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Ripples in Time	By : Waterunleashed Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > Sessh?maru/Kagome > Sessh?maru/Kagome Views: 7625 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 4: Questions without Answers

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I stared up at the glowing red eyes and let out my breath with the only word that could possibly suit this situation. ‘Fuck.’

The eyes moved slightly above me as if it were studying me. It like it needed to hurry or anything, I was a sitting duck down here. Let’s just leave all my weapons back in the past I wouldn’t need them here for any reason. I wanted to smack myself in the head, or maybe bash it in the side of the well for being so stupid.

A soft growl filled the well which somehow brought back my common sense. Quickly I erected a barrier over my head. I was trapped down here but maybe it would move on if it couldn’t get to me.

The red faded from the demons eyes revealing golden eyes, hope flared. Could Inuyasha have survived and been waiting for me?

Before I could call out to him a smooth deep voice that still held the edge of a growl spoke. ‘You’re hurt.’

My mouth dropped open and my barrier broke, not Inuyasha definitely not Inuyasha. I watched Sesshomaru jump down into the well, landing gracefully in front of me in this cramped space while my mouth was still trying to function.

‘How bad is it?’ He asked, the red was seeping into his eyes again as his hand moved toward the edge of my bloody shirt.

‘You’re alive,’ I whispered.

‘Hn,’ the typical reply rumbled through his chest as he raised my shirt and revealed my scar which immediately brought me back to myself.

I stepped away from him as much as I could in the cramped space of the well. ‘It’s healed the Shikon apparently wanted back in my body and went in the same way it came out.’ I tried to take the shirt back from him. He let go of the material and took my wrist lifting it up in between us.

Blood covered my hand and had dripped down my wrist slightly, it was a little disturbing to look at but after witnessing his battered body just a few nights ago I didn’t think it was a big deal. The wound was healed. I looked up at his face his eyes were bleeding red, the stripes on his face were growing. I tried to find the butterfly on his temple but his bangs blocked the view.

‘Um, could you possibly get the ladder for me? Or are you here to kill me?’ Why else would he be here? How did he know I was here anyway? Inuyasha, he blabbed his big fat mouth and now his brother was going to kill me.

His lips twitched into a smirk. I’m dead. He let go of my wrist and put his arm around my waist and pulled me against his body. I had to bite my lips shut to keep from screaming as he leapt out of the well and let my go once we were standing by the doors to the well house.

I looked up at him and tried to keep the astonishment off of my face, the light from outside peeked through the cracks so I got a better look at him. His silver hair was cut so short that the hair just barely brushed against the tips of his pointed ears. He wore a modern dress shirt that appeared to be the same color as his stripes and drew attention to the markings on his cheek and bare arm.

His long tail was still wrapped over his right shoulder, almost glowing against the dark color of his shirt.

The sleeve of his missing arm was rolled to just below where the elbow would’ve been. I forced my eyes passed where his arm should’ve been and down to his modern black dress pants. Tokijin and Tenseiga were strapped to his side in modern sword sheaths.

He wore his swords in plain sight in modern day Tokyo? I looked past him to the simple wooden doors that led out onto the shrine grounds. What would I be walking out into? What kind of modern world was this where there were demons that carried around swords?

‘Are you well Lady Kagome?’ Sesshomaru asked in his normal bored tone.

I looked back at him with wide eyes his cool golden eyes just studied me curiously. ‘What did you call me?’

His eyes narrowed, ‘Lady Kagome.’ He repeated in the same bland tone.

I shook my head slightly, what the hell had I done? ‘I’m fine. I’m just a bit confused.’

He nodded, ‘you’re family is waiting outside for you.’

I looked back at the wooden door, why were they waiting for me? Did they know I would be coming back today? I looked back up at the stoic demon and tried to find the image of the butterfly behind the short silver curtain of his bangs. He turned around and went to the doors but hesitated before opening them.

‘Will you be returning to the past tonight?’ He asked, his voice was such a soft whisper I barely heard it.

‘No, I sealed the well,’ I said.

He nodded and slipped out the door closing it behind him so quickly I couldn’t see what was outside the room. Maybe he had hoped to return to the past, and I had just cut of the only way back.

I looked back at the well; there was no current of magic emanating from it anymore. The past was lost to both of us.

I turned around and flung open the door before I could think about it anymore. They gray sky blocked the sun from blinding me when I stepped out from the dark well house. The Shrine grounds looked almost exactly the same, though there seemed to be more trees around. Souta was running toward me, his black hair was flying behind him like a dark cape. What the hell was this Sesshomaru cut his hair and Souta grew it out past his waist?

He stopped running when he seemed to notice the blood stain on my shirt. ‘What happened Kagome are you hurt?’

‘I’m fine Souta I cut myself coming through the well but it’s healed now.’ I looked him over for any other changes; he had grown over the past few months which wasn’t really a surprise. He was fifteen after all and still going through puberty. He would probably be taller than I was in a few more months.

He smiled at me and started towards me again although he only walked instead of running. Something was odd though; I looked him over again his skin was tanned a light brown but that wasn’t too much of a change. I looked into his eyes and gasped. They weren’t a simple brown anymore. His eyes were made of three colors, like Celestes’.

The inner ring was the color of honey almost the same hue of Inuyashas’ eyes. Then there was a circle of dark brown like fresh turned earth which was surrounded by a lighter brown. He was a Sidhe.

He hugged me quickly, ‘you’re here for good aren’t you Kagome?’

I nodded, ‘how did you know?’

‘We felt a change,’ my mother called as she walked forward. I was immediately drawn to her eyes, it wasn’t that I was looking for it but they were just so striking on her pale face. The inner ring was a light blue like a clear sky which was circled by a deep blue that seemed like it glowed. The last ring was a dark gray.

She was beautiful, her hair was pulled up into a braid that wrapped around her head, her skin was so pale it was almost white and seemed to add to her beauty. She wore a short dress that was the same light blue color of her eyes.

‘Welcome home dear,’ she said and hugged me, she was taller now, almost six feet. ‘I’m so glad you back safe and sound.’

I stepped back from her and looked up into her strange eyes, they were Sidhe. She said they felt a change did that mean they didn’t remember? I looked around the shrine, Sesshomaru was at the base of the Goshinboku, kneeling.

‘You must be tired dear, would you like a bath?’ My mom asked.

I nodded, ‘a bath would be great.’

‘Alright, I’ll come get you when your father gets home, he’ll be so happy to see that your back.’

‘Daddy?’ I studied my mother, she had told me that she would never remarry that Dad had been the only man that she could ever love. Had someone come along and proven her wrong?

‘Yes dear, he is at the Sithen talking with the rest of the court but he should be home soon. Grandpa is with him.’ She said, her eyes softened, ‘go take a bath dear you’ll feel better when you’re clean.’

I nodded, they didn’t remember. I walked around them and started for the house. Sesshomaru rose to his feet and approached my mother. I stopped and watched him drop back down on one knee.

‘Lady Izumi I ask for permission to I escort Lady Kagome to her quarters to ensure that her rest is undisturbed’ He said, his head bowed.

I watched my mom nod and waive her hand at him dismissively. ‘Do as you wish Sesshomaru I care not.’

‘Thank you Lady Izumi,’ he rose and walked toward me. My jaw was hanging open again. He arched an eyebrow and held out his hand to me. ‘I will carry your bag for you.’

Oh, what? I forced my jaw to lift up from the ground and shook my head. ‘That’s okay’ I whispered.

‘As you wish,’ he walked past me and I turned to follow him. He walked toward the house and I followed but when he got closer I realized he was moving for the side of the house instead of the back door.

‘Where are you going?’

He didn’t bother turning around, ‘to your quarters of course.’

Of course but my ‘quarters’ were inside the house. I sighed. I’ve been doing that a lot lately; ever since I met Celeste. I followed Sesshomaru as he walked around the back of the house toward the garage.

The garage was still there but it had changed. I lived outside my own house. The white door was just as I remembered it but now there was an herb garden lining the back wall next to it. They were all the herbs Kaede had taught me how to use. Their scents mingled in the air making a pleasant aroma outside the door.

Sesshomaru opened the door and held it. I walked past him into a small kitchen and dining area. I took off my shoes and put my pack against the wall before moving farther into the room past the small table with two futons under it.

I heard the door shut and Sesshomaru walked past me silently disappearing into the room closest to me.

The kitchen was small, a few cabinets lined the wall near the outside wall and there was a stove and refrigerator against the far wall next to the only other two doors. The refrigerator was covered in photos, I would look at them later maybe they’d have a clue in them.

There was one window in the kitchen; it was above the sink of course. A small shelf cut across the top of it and held a delicate tea set. They were a royal blue color with paintings of galaxies, stars and various phases of the moons across them. It was beautiful.

Pulling myself from the observations I walked into the room that Sesshomaru had disappeared into.

And ran into a firm naked chest.

I felt my cheeks burn as I stared at the creamy skin in front of me. My eyes moved down from his firm chest to the toned chiseled abs that was accented by twin magenta stripes that cut up his sides.

‘May I help you?’ He sounded bemused.

My eyes snapped up to his face, his golden eyes were lit up with humor. ‘I was’ um’ where’s your shirt?’

‘It was ruined I was retrieving a replacement,’ he said. ‘Is there anything you need?’

Answers, answers would be nice. Like why the hell was I living outside the house? And what happened to my family? Was my father really alive? If not who did my mom remarry? Why was there a half naked demon in my house calling me Lady?

A hand touched my shoulder and I jumped back, looking at Sesshomaru through blurry eyes I shook my head. ‘I’m so confused,’ I whispered and let my head fall into my hands. My knees buckled as I let myself go into the confusion. There were so many questions. No one knew anything had changed. I was the only one that remembered what it was like before; before I fucked everything up.

Something soft wound around me, I looked down to find his tail wrapping around my waist and legs. His arm slid around my back as he picked me up. I looked up into his eyes but his attention was toward wherever he was taking me.

‘What are you doing here Sesshomaru?’ I asked, my voice was coated in tears.

I felt him tense under me, his muscles tightened and his face went blank. ‘Do you wish me to leave?’

Did I? ‘No I’m just confused,’ I bit my lip could I tell him I didn’t remember him?

We stopped in front of the door at the end of the kitchen. He just stood there in front of the white door on the right. I looked up at his stoic face, he still hadn’t relaxed. I guess he wasn’t used to dealing with hysterical women. But then again if he was so familiar with me maybe he was.

‘If you would open the door,’ he said.

I wanted to slap myself. Quickly I reached down and turned the door knob. Gods I was dense today. The door swung open revealing my room. It was my room, the pink walls and comforter, my desk, my computer. Nothing had changed; there was even a small closet at the end of my bed.

He leaned over my bed and let me sink into the soft mattress. I guess my room wouldn’t change, I was still me right? The room was how I liked it though if I could I would probably change the color now, it was a lot of pink and I wasn’t fifteen anymore.

The mattress underneath felt like heaven, I could feel myself sinking into it. I looked up at Sesshomaru, still half dressed. His chest was quite distracting, his nipples were small and not much darker that the rest of him. I blushed again and forced myself to look up at his face which wasn’t any less distracting.

He should’ve looked out of place standing half naked in such a pink girly room but as he looked down at me with a guarded expression it was like he was a part of all of this. Could I tell my mother that I didn’t know what was going on? And if Daddy was still alive how did I tell him that I only had a precious few memories of him before he had died in a car accident?

Would Sesshomaru understand? He knelt down by the bed and searched my face. I had to fight not to look away from such an intense gaze as he studied me.

‘What are you confused about?’ He asked.

I looked into his golden eyes; they were soft though his face remained blank. ‘Everything. Oh Sesshomaru, how could I have changed everything so much? A few extra months with my friends and I’ve changed so much and now I don’t know this new future.’

He nodded, ‘I’ll draw you a bath.’

‘And then?’

‘I’ll put on a shirt,’ he smiled, not the smirk from before or the malicious upturn of lips that meant pain. This gentle smile softened his face made him seem more real. I didn’t think Sesshomaru knew how to smile like that. Could this place be so bad if such a serious man could smile like that? Some of the panic eased from my chest, I nodded.

‘Can I ask you some questions?’

He stood up, ‘take a bath first Lady Kagome then you may ask whatever you want.’ He walked out of the room and closed the door behind him.

I heard another door open and close. A bath would be nice, a place to think. No, no I wouldn’t think I’d get clean and relax and then I would have my questions. I went to the dresser and pulled out clean underwear and a bra and threw them on my bed behind me. Next would be pajamas, I opened the lower drawer, my favorite pink pajamas were sitting on top of the pile I lifted them out of the drawer, I never brought them to the past because I didn’t want them to get ruined.

Over the years I had separated my wardrobe into two distinct sections, past clothes and present clothes. The only clothes that remain in limbo had been my school uniform, I just didn’t care if they got ruined and sometimes Inuyasha was so pushy about going back I didn’t have time to change anyway.

Underneath my pink pajamas was not the blue set of the ones in my hand. I set the clothes next to me and picked up the thin silk letting the material unfold in front of me. It was a dark blue silk chemise that matched my eyes. This was mine? Maybe I was wrong, maybe I wasn’t the same.

‘It was a gift from you cousin,’ Sesshomaru said.

I dropped the lingerie and spun around, falling on my butt in the process. He put on a shirt as he had said but I don’t think it helped. If anything the white ribbed sweater seemed to cling to his body like a second skin letting you know that what it was hiding was nothing but perfection.

‘There is a matching robe,’ he said. ‘Your bath is ready.’

I nodded and stood up, ‘thank you.’

He nodded and left, I picked up my pajamas and grabbed the undergarments from my bed and left the room. The door next to me was open revealing a small bathroom, the steam from the warm water drifted out into the kitchen lazily. I looked back into the kitchen to thank him but he was nowhere in sight.

He was probably in the other room. I looked over to the closed door. What was in there? Other than a demon. I walked into the bathroom and shut the door the water was going to get cold; that room wasn’t.

The white tile wrapped around the entire room covering the floor and walls only the ceiling was painted a soft blue. The bathtub took up the entire side of the far wall. It was longer than any tub I had seen and there was a dark blue carpeted step to get into the over sized tub. Steam wafted up into the air, the scent of apple blossoms filling the room. I took a deep breath, this was heaven.

Quickly I stripped and tossed the dirty clothes into the hamper next to the sink. My hand froze. There were two toothbrushes in the holder by the sink. Why were there two? This was my bathroom right? So if there were two toothbrushes, Sesshomaru seemed pretty comfortable walking around here.

I shook my head the movement caught my eye in the mirror, I looked up and screamed. A stranger was staring back at me with triple irises, dark blue hair and sunkissed skin. The door opened behind me I grabbed a towel and spun around holding it in front of me.

Sesshomaru was scanning the room his hand was on Tokijins’ hilt as he searched for the threat. When he didn’t find anything he turned questioning eyes to me.

I just shook my head and turned back around to the mirror, I saw him watching me in the mirror but I ignored him and focused on the face in the mirror. I still had the same shaped face, the same haircut. My hair had always seemed to have a blue tint to it but now it was midnight blue, a blue so dark it was almost black. But it wasn’t black. My skin looked softer than I had ever managed to get it with a conditioner and it was tan. I had never been able to get a tan but now my skin had a golden tint to it.

Lastly I focused on my eyes. My blue eyes were gone, sort of. The deep blue was now the outer circle of color as if the other colors had pushed it outward. It circled around a light pink, the same color as my purification powers and lastly the inner circle was the same light blue as my healing powers.

Were these really my eyes? Was it a spell that made me human? I shook my head, no I had done something that stopped magic from dying off and this was the result. But shouldn’t I be human then or just not exist at all? The Shikon pulsed inside me and sent a warm wave through me.

What was it trying to say, I shouldn’t exist? It pulsed again. I shouldn’t exist something I did was supposed to prevent my birth. But if I wasn’t born than I couldn’t go back in time. It pulsed again.

Sesshomaru growled behind me, I turned around and tried to keep the towel securely around me. ‘What’s wrong?’

‘What is it doing to you?’ His eyes were moving over me, studying me.

‘Nothing I think, I was wondering if I was supposed to exist or not.’ My voice trembled, his eyes met mine. ‘I think it was trying to answer me.’

He tilted his head slightly, ‘the water is getting cool, take your bath it will make you feel better.’

I wanted to ask how he knew whether or not the bath would make me feel better. Maybe he just thought I smelled bad and was trying to be polite about it. I turned back to the mirror to look at myself again but I noticed the two toothbrushes standing together.

‘Whose toothbrush is that?’ I whispered.

‘Yours,’ he said. I looked up at his smirking reflection.

‘And the other one?’ I didn’t want him to answer because it would just give me more questions.

‘Mine,’ I waited for him to elaborate, I told him I didn’t remember this time, surely he would explain why his toothbrush was right next to mine in MY bathroom. Surely.

I should’ve realized I was dealing with one of the two most infuriating brothers known to man. He just stood there smirking, damned demon.

‘Why do you have a toothbrush in here?’ I asked letting my irritation slip into my voice, killer demons be damned I did not need stupid one word answers right now.

I glared at his reflection and watched his shoulders slump a little, ‘I will have to add hot water to your bath.’ He walked over to the tub, I watched from the corner of my eye as he started to dip his hand into the water, he couldn’t roll up his sleeve so he was just going to get it wet. How many shirts was he going to go through today for my sake.

‘Wait,’ He paused, the tips of his claws barely touching the water, there wasn’t any steam coming from the surface anymore. He was right it would need to more hot water. I walked over to him while keeping a firm hold on the towel. ‘I can add the water don’t ruin your shirt for me.’

Anger flashed in his eyes but he stood back up, ‘as you wish.’ He turned and dried his hand on a towel by the tub.

‘You didn’t answer my question,’ I said before he could leave the room.

He looked back at me over his shoulder. I stepped back at the cold look in his eyes. Suddenly he was Lord Sesshomaru again as he stared down at me.

‘I am your guard, when you are home I am here to protect you. It was convenient for me to store some necessities and clothes here for your extended stays.’ His voice was cold and such a strong reminder of who he was. ‘Take your bath Lady Kagome.’

He walked out of the room and closed the door behind him. I stared at the door for a moment and then pulled the drain from the tub, the water was tepid and though it was bearable I needed the hot water right now. My heart was racing in my chest as Inuyashas’ warning echoed in my mind.

When the tub was half full I replaced the stopper and turned on the hot water. The water beat into the tub filling the room with steam and noise. Noise was welcome. The steam clung to my bare skin and I shivered though I wasn’t sure if it was from the steam of the memory of Sesshomarus’ eyes.

I looked back at the door half expecting him to barge back in and wrap his hand around my neck. He had been upset, did I offend him? It wasn’t my fault that I didn’t know what was going on in this damned time.

Okay so it was my fault. Damn it.

I dropped the towel to the floor and climbed into the tub, the warm water was already up to my chest and it still had more to go. I sank into the water and cried.

I wasn’t supposed to exist but because I was an essential catalyst to the events in the past somehow I had to and so. So what? I was made Sidhe? Why? What did it matter if I was human or demon or Sidhe? I didn’t even know what Sidhe was just that they had these stupid triple color eyes. Why couldn’t I be human?

What else was it going to change in me?

The water was covering my shoulders when I turned off the faucet. Sesshomaru was going to ruin his shirt just so he could add more hot water to my bath, why? What had he said? He was my guard?

Why did I need a guard and why him? Shouldn’t he be off at some castle or mansion ruling the rest of the demons with guards of his own?

I sank down into the water letting it cover my head. The hot water curled around me and took away my tears. Slowly it worked out the tight knots in my muscles and eased the headache that was trying to form. The need to breathe soon became apparent so I resurfaced and began to clean my hair.

I took my time and tried not to think anymore, for the moment at least. Sesshomaru was right it did make me feel better. I was still me, all the changes around me couldn’t change that, the fact that I still existed proved that. So I just had to get out of the tub and face this new world that I somehow created.

I’d find out what changes have happened and I’d adapt. Sesshomaru said he would answer my questions maybe he could help me adjust to this time. I didn’t want to burden my family with this, they had felt the change but they didn’t know what it was. They didn’t know they were supposed to be human.

I just had to get out of this tub.

TBC

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