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Chapter Four A Look Into The Past Through Another's Eyes

By Inuyashas Youkai

*A sincere thanks Hopeless Romantic 183 for his very much appreciated suggestion and review of this story .I hope this chapter clears up any confusion ,as well I have taken the notations clearly stating the change from the past and the present .Thankyou again for your reviews ,keep em coming ,and I am glad you are enjoying the tale. Just to make it clear I never stated that Sango saw the same thing,nor is she in the past with Kagome, as will be looked into in this chapter. Inuyasha's present self thought himself in the last chapter looking through his memories through his past self's eyes that it was mistakenly younger Sango and Kohaku but that will be visited in this chapter as well .To this point only Inuyasha has memories of Kagome being directly in his past ,Sango has visions,but I never went into what she saw when she gasped gaining the hanyous this chapter though I think everything will be cleared I tried to separate the time switch by starting new paragraphs but I think your idea is much better.I apologize for the misunderstanding and I hope that the changes in this chapter helps . .Thankyou to everyone else who has read ,enjoyed and Sesshomeru Taisho thankyou as well *

~Present Time~

Sango and Inuyasha walked towards the path deep within Inuyasha's forest ,stopping in front of the Goshinboku Tree. Moments of silence fell on the pair ,while the hanyou was with his ears swiveling from side to side to check for any movement surrounding them before giving the okay to talk. Impatiently ,Sango tapped her feet heavily into the loose soil trying to calm the urge of wanting to slap the hanyou into injury induced euphoria ,so she could get the answers that could explain what she was seeing . Fortunately for the hanyou standing in front of her before she lost it ,Inuyasha nodded his confirmations to begin, Sango without hesitation began speaking.

"What the hell is going on Inuyasha? Why all of a sudden am I remembering memories that arent my own? Why are the memories that are of my father and brother in training to fight demons being changed into ones about us being told about a powerful Miko named Kagome and her death in the past when Naraku pinned you and Kikyo against each other ,during the rise of Naraku?" Sango seethed

"When?" Inuyasha panically asked

" Over the past few days ,why? Sango confusedly returned

" No when did Kagome die?" Inuyasha frustratedly yelled

" I am not sure because what I doesn't seem to go in any particular order just what I was told as a child in training. The memories about it aren't my own but from the looks of it could be a ancestor ,the girl looks alot like me so at my age so she could be my mother and the boy could be my father but I am not sure. What I do know that what I see comes to me when something I do sparks it,I never know when it's going to happen and it seems to be a recollection of memories bunched up,they don't go in order .The question I have is why it's happening Inuyasha?" Sango returned

"When Kikyo sent her away from this time and her own I found later that she sent Kagome to the past when Naraku pinned Kikyo and myself against each other knowing that otherwise between myself and Kagome she would return to this time. From what you told me I think I know why Kikyo's unconsciousness chose that time unknowingly , and if its true about Kagome's death, then we need to find a way to stop it before she destroys her. Kikyo 's planning to ensure that knowing now ,our feeling's about each other , Kagome in the past will lead to her death. In the end within her mind I will return to hell with her or if time changes I will return to her and live together as we planned in the past. Can you remember how Kagome dies? " Inuyasha sighed.

" All I know from what I saw when we were sitting around the fire, it was getting late and I started to gaze into the flames when I saw Kagome in the typical outfit that Miko's wear ,the very same that Kikyo wears laying on the ground with alot of blood ,and it was dark out when my ancestors found her. Oh! Naraku must've been close because I heard his vile laughter in the background ,I almost missed it because with the commotion from the ones that found her as a priestess caused an uproar of screams and cries from fear. Whatever led to her death must've been bad because everything surrounding them trees, grass,and the ground itself was torn up and almost obliterated." Sango answered

" Try to remember anything else and I will try to figure out something ,but we should probably get back." Inuyasha said defeatedly

" Wait ! Do you think Kagome would go to the Kaede of the past and continue her training as a Miko there with Kikyo ?" Sango asked

" Well it sounds like something she might do seeing that she might have forgotten that Kaede was but a child at that time ,but then that would mean she would run into Kikyo . Kikyo would train her and if the jewel of four souls accepts her like it does here than she might pass it off to her .Shit ! I think I might know when Kagome dies and I think I might know by who ! Okay Sango when we go back just keep in mind in what I said and whatever comes to you jot down somewhere until we speak again tommorro night ,until then I have a idea. " Inuyasha called from the trees before bounding back deeper into the forest,leaving a confused Sango in the dust, literally coughing up some that entered her nose ,when he jumped up abruptly,and into the trees.

Walking back to Kaede's village ,Sango met up with her faithful friend Kirara who was getting worry of her prolonged absence came to escort and give her a ride back. When she got their it was late and everyone seemed to be already settled in their places to rest for the night,even Inuyasha was up into his tree looking at her. Amber eyes watched Sango when she entered from where he was perched as she settled down, close to the fire leaning against a nearby tree opposite the one Inuyasha chose,and closed her eyes.

~Sango's Dreams:The Past~

A boy and a girl walking around their village came upon a woman bathing in the springs ,just getting dressed hurriedly as she heard their approach. Once entering from the trees, the girl nervously moved around confusedly looking at the two with familiarity. The two demonslayers confronted her as to who she was and why was she so close to their village. The girl uttered as if she might have known them ,mistakened them for herself and her brother Kohaku ,but looking at her while they exchanged introductions after a moments pause ,the girl chastised herself quietly. Kagome was dressed in the clothes that Sango herself remembered her wearing ,the last time she saw her: Green skirt and white sailor suit trimed top with her brown shoes.

Looking up through the trees the female demonslayer who introduced herself as Monji, who was also the name of her mother ,saw a shadow of a demon in the trees , and who looked alot like Inuyasha. The boy demonslayer who introduced himself as Kalamari which also was the name of her father, also took notice of the demon watching ,and continued ,after talking a short time inviting the girl Kagome back to the demon slayers village. Kagome had accepted their invite not knowing their reasons or to what they saw but dismissed it and followed her dream Sango was'nt positive as to if Momji and Kalamari that were in the dream were here parents or not but knew they were a family ancestor of some sorts.

It was confirmed as the next image faded in from the last ,it was her father ,herself, and Kohaku practicing with their weapons ,listening to their father tell the tales about demons from the past . The conversation where it changed to a tale about one miko named Kagome ,Sango wished that back then she payed more attention to it but somewhere between that and the discussion about certain demons ,Sango remembered becoming dazed, beginning to daydream of a battle her father took her on earlier that day to anything else was discovered in her sleep she was awoken abruptly to a violent argument between a familiar wolf and Inuyasha.

~The Present~

" Where's My Woman Inuyasha ,where is she hiding ?" Kouga stated after jumping from the dust tornado that carried him.

" For one are you that blind to go with how stupid you are to not see that Kagome doesn't see you that way? Kagome only tries to be nice to you and you think that her kindness is a sign that she loves you back ,You are more dense than I originally gave you credit for,even more than me .To answer your question she' not hiding she's just not here at the moment and that you can thank Kikyo for ,I am sorry to say. " Inuyasha sighed

" What in the hell did you let Kikyo do to my Kagome ?" Kouga threatened

" I didn't " Inuyasha retorted before Sango interupted

"Kouga ,Inuyasha didn't do anything and we were there when it happened .All of us tried to thwart Kikyo but in the end she got her wish ,only now we aren't sure how to help was only within the last couple days we discovered what happened to her once she disappeared." Sango confirmed

"What!" Kouga asked with venomous intent

Sango proceeded to tell the tale of what's already occured without leaving out when Kikyo forced Kagome to admit to Inuyasha how she felt about him. It ended when her and Inuyasha discovered what happened to her a week prior ,to their visions they were now having ,and pausing slightly to give a understanding look to the hanyou once he gave a mournful sigh. A response to the part when Sango told Kouga that Kagome confirmed that she loved him before she was taken from him by his past love ,Kikyo. Inuyasha was saddened that he never had the chance to return her statement back so she knew ,not to his knowledge anyway,and now that she was seemingly unfixably so far away from him .Inuyasha might never get the chance especially if Kikyo carries out her plans to have her destroyed in a time he no longer has access to ,with exception of his past self so enamored with his past love,and with that Kagome's chances of surving are slim to nil.

Once the explanations were over , Kouga fiercely strutted to where he smelled the awful scent of death permeating from the dead walking miko . The demon slayer Sango yelled out for him ,telling Kouga to wait a minute once the taking in the abrupt sight of the hanyou who just yelped for some reason. The proof to a spark of another memory and one seemingly taking hold within Inuyasha's distracted and dazed eyes.

~ Inuyasha's Memory Of the Past ~

Walking in the forest to where the village stood where he last laid eyes on the miko that he only met a few days ago ,yet he felt so strongly in his need to protect for some reason. His search came to a end when he saw the girl he knew now as Kagome dressed in a Miko' s attire similar to Kikyo's ,only hers was black and blue with little patterns of green swirled within it. Following with her was the two that at first he thought to believe to his present self looking through the eyes of his past was Sango and Kohaku,though now looking it clearly wasn't only identical to them. Momji and Kalamari as they introduced themselves before leading them to their village ,the now thriving slayers village.

Hiding in a nearby tree stealthily once he sneaked himself within the confines of the village ,Inuyasha stayed and watched . Slightly surprised that Kagome was a priestess, and as of late had offered her services to the village as a miko of the cloth to pay for her stay. Kagome was currently collecting herbs to make some salve for a wounded man from a previous attack . Thinking to himself that he never had come across another miko before or after Kikyo wondered with their similar looks if she was of any relation to the girl he currently loved. The hanyou ,just as he was about to jump down to investigate another one beat him to it from the far side of the village

.A priestess that Inuyasha knew that Kikyo once had a run in with before she had used her powers summoned through her bow to send her impending attack back at her .Tsubaki now stood in front of the Kagome thinking it was Kikyo to inflict her revenge, for what she did not to long ago ,before she went into hiding to study to become a Dark priestess. Too bad for the one who dare confuse Kagome with Kikyo, it was a perfect mistake in identity,only to fuel Kagome's wrath upon the one whom called her Kikyo and the one who in the future will try to kill her. .Although too bad for Kagome ,that the one the attack was intended for,Kikyo was now standing behind the overlooking hanyou,who just leaped down from his perch. Inuyasha for some reason had a overwhelming urge to take Kagome and run to hide her before any words were exchanged, but the hand of Kikyo's lightly placed on his shoulder stopped him. Kikyo simply stood watching things play themselves out while curious, as to the girl now raising her bow and pointing it at Tsubaki's heart,with looks almost mirroring hers.

~The Present~

The hanyou opened his eyes to confront the worried looks of Sango and the pissed off glare of Kouga with panicked worry within his amber orbs.

"What we feared has happened ,Kikyo from the past has now encountered her. Kagome will soon meet Kikyo of the past , bad thing is I think I myself ,my past self led Kikyo right to her " Inuyasha sighed

TBC...