Chapter 5: a life renewed

SESSHOMARU'S POV

"Lord Sesshomaru?"

I opened my eyes to see Jaken standing over me, fear etched in his features.

"What happened my Lord?" he squeaked, "I went to the village last night to get some herbs and when I returned I found you here. My Lord, where is my Lady? Rin is dead my Lord."

I never knew a being could speak so fast…

Sitting up I looked over to Rin's cold, lifeless body.

"Jaken, go and get my Tensaiga," I ordered.

He nodded and rushed off.

I got up and walked over to Rin's body. Her eyes were opened and the normal brown warmth that her inhabited their depths had now turned into a dull cold stare.

As Jaken came back with my sword I knelt beside Rin and pulled her into my lap.

As soon as Jaken handed me the sword, the power rushed through me and I could see two demons of hell resting on Rin's body, feeding off her remaining soul.

Quickly and effectively, I killed the two demons and the color immediately returned to Rin's cheeks and eyes.

Rin blinked up at me.

"You did it again," she whispered, "You brought Rin back from the dead."

I nodded and pulled her into a tight embrace.

"I am sorry that I wasn't here to protect you Rin," I whispered to her.

She seemed a little bit shocked that I was hugging her and her cheeks flushed slightly.

"It's ok," she patted my shoulder.

She pulled away from em and began to look around the room.

"Where is Megan?" she asked, "Is she in the garden?"

I shook my head softly, "She is gone."

She looked confused, but then tears began to fill her eyes, "The man who killed me. Megan called him Naraku. He took her, didn't he?"

I nodded once again.

Megan…

What horrible things could Naraku be doing to her?

MEGAN'S POV

I opened my eyes slowly to see that I was lying on a cold stone floor. I looked around me and saw a small bared window about ten feet off of the floor. I was in a dungeon of some kind.

What the hell…

It was at that moment that everything came back to me.

Naraku had come for me… he had attacked me and Rin…he had stabbed me with something…

"Rin," I whispered.

She was dead. Because of him…because of me. If I had tried to protect her more then maybe…

Maybe she would still be here.

She was like a second sister to me. I loved her so much…

I pulled my knees up to my chest and began to cry.

Everything was so messed up…

Suddenly I heard a noise come from the corner and my head shot up to see a figure leaning against the wall.

It was a girl.

She looked to be my age, her long ebony hair fell over her shoulders. She was wearing what looked almost like a sailor suit…

"Kagome?" I gasped.

The figured seemed to wake up and she looked over at me.

"Megan?" she gasped, "what happened? Where am I? Are we back in the future?"

I shook my head, "No we are still in the Feudal Era. Naraku kidnapped us."

Kagome came over and gave me a quick hug, "I was wondering when I would get to see you again. When I went back to my time, I did a search on you. It turns out that you going missing had become a national search. I even called your family to see if you were home. I thought you went back?"

I shook my head again, "I tried but the shard didn't work," I said, "Sesshomaru came back to the well, and …well…"

"What? Are you two together or something?" she asked.

I nodded and lifted my hair so she could see the bite marks on my neck.

She gasped, "Wow, he must really love you."

I nodded, "He does."

"Wow, Inuyasha is gonna be floored by this. None of us ever thought that Sesshomaru would be capable of loving, let alone loving a human."

I smiled, "The villagers say I changed him. Some even accused me of witchcraft."

Kagome laughed but then she touched the edge of my kimono.

"What happened?" she asked in shock, "Are you hurt?"

I looked down to see that she was referring to the blood on my sleeve and on the front of my kimono.

I could feel the tears well up in my eyes again.

"It's not my blood," I whispered.

Kagome held my hand, "Who's is it?"

I choked back a sob, "It's Rin's. Naraku killed her."

Kagome gasped and hugged me, letting me cry into her shoulder.

"I met her," Kagome said softly, "she was the first one to ever show Sesshomaru kindness. I'm so sorry Megan. Naraku is an evil demon who does nothing but cause pain wherever he goes."

After a few minutes of us both crying I pulled away from Kagome and wiped my tears.

"Why did Naraku kidnap you?" I asked.

"He wanted my jewel shards," Kagome said, "now that he has them, I don't know what he'll do with me. What about you?"

I shrugged, "I have no clue. I had a dream where he attacked me and told me that he would be back for me. I thought it was just a dream, but when he came, he said 'I told you I would be back for you'. so I think that it was more then a dream."

Kagome tapped her chin, "That still doesn't explain why he would kidnap you…"

I leaned against the wall and thought about it myself.

What did me and Kagome have in common that Naraku might be interested in?

We were both from the future…

"Does Naraku know that you are from the future?" I asked.

Kagome shook her head, "I don't think so. But he does know that I am a reincarnation of Kikiyo."

"Who is Kikiyo?"

"A little more then 50 years ago, Inuyasha fell in love with a priestess named Kikiyo. One day Naraku impersonated Inuyasha and injured Kikiyo. It was a horrible trap that turned the two against each other. Kikiyo shot Inuyasha with and arrow, sealing him to a tree with an enchantment."

Ha…bark boy…get it? He's a dog demon and the tree and…

Oh never mind…

"What happened?"

"He stayed like that for 50 years until I came upon the well that sent me to this time. I released Inuyasha, and we have been traveling together ever since, looking for the jewel shards."

Wow…

Interesting.

"So Inuyasha is in love with this Kikiyo chick?" I asked.

Kagome nodded disappointingly.

"Hmm, it doesn't seem like that to me. That Inuyasha seems to fancy you quite a bit. I see how he looks at you."

Kagome blushed, "Any way. I see where you are going with this Naraku knowing about me being from the future thing. I don't think he would want to know how to travel to the future. Demons would have to much trouble surviving in that time, even one as powerful as him."

I continued to think.

Why us? Why not someone else like Sango or Miroku?

And then a light bulb went off in my head…

"Inuyasha and Sesshomaru!" I exclaimed.

Kagome looked confused, "What about them?"

"Are you confident that Inuyasha will come after you to rescue you?" I asked.

She nodded, "Yeah. God knows he's done it hundreds of times in the past."

"And I know that Sesshomaru will come after me. I'm his mate, and he would want revenge for Rin's death. He's bad like that…he gets revenge for the smallest things…"

Kagome's eyes brightened as she seemed to clue in on what I was getting at.

"So you think that Naraku could actually be after Inuyasha and Sesshomaru?" she asked.

I nodded, "But why? What do they have that he would want?"

Kagome bit her lip, "A while ago, before you came into the picture, Naraku and Sesshomaru had been in a battle where Naraku had tried to absorb Sesshomaru into his body. That's what Naraku does to get stronger, he absorbs other demons. Anyway, Inuyasha interrupted just before Naraku could get the chance. That was the battle where Naraku had been severely injured."

Eww…

This guy was way more sick and twisted then I would have ever imagined…

"So that's it," I said, "he wants to lure them here so he can absorb them into his pathetic excuse for a body?"

"That would be our best guess," Kagome said.

"If he wanted to do that, then why wouldn't he do it before? Like last night he could have done it instead of kidnapping us," I said.

Kagome nodded, "That would probably have been a lot easier, but then again, by doing this, a lot more people get hurt emotionally. And Naraku seems to enjoy doing that."

I sighed, "So we settle at the fact that he is a sick fuck who desperately needs a hobby."

Kagome laughed.

What was so funny?

I wasn't even kidding…

Suddenly I heard a sound outside the door and Kagome immediately stopped laughing and sat beside me.

There was a sound of a key in a key hole turning and then the sound of the lock un locking.

Then Naraku himself walked into the room.

"Ah I see that you two are both awake," he smirked.

"Aren't you observant…" I mumbled.

If he wasn't so friggen big and strong and scary… I would so kick his ass right now.

Naraku stopped smiling, "Unless you want to join that brat of yours in hell, I suggest you shut your mouth."

I changed my mind…I think I'll kick his ass anyway.

Leaping at him, I swung my fist and knocked him in the jaw once before his hand came around my throat and he pushed me up against the wall.

You'd think by now that I would have seen that coming…

I'm mean…I practically have an indent in my neck where his hand goes…

Its sad I tell you…very sad.

"Sesshomaru won't come for a dead girl," I whispered.

Naraku seemed to realize this and he dropped me onto the floor. Kagome immediately came to my side and helped me up.

"So you two have figured out why I took you?" he asked.

"It doesn't exactly take a rocket scientist," I hissed, "But that's ok, I give you credit for actually thinking up a plan in the first place. Must have taken you a while though…"

He growled at that one.

What is with everyone and growling in this time period? Is it supposed to be scary or something?

"There is something strange about the two of you," Naraku said, "Something about you that just isn't normal. You do not cower in fear as human women do."

"What, is there something here that I should be afraid of?" I looked at him in mock surprise.

He raised his hand and slapped me hard across my cheek. Kagome gasped in shock and caught me before I could fall to the floor.

Ouch…ok…I think I'll keep quite now…

"I'll find out what is different about you, I promise you that," he said.

And the he turned and left.