I think I am not going to explain too much plot wise.. but set after Naraku is destroyed with a different ending from the point of Kagome disappearing. No Kagome bashing (unfortunately) well maybe a smidgen, this follows Inuyasha with a connection that he has in the anime and manga that is not really explored. Also trying to answer how the Yokai could have lost supremacy on Kagome's world in a couple of hundred years. Lemons later chapters, most likely Sesshoumaru x Inuyasha. Objections, suggestions and ideas welcome, Anyway please read and review, if you think its worth continuing.

Trapped in his body memories flashed in his mind....

He was a child, 8 in terms of human years an infant in Youkai years,.. and his mother was dead. They were chasing him and he ran, stumbling across the road, the puppy ran, ears twitching desperately. The smell of smoke filling his nose, choking him. The sounds of humans crying for his death, echoed in his ears. Deafening him, consuming him. And the tears in his eyes burned, blinding him.

His mother was dead, and the dam holding the hatred of the world from the little half demon broke, drowning him in in its sickening miasma. He ran past the fields, barbed wire cutting tender skin, not protected by the red robe. Stones, sharp hard and merciless, hit him when ever he slowed, he saw the edge of the forest and ran into it.

Ningen were afraid of the demons in the forest, and the half demon raised by humans, was afraid as well. But there was no choice he ran into the darkness, they followed him. But the child had no fear of getting lost, he ran without hesitation. Tripping, falling, picking himself up and running some more. Battered, bruised and in pain, the little Hanyou did not stop. He pushed his little legs to run and run.

Then, he slipped in the went mud, and went tumbling to the unforgiving earth. He could hear them coming, they were closer so much closer. A tiny whine left the pup's lips, he hurt so bad.

Then he saw the exposed roots of a giant tree that formed a hollow. He crawled into the small shelter, vines slithered behind him obscuring the entrance. The little inu-Hanyou curled in a ball, and waited for the merciless hand to grab him, and drag him to hell. But it did not happen, hidden in the heart of the aged tree, its vines too thick for the larger humans to even pass through, the child found safety. As the hours passed, the humans left and the child was safe.. finally he could sleep.

Hunger woke him, and he slowly crawled out of his safe haven. Tears dry on his face, he pressed his face to the bark of the aged tree, thanking it for saving him.

Time flowed.. in the dream state he was trapped in ....

The tiny Hanyou, battered and bruised made his way through the unfamiliar forest, swallowing his fear, the little pup kept moving. Till finally he found a stream, to quench his burning thirst at. Dunking his head in relief, he drank deeply from the clear liquid. It was so refreshing. His little tummy empty growled. The pup realized that he had not eaten since his mother died – so many days ago. He was so hungry, the flashes of silver in the stream made his mouth water. He tried to catch the tantalizing fish but failed – they were too fast, too slippery for his tiny claws to handle. Te growling in his tummy grew louder. He took a deep breathe, only just managing to hold back his tears. Then, his nose scented berries.. not the best food for a half demon, but it was all the pup could manage. Following his nose, he made his way to the bush and stuffed his face.

The nature of berries is to draw creatures to feast on their bounty, and it was the nature of the predator to feast on the bounty drawn by berries as well.

Inuyasha, engrossed in the berries would have ended his life that day if not for his gnawing hunger. He saw a berry deep in the brush, determined to eat every single one, he bent to get it. Stretching out, he overbalanced and tripped forward, just as claws racked the spot he had last stood in. Quickly the pup scrambled deeper into the berry bush, its long thorns giving him protection while digging deep into soft skin.

The boar Youkai seeking to make the child its lunch hesitated as it tried to avoid the thorns. The pup didn't hesitate, plunging through the bushes he kept a hairs breath ahead of the deadly claws. He ran into the forest, his smaller frame meeting less resistance than the boar Youkai. Inuyasha could feel the heat of the boar on his back, in desperation he leapt up. Only just managing to catch the branch of a huge tree. Using all his strength he laboriously pulled himself up into the branches. But the pup was not fast enough, a sharp merciless tusk pierced though his tiny, tender foot.

Inuyasha screamed in pain, claws tore from his fingers, and he bled as he hung on to the branch and pulled himself up to the safety of the higher canopy. Gritting his teeth, he Ignored the pain amd climbed higher, leaving a trail of blood behind. The child finally sat cradled in the highest branches of the tree, he was weak, and tired; but for now he was safe. Only then did the pup allow himself to faint from exhaustion.

When he came too, he was still safely sitting in the branches of the tree. He could see, hear and smell the boar Youkai prowling below him.

He was in pain, he was hungry, he was alone and he was scared.

The small dog demon raised his head and sent out a desperate howl.

Humans miles away heard the howl. It sent shivers down their spine, and they closed their doors to hide from the strange sound.

Demons heard the howl, lower demons, licked their lips at the thought of easy prey. Higher demons felt a sense of loss and sadness but as they had no connection to to the source of the howl. Even the more sympathetic demons, who may have helped, were just not close enough to pin-point the location of the howls.

The one who may have found the howler was far away, far to the West, far beyond the distance that sounds could carry. Still the howls of the Inu Youkai were not just from the throat, they were torn from the heart. So while he was to far to hear it, even in his sleep a Daiyoukai was haunted by an urgency and a nagging guilt that he could not explain and so choose to arrogantly ignore.

The young half demon, howled and howled – it was an instinctual cry for help. The child howled, for hours on end.. each howl ripped from his heart, begging for help, for someone to save him. No a single soul, came. No one cared for his tears, no one eased his fears. He howled until his voice gave out, and he crumpled on the branch, his eyes burning. Useless it was utterly useless. The last tears he would shed for himself, seeped out onto the branch of the tree. No one would save him.

Canines were pack animals and for one so young to have no pack was unheard of. Canines were pack animals, abandoning puppies was just not done.

Inuyasha finally understood, they didn't care, he was nothing.. no one. Humans rejected him, Youkai did not want him, he was Hanyou and to them he was nothing. The pup swore he he would NOT let them win, he would be someone someday.. he would survive and he would show them that he was strong. Someday.

That is if he didn't starve.

Then he saw it, the top branches of the tree, were heavy with fruit. It did not strike him that he had not noticed earlier, hunger clouded all thought. He stretched out and took the food offered freely by the great tree. For a week he stayed in that tree. Eating its abundant fruit, getting stronger, sleeping safe and allowing his wounds to heal. The child never questioned how come the fruit never seemed to run out, and no matter how bad his dreams were, no matter how much he tossed and turned in his sleep, the pup never fell off the branches he made his bed in. By the time he came down.. the demon was long gone.. eaten by another hungry demon drawn to the area by the howls.

**Even in dreams he had no wish to linger on such memories, and he allowed his mind to drift to the future, the sacred tree Goshinboku. The tree had been his home for 50 years, trapped against it, there had been no fear, no pain, no hate.. just peace. He had slept safely in its shade, its enormous vines cradling his inert body. The arrow connected him to the tree and connected the Sacred Tree to him. That connection was his salvation, cut off from the world, for the first time since his mother died Inuyasha did not sleep alone. For 50 years, Goshinboku had been a true home and even when he awakened the Hanyou sought the comfort of its great branches. During the 50 years, his blood had mingled with the sap of the tree of life, the tree of time, and the sap had mixed equally with his blood, sinking deep into the marrow of his bones. Inuyasha had welcomed this, loved trees. He always had..**

**Other memories, of battles, of losses, friends, enemies flashed though his mind... of Sesshoumaru and his father, of Kikiyo saving Kohaku's life and dying, of Sesshoumaru saving Rin, of Miroku and Sango supporting each other, going into Naraku's body, of Ginshinboku allowing him to connect with his friends regardless of the magics used against him, of himself controlling his demon side despite being possessed by Magatshuii, of finally killing Naruku and then jumping into the Shikon Gem, and saving Kagome. No matter the odds against him, he had let nothing stand in his way of saving everyone, saving his friends.**

The beings surrounding the near-death half demon, were satisfied with their prodding into his memories. Though they had brought him to them across time and space, they had need to judge his worth in flesh. And having judged him worthy, the area pulsed as a slow but steady warm green light began to expand. The light spread from them into the figure lying unmoving on the forest floor.

But this healing was not for free... and as he was healed, the gentle power of the ones healing him, opened pathways in his mind, that forever more would influence the half demons' destiny.

****As he healed the half demons mind drifted again to the most recent events..

Kagome had been saved, she had gone back to her world to be with her family. At first they had celebrated, Sesshoumaru returned to the West and had ignored his younger brother completely - that had hurt a little, but Inuyasha was used to it and life went on. Miroku and Sango's wedding was the highlight of the celebrations. Everything seemed to be going well.. perhaps too well.

On Inuyasha's human night a week and a half after their victory, it had happened.

Alone in a secluded hut, pain radiated through his body. The stubborn human hunched over in pain but refused to cry out, to ask for help.

In the morning, when he had not returned, Shippo and Kilala went looking for their leader and they found the half demon transformed back but writhing in pain, on the floor of the hut. The poison had sunk deep while he was human, and now, it attacked his body faster then its ability to heal.

Shippo and Kilala rushed him to Kaede. She deduced that it was the last bit of maliciousness from the Shikon Jewel, the demons trapped in the Jewel had poisoned Inuyasha while he had fought them inside it. The poison had been crafted to activate on Inuyasha's human night. The poison by attacking on his human night ensured that Inuyasha would not be able to fight off the effects of the poison, when it was at its weakest. The deeper the poison sank into its victim, the more deadly it became.

With none of the more powerful Youkai around to assist, and Kagome in her own time, there was no one around to really help. It would take more then 7 days just to reach Sesshoumaru and the Hanyou did not have that time. The flea Demon arrived the next day, but all he tried was in vain. Myoga could not suck out the poison as it had gone beyond the blood, entering the Hanyou's organs. The flea's potion did manage to slow the poison down, adding a couple of days instead of hours to Inuyasha's life but that was all it did.

Inuyasha was dying. And none of them had the ability to save him.

"Would Kagome's medicines save him." Shippo asked he wept next to the still body of his adoptive father. They were all silent, it was possible, but the extent of the poison made it doubtful.

"We should take him to the well. If we really cant do anything (sob.. sob) I think he would want to be by the well." Shippo insisted. He couldn't stand seeing Inuyasha in a small hut - trapped like this, he knew the Hanyou would want to breathe his last in a more natural setting.

"That might be for the best." Kaede said softly.. her heart was breaking, and she felt old, very old. The half demon meant so much to her.. and now when they should be happy, they were watching him die. Fate could be so cruel.

There were no arguments Kilala carried Inuyasha carefully, strapped to a stretcher on her back.

Miroku, Sango, Shippo, Kaede, Kohaku and the flea made a sad procession to the well. As they passed

Goshinboku, the tree of time pulsed. They all felt it and froze.

"What was that?" Sango asked.

"Its Goshinboku. Bring Inuyasha to it quickly." Miroku said seeing the spiritual energy in the Ancient tree, for the first time.

The tree pulsed again and when they rested Inuyasha beneath the sacred tree, the Hanyou seemed to glow, the winds around him swirled and then whispered. "To save him.. will you be willing to lose him from this time forever? To use the Well and seal it for good." The words were whispers in the wind.

"Yes," Shippo was the first to speak.. "If it saves him it is not a sacrifice. If he gets to go to Kagome's time that is even better." The little Kitsune said his voice thick with tears.

"No." The wind whispered. "If he is to be saved in this manner, his destiny will not be his own. And she must make the sacrifice as well."

The tree pulsed again, and a mist formed around them all.. They saw Kagome, she was standing by the tree in a different season, she was crying and surrounded by humans in strange clothes with tanned skin. Across time she had sensed Inuyasha's dying and had been trying and failing to return. Then strange people had arrived and given her an unbearable proposition.

They could save Inuyasha but there was a price, the price was the connection that she shared with the half-demon, the love that they shared would change. No magic was powerful enough to destroy love, but its nature would be changed. No longer would they love as male and female, instead their love would be the deep but forever innocent Love of two close blood siblings. The physical attraction, the chemistry between the two, the physical desire to touch between them would die, forever.

They did not explain who and what they were, they made the proposition and left it to the weeping girl to decide. Kagome's whole family were in tears, but there was no real choice. Through time and space.. they heard Kagome's reply. "Save him!"

The mist disappeared and the wind whispered a final time, "Take him to the well with his sword, place him inside. Know that for those willing to sacrifice and do much, MUCH is expected." The Great Trees vines moved in the wind caressing the young half-demon.. and as the Hanyou was taken from the tree, the wind died.

They took the comatose Hanyou to the well, and placed him inside with the Tessaiga, as soon as they got out the well it pulsed, light shot out and the half demon disappeared from the feudal era - forever.

Far to the West the Daiyoukai walking with Rin and Jaken, stumbled as a part of his soul was suddenly ripped from him. Eyes bleeding red, without a thought he rose to the air and flew to the East, but he already knew, he was too late, his howl was lost in the winds as he sped to the Forest of Inuyasha.

--tbc--??

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