Kagome was walking out of her current class, her mind as blank as she could make it. It had been five years sense
she was sent back to her own time. She had completed her duty that the kamis set before her but the feeling of
accomplishment was lost on her when she was pushed from her friends' side. She felt no great joy in being finished
with the quest, and though a weight had been lifted from her shoulders she was still very bitter about her
departure. She had spent months trying to get back through the well day after day waiting to feel the spark of its
magic, only to be disappointed. Soon her attempts to pass the well turned in to weekly visits than monthly and after
three years of trying Kagome lost all hope of seeing her friends again, she would have been happy to even stumble
on to what happen to them.
She had barely passed her high school years traveling back and forth for three years would do that to a person.
Even with all the extra work she put in she was still only lucky enough to graduate four months after the rest of her
class. Her grades were never outstanding to begin with so she didn't have the offers many others did for collages,
but that didn't hold her back she took a full year to study for entrance exams to be rewarded with entrance to
Tokyo University. She went in as a history major it was the only that that really held her interest after living a small
time of history. But her motive for history was mostly to find something about her friends. Sadly the last three years
of her collage career had yet to show any signs of them at all. She hadn't even been lucky enough to stumble upon
any myths or anything regarding someone as well known as Sesshomaru.
A sigh passed her lips, she had pretty much given up at this point she only had two years left and she would have
her major. Being that the classes she was taking were drifting further away from the time period that her friends
lived in she was sure she wasn't going to find anything and would most likely end her collage career at that. It
would be enough education that she could still find a good job in a museum or even with a dig team unearthing
ancient sites. Along with history Kagome had taken several Languages in her courses, figuring that if she wanted to
study history it would be a good idea to understand their writings. A small smiled made it to her face if she had the
knowledge she has now five years ago maybe people wouldn't have looked at her so funny. Shaking her head she
now found herself at the gates to the campus. She lived off campus her mother had tried to get her to stay on the
shrine but after accepting that she was not going to be able to go back through the well she chose to distance
herself for the common reminders of her lost time. Sadly one of those reminders was her very family, while she still
visited they were often only short visits.
Looking up to the sky she decided it was still too early to return to her lone one room apartment, and instead made
her way to a park she visited often that was close by. Even though her time traveling was over and she no longer
needed her powers she still kept up on them. She meditated regularly to keep her powers strong and in control and
often found herself at an archery range shooting off holy arrows as a way to burn her powers out a little. After
returning and the frustration of not being able to go back Kagome took up self-defense classes just as an outlet.
She never thought of herself as a violent person but the ability to blow off a little steam in her self-defense classes
was almost as satisfying as sitting Inuyasha had been.
Finding herself standing in the park that was to be her destination she shook her head at herself, she really needed
to stop getting lost in her own thoughts. Even after five years she still got lost in thoughts of the past and she
realized that maybe she always would it was a part of her life that she didn't wish to forget ever. Taking her spot
under a rather old looking mulberry tree she leaned against it and felt the calm she always did when she came to
this tree wash over her. Something about this tree tingled her miko senses but it was never in a threating way, only
calming and tranquil peace. A silly smile laid on her lips as she closed her eyes enjoying the warmth of the day as
she allowed her miko powers to expand in search. It was kind of a lost cause at this point she was sure but she
couldn't help it, part of her held a hope that there were still demons around she just hadn't found them yet.
Several blocks away a tall man in an expensive suit strode down the busy side walk. He looked around at the
passing faces never really seeing the people just catching glimpses. He was a well know and well respected lawyer,
he found that his ability to scent lies as well as he intimidating presents made his work very easy for him. Unlike
other lawyers he didn't represent anyone that wasn't truly innocent, if they lied when telling their story of why they
needed a lawyer to begin with he would dismiss them right away. It was odd to him and the running joke of many
still somewhat close to him, that after all the deeds he had done in the past he would wish to only help innocent
people. Many made speculation as to why that was but only he knew the real reason. A flash of ocean blue eyes
and blue black hair flashed in his mind, and he shook his head at the passing image. Yes even he the great
Sesshomaru was not completely untouched by the miko of the past.
His thoughts trailed off to grander days for him when he was still a lord and very much hated the very beings now
surrounding him. He never really paid much attention to the miko of the past when she was around, however when
her presents was no longer felt in the land he found that his mind would often drift to her. After many years of
humans advancing around him soon youki of all types and breeds began to band together, it was the idea of his
half-brother as well as the kit to fall in to a hiding of sorts. While most youki simply wished to kill the humans the
two were quick to provide an alternative stating that in causing a war would only bring about their own destruction.
It wasn't till many years after that decision did Sesshomaru find out why they had done it. They had knowledge of
the future of a time when demons didn't exist and that information was brought to them in the form of the shinkon
miko. Inuyasha had been very reluctant at first to share the story but soon opened up enough to tell the daiyouki
that she had been from the future. None of the group knew the exact year she was from and after many years
searching the idea slowly faded from their minds as they got on with their own lives.
Sesshomaru was sure she was still in the thoughts of the kit and wolf, perhaps even his half-brother even if the boy
was now mated and had been for close to a hundred years. Though they never found her and never even felt her
Sesshomaru believed her to still be here somewhere. He never actively searched for her even if he did have the
power to do so, she was never his concern. A passing curiously for sure but not something he felt completely
worthy of his time. About two blocks from his office that he shared with the miko's kit he stopped suddenly in the
middle of the sidewalk. Someone bumped in to his back and he almost growled at the idiot but thought better of it,
murder was not acceptable in this time period. No instead he focused back on what stopped him to begin with the
feel of searching purity was stronger than any he had ever felt in his life time, and he lived a great many years. The
power felt familiar to him though he knew like every youki every miko's power had its own distinct flavor and this
flavor he knew first hand. Turning to his right where he had felt the wave come from he didn't see anything and
though he could still feel it slightly he couldn't feel where it was coming from. Looking ahead of him again he saw he
was close to a place that he could cross the busy street and head the way he felt it come from. Without a second
thought he did so, pulling his phone from his pocket he dialed his office, "I won't be back for the day, reschedule my
appointments for tomorrow" he barked in to the phone and ended the call.
Back at his office a young woman looking around the age of twenty or so put the receiver of the phone down with a
questioning look on her face. While Sesshomaru was known to be rude he had never been rude with her and
though his tone wasn't harsh the whole situation rubbed her wrong. Still staring at the phone she glanced up as
the other partner of the firm walked in, "What's wrong mate you seem distressed?" he asked in a gentle tone.
Raising one brow much like the man she was a secretary for she spoke in a sweet voice "Sesshomaru won't be back
the rest of the day." The man standing in the door walked to the desk "Ok but what's with the look on your face?"
he asked a puzzled look coming to his face as well. "He was rude with me, not harsh just rude and short" she
looked up to the man standing in front of her desk "He's never been rude with me Shippo." There was a slight panic
in her voice and he could tell she was worried "I'm sure it's fine Rin maybe he is just having an off day" he said as
he walked around the desk and hugged the woman from behind. Rin let a small smile on her face maybe Shippo
was right even her lord had off days sometimes "I hope that's all it is" she said softy looking to her computer to do
as she was asked by Sesshomaru.