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Summary: Three years have passed since Kagome was taken back to her time. Now that the well as opened up once more, the futuristic miko has been allowed back to the Sengoku Jidai. Kagome is met with many new things. New friends, new evil, and a new love in the most unlikely place. It was time for New Beginnings. What does fate have in store for our favorite miko?

Rating: T+

Pairings: Kagome/Inutaisho(Touga), Sesshomaru/Kagura, Rin/Shippo, Inuyasha/Shiori

New Beginnings

As Kagome climbed out of the well after three long years, she was excited to see her friends she had come to think of as a second family. She ran as fast as her feet can take her back to the village of Edo. Before she could even register what was going on, she was crushed in a frenzy of hugs by her overly excited 'family' who then drag her into to the new hut built for Sango, Miroku and their new family.

When they entered the hut, the first thing they saw was Shippo being crushed by a pair of twins and Shippo complaining about unfair odds and this not being what he signed up for. When Sango and Miroku pried the twins off of Shippo, the first thing he noticed was Kagome.

The overly excited kitsune jumped into the arms of the girl he had come to think of as a mother, nearly knocking her off her feet. After everyone was done catching up, she noticed she hasn't seen Inuyasha yet. "Where's Inuyasha?" she asked.

They just shrugged their shoulders. "We haven't seen him since this morning."

This made Kagome curious. 'He normally would've picked up my scent by now.' She thought to herself as she rose to her feet. It's been three long years since she'd last seen her first love and she was quite surprised when he was not at the well when she first arrived. Kagome rose to her feet, her hand clutched to her chest, "I'm going to go look for him. I'll be right back guys."

"Wait!" Shippo cried out as he shot up to his feet and grabbed her hand.

Kagome then saw that her little kit has grown much taller in the three year gap. His once short red hair was longer, his hands a bit larger, and his furry feet had patches of fur missing to reveal smooth skin underneath. Even Shippo's cute tail was changing; it was growing longer with streaks of red taking over the once blond fur. But what Kagome noticed the most was that his ears were shifting upward with bright red fur covering the tips and hanging on by thin strips of flesh.

Shippo looked up at Kagome with his big turquoise eyes; the only thing that remained the same; "Can I go with you?"

The miko smiled down at Shippo, wrapping her hand tighter around his. "Why, I don't see why not." She turned back to bid Sango, Miroku, and their children farewell before Shippo and she exited the hut. As the two walked back towards Inuyasha's Forest, they chatted mildly and Kagome found out that the reason why Shippo was changing so was that he was growing into an adult kitsune. He laughed when Kagome pouted about the patches of fur missing from his feet and told her that he could not stay a child forever.

Kagome smiled and said that she knew, just that she hated that she missed out on three years of his life. Her little kit was growing up on her and she did not like it. She sighed as she thought about her hanyou. Oh, how she had missed him. Surely, he missed her as well, right? A flash of red caught her eye and a wide smile tilted at her lips. 'Inuyasha!' Kagome released Shippo's hand to rush over to greet the hanyou with open arms.

Shippo pointed his nose in the air as a vaguely familiar scent drifted his way. Where had he smelled this before? It kind of smelled human, but then again it smell like a koumori youkai. And why was it intermixed with Inuyasha's scent? His eyes widened as he realized just what the scent was and tried to stop the woman he'd come to see as his mother, "Okaa-san, wait!"

Kagome's eyes widened at what she saw.

A young woman with darkly tanned skin and long silver hair was wrapped up in Inuyasha's arms, her sparkling lilac eyes filled with love as she leaned up slightly. Inuyasha's own amber eyes were soft as he gazed lovingly down at the woman in his arms. He whispered her name softly, "Shiori," before leaning down to take her lips with his own.

Hot tears began to swell up behind Kagome's eyes as she watched the man she loved kiss another woman. She covered her mouth his her hand to muffle any noise that would have escaped her, but then the wind changed directions, making her scent shift upwind and in the line of Inuyasha's sensitive nose. The two hanyou broke apart when the miko's scent struck them. And then warm amber met with teary blue.

"K-Kagome..." Inuyasha said softly.

She turned and ran.

-0-0-0

In another dimension, four glowing lights surrounded a body that was floating in the bleak darkness. To most, it would look as if the man was merely sleeping, but the giant gaping wound on his side told otherwise. The man was dead. But he was gone before his time. He has sacrificed his life to save the woman he loved and his newborn hanyou child. It was the great and powerful, Inu no Taisho. The lights twinkled as they drifted over to the great Dog General.

"Inutaisho, you were slain far too soon." echoed four disembodied voices, each varying in pitch and octave. One by one, the four lights entered the Inu's body. "It is time for you to awaken for a new beginning." As the last and final light entered the youkai's body, his wound began to heal. The muscles and bones repaired themselves as the skin closed up and the blood that once stained the white haori vanished.

Golden eyes snapped opened as the Inutaisho was revived.

-0-0-0

Somewhere far away, a female Inu youkai was clutching her head in immense pain her eyes screwed shut and fangs clenched. "Dammit, stop it!" she screamed, banging her fists against her temple. The Inu let out a shrill growl as she heard the voices of hell whisper all kinds of evil deeds into her mind, driving her crazy.

The dark blue jewel of the amulet she wore was flashing an unusual shade of red and a dark aura was forming around it. "Kimi..." the voices whispered. "You cannot keep us contained forever. We will take over and claim this world as our own.." The voices laughed at the weak surge of youki Kimi tried to unleash to keep their growing power at bay. The amulet released a large flash of red light that broke the last mental barrier the female Inu had built to protect her from the darkness of Hell. "You belong to us!"

Kimi's once brilliant golden eyes flashed black as the powers of hell flooded her mind and soul. Her shiny silver hair darkened at the roots, staining the locks with burgundy, the color of drying blood. Elegant claws grew longer and more jagged in shape and the two magenta markings on her cheeks darkened until they were nearly black in color and the Prussian Blue crescent moon on the center of her forehead turned the opposite way and changed colors. It was now a fiery red.

The newly transformed Kimi, mother of the great Western Lord Sesshomaru, was now under the control of the creatures of Hell and they were bent on opening the gates so that they may gain control over this world. And nothing will stop them.

-0-0-0

Back in Inuyasha's Forest

Kagome ran and ran, tears flying down her face in streams. Why? Why did Inuyasha betray her love like that? She was only gone for three short years. Were his feelings so easily swayed? Did their final kiss mean nothing to him? She reached a clearing where her legs finally gave out on her and she sunk down against a tree. Her right hand was clutched over her heart as the immense heartache gripped her chest. "Kami, please take this pain away."

"Okaa-san?" Shippo's timid voice called out from the trees. The body of the young kitsune appeared from the shadows and immediately ran over to his mother, hugging her. "It's going to be okay. That Inu-baka doesn't know just what he's losing! You're much prettier than Shiori!" He smiled when the scent of Kagome's tears lessened. "I guess Bakayasha is just too blind to see what a beauty you are, Okaa-san!"

Kagome laughed lightly at the new nickname Shippo dubbed to the hanyou. 'Bakayasha? It suits him.' Her soft bell-like giggles rang throughout the air to all to hear as her tears dried on her face. Using the sleeve of her high school uniform, the miko wiped her reddened face. Reaching out, she scooped Shippo into her lap and gave him and long, strong hug. "Thanks, Shippo-chan. I needed to hear that." Warning bells went off in the back of her head and she pushed her kit behind her and glared in a spot in the distance. "I know you're there! Come out!"

The tall regal form of the powerful daiyoukai and former Lord of the Western Lands, the Inu no Taisho emerged from the shadows of the forest. His golden-amber eyes shining with sympathy for the young woman leaning wearily against the tree, feebly trying to hide the small kitsune. The Inutaisho had overheard the conversation that they were having and it seemed that his youngest son had broken the heart of this lovely creature. "I apologize for intruding. But I overheard you talking about my youngest son, Inuyasha. Do you know where I can find him?"

"Inu no Taisho?" Kagome whispered. "I thought you had died years ago?" She remembered that he'd asked about the jerk who had forgotten about her. "And Baka- I mean Inuyasha is somewhere. Probably at the village."

Shippo peeked his head around Kagome's legs and his turquoise eyes widened. Why was Inuyasha's dad here? Wasn't he supposed to be dead! They had all seen his huge body in the youkai graveyard inside the black pearl in the hanyou's right eye. "How are you alive, Inu no Taisho-sama?"

The daiyoukai lifted his hand, a soft smile on his lips. "Please, call me Touga. And the reason why I am alive is the Kami deemed it not my time to die." He rolled his golden eyes as his lip turned up in a frown. "Took them damn near 200 years to do it." Touga mumbled. He smiled at the sound of the girl's laughter. It was what drew him here as well as the salty scent of her tears. It all reminded him of Izayoi. The young girl even looked slightly similar to her, but he knew that she was her own person. "Tell me, young lady, what do you call yourself?"

"Oh?" Kagome blushed. "I'm Kagome. Higurashi Kagome. It's nice to make your acquaintance, Touga-san."

"It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance as well, Kagome." He let her name roll of his tongue, liking how it sounded coming from him. And from the scarlet color that was spreading over the woman's cheeks, she did as well. He turned his eye down to the kitsune clutching onto Kagome's upper leg. "And you are?" he raised an elegant silver brow.

Shippo released his hold on his mother's leg and puffed his chest out proudly. "I'm Shippo..." he looked up at Kagome for permission and grinned widely when she smiled and nodded at him. "Higurashi Shippo!"

Touga chuckled as he held his arm out for the miko to grab. "Well, shall we go and say hello to the ingrate of a son of mine. It seems like he needs to be punished for breaking the heart of such a beautiful young lady as you, Kagome." He blinked when Shippo suddenly climbed up on his shoulder, but relaxed when Kagome placed her small hand into the crevice of her elbow and proceeded to walk in the direction of the village.

There's chapter 1 everyone. Hope you like it. Please review