The Miko and the Youkai

Chapter two: The day everything changed

Kagome sat at the pond, angling herself so she could see her friend coming. They had meet on four different occasions now. Always on the same day, time, and place. She was so happy to have someone that would be her friend forever.

The two had come to the conclusion that if you were a youkai it meant that you were faster and stronger then a human. What a miko was they hadn't really found out. Sesshoumaru had told her that he would find out before the next time they meet.

She waited for hours, and he still did not come. She looked through the trees where he usually came from and thought about going to find him. She knew that she could not smell him out, but surely it wouldn't hurt to simply look for him?

Standing, she made her way through the trees.

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Sesshoumaru sat looking out the window. He wondered how Kagome felt with him not being there for they're play time. He frowned. He was upset at his parents for how they reacted when he told them about Kagome. She was her best friend! He though they would be happy.

He had asked at the dinner table what a miko was. His parent had shared a slightly surprised look.

"Did one of your mentors tell you that word?" his mother had asked sweetly.

"No mama. Its my friend- she says she's a miko and we really don't know what that really means." The boy continued eating completely oblivious of how his parents had tensed.

"How did you meet this miko, Sesshoumaru?" his fathers voice was stern and Sesshoumaru could tell he was in trouble.

"every week we see eachother to play. Just beyond the woods, at the pond." The pup answered quickly knowing that his father could smell a lie.

"You know you are not wonder. When is it that you leave?" his father's voice was angry now, but there was something else. It seemed to be fear.

"During my nap time. Father im sorry! Its just it gets so boring here!" Sesshoumaru added as his father more upset. He was upset, yet he reacted in a call way. Just like the Lord of the West should.

"Sesshoumaru, listen to me now. You are not to see this girl again. She can kill you and wont hesitate to do it. The two of you are very different. There's a line that you can simply not cross. I'm sorry it has to be this way Sesshoumaru…but I can not take a chance on you being harmed in anyway." He added softly seeing his sons crushed face.

"Finish your dinner sweetie, and go to your room." The boy hadn't even bothered, just quickly got up and went to his room.

He was able, however, to catch some of his parent's conversation.

"Toga, how could this happen? What if they were playing on his innocence to trap him? To kill him." His mother's voice was harsh and he heard his father sigh.

"Yes I see the threat. But we are good to the humans. There is no reason for them to treat us so."

"Like a miko needs a reason to purify a youkai. And the prince of the west none the less! They just wait for a time to eliminate the breed of youkai from the Earth."

"Yes Suska, you are right. Sesshoumaru simply can not see this friend ever again." Sesshoumaru ran to his room not wanting to hear another word.

As he sat watching the forest out of the window, he became upset. How could they say those things about Kagome? She was his friend! She would never hurt him.

The bond that they created at the pond would outlast any of his parent's words. They would be friends forever. They had already agreed on it. He couldn't understand his parent's anger. None of it made sense.

He narrowed his eyes, not trusting himself that he had really seen what he thought he had seen. A small girl with black hair was coming out of the woods! She appeared to be walking to the castle. His heart jumped. She had come to look for him!

He realized that if any one in the castle saw her, they may treat her badly; judging by the way his mother and father had responded to her. he knew that he could not leave the castle. There were guards outside his door- and they would remain until his nap time was over. He opened the window and looked down. He was on the fourth floor of the castle.

He glanced over his shoulder to make sure that there was no one looking and began to climb down a vine on the stone wall. I gotta tell her it's not safe.

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Kagome was happy to see a familiar white blur running towards her. She noted that he seemed to be going faster then usual. He stopped in front of her slightly out of breath.

"Sesshoumaru! I came to look for you! This is where you live?! It's so big and beauty- what's wrong?" she saw that his face was a saddened.

He shook his head. "Yea that's wear I live. Kagome I'm not allowed to see you anymore. And you have to leave and not come here again-it may be dangerous for you."

Kagome's heart sank and she looked at him confused. "Sesshoumaru I don't understand…"

"Neither do I." the young youkai told her sadly. "I asked mother and father what a miko was and they got really mad when I told them about you. They saw that we are different…that there was a line between us that separated us- and we're not suppose to cross it." He hung his head, deciding not to tell her about what they had said about her killing him. That would break her heart.

"What did I do for them not to like me?!" the girl cried with tears in her eyes. "its not fair Sesshoumaru! We didn't ask to be on different sides of the line! We're friends and that is all that should matter!" the boy pulled her in to a tight hug trying to comfort her.

"I know. It's just dumb what they think. But I must obey them. They say I will understand one day but I don't think I will ever see you as they see you Kagome." The girl nodded.

"We'll show them Sesshoumaru!" the two smiled at each other. Sesshoumaru caught the scent of guards coming their way. They were coming fast. He grabbed Kagome's hand started running with her.

"Kagome they know you are here and I don't want them to hurt you! You have to run all the back home- don't stop for anything!" he stopped running nut motioned for her to keep on. "Don't worry Kagome! We'll always be friends!"

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He had obviously never told her anything about youkai and mikos. He had never found the words. He had convinced himself that maybe, maybe this would be different. Maybe this was okay.

And now, she was running for her life from the guards of the west. All because he had never told her the truth. He jumped from his tree in search for her. He knew she was close.

He found her on the ground sobbing. He picked her up gently trying to calm her down.

"That miko is to be brought to the Lord Toga." A growl came and Kagome tensed and clung to Kiyo.

Kiyo was calm. "She will not be going to him today. This pond that you stand so close to right now does not belong to the Western Lands. It belongs to me, so I do not need to follow your orders. I'm sure your Lord would not you starting a war with the owl clan for such a silly matter."

The guards looked at each other wondering what to do. They must have came to a decision because the slowly all turned and left. Kiyo turned his attention to the girl in his arms.

"Kagome, I am so sorry. I should have warned you." The girls innocent blue eyes met his wise gray ones.

"Why did they act like that Kiyo? I don't understand." The youkai sighed and sat her down on the ground infront of him.

"Listen carefully Kagome dear. Youkai and mikos…they are enemy's. Miko are mikos so that the can purify- or kill youkai." The girl's eyes widened.

"That can't be true."

"Well it is more complicated then that, and you will understand more when your miko training begins, but Kagome, a miko and a youkai having a friendship is not normal. In fact its frowned upon. Most youkai have a dislike for humans and vice versa. Im not saying that everyone is this way…but that's just the way things are.

"When Sesshoumaru grows up to take over his fathers place as the Lord of the Western Lands, he will be a trained youkai. He will no longer see you as a friend, but a lowly human, and threat, because you are a miko.

"Likewise, you will be trained to never trust a youkai and protect the humans at all cost." He watched as tears slid down the girls face.

"But Kiyo…You are a youkai…" he nodded.

"Yes Kagome I am, but I choose not to listen to that rule because I love and care for you. But I would be lying if I said that I have never thought a human as worthless or never thought of a miko as a threat."

She sat quietly for a second thinking. And then she smiled, and Kiyo knew that what he said had not really sunk in. he had failed.

"Me and Sesshoumaru are not like that. We will never hate each other! We will always be friends. He will never think of me like that. And maybe I can convince him not to think of other humans like that- I don't know. But I do know that we will always be friends." Kagome smiled at him brightly and he frowned.

"Kagome, just promise me you will be careful. You never know what can happen." She nodded but he knew that he had not convinced her of the danger of being near Sesshoumaru. How can she understand? She's just a girl. He knew that she would have to learn by herself. That made him very sad.

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Time did what it did best; went by. The season came and the seasons went. The years passed by and the two grew up.

When Sesshoumaru was 18- about 14 in human years- his father started training him. Sesshoumaru simply needed to grow up, and his father from this point onward would never shelter him again. Of course the boy had already learned to fight and defend himself, but it was now time for him to face the harsh reality of life outside of the castle. He would petrol the lands with his father.

Kagome meanwhile was turning twelve. Her miko powers had begun to develop also, but like Sesshoumaru, she had not faced harsh reality. She understood the line that was to be drawn between a youkie and a miko or a human, but she didn't not respect. It was simply a thin weak line that she knew she could easily cross. She had not been able to speak or play with Sesshoumaru in years.

The two were being so forcefully kept apart by both parties that it was just simply impossible. Some days they would see each other and give quick waves and smiles but that was it. Kagome could not wait for the day that she would be able to spend time with him again. Soon. She thought to herself. She had heard rumors that the Lord of the West was taking his to patrol his lands for the first time and Kagome planned to see him before he left.

Sesshoumaru had also learned about humans and mikos. He joined in with others when they joked about this subject, but in his heart he knew that Kagome was different. He still had an innocence to him that would not allow him to thing bad about her.

He wished that he could be around her like when they were younger, but it was prohibited. He did not want to shame his father by talking to a miko.

He was excited about going with his father to patrol the lands. He didn't know that this was the first step to choking out his innocence.

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Kagome ran as fast as she could to the clearing beyond the woods. She knew that it was dangerous to be anywhere near Lord Toga's castle but she simply had to see Sesshoumaru off. She had to tell him bye, because that was what a true friend would do.

She busted through the trees just in time to see the older youkai with silver hair form a strange cloud and she watched as he pulled Sesshoumaru upon the cloud. The cloud took the air and Kagome knew that they would soon be gone. Sesshoumaru's eyes- across the distance and height, somehow found hers and she thought that he suddenly looked sad. She knew that her eyes portrayed the same thing and she hung her head as the cloud left the clearing.

"Kagome, your not suppose to be here." She turned when she heard Kiyo's voice.

"I know…I missed him Kiyo…I didn't get to say goodbye." Kiyo said nothing for awhile. But then in his wise owl wisdom he told her softly,

"Say goodbye anyway, love. When he comes back, he will not be the boy you used to play with. You two were lucky to stay on good terms up in till now." With that he turned and Kagome knew that he meant her to follow.

She lingered for a moment. I'll never say bye to you Sesshoumaru. You're my best friend.

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Sesshoumaru was gone for a long time; but she still waited for his return. Since she could not see him off, she would defiantly be there to welcome him.

She didn't know the day he returned. Her miko powers were the ones that informed her. In the middle of the night she felt the presence of a youkai. She jumped up and sneaked out of Keade's hut. She ran through the woods. She knew that it was Sesshoumaru. She found him in the woods, cutting down trees with a strange yellow-green wipe that seemed to magically attach to his hand. He was angry. She had never seen him like this.

He stopped when he sensed her there and the wipe vanished. Kagome shivered. Something was different about him- even they way he stood.

"Why are you here?" his voice had an edge she didn't like.

"I wanted…I wanted to welcome you back." He said nothing and Kagome found herself looking into his golden orbs. It was fair enough to say that Sesshoumaru was always in a way reserved, but now what she saw in his eyes scared her.

His eyes were unreadable. They had almost no emotion. Kiyo had been right; this was not the boy she had played with.

Sesshoumaru looked at the girl. She was still simply a girl because she had not seen what he had seen.

He had come to the forest to test out his new weapon that had developed towards the end of the patrol with his father. That and he had to get the thoughts out his head. Had to release all he was feeling in some way. Sesshoumaru knew he was different.

He had killed. Sesshoumaru could feel the blood on his hands still. The first thing he killed was a youkai. It had tried to kill him, and so naturally he tried to kill it back. The next thing he killed was a human. It was an accident. It had just become very frustrating the way the male human had displayed his hate towards him, and he lost control and killed him. Humans were so weak; they could not take anything and they died easy. He didn't know that.

A miko had come to the man's defense. She had tried to purify him. His father told him that this was something that he had to learn and he did not step in to help. Sesshoumaru and ripped his claws through her. As he did so he thought of Kagome. Kagome would one day do what this miko had just try to do to him.

He didn't keep up with the deaths after that. He saw such ugly disgusting things. He did such ugly disgusting things. Kagome would be revolted if she had seen what he did. Everything was different now.

"Sesshoumaru, we should go to the pond." She said it timidly and afraid, but with hope. Hope that everything would still be the same.

"No, we should not." She almost flinched at his voice. It was so harsh.

"There is nothing between us. I am the Prince of the Western Lands and you are a miko." He said the last part with disgust and something inside her hurt. "I will not befriend a human. I was foolish to have before." Sesshoumaru felt bad for his words; they were hurting her.

"Kagome, we are different. We can be friends no longer." Kagome say the boy she once knew for a split second he came back. A tear slid down her cheek.

"But…but you said…that we would always be friends."

"Things change." Neither of them spoke of moved.

"My fighting instructor is coming to get me. Kagome, take this as a parting gift and run. He will kill you. Run now." Kagome looked at him long and hard but soon she two sensed a powerful youkai come their way. She turned and ran.

"Sesshoumaru what are you doing out? Who was here? That miko??" Sesshoumaru nodded.

"She's gone now."

His instructor laughed and made him feel uneasy. "Let's go get her." He took off in a run and Sesshoumaru knew he had to follow. It was his instructor after all. He may have changed, but he still dint want to really kill Kagome. Even if they could no longer be friends.

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Kagome was lost. She had forgotten how to get back to village! It was just way to dark to see anything at all. She could feel the two youkai tracking her, getting closer and closer. She distantly wondered if Sesshoumaru would protect her like he said that he would.

She tripped and fell to the ground. Her heart was pounding and she could not untangle herself from the limbs that held her feet. They were gaining on her. They would be right on her soon. She sensed them stop. One went a different way while the other continued toward her. It was Sesshoumaru that came her way. She didn't know if she could be relieved.

Sesshoumaru bent down and sliced through the limbs with his claws. "Never come near me again. Never cross in my way or anyone that I know. Go now, your free. I sent him a different way. The village is straight east."

She started at him, not believing what she was hearing. "Go!" he barked, and she ran.

His plan backfired on him. He had told his instructor to go west, but his instructor had turned east after a short while. Sesshoumaru cursed under his breath. His instructor would reach Kagome before him.

Kagome felt the older youkai's presence dangerously close. In a few seconds he had was right behind her. Taunting her. He's going to kill me!

What happened next was so fast, she didn't even know it was happening. He knocked her down. Her hands went up. A pink light flashed. The youkai was gone. Purified. And all she could see was Sesshoumaru first shocked and then angry face. He growled angrily as she watched horrified as his eyes bleed red with rage.

Strong arms wrapped around her and she was lifted into the sky as Sesshoumaru lunged for her; ready to kill.

"The next time we meet, you will die!"

Kagome shuddered in Kiyo's arms. His wings were extended from his back where they usually were hid. He hated her.

She watched him below as he shook with anger. He would really kill her. Nothing was innocent now.

Everything had changed.

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this chapter was hard to write! but i hope it wasnt hard to read! okay so from this point on, its will stray away from the movie. but it followed the movie kind of these first few chapters!!

anyway. there will still be somethin from the movie in the story. but that's a while from this point.

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oh if this chapter has alot of errors- im super sorry. its just realy late as i update. ill go back and edit

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