Why Me

Ch. 2 Finding A Way

Kagome was certain now that she had done some horrible thing in a past life to anger the kami not only was it extremely hot as she and Shippo set out on their journey but her little friend just had to come along and make her life miserable. It was a really good thing she had learned the herbal remedies for such things in this time since she wanted her modern supplies of such stuff to last as long as possible. She also was glad Sango had taught her about how they took care of the blood in that time period once when she had run out of her modern supplies while embarrassing for both of them at least she wasn't completely hopeless. She had even found a way to make it as comfortable as the modern stuff and showed Sango who immediately took a liking to her improvements.

She also had to keep up the scent masking spell at all times because there had been to many times to count during her bleeding time when she almost lost her virginity forcefully during the shard hunt when she didn't know how to use her powers for such things. Not that any youkai would approach her any way because she carried herself with an air of confidence always with one hand on Ame no Tsubasa a gift from Sesshomaru when she completed her training. He had, had Totosai forge it for her from his own fang and she had felt honored by the proud youkai lord's gift. She also kept the demonic aura of her sword tightly concealed she didn't want to give youkai any warning of what her sword was capable of, and she also didn't want to potentially have anyone who worked for or knew Sesshomaru or his father tell them about the sword.

Shippo was curled in her arms panting as he rested after becoming exhausted on their trek across the land, they were heading in the direction of the nearest village and Shippo looked like a human because of the charm she had made with his help. He had black hair like hers and blue eyes like she did all in all he truly looked like her real son, she on the other hand wore a summer haori and hakama set that had been a gift from Sesshomaru along with several others. The haori was a pale blue and the hakama a slightly darker blue though all her haori and hakama were well made only one pair she would not wear and that was her elaborate youkai made set that repelled dirt, and blood and also had the crest of the house of the moon. Those would get her a lot of questions she could not answer if she wore them, and she would guard the secret of hers and Shippo's origins with her life.

She looked up at the sun and tried to judge the time she saw the sun was about half way across the sky and decided they would stop for lunch earlier she had gathered herbs and berries from the forest. She pulled out the berries and gave a handful of them to Shippo along with some herbs that would stave off any after hunger if the berries didn't fill them.

After the short break for their meager lunch they set out again and Shippo was now out of her arms and walking alongside her pointing out things with his youkai senses that they decided not to dull since they could come in handy in a pinch. The time passed on like that him pointing things out to her and asking questions and she answering the questions she could or giving the best answer she could if she didn't know the answer. When she looked up it was near sunset and she looked in front of her spying the village in the distance she had sensed from afar deciding to take advantage of her station she found a secluded clearing and changed into traditional priestess garbs. When she entered the village the villagers immediately began whispering about her, and a man came forward one who she supposed was the village headman.

The man bowed and greeted her "good evening miko-sama, I am Yuudai headman of this village " she smiled and replied "My name is Kagome a traveling miko, and I was wondering if I might trouble you for a place to stay and supplies and food for me and my son?" The village headman motioned for her to fallow him in to what she assumed was his hut after all it was the biggest and most well maintained of all the huts in the village. "Sit" he said and she did he looked to be thinking deeply about something and she waited patiently for him to gather his thoughts. Finally he looked up with a fierce look in his eyes "miko-sama you have come at a most opportune time, you see my wife is pregnant and though we have a midwife I would prefer you deliver the child should something go wrong."

"I see" "tell me is this your first child if I may ask?" His eyes widened and he nodded not expecting her to be able to tell this was his first child he dropped his eyes from hers sheepishly. He looked back up though when he heard her chuckle as she reached out and patted his back smiling all the way and he looked down to see the miko's son was smiling at him as well.

Three weeks after Kagome arrived at the village the village headman's wife went into labor it was difficult though there were no complications (Kagome had studied medicine in the future aptly after she found out she was a miko so she possessed a vast knowledge that no one of this time did when it came to such things.) After five long hours of blood, sweat, tears and no little cussing the cries of a baby were heard it was a healthy baby boy and after she got the mother cleaned up she called the father in to see his new son. Yuudai instantly had a warm glow in his eyes as he looked upon his newborn son and he turned to her and thanked her profusely for her assistance. Wanting to give the family some privacy she walked out of the room to get herself cleaned up luckily there was a hotspring near the village and she briefly stopped to pick up her bathing supplies before she headed to the hotspring.

She sighed as she felt the waters of the hotspring sooth her muscles and thought about the events of the day she always enjoyed this part of her job the most helping to bring new life into the world. And the looks on the families faces when they saw the newest member of their families they always filled her with a warm fuzzy feeling and an unsurpassable joy that radiated from her in waves and made everyone around her feel happy or joyful as well. (the effect she had on people went unbeknownst to her of course though those who could sense her aura knew it was she that was causing peoples moods to brighten.)

When she returned to the village the villagers greeted her warmly they enjoyed have the warm and kind hearted miko around, and even though it saddened them that she would eventually leave they enjoyed every minute spent in her presence.

She spent two additional weeks in the village making sure the new parents had everything under control before she left with the new supplies they had given her as farewell gifts and payment for her services.

She traveled all over the lands her and her son learning new things and fighting youkai who killed senselessly and before she knew it a year had passed and she had gained quite the reputation for herself among both the humans and the youkai of all the lands. The whispered about her willingness to help everyone be they youkai hanyou or human, but how she would not stand by idly if she thought someone had been wronged or killed without thought.

They whispered of her skill with the sword and the bow and how she was able to move as swiftly and gracefully as a youkai.

This lead both humans and youkai to respect her and all youkai to stay away from her unless their intentions were good as she wouldn't hesitate to kill them although she didn't like it.

During the winter months she had grown even more powerful since she had made her way back to where Edo would be built eventually and set up in the cave she had spent her first night in this era in for the winter. She trained herself and Shippo during those months of cold even though she was good already thanks to Sesshomaru's training, but she would not let herself slack off and her skills rust over like old unused iron.

She had found out during her journeys that she had been correct in her calculations the Inu No Taisho was indeed alive and Izaiyoi was indeed pregnant with Inuyasha which meant she had a choice to make she could either save her best friend's father's life or she could leave things as they were. It was a tough decision and would take much thinking on though he didn't have much time to think because Inuyasha would be born in only a few short months. Whatever she chose would decide the fate of not only the great Inu lord, and his youngest but the very course of time itself, and that knowledge weighed heavily on both hers and Shippo's minds.

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Author's Notes: Ok this chapter was a little bit longer I hope my readers enjoy this chapter as well as any chapters to come.

All characters except my OC's belong to Rumiko Takahashi.

Next chapter the Inu No Taisho is stressed about the upcoming birth of his youngest and decides he needs the help of a certain miko from the future.