Alright it's monday here and like I promised here's the next chapter, I'm going to be writing chapter 14 after I post this so I'm a few days a head still. Anyway I had a little fright when my internet went from working perfectly to having to stand on one foot with my laptop stretched away from me while i balanced a log on my head, but it's all good now!

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Enjoy Chapter 11!

Chapter 11:

Kagome sighed happily as she walked towards Itoe-sama's study, this was her final day as his servant and she was going to miss him and Susuki whom she had to thank for the killer shape she was now in, not to mention the confidence and power she carried with her at all times. She was sure that if she met Sesshomaru ever again she'd be able to actually give him what for, for interrupting her very first match with Susuki. He never showed up again after that and Kagome never really wondered why.

She knocked and waited for a moment before Itoe-sama called for her to enter; she did and looked around the room she had been in several hundred times as she waited for him to speak. He took his time Kagome assumed he was shifting through his thoughts.

"As you know today is a year exactly you've been working for me," it wasn't a question but Kagome nodded none the less, "And I have one more request for you, in a few weeks I want you to come back here. Not as my servant but as a most esteemed ally, in which time we have something to discuss. Do you mind?"

Kagome sat for a few moments studying the demon in front of her, who appeared very human if you ignored the long silver hair that was contained neatly in a pony on top of his head and the demon markings that were on his face. She had grown quite accustomed to seeing his face every day just like she had with her family both in the past and present. She was sure she was going to miss the old demon just as much as she had missed everyone else in her life.

Finally she nodded her head and the demon smiled at her before standing and giving her a hug, surprising everyone including himself. It was like a final testimony to her no longer being one of his staff, and once he let go he was replaced by Susuki whom held on to her while administrating what seemed like muffled apologies. Kagome attempted to pry her off but it didn't work very well, finally the miko sighed.

"Susuki I can't understand a word you're saying," Kagome laughed slightly when Susuki straightened and took her hand in a very Kouga like manner.

"I just wanted to say I'm sorry that I couldn't stop the servants and then had to beat the snot out of you, but it was all for your own good."

Kagome shook her head slightly and patted the demoness on the arm, "It's alright. They got their own and I really don't know what you're talking about so it doesn't matter,"

Susuki finally noticed the glare that Itoe-sama was sending her way and stepped back to join him not to far away from the miko. Itoe-sama smiled slightly and they both bowed to the miko who looked startled, "Please remember to come see us in a week, and keep all the clothing you've recently bought."

"Thanks," Kagome said returning her own smile and bow before Susuki led her out of the room, once they were inside they started to pack the few belongings that Kagome actually had.

Once that was finished Susuki left momentarily and held out an additional bag when she returned. Kagome looked at it curiously and then to Susuki before finally taking it and glancing inside. Inside the bag were tons of modern day clothing that looked to be Kagome's size exactly and her kind of clothing as well. Kagome smiled happily before hugging Susuki, it was fantastic and she didn't have to go out and by more.

They left then to head back to Kagome's home, one of them very excited while the other one seemed fairly upset. Kagome had a fairly good guess as to why the demoness was upset, but couldn't bring herself to voice it. Instead she placed a hand on Susuki's shoulder and gave her a tight hug once again confirming that she was to come back in a few weeks.

Once Susuki had left Kagome raced up the stairs barely giving the old and useless well a glance before busting through the door. Her family all leapt up in surprise before rushing over to give her a hug and asking her about her most recent adventure, which Souta mentioned was not as exciting as the adventures to the past.

Once the initial welcomes were done everything slipped into a state of normalcy and Kagome was happy to watch her mother cook dinner and laugh with Souta and her grandfather. It was almost like Kagome had never gone to the past, and her mother hadn't gotten sick, and she hadn't exchanged her freedom for her mother's life. It was perfect and for a while Kagome was happy to have things back to normal, but only for a while.

Still a few days in Kagome was once again up all night reading the website that had put her where she was now, highly trained and eager to get back to the past. She skimmed the website over and over again, but found nothing. She even tried different and similar websites, but they didn't even have a guess as to where the second gate to the past might be.

That didn't stop her though; she kept going through every website her search gave her. She was determined not to give up until she had exhausted every option, and that would take a while. Each night she was up until her eyes closed on their own accord too heavy to keep open with any sort of effort.

By time she had gone through every website and every source available it was time that she Itoe-sama, as he requested. She said good bye to her family with a promise to return, ignoring her mother's uneasy looks. She was sure nothing was going to happen, she trusted the old demon more then she trusted some of her 'friends'. She drove happily and silently to the old house, it seemed so odd looking up at it from the outside rather than being on the inside. She knocked and waited patiently until someone answered, that person happened to be Susuki who had barely gotten the door open before she had pounced on Kagome.

Kagome laughed and allowed herself to be dragged up to Itoe-sama's study where she was met with a smile and another hug. She was glad she was there as a friend rather than a servant, she was less likely to be in trouble. However she was still weary of some unexpected reprimand, but couldn't stop the smile that lit up her face at such welcoming response.

"Now you must be curious as to why you're here, correct?" it wasn't really a question it was more of a Segway but Kagome nodded anyway, "I have decided to grant you a second wish, of course there will be payment."

Kagome was slightly surprised, she had not been expecting that and unlike most people she wasn't about to demand that she get this one for free, "And what is this payment?"

"It's nothing you wouldn't already do. When you go back to the past the first person you see, give them a chance. No matter who or what they are to you."

Kagome's face lit up in a smile and she nodded quickly before hugging the demon in front of her, he had made every dream of hers come true. The old demon chuckled and led her out into the garden that was at the back of the house, right in the middle surrounded by flowers and covered in roots was a second well. A twin to the one she had originally travelled through.

"The only problem is that it's a onetime trip," Itoe-sama said and Kagome glanced down in sadness.

"Then I'll have to say goodbye to my family," Kagome murmured regret evident in her voice, but she had a duty to the past and she'd find a way to see her family again.

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It wasn't too long before Kagome returned and all members of the house hold were forced outside to bid farewell to the young miko. Even the demons that had tormented her were there although the moved back quickly when she entered the garden, they weren't about to piss her off again even if their boss told them to they had a hard enough time hiding her revenge.

Not that Itoe-sama would really care about the interesting purification techniques the young miko had come up with, purely for the chance to make them suffer. Itoe-sama was very well aware of the fact that they weren't just doing it because he wanted them too, they didn't like her they never did like mikos.

Kagome said goodbye to those who mattered to her and glanced around at everyone else, making the few servants that had tormented her scurry behind the other uninvolved demons. She didn't pay much attention to them though and he gaze finally landed on the old well, her heart racing at the thought of going back. She had never seen another well in all the time that she had traveled in the past, so it must have been in a house or somewhere she had never been before. Which meant one of two things she was either going to be trespassing or in a lot of danger, the trespassing she could talk herself out of but she wasn't too sure how she'd stand against danger.

She was trained that didn't mean she couldn't have her doubts.

Pushing those thoughts aside she smiled at everyone before grabbing her bag which looked like any travelling bag you could by in the past, that feudal store really came in handy. In her bag were the essentials some food to get her started, a lot of clothing, some money, a few of her smaller weapons, and shampoo and conditioner which would only be used in the most desperate of situations since she could never come back. That thought made her hesitate as she reached out her hand for the sword that Itoe-sama was presenting her, but she took it and examined it. Beautifully made and perfect weight and balance for her, she smiled gratefully and turned her back on the demons. With a deep breath she jumped into the well and was instantly surrounded by blue light which had a different tint to it than the well at her house. There was no going back now; she was on her way to the future in the past. With said confusing phrase in her head she wished her friends in the future luck and a said a final goodbye.

"Now that she's gone you all may return to your homes, Sesshomaru will be here any second so I would hurry unless you want to deal with his anger," Itoe-sama said and the other demons went scurrying away and the only people left were Susuki and Itoe-sama.

The other servants had just disappeared when Sesshomaru landed growling at the two who were still standing by the well. He glanced between the two and drew his sword; he had sensed the magical flare which indicated that Kagome had returned to the past and came immediately to seek revenge. The sword hovered in front of their faces barely skimming their noses; he turned his attention to Susuki.

"I won't kill you because you were her best friend and mine."

"And soon to be again," Susuki said smiling happily at the thought of all the things she and Kagome would be doing in the past, "and I've always been yours."

"But you are already dead," Sesshomaru said brushing aside Susuki's last comment and turning his attention to the one he really wanted to hurt. He still hadn't forgotten the state the miko was in, he never forgot anything concerning her.

"Sessh. I must warn against this," Susuki said and knew that it was futile either way. She still tried to stop him as he pulled in his arm before thrusting the sword into the other demon's body.

Said demon laughed and looked down, his body fading slowly. He was headed to the past to ensure things went right this time; he didn't want to have to do this for the rest of his life. Dying and coming back only to die again got tiring most demons and humans alike only had to deal with death once, and just because he had started meddling in the Kami's business he was bound to do it for them now.

It seemed that what they wanted was the impossible Kagome and Sesshomaru were both very stubborn people, who by all rights should not be destined to be together. Not only were they destined to be together it was the only way to save the world and the only way they could end up together is if she were to travel the past. Not only did the pair not belong together but they could only be together by giving a large amount of people headaches as they try to figure out all the paradoxes and time paradoxes.

He had tried arguing this point with them but they wouldn't have it anyway. They would also remind him that this was the only way to get out of his punishment and join the Kami's like he belonged. So here he was fading from one time to go to another one where he was already dead, how he would survive with already being dead there was a question that would only lead to another headache as he tried to figure it out.

Susuki turned to face her long-time friend and lord, "Was that necessary? "

Sesshomaru shrugged not look away from the part of his blade that should have been covered by Itoe-sama's body and blood, but neither were there. "Apparently. He was expecting it."

There was a moment of silence before Sesshomaru sheathed his sword. He had taken it out of storage for this event specifically. Now that it was done Sesshomaru hated the thought of having to put it away again.

"Alright your little vacation is over let's get back to work. Rouge demons aren't going to kill themselves, and Shippo needs help faking his death apparently he's run out of ideas."

"We should start a business for that," Susuki said offhandedly as she followed Sesshomaru out of his old house. He had stopped living there since Kagome's death he didn't want to be reminded of their life together, not until they could have it together again.

Susuki still had a hard time believing that she had actually died. There was no way considering it wasn't her mating to Sesshomaru that had made her immortal, she shouldn't have died because her doubt had tainted and broken the bond. 'I guess even immortals can die from a broken heart' Susuki mused silently wondering how it was that Sesshomaru hadn't just keeled over. Then again Kagome was originally from the future and if she died the cycle would just start over again, she died each time when Sesshomaru and her didn't end up together and it would continue until the Kami's wish came true.

If she hadn't known both of them really well she would have thought that they could never be together and stay together. If she hadn't been there when they had started falling in love and saw the reason they did she would never even dare thoughts on it. Both of them had been close to her and she had been there at every moment their relationship deepened, she had hope that they'd get it right this time. If she didn't she would have never agreed to help train Kagome. Granted she had hope each time and it hadn't worked out well, but she never remembered that and Itoe-sama only told her after she had agreed and there was no way to back out. He was tricky like that.

Suddenly she remembered that she should have been following Sesshomaru and looked up to find him waiting impatiently for her to catch up. She laughed slightly and followed after him hoping that everything would work out in the end, she hated dealing with the two star-crossed lover's melancholy moods. Not that Kagome really ever got like that, but if you looked hard enough you could see the pain of rejection she carried around with her. The stoic lord on the other had got quite emotional and angry when things don't work out, but that was easy to deal with she was use to that, she would even go as far as to say she preferred it.

They walked out of the house leaving behind ghosts both literal and figurative, they had work to do and they didn't have the time to contemplate the workings of time. Time was odd and uncontrollable, it constantly changes and can never be relied on. Time should not be meddled in except by those who had created it, and so everything was left in their hands.

Kagome was in the past and at the moment that was all that mattered.

I know the ending might be a little confusing especially with the whole death thing, but hey it'll be explained later. So I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I hope to hear from you!

If not well I'll see you in a week!