Expect the Unexpected

Call My Name

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.

Warnings: None, except later on there will be SessxKag

Kagome walked in silence as she followed closely behind Inuyasha. They were making their way around a mountain on a thin trail that was wide enough for them to walk on. Kagome pushed her bike steadily at her side. Miroku and Sango followed her talking among themselves but not in secret. Every now and then Shippo would jump in and say something that had nothing to do with their topic. Sango was carrying Kirara, and Myoga sat on Kirara's shoulder soundly asleep. Inuyasha was not talking to Kagome, and even when she tried to say something to him, he snorted and ignored her.

The day before, Koga had paid Kagome a surprise visit. Inuyasha tried to insult him to get him to go away but Kagome stood up for Koga. This included her yelling, "SIT!" to calm Inuyasha down. Kagome was nice to Koga, and Inuyasha hated it when she did that. After Koga had left, giving Kagome a kiss on the cheek, Inuyasha started to fight with Kagome. As usual, Kagome threatened to return to her time to get away from him. Instead of pursuing the argument, Inuyasha decided to give her the silent treatment.

After giving up another attempt to talk to Inuyasha, Kagome turned her head so no one could see her cry. She knew he could tell she was crying, but he offered no comfort and kept on walking. Calling him a jerk in her mind, she wiped her tears and purposely rammed the back of his leg with her bike. He paused shortly to make sure his leg was not bleeding, and continued walking without even glancing at her.

"Inuyasha… Where exactly are we going?" Miroku asked finally, trying to change the mood as he watched Kagome and Inuyasha. Inuyasha stopped walking and looked around slowly at his surroundings. Everyone stopped and looked at him, waiting for an answer. Feeling their eyes watching the back of him, Inuyasha continued to look around but sped up the process. When Inuyasha did not reply, Miroku walked up to him and placed his hand on Inuyasha's shoulder.

"You don't know, do you? All this time I thought you knew where we were going for once. I guess I overestimated your abilities." Miroku asked.

"Of course I know where I'm going! We are… um…" Inuyasha said, unable to think of anything else to say to Miroku.

"He doesn't know because he's too busy being jealous of Koga." Kagome said coldly, interrupting Inuyasha's thinking process. She pushed her way past Miroku and Inuyasha, and continued up the trail without looking back, with her bike still being led beside her. Inuyasha made to go after her, but Miroku grabbed him by the back of his collar and held him back. Inuyasha turned to pull himself away, but Miroku held up a finger to stop him.

"Let her be Inuyasha. We shall never understand the way a mind of a woman works. After all my years of research, you can trust me." Miroku said slowly with a silent sigh. Sango punched Miroku in the back of his head and turned away from him.

"You seem to know how their bodies work!" Sango said sternly.

"But of course I do! I've been with plenty of women!" Miroku replied, as if he was taking it as a compliment. He backed up a few steps when Sango shot a glare at him, causing him to almost fall over the edge of the cliff. Inuyasha reached out and grabbed him to stop him from falling. Pulling Miroku back up, a few rocks fell from above and caused Inuyasha to push Miroku away to keep him from harm.

"Aaaaaaaaaaah!" a female screamed from above them.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha shouted before darting up the trail. Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Kirara, and Myoga followed quickly behind him. Reaching the top of the trail, Inuyasha stopped at the summit of the mountain and was shocked to see what was happening. Standing near the edge of the summit was Kagome. She was slowly backing up, closer to the edge, as a demon walked toward her with its tentacles reaching out to grab her.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha shouted again pulling out his Tetsusaiga.

"Inuyasha help!" Kagome begged as she neared closer to the edge.

The demon turned around to face Inuyasha, exposing its face, which was what seemed to be a decaying head of an one-eyed human. The rotting mouth changed into a wicked smile and worms, along with cockroaches, crawled out of its mouth and reentered through the ears of the head. Ignoring how grotesque it was, Inuyasha raised his Tetsusaiga to strike the demon. When he charged toward the demon and jumped into the air, a tentacle flew out of the back of the demon. As Inuyasha's sword sliced the demon in half, the tentacle hit Kagome and knocked her over the edge.

"Inuyasha!" she screamed as she fell.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha ran for the edge as Sango and the rest of the group appeared. Since Kagome had fallen too far for Inuyasha to reach out and grab her, Inuyasha jumped over the edge to follow her. When he started to fall after Kagome, a force behind him caused him to be pulled back up to the summit of the mountain. Miroku quickly secured his hand with his prayer beads before Inuyasha would be sucked into the wind tunnel. Inuyasha collided with Miroku and they both landed several feet away, close to Sango. Inuyasha sat up and punched Miroku.

"You bastard! Why didn't you let me save her!" Inuyasha yelled at him.

Miroku stood up and dusted the dirt from his robes, completely ignoring the pain that was now welting up on his cheek. "That is the Valley of No Return Inuyasha. If you had gone after her, you both would have disappeared and would never have seen each other again."

"What makes you think I'll see her now? Why didn't you use your wind tunnel to save her instead of me?" Inuyasha said, continuing to yell.

"Let's not be rational about this, Inuyasha. You were the one close enough for me to reach." Miroku protested calmly.

"But how will we see her again?" Inuyasha said grabbing Miroku by the collar.

"Just because it is called the Valley of No Return doesn't mean she can't come back. It is only a valley full of darkness. Since she is a resurrected priestess then I assure you that she will have no trouble finding a way out."

"If you're so wise, then why don't you tell me how the hell she's gonna survive that fall!" Inuyasha let go of Miroku and walked away from him. They all fell silent, knowing there was no hope for Kagome.

Kagome's body plummeted endlessly through the darkness. She did not care if she died now. He had called her name. She knew that she was forgiven, and she forgave him. Although she would never look into his eyes again, she accepted her fate. Continuing to fall for what seemed to be forever, Kagome waited for her body to collide with the rocky surface that would soon take her life.

Sesshomaru paused and looked into the darkness that hovered above him. Someone or something was falling toward him. It was a human, and he recognized the scent. It was the scent of the girl that followed his half-breed brother around. Her name was… Kagome, wasn't it? Rin stopped beside Sesshomaru and looked up trying to see what he saw. Jaken pulled Rin away as if Sesshomaru was experiencing an everyday thing. Without warning, Sesshomaru jumped up into the air and caught Kagome's body; seconds before she would have hit the ground. He landed back on the ground holding Kagome in his arm.

Why had he saved her? He had acted out of instinct without even thinking about his actions. Now that he thought about it, he never really hated her. He just despised the fact that she decided to help his brother.

She moaned with her eyes closed. She was unconscious, but knew that something had saved her from her death.

"Inu… yasha…" She called out subconsciously.

BTW, Sheenachi I would have never supported the SessxKag pairing until I read your fic. So you're responsible for this, okay? (That's a good thing)

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