First off I'd like to thank everyone for reviewing! I'd like to answer questions and thank everyone.
Midnight-flame-Princess- Thank you very much for your comments, you're my first reviewer! Thanks!
Kyaku-kun- Thank you so, so much, glad to know you like it.
Princess Sin- I'm really glad you like these kinds of stories, I hope I don't disappoint you. Sesshomaru doesn't meet the kids yet, but soon.
Petpeeves12- Thanks for reviews…um…ok I hope this is a good explanation 'cause this is what I decided on. Ok I said in the first chapter that Inuyasha as matured, well he's also trained hard to control his demon blood and has successfully learned how as well as the fact he has a different sword now that he used that kind of helps. I'm sorry that its not a good answer but that's the best I came up with. Inuyasha will talk about it in the fourth chapter
Darkwolvesbite- I'm glad that my story seems original to you. I would have done a story with the pups being developed and such but I, frankly, don't know anything about pregnancy since I've never been pregnant, after this story is done I might consider making a prequel about Inuyasha's pregnancy. We'll see.
Serenity of Paradise- So glad you like the story and I'll try to write chapters as soon as I can
Inuyashafangirl007- Midnight interlude? Hmm…I'm trying to think if I've heard of that story. I don't think I have. Who writes it? I might want to check it out.
Davinci- Thank you so much for the praise, it means a lot. I don't have a beta reader nor do I really know what one is anyways its hard for me to find every error. Also thank you for telling me about the anonymous reviews thing I had no idea that is was like that. Actually it took me about 5 minutes to figure out how to get it off! LOL thank you.
Ok, I hope this chapter doesn't disappoint you. The first half of the chapter kind of explains what happened with Kagome and everyone else, the second half is getting to the plot of the story. Yes I know Sashiko is kind of a bitch but I'll try to explain that later on as well. I hope you enjoy the fic.
Oh if anybody even wanted to know the Magia is Polish for magic so the village's name is magic, that's also explained later. Oh and Trucizna means poison...at least that's what my grandma told me, lol.
Chapter 2 redone 8/6/09
Chapter 2: How time can change one
Sango sat in front of the fire, staring at it, occasionally poking it with a stick. She has not changed a bit, except that she was now 27 instead of 17. Kagome stood nearby staring into the fire as well. Her hair was longer and straighter and she has grown in both mind and spirit. She was even taller now, 'Ten and a half years since Inuyasha disappeared, nine years since the last sighting of Naraku, and five years since Sango and Miroku got married.' Kagome let out a sigh as she thought this. Sango looked up from the fire.
"What are you thinking about Kagome?" Sango asked quietly.
"Everything I guess. Inuyasha leaving, your marriage to Miroku, Naraku's disappearance, especially Naraku's disappearance, where could he have gone, Sango. He's not dead that's for sure."
"Do you want Naraku to come back?"
"No, yes, I want to kill him so I know he's gone. I'm 26 years old and still traveling around in the Feudal Era. I want to start my own life. I told Hojo we'd get married when this is all over but that seems more, more like its not going to happen." Kagome sat down next to Sango, "I want this all to end. I know it seems selfish but that's what I want."
"No no Kagome it's not selfish. I want this to end too. You know how Miroku and I are waiting for Naraku's demise to have a child, Miroku doesn't want his wind tunnel passed on. It seems unlikely that we'll ever have kids. It's horrible."
"What about Inuyasha? Why wouldn't he tell us why he was leaving? Didn't he trust us? I knew, you know, that he was in love with Sesshomaru. When Sesshomaru came and asked us where Inuyasha was, I knew something happened between them."
"But did you guess that they mated, Kagome."
"I wouldn't go that far. Though I was very surprised when he told us Inuyasha had be pregnant."
"You fainted."
"I didn't know male demon's could bare children." Kagome said defensively.
"Apparently neither did Miroku," Sango chuckled remembering when Sesshomaru came to them that day.
-Flashback-
It has been three days since Inuyasha's disappearance and the group was hopeful that Inuyasha would still return though in the back of their mind, they knew he wouldn't. It was night and they were all huddled around the camp fire.
"Where's Inuyasha, Kagome? Why hasn't he come back?" Shippo asked, they haven't told him that Inuyasha basically ran away.
Kagome sighed, she couldn't take it anymore, "He left, Shippo. He left and he'll never come back!" Kagome let a few tears roll down her face.
"What do you mean he left?" Came a cold voice from within the forest. Sango quickly picked up her Hiraikotsu, "Put your weapon down I'm not here to fight." Sesshomaru came out from the forest and stared at Kagome, silently commanding her to answer his question.
"He left, Sesshomaru. I don't know why, all I know is that he disappeared three days ago without a word."
"I see." Was all Sesshomaru could say. His voice sounded crestfallen, he was too late.
"What happened between you two?" Kagome asked, unsure that she wanted to hear the answer.
Sesshomaru told them the truth, though he toned down that mating part of it, "That morning I woke up before Inuyasha. When I saw him that morning, a ton of thoughts ran through my head. He was in heat and if he woke up and saw me, he would be pissed. So I left to clear my head and to let Inuyasha get use to the idea. The more I thought about it the more of a bad idea that became. When I decided to find Inuyasha again, he became harder and harder to track. You were always moving. I had to find him before he knew of his…condition and ran. I see I'm too late."
"Condition?" Sango asked.
"Inuyasha is pregnant."
-End flashback-
Since then Sesshomaru has been traveling with them, trying to track Naraku and Inuyasha. They found a side of Sesshomaru nobody else really knew. He was more caring than anybody could ever have thought. He wanted to find his mate and his pup so bad that sometimes they fear he might just die, because how far away he was from them.
"Ten and a half years…" Kagome said suddenly, bringing Sango out of her thoughts, "Ten and a half years since I lost my best friend. Why hasn't he come back? At least for a visit."
"Who knows what went on in that brain of his," Sango said before changing topics, "Hey we're almost to that weird mountain."
Kagome looked at the mountain Sango was talking about, you could just barely see it above the tree's in the forest, "Yeah…What a weird place for a mountain. The rest of the land is flat."
"Yes it is," Sesshomaru said coming into the campsite with Miroku next to him. Shippo and Kirara following not far behind. Sesshomaru looks the same of course. Miroku has aged slightly and he's not so perverted anymore. Shippo has grown a lot. He's almost as tall as Kagome, now. His power has grown as well. He no longer kept that bow like thing in his hair.
"Welcome back you guys." Kagome greeted handing them some Raman.
"Thank you, Kagome," Miroku took a seat next to Sango, "Sesshomaru's right. We went exploring and the land is very flat. Its hard to believe a mountain could pop up here but it has."
"How long will it take to climb?" Sango asked.
"That's the weird thing," Shippo, having trained under Sesshomaru looked and acted much older, stated, "we can go around it. Its just one huge mountain. Its not a chain or anything."
Kagome frowned and Sango just shrugged.
"We'll be at the base of the mountain by nightfall tomorrow." Sesshomaru added, he looked almost anxious.
"What's wrong, Sesshomaru?" Kagome asked.
"I don't know. I just feel like I'm close to something,…something I want."
"Inuyasha?" She asked carefully.
"I hope so," was his reply.
(A/N Rin is at the castle with Jakken taking care of a few things she'll be in the story later, she's 17 years old)
The next morning, they continued their walk through the damn forest. Sesshomaru was getting more and more anxious as they neared the Mountain.
"I sense that we have entered a magical area." Miroku announced.
"You sensed it, too?" Kagome asked, glancing around, nervous.
"Yeah. I'm not sure where exactly it started or where its coming from, but we're in it."
"Stay close by to one another, I'm not sure what kind of magic this is but I think its Wicca." Sesshomaru said from ahead of them.
-In the village-
"Someone has entered the magical barrier." A witch, Cleo, announced entering the hut in which the head Miko, Lady Kura lived.
Kura looked up, silently. She didn't look surprised at all by this news, "Send out some capable hands to watch them. Make sure they stay out of trouble in our area. Send them to me if they can see Magia or if you believe they need to be observed. Tell Kori to head out, understand."
"Understood, ma'am." Cleo bowed and walked out. She walked over to where Kori, the Ice master, was. She stopped when she saw her sparring with the young Inu demon, Sashiko. They sparred like this everyday.
"Lady Kori," Cleo shouted drawing their attention, "Lady Kura has requested that you go out to check out some people approaching our village." Kori, Kaze, and Chikyu were the three element masters in the village and were well respected.
Kori looked at Cleo for a moment before glancing at Sashiko, a smile appeared on her face, "Sashiko, come with me for a minute."
"Why?"
"Because you respect me and I've asked you to." Was Sashiko's only reply. Rolling her eyes she followed Kori to her house. Kori stopped briefly to talk to Kaze before continuing on their way.
Inuyasha and Koichi both sat at a table. Koichi just finished a quick work out with Tetsusaiga. After lunch he was going to have his father show him how to use Kaze no Kizu.
"Inuyasha, a pleasure to see you," Kori greeted walking into the room.
"What are you doing her Lady Kori?" Inuyasha was very suspicious of the ice master. She always brought trouble with her.
She smiled sweetly, "There are people, 3 humans, 3 demons approaching our village. We need to send someone to keep an eye on them. I'd like to send Sashiko. She is strong and capable."
Inuyasha looked at her. "You're not telling me everything." Inuyasha stated as bluntly as possible. He wasn't in the mood for Kori's bullshit.
"I can not waste anymore time. I will go with her, please Inuyasha."
"Fine, but tell me the truth."
"There is a miko, a Taijiya, a monk, a Tai-Youkai, a young fox demon, and a fire cat, are you happy now."
Inuyasha looked at her, "Its…"
"Yes, It's your old group. I'm leaving now."
"Have her wear this," Inuyasha threw a bandana at Kori.
"Understood." Was all she said as she walked out to Sashiko, "Come Sashiko you are helping me."
"Father said it was alright?" She asked quietly.
"Yes, but you have to wear this over your forehead marking and your ears." She said handing the bandana to her.
Sashiko took the bandana and put it on; she wasn't stupid, she knew there was a reason for it, but decided it was not the time to ask. As they ran out of the village and into the woods she put her long white hair up in a ponytail. She looked like a younger sister to Kori when she did this.
Kori had long snow white hair held up in a ponytail, light ice-blue eyes, and a straight stripe on each cheek. She wore a plain light blue kimono and she had a katana at her side. Sashiko had a dark blue kimono and her own sword, Trucizna, with her.
Kori, sensing the others nearby stopped near a rock. Sashiko stopped as well, "We'll wait here for them to come to us. They will intersect us in about 2 hours." It would be near nightfall by then.
Upon hearing this, Sashiko approached a nearby waterfall to meditate while waiting for their arrival. Sashiko had a feeling the reason why she was suppose to hide her other fathers birthmark was because she would soon run into this Lord Sesshomaru her father always talked about. Sashiko smirked at the thought, 'Perfect.'
Kori shuddered at Sashiko's smirk. She's known the girl all of Sashiko's life, she knew what happened to Sashiko in the past, but she still wasn't sure what that girl could do. She still could remember what Koichi told her when she first started training Sashiko, though.
-Flashback-
"So you're the master of Ice," Koichi, eight years old, said more as a statement than a question, "and you're teaching my sister."
"Yes."
"Its ironic, she'll be learning to control that elemnt. It matches her personality. She's frosty on the inside and out, why not teach her to control ice."
Kori turned and looked at Koichi but he was already walking away.
-End flashback-
What did Koichi mean by that. Sure, Sashiko was very frigid for someone her age, but could she really be as cold as Koichi says she is. Kori turned and looked at the young girl, who was sitting by the waterfall absolutely still. Frowning, she realized, she didn't even know how far Sashiko would go. She could kill something with a flick of her wrist, but would she? She has before but only when she was provoked and even then… Kori continued to frown, at first she thought Sashiko's lack of emotion was from a mask, like she was hiding her feeling, now it seems more and more like Sashiko really didn't even have emotions, like she completely locked herself away.
When she first decided to train Sashiko she was hoping to get inside of her head. She loved Sashiko like a daughter, but she often wondered how much Sashiko loved her…on second thought loved anyone. That is, if Sashiko could even love, anymore. Only Inuyasha and Koichi knew for sure.
'Oh Inuyasha how do you live with her sometimes.'
I hope the rework is good.