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Chapter 2- Voice from the past

"Well," Kagome said finally, "We should get ready. It's impolite to refuse an invitation."

When Yuka heard those words, she was actually glad that her friend was blind; at least it stopped Kagome from seeing her horror-filled face. On the other side, who wouldn't be filled with horror knowing that their best friend-best, blind and very vulnerable friend was going to meet with god-knows-who at the park in the darkness? It was just insane. Of course, that's what it was for Yuka.

"You're insane, right?" the woman asked. Kagome kept her silence and Yuka decided she needed to press more.

"You're not seriously considering going to that park, are you?" Kagome shrugged lightly before taking sip of her tea.

"Actually I am. It's more than likely that I will go," Kagome said with a firm tone and Yuka's mouth fell open. How could she be so calm in a situation like this? Not that Kagome was overly emotional, but she was so panicked when she found Inuyasha missing, and now when she got an anonymous letter to meet in some dark place with a stranger, she was calmly drinking her tea? What was with this girl?

Kagome sighed lightly, placing her tea on a table. She knew her friend's concerns were not misplaced, but Kagome knew something her friend didn't: the letter was from the youkai. She could feel remnants of youki on the paper and she knew she had to go. She might not be called a miko any longer and people might not believe that youkai really existed, but it didn't change the fact that she knew the truth, and it was her duty to find out if that meant danger.

"If you don't want to go, just tell me. I would even insist that you would stay he—" the little miko was cut off by her now very determined friend.

"No. I won't agree to that. I won't let you go there alone," the girl declared sternly, the determination clear in her voice. Kagome sighed again as her shoulders slumped a bit.

She was a stubborn creature, but so was Yuka. She always liked that in her friend, but today she wished that she were as easily persuaded as Ayumi. Just for her own safety. Kagome might be blind, but she was still a miko. If the stranger sender was indeed a youkai, she had the power to defend herself, unlike her friend. Kagome sighed silently wishing that this day had finally ended.

"Fine. You can come with me," Kagome said. "But I want you to promise me one thing—if I ask you, you will leave me."

"WHAT?"

"You heard me Yuka. Believe me, I know perfectly well what I am doing and I only ask you for this. Do it for me... as a friend. Please?" the blue-eyed woman pleaded in her sweetest tone. She knew her imperfection took from her a powerful weapon called 'puppy-eyes'; however, Kagome quickly found out that her begging tone was also very successful. Who would say 'no' to the blind? She heard how her friend sighed quietly and grinned. Her tactic worked again.

"Alright Kagome, but only if you are sure you will be fine, and once you return you will give me a call, okay?" The miko nodded accepting the terms. Before Yuka could take sip of her tea, Kagome spoke again.

"There is one more thing..."

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"You're sure about this? Perhaps you want to go home?" Yuka asked with concern. The other woman just shook her head.

"I told you one minute ago. I won't change my mind." she replied to Yuka's unhappiness. The two of them were slowly walking over Tokyo Park, now covered in dark night. It was already 8:47 p.m and they hadn't met anyone who could've left the letter under Kagome's door.

"Maybe he or she decided they don't want to see you... or it was only a trap to take you away from home. It's probably being robbed as we speak. We should go back right now." Kagome simply shook her head and motioned to her friend to keep going.

She knew he was here. Youkai. His aura was clashing with her own in smooth waves giving her the right direction. They were close; at any moment now, everything would be clearer. She only prayed that her mystical inviter wasn't the one who tried to kill her this morning. Then there was a voice.

"You should have come alone."

Hearing these words, Yuka almost jumped up, her nerves couldn't put up with more stress at the moment. It was miracle she didn't scream---Kagome thought absently concentrating on the stranger's voice.

He was a male for sure, his voice was deep and smooth and somewhere in Kagome's heart was the feeling she have heard it already... sometime... somewhere... But even if the voice rang a bell in her mind, the face she was looking for didn't appear. But there was still other chance---she needed to see the man by someone's eyes.

"Yuka describe him," she said quietly to her nervous friend. She knew the youkai could probably hear her, but it wasn't important now.

"He's very tall and has long silver hair... strange, but he looks young. His eyes are—you know he reminds me of---" the girl didn't have opportunity to finish when Kagome spoke again.

"Sesshoumaru" she whispered.

"Hn." Kagome almost laughed at the response. It was so familiar and hearing it here, in her city, in her time sounded so alien that her mind went into 'off-mode' for a moment. When she was able to get her bearings again, she turned to the Yuka's side.

"It's okay now. You can leave me," she said. She didn't see how the woman shook her head, but she felt how her grip tightened over her hand.

"No Kagome, who is that guy? Do you know him?" she asked, a promise is a promise, but she couldn't leave her friend like that.

"He's a stranger," Kagome said finally, "You can go." This time hands went to her shoulders and tightened their hold.

"A stranger? How can I leave you with a stranger?" Kagome smiled softly before gently prying hands off her.

"He's a stranger, but well known stranger. Now please, you promised me." With a heavy sigh, the other woman embraced the miko before passing her cane to her secretly.

Before they came here, Kagome decided she didn't want to show her handicap to a potential enemy, so they travelled hand-in-hand with Yuka as her guard. Even now, Kagome decided that Sesshoumaru is not someone she wanted to show her weakness. She hoped he would buy her little act.

Just as she promised, Yuka left with a heavy heart, leaving her best friend with that strange man. She turned her eyes to the sky. 'Please someone watch over her from up there.'

After the girl left, the place feel into silence and for Kagome, it was the worst thing that could happen.

"So Sesshoumaru," the woman said, "Why are you here? I mean, why did you want to see me? Are you possibly curious why I'm still alive?" The man before her snorted in a not so- gentlemanly way.

"I couldn't care less if you were dead miko." 'Figures' Kagome thought angrily. 'Did he really have to be so difficult?'

"So what do you want with me, or did you just want to look at me?" the miko asked not actually concerned if she would upset the dangerous man. 'I had one shitty day---I have every right to be in bad mood and he's not helping.'

"Well?" she demanded, annoyed. Sesshoumaru was still silent, simply watching. There was no mistake that it was the same girl his brother drug everywhere, but something was off about her. He just couldn't put a finger on what. However, Sesshoumaru decided, before they would part he would get his answers.

"Tell me girl, why were you calling for him, when he's long dead?" he asked finally. Kagome was caught confused with that. 'Him? What him? Who—oh...' She smirked lightly ignoring the stinging sensation at the declaration her friend as dead.

"I wasn't calling for him. Inuyasha is my dog. He was taken from me. I was calling him."

Sesshoumaru's nostrils flared with anger. Dog? Did that girl think to make fun of him? His fist clenched before he took sniff of air and calmed lightly. She was telling the truth. His eyes narrowed, but her expression didn't change. Her eyes were blank and almost matching his own. It was somewhat strange the girl was always very expressive especially her eyes.

"You gave a dog his name?" Kagome giggled, wondering if his face had any traces of amusement on it. 'Like Sesshoumaru would show amusement.' She shrugged lightly.

"Inuyasha was my protector long time ago. Now my dog is doing this, and if you saw him you would understand why I gave him the name." Sesshoumaru watched her for a moment still not seeing any deceit. He thought for a moment. What should he do now? He had his answer; there was nothing more he wanted from her. He spun from her with every intention to walk away. However, Kagome had other plans.

"Wait. You got your answers now, I want mine." Sesshoumaru wasn't sure if he wasn't hearing things. This miko dared to order him? When did she become so bold? Perhaps he should remind her who he was.

"Wench, did you forgot who I am?" he asked with warning in his voice, but once again the woman reminded untouched, moreover, she dared to huff at him.

'Wench, wench, wench, why they always find it necessary to insult me like this? Humph, dogs.'

"You're Sesshoumaru," Kagome said in a calmer tone than she really felt, not that this pleased angered man.

"Lord Sesshoumaru to you," he replied sharply, making the girl's anger intensify ten-fold.

"You live among other people as a normal person. You're no longer lord," she argued.

"You're simply fooled. A youkai world still exists and so does its boundaries. I'm still the lord of my lands." That was quite a shock for the miko, but after this morning, she was considering that possibility. If she met two youkai's today then it was highly possible that there were others. Maybe, maybe even someone she remembered, like...

With a little shake of her head, Kagome cut her train of thoughts. This wasn't right time to think about this. She should try to get her answers and go home. Yes, that sounds like a good plan.

"I'm not youkai," she said finally in small voice calming two raised auras.

"No, you're not," replied silver-haired youkai. The silence hung over them once again and this time neither of them was eager to break it, both deep in their own thoughts.

The sudden gust of wind interrupted the moment creating rustle near the two, and to Kagome it sounded like a light steps. The woman turned her head to the noise.

"So are you going to leave without word?" she asked. Sesshoumaru's head snapped up to stare at her. 'What is she talking about? I haven't moved from my place.' His eyes narrowed examining her again, looking for something... 'Humans' night vision are worst than mine, but still it does not explain... or does is.'

"I see miko that something in you has changed." Kagome's head spun to the voice and she paled visibly. 'Shoot, he was there all the time!' was her first thought, followed by the next, more terrifying 'He knows.'

"W-what are you talking about?" she asked taking small steps away from him. Sesshoumaru moved closer without a sound watching her body language. Seeing that she didn't realized his movement he moved to her side in a blink.

"You're blind," he said from behind her and Kagome whirled around with a little squeak. "You need to be protected from your own disability," he continued untouched by the scent of her sudden fear.

Kagome was indeed scared and she decided she had every right for that. Sesshoumaru might have saved her life in the morning, but it didn't mean he couldn't change his mind now. On the other hand, he wasn't someone who would waste his time. If he wanted her dead, he would've allowed her to be killed earlier. She decided to play another tactic.

"Well, you have changed as well. You've grown to be more talkative, though I'm not sure if that's good thing. You're still unkind." Sesshoumaru snorted. The girl really grew bolder, but he would let that go; he wanted another answer.

"How?" he asked, confusing the poor girl once again. She arched her eyebrow waiting for a clue. With a mental sigh, the lord clarified his question.

"How this happen?" he said making Kagome even more confused than before.

"Why do you want to know?" she replied, before shaking her head. "I won't tell you. It's not your business." Golden eyes narrowed in displeasure and the voice that spoke again was clearly annoyed.

"You will answer my question wench." 'Wench again? To hell with my answers, I'm going home!' The raven-haired miko quickly took out her white cane and turned from the man, walking away. The taiyoukai stared after her in shock. 'She won't dare, she won't.' he thought, but as she continued leaving, he decided he was wrong. The girl would dare to leave him without a word.

"Wench, I'm not finished. You will answer my question," he said sternly, following her quickly. Kagome turned to him no longer trying to suppress her raised ire. God, this guy was even worse than Inuyasha. It was pity she couldn't sit him; it would give him a good lesson.

"Firstly, I have a name and it's Kagome! Ka-go-me! Secondly, you can't order me around. I will do whatever I wish and now I'm going to leave!" she yelled hoping her voice would hurt his ears. Just a little bit, of course.

"You're not leaving without answering my questions, wench," Sesshoumaru declared ignoring her. He was Lord Sesshoumaru of the Western lands; he had no need to be concerned with the demands of some human miko.

"To hell with you!" she said turning away. He stopped her by catching her hand.

"Now answer me." She turned to him and Sesshoumaru almost shivered. Blind or not, her eyes were so dark with anger that for a second he was... scared. 'Hn, now that's something new.'

"Release me Sesshoumaru or I will call the police," she said with a dead tone and his hand freed her own. Not that he was afraid of the police. They couldn't do anything to him, but the police was annoying and he didn't want to call this kind of attention to himself.

The miko turned from him without a word and simply walked away.

AN: Hey you didn't thought their first meeting would go smoothly right? Hehehe.. yeah I'm evil. Now drop some review okay??