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Okay so I've decided to continue because the more I thought about it the more I liked this story. Thank you all for your wonderful reviews! They stroke my ego…ha-ha I've wanted to say that for so long. Anyways Kagome will meet Sesshomaru in this chapter so I'm hoping I make it good!

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Back In Time

Chapter 2

When Kagome woke up, she hurt all over her body. Slowly opening her eyes she took in her surroundings and discovered she was in the infirmary in Sesshomaru's castle.

'Hm, when did I get here? Actually how did I end up here? I'm never in his infirmary un-'She cut herself off. She left the Feudal Era…and she saw Izayoi… Then that means this is Inutaisho's castle! 'Oh shit, what am I going to do?! If I screw up the time line then what?!' Her musings were cut short when the cat demon that was putting some stuff away turned around. Kagome realized that this was Shiori, she worked for Sesshomaru and they got nicely acquainted at the beginning of her 6 month training session. Friggen dog seemed to forget that human bodies aren't as durable as a demons. Pft, ass…

"Oh you're up! I wasn't expecting you to wake for another day at least." She said coming over to check Kagome's wounds. 'She doesn't know me yet, I can't act like I know her…'

"I should heal pretty fast; my miko powers give me a boost." She said with a smile. The cat demon stopped what she was doing and looked at Kagome.

"You're a miko?" Shiori asked. Kagome could hear the caution in the demons voice. She sighed, here we go again…

"Yes, but I won't hurt you unless you come at me. I don't judge people on their race." She said trying to ease the girls' nerves. She still seemed wary but continued to check Kagome over.

"So, how long was I out?" Kagome asked.

"Only for a day, but I'm amazed. Your wounds are almost healed! I've never seen miko powers work like this before." She said in wonder seeming to forget that she was wary of Kagome ten seconds ago.

"That's not normal? Nobody's ever really said anything about it; it's always been this way." Kagome said now curious. If it was un-normal why didn't someone mention something before?

"Yes usually mikos can't heal themselves with their power, let alone do it unconsciously."

"You seem to know a lot about mikos. Why is that?" Kagome asked.

"Well Toga-sama brought a miko here one time after she helped him. Her name was Midoriko and I didn't know if there was a different way to treat them so I researched it." Shiori said. Kagome learned something new about her old friend; she didn't know why she didn't notice these things before. Was she that bad of a friend?

The door to the infirmary opened and Toga and Izayoi walked in.

"Hello Shiori, how does she look today?" Izayoi asked in her soft sweet voice.

"You could ask her yourself." Shiori said smiling and pointing to Kagome. They both looked over at her.

"Hello young lady, I want to thank-you for saving me the other day. What is your name?" Izayoi asked coming over and sitting by the bed.

"Hello Izayoi-sama, my name is Kagome. It's nice to meet you." Kagome said bowing her head. "It really was no big deal; I'm glad that you are okay." She looked up smiling to her.

"Well I wish to thank-you as well. If it were not for you, my mate would have been in some serious trouble." Toga said coming to stand behind Izayoi.

"Ah, you're welcome. Now that I'm awake I will get out of your hair." Kagome said standing. She winced a little. Even though her wounds were healed the muscles were still sore, but she wanted to get out of this castle before she did something drastic. Something Kagome…

"No, please stay for a couple of days. We want to reward you, but we also have a few questions that we would like you to answer." Toga said now serious. He didn't just want to know how she knew Izayoi's name but also why he couldn't sense her miko powers. He didn't know even when he walked into the clearing. If she was concealing her aura he still should have been able to sense the miko powers floating around from purifying demons.

She seemed reluctant but a puppy dog face from Izayoi seemed to get her to cave. Oh god did he hate the puppy dog face. This things she got him to do because of that, the watery eyes, the quivering lip…he shivered just thinking about it. No female should have that much power over a male…it just wasn't right.

"Yay, I'm glad. It will be good to have another female around for a couple of days. Although I will have to warn you about Sesshomaru, he is Toga's eldest son but he is a little…stricter than other adults." Toga snorted a little at the conversation that took place a few days prior. Izayoi elbowed him. He just couldn't understand why she didn't see it, I mean everyone thinks it! Plus the boy wasn't nice to his mate in the slightest. He had to give her brownie points (A/N: Not that he knows what they are, but I needed an expression.) for sticking up for the, strict as she liked to call it, kid. He would have been pissed if he were in her position.

"Oh, you don't have to worry about me. I've dealt with people like that before." Kagome said waving her hand in the air like it didn't matter. Izayoi and Toga looked at each other with a clear expression across their faces. She's obviously never met someone like Sesshomaru. Seeing as Kagome lived with Sesshomaru for 6 months she became quite the face reader and easily picked up on what they were thinking. 'Oh if only they knew. If anything he should be easier to deal with seeing as his father didn't die and Inuyasha isn't yet in this world.' Yeah he would still be extremely annoying and arrogant but it would be like 9% better than it was however many years into the future. She actually had to find that out because she wasn't quite sure how far back she had gone. She would have time to count it up later but right now math wasn't what she wanted to do. Right now, sleep was what she wanted to do…yeah that sounded pretty nice.

"Well alright, if you say so but you should still keep the warning in mind. He doesn't mind disemboweling any who back talk him that he thinks is lower in rank." Toga said seemingly forgetting that he was talking to a human. Izayoi hit him in the back of his head muttering about old age causing stupidity. Luckily for them Kagome found this more amusing than scary. Ohhhohoho yeah, she's definitely almost been disemboweled by Sesshomaru, as well as her head getting sliced off, her blood filled with poison and any other thing Sesshomaru threatened her with when she pushed his buttons. Sometimes she purposefully pushed his buttons just to see what he would say and what he could come up with. It didn't affect her because she was 85% sure he wouldn't actually do it (which was risky and thrilling), but just because it wasn't scary to her doesn't mean it wasn't scary for other people. She went around parroting some of the things he's said to her to demons who thought her a lowly human and she got extremely good results. She did the whole emotionless serious look Sesshomaru gets going when he's threatening things and did one of those hand cracking moves he did in Inuyasha's face the first time she met him. She was fairly sure they peed a little but wasn't completely positive. She could be scary but not really pee your pants scary. She could only wish.

"Nah, it's okay. It doesn't really scare me anymore. I've had plenty of those threats but I came out with good results as you can see by my bowels still being inside me." She said motioning her hands up and down her body. Toga gave a chuckle. This girl was interesting. She wasn't scared of demons, but he didn't know whether to take that as arrogance because of her miko powers or bravery because she is confident in her skills.

"Well you should get some rest. We will show you to one of the guest rooms so you don't have to sleep in the infirmary." Izayoi said. Kagome was grateful. No offence to the personal designer of the castle or anything but the infirmary wasn't exactly the prettiest room in the castle and some of the medicines were stronger than others and mixed together they gave her a slight headache. She wondered how it didn't affect the demons worse. Finally getting to her guest room she noticed that it was in the west wing. This wing was reserved for family members and the most honored guests. She had a feeling she was in this wing because she saved Izayoi but honestly she couldn't complain. These guest rooms were way cozier than the normal guest guestrooms. Not that they weren't comfy but these ones had the softest furs for blankets and balconies that overlooked either gardens or the courtyard.

She realized that the castle now was 99% exactly the same as it was in the future. This was of course a benefit for her because she made it a side task to learn the layout of the castle so that she could walk it in her sleep. After weeks of getting lost in the labyrinth of halls, corridors, and rooms she got really sick of it and made a map. Her friends seemed to have no problem remembering where everything was but unfortunately Kagome wasn't one for directions. That's why when she walked into dinner with her map in hand having to use it to find the dining hall everyone laughed when she explained why she had it.

"Well this is it. You were put in the West Wing and that will signify your status as an honored guest." Izayoi said with a smile. Kagome smiled right back. Izayoi was a really nice person and she couldn't understand why he didn't like her…oh wait. That may have been one of the stupidest things she has ever thought. 'He doesn't like her because she's human, technically the reason his mother moved out of the castle, and she's bringing a half-demon into this world that will taint his precious blood line and yada yada yada.'

"Thank you Izayoi-sama, Inutaisho-sama." Kagome said bowing deeply.

"Please, call me Toga." He said.

"Thank you Toga-sama." She said back with a smile.

"Would you like us to send a servant to wake you when dinner is ready?" Izayoi asked. Kagome thought about it. She actually wanted to sleep for the rest of the week, this being an emotionally and physically exhausting week, but she knew she would wake up tomorrow being fully healed and energized…physically anyways. She really missed her friends but she wasn't going to let that ruin her life and drag her down. She was actually pretty excited because she will be meeting the young Sesshomaru. She definitely planned to push at least one of his buttons before leaving but wasn't sure what she could do here. She really didn't want to alter anything.

"No, I just want to sleep and I don't think I will be waking up until tomorrow morning anyways." Kagome said.

"Oh okay, as long as you join us tomorrow."

"Will do." She said. She was going to change her clothes when she realized her bag was missing. Panic rose when she realized it must have been left in the clearing. She ran over to her door and threw it open.

"Izayoi-sama! Where's my bag?" She said frantically. All of her shit was in there, including the pictures of her friends! Izayoi and Toga turned around.

"Oh it should be in your closet, I had a servant bring it up. Also feel free to use all of the kimono's in there I had them brought up for you." She said smiling kindly. "Sleep well Kagome."

"Thank-you!" Kagome said running back into her room, eager to be reunited with her bag. As ugly as it may be it still brought her some comfort. She opened the closet door to see it stocked full of kimonos. She was thinking she wasn't going to use any when Izayoi mentioned that they were in here but they were all so pretty! What's the harm in feeling like a princess for a couple of days anyways? She never had time to wear pretty kimonos in Sesshomaru's castle because she was so focused on training that she wore skin tight black stretchy capris and a blue sports bra almost the entire time she was in the castle. (Of course it got washed every night though)

She grabbed her bag and pulled out some black yoga pants and a plain read form fitting but still a little loose t-shirt. She slipped those on and crawled into her bed thinking about what she was going to do. She wasn't sure what she could do or say because of the time line but she was about to say screw the time line. 'Actually that's what I'm going to do. I will answer all their questions honestly and tell them I'm from the future, and I don't give a damn if the Kami's get angry. You shouldn't have sent me this far back! I'm going to take full advantage of this. I will make sure Inuyasha's parents don't die; I will make sure Sesshomaru doesn't hate Inuyasha or humans anymore and I will befriend a youkai, preferably Sesshomaru, and will tell him about oniguimo and have him kill the bastard when he is lying almost dead in his cave. Kikyo will never have met him, he will never have fallen in love and the world would be safe from the stupid jewel craving dip shit.' Kagome realized that she would have to find the jewel again in this time. She wasn't sure if it had been created yet or if it was still in existence. 'Ugh, time for that math session…' Kagome went on and thought about everyone's ages.

When Inuyasha is born his father dies so he lives with his mother until he's like five and then he goes off and lives on his own when she dies. He looked 17 when I pulled him from the tree, and Kikyo was also probably 17. So when Inuyasha turns 17 the jewel will have been created because that was around the time that the slayers gave Kikyo possession of the newly formed jewel thinking that a miko should have it. 'Pft look how well that turned out. She actually was the one who started this whole thing, not me because I shattered the jewel. Although I don't think I can hate her for it because then I would never have met any of my friends and would still be a boring school girl going on dates with the school hottie (moron) Hojo.' Anyways, that whole thing ends with Inuyasha pinned to a tree for 50 years so that all together is 67 years. 500+67 is 567 so I only went back 67 years. 'Hm, you know I was expecting more like 200 years but 67 works too. Actually I can live for 67 years so I could take care of the Oniguimo problem all by myself and I could get Miroku and Sango together, find Rin a family, Shippo will already be with his very much alive parents and Kikyo won't have to worry about the jewel at all.'

After Kagome thought about all of this stuff she got comfy and started drifting into sleep. She was almost sleeping when a thought struck her and she sat up.

"Wait, did I cave in because a woman older than me gave me the puppy dog eyes? What am I, male?..." Kagome decided she would have to hit Izayoi up for some tips. If she was that good at the puppy dog face then Kagome was an amateur. The last thought she had before finally falling asleep was: 'Aww, poor Toga…'

OoOoO

When Kagome awoke it was early morning. 'How did I just wake up at the perfect time?' She was seriously wondering if she had an internal alarm clock. So many times she has woken exactly when she wanted to and she never knew how.

Kagome got up, stretched, put on her usual training outfit and opened the closet door. She was thinking that she wanted a sapphire colored Kimono so she searched the shelves and was pleased when she found the one she wanted. It had a black under layer and the top layer was the deepest sapphire with black flower designs on it. Every kimono was floor length in the closet so she decided that she would go barefooted through the castle. She got the brush and a hair tie out of her yellow bag and out her hair in a ponytail. Just as she was finished a servant knocked on her door.

"Come in." Kagome called, tightening her pony tail. A girl with shoulder length lilac colored hair dressed in white and gray robes walked in.

"Hello my name is Hana and I will be your personal servant for the duration of your stay here Kagome-sama." Hana said bowing low.

"Please, just call me Kagome. I don't really like honorifics." Kagome said kindly to the girl. Hana looked up in shock never having that happen before. She assumed this girl was just going to be a snotty arrogant human. She definitely liked this girl.

"Okay Kagome, well breakfast is about to be served. Do you wish to join the Lord and Lady?" Hana asked.

"Yes please." Hana led Kagome to the dining hall, not that she needed to be led, but these people didn't know that she was from the future. Yet. When Hana opened the doors and Kagome stepped in she immediately noticed Sesshomaru's absence. That was usually the first thing she looked for when she walked in here. Kagome walked up to the table and took a seat next to Izayoi where she was motioning for her to sit.

"Where is Sesshomaru-sama?" Kagome asked. She decided on using honorific, at least until they knew her story which was about to be told pretty soon. Even if the young Sesshomaru didn't know her, Kagome knew him so she was going to act just like she had with older Sesshomaru. He was definitely going to need to learn some patience. As she said earlier, she almost got killed numerous times before for even the simplest things that bothered him. She just assumed that that was because she bothered him so much that he just started losing patience with her fairly quickly.

"He's somewhere moping around. He said "It's disgraceful enough to eat with one human at the table, let alone two. I will eat at a later time." Inutaisho said doing a pretty good impression of Sesshomaru. Kagome snorted.

"That sounds just like him." She said. Both Izayoi and Toga sent her surprised looks. Toga's narrowed a bit in suspicion.

"What do you mean by that Kagome?" Izayoi asked. Kagome took in a deep breath and began talking.

"Well when I was resting yesterday, I came do a decision. I've decided to tell you the truth about everything, it is simply too much work to keep this hidden from you and I plan on using full advantage of my situation here." She explained. "I'm not from this time, I am from the future. Way, way in the future and on my 15th birthday I fell down a well on my family's shrine…" She continued to tell them the tale throughout breakfast even when their plates were set down in-front of them they ignored them in favor of listening to the fascinating tale spewing from the young girl's mouth. After she finished there was a tense silence for a good ten minutes with both Izayoi and Toga just staring at her incredulously. "…and that's why I was so shocked to see that it was Izayoi that I was protecting."

"I couldn't sense any lies from that story…how about you Izayoi?" Toga asked in a quiet voice. Izayoi didn't respond at first, still shocked and gapping at Kagome.

"Nope, not at all." She said, her voice wavering a bit.

"I know it's pretty awesome isn't it. I mean it totally sounds like a bunch of bullshit and personally I wouldn't believe it myself but it's totally true." Kagome said. She tried to keep the pride out of her voice but it was hard to do such a thing. She just stupefied the Lord and Lady of the western lands all by just telling them the story of her life. Yeah, bonus points for Kagome.

"So you know of our futures and the Hanayo in your story, Inuyasha, is our future son?" Izayoi asked tearing up a little to know that they wouldn't be there for their son. Kagome didn't tell them how or when they died, but Izayoi wasn't going to ask…well right now at least. Her mind had too much information reeling around she was sure she probably couldn't even stand up.

"It's a good name…Inuyasha." Toga said, a little disturbed he wasn't going to be there for his son and that his brother would hate him and try to kill him multiple times.

"Yeah, I don't really know how it came to be though. But anyways, I'm planning on taking full advantage of this traveling back in time thing and I'm going to make a better future for everyone that I know. Just you guys staying alive are going to affect so many people in a good way. Also I'm going to warm up the icicle ass to the idea of having a Hanayo brother and the fact that humans aren't that bad. This will not only spare many humans' lives in the future but he will come to accept Izayoi-sama as a suitable step-mother. You certainly seem like a wonderful human being and I'm going to get Sesshomaru to see that, even if I have to pound it into his head myself." She said turning to look at Izayoi as she said the last part. Izayoi blushed and thanked her for the comment while Toga looked smug at her earlier comment. So he wasn't the only one who thought that…

"Icicle ass huh? What are you other thoughts on Sesshomaru?" Toga asked putting his elbow on the table and leaning his head into his hand with a smirk on his face. Kagome blushed not knowing she let that slip but decided to tell him what she thought of the arrogant dog.

"Well for one he's arrogant and thinks that everyone is beneath him. That just pisses me right off! Two, he's got a tree branch shoved way too far up his ass for my liking. Somebody's gotta get it out, and I plan on being the one to do it. He won't even know what happened! I've just got to get close enough without him knowing." She said no more shy on what she said as a determined and mischievous light entered her eyes. She started starting in to the distance imagining what she could do to get close enough to Sesshomaru.

Toga looked at Izayoi, his smirk still in place, and waved his free hand at Kagome. Izayoi just huffed and told him to shut up.

"Oh dear, I haven't said anything. Kagome took the words right out of my mouth." Izayoi just got up and stomped away. Kagome was too busy planning and daydreaming to notice her departure. Toga waved a hand in front of her face to get her attention. Kagome snapped out of her planning mode to look at Toga questioningly.

"Well should you need any help with your task, feel free to ask. I have been on the same mission as you for years, but unfortunately I didn't have any luck with it."

"Well I did it once before and I can certainly do it again!" Kagome said with energy already ready to start on her task. She looked around for a minute before she turned back to Toga.

"Where did Izayoi-sama go?" She asked.

"Oh she just had something she had to attend to." He said turning to leave. "Feel free to explore the castle, although I'm guessing you already know where everything is?" He said.

"Yes I do, thank you!" He nodded and left the room. Kagome briefly wondered what Izayoi had to do but shrugged her shoulders deeming it unimportant. She felt like going to the library right now. There were some pretty interesting scrolls in there…

OoOoO

When Kagome walked into the library she was immediately bombarded with the smells of old books. She always loved library smells; even in the Feudal Era the library's had the same smell. Well actually she's only been in Sesshomaru's library seeing as pretty much only Lords and Lady's could afford a library full of books. Too immersed in smelling the air, she failed to notice Sesshomaru sitting at a desk with a scroll in hand.

Sesshomaru was sitting and peacefully reading a scroll. Half of his attention was on the scroll, and the other half was on the fact that his father had brought another human to the castle. That better not be a normal thing form now on because if it was he was just going to start killing the humans that his father brought into the castle. They were smelly, annoying and thought they were better than him. Seriously? Humans thought they were better than him and it down right pissed him off. That Izayoi girl was considerably better than all of the other human princesses and Lady's that have visited the castle in the past but he refused to acknowledge her as his mother. His father was sorely mistaken if he thought that Sesshomaru, ruthless, cold blooded killer Demon Prince was going to warm up to a human and start thinking of her as part of the pack. She technically was by pack laws but he was Sesshomaru. He could do whatever he wanted. He heard the doors to the library open and saw a human walk in. He assumed that this was that human that his father had brought back to the castle. She was quite pretty for a human, not that he would ever admit that out loud, but she was still a human so therefore she was weak and did not deserve his attention.

He watched as she just stood there looking at all of the books and smelling the air, completely ignoring his presents in the room. Either that or she truly didn't realize that he was there. He wouldn't be surprised if it was the latter explanation, her being human and a pathetic creature so he decided to make his presents known and he was going to tell her what he thought about her and her kind. Maybe it would make her cry? He would enjoy that. Deciding that's exactly what he wanted to do he cleared his throat to get her attention.

Kagome was walking along the bookshelf looking for something that caught her eye when she heard a throat being cleared. Looking over she saw a young Sesshomaru approaching her. She saw his look of boredom but also disgust at her species was buried under his mask. She only saw it because she was the best Sesshomaru face reader that ever existed…except for maybe Rin but she wasn't born yet so right now it was Kagome. She took in his appearance, eager to see how much different he was but all-in-all he looked almost exactly the same. All that was different was that his hair only went to his lower back and he was only a couple of inches shorter. She was a little disappointed that he didn't look any younger. She wanted to see a chibi Sesshomaru but she really can't say it was unexpected. She would've had to go back farther in time and from the slight disappointment she unknowingly put a pout on her face.

When he got close enough to her she decided to greet him, but not properly like any other being should have. He had yet to re-earn her respect. Before she got to say anything though Sesshomaru opened his mouth and sent her temper flaring.

"So you're the pathetic human wench that father has brought to the castle." He said in an emotionless voice but she could pick up on the slight sneer. She narrowed her eyes challengingly at Sesshomaru.

"Oh, it's nice to see you too Sesshomaru." She bit out. He growled and glared at her.

"You will do well do address this Sesshomaru with the proper respect he deserves." Inwardly Kagome was laughing at his inability to speak like a normal person, but on the outside she was glaring at him with one of his own glares. Even though to anyone else he looked emotionless but she could see the surprise in his eyes at her audacity to glare at him and the fact that it was actually a decent glare. She couldn't tell you how many times females have glared at her in jealousy because she spent pretty much all of her time with Sesshomaru and they just looked constipated. She just wanted to stomp up to one of them and say "Are you TRYING to take a shit, because that's what your face looks like right now! Learn how to actually glare before you further embarrass yourself." But she was bigger than that though, even if she really, really wanted to do it.

"Why would I treat you with respect when you just approached me spewing shit about me being a pathetic human wench?" She asked. "Dog." She wasn't going to say that last part but decided that she wanted to push his buttons. Nothing new really… He got that weird glint in his eye that's only there for a split second before he lunges at you pinning you to an object by your throat. She lunged out of the way as he made a grab for her. Kagome was now thanking future Sesshomaru for making her run around with ungodly heavy weights all day and randomly throwing objects at her throughout the day to make sure she was always on guard.

"Oh no you don't mister! I memorized the look you get in your eyes before you grab a person's throat! I like to call it your 'I will now pin you to something by your throat and growl a threat in your face' look" She said with a smug look on her face, obviously pleased that she dodged his attack further angering him.

"You speak as if you know this Sesshomaru, but I know that I've never seen you before." Kagome mentally congratulated him on using the word 'I' even if it was for only half of the sentence. That would also be a habit of his she was going to break.

"Well it's a mystery how I know you so well Sesshomaru, one that you will have to figure out on your own. Let's see if you're smart enough to solve the puzzle." She was taunting him and he knew it. He would show her who the stronger and smarter one was!

"Well if you think you are so much better than this Sesshomaru, then why don't we go for a spar in the dojo? I highly doubt a human wench like you could even last a minute against me." He was expecting her to drop the I'm better than you act when he challenged her to a spar and expected her to quickly apologize, but was pleasantly surprised when she had a glint of excitement in her eyes.

"Yes I think we should. I always love a challenge. I'll meet you at the dojo Fluffy-sama." She drawled out the name to make sure he got the point that she was calling him fluffy. Oh she knew he hated it, almost as much as he hated Naraku when he first stole Rin. Yes, he would be extremely aggressive in his spar and she wanted to know if she could beat him when he was younger. Of course he would still be exceedingly powerful but he didn't have as much experience under his belt as his older self. That would be fun to see his reaction if she won. Just so she could see his face she was going to put her all in this spar. With that last thought she turned out of the room making her kimono swoosh and quickly headed for the dojo. It was a good thing she put on her training clothes under the kimono. It would be hard to move in this thing.

Meanwhile Sesshomaru was slightly gaping. Did she just call him Fluffy –sama? Did this bitch have a death wish? Shaking of his shock he also made a quick departure for the dojo. He was going to make her regret that; maybe even kill her for that. Nobody called him Fluffy and got away with it!

Yeah, I'm going to make you guys wait to see what happens…I'm feeling slightly evil right now…

Anyways I hope you liked it! I tried to make it humorous but second chapters just aren't my thing so I was kind of expecting it to suck. Tell me what you think and REVIEW! Thank you to all of my reviewers for the last chapter!

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TOOOO: Ikutolover93! Gave me some pretty good ideas and helped me get through this chapter and helped me plan out the next one!