Ok, it's gonna start to get weird here.

Chapter one

I'm walking away from the small village where many of my friends have decided to stay. Today was horrible. First, I almost get eaten by some demon on my way to Sango's. Then I have to sit there and watch them baby talk to their brat. I left mad as hell because… well because… I don't know. They're so in love. It's actually kind of scary to see how much Miroku's changed for her. Would I have done that for Kagome?

I think about her too much. I know she's gone. She can't come back. Not that I'd want to be with her like Miroku and Sango are together. I don't want any kids for a looooong time, that's for damn sure. I don't think it would have worked with Kagome anyway. She needs people like her, and her family. Besides, I always tried too hard to impress her. If she had really wanted to be with me, she would have said so right? Or did she?

No use thinking about what could have been, I guess.

I stopped suddenly. I smelled something familiar. My ears perked up and I put my nose in the air. Sesshomaru. I didn't feel like dealing with him. For once, I turned around and walked away from a fight, and before it even started. Something must be wrong with me.

I woke up in the middle of the night and nearly fell out of the tree I was perched in. I looked around me in all directions. I felt like someone was watching me. Nobody there. I left the area and found another decent tree to sleep in. I've had a lot of restless nights like this. It's not rare for me to spend the whole night wondering around. Waiting until I'm too tired to stand. Sometimes I don't sleep for days. I just feel so cold. So… lonely. But love is for the weak, who needs it?

I finally got to sleep very late. Into the early morning. I woke around midday, only to lift my head, stretch, take a deep breath and smell… Sesshomaru. Figures. Today I was feeling ready. Not so gloomy. I hopped down from my tree and headed towards his scent, taking my time.

I wondered into the area where the scent was coming from. I couldn't see him but I knew he was close by. I noticed that I had come to a heavily wooded area. There were large trees with bright green leaves on them, and vines clinging to said trees covered in orange and red and pink flowers. But it was autumn. I became curious. Did Sesshomaru do this? How? Why? The logical side of my brain was telling me I should just leave it alone. The curious side was pulling me further into the colorful coppice.

I wanted- no, at this point I needed to know what was going on. Was he dead? Did he have someone with him? Why was it so overwhelmingly warm here? I pressed on into the thicket. It became slightly less dense and I could see a large emerald-colored object up ahead. It was a giant sphere, surrounded by what looked like tree roots holding it up. It came into view. There was a woman inside of it. It was as if I was seeing a female version of my brother. I knew what this was, or at least what it looked like. I had seen it before, when Kikyo was cloned on that island with the crazy demons. Was Sesshomaru cloning people? That was a weird thought.

Someone grabbed my shoulder. I turned around quickly and came face-to –face with Sesshomaru. I jerked back, shaking his hand off of me. "What the fuck?" I yelled louder than I had meant to, but he had surprised me. He looked at me with his stoic expression and calmly said "You shouldn't be here."

"Well what the hell's going on? Did you do this?" I tried to stop my voice from shaking but it was becoming difficult.

"No. I had nothing to do with this." He said calmly and curtly. I thought for sure he would have chased me off my now, or started insulting me. Come to think of it, I hadn't even seen him in almost a year, much less fought with him.

"Then what are you doing here?" I asked.

Sesshomaru looked at me for almost a full minute. I don't know what he was thinking. He answered very suddenly, so abruptly that I was startled again. "I'm waiting for her to emerge. She is the last of us. She is a clone, and she will not know what to do when she is born."

I thought about asking more questions, but I stayed quiet. It made sense that he would have to be the one to show her what to do. He was the 'almighty ruler' after all. My eyes left him and looked back at the near-finished clone. I calmed down considerably. We stood there for a long time, not talking. Just looking at the woman in the large bubble. I was the first to speak again. "…Will she come out soon?"

"Yes. Today. Perhaps tomorrow."

All was quiet again after that. Somehow I had been pulled into waiting as well. I wanted to sit down, but the trees looked too perfect for someone like me to sit in one. So I stood. When it felt safe, I looked at Sesshomaru. I had never been this close to him without fighting or arguing. I thought briefly about apologizing to him and making amends. I decided not to. I studied his face. He did not look old, but there was something else that was close to it. He looked… experienced. Wise, almost. Seasoned. And above all, he looked like a man with power.

We stood silently for a long time. Just waiting. And I couldn't help but enjoy his company.