The Other Side

Chapter 21

Enter Fate

She was in front of the manor, near the gates. She touched them in awe as it shocked her; it allowed her through once it noticed she was a part of the West itself. A little put out that the iron bars had a mind of their own, she walked into the courtyard. She glanced at all the things around her, mesmerized by everything. She noticed one thing right off the bad; Sesshomaru was coming to her or what looked like him at the very least.

He looked calm and pleased that she was here. When he was standing in front of her, he cupped her cheek with a clawed hand. "You are back; you are home," he was saying to her. If anything, this made her confused. Why was he happy she was here? "Your destiny lies here, in the West; your home."

She blinked. She didn't understand; what was going on? "Who are you?" she asked as his face saddened at her question, followed by a frown on his lips. "Should I know who are you?" He nodded to her before extending his hand to her. She was hesitant to take it but she allowed her hand into his.

He led her to the gardens; they looked very much like the ones she was in earlier but different. These flowers were glowing or glowed when she went into the greenhouse. "These are your lands as well as his. Your soul is connected to his in ways the Gods cannot understand nor I. They feel you as you walk through; the lands crave for your touch."

She shook her head at the nonsense this male was telling her. She looked at him. Originally, she thought he looked very much like Sesshomaru but no, he was different. In fact, she couldn't actually see any details about him. He was grayed out almost; it led her to believe that this was spirit. He was transparent in a sense but still had the sense to contact her. "That's impossible; I don't belong here though," she told him. It was the only thing that made any sense to her.

"You belong here as much as you belong in the future of here. You are one with these lands, my dear. It is perhaps not how you expected your life to be but I, changed it for the better," he explained as her eyes widened. She finally understood who he was.

"You are Fate, correct?" He smiled to her, happy she figured it out. "Who is he? Why'd you change my destiny?" Really, though, why couldn't she be left alone? Hadn't she completed the task for the Shikon? Was that not enough to allow her time for herself?

"He is who you are to be with; your home, your other half. He is who owns these lands, supplying them with the power to conquer those around him. You are his other half; you complete him in more ways than one." She tried back to remember what Inuyasha had said the day this all happened to her but it was blank while she was here. This was Fate; he clearly didn't want her to remember just yet but why? And how did she get here for that matter? All these questions and not enough answers; she did not approve of this.

She also noticed that this male, Fate, never said a name to who she was meant to be with. He was being vague; she felt the need to slap something. She hated people when they were vague; it drove her crazy. "I don't know who he is, but I want to know why you choose to show yourself to me now? What is going on?"

"You need not worry, it will be over soon; you will be back with your other half." He looked at her, nodding to himself more then to her, before gliding them to another place. This time it was behind the manor; it was more beautiful than the front. Stoned paths led them to the back with flowers of the sort, sparkling at them as they passed. She thought the gardens were pretty; she was in heaven at the sight. "Not everyone can see this; to someone that does not belong to the West, they simply see a plain sight, dull to them, uninterested. Since you are the heart of the West, you see it as it is; how it is meant to be."

She couldn't believe this. Although, she did have to admit that everything around her felt so alive more so then when she brought the plants back to life. It was almost like they were connected to her soul. She could feel everything. "This is a lot to take in. Why do you show this to me now?"

"My dear, things are about to change." He waved his hand to emphasize everything around them. "Everything you see, everything that you feel is you. You are the heart to bring the West to its original state, to disperse everything that causes hatred." He looked at her, allowing her to eyes his violet eyes—she gasped at that—and smiled. "You are made to love; to live, to create things unlike those have seen."

The scene changed once again and it found them on top of the manor, the wind blowing against them in welcome. She felt at home as odd as that was. The air around them, the trees, the plants—everything, hummed to her; she felt alive. She felt the need to be here and only here; she'd be lost without this place. This, Fate, smiled down to her, knowing her feelings, her thoughts. She was in awe; she finally understood. "I belong here," she said; everything around her pushed itself against her in gentle strokes; she smiled.

"Yes, you do. This is your home and it will be your home in the future as well." She glanced at him in question. "You were born in the time of the future; you were forced to put your life on hold when you were brought to this time. This time, so unreal, to the one you are used to. This time, for as long as you have been here, has been a second home. When your well was destroyed, you were heartbroken, were you not?"

"I was—am. I still am."

"Every living thing, felt your sorrow in that moment."

"How?"

"You are the heart; not to just the West, but to everything that is surrounding you." His hand waved in front of him once more; this time allowing scenes of her and her friends to come into the area. They were brief but held emotions; he showed her the times of how she really came to be, how she came to love this time more than her own. "There will be a time when you are allowed to go home, to your family but centuries have to pass to allow this to happen."

"I can actually go home eventually?"

"Yes, eventually. You are from five hundred years into the future."

"Which means I have to wait five hundred years to see my family." He nodded to her. "I won't live that long though, will I?"

"The spirit Midoriko told you that Gods have granted you a power like themselves. I know of which they speak of; I cannot tell you at this time unfortunately." He noticed her saddened expression. "I can tell you that, your gift, is one of a kind. With you being demon and miko, you have all the time in the world."

"Does that make me immortal?"

"Perhaps, perhaps not but I know you will live far beyond your years. The heart of the West does not die so easily, my dear."

She smiled at him playfully. "Good to know. I plan on doing a lot of damage before my time."

He smirked at that, knowing exactly what she was planning. "Oh I know you do and I can't wait to see it come to life." His face softened at her, grabbing her hand, kissing it before saying. "Our time has ended. You are needed. Your other half is patiently waiting for you to awake. Until our next visit, my dear." He covered her eyes with his hand, thrusting her backwards. She disappeared from his sight.

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