I don't own nothin' and in case anyone was confused it is still in Kagome's point of view. I'll be doing the majority of it in her view since I don't really feel like re-watching the anime (again) to listen to everything he says. I will try to stick to the show as closely as possible but I will have to deviant a little since there are people here that are not in the show. And I apologize for the OOC-ness of Sesshomaru in the last chapter. I also referred to him as Sesshy a lot because I'm lazy ( as if you couldn't tell) and I didn't want to write out his full name I'll be doing that more in future chapters as well. Thanks for listening and reading and please review!

EverRose808- I'm glad that you like it and I will update soon.

-lemon (guest)- as I said before I will not leave a story unfinished.

Bloddyredblackwolf- a Mary-sue is a character that is perfect with few to no flaws. So in other words Ichigo, Ed Elric, ect. Basically the majority of main characters are Mary-sues or become them. Though I have found a few of them that aren't such as History's Greatest Disciple Kenichi. He lost quite a few of his battles or Miu fought them for him.

I could faintly hear the guards laughter as they walked away not wanting to be caught by their bosses. "That wasn't necessary" I groaned putting my head in my hands.

"It was" he said "it was to amusing of an opportunity to pass up."

I really glared at him now before I heard Hitsugaya's approach. I turned to look and saw him rounding the corner. The look in his eyes when he saw me, appeasing as if I was something not normal which was true, told me that he knew what I was now. "So I see that you got to him right on time" I said happy that I wasn't wrong.

"You sound like you doubted I would" Sesshomaru said looking at me with interest.

"I may act like I can read you but in truth I can only guess your actions because of past behavior. I don't think you even realize it but have a very well defined line of action. It's a miracle that only Naruku was able to read it."

I winced when I said that. The flare of anger in Sesshy's eyes told me that that particular spider wasn't ever gonna have a pleasant life if he was found. "Oops" I mumbled looking down "forget that last statement" I pleaded forcing back my own reaction.

"Forgotten" he growled.

Hitsugaya hadn't said anything during our exchange but he did now "if you're ready this is going to be rather difficult unless we do it now. Or would you rather fight the entire Soul Society?"

I held my fist through the bars and Sesshy did the same in front of it. "Rock, paper, scissors" I said before throwing rock. Sesshy did paper "damn" I swore softly.

"No guards" he said nodding to Hitsugaya.

I sighed I would have liked to do this kinda flashy since that's the way Inuyasha would have done it. He just was meant for subtle. Hitsugaya unlocked my cell door "did you really have decided like that? Shouldn't the question been the obvious answer?"

I laughed as I stood letting Sesshy cut through my bonds "nope" I said grinning "I try to honor my friends during certain times and Inuyasha had never been one to do anything without making as much commotion as possible. He hardly ever left a fight without getting hurt either and I decided that I don't have to go that far at least."

Hitsugaya just stared at me as I walked out of the cell as if nothing was wrong. "Kagome I really wonder about you sometimes."

"Good it'll keep you from getting to slow in the head."

Hitsugaya helped us get to the outskirts of the Seriate. From there we would be on our own. He left without letting me thank him much to my annoyance. Sesshomaru lead the way to where he had left Rin. "Kagome-nee-chan" she said jumping up and into my arms.

I smiled "hey Rin" I hugged her tightly before putting her down.

"Is Nee-chan going to come with us now? Like before" she asked hopefully.

I shook my head regretfully "no Rin I have to stay here. There are some things here that I have to do. Even if they don't want me to do them."

She looked sad for a second before asking if I would play with her. I agreed if only to get my mind off of what I was going to do.

I played with her for awhile until she grew tired and fell asleep in Sesshy's fur. "What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to help Ichigo and his friend Rukia. Something about her execution rubs me wrong. After that I don't know. If they still want me dead than I'm gonna have to leave. Kinda hard to kill someone who can't die." I gave Sesshomaru a weary smile "you know that well. If it turns out that there is nothing for me here I will seek you guys out. I'll hang around until I find something else to do."

I fell silent letting my words hang in the air. "You are always welcome to my den Kagome" Sesshomaru stated solemnly.

I smiled "thank you. It's nice to know I have a home if I want it."

The old saying about home being where the heart is came to mind at that but was pushed to the side when I felt someone approaching. I stood and strode forward my blade in hand. The aura was a woman's whose face I couldn't see. I tensed I hadn't met someone whom I couldn't see so I had a feeling she wasn't a normal person. The woman appeared in front of me. My sword rose a plain warning. "Your Kagome are you not" she asked shifting the burden on her shoulder.

The woman was a tall beauty and happened to be completely nude. I winced as I heard Sesshomaru's growl "if you would rather stay alive I suggest we move this conversation" I said glancing back to see Sesshomaru glaring darkly at the woman.

We moved far enough away from the cave that Sesshomaru could no longer see her but could still hear our conversation. "How is it you know my name" I asked first off.

"Him" she said jerking her head back at the form on her shoulder.

Taking a look at the aura I found it to be Ichigo. "Somehow I'm not surprised" I sighed.

"Also your execution caught my attention. I have to say that you don't look like you're about to be killed."

I snorted "that's because I have no intention of dying anytime soon."

She gave me a grin "I'd love to stay and ask how you managed to get away but I have to find him a place to rest and recuperate. I'm guessing that I can count that you will be involved in the rescue?"

I nod and the woman leaves. I realize I never asked her name. Oh well I thought shrugging not like it mattered that much. I came back to the cave finding Sesshomaru curled around Rin. I felt the familiar pang of jealousy but I pushed it aside he wasn't mine and I knew that.

Forcing myself to forget about my mixed emotions I leaned against the inner wall of the cave and drifted into a light doze.

Nothing occurred during the few days following the strange woman and Ichigo's appearance. Learning that there was a huge hunt for me I kept from going out of the cave to a minimum, only leaving when I checked on news about Rukia. I learned that the day that I saw them he had tried and almost succeed in breaking into the tower to save Rukia but was stopped by Byakuya. The only reason he lived was because a woman known as Yoruichi, the Flash step Queen, managed to get him away from them unharmed. I figured that that was the woman I had met with Ichigo. She had been missing from the Soul Society for a hundred years or so. It seemed she had 'betrayed' them much the same way I had. Not that it mattered but I couldn't help but wonder why and how she 'betrayed' them.

Shoving my musings aside I focused on the approaching aura. I once more took my position in front of the cave opening and faced down those who came. I relaxed slightly when I recognized them I just hoped she was dressed this time.

Yoruichi stopped in front of me as Sesshomaru stood behind me. "We're going in to save Rukia in a few moments you coming?"

"Yep" I said turning to Sesshomaru "alpha I ask permission to do this task alone."

"Granted" he said "only if you promise to return unharmed I would rather Rin not be upset about you."

"I will" I said bowing before I turned and followed her off.

We arrived behind the main group it looked like. I recognized most of them as intruders who I had shown to Renji when they first landed. They turned to look at me and I just walked past them without a word. I could feel their eyes on me or more precisely my scar. I headed towards the area where I could feel Ichigo. "Wait" came the girl's voice.

I turned back to find the owner reaching out to me. "Um that scar I can remove it if you want" she seemed unsure when facing me.

Without realizing it my hand touched the scar "no" I said softly "I want to keep it. It's my reminder of where I came from."

I continued on hoping that I was able to help in some way.

Stopping near the fighting I saw what appeared to be Buyakuya's famous bankai. It also appeared that Ichigo was more than holding his own against it. Only a few moments after my arrival a dark sphere covered the area around the two. I turned to the presence beside me.

"And here I believed the Captains to be incompetent" I said before bowing slightly to the three men that stood near me.

"Well it's hard to deny the truth when it looks you in the face" Captain Ukitake stated turning to the fight. "I do have to ask how you managed to get free so easily. Something like that has not been done before."

I smiled "there has never been one like me before Captain so it makes sense that something new can do something once thought impossible."

The men stared at me but otherwise made no comment. A sudden change of the aura within the battle made me tense in alarm. I had never felt an aura like that. The closest thing I could compare it to would be if Sesshomaru and Naruku had kids.

A chill ran down my arms as I stared in horror at the scene before me. The dark covering had dissipated reveling Ichigo and Byakuya standing across from each other with Rukia dangling from the grip of a man I had never seen before.

He smiled slightly before seeming to open Rukia's chest and remove something thus from it. Unable to do really anything I watched as this man now known as Aizen ascended into Hueco Mundo. Realizing that in moments a number of Shinigami were going to arrive here I decided now would be the time to leave without causing any further fuss. I didn't make it.

"Kagome I must ask you to stay here" came the Head Captain's grave voice.

I paused before turning to face him "and what, pray tell, can I possible give you? Nothing I tell you will be believed so why bother?"

He as well as the other two men studied me "is your life truly that unlike our own?"

An ancient smile, so out of place upon my face, told them that yes it was.

I made it back to the cave where I had stayed with my pack to find them gone. A message inscribed in dog was left for me to find. It read as follows;

'Kagome,

I must leave, I fear that if we should wait Rin and I would be unable to leave without causing much commotion. I leave you your blades, the ones Totosai made for you before you left. You left them with me when you disappeared so I saw fit to return them seeing as they are otherwise useless to me.

Lord Sesshomaru of the Western Lands

I smiled slightly glad to see that he was the same as ever. Setting the note on the ground I strode to where I could feel lingering traces of Sesshy's aura. Infusing the area with my power I reveled the swords spoken of in the note. The twin blades were an interesting pair. One long and slim was grooved to allow the blood to flow off the blade without staining. The second was short and wide meant to be strapped to a hip or inner thigh.

I turn around to see Hitsugaya standing behind me an intense look in his eyes "where are you going?"

"Who said anything about going anywhere? No I plan to be far closer than I would seem to be. There are those who I would like to visit though so I will be going to the land of the living for a little while" I said strapping my swords to my hips for now.

"You need my permission to do that."

I look over at the man standing across from me "aww does little Toshiro feel left out?" I smirked at his expression. "You can come if you want" I said stepping from the cave "but I can't guarantee that you'll find what you're looking for."

Confusion covered his face but I ignored it and headed to where I would be entering the world of the living. Pressing my hand to the tear in space I forced it wider and gestured for Toshiro to come up next to me. I grabbed his hand "hold on tight."

I jumped through . . . and landed in an open meadow.

I look to my side to see Toshiro bent double groaning. I wince "sorry I forgot that some have bad reactions to traveling through space in that way."

After a moment Toshiro seemed well enough to travel. "So where are we going exactly?"

"Well" I said pushing a branch out of my way "I have some friends who I want to visit nearby. They reside in the area not far from here."

Hitsugaya

I followed Kagome a short distance to a clearing not much different than the one we had just entered. She stopped and I took the moment to survey the area. In the center of the meadow were a few mounds of earth that had been over grown with grass and wildflowers. It was to these that she went. Kneeling down before them she spoke, seemingly to herself rather than me. "Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Kirara I've come back to visit like I promised."

She placed her hand lightly on each grave as she called their names. After her introductions she feel silent, speaking to them privately. I remembered Sesshomaru mentioning that her friends were dead but I also remember him saying something about his own brother, Inu- something or other being amongst them. Apparently he hadn't died here and I couldn't help but wonder where he could be if not here. Pushing those thoughts aside I stepped forward at her beconging motion. "I think you need an introduction" she said. "Guys this is Toshiro Hitsugaya someone I've come to call my friend. He's going to come with me as I try to figure out my place in the world I know live in."

I, without thinking it out, bowed to the graves believing that it would appease Kagome. it seemed to work as she smiled at me in gratitude. We left a few moments later after she said a few parting words to the graves. "You must think me crazy."

I shook my head "everyone has their own way of grieving and living beyond the loss of their friends or family. I just find myself wishing that I had known my parents long enough to be able to grieve for them properly."

I hadn't meant to say something so personal but Kagome wasn't the type to laugh or scorn such things. "I'm sorry you didn't get too know them" she said quietly as we continued.

I shrugged "hard to miss someone you don't know."

I have to say that if I ever try to write a sequal so long after the first I will probably have to shoot myself. It has been so long since the first that I actually had to go back and re read Pink Ice. So sad. Anyway I've found that though I tried to set up a poll to decide my next pairing no one voted on it! I had my friend Laura go and vote but she couldn't find it. so I decided to do this a different way. I'll post the names of some characters, both male and female. The wining pair will be in my next story. This is where it changes though. It will be the top two characters voted that will be in the story. In other words my next story could be a yoai! Hehe alright everyone here are the characters. And please only one review per reader please. The poll will close when I have two characters that have twenty votes each. Also in the above story I decided to take my poetic license (if I had one) and changed the story just cause I can.

Female characters- Kagome, Sango, (Inuyasha) Haruhi, (OHSHC) Winry (FMA), and Rukia (Bleach).

Male characters- Miroku, Kouga (Inuyasha), Mori, Kyoya (OHSHC), and Uryu (Bleach).