Beloved Little Secreted

By:
Lissa

Chapter
1:  Baby Lost to Time

style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Kagome curled up next to her mate and
sighed happily.  They had been together
since she was 15, and the relationship had developed from a mutual wariness to
a loving and fierce union that kept their pack together.

style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>It had been nearly 3 years since she first
found herself in a wondrous world through a well behind her family’s
shrine. 

style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>She had soon after freed her hanyou mate
and found new friends, the family of her heart.

style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Her eyes were heavy, and her mind drifted
through the murky waters to the land of sleep and revelations.

style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Her last thought was of the pup that she
and Inu Yasha just learned of.  Their
pup was growing within her and expressed the love that they held for one
another.  Her dreams, however, were a
torrent of worries of what could happen and whispered warnings that life was
ever changing.

style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>She felt as her heart beat faster and
faster, summoning her out of her slumber.

style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>She looked up at the calm, unbroken
dawn.  The peaceful sight soothed her
frayed nerves that her nightly dreams had ruffled.

style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>She looked around and found herself
alone.  She was covered in Inu Yasha’s
haori and very warm.

style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>She stood up and wrapped it around over
her pajamas-a tank top and pants-before walking around to stretch out her muscles.

style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>A sensation that was coming from behind
her caught her attention.  She knew that
aura.  Despite his help during their
quest, he was still an enemy of her mate and considered her mate only worthy of
death.

Sesshomaru.

style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>She turned her head and only heard a feral
growl.  This begged her to either fight
or run. 

style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Her decision was unconscious and
instant.  She ran!

style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Without even looking which direction she
was running in, she did her best to dash her way around trees, especially any with
low hanging branches.  She knew he was a
good foot and a half or so taller than her.

style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Bushes and braches reached toward her,
trying to catch her and hold her for him. 
Their interference only caused scratches and few drops of her blood to
pour down her arms and a few other areas.

style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>A burst of adrenaline had her nearing the
well.  She was happy that this was the
direction she had run.  She could escape
and come back when he was gone.

style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>A solemn figure in red and white was
waiting at the well.

Kikyo?style="mso-spacerun: yes">  Wasn’t she dead and gone?

style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Kagome ran faster than she ever thought
possible and jumped into the well and down it without ever slowing down.

style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>The blue light hugged and caressed her as
she leapt through time.  She would be
able to come back later when it was safe.

style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>When she landed on the other side, Kagome
nearly went into panic overdrive as she sensed the very thing that had caused
her to run.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Inu Yasha ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>He was happily getting something for his
mate to eat when she woke up.  He had
had trouble sleeping because he was worried. 

He
had pupped her.

style='mso-tab-count:1'>            That was something that he had
wanted to do since he had allowed her to get into his heart and stay
there.  He smiled at the thought.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  Like he could have stopped her?style="mso-spacerun: yes">  She was just the type of person that had the
ability to get into anybody’s heart and stick there.  It was just her.  She was
just herself, which was accepting unconditionally, and loving to the fullest
and forgiving blindly.

style='mso-tab-count:1'>            He grinned to himself as he found
some fruit on a bush.  He had wondered a
bit further than he wished to.  Truth be
told, if he could have, he would chain her to him and melt the key so that she
would never be away from him.

style='mso-tab-count:1'>            His senses tingled in a way that
made him shiver before sheer terror set in.

It
was Sesshomaru, and Kagome was terrified.

He
ran as fast as he could.  She was
heading towards the well. 

style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>He sped up but was still unable to make it
there.  Just as he rounded a corner, he
saw his mate jump at full speed down the well. 
He then looked up and saw his brother stunned as Kagome disappeared
seemingly into thin air.

style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>A split second later, he noticed Kikyo
standing there.  She was standing there,
very steady and still until she serenely dropped something into the well.

style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>He screamed as he jumped down the well,
hoping to be able to get to his mate. 
There was no sweet blue light, no dark well house and no Kagome.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  He just looked up and saw the sky.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  It was the same sky that his mate loved to
gaze at while sitting next to him.

style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>He growled dangerously before jumping back
up and facing the dead miko that had done something.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  He didn’t know what she had done, but it was
her fault that he couldn’t pass though, and she probably couldn’t pass back.

style='mso-tab-count:1'>            His growls continued to echo as he
dug his claws straight through the clay based miko.  He even began to laugh as she collapsed.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  He slashed and destroyed the soul collectors
with the Tetsusaiga and laughed as his prey gave up hope.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  Her soulless eyes grew even more so as her
portion of the soul drifted out along with the souls she had been using to
survive.

Sesshomaru
actually stepped back a few steps, watching the hanyou closely as he lost control
of himself even while holding his transformed sword.  He didn’t wish to fight his brother in this state.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  There was no honor in it.

He
had always said that he would be the one to end the hanyou’s life, but not like
this.

Inu
Yasha turned to him, smelling like a full-blooded youkai and growling
viciously.  Words were spilling out incoherently.