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Chapter 4

The group explained to Sesshomaru that Inuyasha had left to find Kikyo after the death of Naraku. This was not what he needed to hear even if he did not care for brother. Sesshomaru was pretty sure that he had felt malicious holy power before he lost his own powers.

Sesshomaru had told them that before the demise of Naraku that the Southern Lord Talon had sought him out asking for assistance. It seemed that males youki and human had started to disappear from all corners of Japan. The lords had believed it to be Naraku at first, but soon found that he attacked the eastern lands while males had gone missing from the southern lands.

Letting a sigh escape his plush lips he recanted his tale.

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Sesshomaru and his band of three had ventured to palaces of the three lords. Each time they where told that the lord of the palace had gone missing. Every search party that had been sent to find them had come back empty handed.

They where almost to the little village by the well when a thick fog covered everything. He had just left Rin and Jaken's side and entered the clearing when a flash of bright white light hit him in his side.

Things became a little hazy from there on out. He must have been slipping in and out of consciousness. He could almost remember what seemed like a dungeon. Feeling weaker than he had ever felt before in his life. A human woman was asking him if he remembered her. She taunted him about being a lowly human and when he had corrected her and rattled the chains that bound him she flashed a mirror in his face That was the first time he had seen his human version. She was going to let him bled out from the wound on his side. A slow pain filled death was all he deserved she said and spat on him and left.

His world had turned cold and he could feel himself falling into darkness. He could remember Kagura dragging him and taking flight on her feather. Then tossing him off near the well. The next thing that he knew he was here and human with Kagome.

End Flashback

So Kagura was alive and had helped Sesshomaru to be free. The fact she was there was more disturbing than the fact that she was alive. She would have made a deal with the devil himself if it meant her freedom. It looked as if that freedom had never come. She had left one mast for another.

Kagome could feel the rise of jealously in her. Why wouldn't he want a demoness like Kagura instead of a weak little priestess like herself? In her own self doubt she had felt him grab her hand. Her mind shut down and the doubt was bashed in when she looked at his peaceful face. It did not matter and she reasoned that they could talk on it later. Since Sesshomaru was being so open and not killing everything nor making others feel beneath him.

The last thought that had rang in her head. A human woman had taunted him?

"Sesshomaru are you sure that you had not seen this woman before? Perhaps she and you had crossed paths on your own journey before meeting up with us?" Kagome asked him. That could make since the others thought, but what of the holy powers and the magic that hit his side.

He shook his head and replied "It may have been possible, but I did not recall her."

Miroku was trying to place the puzzle together. "Lord Sesshomaru, did see anyone else while you where there? Even if they where making the demons human what of the already human males?" He asked the now silent lord.

"I did not see or hear anyone else. I am not all together sure what has happened to any of the others." Sesshomaru said tugging Kagome's hand closer to him.

Sesshomaru had a mental sigh and then a realization looking at his pretty priestess. He could be with her like this, but he could not protect her like this. Their child would also be in danger. She seemed to be upset about something and they really needed to talk about the current situation. Pulling himself back to the more important task he looked to the monk.

" We should head to the southern palace if Talon left me indication of what may have happened it will be there." Sesshomaru said.

By the end of the discussion they had decided that Sango would take Rin to stay with Kaede at the neighboring village. Sango could explain the strange events that where taking place and maybe Kaede could shed some light on the subject. Kagome was currently packing her backpack when she felt two warm arms wrap around her waist. Turning to face the still devastatingly handsome Sesshomaru a blush crept to her cheeks.

"Do you love me Kagome?" He asked leaning his forehead onto hers.

"I do, but what does that matter?" she swallowed back some tears.

He walked her back to the wall of her hut laying kisses on her neck. Kagome could feel the heat rise to cheeks, but her self-doubt was also still pushing at her.

"Do you have feelings for Kagura, Sesshomaru?" she asked a little breathlessly. That was not the question that he thought she would ask.

"What would make you think that?" he asked almost insulted.

"She is a perfect mate for you and would be accepted by your people." Kagome said leaning onto his shoulder.

"If I had wanted her I would have had her a long time ago. I want you." He stated raising her chin and leaned down placing his warm lips upon her soft ones. Kagome threw her arms around his neck to deepen the kisses.

Kagome knew that she could lose herself in him no matter what form he was in, but she had a child to think of. They needed to talk about what kind of role he was going to play in the child's life. Pushing him back to breath

"Sesshomaru what do you want to do about our child? You know that I am going to keep it, but are you going to be there?" Did she really think that he would not be there for the child, his child?

"My sweet Kagome. I would mark you this very moment if I could, but I am lacking the canines to do so. Are you sure that you would want to face the trials of being my mate?" He asked with a smile on his face and a gleam in his eyes.

"Yeah know you're really expressive as a human maybe we should keep you this way. As long as I am with you I can face anything" She giggled. Yes tomorrow would be the start of a new adventure.

As the morning was coming a figure ascended from the well. Tossing his backpack to the ground he shot himself over the rim landing gracefully in the grass.

"What the hell I left right after dinner." He said tilting his head and watching the sunrise instead of setting.

"God Kagome is going to be pissed." He said dusting of his jeans and running his fingers through his silver hair. He let out a little sigh and headed to the village.

He reached Kagome's hut and tossed the door open like he always did. Whipping around to see who had just come through her doorway. Imagine her surprise to see a modernized youki Sesshomaru in jeans and a long sleeve T-shirt looking at her and then to the human Sesshomaru. After a few minutes of everyone looking at each other in complete confusion. The modern youki Sesshomaru broke the silence.

"What the hell Kagome? Who the hell is that? Is this what you do when I go home for a test!" he yelled earning a threatening glare from the human Sesshomaru.

Kagome still had her mind whirling when Sango and Miroku came into the hut to see the unfolding events.

"What do you mean who is this. This is Sesshomaru…err I think. This is some fucking weird dream." She said as she started to walk over to the youki Sesshomaru only to yanked back by the human Sesshomaru.

"You are not me. Get away from my girl" the youki said grabbing her back to him.

Miroku decided that before they rip his friend in half they needed to get this figured out. Sango at this point ran over yanked her friend from both of them not trusting anyone till the truth was out on the situation.

"Hmm, Lord Sesshomarus why don't we try to figure out what is going on before we kill each." Miroku said with a motion for everyone to sit.

"If you weren't like my brother Miroku I would tell you to fuck off this moment." The youki said earning a surprised look from Miroku

Yes something was wrong Kagome thought sitting between the two men who where starting to growl at each other. "Okay, umm you say you know me, but how?" Kagome asked giving a quizzical look to the youki Sesshomaru.

Letting out a sigh he decided that he would humor everyone.

"On my 150 birthday I was getting my dragon to leave for school when I was grabbed down the well. When I leaped out of the well you where in a fight with the dark miko Kikyo. She had killed your fiancé Inuyasha who later we found out that I was the reincarnation of." He said looking her

"I know that sounds crazy right." He said earning a laugh

"Not at all I have the same problem kind of." She replied waving off his confused look.

He went back to his story "She stunned me with her arrow and managed to cast a sleep on you. Grabbing a dagger she stabbed me in my side on to have a jewel fall out. Which I had no idea I even had inside until that day. As she went to leave I dashed forward and shot up into the air only to have an arrow shot and shatter the damn thing to all corners of Japan. We have been hunting the damn thing down ever since. That is how we meet all our friends. What is this Kagome are you okay? Is the baby okay?" He asked earning a gasp from everyone

This was just getting crazy now and how did he know about the baby? Kagome decided that she would tell her story so he could at least realize that she was not his Kagome. By the end of the story everyone realized that the well not only transcended time, but also apparently dimensions. According to the youki Sesshomaru before he ended up in the past his world held only youki and humans had become myth and legend. It was the polar opposite of Kagome's world.

Jumping to his feet the youki Sesshomaru ran out the door leaving the people in the hut more confused if that was possible. Well, everyone except for Kagome who let them in on where she thought he went.

"He is going to the well to try and get back to her. He asked about the baby which means that she is pregnant too." Kagome said as she felt her Sesshomaru put his arm around her in a possessive jester. After a half an hour the group was still talking about the encounter that morning. Until the encounter came back to the hut and slid down the wall

He had tried and tried, but the well would not let him pass. He had hit the dirt and pounded the dirt. Digging and cursing, but nothing would let him pass. The only hope he had now was the strangers in the hut that he just left. Pulling his emotions in he walked back to the little group still talking about what had happened.

As he entered the hut and slid down the wall he said "The well is not working. Kikyo has to have done this. I know it. She wants the shards for more power and thinks that if I am gone Kagome will fall and so will my child. I should have brought her with me, but it is hard to explain a human not to mention the first hanyou in god knows how long. Maybe I should have stayed there and forgot about school. I just didn't know what to do." The youki said slumping his shoulders.

Now this Kagome could understand. "So your problem is Kikyo not Naraku?" Sango found that to be the most interesting bit of the information so far.

"Yeah she had even turned me into a human one time. She thought that she would be able to kill me easily. It took forever to get that damn crystal from her neck." He said half-hearted.

This was when the human Sesshomaru spoke up "She stole your powers and made you human?" he asked tilting his had and placing some pieces together for his on problem.

The bulbs went off in everyone's head then. Their new threat was his old threat. Some how the dark miko crossed to their world. She had to be the one to take Sesshomaru's power and make him human. "Okay so our Sesshomaru was turned human and there are a bunch of missing men from villages not to mention all the lords are gone. I get the lords equal power, but what of the regular guys?" Kagome asked him

The youki Sesshomaru looked to the human Sesshomaru and then to Kagome. Now he got who he was and what was happening. Maybe if he helped them he could get back to his Kagome and hoped she wasn't so pissed.

"She gathers followers by promise of revenge against those who have wronged you. Like my Miroku was suppose to have been married to this village girl. Their fathers arranged the marriage. The thing was that he had fallen in love with Sango and they ran off to get married. The girl that he was suppose to have been married to sought out Kikyo and swore her allegiance if Kikyo killed both Sango and Miroku's family. Turned out the bitch he was suppose to marry was a wind witch." The youki said

This was great news to the human Sesshomaru. Seemed so easy to kill this Kikyo and get back his powers. "Well then we should go after them and get my powers back." The human said as the youki snorted in an as if it is that easy. True they did need to fix this mess so he could get back to her.

As the human Sesshomaru, Sango and Miroku readied the fire cat and dragon the youki Sesshomaru and Kagome readied their backpacks. She was still whirling with everything that was going on, but at least she was not alone. Hell now she had two Sesshomarus. She let out a little laugh drawing the youki's attention.

"I'm sorry this is just nuts. We will get you back to her I promise." Kagome said walking over and giving him a hug.

"It is wild to see you in modern clothes" she said and looked him over.

"Yeah my Kagome normally dresses in kimonos so I know what you mean…He does love you he is just unsure how it will all work out. Don't doubt him. My Kagome thought that I would not want our baby either. She was wrong," He said leaving her to think a little more.

With a huff she went to throw her bag over her shoulder only to have Sesshomaru grab it back with a smile and lead her out of the hut. 'I don't doubt you.' She thought looking at him once more before mounting the dragon.