Mother May I

Sesshy's Mistress

Summary: After Rin refuses to leave her Lord's side, Sesshomaru returns to his home in the West. Yet, as time passes, it is obvious that Rin is in need of not only human companionship, but a female to guide her. With little choice left to him, he begins the hunt for a suitable female.

Note: Don't ask me why I started this…

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Last Time:

"InuYasha!" Kagome's voice screamed as loud as it possibly could from below. The half-demon's eyes widened in shock and he jumped to the other side of the well. The silver haired woman winced before peeking down below to find Kagome in a panicked state.

"So you're the one responsible for the time shifts," Cosmos crossed her arms over her chest and looked from the brunette to the boy. "The two of you have a LOT of explaining to do…"

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"I don't have to tell you anything, wench!" InuYasha growled in warning. His ears continued to lay flat over his head, and his golden eyes glared heatedly at the silver woman. Who was she to talk to him like that? Huffing, he crossed his arms over his chest and dared her to even try to make him change his mind.

"InuYasha!" Kagome all but shrieked. They had no idea who this strange woman was or what she was capable of. He wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but he knew better when it came to keeping his mouth shut.

"Oh really?" Cosmos questioned with the quirk of a brow. A small smile stretched from the side of her mouth as she regarded the boy.

"Feh," InuYasha glared as his nose twitched from her exotic scent.

Cosmos chuckled before allowing her staff to drop and hit him atop of his head with enough force to knock him to the ground. A sizeable lump formed where the tip of Pluto's staff had made contact, and Cosmos felt a smug satisfaction from the way it pulsed. She was surprised to find that he was able to quickly recover from the blow. It was then that she noticed the ears twitching on his head. They seemed to twitch in time with the newly formed lump.

It took all of her power to restrain herself from smiling at that or reaching out to rub his ears. Humans did not possess dog ears. What was he? He looked human.

"I could ask you the same thing!" InuYasha mocked in a poor imitation of her earlier response to his inquiry. Cosmos' eyes narrowed and again she swung with her staff. This time he was ready for it, and easily caught the end of the staff in a tight grip. When he refused to release his hold on it, she sent a wave of electricity up the length of the staff. It jumped to his body and sent him to his knees.

"Down boy," Cosmos couldn't stop the jibe even if she wanted to. No one messed with her weapons, even if some of them preferred to not work half the time. This time he stayed down for several minutes.

"InuYasha," Kagome's worried but exhausted voice spoke from the top of the well. She had just managed to scale the wall and throw her backpack to the ground. It had been three years since her last wall climbing, and she was very out of shape. Kagome had to roll herself out of the well.

"Are you okay?" The silver haired woman inquired sincerely. Her gaze raked over Kagome, taking in the yellow shorts, white tank top, and pink bunny slippers that made up her outfit. Obviously the girl was not dressed for time travel.

"Just…" Kagome panted as she pushed herself to her knees. "A minute…" She pushed herself to her feet and used Cosmos' shoulder to steady herself. "To catch my breath…" Kagome took in a big gulp of air before rushing to InuYasha and checking on him.

"Think that's bad?" Cosmos huffed to herself. "Try kicking ass in four inch heels every night. Now THAT is a workout. Talk about sore calves and aching thighs…" She shifted from one side to the other as she ranted to herself, unaware of the strange look she was receiving from Kagome.

Unlike InuYasha, Kagome recognized the style of dress, but she was in disbelief. Sailor Senshi were myths! They had to be myths! No one had seen one, and the evidence of their existence was well…nonexistent. Unless, of course, you considered really blurry pictures in magazines and newspapers from years, and years ago to be evidence…

"You alive?" Cosmos questioned when she realized the girl from the future had been staring at her for quite some time. All the while, the girl had yet to blink or even close her gaping mouth. Cosmos took only a minute to realize why. She had been ranting to herself again. After so many years traveling and not, technically, spending time amongst others, she'd found herself talking to herself quite a lot.

The voices of her friend's spirits talking occasionally to her didn't help either.

"Is there some place we can talk?" She finally sighed while Kagome helped InuYasha to his feet. The half-demon was grumbling away, but he was still quite confused from the lump on his head. Apparently, she had hit him harder than she had thought, or Pluto's staff was just very hard.

"There's a village nearby," Kagome answered while throwing InuYasha's arm over her shoulder. She was surprised how easily this woman had managed to damage InuYasha. She had one mean swing! "I have a friend there, but…"

Cosmos sensed the reason for her hesitance, "I'm not here to hurt anyone."

Kagome's chocolate orbs studied her carefully. She was normally a good judge of character, but the fact this person—being—made it through the well unnerved her. Maybe it was the way the woman carried herself, or it could be that she didn't want to suffer the same wrath as InuYasha. Either way, she nodded and slowly moved forward and led the silver woman to the village.

Half-way there, however, InuYasha regained his footing and turned angry eyes back on his would-be attacker.

"I'm not afraid to use it on you again," Cosmos warned. She was in no mood to play games with him.

"You could try!" InuYasha growled as he raised his claws and prepared to attack.

"Wait!" Kagome urged as she clung to his arm, halting his attack. He spared her an annoyed look but waited to hear what she had to say.

"We need to hear what she has to say," Kagome pulled on his arm. They were only a few minutes away from the village and Kaede's hut. "It could be important." Her hands tightened on his arm, and she gave him a knowing look.

InuYasha growled and sent a glare to Cosmos. The only reason he was agreeing to it was due to the fact that the woman smelled pure, like a priestess, only better. "Feh," He huffed and his nose twitched. "But if she even looks at me wrong," He held a claw hand higher and flexed his fingers for emphasis.

"Oh, please," Cosmos rolled her eyes at his childish and unnecessary behavior. She didn't come here to take part in a pissing contest with some demon. "If it makes you feel any better I'll de-transform." She was immortal, so even if he tried to kill her, he would fail. "But give me a reason to revert back to this form—"she waved a hand over her body. "—and next time you won't get back up."

Closing her eyes, she allowed her transformation to fade and it left her in a white sundress with matching heels. She had last worn this on one of the beaches of Hawaii before she was called to aid in the war.

"Either way, you are going to attract a lot of attention," Kagome sighed as she looked to the village. The girl looked anything but human. She looked demonic save for the rounded ears. "If you had pointed ears, I'd swear you were a demon, especially with those eyes."

"Oh?" Cosmos looked at herself and admitted that her appearance was strange. Even her blonde hair had been abnormal compared to Japanese standards. Her fingers caressed the material of her dress. Maybe if she changed clothes. Her silver eyes ran over InuYasha's form and judged the look she would need based off of his clothing.

Summoning the power of her disguise pen, she altered her appearance into the kimono equivalent of her senshi uniform. The short kimono was silver with crescent and star embroidery on the fabric. The edges of her outfit were trimmed in a soft gold, the same color of the obi. Instead of heels, she wore flats with tights that ran up the length of her legs to reach mid-thigh.

"Wow," Kagome gasped as the silver light and star dust dispersed to reveal the new outfit. "That's one neat trick!" There was no way she was a demon! Kagome had never seen a demon that could change their clothes like that! There were some whose clothing would seem to magically mend, but never change.

"If this will suffice, can we proceed?" Cosmos waved her hand towards the village. With a nod, Kagome led the way with a pouting InuYasha bringing up the rear.

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It didn't take long to reach the village and find shelter in Kaede's hut. The older woman was currently in a nearby village, helping tend to some sick that needed an expert's gentle touch and guiding words. On their way through the village Cosmos' disguised form had still managed to capture the attention of the villagers.

The party of three had not a moment to themselves before Miroku and Shippo came bursting into the hut. "We heard there was a newcomer," He exclaimed while looking about the area. When his eyes landed on the silver-haired woman, his jaw went slack and his eyes widened. She did look like a demon but the pure energy radiating from her form was anything but demonic. It was more angelic than anything. Yet, when her dark blue eyes met his, he felt as if he was being pulled into them. There was so much depth to those eyes, and hidden in them he could sense loneliness and pain.

This woman was not as frail as she appeared. She was a battle hardened warrior like the rest of their group if not more so. It took a great loss to leave such a spiritual scar on a person, Miroku was one to know. Unconsciously his hand fisted at his side.

"Hello," her words were gentle and brought him out of the painful memories of when Naraku ran free.

"Miroku!" Kagome gasped in surprise. Forgetting for the moment the importance of the situation and their guests, Kagome ran to hug him. How she had missed him and Sango. Shippo had been perched on Miroku's shoulder and now jumped into Kagome's arms once she released the Monk.

"I missed you, Kagome!" Shippo shouted in delight as he was cuddled. In the background, InuYasha began to grumble about how unfair his reunion with Kagome had been compared to theirs. He earned an eye roll from Cosmos whose attention was mostly focused upon the small demon child, specifically his feet.

She never recalled in Earth's history the existence of demons. Flicking her deep blues to InuYasha, she examined him in detail. Was this really the past of her world? If so, what had happened to cause the existence of such beings?

"Sango is fine," Miroku answered Kagome's question in mirth; however, his attention continued to be driven to the woman in the hut. Who was she? Was she demon or human? Neither?

"Who is your new friend?" Miroku spoke while nodding towards the silver-haired woman standing in the middle of the room. With attention now returned to her, Cosmos met his stare once more and smiled warmly. She sensed no ill will from this man.

"You may call me Serenity," She bowed her head in his direction. "And I am here to speak with Kagome and InuYasha."

"About what?" Miroku found his grip on his staff tightening. Was there trouble?

"About the well," Kagome answered for her while focusing her gaze on anything but Cosmos.

"If there are any others in your group that need to hear this discussion, fetch them now," Serenity spoke but Kagome shook her head.

"Sango is in no condition—" Miroku began. At Kagome's worried look, he smiled, "She is due any day now to give birth." Before Kagome could squeal in delight and ask more questions, Miroku placed a hand over her mouth. "We can discuss it after everything is sorted."

Realizing the truth to his words, Kagome nodded and pushed the excitement within her down.

"First off, when are we?" She directed her comment at Kagome.

"500 years in the past," Kagome answered honestly and was surprised at the shock that registered over the woman's face.

"What is the ration of human to demons?" Her attention moved to InuYasha.

"Feh," He crossed his arms over his chest as his ears twitched. He didn't appreciate her tone or the way she was demanding the information. What right did she have to ask such questions? Why wouldn't Kagome let him teach her a lesson?

"Demons outnumber humans," Miroku answered when it was apparent that InuYasha would not answer.

"Are they localized?" Her question was open to anyone.

"No," InuYasha answered after Kagome gave him a good nudge in the side.

"What is the relationship of humans to the demons?" Cosmos' mind was running a mile a minute as she took in the information.

"Mixed! Humans fear demons and many demons still see humans as inferior or prey. Since the war with Naraku, relations have improved, but we cannot speak world-wide, just in this area," Miroku sighed when he realized how tense the woman was becoming. Apparently this was not the information she had hoped to receive.

"How did you come by the well?" Cosmos demanded of Kagome. As Kagome spun the tale, Cosmos was becoming even more disturbed. This girl-woman had altered the past of a world that, to Cosmos' knowledge, was separate from their own. How the two worlds became linked by that well was unknown, and Cosmos' hated being in the dark about matters of importance like this.

"Tell me everything that has happened from your first visit until now!" The three were alarmed with the urgency in her voice, but Kagome nodded and continued her tale. It would take several hours to recite it all, but once she finished, Cosmos was left feeling very disturbed.

What implications would this have on their world? Were changes already occurring? There was too much damage for her to undo it. Even if she could reverse this much interference, it could cause more problems than fixing them! A headache began to form, and Cosmos moved to lean against the wall and rub her temples.

"Are you okay?" Kagome questioned meekly.

"No," Cosmos shook her head and looked at them all. "Do you have any idea of the consequence of your actions? Do you, Kagome?" She didn't mean to scold, but the mess made from their actions was huge! If Destiny and Fate had not been at play, they would certainly look to take revenge on the group for their interference.

"Back off," InuYasha growled as he stood in front of Kagome as if to protect her.

"Listen here, pup," Cosmos growled while advancing upon him. "I don't know if you realized it or not, but Kagome's time—my world—did not have demons. Answer me this, if only 500 years stands between now and then, why were there NO demons? What happened to them?"

This stopped everyone cold. They had never considered this, and now that it was brought to their attention, they were as confused as Cosmos was furious.

"My life on this world has been nearly two centuries," She held two fingers in the air. In all that time, I have never laid eyes on beings like you or him." She pointed towards Shippo who hid in Kagome's hair. "So tell me this, what could possibly happen in the next 300 years to wipe out every demon or half-demon on this planet?"

None of them could answer her.

"You were never meant to come to this time, Kagome," Cosmos spoke as she met Kagome's confused and scared gaze. "You not only altered time, but you may have very well changed the world. I'm just not sure if that is a good thing or not." She didn't want to scare Kagome, but the girl needed to realize what her actions had caused.

"But…I-I…" Kagome felt tears burning at the back of her eyes. The thought of never having met her friends or InuYasha broke her heart.

"Naraku never would have risen because the Shikon-no-Tama would have been out of his reach," Cosmos stated after some thought. "If this world really is part of the past of our world, demons would have ceased to exist. Now that you've changed that, I don't know what will happen to the world you know and love, or those you left behind."

"It could be a change for the better!" Miroku argued even though he was confused over the woman's words.

"Yes, or for the worse," Cosmos stated without pausing to consider his words. "I know from experience that altering the past can ruin the future…" Her tone turned sad as she recalled her family and friends. As if in response to her confusion and sadness, the crystal inside of her pulsed, sending a warm wave of power through the area. Those who felt the wave cover them were instantly healed of all aches and pains. Their worries faded away as the purity of the energy gave them hope while chasing away any lingering darkness.

It wasn't a powerful surge of energy, but it was enough to catch the attention of more powerful demons. After all, not many were born with such powerful and pure energy like Cosmos.

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Sesshomaru's travels had proved uneventful. None near his domain were fit to watch and care for his ward. Frustrations were growing as he continued his hunt. Yet, as he moved to travel to another nearby village, on the edge of his senses, he felt a surge in pure energy. It called to him, and he halted his movements to find where the energy had come from. His eyes narrowed when he realized it was in the direction of his half-brother's village.

Sesshomaru would have ignored the unusual occurrence if his father's sword did not suddenly respond. It had not actively tried to counsel him since Naraku's defeat, and the sudden change intrigued him. Turning his gaze back towards the direction of the energy, Sesshomaru decided to widen his search and find the cause of that flare in power.

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I'm putting off a school assignment. The only way to kill time was to finish this chapter. Let me know what you think!

RxR

Sesshy's Mistress