Disclaimer: Don't own nothing

I've got nothing better to do and half the time I'm not in the mood to pick up my other stories.

Reason: My reason for writing this? To occupy my brain or just indulge myself in ideas. I'm currently stuck on continuing some stories, I needed a distraction.

Flames: I will not tolerate them. I seriously want nothing to do with them. A criticism needs to be an actual in depth piece, not a 'This sucks' statement.

Story: This is really just to see how it takes. Depending on responses, I might continue, or edit this I don't know yet.

Warning: If I gain nothing but negative responses, well, the story will not continue, that simple. Doesn't bother me in the least. I'm not here to take crap from people, I love writing and I love to indulge in it, please don't be rude, that's all I ask.

Pairings: Levi x Kagome (Ages have yet to be determined)


A Step from Freedom: Chapter One


Horror filled her soul, the smell of many things burning making her gag reflex act up and bile to fill her mouth. Kagome could only bend over and empty her stomach for the fifth time that day, in mere minutes apart. Screams reached her ears, but she could only focus on those giants that had invaded their town, her bow drawn and, even with quivering limbs, she sent a purifying arrow flying towards them.

It struck true.

The only damage it seemed to do was cause large holes to erupt in their bodies, blood flying and steaming as it evaporated. It didn't kill them like she had expected, but she was trying. She was trying so very hard.

Each hit though, would steam and then regenerate, leaving nothing to show for her progress.

Despair filled her being.

Tears harshly slipped down her face and Kagome found herself sobbing. She didn't finish hunting down the jewel shards just for this to happen!

Inuyasha had been the first to die.

Another sob slipped past her lips at the mere thought of her friend and loved one. Grasping another arrow, she knocked it and drew it back, aiming with body trembling.

She lost Miroku and Sango.

The sound of the string being released split through the air, piercing the screams of villagers as another arrow went flying.

Had her studies as a Miko been for nothing!?

Kagome didn't learn under Kaede for nothing!

She could heal any wound! She had even learned how to regenerate body parts when she had finally regained the jewel! Kagome had finally found her place, she had finally become the strong person she wished she was.

"I didn't give up my entire life in the future for this!" she finally shrieked, another arrow being sent forth, taking out the entire right side of a giants head.

It regenerated.

"I…I…"

Shippo had been crushed under flying debris.

A loud roar ripped through the air from behind her and Kagome spun, her heart pounding in her ears as she watched Kirara attack the hand that had been reaching for her.

"Kirara!" she found herself sobbing, reaching for the Neko Youkai. Kirara launched away from the hand reaching for her, and as she landed before Kagome, the girl couldn't help but latch onto her, throwing herself over the Youkai's back and letting her take off into the sky.

Smoke billowed everywhere. People were screaming and running, giants chasing after them. Kagome full out started sobbing, the harsh breaths wracking her frame. Her bow was around her along with her arrows, but it still wouldn't do, not without knowing how to kill them.

Her fingers dug into Kirara's fur and she couldn't help but burry her face as she heard the sound of people being eaten.

Of people being crushed, screams sputtering out and dying in their throats.

Of blood hitting the ground with a wet smack.

She could still smell the coopery smell of blood filling her lungs. Seeing her adopted son's body, crushed and lifeless.

"Mama!" Kagome cried, wishing her mother was here to hide her away from this horror. Kirara was circling the area as her passenger continued to cry. "I…Kirara….What… I'm so sorry! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry…" she kept repeating, her frame quivering as she recalled everything that had just happened in only half an hour or so.

"I don't know what to do…" she finally breathed, her eyes devoid of emotion as she gazed down at the destruction.

Huts burning, blood smeared across the ground, children dead.

"S-Sesshoumaru…We need to…I…" and Kirara was already going towards the West. She knew what the girl wanted without even telling her.

By the time they finally arrived at the palace, the sun was setting. Kagome though, was covered in blood, cuts having scabbed over and from blood being sprayed further than she had ever wanted to know.

How could a human have so much blood in them?

She gagged at the thought, stumbling off of Kirara as they landed, Youkai surrounding all of them and Sesshoumaru stalking out of his Palace, brows furrowed as his gaze rested upon the girl that his brother always traveled with.

Kagome found her mind stalling, trying to remember if Rin had been in that attack.

No.

She was still with Sesshoumaru, having gone with him to visit for the week.

Kagome's shoulders heaved as she finally took in the Great Inu Lord.

"Inuyasha…is dead." She found herself saying, her mouth spewing out words as she still felt out of place, her mind unable to process what had happened.

"The village has been destroyed…We…we didn't stand a chance!" she finally shrieked, her voice causing many of the Youkai to back off as her powers lashed out but kept its distance from the Youkai.

"Sesshoumaru, they appeared out of nowhere… Not a sign of their approach… They ate every living person they could get their hands on! Oh god… those smiling faces, those… those…." And her knees gave out, Kagome crashing to the ground as Sesshoumaru finally moved, pulling the girl up and hauling her into his Palace.

She was breaking.

He sat her down and as a servant swiftly gave him a glass of water, he crouched before the girl.

"Miko." He called out and her lifeless blue eyes looked up at him. "What is it that you saw?"

She took in a shuddering breath as she took the glass with trembling hands.

"They were giants, tall, very tall, with wide, smiling faces. They were genderless… and only seeking us out to eat… My powers, Sesshoumaru, did nothing but carve holes into them. They only regenerated, healing and not dying. Not one fell. I've trained so hard! So hard after we completed the Jewel! You've seen what I could do! They are neither human nor Youkai…How, how can I defeat something so…invulnerable?"

Kirara, who was small once more, brushed up against Kagome's leg.

Sesshoumaru scowled before standing up. "Go home Miko… This Sesshoumaru will take care of the threat, go home, where it is safe…"

He was trying to be nice, in his own way, but Kagome didn't see this as any kind gesture. Her blood boiled and she lurched out of her chair, Kirara hissing as she sensed the two battling powers.

"Go home? Go home! There is no home! The Well has been sealed! My home was with that village! That village that is nothing more than a pile of burning buildings and bloody humans and giant creatures that eat us!"

Sesshoumaru's eyes darkened. "Then make a wish."

She froze. His words echoing in her ears as her hand flew up to the jewel that was nestled under her clothing.

"Make a wish, Miko, then maybe everything will be alright."

It's a selfish wish. She would be making a selfish wish. The one thing about this jewel was that one could not make a selfish wish. Tainting it would only bring more trouble. Trembling fingers grasped the Jewel and Kagome found her eyes locking with Sesshoumaru's.

"Or find their origin and take them out. Whatever you do end up deciding, it will be a selfish wish if you use the jewel." He concluded.

Her lips trembled and she had to place her hand over her mouth to keep her sobs inside. She wanted nothing more than to sleep and never wake up. To find out that all of this was a dream. Looking at Kirara, she could see the girl mourning for Sango, her partner since the girl had been born. Looking up at Sesshoumaru, she knew that he knew she was going to make a selfish decision for once in her life, or at least, she was thinking of it.

"I'm sorry…I'm sorry, so sorry… Sesshoumaru… I…am so selfish…"

The Demon Lord could only turn his head to look out the window, his ears twitching. "We all are…"

Kagome found her eyes drawn towards the window as well and she sucked in a breath. Distant shapes were stumbling their way. What could she do?

Be selfish…or Save everyone from what she had gone through?

'Walls, walls that are so thick and so high, that it keeps these disgusting beasts out.'

"Sesshoumaru?" Kagome called, her eyes burning with tears once more.

"Take care of everyone, be they Youkai or Human… No one deserves this life…"

If they had already ventured this far, then Kagome knew that other surrounding villages or further had already been attacked. It couldn't have just been her village.

Sesshoumaru gazed at the girl and instantly knew what she was going to do. She had done it once, then she could do it again.

"Kagome…" He found himself calling out, holding the girls gaze. "You're so selfless."

The smile that she gave him had him looking away, unable to thank the girl for what she was about to do.

Holding the Jewel before her, Kagome found a smile curling upon her lips as she brought it towards her. Pressing the Shikon Jewel to her mouth, she closed her eyes, the feeling of Kirara settling on her feet barely distracting her.

"I will make my wish now, Shikon No Tama." She thought, her arms trembling as she held the jewel tightly and pressed against her lips.

"What will it be Miko of the Shikon No Tama? What do you wish for? No wish comes without a price."

She knew that, even an unselfish wish would probably cost her, just not as much as a selfish one.

"I wish… I wish for walls, so thick and so high, that they can protect the Youkai and Humans from these beasts; for them to live within the safety of these walls."

"Is that what you wish for? Walls that will protect the Youkai and Humans from these beasts?"

Kagome didn't have to think. She just agreed.

"Very well, Kagome. As your payment, you'll spend the next hundred or so years inside an impenetrable crystal casing."

It didn't seem like a very bad payment, but to live a hundred or more years without actually living, was harsh.

Kagome didn't know that the appearance of Titan's and her making a wish on the Jewel had changed her entire future. There would be no future that she knew of.

A flash of light blinded Sesshoumaru, and when he looked back after it disappeared, he could only gaze at the peaceful Miko encased in Crystal, Kirara curled up on her feet within it as well. She looked serene, her long black hair tied back in a low ponytail. Eyes closed and a jewel against her lips. The thing was, Kagome still had blood covering her. Wounds still present.

As he glanced outside though, it was the sight of gigantic walls in the distance that surprised him.

So, it was an unselfish wish.

"You really are selfless, Kagome Higurashi." Sesshoumaru murmured before leaving her there to go and figure out what to do from there on.

Oooo

Years passed.

Kagome slept.

There is a story, of a young girl who wished for the safety of Human kind. No longer did anyone even mention Youkai.

They were gone, having fallen to the Titans.

They tried killing them and they gained knowledge, leaking the information to humans. There were many cultures that had swiftly poured through the gates as well, seeking safety. That was a long, long time ago.

Three-D maneuver gear was finally put into the process of becoming something to use. After so long, they had finally found a way to fight back.

There is a story, of a young girl, a Miko, that wished for the safety of Human Kind. She was a beautiful girl, with long black hair pulled back, clothes white and red, a bow and arrows attached to her, still covered in blood from her battles they say. There was even her two tailed cat sitting on her feet, unwilling to leave her owner.

They even have her encased in crystal, within Wall Sina, before the King.

He's the only one allowed to touch the Crystal, jealousy rippling through him if anyone got too close.

She was his. He would not share this girl that was said to have wished for their safety upon the Jewel that was still held against her lips. This girl would always be with each new King that stepped into place.

She was, after all, a legend. They say it was because of her selflessness that they were still alive, that they were safe from those monsters.

What they didn't know, was a wish comes with a payment, and not all wishes are the best. Even if she had wished for those walls, the jewel was the one to decide on how they were actually made. Kagome didn't even know that the Jewel had its own saying in completing the wish that she made.

The jewel was, after all, a deadly little thing.

Oooo

Wall Maria cracked and groaned before giving way, the gate entirely destroyed because of the gigantic Titan that towered over the walls.

The wall had been breached.

The Jewel pulsed and slivers appeared in the Crystal that surrounded the Shikon Miko. Kagome was beginning to stir.