Hello…Sesshoumaru
He was dead. His worthless hanyou half brother was in hell with his dead miko bitch. The only emotion the Lord of The Western Lands felt over the death of his sibling was a slight irritation. After having spent the better of two years fighting Inu Yasha for the Tetsusaiga and trying to rid the world of his annoying presence, he had finally died, and he, Sesshoumaru, had not been the one to deal the fatal blow.
As he patrolled the borders of his land, Sesshoumaru wondered if Inu Yasha had taken the sword to Hell with him. The thought angered the lord, even in death it seemed that Inu Yasha would hold the power to destroy while he, the most feared youkai in the land, was cursed with the power to heal. Indeed to him this miraculous ability to heal and bring the dead to life was a curse, he held a deep hatred for his sword, Tenseiga. Drawing the sword from the scabbard at his waist, Sesshoumaru examined it and questioned his dead father's reasons for giving him such a sword. Why give him the power to heal when he, Sesshoumaru, craved destruction and enjoyed the kill. Why give him the power to heal when what he needed was the power to destroy and protect the Western Lands that were vast and envied among the most powerful youkai. Why give such a gift to a lowly hanyou who was neither worthy nor capable of harnessing such a power.
Again failing to find answers to the questions that plagued his mind, Sesshoumaru sheathed his sword, unable to simply discard it as he had been tempted to do so many times before. The reasons which motivated his father to give him this sword, shrouded in mystery, greatly angered him, yes, but beneath the frustration and rage Sesshoumaru was intrigued and greatly curious. He told himself that he kept the sword because he was determined to uncover the mystery, but somewhere deep inside, in a place he refused to look, he sensed there was another reason he could not part with it.
His thoughts shifting back to the Tetsusaiga, Sesshoumaru contemplated the best way to discover the location of the fated fang. With his half brother dead there was only one who could bring him to it, only one who could hold it, and only one who had power over it. Her name was not important; he would not lower himself to learn the name of a mere human. But her scent he had learned to recognize through their many battles, fresh rain and flowers. He would find the wench that traveled with is brother, he would get the Tetsusaiga and he would kill the girl, and as the last remaining child of his great Inu demon father, he would be its master.
"Kagome why are you so sad?"
Lost in her thoughts Kagome did not hear the small kitsune cub walk up to her. Looking down into the face of the little fox demon she had adopted as her own.
"Inu Yasha is gone. We are all sad Shippou." She told him, not wanting to reveal the true reason she was so depressed. It was true what she had said. Everyone was sad, Miroku, Sango, Kaede and Shippou. Inu Yasha was a friend and he was sorely missed. That night, after she had made her wish on the shooting star, Kagome had returned to camp and met the distressed glances of her companions. It seemed that as she watched Inu Yasha disappear into the Earth, she had been too distracted and in too much pain to notice that she was not the only one watching the tragic scene. Shippou, wondering where Inu Yasha had disappeared to, had left camp to find him. Find him he did, in time to witness the climax of the scene that plagued Kagome's memory. Shippou had not seen the whole thing, nor had he heard the words spoken, only Kagome knew, and that was why her pain was so much deeper and visible than the others. Her pain was the pain of betrayal.
"I miss him" she heard Shippou whisper, his voice full of emotion as he tried to hold back tears.
Gathering the small kit in her arms and cradling him against her chest she slowly rocked him as his tears flowed out. Feeling the emotion that wracked his small body, Kagome felt her own tears flow down her cheeks. She would never tell them about the truth of that night, her memory of Inu Yasha might be marred, but she wouldn't let the reality of what had happened destroy her friends, as it had destroyed her. As Shippou's cries became quieter, Kagome felt exhaustion take over her body. Standing up, with the kitsune cub dozing in her arms, she laid down in her sleeping bag and went to sleep silently praying that tomorrow would be better than today.
It had been an emotional morning and a very difficult one as well. Good-byes always were hard. Especially when you saying good bye to a part of your life. With the jewel completed and her job finished, Kagome felt that her time in the Feudal Age was over. There was nothing left here for her, expect the pain of memories and the grief of a lost love. She would miss the friends she had come to love over the two years. Each one of them held a special place in her heart and she knew she would never forget them. And Shippou, the one who had become like a son to her, it broke her heart to leave him, but she had to, it was the only way she could stay sane, the only way she could survive.
Standing in front of the well that would take her back home, 500 years into the future, Kagome felt the tears well up at the thought of never returning. She had come to love this age, she had come to love the pure untamed beauty and the crisp and fresh air. Setting her pack on the ground beside the well, she turned and walked to the God Tree, the place she had first met him, Inu Yasha. Reaching out and touching the place where he had been pinned she close her eyes.
"Good Bye…Inu Yasha" she whispered as one solitary tear rolled down her cheek and hit the ground at her feet. Lowering her head in grief and taking her hand off the tree, she slowly opened her eyes and was stunned at the sight that greeted her. Kneeling down, she ran her hands over the object that had caught her attention.
"Tetsusaiga" she whispered. She couldn't believe it. She thought the sword had gone with Inu Yasha, that he had taken it into hell with him. But here it was, lying at the base of the God Tree, sheathed in its scabbard. What was she supposed to do now?She wondered to herself. Acting purely on instinct she picked up the blade, the sword that had saved so many lives, including her own, and pulled it out of its scabbard. As she did she felt a jolt of power course through her and was blinded momentarily by a bright flash of blue light. Using her hands to shield her eyes, she dropped the sword and the light dissipated.
"What the hell was that?" Kagome said out loud wondering why she now felt the presence of the sword, just as she had felt the presence of the shikon shards.
She reached out, her hand slightly trembling in anticipation as the cool metal of the sword tempted her to touch it again. Is that what it felt like? Is this what Inu Yasha felt every time he wielded the powerful fang? There was a lethal power hidden underneath its rusty appearance, she knew from experience just how deadly the sword could be, was this power to be hers now? Her hand hovered over the blade, hesitant in touching it again. Why had it stayed behind when its mastered had left this world? The sword called out to her it was almost as if it wanted something, almost as if it wanted her.
She was so lost in the mystery of the sword that now lay before her Kagome did not felt the dark and omnipotent aura behind her until it was too late. She stiffened, every muscle in her body tensed as she waited for the youkai behind her to make his move.
"It seems" she heard a smooth voice say from behind her "that the Tetsusaiga has found its new master."
Her eyes widened in fear as the voice spoke. She knew that voice, that emotionless and deceptively calm tone could only belong to one person. Turning around slowly she faced the vicious demon who would stop at nothing to possess the Tetsusaiga. Staring into the cold eyes of the demon Lord, Kagome feared for her life because, if what he said was true, she was now the master of the sword, and if the battles between him and Inu Yasha meant anything, he would kill her to get it. Terrified at the thought of what he was going to do, Kagome said the first thing that popped into her head
"Hello…Sesshoumaru"
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