He came back.

"Your still too early,"

Sesshomaru turned to see the once girl, once woman turn old.

"Fifty years," She said,

He looked back "We can not pinpoint the exact day," He said,

"You wish to go now?" Kaede was only in her mid-forties.

"You said souls had to meet; you did not say when," He looked back at her. Kaede thought for a moment "She is still too young,"

He sighed.

"She would be but ten, my Lord,"

Damn it.

He drew closer to the well but felt nothing from it.

"You will know," She said "Come back soon,"

"Do you not think I have better things to do,"

"Do you?"

He glared at her "You are not safe from me woman,"

"Arnt I,?"

Damn it, she was. Kagome had to meet them all.

"Have you thought about what you are going to do, say?"

Many times over.

"She will not know you, about you, who you are, what you did,"

"What I did?"

She stared at him "You tried to kill her,"

"She tried to return the favor,"

"You want her trust,"

He looked away and back down the well.

"But you must be as truthful as you can,"

"lying is beneath me,"

"She is different, this girl, and even though you have seen, you have no feeling of it."

He didn't understand.

"We don't have you felt about her at the end,"

"What are you implying?"

"You saved her,"

"An obligation I'm sure,"

"I just want you to think, just because you have seen her does not mean you know her, the timeline that made you two comfortable with each other is now gone, you need her trust."

Kaede smiled "Kagome's soul has a way with people, be aware but not afraid,"

He snorted then turned away from the well, looked at her one more time, and then vanished.

The thought, him afraid? Did that old hag know nothing about him? Him fear a human? He needed her not only to trust him but to like him? What did he care if she liked him? Just because in another time and place he saved her didn't mean anything. Did it?