Summary: Kagome is not who her friends in Feudal Japan think she is. Her family name isn't even Higurashi. She is from much farther into the future than the time Inuyasha has been to. A future when not even what the world is called is the same. Now that the 'quest' that kept her returning to the Feudal Era is finished, it's time for her to return home. But Kagome doesn't have time to rest yet. She has friends to save, and this time the entire world is at stake.

Pairing: Kagome/Sephiroth; fem!Cloud/Zack

Disclaimer: Yoruko Rhapsodos doesn't own Inuyasha or Final Fantasy VII, and this story was originally posted on Koorika's profile.

Prologue:

Kagome's Secret

Kagome Higurashi is 23 years old. She looks and seems like she is only an ordinary young woman. But in reality, Kagome had never really been 'normal'. If there's even any such thing as normal in the first place. At that point in time, she now definitely agreed with him on that. She had great secrets, only one of which was that she traveled through time frequently, and had been for a while now. Now she couldn't possibly imagine having a 'normal' life. Not even if she had still wanted one. Luckily for her, she had never been the type to be content with being what was considered ordinary.

It's been four years since Kagome found herself falling down a well and ending up in in the past. Three years since she fell even farther into the past and encountered a youkai called Mistress Centipede. She was still hard pressed to ignore the lack of originality in the name. That meant it had been three years since she met and had to deal with the ever foul tempered Inuyasha. She had long since dropped the 'ordinary school girl' act her so-called 'friends' kept falling for. It was really funny seeing Hojo's and their reactions when she finally told them off. Having to deal with shard hunting in Feudal Japan had made her lose all patience with them. They proved themselves to have never been real friends when they refused to stop trying to push her to go out with Hojo. Besides, not only had she become sick of the school girl act, it was really inconvenient. Kagome had long since decided that dropping the act was possibly one of the smartest things she had ever done.

Surprisingly, after falling down the well Kagome took me almost two and a half years to get sick of seeming weak and helpless. Looking back, she had decided that she was really lucky that she lasted so long. Through training with the help of Sango, Kikyo, Sesshomaru, and Midoriko, there was no longer any mistaking her as 'weak and helpless'. Kagome no longer either need to pretend to be protected by or actually need to be protected by Inuyasha. She could stand tall and proud as the woman she really was

Yes, there was no mistake in what you heard I said Sesshomaru and Kikyo helped Kagome train. They had all been mistaken about both of them. Kagome protected Rin from a youkai once, even though she knew that the child travelled with Sesshomaru. Meaning that he would no doubt be there soon. He arrived in time to see Kagome's arrow hit and purify the demon. Then, the two of them talked. Kagome supposed the events of that day won her his respect. Not even a year and a half after her adventures began he joined the miss-matched group.

Kikyo… well, it wasn't like Kagome had ever really had a grudge against her in the first place. Just like she never liked Inuyasha as anything more than a friend. Kagome had found the miko wounded one day. Naturally, she helped her, and they talked. She found out that Kikyo had been acting to trick Naraku into thinking that he could trust her. She'd even merely been testing Inuyasha to see if he truly cared about not only her but Kagome as well. So she joined them too eventually. The looks on Sango's and Miroku's faces when they found out that Kagome had never had any romantic feelings for Inuyasha were hilarious. Kagome decided that it meant either a certain person she hadn't seen in a long time or Shippo had rubbed off on her.

The immediate results? Not even a week into the start of her training, Midoriko visited Kagome in her dreams. Midoriko told her that she was no one's reincarnation, which Kagome already had never believed. It just hadn't ever really felt right. She even helped Kagome train in her dreams. Now Kagome could even show what she already knew, partially. The overall results were fantastic. Kagome had become an even more formidable opponent. She could easily hold her own in a fight now, whatever the situation. She was even on par with Sesshomaru and had perhaps even surpassed Midoriko herself in terms of using spirit engergy.

Now the time has come. The final battle for the Shikon no Tama was quickly approaching. Now that Kouga had given the group his shards and Kohaku was now with them and among the living, only one thing remained. They needed to finish off Naraku, for good. Then… Kagome was going home, this time for good. She didn't have any choice in the matter, she wouldn't be able return. But Kagome had known that from the start. At least she would be able to bring Shippo with her. The least she can do was bring her adopted kit along. That wasn't even the major part. Kagome could finally tell her friends her secret. Yes, Kagome hadn't told even them my biggest secret. Her family had even only just found out themselves. Kagome sometimes regretted or questioned it. But she knew that that was just the way things had to be. However, Kagome was not sad, even though she would miss her friends. Even if Kagome hadn't wanted to go back, which she did, she needed to. She had unfinished business. Business that she needed to take care of herself as soon as she could.

Owari

Yoruko: I would appreciate it if someone would give me a link to a summary of the plot/story line for Final Fantasy VII. I haven't ever played any of it except for part of Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core.

Cloud: *Thinks: Then why is she writing this?*