Hi, guys! Long time, no write, right? Ah, sorry about that. To tell you the truth I didn't think this story would ever hit lift off again, however I was re-reading it and tweaked it enough so that the entire storyline has changed. This, which was once titled Time After Time, is now being redone, retitled, and re-edited. There will be some heavy plot changes and perhaps relationship changes as well and I'll let you know what these changes are at the end of this first chapter. For now, hope you guys enjoy the newly remastered Time After Time. Sorry for the long absense and thank you to those of you who are still loyal.

Chapter 1

Kagome's Life, Reborn

Well, there it was; the Shikon no Tama, the Jewel of Four Souls, and the bane of her existence. Higurashi Kagome wanted to throw the cursed jewel across the room! Her mission was complete, her friends lived semi-normal lives, and things were improving for her…except for the stupid jewel which would not release her from its curse. Kagome sighed, turning wide blue eyes away from her burden.

Kagome was now 25 years old, yes ten years had passed since she had first traveled into the past and she was no longer the gangly, geeky teenage she was once. Her hair, wisely placed in a pony tail on top of her head, was kept at an impressive length, the black spun silk color as beautiful as ever. As a grown woman, Kagome stood at about average height and her limbs were long, willowy and shapely. Kagome stood up from her lounge and glanced around the glorious room, still a bit in awe of the immaculate space. Sesshoumaru really had outdone himself, and, not for the first time, Kagome wondered what made her worthy in his eye. What had she, a human, ever done to deserve the respect of such a powerful ally? Years of self-doubt and harsh criticism had left the poor miko a bit screwed in the head, but she had learned over time to siphon out all those bad feelings.

A bit different from human decor, her room housed a lowered futon, lined with the many throw pillows she had brought from the human realm. Bored as ever, Kagome Walked gracefully out onto the veranda and leaned against the railing, staring up at the pink sky and immersing her mind in thought.

This place sure is different than the human realm. I feel so many energies and life forces emanating here. I guess it isn't as pure as the Feudal Era, but at least the demons in the Makai haven't managed to pollute the environment here like the rest of the human population. Life may be dangerous and unkind here, but still it feels more like home to me than anywhere else.

Kagome had been living in Lord Sesshomaru's castle for the past year, having returned home through the well more than five years ago. After the final defeat of Naraku, Kagome had returned home, having made the hard decision not to stay in the past. It was a decision that still haunted her, even though she knew Inuyasha had watched over Sango and Miroku, as well as their descendants. She had had to leave her son behind, which also caused her much grief and agony, but in the end the pull of the future called her home. Still forced into wearing the jewel by the long since freed Midoriko, Kagome came into contact with the Spirit World soon after her immanent return. She had been amazed to learn that there was a spiritual realm in the first place, and even further, that there was a demon realm; though Koenma and other high officials opposed her original request to travel into the demon world in order to find her loved ones. They were a bit weary about releasing a half trained miko into such a place, but Kagome was adamant, if not obstinate. It had taken her four long, turbulent years before her request was granted. She still didn't know what made them change their minds that year, but she suspected that some unnamed individuals had requested that she be allowed entrance.

Kagome came out of her semi-trance and grinned, reliving the memories and the rush of encountering the impressive lord again. Sesshoumaru had proved to be the same harsh, oppressive demon that he always was.

:::Flashback:::

Kagome stood in awe, tattered miko robes swishing around her body and bow hanging loosely in her grasp. She stood frozen in one spot, eyes locked on the impressive figure standing before her. She had been attacked by some low-level demon aching for some lunch and Kagome had defended herself admirably until the demon's claws had ripped apart her bodice and left her breasts hanging out for all to see. The speed and shock of the attack caused Kagome to panic and reach down to cross her arms in an attempt to keep the demon from her goods. Because of her frantic thoughts, Kagome's earlier training was quickly forgotten and all she could do was pray to her ancestors and squeeze her eyes shut. She waited for the blow and screamed immensely surprised when a different demon came crashing through the forest in front of her. Kagome barely had time to blink before the large demon ate her attacker all in one, squishy bite.

Kagome's first thought was ew! But the next sequence of events had her emotions running on high alert.

The poor miko blinked and continued this repetition, almost unaware of the large dog demon reducing its size. When she finally came out of her shocked stupor, Kagome's terrified eyes met the calm, analytical orbs of what looked like a marble statue. The great Lord Sesshoumaru stood a few paces in front of her, well aware of what humans called space, and was staring back at her with unblinking, narrowed eyes. Miko and demon stared at each other awhile longer before Kagome's tear ducts began welling with tears. All at once, a surprised lord caught the emotional wreck that was Kagome as she barreled into his chest, uncaring that the demon lord's armor was digging into her skin in some places and disregarding the thought that this was a demon capable of destroying her with his pinky.

Lord Sesshoumaru stared down at the top of the dark haired woman's head, forcing himself to not sigh in exasperation. What the hell should he do now? He hated people clinging to him and barely remembered anyone else who had the audacity to attack his person in such a way. But…the miko had always been an exception to his rules of life, always finding some way to surpass his expectations. In the past she had always found some way of making him see her. What's more, she had even been known to impress him a time or two when she had done something truly remarkable; such as being able to pull his father's sword out of the ground or actually managing to get close enough to strike him with an arrow. So he supposed he could allow her to touch his person this time, as long as she did not make this a regular occurrence.

He truly hadn't anticipated ever seeing the strange woman again after her return to the future, seeing as his pack was not especially close to his brother's. Of course, long ago, back in the Feudal Era, Sesshoumaru had already reached the conclusion that his brother's miko hailed from peculiar origins; however Sesshoumaru had had no idea she was from this far in the future.

Finally realizing what she had been doing, Kagome drew away from the still demon lord and her face flushed as she realized the state of her dress…was still partially undressed. "Uh…" Kagome could find no words. She had never really been very good at conversing with people who appeared so stoic. They made her nervous, Sesshoumaru especially.

Inwardly amused at the miko's distress, and showing no sign that he was affected by her presence, the demon lord turned away and began walking, no, gliding, Kagome's mind decided, along a lone, beaten path. Turning his head to the side, Sesshoumaru shot her a look Kagome interpreted as "follow me."

Narrowing her eyes, Kagome debated the pros and cons of following the demon lord, though the questions she wanted to ask begged to be answered and proved to be her sole motivator.

:::End Flashback:::

What Kagome hadn't known then was that Sesshoumaru had become an overseer of the Makai. Not a lord like he once was, but still rich and baring a castle, he was and is the most official demon in all of Makai. Of course the demon realm ran much more like the Feudal Era, with three demon lords instated, Yomi, Mukuro, and the recently deceased Raizen, who had left everything to his newly discovered "son." This son was always lurking in the shadows, though he had not made any moves to actually enforce law over his lands. Enki, who was basically the demon lord of them all, fell under Sesshoumaru's guidance, but Enki pretty much decided Makai Law. Kagome believed the kindly demon was a very good ruler and, though large in size, extremely strong. He had won the Demon World Tournament every time it came around. Lord Seshoumaru, however, acted as a type of diplomat in order to keep the peace between realms. Kagome had had a long, long laugh, privately of course, after she was informed of this by her son. Who would have ever pegged Sesshoumaru as a diplomat? Shippo had only been on good terms with Sesshoumaru for about 50 years, having disappeared into obscurity when he was only a child and wiping all traces of his identity. Though he had grown strong early in his life, he was still a young demon and wanted to live to see his mother. He figured the less other demons knew of his existence, the better the outcome of living to see his mother once again. It had worked out perfectly and about 400 years after the formation of the Makai, Shippo began searching for his mother or at least her ancestors. He hadn't been aware of what year she originally came from, but he knew the abouts of her time. During this time period, he had been reintroduced to the older male demon and had been working under the previous Western Lord as a sort of gopher or, as Shippo calls it, "doing whatever the hell he tells me."

"Mom?" Ah, speak of the devil and he shall appear, Kagome thought with amusement. Hearing her son calling from somewhere in the near vicinity, Kagome turned away from the veranda and moved back into her room, leaving the wide doors upon she could still feel the light, cool breeze. She turned just in time for the tan kitsune to come bounding into her room, tail wishing friskily behind him. At once, a small smile crossed her face and her sky blue eyes twinkled merrily as his curious gaze turned mischievous upon spotting his beloved mother. Man, it was strange viewing her through more adult eyes, but no matter how much he grew, he knew he would always see the pure miko as his mother. "Whatcha' up to, ma'?" he asked, sweeping her up into his arms. Kagome laughed and hugged him back, amazed at how rapidly Shippo was growing. What once was a tiny kit, was now a teenaged fox, and she was immensely proud and saddened at seeing her child. She already regretted not being able around to see him grow up. Out of all her old friends, she had missed him the most.

"Shippo, you're getting so big!" Kagome exclaimed gaily, closing her eyes and relishing in the close contact of her adopted son. Her son cuddled closer and breathed in his mother's intoxicating scent, thanking both Inari and his deceased parents for sending him such a wonderful foster mother.

"No, mom, I think you're just getting shorter!" he teased. "Perhaps you should find a mate before you shrink. I don't want to have to introduce an old lady to all my friends and explain why they can't see you."

"Hey!" Kagome pouted, smacking him lightly on the arm. "That isn't very nice, Shippo. If anyone is old here, it's you. You could be my great, great, great, great, great, and many more greats, grandfather."

"At least I'd be a cute grandfather." Shippo wiggled his pointed ears suggestively and Kagome absently wondered if his more human looking ears would one day migrate to the top of his skull. She knew there were different breeds of kitsune and she also knew they evolved at some point, some gaining the ears of their more animal form. She tried to picture him with tall, red burnished ears and couldn't hide the hand twitch from her perceptive kit. Noticing his mother's blank, examining eyes, Shippo smirked. Some things never changed.

"Picturing me with ears again?" he murmured. "You never could get enough of Inuyasha's. Who knows? If I grew some, you'd probably find some way to follow me around forever. No offense, mom, but I think people would be offended if I showed up to inter-world meetings and had to drag my mother along because she couldn't stay away from my ears."

"No way!" Kagome grinned innocently, crossing her fingers behind her back. "I would just find some way to detach those lovelies of yours and keep them with me."

Shippo allowed his jaw to drop in mock horror before rolling his eyes. "Sure. You'd have better luck growing your own. Anyway, enough about my ears, his lordship sent me to find you. Apparently someone knows you're living here and sent you some kind of package. I told the guy there was nothing to worry about, probably a piece of fan mail or junk mail, but he seemed…concerned. Well, actually, he didn't really look concerned, because his face always stays like that. I wonder if he never heeded his mother's advise, that faces will freeze if they stay too long in one position… "

Paying no attention to her rambling kit, Kagome tuned him out and frowned, worrying her bottom lip. A package for her? That was a bit strange. There were only a few people who knew of her dwelling in the castle. Most of those lived there themselves. Shrugging and deciding not to worry, Kagome cuffed her son upside the head, instinctively knowing he was insulting Lord Sesshoumaru again. What the two had against each other was beyond her. Must have something to do with the whole "I'm a fox, I'm a dog" thing. And it was because of this love for her son that she did not want to see what he looked like headless.

"Come on, son, let's go see what presents have been sent to me. Perhaps it's from my mother. She is the only human besides Souta and gramps who knows where I am. Ooh, perhaps she sent me some oden." Kagome began to repeatedly chant "oden" under her breath, practically skipping now and salivating over her favorite food. The Makai was nice, but the food was nothing compared to home.

"Ooh, it's from Yusuke!" the happy miko exclaimed excitedly, dancing around Lord Sesshoumaru's office with jubilee. "I haven't heard from him in years. I wonder how he knew where I was." Kagome thought for a moment and then held up one finger in success. "Ah, ha, Koenma must have told him!"

Lord Sesshoumaru inwardly snorted, eye twitching at the spectacle the idiotic miko was making of his office. Shippo had gotten excited over his mother's excitement, though he had no idea who this Yusuke was, and was dancing around with her, throwing flower petals that appeared to fly out of nowhere.

"Hey, mom, who's Yusuke?" Shippo asked, curiosity getting the better of his enthusiasm.

Kagome stopped in her tracks and grabbed Shippo's arms in an attempt to keep her feet on the ground. Her head was swimming from her previous twirling motions and she felt she would fall if her son let go any time soon. Once her head stopped spinning, she grinned at her son. "Yusuke is my half brother!"

"Brother?" Two voices rang out, one more stoic and the other laced with higher baritones. At this, both Sesshoumaru and Shippo expressed more interest, well at least Sesshoumaru did. Shippo was interested in just about everything pertaining to his mother.

"Yep!" Kagome replied. "I guess I never mentioned him because I never see him very much. See, before my father married my mother, he was with Yusuke's mom. His parents were already having problems of their own when my dad met my mom and one thing led to another and I was conceived. Grandpa wanted my parents to get married immediately, in order to thwart any kind of scandal, except my dad had forgotten to inform my mom of his wife." Kagome frowned. Though she loved her father, he still had a lot of faults in his past, ones that had caused her family, as well as Yusuke's, a lot of grief. "Anyway, Yusuke's parents divorced and my father eventually married my mother, after she forgave him of course. They were together until just after my little brother was born. After that, my father was diagnosed with colon cancer and passed away a few months later."

I had no idea her father was deceased, Seshoumaru mused. Though the lack of any mention of him should have been a clue.

Sesshoumaru hummed in thought, while Shippo went ahead with more questions, wanting to know more but not knowing which questions to ask. "Did you know about your dad's previous family?" he asked after a few more moments of silence. He wondered if Yusuke and Kagome had the same type of relationship as Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha, seeing as the two were half siblings.

Determining Shippo's thought process, Kagome shook her head. "No, no, well, yes I did know about my dad's family. But I never hated them or felt any ill will. If anything, I felt sorry for Atsuko, Yusuke's mom, because I'd heard she went downhill after their marriage broke up. When I was a child, my dad used to have visitation rights of Yusuke until he was about 5 or 6 I think. I can't really remember, because Yusuke was older than me by a couple of years. Anyway, Atsuko moved to another city and because of the distance, Yusuke wasn't able to come as much. We kept in touch for a few years, but Yusuke never was one to remember to write. He was always really thick headed, if not dense. But I loved him anyway. I looked up to him when I was a kid. I thought he was cool!"

Okay, Shippo thought. That makes sense, but something doesn't seem right. Ah, that's it! "So, wait, if you haven't seen your brother in so long, how does he know where you are?"

"Oh, that's because he works for Koenma, or well he used to. As I understand it, Yusuke was something called a spirit detective."

At this, Sesshoumaru growled inwardly, a few things starting to become clear. The name Yusuke had rung a bell, but he hadn't immediately remembered where he had heard the name before. Kagome's half brother was quite possible the one who set up the tournament in the demon realm and was rumored to be Raizen's heir. Troubled that he hadn't thought to investigate whether the rumors were true, Sesshoumaru made a mental note to question some of his demon acquaintances to find out what they knew about the ex-spirit detective.

Sesshoumaru tuned back into the conversation between mother and son. "…of course Koenma told me Yusuke was fired a couple years ago, why doesn't that surprise me? Yusuke never was one to fall under someone else's orders. He always did his own thing, so they probably fired him for speaking back to his superiors or something."

"So what does the letter say?" Shippo wanted to know. "Is he coming to visit or something?" He held back a nervous gulp when his mother let loose a giant smirk, the kind that Inuyasha used to make just before he let loose the Wind Scar.

"It seems," Kagome paused and grinned impishly, "that we are being invited to a tournament."

Okay, so obviously this doesn't sound exactly like the previous Time After Time, but I can assure you it will start sounding familiar soon. Here are some things you should know:

1.) Obviously, the plot has completely changed. The Boudokai tournament will still continue, but Kagome's background has changed a lot, so be paying attention.

2.) Kagome is 25 years old, not 19 as she originally was. She did not live through centuries like she did in the orginal, she returned to the future, but still carries the Shikon no Tama.

3.) Kagome is not all powerful. She is still a miko and has some other type of training, but I'll let you guys know what her abilities are later. Just know that she isn't an all powerful being, since I have learned that some things just aren't possible.

4.) Kagome has been living with Sesshoumaru for one year, but she actually met him earlier than that. At shit time, though, she has been living with him continuously.

5.) Shippo is obviously still Kagome's adopted son. I have yet to determine whether I will add Shiori in later.

6.) This will still be a crossover between Inuyasha, Yu Yu Hakusho, and Dragonball Z.

7.) The only pairing that still remains the same is Kagome/Kurama. Though I have gotten away from this pairing for a long time, I am willing to still write it. The plolt still calls for it. I don't know if Gohan and Yukina will become another couple, but just know that I am a major fan of, ahem, shounen-ai and yaoi stories. If you do not know what these are, you probably shouldn't be reading this material. For those of you who do, I will warn you if this change occurs in any of the pairings.

8.) The tournament order will be different, but I have yet to determine who is fighting.

9.) You may also notice that Inuyasha hasn't been included. I haven't decided what I want to do with his character yet, but I do know he is not an enemy and he will show up at some point.

10.) Yusuke and Kagome are half siblings. I adore Yusuke and I think it will fit the plot nicely if they are siblings, rather than cousins. Sorry, but Yusuke is one of my favorite characters and there will not be any bashing of major characters...unless these major characters are ones I don't particularly like.

11.) And last is...I don't know. If you guys have any questions regarding the original and the new version, please feel free to contact me. I will respond, I assure you.