So I was VERY close to forgetting to update I've had a long Monday and while it is a holiday I was insanely busy. However I did remember and here it is. So here it is and I would like to thank those who added me to their favorites and alerts and I hope that they continue to read my story. I would also like to send out my special thank you's to those who reviewed it makes me happy to hear from all of you.

XxSilverXTearsxX: Thanks and I am sorry that it was confusing but I wanted to create a little intrigue and what better way to do that then to have a random murder?Anyway thanks for reading and reviewing I really appreciate it.

lunarcat12:You are correct it is Sesshomaru that she first meets in the future and I hope it's amusing. Itoe-sama's death wasn't as random as it seems he wanted revenge for the state that Kagome ended up in during her training.

Nyphetamine: Thanks I've thought about this story constantly since I started it. I normally hate when authors create their on characters and I kicked myself for it and I had intended them to be minor but I got attached to them. Thanks for reading my story and I'll put a lot of effort into finishing it since so many people have been so supportive.

Anyway now that I'm getting sentimental I think we should continue the story. Agree?

Good but first.

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Inuyasha but I like playing with them and messing with them hence the story, but I do own the characters that have no place in the plot line.

Enjoy chapter 12.

Chapter 12:

Kagome grasped the edge of the well a faint smile on her face, it had been so long since she felt that familiar glow as she passed through time. As she pulled herself up to look around cautiously she smiled even more and managed to ignore the thought of never passing through the well again. It seemed like she had landed in a fairly safe area, she could feel a presence but it was faint as if someone was hiding their presence, however there was no threat from them so she continued to look around before addressing them. She didn't want to let them know exactly what she could do, it would ruin the surprize if she had to fight.

She turned her head and noticed feet in her line of vision, not bare feet like most demons and not wearing the sandal like shoes of this era. The feet were clad in black boots, boots she was quite familiar with, they were the boots of the Western Lord. She had the pleasure of seeing them a lot more then she needed to, she was always sprawled out on the floor in some manner when he happened by. The oddest thing was that she was embarrassed no matter the reason for her indecent display, she didn't care about the demon and so had no reason to be embarrassed. Well not any reason she could consciously think of.

At this particular moment she was thankful of all the chance encounters with the demons boots, because this time she would be saved an embarrassing encounter when she looked up at him. She wouldn't fall backwards screaming. Kagome considered glaring at him, but decided against it for two reasons. The first being the fact that she had a promise to keep to the old demon and the second was that she remembered how strong he was in the future, which means that his power now is still above hers. She didn't know by how much but she knew that it was a really stupid idea to challenge someone even a little stronger, you never know if you can handle the fight.

Slowly she lifted her head and looked at him and to her best ability she attempted to smile more, but after not seeing him since he stopped her fight it was a little shocking. He lifted an eyebrow and cocked his head to one side slightly; if he hadn't been Sesshomaru Kagome might have said he was cute. Even thinking that was dangerous but she doubted he could read minds, otherwise she would have been dead three times over by now.

Kagome was about to open her mouth to say something, but something jumped between them. There was then a spear shoved into her face and her vision swam as she focused on the point. Kagome sighed and moved the point out of her face, so much for safe. She could have talked her way out of here with Sesshomaru since he didn't seem too keen on killing her, he was more . . . curious? That was understandable considering that she just popped out of a well.

"Do not move," a feminine voice barked and Kagome's smile turned into a smirk, Susuki sounded the same five hundred years in the future. Slowly Kagome turned her attention to her, she was the spear owner. She sounded the same but she looked a lot younger, which was surprizing. What looked younger wasn't her face, but her eyes. The Susuki in front of her had the same pale skin, same emerald eyes, and same flame red hair yet the girl in front of her hadn't experienced as much pain and had not seen as many battles. She hadn't seen to many of her friends die, she was young and mostly unscarred and even that small difference was surprizing.

Kagome purposely moved forward and Susuki took a step back, which gave Kagome enough room to step over the well and sit there waiting for someone to make some kind of move. Susuki glared and ran forward her spear pointing straight at Kagome's heart, and in response to the threat Kagome's body tensed her eyes flashed as she calculated the best attack. She didn't want to hurt the girl, but she had to make sure that she got out of her unmolested as possible.

An instant before Susuki struck there was a flash of white and Sesshomaru was standing in front of Kagome the spear pushed slightly to the side. Susuki looked up surprised and the demon lord growled and instantly the girl's head dropped but only low enough to glare at the miko sitting there.

"It's not my fault," Kagome said calmly and tilted her head back and looked at the demon lord, "and what do you mean, pack?"

Sesshomaru looked down and Kagome caught a glimpse of mild surprize before it went back to an emotionless mask, "I believe we have a lot to talk about Miko." With that he moved to the side and allowed her to stand, and immediately the rest of the guards straightened except for Susuki. Sesshomaru noticed their actions and raised an eye brow before looking at the small miko. He himself was surprised by what she was wearing, the small indecent green and white kimono was gone replaced by something more traditional and modest.

He approved of the change, but said nothing as he turned to walk away, but that was stopped when a small girl collided into his legs. He looked down and patted the girl on the head, and waited for her to speak.

"Rin was worried! Rin heard people talking about the powerful a-au- ah presence?" Rin paused for a moment and looked satisfied with her word choice, "and then everyone started to rush around. Shippo-kun said I should stay with him and Master Jaken, but Rin wanted to make sure Sesshomaru-sama was okay. Are you okay Sesshomaru-sama?"

"Yes Rin." The little girl looked relieved and smiled before turning around and waving at yet another figure coming toward the large group of people.

Kagome gasped and looked up at the demon lord as her adopted son entered her view. He looked well dressed, well fed, and like he was having fun. All of the above were things that she hadn't been able to give him, she couldn't buy him clothes and although she made sure he ate they never seemed to have enough food. He hadn't been able to be a child while they were travelling, he was always worrying about everyone and making sure that Naraku was caught. Seeing him now was a rude awakening, shard hunting was no place for a child and she should have made sure he didn't come. She may love him like her own child but she hadn't been mature enough to actually take care of him, even now she couldn't. Yeah she had picked him out some little outfits while she was in the future but she couldn't feed him this well or make him this happy.

Sesshomaru had studied her since she looked at him, he saw every little emotion she felt fly across her face and didn't understand why she was upset. Her child was safe, and well taken care of and they would both be if she stayed. He was confused and he was never confused, why would she be upset that he was taking care of her kit. He was providing the child a lot better than Inuyasha could have . . . perhaps this was why she was upset? The rest of her group was not here? He would ask her.

"Sorry Sesshomaru-sama," Shippo said slightly out of breath and bowed slightly, "Is everything okay?" Sesshomaru nodded his head and Shippo sighed, "What happened?"

Instead of answering Sesshomaru moved aside and allowed Shippo to see Kagome fully. He could smell the child's happiness and then his tears. Before the demon lord could ask what was wrong the child had jumped at the woman and hugged her tightly. It wasn't an unexpected movement from the miko as she wrapped her arms around the kit. They stayed like that for a few minutes ignoring the guards shocked looks and gaping mouths.

"You said we had a lot to talk about?" Kagome asked looking at the demon lord and he was surprised that there was no trace of fear. That made things easier for him so he nodded his head and continued into his 'house'.

Shippo had left her when Sesshomaru had given him a soft command and she was left to look around the halls as she followed Sesshomaru. It looked exactly like the way to Itoe-sama's study and Kagome lost herself even more in her thought her feet remembering the way to it on her own.

Sesshomaru stopped walking and watched the miko waiting for her to notice that he wasn't leading her anymore. She would have to learn the place anyway, he was about to tell her to pay attention when she turned down the right hall and continue until she was at the study door, then she stopped and looked at him. Slightly confused as to why he was down by the hall.

"Did I go the wrong way? Are we not going to the study to chat?"

"That is correct," he said and raised is eyebrow a clear indication that he wanted to know something but he couldn't lower himself to asking, so she was left to puzzle it all out on her own.

"I was trained here, only five hundred years in the future," Kagome said and waited for Sesshomaru to walk into the study before she followed.

He sat behind a wooden desk similar to the one she had seen Itoe-sama sit behind and she stood in front of it. There were no other seats like Sesshomaru's in the room and she understood it to be a move to make his guests nervous. It wouldn't work on her Itoe-sama had tried it on her a few times, perhaps in preparation and she had the smallest feeling the old demon knew exactly who she would meet on this side of the well.

"You left." Sesshomaru stated and Kagome nodded but said nothing, which was technically polite since it was more conformation rather than a question and she had to remember some manners when dealing with him. They were not friends and he was a lord and as much as she hated being submissive she had no choice but to follow the mannerisms of the era, which in the long run meant she had no right to speak at the moment. Sesshomaru's eyebrow rose slightly a barely noticeable movement, "Why?"

"My mother was ill," 'simple question simple answer' Kagome reminded herself silently.

"Why did you stay for so long?" He obviously meant why would she leave her son in Inuyasha's care when it was clear he could barely look after himself.

Kagome bowed her head for a moment, "When I returned from the . . . healers with my mother Inuyasha was there. There was a fight I knocked Inuyasha out and sent him back here. He destroyed the well and I was forced to stay there."

"How did you come back?"

"While I was there I started looking for a different way back which led me to . . ." Kagome smiled slightly remembering Susuki in the future, "A friend of yours. She led me to a demon named Itoe-sama who would grant any person one wish-"

"You wished to come back?"

"No." Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow and Kagome sighed so much for manners, "I wished he would heal my mother completely."

"Then you did not answer my question," he was glaring now and Kagome couldn't help the glare that she returned.

"You didn't give me a chance! Had I not been interrupted I would have continued on to say that I made my wish and his price was that I serve him for a year. During that year it was made glaringly obvious that I get into trouble a lot, his stupid servants- anyway he trained me and my service ended soon. He granted me friendship and in honour of that he granted me another wish."

"To come back here."

"Yes."

"His price?"

"I be polite to the first thing I met on this side and give it a chance. Hence why I didn't attack or scream."

There was silence for a while and Kagome could clearly see that he was evaluating her story to see if it was possible and she resisted the urge to sigh, glare, or do anything that indicated her impatience. He nodded his head once and raised an eyebrow.

"Yes Sesshomaru-sama?"

"Your price is paid why do you continue to be polite? You were not before."

"I am in your debt," Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow, "For some reason, which you have not explained, you have taken care of Shippo thus I owe you."

"What if he is a prisoner?"

"If he was a prisoner he would not be running about your palace in clothes you provided. He would not be fed well and you would never allow him to be near your ward." Sesshomaru studied he a moment longer and nodded his head, "What happened?"

Sesshomaru smirked at the question she was already losing most of the formalities used, he noticed her blush as she ducked her head and let out an irritated sigh. However before she could ask again in a more suitable answer he decided to speak, "From what your kit has said he ran off when Inuyasha informed him that you were never coming back. He walked in on a confrontation of mine with the half-breed Naraku and died," Kagome gasped and covered her mouth and then he smelled her anger a spicy smell that was laced with her contained power. She was acting much like the child's actual mother would and it was rather impressive, "This Sesshomaru killed Naraku's puppet and resurrected you kit. He has been with myself a year now."

Sesshomaru watched slightly amused as the miko reigned in her anger, she hadn't lost control which any human would have done by now. Whoever had trained her had done well to teach her control he could sense the power she held and he understood that it would take a great deal of control to hold it back and hide it. Anger made humans lose control but she had not.

"Why did you resurrect him?"

"Inuyasha is my brother, and despite what he may think this Sesshomaru holds his pack as high priority. Thus my beast called me to save the child's life and look after him."

Kagome nodded but didn't ask anything else. She was thinking or trying to understand the information she was given. Sesshomaru was going to explain further but she opened her mouth first so he remained silent.

"So what you meant by 'She's pack' earlier was me belonging in Inuyasha's group and being Shippo's . . . Care giver?"

"Correct," Sesshomaru paused and looked at the miko in front of him curiously he raised his eyebrow slightly, "The monk and the slayer would be pack as well. Would you like to hear news of them?"

Kagome's eyes widened she hadn't thought he would know anything about them, "Are they alright? Are they with Inuyasha?"

"Yes and no they are not," Sesshomaru smirked for a second, "How did you understand what I said?"

"What do you mean?"

"I had spoken about the monk and slayer in a language only demons understand. To a human it should have sounded like me growling and barking."

Kagome opened her mouth and closed it again. She hadn't even noticed the difference from him speaking in Japanese to his own language, and she blushed realizing that earlier he had talked to Susuki in that language rather than Japanese, "There was a time while I was training that I mistook my sensei's growls of apology as him wanting me to get up and keep fighting," she blushed even more when she remembered Itoe-sama telling her that Sesshomaru ordered her to learn the language, " then . . . you, well the you there . . . in the future. Well you got really mad apparently, and I guess it has to do with the whole pack thing . . . anyway Itoe-sama said that you ordered him to teach me the language so that I wouldn't do that again."

"Do what again?" Sesshomaru didn't get confused often but that explanation was confusing. He understood him being in the future, he was the strongest demons around of course he'd be alive five hundred years later.

Kagome's face went bright red and she recalled only one time she blushed so much and it was inuyasha's fault, "Fight someone much stronger until I was almost dead." He could understand why he was upset then; he wouldn't want pack dying when they were supposed to be getting stronger.

Sesshomaru was silent for a while and seemed like he was staring right through her, "Why did you come back?"

The question sounded a lot like a rejection and Kagome was slightly surprised that she felt hurt; she had no reason to be upset. Well only the fact that she wanted to belong somewhere and a pack would mean she belonged and if all the studying she did was right then Sesshomaru would be her alpha and if he rejected her it meant she wasn't good enough and that's what hurt. She hadn't been good enough for Inuyasha and now that she was stronger she wasn't good enough to be part of their pack. It was all too confusing for her and she didn't want to feel the hurt so she pushed it aside.

"I am the Shikon's protector and the one responsible for it shattering so I had to come back and finish finding the shards, kill Naraku and take Shippo away from the fighting and danger. I saw to my responsibilities in the future so I gave up that era to come here."

Sesshomaru nodded his head it was understandable, even respectable, "You are welcome to stay here as long as you want, and come and go as you please."

It was supposed to be the end but Kagome hesitated, "Um . . . Sesshomaru-sama I was wondering if perhaps you would allow Shippo to stay here instead of coming with me," Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow at the request and Kagome ducked her head, "I failed him when I travelled with Inuyasha. He eats well here and he doesn't have to worry-"

"It is not your job to provide for the pack. Inuyasha was your alpha and he did not provide well enough for you. As the alpha female you did your best and provided better then Inuyasha, thus you did not fail and your kit would understand it that way. As Alpha female your job was to support you alpha, remain loyal and look after the pack when your alpha left. You have done all the above so do not think you have failed. I am the alpha now so it will not be the same, even if we travel."

Kagome smiled slightly; by the look on Sesshomaru's face she understood it was more instinct that caused him to say those things. It didn't matter either way it made her feel better, she bowed her head slightly in thanks, "I will be leaving tonight."

End Chapter.

Well there we go I hope this was good, unfortunately it was a filler chapter and there might be a lot of those since I want to do a progressive story. Anyway I hoped you enjoyed it and I look forward to hearing from some of you, and to everyone I'll 'see' you next monday.

Bye!