A/N: Howdees all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm in a *very* spiffy mood, thank you!
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Anywayz, on with chapter 26!
The Other Side of the Mirror
(Last time:)
(Inu-Yasha and Miroku were arguing about Sesshy and Kagome, Inu-Yasha just made a comment that Kikyo was brought back to life.)
"Kikyo was brought back to life?" Sesshoumaru asked, all eyes turned to him. Kagome rushed to him and wrapped her arms around him, but he didn't return the action.
"Sesshoumaru? What's wrong? Who is that imposter?"
Sesshoumaru removed her arms from around him and stepped back, "She is my wife."
Chapter 26: Truth and True Lies
Kagome stepped back, in complete shock, "W-wife...?"
Miroku's eyes widened and he carefully looked at Kagome, "Then, who are you?"
"I'm Kagome! I don't know who she is, but- Sesshoumaru! It's me!" She begged.
Sesshoumaru wouldn't looked into Kagome's eyes, "No, she remembers everything: our marriage, what names we had decided on for our children, everything. She has also just given birth, to my daughter."
Kagome shook her head, "NO! I'm Kagome! You told me yourself! Naraku did something to me! Sesshoumaru, why are you doing this?!" She started to cry.
"How are you so positive which is which, Lord Sesshoumaru?" Miroku asked. "I thought you had said that this Kagome was the true one, without a doubt. Did you not say that she smelled exactly like your wife?"
"She does," he answered. "Except for one tinny difference, when she was returned to the castle, she was no longer pregnant. The day that Inu-Yasha had taken her, she was pregnant."
"I told you, I NEVER TOOK HER FROM YOU! Kagome was mine to begin with! You have been trying to kill us for months!" Inu-Yasha yelled.
Sesshoumaru thought for a moment. (Sesshy is faster at adding up 1+1 better then Inu-Yasha, come on, he even new that Inu-Yasha was in love with Kagome the first time we saw him! Refer back to the 1st battle over Tetsusaiga.) "You both have the same memories...?" He whispered, more to himself then anyone. "In the castle, neither one knew the other..." (Come on Sesshy, you can do it!) "Inu-Yasha, where is Kagome from?"
"Feh!" He answered, but when Sesshoumaru glared at him, his eyes screaming that he had better answer or be ripped to shreds, he finished, "The other side of the well, it connects to her time."
"Well...?" He thought for another moment. "Kagome, is that true?"
"Of course. The Bone Eater's Well, I was dragged through it by Mistress Centipede."
"Inu-Yasha, when you come out of the well, on her side, what does it look like? Where are you?"
"Inside a building, the Well House. Why are you asking me all these questions?!"
Sesshoumaru stared deeply at his younger brother, "Because you have tried to follow us through the well, only Kagome and I can use it."
"But I've seen it! I've met her mom and annoying brother Sota, and that stupid grandfather of her's-"
"Sota?!" Sesshoumaru asked, completely shocked, "You know his name?!"
"Of course, the kid treats me like a hero!"
"My lord," Miroku, couldn't stay silent any longer, "What point is it that you are trying to get at?"
"There are two Kagome's and two Inu-Yasha's." He answered as if that would explain everything.
"Yeah, we know that!" Inu-Yasha answered impatiently.
"What is the last thing you remember, Kagome, before waking in our bed, a month ago?"
"You said that it was Naraku's false memories!"
"Please, just answer me."
"I was in the well house, telling Inu-Yasha I was sorry for..." she stopped.
"For what?"
"Using the spell."
"What spell?" Miroku asked.
"Every damn time she says 'sit', I fall face down on the floor! *That* spell."
"Sit?" Sesshoumaru asked, "Since when have you had that power?"
"She's always had it. When she pulled the arrow out, Kaede put this rosary around my neck," he touched the rosary, "and so every time she says that damned word, I fall!"
"I've never seen that before," Sesshoumaru said. "Say it Kagome."
"Why?"
"I want to see if it is true."
"S-sit," she whispered.
Inu-Yasha tensed just before, trying to ready himself, he hadn't been "sat" in almost a month. The rosary glowed and forced him to the ground with a loud thump.
Miroku and Sesshoumaru stared at Kagome. "You could not do this to the Inu- Yasha who attacked you in the castle?" Miroku asked.
"No," she answered, "He wasn't wearing it."
"He took the rosary off?"
"No," Kagome shook her head, "He can't, only I can take it off of him...but I didn't, he just didn't have it."
Sesshoumaru thought about that for a moment, "And after you apologized?"
"This purple hole was in the side of the well house, I walked up, to see what it was and...it sucked me in!"
"I tried to help her," Inu-Yasha piped up, "But, I got pulled in, too. Then I woke up, right next to the well, in this time, and I heard Kagome scream, so I ran to help her, and she was lying on the ground, with blood on her, and a demon flashed by. I tried to run after him, but Kagome called again, and so I didn't follow the demon. I thought that it had been you cause your scent was all over her. I thought you had raped her and left her there, to die..."
Sesshoumaru looked away, "And you thought this because...?"
"Cause it sounds like something that you would do in order to get the Tetsusaiga from me. You've tried to kill Kagome before, I thought that maybe...you decided to go a little farther this time." He bowed his head, letting his silver bangs cover his amber eyes, he just told his damned older brother that Kagome was his weakness, Sesshoumaru had probably already known, but still.
"A portal..." Sesshoumaru said. "A portal."
"What are you thinking, my lord?" Miroku asked.
"Maybe, Kagome, the story that you told me when you arrived wasn't a lie."
"What?"
"Maybe this portal stole you from your world, and put you here."
"Why would it do that?!" Inu-Yasha asked irritated.
"I don't know." The lord answered truthfully.
"Sesshoumaru," Kagome's voice called from inside the hut. "I think that Akane wants you."
All four watched as another Kagome walked out of the hut, carrying a small bundle of blankets. She looked as if she had been through hell, she could hardly walk, and her eyes were red and puffy. "Here," she said, handing the baby to Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru smiled at the child. "I think that she needs you, she seems happier when you're around." She looked up at the three others and started shaking. "Inu-"
"It's all right, Kagome," Sesshoumaru said. "He will not touch you."
"You're..." both Kagomes said, "You're me."
Both Kagomes' eyes fluttered and then they fell unconscious.
A/N: Well, what do you think?! I hope that you like it. I was going to be really mean and make the evil Inu-Yasha be the father of Akane two chapters ago, but I don't know how I would have made Sesshoumaru react...
Sesshoumaru: She-she smelled like Inu-Yasha...no...Akane is my child.
Inu-Yasha: I'm confused...
Both Kagomes: *You're* CONFUSED?!
Miroku: I shall be smart and stay out of this one...So, K. H., I hear that the other me, is slightly, shall I dare say...perverted?
Kitsune Hanyou: Yes, well, we wouldn't have him any other way.
Miroku: Well, you like him like that ::evil smirk:: do you?
Kitsune Hanyou: Well...heehee, all you peeps still listening, go review, or read another fic or something...heehee...yeah, go read Nightmare Assignment, I put up the 2nd chapter. Don't forget to review...heehee
(You have to have a sense of humor people, I'm far too sarcastic to be taken seriously.)
Anywayz, on with chapter 26!
The Other Side of the Mirror
(Last time:)
(Inu-Yasha and Miroku were arguing about Sesshy and Kagome, Inu-Yasha just made a comment that Kikyo was brought back to life.)
"Kikyo was brought back to life?" Sesshoumaru asked, all eyes turned to him. Kagome rushed to him and wrapped her arms around him, but he didn't return the action.
"Sesshoumaru? What's wrong? Who is that imposter?"
Sesshoumaru removed her arms from around him and stepped back, "She is my wife."
Chapter 26: Truth and True Lies
Kagome stepped back, in complete shock, "W-wife...?"
Miroku's eyes widened and he carefully looked at Kagome, "Then, who are you?"
"I'm Kagome! I don't know who she is, but- Sesshoumaru! It's me!" She begged.
Sesshoumaru wouldn't looked into Kagome's eyes, "No, she remembers everything: our marriage, what names we had decided on for our children, everything. She has also just given birth, to my daughter."
Kagome shook her head, "NO! I'm Kagome! You told me yourself! Naraku did something to me! Sesshoumaru, why are you doing this?!" She started to cry.
"How are you so positive which is which, Lord Sesshoumaru?" Miroku asked. "I thought you had said that this Kagome was the true one, without a doubt. Did you not say that she smelled exactly like your wife?"
"She does," he answered. "Except for one tinny difference, when she was returned to the castle, she was no longer pregnant. The day that Inu-Yasha had taken her, she was pregnant."
"I told you, I NEVER TOOK HER FROM YOU! Kagome was mine to begin with! You have been trying to kill us for months!" Inu-Yasha yelled.
Sesshoumaru thought for a moment. (Sesshy is faster at adding up 1+1 better then Inu-Yasha, come on, he even new that Inu-Yasha was in love with Kagome the first time we saw him! Refer back to the 1st battle over Tetsusaiga.) "You both have the same memories...?" He whispered, more to himself then anyone. "In the castle, neither one knew the other..." (Come on Sesshy, you can do it!) "Inu-Yasha, where is Kagome from?"
"Feh!" He answered, but when Sesshoumaru glared at him, his eyes screaming that he had better answer or be ripped to shreds, he finished, "The other side of the well, it connects to her time."
"Well...?" He thought for another moment. "Kagome, is that true?"
"Of course. The Bone Eater's Well, I was dragged through it by Mistress Centipede."
"Inu-Yasha, when you come out of the well, on her side, what does it look like? Where are you?"
"Inside a building, the Well House. Why are you asking me all these questions?!"
Sesshoumaru stared deeply at his younger brother, "Because you have tried to follow us through the well, only Kagome and I can use it."
"But I've seen it! I've met her mom and annoying brother Sota, and that stupid grandfather of her's-"
"Sota?!" Sesshoumaru asked, completely shocked, "You know his name?!"
"Of course, the kid treats me like a hero!"
"My lord," Miroku, couldn't stay silent any longer, "What point is it that you are trying to get at?"
"There are two Kagome's and two Inu-Yasha's." He answered as if that would explain everything.
"Yeah, we know that!" Inu-Yasha answered impatiently.
"What is the last thing you remember, Kagome, before waking in our bed, a month ago?"
"You said that it was Naraku's false memories!"
"Please, just answer me."
"I was in the well house, telling Inu-Yasha I was sorry for..." she stopped.
"For what?"
"Using the spell."
"What spell?" Miroku asked.
"Every damn time she says 'sit', I fall face down on the floor! *That* spell."
"Sit?" Sesshoumaru asked, "Since when have you had that power?"
"She's always had it. When she pulled the arrow out, Kaede put this rosary around my neck," he touched the rosary, "and so every time she says that damned word, I fall!"
"I've never seen that before," Sesshoumaru said. "Say it Kagome."
"Why?"
"I want to see if it is true."
"S-sit," she whispered.
Inu-Yasha tensed just before, trying to ready himself, he hadn't been "sat" in almost a month. The rosary glowed and forced him to the ground with a loud thump.
Miroku and Sesshoumaru stared at Kagome. "You could not do this to the Inu- Yasha who attacked you in the castle?" Miroku asked.
"No," she answered, "He wasn't wearing it."
"He took the rosary off?"
"No," Kagome shook her head, "He can't, only I can take it off of him...but I didn't, he just didn't have it."
Sesshoumaru thought about that for a moment, "And after you apologized?"
"This purple hole was in the side of the well house, I walked up, to see what it was and...it sucked me in!"
"I tried to help her," Inu-Yasha piped up, "But, I got pulled in, too. Then I woke up, right next to the well, in this time, and I heard Kagome scream, so I ran to help her, and she was lying on the ground, with blood on her, and a demon flashed by. I tried to run after him, but Kagome called again, and so I didn't follow the demon. I thought that it had been you cause your scent was all over her. I thought you had raped her and left her there, to die..."
Sesshoumaru looked away, "And you thought this because...?"
"Cause it sounds like something that you would do in order to get the Tetsusaiga from me. You've tried to kill Kagome before, I thought that maybe...you decided to go a little farther this time." He bowed his head, letting his silver bangs cover his amber eyes, he just told his damned older brother that Kagome was his weakness, Sesshoumaru had probably already known, but still.
"A portal..." Sesshoumaru said. "A portal."
"What are you thinking, my lord?" Miroku asked.
"Maybe, Kagome, the story that you told me when you arrived wasn't a lie."
"What?"
"Maybe this portal stole you from your world, and put you here."
"Why would it do that?!" Inu-Yasha asked irritated.
"I don't know." The lord answered truthfully.
"Sesshoumaru," Kagome's voice called from inside the hut. "I think that Akane wants you."
All four watched as another Kagome walked out of the hut, carrying a small bundle of blankets. She looked as if she had been through hell, she could hardly walk, and her eyes were red and puffy. "Here," she said, handing the baby to Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru smiled at the child. "I think that she needs you, she seems happier when you're around." She looked up at the three others and started shaking. "Inu-"
"It's all right, Kagome," Sesshoumaru said. "He will not touch you."
"You're..." both Kagomes said, "You're me."
Both Kagomes' eyes fluttered and then they fell unconscious.
A/N: Well, what do you think?! I hope that you like it. I was going to be really mean and make the evil Inu-Yasha be the father of Akane two chapters ago, but I don't know how I would have made Sesshoumaru react...
Sesshoumaru: She-she smelled like Inu-Yasha...no...Akane is my child.
Inu-Yasha: I'm confused...
Both Kagomes: *You're* CONFUSED?!
Miroku: I shall be smart and stay out of this one...So, K. H., I hear that the other me, is slightly, shall I dare say...perverted?
Kitsune Hanyou: Yes, well, we wouldn't have him any other way.
Miroku: Well, you like him like that ::evil smirk:: do you?
Kitsune Hanyou: Well...heehee, all you peeps still listening, go review, or read another fic or something...heehee...yeah, go read Nightmare Assignment, I put up the 2nd chapter. Don't forget to review...heehee
(You have to have a sense of humor people, I'm far too sarcastic to be taken seriously.)