---- Author's Note ---

Hey guys it's been awhile! Sorry for not getting this chapter up sooner I originally wrote it while I was on winter break, but I got busy with school and such and didn't get a chance to update till now. Please don't hate me!!! T^T

Disclaimer: I do not own anything D; Rumiko Takahashi owns all inu characters including Kaname.

Chapter 7

Kaname P.O.V.

I woke up the next day with a somewhat uneasy feeling. For the first time in fourteen years I really felt all alone maybe it was because he had always been watching over me in the shadows. As I sat up in bed I looked over towards the window, walking over to it I slide it open and poked my head out into the gentle breeze of the day. However at the same time I also found myself thinking about whether or not it was all for real or just a dream. Even though I did try to understand it all. It was a lot of information to take in all at once.

"No it had to be real…" I told myself as I shook my head back and forth and slowly raised my fingers to my lips. Sesshomaru was definitely real; his lips had been a bit rough when I had kissed him last night though he really didn't do anything but tense up. It was still memorable.

Suddenly the buzzing of the alarm clock sounded. I turned around quickly and turned it off before grabbing my bathing essentials and heading out into the washroom. Not too long after I headed downstairs where my mom greeted me like always.

"Good morning Kaname." Mom said with a cheerful smile on her lips, "Breakfast is done if you want some before you go. Your father has already headed out to the shrine to prepare for the festival tonight." My head shot up instantly.

"Festival?" I asked curiously as my head cocked a bit to the side. She glanced down at me a little in shock.

"Kaname, it's the annual doll festival. How could you forget it?" mom asked me a little disappointed. Which I could understand and all. We have been doing the festival all my life but if what Sesshomaru told me last night was true then I should be trying to figure out as much as I could about the feudal era. Since I'll be heading there sometime soon. But when, that was the main question on my mind.

"You will be here after school to help set up for it right?" mom inquired as she set down some fried eggs and a bowl of rice in front of me.

"Yeah, of course!" I cried out as cheerfully as possible as I grabbed my chop sticks. "Bon appétit." I stated as I began to eat my breakfast.

Feudal Era Japan

Sesshomaru P.O.V.

"Who's there?" I called out calmly as I turned to the direction where I heard the leaves of a nearby bush rustle. I gazed intently as a female fox demon emerged with her arms up in the air.

"Now, now. No need to be so hasty my friend." She stated her violet eyes gazing at me with a playful gleam in them. It was almost like she knew a secret about me. The thought of this petty fox demon knowing anything about me however was enough to make me angry. I continued to glare at her with my amber eyes.

"Friend?" Jaken squeaked from my side as he stepped in front of me, "Now see here Lord Sesshomaru has no need for friends. Especially friends such as yourself." As he began to raise the staff of heads the fox demon pulled out a piece of parchment.

"Ah, ah, ah. Trust me mate you really don't want to engulf me and this information here in flames now do you?" she teased as she grinned widely. My eyes quickly followed the paper in her hand, I felt confusion rushing over me. The piece of parchment they she held had my scent all over it… But why?

"And why not!" Jaken demanded as he waved his staff back and forth in a frenzy. Just then I found myself moving my arm and smacking Jaken upside his head. Which like always made the toad shut up instantly and fall to the ground, a new bump emerging where the contact was made.

"There now." She smirked as she came closer, "I knew you wouldn't burn me especially with this letter. I am the fox demon Sayaku." I finally looked back up at the demon girl, though my eyes didn't hold any type of kindness.

"My my, you told me you would be like this you know." She continued to state as she took a seat on the ground in front of me. I began to glare again; she seemed to clearly know who I was. But what was she talking about? How could I have told her anything? Wasn't this our first encounter?

"What are you talking about?" I finally asked feeling a bit annoyed. What was this fox demon up too?

"Well you see I'm very well known in the south for being a bit of a time traveler. It's a type of magic I can do that lets me see all kinds of worlds and along the way I met you. However it was in a time far off from here so you won't remember it." She stated with that same grin on her face from before.

"… So you are Vanishing Sayaku of the South." I stated as I remembered hearing a few tales that seemed similar to her story. However the ones I had heard were about how during fights with the fox demon she would simply vanish completely and not be seen again for months.

"Aye, so you have heard of me then." she stated as she licked her lips a bit. "Well mate I'm not quite sure how to tell you this, but this letter in my hand was actually written by you! It was written the day we first met and you told me all about your plan and all about your mate."

"Mate?" I mumbled instantly as my eyes locked on the letter, my heart beginning to race a bit. Sayaku simply nodded her head as she held the letter out toward me.

"Yea, you haven't met her yet though. But from what you told me that day I reckon your Kaname is very sweet." She said as she glanced down toward the letter, "This letter will tell you what you have to do, please make sure you follow through with it even if you don't agree just yet. The you that I met… well…I guess if anything your future self seemed quite lonely." She stated as I took the letter in my hands. She then took a few steps back and began to vanish before our eyes. Jaken awoke just then long enough to see the violet eyes fade away into nothingness.

"M'lord! What was all that about?" Jaken quickly asked as he looked up at me wide eyed. However I didn't pay much mind to him as my talons opened up the letter. My eyes glanced at it and began to read:

March 5th, 1924

It's odd writing a letter to myself and even though I have much to inform you, the me in the past, about I have little time. If you have begun to read this letter then I'm sure you have met with Sayaku the time traveler, so I need not inform you of our meeting together. I'm writing this because I want to change things. You see the future is not a place for demons and many of our kind have perished and are still being hunted to this day.

However in the next few days there should be a girl coming from another time into your present time. She is from the same world where the girl who travels with Inu Yasha is. Her name is Kaname. This is where I'm not sure how the past me who is you will react. Once Kaname vanished from our time I traveled and I've waited years for her return. From the first time I had laid eyes on her it was just like father had said years before.

'I know you may not forgive me but the first moment I laid eyes on her, I knew she was my rightful mate.'

In a way I guess we really are like father after all. Kaname is a human. This letter is to inform you of my plan to keep her in our time forever. In the years that I've been living I've done nothing but think of her and what could have been. My plan is for you to meet her out of the original order of how our encounter played out. Second after you've met you must try to find all the shards of the shikon jewel. After its complete if you find yourself in love with her, and I hope you do or my plan will have been in vain, to make a wish upon the jewel to keep Kaname here…

Please keep this idea in mind.

Kaname will appear near Akebi village, though the day and time I do not know.

Sesshomaru

I stared down at the letter in my hands in shock… He was telling me my future mate is no more than a mere human girl? I instantly felt a bit disgusted, for if this letter was for real…No I didn't even want to think about it. Just then Rin's scent caught the air and she came running though the bushes.

"Look Lord Sesshomaru!" she called out as she held up a crown of lilies in her hand. "I just made it. Isn't it pretty?"

"Stupid girl can't you see Lord Sesshomaru is busy?" Jaken wailed out as he glanced over to the young human girl.

"Stop it Jaken." I stated coldly as I turned around and began to walk away. Jaken and Rin didn't take long to follow me.

"Where are we going M'lord?" Jaken questioned as he looked up at me hoping that I would actually tell him. I made a small glance in his direction before I finally stated, "Akebi."

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