DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA NOR THE MANGA, NOR THE ANIME

Q's & A's of past reviews:

Why does Naraku get to reincarnate again if he got killed?

Well Kikyo got killed and Kagome is her reincarnation... why not Naraku as well? 'Sides, it makes the story more interesting, ne?

Does Sessho remember about his past life? What about the others?

I was going to save that for the next chapters, but, no, he doesn't remember. He knows what Miroku told him from the book: 1) That something is within him 2)He may be the reincarnation of the Taiyoukai 3) His previous incarnation was in love with Kagome... BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW THE PAST DIRECTLY BECAUSE HE IS NOT SESSHOMARU

The others (a.k.a. Sango, Miroku, and Nara) are the same deal, even Prof. Nara (he just has more information than Miroku does you'll see in later chapters)

But Inu, Koga, Rin, Shippo have no idea of what is going on (for now...)

What's with the dreams and memories?

Okay... To make things more interesting, I made everyone have certain dreams of their previous lives (except Kagome who is merely remembering). Some are scenes from Belonging to You, and others were answers to unanswered questions from it, and some, were um... invented with good intention.

Will Sessho let out Sesshomaru soon?

Yes he will. (smirks)

Chapter 4: Why now?

"Kagome! C'mon let's go!" Sango cried as she stood on the doorway of her classroom.

Before Sango could reach Kagome, a dashing young man with short black hair stood in front of her. He blinked his eyes twice before realizing who she was.

"You're her!!!!" Miroku said as he grasped both of Sango's hands in his, "What's your name, princess?"

"Uh... Sango..." Sango answered while raising her brow at him.

"I am Miroku Lee... Will you bear my children please?" Miroku asked as he bent to his knees.

"What?" Sango yelled, obviously freaked out. 'He's crazy... but he's a good looking man. Wait, what the hell I'm thinking?' she thought frantically.

"Not today, Miroku Lee" Sessho said as he pried the houshi off Sango.

"Um... Sesshomaru? Will you join us for coffee or something?" Kagome asked timidly. She wanted to get to know Sessho better and wanted to prolong her moment with him.

Sesshomaru was about to deny her request, when he saw his friend's face. He sighed when Miroku motioned him over to talk alone.

"Go with her, and take me with you... I need to get to know Sango... She's the one for me!!! Please Sessho!" Miroku begged.

The girls saw as Miroku talked Sessho into going with them. Sango leaned close to Kagome to speak without them noticing.

"He's a very handsome man, Kagome" Sango said while sizing up Miroku, "his friend's cute too... and his antics are quite funny"

"If you say so" Kagome said with a smile.

After a while Sessho walked back with Miroku who had a smile from ear to ear. His purple eyes twinkled while Sessho's held no emotion whatsoever.

"We'll accept your request" Sessho said composedly as he and his friend followed the girls through the hall.

"Hey Kagome!" Inu called out from the other side of the hall.

Kagome turned around and saw Inu coming to her. She waved back and got surprised when Inu put an arm around her shoulder. She kept herself calm and refrained from pulling away. Meanwhile, Sessho's eyes narrowed at the audacity of this fool.

"Now this is something interesting," Sango said to her escort.

"Yes, he may not show it, but Sessho is quite fond of your friend. And it seems the other guy does too" Miroku remarked.

"Tell your friend she's doing bad on Physics... that she needs tutoring..." Sango hinted Miroku.

"And do you any help with anything" Miroku told Sango with a grin on his face.

"No yet... but you'll be on the top of my list" Sango teased. But that moment was suddenly interrupted when Miroku groped Sango's bottom and got punched back to the lockers.

Kagome, Inu, and Sessho saw Miroku wobble from side to side.

"My dear Sango... you're so cruel" he said as he followed her.

"Want to see my car?" Inu asked inquiringly, trying to change the subject.

"Um... sure! Why not?" Kagome said with a gentle smile. Inu then took her hand and walked past the others into the parking lot. Everyone looked in awe at the cute couple, Inu with his golden blond hair and the serene looking Kagome. In the middle of the parking lot there was Inu's white Ford Mustang.

"It's very nice." Kagome commented.

"It's my baby!!!" Inu said with stary eyes.

"It's amazing how silly and immature you are" a voice called from behind.

"Oh. Hello Sessho! I didn't know you had followed us." Kagome said warmly, "You startled us."

"Oh. I'm sorry. I couldn't help but overhear what he said" Sessho said ironically as he walked towards Kagome with a soft smile on his face. 'Two can play at this game' he thought.

Inu remained on the same spot looking dreamily at his car as Sessho and Kagome made their way towards Inu's car for a closer look.

"I like this color" Kagome said as she brushed her hand to the car's side panel.

"Hm. It is" Sessho scoffed, then he had an idea, his smile turned into a smirk as his eyes narrowed at Inu. "OH MY! There's a scratch on this car!!!"

"WHAT!!! OH NO!!!!!! MY CAR!!! MY BEAUTIFUL CAR!!! PLEASE MAKE WAY!!!" Inu yelled as he made his way through Sessho and Kagome and examined closely the car. He looked at a tiny black line on the bumper of his car.

"This car was scratched" Inu said with his lips quivering.

"No it isn't" Kagome said. She took out a napkin and cleaned the smudge away. "It's just dirt, see?" Kagome assured Inu as she showed him the blanket. Sessho was holding his laughter in the back.

"You... saved my car" Inu said as began to hug her when he was knocked away by Sessho.

"Keep your hands to yourself you fool..." Sessho said as he turned and left, "She doesn't like that."

"But-" Kagome said, "You. Have we seen each other before?"

Sessho turned around and faced her. The wind rustled between them. Sessho's amber eyes looked warmly over her. He studied her features and expression. 'She's so beautiful. I can't look away' he thought.

"She is mine... do not take what is mine" the voice called within him.

"HEY STALKER!!!!!!! GO AWAY!!!!" Inu said to Sessho.

"Inu, that wasn't nice." Kagome said to Inu.

"I won't leave, for Kagome and I made plans to out go today..." Sessho said as he offered Kagome his hand.

Inu fumed in the background as Kagome took tentatively Sessho's hand and he closed his palm.

"See you soon, Inu" Kagome said cheerfully.

"DAMN HIM!" Inu cried aloud, but not so loud that Kagome would hear him.

When Sessho and Kagome arrived at the coffee shop, they were greeted warmly by Miroku and Sango. They were sitting a booth table right next to a window.

"It seems like we interrupted a tender moment between them, Sessho" Kagome teased them. Sango's face blushed furiously and Miroku smiled at her reaction.

"Miroku, do you ever refrain from bantering?" Sessho said with a smirk at his friend as he sat beside Kagome on the other side of the table.

"Not as much as you do with Lady Kagome" Miroku spoke back as Sessho remained silent.

"Well... don't misconstrue what had happened with us... we have a friendship" Sessho commented as he glanced at Kagome.

Kagome felt a jolt of disappointment in her heart. 'Why do I feel that way? I mean, that IS what it is, isn't it?'

"Kagome... tell us about yourself" Miroku inquired.

"I wouldn't say... I can't remember" Kagome said rather bitterly. 'Damn me... why can't I have a normal life? I knew this would happen some time!!'

"I apologize..." Miroku said as he looked towards Sessho, who acknowledged him entirely. 'She has no memory of her past!!! Just like the end of the legend!!! It is her' he thought enthusiastically.

"It's okay..." Kagome said before she felt a hand encircle her own. She looked up to see Sessho look down at her.

"I'm sorry..." he mouthed.

She smiled back in acknowledgement, making the handsome youth's heart beat faster by the second. 'I've taken a liking to this girl...' he thought.

"What do you know from your parents?" Miroku asked, "about your past?"

"Well... they said that I attended High School, that one day I was walking into the shrine and I fell into the well... and erased my memory. Strangely I do not think it's true for I have new memories... glimpses of it though... of an angel. I call him Angel because he makes me feel so safe..." Kagome trailed off.

"Have you seen him? In your dreams, I mean?" Sango asked.

"I only know that he has long silver hair, and golden eyes" Kagome blushed furiously.

Both Sessho and Miroku jumped at her remark.

"Kagome... Sango maybe it's time for you to know... of our past history..." Miroku said as he looked towards Sessho as if asking for permission. Sessho nodded.

"What do you mean?" Sango asked nervously.

Miroku took out a black book.

Kagome quickly remembered another memory.

"I'm sorry I couldn't attend to your wedding, Miroku" she said to him.

"It's okay, you'll be here in spirit" Miroku answered her.

"Here's my gift... a book so you can write memories about it" she said to him.

"Thank you, Kagome. We'll treasure it always" Sango said as she gave her a hug.

Kagome breathed heavily as she stared at the book. The book was worn out and it had to be at least four centuries old. She gasped when Miroku showed her a picture of what seemed to be himself, but with longer hair. Sango had somewhat of the same reaction, but then when she saw the picture of her previous incarnation she wasn't surprised.

"Kagome... I've had one dream... We were in a village... and you gave something to me and my husband-to-be... but I thought it was merely a dream" Sango admitted.

"I know... because I just remembered it" Kagome said as the others looked at her in question.

At the Soccer Practice

"Listen up you worthless pieces of shit! You will make through the mile in less than 6 minutes or else you'll be kicked off the team" yelled Koga at the team through gritted teeth.

Koga was filling up for Inu by taking over the team on practice. They were on the soccer field training for the next game.

As the team began to run the mile, one small boy tripped and fell on the floor.

"What was the coach thinking when he chose you to be on the team?" asked Koga to the boy.

"I... I..." the boy stammered.

"Leave him alone!," a voice called out. Koga was amazed to see that it was Inu who said that.

"Are you all right kid? Don't listen to that loser. He made the mile in 13 minutes!!!" he said laughing.

"Inu! What made you change all of the sudden?"asked Koga.

"Nothing. I just seem so. exhilirated. Why don't you leave the insults to yourself?" Inu said plainly as he helped the boy up.

"Sorry, Inu. It's just that... you seem like you WENT TO SISSY LAND!!!" said Koga snickering.

"Nonsense." replied Inu. 'It's just that,' he thought, 'whenever I think of Kagome, it makes me feel like a much better person.'

"Where's Shippo?" Koga asked.

"Here!! Sorry I'm late... I brought someone to watch me practice..." Shippo said with a blush on his cheeks.

"Who?" Koga asked.

"Me. I'm Rin, nice to meet you" Rin said curtly to both Inu and Koga, "I wish you well with Kagome, Inu". She instantly recognized the man from Kagome's description of how she met him.

"Oh thanks!! Well let's get this practice started" Inu yelled at the team.

Meanwhile, at the coffee shop:

Miroku was about to turn the page that held the picture of Sesshomaru when Sessho motioned him to close the book.

"Not yet" he mouthed Miroku.

Miroku looked him confused for a minute before closing the book. 'Why would he want to keep his identity a secret? Maybe... he wants to win her heart as Sessho, not Sesshomaru' he thought.

"If that memory is true, Kagome, perhaps the one of the angel is true as well" Sango said happily, "You will get together and live happily ever after!"

"Not only that but it may be possible to regain your past!" Miroku added.

Meanwhile, Sessho remained quiet deep in thought. 'It seems like Inu is not the only competition that I have to win Kagome's heart, but also myself'.

"Sessho! I'm so happy!" Kagome started before joy turned to sadness, "But why would my family keep this from me?"

"For protection, Higurashi, I don't think you would believe that you were in another dimension in the past" Sessho assured her.

"He's right!" Miroku said, "And now... we're now all here..."

"But why?" Sango asked.

"To fulfill the destiny that wasn't fulfilled before" Sessho answered calmly.

"Whose destiny?" Kagome asked.

"Everyone's" Miroku said as he explained the legend over again to the two women.

Later that night...

"Sesshomaru?" a melodic voice called.

"Yes?" Sesshomaru answered her calmly.

"Here" the girl said nervously as she handed him a piece of paper.

"What is this?" he asked..

"This is a song. Our song. If we ever lose ourselves then we can sing this to each other" she replied lovingly.

"All right. it seems that I haven't been able to deny you anything" Sesshomaru told her with a slight smile on his face.

"Maybe it is by how much we have begun to like each other. Sesshomaru, I don't know what I feel for you. I feel, different when I am with you." Kagome confided.

Change of memory

"Brujo!!!! Come out immediately!!!!!!" Sesshomaru called out as he reached a meadow.

"So the miko is leaving, isn't she?" Kaiyan teased before Sesshomaru..

Sesshomaru wobbled for a moment lost in himself.

"Heh... It is beginning to drain the life out of you as we speak" Kaiyan noted, "Take the potion... it will cure even your mark"

"I WANT HER!!!! I WANT TO MAKE HER STAY!!!" Sesshomaru cried as his eyes turned into a crimson color.

"She doesn't belong here... my lord" Kaiyan said rather seriously.

"Then... if she can't stay in my world... then I will go to hers" Sesshomaru promised.

"You have to die... in order to do that my lord" Kaiyan warned.

"I will part with her... then wait until my strength withers away and I die" Sesshomaru said more to himself as he flew towards the well to meet his mate.

Change of Memory

Sesshomaru's body turned incredibly pale and sickly over the next few years. His eye color was dulled completely to a blank stare.

"MY LORD!!! WHAT WILL THIS JAKEN DO TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER?" Jaken asked tearfully to his master.

"Take Rin... and take her to the monk and demon hunter... they'll take care of her" Sessho said between wheezing breaths.

"BUT MY LORD-" Jaken was cut off when Sesshomaru mustered an icy look before his eyes returned to his plain, blank stare.

He quickly remembered the dreadful choice he made when he pushed his mate inside the well. Instinctly, as if it were in the memory, he reached for her fading form.

"Kagome..." he whispered.

"No! Kagome!!!!" Sessho cried as he sat up instantly from his bed. It was a dream, no... a memory. 'The Taiyoukai has suffered more than I anticipated' he thought with a tug of pity towards him.

He hoisted himself from his bed. He was sweating and he felt tears running down his cheeks. Sessho quickly snapped out of his trance and paced his room, as he wiped the tears away. He sat on a chair thinking of that sad memory.

"They loved each other... yet they were not meant to be" Sessho said aloud.

"Release me... let me go to my mate" the voice called.

Sessho looked down at his bracelet for a moment before trying to communicate
with the demon.

"Only tonight... and you will put on this bracelet at dawn" Sessho called aloud, "If not... if someone else is forced to subdue you... I will never release you again".

"Do not mock me, human... you have my word as a youkai that you will return to yourself at dawn..." the voice promised him.

He stared at the bracelet until his eyes felt heavy and subconsciously removed it. Just then a white light engulfed him as his hair grew longer and silver, his ears elongated to pointed ends, crimson marks adorned his cheeks, and the blue crescent moon adorned his forehead.

Sesshomaru flexed his hands, now clawed hands. 'Good... at least the transformation is complete... I do not have human hands' he thought with a smirk.

He was quickly snapped out of his thoughts when Miroku opened the door to his room.

"Sessho... I heard you yell....what..." Miroku trailed off when he saw the fully transformed Taiyoukai before him.

Sesshomaru smirked at his scent of fear and walked towards him.

"Your puny friend will return soon..." he muttered as he brushed past Miroku and opened a window.

"Where are you going?" Miroku called to Sesshomaru.

"I have someone waiting for me..." Sesshomaru said as he jumped from the window.

Miroku waited until Sesshomaru was out of sight when he reached his cellphone and called someone. A sleepy voice answered the other line.

"Sango! The Taiyoukai is back! The one Kagome was talking about!" Miroku warned, "Stay out of his way... he's too strong for all of us"

"What about Kagome?" Sango cried.

"I doubt he'll hurt her... but I'm coming there as soon as I can" Miroku said as he grabbed his ancestor's book and some exorcism spells.

Sesshomaru: DAMN YOU and YOUR STUPID CLIFFIES WENCH!!!!

SunMoon1285: (ditches Sesshomaru's slashes from Toukijin) AT LEAST I LET YOU OUT!!!! And there's also the preview...

Sesshomaru: (sheathes Toukijin) You are really an unusual person... This preview better be worth it

SunMoon1285: It is!!! And I'm already half-way done with the next chapter

(Sesshomaru looks at her longily)

Sesshomaru: (deep sexy voice from the anime) I could kiss you right now...

SunMoon1285: YIPES... Please review and no flames (runs away from Sesshomaru)

Preview Chapter 5:

Sesshomaru made his way to his mate's window following her glorious scent. His eyes looked longily over her svelte body hidden underneath the thin covers. He raised the window and walked inside the room, quietly and steathlily. He felt like he was in a dream. He arrived at the bed of his lifetime mate before he knelt down beside her.

Kagome felt something move and saw the man that assaulted her dreams in front of her. Her eyes widened in realization as she grew speechless from his stunning beauty. His face was hidden quite from the darkness.

"My angel..." she managed to whisper, her mouth slightly parted from the shock.

"Hai... I finally found you..." Sesshomaru said as claimed her lips with his.