Chapter Two
Lives
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The party gaped at what was unfolding, or not unfolding right before their very eyes. InuYasha gaped at his older half brother, who by all his knowledge, despised humans. Yet, for whatever reason he let a human girl tag along with him and now he was getting all friendly with ANOTHER human girl? A stranger at that. The hanyou looked to his companions, seeing their reactions just as clearly as his own.
"Okay, what the HELL is going on here?!" He demanded, his simple brain going into major overdrive to try and understand this phenomenon. A small sound of someone clearing their throat brought eyes to Kagome's shoulder. On the girl's shoulder sat a small flea demon, looking back at very confused expressions.
"Myoga?" Kagome blinked. If Myoga was here then at least there wasn't any danger. Before anyone could get a word in, InuYasha grabbed the little bug between his claws, snarling at him.
"Okay, Myoga, start talking." The flea demon sighed lightly before looking at the pair which had separated. He studied Serena for a moment and then the other girls.
"It is told that there was once a blonde odango haired girl once ruled this world for almost a thousand years. It was also said that the girl ruled with the most powerful Taiyoukai to ever be born. The Taiyoukai's name was Sesshomaru." The usual party that was quite familiar with the flea was silent. Before brain gears began turning and a certain raven haired girl spoke up.
"As in Lord Sesshomaru?" She only received a nod in return. Then a girl with long dark green hair, wearing a senshi uniform stepped up to the flea.
"So is what you're telling us true?" Myoga huffed, slightly offended.
"I served by their side for most of those thousand years, young lady." Setsuna stepped back and sighed with a frown. She was the Keeper of Time and even this one had thrown her for a loop… okay, possibly two.
"But we're only 500 years in the past so if what you're saying really is true, then what happened to the other 500 years?" Myoga nodded again, not liking going back down to that particular memory.
"Before I indulge you all in the past, I must inform you that during the Lord and Lady's reign, there was the most peace any of us had ever seen." The flea sighed, paused and then slowly continued.
"One day, the Lady was doing her daily visits to the villages close to the castle. I have only ever seen her capacity for caring matched by Kagome." Myoga paused for a minute, only to irritate the confused hanyou.
"Get on with it already!" Kagome glared at the hanyou lightly.
"InuYasha!" Said hanyou only gave a 'feh' but didn't say anything further. The flea cleared his throat again.
"I had the pleasure of visiting with the Lady that fateful day even though it was on business. I had a message from the Lord, asking if she would skip the days visit. He was concerned about her and their unborn child."
"But Myoga, I thought that you said the land was at peace." Sango added. Myoga nodded.
"And it was, except that news had leaked about the child and that it was going to be a hanyou. A few groups that were against the Lord and Lady used this news to fuel the fire in their followers. No one even knew until … after." A solemn breeze blew through the group and Serena gulped, feeling a chill run up her spine. She could see what Myoga was telling them so clearly, it was as if she was there herself.
"What happened after?" Kagome asked softly. It was apparently a touchy subject for the poor guy.
"The lady just smiled at me and told me to return to the Lord and tell him that everything would be fine. Oh, if only I had been more insistent as the Lord had ordered me to be. But … I just couldn't! Especially after she had smiled at me with such kindness and warmth!" The flea broke his story with near hysterical sobs. Kagome looked to Sango and then to Serena, biting her lip gently and turning back to Myoga.
"Myoga, if it's too much then we won't pressure you. The thing is your story might be the only lead we have as to why they're here and how they got here." The flea blew his nose on his tiny tissue and nodded, collecting himself.
"Alright then. The lady had always been one with the magic of the land so the enemies used it against her. By somehow draining the magic of the land, they weakened her considerably. Enough to … end her life." The group let him grieve for a few more minutes before Setsuna spoke up again.
"Myoga, do you know about what time this all happened?" The flea collected himself again and looked at the dark green haired girl.
"Why, two or three centuries ago at least." Setsuna took on a pondering looking as she did a few calculations in her head and a little review of the last few centuries.
"And what did you say your lady's name was?" Myoga looked at her curiously.
"Serenity. Lady Serenity." Setsuna nodded a little. It made sense but there was one little bit of information missing from the puzzle.
"Myoga … do you know when the Lord and Lady met?" The little flea paused and appeared to be thinking.
"I'd have to say … about 1000 years ago. When Sesshomaru and InuYasha's father was still ruling." Sango blinked a little bit.
"Wow, that long ago?"
"Unlike you humans, 1000 years is nothing to this Sesshomaru." Serena blinked, seeming to come out of her unnoticed trance and she stared at him. Something in her was pushing her brain to recognize at least something about him. Though all her memories of her past life, her known one anyways, were hazy at best and most of the time she just pawned them off as weird dreams.
Slowly, a thought came to her head. "Hey guys … if what that flea guy is talking about is true and we're all from this time or whatever … aren't we like somewhere between the past and the future?" Another pause came and went and then came …
"What about Mamoru?! I can't cheat on him!" The Senshi just sighed, some shaking their heads. Their princess would never change. Setsuna frowned delicately while the others attempted to calm the hysterical Serena.
"While your tale certainly makes sense, there is one thing that doesn't make sense to me. As far back as any of us can really remember she," The dark green haired girl with red eyes paused, pointing at the hysterical girl behind her, "Lived on the moon her whole life until Beryl attacked and destroyed everything. The Queen, her mother, used the last of power to have us reborn on Earth. So how did we all get from this time period to that one?"
Kagome nodded slightly at the girls' question. "Well, it's possible that she could have been reincarnated though it happening three different times seems a bit of a stretch but … after traveling back and fourth for almost two years, it doesn't really surprise me." A whine interrupted any further investigating and the dark green haired girl sighed, straightening.
"Alright, time to sum everything up." Walking over to Sesshomaru, she walked a circle around him, studying the demon Lord whose expression could refreeze the glaciers. Glancing at her powered up princess and then the rest of the Senshi, she sighed yet again. The information made sense, the timeline was a little off but all in all, it all sounded believable.
"So, we've all been reincarnated three different times, Kagome once from that undead bitch," She didn't even notice Kagome's confused expression as she continued listing off the "facts".
"We already knew that Serena was Serenity though just not in this life time. Hell, I didn't even know and I'm the blooming Time Guardian. So … if my line of thought is correct … we've almost caught the tail end of this little story and we're only a few hundred years away from our time on the Moon."
"Um, excuse me," Setsuna turned to Amy who had her hand slightly raised.
"I don't mean to interrupt or doubt but if we're very much in the past there must be a reason and I'm not sure I completely understand everything. While on the Moon, Serena had a habit of visiting Earth more often than she stayed at home. It is known that is the way she met Mamoru and that affects a series of events leading to Crystal Tokyo."
"Well, you know, the way I see it, if we're here then we're obviously here for a reason and so far, that reason seems only to be to fix the past." Rei added. A few other girls nodded.
"Crystal Tokyo was only created after billions of people died and almost completely wiped out the entire human population." Lita put in. Mina nodded. Setsuna eyed the Senshi.
"You're not actually suggesting what I think you're suggesting?" She paused and shook her head.
"Not happening, we've already caused enough trouble and I don't feel like rewriting history. We're going to find a way back as soon as we can and forget this whole thing ever happened."
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An hour and a half later, the newly formed group of mostly females was sitting just a little ways away, Serena happily munching on some sweets that Kaede had scrounged up. Now if that wasn't weird enough, seeming's how all eight of them were from the future, the great Taiyoukai was gracing them with his presence, watching the blonde odangoed girl curiously though it was guaranteed that if you mentioned it then he'd outright deny it.
Kagome sighed a little bit, turning her attention back to Kaede.
"What do you think, Kaede?" Sango asked from beside the raven haired girl. The elderly miko looked to the girl and her apparent guardians and nodded.
"I have heard the tale and it would give reason as to Lord Sesshomaru's actions towards humans. While it is apparent that he does not want anything to do with humans, it does not explain the fact that he does keep that little girl with him." Kagome nodded.
Mina grinned and nudged Serena. "You know … if you don't want him, I'll gladly take him off your hands."
"Any of us would, you know." Rei put in with a grin of her own. The inner scouts gathered around Serena and the giggling floated to Kagome's ears. Pausing, she looked at them and almost felt sorry for Sesshomaru. He was currently the object of five females undivided attention and with his hearing, well, she was positive that no matter how quietly they were talking, he could hear everything crystal clear.
On the other hand … he didn't look like he cared. Not that Sesshomaru ever looked like he cared about anything, Kagome corrected with an inward sigh. Letting out yet another sigh, the raven haired girl put her head in her hands, pouting lightly. It made sense and yet it didn't and it was beginning to get on her nerves.
"Kagome, you haven't touched your tea yet. Are you feeling alright?" Sango asked from beside the girl. Kagome looked at the demon slayer and smiled brightly.
"I feel fine, it's just I can't figure this thing out. I mean … I don't even think this was mentioned in my history book!" After a minute, the girl blinked and then hauled out a thick book with the word 'history' written in big letters on the cover.
"Let's see … Feudal Era … hmm …" Sango blinked and looked at her friend, attempting to read what the book was saying but came up empty.
"What does it say, Kagome?" Kagome looked over at her friend and then at the book.
"It pretty much says what Myoga told us except it doesn't really give dates or anything like that. It just says 'Hundreds of years ago when humans and demons lived side by side, a human woman and a demon lord fell in love. When they took the throne, the land was in peace although according to legend, the Lady was killed just before giving birth to their first child'." Sango thought for a minute and sighed lightly.
"Well, your book just confirmed what Myoga has told us." Kagome nodded and looked over at the odangoed blonde with a smile.
"Now, my only question would be … why are they not allowed back to their own time?" Kagome nodded.
"Yeah, that does pose a problem. I mean, I can use it normally, even InuYasha can get through." Sango nodded thoughtfully.
"True but the Bone Eaters Well is very old and uses very old magic." Miroku cleared his throat, turning the two sets of eyes onto him.
"I have a theory as to why they might not be allowed back. We all know that Lord Sesshomaru and InuYasha were both born from the most powerful demon alive so it's only natural that the power their father possessed during his time has been passed on." Kagome thought for a minute.
"Well, yeah, but what does that have to do with anything? We already know how strong Lord Sesshomaru and InuYasha are. Besides, this is their original time period." Miroku nodded.
"True but what about you, Kagome?" The girl blinked in confusion, pointing to herself.
"Me? What does this have to do with me?"
"Well, you are a miko and you have now full control of your powers that just a few hours, no one knew just how much of it was completely untapped. The fact that these girls are already super heroines in their own time only helps this case. Myoga told us that the Lady was so connected to the Earth and all its powers and magic that it was that very fact that caused the kingdom's downfall."
Kagome blinked and frowned delicately before looking to her friends again.
"What about Sesshomaru though? Why him? I mean, the fact that he was in the area at all is shocking in itself but the way he acted when he saw her, it was like he was seeing a ghost or something. So we obviously know that he was like 'The One' back then."
"I believe," Miroku continued, planning on getting to the girl's questions later, "That, like you, her power must have called out to the power that created the Bone Eaters Well which connected her to the Sacred Tree that the well is made out of and, ultimately, connecting her to you and, therefore, connecting you to the other girls. To answer your question, Kagome, when demons mate, they mate for life and mark each other, therefore connecting their souls together and their lifelines."
Kagome paused to take all the information in.
"But wouldn't that mean that if one died, so would the other?" Miroku nodded.
"In most cases but Lord Sesshomaru carries on his father's bloodline, therefore becoming the only Taiyoukai of this time. Myoga said that she was connected to the Earth and it's timeless magic so, even though her physical body was no longer, her spirit was still drifting inside the Bone Eaters Well."
"So she's been reincarnated three different times. And I thought it was bad for me being Kikyo's reincarnation." Kagome looked at the demon lord and then at the blonde odangoed girl who was currently trying to make conversation with him while the other females cooed over Kilala and Shippo. A smile touched her lips though she felt a little sorry for her, Sesshomaru never talked to anyone unless he needed to, which was rarely.
"You know, I sort of feel bad for Lord Sesshomaru." Sango stated softly, causing Kagome and Miroku to look at her curiously.
"Well, it's hard losing someone you love and for humans, you only have to live with it until your life comes to an end."
"But demons are practically eternal." Kagome finished for her friend, earning a nod. After a minute, Kagome felt bad for him as well.
"Imagine living thousands of years with the pain of losing the one you love." The young girl's gaze strayed from one brother to the other, not noticing that the other two were watching her. After a moment, the raven haired girl smiled and rose to her feet.
"Well, I don't know about you guys but I think I need to stretch my legs a little bit." They nodded and watched her retreating back.
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A/N: Alright … I apologize for leaving this for so long … this chapter was REALLY hard to grind out and I apologize if the timeline doesn't make sense … it doesn't even hardly make sense to me either and I have NO idea how I'm going to even make this work … --'
Anyways, I owe a HUGE thank you to Jay FicLover! You really helped me!
And, as always, some things never change –wink-