3 AWC—After the Wall Crash

It has been 7 years since Kagome had returned from the Feudal Era, 6 years since she had been reunited with her friends, and 3 years since the world had been overrun by these strange almost demon like creatures that call themselves the Fae. The Fae are from a realm that runs parallel to ours called Faerie and the wall separating our realms have somehow crashed and how a third of the human population is dead. Kagome is called upon once again to have humanity this time it won't be from demons. The Fae are a fierce and deadly race only the unseelie are more open about their dark appetites. A crossover with the Fever series by Karen Marie Moning – If you have not read it already you need to, it is an excellent series!

Chapter One

I looked around the long table at my comrades; it still surprises me that they made it through the 500 years it would have taken for us to be reunited. At the head of the table as our pseudo Alpha sat the demon I had long since known as Lord Sesshomaru, or Inuyasha's older half-brother. To his left sat my long time best friend and almost lover Inuyasha, and then sat my handsome and often flirty blue eyed friend the wolf Kouga. At the last seat on that side of the table sat a face I was still not use to seeing all grown up, the now gorgeous Souten. I sat to the right of Sesshomaru as his second in command (though I had no idea why they placed me in such a position), and beside me was someone I use to share my bed with, the now grown and extremely handsome Shippo. Beside him was the only face in the room I had not recognized when reintroduced to my fellow council members. He name is Kaiden and he is a human as strange as that sounds, he holds the chair for Sango and Miroku's line. He was both a taijiya and a monk, though not a very powerful one.

"The problem has to be stemmed from the source, or we will be forced to defend against these creatures forever." Shippo said from beside me his fist smacking against the table in agitation.

Sesshomaru's eyes snapped to Shippo while narrowing, he nodded "Kagome's powers have insured that we no longer have to fight the creatures to stop them from entering our country, but we do still have to get rid of the ones that got in before she returned to us."

Inuyasha scoffed, "Nothing Tessiaga couldn't fix." He tapped the sword he still had at his side in pride.

Kaiden leaned forward, "mayhap Lady Kagome can charge a few Ofuda before the plan Shippo has devised is to start. I can take her place at the prisons with the Ofuda and Inuyasha. We would still be able to purify the creatures while she was away with the Ofuda."

"The human has a point, it probably would be best. My woman has been the only one able to close these portals that had been popping up all over the place. Kami am I happy that your barrier keeps those babies from forming, it is a bad thing to find yourself in another world not knowing how to return!" Kouga said leaning back in his seat crossing his legs at the knee.

I was beginning to get aggravated, they kept discussing some plan that hedged on the fact I would be leaving Japan for some unknown country. "How are we to know where the problem started?" I wasn't leaving anywhere without assurance that I was at least being sent to the right place.

Shippo leaned back in his chair turning his attention to me with a raised brow and a mischievous smirk, "Do you really doubt I would bring up a possible plan without researching it completely? Especially when this plan involved one of the few people in this world I loved so heavily?" He shook his head in mock disappointment. "I'm not the chief investigator for nothing Kagome, give me some credit."

Souten rolled her eyes, "Enough of the melodramatics kit and tell us what you know,"

Shippo sneered, "Don't call me a kit; you are the same age as I." I sighed as I watched the byplay wondering if either of them realized that they were totally into each other.

"Back to the point," I interrupted knowing if I had not they would argue for the next hour or two and nothing would get done.

Shippo nodded leaning back into his seat the air of importance leaking from his ego again. "These creatures like demons contain different levels of power; the weakest of them are dumb, but smart enough to talk. After much trouble we learned they had come here from Ireland a city they called Dublin. They call themselves unseelie, like the Fae from books. Some asshole was breaking them out of a prison they had been held in since their conception. He calls himself the Lord Master,"

"Sounds like another Naraku, some mediocre asshole with dreams of grandeur." Inuyasha injected cracking his knuckles with the thought of giving a good old fashion feudal ass kicking.

"Ok, so we know where I have to go. Kaiden is staying behind with Inuyasha; Sesshomaru obviously has to stay behind to make sure the humans don't try to usurp us in any manner. Will I be going alone?" I wasn't sure how I felt about going alone if I had to. I would have no ally no one I could trust all the while being in a land I did not know while others around me spoke a language I was not to great in understanding. I knew how to speak English, but I was told Ireland was a different sort of English. They spoke in slang I would have no idea about the meaning.

Sesshomaru placed his hands on the table his fingers steepled together as he addressed me, "You will have the appearance of being alone, though you will have a shadow. I will assign the best shadow demon in my employ to accompany you. He will take you there and be your travel mode throughout your journey; he will only show himself if you are in need of his services, or if you need defending."

I cringe; I hated to travel by shadow. It was hard on me because I was essentially a being of light and a shadow demon while not evil was essentially a being of darkness. Darkness does not always equal evil, just as light does not always mean good, it was a lesson I had loathed to learn. Just the same I knew I had to do it, "Understood, I will be ready to depart by this time tomorrow." I acquiesced as calmly as I could and Sesshomaru nodded his head in approval at me.

"I know you won't be able to stop yourself from hunting if you see any of these creatures hurting someone, so you should make sure you have the necessary dress for such a purpose. Bring your special bow and make sure you have plenty of arrows as well as a few kits to make more if you cannot buy them when your currant load wears down. Return here once a month to make a report, we want to be kept updated on what you are facing over there." Sesshomaru said his once steepled hands sliding off the table and into his lap.

I nodded and got up to leave. As I was walking out the door I heard Kouga lean over to Inuyasha and ask, "Are we really going to let her go with just a mere shadow demon as protection?" I continued on as if I had not heard him and as I closed the door a flash of what looked like fox fire shot across the table at Kouga.

"Of course we are Kagome is not weak. It is assholes like you and Inubaka that makes her lose confidence in herself and her powers. There is no one more suited to this task than Kagome. She will" Shippo's words were cut off as I had been forced to close the door or have them realize I could hear them.

No matter whom it is I am always being underestimated. Ever since my return from the past and the destruction of the jewel I was changed. My senses were sharper, my reflexes faster, my healing unbelievable, my strength undeniable, and my Ki was astronomical. I had a theory about why I had become so much stronger than before. My theory is that when we destroyed the Shikon its essence had to go somewhere that kind of power just couldn't disappear. Since the Shikon in essence was a soul it chose to bond itself to the only soul available that was incomplete. The only person capable of housing an extremely large soul that was also incomplete was me. I shook my head and continued on my way, I had a quest to get ready for after all.