-Disclaimer: InuYasha is the creation of Rumiko Takahashi

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-To Come To Me

-Chapter VI

-Going Back

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The morning was quiet and the four stared into the fire waiting for their morning meal of freshly caught fish to complete cooking over the fire. The hanyou hadn't woke feeling any better, he still longing for his companion, his missing part, the mate his soul had chosen long before his heart had known.

Through the night he had finally found peace in his memories of times spent her. Her long inky black hair blowing around her delicate features when she walked by his side, the look in her brown angelic eyes when he would 'accidentally' step too close and his body would brush against hers.

Sometimes, if she was really distracted, like when she had her nose buried in one of her damnable school books, he would actually step close enough to trip her, just so he could catch her in his arms and hold her soft sweetness close to him, even if only for a moment.

Of course, he was careful not to do it too often, he didn't want to be too obvious. It wouldn't do for her to discover the pleasure he took from the slightest contact he had with her. But, accidents happened right?

Kagome had now been gone an entire day, twenty-six hours, thirty six minutes and forty-four seconds by the digital watch she had given him a long time ago when he began going home with her more often. She had known how he worried when she was out of his protection so she had given it to him so he could keep track of how long before she should be home from school.

…Fifty-five seconds, fifty-six, fifty-seven, fifty-eight, Fifty-nine….Another minute without her passed and InuYasha sighed.

One, two, three…

InuYasha was so intent on the watch that he didn't notice anyone talk to him until a fish was waved under his nose.

"Wha….?"

"I saved your fish InuYasha!" Shippo stood, holding the stick with two fish on it out for the hanyou. "It was starting to burn."

"Thanks….Thanks Shippo." InuYasha took the stick of fish and began to pick at it distractedly, tearing off bits and shoving them into his mouth. He soon lost interest, the fish was tasteless without the flavorful spices that Kagome carried with her. He handed the stick back to Shippo.

"Here runt, you eat em."

"InuYasha?" Sango looked at him from across the fire, her face filled with concern

"What? Can't I fucking not be hungry once?"

That there was no vehemence behind his gruff comment worried his friends even more as he walked away from them, shoulders slumped.

InuYasha could summon no anger when he felt a hand fall on his shoulder a moment later either and Miroku sat on the fallen log next to him.

"What the fuck did I do now?" InuYasha's voice was a sigh

"We are worried about you InuYasha, that's."

"Keh." It even sounded weak and pathetic to him.

"Well, if you wish to talk later…" Miroku started to get up.

"There's so many things…I never realized…. how much I look forward to them everyday…"

Slowly Miroku sat back down.

"Like what kind of things InuYasha?"

He shrugged

"Little things, unimportant stuff like Kagome and Shippo laughing together when he helps her lay out her bedding at night. How I can smell her hair when the winds at our backs. That she's always doing stupid shit like offering to help me fish, then ends up goofing around on the rocks and falls in and scares every fish with in a hundred miles away or she sits there telling really stupid jokes that aren't even close to being funny, then laughs so hard at herself it makes me laugh."

Miroku nodded and smiled "And then she thinks your laughing at the jokes so she keeps telling the same lame joke over and over for days."

InuYasha nodded in agreement, a small smiled on his lips

"I miss her laughter." Miroku sighed

"I miss everything about her." InuYasha looked towards the sun where it still rode low in the early morning sky.

"You love her don't you?"

InuYasha nodded sadly "I love her."

"Forgive me for asking, but, what of Kikyo? Will anything change if Kagome comes back?"

InuYasha stood and gave Miroku a hard and angry look, as if he hated him for just having asked the question. Miroku stood and looked back, his eyes just as hard. InuYasha stepped back to stand with his face inches from Miroku's, his intense eyes glittering with anger and sincerity.

"When Kagome comes back…Everything will change."

InuYasha didn't bother waiting for the others, he ran off to finish the last half days journey to the tree that brought him peace…the tree that connected him to Kagome.

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"Kagome-sama?" Rin whispered quietly, riding in front of Kagome on Ah-un "Did Lord Sesshomaru tell you where we are going?"

"No he didn't Rin-chan. He only said that…"

Kagome was cut off when the Lord suddenly dropped back and scooped Rin from the dragon, hauling her to his shoulder and making the tiny girl giggle.

"That it is a surprise." Sesshomaru finished Kagome's sentence, making Rin giggle louder and Kagome smiled at him with approval.

Jaken of course grumbled in the most disapproving of manners about Sesshomaru's slipping formality and decorum around the humans. Sesshomaru wrinkled his brow and handed Rin back to Kagome, then stopped for a moment, picked up a rock from the ground and tossed at the grumbling vassals head.

Both humans cheered aloud, Kagome teaching Rin how to perform a high five while Jaken only grumbled louder.

Several hours into the morning Jaken looked up and gasped.

"Lord Sesshomaru, surely you don't mean to bring these wretched humans to this …"

"Enough Jaken." Sesshomaru looked to Rin to see if she recognized their destination. Her face was white and the smile had left her face. Yes, apparently she did remember.

"Sesshomaru…"

"How dare so address my Lord stupid human!"

"JAKEN!" Sesshomaru thundered at the tiny green yokai "you will receive no further warnings to hold your comments of Kagome and Rin."

"Yes My Lord" Jaken continued to grumble under his breath.

"Your next sound shall be your last in your present company Jaken."

"Rin-chan are you okay?" Kagome asked, thinking Rin might be upset by the exchange between Jaken and Sesshomaru.

Rin nodded quietly, a gesture that didn't go un noticed by Sesshomaru. He scooped Rin up once again and whispered into her ear, then let her slide to the ground and held her hand while they walked the rest of the way to the opulent palace.

"Lord Sesshomaru" Kagome felt the need for formality in this place. "Will you tell me soon where we are?"

"Well, two visits within one year Sesshomaru? To what do I owe this honor?"

Kagome jumped slightly, looking up she noticed the tall beautiful woman standing regally at the head of the stairs they were climbing.

Sesshomaru bowed to Kagome and Rin and went ahead to greet the woman, Kagome took advantage of the chance to question the other two.

"Who is she? Is she Sesshomaru's intended or something?"

Rin giggled "No silly Kagome-sama, that is Lord Sesshomaru's Mother."

"His mother? Wow, she is so beautiful…"

Kagome smiled looking at mother and son side by side now the similarity was striking.

"I should have known, they look so alike."

Kagome and Rin reached the top of the stairs with Jaken grumbling somewhere behind them.

"Sesshomaru, you have brought yet another human to me?" She glanced at him "Am I to assume you find the notion of eating this human ridiculous as well?" (1)

Kagome gasped softly as she looked from mother to son, her eyes widened when she saw the pink tinge along the bridge of Sesshomaru's nose.

"Mother, may this Sesshomaru present to you Lady Kagome, Miko and one of the pack of InuYasha, defeater of Naraku. Lady Kagome, I present this Sesshomaru's mother, Lady Shankoutetsu"(2)

Kagome bowed politely "I am honored to meet you Lady Shankoutetsu."

"I am honored to meet one of the pack to defeat that menace, Lady Kagome, you may call me Lady Shan, as those who I call my friends do."

Kagome smiled and bowed slightly once again. "Thank you Lady Shan."

"Mother you will remember my ward Rin." Rin hid behind Sesshomaru's legs, still she bowed politely.

"Rin is most honored to make your acquaintance once again Lady Shankoutetsu."

"Thank you Rin" Lady Shan bowed to the little girl then whispered something in her ear, making Rin giggle and step from behind Sesshomaru's legs. Sesshomaru lifted his eyebrow curiously and lady Shan cocked her own eyebrow "I simply informed young Rin that I have no hell hounds in residence here, and therefore has nothing to fear of this Lady Shankoutetsu"(3)

Sesshomaru didn't miss the look of confusion on Kagome's face and he shook his head slightly, indicating he would explain later.

"You of course will remember Master Jaken as well."

Lady Shankoutetsu lifted her chin and looked down her nose at Jaken.

"Little yokai, you seem well."

"As do you, my Lady." Jaken bowed, his face crumbled with disgust. "My name is Jaken."

"Of course, …little yokai."(4)

Lady Shankoutetsu took Kagome's arm and turned elegantly, then moved them toward the palace.

"Have you the time for a lengthy visit my son?"

"Only this night I am afraid. I have been away from the Western Lands for far too long as it is."

"I understand. I assume you have come to visit Nagoyaka-chikara (5)then."

"As well as you of course Mother."

Kagome was surprised when Sesshomaru leaned down and kissed Lady Shan's cheek.

"While then, while Sesshomaru has a visit with his obaasan, I shall get to know my magomusume and my new kaonajimi."

"That is acceptable to this Sesshomaru."

Lady Shan laughed loudly "You speak as if you had a choice in the matter wakamono. Come Kagome, Rin, I will show you where you may freshen up."

"Yes My Lady" Rin said politely

"Hmmp, So formal, …Rin, I am now your Obaasan, you may so call me if you wish."

Rin giggled and Sesshomaru shook his head, turning for the opposite end of the palace. He wondered how long it would be before she wished to call him Papa. That would of course be unacceptable. Out of the question. It was ridiculous, completely and totally… something he….just would not…allow.

Father was a much more dignified a title for one of his station.

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Immediately upon arriving in the village InuYasha learned that everyone in the village had been down with influenza. With no one able to hunt, there hadn't been any fresh meat since just after they had left just over a week before. Right away he and Miroku went hunting and came back with enough meat to feed the villagers a hearty meal that night to lend the men some extra strength. They had just finished preparing the meat to roast over several deep fire pits when the sounds of outrage drifted out of the old Miko's hut.

Having correctly deduced that Sango had just finished telling Kaede of what had happened with Kagome, he very conveniently noticed the village's supply of firewood was getting rather low and he and Miroku worked together to get it built back up, InuYasha slashed down smaller trees into more manageable chunks and Miroku and Shippo dragged them back to the village.

By late afternoon he had finally found a bit of peace in the braches of Goshinboku, unfortunately for the hanyou, it wasn't a peace that was meant to last.

"Ye come down here and face me ye ungrateful dog!"

Kaede yelled up through the branches of the ancient tree and InuYasha decided to just ignore her. Eventually maybe she would just get tired of talking to the air and leave. He felt bad enough.

"Come down now InuYasha! I shall not go away."

Kaede feh'ed and hobbled away, leaving InuYasha to

"Keh. Damn hag." to himself. His first mistake was in underestimating Kaede.

She returned ten minutes later. Bearing an axe.

"Come down here InuYasha, or I will bring ye down."

"Are you crazy oban?"

"Ye call me what ye will InuYasha, but ye will not escape what I wish to say to ye."

"KEH! Bullshit!" InuYasha leapt out of Goshinboku and into a much a higher tree.

"InuYasha, you ungrateful mutt, come back here!" Kaede chased after him.

"Just leave me alone oban!"

"Last chance InuYasha."

"KEH! Like I'm afraid of an old fucking hag like you?"

Kaede's eye narrowed and the tree began to jolt and vibrate as she hacked into it with the axe. InuYasha jumped from the tree to another, but Kaede only followed him and began chopping again on the new tree. They were at an impasse. Kaede knew he wouldn't leave the meadow, He suddenly realized that she was not going to give up. Finally he jumped to the ground to stand in front of her.

"FINE! I'm down here! Now what the fuck do you…."

Kaede lifted the axe and began to bring it down, InuYasha backed away in fear.

"Aaaahhh are you fucking crazy?"

She swung the axe into the ground, just missing his foot.

"CRAZY BITCH! GET THE FUCK AWAY!"

Kaede stopped and glared at InuYasha.

"I thought ye wanted to be with Kikyo InuYasha?" She lifted the axe again and brought it down again.

"Ye find fault with my assistance in your getting to her?"

"Get away from me hag" InuYasha jumped into the low branch of a tree.

"I told ye InuYasha long ago, Kikyo wished nothing else but for you to die and go to hell with her."

Kaede took and whack at the tree.

"Fucking bitch! Your destroying every tree in the fucking forest!"

"InuYasha, I do not understand. Kikyo wishes for you to die, you wish to die I see not the problem?"

She swung the axe again, grazing his arm. The axe cut through his sleeve and broke skin, making him bleed, though it was barely a scratch.

"Quit fucking trying to kill me BITCH"

"Do ye wish to die or not InuYasha? Be not a fool, The choice ye make is not only between Kagome and Kikyo, but between life and death. Neither wishes you to chose death, not even Kikyo, yet ye cling to an asinine promise made in a moment of utter stupidity."

Kaede swung again, her swing was now tired and weak and a tear ran down her face.

InuYasha took advantage and reached for the axe, snatching it away and threw it into the brush.

"Your life is not just your own ungrateful dog. It has been interwoven intricately with Kagome's, heart to heart and soul to soul. If you chose to die you chose to take her with ye."

"I…I don't want to die…I wont let Kagome die." InuYasha stared at Kaede "I want to spend my life …living with her."

Kaede nodded, "I believe ye mean that. However, it is not I who needs to hear this to retain the will to live."

"I…promised I wouldn't leave again…I begged her to stay with me…but…she still…left…she didn't believe me"

"Perhaps InuYasha, what Kagome to needs to believe, is for you to come to her?"

"Thank you InuYasha"

"For what?"

"Leaving her, just once, to come to me"

'to come to me'

InuYasha leaned forward and kissed Kaede's cheek.

"Thank you." He turned away and began to walk into the forest

"Where are ye off to now InuYasha?"

"I'm going to Kagome."

InuYasha turned and began to run, picking up enough speed to leap into the trees.

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-Magomusume-Granddaughter

-Obaasan- Grandmother

-Shankoutetsu-Beautiful Steel

-Nagoyaka-Chikara-Gentle Strength

-Wakamono- Lad

-Kaonajimi- Friend

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(1) Sesshomaru's mother asked Sesshomaru in the manga if he planned on eating Rin and Kohaku. His reply was to say "Ridiculous" I thought it would be a bit humorous to take advantage of the double meaning and every mothers natural love of embarrassing her children.

(2) In the manga Sesshomaru's mother was un-named. I chose a name that seemed to fit her

(3) Sesshomaru's mother released a hell hound that ate Rin and Kohaku

(4) Sesshomaru's mother got great pleasure in the manga by referring to Jaken as Little Yokai

(5)Character is of my own creation and does not exist in Rumiko Takahashi's InuYasha Universe. She is Sesshomaru's grandmother and will be introduced in the next chapter.

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-A Little clarification on Chapter 5.

Kagome kissed Sesshomaru because she was caught up by what he said about caring about her too much too allow InuYasha and Kikyo to hurt her again. She had been feeling drawn to him, as he was to her….however, neither Kagome OR Sesshomaru felt any kind of passion or chemistry in the kiss.

They DO however feel an incredible bond of friendship forming between them. A Big brother/little sister relationship. This will come into play big time later in the story. Unlike in the Search, there will be some conflict between InuYasha and Sesshomaru because of this friendship, and just for fun, I might even toss Koga into the mix too…three way battle to the death lets see who wins. LOL LOL Just Kidding, though I might bring Koga in seriously. I adore Koga too much to NOT have him in a story.

Till next time!

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Kit48
2007-04-27
ch 5Nice chappie and don't listen to those who think it shoukd be a Sess/Kags (don't get me wrong - i love a good Sessh/Kag - one of my favorite pairs), this is definitely better as an Inu/Kag

The problem was people thinking it WAS a Kag/Sess fic. It isn't. Not at all.

Meatballheadedprincess14
2007-04-23
ch 4, hehehehe that's different. i've never read anything where Kagome's conscience was like an Inuyasha conscience or something, lol that was funny. curious as to how the next chappie will go. please update as soon as u can

InuYasha as someone's conscience…..really kind of scary if you stop and think about it huh? LOL

cookie tirone
2007-04-23
ch 4,
ME FRIEND
LET ME HOLLA ATYU
WATUP??

I KNOW THAT YOU ARE AN INU/KAG FAN AND EVERYTHING BUT THE WAY THIS STORY STARTED AND CONTINUE MAKE ME BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL BE A SESSHY/KAG PAIRING AND AT SOME POINT I WOULD LIKE THIS STORY TO BE SUCH ...YOU KNOW WHY?...BECAUSE AFTER ALL THE PAIN THAT INU CAUSE KAG ...IT IS FAIR TO KAGOME TO BE HAPPY WITH SOMEONE THAT WILL GIVE YOU THE RESPECT SHE DESERVE AND THIS PERSON (DEMON) WILL BE LORD SESSHOMARU. I KNOW YOU ARE AGAINST THAT BUT IT WILL MAKE A HUGE COOL CHANGE FOR YOU AND IT WILL TEST YOUR ABILITIES, YOU KNOW WHAT YUGOT IN TERMS OF YOUR IMAGINATION AND WRITING ABILITIES...

WELL WHATEVER YOU DECIDED I STILL READING THE STORY ...SO ...CHILL...JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA

NOW LET ME SAY MY USUAL

UPDATE SOON OR ELSE...SO GET BUSY ...JAJAJAJAJAJAJA

HEHE Not even for you my young Tomadachi!

Chapter VII Preview

InuYasha searches for Kagome

Kagome and Rin bond with Sesshomaru's family

Sesshomaru has a heart to heart with the woman he loves more than anyone else in the world….
His Obaasan…

Preview subject to change due to inspiration or the lack thereof

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