Author's Note:

To all of you who have read my fic and have reviewed me and put me on their alert list PLEASE READ. I promised myself that any fic I started I would finished and well for personal reasons I had not been able to bring myself to write anything AT ALL for over 2 years. However last week I decided it was time to get back on the horse and well instead of starting a new story I decided I needed to keep my word and finish this one.

I lost my notebook where the original detailed outline and plot of this story was in, however I did manage to find a copy of a more simple outline for this story that helped me remember where I was going with this. HOWEVER, as I was reading the chapters I realized that my writing had changed a lot over the years and so had my perspective and understanding of the Inuyasha characters. As such I have decided to RE-WRITE the entire story, some things will change but the main idea will remain and also the main pairing.

WARNING: SLASH, YAOI, BL, VIOLENCE, MATURE THEMES, MENTION OF M-PREG, POSSIBLE FUTURE M-PREG.

PAIR: As of now the MAIN: SesshoumaryxInuyasha and MirokuxSango, others will established as the story progresses.

I will be posting one chapter a week for the next 4 weeks as I have 4 chapters ready, after that I will try to keep up the weekly updates but will probably be by-weekly. The chapters are also considerably longer than previously.

Enjoy!

It was a great day in the Feudal Era, Inuyasha and his companions were enjoying a few days of relaxation in Kaede's village after their last fight with Naraku. It has been four years since that fateful day when Kagome fell into the well and their ongoing fight with Naraku continues. Sometimes it feels like it will never end, and like they are losing and nothing they do will make things better. However Inuyasha was actually satisfied right now, their last two encounters with Naraku had tipped things to their side, Naraku had gotten confident and was sure that with infusing one of his creations with enough shards as he had over 80% of the Shikon no Tama, would be enough to wipe them all out on surprise attack.

He hadn't counted on Kohaku using a bird of paradise to send Sesshoumaru a notification and what was to be an attack on only Inuyasha and his friends, became a fight that included Sesshoumaru and Kouga. It lasted a few hours but they were able to kill the creation and Kagome was fast enough to retrieve the shards before any of the insect youkai could get close to do so. This resulted in Naraku loosing roughly 10% of the Shikon no Tama at once, putting them roughly at a 60%-40% situation with Naraku at the advantage.

Over the next month they got lucky finding the a few shards that had escaped the notice of Naraku and they found themselves now with pretty much half the jewel. In fact, they had just returned 4 days ago from their trip and were now resting, preparing for retaliation for they knew Naraku was going to be furious and attack them with even more zealousness than before.

Sango and Miroku had actually stayed back to go visit the new Taiyiya Village that Sango and a few others had helped establish, she was the unofficial leader but because she couldn't be there permanently had named someone to be the leader for the village. Whenever they got enough time to rest she would make a stop there and check the progress of the rebuilding and the to check the trainees and their progress. Miroku her official lover of 2 years always went with her, they were supposed to arrive at the village in a few hours.

Shippo and Kagome were in the village helping Kaede with her duties, which probably included gathering herbs for medicine and other uses, since Kaede with her back pain could not gather herself. She had an apprentices but she was young and had to assist her family as well so she couldn't always be there for Kaede, so when Kagome and Shippo were in the village she always took advantage and had them do as much as possible before they left again.

Inuyasha was patrolling the forest, which had officially been annexed to the Western Lands 3 years ago and now that it was under Sesshoumaru's protection the threats to the village had dropped significantly as had the number of youkai that inhabited the forest itself. The fact that it was named Inuyasha also helped scare of intruders since after 4 years the name had made itself known and Inuyasha had a fearsome reputation. It had ingrained fear unto the hearts of both humans and youkai making things even more uncomfortable for Inuyasha since now whenever they went to a village that had heard of him they were either too afraid to even let them inside or so afraid that they did anything they asked all the while smelling of terror.

The annexation of the forest and the village had surprisingly helped Inuyasha; Sesshoumaru was known as a very powerful but just Lord who treated the youkai and humans in his lands fairly despite his open disregard of them. As such when the land was annexed and specially after they were seen fighting together, word spread that Inuyasha was an ally of Sesshoumaru and now sometimes when they went to villages, the Lords trip over themselves to serve Inuyasha and his friends the best of the best hoping to gain favor with the great Lord Sesshoumaru.

'Feh, I wonder how they would react if they knew we were brothers, prolly would get a heart attack', Inuyasha snorted in disdain, 'bunch of hypocrites they are, hate me for what I am but are willing to overlook just to gain a little power, yeah right, like Sesshoumaru would care about anyone who was nice to me'

Inuyasha landed on a tree branch and sat down, he had been patrolling all morning and he knew nothing dangerous was nearby, he mostly went out so he could think alone, there was much to consider in his mind at the moment.

Six months since it all had started, he thought, six months since Kagome had started to become this completely different person and he had no idea how it had happened or why. However he was pretty sure he knew what the catalyst had been and that it was him.

#

6 months and 7 days ago

They were taking a break in the village again, Kagome had decided that a free year after high school was her limit, she could not put off her life in the present anymore. She would not abandon the cause but she had to start University and start making a life in the present or else by the time they were done she would have nothing in her time for her. She had decided she was not staying in the past, a few years ago she would have been willing to do so just to be with Inuyasha but this world, this time was just too different and her love for him couldn't overcome the fact that she didn't fit and she would never be happy as a housewife in a hut in a little village raising children for the rest of her life.

She wanted to be a doctor, she had to start he pre-med studies as soon as possible, her choice of career didn't allow her much time to pass before she started and she was already behind most of her generation. She had discussed it with Inuyasha and he had reluctantly agreed (because he knew this was her choosing a life without him even she hadn't realized it yet) but had let her. Kagome was in taking the free time in the village to help Kaede and to fill her application. She was going to start pre-med online courses and had found a University that was willing to allow her to be out of contact for long periods of time and to turn in her work in accumulated packages but she had to pass the application process first.

She had just finished helping Kaede a few minutes, since her apprentices had arrived she had excused herself and moved to her hut (after 4 years everyone had their own hut in the village, Miroku and Sango shared one and Shippo switched between hers and Inuyasha's). She was in the middle of doing one of the required essays when Inuyasha walked in and promptly sat down in front of her in his usual pose, Indian style with his arms crossed over his chest and into the sleeves of his haori.

"We need to talk", he had said, with such a serious face that it looked out of place on him and she just knew that the conversation that would follow would not be good for her. She put aside her papers in orderly manner, placing them in their folder and tucking them into her bag pack, she had a feeling she would not be up to continuing after this conversation. When she was done she turned back to Inuyasha, took a deep breath and relaxed her shoulder, "Okay, what is it Inuyasha?"

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Back on the village Kagome and Shippo had just gotten done helping Kaede and her apprentice had arrived a short while ago. They walked back to Kagome's hut to put their things away and start preparing dinner. Kaede would not be joining them tonight since a woman from the village had started labor some hours ago and Kaede would be having a quick dinner with her apprentice before making their way to the woman's hut to be monitoring for the night even if Kaede had estimated that the child would probably be born in the late morning, early dawn.

Shippo was a bit relieved that they had finished their cores, over the years with Inuyasha's training he had attuned his senses and had learn to use them in everyday life as to avoid being caught unaware, as such, he had noticed that almost two hours ago (according to the watch Kagome had given him some months ago), Kagome's heart rate had started to spike weirdly, and she had started sweating. Now that they were done he quietly observed her mother/sister figure as they walked to her hut and noticed that her hands were minutely shaking something that over the past few days he had noted but was too afraid to ask her about. Mostly because her mood over the last 15 days or so had deteriorated to the point that you never knew what might set her off, she could go form happy to sad to incredibly angry and offended in a matter of seconds.

Shippo had gone through his first maturing period a year ago on his 50the birthday and he had transformed form his half animal form to his full humanoid form, his kitsune legs become humanoid legs and his tail going from bushy and similar to a rabbits to elongating and then splitting in two (which surprised him and Inuyasha but apparently his training had paid off and he was starting adolescent youkai life with two tails instead of one as many did, a sign that he had the potential to become very powerful in adulthood). After his maturing period he had grown rapidly the past year and now he was actually about 3 inches taller than Kagome and able to contribute much more to the fighting maybe not in terms of pure power but in terms of ability, he was no longer a liability for the group.

Now, Shippo might be taller but he was still a child and he still looked up to Kagome and as such he decided he wanted to cheer her up so he as they were entering the hut he walked up to her and hugged her form behind, he put his head on her shoulder and looked at her, "Kagooooomeeeeeee, let's do something fun!"

Kagome shrugged him off and went straight to her backpack, "not now Shippo, I'm busy and not in the mood", she didn't even look from her backpack and was obviously becoming more frustrated the longer she couldn't find whatever it was that she was looking. "But we have been helping Kaede everyday and we never to anything fun! I thought this few days were to relax and have some fun, come on!', Shippo knew he was getting whiny but sometimes it was the only thing that worked with Kagome.

Kagome made a small noise of triumph and leaned back, a white bottle in her hands that Shippo recognized as the 'vitamin pills' whatever they were that she started taking some time ago. Kagome completely ignored Shippo's comment and opened the bottle and upended it on her palm but only one little pill came out, immediately she frowned, cursed and threw the bottle to the ground. She looked at the pill and swallowed it dry all the while getting up, grabbing the bottle from the ground and walking out of the hut in the direction of the forest.

Shippo immediately followed, frowning at the lack of response he was getting and at the weird behavior that Kagome was exhibiting. She was muttering to herself as she walked, things like 'of all the times to happen...', to 'why now' and 'god I hope I have some more at home'. Shippo was very concerned; she was ignoring him, it was like she didn't even realize he was there anymore, "Kagome, where are you going?"

He got no response, they were inside the forest by now and he knew that she was heading towards the well, but she hadn't told anyone she was leaving today, in fact she had mentioned she wanted to spend at least a day with Miroku and Sango after they arrived before going to her time and delivering her online assignments, whatever those were he just knew it was work her senseis had given to her to do.

They were a 20 feet away from the well when Shippo made a decision, he reached out to Kagome and grabbed her wrist, halting her progress, "Kagome, please, where are you going? Why are you so upset? You said you would wait for Sango and Miroku before leaving! You haven't even told Inuyasha!"

He knew he had made a mistake when he saw the pure anger that took over he features, she jerked her hand back and pushed him, so surprised was he that he actually fall to the ground even if the push hadn't been that hard. He started up at her, his shock obvious in his face.

Kagome looked down a him, she didn't see him as Shippo, in her mind, he was someone that was stopping her form getting to her goal and she was not going to let anyone get in her way. She lifted her hand, vaguely feeling the miko energy gathering in her palm, and just as she was lowering it down, ready for sending it at whoever was interfering with her goals, a yelp broke her out of her enraged mind.

It took a few seconds but she finally identified the being, person in the floor in front of her, 'Shippo', she thought with dismay, 'Oh my god, what did I do?'. Then she noticed that she still had her hand in air ready for attack and that Shippo was staring at it with horror in his face; she turned her head and felt her blood run cold as the consequences of her actions hit her in the face.

Her had was encased in Miko power just as she had felt it, however the power was not the trademark pink of Mikos, no instead it was purple with some hints of black and she immediately was reminded of the pure blackness of Tsubaki the Dark Miko when they had faced her 4 years ago, and she realized that what she was doing was not only affecting her body and mind, but her soul as well. She made a decision.

She let the power dissipate and feel on her knees in front of Shippo, "Oh Shippo, I am so sorry, please forgive me, I don't know what came over me", 'actually you do' and voice inside her told her; Kagome mentally shook her head and focused on Shippo, "Shippo I want you to do me a favor, can you do that? Please?"

Shippo was in shock, Kagome, her Kagome had been violet against him, had been close to purifying him, but what shocked him the most was the irrefutable proof that his concerns about her were right, that something was wrong with her. Her powers, that used to be a soft pink were now purple, and he knew what that meant, she was corrupted. He saw as realization crossed her face as she looked at her power, then sadness and guilt. She turned to him and feel on her knees begging forgiveness and she looked so sorry that he knew he had already forgiven her before she had even asked. He leaned forward "Kagome, it's okay, what do you want me to do?"

"Go back to the village, stay in my hut and wait for the others to get there, tell them I will be gone for one day and to please have Kirara waiting for me at the well tomorrow morning, no one else just her", she took his hands in hers and pressed them to her chest, looking so earnest that he knew he couldn't deny her, "Shippo you understand what you saw, it is all my fault and I have to fix it, no one can help me, so do this for me please"

He nodded and hugged her back when she leaned forward, his taller frame engulfing her and in that moment he had never been more aware of her frailness, she had always looked so strong, never afraid of anything that stood on her way that he sometimes forgot that she was human and that unlike Sango she didn't grow up among youkai and had no training to fight them.

She release him and leaned back, standing up at the same time he did, they looked at one another and for a second Shippo felt this terrible foreboding as if something bad was going to happen and he almost went back on his word, wanted so bad to convince him to let him stay or to come back with him, but he saw it in her face, resolution and determination and he knew it was futile.

"I love you Onee-chan" and then he was gone.

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Kagome stood there for a few moments just looking as he jumped from tree to tree on his way back, so like Inuyasha that she understood why Shippo in the end looked up to him more than he did to her. In the end she was human, and perhaps if she had been from this time she would have been a better mother figure, would have understood Shippo better, but she wasn't and there was this barrier between them and she never could see him as anything else than a human kid. It was, why she though in the end, he gave up on seeing her as a mother and saw her as an older sister, why when they were alone he called her Onee-chan. She had never been so disappointing and happy at the same time when he first called her that. One part of her wanted to be a mother to him so bad, for the little orphan that had lost both parents and been so alone, but another more stronger perhaps had recognized that she was too young and that ultimately she did not want children until later in her life, that she was satisfied being his sister.

As Kagome finally turned back to the well, she would regret that brief moment of introspection as it would be her downfall.

The moment she turned back and gave her first step forward, form the bush to her left came out a youkai headed straight at her. She barely managed to dodge and ended up with a bloodied side and as she looked at the youkai that had attacked her she couldn't help but feel that history was repeating itself. For standing in from of her was a centipede youkai and the only different was that it was male. Kagome had no option but to run, her corrupted powers would not be able to purify the youkai and she had stupidly left her weapons at her hut, figuring she was safe within Inuyasha's forest as no youkai dared cause trouble in it less they wanted to die.

She ran towards the well, it was closer and she would be able to jump in it and escape faster than if she tried to run towards the village, she ran and she could feel the ground shaking as the centipede slithered after her, screaming for the shards she carried around her neck.

She reached the edge of the well and jumped but just before she crossed the barrier she felt something grab her and dread filled her as she realized that youkai had crossed over time with her. The last few seconds before she disappeared from the Feudal Times she screamed "INUYASHA!"

#

On the other side of the forest Inuyasha was interrupted form his musing by a scream, by the time his head identified whose it belonged to he was already running towards the source. He knew it was Kagome but still he was surprised to see that the scream and the smell of her blood that he could now scent were in the direction of the well, 'Was she planning on leaving without telling anybody?, No matter I have to help her', he was still a few miles form the well, the forest was rather big and he had been near the farthest limits of it. 'I've got to hurry'

He couldn't hear anything, no struggle and no more of her sounds, for a moment he feared that he was too late and that she was dead, but then he realized that he didn't hear anything meaning no youkai either and he was sure there had been one as he could smell but not hear it. 'They were near the well, maybe she tried to jump to escape, but, if the youkai touched her, then could it also cross time with her?' He dearly hope not, not only for her safety but for that of her family as well.

The minutes it took to reach the well were the longest Inuyasha had experienced, and as he saw the empty field and the spots of blood on the ground leading towards the well, along with the absence of a youkai nearby his worst fears were confirmed and he desperately headed towards the well. He would not be prepared for what he would find on the other side.

#

Shippo had almost reached the village his concern for Kagome dissipating when he caught the scent of Sango and Miroku and saw Kirara in the sky lowering to the ground near their hut. He changed directions and prepare to head straight to them when he heard the scream echo across the forest; immediately he turned around vaguely registering the fact that Kirara took to the sky again, heading in the same direction he now was. Towards the Bones Eater Well.

#

It took a few seconds for Kagome to register that she had landed on the bottom of the well and a few more to feel that the centipede had wrapped himself around her. It all happened so fast, just because they had cross time doesn't mean that the centipede had stopped his attack and Kagome while she knew that her power would not purify they would still harm and so she gathered energy and proceeded to blast two wholes into the side of the centipede. They were around the size of basketballs and the explosion showered her in blood, but Kagome didn't care, she immediately turned around and started climbing up the well as fast as she could. As she reached the top she turned around and sent to more blast towards the centipede, this time one of them hit the humanoid chest while the other one hit lower, the centipede screeched in pain and fell back to the bottom but did not cross back to the Feudal Times as she had hoped. She realized that she needed to touch him in order to do so; she finally got out of the well and ran out of the hut built around it, turning to close the doors avoiding touching the ofudas that her grandfather had placed so as not to corrupt them. She hoped that would buy her some time, she needed to get her spare bow and weapons form her room and she needed to get her family out of the house.

Kagome ran towards the house screaming for her mom and grandfather, she got inside and into the living room where her mother and grandfather were. She ignored their cries of shock over her bloodied appearance and reached for her mother grabbing her hand and pulling her towards the front of the house, as far away as possible from the Well, "Mom! You have to get out, you too Grandpa, get out, get out"

They had reached the door when two things happened, her mother turned towards her, "Kagome it's Saturday today, Souta is here in his room we have to go get him!", and the sound of a wood breaking from the back almost drowned out her mother's words. Kagome paled, "hurry get out of here I will go get him, but you have to get away please!"

"No! Let us fight the youkai, I will banish him with my ofudas!" "Grandpa there is no time, your ofudas are not strong enough, please don't get in the way!"

Her mother pulled her father towards the door, "Come on father we have to run", then she turned to look at Kagome, "Save Souta!" and the she was gone running down the shrine stairs with her grandfather.

Kagome turned towards the stairs going up as fast as she could and she realized that the centipede hadn't come for her yet and with a start she remembered why, 'the other shards are in my room!, next to Souta's room'. With a burst of speed, the pure adrenaline going through her body made her forget the withdrawal she was feeling, all that was in her mind was the determination of saving her brother and getting to the shards as fast as possible.

She reached the second floor and opened the door to her brother's room, startling him from the video game she was playing, understanding why he hadn't listened to her screams before, "Souta! Get out, you have to run now! Out the front door, mom and grandpa are already getting away!" then she proceeded to run to her room and she opened the door just as the centipede burst in from the window.

Souta was startled, he was shocked to see her sister so bloodied, by the time he registered her words she had moved on to her room, and Souta quickly made a decision, he grabbed the two swords from his wall and ran to Kagome's room. His family was a family living on a Shrine and while he may not have miko powers he did have spiritual powers, strong enough to be used in a fight to purify demons through weapons and not only written ofudas.

He entered the room to see Kagome in the floor next to her desk and the centipede readying for attack, he quickly jumped in the air and focused energy into one of the swords sending out a small wave similar to that of the wind scar but a lot smaller and composed of spiritual energy. It hit the youkai right in the chest and he screeched in pain and lost his balance on the window, falling out towards the ground.

Kagome had jumped as soon as the window burst, she landed next to the desk and before she could gather her energy, she felt Souta's energy, identifiable to her after 4 years of training together, go over her head and hit the centipede. She took her chance and stood up quickly opening the drawer and taking the other necklace where she kept the majority of the Shikon shards. Then she turned around and quickly grabbed her bow and sword form the wall and ran out with Souta right behind her.

As they reached the ground floor and took the side door outside and ran towards the Goshinboku tree where the centipede had landed they were faced with a horrible scene. Their grandfather lay on the roots of the tree, arms spread, eyes open a pool of blood around him that could be trace to the horrible wound on his chest. He was dead.

For a moment, both Souta and Kagome stood in shock but a scream snapped them out of it, they look to the right and saw the centipede holding their mother, coiled around her like a snake, his face right next to hers. "Give me the shards Miko, or I will kill this human!" it said.

"Kagome! Souta! run!"

Kagome was stuck and made a quick decision, "alright I will give you the shards if you promise to give her back" the centipede nodded and moved closer to her. Kagome took out the shards she had originally been wearing, at the same time slapping an ofuda she had grabbed and hidden in her hand to the second section of the pearl the bigger one, to hide their presence and make the centipede believe she was giving him all the shards she had.

She snapped the necklace of and threw it to him, who promptly grabbed it with one of his six hands. He ate the shard and smirked at them, it all happened so quickly and the next thing they knew their mother was falling to the ground with a gaping wound on her abdomen.

She heard a scream and faintly recognized it as Souta's but she was too focused on the sight of her mother bleeding, dying, at the feet of the youkai. She was filled with such anger, she grabbed her bow and threw as much miko energy she possessed, not noticing that this time it was slightly more pink than purple, and when a ball the size of two basketballs was at the tip of her arrow she let it loose with deadly accuracy towards the stomach of the centipede where she could see the newly swallowed shards. It all happened so fast that the damned youkai didn't even have time to dodge. The blast hit him and went through him, making a whole of the size of the energy ball on his abdomen and ripped the shards from his body.

The screech the centipede made was what snapped Souta out of his grief, and he looked towards it and saw the shards falling a few feet behind and knew that if the youkai got his hand on them again, it would heal all the damage they had already done. So he prepared his swords in front of him in the shape of an x and gathered as much energy as he could as fast as he could while he ran towards the centipede, his sister running right next to him.

As he release his attack sending a x shaped spiritual energy blast towards the youkai, Kagome dodged underneath it and grabbed the shards, then she turned around in her knees and notched another arrow on her bow, sending an powerful attack at his back. The centipede screamed as he was dismembered and fell in pieces to the floor, dead.

Kagome stood form her kneeling position and walked quickly towards the centipede "Souta you have to do this, get here and purify every last bit, don't let anything remain", as Souta moved to do just that, Kagome hurried to her mother's body and she feel to her knees next to it.

She lifted her mother's body from the ground and finally just stared, the injury in her abdomen was through and through and she had lost enough blood that she knew it was fatal, she just wanted to know if her mother had already died. "Mom..?"

Souta moved fast, the pieces of the centipede had fallen rather close together and he could see why his sister insisted on purifying every piece as he observed some parts moving and merging together again. He knelt down and gathered energy to his hands, instead of making a ball he tried to do a disk of about 3 feet wide, once it was stable enough he lowered it to the ground and released it with a boost making it expand to 10 feet around in a second, and effectively purifying the remains.

As soon as he was done he made his way to where Kagome was with their mother and fell to his knees next to her. "Mom...?"

Kagome felt the body in her arms shake and convulse and her mother opened her eyes at the same time as she coughed up blood, "Kagome..., Souta..." she rasped. "Mom! Please don't go!, Mom!", she turned her face towards her youngest and with all the energy she had left she lifted her hand towards his face, "I.. am so proud of you both... you have grown strong like your sister", she coughed, "Kagome, Souta, take care of each other and please..."the blood in her throat was making it hard for her to speak, "be happy, I love you, your father... would've been..proud"

Souta felt her hand go limp in between his where he had grabbed it after her attempt to touch his face; Kagome felt her shoulder's relax and her breathing stop and she knew, she knew she was dead. And it was all her fault. Both Higurashi siblings bowed over the body of their deceased mother and cried... this, was how Inuyasha found them.

#

Inuyasha knew something was wrong the moment he crossed the barrier, the unmistakable stench of blood overwhelmed his senses and the light that reached his eyes, that shouldn't be there because the well on this side was inside a hut, were both signs that something terrible had happened.

He jumped out of the well and immediately wished that he had been faster, he had never wished to be a full blooded youkai as much as he had on that moment. In front of him, he could see on the roots of the Goshinboku a form he identified as the old man, Kagome's grandfather.. and there on the center of the backyard were two figures hunched over a third figure than Inuyasha guessed from the smell was Kagome's mother.

As he stood there and saw the two siblings grieve over their lost family something tugged at his senses. Inuyasha frowned, he had a feeling he couldn't identify and for some reason it was an urgent feeling, like he had to do it now. He moved towards the siblings and it was then he understood that the feeling had to do with Kagome's mother, but still he didn't understand what it was, he could hear no heartbeat and the amount of blood she had spilled ensured she was already dead, no chance of survival. 'No.. not survival, revival!'

Inuyasha looked towards where the grandfather lay but he did not feel the same, 'he has already lived his life and his time has come', he though as he turned to look towards the siblings, 'but hers hasn't'.

He walked fast towards the siblings "Kagome!", they didn't react so when he reached them he touched her shoulder and leaned down, "it's not her time yet!, you have to get her to the well"

Kagome felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to look at Inuyasha, his words took a moment to register but then her eyes widened, "but how do you know?", Inuyasha shook his head, "look I don't know how, this is Sesshoumaru's thing not mine, but I'm getting this feeling about her, I think she can be revived, get her to the Well," he gestured towards grandpa, " I will go pick him up and take him to the house, I'll lay him down on the couch"

Kagome composed herself and tugged at Souta where he was still hunched over their mother's body, "Souta get up, we have to get mom to the well, help me", he reacted fast, new hope in his eyes and quickly leaned down and picked up his mothers petite form and walked to towards the well. Kagome watched him for a few seconds and turned towards Inuyasha, "Inuyasha be quick about it and don't touch anything, things work differently here and I have to come back to sort things out" she sighed, "and then we need to talk". She looked up at him for a few seconds before following Souta towards the well where he was waiting for he couldn't cross without her.

She reached the edge and perched on top of it, she helped Souta do the same without losing balance and then she placed a hand on his shoulder, "ready? on my count", she tightened her hold on him, "one, two, three, go" and they jumped.

Inuyasha watched them disappear and quickly made his way towards where grandpa lay, he leaned down and picked up the small frail form and proceeded to the house, once inside he laid down the body on the couch and with gentle hands closed his eyes. Inuyasha leaned back and look around and he felt profound regret that things would never be the same and that the fond memories he had of this house and this family would be tainted forever with this tragic end.

He turned and made his way to the Well. Things had just irrevocably change, whether for good or bad he didn't know yet and he wasn't sure he wanted to find out.

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