Hello, I'm the lady of Gaia and I hope the last chapter was too your liking.

Last time, Kagome and Katsu were in a fight, having trouble understand the other's feelings but after meeting in a dream and sharing a lovers' embrace. Because they did so in their dream, they were able to understand the feelings of the other. Sesshomaru is beginning to question the things around him and his mother's anger and sorrow grows, and grows. We learn of how Kagome's name was chosen for her and Inuyasha has more questions about his mother.

Time is a cruel mistress that loves to hide and destroy her past, she plays with the beings of the present as if they are her playthings, and she hides the paths of future of miseries and sorrow from those who walks towards on those paths.

Will Katsu and Kagome walk down one of these paths? Will they survive their future or die in the past?

Find out in this chapter of The Past Of Love!

Please review what you liked about the chapter.

Chapter 10: The sword smith of demons

"How the hell would I know? I barely remember my mother," Inuyasha snapped at Sango before hitting Miroku. Naoko hissed at Miroku in support of Inuyasha, making Mioku wonder why he was the one getting picked on when he hadn't said anything at all. Sango and Inuyasha began to argue when Mushin opened the door to see the group of friends.

"Well now, what to do I owe the pleasure of all of you coming to see an old man like me?" the old Monk said, stopping the argument in its tracks. Inuyasha turned to look at the old Monk and walked over to him; Mushin saw Naoko in the half-demon's arms and knew that it was time. "I see that it's time to tell you all about the Queen of the Celestial maidens," Mushin told them and walked back into the temple with the group of friends behind him. "What do you know about this mess, old man?"

"Calm down, Inuyasha. I'm sure that Master Mushin will tell us everything," Miroku told his friend to try and keep him calm but with little success by the glare that Inuyasha was giving him. Mushin took them to the fire pit and started a fire; Mushin stared at Inuyasha for a moment before he started. "I met the Queen when I was a young man, traveling on the road with Miroku's grandfather at my side; she was and is the most beautiful woman that I have ever seen, she passed us by on the road with Naoko and Mayumi, not even glancing at us. Miroku's grandfather asked her if she would bear him a child...she kicked him in the bullock without hesitation, I laughed my ass off that day." Mushin laughed at the memory of his friend crying on the ground as he held his family jewels.

Miroku flinched at the pain that his poor grandfather felt that day and then for himself when he felt his wife hit his head with her weapon. "When he got up, we all sat down and talked for a time, she told us that she was looking for her boy. We asked about the boy and where her husband was...I remember very vividly the sorrow in her eyes when we asked, the sorrow was already there but when we asked, we could almost feel her sorrow ourselves. She told us that she was taken from her boy against her will and that his father died the day that he was born. After she said that, she disappeared and I didn't see her again until your grandfather was on his deathbed. I wasn't there but I heard that she stayed with him until the end." Inuyasha listened to the old Monk's words and wondered if the Queen of the Celestial maidens was his mother.

"After the first time we saw her, I could never get her out of my head without the aid of sake. I also no longer wanted the touch of a woman unless it was her, I realized that I had fallen in love with her and I still love her to this day." The group of friends were taken back by the sudden confession of love; Miroku pitied his foster-father as the old Monk looked his age for the first time. "What was she like?" Inuyasha found, himself asked the old Monk.

Mushin looked Inuyasha and in that moment saw the Queen of the Celestial maidens looking back at him with golden eyes instead the beautiful blue. "She is...crazy! I have never met someone as wild and free-spirited as she or brave, I remember this one time I had decided to travel with her for a time; she had gone to a village under attack from bandits. With Naoko and Mayumi at her side, she had defeated them without lifting an arm. She looked at them and they fell to the ground and she...began to scold them for their behaviour that they were wicked to do this. I had laughed my ass off until she glared at me...then I was begging her to not to do it to me," Inuyasha got the feeling that the Queen of the Celestial maidens was a lot like Kagome, he felt chills run down his spine at the thought of it.

"So...she's scary?" Shippo muttered, scared of meeting such a woman. "Oh, she's scarier than hell itself...if I remember right, she once told me that her demon lover's oldest son was scared shitless of her and what she would do to him. I believe she said his name was Sesshomaru if my memory isn't felling me." Inuyasha grabbed the old Monk and got into his face. "Sesshomaru? Are you sure, old man? Is that what she said to you?"

"Yes, it was Sesshomaru. Why? Does the name mean something to you?" Mushin asked, interested in what the young half-demon had to say. Inuyasha let the old Monk go and sat down, "yeah, it's the name of my older brother."

oOo

Kagome sat in the gardens with her new cats, sleep in her lap, the rouge painted on her lips and her maids sitting around her, talking to her about the gossip around the palace. She thought of the dream that she had the other night...she didn't know why she continued to think of the dream of her and Katsu making love to each other, it worried her to be truthful. She was concerned about the emotions that she had felt throughout the whole dream, she was concerned about how she wanted him to never stop touching her body and she felt like crying when she awoke before reaching her release and find herself without him at her side.

She had wanted to run to him and continue what they had done in the dream. But she knew he belonged to Sesshomaru's mother and Inuyasha's as well, she didn't and wouldn't have such a claim to his heart. Beside she didn't want his heart, feeling that they barely knew each other. Kagome wanted to be the only woman in the heart of the man that she fell in love with, she wouldn't settle for less.

With that in mind, she picked up her cats and stood up to leave the gardens, maids got up with her. "I think I'm going to go fly around for a bit," the maid looked at her, terrified at her words. "Lady Kagome, you should do that! It's not proper for a maiden, noble or not to go anywhere without someone with her. Please don't go and if you must, please go with a guard." The maids begged her; they were horrified at the thought of someone harming their mistress. Kagome couldn't believe her maids were so old-fashioned but she suddenly remembered what time period that she was in. "I'll be fine, I won't go far and I'll have my barrier to protect me." Kagome said and began to walk to where she thought the entrance was, her maids following her and begging to change her mind until Kagome bumped into Katsu by accident. The maids fell to the ground to bow to him.

"My Lord! Please talk to Lady Kagome, she wishes to leave the palace without an escort at her side," the maids begged him in perfect unison, Kagome stared at them, feeling offended by their lack of faith in her abilities. "I'll be fine out there on my own," Kagome snapped at the maids like she did at Katsu but to a milder degree.

Katsu stared the women before him for a moment before speaking his decision. "I'm sure that Kagome will be fine to go without the guards at her side," The maids stared at him in horror of his words unlike Kagome, who looking at him like he was her hero, he like the look that she was giving him but had a feeling that it would vanish very soon when he spoke again.

oOo

"Your older brother, you say than you must be her boy...she was watching you when she stopped by to visit me a few days ago." Mushin said, knowing full well that Inuyasha was the woman of his dreams' son, when you looked the half-demon just right then anyone could tell that they were mother and son. "She planned to go and see Totosai."

Inuyasha got up without another word being said. His mind to full of questions and the lack of answers were beginning to make his head ache in pain, who was his mother? Who had she been?

Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Mushin watched Inuyasha leave them, Mushin shook his head at the half-demon's actions…they were so alike his mother. She and her son were wild like a stallion that wouldn't break or bent to anyone, they were fighters with a ruthless power when against an enemy but held endless compassion for their friends and the weak. "That's her boy, alright…not a doubt in my mind about that." The old Monk muttered. Miroku looked at Mushin and what inuyasha's mother was like to win the love of his teacher.

"She was strong and loyal to her friends and loved ones; she was stubborn as hell too just like that half-demon friend of yours. I always wondered why he didn't love her though…she loved him more than her own life but he rejected her love."

oOo

Kagome run to the entrance after leaving her new pets with the maids and being made to change her clothes, she was dressed like Kikyo except the colours were a pale-violet and dark-violet with embroidered silver blossoms. The maids fussed that she should wear blue kimono to match her Celestial robe but she was tired of wearing blue or pink kimonos that where season free colours but the maids stopped their fussing when they saw her robe change colour to her clothes as did her circlet from sapphires to amethysts.

But Kagome was in for a surprise when she reached the entrance to see Katsu waiting for her there.

"My Lord…why are you here?" Katsu looked down at Kagome to look into her blue eyes, to enjoy the beauty of them for a moment before answering her. "I can't let a maiden like you leave by yourself without someone with you." Her reply to his words was her flying away from him. With a smile on his face, he changed imto his true form and gave chase. Kagome glanced back to see that he had changed his form and was now chasing her, annoyed as she was that she couldn't be alone, she found herself smiling at the fact that they were now playing a game of cat and mouse with her being the mouse but she doubt that the cat realized that she was a clever little mouse. "You wouldn't catch me." She dared him, calling to his hunting nature.

He flew faster, wanting to catch her and prove her wrong but she was fast as well and used her speed when he got close to her. Katsu loved it, she was so until the females that he had known through his life; they had been quiet and lifeless if they were bloodthirsty and loved to cause pain to their victims but Kagome was loud and full of life, she hated to shed blood and cause pain to even the enemy.

She was the spirit of freedom in his golden eyes and they were the pitiful soul that refused to free themselves from their cages as they longed for free. Katsu smiled as he almost caught Kagome but at the last moment, she dodged him with an elegant grace that made his smile grow as she laughed gently. "Man, you're slow," she giggled before she dodged him again and her smile beginning to grow. He loved the sight of her smile, he loved the happiness in her aura and it made him happy that she had been like this since his gifts to her. He loved the sight of the rouge on her lovely full lips, it filled him with the desire to kiss her until her cheeks turned the same colour from the lack of air. With her words in mind, he decided to change her thoughts of him being slow and changed into a ball of light to chase after her.

Kagome barely dodged Katsu and frowned at the form of 'cheating' that he was doing but the frown didn't stay for long as she was became too busy dodging him. "Cheater!" She shouted at him before he slammed into her…would have slammed into her if she hadn't created a barrier at the last moment.

Katsu changed back and stared at her for a moment, slightly shocked that someone had been faster than his ball of light form. "Interesting…your barriers are quite strong. Where did you learn to create such barriers?" He asked out of curiosity. Kagome frowned at his words and wondered about them. She hadn't really questioned her sudden ability to create her barriers at will, she knew that she hadn't been able to create a barrier but one or twice and the situation had been some of the most dangerous that she had ever been in. So why was she suddenly able to do it?

"No one taught me." She muttered to him but looking away from him, worry filling her blue eyes. Katsu saw it and reached out to touch her but her barrier pushed his hand away. He knew where her thoughts were leading her and didn't want her to go down that path again, he wanted to help her and keep her happy as well as safe. "Kagome, may I ask a favor of you?"

Kagome turned her eyes back to him but the worry was replaced with wonder. "What do you need?" she asked.

"I need you to say my name, Kagome. You are too good an ally and are becoming too good a friend to allow you to call me your Lord when I am not. I ask that you call me Katsu from this moment forth," Katsu asked in a pleading voice that pulled at her heart. Everything inside of Kagome screamed at her to give into his request without question. "Alright…Katsu," she said with a warm smile. Her body hummed in delight and happiness as Katsu's name left her lips, it felt so right for some reason.

"Thank you, Kagome…now I need you to come with me. I have a gift for you that you will need in the battle to come," Katsu told as he reached out for her again but this time, the barrier was gone. "What is it?"

oOo

Totosai hammered away at the metal that he worked on when he felt it. The beautiful and powerful aura of his Master's lady coming towards him, he stopped his work to stand and greet her at the entrance.

The old demon smiled at the sight of Mayumi with her mistress on her back. "About time, you got here!" he shouted happily with a grin as the demon cat landed and her Mistress got off. "Sorry Totosai…but I had to take care of a few things before getting here." The Queen of Celestial Maidens told the old demon. The two of them walked into the old demon's cave as Mayumi waited for her Mistress to return to her.

"So what can I help you with?" Totosai asked her as he sat down on the ground because of his old bones were bothering him. The Queen simply removed her bow and handed to him. "I need it to be stronger for the ritual. It's serviced me well the last two hundred years but it's too weak to be of help to me this time." She told him truly, her voice quiet and sad. She knew what Totosai was going to say but she couldn't use it…it hurt too much to touch it now, let alone use it in battle or in the ritual. "What about the bow of Azusa? I saw in 'her' possession some years ago…you coul-"

"NO, I'LL NEVER TOUCH THAT BOW AGAIN!" she shouted, tears filling her eyes and pain cutting into her heart at the thought of it alone. The bow held too many memories for her, many of them good but the last few were too bad for her.

Totosai stared at her for a moment before sighing, he had heard of what his Master did to his lover but the old demon didn't see why she was going to all this trouble for his master if she was still hurt by it. "All right…I'll see what I can do, Milady but I doubt that I'll be able to make it much stronger without the Great Dog Demon's aid."

"Do what you can, Totosai…that's all I can ask for." She said with a gentle but sad smile. Totosai just stared at her for another moment. "You are such a pain." He asked, she just laughed and got up to walk to the entrance of the cave before looking back at him to said, "I know but he loved that about me…for a time."

oOo

Kagome was quite happy when Katsu changed them back from his ball of light form, she had found it to be uncomfortable to be so close and it seemed kind of intimate to her to changed into a light with him. Katsu felt the same way but knew that it couldn't be helped, he needed to get her gift made for her as soon as possible and he refused to allow her to go into battle without the protection of a weapon…even if her barriers were the strongest that he had ever seen.

Kagome was surprised though when she saw that they were at Totosai's place and that Katsu refused to put her down. "The ground is too hot for your feet." He muttered to her as he walked to the cave with her in his arms. Totosai was polishing a sword as they came in; he was surprised to see his Master carrying a young maiden in his arms with such care and worship. The old demon instantly knew that his Master cared for the woman greatly and he now understood why his Master had ordered the bow to be made for her. "Totosai," Katsu greeted before sitting down with Kagome in his lap. "Hello Totosai," Kagome muttered quietly. But the old demon ignored Kagome's presence.

The old demon put the sword down to bow to his Master. "Totosai, I would like you to meet Kagome. She is the one that will use the bow that I asked you to make."

"Hello, Lady Kagome." The old demon greeted, Totosai look at the woman in his Master's arms. He could see that this Kagome was one of the most beautiful women that he had ever seen but that she may also be the most powerful as well. The old demon smiled happily, he was going to get a challenge.

Picking up a knife and a bowl, Totosai moved closer to his Master and the girl but backed away when he saw his Master's eyes bleed red and his Master's hold on the girl turn protective. Totosai saw his mistake dropped the knife and bowl, "forgive me, my Lord." The old demon whimpered as he bowed to Katsu again with his hands over his head this time. Kagome blinked and turned her head to look at Katsu and saw his red eyes; without a second thought, she grabbed his pointed ear and gave it a pull.

Katsu felt arousal spike in him and looked into Kagome's defiance blue eyes, his instincts screamed at him to take her right then and there but he forced them down and forced himself to calm down. "Don't do that again, Kagome…you may not like what will happen," he whispered into her ear, warning her of the danger of his desire for her and her body. Kagome frowned at his words and decided that she wouldn't talk to him again for a while, for threatening her like that. With that in mind, Kagome tried to wiggle free from Katsu but he wouldn't have it and held her tightly, stopping her from moving.

"My Lord…you wish me to create a powerful weapon for the young lady but I can't without something from her." Totosai interrupted. Katsu looked at Totosai and sighed, he knew this but it like a knife to the gut when he thought of Kagome being harmed for even a moment. "Totosai, could you hand me that knife?" Kagome asked sweetly, the old demon looked at her, feeling confused as to why she would want it but handed it to her as asked. The moment, the knife was in her hand was the moment, she made the blade cut through the flesh of her palm; cutting deep and making the blood rise from her flesh to flood her palm.

oOo

"Menomaru, come here." Lord Hyoga ordered his son as he watched their new enemy with the aid of their moths, he watched Kagome with great interest as she disappeared from Katsu's lap. Menomaru turned away from his servants, Hari and Ruri to see what his father wanted from him, "Yes, father?"

Lord Hyoga held the moth in his hand out to his son, curious Menomaru took it, looking at the last image that the moth saw, he was stuuned by the image of a radiant maiden that was too beautiful to be human in the lap of their enemy and soon to be victim. "What am I seeing, father?" Menomaru asked as he admired Kagome's beauty. He stared at her hair that reminded him of raven wings, he felt desire fill his coldblooded veins at her pure white snow skin of her hands and face. He wanted her…he wanted to taste her blood as he ripped her virginity from her pure body; he wanted to fill those ocean blue eyes with tears from the pain and pleasure as he took her against her will.

He wanted to taint her with his seed growing within her womb.

Lord Hyoga smiled as he watched his son's face, he knew his child wanted the woman and he knew what his son was already planning. Lord Hyoga looked forward to see the pure little maiden ripen with his son's seed in her; he looked forward to his bloodline to continue on. "Your bride, my son…your bride."