Living in Time

A/N- Here is chapter nine to this story. I still lacking in reviews. Tell me what you think of it. Thanks to my beta reader…..for beta reading this chapter for me. Thanks.

Chapter Nine: Battle and Journey Again

Kagome looked around the village; she didn't see or hear anybody around. Soon she heard loud clashes of thunder coming loud and clear. Kagome looked up into the sky and saw no dark clouds at all. She moved on as she continued to look around until she came to the end of the village, which was when her reiki sense started flailing strongly out as she almost, gasped.

She raced towards the energy when she got there she saw a large dragon like Ryukotsusei but instead of dark grey to purple color. This one was dark blue and black. She could then see Inuyasha fighting it as Kikyo was within the demons clawed hand.

Kagome notched arrows into her bow as she took aim and fired at the hands. The pink glow from the arrows raced there course and hits the demons hands hard. The demon screamed in pain as it let Kikyo go. Inuyasha had seen or at less smelled her raced towards Kikyo that was dropping.

He got her and raced towards Kagome. Kagome nodded her head at Inuyasha to leave Kikyo with her. Inuyasha raced towards the demon again without hesitation this time.

"Kikyo, what happened?" Kagome asked as she healed Kikyo wounds.

"That demon came and toward the villagers that he would be the reigning lord of this area and was to kill any miko's within this area. He also had said he was a part of Ryukotsusei's line. So he also wanted revenge on Inuyasha for killing his lord." Kikyo told her.

Kagome nodded her head at her. "Kikyo where are the villagers and your pups?"

"Safe away from this place." Kikyo replied standing up as she smiled at Kagome.

Kagome stood up too, than she handed the bow and arrows to Kikyo. She took out the sword that was on her side. Her daggers and her pair of sai's were still within their holders in her bag that was back at the village. She raced towards Inuyasha as Kikyo notched arrows and infused them with her reiki that she stilled had for some reason. Maybe this was the reason, but Kikyo didn't have time to think about this. As she fired arrow after arrow at the demon, she saw as Inuyasha used the wind scar and then Kagome using the sword with her reiki.

Kagome jumped out of the way as she slashed the offender's clawed hand. She infused the sword with her reiki to create a sharp sword that could cut though steel like hide. She saw blood dripping out from his wounds.

Kagome was dodging around as she saw Inuyasha summing his Bakuryuha. She slices into the demon's belly as she sends into her reiki into his body. Slowly she was purifying him, she heard Inuyasha calling out his attack and she pulled her sword from the demons belly as she dodge and jumped around his flying clawed hands to capture her.

Kagome made her way over to Kikyo as she watched as the Bakuryuha raced into the demon and destroy him. Inuyasha jumped back to them as he fell from his wounds.

"Inuyasha!" The miko's yelled out as they raced over to him. Kikyo placed her hands onto his wounds to try and heal him to discover that her reiki was gone and she was a normal female human. Kagome noticed this and healed Inuyasha wounds. He woke up and looks at his alpha and his mate eyes to see worry within them both.

"Kagome, Kikyo are you okay?" He asked.

"Oh, Inuyasha. We fine." Kikyo and Kagome replied together.

They got up from the ground and went back towards the village. Kagome told them about her time away from them and how she came to have a sword made from Sesshomaru's fang. She then was told that Kaede passed one year ago. Her heart went out to her grandmother figure since she had been here in this time. She was also brought to her final resting place. She cried onto Kikyo's shoulders about this and then thought it very ironally that Kikyo was older than Kaede and was still alive… well for the second time with her own soul.

Kikyo finally left to see her pups, leaving Kagome staring at the grave as she tried to smile at the good times with Kaede. Soon it was getting dark as she got up and moved towards Inuyasha's hut.

She walked into and was tackled by five pups all yelling out" Auntie Alpha!" She smirked at them and she looked up to see Rae with two children within her arms.

"Hi Rae," Kagome said as she stood up with a male pup on her hips with the rest whimpering at her. She looked down at them." Auntie will pick you up soon." Their eyes lit up as they stayed near her.

"Lady Kagome, I trust your journey was fine." Rae stated as she smiled at her.

Kagome nodded her head at her. "Rae, it is now your duty to protect this village with Inuyasha."

"I will be glad to protect our village." Rae told them.

"Who are the little ones?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha came into the hut and as Kagome didn't see him yet.

"Daddy!" The pups yelled.

"Inuyasha," Kagome replied.

"Kagome, you never meet our second and third group of pups. Since you left Kikyo and I have been busy. We wanted a big family and so far we got a big family. "Inuyasha told her.

"The pups you helped delivery are just about three now. The second group of pups are two now and the last one are only eight months. "Kikyo continued from her mates lines when she walked into the hut with four more pups.

"Mommy, Auntie?" The one pup asked from Kikyo's legs.

"Hai that is Auntie Kagome." Kikyo told them.

They smiled at her and then walked over to sniff her. They all had a small piece of clothing from their mother to hold and smell. They smiled at her and hugged her legs with their older siblings.

Kikyo went into the fire area to start making food. She soon had a stew cooking as Inuyasha handed her herbs to place into the stew.

Kagome had the pup's names from the first patch to the last patch of pups. Raiden, Kaiden, Rei, Manomaru and Sakyra were three years old now but looked just about six years old. The second patch of pups was all girls, and there were six of them. Poor Kikyo delivery them all. Their names are Akiko, Chihiro, Ei, Fuu, Hamako and Hisa. The girls were two years old but looked just about five years old.

The youngest were twin boys named Akihiko and Taichi and they were only eight months old but looked just about a year old.

Kagome told those stories about their parents and then got them to sleep. She went back into her hut and took out her point needle and was starting to knit a few items. She was just about done when Inuyasha came into her hut and told her that supper was done and the pups were wondering where she was too.

She smiled at this and then got up and walked with Inuyasha. She walked into the room and sat down to have a nice family, meal for once in a long time. Kagome then helped Kikyo and Inuyasha placing the pups into sleep and then took off into her hut to finish one of the knitting she was doing. Hours later she held out a blanket that was blue, red and green mix together with the name Raiden on it. Kagome soon then went to sleep and dreamt about her mother and how much she missed her.

Kagome felt the sun on her face, as she woke up and stretch. She smiled as she got up and went into the bath house as Kagome started her bucket system as she used her reiki to heat up her water. She quickly took a bath and got dressed. She then went onto the second blanket she was going to make, within an hour or so, Kagome held up a second blanket that was yellow, orange and aqua mix together with the name Kaiden on it. Hours later Kagome done with Rei, Manomaru and Sakyra's blankets, each had different colors mix together with their names on it.

Kagome then walked outside and faced that it was noon. She shook her head at this and then went into her hut again and got out her extra bow and arrows, as she was going to go hunting. She placed her quiver on her shoulders that had a full house of arrows in them. She took her pair of sai's with her too.

She walked out to see Inuyasha standing at her hut with a smile on his face. "Daddy, bring back a whole deer." The pups cried out as their hugged Inuyasha's legs. Fatherhood did him well.

"Okay, off go help your mother," Inuyasha told them." Kagome, you ready?"

Kagome nodded her head at him as they went off towards the forest. Once they got to the forest area, they split up to get some food. She found some rabbits and a doe [female deer] and also got a few fish as she cleaned and chopped the meat into pieces then carried them back home with the furs that can be cleaned and made into something it only needs to be cured. Inuyasha came back with three male deer's on his back with a pig within his right hand.

"Let's get going." Kagome told him. Kagome took what she could handle and then Inuyasha took the rest. She rolled her eyes at him and wondered why he was always taking more than his shared. Kagome could have come back for the rest of the items.

They got back to the village as Kagome took her meal into her hut and came back out. "I'm doing a surprise of the pups. Don't let them come into my hut yet. I will let you know." Kagome told Inuyasha.

"Don't spoil them, Kagome." Inuyasha told her.

"Hey, I can spoil my packs pups anytime I want too. Oh by the way, when i leave, can you get Kikyo to get more wool of me." Kagome stated to him.

Inuyasha nodded and then went into her hut with his load as Kagome went back into hers. She took out six colors of the second patch of pups. The colors were pink, yellow, purple, green, red and orange. She once again started to knit small blankets. She mixed pink and purple together for Akiko with her name on it. Then she did yellow and orange together for Chihiro with her name on it. It took her three hours to get two done.

She then placed pink and yellow together for Ei with her name on it too. Kagome then placed purple and orange together for Fuu. Kagome then placed green and red for Hamako and then green and yellow together for Hisa.

Once now had the last two pups Akihiko and Taichi to do. Kagome took out black and red for Taichi and blue and green for Akihiro. She then was done with Inuyasha and Kikyo's pups. She then fold the blankets and then took them within her hands as her hands were now tired of knitting all day.

She then went out to see the pups playing with the village children and other half demons. Kagome knew that this was a new beginning for demons and humans to life together. She went over to Inuyasha's hut and went into the hut.

"Kagome, you have been knitting again, haven't you?" Kikyo questioned as she eyed the blankets within her hands.

"What gave you that idea?" Kagome asked at her.

"Inuyasha clue me in as you were going to make a surprise for the pups and that he also told me that you needed more wool. You made thirteen blankets for thirteen pups." Kikyo stated as she helped with the blankets.

Soon Inuyasha came back into with the pups." Auntie!" They all yelled at her.

Kagome smiled at them and then placed her finger over her mouth. They all knew what that might, they were to be quite.

"Auntie has something for you." Kagome told them. "Raiden, Kaiden, Rei, Manomaru and Sakyra. Here are you blankets." She handled out five blankets to the pups as their eyes lit up and smiled at her.

The pups took their present and hugged her each tightly. Kagome called out," Akiko, Chihiro, Ei, Fuu, Hamako and Hisa. Here are your blankets." She gave them theirs and hugged her tightly

"Akihiko and Taichi, this are for you." Kagome told them as she gave their blankets too. Their eyes lit up with happiness as they jumped onto her as they showered her with kisses and hugs.

That was when the pulled came back again. She had the urge to sigh at this but stood up and then told them." My time here is done for now. Inuyasha take care of your family and my pack." She hugged each pup again and told them she would be back. A hug to Kikyo and Inuyasha she went into her hut and packed her pack again. This time having her wool and knitting supplies with her too as the pull was going towards Sango's and Miroku area again.

Some of the neighbor villages had sent some people to help and some stayed. From what Inuyasha told her when she first came.

Walking into the night, Kagome stopped for a rest while the pull was now gone for now. Taking out some items within the moonlight, she made a perimeter around the area she was going to use for the rest of the night.

Making a fire, Kagome lie down and fell asleep fast and swift. Hours went by and nobody come in Kagome's area, until the sun shine from the east creeping up on the camp, waking Kagome woke. She felted the pull once again, and got up cleaning her area up and all. She eat and apple and started on her journey again.

Kagome walked for a long time when she came across a village with ill children, Kagome smiled as she heals each children with their illness. The town's people were very happy as they gave her some food and more arrows within the carrier. Kagome thanked them as she continued on her way.

She got to the forest near the village, while she smiled at this and wondered what could be happening. She carries herself up the hill and towards the main gate, where she saw some young male guarding the gates.

'Halt" One said. "Oh Lady Kagome, open the gates."

"Lady Kagome, it's a pleasure to meet you again." The guard at the gate said. After the gates opened up to see the people looking at her with respect. Kagome walked into the village as she was meeting by a different guard as he says," Lady Kagome, welcome back."

"Hello." Kagome said to the male that greeted her.

He led her to the lord's house and opened the door. She walked into the home and looked around to see Miroku walking up to her. He embraced her with a hug and kiss on the cheek.

"Lady Kagome, welcome back. Sango is out on a mission but please come in and stay." Miroku told her.

"How are the twins?" Kagome asked.

"Very good. They are three now. They are growing up so fast. Sango and I had a son and another daughter two months ago. The children are having a nap right now." Miroku told her.

Kagome nodded her head and went into story mode and told Miroku what happened to her when the last two years. Then she sat down and pulled out her knitting wool and needles. Kagome took out blue and yellow for the twins. Then she took red for his son and purple for his last daughter.

She once again started to knit small blankets. She then she did yellow and blue for Eiko and Aki with her and his name on each of their blankets. It didn't take that long to finish two of them.

She then placed red for Toya and for Tsubasa purple with his and her names were on their blankets. She then was done with Miroku and Sango's children. She then folds the blankets and then took them within her hands as her hands were now tired of knitting all day. She looked at Miroku who was watching her.

"Lady Kagome, are those the blankets you said you were going to make when any of us have children?" He asked.

"Hai, they are, so far I made seventeen now. Thirteen for Inuyasha and Kikyo's pups and for you and Sango had four children. Each child has their own blanket with their names on it." Kagome told him.

Kagome then heard crying. "Oh Tsubasa is awake." Miroku told her. He got up and went into the baby room as Kagome heard talking to the baby. She smiled at this and thought who would have thought that Miroku wouldn't be a good father was insane.

Miroku walked back out with Tsubasa within her father's arms. He nodded to Kagome hold her. Kagome smiled at him as she took Tsubasa within her arms as she looked at the black hair small baby within her arms. So small and fragile was within her arms, all she wanted to do was to protect the baby from the world outside.

Kagome also knew that the little one would need to make mistakes on her own to find her way in life. She hoped she would see her again as her eyes opened to see brown. Kagome smiled down at the one month old and rocked her back to sleep.

Miroku stared at Kagome as he smiled at his second daughter within her arms. He heard the gates opening again and knew that Kohaku was home now. Within minutes, Miroku heard someone had the door. He got up from his sit and walked over to the door. He knew that Kagome looked at the door to see if the person was an enemy or friend.

He had to smirk at this idea that someone would attack his house; it was in the middle of the village. He opened the door to see Kohaku.

"Hello, Miroku." He told him.

"Kohaku, welcome back, please come in." Miroku stated. He saw Kagome body going unstrained as she knew the person at the door.

Kagome got up and walked towards the door as Kohaku came into the room. Kagome smiled at the young man now. He grown lots since the time he was wished back and the year after she stayed.

"Lady Kagome, welcome back." He said.

"Here Miroku." Kagome told him as she gave him, his daughter back as she pulled Kohaku into a hug. "I missed you, Kohaku."

He hugged her back and said," I missed you too. So how was your time anyway?"

Kagome then told him about Inuyasha and Kikyo's pups, and the passing of Kaede and Koga's and Ayame pups. Even Rin and Sesshomaru and that Sesshomaru had given her four of his fangs to her.

And in return he told her about his missions around other villages. She could see he was proud young man and in was engaged to nice women from this village too.

"Kagome-chan, since you are the pack leader, I would like you to meet her." Kohaku stated.

"Sure. Kohaku, but just because you are within my pack. I won't take away, your decide on how to love or like. All I'm here is leadership of when you have a problem. I'm not here to boss you around." Kagome told him.

Kohaku smiled and hugged her again as he got up and raced out the door again. Miroku laughed at him, and then he placed his daughter back in her crib and then looks on his son and twins. He came back out seconds later.

Kagome smiled at him and wondered when he was going to have more children or will Sango let him.

Kohaku came back with young women with demon outfit on. She had black long hair. Her eyes were green from the browns, blacks and or blues she had seen throughout Japan. She was short and small but she held onto her sword as her sides very well.

"Kohaku-kun, is this she?" She asked.

"Hai, this is Kagome-chan. The leader of the pack." He told her.

"Hello, I'm Kagome. You are?" Kagome asked as she was feeling only happiness from this girl and no other intention to Kohaku.

"My name is Lily. I was from the main land. But my parents moved here." Lily told her.

The girls talked for hours on end as Kagome had a good feel around her. She winked at Kohaku to let him know she was approved. She saw his lips curl into a smile of contentment. Of all the times, the pull had to start again.

Kagome sighed and nodded to Miroku. "Nice to meet you Lily. Kohaku, I would go for it. See Miroku. Say Hi to Sango for me." Kagome stated as she got her items together and then started to leave the house.

She waved and started on her way towards the pull. That was when she realized it was pulling in Shippo direction. Kagome only hoped that it wasn't her son getting hurt or maybe he was going to mate.

Walking into the night, Kagome stopped for a rest while the pull was now gone for now. Taking out some items within the moonlight, she made a perimeter around the area she was going to use for the rest of the night.

Making a fire, Kagome lie down and fell asleep fast and swift. Hours went by and nobody come in Kagome's area, until the sun shine from the east creeping up on the camp, waking Kagome woke. She felted the pull once again, and got up cleaning her area up and all. She eat and apple and started on her journey again.

Kagome walked for a long time when she came across a village with ill children, Kagome smiled as she heals each children with their illness. The town's people were very happy as they gave her some food and more arrows within the carrier. Kagome thanked them as she continued on her way.

Walking into the night, Kagome stopped for a rest while the pull was now gone for now. Taking out some items within the moonlight, she made a perimeter around the area she was going to use for the rest of the night.

Making a fire, Kagome lie down and fell asleep fast and swift. Hours went by and nobody come in Kagome's area, until the sun shine from the east creeping up on the camp, waking Kagome woke. She felted the pull once again, and got up cleaning her area up and all. She eat and apple and started on her journey again.

Kagome walked for a long time when she came across a village with ill elders as she healed them and help the children learn new games and then she was on her way towards the west again.

By Kagome's fourth night out, she felt youki's coming towards her fast, as she took out her arrows, then she would have to use either her sword, daggers or sai's to battle after. The youki came closer and closer until it hit the clearing where Kagome was. She saw it was a bear, ogre, troll and three others that she could see one was a horse and an otter however the last one was flying in the skies that Kagome couldn't make out of the type of youkai it was. Kagome fired four arrows at it as a warning shoot, she quickly place second arrow as she had to jump out of the way was the bear youkai attacked her.

Bear youkai twisted faster than Kagome, it swing his claws at her right shoulder making five deep long incisions from her top shoulder to her chest. Kagome screamed in pain, as she torn herself out of the claws pathway, making the ends on the incisions longer.

Kagome send reiki into her hands as her bow and arrows were broken from the bear, she slap them together and pulled them a part to form a reiki net as she jumped over the bear youkai that charged at her again and she moved her hands and trap the bear within her reiki net purifying the youkai. She turned to see the rest were ready to attack her.

She pulled out her daggers and Kagome raced towards the youkai's that came her way. Dodging two of them, she cut through the rest with her reiki infused daggers the horse youkai screamed in pain with the otter youkai having his head cut off didn't have time to scream.

Kagome turned to meet claws from one of ogre as she felt the troll coming behind her, the blood lost from her wounds was making her move slow. She whips one of her dagger in time behind her to catch the troll's claws as well. She struggled a bit with the pressure of the two youkai's that were clearly stronger than her. She infused her reiki into both fangs blades and watched as they turned and screamed into dust.

Kagome heard a screeched in the sky from the flying youkai that was still alive, she dodge the first attack but the youkai that she could now see it was a type of bird pushed her back into the tree hard, she coughed up blood as she looked at the bird again. He was flying around waiting for attack her again, he attacked when her dove at her fast. Kagome placed back her daggers and swiftly took out her sword as she was ready to kill the bird youkai. She slashed at him when he got closer. Purifying it painfully as it was now just dust then windblown the crisp dust around her then away.

Kagome now was leaning against the tree as she summoned her reiki and healed the wounds she had gotten in the fight. She was slowly healing when she felt her right side being crush with two claws. Kagome screamed as she reiki the bastard to death as she then drop to the ground bleeding from her wounds that weren't healed.

A/N- I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Bye