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

SunMoon1285: Hello fellow readers! This is SunMoon1285 here… Second Chapter of the day is posted! Have a Happy Easter and until next week's update…

Sesshomaru: (sing-song voice) Wench… where are you?

SunMoon1285: Crap! (puts a mannequin look-alike of herself on the chair and hides behind with a video camera) Opps, forgot something (sprays VERY SEXY by Victoria at the mannequin and hides again)

Sesshomaru: (sniffing) You can run… but you can't hide from this Sesshomaru (smirks at the mannequin) I found you!

(SunMoon1285 starts videotaping Sesshomaru under the male version of the 'AXE' effect on the mannequin)

SunMoon1285: (cracks up) This is just too funny! I am so bad… Wait, am I feeling just a li'l bit jealous of a stupid mannequin

Sub consciousness: yes… admit it you want him

SunMoon1285: Hush! Shut up! Liar! (Tries vainly to push away growing feelings)

(ominous presence appears behind her…)

Sesshomaru: (holding the mannequin on one arm, eyes glowing red) DIE!

SunMoon1285: Yipes! Please review and no flames… (Sesshomaru runs after her with the mannequin still at hand in close pursuit)

Chapter 12: Stranger

After two grueling days of suspense and intense planning, at last the day had arrived to execute their long arranged plans. Finally, tonight was the night of the full moon. Although the original plans were to summon Sesshomaru out of Sessho, and due to dire circumstances it couldn't be done… they had a backup plan.

Everyone was in the plan to find more information about the situation at hand. Miroku informed the group during the afternoon meeting that Sessho had canceled their plans to exorcise the demon for he was coming late that night. Jaken informed the others Sessho looking frantically for the bracelet in order to keep it safe and he had to given it back to him. Jaken never said where it was though and didn't give more information about it to the group.

Miroku, Shippo, and Kouga decided to follow Sessho that night to see what meeting Taishou was talking about. They had a pair of walkie-talkies with them to communicate with Inu in case anything may have gone awry. They feared for Inu's spirit to surface at the mere sight of Naraku with Sessho, so the group decided for him to be the look-out.

Sango, Rin, and Jaken decided to work more on the book and the symbolisms at the girls' dorm room. Jaken was not very pleased about it. He cursed about stupid ningens and their stenches before initializing his invisible spell and leaving the apartment with them.

Currently, Inu was dropping Kagome off at the coffee shop for work. After Kagome begged her boss to have the night off to help her friends, using any excuse that popped into her mind, the boss told her that she really needed her assistance that night. She thought whimsically of the demon lord that still lived within Sessho's heart. Even now she was wearing the sapphire necklace he bestowed upon his death in the Feudal Era. She played with the crescent moon amulet before being roused from her fleeting thoughts.

"Kagome! Are you listening to me?" Inu cried at the dazed girl before him.

"Yes…" Kagome replied shakily.

"I'll have my cell phone with me at all times… call me if you need anything okay?" Inu said.

"Okay" Kagome replied.

Kagome was still dismayed that she couldn't assist them in their plan. After dropping her off, Inu was picking up the other men so that they would follow Sessho to his meeting. Inu would drop the guys off for their undercover work and meet up later at a rendezvous point.

Work that night was grueling. Many customers had found solace from the hardworking world in the coffee shop, and she was constantly attending countless consumers. Kagome worked for 8 straight hours before the boss told her to take the rest of the night off. She sighed contentedly as she quickly put on a coat over her pink buttoned uniform; she opened her black umbrella, and walked outside into the rainy night.

She leaned on a nearby wall of the building as she looked inside her purse for her cellphone. While she searched for it, she came across the amber orb Sesshomaru gave her. 'Jaken must have put it in there for luck' she thought as she continued browsing.

Finally, she sat down on a nearby bench as she glanced at her clock. 'It's too late anyway… they're probably following Sessho right now' she thought angrily.

It was 11:31 pm at the time. She opened her purse again and took out her orb. As she stared at it she thought of the past events. It was only three days ago when she got possessed. It still hadn't stopped raining.

Kagome looked worried as she sat on the bench in front of the coffee shop. She couldn't go home at the time in fear that Sessho will become suspicious of her since she got nervous easily. Especially since he looked a lot more like her mate than before.

She noticed the pulsing of the orb. It sounded so much like the rhythm of a heartbeat. It had begun from the day Jaken had bestowed it in the Feudal Era and by each day it grew louder. It even began to vibrate and glow fiercely from time to time, since the day after she got possessed. She expected for something to react after weeks of waiting but was left disappointed when nothing had happened.

"No matter how much I check, nothing's there. Maybe it will come in due time" Kagome thought aloud.

"Hey, lady! Come and show us what's underneath that coat!" a group of at least half a dozen guys yelled from the curb. As they got closer, Kagome stood up and awaited their attack as her necklace throbbed with an eerie blue light.

A guy walked up to her and tried to grab her, but she kicked him straight on the face and sent him flying back to the curb. 'What?' she thought anxiously, 'Since when do I fight like that?'

She went back inside to the café and prayed for the plan to be successful and for the nasty men to go away.

Meanwhile, at the campus:

Sessho arrived hastily to the campus in his corvette, managing to screech his way to a stop and gracefully getting out of his automobile. Unbeknownst to him, Miroku, Koga and Shippo waited behind some bushes on the far end of the meadow. They each wielded a stinky balm that Jaken created to hide their scent from the now sensitive nose of the human. Jaken also forbid them to not speak to each other until he was gone, for he also had very sensitive hearing. Shippo suggested the use of sign language that he learned with Koga in the scouts. Unfortunately for Miroku, he had to settle with Koga mouthing the words back to him and hope to understand him well.

They glanced curiously at their friend as he waited for the arrival of the professor.

Finally, Naraku made his way towards the youth, wearing an all black trenchcoat, black suede pants, and black Italian shoes. Sessho tossed the bracelet to Naraku and the hannyou cradled it close to his chest. 'The power of a full-fledged demon' he thought wickedly.

"Make it fast…" Sessho said, "I may be expected back soon"

"I need more from you… The Taiyoukai may be subdued but Kagome's wellbeing is worth MUCH more that that…" Naraku ordered slyly.

"He-is-trying-to-protect-Kagome" Shippo signaled Koga, and then Koga relayed the message to Miroku.

"What?" Miroku mouthed, not understanding a word Koga was signaling to him.

Shippo and Koga both raised their fingers to silence him as they continued to hear their conversation.

"What more do you wish?" Sessho asked nonchalantly.

"The life of Inu Kazuma" Naraku answered.

"Heh… that might be easier than I thought" Sessho answered.

"His spirit may be difficult… to subdue… but I want you to drag him OUT and bring him ALIVE" Naraku specified.

"Is that all?" Sessho questioned icily before turning away and walking back to his car.

"You have a week" Naraku said before disappearing into the miasma.

After Sessho got into his car, the boys ran out of the campus to the rendezvous point with Inu. As they ran, they began to talk about the conversation they just witnessed.

"So is he the good guy or the bad guy?" Koga inquired as he sprinted effortlessly through the terrains.

"He is protecting Kagome… but he doesn't care for any of us… he would kill any of us for her…" Shippo panted as he kept up with his friend.

"What… the… fuck… is… going… on…?" Miroku wheezed as he tried vainly to pick up the pace with the two athletic classmates. He wasn't fat and exercised occasionally, but he wasn't in the soccer team and couldn't run deftly for 10 miles like they could.

"Keep up, monk! Sessho is blackmailing Naraku to leave Kagome alone in exchange for his spirit and to kill Inu!" Koga replied, "Bastard…"

"Why… would… he… do… that?" Miroku questioned himself.

"He's in love?" Shippo guessed.

"He's possessive?" Koga presumed.

"We… need… more… proof…" Miroku said before fainting in fatigue.

"Koga, Miroku fainted from exhaustion" Shippo signaled the wolf's reincarnation.

"Damn that monk!" he grumbled before taking the monk over his shoulder and running the remaining distance alongside Shippo.

Miroku became conscious after a few minutes and insisted that he was able to run again. They continued to run along the path for about an hour when they found Inu's Mustang on the far distance of an abandoned parking lot. Inu was talking on the cellphone with someone and had a worried look on his face.

"You dial 911 if it gets worse, all right? Take care… I'll be there in a few minutes," Inu said before hanging up.

He turned sharply to the others. His eyes began to glow red intermittently.

"What took you?" Inu cried angrily.

"Miroku fainted…" Shippo said, "Relax man… we're here"

"We have to go get Kagome… she seems to be in trouble" Inu said sternly as he got in the car, his eyes now shining its usual violet hue.

At the coffee shop…

She waited for a few hours before the owner announced that she was closing the store for the night. She paled instantly at that remark. She hoped that the males would be gone by now but unfortunately were still there. She thought about calling the police inside the shop but didn't have enough evidence to prove that they assaulted her, in fact, they could sue her for battery from the bruise she did to one of them. And having the other men as so-called witnesses, they would gladly lie in order for her to be arrested. So the plan was thrown out the window.

As the owner was closing the store, she looked on at the boys who were still at the curb.

Suddenly, she heard her cell phone ring. She eagerly picked it up hoping for whoever it was to pick her up.

"H-h-hello?" Kagome stuttered.

"Hey! Are you okay? You sound scared…" Inu asked.

"Um… they're some guys that tried to attack me but I'm fine for now…but how's the plan?" Kagome inquired.

"I can see Koga and the others walking towards me… so far so good. Do you want me to pick you up?" Inu said.

"Sure… I can take care of them until you get here, the owner's still here" Kagome said plainly.

"You dial 911 if it gets worse, all right? Take care… I'll be there in a few minutes," Inu said before hanging up.

Kagome hung up her cellphone and noticed that she was now alone. The employees and boss must have walked away during her conversation with Inu. 'This is not good, please Kami protect me' she thought fearfully.

"Hey honey, come closer" a burly guy said.

Kagome turned away from them and walked towards another place where there were people and be away from them. She could call Inu afterwards with the new directions. She began to walk faster as the men circled around her. Kagome noticed her necklace begin to pulse under her uniform and felt a little protected. She felt scared when her body froze to a stop and turned towards them, but the pulsing necklace managed to calm her down.

She unconsciously went to a defensive stance, as the first attacker ran towards her. She gasped as she swiftly stepped aside, closed her umbrella and utilized it to subdue him with ease by poking a certain point of his neck. 'How the heck…' she thought before three assailants made their way to her.

"Left kick, cross kick, uppercut" she thought as one by one they were knocked away.

Suddenly, one guy grabbed her from the back restricting her from using her arms. The other pried her umbrella from her hand as she fought frantically against the one holding her against his drenched chest. Kagome noticed the others getting up slowly and making their ways toward her.

The man she hit before walked up to her and reached under her skirt, but before he could trace his hand upwards, she knocked him away with a kick. She used all her energy to flip the guy behind her, sending him sprawling to the other men, buying her some time. She heard her arm dislocate from its shoulder socket by that action and instantly grimaced in pain.

Exhausted, with a bruised arm, she ran with all her remaining strength through the alley. She reached her cellphone and dialed 911 using her unhindered arm.

"911 Emergency" a woman answered inmediately.

"Please help me! I'm Kagome Higurashi, I'm at the 16th str-" her voice was cut off by a punch that landed on her bruise of her cheek. She fell to her knees from recoil.

The cellphone slipped from her hand and fell to the floor. She crawled and reached towards the cell phone but one of the guys stepped on her hand causing her to cry in pain.

"Oh… I'm sorry," The leader said sarcastically as he forcefully raised her and slammed her towards the wall. He took off her coat and threw it to a forgotten corner in the alley The other guys held her as the leader took out his knife and tore the top of her uniform leaving her in her lace bra and pink skirt. Kagome yelled and called for help before being pushed again against the wall. As the guys were cackling and roughly touching her, she thought sadly of what was about to happen.

Sesshomaru…

Kagome yelled and called for help before being hit yet again across her face. 'Not again,' she thought ruefully as they began to rip the rest of her clothes off.

One of the men threw her purse far away into the alley. She turned to the darkened alley to see the orb slipping away from the open purse and shattering to the ground. Kagome cried when she saw the still glowing, but broken shards of the golden orb. She reached vainly to reach one of the shards… to gather the pieces of what reminded her of Sesshomaru.

"No…" she whimpered before one of them turned her face roughly away from the site.

Unbeknown to them all, a light permeating from the shards levitated above the site as it swiftly took form of a being. The light dimmed to show a tall, lean, and slightly pale ethereal body. The light dimmed as his levitated body began to descend to the cold, wet ground. His naked form remained knelt down on the floor with his bangs covering his eyes. He slowly raised his face to show his unworldly features. His blue crescent moon and magenta stripes adorned his calm, stoic face. His silver hair rustled wildly about him as his cold amber eyes narrowed slightly at the scene before him. He didn't know any of them, but the girl was slightly familiar. Instantly he felt a need to protect… protect what was his.

"Die…" he murmured turning everyone's attention to his silhouette.

At the girls' dorm room…

"DAMN! There's not a shred of additional evidence inside this book!" Sango yelled as she tossed the book gently to the bed. It opened slightly to a blank page in the book. The light of the full moon permeated into the room and bedroom, gracing the females' features.

"Now do you believe me wench?" Jaken scowled before being hurled away by an angry Sango.

"I think someone needs a bath" Sango sneered as she chased a scared toad.

Meanwhile, Rin was on her desk focusing on certain pages of her journal, reading over her dreams she had wrote about of her past life. Sighing in exasperation she raised herself from her chair and paced around in the room as Sango pursued a very terrified Jaken to give him his punishment. Suddenly, her eyes lighted up in remembrance.

"What are you doing, my lord?" Rin asked a slightly thin Sesshomaru as he wrote something in a book.

"Writing, Rin…" Sesshomaru replied without sparing her a glance.

Rin was used to Sesshomaru's behavior after her 'mother' had left. He never ate nor slept. But he did manage to kill whoever entered his lands and become a bit ruthless like before.

"But my lord… there is no ink" Rin said innocently, gesturing the seemingly empty ink cup.

Sesshomaru's eyes almost shimmered at her innocent remark, but almost immediately regained their blank amber stare.

"This is a magical ink, Rin… It can only be seen in moonlight… it shows what it may to help find itself to the person who the letter's been bestowed to, you'll soon understand" he murmured.

"Moonlight!" she cried excitedly, making Sango and Jaken stop dead in their tracks.

"What?" they both asked simultaneously.

Rin ran to the book and browsed through it until she found two pages seemingly empty in the book titled 'Sesshomaru's legacy'.

"Miroku Lee said that his past reincarnation had given Lord Sesshomaru his book with this header, so that he would comment something to their future descendants. It happened about a week after Kagome left the Feudal Era according to Miroku's statement. Others wrote some stuff too, but he said that the monk received Sesshomaru's pages just as it was" Rin remarked.

"So?" Sango asked.

"So… maybe he was wrong. Maybe Sesshomaru-sama DID write something here…" Rin concluded.

She raised the book towards the moonlight and a line began to appear. Sango and Jaken simply gaped at her discovery.

"Read, Rin! Read!" Jaken cried.

"I can't…" Rin replied.

"Why not?" Sango inquired.

"Because… it only says 'to Kagome' " Rin answered, showing them the title of his message.

At the alleyway…

"Sesshomaru?" Kagome whispered at the figure that neared them.

"Shut up you whore!" the leader yelled as he slapped her across her face.

At that moment the mating mark could be seen clearly in the moonlit sky. They were met by an angry growl that pierced through every shred of courage that they could never wield. The figure sniffed the sky, finding a scent so delectable that had to be his… and incredibly familiar.

"Mine" the stranger murmured as he raised his left arm towards the sky.

Consequently, the leader's body levitated in the air and was thrown over the stoic fallen angel, landing in a horrible crushing sound across the street.

The other guys began to run away. The male, still beholding no emotion, created a light blue force field from his still raised hand that blew all of them in different directions, making them crash on walls, dumpsters and sidewalks. Finally, they ran off scared for their lives from the protruding look the fallen angel gave.

Kagome stood up and wavered to the wall. He instantly hovered to her side, looking down at her sternly. She froze under his glare. She thought her mate he was the spirit that lived within Sessho. 'If that was Sesshomaru, then WHO is this man standing NAKED in front of me?' Kagome thought anxiously.

She turned her face away from his stare, accidentally showing him the mark upon his neck. His eyes softened instantly, as he nuzzled the mark tenderly, causing Kagome to shiver. She tried to pull away from his grasp so she could speak but he only tightened his hold. He sniffed her hair, her nose, her mouth, her chin, his mark and insignia… every piece of flesh he could find.

He must have known that girl from another life; he could never forget her essence that now entwined with that of his. He felt so many emotions course inside him: love, devotion, obsession, possession, desire, and excitement… so many and so fast it was hard to keep up.

Kagome shuddered at this intimate contact, but instantly remembered where she was.

'I'm in an alley! With a stranger who can't be Sesshomaru for he lives inside Sessho… or used to live… but- Wait… is he sniffing down the- he is! Help!' she thought frantically as he closed her eyes tightly in fear and denial of the pleasure that was slowly slipping within her.

"Come on Kagome… say something" her mind told her.

"I'm sorry…" Kagome blurted, "I tried to stop them… but you saved me…"

Her comment was met by silence, but his actions seemingly stopped. The man in front of her raised his face to her and looked at her darkened eyes, his eyes held… amusement? Kagome raised an ebony eyebrow in puzzlement.

"I know I'll sound very improper asking… but… are you Sesshomaru?" Kagome asked timidly.

"Am I called Sesshomaru?" he asked back stoically.

She looked down to hide her saddened expression. He didn't seem to remember anything. She felt her face being lifted by a slender hooked claw. He slowly raised her blushing face to meet his. He searched through her eyes, for answers to find the missing link.

"You seem to belong to me... and I to you. I can remember you scent, but when did I take you?" Sesshomaru said more to himself than to her.

Suddenly, the world around him began to swirl into an abyss and fell into deep unconsciousness.

A/N:

Okay Okay… bad author! I know… but at least the preview's summary is below!

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Chapter 13: Confusion

As Sesshomaru wished, he is now reborn into the world but now he doesn't have a memory. Will his heart that still bears his feelings for Kagome enable him to remember? Or will his pride win over and leave a heartbroken Kagome in Sessho's hands? Will Naraku ever notice the absence of Sesshomaru within the bracelet? And what of Sessho's plan with Inu?