Sanctuary
Author's Note: I have nothing to say right now… I don't know why.
Disclaimer's Note: I do not own InuYasha and co.
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Shippou didn't know what scared him more, the sight of the corpse or the fact that Kagome was so calm about the whole situation. Silence hung thickly in the air. No one dared to say a word.
" Well?"
"Well what?" Sango said quietly. InuYasha stared at her then the rest of the group.
"Aren't you all even gonna welcome Kikyou in the group?!" he growled. " We'll be able to find the shards quicker now that she's around!"
Kagome stood quietly as her hair covered her face. Hiding her emotions from everyone. Without a word, she walked off.
" Where do you think you're going?" InuYasha growled. "Just because Kikyou's here doesn't mean we don't need you, even though I don't want you here"
Kagome flinched and turned around. InuYasha regretted ever saying anything. " You went back on your promise. You said you'd protect me. You only hurt me. I am going home."
" Aren't you forgetting something?!" InuYasha asked. " I mean, the shards?! And the stupid beads!!"
Kagome smirked and shrugged. " Your problem. Not mine. As for the shards… I'm keeping them. Kikyou's had her time with it. I doubt the shards would be purified with her tainted soul!"
" As I said the first time I met you, Inu… It's been real, but I gotta go, Dog-boy!"
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InuYasha came back into the hut with a forlorn look on his face. Kikyou looked at him strangely, and he shook it off and replaced it with a smile.
" Well, at least we wont be tied down to anything slow!" he said.
Shippou had tears in his eyes. ' No… Kagome wouldn't just leave… me…' Sango saw him and held him tightly. Shippou welcomed it but soon wanted Kagome's hugs. Nothing compared to her hugs. They felt like his mother's… because to him… she was his mother.
" She'll be back," Sango said comfortingly. " She always comes back"
Shippou nodded. " Well… since Kagome's not here anymore… I… I guess I should stay with you Kaede-baba"
Kaede nodded and smiled at the kitsune. She sighed inwardly and hoped Kagome would be back. She looked over at InuYasha as he held Kikyou tightly. ' I cannot believe that youkai could be so stupid… to pour his own seed into nothing but a mere clay doll…'
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Kagome surprised herself at how calm she was being. No tears, no resentment, nothing. ' Well… deep inside, you knew InuYasha wouldn't completely love you… he only liked how you looked… like her…'
It was darker now. The sun had set and the moon was out. It was a full blue moon. She loved blue moons… she remembered that the day she turned 4, there was a blue moon and that was the day her oniisan had given her lessons on how to protect herself.
'Wait a minute… oniisan? I had no brothe-' She closed her eyes and thought back to the oldest memory she held.
There were a lot of injured people. An eerie glow on the horizon told of something on fire. She could remember someone was holding her tightly and that they were running further and further away from the fire.
"Do not worry, hime-chan… you will see them again…"
'What?! I-I…'
She reached the well and shook the 'memory' dismissing it as just a vague dream or memory of a movie. She leaped gracefully into the well and was welcomed by a very painful landing.
She looked up and saw the star-lit sky. 'stars?' She felt for the vines and pulled herself up.
'no…It cannot be… I…okasan… souta… jiisan… '
She collapsed on the grass and wept. She was trapped in this era. She was trapped in Shingoku Jirai with no one to depend on but herself. Then she remembered Shippou.
'Oh no… now what? I can't even defend mys- Oniisan… I had a brother… How could I have known that he was the one that taught me how to protect myself on a blue moon? What did he teach me…?' Kagome stopped crying and thought hard. 'Think dammit! Don't think of your exams… think of how to survive!'
"Here, Kagome-imouto… every youkai has powers inside them. You don't need a weapon at all. But you can only use these powers in dire situations…"
Kagome ran towards the village with all her might. She didn't care if InuYasha was still there with that… corpse. She didn't care. All she needed right now was her bow and arrow… and her pup.
'I'll find those shards myself… and get home somehow!'
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SesshouMaru sat quietly high up on a branch on one of the highest trees in the western lands. It overlooked pretty much half of his domain, his castle was seen clearly as were villages nearby.
He then again clasped the necklace that his okasan had given him all those years ago. He knew she was alive... just in hiding. 'But why? Otousan is gone and she has nothing to fear…'
"SesshouMaru-sama!"
SesshouMaru looked down and saw his trusty servant Jaken. He lifted his brow and wondered whether or not Jaken was incredibly loyal or just incredibly dumb. He did not care whether he was hurt as long as SesshouMaru was fine.
' Okasan was like that'
He effortlessly landed in front of Jaken. "What is it?" he asked monotonously.
Jaken stuttered as he failed miserably to contain his fear. " Th-th-there w-was a mess-sage from the c-council… SesshouMaru-sama…"
SesshouMaru looked at him apathetically. " Tell me something worth my time…"
Jaken cowered in fear at his master. " Th-they wish to hold a banquet f-for Lord Komashiro's daughter…"
SesshouMaru stopped and turned around. "Daughter? I was not aware that the Lord of the North Western lands had a daughter."
"Apparently, a very powerful miko had kept her out of danger until she was of age. I hear she is to return in less than 3 months" Jaken said with more ease.
" I shall attend this banquet" SesshouMaru said. "I am… curious as to who this woman is" 'It is high time I find myself a mate… and a suitable mother for Rin'
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Kouga rushed to where Kagome was. He was very excited. Though his father was very secretive about some information which he held back… Kouga could not contain his emotions any longer.
'I thought you were a dream…imouto… now I know you're not. I searched for you and now I found you! I cannot wait to tell you the news!'
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Author's Note: You know… I hate to say it but no matter how many times I post this story… I don't get reviews… or that many. I really want to know how its doing… so if you guys can just please review? I mean… I know Sess/Kag fics are rare, but I feel better writing these than Inu/Kag fics… they're too… predictable.
