Future Past
by Oniko
"Inu Yasha!" Kagome yelled as she hauled herself, and her overloaded backpack, up the vine encased well. Her backpack was filled to bursting with ramen, ramen, and more ramen, oh and some crayons for Shippou, but mostly ramen for Inu Yasha. "Stupid dog, never around when you need him," she muttered under her breath. Almost to the top, she braced herself and took a deep breath. Ignore her would he?
"Inu YA-ShaaaaAAAh!" Her call turned into a scream as the vine snapped in her hand, and she started toppling backwards down the well. The start of a long, though familiar, fall was halted by the grasp of a clawed hand on her wrist. She almost cried in relief as her savior helped her climb up to the lip of the well. Not that it would do for him to know, it was Inu Yasha's fault that she was in this predicament in the first place. Drawing her anger around herself like a mantle, she turned to him. "Where the hell… have… you… uh-oh."
Her erstwhile savior was not Inu Yasha. He was a dog demon though, that is, if the gold-yellow eyes and moonlight hair where any indications. Without conscious though Kagome opened her mouth and, "Who are you?"
He raised a single eyebrow. "Lord Inu Yasha." He answered; she could feel his deep baritone voice through her bones.
"No, you're not." She said. His other eyebrow lifted to join the first. "Seriously, who are you?"
Now both eyebrows dropped down. "As this Inu Yasha has informed you," he growled reminding her oddly of Sesshoumaru, especially with that derogatory inflection on the 'you.' "I am the Lord of the Western Lands, Lord of the Dogs and General of the Emperor's Armies. And who, little human, are you to address me?"
"I… ah…" Kagome stammered out, feeling completely tongue tied and at a loss as each title hit her in the gut like a load of bricks. Now it was obvious, she could see the similarities to both Inu Yasha and Sesshoumaru. The demon who had pulled her from the well was none other then Inu Yasha's father.
She stammered out a few more incoherent syllables. The demon in front of her cocked his head to one side and looked at her curiously, exactly like Inu Yasha's did on occasion, and asked, "Izayoi?"
She stared at him, eyes wide open in horror. "No!"
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AN: This scene, and sadly only this scene has been stuck in my head for a while, but I thought I'd post it for the giggles. I know it's fanon for Inu Yasha's father to be named Touga, but I thought the two looked so much alike it would be interesting if they shared the same name, and that could be why the name was never mentioned.