Chapter Two:His life

He knew very well about what was going on in this time with the youkai's. That was what has lead through the ally in the first place. He not been looking for her in particular, and he wasn't even going with the intention of saving her. No, the reason he went was because he sensed a youkai, and if the youkai's were breaking out in public then it was only decent he make sure that everything was under control. Her being there only greatened his curiosity. Why had they been after her?

To put it shortly: the youkai's had grown restless. This much he could understand: what youkai didn't miss the old days? At first the government had made a deal, youkai and humans can live side by side. The youkai race had lost- hands down. The bombs and missiles and guns had forced them to retaliate. Sometimes Sesshoumaru felt like he should have died fighting rather then what he did. He did it for is his lands. For his kind. At the time, not surviving seemed like the worst outcome. Now, conforming seemed to be the worst.

The humans were scared. So youkai's were forced to disguise themselves. Soon youkai's were only fables; few knew the truth. In reality, many youkai's were in government, control important things. They were the heads of businesses. And they were restless; tired of fighting.

It was in amusement that he had thought of the jewel. 'The only thing that can change this, is a wish from the jewel' It had been a thought made in frustration. Not to be taking serious; the women seemed to think the opposite.

Some youkai's were starting rallies. They were going to let lose and kill as many humans as possible. Fight to take back the upper hand. Traditional and wiser youkai's, such as himself knew that this would never work. Sure, at first it would, but it would not take long for the humans to fight back. There simply were not enough youkais left in the world to go into a completely war with the humans. As far as his sources went: the only youkais that were left in the world were from Japan. Those in different countries, were only there because they came from Japan first. A full out war was out of the question. It was suicide. Some tend to think it was worth it.

"Sir?" He nodded at one of his maids who had stood in the open door to his office. He must have been to deep in thought to even close it. "The woman is fine. She has not awoken, but the nurse tended to her wounds and we changed her clothes. The men you sent have also retrieved her car and parked in the garage next to your others. We left her phone on the night stand."

"What room have you put her in?" he asked putting his hand to his head.

"Second floor on the east side. All the way to the end." He almost smirked; they put her completely across from him.

"Very well, you are dismissed." all the workers at his home where in same youkai. That way, he could rome his house with out the human disguise. He enjoyed that freedom and that was the real reason that his house was so big. He wanted to have as much space as possible to be who he really was.

He thought of the women's words. He had known that the miko was in Tokyo for two year, but he had purposely not paid any attention to it. What reason did he have to seek her out? After she had vanished at the bottom of the well, he had squeezed the reason why out of Inuyasha and his followers. He had wondered all those years ago if he would live long enough to reach her time. And he had.

He had not thought of that day in many years. He had his calculations and he could have guessed when she was brought into the world and around what time she would be the age that he last saw her at. He had been pleased to see that his calculations were right, but nothing more. He couldn't say that he felt nothing, because in truth he had tried to avoid her.

And now he might have to go jumping through time to fix a wrong they committed. He still had his honor, and his honor said that if he fixed something then he needed to fix it. The tale that his father had told him had always been a puzzle to him. It was a puzzle because it did not make sense. The jewel should had not have been birthed until his father was in control of the western lands. The tales his father told, however, told that the jewel was around in both his father's childhood and his adolescents. It had never made sense to him how this could be, and he decided that the story just wasn't true and that his father had made it up to entertain him.

It made sense now. He leaned back in his chair and pushed the intercom on his phone. "Yes my Lord?" a voice answered him. Technology was one thing that humans did get right.

"Tell me immediately when she wakes." he said back and there was a pause.

"Of course, but the nurse left a strict order for bed rest." Sesshoumaru wasn't surprised. He was lucky that the girl had not needed a hospital from the damage that her head had taken. The blood was all over his car.

"That's fine, but inform me."

"Yes, sir." Sesshoumaru stood and made his way to his room. It was now midnight and now days he slept every night to make the time go by faster. Life was boring now. It always made him wonder if the rebels were right after all. Wasn't it better to die then fight the boredom of everyday life?

....ooo....

Kagome opened her eyes and immediately got a sense of dread in her stomach. This very big and comfortable bed was certainly not hers. She sat up quickly and felt her head pound. Moving her hand to her head she felt bandages on her forehead and the left side of her face. The memory of what had happened ran through her and she leaned back on the pillows. Could all of that have really happened? And if it did, where was she now and why was she in a silky night dress?

She heard the vibrate of her phone and she looked to the right and made out the lights on her phone. A thought of Hojo ran through her mind and she reached over and grabbed while also turning on the lamp that sat on the night stand. The walls if her room were dark red. The sheets and blankets she lay in a sea of black. Heavy black curtains of black covered the window.

Her phone read 1:09 AM and informed her that she had eleven missed calls and five text messages. All from Hojo. She had left her interview at 11AM. Hours ago from now. She debated weather to call him and decided that he would be worried. She watched as her phone dial his. It rang four times and then the sound of Hojo's sleeping voice answered.

"I'm sorry you're sleeping I just didn't want you to worry." she told him softly, making sure not be loud.

"Worry? What happened?" he asked and she wondered if she should tell him now

"I...I ran into Sesshoumaru." There was silence for a few seconds.

"You mean the one from the past the pushed you down the well?"

"Yeah that's the one. Apparently he's lived up until now."

"Wow..." she looked up as the youkai she was speaking to entered her room.

"Yeah... well I'll have tell you the detail in the morning- erm- i gotta do something right now, K?"

"Okay well, be careful and thanks for letting me know your okay. I'll call you in the morning or text you or something. Night."

"Okay and your welcome. Goodnight." She pushed end and placed the phone back to the nightstand and turned her attention to Sesshoumaru. It was easier for her to expect him in his natural form but it still looked odd seeing him in gray sweats and a white t-shirt.

Sesshoumaru examined the women in the bed. She seemed older from when he had last seen her. Her sapphire eyes seemed more mature. The blue silk of the night gown his maids had dressed her in highlighted her eyes greatly. He didn't remember her being so attractive. Many human males would surely swoon after her.

"You like your accommodations?" He asked her and she nodded.

"Yea...but where am I?" He stood at the foot of her bed.

"This is my estates in Tokyo. My home." he watched her eyes widen

"You mean the one they show on TV?!" He raised an eye brow and watched as she blushed. "Sorry, it's just to me...I keep thinking you Kyo Kemusa." He nodded. His human disguise made him slightly a celebrity in society.

"We need to discuss what is to be done about our situation." He told her and she looked down in her lap.

"I'm scared to go back in the well. Last time it was just a bunch of hurt..." He looked at her boredly.

"This time it will be to retrieve what you lost and that is it. You have my word." Narrowed blue instantly found his golden ones.

"What I lost? It was your fault too!" She exclaimed and he fought the urge to roll his eyes.

"You are the one who dropped it." he said dryly and watched as she became more upset.

"Well it was your blood that made it slip through my hands!" He said nothing at first and walked over to the side of the bed and smirked.

"My apologizes for saving your life." She closed her mouth and looked away.

"Your right. I never got to thank you...so thank you." he nodded.

"Our situation still stands." The girl looked back to him with wide eyes.

"I don't want to...but I guess we have to.." he nodded again.

"What the women spoke of was this. Some youkai are planning to let lose and kill as many as they can. I was not serious but I amused the thought that a wish from the jewel is the only one that could help this matter." The girl started at him blackly.

"You mean we're going on this goose chase so that you can wish for peace?" he frowned.

"I think you would do the wishing and no not entirely for that. There is the matter the history would be changed. The women may not intend us to wish on the jewel, but she does intend us to retrieve it as soon as possible. " The women fell silent and he waited for her to ask the question he was sure that she would.

"The tale...what was it?"

"My father told me of a youkai and a miko that he met while he was a child that saved him from a youkai that had discovered a type of crystal that gave him great power. In his adolescents, he meet the two again. Once again they were after the crystal that they had said was lost in time. He informed them of a strange area where there was a battle over a special crystal that was giving youkai's power. A slaughter was taking place." he left out the detail and decided that they would face the details with time. If he could, he could even alter some of them- if he saw fit.

"So when do we go?" she asked and he was surprised at her sudden willingness.

"When you recover fully and after I put my affairs in order. She almost nodded but instead groaned.

"Your wounds?"

She shook her head. "No I had an interview with your company today and I won't even be here for the follow up! That wells never fails to mess up my REAL life!" He watched her distress. She had applied at the Tokyo Journal?

"It will be taken care of." he turned to leave and before closing the door heard a small "really?"

"Yes, miko. Really" he closed the door but his youkai ears pickup the grateful thank you that fell from her lips.

...ooo...

Kagome sighed and sat in the front seating room. The place was huge. The third floor she was told could room twenty guest and had ten showers. Not to mention two game rooms, five living rooms, and three kitchens. The second floor had ten rooms, ten showers and baths, six offices, a small library, two kitchens, two living rooms, and one game room. The first floor had the grand eating hall, the ball room, a seating room- where she was now seated, four grand bedrooms, two showers, the main kitchen, a smaller dinning room, and one game room. And that was just the main building!

Over her week of bed rest she had been told that the estate also had another building that were like very nice apartments that housed all those who worked for Sesshoumaru. All had youkai in there blood. There was also a very large dojo, tennis courts, and basketball courts, a very nice and elegant swimming pool. She had also been told that there were some things that the maids were sure that they were leaving out, not to mention all the hidden and secret passage ways.

With all the talk she could only wonder why he would need so much space- it was just him after all.

"He hosts a lot of things. You may think that the youkai society is dead, but they are well and alive! They get together just as the always have, and Sesshoumaru it still esteemed as a Lord. So why not he have the best? Besides, when we all get together, he lets many sleep in his estates." The maid had told her and Kagome wished she could see the gathering that the youkais had. "Also...most youkais, we try to get as much land as we can. Were we wont have to hide who we are- if you know what I mean."

That made sense to her. Here Sesshoumaru did not have to pretend to be Kyo Kesuma.

He had not let her leave when she was well enough to. He informed her that to the rebels of the youkai society there was sure to be a target on her head. They knew who she was, and they were convinced that she had the jewel. Apparently they saw the jewel as the only way to have the domain over the humans. So she had stayed. The first week was spent in bead. Thanks to her miko powers, she had been able to speed up her injuries. The second week she had been allowed to explore the lands. It was beautiful.

And now she had begged Sesshoumaru that if she could not leave that at least Hojo could come to her so that she could speak with him. That brought her to where she was now; the seating room: The closest room to the front entrance.

"Lady Kagome," a male youkai came in the room with a bow, behind him a very awed Hojo. She nodded at the youkai that he could leave and happily greeted Hojo.

"Did you bring my stuff?" The young man nodded and pushed a back in her direction as she beamed. She had been wearing barrowed clothes for two weeks and she was glad to have some of her own! "Let's got my room. I wanna change."

She led him up the spiral staircase to the second floor, to one of the living rooms as she ran and changed. Blue jeans and a navy blue v-neck sweater. Just what the doctor ordered!

"So you really are going?" Her friend asked her after they had been graciously ate the lunch that had been served.

She took another drink of her peach tea and nodded. "Yeah, I am."

He sighed and looked down at the table. "I don't know Kagome. Maybe the world should find someone else to save it this time?" she laughed.

"I think, we all save the world in some way, Hojo. We're given the choice. And if this is the path that is laid out for me, then I gladly accept it. I know someone up there is watching over me." She pointed upwards and he smiled at her.

"It's just like you to say that." She smiled and the two fell into silence. "Soo. This is Kyo Kesuma mansion? I must say that it's pretty impressive."

"I'll say! I thought you would faint the way you were looking around!!" she teased.

"Well I got a hot date tonight." Kagome raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, Really?" he nodded at her and then smiled sadly.

"When you leaving?" She sifted in her seat.

"I don't know...I might be staying here, but I hardly see Sesshoumaru. Now that the nurses and doctors say that I'm all better, I'm sure that it won't be long." She shrugged and looked away from him. "Last time I think I got more then I bargained for, but I don't regret it. This time, Sesshoumaru knows what to look for and all since he heard the story when he was a kid." Hojo nodded and the two were silent again.

"I can't get over the fact that Kyo Kesuma is Sesshoumaru." The two laughed.

"Me Either!! But hey- he ensured my job." She smiled and he rolled his eyes.

"I think that's cheating, Kagome." she laughed and almost didn't catch his next sentence. "How bout asking him to help you peruse the other dream job of yours?" She laughed harder at this.

"You're the one that thought I should start some music career!!"

"You write good songs, you know?" She nodded and smiled

"Yea...but I just do that to get my feelings out." The two friends sat and talked a while longer and then Kagome took him on a small tour of the estates. By the time they said goodbye it was time for dinner. She shed only a few tears. Sesshoumaru had not told her how the story his father told ended, but she assumed it ended well. She hoped it did.

She hummed to herself as she made her way to the smaller dinning hall that was on the first floor, where she took all her meals. The cooks had asked what she wanted for the meal and she was looking forward to her shrimp pasta.

"Ah, Kagome! We have your order ready." One of the cooks greeted her with a war hug. He was a descendent of a bare youkai- and his hugs proved it. "Looking lovely as always." She smiled and walked to the table and noticed that it was only set for two. Usually she ate with the staff members. She had become friends with most everyone that she came in contact with and she enjoyed their dinner time together.

"Oh yes, well Sesshoumaru is dinning with you tonight, so we will eat separate." Kagome frowned but was motioned to take a seat and wait for the food to be served. She only had to wait a minute or so alone until Sesshoumaru walked in and took the seat across from her. He was wearing black slacks, a black button up shirt and black dress up shoes. She couldn't help the surprise she felt when she saw him dressed like so. Part of her still expected him to be in his attire that he wore in the past.

"Good evening." She said to break the silence to which she received a slight nod. The kitchen doors opened and Rai the bar youkai came out with a few other who served the two. Kagome smiled as they poured the peach tea she loved so much- they hardly ever asked her what she would like to drink. They left a fancy bowl with a lid and spoon in between the two, bowed and then exited.

Kagome glanced at Sesshoumaru to see if he would reach out first. "I believe the term is ladies first, miko?" he said dully and she almost laughed at the common term he used.

"Yes, well glad to see you use such manners." She smiled as she poured some pasta onto her plate and watched as he did the same. "I didn't think you would eat such humanly food?"

He locked on her for a second before picking up his fork and taking a bit. "Times have changed and most youkai now eat your food." she nodded and ate her food as well.

"So why you eating with me tonight?" she finally asked tiring of the silence.

"To tell you that I would like to leave tomorrow morning. We should not postpone any longer." She stopped eating and placed down her fork.

"Yeah I guess you're right."

Sesshoumaru continued eating even though he was fully aware that she had stopped and was fixing her glare on him. "Something you want to ask, or is that you have become terribly interested in watching one eat?" He saw a smile spread over her face. Her black hair fell over her shoulder and incased her bare neck.

"Things really have changed, haven't they?" He looked away from her. He could guess what she meant. When she knew him, he would surely never grace with so many words or so causally. The truth was: things had changed. Although his was as cold and distant as ever- he was no longer the Lord of any lands. He could not kill those around him without consequence. Instead he acted like a human almost everyday and had to take on some human characteristics- such as talking to them- to get along. Yes things had changed greatly since the time she had knew him.

Part of him was glad that he would be allowed into the past. He would have complete freedom once again. The other part of him dread being the youkai from the stories that his father had told him when he was young.

He watched as Rai brought out dessert. He certainly had never seen Rai produce this dessert but the beaming smile from the youkai assured him that it was her influence. From what he heard, many thought that Kagome seemed to "light up" the estates.

"The well...My family owns it so I can drive us there." He let his plate be taken away and waited till they were once again alone. "I will drive." He inhaled the dessert in front him and inspected it. Chocolate was a well tasting thing, but he discovered early on that it was something that upset his stomach if he ate a large portion of it.

"Its black tie mouse cake and It's better to just take my car seeing that if we don't then my car will just be stuck here." He took a bite and immediately savored the taste in h mouth. It was delicious. He rarely ever ate sweets, but this was one that he certainly would enjoy eating more often! "You like it?" He looked at the smile plastered on her face and quickly hid any display of approval. She was right about the car thing.

"Yes, well then we leave at six tomorrow morning." He pushed the dessert away almost regrettably and stood from the table. "I hope your stay has been comfortable." He said it almost out of habit.

"Yeah! It was great! I love it here.." she blushed suddenly "Well not like I want to stay." he nodded and as he turned to leave she called him back

"Did you..You know, call about my job?" No actually he had forgotten. He almost sighed as he reached into his pocket for his cell phone. He smirked as he sensed her awe at the fact of him using a cell phone. He supposed it was still new to her.

Two rings. "Tokyo journal, Mr. Gatie's office how can I help you?"

Kagome thought it fascinating that Sesshoumaru of the western lands was standing before her using a cell phone. She pushed away the thought of how cool and cute he looked with a slight blush. Distantly she wondered what had happened to Inuyasha. The thought had been nagging her for two weeks, but she could not work up the nerve to ask.

"Yes, this is Kyo Kesuma." Sesshoumaru wondered what the blush she wore now was for. The girl leaped through emotions so quickly that he grew more and more distraught about traveling with her.

"Mr. K-Kesuma!! Um, what can I do for you?" He brushed off the stutter of the female with easy. Females where always like that with Kyo Kesuma.

"Put me through to Gatie." Kagome realized that the voice was not of Sesshoumaru but of Kyo Kesuma and smiled. She was sure that he had had a hard time learning to be at least a decent human being.

"Thank you." and he even said thank you! Yeah well the Kyo Kesuma she knew of was a lot of girls dream guy in Japan. He had even been described as charming.

"No Gatis everything is fine...Yes, very well, and you?...No that is not what my call concerns...No I am actually calling to put in a reference to an applicant that had applied for the journal...her name is Kagome Higurashi and she interviewed two weeks ago under the "Life and more" section..." She was slightly surprised that he knew her name due to the reason that he had not once used it on her. "...I have read her writings and am a great fan.." She was sure that was lie "...Yes she is still a student but you have my word that she will perform greatly...Of course...Yes...Well thank you Gatie...see you then."

She watched him end the call and return his phone to his pocket and with out another glance he turned and left. "Thank you!!" She called after him standing and watching him go.

"You two look lovely together." She turned to see Rai and some other beginning to clean up.

"Rai you have lost your mind!" She laughed and told everyone goodnight before heading to the gardens for a short walk. This was her last night her and she loved the gardens. She would spend some time there before going to sleep.

Sesshoumaru walked out onto his balcony and fixed his gaze on the scent that he had caught. Vanilla and strawberries. Also a strange combination of the freshness of spring, the wildness of summer, the falling of leaves, and the welting of winter- all mixed into one. Also known as Kagome. He watched her walk and visit what he guessed where her favorite flowers. Rin would have loved his flowers. He leaned on the rail.

Rin. He had not directly thought of her in years, but she was always there: a lingering memory.

He suddenly remembered the tale that he was meant to fulfill starting tomorrow and he turned away.