In Inuhime's sitting room of her rooms, Kagome was thinking about everything that she heard and read. Inuhime and this other miko-youkai, Gina, had both said the same thing. Maybe she should heed their advice. The only thing though is being pregnant with their first pup. It's not that she doesn't want to have his pups; she does. She really does, but to be pregnant in the times of war isn't want she wanted. She also believes that her mate may feel the same. The only question is: when will this future war begins?. Both miko-youkai hadn't say anything about this war being in our immediate future, right?

Kagome thought as her mate snuck up to her, "Why me? Why does these things happen to me?"

Sesshomaru quickly wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close to him as she 'eep'ed.

"What is on your mind, omae," asked her mate huskily.

"Oh, it's nothing."

"Nothing? Koi don't lie to me. I know that you are emotionally distressed. Please...don't shut me out now."

"Ok, when you were gone, I stumbled across a letter that was written for me. It was from Inuhime. It sounded like she wrote it before her current condition. I believe that she was warning me...us about this future. She also said that she gave you a letter, too."

"Yes, she did."

"Have you read it, yet?"

"No."

"Do you think we should read it?"

"Hm."

"Hm? You doing that again?"

"Hm," Sesshomru said as he smirked. He likes to see her so fierce.

"Sesshomaru, why can't you just..."

He interrupted her, "Yes, I believe we should read it together. Are you happy now?"

She nodded. "Good. Now come with me."

He grabbed her and made her follow him to the study.

Meanwhile, in the Southern Lands, the Evil Lord starred out at his lands and smirked.

"Soon, Sesshomaru. Soon. We will make you pay for every thing that you did."

His father walked up to the side of him.

"Son, we will initiate our plan on the new moon."

"Finally! I was wondering when... Wait, father, is that the night of the Annual Ball?"

His father smirked. "Yes, son. It is. Every one of our foes will feel their woes."

"Very poetic, father."

"Yes. It is. Remember son, Lord Sesshomaru and his Lady Kagome aren't the only ones that we will enact our revenge on. There're other people as well. They won't even know what's coming. They won't even suspect us, either, until I decide to reveal ourselves to our enemies."

They chuckled darkly.

In Edo, Miroku was going towards Kaede's hut when he felt chills going down on his spine. Kaede also felt the sudden chills. Miroku went inside of her hut. He saw her making her famous stew.

"What ye want with this old miko, Miroku?"

"Lady Kaede, do...did you just feel what I felt. I mean just before I came inside."

"Yes, I did."

"Lady Kaede, I believe something is coming."

"Yes, ye are right, Miroku."

"Should we alert Lady Kagome?"

"Yes, we shall. Miroku, May ye do this miko a favor?"

"Yes."

"May ye be so kind to write to our Kagome to inform her of our experience? And will ye gather some of this herb?" She gave him a sample of said herb.

"Yes, I shall do it after I gather this herb for you. I shall return, Lady Kaede."

"Thank ye, Miroku."

"It's my pleasure, Lady Kaede."

He, then, turned around and walk out of her hut to gather the said herb and then he'll write to their Lady Kagome.

At the Western Palace, Kagome and Sesshomaru decided that they would read the letter outside in their private gardens, that were connected to their rooms. The gardens were full of floral plants and trees such as cherry trees and rose bushes. It also had a water garden that was full of koi and water plants, like water lilies, lotuses, and duckweed. It had a waterfall that was 10 and a half feet. The water pond had a rocky bedrock with sand on top of it and some river rocks that range from pebble-sized to boulder-sized. Needless to say that the private garden was quite huge.

They were laying underneath a sakura tree, which the cherry blossoms were blooming. Sesshomaru was laying in his favorite spot, that was in his mate's lap, when he unrolled the scroll to read the letter from his twin sister.

It read as follows:

"To my dear twin; when you read this letter you would find that I am indisposed at this moment. As you now know that my condition wasn't cause by natural means. Our enemies had put a fatal curse on me. It was made to drastically lower my strength until death unless that spellcasters reverse it. They are the only ones to do it, other wise I had to find my own will to live. A purpose, if you will. Of course, you'd already known this. Anyhow, I had visions of who are our enemies were; there were two. They're related by blood. I had drawn their likeness of what I had seen on the second page of this letter.

This is of upmost importance that you and your mate's bond be strong. If you want to have a stronger and more intimate bond then you must impregnate your mate. I can't really explain why. It just is. It's complicated. This doesn't guaranteed your victory or your and yours survival, but I believe it's well worth the risk.

Brother, I am running out of time as I write this letter. I am uncertain of my fate. Whatever our goddess of fate decides what my fate should be then I will accept it graciously. I had no qualms with going home. I had came to terms with my life. I'd learn from my past experience. I hope that the Kami will grant me another life. If not, well, I will gladly accept it and enjoy our heavenly home. Always know that I will love you with all of my heart. I just want you to live a long and happy life with your mate and family. I'd blessed you and yours to live and enjoy your life in this life. I will watch over you and yours until it's your time to return home. One more thing before I close this letter, if it is possible, can you find your one and only nephew. I can only help you by giving you the only essense that has his own scent, but it's located in my cave that I had call home for the last century. You will know it when you smell it; this I promise you. Enjoy life. Be happy. Give love. Receive love in return. I love you, my twin and always will."

As Sesshomaru was contemplating on what he just read, Kagome was tearing up. The smell of tears brought him out of his musings as she sniffed.

"Omae, why you cry?"

She sniffed and hiccuped. "It's just that I wish what is our best course of action. I mean, should we bring our pup into where will soon be war? Or should we take this risk and go with the flow?"

"Oh, my little onna, we take neither. If it's our fate to bring a new life, our pup, into this world whether or not there'll war, it is of no consequence; rest assure that I'll protect us with all of my being. You and ours are my life. Without you and ours; my life will be nothing worth living."

"Sesshomaru, anata, you and ours are also my life and as you said before without you and ours; my life, too, isn't worth living. You should know that I, too, will protect us with all of my being. There's nothing you could do to stop me. So don't you dare try to persuade me not to do it. I'll do it with or without your permission. You know this."

He chuckled. "Thus, the same goes to you as well, omae."

She smiled. "I know. Do you think whomever is doing this to Inuhime will reverse the curse?"

"That depends. It depends if they want her to be alive or not."

"Oh. What about finding our nephew? How would we find him?"

"It's possible that he's still alive, if he's anything like his mother that is. We...well I will know by his scent. He'll have the scent of his mother and of his vile father and also by the scent of his blood, which the source of it should be in her cave. So that way I could have a physical source of his scent I could remember the scent."

"Oh."

The rest of the afternoon they were laying and talking to each other until it was time for their dinner.

Inuyasha (c) Rumiko Takahashi

Fanfiction & OCs (c) ladytari