Meeting Amaterasu

Disclaimer- The Inuyasha characters do not belong to me. Only Lady Seishi , other unknown characters and this plot do.

Sotsuki- twin moons

Furisode- the most formal kimono for unmarried women. Can have patterns that cover the whole garment. Characterized by its long sleeves.

Kimono- a type of clothing. Certain occasions have certain kinds of kimonos that need to be worn. Can range from formal to informal depending on the cloth, patterns, layers, color and accessories worn.

Hakama- a wide pair of pants that can be divided or be more similar to a skirt

Yang- the light teardrop potion on the Yin-Yang symbol

Obi- a kind of belt or sash worn on top of the kimono or hakama. Can be tied in the front or in the back. Depending on the method of how its tied, depends on the formality presented.

Izanami- first female goddess. Goddess of the earth and darkness

Sengoku Period- another name is the Edo Period in Japan from 1603 to 1868

Feudual Japan- Japan during 1185 to 1868

Darkness was one of the many things Kagome had gotten used to since her first arrival at the Feudal Era. The darkness of the night, the moments of darkness creeping in before the lost of consciousness, and the moments where the darkness is more emotional than physical.

Indeed, Kagome had learned that the darkness was not all bad, it just depended on how she would use it. And right now she decided that she would use this darkness as a way to calm herself down since she had no idea where she was and that the last thing she remembered was feeling her beloved Sesshoumaru's lips upon hers as she died.

Kagome frowned, 'I am dead.' Great! Where did that lead her to now? Being dead should have had meant that she would be doing something other than laying down, at least she thought she was laying down, here in the darkness.

Sighing, Kagome hoped that if she really was dead, for she was not all that certain considering everything she had seen and learned in this era, that she could at least turn into some kind of ghost or seer spirit to see how her loved ones were doing. It bothered her that she might have to say goodbye to her beloved Sesshoumaru though. Even as a spirit she didn't think that she would be able to hold back if he decided to move on with another female. She knew it was wrong since he needed a heir and a mate, but it still bothered her. She had grown used to his ways and did not relish the idea of some other ungrateful female taking what should have been hers alone!

Kagome decided then and there that she would find a way out of where ever she happened to be at. That was of course until she saw a blurred light some distance away. Moving towards it slowly, because she knew if she ran it would only go even further, Kagome soon learned that when something wanted you to go somewhere badly enough it would do anything to make sure that you would get there. So with no further warnings, Kagome was suddenly engulfed in a white light.

Coming into consciousness, or as close as she could get to it in this dead state, Kagome was unsure of how to take in the site before her. It was so very strange to her!

The sky was a collage of pale pastels, like a super light version of the rainbow spectrum. The clouds were white and puffy, reminding her of when she was little and her belief that the clouds were made out of cotton candy. The grass beneath her feet, which looked just like they did when she was alive, was a variety of green colors, ranging from a pale yellow green to a deep pine green. There were no trees and no buildings and no other life forms around her. In fact for all appearances, it looked as if though she was stranded in some meadow.

'It's the strangest meadow I've ever seen. Not one flower. Not even an insect. Forget meadow, this is more like a green ocean!'

The utter wrongness of it all made Kagome nervous. In nature, silence meant danger, and there was no sound here! Not even the wind made a sound even though she could feel its powerful force blowing in her hair and against her skin. 'This is all so strange.'

Having nothing else to do, Kagome laid herself flat out against the grass and sky gazed. She studied the clouds and and tried to tell between the different colors in the sky. She got stuck between one color that she did not know how to call it. It was stuck between pale green and lemon yellow! What strange colors to be in the sky! Even more strange was that there was no sun even though the sky was as bright as if though there was one, and she felt warm like if the sun was shining down on her skin. What a strange world indeed.

She couldn't deny it though, the heat was making her sleepy and the wind blowing through her hair was calming her down in a caring way, it almost reminded her of how Sesshoumaru had run his fingers through her hair or how Shippo buried his face in her hair when he either extremely missed her or was escaping punishment from Inuyasha.

Sighing, Kagome thought about the boy she had once loved. He had not accepted Sesshoumaru into the group and had not approved of her association with Sesshoumaru. From a simple 'hello' to romance, it was a betrayal to him or so he had yelled at her until she spoke one word. Kikyo. If Sesshoumaru was a killer, than Kikyo was a two-faced hypocritical moronic zombie. And if she could join after threatening all of the group members, than Sesshoumaru would join since his only crime was achieving entertainment from his brothers loud mouth and extremely light exercise when the two brothers battled.

So far, Inuyasha had to agree with her. Kikyo had been welcomed most graciously, even though she was not trusted by anyone present. And Kagome had requested her group to follow royal protocol when speaking to the demon lord. Although they did not bow until their heads scrapped the floors, they showed him silent respect. After all, it was Kagome who had caught his attention, not them and they wanted to see things as they were. Kagome might need a third party's point of view in case of any actions involving the brothers.

She had been grateful of their silent acceptance of him. Sango once told her that she wanted to stay silent on her relationship with the demon lord in order to see first hand what his attentions were. The training of a slayer involved many things, including yokai mating habits. It was dishonorable to attack a demon protecting its mate or offspring when the humans around it provoked it, and so during certain times of the year, slayers did not offer their services according to the demon involved. That way, they did not create a larger mess of what ever was already going on.

Kagome remembered being shocked that Sango had thought that Sesshoumaru would join simply to pursue her. Sango had simply replied that most demons ended up liking her even after being in their presence for a day, taking Kouga as an example.

'And ultimately Sango had been right', Kagome thought. After a few days in his company, Sesshoumaru had started to display subtle signs of interest in her. None were romantic until after a year of traveling together when she had bandaged his badly attacked body after a fight with six extremely strong sankaku tora, three-horned tigers. The shards inside their bodies mutating them beyond recognition.

They had been attacked at midnight, and it had been late afternoon when it finally finished. Sesshoumaru had fought three of them, Inuyasha two, and Sango and Miroku had taken on the last one. She had shot arrows directly at the surrounding area where the jewel was, purifying them little by little so that the demons would be unable to fully use their false power. Shippo and Kirara were also shooting balls of flames and kitsune magic at the open spots of the attacking beasts.

Everyone had been badly injured and extremely exhausted, but she had still enough strength to pull everyone off to the side so that they could rest and be bandaged up. It was here when Sesshoumaru's inner demon had decided to come out and allow her to bandage him without having growled at her, something she had latter learned that was a gesture of trust and recognition. Something entirely impossible unless you were the mate of the demon or had extremely tight magical bonds with that demon, at least that was what Sango had said. A few days later, she had to return home and it had been Sesshoumaru who escorted her and who had greeted her when she came back with a gift of a sword.

Returning back from her memory trip, Kagome smiled. That sword had been one of the many gifts that her beloved had given her. Crafted from his fang and fur, it could use her power to amplify its own and store it for when she needed it later on. Sesshoumaru had even taught her to use it, and now she was almost as good as he was considering the fact that she was a human.

The second gift had of course been her training. Training a future mate yourself was one of the many bonds that tied the pair together. Power and the use of it was important for demons, especially so when they were of a more animal like nature. It was kinda fun too, since surprisingly Sesshoumaru's way to teaching was through playing. It kinda reminded her of when Souta and her would play fight. Wrestling with Souta had always been fun, and when you added a six foot three inches tall demon teaching you to grapple by using his half demon brother as an example and a guinea pig... well let's just say that she had never laughed so hard as she saw Inuyasha fly.

Ultimately though the gifts had grown in form and meaning. While gifting a female a sword and battle style could mean that the male was interested in her, it could have also meant as a necessity for the incoming war against Naraku. So when her third gift was presented to her, Sango had given her the 'look'. It was the look that said 'We need to talk and I mean now!'

The silver Sotsuki pendant was the one gift that Sango had over reacted on, at least in her opinion until she found out what it meant. According to the slayer, her semi-maternal semi-sister figure in this era, a demon male of high class will give a certain type of jewelry that is significant to his clan and to him personally to the female he is interested in. It had to be made by the giver to the receptive mate so that a bond could be made between the pair, the gifted mate would then return the gift with a similar gift after the first year and day together as a sign of continual loyalty. The tradition would continue for the first one hundred years and then continue after every one hundred years or depending on the type of demon. Since Sesshoumaru was such a male and he was ruling over the West, the land governed by the moon, the pendant had great meaning. The one inch silver and gold twin moons on a black silk made by Sesshoumaru's fur were side by side, each phase determined by it's larger counterpart in the night sky. If one moon was waning than the other moon was waxing, symbolizing the balanced rule of the lord and lady. Beautiful and powerful, it could allow the gifted mate power over the lands, allowing the very trees and winds and grass to become a weapon against any enemy attacking them. It was a sign of trust and loyalty between the pair.

At first she had told Sesshoumaru that she could not receive such a gift after learning about the whole gift giving from Sango. To say that he had been upset would be a big misunderstanding. He had grown furious, and forcefully had her put it on. It had not left her neck since. About a month later and his continual anger and everyone's disbelieving looks at her, she had given him a gift in return. It was a silver chain necklace with small black diamonds on silver heart with a emerald 'K' engraved in the middle. The heart charm had been given to her by her granduncle a couple of years ago when she was still a child, the chain necklace was given the year after. When she had placed it around his neck, she had almost melted in a boneless puddle by the resulting kiss. He hadn't even looked at it before he grabbed her and pulled her to him by the waist to his lap and then devouring her in the most sensational kiss she had received or would ever receive by another male, if there was another male besides him.

'An eternity is too short' Kagome remembered thinking when they broke the kiss for air. She could have spent the rest of her days on his lap with his lips on hers if she could have. Unfortunately Naraku still needed to be killed and the jewel completed before then.

After that, Sesshoumaru was in a more gracious mood and the faces of her companions, including Inuyasha after he noticed how tamed his brother was on him now after Kagome's acceptance of his courting gift and her own gift to him. Sango had been absolutely ecstatic and had told her that Sesshoumaru would be a wonderful mate to her and that she wanted to be the god mother of their future children. It had made her blush and Sesshoumaru hold tighter onto her and proclaim that the slayer would gain her wish.

Something moved from the corner of her right eye and Kagome glanced at the figure that was coming to her out of nowhere.

Soon Kagome could make out a female figure wearing a white and red seamed ankle-length furiosde kimono. It was split at the shoulders with the rest on the sleeves going down past her fingers. The top of the sleeves were seamed with red as was the rest of the kimono and was tied an inch away from the top with a red bow. The end of the sleeves were seamed in red and on the base of the wide sleeves was a large red circle. On top of this, she had a undivided red hakama with a white and thin light blue obi tied in the front. She had a red cloth that was eight feet in length and six inches in width with one inch golden charms around the ends of the fabric wrapped around her elbows and back like a fur boa that was wrapped around women during fancy balls back in the future. On her neck she wore a golden necklace with five crescent shaped yang symbols facing the opposite direction. Four of the five were one inch and in gold, the largest one was in the middle and it was three inches in a silver like sky blue color. She wore a spiked golden tiara for a head piece that resembled the rays of the sun. On her ears, she wore large chandelier golden earrings. She carried a large golden circular shield on her right arm and a golden hilt broad sword on her left hand. She wore no type of foot wear and her waist length blue-black hair was unbound.

Kagome was surprised to see that the legendary goddess Amaterasu was walking towards her. As she stopped right in front of her, Kagome saw that the goddess was indeed very beautiful. She had cherry colored eyes and her skin had a golden tint to it. Her face was delicately shaped, but her expression was hard like that of a seasoned warrior. Her body shape was not concealed in her clothing like that of the women back in the mortal plane. Her clothing complemented her figure not hiding her good portioned chest and waist. Her hands were delicate and feminine yet they held her sword with the same strong grip that Kagome had learned when Sesshoumaru taught her how to use the sword he had given her.

"Do not bow to me." Amaterasu's voice had tones of hardness but it was still pleasant to the ear.

Obeying, Kagome rose up from her half bent position before the sun goddess and stared at the woman.

" You wonder why you are here so I will tell you. You are dead back in the mortal plane. Your death has been planned for some time now in order for you to do your duty to me and to yourself. As we speak, your soul is with Saruthahiko Okami reforming itself. He has been reforming it so that you can mate with your chosen male and rule beside him for all of eternity."

Kagome nodded, slightly confused on why Amaterasu-sama was here but understanding what she was saying none the less. "So my soul is being reformed so that I can be with Sesshoumaru forever and do my duty? Is that right Amaterasu-sama?"

" To a point young Kagome. You are my daughter! I had given birth to your soul and placed you upon your mortal mother's womb so that you may carry out my will. When Kikyo took your soul, she gained her mortal portion that I planted in you so that your new immortal soul could learn. I had placed the old souls of many humans and demons together in your body so that you would not need die to learn all the lessons you needed to learn."

"Please forgive me Amaterasu-sama if I seem offensive, but I heard that you could be very possessive and I wanted to know if you would keep me away from Sesshoumaru?" Kagome asked. She did not want to part away from her beloved.

Amaterasu laughed. " Trust me my daughter, if I could, I would have you stay here by my side. However, Izanami-sama has warned me against such. She does not want me to keep you here, saying that you are needed there more than here. But listen well, if I have to take you away from that male than I will. I will not have my own flesh and blood be tainted by some male!"

"What happens if I die again Amaterasu-sama? Will I come here? And will I be separated from Sesshoumaru?" questioned Kagome, her tone full of fear.

" Do not be afraid my child. You may call me your mother if you wish to do so for you are the child of my womb, and so should you die again you will return here to me. As for that male, Tsukuyomi has told me that he would not have had persuaded Marishi-Ten to have had gifted Sesshoumaru's mother if he did not think her capable of raising an honorable son and a respectful husband to my only child. Do not fear, I may wish to keep you here, but I will not have you unhappy! Besides, I have shined down on you since you left my womb, I will not stop now." Amaterasu explained. She dropped her weapons, and hugged Kagome in a motherly embrace.

Kagome hugged her back. "Thank you mother. What will happen to my mortal mother now? Is she even my mother anymore?" It was hard to explain it, but hearing that she was actually Amaterasu's legitimate child had not caused her to become overly confused. As a miko and having grown up on a Shinto shrine, she had grown up with the idea of being one Amaterasu's daughters so wither it was by true biology or by simply being a miko, Kagome had not really cared.

"Oh no! She is still your mother, since I her made specifically so that I could birth you through her body. After you were born, I took her undeveloped miko power so that your younger brother would not be influenced by any left over divine energy in her body. So yes, you have two mothers."

Kagome sighed, thankful that her Mama would still be her mother. She loved her greatly and was grateful that she truly was her child and Souta's biological sister.

Amaterasu released Kagome and said,"Now down to business! You must mate with Sesshoumaru, I will allow no other to have your hand. And please have a child already, I want a grand child! By the way, your first child will be a son."

Kagome blushed and stuttered, "Why are you telling me this for mother?"

Amaterasu calmly looked over her daughter and said, "I personally like Sesshoumaru, and I have observed your relationship since the beginning. I approve of him. Your first born will be a boy for a reason and you must understand why now instead of later. You needed to die now so that you could carry a full born demon son. Do not interrupt! I am sure that you know of Naraku's origins, we kami cannot have him reborn as a hanyou again! Your first son is Naraku's reincarnation!"

"What?" Shock was just the tip of the ice berg on what Kagome was experiencing. How could Naraku be her son?

"Remember all that Naraku has accomplished! Even as a half-demon, he united many against your group and gained almost unequal power. While he was not entirely pure, you know that he was not evil. Onigumo died loving Kikyo, Naraku pursued the fragments of the jewel to be with Kikyo. In both lives he wanted the love of the only woman he had ever truly loved! This is why you must be his mother! Onigumo's , and eventually Naraku's, soul was a new creation that had not experienced love, not from a mother and not from another person. You must show his soul what love is! Only you can do this. His soul cannot be remade as a half-demon or history will repeat itself once you die; one of the reasons why your soul is being remade." Amaterasu explained. She had always felt awful for the poor soul for loving her vessel so much.

Kagome nodded, she would accept Naraku as her future child. To some part, she had felt sorry for him. Especially towards the end of the battle when she had looked inside his soul as she purified him. He was not truly evil, just misguided and unloved. So if she could show him unconditional love as his mother and teach him, than she would embrace him as her son. Besides her mother had made a valid point. " My first son will unite all of Japan won't he?"

"Not exactly. That won't happen for some time. He will however, unite the demon lords together so that Japan will be ready for the coming years." Amaterasu said, her voice had turned extremely serious

"What do you mean?"

"Despite your belief, this is not the Sengoku Period. Your in the late 14th century." Amaterasu said, smiling at her daughter's stunned expression.

"You mean that my son will unite all of the demons!"

"Yes! He'll only have a century before Oda Nobunaga takes the lead role. So it's imperative that you birth him soon. Besides, I want a grandchild from you already!" Amaterasu smiled. She really wanted to see how her grandchildren would look like. Hopefully that had that really pretty silver hair she was so fond of from the silver Inu clan. Those cute puppy forms were a bonus to her.

"So when do I go back?" Quickly changing the subject, since Kagome could see the same shining expression Sango sometimes had when she was thinking of how cute her children with Sesshoumaru would look like on her mother. She bowed her head in embarrassment.

"In a little bit actually. You see, your spirit and soul are actually two different things. Your soul holds your memories and lessons from past lives. Your spirit holds your own personal essence. What ever makes you the person you are is in the spirit. Your soul is basically your life force, like a battery with a memory card. Your spirit is what turns it on and tells it what to do. So right now, your in spirit form." Amaterasu explained, treating the explanation like nothing.

"Actually, you'll be returning right now!" A deep unknown male voice said behind Kagome.

Turning around, Kagome gasped. The male before her was huge. Compared to Amaterasu's five foot seven, this man was a solid six feet. He was all muscle. His hair was a dark ebony black, his eyes were forest green, and his face was beautiful. He wore nothing but a pair of black divided hakama. On his head was head piece of brown tree branches and green leaves. On one shoulder was the same cloth that Amaterasu had but instead of red it was green and instead of golden charms it was copper tinted leaves. His skin was heavily tanned and covered with copper colored doubled stripes similar to Sesshoumaru's on his face, wrists, and waist. He too went bare foot. On his back was a black long war bow and quiver full of arrows with unique colored feathers. Strapped on to his waist was a green obi tied in the front with a cherry red leather hilt broad sword and a small curved dagger with a black leather hilt. He was beautiful in a way that was purely masculine, but Kagome found that Sesshoumaru was still even more beautiful so she was less taken to the male's features.

"Sarutahiko Okami." Amaterasu greeted.

"Amaterasu." Was the earth god's reply. "Come they are waiting for you Kagome."

And with that Kagome blinked once and found herself starring up at her beloved Sesshoumaru's face, two days after death.