Far Away

By realixweatherfairy

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Sailor Moon; However I am trying to stick with the Sailor Moon storyline as much as possible.

Author's Note: the demons' beast comments are in italics!

Chapter 4: Rivals and Secrets

Once they were back at the shrine and in Kagome's room, with Luna and Artemis, the girls had de-transformed. Kagome still looked like a demon, her hair silver, eyes gray, with silver markings on her cheeks, and a silver moon on her forehead. Sesshoumaru just stared at her; he could tell that she was really uncomfortable with it.

"Don't worry, Kagome, you'll get used to it," he said.

"Again," one of the girls commented, making him look at her like, "What?"

"Sesshoumaru-kun, it is time to tell you the truth," Kagome started, but Luna interrupted, "I'll tell, Kagome-chan. You see, Sesshoumaru-san, long ago, unknown by the people of Earth, there was a kingdom of Inu Youkai on the moon, ruled by Queen Serenity, a silver Inu Youkai, like yourself, who was a fair and gentle ruler. Sixteen years ago, she gave birth to a daughter, a princess, whom she named Noelle Serenity. Her birth was celebrated with much joy and merriment; however, it was overshadowed by betrayal as one of Queen Serenity's courtiers began rebelling against her."

"Beryl," Kagome growled.

"Yes, Beryl was tired of the way that Queen Serenity ruled, and thought that by allying herself with a dark force, called the Negaforce, so that she could become Queen of not only the moon, but the entire galaxy, so Queen Serenity banished Beryl from the moon, but she vowed to come back, and she would be much more powerful than before," Luna continued, "You see, she had allowed the Negaforce to take over her mind and therefore was overcome by it's desires, and it desired the Imperium Silver Crystal, an ancient holy stone that had been protected by the Moon Kingdom for centuries. For six years after the birth the princess and Beryl's betrayal, we never heard hide nor hair of Beryl, until the day of the princess' birthday, when Beryl, who had by then created her own kingdom, the Negaverse, attacked the moon."

"Everything and anything was destroyed, except for Princess Noelle Serenity and her court, the princesses of the surrounding planets, Mercury, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter, who were also her guardians. Beryl had thought that she had killed the young princesses, but in truth, she had only knocked them unconscious. Queen Serenity, distraught with grief, then used the Imperium Silver Crystal to seal Beryl and her Negaverse warriors in an impenetrable seal that should never have been broken. She then placed Princess Noelle Serenity under a seal that hid her demonic nature, for she was also a silver Inu Youkai, turning her human, as well as erasing her memories and the memories of the Sailor Scouts, and sent them to Earth, hoping that they could lead happier lives. However, if the Negaverse did break free again, Queen Serenity made sure that we could activate that Sailor Scouts to help protect the Earth," Artemis finished.

"This is where I come in," Kagome said, "After Queen Serenity sent the Scouts and me to Earth, we were separated and found by different families. You always wanted to know why I don't look like any of my family; it was because I was adopted. It wasn't more than a few months later that I met you, which is kinda ironic seeing as we are both from the House of the Moon."

"Huh?" was all that came out Sesshoumaru's mouth.

"You are from the House of the Blue Moon and I am from the House of the Silver Moon," Kagome explained, "Did you know that both our Houses have been allies since the Feudal Era?"

"I thought that the people of Earth didn't know about the Moon Kingdom?" Sesshoumaru asked.

"Most didn't, however, my mother and your father met during the Feudal Era, when your father was having problems with the panther demons the second time, and she offered her help, which of course he gladly accepted," Kagome said, "This was before he met and mated your mother."

"He didn't say anything about it," Sesshoumaru stated.

"Mother asked him not to," Kagome explained, "She asked him not to say anything unless it was absolutely necessary," watching Sesshoumaru's face the entire time. His face may not tell what he's thinking, but his eyes sure do. Right now, he looked really confused.

"But when did you meet up again with the rest of the Scouts?" he asked, changing the subject.

Noting the change of subject, she said, "About a year or so after my adopted dad died. That was when Luna and Artemis sensed that the seal on the Negaverse was weakening, so Luna found me, and Artemis went looking for Venus. Oh, that reminds me, I haven't introduced you to the others yet." Turning to the blond girl, she said, "Sesshoumaru, this is Miyako Tanaka, she's Sailor Venus, Miyako-chan, this is Sesshoumaru Taisho of the House of the Blue Moon," then she turned to the blue haired girl and said, "This is Hanako Nakamura, she's Sailor Mercury, Hanako-chan, this Sesshoumaru Taisho of the House of the Blue Moon," she then turned to the dark haired girl who looked a lot like when she was human, "This is Kikyo Hayashi, she's Sailor Mars, Kikyo-chan, this Sesshoumaru Taisho of the House of the Blue Moon." Each girl nodded as she introduced them.

"Hayashi?" he asked, looking confused. "I could've sworn I've heard that name before somewhere."

"She's Kaede's adoptive sister, Kaede and Kikyo's parents are divorced, so Kikyo took on her mother's maiden name" Kagome explained, "and, of course, you know Sango-chan, she's Sailor Jupiter."

"Sango, why didn't you telling that you had been having contact with Kagome?" Sesshoumaru asked, narrowing his eyes at her, making her gulp.

"Kagome-chan asked me not to," she replied, "She thought you had enough on your plate without adding her to it," causing him to raise his eyebrow at Kagome who explained, "You had it rough by the time Sango-chan and I met up again, going through your first heat and everything, I didn't want to mess anything up." Dog demons went through their first heat when they reach puberty in human years. Sesshoumaru shuddered at remembering it; it wasn't a very good experience.

"Well, Kagome-chan, we have to get home," Miyako said, "We do have our first day at a new school tomorrow." Kikyo and Hanako nodding in agreement as Sango said, "Yeah, and I'm pretty tired, and still have to deal Miroku and his lechery tomorrow too," making Kagome laugh as she waved goodbye, before turning to Sesshoumaru and saying, "Shouldn't you be getting home, too, Sesshoumaru-kun?"

"I called my dad and told him I'm spending the night at a friend's house," he replied, at her confused look, he continued, "I called him while I was running to Tokyo Square and I grabbed some clean clothes on the way out of the house."

"Okay, but you are sleeping on the couch," Kagome chuckled while narrowing her eyes at him, to which he smirked and kissed her nose.

"And you might want to find a way to make your appearance human, so you don't scare your mom," he retorted, causing her to blush as her eyes returned to the beautiful dark blue that he was used to.

"Easy as pie, though I still think I might tell her," she sighed, "I don't have many secrets from my mom," and he smirked at her again as they walked into the house.

Kagome's mom was sitting in the dining room, looking worried. She had a napkin in her hands that was about to fall apart from being wrung in her hands so many times. Eyes widening, Kagome asked, "Mom, are you alright?"

"Kagome, please sit, we need to talk," her mother replied, "You, too, Sesshoumaru, I know you're there," as they came and sat down at the table. Taking a deep breath, her mother said, "Kagome, I've been meaning to tell you this for many years, but I kept putting it off, but now I see that I've put it off for far too long. Kagome, I know that you are Sailor Moon." Kagome's face went pale as shock before her mother continued, "When I was little my father and Sesshoumaru's had been very good friends, still are as a matter of fact, one day, Inu no Taisho-sama told my father a great secret and swore him to secrecy. He told him about the Moon Kingdom and the Two Houses of the Moon. That night my father told me the story as a bedtime story, so for the longest time I thought nothing of it, until Inu no Taisho-sama came to visit me ten years ago, carrying a small child in his arms. He told me what had happened to the Moon Kingdom and asked that I take care of you until it was time for you to become the Moon Princess once again. He also placed his family mark on your ear, to signal to any demon that you are under his clan's protection."

"My real mother must have sent me to the one person who she knew would protect me," Kagome breathed.

"Queen Serenity appeared to Inu no Taisho-sama in a dream and told him of what had happened and asked him to look after you," her mother confirmed, "As I'm sure you know, your mother and Sesshoumaru-kun's father had been friends for many years before the two of you were even born. They both promised to look after each other's families in case something ever happened to them and to aid each other during a time of war. Sesshoumaru, you and Kagome have been allies before either of you even laid eyes on each other. However, what neither your father, nor Noelle Serenity's mother, expected was for you two to fall in love with each other," making them blush, before she continued, "Oh, don't tell me that you thought that we didn't notice. They way you look at each other, especially when you think the other isn't looking, the way Kagome blushes whenever Sesshoumaru-kun smirks at her, or the twinkle in Sesshoumaru-kun's eye when Kagome smiles at him, I'm surprised you haven't asked her to be your mate already, Sesshoumaru-kun," making him blush even more.

"Okay, Kaa-chan, enough," Kagome said, trying to stop blushing. Thinking it was safe, she released her illusion spell, revealing her demonic form. Her mom had a sad smile, and said, "It's time for you two to get to bed, you have school tomorrow," heading upstairs with Sesshoumaru and Kagome following. After setting up Sesshoumaru with blankets on the couch, Kagome went and changed into her pajamas and got into bed, however, not many minutes later, Sesshoumaru joined her in the bed, which made her smile and say, "I thought that I told you to stay on the couch."

"I got lonely, besides its too uncomfortable," he answered before wrapping his arms around her and pulled her close, and fell asleep, as she chuckled.

The next morning Sesshoumaru woke up to find Kagome had turned in his arms and laid her head on his chest with a small smile on her face and her one of her hands on over his heart. Placing his hand over hers, he smiled a rare smile; for once his beast was silent. Looking over at Kagome's alarm clock, he noticed that they still had a few hours before they had to get up for school and went back to sleep.

When Kagome woke up, she noticed that Sesshoumaru still had his arms around her, holding her to him. Picking her head up to look at the clock, she noticed that she still had a few minutes before her alarm was to go off, so she thought she might as well get up now. She considered waking Sesshoumaru up, but he looked too peaceful, so she decided to let him rest for a few more minutes and went to get up out of the bed, but Sesshoumaru's arms tightened around her as he opened his eyes, groggily, and said, "And where do you think you're going?"

"To the restroom to get ready for school seeing as we have to get up in about ten minutes," she replied.

"Hn," he responded, letting her go and getting up himself. A little over an hour later, they were dressed and in her car driving to the school. Sesshoumaru was quiet as his beast was once again bugging him.

"Why didn't you claim her?" his beast demanded.

"She's not ready for that! We haven't even asked her to be our mate yet!" he yelled at his beast.

"Well, if you would just get your tail out of your legs, we'd have asked her by now!" his beast retorted, to which Sesshoumaru answered with a growl, scaring Kagome, who had used an illusion spell to appear human.

"Sesshoumaru-kun? Are you alright?" she asked, concerned.

"I'm fine," he replied, "Are you going to tell Inuyasha and Miroku about you being a demon?"

"I haven't decided yet," she answered, "It might bring up a lot questions that I can't answer."

"Just don't answer the ones you aren't comfortable with," he suggested, making her nod in agreement. The rest of the ride was quiet as Kagome's beast decided to make itself known.

"Kagome, I think the male wants to claim us," she stated.

"I think so too," Kagome agreed.

"You know you can't hide me forever," her beast said, "Inuyasha will smell the change in us."

"I know, I'm just scared that they'll not accept us," Kagome sighed.

"They will, I know they will," her beast said, confidently.

"Thanks," she sighed once again. Sesshoumaru raised his eyebrow at her but she ignored him. Once they pulled into the school parking lot, they saw that Inuyasha had just parked his car and he, Sango, and Miroku were waiting by the door. Parking and getting out of the car, they walked up to them and Sango gave Kagome a hug and whispered in her ear, "You need to tell them the truth," to which she nodded.

"Yash, Roku, I need to tell you something," Kagome said.

"What, Kags?" Inuyasha asked as Miroku just looked at her.

"My mom told me that I was adopted and that I'm not human," she said the first thing that came to her mind, something that would make sense.

"If you're not human then what are you?" Miroku inquired as she released her illusion spell, revealing her true self, much to Inuyasha and Miroku's shock.

"You're an Inu Youkai!" Inuyasha exclaimed.

"Yeah," she sighed.

"What's wrong, Kags?" Miroku asked.

"You don't mind?" she asked, keeping her face down.

"Not at all," Miroku smiled, causing her to look up with a bright smile on her face. By now the entire school had seen Kagome in her demon form, once again she was the center of attention, mostly by both human and demon males, much to Sesshoumaru's chagrin. Kagura glared at Kagome with hatred as she took her seat in first period. Until Mr. Myouga came into the classroom and announced that they had three new students. Sesshoumaru took a look at Kagome out of the corner of his eye and saw her smirk as they new girls walked in. He immediately recognized them as the girls he had met the night before. Miyako, Hanako, and Kikyo now stood in front of the room, as they locked eyes with Kagome, they smirked in returned as they took some of the empty seats, Kikyo sitting behind Kagome, Hanako behind Inuyasha, and Miyako behind Sesshoumaru. Inuyasha couldn't take his eyes on off of Kikyo which made Kagome smirk once again.

However, she noticed that Kagura glaring at her from the front row and put on a look that was intimidating. Her now gray eyes gave her a look of power and authority; no one can deny that she played the part of a princess very well. Gulping, Kagura turned around and thought, "I can't compete with her! She's too powerful! But I'm not giving up! I know that Sesshoumaru doesn't really want her!" However, due to one of Kagome's new powers, the ability to read minds and telepathically talk to people, she knew exactly what Kagura had just thought.

"Keep dreaming, Kagura, keep dreaming," Kagome thought as she noticed that Kagura kept stealing lustful glances at Sesshoumaru, who glared at her resentfully. Kagome accidentally read Sesshoumaru's mind as he thought, "She's such a whore. She can't really think that she's got my attention. I'd rather stare at Kagome all day then look at that!" causing her to blush.

Later during lunch, Kagome introduced Miroku and Inuyasha to Kikyo, Miyako, and Hanako. They immediately hit it off, especially Inuyasha and Kikyo. Seeing a potential couple in the future, despite Inuyasha being a hanyou and Kikyo being a miko, like her and Kaede. Even though she was now a demon, she still retained her miko's powers.

When Kagome left the cafeteria to go to the restroom, Kagura saw her chance to "set the girl straight" and followed her. However, Kikyo who had sense maliciousness in her aura as she left followed. When Kagura entered the restroom, she pushed Kagome against the wall.

"What's your problem?" Kagome demanded, her beast fighting to break free and bathe in Kagura's blood.

"Me? What's your problem? You stay away from my man!" Kagura yelled pushing her into the wall again.

"Sesshoumaru is not your man, he would rather die then be anywhere near you," Kagome said in a monotone voice, causing Kagura to raise her hand to smack her before she lurched forward and fell to the floor revealing Kikyo who had smacked Kagura in the back of the head with a little miko power put into it.

"Are you alright, Kagome?" she asked, holding out her hand and helping Kagome off the floor.

"Yeah, I'm fine," she answered, "Thanks for helping me, Kikyo-chan."

"No prob," Kikyo said, taking Kagome's wrist and leading her back to the cafeteria. As Kagome took her seat next to Sesshoumaru, he placed his arm around her shoulders, causing her to wince.

"Are you okay, Kagome?" he asked, concerned, when all of a sudden his beast snarled.

"What's wrong with you?" he asked.

"Kagura attacked her in the restroom! She pushed her against the wall, HARD! Her back is badly bruised!" his beast snarled.

"WHAT?! How do you know that?!" he snarled back.

"I talked to her beast. Apparently, they were arguing over you, and Kagome said something Kagura didn't like and she tried to smack her, but her friend, Kikyo, stopped he," his beast snarled.

"You can talk to her beast?" he said surprised.

"One of Kagome's new powers is that of telepathy, she can speak to people in her mind, Because her beast is a part of her, she shares in Kagome's powers, only she can only communicate with another demon's beast," his beast replied, making Sesshoumaru's eyes widen.

"Kagome can speak with her mind?" Sesshoumaru inwardly balked.

"She can also read minds," his beast continued, "and trust me Kagura is thinking some not so clean thoughts about you," making him cringe.

"Absolutely not! The female who had permission to even touch me is Kagome," he told his beast.

"With this I agree, seeing as she is our intended," his beast agreed, "but what will we do with Kagura? She has harmed something that belongs with to us."

"We will let her know what happens to someone who harms something that belongs to this Sesshoumaru," he assured his beast.

"And just when are you going to ask our intended to be ours? If you wait too long, it just might be too late," his beast whined, "I couldn't stand it if we lost her for any reason!"

"Soon, she knows we love her, and she told us that she loves us, so I don't think she'll be going anywhere for awhile," he told his beast. "Kagome, I have some unexpected business to attend to after school, so I won't need a ride home."

"Okay, Sesshoumaru-kun," Kagome said.

"I have a feeling that this unexpected business of his has something to do with Kagura," her beast chuckled with glee.

"You think so?" Kagome asked.

"I know so," her beast snarled gleefully.

After Kagome's car had pulled out of the parking lot that after noon, Sesshoumaru turned his full attention on to his target. An inu youkai is an expert hunter, and once he has his sights on his prey, he doesn't deviate from it. Once Kagura came into sight, he immediately had her up against the wall by her throat.

"Sesshoumaru, what are you doing?" she managed to choke out after bit.

"Silence, Onigumo, this Sesshoumaru knows what you did to Kagome," he snarled, making Kagura's eyes go wide.

"Damn that Kikyo girl!" she thought.

"If you ever attack Kagome again, I will personally show you the true meaning of pain, and my beast won't be as generous," he growled and dropped her and turned to walk away.

"What is it about her? Why is she so special?" Kagura demanded. Without turning around, he said, "Because she's nothing like you," and continued walking. Kagura just sat where he dropped her and looked like she was just smacked in the face.

"What does she have that I don't? I know that before she came that I was the best looking girl in the school, until she came here," Kagura thought, "What is it about her?"

"Fooling around with Taisho again, Kagura?" a snide voice called out.

"Naraku!" Kagura gasped.

"Now what have I told you about screwing around with a Taisho, little sister," Naraku sneered. Growling, Kagura stood up and said, "I will get Sesshoumaru. If it's the last thing I do."

"Keep telling yourself that, Kagura, keep telling yourself that," Naraku said laughing as he walked away.