sister. Ankoku growled and added more pressure against his throat with his claws "silence boy!" but, like his sister, Akai didn't listen "don't do it!" he repeated desperately.

Ankoku snarled at the boy again and dug his claws deep enough to draw blood. Tora growled and lunged forward, her eyes red and blaring with fire. Ankoku hissed and muttered something under his breath before shoving Akai away from him and directing his youkai at her.

Tora screamed as something washed over her, seeming to burn her skin, she screamed for what seemed like forever before she finally passed into darkness…

A moan slipped from Tora's mouth as she gained consciousness. Fluttering her eyes open, Tora looked around, her brows furrowing in confusion at the unfamiliar surroundings. She was in a forest, she knew that much, but it wasn't any forest that could remember.

Dread suddenly washed over her as she remembered what happened before she blacked out, she immediately looked over her body to see if she bore the mark that Ankoku wanted to place on her, but felt relief when she didn't find any marks on her body.

With that thought she turned her attention to her brother, and fear shot through her, wondering what had happened to Akai, she shivered in fear before she pushed herself to her feet and scented the air, frowning when she realized that the scents she was picking up wasn't anything she recognized.

Growling she moved towards the scent of humans. She slowly but surely emerged from the trees but stayed in the shadows as she stared wide-eyed at what was in front of her. These… structures, weren't the feeble shacks and huts she was used to, they towered over her in a demeaning and threatening way.

Looking around she spotted humans walking around in strange clothes, especially the woman, they didn't wear kimonos, and rather they wore what looked like men's breeches and strange tunics that ended right as the breeches began. Slinking back into the shadows she decided to watch this strange new world.

What happened? She asked her beast, to her surprise her beast seemed just as confused as she did if I didn't know any better Tora, I would say that we are no longer in our era… Her beast trailed off, both of them realizing that whatever had happened to them had pushed them into a new era of sorts.

Shit was her only thought before she sighed well might as well learn and try to fit in, for now her beast grumbled. Sliding back into the trees, Tora focused her energy and changed her form slightly; covering the markings on her face and making her claws turn into that of human fingernails.

She glared at her hands in disgust before hiding her demon aura and scent; she then ripped her clothes up and gave herself a couple of scratches before limping into town, making it seem like she was injured. A couple saw her and rushed over "oh my god! Are you alright?" a girl cried.

Tora breathed heavily "please, I was attacked; I don't know where I am. Please help me" she cried, her eyes pooling with tears of despair. The girl wrapped her in her arms and guided her down the street with the old man who was with her trailing behind them.

The girl brought Tora to a building and guided her inside, once inside she flagged down someone in a long white cape of sorts "please, she got attacked, I don't know any more than that" the girl told the man. He nodded and had two other people bring over a strange contraption.

The girl holding Tora guided her to lie down on the strange device before the people scurrying around her, wheeled it, and her, down the hall and out of the girl's view. What the hell is this thing? Her beast asked her I have no idea Tora answered with unease.

Something was stuck in her arm, looking down she noticed a needle attacked to a strange device which seemed to pour liquid of some sort into her arm. She looked up at the man with the white cape before her vision when blurry and she slipped into darkness once more…

Waking up once more, Tora gasped and shot up into a sitting position, only to notice that she no longer wore her ripped clothing and instead wore what looked like a tunic, but she could feel that she wore nothing else and that made her feel decidedly uncomfortable.

Looking around she noticed that the girl who had found her was standing by the door, talking to the old man, when they noticed her staring; the girl entered "are you feeling alright?" She asked Tora sweetly, Tora deemed it that she could act like she didn't remember anything "what happened? Where am I?" She asked her eyes wide.

The girl gave her a look of sympathy "you were attacked yesterday and you're in the hospital, the doctor says that your injuries aren't that serious and that you can go home today" she said, but trailed off when she noticed the look of despair on Tora's face.

"Home?" Tora mumbled, fear and anguish engulfing her "I don't even know where that is" she whimpered, for once speaking the truth. The girl looked surprised "do you remember your name?" She asked her, Tora pretended to think and dig through her memories before she reluctantly answered "I- I think my name is Tora"

The girl smiled softly "well Tora, if you want, you can come home with me till you can remember where your family is" she said. Tora closed her eyes as memories that had actually repressed came up to the surface "my family…" she whimpered "my family is no longer here" she said softly, tears filling her eyes but she refused to let them fall.

Tora heard a gasp before the girl turned towards the old man, her eyes wide with distress, Tora heard her talking to him before her voice rose "please grandpa, she doesn't have anywhere else to go" the old man sighed before nodding. The girl smiled before turning to Tora

"Well, if you want you can come live us, my name's Kagome" she said. Tora blinked in surprise, her eyes wide "r-really?" She asked, surprised that they would just offer like that. The old man stepped forward "it wouldn't do well to let a young girl as yourself to wander around without a home" he said.

Tora almost snapped at him that she wasn't a young girl, but then caught herself, as she remembered that she looked like she was a teenager to these people "that's- that's very kind of you" she said, still acting like a fragile girl that she really wasn't.

At least we have somewhere to stay and can learn how to act in these strange times her beast grumbled as the man with the white cape came back in, Kagome turned "she's alright to leave, right doctor?" She asked so that's a doctor Tora thought, filing that away for reference.

The doctor nodded "after the nurses come back and remove the syringes and give her some clothes she'll be free to go…" the doctor paused "does she have any family we can notify?" He asked quietly, thinking that Tora couldn't hear which if she was a regular human she wouldn't be able to.

Kagome answered just as quietly "no, her family is apparently dead, that's about all she can remember along with her name, first only though" she told the doctor. He nodded and looked at Tora "what is your name dear?" He asked her kindly. Tora wanted to bristle but didn't "may name's Tora… I can't remember the rest" she added, after hearing Kagome say she remembered her first only.

The doctor nodded before a woman entered the room "you called doctor?" she asked. The doctor nodded "can you get Tora some clothes; she'll be going home with these people" he told her. The woman nodded before turning and leaving the room again. The doctor turned to the old man and Kagome "well I have to go check on other patients, but when you get to the front desk, let them know that I told them it's okay for Tora to leave with you guys" he told them.

Kagome nodded before the doctor turned and exited the room. Tora sat on the bed, running her hand through her hair as she waited for the woman, who she assumed was a nurse, to come back with clothes. It didn't take that long before she came back with strange clothes. She set them down next to Tora and left the room with the old man.

Tora looked at Kagome "can you help me? I'm still a bit sore from…" she trailed off, Kagome, thinking along the lines of what Tora wanted her think, immediately nodded "of course!" she said as she walked over "first, let's get you out of the hospital gown" she said.

Tora continued to file away the names of clothes as Kagome chatted, saying things like "now time for the pants" seeming to just want to mindlessly chatter while she helped Tora dressed. Tora remembered how to put everything on, especially the shoes, acting like she was to sore to bend over to get Kagome to tie her shoe lace as she called them.

After getting dressed the nurses came in to check that everything was in order before allowing Tora to leave with Kagome, Kagome standing right next to her for her to grab onto incase she fell. Tora stumbled slightly from exhaustion, as she felt tired even after sleeping for a day but managed to not fall over.

Well, into the future we go her beast grumbled as they climbed into a contraption outside the hospital, Kagome chatted about how this… car looked liked a friend of hers, not knowing that Tora was storing all of this new information away in her head to use.