Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.
In the Beginning
By Angel Kamiya

There was nothing but blackness all around her. Kagura was trapped somewhere dark where she couldn't move, see anything, or even breathe. She struggled to move her body and arms, knowing that she had to get quickly away from wherever she was at. If she stayed there for much longer she knew that she would die. The next few moments she fought to find where she could go for air, the one thing that she was quickly running out of. The heavy dirt was falling on her over and over again as she forced herself to push it away. When Kagura's fingers felt the cold wind, she pulled herself up from the ground. The soil fell away from her body as she finally clawed her way out of her prison.

Kagura laid there for a long time, coughing over and over again, grateful that she hadn't died after being buried alive. The only reason she had survived was because she had been able to hold her breath for so long. If she had been human she would have suffocated long ago.

After Kagura pushed herself up so she was sitting, she opened her eyes and saw that it was daytime. The sky was cloudy, looking like it would rain very soon. Kagura quickly placed a hand where she had been hurt, feeling no pain in her chest, instead there was only the beating of her heart. Kagura saw that there wasn't anything wrong her. The last thing she remembered was being impaled in the chest by one of Naraku's arms, and the pain was now already fading from her memory. She studied the new purple and white striped patterned kimono she was wearing and quickly noticing something else was strange. The clothes she had been wearing had been covered in blood after she had been stabbed, but it looked to be brand new now. Kagura didn't know how to explain that there was now not a single scratch on her.

Kagura was very thirsty. Slowly getting onto her feet, she stumbled and hit the ground hard. If someone had been there with her they probably would have laughed at how clumsy she had become. Kagura felt the terrible headache that was going on in her head.

She tried to get up again, pushing herself as much as she could. This time she was able to stand there on her wobbly legs. Kagura took a quickly look at her surroundings, seeing a large field of dirt and vegetables not too far away, nothing interesting but the farms. There was the sound of humans talking and going about their work, meaning that she could get something to drink from them. Kagura took out a feather from her hair and stared at it for what seemed like an eternity. Would it really be a good idea to go flying in her condition?

The wind sorceress decided it would be safer to walk.

The next couple of minutes was spent heading to the human village. It didn't take long for her to start thinking about what was happening. Why had she been buried in the ground even though she was still alive? The last thing she had remembered was sitting in a field of flowers waiting for death after the terrible wound Nakura had inflicted on her. That had been her last memory. For some reason Kagura started thinking about Sesshomaru. Kagura shook her head, telling herself that there was no time to start thinking about him when she was still possibly in danger. The most important thing was to find out what was going on.

What was going she going to do? Did Naraku already know where she was? Was he going to try to kill her again after he learned that she had somehow survived?

Kagura now was very close to the human village. The land around her looked familiar. It was an area where Kaede's village was at. Kagura suddenly had a very strong urge to see Inuyasha, someone that might be able to help her.

She thought about what she was going to say to them. Was she really going to ask for help?

Kagura entered the village and quickly went over to one of the wooden barrels close by that contained drinking water. Kagura scooped up a bunch of cold water in her hand and drank.

When she glanced up she saw the human woman there staring back in terror.

"Can you tell me where Inuyasha is?" Kagura asked.

The villager let out a loud scream and took off towards one of the nearby huts. Kagura rolled her eyes. Of course the human would have ran away! What else was going to happen if she met up with a strange demon?

Kagura followed after the human, hoping to catch up to her before things turned bad.

Before she could even attempt to explain what she was doing there, they quickly surrounded her. The small mob of humans carried weak weapons that wouldn't even been able to touch her with how quickly she moved, but Kagura really didn't want to fight them. Kagura spun around to count how many there were. There were about a dozen.

"Stop right there!"

At that voice Kagura turned to face the person that had shouted those words.

Inuyasha landed a few feet away, still wearing the red kimono, his long silver hair was unchanged along with the very distinctive dog ears at the top of his head. Inuyasha looked furious and was already holding Tessaiga in his hand.

"Who are you?" Inuyasha yelled, starting to growl. "Tell me right now!"

"Did you go blind while I was away?" Kagura responded, sarcastically.

"Don't try to play any games with me! I know you aren't Kagura!"

Inuyasha rushed her, bringing the sword down at where she was standing, forcing Kagura to leap out of the way. He would have cut Kagura in half if she hadn't! As he went to attack her again Kagura tried to dodge out of the way again. Every part of her was telling her to fight back, but she resisted. The last thing she wanted to do was fight him.

"What the hell are you doing, Inuyasha? First you were protecting me and now you are trying to kill me? Make up your mind already!"

"This is just some trick! I won't fall for it! I'll kill you for trying to fool me! Demon!" Inuyasha replied, angrily.

Kagura held the fan close to herself. This was bad. The only reason she was there was because she wanted his help. Now she was probably going to get killed! After Inuyasha had mastered the Wind Scar he had become a very dangerous opponent. Kagura glared at him and wondered if she should fly away or not.

"Inuyasha! Stop!" a woman yelled.

Kagura saw the young woman dressed in the red and white outfit of a priestess. At first Kagura believed it was Kikyo, but quickly figured out it was actually Kagome. She had changed so much. Instead of the young teen that was always causing Naraku trouble that she had known, she appeared older. No longer that skinny girl, the person standing there was a beautiful young woman. Kagome's dark hair was a little longer and fell down her shoulders. Her skin was soft and she carried herself like she was someone that was older than she really was. There was something about her big brown eyes that made her look wiser.

"But Kagome... I-"

"No! Inuyasha! Put that away!" Kagome yelled, looking at the visitor. "I think that is Kagura!"

"Of course it's me! Who else would I be?" Kagura answered, frustrated.

"It's some kind of trick! I know it is! We saw Kagura die remember?" Inuyasha stated.

Kagura froze. Did he really say that he had see her die? Kagura didn't remember dying.

"We saw you die," Inuyasha explained, putting away the sword. "It was eight years ago."

"I... I died?"

Kagura was overwhelmed by what he had just told her. She had been dead eight years now?

"Where's Naraku? Tell me!"

"Naraku's dead," Kagome whispered.

Kagura felt to her knees. Her entire body started shaking like something heavy that had been on her shoulders since she her birth was now gone. Kagura closed her eyes, trying to let this news sink in.

When she opened her eyes again, she saw Kagome standing over her. What was she going to do now? People didn't just come back to life after they had been dead for years. What had happened?

"Is it really you, Kagura?" Kagome asked, softly. "How did you come back to life?"

"I don't know," Kagura whispered, thinking about who had the power to bring a person back from death.