Yokai= demon

Reiki=spiritaul power

Hey guys! So I created another story, and I know not many are into this Fanfic couple. But I decided to give it a shot anyway.

Please let me know if you enjoy it. Also, I know the summary sucks and I'm sorry about that, I'm just good at that kind of thing.

It has been eight months since we defeated Naraku, but the funny thing is, it feels like it has been longer. Looking up from the basket of herbs, I began to think about all our lives since the Final Battle.

It was only one week after the battle when Miroku Proposed to Sango, they got married the following month, and now they are going to be expecting their first baby soon.

Shippo leaves for his Fox Exams once a month, and I must say, he has gotten quite good. He has been promoted to rank seventeen. I am so proud of him. Oh, and Sesshomaru has left Rin in the care of Kaede and myself, to learn how to live among humans and womanhood. I giggle out loud as I imagine Sesshomaru dealing with a moody Rin as she goes through puberty.

"Aunt Kagome!" a child's voice echoes through the clearing.

I stand up and collect my basket of herbs and flowers, walking towards the child's voice. After walking about 5 minutes down the well-beaten path that leads back towards the village, I spot Shippo and Rin bent down next to a bush, picking berries.

"What are you two up to today?" I ask softly, grinning as I saw the two give a slight jump.

"Mama! We were looking for you. We came to tell you that Miroku and Inuyasha are back in the village and they brought so many things with them." Shippo exclaimed as he hopped on to my left shoulder.

"Yes, and they said that Lord Sesshomaru would be coming here as well in two days. Rin is so happy!" Rin joyfully said.

Mentally I sighed, I have been trying to teach Rin to speak in the first person for a few weeks now. However, it seems that she is having a hard time learning it. Then again, her role model spoke in the third person.

I smiled as Rin grabbed my right hand and started leading the way back towards the village. "Well, then I guess we should go greet them and hear what they have to say about their journey."

For the next fifteen minutes, I listened as Rin and Shippo talked about what they did all morning while I was out collecting herbs. Although, I did laugh a little when they told me that one of the male villagers screamed like a girl while Kaede was wrapping his injured ankle. When I asked how he had injured his ankle, Rin just laughed and said he got the injury from a small cat bite.

When we got to the village Rin snatched my basket and took off running towards Kaede's hut, "I'll go tell Lady Kaede that your back, Aunt Kagome!"

I chuckled and walked towards Sango's and Miroku's hut, knowing that everyone would most likely be there.

"Hey Mama, when do we start building our hut?" Shippo asked.

"Very soon, honey. This week is the last week of winter, so next week we will start gathering supplies and such. Hopefully, we will have it all done and ready to move in by next month." I explained to him.

A couple of people we walked passed overheard our conversation and gave us a weird look before they turned their backs toward us and began to gossip as they scurried away. I frowned a bit at this. Even though the people here have come to know us and accepted us as part of their village, not all entirely accepted the fact that I, the Shikon Miko, would adopt a demon as my child. Few of the people here despised it so much that they moved from the village to another one.

I didn't let it bother me too much, cause no matter what you do or where you go, there are always going to be closed-minded people who are too set in their old ways. But, I did worry about Shippo. I worried that one day, one of them would try to hurt him in any way that they could, which is why I planned to build our hut in the forest, near the old well.

"Oi Kagome, there you are! We began to think you might have gotten lost." Inuyasha snickered as Shippo and I walked into the hut.

"Ah Lady Kagome, welcome, please sit," Miroku said.

"Miroku thank you, it is good to see that you guys came back safely. Especially when Sango is close to the due date." I replied politely.

"of course we came back safely wench. Did you think we would come back all bandaged up or something? I know how to fight, you know." Inuyasha commented.

I turned my head to look at Inuyasha as I spoke. "I am not saying that you can't fight Inuyasha. I was just merely relieved that no one came back hurt."

"Keh! Whatever," he replied.

I sighed and shook my head, trying to ignore the tension in the air. Opening my eyes, I stared into the fire pit, watching the flames dance as Shippo listened to Miroku as he began speaking about their journey.

I zoned out while they were all talking, thinking about how things have gotten this way between Inuyasha and I. In the beginning, I felt that I loved him and that he loved me, but then throughout our entire journey, I had to deal with his inability to choose either me or Kikyo. Well, until she died again. However, after we defeated Naraku, I still thought on some level that we would be getting together. Unfortunately, that is not what happened. Instead, Inuyasha decided to wander a bit and properly mourn for Kikyo, which I understood and supported his decision, but he was gone for four months and not once did we hear anything about him from other travelers. We all worried about him.

When the fifth month rolled around, he came back, and he seemed a lot happier. After a week or two, everything was as it used to be. Until one day, he came to visit with a woman, a demoness. After everyone got over the initial shock, questions were asked left and right, and the answer we received was not one we expected.

She was his mate. He mated another woman while he was away grieving for Kikyo and left me here, waiting for him. I was beyond pissed and walked away. Since then, our friendship has been rocky and at this point, tolerable. It has been four months since he came back with his mate, and during these past few months, I've been feeling inadequate, self-conscious, ugly, and not good enough.

Especially when I know that I will not be able to find another to love and be loved back. After all, no one wants to marry a Miko who has adopted a demon as her child and a woman who is smarter than her husband and won't do everything he says.

"We came across Lord Sesshomaru on the way back home; he was out patrolling his lands due to a rumor that has been going around. There is a group of mercenaries and priest who want to eliminate all Yokai. They have already taken out three Yokai villages. Two of them were in the Northern Lands, and the third one was on the Western Lands, Lord Sesshomaru's territory. He was on his way to deal with them when we meet with him." Miroku said. The seriousness of his voice brought me out of my train of thought.

Without so much as a thought, I spoke out. "That is outrageous! They can't decide to get rid of all Yokai; not all Youkai are evil. I refuse to let them commit genocide. I guarantee they are the reason why my time doesn't have any demons."

Everyone was stunned into silence by my outburst and just stared at me in total shock. After a few moments had passed, that's when they all started talking.

"You think that this could be the reason, Mama?" Shippo asked.

"What do you plan on doing?" said Sango, worry evident on her face.

" Yes, I think they could be the problem and other people like them. As for what I plan on doing, I'm not entirely sure, to be honest." I sighed.

"Well don't look at me cause I ain't helping. Sesshomaru and the other lords can deal with it on their own." Inuyasha scoffed as he stood up and headed towards the door. "My first priority is Mizuki," he said before exiting the hut.

Everyone was silent after that, and no one even talked through dinner. After Shippo and I said our thanks, we politely excused ourselves and left the happy couple to themselves. When we arrived at Kaede's hut, I gently tucked Shippo into bed next to Rin and went back outside, grabbing my bow and arrows on the way.

I walked silently to the Goshinboku tree, scanning my surroundings the whole way there. When I got to the tree, I quietly sat down against the base of it and looking into the night sky, staring at the stars and watched in awe as the moon was turning red — an eclipse.

"What am I going to do...?" I spoke out loud to myself. "How am I going to stop them when the only ones that are affected by my Reiki are demons? I could still use my arrows and sword training against them, but even then there would only be a fifty percent chance id come out alive."

I looked to the moon as if it would respond with an answer, but it stayed there in the sky, as red as blood. Sighing in frustration, I laid my head against the bark of the tree and closed my eyes for a bit, enjoying the comfort of the night and its silence.

Suddenly I felt a powerful Yokai aura nearby, but it kept flickering in and out. Like it was trying to conceal itself but failing. I quickly got up and headed towards the direction it was coming from. Walking through grass and bushes, a voice in the back of my head kept telling me to turn around, to run, to hide. But I ignored it, my curiosity taking charge. It wasn't long before I spotted the creature that was giving off the aura.

Sesshomaru.

He was laying against the base of a tree cover in blood and torn clothing. His breathing seemed to be ragged, and it looked like he was in extreme pain by the way his face looked.

"Lord Sesshomaru-" his eyes snapped open at the sound of my voice, and then he quickly disappeared.

Then I felt myself being thrown to the ground and fingers wrapping against my throat as I stared wide-eyed at red eyes with turquoise pupils. The last thought I had before my world went black-was that I was going to die