Keiki de Niyati : Children of Fate

Disclaimer: No I still don't own any of the characters of Inuyasha, even though I DO own an Inuyasha, a Miroku plushie and an Ayame doll fi made me and a Kouga, Ayame, and a set of their triplets Ana made me ^_^ Kaori and Kaiya belong to me though, now that I think about it lol

" Kikyou "


"And where are you going, hanyou?" Sesshoumaru asked.

Inuyasha looked up into the tree to see Sesshoumaru standing on a branch a few feet above the ground. The moon was full in the sky above them, casting the white glow over them both.

"None of your damn business, Sesshoumaru." Inuyasha growled as Sesshoumaru silently jumped to the ground.

"I see. To see that Miko perhaps?" Sesshoumaru asked, and after a brief moment of hesitation, Inuyasha finally answered him.

"So what if I am?" Inuyasha asked as Sesshoumaru shook his head.

"Even with your own mate still unconscious after an attack by said Miko? Even with your own pups nestled with her, anxiously awaiting her awakening?" Sesshoumaru asked.

"No. I'm going to demand that she leave Kagome out this quarrel she has with me." Inuyasha said, crossing his arms over his chest as Sesshoumaru nodded.

"I see." Sesshoumaru said.

"Whatever! Look, just don't tell anyone where I've gone, got it? Especially Kagome. If she wakes up-" Inuyasha began.

"I shall visit the Miko is your stead." Sesshoumaru interupted.

"Why shou-" Inuyasha began again.

"The Miko will surely attack you first before you are any words in with her. I, however, will stand more of a chance." Sesshoumaru said.

"It's me she's after." Inuyasha said, frowning at his older brother.

"Precisely. Therefore you should stay here, with your whelps and keep them safe. It shall not be too much longer before your mate awakens. Your place is at her side." Sesshoumaru said.

"What about Rin?" Inuyasha asked.

"......." Sesshoumaru asked.

"I don't think you'd want to take her with you. And whether you will ever admit it or not, you care for her, so you should know it's too dangerous for the child to accompany you." Inuyasha said.

"Whether that may or may not be true, it matters not to you, hanyou." Sesshoumaru said.

"But it does. Whether you like it or not, Sesshoumaru, we are brothers, which means she is like a niece to me. As such I'd like to make sure she is fully safe. She may stay with us tonight while you go. She'll be safe and well protected while you are gone, I assure you." Inuyasha said.

"Very well. I shall return before morning." Sesshoumaru said.

"I'm sure you'd think it an insult for me to even say it to you, but be careful. Kikyou is dangerous." Inuyasha said as Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes at his brother, but nodded none-the-less before turning on his heel and heading out of the quiet village.

Inuyasha sighed deeply as he looked up into the sky at the full moon, before turning back towards the hut.

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Sesshoumaru raced throught the darkened woods, following the soul catchers ahead of him. Wasting no time, he dashed into the clearing ahead of him, and stopping in the center. The soul catchers where lazing about, floating around the clearing, but not to any specific spot that would indicate where the Miko would be hiding.

"Sesshoumaru. Not the brother I was expecting." Kikyou's voice floated out into the clearing.

"So I would image." Sesshoumaru said, looking to his left as he saw the woman gracefully walk out of the shadows, her soul catchers circling around her. She reached out to pat the head of the closest one, before speaking again.

"What do you want? Surely you didn't come all this way for nothing." Kikyou asked, looking over at Sesshoumaru.

"A simple question, I pose to you, Priestess. Nothing more." Sesshoumaru said.

"And what might that be? I have very little time to waste, you understand." Kikyou said.

"The matter I pose for you is one of great mystery, not only for myself, but my.....companions.....as it were." Sesshoumaru said.

"I see. Then ask youkai." Kikyou said.

"I am not the only one curious as to your reason for working for Naraku, when it was he that brought about your demise Kikyou." Sesshoumaru said as Kikyou frowned darkly at him.

"I do not work for anyone, least of all Naraku. He is my ally, yes, but he is far from my superior, let me assure you Sesshoumaru." Kikyou said.

"As it were, he is still the one responsible for your untimely death, fifty years prior was he not?" Sesshoumaru said.

"Inuyasha is the reason for my untimely death, as you call it Sesshoumaru." Kikyou said.

"There in lies your fault, my lady. For you see, as it may be that my hanyou brother holds some responsibility for your death, as do you, Miko." Sesshoumaru said as Kikyou frowned.

"Explain yourself." Kikyou said.

"I merely mean you are as much as fault as he is. Inuyasha is ridden with guilt and you, reborn of the bones and clay of your grave, to live at it where, once more." Sesshoumaru said.

"As true as your words may be, demon, they change nothing. Besides, once I am through with Inuyasha, I intend to settle with Naraku myself." Kikyou said.

"And you think he does not suspect as much from you?" Sesshoumaru asked.

"It matters not." Kikyou said.

"He would kill you again. As powerful as you may be, Miko, you're still nothing compared to his power." Sesshoumaru said.

"What is your point demon? What? You'd like me to join *you?!* I hardly think I'd give it a second thought." Kikyou said cooly.

"Perhaps you should, Miko. If you wish to defeat him." Sesshoumaru said.

"Me? Join forces with you? Whe you fight alongside my enemies? You wish me to fight alongside them as well? To join forces with them? I think not, demon." Kikyou said, turning around and starting to walk back into the forest.

"Do not be so quick to say no. As it may be true that I no longer wish to see my hanyou brother die by my own hands, it hardly means I am his friend. And he is certainly not my equal." Sesshoumaru said.

"So you no longer wish to see him dead, do you?" Kikyou asked, turning half way back towards Sesshoumaru curiously.

"......." Sesshoumaru said.

"I see. And then why do you wish me to join you? You must know that even if I do *consider* such a thing, I will merely finish off Inuyasha once Naraku is finally destroyed." Kikyou said as Sesshoumaru nodded.

"He would expect as much, I'd imagine. But as I said before, Naraku is more important as this present time." Sesshoumaru said.

"Indeed he is. What of the hanyou bitch then?" Kikyou asked.

"Inuyasha's mate.....what of her?" Sesshoumaru asked.

"She means something to you, does she?" Kikyo asked.

"Merely the mate of my brother. Nothing more." Sesshoumaru said.

"And her pups?" Kikyou asked.

"Nothing more than my niece and nephew by blood alone." Sesshoumaru said.

"Should I decide to join you, you understand that I will refuse to help protect any of them." Kikyou said.

"I understood as much. As long as you remember they are under Inuyasha's protection.....as well as my own." Sesshoumaru said.

"You'd risk your life? For your brother's mate and pups?" Kikyou asked as Sesshoumaru paused for a moment, before finally nodding his head.

"I would." Sesshoumaru said.

"I see." Kikyou said.

"Very well then. I shall join you for the time being." Kikyou said as Sesshoumaru nodded his head at her.

"Very well then."

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"Sesshoumaru! You bastard! What the hell do you think you're doing bringing *her* here?!" Inuyasha cried out in rage the moment he spotted Sesshoumaru returning to the village an hour later, the dark haired Miko a few steps behind him.

"She had decided to join us, for the time being, and help destroy Naraku." Sesshoumaru said, not looking behind himself at the Miko in question.

"But her?! Have you forgotten that just *hours* ago she tried to kill my mate?!" Inuyasha cried.

"Be that as it may, you need me if you plan to defeat Naraku, Inuyasha." Kikyou said.

"The hell we do! We already have a Miko on our side! We hardly *need* you!" Inuyasha cried.

"Whether you need me or not, matters not to me, Inuyasha. I have my own reasons for being here." Kikyou said as Inuyasha snorted at her.

"I can imagine! You lay a finger on either her or my pups-" Inuyasha growled.

"Enough half breed." Sesshoumaru said as Inuyasha turned to look at his older brother sceptically.

"What the hell makes you think I'd trust her after what she did to Kagome?!" Inuyasha asked as Kikyou sighed impatiently beside Sesshoumaru, before frowning at Inuyasha.

"Because it is the truth, Inuyasha." Kikyou said.

"Sorry, not good enough for me." Inuyasha said, preparing to draw the Tetseiga.

"I shall hold all responsibility for her." Sesshoumaru said, suddenly starting to get impatient himself as Kikyou frowned at him.

"I didn't ask you to-" Kikyou began.

"I do not care. Inuyasha has plenty of reason to distrust you, Miko. We all do, but as we discussed before, it does not matter right now. But I shall only warn you once, Priestess. Should you harm either the female hanyou, her pups, or Rin in anyway, you'll sorely regret doing so. Be warned Miko, because I shall not repeat myself." Sesshoumaru said softly as he narrowed his eyes at the dark haired woman.

"What do you care anyway, Sesshoumaru?" Inuyasha asked.

"I do not." Sesshoumaru said, before walking off to check on Rin.

"Keh. You heard him. The same goes for me." Inuyasha said as he glared at Kikyou.

"Indeed." Kikyou replied.

"If you're hungry, you'll have to go see your sister. The old hag may have left some left overs from dinner last night somewhere. Unless of course the twins polished it off by now." Inuyasha said.

"I shall do that. And Inuyasha?" Kikyou asked as she started to walk towards the hut, before looking over her shoulder at Inuyasha with a glare as the demi-dog demon raised an eyebrow at her.

"Do not refer to my dear sister as 'an old hag' around me. Understood?" Kikyou asked.

"Feh! Whatever!" Inuyasha said as he walked past her into the deepest part of Kaede's hut to sit beside his mate and pups.

Kikyou frowned to herself, then sighed heavily as she looked down at the grass at her feet.

"I suppose Naraku will be wondering what came of me come morning. He'll be in for quiet a surprise when he gets word that I have joined with the others to destroy him, I'd imagine. Go, tell him this now." Kikyou said, waving her hand at the soul catcher that floated around her body twice, before flying away with the others.

"I shall call you if I need you again." Kikyou said softly, before turning back towards the old hut before her, and was surprised to see Sesshoumaru waiting outside for her.

"Now what is it that you want Sesshoumaru?" Kikyou asked.

"Nothing, Miko. But I would be more careful if I were you. Especially when dealing with one such as Naraku." Sesshoumaru said.

"I do not fear him. He knows that. I have died once before. What is the worst he can do to me now?" Kikyo asked, glancing meaningfully at the door of the hut.

"You still care for him, do you not? You are aware-" Sesshoumaru began as Kikyou nodded sharply.

"That my reincarnation holds his heart and affections, yes. I was aware of that." Kikyou said harshly, before sighing again, and a sad look overtook her face.

"I do not hate him, nor do I hate her. I.......I suppose I envy them......in a way." Kikyou said as Sesshoumaru said nothing, his face blank of emotion or reaction.

"It is understandable. But you must learn not to take out your hatred on the hanyou. He was dealt an unfair hand, just as you were. And like you, he was given a second chance. You should think to use yours as well as he has chosen to use his." Sesshoumaru said quietly.

"He has found love. For that, I both hate and admire him." Kikyou said.

"At least until you find the same?" Sesshoumaru asked as Kikyou shook her head.

"No. Not with the way my fate lies. Naraku. Inuyasha. Both have loved me, and yet look how it affected them both. I wish not the same on another man." Kikyou said as Sesshoumaru nodded silently.

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AN: So what do you think? A bit unexpected, isn't it? But I never did have anything against Kikyo. I just though she'd be jealous of Kagome. But since I think Kagome is a better match for Inuyasha, Kikyo will just have to go on with her life. Maybe, Kikyo/Sesshoumaru in the future? I think they'd be cute together. And I honestly don't think Kikyo is all that evil. I mean, look at Sesshoumaru. They're more misguided than anything else. Besides, I think she'd make an excellent Mom for Rin, don't you? Well that's it for now. Hope you enjoyed it, and review! :P