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Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. The brilliant Rumico Takayashi-san does. I own Sakura and her family though...
"Your memories are locked up behind a barrier. One that I am not capable of destroying. I'm sorry."
Kagome leaned heavily on Inuyasha, tears filling her eyes from not being able to help the poor girl.
"I'm so sorry. I wish I could help, but to do so might kill you."
"It's okay, Kagome. My past is not worth my life. It will either come back on its own when the barrier fails or I make a new past."
The girl started fiddling with something on her wrist. A spark of sunlight bounced off it, catching Kagome's eye.
"Hey, what's that?"
"Huh? Oh, it's just a bracelet. "
The girl revealed her wrist and the jewelry.
"It's beautiful. Where did you get it?"
"I don't know. It was there when I woke up on the riverbank. I have the same symbol on this pendant."
The girl pulled the necklace from under her kimono. Sesshomaru had been watching them and his eyes widened just a fraction when he saw the crescent moon. In an instant he was by the girl's side.
"May I see that?"
Startled by his sudden appearance, she nodded. She twisted her wrist in the cuff and slipped it off handing it to Sesshomaru. The instant her skin lost contact with the bauble, her mind exploded in pain. She screamed and doubled over holding her head. The entire camp jumped at the outburst. Sesshomaru dropped the cuff and grabbed onto the girl. He looked over at Kagome and Inuyasha.
My memories….. Their coming back… But how?
The pain lessened but did not fade completely. She looked up at Kagome.
"My memories. I remember my name…its Sakura."
"The cuff must have produced the barrier. Can you remember anything else?"
Sakura nodded and was about to say something when her head exploded again. The pain was worse than the first time and she passed out, still in Sesshomaru's arms.
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Sesshomaru picked up Sakura bridal style. The girl was barely breathing and her scent was fading quickly.
"I'm taking her to my castle. Rin, stay here and help them pack then follow. This girl needs medical attention."
"I'll come with you…."
"No Kagome. I can only carry one and I feel her life is in danger. It will be quicker this way."
Kagome nodded. He flew off, Sakura cradled against his chest. She didn't like this, not one bit. Rin put her hand on her friend.
"Lord Sesshomaru will take care of her. And he is right, it would be faster. We can reach my lord's home buy sunrise if we hurry."
"I didn't realize we were that close."
"We aren't. AUn and Kiara will be the fastest way there. Let's pack."
She was in a dark place.
Where am I?
Suddenly it got brighter as if she stepped out of a dark house and into the blinding sun. She held up her arm in front of her eyes to shield them from the light. Blinking her eyes finally adjusted to the light.
With her memories restored she recognized where she was. She was in the glade by her house, the one her mother took her and her younger brothers to when she was 10. Her eyes scanned the area.
It looks just like it did the last time I was here.
She became lost in memories of chasing her brothers around, picnics with her parents every summer, and her last day here. She frowned at the memory.
Daddy, why did you have to go….? I miss you so much. The boys too.
She watched her 19 year old self as her memory played out in front of her…
-Flashback- -
Rikuto squealed as Sakura caught him.
"You're it!"
She got up and took off laughing. She was the fastest runner for her high school track team. Poor 7 year old Rikuto didn't have a chance of catching her, so he turned his attention to his younger brother, Haru, who was sitting by their mom.
"You're it, Haru! Come get me!"
Haru looked up at his mother and she gestured that he join his siblings. Smiling, he took off at a sprint on his little 6 year old legs after Sakura. She danced out of his reach and he turned to go after Rikuto. Sakura took the chance to get a drink while they chased each other. She sat down heavily on the picnic blanket and grabbing a bottle of water and her phone checking the time.
"Dad's late. Did he text you?"
She looked at her mom, nearly draining the bottle in one breath.
"Yes, just a moment ago. A patient of his had an emergency C-section."
"Oh, ok. Hope mom and baby are good."
"They are. He should be here shortly."
Just then her mom's phone rang.
"I'll let you get that. It's probably Jana fussing about you taking the week off for our vacation."
They giggled as her mom answered the phone and she went back to playing with her brothers. The boys turned and rushed after her as she got up. She barely made is a few steps before they collided into her screaming "PUPPY PILE". She shrieked and laughed at them as they fell to the ground. When she was able to detangle herself from her still giggling brothers she looked back at her mom, expecting her bright smile. Instead she found shock, heartbreak, and tears. She walked over to her mom.
"Mom, is everything okay?"
"Your dad, he's….. He was in an accident. He didn't make it."
Sakura dropped to her knees; the memory fading.
-End Flashback- -
"I'm so sorry. I wish I could have spared you that pain. I wish there had been a better way to tell you; a better way to comfort you."
Sakura blinked away the tears that unknowingly had formed in her eyes. The memory was 3 years old and it still stung. She looked towards the speaker.
"Mom?"
"Yes dear."
"But your dead too. How are you here? Where is here?"
Sakura looked around herself again. Her mother chuckled.
"I was never human to begin with."
Sakura looked at her mother. Confusion written all over her face.
"What do you mean? Of course you are human. You gave birth to me and I'm human."
Her mother shook her head, a slight smile on her lips.
"Remember my name child. What does it mean?"
"Tsuki Hime; Moon princess. So what? That doesn't mean you are not human."
"It's the name I chose when I came to the modern era from the Feudal; the name that hints at my true nature. I'm the Moon Goddess."
"Yeah, right, and I'm Usagi Tsukino…."
"Technically you are."
Sakura looked at her mother in disbelief. Shocked at what she said and at the fact her mom got the Sailor Moon reference.
"If you are a goddess, why did you die and leave me to run the company? Why didn't you save Dad?"
"Your stepfather's death had to happen in order for me to set up my own demise to send you back in time. You have a mission, one that I didn't have the ability to complete. That's why I fled to the modern era; to give you the chance to grow up and develop the strength to do what I could not.
When you wake up you will have all my memories and the information you need to complete your task is in them. Look for Inu no Tashio. He can verify everything that I have said."
Just then the winds picked up to a deafening roar.
"Who is Inu no Tasho?"
She couldn't hear her mother but she was able to read lips. And what she read shocked her….
He's my WHAT?!
Authors Note:DUN DUN DUUUUHHHHH! lol Find out the connection next chapter! Again, please review. And if anyone has any recommendations for me to read, i will happily look at them!