A/N: I hope you guys are not too upset over Inuyasha's death but it had to happen.

Thank you for the Reviews Zakiyauna and Elizabeth Roses.

You are right, why would she indeed. As the story progresses all will be revealed, if I told you now it would spoil everything.

Sorry for the cliff hanger, here is the third chapter.

Icy Discoveries

Present…

Kianie processed that information, his mates name was Kagome Higurashi, that was her last name but it couldn't be the same Kagome. She tried to think of how many Kagome Higurashi's there might be but only the one came to mind. Her grandfather often told stories about the girl who overcame time; could this be the boy in his story? Kianie mentally shook herself; it wasn't possible, besides she had been to that well enough times to know that it was not a portal to another world. Then again the demons often talked about were not supposed to exist and yet there was one currently prowling the area right in front of her.

The thought of the demon brought her gaze back to him, he had left her slumped against the stone wall to go in search of something but she wasn't sure what. She watched as he lifted large stones from the ground just to drop this once again in frustration. What was he searching for?

She pushed herself from the wall and walked slowly towards him; scared that he might harm her again she stopped a few feet away.

"What are you searching for?" she asked quietly.

The demon looked at her with those cold golden eyes, "Bakusaiga and Tenseiga."

"What are Bakusaiga and Tenseiga?"

"They are my swords," he turned away and moved to another area to search.

Swords? Of course, he must have been a warrior like she had originally thought. Realization dawned on her and she couldn't believe she hadn't thought of them before. She ran over towards one of the crates sitting by the table and shoved the lid to the side. Opening the leather case she pulled out one of the swords they had found and turned, pulling it out of its sheath she held it up, "Is this one of them?"

The demon turned and stalked toward her and then as if the sword was alive it's self, the thing actually pulsed in her hand causing her to drop it to the ground. The demon growled at her and picked up the sword caressing it lovingly.

"Don't be so careless," he stated as he placed it back into the sheath and secured it to his waist, "where is the other one?"

Kianie pointed towards the crate and the demon walked over and extracted the other sword and just like before he caressed it lovingly before securing it at his waist. With out even saying anything else to her he turned and started walking towards the entrance. Is he actually leaving?

"Hey wait, you can't just leave here," she said chasing after him.

He stopped and glared at her, "I can do as I please."

Kianie shook her head, "You don't understand the world isn't like it used to be. If you walk down the street you'll scare people or worse you could be attacked. I know somewhere I could take you where you wouldn't be bothered. Not many people go there anymore and my parents are away. My grandfather is harmless so we don't have to worry about him either."

"No, "he said turning away.

Kianie grabbed his sleeve and he gave her a deadly look making her drop it quickly, "I know you're on some hunt for your mate but I just can't let you go out there. If they catch you, they will take you in and when they find out what you are they would cut you up for experimentation."

"They wouldn't touch me," he stated.

"That's another thing; you just can't go around hurting people either. People don't fight with swords anymore, they have these things known as guns and even though you're strong, I doubt you could withstand a bullet," when he just looked at her without saying anything she continued, "besides, I think I know a way to find your mate."

That sure got his attention; Kianie just wished she could follow through with what she said. It wasn't just because she was scared of what would happen if he was out in the streets that had made her make the suggestion, she wanted to learn the story of this demon and find out why he was frozen solid in this temple by someone he obviously trusted and loved.

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The demon had looked at her car confused as to what it was until she had explained. He had hesitated only slightly before sliding into the front seat. She glanced at him from the corner of her eye, the demon didn't seem frightened at all as she drove towards her family shrine, he actually appeared at ease and she noted that his eyes took in everything around him. It must be very strange to him to see all the modern things in place of what his home once looked like. I need to stop thinking of him merely as demon, she thought to herself.

"Uh, what do I call you?" she asked.

"Sesshoumaru," he replied bored, as if he received that question all the time.

"Just Sesshoumaru…no last name?" she raised her eyebrow in amusement.

"No," he said annoyed.

"Okay Sesshoumaru, so how was it you got frozen like a Popsicle?" she asked as she turned on the street that led up to the shrine. The land had been in her family for many generations as well as the shrine. Her mother and father owned the place but since they were hardly ever there, her grandfather took over care. Since she was an only child one day the shrine would be hers but she really had no interest in it, instead she would probably follow in her parents footsteps and travel the world searching for lost artifacts.

For some reason Sesshoumaru didn't answer her question but remained silent, his eyes were fixated on the red arch that was above the entrance to the shrine, she slowed the car as they neared it and with out saying a thing, Sesshoumaru opened the door and flew out causing Kianie to slam on her brakes.

"What the…" Kianie parked the car in front of the steps and got out. Taking the steps two at a time she followed in the same direction as Sesshoumaru. He was standing in front of the Goshinboku tree with one hand touching the bark. She walked over to him and stared at the tree.

"That's the Goshinboku, it has been around a long time, grandfather says that it is a very sacred tree and if it could talk it would tell great stories," she explained.

Sesshoumaru's hand dropped from the tree and he turned towards her, "Indeed."

His eyes roamed over the place and he raised his nose to the air and sniffed, "She is not here, although her scent is faint."

"Your mate… right, well I think my grandfather might be able to help. He used to tell me this story of a girl who fell through the well here and could travel from this time to a different time. I used to love that story but I never believed it was true, that was until today. I mean we have these stories of demons too that weren't supposed to be real but here you are so…" she let her voice trail off and shrugged looking out over at the horizon where the sun was just starting to rise, ushering in a new day.

"Where is this grandfather?" Sesshoumaru asked.

"Probably inside, come on I'll take you to him," she walked towards the front door with Sesshoumaru quick on her heals.

She was about to knock on the door when it opened quickly, he grandfather stood with a broom in his right hand ready to strike until he saw her face, "Kianie?'

"Yes, grandfather it is me," she reached out and hugged the old man.

"Come in; come in, "he said ushering her inside.

They all walked through the door and Sesshoumaru shut it behind them. When her grandfather turned, his face grew pale as he saw Sesshoumaru, "Get behind me girl."

Kianie shook her head, "It's alright, grandfather."

"No, that's no normal person Kianie, that's a demon you let in our home," her grandfather argued.

"I know what he is, grandfather," she said touching him lightly on his shoulder.

"You may know what he is but you do not know who he is," he said turning back to Sesshoumaru, who was wearing an amused look, "she warned me that one day you might show up, that you'd come here searching for her. Of course I didn't believe her; I figured you would be buried forever in that temple. If you came here for her you might as well leave now because she is not here, nor will I tell you were she is."

Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed and the air seemed to grow too thick to breathe, "You know nothing and if you did you wouldn't dare to address me with no respect."

Kianie stepped between her grandfather and Sesshoumaru, "Stop grandfather, who told you about Sesshoumaru?"

"Kagome did," her grandfather said.

"But how, I thought she was just a girl from the story that you made up to entertain me, "Kianie replied confused.

"No, she was-is real. When she showed up I couldn't believe my eyes, it happened when I was about thirty-eight. I had already had my family and aged and yet she remained the same after all those years, and yet there was something different about her. She said she had come to warn me but she couldn't stay. She is our kin Kianie, your aunt and my sister," he explained.

Kianie gasped and stepped away from her grandfather, covering her mouth she shook her head, it just couldn't be possible. She knew her expression showed shock because that was exactly what she was feeling. She was related to the person who had betrayed Sesshoumaru, a person he planned to punish.