Sorry this took so long guys but my other fic's are priority right now though I will still try to update in a timely manner & have no plans right now to abandon this fic. So for now…I will finish it.

I was caught between wanting to continue this as I started with First Person POV or going with Normal 3rd person POV. So I'm going to let you all decide. Should I continue this fic First Person, alternating maybe between Kagome & Sesshoumaru's POV (Kagome's being the dominant) or should I just go with Normal POV for the rest of the story and get everyone's all around view?

I want you guys to tell me. I am leaning towards Normal since it is not only easier (I found this out the hard way) but also gets more of a birds eye view of everything that's going on. But I want you guys to tell me. I did both views in this chapter so I hope I didn't confuse anyone to much. Sorry.

Please REVIEW & let me know which one you'd think would be best!

Thanks!


Last time…

Oh kami, onegai. I need to find a way to escape! I felt my wrists being bound before me reminding me again of how I had just saved one from a fate such as mine. I was roughly shoved forward and ordered to walk. I could see my legs moving out of their own accord though I could not feel them at the moment. I had never been much afraid of anything or anyone, for when you have faced the kind of youkai - and rough mouthed hanyou - that I have, a part of you begins to become desensitized to fear. Yet as I saw the lustful look of the male taijiya - who held the rope that bound me - I truly began to worry. I was in another time period where I knew absolutely no one, my only possible salvation had fled, and my miko abilities would not work on humans.

So now what? I wondered.

Since I believed myself to be a rather resourceful girl, I knew that I would be able to find a way to save myself.

Well, I really, really hoped that I would find a way to save myself before it was too late.


Ch. 2 Unanswered questions

We continued to walk on, though in my clumsy, half numbed state, I tripped several times. At first I thought that the taijiya holding my rope would be gentleman enough to save me from falling, though I quickly came to learn that he found some perverse enjoyment each time I fell and scraped my knees. I could feel how my skin began to peel back and bleed and how each scrape soon became covered in grains of dirt and grass making me desperately want to take a bath and scrub myself clean.

'How far away was this village anyway?' I wondered. But before I could even contemplate how I was going to formulate a virtually impossible escape plan, the village came into view making my breath hitch in my throat. I was out of time.

"Come now priestess, we shall place you in a comfortable place until your punishment is decided. Though perhaps it might not be as sumptuous as your youkai lover's home, it will have to do," the same taijiya said, laughing at my narrow-eyed stare.

The village reminded me of Edo yet was much busier with the bustling of farmers, merchants, and villagers and much larger in size as well. Although, at the moment I didn't care what it looked like, I was too busy peering around for an escape route.

I was rudely shoved into a small hut at the outermost edge of the village. The dark musty smell gave me the impression that it was rarely used, since there were no furnishings other than some kindling and several sacks. Unfortunately, I didn't get to look around too much as I was not only shoved in and left alone to my own devices, but was soon shackled against my will to the cold metal chains that hung upon the wall like disturbing reminders that this was not just a simple visit between friends.

"What do you want with me? Just let me go right now or... or my youkai lover will come back to kill you all and gut you anmpphhh-!!"

How dare he?! The stupid ass of a youkai exterminator had gagged me! Some kind of handkerchief was placed around my mouth cutting into the corners of my lips with the tight way it had been secured around me, muffling every word I was trying to shout.

Great! Now I couldn't even get the satisfaction of trying to insult the rude slayers who had so effortlessly captured me. Hopefully they would at least give me the opportunity to defend myself, to - to try to convince them this was all just some kind of awful mistake.

As everyone promptly walked out of the hut, leaving me alone to think things through, I was suddenly a bit more frightened than I would like to admit. What were they going to do with me? What kind of punishment was I going to receive?

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Well, it had been oh... about seven hours, maybe more, since I had been left in the hut. I kept track of the time to keep my mind busy, and in all that time I quickly noted how no one had bothered to bring me food or drink, though, thankfully, they had at least come in once to allow me to relieve myself. Just in time too, for I had thought my bladder was going to explode, and it would have been really, really, embarrassing to pee all over myself, not to mention it would seriously give me a bathroom complex.

I wasn't sure if I was relieved or frightened when I saw several people finally file into my temporary prison. However, once they lit several torches in the dim room and I got a good look at their faces, I quickly came to the conclusion that I was frightened. The three taijiya that came into the room with a handful of normally clothed villagers, had still not changed out of their slayers outfits and had even kept their masks on. Did they think that I was contagious or something? Well I couldn't give them a piece of my mind for my gag was still in place but I was so going to tell them what I thought once they removed it - if they removed it.

"Woman." A bitter looking elderly gentleman spoke up causing me to immediately pay attention and leave my retorts for another time. "You have disgraced your holy and pious profession and betrayed your own people to become a youkai's whore. You have been found aiding our enemy and doing other unmentionable acts even in the presence of our noble protectors. For this you have been found guilty and punishment for your crimes shall immediately be carried out upon your flesh."

'What? What did that old man mean by punishment carried out on my flesh?!!' I thought frantically, trying to ask through my gag, my eyes wide with apprehension.

"Uyeda, you will carry out this punishment. Five lashes to her tender back should do to get her to change her mind about giving her body to a youkai. When her sentence has been carried out, come for me."

With that being said the villager suddenly took out a long sinister whip from his robes and gave it to that crazy fool who had threatened to -uhh -threatened to show me what 'a

man could do.'

"WAIT A MINUTE!!" I yelled through my restraint. "DON'T I GET TO TALK TO SOMEONE AND EXPLAIN?!!" Though no one even bothered to listen to my muffled screams I had to try to save myself. I struggled against my restraints and kicked at anyone who got within touching distance of me.

Though that didn't seem to stop the taijiya as they grabbed me forcefully, unshackled me, turned me around so that my back was facing them and then chained me up once again. I felt my school uniform blouse being ripped down my back and I suddenly gasped through the rag with the realization of what was about to happen to me.

I paled as I heard the whip unfurl with a hiss.

'No, no why is this happening to me?!!' I screamed within the confines of my mind. I couldn't believe the injustice of it all. I was about to get punished for helping a youkai, certainly not a crime warranting five lashes. My only consolation at the moment was the knowledge that the youkai I had saved would have actually been killed, and not simply castigated with a couple of whips to the back. Though I didn't know what his crime was, other than to be a youkai, he looked intelligent enough not to have simply gone on a killing spree through some town like many lower level youkai are in the habit of doing.

I had to steel myself. I know that what I did what was right even if-

I convulsed in sudden pain as an unanticipated burning ripped into my back with an excruciatingly sting, making tears begin to pool in my eyes. My body shuddered with the first hit and for a split second I wondered if I was going to be able to survive the five lashings handed down to me if I could barely tolerate one.

I tried to clear my mind and allow it to flow where it will. The images of my friends came to the forefront of my thoughts as I tried to meditate as Kaede-obaa-san had taught me to do many times before. Once the whip descended upon my back, however, for the second time, all my reflections and meditation went out the closest window with the agonizing pain.

My body jerked forward, and I could only scream through my gag, the tears of pain I had tried to withhold soon clouded my vision as they descended in torrents upon my face.

Although my senses had suddenly become dim, I could still hear the bastard taijiya screaming obscenities at me and mocking me for being a youkai's whore. He described in great detail how human men were much better in bed than youkai and promised I would find out first hand as soon as my back had healed enough to get 'mounted.'

I tuned out his loud, cruel, and cold-hearted laughter as the whip descended upon my back once again. My body convulsed on its own as I hung from the shackles limply now, my legs no longer able to support my weight from the unbearable pain.

Suddenly I found myself glad that I had been gagged, for if I hadn't, I fear that my screams would have only driven the man enforcing my punishment to new heights, if that were at all possible. For even now I could hear him grunt with the force he was using to flog me.

When the fourth lash fell upon my already torn and bloodied back, I no longer felt anything. Although, I did hear the unmistakable sound of the whip as it cut through the air, and the sickening sound as it struck my flesh. I believe my body and mind were beyond pain, numbing me from the horrific nightmare, though I felt my body jerk forward awkwardly with the force of the blow anyway. My mind was soon forcing a cocoon of darkness around me and I gladly welcomed it as I fell into unconscious bliss, as my mind swirled with one last thought, thankfully, unable to feel the last and final blow

I truly hoped that the youkai I had saved would come to thank me for this one day.

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Normal Point of View

Kagome awoke slowly, her mind hazy and confused. She immediately came to the conclusion that she must have fallen asleep outside, as she felt her face plastered to the thin, brittle grass and felt the little rocks and dirt stick to her skin.

She tried to move from her currently sprawled position on the hard ground but soon found that to be a very painful and excruciating mistake. The miko let her head fall back to the dirt and groaned in misery, suddenly remembering what had been done to her.

'Yet it doesn't make sense, why am I outside?' She wondered. 'Do they have such callous hearts that they would just dump me outside to heal?' Kagome didn't know where she was, but she really hoped that she was not being watched.

She tried to stand once again, not wanting to give the taijiya the satisfaction of seeing her unable to even move. Though her body was not cooperating and only stung with the movement, she was at least able to collapse in a dignified way and was hoping she didn't just look like a sack of potatoes being deposited on the floor.

She sighed. The miko was rather curious now. It really didn't make sense to her. Why would they just come and dump her off somewhere? She tried to move her head from side to side to see if she could spot anyone hovering over her, guarding her, or at the very least tending to her, but she was unable to see or even hear anyone. The sound of the birds chirping their songs of praise to the earth and the small creatures scurrying about the underbrush were the only sounds that met her ears.

'How strange,' she thought, 'if there isn't anyone around and they did dump me off who knows where, then that means that I'm free! Albeit, still unarmed, without food or shelter, but still free right? That has to count for something.'

There was nothing to do now but try to push herself off the ground once again and try to stand or... or at least sit. Then she would be able to sit calmly and think things through, formulate a plan, and find a way to get back home. She began to move about stiffly when she was suddenly startled into an early heart attack.

"Do not move or you will reopen your wounds."

"EEEAAKKK!!!" She screamed in fright her heart nearly jumping out of her chest making the demon wince with the shrill pitch of her voice, unbeknown to her.

"Who - who said that? Who's there?" asked the priestess straining her neck to look around her while trying to straighten herself into a less painful position.

"Do all humans normally shout this loud? Or perhaps this unique talent only belongs to you?" Asked a smooth masculine voice.

"Don't you dare come any closer, I uhhh... wait what?" She frowned at his slight jab.

"Do all youkai startle defenseless women half to death?" She asked defensively, while propping herself up onto her elbows trying to look for the youkai that had spoken.

Great, there was obviously something wrong with her holy powers if she hadn't even felt his aura.

"A youkai might scare a woman to death if he wishes to eat her perhaps," he answered - a little too seriously for her peace of mind.

"You don't - I mean that is, you're not planning on... on eating me, are... are you?" she stuttered, sounding a little too weak-kneed for her taste. And where was he anyway? Was he hiding somewhere? Why couldn't she see him? And for kami's sake, why wasn't he answering?

"…."

Kagome took his silence to heart. He didn't deny that he was planning on eating her.

Actually, she couldn't even hear him at all anymore. Now she understood why the demon slayer's had left her out here all alone….so a youkai could devour her as further punishment.

The miko was suddenly jerked out of her morbid thoughts as she felt something soft and wet being placed upon her stinging back making her jerk in surprise.

"Aaaiiiii!! What is that? What did you do?" She shuddered once more as the slightly cool air swept over the now wet area on her back. You - you can't eat me, I'm a miko, I'll purify your ass!!" She yelled again as if an abused, couldn't even move, lying on the floor, and almost powerless miko could do anything to purify him. For goodness sake, he had even touched her and she hadn't heard, or felt him move!

"Priestess, you will cease to shriek, the noise pains my ears." He paused a moment to place more moistened leaves on her back before he continued. "I do not eat ningen, and…why would you simply purify only the posterior?" He said rather irritably, his deep silken voice sounding very familiar to her of a sudden.

"Gomen, umm, what did you put on my back? And - and if you don't mind can you tell me who you are?" she asked warily, hoping he was treating her wounds and not preparing her body to be devoured like some seasoned pork, though ignoring his comment about only purifying his backside. She was not going to answer that. The priestess craned her neck once again hoping she could catch a glimpse of her elusive caretaker.

After a slight pause where he seemed to be deliberating whether or not to answer, he spoke. "I have placed several leaves moistened with medicinal herbs upon your back onna, though it seems your own miko powers have surfaced over your skin to help seal your wounds, they are still too weak to be very effective."

"Really? That's... that's very kind - wait... why are you helping me? You're a youkai, ne? There aren't other people around putting you up to this are there?"

"There is no one influencing this Sesshoumaru's decision to help you woman. Least of all any filthy humans. Though I--"

"EEPPPE!! Sess-Sesshoumaru?" She screamed again completely forgetting his earlier reprimand on the loudness of her voice trying to wrap her mind around the name. It couldn't possibly be the Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha's half-brother could it?

She tried to turn around to see for herself whether or not it was truly him. Kagome was just completely floored - figuratively and literally. Could it really be the taiyoukai out of all people who was caring for her now? How? When?

"Oh my goodness, did you save me, Sesshoumaru?" Suddenly the puzzle started to piece together in her mind. How did I get out here? Did you bring me here? And - and where exactly is here?

"Hn. It is Sesshoumaru-sama, human. Though, I would not go as far as to say that I have saved your life, I will say that I have simply returned the favor. Though you ask many questions, I will only try to answer them when you are better and able to travel."

"So it was you that was tied up? How did they catch you? You didn't kill anyone did you? Is - is your home far from here? Do you, umm, know any other miko's by any chance?" she continued as if she hadn't heard him tell her he wouldn't answer her questions just yet.

'This Sesshoumaru is certainly a lot more talkative.' She thought. 'I have known the older daiyoukai for about three years now and the most I've ever heard him say is 'die' and 'you are an embarrassment to my father's noble blood hanyou' and the like, but to be holding a conversation with him for so long was rather extreme.'

Yeah, he still sounded a bit arrogant and all but he hadn't tried to kill her, he was actually helping her, and he was acting quite civil. Hm... so this was the younger Sesshoumaru, huh? Perhaps she just needed to get to know him better. After all, it seemed that his run-ins with humans had not been all that great. And even better, he could probably help her get home. He suddenly spoke breaking her out of her assessment of his character.

"Do all ningens speak this much?" He asked countering her many questions with one of his own.

"Do all youkai act this constipated?" Kagome asked smugly, speaking before thinking of what she was saying, as always.

She quickly came to realize that she was not awake and had in fact been dreaming this whole time. There was no way, no how, that she could have just heard Sesshoumaru, future Western Lord, stoic and emotionless daiyoukai, just laugh. Well, it was more of a deep chuckle than outright laughter, and his voice wasn't as deep as his older self, but it was still one nonetheless.

Quite frankly, she was stunned. Who was this imposter who was calling himself the Killing Perfection? Oh kami, perhaps, she was not dreaming after all. This was all very real, and he was going to kill her now! That had to be why he was laughing! She was about to be killed!

"Onegai, don't kill me, I - I shouldn't have said that, I'm sorry!" She said in a panic. She couldn't believe he was going to kill her now because she had been stupid enough to forget whom she was speaking to. This was still Sesshoumaru, a dangerous youkai who didn't like being talked to in such a disrespectful way - even if he did deserve it.

"Do you think I would have brought you here and cared for your wounds only to kill you? Hn."

"I don't... I mean... weren't you?"

"No."

"Oh... well why?" Perhaps it was a dangerous question, but her curiosity had to be sated. The older Sesshoumaru probably wouldn't have thought twice about disposing of her and ending her 'pathetic existence', but this Sesshoumaru had actually laughed and was answering most of her questions. Perhaps she had judged him too quickly.

"I do not repay those who have helped this Sesshoumaru in such a fashion. It would be dishonorable and cowardly to kill you." He answered slowly as if thinking about his answer carefully.

"Well...okay." There was a near uncomfortable silence between the two, as she still lay sprawled on the ground, before she decided to speak again. "So, umm, I'm afraid I really need to get home. Is there any way you can help me?"

"Perhaps... if you tell this Sesshoumaru how you have come to know of him? You appear to know who I am."

'Does he have to answer all of my questions with another question?' she thought with aggravation, before realizing what he was asking her.

"Wha - what do you mean?" Crap, how does he know that I know him? It's not like I can lie to him, he'll know. "Hasn't everyone heard of the Western L-heir? I mean I know I have!" She laughed nervously as she tried to appeal to his arrogant side instead, almost slipping up in the process and calling him the Western Lord. Since she wasn't sure if he was already Lord of the West in this time period, she opted to call him the heir.

"Perhaps," he answered again, "though they are more likely to know my father the Inu no Taisho than they are to know me. I am usually only known as the Western heir. I am not known by my name."

Kagome couldn't help but notice how his voice sounded as if it was laced with a twinge of sadness. Yes, he still sounded rather arrogant -though not as much as his older self- but he still seemed to let some emotion flow forth in his way of-

"Wait a minute, did you just say your father the Inu no Taisho? He - he's alive? So that means... I've really gone back further than I thought," she whispered the last as she tried to wrap her mind around the situation, "…er…I mean, how old are you, Sesshoumaru-sama?"

"You are truly full of questions, onna. Although I would like to know what you mean by 'he's alive' and you went further back than-"

He growled low suddenly, startling her. She secretly breathed a sigh of relief at the interruption. Apparently something was bothering him, Kagome just hoped it wasn't her specifically or anything she said. So far he seemed to be talking to her in a way she would never have guessed he was even capable of. While she still wondered what was troubling him, she didn't want to say anything else that would catch his interest.

"There are several youkai approaching us, miko, we must leave this area quickly. Though I would love nothing more than to kill those foolish enough to linger close to my camp, I have not yet regained my full strength and it would be foolish to risk your safety once again, you would be left defenseless if I were to engage in battle." He looked down at her noting the way her weak aura flared out in distress. "Do not fear, now that you are with this Sesshoumaru, I will not let any harm come to you - although I am afraid I will need to move you, onna, and it might cause you some discomfort."

He wasted no time in helping her to her feet as gently as he could. He saw her wince and take in several deep breaths in obvious pain, yet not once did she cry out or complain. He was rather impressed with her tolerance of pain for no doubt any other human would have surely been thrashing about and yelling like they were missing one of their limbs.

Once she stood before him staring at him wide-eyed with what seemed to be curiosity and awe, he picked her up to his chest and encouraged her to wrap her legs around his waist. It would be the best method of carrying her without damaging her back or reopening her wounds in the process, yet as he heard her small gasp and felt her long, lean legs wrap tightly around him, he quickly noted that perhaps it had not been the greatest plan after all as a sudden jolt of pleasure ran down into his lower regions. It was suddenly apparent to him that he had not rutted with a female for some time if he was feeling his body react to this ningen woman in such a way. Perhaps when he returned home he would seek out a female and sate his carnal needs, but for now….

"Umm, Sess-Sesshoumaru-sama, are you sure this is... I mean, maybe I can climb on your back instead... or - or something else." Kagome was mortified. She felt her body react of its own accord to his nearness, making her heart want to break free of its bodily restraint with the intimate position she was now in.

As he had helped her to her feet and she stood before him, she had quickly come to realize something very important. He was not wearing a haori. He stood before her like a kami sent to torture information out of its - very willing - victim, his upper body glistening in the sunlight making him look almost ethereal. Kagome swallowed as she stared at his chest in utter embarrassment unable to even look into his eyes, but as he lifted her up and she had automatically wound her legs around him, a rush of heat soon encompassed not only her face, but her whole body.

'Hai, perhaps that would have been an acceptable alternative', thought the daiyoukai, with a bit of irritation and a touch of anger that he had not even thought about having her ride his back. Though perhaps he had not thought about that alternative because he did not wish to be considered a humans pack mule, so this method would have to suffice.

"No, we shall travel on like this. Now hold tight." He didn't wait for her to respond as he began to run, the trees and the lush landscape whipping by them as he sped off.

Kagome sucked in a breath as she felt like his feet weren't even touching the ground. She knew she probably had a stranglehold on his neck but at the moment she wanted to make sure he wouldn't accidentally let her fall. The wind was insatiable in its need to whip her hair around her face and make her feel as if she couldn't take a proper breath of air.

She buried her face in his shoulder but once her lips accidentally touched the smooth skin below them, her face heated up in a deep flush once again. She literally had to fight her more 'female wants beautiful male' primal side to not lay a kiss upon his perfectly sculpted and muscular shoulder. She was pretty sure that perhaps in her subconsciousness someone had dropped her on the head and not bothered to mention it to her. It had to be the reason why she was suddenly thinking naughty thoughts about Inuyasha's half-brother. Sure, she had thought that he was gorgeous, but she had also thought he was a homicidal, apathetic maniac, so that didn't explain much. It obviously had to be her raging teenage hormones then. Hai, it had to be that.

The priestess vaguely registered that the movement had ceased, too preoccupied in her own thoughts to pay it much heed. That is until she heard the smooth voice of the daiyoukai cut through her musings like a sharp knife.

"Miko, you can release this Sesshoumaru now. We are safe. Shall I return you to your village? Though, I would like to know what you were doing walking around alone in the woods when you came upon me before I do. And... why you are dressed like a common harlot instead of a priestess."

'So, the questions are coming now. How much should I tell him? How badly am I going to affect the future if I say too much or say something I'm not supposed to?'

Kagome sighed into his shoulder. She knew she should step away from him now but for some unknown reason she seemed almost unable to.

She slowly unwound her legs from his waist and let them drop to the ground. He was quite tall, and though he didn't seem to be the exact height as his future self, he was still much taller than her. The top of her head barely reached his nose, and that meant that she was eye level with his perfectly formed lips.

'Just great. Now I get to stare at his lips'. Then fortunately - or unfortunately depending on how you saw it - the sharp intense pain upon her back once again made its presence known and deep-rooted itself into her mind and body, diverting her from her sudden rather disconcerting thoughts.

'What the hell is wrong with you?' she chided herself in between silent gasps of pain. She would have doubled over with the burning feel that coated her back like stinging scorpions, if the inu hadn't grabbed her arms and held her up.

"Miko, I must reapply the herbs upon your back. You need to lie flat upon your stomach once more. Is this acceptable?"

"I…uhh…hai," she answered intelligently. She couldn't quite grasp the fact that Sesshoumaru had in essence just asked her permission to continue to care for her injured back.

Just as he was wrapping an arm around her waist to guide her to a patch of soft green grass, she screamed out in alarm. "Crap!! My yellow backpack!! What happened to it, Sesshoumaru? Do you know where it is? I know I dropped it where I found you but it's really important I get it back!!"

"It was probably destroyed. I went back to locate it before I went in search of you and it was no longer there. Perhaps one of the youkai exterminators took it with them when they took you to their village. If it was located in the hut you were placed in, it must be under all of the rubble of the collapse."

She rubbed her temples. "Ugh... there's just too many questions, we need to sit down and discuss everything, but since I'm still feeling like a lawn mower mowed me down, it would be best to do it later."

"Hai, we will do it later. For I would like to know why you helped me, seem to trust me, and are not afraid of me even though I am a youkai and a priestess's sworn enemy, and what a 'lohn mow-er' is. Hn," he paused, "Perhaps you are correct, there are just too many questions, another time then," he agreed. "Now let me help you to lie down so I can place the herbs upon your back." When he stood beside her and was about to reach for her arm, a strange noise could be heard suddenly making her blush, and making him quirk his lips.

"I see I will have to hunt for food. Your ningen body seems to require sustenance. Do you require food often?" he asked with curiosity.

"Umm... well yes, we do. I guess I didn't realize I was even hungry until now," she answered, quite perplexed with his question about humans. She didn't suppose he would know how often they ate since he wasn't even around them, but it still seemed odd to her to be instructing Sesshoumaru about anything much less human consumption.

After a brief nod of his head acknowledging her answer, he reached for her arm once more and helped her lie down. The sudden shock of realizing she was still wearing her blouse and that somehow it was tied up in a knot on the top and lower parts to keep it together, almost made her turn around to inspect it. That is until the pain of moving at such a diagonal angle made her hiss with the burning sensation.

"Onna, you need to lie here and not move. I will return soon."

"Alright, arigatou Sesshoumaru, er, I mean, Sesshoumaru-sama." She placed her head upon her arms and tried to rest her body looking away from him as only his monosyllabic 'hn' could be heard with his rapid departure.

Kagome tried to relax but her mind was in constant turmoil and confusion. She just had so many questions that she wanted to ask him, but in truth she was also dreading those that he would ask of her. What was she going to tell him? And how much was she willing to share? As she continued to ponder her circumstances, she wondered how much she had already affected this time. Would the future Sesshoumaru come to know her in her future time with Inuyasha, or did she irreparably change the time line by saving the daiyoukai already? And what changed him from this more tolerant and helpful being to one of pure hatred and evil? Ugh... this was just all so much. She was even further in the past, she was whipped for apparently saving a younger Sesshoumaru, and so far she couldn't think of any way to get home.

'Could it get any worse?' She thought miserably.

The futuristic miko quickly came to realize something very important about such a statement. Any time anyone asked 'could things get any worse' one way or another that is exactly what seemed to happen. Any and all movies she had watched where the actor verbalized such an adage in the middle of his great dilemma suddenly seemed to make the predicament he or she was in all that much worse, for suddenly it would start raining cats and dogs. Yet in her case, she knew for a fact that it was not a cat or a dog but more of a large and frightful sounding animal, perhaps canine in nature.

Something that sounded very large shook the bushes that were located behind her left leg and growled menacingly at her making the hairs on her nape stand on end. Perhaps a wolf or wild dog had been attracted to the smell of wounded and seriously injured miko and had come for an easy meal. She guessed it was canine in nature for the sound could not be cat, bear, or boar, so that left dog though she was unwilling to make any sudden movements or turn her head to catch a glimpse of what was about to eat her to make certain.

"Sess-Sesshoumaru," whispered the miko hoping that somehow his enhanced youkai hearing would be able to catch her plea. She really didn't want to scream and scare the animal into attacking her before her help arrived. Though, as she murmured his name, she took note of how the animal behind her had suddenly ceased its riotous growling.

Kagome heard its almost silent footfalls as it crushed the drier grass and rocks below its padded feet. It was drawing nearer to her and there was nothing she was going to be able to do to fight it off.

Her breathing hitched as she felt the animals hot breath upon the back of her neck. 'Oh kami, please, I don't wanna die. If - if I die here what's going to happen to the future, to - to the time line, to me? Onegai, I-'

She suddenly felt the animals large paw descend upon her upper thigh and rest comfortably on her exposed flesh. Kagome was sure that the animal was getting ready to shred her to pieces but as the miko began to feel said padded and clawed paw begin to trail slowly up her thigh and sneak up under her skirt as if it were feeling her up, she screamed the first thing that came into her mind forgoing all fear and previous terror in her state of shock.

"NO, STOP THAT, BAD DOG!!"


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