InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Lost Lady of the West ❯ The Kind Hearted Lady Returns ( Chapter 1 )

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Chapter 1: The Kind Hearted Lady Returns

As Sesshoumaru jumped up from the well with his mother and little brother. He set them both down; Kagome barely had the time to register her feet on the ground when Inuyasha grabbed her up in a mighty embrace.
"Sesshoumaru never let me forget you mother, he was always talking about you, and he kept his promise to you, to train me in the ways of youkai." Inuyasha said to her as he kissed her cheek.
"And he has done extremely well over the years to." Sesshoumaru said smiling.
She hugged Inuyasha once more also kissing his cheek "well done my son, I am proud of you." She said to him.
She then turned to Sesshoumaru and placed her hand upon his handsome face "And you Maru I am proud of you too and thank you for keeping your promise to me, though I had no doubt that you would but thank you just the same." She said a proud smile on her face as she kissed his cheek as well.
"You have no need to thank me, mother was there ever any question that I'd do what you asked of me?" Sesshoumaru said smiling again.
"Ok people we need to be getting back to Edo and bring Kagome back to Sango, Miroku and Kaede. They've missed her and have been worried. And we have a lot to explain." Inuyasha said.
"But when you changed Inu did you not explain things?" Kagome asked.
"No only Sess knew and wouldn't tell us until my memories started becoming unlocked, so he explained to me, but neither of us could tell the others, we had to wait for you to return. In our time you've been gone three weeks, when in dads’ time you were there for a year." Inuyasha answered.
"Uhmm I think I'm getting a head ache already." Kagome responded with a tinkling laugh as she made her way toward the village with Shippo in her arms.
Both brothers looked at each other and shook their heads. Kagome would never change were their thoughts as they followed their mother.
Sango was coming out of Kaede's hut when she seen a lovely demoness walking toward her dressed in the finery of the Lords and Ladies. She was about to run back and get her boomerang, when she looked closer seeing Shippo in the demonesses arms she then took a closer look at the female and nearly dropped in a dead faint when she realised it was Kagome.
"KAGOME!" Sango called her eyes filling with tears as she ran towards her friend turned sister turned demoness.
At her call Miroku and Kaede rushed out when they heard Kagome's name, and walked out to a most unusual sight. Sango was hugging a demoness and crying, as the female was comforting the demon slayer.
"Um Sango love...why are you hugging that demoness?" Miroku asked of his fiancée as they had gotten engaged two weeks ago.
"Miroku don't you recognise her, look closely it's Kagome. Granted I don't know how this has happened, but I'm sure Kagome has a good explanation." Sango answered.
"Sango I think you've been out in the sun too long, Kagome is human not demon, so this female can't...wait by the gods! It is Kagome!" Miroku said looking hard at the female in front of him it definitely was his friend.
"Ok you three...Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha will be here in seconds let’s go into the hut, I have a lot to tell you all." Kagome answered finding her friends surprise amusing.
They had just settled on the floor of the hut, with tea brewing when Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha arrived in. Setting themselves on either side of their mother as was custom. She was the Lady of the West after all and therefore needed to be protected from those that wished to do her harm.
Once they had their tea in their hands Kagome began her story, and what a story it was. It took her about an hour to explain everything to them, and afterward they were understandably shocked.
"So...you're telling us that when you left three weeks ago to calm down from that argument the well placed you in the time where the great Inu-No-Taisho lived and reigned. And even though it has been three weeks for us it's been a year for you, and in that year you became Sesshoumaru's step mother and Inuyasha's birth mother after you mated Inu-No-Taisho in place of Izayoi. And then when Inuyasha was a few weeks old, Midoriko came to you, and placed you back in this time?" Sango said in a state of complete shock.
"Yeah that's pretty much the way of it." Kagome said with a smile.
"Ok so how come, you Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru didn't remember all this before the trip?" Sango asked again.
"I believe I know the answer to that Young Sango. Their memories of that particular time where blocked of, keeping them from remembering until Kagome made that fated trip to Inu-No-Taisho's time. And then when she was due to return, the memories where unlocked, because then it would be ok for them to remember everything." Kaede explained stirring the stew.
"That...is very insightful Kaede, and it does make sense." Miroku said agreeing with the older miko's theory.
"But if History has changed...then where is Inu-No-Taisho?" Sango asked not realising what the impact of her words had on Kagome who got up suddenly and left the hut to stand outside as her eyes had started to fill.
Sesshoumaru then got up and went to Kagome; he had smelt her tears as soon as they had begun.
"What? Was it something I said?" Sango asked confused at her friends’ actions.
"Yeah Sango it was...dad still died, unfortunately that was something that could not be changed. Mum is grieving him, she has lost her life mate...and demons feel that loss more than humans, when their mates’ die, a part of the mate that survived dies as well." Inuyasha explained to the demon slayer.
"Oh my...I didn't realise...I thought..." Sango stuttered a bit.

Inuyasha got up and went over to her, placing his arm around her.
"Hey Sango you weren't to know don't feel bad ok. Mum understands that. She's just real upset that's all." Inuyasha said by way of comfort to the young woman.
"I know but..."
"Sango its ok, Sesshoumaru is with her he'll make sure she's ok." Inuyasha cut her off.
Kagome sobbed brokenly, she couldn't believe that Toga was gone even though she could feel that he was. So wrapped up in her tears and sorrow she didn't notice when Sesshoumaru's arms came round her and pulled her to his chest. She only noticed when his tail wrapped around her as well giving an extra bit of comfort.
"Mother there was nothing we could do...once dad read the letter you left him, he accepted his fate and understood why you couldn't tell him outright. But he did take the precautions to ensure your protection. Hence why you could pull the tetsaiga from its resting place, it was also why he left tessaiga to me. Inuyasha the one to wield Tetsaiga he was your protection, and tessaiga was entrusted to me, so that should Inuyasha fail and you were killed I could resurrect you. It was also so that I would always remember compassion for mortals. He took the necessary steps to look after you even after his death. And when the time came, he grasped his fate with the dignity and honour that only father could possess." Sesshoumaru said rubbing her back.
"I just...I miss him so much Sesshoumaru I didn't get nearly enough time with him before he passed and neither did you or Inuyasha I hate fate." Kagome cried this was really taking a toll on her. She could feel herself breaking apart.
"Kagome...mother you can't let this destroy you, Inuyasha and I...we need you, we didn't get enough time with you either before you were taken from us. Please don't let this extinguish your light...you need that...and father would be royally pissed if you did let it go out, it's what he loved most about you." Sesshoumaru said pulling her closer to himself.

Kagome laughed a little at this.
"I can picture him now, ranting and raving." She said chuckling again.
"Yes so can I, it is rather amusing. Don't worry though Inuyasha and I will be here to look after you, we'll all get through this together one way or the other. Now come it's getting late you need to rest." Sesshoumaru answered drying Kagome's tears and leading her back into the hut.
Kaede had some chamomile tea ready for her, when Sesshoumaru brought Kagome back in, because the girl would surely need something to help her sleep. Kaede had also slipped a potion in that would stop the young demoness from dreaming of her late mate, which would cause her even more sorrow and pain.
Soon she fell asleep and Sesshoumaru lifted her and moved her onto his lap holding her close, as Inuyasha was doing the rounds. And making sure everything was safe. He usually slept in a tree any way when they were away from the palace. Sesshoumaru looked down to the sleeping face of his step mother and began stroking her hair. It was ironic as she usually was the one that stroked his hair, well when he was younger anyway. It used to relax him and help him get off to sleep if he was having difficulties. She had always been maternal with him, and he liked it, his own mother had always been shrewd about that, she never hugged, or kissed him. She never settled his fears if he'd had a nightmare, she would say 'it's just a dream nothing more go back to sleep. Stop being so weak.'
In the end it had always been his father that settled him down and made him feel like nothing could hurt him as long as his dad was around. Mishuki would always complain that Toga was molly coddling him, and that he'd never grow to be strong if he was always sheltered. Toga would then always brush her comments aside and dis-regard them, in turn dis-regarding her. It wasn't a secret that Toga didn't much care for the cold hearted and shrewd demoness, their mating had been arranged from they were born. The only time they had shared a bed, was to complete their mating, and to conceive Sesshoumaru, but bar those two times, they slept separately. Sesshoumaru never felt anything toward his mother; she was undeserving of his feeling.
Kagome on the other hand, he had a lot of feeling toward her, she had treated him with love and care. She would play tag with him in the gardens, she always ensured that he and Shippo had their time to play and be children, and woe betide anybody that dis-agreed with her parenting skills. She was born a mother, and as such Sesshoumaru recognised her as his mother. He had long ago disowned Mishuki, and would never again recognise her as mother. His father and he had told people the demoness had died due to a rare illness but the truth was...she was still alive and well...she had left her mate and son for another male. In all honesty Toga had been glad to see her leave, and sent her on her merry way quite damn happily he was just glad to be rid of the bitch. So yes Mishuki was still living, but hadn't been seen since, Sesshoumaru just prayed that it would remain that way for if he never saw her again it would be too soon.
However he couldn't shake the feeling that he'd be seeing the bitch soon and he didn't like the thought. He would have to watch out for the demoness because she was on her way. So with heavy thoughts and fears for Kagome's safety he pulled her closer and drifted off into a restless sleep.