New Beginning

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Kagome sighed and rolled her shoulders. Her first day was finally over, and what a trying one it was. The five boys from her first class spent their thirty minute detention helping her decorate and clean her room. The detention went by fast, which was good for Kagome since her holy powers were close to breaking loose and lashing out at anything demon; which happened to be the majority of the people occupying the building. She would only get a short break to reign it back in before meeting with Sesshomaru. So, as soon as the students left she immediately started to meditate, trying to find her balance.

Too soon she found herself outside of the dojo waiting for Kendo practice to end. About five minutes later boys started to trickle out of the dojo. She took that as a sign she could enter and made her way to Sesshomaru’s office. She lightly rapt on his door three times.

“Enter,” she heard from within, and she slowly pushed the door aside.

Inside she found Sesshomaru at his desk working on a computer. Sesshomaru using modern technology... This is really strange, she thought to herself. Though, she noted he looked right at home in the modern surroundings and attire. He transitioned well it seems. Inuyasha always had trouble fitting in when he would come home with me.

“Hi, Lord Sesshomaru. I’m…” Kagome started.

“I’m no longer a lord,” he interrupted.

Ok… I was just trying to be polite. Kagome thought slightly miffed.

“Well I’m ready to go,” Kagome replied.

“Obviously, or you wouldn’t be standing here right now,” Sesshomaru coldly stated.

Kagome grit her teeth at his reply. Why does he have to be such an ass at times. He could make this a little easier, she thought.

“Where would you like to have our discussion at?” She asked as pleasantly as she could.

“We will go to your place miko,” Sesshomaru stated confidently.

Her anger flared to life at his statement. I ask him where he wants to go and he ORDERS that we’ll go to my place. He could’ve asked if that was fine, but no…he just assumed I would bend to his will. I haven’t had a chance to finish unpacking let alone clean or go grocery shopping.

“I have no food in my apartment, and surely we would both like to have some dinner,” she hissed.

“Then this Sesshomaru will order food to be delivered,” he coolly replied.

“Fine…” she sighed. There was no way to win this battle.

“I guess you can just follow me home, so I don’t have drop you off here when we are done,” she dejectedly mumbled.

“No, I will drive there and you will give me directions as we go,” he countered in his usual stoic tone; not at all betraying his irritation at dealing with the frustrating miko again. He detested being a passenger and following her would take too long. He wanted answers NOW.

Kagome was dumbfounded by his most recent order. Her mouth opened and closed several times before just staying open in shock, while she tried to think of a comeback. In that moment she most resembled a fish not a woman.

“Close your mouth miko, or you might catch flies in there,” Sesshomaru stated, finding silent amusement from his words and the miko’s speechlessness. His face once again not betraying his musings, but his eyes held a slight sparkle of his inward laughter.

“B..b..but what about tomorrow!?” the miko shrieked. “How am I supposed to get to work?” Her now furious gaze never left his disinterested one.

“Miko keep your voice down. I will either pick you up in the morning, or I will stay at your place. It depends on how long our…discussion takes,” he calmly answered.

“Do I have a choice in any of this?” Kagome asked angrily.

“None what so ever,” he replied.

Her eyes narrowed even further in her fury, but she bowed her head; giving into his wishes once again.

With that finished they quickly made their way to the powerful youkai’s vehicle. The miko trailing behind her sworn enemy turned ally.

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The drive had been quick and relatively quiet. The only sounds heard were the gentle hum of the engine and the occasional directions from Kagome. The atmosphere was tense with the miko’s anger and the Taiyoukai’s indifference.

Too soon, in Kagome’s opinion, they arrived at her apartment. They both got out of the car and slowly made their way up to the third floor. Once outside her door, Kagome started to fiddle with her keys. She was nervous to let Sesshomaru in. What will he think of my tiny apartment? Plus it’s still a mess. This is so embarrassing. If he stays tonight the only place to sleep is my bed. I don’t want to sleep with him, and he probably wouldn’t want to sleep next to a human. What am I going to do!? She thought to herself nervously.

“Miko, are we going to stand our here all evening or are you going to open that door?” Sesshomaru asked icily.

“eep! Um, yeah… sorry,” she replied meekly as she finally slipped the key in the lock and pushed open the door.

She walked in and stepped to the side to allow the tall stoic youkai inside. Once both were in her apartment she closed the door as she dropped her keys into a dish near the door. Then she started making her way to her bedroom to change.

“Sorry about the mess, I just recently moved in. Try to make yourself at home; if you need to move boxes out of your way,” she called to him from the hallway.

“Is pizza fine with you?” the tall youkai asked the retreating form of the miko.

“Um, yeah that would be fine,” she answered from the bedroom as she proceeded to change into a T-shirt and some pajama bottoms. Soon she heard his deep baritone speaking into what she assumed was a cell phone. Within no time she was dressed and heading out to confront a Taiyoukai and her past.

When Kagome walked into the living room she found Sesshomaru standing next to the sliding glass doors looking out on the city. He looked like a god, standing there with the fading sun lighting his features. Though, she knew from the past, that he looked even better under the moonlight. She had always been slightly attracted to him when it came to looks, but as soon as he opened his mouth… big turn off.

Kagome cleared her throat to get his attention. When he looked over to her, her breath caught in her throat. The light framing him looked wonderful, but even more so when you could see his golden eyes. She turned away quickly trying to cover her blush. How could she think of him like that at this time?

“Would you like to take a seat at the dining room table?” she asked hesitantly.

“That will be fine,” he replied.

As they sat down at the table Kagome took a calming breath, trying to regain and organize her thoughts.

“So, where would you like me to start?” she gently asked.

“At the beginning.”

“Ok, well… I’m really from this time. I was born here, and I’ve lived most of my life in this future,” she started. This caught his attention immediately.

“All my life I had lived on a shrine. We had a well house, and on my fifteenth birthday my cat ran into it. My brother and I ran in after Bouyo. When I was turning to walk out of the well house as demon broke through the sealed well and grabbed me dragging me into the well with her. Come to find out I was born with the Sacred Jewel inside of me, and she wanted to rip it out of my body. When she pulled me into the well we were both surrounded by a blue light and I felt as if I were floating. Somehow I got her away from me, and when I landed there was no longer a roof over the well. When I finally climbed out I was standing in a clearing,” Kagome paused for a minute and then began again. All the while the youkai in front of her had not moved or shown any reaction except the miniscule widening of his eyes in surprise, though it was easy to miss.

“Come to find out soon after I had climbed out of the well, and come across Inuyasha pined to the God Tree, I was brought 500 years into the past. Later Mistress Centipede came after me again and succeeded in ripping the jewel from my side. That’s when I released Inuyasha from the tree and he received his subjugation beeds. Soon after a youkai crow got ahold of the jewel, and in an attempt to get it back I ended up shattering the jewel. The rest you should know,” Kagome finished.

Sesshomaru was lost in his thoughts. Never had he thought that this was possible, and he considered that she may have been lying until he took a gentle sniff of her sent. No where was the sent of deceit. It was all true. But then, why had she left and never came back? Leaving Inuyasha to…

“What happened after the battle?” he asked quietly.

“The jewel brought me back and sealed the well behind me. Once I made it back to this time the jewel once again became apart of me. I never had a chance to make a wish, and I was never able to go back,” Kagome said sadly, tears brimming at her eyes.

They spent the next few minutes in complete silence; both of them drawn into memories of the past. They were drawn out of their musings when there was a knock at the door signaling their pizza was there. Once the pizza was set down and both began eating, they spent the next few hours reminiscing about battles past, and how their groups had eventually come together.

“You know, this is the first time I’ve really talked about the past in five years; ever since the well closed. It’s nice to remember with someone who was there; makes it not so painful. Thank you,” she gently said.

“Hn,” was his reply.

It had been an interesting night for the youkai. He had never thought it possible she was from the future. Though, he had to agree with the little miko, it was nice to finally share tails of the past with someone who remembered.

“Sesshomaru, do you think you could tell me what happened to everyone when I left?” she asked quietly.

“No, that shall wait till another time. It is getting late miko. I think it is time we retire for the night,” he replied.

“Ok… does that mean you’ll be staying here tonight?” she asked.

“Indeed,” was his short reply.

“Um…well I really don’t have any place for you to sleep unless it’s on the floor or in my bed with me…” she mumbled.

“I will take the floor,” Sesshomaru quickly stated.

“Are you sure? We could share the bed,”

“I do not wish to share a bed with you miko, I will take the floor,” he coldly replied.

“Fine, I was just trying to be nice,” she mumbled, irritated with his harsh reply.

She quickly made her way to her hamper and pulled out some sheets, a blanket, and a pillow for the tall youkai, and made up a pallet on the floor for him. Then, she made her way to her room. Just as she was walking into the room she asked him when he would like to get up, and said goodnight. She slowly closed her door, climbed into bed, and soon she was sound asleep.

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A/N: I will try to update once a week, but school is coming up and it’s my last year so I don’t know how often I’ll be able to work on this story. I will try to work on it regularly, but I don’t know what will happen until I get into my year. Thank you for your support, chapter five will hopefully come soon.