What if I didn't have you?
By Minako-chan
Original story and characters by Rumiko Takahashi.
It's Halloween here in the States ^^ and today I'm going to Salem :D cool ne? ^^ Well so here's the chapter, sorry I took a couple of days to update. I hope you guys like it.
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Last chapter:
Kagome went up to the door and looked back one last time to the well. Inuyasha would find her, she had no doubt about it. She heard running footsteps outside; she turned and opened the door. But the sight, the smell, the world that greeted her WAS not the world she had left behind. She froze in shock, she froze because of what she saw past the figure in front of her; she froze because of WHO was in front of her.
"…Sesshomaru?"
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CHAPTER 2
"Reunion"
"…Sesshomaru?"
It seemed like him. He even had that weird and emotionless glare to him. But could it really be? She HAD traveled through time right? Kagome turned her head slightly and saw no house standing in the distance. Perhaps she had not traveled.
"Sesshomaru is it her? Is it really her?"
Kagome saw past Sesshomaru and saw a woman, probably in her late twenties; she had black long hair that went up to her waist, a fine bone structure, black eyes. Kagome knew that for sure she couldn't be in the Sengoku no Jidai because the woman was wearing 21st century clothes. She had black leather pants on, a black strapless tank top and a black coat.
The young miko turned to Sesshomaru. He too had 21st century clothes. It made no sense really. Was it or wasn't it? The inu-youkai seemed to have what looked like Sesshomaru's sword.
"Well what do you know. All these years of telling him you probably died and he was right." Her attention was drawn to his eyes. And the coldness in them was lighter.
Kagome jumped back. She ran to her back pack and took out her bow and arrow. She turned to the youkai and the woman. She strung her bow and readied her blow. "WHO are you?!?! And no tricks I could kill you if I wanted to! What did you do to my house?! My family?!"
Sesshomaru turned to her partner and then at the girl. "You know who I am. That is if you remember me. And the woman behind me you know too."
The woman stepped to Sesshomaru's right. "Of course, you knew me when I was only a child. So you might not recognize me."
The confusion, the turmoil, it was all evident in her eyes. She had no idea if she could believe the pair. They both seemed like those she had meet in the past. But could they really be? It could just be some shape shifting youkai for all she knew. She had to get outside, she was a sitting duck here and they could easily hurt her.
Kagome shot her arrow and ran towards the entrance. The arrow went past the two, for they had jumped away from it's path.
"Kagome-san don't! Come back!" Rin yelled, but it was to no avail, she had fled the shrine.
Sesshomaru made a move to go after her. But Rin stopped him. "Sesshomaru you'll only frighten her. Let me go."
Sesshomaru turned lovingly to her mate and nodded his head. "But I will be behind you just in case you need me. That girl could get in a lot of travel if we loose her."
The black haired woman bolted out of the shrine. She could easily see Kagome in front of her. And she could also sense youkai nearing her. First one appeared in front of the girl, but she killed it with her arrow. The arrows!!! Her power!! If Kagome was allowed to use her power, surely the youkai around the area would feel her. And she would attract unnecessary attention to herself.
Rin saw a blur run to the girl. Sesshomaru had probably thought of this and had made his move. He was now fending off youkai with his whip and claws. They both fought. Killed the youkai when they got too near to Kagome. They could not let this precious gift from the past die. She could be the key to their survival.
"Rin take Kagome and run for the shrine! It's the only place they can't penetrate in this hellhole!" Sesshomaru slashed at a large worm youkai that could have swallowed Kagome if it had had the chance.
Rin turned to Kagome. She could see the fright in her face and she could also tell she had run out of arrows. Kagome was soon lifted and both took for the shrine. It wasn't easy cause the youkai kept appearing in their path. But Rin's power, her wards and Sesshomaru's help was keeping them at bay.
Once in the shrine, Kagome freed herself from Rin's hands. " No! Let me go! It can't be you!! Sesshomaru would never save me!!" She kept herself as far away from the two. Then she felt it, a needle at the side of her neck. As soon as she took it out she felt faint.
Sesshomaru ran to the girl and caught her as she was falling. "Poison!! Those damned creatures got to her!! We must take her back to the castle or she'll die!"
Once cradled in the youkai's arms, they parted. It was easier now to, because Sesshomaru had killed most of the demons; AND the source of all that immense power, Kagome, was now unconscious and dying. *Funny how bad things can be convenient sometimes* Sesshomaru smirked.
*Don't say that Sesshomaru!* The reprimand in his head was heard soon after. He turned to his mate and she had a frown on her features. "You do realize that if she dies we might loose our greatest chance of beating Naraku right?"
"Yes." He turned his attention to the roads. There was no way in hell he could let this girl die; and he wouldn't. If it came down to it, he could just bring her back to life with his sword. But he'd rather not use that much power out in the open.
" You know?" The inu-youkai smirked. "My brother will be very pleased."
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In a large room various individuals gathered. They were all basically in, but for two; one the lord of the lands and leader, and the other his counselor. How long had it been since it had been that way? No one could remember. Hundreds of years had passed and these two were almost inseparable. Their leader had other allies and counselors as well but this one understood about the youkai world perhaps more than the others.
The large wooden doors opened and in came both men, well actually a hanyou and a wolf youkai.
"It'd better be important!" The hanyou barked. He had been busy going through plans with his right hand/ friend when they had been called to face the council.
One of the youkai in the right side of the table stood up. "My lord. We have been contacted by Naraku, and he is offering a truce."
The leader's face was as emotionless at it had been for hundred's of years. He sat in his chair and to his right sat the other.
A perturbing silence descended to the room. The youkai that had spoken, Kaze as was his name, continued talking as he had not gotten a respond. "Lord Inuyasha if this truce is real then imagine all the lives that could be saved. Youkai and human alike. Is it not worth a risk?"
Inuyasha stood up and took a leave for the door. *Idiots all of them!*
Another youkai stood, Kurotasho was his name. [^^u sorry I couldn't think of a better name, and I did leave my Japanese dictionary back home so this is all I could come up with. Well on with the story]" Will you not consider it!? Are you a fool?! This could all end now!"
But their leader did not even turn to acknowledge them. He just stopped and spoke. "I do not believe in the call for truce from a monster who has been slaying youkai and human for thousands of years."
Kurotasho jumped at his liege to fight him. Inuyasha was blind! He had to! However his move was soon blocked by his right hand.
Inuyasha turned with calm and calculating eyes. "Are you questioning my decisions Kuro? Because if you are, might I remind you that: of all the youkai here, only I know Naraku! It is a trap and we're all thinking it! I will not risk weakness!"
And with that said he left the room. The doors slammed after the hanyou and the wolf.
"Idiots. They could have fallen easily into that trap if I had not been here."
" They are just tiered Inuyasha. They don't want to fight anymore. This war has waged on for too long."
The leader's mask dropped. He turned to his friend and smiled a bit. " Are you finally tiring on me …WOLF? Because if you are, I could easily bring Miroku from the western lands and have him take your place."
"Keh! Don't make presumptions dog turd. I will not give up that easily." Both stared at each other and smirked. Once those nicknames would have had them at each other's throats, but now they were just pet names if you could say. Names that two age old friends used for each other, and no one, except for a select few could understand.
"It has been long hasn't it?" Inuyasha turned on his heal to the library. The only place in his castle were he could have some peace and quiet.
"I would say so. I've forgotten how many decades or centuries it has been since that fight."
When they reached the library they locked the doors. Inuyasha sat in a large chair and Kouga went to the window.
"Do you remember how this view was at the beginning. Right when we found the castle?"
The white haired leader turned to his friend. He could remember. He remembered every painful moment he had spent in this earth after she had disappeared. His stare became sort of sad. *Kagome… Things would have gone a lot different if you hadn't disappeared. *
Kouga turned to his friend. He recognized that face. "Are you thinking of her again? Inuyasha it's been so long. If she wasn't killed then by a demon, she would have returned to you."
He just sighted. If he had realized how much he cared for her all that time ago. He would have never let her go… He would have never fought with her that day. He pictured her sunny smile in his mind; it was the only thing that kept him sane and alive. Without her memory he would have given up years ago.
" I can still remember her Kouga. Every single feature of her. Her eyes, her smile, her hair, how her brow would twitch when she got mad at me… Even her smell. It's as if I'm smelling it right now. But I know it's just a dream, she'll never come back to me."
Kouga froze. Her smell! He could smell her! It was not Inuyasha's imagination! "Inuyasha I can smell her too!!"
Both froze at their spots and stared at each other. And just as if memory had conjured her up. She barged in the door. Well it was more like Sesshomaru barged in the door with her in his arms.
"Rin go get the healer! We're loosing her!" He laid her down on the chiffon.
Kouga was the first to move. " Is it her!? Is it really her!? Where did you find her? Sesshomaru WHERE!?!?!"
A gust of wind went by the two. Inuyasha was at Sesshomaru's throat. "WHAT… happened… to her?!" It all came out as a growl. But Sesshomaru did not run away, he stood there looking at his younger brother, smirking.
"She came through the well, went out in the open and was poisoned with a needle thrown at her."
Inuyasha's face turned to the girl. He saw the puncture wound. *Kagome…* He crouched near her and saw her face covered in sweat. She was leaving him again, and fast. He could loose her yet again.
His thoughts were broken by the opening of the door. Rin pushed the healer inside and towards Kagome. The healer was soon inspecting the puncture wound. " It's a scorpion-youkai puncture. How long has it been?"
Sesshomaru turned to him. "About 10 minutes."
The healer turned to his bag and started taking out herbs. He mixed them quickly into a cup and lifted her head up. He poured the contents into her mouth. Her shivering soon subsided.
The man stood up. "It will take about a day to take effect. Scorpion poison is bad… but a youkai's is much worst. Let somewhere rest and make sure to call me if anything else happens."
Rin gave Kouga a look and signaled him to go out with her and the healer. Kouga knew what needed to be done. They would have to make the man swear not to utter a word to a soul. And such command would only be efficient if given by a high authority, him in this case.
As soon as both went out the door, the sounds seemed to die out. Only the breathing of a hanyou, a inu-youkai and a girl could be heard inside.
" I cannot believe it's her… After all this time, she's finally here."
Sesshomaru stared at his younger brother. In his face, for the first time after hundreds if not thousands of years, some trace of emotion was shown. "You have no need to thank me brother." And with that said Sesshomaru left the room.
Inuyasha stared at the face of the woman he loved. She had been lost to him once, but now she was back. Back with him, where she belonged. "Kagome… I love you." Inuyasha kissed her hand and pulled a seat towards the chiffon where they had laid her. He took off his fire rat coat and put it on top of her. And like years before he stayed there, watching over her in her sleep, guarding her from any harm that might befall her.
His mind rested for the first time in thousands of years. As he drifted off to sleep he wondered if he'd be able to live with her happily ever after, once all this was finished. But happily ever after only happens in fairy tales… or does it?
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^^ I thought it'd be good to end it here. If you want to know what happened in the past, after Kagome disappeared… Tune in the next episode: When the past comes back to haunt you. XD Lol always wanted to say that. ; ) Right well review please ^^ I hope you liked this. Any comments are welcome, as long as it's not offensive ; ).
Oh and I forgot! I couldn't remember perfectly the name Takahashi-san gives to Inuyasha's time. If I said it wrong please, correct me! Any mistakes you see here and there with names or grammar please tell me. ^^ I want to become a better writer for you guys ; ).
By Minako-chan
Original story and characters by Rumiko Takahashi.
It's Halloween here in the States ^^ and today I'm going to Salem :D cool ne? ^^ Well so here's the chapter, sorry I took a couple of days to update. I hope you guys like it.
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Last chapter:
Kagome went up to the door and looked back one last time to the well. Inuyasha would find her, she had no doubt about it. She heard running footsteps outside; she turned and opened the door. But the sight, the smell, the world that greeted her WAS not the world she had left behind. She froze in shock, she froze because of what she saw past the figure in front of her; she froze because of WHO was in front of her.
"…Sesshomaru?"
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CHAPTER 2
"Reunion"
"…Sesshomaru?"
It seemed like him. He even had that weird and emotionless glare to him. But could it really be? She HAD traveled through time right? Kagome turned her head slightly and saw no house standing in the distance. Perhaps she had not traveled.
"Sesshomaru is it her? Is it really her?"
Kagome saw past Sesshomaru and saw a woman, probably in her late twenties; she had black long hair that went up to her waist, a fine bone structure, black eyes. Kagome knew that for sure she couldn't be in the Sengoku no Jidai because the woman was wearing 21st century clothes. She had black leather pants on, a black strapless tank top and a black coat.
The young miko turned to Sesshomaru. He too had 21st century clothes. It made no sense really. Was it or wasn't it? The inu-youkai seemed to have what looked like Sesshomaru's sword.
"Well what do you know. All these years of telling him you probably died and he was right." Her attention was drawn to his eyes. And the coldness in them was lighter.
Kagome jumped back. She ran to her back pack and took out her bow and arrow. She turned to the youkai and the woman. She strung her bow and readied her blow. "WHO are you?!?! And no tricks I could kill you if I wanted to! What did you do to my house?! My family?!"
Sesshomaru turned to her partner and then at the girl. "You know who I am. That is if you remember me. And the woman behind me you know too."
The woman stepped to Sesshomaru's right. "Of course, you knew me when I was only a child. So you might not recognize me."
The confusion, the turmoil, it was all evident in her eyes. She had no idea if she could believe the pair. They both seemed like those she had meet in the past. But could they really be? It could just be some shape shifting youkai for all she knew. She had to get outside, she was a sitting duck here and they could easily hurt her.
Kagome shot her arrow and ran towards the entrance. The arrow went past the two, for they had jumped away from it's path.
"Kagome-san don't! Come back!" Rin yelled, but it was to no avail, she had fled the shrine.
Sesshomaru made a move to go after her. But Rin stopped him. "Sesshomaru you'll only frighten her. Let me go."
Sesshomaru turned lovingly to her mate and nodded his head. "But I will be behind you just in case you need me. That girl could get in a lot of travel if we loose her."
The black haired woman bolted out of the shrine. She could easily see Kagome in front of her. And she could also sense youkai nearing her. First one appeared in front of the girl, but she killed it with her arrow. The arrows!!! Her power!! If Kagome was allowed to use her power, surely the youkai around the area would feel her. And she would attract unnecessary attention to herself.
Rin saw a blur run to the girl. Sesshomaru had probably thought of this and had made his move. He was now fending off youkai with his whip and claws. They both fought. Killed the youkai when they got too near to Kagome. They could not let this precious gift from the past die. She could be the key to their survival.
"Rin take Kagome and run for the shrine! It's the only place they can't penetrate in this hellhole!" Sesshomaru slashed at a large worm youkai that could have swallowed Kagome if it had had the chance.
Rin turned to Kagome. She could see the fright in her face and she could also tell she had run out of arrows. Kagome was soon lifted and both took for the shrine. It wasn't easy cause the youkai kept appearing in their path. But Rin's power, her wards and Sesshomaru's help was keeping them at bay.
Once in the shrine, Kagome freed herself from Rin's hands. " No! Let me go! It can't be you!! Sesshomaru would never save me!!" She kept herself as far away from the two. Then she felt it, a needle at the side of her neck. As soon as she took it out she felt faint.
Sesshomaru ran to the girl and caught her as she was falling. "Poison!! Those damned creatures got to her!! We must take her back to the castle or she'll die!"
Once cradled in the youkai's arms, they parted. It was easier now to, because Sesshomaru had killed most of the demons; AND the source of all that immense power, Kagome, was now unconscious and dying. *Funny how bad things can be convenient sometimes* Sesshomaru smirked.
*Don't say that Sesshomaru!* The reprimand in his head was heard soon after. He turned to his mate and she had a frown on her features. "You do realize that if she dies we might loose our greatest chance of beating Naraku right?"
"Yes." He turned his attention to the roads. There was no way in hell he could let this girl die; and he wouldn't. If it came down to it, he could just bring her back to life with his sword. But he'd rather not use that much power out in the open.
" You know?" The inu-youkai smirked. "My brother will be very pleased."
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In a large room various individuals gathered. They were all basically in, but for two; one the lord of the lands and leader, and the other his counselor. How long had it been since it had been that way? No one could remember. Hundreds of years had passed and these two were almost inseparable. Their leader had other allies and counselors as well but this one understood about the youkai world perhaps more than the others.
The large wooden doors opened and in came both men, well actually a hanyou and a wolf youkai.
"It'd better be important!" The hanyou barked. He had been busy going through plans with his right hand/ friend when they had been called to face the council.
One of the youkai in the right side of the table stood up. "My lord. We have been contacted by Naraku, and he is offering a truce."
The leader's face was as emotionless at it had been for hundred's of years. He sat in his chair and to his right sat the other.
A perturbing silence descended to the room. The youkai that had spoken, Kaze as was his name, continued talking as he had not gotten a respond. "Lord Inuyasha if this truce is real then imagine all the lives that could be saved. Youkai and human alike. Is it not worth a risk?"
Inuyasha stood up and took a leave for the door. *Idiots all of them!*
Another youkai stood, Kurotasho was his name. [^^u sorry I couldn't think of a better name, and I did leave my Japanese dictionary back home so this is all I could come up with. Well on with the story]" Will you not consider it!? Are you a fool?! This could all end now!"
But their leader did not even turn to acknowledge them. He just stopped and spoke. "I do not believe in the call for truce from a monster who has been slaying youkai and human for thousands of years."
Kurotasho jumped at his liege to fight him. Inuyasha was blind! He had to! However his move was soon blocked by his right hand.
Inuyasha turned with calm and calculating eyes. "Are you questioning my decisions Kuro? Because if you are, might I remind you that: of all the youkai here, only I know Naraku! It is a trap and we're all thinking it! I will not risk weakness!"
And with that said he left the room. The doors slammed after the hanyou and the wolf.
"Idiots. They could have fallen easily into that trap if I had not been here."
" They are just tiered Inuyasha. They don't want to fight anymore. This war has waged on for too long."
The leader's mask dropped. He turned to his friend and smiled a bit. " Are you finally tiring on me …WOLF? Because if you are, I could easily bring Miroku from the western lands and have him take your place."
"Keh! Don't make presumptions dog turd. I will not give up that easily." Both stared at each other and smirked. Once those nicknames would have had them at each other's throats, but now they were just pet names if you could say. Names that two age old friends used for each other, and no one, except for a select few could understand.
"It has been long hasn't it?" Inuyasha turned on his heal to the library. The only place in his castle were he could have some peace and quiet.
"I would say so. I've forgotten how many decades or centuries it has been since that fight."
When they reached the library they locked the doors. Inuyasha sat in a large chair and Kouga went to the window.
"Do you remember how this view was at the beginning. Right when we found the castle?"
The white haired leader turned to his friend. He could remember. He remembered every painful moment he had spent in this earth after she had disappeared. His stare became sort of sad. *Kagome… Things would have gone a lot different if you hadn't disappeared. *
Kouga turned to his friend. He recognized that face. "Are you thinking of her again? Inuyasha it's been so long. If she wasn't killed then by a demon, she would have returned to you."
He just sighted. If he had realized how much he cared for her all that time ago. He would have never let her go… He would have never fought with her that day. He pictured her sunny smile in his mind; it was the only thing that kept him sane and alive. Without her memory he would have given up years ago.
" I can still remember her Kouga. Every single feature of her. Her eyes, her smile, her hair, how her brow would twitch when she got mad at me… Even her smell. It's as if I'm smelling it right now. But I know it's just a dream, she'll never come back to me."
Kouga froze. Her smell! He could smell her! It was not Inuyasha's imagination! "Inuyasha I can smell her too!!"
Both froze at their spots and stared at each other. And just as if memory had conjured her up. She barged in the door. Well it was more like Sesshomaru barged in the door with her in his arms.
"Rin go get the healer! We're loosing her!" He laid her down on the chiffon.
Kouga was the first to move. " Is it her!? Is it really her!? Where did you find her? Sesshomaru WHERE!?!?!"
A gust of wind went by the two. Inuyasha was at Sesshomaru's throat. "WHAT… happened… to her?!" It all came out as a growl. But Sesshomaru did not run away, he stood there looking at his younger brother, smirking.
"She came through the well, went out in the open and was poisoned with a needle thrown at her."
Inuyasha's face turned to the girl. He saw the puncture wound. *Kagome…* He crouched near her and saw her face covered in sweat. She was leaving him again, and fast. He could loose her yet again.
His thoughts were broken by the opening of the door. Rin pushed the healer inside and towards Kagome. The healer was soon inspecting the puncture wound. " It's a scorpion-youkai puncture. How long has it been?"
Sesshomaru turned to him. "About 10 minutes."
The healer turned to his bag and started taking out herbs. He mixed them quickly into a cup and lifted her head up. He poured the contents into her mouth. Her shivering soon subsided.
The man stood up. "It will take about a day to take effect. Scorpion poison is bad… but a youkai's is much worst. Let somewhere rest and make sure to call me if anything else happens."
Rin gave Kouga a look and signaled him to go out with her and the healer. Kouga knew what needed to be done. They would have to make the man swear not to utter a word to a soul. And such command would only be efficient if given by a high authority, him in this case.
As soon as both went out the door, the sounds seemed to die out. Only the breathing of a hanyou, a inu-youkai and a girl could be heard inside.
" I cannot believe it's her… After all this time, she's finally here."
Sesshomaru stared at his younger brother. In his face, for the first time after hundreds if not thousands of years, some trace of emotion was shown. "You have no need to thank me brother." And with that said Sesshomaru left the room.
Inuyasha stared at the face of the woman he loved. She had been lost to him once, but now she was back. Back with him, where she belonged. "Kagome… I love you." Inuyasha kissed her hand and pulled a seat towards the chiffon where they had laid her. He took off his fire rat coat and put it on top of her. And like years before he stayed there, watching over her in her sleep, guarding her from any harm that might befall her.
His mind rested for the first time in thousands of years. As he drifted off to sleep he wondered if he'd be able to live with her happily ever after, once all this was finished. But happily ever after only happens in fairy tales… or does it?
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^^ I thought it'd be good to end it here. If you want to know what happened in the past, after Kagome disappeared… Tune in the next episode: When the past comes back to haunt you. XD Lol always wanted to say that. ; ) Right well review please ^^ I hope you liked this. Any comments are welcome, as long as it's not offensive ; ).
Oh and I forgot! I couldn't remember perfectly the name Takahashi-san gives to Inuyasha's time. If I said it wrong please, correct me! Any mistakes you see here and there with names or grammar please tell me. ^^ I want to become a better writer for you guys ; ).
