'It's time for me to return to the past." Kagome sighed.
"Be careful sis." Souta said his voice full of concern.
Slowly she slid over the edge of well and disappeared in a blink of light.
Clank, Thud, Slam.
Cat pulled herself off the ground; she knew she was in trouble but not this much. She lifted her head and saw also the General InuYasha in the same cell except in shackles. "InuYasha?"She asked warily, he raised his head and looked at her.
"What worth do you have to the demons?" he grumbled. She was taken aback by his dismal attitude.
"Knowledge. I have information of both sides. Also Sesshomaru raised me when he found me as a child, he's overly protective of me." Cat sighed.
InuYasha looked over at the girl, "That is the first time I heard of Sesshomaru being protective of something other than Rin." Cat merely sighed and looked away.
"My father fought in the battle you led, and died serving in that battle."Cat felt tears dribble down her cheeks. InuYasha was surprised at her emotion that he hadn't seen in a long time. He wiped a tear from her cheek and she slowly managed a smile. "You're not as mean as people put you out to be."
He looked away and then a new emotion filled his face … anger and sadness. "No, they're right I am destructive, hot headed, and impulsive. Kagome showed me this, but I brushed it off. Along with the war she predicted. Now she's gone to her home with our child… I don't even know its name, let alone who it is!"
Cat face turned blank and then she said plainly, "I don't know if that's sad, weird, stupid, or just depressing. Why is Kagome so important?"
"She is the one who predicted the war between demons and humans; she is also the most powerful miko." InuYasha mused.
The door opened and in walked the familiar figure of Sesshomaru. "Cat, come with me."
"If you're going to kill me just do it now." Cat grumbled. Sesshomaru's eye twitched and then he continued.
"If was here to kill you, you'd be dead already. There is someone who wishes to meet you." He grumbled.
"A friend of yours, sure. Should I get my kimono on?" she mocked. To her surprise he just sighed and remained calm.
"No, just come." He sighed. Finally Cat stood and walked to the jail door. Sesshomaru opened it and let her out and as she came out Sesshomaru relocked it and started to walk away with Cat following behind. Eventually they came to a giant training room and Cat couldn't help but awe at it all, though her amazement was soon ended when a voice called out of the shadows.
"Welcome to my domain." It smirked.
"Come out, I like to see who's mocking me before I kill them."
"Tsk, tsk, manners. Sesshomaru, I would have thought you would have taught them to her." Cat felt anger rise in her throat.
"I'll show you manners, come out and fight!"
"Sesshomaru, who are her parents?"
"I don't' know I found her in a forest, and a dead demon at her feet. But I sense a power from her."
"Well then let's have her take a little test to see if she has the power." The voice continued. "Girl, pick up the bow." Cat looked warily at the bow and slowly picked it up. "Good now I want you take this arrow and shoot it at that target." His arm came out of the shadows and revealed an arrow.
"What did you do to it?" she asked.
"Absolutely nothing. Just shoot it." She picked up the arrow and armed the bow. She slowly pulled the string back and concentrated at hitting the center of the target. She finally released it and the arrow flew toward the target but at the same time her torso felt excruciating pain and she fell to her knees holding her chest. Cat still managed to hear the voice curse under his breath. "Her's is tainted, it's not pure enough. Take her back to the dungeons…for now."
Sesshomaru picked up her curled up body and carried it to dungeon and set her on the ground and then shut the door. InuYasha went over to her and yelled at Sesshomaru, "What did you do to her?"
"Nothing." And with that he left. Her chest burned like nothing she had ever experienced, and she had experienced a lot. Slowly the pain dimmed and she managed to sit herself up.
"Are you okay?" InuYasha asked. She merely nodded.
"I don't know what happened. I shot it like I've always shot and I felt pain… I haven't experience pain in a long time." Cat murmured to herself. InuYasha looked at her with a questioning look. "They had me shoot an arrow. I've shot lots of arrows, but this time when I released it my inside's burned."
InuYasha looked at her and said, "You must have had a priest or priestess as your parent." She shrugged.
I wonder what Taro is doing? Cat thought to herself
Taro's eyes slowly blinked his eyes open. There was a fire not too far from where he was laying. He quickly sat up and looked around to see, Okono, Toshio, and a couple other demons. Toshio looked over and saw Taro was awake, "I thought I told you to protect Cat!" Taro was surprised by these words.
"Like Cat needs protection!" Taro yelled back.
Toshio turned away along with the other demons, "Cat has many weaknesses though she doesn't show them, and we all know this because we grew up with her. When we first met she was demanding and annoying, the second time was different her eyes were dulled her overpowering personality dimmed. We soon found out that her real father was reported dead. Her willpower is her weakness, it's strong but it needs support which she doesn't have without us. We are her friends."
Taro looked over to Okono who just nodded. "I'm sorry I thought she could take care of herself."
"Who and where did they take her?" Toshio said walking over to Taro.
"Sesshomaru. We don't know where they are." Taro replied.
"D #m. This is going to take awhile." Toshio cursed.
"Why?" Okono asked. Toshio looked at him and sighed.
"You both are idiots, the only place Sesshomaru would take Cat is most complicated fort, not to mention most guarded. Not even my father knows his way around that place." Toshio stood and walked to the edge of the valley and pointed to what seemed as a web of light. "That there is a front defense, based on how many fires there are I can say they're expecting something. But what"
Kagome walked through the dense forest, determined to find her son. Finally just as the moon started setting Kagome sat down on a log nearby. "Man, I haven't done this much walking for a while." Kagome whined to herself. Just as she finished her sentence a fire surrounded Kagome. Kagome flinched back from the flames. A dark figure appeared behind the flames his features hidden by shadows.
"Well, well, If it isn't Kagome the miko." The figure smirked.
"You seemed to know who I am, now who are you?" Kagome asked.
"You'll see soon enough." The shadow laughed while pulling out a blade. Kagome felt the blood drain from her face; she pulled out her bow which seemed totally useless against a sword. The man walked through the flames but still showed as a shadow. Kagome backed as far as she could without getting burned. He raised his sword and Kagome flinched away, she heard the sword come down when out of now where a blade countered the falling blade. The clink of swords cause Kagome to look up and see a man with orange hair throw back the blade.
The shadow man back away through the flames, "I'll eventually get you Kagome." Then the shadow faded and the man slid his blade into its scabbard.
"T-thank you." Kagome said still shaken by the encounter.
The man turned, "Did that man say, 'Kagome'." But as soon as he saw her face then man surprised her with a hug.
"What?!" Kagome exclaimed. The man looked at her and Kagome recognized the face, "S-shippo?"
Shippo stood back and nodded. "Kagome, where have you been?"
Kagome smiled, "I went to my time and raised my son." Shippo's face filled with surprise.
"I-I have a nephew!" Shippo exclaimed. Kagome couldn't help but laugh and nod. "Wow, I guess it makes sense. I was off training." Shippo's smile slowly faded, "Kagome, why did you come back. This is the worst time to come back. Full-demons have taken over basically everything and won't take lightly to a miko in their territory."
"I have to find my son, Taro." Kagome said.
Shippo sighed, "You're in great danger, all the mikos and priests have disappeared. Except for you and Miroku. Plus InuYasha isn't around to protect you."
Kagome was intrigued by this, "What?!"
Shippo once more sighed, " InuYasha has disappeared, rumored to be dead." Kagome gasped she couldn't believe he was actually gone. "Look I'll help you but you have to promise to keep low profile." Shippo hushed her. Kagome sighed and nodded.
