InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Kagome! Where are you?! ❯ Good Kagome vs evil kagome part 1 ( Chapter 62 )

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Kagome where are you

chapter 62:

Good Kagome vs. Evil Kagome part 1:

I will refer to the Kagome that I've been writing about in the previous 60 chapters as Kagome1.

The new Kagome, the one who's history I gave in chapter 61, I will refer to as Kagome2.

I may not use those terms all the time, but, I will try to keep things as clear as I can.


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Kagome smiles, her teeth shining brightly, as she sees her mother
standing by the front door.

"Mother!" She calls.

Her mother, turns, and her eyes widen. Kagome's mother is not
wearing her normal clothes. She is wearing an expensive dress
suit of clothes.

Her mouth opens, "ka . . . Kagome?" She points to the stairs.

Kagome turns, so she can see up the stairs.

Standing about halfway down the stairs is Inu-yasha.

He is wearing a nice, expensive business suit, with a hat, one
that looks like it was taken out of a detective movie, to cover
his ears. He is also wearing mirrored sunglasses, to hide his
eyes. His right hand swiftly moves under his jacket and pulls
out a huge pistol . . .

Standing at the top of the stairs is Higurashi Kagome.

She is wearing a very expensive full-length silk dress. It is
blood red in color. The bust is cut, very deep, showing off her
cleavage.

Kagome stares up at Kagome . . .

Kagome, her eyes wide with surprise, stares down at Kagome . . .

Sesshomaru glances at both persons standing on the stairs, Inu-
yasha and Kagome. His right-hand is still in Kagome's grasp. His
left hand though, hangs ready at his side. It is glowing green,
as he prepares for battle . . .

Kagome squeezes Sesshomaru's hand as her eyes lock on the
necklace around the other Kagome's neck.

Hanging from it is a complete Jewel of the Four Souls . . .

IT reeks of corruption . . .

‘We have to be on an alternate world, and something bad must have
happened.' Flashes in Kagome1's mind as she stares at the
corrupted Jewel.

She locks her eyes on Kaogme2's, who is standing at the top of
the stairs, her mouth open in surprise . . .

Kagome1 flicks her eyes to Inu-yasha. Since he is wearing
mirrored sunglasses, she's not absolutely sure where he is
looking, but, he seems to be growling at Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru squeezes her hand, a silent signal to show that he is
not paralyzed by surprise. She squeezes back. ‘We can attack,
first. I know that is what Sesshomaru would prefer.' Her eyes
flick to Kaogme2 again. ‘But . . . I can't attack myself.'

Kagome1 steps in front of Sesshomaru, spreading her arms, "Stop!"
She cries, loudly. "Everyone stop, please! We need to talk!"

That movement breaks the paralysis that is holding Inu-yasha and
Kagome2.

"Sesshomaru . . . " Inu-yasha grinds his teeth, as he whispers.

Sesshomaru smiles, showing his fangs, as he slightly nods in Inu-
yasha's direction. "Inu-yasha." He whispers, just loud enough for
Inu-yasha and kagome1 to hear.

"What!" kagome2 yells! "Who are you!"

"Kagome!" Her mother yells also.

Kagome1 pauses, and looks at Kagome2, "I am Higurashi Kagome."

But, before she can say anything more, the front door is smashed
open and the bodyguards that are outside rush inside the house,
their weapons are drawn. They brush Mrs. H aside in their haste
to enter.

They all, and there are five of them, stop and stare at the two
Kagome . . .


Sesshomaru glances in their direction, then refocuses his
attention on Inu-yasha.


Kagome1 glances at the bodyguards. She frowns at the way they
treat her mother "Stop! Everyone! Please!" she yells, trying to
calm, what, she instinctively knows, is a dangerous situation.

Kagome2 points at kagome1, "She's an imposter!"

Kagome1 shakes her head, no. "I'm not an imposter!"

Inu-yasha calls to the men, "surround them!" He points to Kagome1
and Sesshomaru. He turns his head, and says to kagome2. "Go back
up the stairs. I'll deal with this."

‘Goddamned publicist.' Kagome2 thinks. ‘He wanted a photo shoot
at this old house. Said it would be good for my image, as a
returns to roots part of this new image building campaign. And,
I'll bet, because of the poor security around here, she snuck in.
He's fired, and I'll destroy his life.'

She steps back a couple of steps. She can still see kagome1, but
Sesshomaru is somewhat blocked.

‘And who is the new demon?' She thinks. ‘His aura is very close
to Inu-yasha's. I've only rarely met other demons, so what is
happening?'

"Kagome." Sesshomaru growls, as the new bodyguards close on them.

Kagome1 shakes her head. "We're not going to fight, Sesshomaru.
There has to be an explanation and we're not going to be the
first to draw. Please?" She begs in a low voice.

He nods.

The five bodyguards stand next to kagome1 and Sesshomaru. One of
them looks at Inu-yasha, "boss?"

"He'll have a weapon on him." Inu-yasha replies. "Won't you,
Sesshomaru?"

Sesshomaru nods. "Of course, little brother. I possess several."

‘Little brother!?' kagome2 thinks in surprise. ‘Well, I suppose.
He has never volunteered his family history, and since I assumed
they were all dead, I never asked.'

"Remove them." Inu-yasha orders.

Sesshomaru glares at inu-yasha. His hand moves to grab Tokijin's
hilt, but Kagome's hand is in the way.

He looks at her.

Kagome1 shakes her head. "We'll go along for now, please. This is
Inu-yasha and myself, please." She whispers.

She reaches back and pulls her sword, scabbard and all off her
back. "Here, this is my sword. Treat it with respect." She says
as she hands it to one of the guards.

She looks at Kagome2, "I want to prove my trustworthiness. This
is a big misunderstanding, and all I want to do is talk."

Kagome1 turns to Sesshomaru. "Sesshomaru, lord of the western
lands, Please let them hold your weapons as a sign of our
trustworthiness." She bows to him.

A pause . . .

Inu-yasha looks kagome2, who shrugs, as she is willing to let
things develop, for now.

Inu-yasha looks at Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru looks at inu-yasha. He looks at the inu-yasha's hands.
He is holding a gun. ‘Where is Tetsusaiga? I don't sense it.' He
sniffs. ‘Inu-yasha is carrying one visible gun. And at least two
more from the scents of gunpowder around him.' He thinks.

"Sesshomaru?" Kagome1 asks.

He nods.

And he removes his two swords from his waist, laying them on the
ground. He looks at the bodyguards. "Do not touch them." He
growls. He points to Tokijin, then nods to Kagome1 as he states,
"that sword can kill at a touch, and it is only because of my
consort, am I mentioning that or removing my weapons."

"I'm going to remove my backpack, as well, Ok?" Kagome1 says,
"He'll remove his, too. We don't want to cause trouble. We just
need to talk, so we can find out some things." They both take off
their backpacks.

She looks at kagome2, ‘I've got to find out what happened. Why am
I carrying a complete, but non-purified jewel? Why is she causing
my skin to crawl? Why do I feel that Inu-yasha hates me?'

Kagome2 eyes Kagome1, then shifts her eyes to Inu-yasha.
‘Consort? So they mean something to each other, then. That might
be useful.'



Inu-yasha walks down the stairs. He struts up to Sesshomaru.
"What are you doing here?" he growls.

Sesshomaru stares back, without expression. "The Miko Higurashi
Kagome believed that she was home, I am escorting her there. She
is mistaken. This is not her home."

"Where the fuck have you been?" Inu-yasha growls. "I've tried to
find traces of you, but, it's like you never truly existed."

"I've been where I've been, little brother." Sesshomaru replies.
"It's in not surprising that you couldn't find me."

Inu-yasha growls deep in his chest. He looks at Kagome2.

She calls down, "Hold them here, my dear. I need to come down and
make my appearance before the press, like scheduled. When I come
back, we'll see."

Inu-yasha nods. "I need to stay here and watch him." He taps
Sesshomaru's chest.

Sesshomaru ignores the touch.

Kagome2 walks down the stairs. She looks at Kagome1. She pauses
and walks over to her.

They stand only a couple of feet apart and look at each other.

Kagome2 reaches out and touches Kagome1's check. "I want to find
out which doctor worked on you. You're a perfect match."

Kagome1 shrugs, "no doctor worked on me. I can explain why I'm
you."

Kagome2 nods. "You will. But, I've got to make my appearance, or
the press will get unruly. When I come back, you'll tell me
everything."

The jewel around kagome2 neck pulses.

Kagome1 glances at it, "That won't work on me."

Kagome2's eyes widen. ‘How? Yes, a few people over the years have
found out about its powers, but, all of them either work for me,
or they are dead.'

Kagome2's eyes narrow. Her hand finds the chain and she fishes
out Kagome1's necklace with the shard pieces hanging at the end
of it.

"A second jewel? Broken?" She says in surprise.

"Yes. I broke it." Kaogme1 says.

Kagome2 pulls and breaks the necklace. She holds it in her hands.

"Higurashi Kagome?" Sesshomaru twitches as he tenses.

Inu-yasha slaps Sesshomaru across the face, hard enough for blood
to drip down his lips. "She is not Higurashi Kagome. Even if she
does smell like her."

Both Kagome's stare at Inu-yasha and Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru calmly touches his lips and looks at the blood on his
fingertips. "Little brother, since my consort wishes this to be
peaceful, I'll let you live." He says in his coldest voice, as he
glares at Inu-yasha.

All the human bodyguards shiver at the sound his voice and grip
their guns tight. Mrs. H, who had been slowly walking toward
Kagome1, quickly retreats to the other side of the room.

"She smells like me?" kagome2 asks.

Inu-yasha nods. "Identical. Although she not wearing any perfume.
But she is wearing his scent." He taps his brother's chest.

Kagome1 blushes, slightly.

Kagome2 touches the purified shards at the end of the necklace.
She yelps as they burn her.

She glares at Kagome1.

Kagome1 smiles back. "There is an explanation." Her mouth
twitches, "I'm not sure how to speak to you. You're me, but, then
again you're not. And calling anybody Kagome just seems strange."

Kagome2's glare increases. "You are not me." She pauses, "I'm
going to leave now, but when I return."

"You two." Inu-yasha points to a couple of the bodyguards. "Go
with her. Tell everyone that we've had a security breach and I'm
investigating."

They nod and move to stand side by side to kagome2.

"May I have my necklace back?" kagome1 asks. "Please?"

"No." Kagome2 declares.

Sesshomaru growls.

Kagome1 shakes her head, slightly. "It's ok, Sesshomaru. She
doesn't understand."

"I understand, whore." Kagome2 says, "You were planning to take
my place." She glances at Sesshomaru. "A demon and a person that
appears to be me?"

Kagome2 fingers her necklace. ‘Do I use it, now? No. I don't have
time.'

Kagome2 spins and walks to the door, the two bodyguards follow
her. "When I come back. I will have the truth. Inu-yasha?"

"Yes, Ma'am." He replies, in a respectful tone.

"Remember that the press are nearby, but otherwise, do anything
you need to do, to get the truth." Kagome2 says, just before she
leaves the house. Mrs. H, after a glance at kagome1, leaves with
her. (The photo shoot, includes her, to emphasize a down-home
Kagome.)

"Well, well, well." Inu-yasha purrs as he stands in front of
Sesshomaru.

"Inu-yasha?" Kagome asks, "What happened after I released you
from the god tree?"

The three remaining bodyguards look at each other as they stand
behind Kagome and Sesshomaru. One is standing behind Kagome. The
other two are standing behind Sesshomaru. Their weapons are
pointing at Sesshomaru and Kagome.

Inu-yasha's jaw opens. ‘How? Nobody, but nobody knows that!'

He quickly steps up to Kagome. "How did you know that?"

Kagome shrugs, "I was there, Inu-yasha."

His eyes open wide.

She continues, "Something happened. Something bad happened. The
well isn't working, and the jewel . . . "

Inu-yasha grabs her and shakes her, "How do you know that?"

Sesshomaru growls, deep in his chest.

Inu-yasha growls back, "If he moves, shot him."

"I was there, Inu-yasha." Kagome pleads. "I need to know what
happened, please tell me!"

"No." He growls, "You'll tell how you know first."

His eyes flick up and down Kagome. "And if I don't like the
explanation, I'll hurt you." He licks his lips.

‘Raping her . . . would be a dream come true.' Inu-yasha thinks.


‘How much do I tell him?' Kagome thinks. ‘The truth, otherwise?'

"There are multiple worlds and multiple universes, Inu-yasha. I'm
from a different universe. In my universe . . . " Kagome looks at
Sesshomaru. He looks back, his eyebrow raised.

"In my universe," She continues. "You and I are friends, and
perhaps more than that. I've gathered more friends around me, as
we search for pieces of the jewel of four souls. We've fought
many demons and evil humans, trying to help people."

"Like Kikyo?" Inu-yasha whispers.

Kagome grimaces, "yes, like Kikyo would do. You do know what
happened to her, right?"

"The bitch is dead. She betrayed me." Inu-yasha growls. "She
killed me."

"IS that all you know?" Kagome asks.

"I ask the questions here!" inu-yasha barks. "If you're telling
the truth, then, how did you get here?"

Kagome swallows, "recently Sesshomaru and I have been on a trip
through various universes, this universe is very similar to
mine."

"How?" Inu-yasha growls, in a harder tone.

Kagome looks at Sesshomaru.

"I can defeat him, Miko Higurashi Kagome."

Inu-yasha slaps Sesshomaru again. "I said that she is not
Higurashi Kagome!"

Sesshomaru, his facial birthmarks pulse in time with his
heartbeat and anger, growls back, "My consort, are you sure that
you wish this to remain peaceful?"

Kagome nods.

"There is a metallic cube. It sends us from world to world."
Kagome says.

Inu-yasha growls.

"What are you going to do with us, Inu-yasha?" Kagome asks.


"That depends on Higurashi Kagome." Inu-yasha replies. "She's not
going to believe your story, however."

"Do you?" she asks.

Inu-yasha looks up and down Kagome. "No cosmetic surgery can
duplicate her scent and when you are talking, your scent and
pulse aren't changing, like it would if you were lying."

He pauses, "And you know something that only she and I know."

"Keade?" Kagome asks.

He nods.

"Mistress Centipede?"

He nods.

"Three-eyed crow?"

Inu-yasha frowns, "You're wrong."

‘Things changed that quickly.' Kagome thinks. "The jewel never
broke." She whispers.

"Of course, it never did."

A pause.

Inu-yasha growls. He nods. "Let's go upstairs. Leave the weapons
and backpacks on the floor."

Kagome and Sesshomaru look at each other. Kagome nods.
Sesshomaru's eyebrow raises, but he allows them to be marched up
the stairs, without problems.

Inu-yasha marches them to, what in Kagome1's world, is Sota's
room. Here it has been turned into a next room for Mrs. H's
wardrobe.

"We'll wait here for Higurashi Kagome to return." He declares.

He thinks, ‘I'd like to separate them, but, I'd not have the man
power.'

"Where's Sota?" Kagome asks.


Inu-yasha shrugs. "I'm not going to say, girl. And I'm not going
to answer any more questions. We'll wait here until she returns."

Time passes . . .


Higurashi Kagome2, with her two bodyguards, enters the room.
Additional bodyguards stand in the hallway.

"Well?"

"She claims to be from a different universe." Inu-yasha says.

"And you believe that story?" Kagome2 exclaims.

"She has your scent. There is no way that can be duplicated by
science. Magic has to be involved." Inu-yasha replies. "I do not
know if she's telling the truth or not, but, nothing I know in
this world can create her."

"And him?" she points to Sesshomaru.

"He's my older brother." Inu-yasha's eyes flick to Sesshomaru.
"Which gives me more reason to believe that magic is involved."

Kagome2 looks at both Kagome1 and Sesshomaru. "Why have you keep
them together?"

"Not enough manpower." He replies. "Now that you're here and now
that the others are here, though."

She nods. "I want to talk to him, alone." She points to
Sesshomaru.

"Come on downstairs, girl." Inu-yasha growls as he grabs
Kagome1's arm.

Kagome1 bits her lips, "everything will be ok, Sesshomaru." She
says as Inu-yasha drags her downstairs.

Kagome2 and Sesshomaru are left in the room.

"Inu-yasha's older brother?" She asks.

"To a degree." Sesshomaru replies in his normal cold voice. "We
are from a different, but similar, universe. I have a younger
brother named Inu-yasha, but that individual downstairs is not my
brother. Just like you are not Higurashi Kagome."

Kagome2's face twists in anger. "I am Higurashi Kagome." Her hand
goes to her necklace, lifting the jewel.

Sesshomaru looks at the jewel.

He smiles. His fangs peak out. "I've always felt that Jewel of
Four Souls was overrated. You will not twist me to your will."

"Everyone breaks, dog demon." Kagome2 says in a deadly tone.
"Everyone."

The Jewel glows . . .


Downstairs



"We'll wait here." Inu-yasha growls as he thrusts Kagome into the
kitchen. A couple of bodyguards are with him and her.

They still have their weapons out and drawn.


Kagome rubs her arm where Inu-yasha was holding it. His fingers
left white streaks on her arm. "You didn't have to be so tight,
Inu-yasha."

He grunts.


She frowns and looks up. ‘She's using the jewel. Sesshomaru is
fighting it. I can feel it.'

Inu-yasha glances up and then, grins, as his attention refocuses
on Kagome. "He won't last."

"And then what happens?" Kagome asks.

"Why do you want to know?"

"To know what will happen to me, of course."

"He'll be her slave. That is, if she doesn't destroy his mind in
the process." Inu-yasha replies. "That doesn't happen as often as
once did, but, he's resisting hard."

"Did she do that to you?" Kagome asks. She points to the
bodyguards. "And them?"

Inu-yasha grins, "no to both. They know which side to take."

Kagome grimaces, ‘I've been trying to play it nice and calm, but
. . . ' She glances up again. ‘He's resisting. I can feel that.
What to do?'

She looks at Inu-yasha. He is standing, his arms across his chest
in his standard poise, grinning at her.

‘He's waiting for me to attack him.' She thinks.


She glances up at the ceiling again as the house rattles.

Sesshomaru and jewel are fighting a battle of wills . . .

Kagome grimaces, ‘I've got to help him.'


"Can I make some tea?" She asks.

"Your being very calm about this." Inu-yasha replies.

"I've been in dangerous situations before, Inu-yasha." She
replies. "Panicking doesn't solve anything."

"And aren't you afraid of what I might do to you?" He growls.

Kagome looks up and down his body. "Inu-yasha. You might and
will, no doubt, hurt my body. You might, and will, hurt my soul.
And I don't want that to happen."

She pauses, "but afraid?" She shakes her head. "No. Not really."

She moves to one of the counters, "Can I make some tea?"

Inu-yasha grunts, but doesn't say no.

Kagome opens various cabinet doors and drawers, as she prepares
some tea. ‘He doesn't know where everything is in the house. And
my mother in this universe keeps her kitchen the same as mine.'
She conceals a smile as she thinks that.

She frowns as she looks up at the ceiling again. ‘I don't have
much time.'

"Can I fix you some tea as well, or they others?" She asks as she
moves around the kitchen.

‘Now. We'll see exactly how good all those combat exercises pays
off.' she thinks.

"No."

Kagome places the water on the stove. She turns around and walks
calmly up the Inu-yasha.

She stops within arms length of him. "Inu-yasha? What happened?"
She whispers. "When I was around you, even the first couple of
days, I felt safe. But, you, now, I don't feel that way."

"Bitch." Inu-yasha growls. "Don't try to get on my good side. I
don't have a good side."

Kagome grimaces. She looks quickly and sharply up at the ceiling.

Inu-yasha's eyes flick to the ceiling, as he tries to determine
what attracted her attention.


Kagome's right hand, the one that concealing the packet of
pepper, rips the packet open and shoves it into his face and
nose.

Inu-yasha instant bends over, coughing as the pepper irritates
his sensitive nose.


Kagome's left hand grabs his shoulder and using her power to
reenforce her strength, and she shoves him into one of the
bodyguards.

She spins, her right foot kicks out and hits the second bodyguard
in his groin.

He collapses screaming in agony as she busts his nuts.

Kagome jumps onto the kitchen counter, kicks the window,
shattering it and jumps out.

A couple of gunshots ring out, as the Inu-yasha and the first
bodyguard, even though they are tangled together, still have the
presence of mind to shot at her.

Kagome's right elbow shatters as one of the bullets hits her.

‘Pain mantra.' Kagome thinks, as she controls the pain. She jumps
up, again using her powers to reenforce her strength. She lands
on the roof of the house and quickly runs to above Sota's room.



She bends down, grabbing the edge of the roof with her left hand
and flips over, smashing the window, as she falls into Sota's
room.


She rolls and stands up in Sota's room. Pieces of broken glass
stick to her, causing bloody streaks on her body.

Sesshomaru is down on his hands and knees before Kagome2.

"NO!" Kagome rips a shard of glass out of her body and throws it
at Kagome2. It instantly transforms into a bolt of purity.

Kagome2 raises her jewel. It glows black, deflecting the bolt.

The bolt shatters the wall behind her.

The smoke and debris cloud the room for a few seconds as the
other bodyguards rush in.

Inu-yasha smashes up through the floor, his face and hair soaking
wet. (He finally got rid of the pepper.)

"Get them!" Kagome2 yells.

"Get her to safety!" Inu-yasha yells, as he stands up.

The bodyguards grab Kagome2 and as fast as they can begin to
hustle her away.

In the smoke and debris . . .

Kagome wraps her arms around Sesshomaru. "We have to leave, now!"
She hisses.

"Leave . . . " He says in a distracted voice.


‘Damn. She really messed him up.' Kagome instantly thinks.

"Fly! Sesshomaru! Fly!" She calls as she shoves him to the
window.

"Fly . . . " He repeats.

"Yes!" Her left hand glows as she lifts him up and jumps out the
window.

"Fly! NOW!" she screams as they fall.

Sesshomaru twitches, but, just before they hit the ground, he
starts to fly.

Slowly fly, though . . .

"Yes!" Kagome screams!

She screams again as she uses her broken arm to move his head in
the direction she wants to go. "In that direction! Sesshomaru!
Faster!"

Inu-yasha and a couple of bodyguards rush the broken window where
Kagome and Sesshomaru were at.

More bodyguards appear on the ground as they rush out of the
house.

Guns are pulled . . .

Shots are fired at the two as they fly away . . .


Kagome screams as she feels more bullets hit her . . .

Sesshomaru screams as he feels a bullet hit him . . .

But, that pain, finally shakes Sesshomaru out of the trance that
kagome2 had him under.

He blinks. He looks around.

And instantly he is gone, as he flies away at full speed.


A few seconds later, in a nearby wooded area of a park concealed
from view, he lands.

He hisses in pain. ‘One bullet in my right leg. Another in right
arm.'

He places Kagome on the ground.

Kagome, since she was on his back, received more than two gunshot
wounds.

In addition to her right arm, which was hit a second time, her
right leg was hit twice.

And . . . there is a bullet in the right side of her chest . . .

She is not moving . . .

He grimaces . . .

He quickly kneels next to her and concentrates his power, healing
her.

He glows . . .

Kagome coughs, spitting up blood. She starts to wrap her arms
around him, but the pain in her right arm causes her to hiss in
pain.

"Kagome?" Sesshomaru whispers.

"I'll live." She says between wheezes. "I think."

"Thank you, my love." He whispers. He shudders. "She almost won."

*cough* "yes. I could tell. How?" Kagome asks.

"She found my love for you and was using that." Sesshomaru
replies. "She's an exact duplicate of you, which helped. My
instincts, my senses, she confused them . . . " he trails off,
shaking his head.

"I can sense Inu-yasha." Kagome warns. "He's approaching
quickly."

Sesshomaru looks off in the direction of Kagome's house. He
grunts. ‘I'm still not healed, though, my wounds aren't critical.
She's still wounded, though no critically. No. I can fight him
another time, after we've healed and rested up.' he thinks.

"I'm going to fly us to another location." He says as he gathers
up Kagome.

"Give me directions." He orders as he starts to fly away.

Off a short distance away . . .


Inu-yasha lowers his pistol and grinds his teeth. ‘Too far away .
. . too fast. Shit!' he thinks. He holsters his pistol.

‘We've got their weapons and gear.' He thinks. ‘And, if my memory
is accurate, Sesshomaru will return for his sword, at least.'

He nods. ‘A trap, then. I'll have the PR asshole give out a story
of an imposter Kagome. We'll post a reward for info. And, that
story will include that we've got some of their personal
equipment. That will draw them out.'

He spins and runs back to Kagome's house, plans of the trap
beginning to form in his mind . . .


Later . . . and many kilometers away . . .

Sesshomaru lands, again, in a wooded area, concealed from
onlookers.

He places her, gently, laying on the ground.

"We will heal up." He says. "And then return to get our weapons."

Kagome, though still in pain, says, "I'm sorry about that."

Sesshomaru sighs, "Understandable, if mistaken, my love.
Attacking yourself and Inu-yasha would be difficult for you."

She sighs, "but, we're going to have to."

He nods.

"I wonder, though." Kagome whispers, "What went wrong? Why did I
allow the power of the jewel to corrupt me?"

"What did you do in those first few days?" he asks.

Kagome, tries to smiles, it changes into a grimace as she moves
her shot arm. "The first couple of days, I treated the jewel and
the stories that Keade was telling as a joke. I knew that they
didn't apply to me. I wasn't part of some fairy tale."

He nods. He grunts. "Can you heal yourself? Or will you need some
help?"

Kagome grimaces, "I can heal myself, now. But, it'll take most of
my strength. You?"

"The same." He pauses. "We'll need to rest up."

Kagome looks around. "Let's just heal up our legs for now,
Sesshomaru."

"And?"

"And then, I'll have you fly us to an area with some love
hotels."

"Love hotels?"

"Places where you can rent sleeping rooms by the hour, hours, or
by the day. They don't ask questions. And we can finish healing
and sleep there."

Sesshomaru looks around, "you don't want to sleep in this wooded
area?"

"Use your sense's Sesshomaru. How many humans are close by?"

He sniffs. "I see what you mean." He nods.

"Money for the room?" He asks.

"One of us will have to use our power to avoid payment." She
replies.

He nods. "Our appearances?"

She grimaces, ‘due to those gunshots, they'll have to makeup some
sort of story for the police.' She thinks.

"Your hand, Sesshomaru." She orders. She reaches for his clawed
hand.

"Kagome?" He asks as she brings his claws up to her check.

She wanly smiles, "If I have a scar on my face, nobody will pay
attention to anything else."

He stops the movement of his hand, as he asks, "My appearance?"


"You will have to change your clothes into more normal appearing
clothes, not just a cloak."

He grimaces, then grunts. "Very well."

"We'll just have to take the chance, Sesshomaru, that noone
really notices you. Hopefully the clerks at the love hotel will
assume that I'm a whore and you're an older man that paying for
my attention."

He pauses . . .

He nods.

"Don't twitch." He whispers.

She nods.

His claw leaves a bloody streak down her face . . .

Later . . .

On a street lined with love hotels.

Kagome only partially heals her face, which leaves an ugly scar
on her check. She changes her clothes into a dress, with a scarf
to partially hide her face. Her right arm is also only partially
healed. She is holding it close to her side and avoiding using
it.

Sesshomaru clothes are changed. He is wearing an ill-fitting
business suit. His tail is wrapped around him, under the clothes,
which is why the clothes don't fit right. ‘Very uncomfortable.
Once we enter the room . . . ' he thinks.

Kagome grabs his hand and leads him into one of the hotels.

After, a wave of Sesshomaru's hand, and his whispered "We don't
need to pay."

They enter a room.

It is a typical love hotel room. In the room is a large bed in
the middle of the room, with an attached large bathroom, with a
selection of oils and soaps. The walls are heavily mirrored. A
large screen TV with DVD is in the room, with a selection of
various adult rated DVD's.

"We will heal and rest up." Kagome declares.


She collapses onto the bed, whimpering from the pain of her arm.

Sesshomaru nods. He relaxes his control, showing his pain as he
sits down next to her.

She crawls into his lap. "I'm frightened." She whispers. "Can I
fight myself and Inu-yasha?"

"We'll get our items back." Sesshomaru replies, "And if they get
in the way . . . " he growls.

"I may not be able to help you." She whispers.

He gently hugs her, "everything will be fine."

She begins to cry . . .

He rocks her to sleep . . .

He sleeps protecting her . . .


Later . . .

After they wake up . . .


Sesshomaru is wandering around the room, testing the various
knobs and buttons, as Kagome watches and explains. He turns on
the radio. She finds a station that plays very traditional music,
which he likes.

The announcer breaks in: "A special news report: A young teenage
girl has been found. She was murdered and her body mutilated. The
police are looking for the criminals. Here is part of an
interview with a Police Captain:

"We've got good descriptions of the two criminal animals that
killed her. And we've got a solid lead to their location. They
will be caught." The police captain's voice is full of anger.

Sesshomaru, in dry voice, remarks, "your world seems to have more
bad people in it than you lead me to believe."

Kagome sighs, "there are always bad apples, Sesshomaru. I prefer
not to talk about them." She grimaces, "I do hope the police find
them. That did not sound all that nice."


"Before we heard that, you seemed to be in a better mood, than
last night?" Sesshomaru asks as he watches Kagome clean up and
move around the room.

"Yes!" Kagome smiles. "I'm going to call my friends and find out
what happened."


Sesshomaru nods. ‘Once she knows what is happening, she'll be
able to make decisions. Right now, she's afraid to make decisions
since she might make a mistake, due to limited knowledge. She's
learned that much during our journey.'

Kagome picks up the phone and begins to call her friends.

‘First, just in chance we need some extra fighting power.' She
thinks.

"Tendo Residence."

"Hi, Kasumi! Is Akane in?"

"No, she's at school. May I ask whose calling?"

A pause.

"Don't you recognize my voice?" Kagome asks.

"I am sorry, but I'm afraid that I do not."

A pause.

"Sorry. I made a mistake."

Kagome hangs up. "I forgot. Everything is changed. In this
universe I didn't need to learn how to use a bow, I'm sure."

Sesshomaru raises an eyebrow as she dials again.


Kagome looks at the phone and puts it down. She sighs.

He raises an eyebrow in a silent question.

"All my other friends are people that she'd know as well." She
sighs, again, "And I don't think that calling them will work. If
she's as rich and powerful as she seems."

"Yes, As we were looking for this place yesterday, we noticed a
lot of signs and posters with her face on them." Sesshomaru
interrupts.

"Then, I'm sure that they've had a lot of reporters call them,
trying to find out about my early life. So, I think, that we'll
have to meet them face to face."

"Is that a good idea?" he asks.

Kagome shrugs. "Before we do something, I'd like to know what
went wrong."

Sesshomaru nods. He frowns.

"Sesshomaru?"

"Outside. I'm hearing a lot more vehicles then I have been. And
they seem to be larger, heavier vehicles than normal."

"Anything else?"

"There are too many walls . . . " Sesshomaru begins to say.
"Evacuation? Police business? I can't make out anything else."

Kagome frowns. A flick of motion on the ceiling attracts her
attention.

She looks up at the overhead light fixture. A small knob near it
is moving.

From outside the building a man begins to yell into a bullhorn.

"This is the Police! We have the building surrounded! Come out
peacefully!"

Kagome reaches out and flicks the radio to an allnews channel
that she listens to occasionally.

A male reporter, in an excited voice is talking, "I'm on the
scene with the SWAT team. They've corned the murders of a teenage
girl in a local hotel. The police have just called for them to
surrender."

"How?" Kagome breathes. She looks at that knob again.

‘Love hotel . . . Spy camera? Damn. This place must sell video
into the rooms to some internet porn site. Somebody must have
recognized me. Or rather who I am in this world. And that must
have gotten to her.'

Kagome nods. ‘Yes, if she is some famous person, if an imposter
appears on some porn site, I'm sure that she's told about it.'

‘And since she is using a corrupted jewel . . . '

"Inu-yasha and the Kagome of this world must have killed that
girl and sent the police after us." Sesshomaru speculates.

Kagome grimaces. "I think you're right, Sesshomaru."

"Surrender peacefully! You have five minutes!"

The phone rings.

Kagome and Sesshomaru look at each other.

She reaches out and picks up the phone.

"Hello?" She asks.

"Ah, good." Kagome shivers as she hears her own voice on the
phone. "The police have orders to kill you, by the way. The
police Captain and I have an arraignment. Good-bye, imposter."

Kagome2 hangs up the phone.

Kagome1 and Sesshomaru look at each other.

They are alone . . .

No weapons . . .

No supplies . . .

And they are surrounded . . .



Thank you for reading
jeff shelton