Director: snooze

Kagome: crying really hard

Inuyasha: Kagome what happened?

Kagome: Inuyasha, I'm so scared! sob sob

Inuyasha: Kagome, what is it? I'll take care of it!

Kagome: Promise? wipes the tears from her wet eyes

Inuyasha: nods head looking sooo cute

Kagome: Inuyasha, down in the basement is a fearsome… enemy. It can only be killed by… whispered the rest in Inuyasha's ear

Inuyasha: After Kagome explained what was needed to be done, he left her to face this… demon. As Inuyasha made his way down into the basement, he could only laugh at the foolishness of Kagome. No demon has ever beaten him! It did have a strange way of being killed though. Inuyasha glanced around and saw the sword hanging over the basket of sand. Kagome said that the tough part was getting it. She also warned him not to inhale too much sand.

Inuyasha: Suddenly a smell bombarded him that made him weak. He felt sick. He stumbled back and away from the sword and ran towards the stairs. He panted as he raced out of the door at the top. His knees were weak and shaky. How could something that small make me so afraid, dang it!

Inuyasha: sees Kagome white and figured he was too I'm soo sorry Kags. I-I…

Kagome: I know Inuyasha. It's not your fault. There are some things that even a demon can't do. makes her way towards the basement to retrieve the 'demon'

Inuyasha: Don't do it, Kagome! It's far too strong!

Kagome: But Inuyasha, I must. It's my destiny. Kagome and Inuyasha stare at each other

Souta: sighs while grabbing a cloths-pin and a bag begins to walk into the basement.

After a few minutes…

Kagome: oh gawd, Souta! You're alive! Huggles

Inuyasha: hey squirt. I'm prouda ya.

Souta: he sighed and walked away from Kagome and Inuyasha Guys, it's only the litter box.

Story TIME!

Sesshomaru didn't inhale for quite a few minutes. He waited to hear Kagome's next breath of life. It still didn't come. Sesshomaru turned back to the door as he felt some pinpricks at the side of his eyes. 'Now not only have I lost Rin, but a innocent miko as well'. Sesshomaru was about to leave the room when something caught his ear.

"…ses..shomaru…?" A weak piteous voice whispered from behind him. He turned around, and saw a barely alive Kagome trying to get up. Sesshomaru sauntered back to the bedside, utterly relieved. The miko had lived after all, eh?

"Wench. You are alive." Sesshomaru uttered, not giving out any hints from below his stoic mask. What Sesshomaru got was completely different from what he expected. He thought that Kagome would be thankful and hug him if she could, but instead, her eyes filled with tears as she laid back down. Her eyes looked dark and dead.

"Don't… call me w-wench." She moaned unhappily as Sesshomaru loomed over her prone frame.

"Inu—he… used to call m-me that too." Kagome finished. Saliva gathered in the back of her throat and she hacked. At least now Sesshomaru knew that Kagome didn't see him as Inu-baka. He once again brought up his stoic mask as he said: "You were diagnosed with some sickness or something. I gave you some of my blood so that you can live."

Once again, Sesshomaru was completely thrown off by the miko's emotional discharge. Kagome, still on the bed, whimpered as the pain shifted from between her legs and rushed up to her head.

"Why did you heal me. You could've just left me to die." Kagome spat out with little passion. The Ice Lord's eyes opened a fraction wider than normal, though Kagome didn't catch the rare show of emotion. "Tell this Sesshomaru why you are eager to die."

"Because I have nothing to live for. The love of my life left me, my friends haven't come to find me. I have nothing to live for, so why not end my life and give Kikyou's full soul back to her. That would make Inu—everyone happy." Sesshomaru was once again surprised, but was able to hear a tiny little part worm itself out of Kagome's pale lips. "…except for me." Kagome's eyes filled with tears once again. Soon, the pillow that supported her head was thoroughly wet. Sesshomaru stood there, watching her cry. He didn't know how to comfort a woman, and even if he did, he wouldn't. Just because he was a demon and she was a human.

Sesshomaru felt an unfamiliar phase of Kagome's eternal emotions. Was it… depression or peace? Sesshomaru dared himself to raise his eyes to Kagome's. It took all of his 499 years of emotional training not to gasp and stare. Kagome was surrounded by a faint blue glow. She was still conscious, but she seemed to be in a whole new dimension. Her face was twisted in pain, but her mouth negated her face and was curved up in a smile. Sesshomaru stared in wonder as the blue aura grew to contain the whole room. It glowed like something actually alive, channeling and frothing in the air.

Suddenly, the kimono that Sesshomaru wore began to feel uncomfortable. The owner looked down in surprise. The fabric was getting eaten away by caustic powers! His left arm –or where it was supposed to be glowed a faint pink, then the arm grew to about elbow's length. Now all that was missing was his hand. Sesshomaru's eyes flickered, confused. When he looked up, the item of his confusion had fallen back on the bed, writhing like some invisible force was strangling her.

As he neared the bed again, Kagome's heartbeat began to fill his ears. The pulsing of her fragile heart had always calmed him for some unspeakable reason. Magically, Kagome's chest began to fill with a huge ball of silver. Sesshomaru's mouth fell open in a very unregal-like way. A woman slid out of her chest. It was only one way to describe her… startling. Her face captivated one in its ivory glory, lips instigating one to speak, her eyes piercing right through Sesshomaru's soul. Her hair was done in pearls. She was dressed in a Ching Dynasty style outfit, down to her gold- tipped shoes. Sesshomaru knew who this was. This was the most powerful priestess in the world. This was… Midoroko.

Midoroko's brown eyes snapped open, swept over the room, then landed on Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru's mouth took in one more breath of air than needed. In other words, he gasped.

Midoroko gave him a simpering smile, then spoke in a tone that both was calming and frightening: "Sesshomaru, Lord of the Western Lands, Son of the Noble Inutashio, Brother of Lord Inuyasha, who is currently…" her eyes swept over the dead-like body of Kagome, "…not here."

Sesshomaru regained his posture, then demanded "What business do you have here?"

Midoroko smirked. "When a woman falls out of a love triangle, her fairy godmother is supposed to save her."

Sesshomaru winced, then remarked "That would make you her protector."

Midoroko sadly smiled. "yes."

Suddenly, another figure exploded out of Kagome's chest. It was Kikyou. Kikyou was only translucent, her other part of her soul on Earth. Kikyou's eyes flew open in shock, and then asked: "what have you done to me?"

Midoroko replied to her: "Kagome."

Kikyou gasped, then turned to Sesshomaru. Her eyes were clouded in pain. "Has she died?"

Sesshomaru, very affronted, replied: "No. Why does someone as cold as you care."

Kikyou began to some uncontrollably. "She is the only key for the both of us to be freed. Her soul was born as Midoroko died and I was born. Kami stole parts of our souls and molded them both into one body: Kagome's. When she dies, we will all be free."

Sesshomaru digested all of this, and said: "When Kami is ready, Kagome will die. But not anytime soon. Please return to your resting in peace. It's only fair that Kagome receives the same life to live as you two have."

And with that, the two women disappeared back into Kagome's body, and Kagome's eyes flew open.

"Sesshomaru?" She called after his retreating figure. Sesshomaru didn't turn around though. He had to go to his study. Sesshomaru had a lot to think about.

"You'll conquer the present, suspiciously fast

If you smell of the future, and stink of the past.

This is my favorite quote for right now!

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