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Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. I only own Yuki.

Now on to the story!!

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Discovering Love

Chapter 1 – Headed Back

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"Come on Kagome! We're at the museum! No schoolwork! Yippee!"

Kagome looked up at her friend Yuki as she danced around after getting off the school bus that had taken them from the school to the museum. Today was one of the school's educational field trips and Kagome's class had been chosen to go. Yeah it was a museum, but hey, it was way better than homework!

Kagome stood up and followed Yuki. All of her friends had been worried about her since she had returned from being "sick" since she hadn't been acting even close to normal, even for a recovering sick person. Everyone just figured that she was having a relapse and would have to stay home again soon; so most people just left her alone. But not Yuki. She was always there.

As the class entered the museum, remarks of wonderment came from everyone's mouth. The museum was nothing short of gigantic. No wonder the teachers chose this museum. It would take them all day to cover the whole thing! But everyone had to admit, it was interesting, in a boring sort of way…

After the teachers had dismissed the students to wander where they will, Yuki had begun to practically drag Kagome around the museum. She was a major history buff and all the ancient relics were more exciting to her than boys.

Boys…

Kagome's mind hit a standstill, as her thoughts were flooded with happy, all right, and horrible memories of a certain dog-demon everyone thought was her "boyfriend." Her eyes brimmed with tears as the memories hit her like a freight train.

----Flashback----

Kagome landed in the well after flying through a weird looking blue light with a creature that wanted some kind of jewel. Completely rattled by the experience, Kagome looked up and saw clear blue sky, not the ceiling of the shrine. Confused, she began pulling herself up by the vines that were growing into the well until her head popped over the top. The sight that greeted her eyes was not what she was expecting…

"I don't think I'm in Tokyo anymore…" she said to herself as she looked at the lush green grass and the open clearing surrounded by trees and brush. Although this whole experience was somewhat unnerving, she decided to go and search for her shrine. Maybe this was all some kind of mix up…

Kagome finished pulling herself out of the well, took a deep breath, and began fighting her way through the undergrowth, looking for anything that would tell her where she was. And she was rewarded. There in the distance she saw the God Tree. She was almost home! She sped up and started calling out for her grandfather or Souta. Ecstatic, she broke through the last bit of brush, excited that she was almost home.

'Where is the shrine? And who is…that?'

Her gaze was completely captured by some strangely dressed guy with long silver hair. It seemed from where she was standing that he was stuck to the tree by some arrow…

----End Flashback----

Kagome willed her tears back, determined not to cry for his sake…he was a complete jerk! He didn't deserve her tears…not after what he had done to her…she rubbed her shoulder painfully at the memory.

----Flashback----

"Inuyasha! Please!" Kagome was sobbing as she looked into Inuyasha's red eyes. His face was contorted in lust. He didn't even know who she was anymore, only that she was female and that he wanted to mate with her.

A low growl came from his throat as he ripped at her clothing, bloodying her in the process. Blood ran down her shoulder from the bite he had given her. she had bitten his lip in reflex when he had snarled against her lips and she remembered the stinging sensation as she did so, for she had drawn his blood too. Kagome closed her eyes, praying that perhaps he would kill her before raping her – that she could not bear, for Inuyasha was a stranger now. Suddenly he had been yanked off of her, and thrown clear. Kagome opened her eyes and saw Sesshoumaru. She was sure from the way he looked at her he would kill her too.

"Sesshoumaru-sama!" a little girl's voice cut into the tension.

"Go back, Rin." Sesshoumaru scowled at the little human girl.

Sesshoumaru – traveling with a little human girl?

"But – oh!" Rin looked down at Kagome. "She's hurt like Rin was hurt. Did wolves get her too?"

"Rin…" Sesshoumaru growled. "Jaken!"

Rin bent down to where kagome lay. "Rin is sorry. Sesshoumaru-sama saved Rin. Maybe he saves you too?" She looked up with pleading eyes to him.

Sesshoumaru said nothing but unsheathed his sword. Kagome closed her eyes, expecting the blow but none came. She felt some air swish against her, but when she opened her eyes, she felt – normal! Her body did not ache and the bleeding wound on her shoulder was healed! She looked up at Sesshoumaru with wide eyes.

"Arigato…" Kagome managed to say.

Sesshoumaru looked at her with disgust. "I cannot abide another misbegotten whelp like my hanyou brother. Rin, go to Jaken, now."

The little girl, Rin, beaming with happiness ran quickly over to Jaken who had now appeared. It wasn't a moment later when Inuyasha appeared, his face filled with rage at the one who intruded upon his mating. The fight had commenced then, but strangely enough, Sesshoumaru had not tried to kill Inuyasha – in fact once he was able to get Inuyasha back in control of himself, he left the hanyou on the ground and had given him a contemptuous look.

"Even with the Shikon no Tama, you'll never be a full youkai…" Sesshoumaru said lowly. "You have no control, you never will." And then he, Rin, and Jaken left them.

----End Flashback----

'What a fool I was!' Kagome thought to herself bitterly. 'To go back to him after doing something like that! Sometimes I question my own sanity…'

But the memories didn't stop there. One last reminisce had to force its way through. Of course, it would have to be this one – the one she dreaded thinking of above all other memories.

----Flashback----

"Yes, Kikyou. I choose you. The other girl is nothing more than a shard detector for me. She means nothing. I never loved her – only you."

Kagome sat in the brush, tears running down her face at the scene unfolding before her. Her heart felt like it was breaking in two – she didn't know that one could feel such pain.

The ground opened up beneath the two lovers, ready to swallow both into hell, where Kikyou would finally be able to rest, seeing as Inuyasha would be dead.

As Inuyasha leaned in closer to Kikyou, ready to kiss, Kagome could bear no more. She turned and ran through the forest. Branches and thorns scratched her face, arms, and legs as she sprinted. But she didn't care. Nothing mattered anymore. All she wanted to do was go home and never return again.

The bushes and trees gave way as she burst into the clearing and saw the well in the middle. With her last bit of energy she flung herself into the well, feeling the slightest pang of regret and not telling her friends she was leaving – and never coming back. As she floated through the blue light images of her friends danced before her eyes.

Shippou was the first. He was stuffing his face with the chocolate she had always brought back for him. Then there was Sango. She was like the sister Kagome had never had… she would miss her dearly and hoped with all her heart that she and her brother Kohaku would someday be reunited once again. Then came Miroku. Oh the lecher! But no matter how many times he had groped her or Sango, she could bear him no ill will.

As she landed in her own time in the well and the blue light faded, the tears broke through. She could not hold them back. For all the trust she had put in Inuyasha to care for her, he had done nothing but betray her feelings. But that was it now! He was in hell with the only person he loved, Kikyou. But through all of her tears, she managed to say three magic words that sealed the well…forever. She was never going back and no one was coming to get her.

----End Flashback----

Although it had been almost six months since the incident, the memories of that night were still fresh and raw. No matter how much she had tried to move on with her life, it just never felt right. Hopefully someday, her wounds would heal. But deep in her heart, she knew she would never be the same person again – for she was no longer completely human. The night that Inuyasha had tried to rape her during his blood lust, he had bitten her, marking her and transferring some of his hanyou powers to her. Consequently, she had become a hanyou herself. A hanyou stuck in the twenty-first century. Yep, Inuyasha had screwed up her life all right…

Yuki, who had been running (well not actually running) all over the museum squealed in delight and slid to a stop in front of a glass case. "Look Kagome! Look!"

When Yuki had screeched, it had thoroughly broken Kagome's reverie and snapped her back to reality. With a slight wince, since her hearing had become keener, she focused on the object of Yuki's amazement, and her mouth fell open. It was the Tetsusaiga! Here! In a normal museum in modern day Tokyo! Kagome had never thought of the possibility of Tetsusaiga being in her time.

"It's fascinating isn't it?" a voice said behind them, startling both Kagome and Yuki so they jumped. "It's a genuine artifact that was said to be used by a hanyou in during the feudal era. There is a legend that surrounds this sword if you care to hear it…" the man trailed off looking at them expectantly.

Alarms went off in Kagome's head as she thought of how she might be involved in the story, since it was Inuyasha's sword, but before she could say anything Yuki shrieked, "Yes! Yes! Oh please, do tell us!"

Trying not to look to pleased with himself, the man cleared his throat. "Well, it all started with a youkai lord who was said to be of amazing size and stature, the Youkai Lord of the Western Lands. When he was young, it is said, he mated the first beautiful demon that was offered to him from the Lord of the Eastern Lands, since it would be beneficial to be at peace with the other Lords. After about three years, she bore him a youkai son who they named Sesshoumaru. However, during a tragic battle with a giant panther youkai, his mate was killed, leaving him in danger of losing his position. So, he began searching for another mate, and surprised all youkai when he chose a human. Yes, it is said she was beautiful enough to be an angel, but youkai lords do not approve of humans, and scorned him for his decision. But he loved her, and eventually she too bore him another son, Inuyasha, but, alas, he was only a hanyou."

"When the great youkai lord finally passed away, the older son, Sesshoumaru, inherited the title as Lord of the Western Lands, and his first decision as Lord was to banish his half brother, Inuyasha, from the kingdom, never to return. In time, Sesshoumaru learned of a sword his father had left in his tomb, a sword that was said to be able to slaughter one hundred youkai, and began searching for the tomb, only to find it in a black pearl, hidden deep within Inuyasha's eye. After they had battled it out for the sword, which Inuyasha won since he was the rightful owner of the Tetsusaiga, they parted ways, occasionally meeting again for skirmishes."

Kagome sighed, bored at the fact that she knew all of this already, but Yuki was beside herself with excitement. This was all new to her and she was eating it up – every last thing the man was saying.

"Eventually, the hanyou Inuyasha was consumed by a long-time love for an undead miko and chose to join her in hell where they could finally be together in peace. But, unbeknownst to him, when he chose to do that, he erased part of a legend that could have happened."

What was this? Kagome had never heard of another legend involving the Tetsusaiga. What could this weird man be talking about?

"According to legend, it is said that one day a hanyou, other than Inuyasha, would wield Tetsusaiga, much more skillfully than Inuyasha ever had, alongside its brother sword, the Tenseiga. But when Inuyasha went to hell, the magical sword Tetsusaiga disappeared, and the legend remained incomplete."

During that last bit of the story, kagome's attitude had done a complete turn around. She had listened attentively, almost as much as in school, interested in this bit of history she had never heard of. Thoughts whirred through her mind like electric surges of energy. She had access to the feudal era if she felt like returning. Maybe the legend could still be completed… maybe it wasn't too late. She could find this hanyou that was destined to wield the Tetsusaiga, give it to him and change history. That was an idea…

"Come on Kagome! Let's keep going!" Yuki yelled at her as she walked backwards.

But Kagome waved her hand nonchalantly. "Nah, you go ahead. I'm going to go to the bathroom real quick and then I'll catch up with you." Yuki waved, turned around, and walked to another glass case.

Kagome turned back to the Tetsusaiga. She knew what she could do, but she wasn't even one hundred percent sure she would be able to open up the well again. She had been back in her own time for so long, there was a slight chance her miko powers had been weakened. But she had to try.

Closing her eyes, she concentrated on the Tetsusaiga. She could feel its energy begin to pulse, calling out to her, remembering her! All of a sudden, Kagome felt a weight in her hand that hadn't been there before. She opened her eyes to see the Tetsusaiga in her hand, not in the glass case. Moving quickly, knowing if she got caught it would be her head, she swerved through the throngs of students, heading towards the exit.

Sunlight hit her face as she broke through the door, slamming it behind her. She had made it out of the museum just fine, but she wasn't home free yet! Darting quickly across the street, Kagome headed towards the park. It was a common shortcut that she took when walking home from school, as did many other students, but it was empty now. Everyone that usually occupied it was either at school or work. Kagome was jogging now, feeling safe that no one was following her; she would begin running again when she neared her home. Suddenly she felt a pulse. At first she thought it was her imagination, but then she felt it again, stronger. She slowed down, confused at what was happening, as the pulses came stronger and more frequently. When the pulses became like a trembling that shook her hand, she stopped completely, holding the Tetsusaiga out at arm's length, terrified at what was happening.

Unexpectedly, she felt the ground give way. Horrified, she looked around her for something to grab on to, to keep from falling to wherever she was falling, but she found nothing. She screamed in terror hoping somehow that would stop what was happening but she kept falling, falling into blackness. Her world disappeared and her eyes saw nothing but darkness. For a second she thought she was blind but then she saw a faint blue hue of light down below her. The gut-wrenching feeling of falling had left her as she stared at the light. As it got closer, with a sick feeling she recognized it. It was the same blue light she traveled through every time she had gone through the well. She just hoped this time warp still took her to the feudal era, not some alternate future that had aliens with poison gas.

As suddenly, as the ground had given way, she burst out of the darkness into a clear blue sky. She thought maybe she was floating until the clouds cleared and she saw the ground rushing at her at an amazing rate. Screaming, she thought about what to do. She didn't want to die! She was too young! There had to be something she could do to stop her fall. The ground was rapidly coming into focus. With a last minute decision, she closed her eyes and did the only thing that came to mind. She began to concentrate. She concentrated with all her heart and soul, willing herself to cease her rapid descent. And slowly it did. At first, she felt a tug near her abdomen, then a pinkish light surrounded her body and she was in control.

Kagome landed with a thump on the ground amidst trees, shaking from head to toe. She breathed deeply, trying to calm herself. She groaned despite herself, as she lay sprawled on the grass, the Tetsusaiga beside her. Kagome sat up and surveyed her surroundings. The area she was in did not look familiar to her at all. Fields and forests surrounded her, and even in the daytime, she could feel a dark foreboding about it. Abruptly she got up as she heard a scream in the distance. She took off towards the scream with renewed energy, taking the untransformed Tetsusaiga with her.

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Well there's chapter one! Tell me if you like it, please!!!!! Lol…

I'm going to start recommending other fanfics that I absolutely love and my first one is going to be the very person I got this recommendation idea from:

Unexpected Allies Part I: How To Train A Taiyoukai by Striking Falcon

This is a great (and hilarious!) Kagome/Sesshoumaru fic! On Kagome's way back from her time she is kidnapped by Sesshoumaru who claims he needs her help with something. Want to know what it is? You must read to find out! There is also a Part II and a Part III, which I haven't read yet. But trust me! It's very good!

Well anyways that's all for now and I'll see you guys again when I update!

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