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She Who the Prophecy Foretold	By : SunsetMiko Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > Sessh?maru/Kagome > Sessh?maru/Kagome Views: 29224 -:- Recommendations : 4 -:- Currently Reading : 8
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Chapter 46 – From Between Worlds to Between Brothers
Kagome was in a dark place. Everywhere she turned was unending blackness. She could not see the ground beneath her feet. She couldn’t even see her hands as she held them in front of her face. She called out into the darkness. “Hello? Is anyone there? Where am I?”
Suddenly, she saw a small pink light in front of her. She immediately started moving toward it, but no matter how fast she ran it never seemed to get closer. “What's happening?! Someone answer me!” she screamed into the seemingly endless space.
“Calm yourself, Kagome,” a soft female voice whispered. “You are safe. You are not alone.”
“Who’s there? Why is it so dark?”
“You are in-between. This is the only place I can speak to you.”
“Who are you? In-between? Am I dead?” she cried out, terrified.
“Who I am is of no consequence at this time, my dear. You are not dead. Not entirely.”
“Not entirely? How can I be not entirely dead? What does that even mean? Damn it! Why can’t I see?!”
“Kagome, I only have a short time. Please, I need you to calm down and listen to me.”
The frightened and confused miko sucked in a couple of deep breaths in an attempt to calm herself. Finally, she spoke. “All right. I’m okay. Talk.”
“The shards, Kagome. They are a part of you, a part of your body and spirit. They call to you. They need to become one with you again.”
“What do you mean? I have some shards, but how do I…”
“You must press each shard to your heart. They will be pulled into you, become a part of you, and they will never be able to be removed from you again. Each will make you stronger, more powerful, and will give you more control. That is all I can tell you now. You have to go back to him. He needs you. They all need you.”
The small pink light faded, and Kagome was left in darkness once more.
~ SWtPF~
They were running as fast as they were able and could sense the two larger demons, one carrying Shippo, flying above them. They had been planning a run, but not like this. They were heading to where they last felt her. She couldn’t be dead; it wasn’t possible. This had to be something else, something like the well. But this time, they had felt fear. They had felt pain. But it couldn’t mean that she was gone. They just got her! How could she be gone?! How could their father have allowed such a thing?
~ SWtPF~
As he stared at her closed eyes, her dark feathery lashes, her pale lips, and her sickly yellow skin, his healed wrist slid from the now sealed wound at her throat, his hand falling to her chest. He opened his clenched fist to spread his fingers, covering her heart. A tear slid down his cheek, dripped from his chin, and landed on her face, followed by another and another. They each slid down the curve of her beautiful cheek and past her cooling lips, tracing her jaw line and rolling down the delicate curve of her throat. His tears pooled on her chest before reaching his outstretched palm. There was a sudden, blinding light originating from under his hand, shining out between his fingers. He had to close his eyes at its intensity. The villagers, who had been watching in complete silence, shielding their eyes, as well. The light started to fade and he slowly opened his eyes.
He could feel her again. Their connection had returned. Then, he heard it. Her heart started to beat. It was slow, but it was beating. He stared down at her, studying her face, waiting. Her eyes flew open as she sucked in a gasp of air. She looked up at him as her breathing regulated, her eyes full of confusion, gazing into his, which mirrored her feelings perfectly.
Somehow, she was back. He didn’t know how and he didn’t care. It didn’t matter how. She had come back to him. He leaned down and kissed her passionately, full of longing and relief, before moving to kiss every inch of her face. He kissed her chin, her cheeks, her nose, and her eyelids that had fluttered closed again during their lip lock; everywhere he could touch with his lips, he did, before returning to her now once again soft pink petals for more.
“I will never let you die again. I am so sorry, Kagome. I failed to protect you. This Sesshoumaru placed you in danger and I did not protect you. Never leave me again. Please, promise me. Never again.” His voice was a desperate whisper, filled with his pain and anguish.
The villagers were frozen in shock. Whispers of “She’s alive,” and “He saved her,” drifted through the crowd, though neither of them heard them at all.
~ SWtPF~
A little bit closer than last time, seven running white inus skidded to a stop and the two flying demons landed at their side. They were relieved. Confused, but relieved. They could feel her again. Now, they needed to decide what to do. Did they continue on to find her or did they go back to camp and wait?
“Someone should return to camp and tell Rin and the others that Mama is okay,” Shinji said to his brothers in inu, barking rather than transforming to speak.
“We should all return. That is what Kagome would want,” Kazue replied.
“But I wanna see Mama!” Isamu whined, literally.
“We will all return. She will come back in the morning. It is what Father would tell us to do. She is safe with him. She is even happy at the moment, so we do not need to worry.” Yoshi looked over the others, who appeared as though they wanted to disagree. “Neither of them would want us running around the forest after dark. If something else happens, we will go to her. She doesn’t need us now, while they are searching for Uncle Inuyasha.”
They all grumbled, but agreed, and the group turned to head back. Their sister needed to know things were all right. And the slayer and the monk were sure to be worried, as well.
~ SWtPF~
She reached up and cupped his cheek with one hand, wiping away his tears with her thumb. “You cried for me,” she whispered.
“I love you. I thought I lost you,” he whispered back, leaning into her touch.
“Sesshoumaru, I’m sorry.”
“You have nothing to apologize for. This was entirely my fault.”
She sat up, pulled herself into his lap, and threw her arms around his neck. Looking into his eyes, she could see traces of red that were slowly fading back to gold as his arm moved to hold her tightly. “No, it’s not.” She snuggled her face into moko-moko, which wrapped around her waist in response. “I should have stayed further back, or at least paid more attention to my surroundings.”
He shook his head before burying it in the crook of her neck, his nose pressed against her pulse and his eyelashes brushing her skin. “It was solely the fault of this Sesshoumaru. You will not convince me otherwise. How do you feel? Are you in any pain?” He breathed her in, reveling in the beautiful scent that no longer carried the stench of impending death.
“No, I’m fine.” She looked surprised for a moment. “Huh, I really am fine. No pain or anything, but how did I…? Tell me what happened.”
“I tried to remove the poison, but it had already spread too far. I gave you more youki, but it didn’t help. I even gave you my blood. I am immune to most poisons because of the strength of my own. I was hoping that with some of my blood, you would be able to fight the poison, but it didn’t work or it was too late, and you died.
“You stopped breathing. Your heart stopped beating. Our connection cut. I thought I lost you. And then there was a bright light shining out from under where my hand rested over your heart. I had to close my eyes and, when I opened them, the connection had returned and your heart started beating again. I don’t know how, but it doesn’t matter. You’re here.” He looked up as he felt a presence approaching. It was the woman who had stopped the villagers from attacking him.
“We want to thank you for rescuing us,” she said while gazing at their two saviors with admiration. “I do not want to imagine what might have happened had you not arrived.”
Kagome turned and smiled at the woman, her skin now back to a normal, healthy shade. “No problem. It’s kind of what I do.” She looked up at the demon lord, who held her tightly. "And once that guy threatened me, there was no way he was going to leave here alive. Oh! Sesshoumaru, did you get the shard?” She watched as his brows furrowed. “What’s wrong?”
“I remember taking it out of his arm. It was in my hand, but I don’t know what happened to it. I must have dropped it.”
“No, I don’t sense it at all.” Her eyes widened in realization. “Was it in your hand when you put it over my heart?”
“It is possible, but that does not explain where it went.”
“Oh, yes, it does. But there’s no time for me to explain. We need to go. It’s almost sunset already!”
“Please, stay the night with us! We owe you our lives.”
Kagome looked at the woman as she stood up, finding that her ankle no longer hurt a bit. “I’m sorry, but we can’t stay. We have somewhere else to be.”
A man stepped forward. “You will always be welcome in this village. Please come and see us again, so that we may repay you. May we know the names of our saviors?”
Kagome reached down and untied the ribbon from her leg and grabbed her bag, bow, and quiver of arrows from the ground while Sesshoumaru stood directly beside to her, making sure she was steady and wouldn’t fall. She had a feeling he wouldn’t move more than a foot away from her for a very long time.
When she straightened again, she smiled at all the assembled people before speaking to the man who she assumed was the village headman, by his much nicer clothing. “My name is Kagome and this is Lord Sesshoumaru of the Western Lands.” She laughed lightly as gasps spread through the crowd. “And we have to be leaving. Take care, all right?” They had all dropped to their knees and were nodding, with their heads nearly touching the ground.
“There is no need to kneel. You should keep watch for more snake demons. I believe there is a nest nearby. This Sesshoumaru will take care of it as soon as I can.” He watched as they peeked up hesitantly, before nodding at them.
“We appreciate that very much, my Lord. Thank you very much, Lord Sesshoumaru and Lady Kagome,” the headman said carefully. Sesshoumaru wrapped his arm around Kagome and formed his youki cloud, lifting them off the ground and back towards the West.
“You’re not gonna trap me in a tree again, are you?”
He chuckled before nuzzling her neck and pulling in her scent, so full of life once more. “I cannot promise such a thing.”
“I hope he’s okay. We’re not going to make it before sunset, and we’re not even sure he’s there. Oh Kami, I hope he’s there.”
“I cannot think of anywhere else he would go. We will be there in just a few more minutes.”
~ SWtPF~
Inuyasha hadn’t realized the new moon was coming until it was too late. He felt his senses weakening as the day wore on, and he knew he would never make it back to camp before sunset. He would just have to stay in the cave until dawn. He had done it tons of times before and no one had ever found him. He was safe there in his secret place.
He sat just inside the entrance, watching as the sun crept lower and lower in the sky. For a short while, he had a strange sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach, as if something awful had happened, but in a few minutes the feeling was gone, as if it had never been there at all.
All thoughts on the strange feeling were forgotten and he grimaced as the transformation began. It didn’t necessarily hurt, but it wasn’t any fun as his ears slid from the top of his head to the sides and shifted into human shape. His gums tingled as his fangs pulled in, and his fingers twitched as his deadly claws became useless, dull fingernails. His hair and eyes changed color and he found himself squinting in the darkness.
“I should have built a fire,” he muttered to himself. “Damn, I’m hungry!” The now human hanyou moved deeper into the cave, using memory alone, since he couldn’t see a thing. It was going to be a long night.
With his weakened senses, Inuyasha never saw it, never heard the buzzing sound and never smelled the scent of Naraku that it carried, but it had seen him. A single saimyosho had watched from among the leaves of a tree right outside the entrance to the hanyou’s secret hiding place. The cave wouldn’t be secret for long and neither would his biggest secret. It had watched as he transformed from a rather powerful hanyou to a weak, defenseless human.
The poisonous insect flew away, heading directly to its master. Naraku wouldn’t get to use the information tonight, but he only had to wait a short while until the next night of the new moon arrived, and then the inu hanyou would be vulnerable once more. If only Inuyasha knew that the date of his death had already been set. He only had twenty-eight days to live.
~ SWtPF~
“Can you sense him yet? Or smell him?”
Sesshoumaru couldn’t help the growl that escaped him. He was beginning to get frustrated, as that had been the seventh time in as many minutes that she asked him the same questions. “Kagome, I told you. When I sense him, I will tell you. There is no need to ask. The cave is in that rock face in the distance.”
Kagome squinted her eyes in the increasing darkness, trying to see what he was talking about. “I’m sorry. I’m just worried. The sun has already set and we haven’t reached him. I am always more comfortable when I'm with him, and I think it helps him, too. Did you know I’m the first person to ever find out? Besides family, of course, but he never told Kikyo, the live one or the undead one. He never trusted her with his secret.”
“He chose well when he chose to trust you. He is here and safe. We shall be with him in a minute.” Kagome let out a sigh of relief as they landed in the opening to the pitch-black cave.
Inuyasha heard a noise at the entrance to his hiding place, followed by footsteps. He couldn’t see who or what was there, and it frightened him more than he would ever admit. He stayed perfectly still and held his breath.
“Inuyasha? Where are you?” Kagome asked the darkness.
“Kagome? How the hell did you find me? How did you get up here?”
“This Sesshoumaru brought her.”
“Fuck, Kagome!” Inuyasha yelled from the darkness. “Why did you do that? Now nothing’s gonna be able to stop him from killing me! You know I can’t take him like this. Damn it!”
“Inuyasha, shut up and relax,” Kagome said calmly. “He isn’t going to hurt you. He brought me because I was worried and didn’t want you to be alone tonight. Why did you leave? And why didn’t you come back before tonight? You should know better!” Behind her, Sesshoumaru wrinkled his nose. There was just the slightest trace of a familiar scent lingering there, but it was too weak for him to identify.
“Damn, woman. If you’re gonna ask questions, at least give me a chance to answer them. I needed some time alone to think. That’s why I left. And I didn’t realize how long I’d been here until I felt it starting. By then, it was too late. Did you really have to bring him here? This place was a secret. Now that bastard knows about it and I’ll have to find a new one. I’m fucking starving! Tell me you have some food in that bag of yours.”
“Uh, Inuyasha? It wasn’t a secret. I’ll explain in a minute, but let me find you some food first.” She began to rifle through her bag before producing a flashlight and turning it on. “Is there anything to start a fire with? I brought ramen for you. If not, though, I have some jerky and chips, too.”
“There’s wood in the corner. Do you have your fire sticks?”
“My matches? Yeah.”
“Fine. Point that light over here so I can find the wood and get it ready. And then I want some jerky. I haven’t eaten for days and this human body seems to mind a whole hell of a lot more than my hanyou form.” Kagome held the flashlight aimed at the rear of the cave and watched as Inuyasha gathered and arranged the wood before she moved over to start the flames. In minutes, there was a roaring fire and the cave was bathed in light. Inuyasha took the jerky she offered him before moving to the back of his hiding place once more to watch her prepare the ramen and glare at his brother.
Sesshoumaru stood behind where Kagome knelt, looking down at her. He couldn’t bring himself to move away. He wanted her in his arms, not on her knees serving his ungrateful sibling. Feeling eyes on him, he glanced at said brother, seeing the distrustful way he was observing him. “Is there a problem, brother?”
Kagome looked up at them both. “What’s wrong? Inuyasha, are you all right?”
“Keh. I’m just fuckin’ perfect. Just wondering why the bastard is staring at you like that, is all.”
“Inuyasha, don’t call him a bastard. You two need to get along and your attitude makes it a lot more difficult. Here, eat your damn noodles and be quiet for a while.” Seeing her remove the pot from the fire, he scooted forward and grabbed the chopsticks she held out to him before digging in. There wasn’t much point in her putting the noodles in a bowl, since he was going to eat them all anyway. “Don’t eat too fast. If you haven’t eaten in days and you gorge yourself like you tend to, you’ll end up being sick.”
“I don’t get sick, wench. You know that.”
“Sure. Sure, but don’t come whining to me when you throw up your dinner because you ate it too fast. You’re human at the moment, remember?”
He just shot her a look and a “Keh,” before returning to his beloved instant noodles. She let out a sigh and settled herself against the cave wall. Sesshoumaru sat down beside her, and she leaned against him, resting her head on his fur-covered shoulder. He couldn’t hold back a smirk as his little brother’s eyes widened, and his hand froze halfway to his mouth, noodles slipping from the chopsticks to land on his haori.
“I’m really tired all of a sudden.”
“This Sesshoumaru is not surprised. You have had a rather busy day.”
Kagome laughed softly. “Yeah, you could say that.” She looked up then. “Inuyasha, are you okay? You’ve got noodles all down the front of you.”
Her words snapped him out of his moment of frozen confusion. “I’m fine, Kagome. I just… You’re… You’re touching him.”
“Yeah, and? Look, I know that he told you he was interested in me, so don’t play all shocked. Yes, I’m touching him. He told me how he feels, and I’m pretty sure I feel the same way, so you’re just gonna have to deal with it. Besides, there’s something I want to show you that’s long over due.”
‘She feels the same! Did you hear? She loves us back!’
‘Yes, this Sesshoumaru heard. We do use the same ears. How could I have missed it?’
‘No need to be so rude. You should be jumping up and down, celebrating!’

‘This Sesshoumaru does not jump around like a child.’
‘You’re lucky she can see through your tough exterior. You need to loosen up.’
‘She died in my arms less than an hour ago. However happy I am that she believes she feels the same as we do, it does not change the fact that I failed to protect her.’
“You mean you actually like the Great Lord of the Icicle?”
Sesshoumaru failed to hold back the snarl the erupted from him at his brother’s words. He was still on edge, his beast floating just beneath the surface. While he wasn’t fighting to get out, he was still holding on to a portion of control, which was keeping Sesshoumaru from fully relaxing.
Kagome looked up at him as the snarl echoed in the small cave. Completely ignoring Inuyasha, she reached out and gently traced the markings on the right side of his face. He leaned into her touch, closing his eyes and breathing in her scent. She didn’t even glance towards the hanyou as she chastised him once more. “Inuyasha, you need to stop the name calling. Don’t make me say it. We both had a busy day and a very difficult evening today. Please, just be nice, for me, for a while, okay? Finish eating and I’ll show you. Maybe then you can stop being such a jerk.”
“Keh. I’m not being a jerk! I’m just trying to protect you! You can’t trust him, Kagome. You don’t know. You have no idea what he's really like!”
She turned and glared at him. If he had them at the moment, his puppy ears would have plastered to his head. “I know. I understand more than you do. Damn it! Fine.” She stood, careful not to hit her head on the low ceiling, and knelt right in front of Inuyasha. Sesshoumaru merely watched as she removed the chopsticks and pot from his hands and set them to the side.
The human hanyou looked at her in confusion. “What the hell are you doing? I was fucking eating that!”
“Close your eyes.”
“What the…”
She growled, the sound rumbling in her throat. “Close… Your… Eyes… Now.” He looked into her eyes and saw that she was serious.
“All right, fine. Geez, Kagome. When did you learn how to growl?”
“Never mind that. Just relax.” Inuyasha took a breath in and closed his eyes. He stiffened slightly when she rested her hands on his head, her fingers buried in his black hair. “I said relax. I’m not gonna hurt you.”
He relaxed a bit, and she started. She showed him all the things Sesshoumaru had shared with her over the last few days; showing him the truth about things he had never before understood. When she was finished, his body went limp, and he leaned forward into her arms. His face was buried in the crook of her neck as he soaked in all the comfort she could give.
“Is it true?” he whispered against her throat. “Are you sure it’s true?”
“Yes, Inuyasha, it’s true. I could tell when he showed me, and I know you can feel it, too.”
“But… All this time…?”

“You never understood him. He’s nothing like you think. Inuyasha, he wants to be your brother again, like when you were little. Do you think you could do that? I know it might take a while for you to get used to everything, but wouldn’t it be nice to have a real brother instead of an enemy?” She could feel his tears rolling down her neck as he nodded against her. “Good. That’s really good.” Slowly, he pulled back from her and looked to where Sesshoumaru still sat, wiping his eyes on his sleeves.
The demon lord slowly nodded his head at his little brother. “It is all true, Inuyasha. This Sesshoumaru has tried, in the past, to explain things to you.”
“I know. I never let you talk. I’m… I’m sorry… Really. I don’t understand why… Why did Kikyo lie to me? Why would it matter to her whether we got along or not?”
“I think that she wanted you for herself. She was lonely, you were lonely, and you formed a kind of bond based on how each of you was separated from everyone else by one thing or another. If you and Sesshoumaru talked, you would probably have left her to go home. I think she was afraid you would leave her and she would be alone again.” Kagome spoke softly while running her fingers through his hair.
Inuyasha watched her closely as she spoke before nodding his agreement. “I guess that makes sense.”

“But none of that matters anymore. All of that was supposed to happen just the way it did, or the prophecy wouldn’t come true. If she never pinned you to that tree, then I would never have come to release you.” Kagome was startled when he swept her into his arms.
“Thank you, Kagome. Thank you for helping me. I don’t know what I would do without you.”
“You don’t need to worry about that. You will always be my friend. Always.”
“Even if you end up with him?”
“Of course, silly. He’s your brother, your family.”
“This Sesshoumaru already promised I would never take her away from you, brother. It was the truth then, and it is still true now. You are welcome at the Palace Moon, Inuyasha. That has never changed.”
Inuyasha slowly released Kagome and both brothers stood. Kagome watched, close to tears, as they embraced for the first time since the death of their father. As he pulled back, Inuyasha smirked. “Okay, so you’re not a huge asshole, but I’m still warnin’ ya. If you hurt our Kagome, I will kill you.”
“I would expect no less.”

Kagome smiled widely. “Our Kagome? I was unaware I belonged to either of you, let alone both.”
“Yeah, well, you better get used to it. You’re mine. But I’m willing to share you with him, so long as he treats you right.”
Kagome laughed aloud before handing the once again seated hanyou back his chopsticks and noodles, and moving to sit beside Sesshoumaru once more. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder and she drifted off to sleep with her face buried in moko-moko.
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