Date with destiny by dwX

New beginnings

I do not own Inuyasha Rumiko Takahashi does.

Chapter 1: New beginnings

"Kagome"

Silver hair swirled in the mild breeze, entwining onto raven-blue hair as if in a gentle caress. Bodies were littered everywhere. Blood soaked the earth. Tenseiga lay sprawled on the blood stained grass. It would not respond to it's masters mournful cries of loss.

Silence.

Haggard breathing breaks the stillness that surrounds two shadowy figures. A regal figure

stoops protectively hunched over the petite frame of a blood-drenched girl. Fresh blood

run languidly down her right side as if to prolong each agonizing moment, concealing a large gaping wound.

"Sesshoumaru.... I feel so cold, so very cold..."pale lips shivered under the setting sun, as darkness descended swallowing the diminishing light.

"Kagome, suman na (masculine: i'm sorry).. I failed you." Sesshoumaru said through clenched teeth. Overpowering regret and guilt washed over him. Kagome opens her eyes and beaming a smile that hides her pain and sadness at the enevitable.

A sigh escaped her lips. " Ever the honour-bound hero ne? Shinpai shinai Itoshii (do not worry beloved). I do not hold it against... you. It is my fate. I have accepted it."

"But I cannot!"He interrupted.

Sighing again Kagome answers, "...you have opened your heart to me, don't harden your heart again promise me you'll love another after I depart from this world." She whispered in a shallow breath. "Promise me.."closing her eyes she drew her last breath.

His heart stilled for that one moment in time. His lethal claws, gently brush a strand of hair that blew carelessly to her palid face.

"Kagome, open your eyes koi, for me..I need you." he choked biting back tears that he thought he would never shed. "I...I love you." His heart clenched.

"Come back to me." He ordered. As if his authority extended to that of the other world.

He held her tighter, but he knew better, his embrace can not hold her soul there. His embrace can not still the dissipating warmth of her body.

He looked once again at her ashen form. Blood-red haze clouded his vision. He could feel his inu acknowledge the death of it's mate. He feels, for the first time his inu and himself share control in the one body.

He roared and raged at the cruel hands of fate that even now had torn them apart. "Kagome, you ask us the one thing we cannot possibly do...we will never forget you let alone allow another to take your place...never." His eyes glinting like steel, he could feel the familiar coldness enveloping his heart.

His heart. His once cold heart, Kagome had managed to warm up with her sunny smiles and tender caresses.

Coldness seeped deeper in it's depths. Frost-like fingers wrap around his heart, so as to asphyxiate any last traces of emotions and expel it from within his body.

A self-protective mechanism? Nay it was not, inside he knew, a secret he kept to himself. His heart was mourning the loss of it's love, his only love. It will never allow another to replace her. The single piece that mattered most to him, she was his center.

Flashes of memory bombarded his already fatigued mind.

"What worth is a loving heart if you are not here. .." A whisper dispersing in the wind.

Now truly he was again at loss.

Again he succumbs to his emotionless mask.

To numb the pain of her passing.

Her. It has always been her.

He howled in darkening sky. It seems as though the sky weeps the tears his eyes can no longer cry.

Again, he was not whole.

Again he was alone.

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RINNNGGGGGG!

"Kyaaaaaaa!" Kagome sits up in bed shaking visibly. Beads of cold sweat trickle down her flawless face. '.stupid dream again, why me? That's the fourth time this week.' she groaned.

"Kagome.. you'll be late for your outing with your friends."

"Shimatta (damn)! They'll kill me!" Kagome smacked her forehead then bolted to the bathroom. She dressed in record time and dashed towards the kitchen.

"Morning mom! Bye mom!"

Kagome zipped past her mother.

"Kagome, aren't you going to have your breakfast dear?"

"Can't eat." She panted. "Must run...love you!...Kaachan, ittekimasu!" (Mom I'm leaving)

'Silly girl' thought Hanako Higurashi.

On the Bus: on the way to the trip.

"Oi, Kagome, you ok?"

"It's that dream again Sango, it's driving me crazy! The weird thing is it's getting more frequent and instead of just flashes of images like before it's getting more detailed. Like earlier, the dream included this demon guy-he was really hot too by the way! And there wasa figure in his arms I know it's a girl but I can never see her face...(looks at Sango)...oh I dunno. I feel like such a mental case sometimes." Kagome said shaking her head.

"I wouldn't say 'mental case' per see ... strange, maybe odd, yea odd..in a creepy sortta way." Kagome looked at her friend incredulously.

"Gee thanks... yah really know how to perk me up." She remarked drily. A ringing interrupted the droning chatter of other passengers.

"Well what would you call someone that dreams about demons nowadays eh?"

"Well you dreamt I turned into a turkey once!"

"Kagome I was in the hospital high in painkillers at the time!"

The inspector Gadjet theme song come on suddenly. Sango picks up her phone.

"Yep...ahuh...gotcha...sure...ok bye. That was Kikyo, turns out she's already there with Ayame."

"Great.. how long til we get there? My ass is starting to make an imprint on the seat...and I think it'll be permanent." She grinned sheepishly.

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In a lavish hotel lobby not far away...

"Inukoroo, where's Sesshoumaru?"

Onyx-black hair pulled in a high pony tail swiveled in an extravagant flair.

"Feh! Like I keep tabs on that bastard!" Said Inuyasha, he crosses both arms at his chest out of habit. His silver hair illuminated in the sun-filled lobby. "Not modeling your furry ensemble I see. Fur not in the trend this year?" he smirked.

Blue-red eyes narrowed a fraction. Then resumed their ice blue hue.

"I see the length of time since I last kicked your hanyou ass hasn't matured your demeanor."

"Keh! You should look at your own self ookami! At least I'm not stuck in the disco-fever era! Also, your wimpy hide did not kick my ass, it was the other way around!"

A nervous cough interrupted their heated exchange.

"I believe Sesshoumaru-dono is expecting you in the penthouse Kouga-sama." The receptionist replied while smiling seductively.

"I seem to need assistance in finding my way around the intricate floor plan of this hotel.. is it possible for you to show me there?" Kouga flashes his trademark wolfish grin.

The giggling receptionist devoured his muscled form hungrily. Inuyasha had to roll his eyes at the blatant flirtation displayed by both.

"Sure!" Squelled the girl. "Just let me find my junior to replace me here for the moment." She said giving a suggestive wink.

"Kami-sama, you and Miroku must have been separated at birth-will you just about flirt with any female that crosses your path?" continued Inuyasha.

"Excuse this fleabag my dear girl, he was born four months premature and is therefore still developing the braincells necessary for normal brain function." Kouga remarked offhandedly, to which the receptionist inanely giggled."Lead the way toots!"

"Kisamaaaaa...(means 'you' but in a derogatory context). Look who's talking! The drag-queen who decided to make his show on the public stage along with his furry short-shorts!" growled Inuyasha after the disappearing figures.

Both growl at each other.

"Alright break it up you two!" intervened an orange-haired youth.

The receptionist resumed linking arms with Kouga and escorts him to the nearest elevator.

'Might as well go to the ice lord's meeting, not like there's anything else here' sighed Inuyasha. He made his way slowly towards the nearest elevator dragging his feet along with his head down.

A lively chatter and joyous giggles catches his sensitive hearing. A group of young women come into view as the distinct scent of sakura and jasmine flowers in full bloom tickle his nose. Warmth enveloped him, thinking hard of the only person who invoked such comforting emotions from him he looks up at the same time the elevator closes, barely catching a glimpse of the bearer of that welcoming scent.

Golden eyes widened in recognition almost immediately.

"Kagome?"