Alright, about yesterday, I can seriously explain and I'm certain that several of you that have written and posted stories on here can relate at least once to this:

First my computer decided to restart on me after typing up half of the story. (Good thing I wrote it all down in a notebook before hand so it's not like anything important was lost.)

Second when I managed to get it going again, FF wouldn't load right, it took nearly a half hour of refreshing and closing out before it finally decided to work.

Finally when I did get it typed up on here, when I hit submit, the damn thing freaked out on me and didn't save.

So all in all, I got fed up with it and just called it quits for the night and closed everything out. I realize I prolly should have sent a author's note about it and all but I was just done for the night is all, I was too fed up with it.

Anyway now that's out of the way, welcome to the third and final installment of my series: Draw Me In!

As I've stated, it's mainly Touga/Niki, some Sesshomaru/Sonya so don't expect too much fluff from the normal two.

I realize I've left you all off at a huge cliffhanger, and to be honest, it wasn't planned I just sort of winged it when I wrote the last few paragraphs. But the end result was satisfying so I left it at that.

Ummm I think that's it for now so... On to the story!

-I do NOT own Inuyasha or it's characters

-I DO own Sonya and Niki as well as the plot

~TL S0nya

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The bright sun above nearly blinded them as they stepped outside the hut, making Kagome lift a hand to shield her eyes with a grimace. "Now then, I am sure ye have questions about my guest." Kiade slowly lowered herself down to a bench next to the shrine steps. Once settled down, she looked up at the three gathered in front of her and gestured for them to sit down as well.

When they all settled down, she let out a soft sigh, her gaze drifting over to her hut where Niki was, a contemplative look on her face. "As I'm sure you noticed, she she bears a striking resemblance to Sonya, aye?"

The three of them all shared a quick look before nodding in agreement. "Yes, she looks just like her..." Kagome murmured finally, turning to look at Kiade with a questioning frown pulling at her lips. "You don't think she's-"

"no, no, I thought she may have been Sonya's reincarnation myself when I first saw her wandering through the forest." Pausing, she shook her head with a wry smile on her face. "I feared the worst of course, it only being a month since I last saw her, ye can imagine my confusion seeing how old niki is." Stopping again, she glanced over at Kagome with a fond smile. "Of course, there's the matter of how she looked and where she was that reminded me of Kagome's appearance, with that in mind, I lead her back to my hut."

"Wait, what do you mean, how she looked?" Kagome cut in, obvious confusion flashing across her features. turning her attention to the younger Miko, Kiade frowned in thought. "Do ye remember the clothes ye wore when ye first arrived here?"

Blinking slightly, Kagome thought back to that day and nodded slowly. "Yeah, they were my school clothes..." Trailing off, her light brightened with understanding as if a switch was clicked in her mind. A small gasp slipped from her lips as she jerked her head around to stare at the hut in surprise. "Don't tell me she was wearing..."

Kiade nodded as well, her eyes shifting over to Touga and Inuyasha, both who wore identical expressions of confusion. "Aye, the clothing she wore looked to be made in the same fashion as the clothing from your time, Kagome."


Blinking at the wall across from her, Niki quietly listened to the conversation happening outside. Once the old Miko mentioned Kagome came from a different time, she frowned slightly in confusion. 'Time travel? That can't be real, can it?'

For all she knew, it was a normal part of life. despite the faint feeling that everything around her was just... Not wrong per-say, just... Off, that's the word. Everything just seemed to be a little off somehow, but she couldn't put her finger on it no matter how hard she thought about it. Almost as if whatever it was kept dancing right out of her reach, like a bad dream where she couldn't grab whatever object she was chasing after.

Turning around, she rested her back against the wall and slid down to sit on the floor with a small sigh. "Man, what kind of situation have I fallen into here? It's like some tragic odyssey or something." With a soft groan under her breath, Niki let her head fall forward into her hands and closed her eyes.

After a moment of silence, the others outside began to talk again, another voice joining in on the conversation. What was that woman's name again? Sayga? Sangine? Sango! That was it, Sango.

"So, you're suggesting she came from my era, Kiade?"

"It's possible, how she ended up with that gem, however is a complete mystery."

"It is strange. When we left the cave, it just burst into a bright light then vanished. If what you're telling us is accurate, then it must have fallen into her hands the same day it vanished."

"you're right, Sango. But how did she get it? Sesshomaru is never going to trust her after he found she had it."

Leaning her head back against the wall, Niki simply let the faint conversation wash over her. 'What's so special about some stone? Granted it's strange it could talk and all, but with everything else going on around here, I assumed it was normal.'

"-Of this is irrelevant in light of the fact that she cannot recall anything about herself. Much less how she came across the stone."

That was the older one, Toboggan or something. Apparently name were not her forte. A small, amused smile twitched her lips at the thought.

"Well, Miroku is going to get Kohaku, he might be able to help her remember something at least."

"We can only hope. She puts up a strong mask, but it is easy to see how sad and lost she is."

Finally hearing enough, Niki got to her feet and straightened the priestess clothes Kiade loaned her with a slight grimace. the clothes she wore earlier were definitely more comfortable. After making sure the cloth hung right, she pulled out a pair of glasses and set them on her nose, then with a firm not on her self, she stepped outside and took a deep breath of fresh air, savoring the scent of pine that drifted across her nose. 'I love pine trees.'

"Oh, you're awake." Kagome's voice drew her attention away from picking out the different scents in the air and over to where she and the others were standing. "move like I couldn't sleep." She flashed them a wide smile, a finger reaching up to push her glasses into place automatically while studying her new acquaintances with better eyesight. "Oh, so you do look alike." Niki laughed to herself lightly once she spotted the two obvious demons standing there. "Father and son, no doubt about that."

"What's that thing on your face?" Inuyasha finally butted in, his eyes narrowed slightly while he took a few steps forward to study them closer. reaching up, Niki adjusted her glasses again and raised an eyebrow at both him and Toboggan as they crept closer. "They're glasses, I have terrible eyesight."

"Feh, you humans have bad eyes anyway." Folding his arms, Inuyasha snorted and walked away, seemingly finished with his bout of curiosity. Touga however seemed even more so as he came to a stop in front of her. Leaning her head back, Niki looked up at him just as curiously. "You know, it hurts the neck to look up at you when you're this close."

Without saying a word, he reached out and plucked the glasses off of her face so he could hold them up to the light. "Hey! You can't just go taking things off of people's faces! That's plain rude!" Niki protested, attempting to grab them back only for Touga to raise them higher above her reach. "Give those back damn it! I can't see anything with them!"

"You can see me, or you would be unable to tell where I am." He responded easily, turning his attention away from the glasses in his hand and down to the fuming woman in front of him with one eyebrow raised. Niki let out a furious huff of air at what he said. "It's a figure of speech, I can't see detail or anything far away without them. Everything goes fuzzy about a foot or so away."

"Fuzzy?" his curiosity in the glasses forgotten for now, he leaned closer to the woman and tipped his head to the side. "What does a soft object have to do with your sight?"

Letting out a low sigh, Niki ran a hand down her face, deep in thought. "it's like... Um..." Trailing off, she tried to think of a way to explain what she meant. "Oh! It's like when you rub your eyes really hard and everything goes out of focus for a second or two. You can see shapes and colors, but you can't make out anything detailed."

Touga thought over what she said for a moment then nodded, seemingly satisfied with her explanation and straightened back up to resume studying the glasses once more. "I see, so you are saying your sight is worse than other humans?"

"Yes, very much so, now if you don't mind could I have those back?" Niki held out her hand impatiently for her glasses, eyes locked onto the said object as Touga slowly returned them to her.

Once they were back on her face, she blinked a couple of times to settle her vision down and smiled with relief once it cleared. "Much better. Now then-" With a scowl crawling across her features, she turned back to Touga and smacked him on the arm much to his surprise and the amusement of the women still standing there. "Don't go just taking whatever you want! Do you know how rude that is?"

Blinking down at her, Touga couldn't think of anything to say. While she was in Sesshomaru's presence, her fear was so thick he could nearly taste it. When talking to Inuyasha, she smelled of irritation. Right now, he could easily scent pure and simple frustration and nothing else as she planted her hands on her hips and continued ranting at him.

Hearing enough, he placed a hand over her mouth, earning a demon-worthy glare from her once he did. When he was certain she wouldn't start yelling again, he dropped his hand once more, wary of her narrow-eyed expression that spoke volumes more than she could ever say with words. "Woman, enough." he finally spoke, his ears pricking at the three female sighs sounding behind him simultaneously once he spoke.

"Woman?" Niki's quiet voice drew his gaze down, confusion at the obvious spike in anger at that word flitting across his features. "you are female, are you not?"

A small groan came from behind this time, making Touga look over his shoulder at Kagome and Sango as the both of them planted their faces in their hands at the same time while Kiade simply shook her head.

"That's not the point, Toboggan. The point is you really see me so far benieth you that you won't even bother saying my name instead you degrade me by saying my gender like it's below you." Her 1quiet voice made him blink again. The words she spoke were obviously angry, but the way she said them was calm almost, for some reason, it seemed more dangerous than if she had screamed them.

"Touga."

"Whatever, if you can't say my name, I won't bother to remember yours, Toboggan." With a slight sniff and a lift of her chin, she spun around on her heel and walked away, completely dismissing him without a second thought.

In utter confusion, he turned to Kagome as she and Sango walked up beside him. Looking up at the bewildered demon, Kagome patted his arm sympathetically. "you've just been given what girls from my time call 'The Cold Shoulder'." With that said, she and Sango followed after Niki, intent on catching up with her before she got too far ahead.

Touga on the other hand...

He didn't even know what to do or say.

One thing was for sure- This woman was beginning to become very interesting each time she opened her mouth.