Summary: The Lady of the West finds a half-dead miko and a kitsune pup. Curiosity overcomes her. When Sesshomaru returns to his home, why is his half-brother's miko his mother's pet?
Chaos. Pure and absolute chaos reigned at the Western Palace when the news flew about that the Lady of the West had brought back a ningen miko. Her latest…oddity.
What was whispered about behind silken fans was that the small, frail figure carried by the Lady and the kitsune pup traveling on her shoulder supposedly were two of those who had traveled with that filthy hanyou.
Said Lady of the West ignored all the stares and merely glided to where her quarters were located. The only words that passed her lips were for the servants to find Akatsuki and bring him to her.
"Well, I do believe you have saved her life. But her eyes will take weeks to heal." The lilac haired demon finished his administrations of the miko and moved onto the kitsune pup. He did not voice the final thought, it was not needed. She may never see again. "Pup, what's your name?"
Green eyes glanced upwards at the healer and a mumbled "Shippo" was heard. Bright lilac eyes glanced up at the Lady of the West in surprise.
"I did not know." The Western lady shut her silken fan and moved towards the kitsune pup. "You will tell us how this came to be."
He did. He told her his story. How his parents died and how he found his new mother. He told them about the Jewel and about Naraku. About how his mother came from five hundred years in the future. Somehow, he managed to tell them everything that had happened, but he stumbled over parts and would begin to cry. He hadn't been able to protect her.
Unexpectedly, he found himself cradled in the arms of the youkai that had saved his mother. She whispered in his ears and calmed his worried heart. "You saved her life, little kitsune; your foxfire burned away the poison that would have ended her. You were brave. She will live. She may not remember-"
"She'll forget me?" Eyes the colors of emeralds looked up at her own golden ones, wet with unshed tears. She could smell the fear on the kitsune, hear his heart race. He would die of heartbreak if she woke only to not know of him. Youkai were exceptionally hard to kill, being practically immortal, but their hearts were surprisingly fragile.
"No. Even though she is human, a mother can never forget their child. And if she forgets, then you will just have to remind her."
"Are you sure?"
"Does she love you?"
"Yes." With one small, clawed hand, Shippo wiped away the tears that had escaped his eyes.
"Then she will remember you." With that, the demoness ended the conversation.
Next chapter will have Kagome waking up, the title is Your Name.