Hey, so I forgot to mention this before but the current time line of this story would be set the year before Kagome would return in the final where the summer (so she has been gone for two years, not three) and Miroku and Sango do not currently have kids. There shouldn't be any real spoiler but a few OC demons but that's it. I just wanted to clarify.

I would like thank VampireSiren for being the first person to review!

Disclaimer: I wish I owned something but I do not own anything.

The Northern lands were in an uproar by morning, and the news was beginning to be spread all the way to the southern lands and from there, the east and west.

At first when seeing Tamiko's room was empty, a caretaker of the Northern palace assumed she had been with Sesshomaru and of course went to check his room, only to find the young lord fast asleep. It was unusual for Tamiko to go anywhere alone when Sesshomaru was there because she always tried to spend as much time with him as possible.

The caretaker then searched out by the sea, a place Tamiko goes to watch the sunrise or the stars fading away slowly.

However when all that was there was Tamiko's hair ribbon and a flower the caretaker got concerned and ran back into the palace and told Tamiko's mother what had been found…and as they searched it was all that they found because no one could find Tamiko.

Sesshomaru and his father went back to the west stopping to look for her in every village they'd past, even taking the long way home to do so. Their effort was fruitless however and when they returned home everyone was meant to find the Northern Princess, those who did would be rewarded those who had taken her would be executed painfully and mercilessly.

Time went on from there, many people even forgot who Tamiko was, as far as they were concerned, the only Princess at the North was Kioshi and she was born the year Tamiko had disappeared so many after her knew not but old tales of Tamiko's existence.

In fact her disappearance became what some would call a wise tale, many didn't even know it was true. It was told sometimes just so kids knew it was dangerous to go by the sea alone early in the morning or wandering around was just generally dangerous. Tamiko's mother of course was saddened by her daughter's disappearance which the few who did remember her referred to it as her death but she was demon and that meant moving on.

Now it had been so many years since then and many things have changed including the fall of the western lands into Sesshomaru's hands Kioshi inherited the Northern lands. One thing that did drastically change was the relationship between the two lands, Sesshomaru had thought when he and Tamiko had gotten the land which was rightfully theirs they would be able to combine the two and from there take over all of Japan and from there all other lands

But Tamiko was gone and the North was as weak as it had ever been, in fact Sesshomaru never even thought about the north anymore. It held no great importance.

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Kagome's Time

Kagome was sitting on a park bench scribbling just getting a small head start on the homework that was due for after the summer vacation, she was wearing a uniform similar to her old one only this one was blue instead of green. Her hair was done the way it normally was and despite the frustratingly long work given to her, she was actually really relaxed. It was pretty quiet for a Thursday evening, not too many people were around and most of which were reading or just watching the stars.

In fact the sudden noise being made by the sounds of someone running halfheartedly scared her.

It was a girl just about her age chasing after a little bird, she stopped almost directly in front of the bench Kagome was sitting on as the small bird settled on her finger tip.

She was wearing her school's uniform, a black and white skirt with a white and black shirt. She had long lavender hair that hair that was straightened but wore two small blue flowers on either side but they looked almost navy under the moon's lack of light. Her socks came just below her knee and her skirt stopped right above her knees. She was about the same height as Kagome, maybe and inch and half taller. She also had a diamond shaped necklace that hung loosely around her neck. Her ears were kind of pointed back and her eyes were violet and almost red as she turned to face Kagome.

"Hello," she said greeting her, the bird from earlier had settled onto her shoulder and remained perched there as she walked over to the other girl.

"Hi there," Kagome said smiling at the girl as she began putting her stuff away so she could sit down if she'd liked.

"Your bird is really adorable that way he just sits there on your shoulder."

The girl looked to the side before smiling, "Oh she's not mine….I was just playing around with her," as she said this she stuck out a finger in front of the bird so it could jump on. She lifted her finger up and let the bird fly off into the night.

"Wow, then birds must really like you," Kagome said watching in amusement, when she was a kid people used to make fun of her and tell her that all birds should come to her because of her name but it seemed to come naturally to the other girl.

The girl sat down crossing her leg over her knee as she did so rocking her head to the side and smiling, "Yeah, I guess so, it's been like that since I can remember," she laughed , "going to the zoo is crazy."

Kagome smiled with laughter, "Do you live around here?"

"Now I do, I used to live in Sapporo though."

"Oh really, what is it like there? I was thinking about going there sometime since we are on summer break now."

"Yeah!?" The girl said energetically, "it is loads of fun and if you want I can give you loads of good places to eat, there is this one rice ball stand and they are to die for," she exaggerated the word die as she stood up again twirling around in a circle.

"Wow, that'd be really nice of you, maybe you can come yourself and give me a tour."

"Of course I can, no one knows the north better than me!" The girl grinned and then suddenly realized something.

"Um hey, what's your name by the way?"

They looked at each other a bit before breaking into a fit of laughter, here they were making plans to go places with each other and they hadn't even known each other for ten minutes, nor did they know each other's names.

"I'm Kagome Higurashi."

"Tamiko Ando," responded the traces of laughter still evident in her eyes.

"Hey which way do you walk to go home?" Kagome asked her.

Tamiko pointed down to the only house that stood very close to Kagome's family shrine.

"No way, I live next door."

Tamiko looked confused for a moment and then thought, " Oh the old shrine, you live there? It looks really nice, not old and haunted like the ones I've been force to visit by my school. Kagome laughed again and nodded.

"Say, do you want to walk home together, we could hang out at my house, if your parents won't be worried that is."

"Oh no, it'll be fine my mom is on a business trip in New York," she informed Kagome as they began walking out of the park.

"Really, what does she do?"

"Oh, she's a comedian…not really around too much though," Tamiko said seemingly unfazed by it.

Oh, that must be kind of hard not having her," Kagome said sadly.

"Oh not at all it's fine with me she didn't think she'd be so busy when she adopted me so I don't mind it was nice of her to do that."

"You're adopted?"

Tamiko just nodded as she began walking a railing that separated the street from the sidewalk.

"I never met my mom, the people at the adoption center thingy said I was just left there with a concussion and amnesia I was like fourteen then and now I'm seventeen but I don't mind because I still remember little things that I think may be important…"

Kagome gaped at her, she complained abut not remembering certain holidays but she can't imagine forgetting everything.

"Don't look at me like that, I like the memories I do have, they all have one person in it that I really do hope I get to meet again someday"

Kagome just nodded before smiling, the girl reminded her of someone but she couldn't think of the name.

As they kept walking Kagome and the girl began talking about things like people at school, tests, girl stuff and bunch of other things.

Kagome stepped through the door of her house with Tamiko not too far behind.

"Mom, grandpa I bought a friend over, okay?"

Kagome called through the house where the smell of food could be smelt the second you stepped in, rice, some kind of fish and some vegetable.

"Oh good, I made more than enough," her mother said as she began to make plates.

Tamiko walked in and politely bowed, "I'm Tamiko Ando," she said smiling brightly.

"Oh, I'm Kagome's mom, that's her grandfather and her little brother Sota, it's nice to meet you."

Tamiko nodded, and soon they were all sitting around the small table eating dinner, Kagome's cat fro some reason kept trying to mess with Tamiko's back and head which Tamiko found adorable while others found it a funny site to see.

After dinner Kagome offered to give Tamiko a tour of the shrine until they were standing at the well.

"And this….this is the bone eater's well," Tamiko wanted to task more about the well but she could tel Kagome didn't want to talk about it so she didn't ask.

A small sparrow then soared through in between them and perched on top of the well.

Tamiko giggled, "someone looks awfully out of place," she walked over to the well and just as she was about to grab the little bird the diamond like stone that hung from her neck glowed and gegan moving by itself tugging to get to the well.

Kagome gasped as she stepped towards her in shock, but before either girl could say anything they were being pulled in by the well.

Kagome looked around in absolute shock, they were still in the well, but the other side of it, they were in the Feudal Era.

She looked up as a sparrow carried Tamiko's necklace away only leaving behind a feather.

"Hey, I liked that necklace," Tamiko stood up and climbed out the well, helping Kagome up as she did, staring in the direction do the sparrow but the sudden setting change as a whole.

"Kagome I've hear interactive shrined but uh this one time I'll take the freaky, you wouldn't happened to know where the heck we are would you?"

Kagome thought it over for a second as she thought, 'the necklace was hers and she has a big connection with birds and yet a sparrow took her necklace with a jewel that glows around the well….where have I heard this before.' Her last thought being sarcastic she decided to just tell Tamiko.

"Tamiko, this is going to sound really weird but bear with me here okay?"

"Sure, why not, I don't think I have much of a choice anyway."

"Well, we're in the feudal era and all those stories about demons and human coexisting are kind of true, I don't know about your necklace but if it's anything like an old jewel that used to exist then we have got to find it, and I mean soon."

Kagome looked around when the sudden sound of someone running towards her, she almost screamed until she was lifted up into the air and put into a bone crushing hug.

"In- Inuyasha…." she breathed out as he held her in her arms as the dig eared boy spoke a million different words.

Six others weren't very far behind as they all greeted Kagome except for a certain silver haired stoic type dog demon and his green companion. Rin however was very happy to see her.

In the meantime Tamiko sat awkwardly in the background, trying not to disrupt the reunion. The odd art was she wasn't scared, it felt as though a little voice in her mind was telling her she'd seen scarier or better yet, she was scarier.

After a good ten minutes Sango noticed the girl and cleared her throat, "Kagome?"

Kagome looked back, "oh right uh….if I told you there was a little incident with a jewel what would you say?"

"I'd say I can't wait to hear this story," Inuyasha said shaking his head, he still could wipe the smile off his face though, Kagome was back and that's all he could think about, he didn't care if the sacred jewel broke into double as many shards as before, with Kagome by his side, he'd search to the ends of the earth.

"Well, this is Tamiko and what happened was-" Kagome began explaining the whole situation to Inuyasha and the others.

Sesshomaru had taken a certain interest in Tamiko, he kept staring at her, she just shifted under his gaze. He knew this had to have been a different Tamiko, but the resemblances were shocking, the only problem was this girl was human.

"You have got to be kidding me," Inuyasha said as Kagome finished explaining it.

"No, afraid not, sorry…" Kagome answered sheepishly.

"Alright now we're on another crazy hunt, but just we're all clear raise your hand if you're going."

Tamiko, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Shippo and Rin raised their hands.

Inuyasha grinned at the normal group going but then looked with uncertainty at Rin.

"Uh," he began.

"I am going but I refuse to make any stupid gesture of raising my hand when I have well working voice." Sesshomaru stated simply and stoically.

"Well someone is in a good mood," Tamiko mumbled under her breath but every demon heard her as well as Sango and Kagome who were standing on either side of her.

They looked from her to Sesshomaru who just looked the purple haired girl but shockingly he ignored it. No one said anything but they all noticed it.

"Well I assume we start are quest tomorrow," Miroku asked as he got up to go back to the village.

"Nope," Inuyasha said stopping him dead straight in his tracks.

"Huh?"

"We start tonight, if there's one thing I've learned is that the longer something hangs out in the open the harder it gets to find it or take it back."

"But it's so late," Miroku complained, "and Kagome just go back she probably wants to just go and relax in the village, besides what are we don't even know exactly where it is, come on Inuyasha be reasonable about this."

"I agree with the monkish looking guy," Tamiko threw in to the argument.

"Fine," Inuaysha grumbled, "If we don't find it and have to go through hell just to get to it, it's on you since you're so tired."

The two just nodded.

"Whatever, go do what you want till morning….."

They all slowly began to walk back to the awaiting villager that was waiting to see what all the commotion was about and were very happy to know Kagome had returned. Rin let Tamiko spend the night with her, and said they could be best friends, which Tamiko agreed with whole heartedly. The little girl was a sweet little angle whom could do no wrong in her eyes. Tamiko and her began talking about many different things until Sesshomaru entered the small little home.

"Rin," he said just as stoical as before but his eyes softened a bit, "I'm going to be back in the morning to say goodbye to you-"

"What, Lord Sesshomaru I thought you were going with Kagome and the others," Rin said her mood taking a drastic change from happy to deeply troubled and saddened.

"I am."

"So you needn't say goodbye, I'm going to go as well to help," she sounded so proud and sure of herself. Tamiko smiled and looked at her as Rin looked at Sesshomaru with the blazing flames of determination in her eyes.

"Rin, looking for objects that other lowly demons may look for would be dangerous for and a situation I would like to avoid, and to do so I have decided you will stay here and the village.

"But Lord Sesshomaru please, I wish to spend time with Lady Tamiko, she's so nice to me," Rin said as she wrapped her arms around the older girl.

"Oh, come one, we're only looking for a little rock jewel thing so it shouldn't be too dangerous, I'll watch her and won't let her out of my sights."

Tamiko promised causing Rin to grin into her uniform with hope.

"No,"

"Why not? If anything weird happens I'll make sure she's taken care of, look I won't play any games or anything, not even hide and go see which is my best and favorite game, just so she's always in my view.

"Fine but if anything happens to her-"

"Nothing'll happen I swear it."

Sesshomaru nodded, "fine then."

"Thank you Lord Sesshomaru," Rin bounced out of Tamiko's arms hugged Srsshomaru and then returned back to Tamiko.

Sesshomaru nodded, "sleep well Rin."

""You too Lord Sesshomaru." Rin said cheerfully.

Soon Rin and Tamiko got ready for bed and were sleeping comfortably for the night. Kagome and Inuyasha had disappeared somewhere else on the way back to the village and Sango and Miroku were