I do not own Inuyasha or any of the Inuyasha characters.
Author's note: I tried to make sure all of the feudal characters ended up happy. This is still a work in progress, if anyone has any ideas please let me know.
"Kikyo..."
There was a somewhat familiar scent in the air, but it wasn't quite the same. In fact, nothing smelled the same. It was as if the smell of nature was overpowered by... He couldn't think of the best way to describe it. There was a metallic scent, but nothing else besides the faint smell of nature that still remained was recognizable. Some sort of pungent yet sweet smoke seemed to be coming from the direction of a quiet rumbling, but more like smoke of an oil lamp than that of a wood fire. The familiar yet different smell came to him again, stronger. The rumbling sound he had heard stopped, and the smoke smell drifted away. Then the almost familiar scent got stronger yet, and it did smell like Kikyo but not an adult.
"A baby... that smells like Kikyo... WHAT?"
Then there was a small whimper, a baby's whimper. There were voices, but he couldn't hear them clearly, as if they were muffled by both distance and walls. He could hear the tone of the voices, and there was a man's voice and a woman's voice. He was sure the woman's voice was not Kikyo, but then where was she? The baby whimpered again and then began to cry. The woman's voice came again, and he could barely make out the words.
"Don't worry, Kagome dear, we're home. I promise we will take care of you."
Then the man's voice came, and he couldn't make out every word, but what he did catch was "Your mother and I love you very much."
Then, both voices still muffled and mumbling, the voices and the scents started to fade into the distance.