Coincidence? I Think Not…

(' ' Thinking) (" " Speaking) ('Kagome speaking mentally')

Kikyo looked around timidly. The lady clothed in miko's garb didn't look too pleased. A smirk that usually graced her lips was replaced with a frustrated scowl. Her eyebrows were knitted completely down and her eyes were glazed with confusion. Her body swayed from side to side; she had very little control of her body, and the very little control she had was put into standing up.

The woman stared down at the object by her feet. It seemed to be made out of some kind of wood, which she could not figure out. It looked like a bird's wings on its side with its large wings widely spread. The only difference was that it had a long and extremely thin string from one wing tip to the other.

Kikyo reached out to the object. Once her fingers were securely wrapped around the bird like objects neck it seemed to release a slight bluish glow. She brought it up close to her face so that she could examine it closely.

The object looked very old. Some notches and grooves looked out of place on the wooden bird. She seemed to understand the object. It seemed to be calling to her. The weirdest thing was that it seemed to be crying. Crying over what? The only thing that Kikyo was thinking about was killing Inuyasha and Sesshomaru, but a piece of wood held no such power to recognizer her thoughts.

Kikyo felt a slight tug, very odd. It was like she was on one end of a string and she could do nothing to refuse whatever was pulling at her. She looked at the direction she was getting pulled to. Another object lay on the floor not to far away from her. It was like a stick but much more thin and one end or the stick looked like a beak. Not only that but it had a feather on the other end. Kikyo picked it up and inspected it closely.

The beak was a magnificent shade of blue. It was a blue that glittered when it hit the sun at just the right spot. The beak looked very worn out. The stick seemed to be well made. Long and thin, made especially for agility. Very few notches were indenting the beautifully crafted stick. The feather had three different colors mixed in it, blue, yellow and red. The feather was nice and silky. It tickled Kikyo's skin and made Kikyo smile for reasons that she didn't even what to know.

She took the stick and held it right by the wooden bird wings. Now it really looked like a bird, complete with a head and a tail. She held the wigs by the spot in between the two wooden shoulders and placed the head and tail near her hand. She pulled back on the string then let go. The head flew very far. A tree cracked as the wooden bird head hit it head on. Kikyo's hair waved in the air as she swayed slightly.

"Ah, It seems that you have found a weapon." A white baboon said from the tree that had split.

The baboon jumped down then stood in front of the tall woman dressed in red and white.

He turned, pulled out the long stick with a small tug, then turned around and handed it gracefully back to Kikyo.

"Here you are my lady." The baboon said, respectfully bowing to the ground.

"What is this called?" Kikyo asked the baboon curiously as she held up the wooden bird wings and the stick that seemed like a head and tail.

"Uh huh. That is a weapon called a bow and that long stick is called an arrow. It will be a very strong weapon in your hands. It is the only way that you will be able to defeat those two monstrous brothers." The baboon nodded his head a little, flamingo style.

Kikyo nodded her head but then looked back at the baboon suddenly.

"How do you know about my new mission?" Kikyo asked, somewhat startled but she was mostly just curious.

"Oh, about Sesshomaru?" Naraku asked with a small wave of his hand. "Of course I would know. I am Naraku after all."

Naraku looked at Kikyo like she was brain dead or that she had just stated that she didn't know that the world was flat! Imagine, someone believing the world was round and not flat! What an idea. (Um…. Yes… A little bit of Naraku's stupidity. XD)

"I see…" Kikyo said with confusion reflecting off her red orbs.

She picked up the object that was called a bow and laid it to rest on her shoulder. (Almost like a purse. XD)

She picked up her arrow then looked at Naraku expectantly. Naraku looked up at Kikyo. Her face made him want to smile. It radiated evilness, something that he wanted ever so badly. A grin broke through his masked face.

"Ah, Kikyo, my dear. Here are some more arrows. You might need them." Naraku said with a nod.

He jumped back and the very spot where he was sitting before were a few arrows that looked identical to the one Kikyo already owned.

Kikyo took the arrows then held them in one hand. She looked at Naraku and gave him a curt nod. Naraku did likewise. She turned around then walked off. Naraku shook an evil smirk from his face.

'Yes. After ward I will take this woman for my own." Naraku chuckled at the thought of the small miko wriggling underneath his body.

"Ku ku ku ku ku…" Naraku laughed to himself as he jumped away from the thick forest.

Tracey looked down at the four books that sat smugly on his large desk. He took a deep breath in. Sango's explanation was a little too… wacky. Sango had thought that the woman on the cover was Kagome and that Kagome had to do what the woman did. Maybe something like that, but the woman on the cover ended her life living with the sky for the rest of her life. That wouldn't happen to Kagome. Sure, she loved sunsets and sunrises but she wasn't one obsessed with the stars and moon. An occasional night looking up at the stars was all that Kagome did but the woman mentioned in the book seemed to dedicate her life to the moon.

Tracey groaned. What could a man do to bring a close friend back from death? Tracey looked down at all four of the books. There was no indication on what order they were supposed to be in. All four of the books had a small thing each about Kagome's problem. One of the books told the story about the woman's life, which was useless to Tracey. Another one told generally her dieing then coming back to life. The other two had two other events that happened to the woman.

Since the book was in black and white, like all the books in the library, the color gave no clue on what the objects could be. For some reason the authors name was not given. Tracey flipped some pages in the book that told about the woman's life.

An evil force had somehow stolen her heart but something protected her. What had the power to protect? Then the lady's soul was left to roam the world. The lady had taken a physical form that looked like her original body and had searched the world for her heart and the thing that had once protected her. It seemed that half of it was with her and the other half wasn't. Does Kagome have anything like that? Tracey thought hard but couldn't come up with anything. He pulled out a drawer and pulled out a notepad and pen. He started to scratch in a few of the mental notes he had taken, then put them on his paper.

What else happened to that lady? Well, when she found the other half of the object she had somehow put it in herself. Tracey wrote that down on his piece of paper with confusion. Why would she put something inside herself? In the story finding the object and the rest of her stolen heart rejuvenated the lady. Tracey scribbled that down on his not book. Before he could look at the next book a knock was heard on the door. Tracey quickly stood up. He tossed the notepad on to the top of the desk and made his way to the door.

Sesshomaru ran with haste. It was not that bad if somewhere to rid this world of his brother. That would be a miracle but the thought of an evil miko trying to kill demons gave Sesshomaru a small shiver.

'No need to be afraid mighty Sesshomaru.' Kagome thought with a large smile.

Sesshomaru glared evilly as he ran on. He could hardly feel the ground, his feet were moving so quickly it was almost like he was flying. He jumped over the thickest part of the forest. Once a thorn almost had hit his ankle but he twisted ever so slightly and continued on his way.

It was strange. Usually there were no thorns in this part of his lands.

Sesshomaru was trying to piece things together but before he could think up an answer a long and think green vine with huge thorns were headed for his head at lightning speed.

'Holy c-!' Kagome was starting to scream but Sesshomaru had noticed it already and was dodging it gracefully.

"Woman, keep yourself quiet and I might not consider killing you that painfully." Sesshomaru said aloud.

"So, the almighty Lord Sesshomaru has finally gone insane. Talking to yourself. Well, having a father like that I wouldn't blame you for going insane. Oh, and I heard that you've taken in your brother. You have such a large heart Sesshomaru." Someone said.

Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed dangerously as he created a small cloud underneath himself.

'Who dare insult this Sesshomaru!' Sesshomaru demanded.

'I guess that person behind you with the face.' Sesshomaru's conscious said to him.

Sesshomaru turned to look around but immediately ducked down. A long green vine whistled through the air, right by his head.

When Sesshomaru got a good look at the person in front of him he grinded his teeth together.

"Yes, hello to you too Sesshomaru," The white baboon said with a nod. "I'm not here for any kind of violence. No, just to let you know something."

Sesshomaru stood in a very majestic pose and looked at Naraku calmly, while Kagome wished that she had a camera.

"Do not waste my time Naraku." Sesshomaru said coldly to the monkey.

"Be prepared. I will be there on the second full moon of the month. As I said, be prepared." Naraku's eyes gleamed mischievously.

Then the white baboon disappeared into the air.

Sesshomaru stood their thinking.

'When is the next full moon?' Sesshomaru asked Kagome.

'It's a week from today. The second full moon of this month is three weeks from now. Oh, and I would like to comment on your running tactics. They seem to give results. Do all your foes run in fear of your fierce dodges?' Kagome asked with a big smile to her voice.

Sesshomaru started to plan, and did not catch the last thing that Kagome had said.

'Hmm, it will take about three days to get the military at full force and it will take another two days to explain to all of them the full plans. Maybe another two days to lay everyone around. Not enough time.' Sesshomaru thought with a little bit of worry but our loyal lord's mind had not given up.

'What's the big hurry? Then you've got two more weeks after that! Sit back and relax!' Kagome thought, trying to iron out Sesshomaru's worries.

'No! You fool; can't you think for a minute? This is Naraku! He wants to win so he called the shot. The one day my idiotic half brother is at his weakest points, which is not much more weak. You are the stupidest human I have ever seen!' Sesshomaru had finally spat it all out.

'Wow. So… that's what he was planning. I still don't get why you have to rush…' Kagome thought, not at all put out of place with Sesshomaru's unexpected reaction to her comment.

Sesshomaru himself blinked a few times. How did this human make his mask slip, even for a small minute? How was it possible? The mask had been put on for more then a hundred years but it had never even budged.

'He lied about the second moon. It will be this full moon' Sesshomaru said, regaining his cool once again.

' Oh.' Was all Kagome thought.

Sesshomaru quickly made his way to the castle with many thoughts hitting his head at once. Kagome must be some kind of witch, somehow able to cast some kind of spell on him. Or was it just Kagome all on her own? No, the Lord of the Western lands would never fall to a human.

Kagome, being able to hear all of Sesshomaru's thoughts gasped. The hard, cruel, nice, beautiful lord of the Western lands had fallen for… her? (Notice Kagome's thoughts start to change when she describes Sesshomaru) How? She didn't do anything. She was just annoying him. At that thought something started to beat hard. Was it her heart? No, she didn't have a heart. No, it was…Sesshomaru's.

Sesshomaru shook his head violently. She was just a stupid human… that had a very sharp tongue and was not afraid of him anymore. Then he thought for a second. Ah yes, that was one of the main reasons that he had once hated humans because they all feared him. After a while it had turned to be a good thing but… maybe for the few minor qualities she held, was that it?

Sesshomaru tried to ignore his thoughts. He had only known this girl for a while, she was probably putting on a show, and like every other woman he had known. Sesshomaru tried to calm down while he launched himself over his high gates. He walked over on somewhat wobbly legs to his front doors.

Now the woman had turned his legs to jelly!

Sesshomaru quickly regained himself, held his head up high and walked through the door.

'We need to go see Tracey.' Kagome thought.

Sesshomaru released a small growl. The man by the name of Tracey was a very close friend of Kagome; no one had permission to come near his Kagome!

'Your Kagome?' Kagome thought, embarrassment flooding her thoughts.

Sesshomaru almost blushed but clutched at his mask desperately.

'You heard wrong, woman.' Sesshomaru thought grimly.

Even though, for odd reasons, Sesshomaru disapproved of Tracey all of a sudden he thought that is was not right to visit him.

The only reason that he headed in that direction was because Kagome advised of it.

So Sesshomaru stood in front of the doctor's office's doors. He stood up taller as he pounded a fist on the door.

'Yep… we've fallen…but how?' Kagome thought curiously.

Sesshomaru made no comment to Kagome's thoughts as the office door swung open.

Fire-Soul-Dragon: Whew! That took me… three hours. I type so slowly; it's not my fault! I need a hug. Yeah. It might seem odd to you that in one single chapter they've fallen for each other but the main reason why the like each other is because… damn right I'm not going to spoil the end! Ha! Yes, the world is flat things comes back to haunt us all. Hee, hee, hee. Well. No Random Junk today, yes everyone can cheer now. Just a longer chapter. So, chao for now. I will try to get a few more chapters up later.