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Your Lady Fractured Moonlight

Summary: Sesshomaru has lived centuries without the one thing he desires the most only to have her return with no memory of him or the life they had known. Can he accept her as he had once or will everything be lost to time once more? Will she love the beast within the man as she once had in a time lost to her? Will they learn to love or will their love vanish as though it had never been? Read and discover the untold story between Sesshomaru and Kagome and you might discover a love that can span the centuries!

Moonlight's Embrace

Chapter 27

Shippo didn't know what to make of anything he had overheard as he stood fingers trembling hidden from the monk and slayer. What was a kid like him to do with news such as this? Overwhelmed he did what anyone of his position and age would do...he ran. He bolted from the confines of a room that had once seemed so large that now felt overwhelmingly small and getting smaller by the second. He tore down the hall completely oblivious to all that surrounded him as the castle staff slunk against the walls in an effort to avoid the ball of auburn fluff. All save one as he slammed into her full force.

Dazed and bewildered he stared at the pair of hands that scooped him up holding him close to her chest. A scent all to similar to Kagomes drifted around him calming him but not enough to silence the tears that fell down his plump cheeks.

"Shippo child, pray tell what is the matter?" Mikazuki asked a mothers concern coating her words as she turned from the concerned staff members heading towards the seclusion her chambers offered.

"I-I heard..." he began stopping himself to wipe his nose on his sleeve and dry his eyes with the palm of his hand. "Miroku tell Sango about Kane." her eyes widened at the mention of the name halting her steps. Looking down at him she could see his eyes turn hopeful hoping against hope that she would tell him it wasn't true. That the child had not befallen such a terrible fate. His face quickly fell when he realized she could never offer him such assurances.

Securing the child to her she continued onward. His tears seeping through the layers of kimono while she paid the dampness no mind. Her heart however ached for the child she had as it forever would for the beloved grandson she would never hold again.

Mijun walked along the perimeter of the forest wall creeping low looking for something that Inuyasha couldn't see and nor could he have fathomed. He couldn't even understand the innate possessiveness towards this female nor could he comprehend his willingness to march right into Naraku's or should he say Katurou's domain. He growled inwardly at the thoughts that sounded a lot like cowardice. Perhaps it had something to do with the new realities that Naraku wasn't as malevolent as he had once presumed. No Naraku was just another one of Katsurou's puppets. To think a father not only could seek the demise of his own daughter but mutated his own son to suit his own devilish purposes was simply unforgivable. Katsurou would pay and dearly for the suffering he had caused those of these lands.

"Ah ha!" Inuyasha blinked startled as a very enthusiastic Mijun beamed with her discover.

"It still exists." her words forced him to blink again and later blush as she grabbed his hand. "Do you trust me?" Now Inuyasha had never been shy but suddenly he found himself without his vocal cords and only possessing the ability to nod. Neither Kikyo or Kagome had been able to bring about the lack of speech or even the absence of thought.

"Good!" she beamed pulling him towards a tear in time shrouded by trees that only she could see. The uncertainty on his face was clear as she pulled him through the portal. When they arrived on the other side Inuyasha watched as Mijun's heart fell. Her heart shattering before him into a million tiny little pieces. She knew this gnarled blood soaked landscape.

The beauty that once possessed these lands in Mijun's eyes had been replaced by lands ravaged by fire and blood. Lots of blood. She hesitated but a moment praying to any kami that would hear her before gathering what she could of her deteriorating courage before continuing on towards the twisted and gnarled palace.

Kaminari guided Ayumu through the last set of corridors that would lead to the outside world and towards the exit she had created so long ago now she could only pray that it still lay just beyond the palace grounds. She had no guarantees of course but that was their best chance at freedom. So many things could have happened to the portal since that last date of its creation. It could have easily had deteriorated over the passage of time into nothing but a sliver. But she had to try. The portal would mean his freedom and hers as it had been for Hana before them. She sighed gathering her resolve telling him that she'd return before she headed down a secret part in the wall that had been there since the castles creation.

She had only managed several paces down the sleek corridor when the electricity that surrounded the surface of her skin alerted her to another's presence. Pressing her back against the shadowed wall she wrapped her fingers around a decorative hair pin allowing her cobalt hair to fall freely down her back. Her power crackled around the metal as she made her move the moment the footsteps ceased. The tip of the cool metal pressing against the throat of the intruder her small frame pushed this being up against the wall watching in amazement as dark blood slid down the pale column of throat. Power crackling, eyes widening as hands wrapped around her throat threatening.

"Now let her go!"

Seeing no reason for her to refuse him she did as was commanded. Only then as the girl slid against the wall, her face hidden by pink bangs did she realize her mistake.

"M-mijun!" she gasped rushing forward. Ignoring the growls from the man behind her who wreaked of dog. "I did not recognize you. Why did you return?"

"It's quite alright." Mijun sighed.

"The hell it is!" Inuyasha growled before she could answer Kaminari's second question.

"Silence dog." Kaminari hissed her voice cracking like thunder in the tiny space.

"Look," Mijun stated calmly rising to her feet trying to ease the sudden tension between the thunder demoness and inu hanyo. "We've got a mission. Ayumu and Hana."

"Ayumu is at the end of this corridor awaiting my return." Mijun nodded at her words.

"Good. You will go and see that both he and yourself make it to the portal. Inuyasha and myself will make sure that Hana makes the journey as well." Kaminari nodded her agreement delighting at the ever real freedom that was just beyond her reach.

"Follow the scent of blood and decay and you will find her." Kaminari's gaze shifted from Mijun's cherry orbs to hardened gold. "If anything should befall her dog I will hold you responsible."

Mijun sighed deeply as she pulled Inuyasha away from Kaminari and down the corridor feeling the confrontation that was sure to ensue between them heavy in the air.

Hana's eyes slowly opened to the feel of a mans hands upon her. It was not the sexually invasive touch she had come to expect from the gaurds in this decrepit place. A type of nature that seeped through the very walls leaving nothing untouched by its maliciousness. No these hands promised something she could barely fathom as they did the one thing she had not expected since she had found herself chained. Power crackled releasing her chains allowing her knees to graze the slime covered floor. Palms scraped as she landed on her elbows before collapsing on the spot. Her breathing was heavy as the wounds that littered her frame slowly began to close. Her eyes only opened as an unfamiliar cloth was tossed at her.

Slowly she rose to a seated potion taking what was offered for clothing before daring to meet the mans gaze. For a moment the energy that poured from the man before her was so familair...so dangerously familar. Silver hair fell from a stripe of ribbon high upon his crown bringing about an image of the former Lord of the West to her mind. His face hidden behind the mask of an golden inu. His face forever obscured from her. Just who was he? Who was the man that dared defy Katsurou and free her?

A ruckas was heard stealing her away from her thoughts. The winds changing as bars shattered. Blood spilling as blade clashed against blade, Hana's eyes widened as the coral hanyo slid to a stop behind the imposing masculine frame. Cherry eyes widening as they took in the back of the man seeing something she had not in the torn fabric of his kimono. Something that Hana could not from where she sat. A scar...a scar that was unique unto it's owner.

"It can't be..." Mijun gasped as the man turned to stare at her through the glazed eyes of the inu mask. It was the last they would see of him as swirls of black smoke wrapped around him forcing all to turn from the swirls as he vanished. He was nothing more then a ghost to a life that had forever changed. Leaving the women to question everything they had known to be true.

"Come on." Mijun barked taking charge quickly being the first to recover. Whoever the man had been he could be dealt with later if he did in deed pose a threat however there opening was closing by the moment. "Inuyasha...take her. I don't think she possesses the ability to stand as of yet."

Hana reluctantly accepted the hanyo's assistance while she held the fabric closer to her nearly nude form.

Kaminari was growing restless. She turned briefly towards the castle as Ayumu progressed towards the portal. Mijun would be alright she had to be. Her prayers were answered as three silver heads came into view one's bangs the pale pink of a sakura bloom. The fingers she had unknowingly placed upon her rapidly beating heart relaxed as freedom was at long last within their sights.

Ayumu turned nose twitching as Hana's scent caught in the wind. Katsurou wouldn't leave them in piece he knew that...after years of being condemned to his service...he knew...but he couldn't stop the hope that bubbled within him at seeing his beloved in Inuyasha's arms. They would be free.

Hana's breath stilled as she caught sight of Ayumu. She struggled against the hanyo's grip needing to be close to him. Not seeing the point at keeping her close he let her go. Happy to see the reunion between the two lost mates as they ran towards the other. The embrace was short lived.

Feeling the change in the wind Kaminari said a prayer her fingers wrapping around a different pin freeing another section of cobalt hair. Her fingers glew white with power as the pin became a staff that sliced the earth efferecting a barrier. But this was no ordinary barrier. It engulfed Inuyasha and Mijun. It moved to engulf Ayumu and Hana before engulfing herself in its brilliant protective light. Kaminari stared defiantly at the dark shilohette upon the horizon that had once belonged to her captor. Eyes widening if only slight at the silver haired mask wearing figure that joined him at his side before the orb like barrier took to the sky and towards Miwako. But none of the five who travelled, portal forgotten, could unsee the figure in the mask. Nor could Mijun forget the scar emblazoned upon his shoulder.

"NO!" Kagome shrieked bolting upright, the sheets tightening around her awkwardly. Sweat beading on her skin as arms wrapped around her seeking nothing but to calm her. She turned sharply forcing them away as she quickly got to her feet. Eyes widened with a fear he had not seen in eons.

Sesshomaru stared at her with a raised brow. He didn't understand what could have brought out such a reaction in her. It had been a long while since she had forced his hands away from her and even longer while since she had bolted from him. It was almost as if she couldn't see him. As if she were somewhere else.

"Kagome?"

Nothing.

Not even the sound of her name seemed to bring her back to him. His eyes narrowed as her hands circled an abdomen that had yet to show the life it concealed protectively.

"Not safe. Not safe." she chanted. "Not safe for Kane...not safe for her." she whispered looking down at her hands. "Never safe." she whispered as her eyes returned to normal the glaze coating her silver irises gone. "He'll use her like he's using him."

"Kane has long since left this world my love." he stated solemnly. Wishing that is words weren't true.

"What if he isn't" Kagome stated eyes hopeful. "Sesshomaru...I can feel him."

Authour's Note: I must appologise for how long it has taken me to upload. I hope this makes up for it. A lot to cover in this chapter. I wonder though is Kagomes feelings about Kane a truth of maternal instinct or is it just wishful thinking caused by her latest pregnancy. We shall see for I will not reveal anything. lol Talk to yall's soon.

Your Lady Fractured Moonlight