He passed on worried and warning,

carried away by a moonlight shadow,

Kagome was not sure how long she was out, and it took her a moment to realize what had happened. Kagome lay on the ground, but it was no longer dark. She laid on the soft grass and was surrounded by woods. It was colder as well -winter.

Kagome got up, and snow slowly started to fall; she was going to freeze.

"I wonder how far back I am," She said to herself. It was near nightfall and getting dark outside; she sighed and began to walk away from the woods. She was not sure where she was, but she knew she was not in Inuyasha's forest. Kagome walked and held her arms close to her chest, it was freezing, and the wind was blowing. She reached the end of the forest but stopped, there in front of her was a beach with crashing waves; Kagome backed up and kept very quiet.

There he stood, Sesshomaru.

"He's alive," She said quite to herself, proof that she was indeed in the past. Kagome then heard talking, and she listened.

"Do you intend to stop me?"

Kagome looked around Sesshomaru and saw a man with white hair standing, his back to Sesshomaru. Her mind was running, and she was cold, and she missed bits and pieces of what was said, but the next thing she did hear answered her unasked question.

"Before you go, you must entrust your swords Tessaiga and Tenseiga to me." She heard Sesshomaru say,

Kagome gasped to herself, and she knew who the man was, Sesshomaru's and Inuyasha's father.

"Tell me, my son, do you have someone to protect?"

"I, Sesshomaru, have no one to protect."

Then Kagome watched as his father transformed into a giant dog and left, blood coming from his body. Kagome thought fast and remembered the flea telling her the story of how Inuyasha's father died. Sesshomaru wanted to fight his father to prove his power but was unable to do so because Inuyasha's father died protecting Inuyasha's mother. Kagome knew what she had to do.

"Human,"

Kagome gasped and stepped back; she had not even noticed him walk up to her. "Sess, Sesshomaru!" She didn't think before she said his name.

"How is it human that you know this Sesshomaru."

"Uh, um, now is really not the time," She said, waving her hands back and forth. "You need to stop your father," Kagome then said quickly,

"I will do no such thing," He said to her, keeping his eyes on her; she was odd.

"Grr, fine, then I will if you will just kindly direct me in his direction," She said with her nose up. Sesshomaru crossed his arms; who was this girl?

"Well!" Kagome said, forgetting that this was, and was not the same Sesshomaru she knew. In the other past, it took years for him to 'warm up' to her and her way of talking.

"What do you intend to do, human?"

Kagome turned from him. "My name is Kagome, and I'm a Miko."

"Very well, Miko."

Kagome now wished she had not told him that, once again, he would be calling her that. Kagome turned back to him. "Look, buddy, let's just say I know things; now I have to stop your, Dad."

"Father," He corrected,

"Whatever, you going to help or not?"

"I do not aid humans."

Kagome rolled her eyes and ran; Sesshomaru watched her go.

Kagome stopped at the castle; she had followed the high power she felt. But alas, she was too late, Sesshomaru's father had died. Kagome stood frozen not only because of the cold but because of the sight before her. The great and mighty Lord had died, the castle was burning to the ground, and there was blood all over the place. But something else caught Kagome's eyes, a woman; standing in the snow holding a crying infant; Kagome knew in an instant who that infant was,

"Inuyasha," She whispered; she then watched as the young woman ran away. Kagome stood there and let the cold winter wind blow her hair harshly to the side. "I didn't make it in time," She whispered to herself as she watched the rest of the broken castle burn. After most of the castle was burnt down, Kagome found Inuyasha's father's swords lying on the ground, and she wondered why Sesshomaru had not come to get them. "Why would he not come and get them if he wanted them so bad?"

Kagome reached out to touch the swords, but they shocked her. "Guess that's why."

Kagome sighed and looked up at the sky; it was going to be a cold night for many reasons.