Peace Bringer

Summary: "I want to bring back...what was so longer ago taken from me..." Marine blue eyes looked down at the hand that held hers tightly. "Let me help you...I can save you...I can give you life...I can bring you peace."

Anime/Manga: InuYasha/Peacemaker

Genre: Romance/Historical

Pairings: Kagome/ Souji

Rated: M for Mature Content

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'Shit!' A powder toned hand gripped its bleeding twin, trembling with the cool of the rain against the bare and exposed flesh. Gripping irritably at the sword tied to her waist, the owner of those trembling hands gave a mental apology to the swords' dead owner before slaying the burly drunk that had caused her injury.

"..."

She watched the man's eyes roll to the back of his head before pulling her sword free of the man's neck, a sick 'gurgle' sounded from the dead man's throat as she turned and walked off. Still cold and slightly wet, she pulled her soaking hoodie around her shoulders and shuddered. 'I can't even remember how I got here...' She frowned outwardly to the thought of waking up in the unknown era between the past and the future, in which, she was both used to and missing very much right now. 'I'm hungry too...and I have no money...none for right now at least...I only have money for a Big Mac...' She felt something bump into her and saw a small girl look up frightfully at her before some shouts were singled out in the loud pitter-patter of the rain.

The woman, cold in the rain, irritated in an unknown era, frustrated in hunger, and pissed at having to protect a child from a group of thugs, when blood was already soaked into her sleeves, grabbed her sword once more and held it out as warning. Well...it was dark, so not really a surprise, but is did kind of take her a moment to register one of the men impaling himself on her sword in his attempt to grab the child hiding behind her.

"AIIIIIEIIEEEEEEEAAAA~! Aahah...aa...!"

She cut his yell short with her sword and watched his head roll down the wet streets towards his three allies who stared in horror before turning and running off. Sheathing her blade, she turned slowly to the terrified child before holding her hand out for her. The girl stared for a moment before taking it and giving a nervous smile.

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"Do you know who she is?"

"I've never seen her before..."

"Saya has taken quite a liking to the woman...she couldn't be dangerous..."

The girl, Saya, was still holding her hand. It was morning now, and last night after walking for a while, the girl had led her to a shrine where the man who worked there had immediately let them in to clean and dry themselves. He'd even provided food and a warm sleeping place for them. Saya wasn't letting her go anytime soon though. A slight tug at her hand and she turned to see the girl pointing at her, "My name?" She asked, watching the girl give a small nod. 'That's right; she hadn't said a word last night. She must be mute.' She smiled, "Kagome, my name is Kagome..."

The girl smiled brightly, pulling a way, she held hands out in a motion and started moving in circles.

Kagome laughed, "Yes, just like the song,"

Looking at her, the girl ran up to the woman who'd saved her life, now dressed in fresh clothes; a Kimono inspired by the Samurai, with is colors and stitches that of oceans and wandering swordsman. Tabi and Geta were worn on her feet and her sword still safely at her side, attached carefully by a white sash around the deep blue Obi already tied around her waist. Around her forehead was a deep blue silk cloth that she always wore that tied her hair up in a loose bun, two thin Senbon that she'd had on her wardrobe last night clipped it in place, a few strands of hair fell loosely over her shoulders and her bangs framed her face. She looked healthier now that she was out of the rain and had finally slept, her skin no longer powder white, but an ivory flesh tone that gave way to her natural beauty.

"Saya!"

Kagome watched as a boy appeared before her with a few guys in tote behind him. Her hand took Saya's immediately, watching for any signs of a threat from them men behind the boy.

Saya smiled, patting her hand reassuringly.

"Are you a friend of Saya's?" Kagome asked curiously too the young boy who was now within beheading distance if he were to try something.

"Ah, hehe, yeah..." The boy blushed, smiling brightly at Kagome who took in his appearance and smiled.

Kagome looked the boy over, he wore his hair, which was a bright crimson red and in a gravity defying cut, in a mid-high ponytail that fell just above his shoulders, brown eyes held a lit fire of determination and childish naivety deep within them that helped her to relaxing. The two behind him, a young...'My word...he's either beautiful...or she's just gorgeous...'

The boy must have known what she was thinking, as he moved forward and whispered, 'I thought he was a girl too...'

Kagome blushed and looked away.

"My name is Ichimura Tetsunosuke, but everyone calls me Tetsu for short. Who are you?"

"Kagome...just, Kagome." She looked back at the male behind the boy, dark violet hair fell over his shoulders and down past his hips in silky locks. Vivid purple eyes stared her down curiously but she wasn't intimidated, he wasn't some evil being like a certain spider Hanyou she'd been forced to deal with.

The last in the group, another boy, with ginger hair and brown eyes, freckles sprinkled over the bridge of his nose, she smiled at the image...a sad smile, thinking back to her own ginger haired friend. Her son, she missed him horribly. She could see her past flash painfully before her eyes and shut them in an attempt to get rid of the dreadful images.

Standing suddenly, she felt someone tug her hand and turned, softening her look of surprise, she gave a soft smile. "Sorry Saya, I need to go find a job, I'll be back before the sun set's, I promise."

The voiceless girl nodded and released Kagome's hand and watched her leave.

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'Damn...It's been a while sense I've though about them.' Sitting in a tree, she watched Saya from afar for a moment; then, she let her eyes drift shut...falling dangerously close to the horror that she'd escaped a few moments ago, before succumbing to her hellish memories of the past.

~Flashback~

"Kagome!"

Glaring, Kagome placed a hand on her cheek, the cause of her friends yelling out her name was right in front of her. Wearing the same red Haori he always wore. "What was that for?"

"You need to learn your place!"

"I only said that I was going to train with Sesshoumaru! You treat me like a child, InuYasha...I need someone to train me, not baby me! SIT!" She yelled, still rubbing at her stinging cheek. "And also, what do you mean 'Learn My Place'!"

"Mm Aalma~!"

"...hm?"

InuYasha turned his head from the dirt, "I said, I'm Alpha! That means I tell you what to do, and how to do it!"

Kagome stared for a moment, "Sit..." She said softly. Turning, she grabbed her bag, and took her bow and arrows from against the Goshinboku.

"Are you ready Miko?"

She nodded, hopping onto Kilala, she said her farewells before following after Sesshoumaru who was off on his cloud.

~End Flashback~

'Sesshoumaru...' She placed her hand on the hilt of her blade...his blade.

~Flashback~

"GET OUT OF THE WAY!"

Kagome looked up in time to see a tentacle shoot through her mentor. His last ditch effort of saving her...around her, the bodies of her fallen friends. She had honestly thought that Sesshoumaru we survive. He was the Lord of the West! He needed to live...he had to... "Sesshoumaru!"

She ran to her mentor and purified the tentacle from his chest cavity. A gapping hole was left in it's place, blood pooling around her knees that held him up, she had laid him on her knees to keep him close, to try and heal his wound, but she was being rejected. "Don't..."

"What? Sesshoumaru, I need to heal you, you must survive..."

"I will be back...I promise...I'll be...back..."

She watched the molten orbs fall shut and was forced to look up into hell's eyes alone. Her comrades were dead, her son, Shippou...Kilala...Rin...they were dead; Sango...Miroku...InuYasha...they were dead. Kouga and Ayame...both dead...

~End Flashback~

"Everyone...is dead..." Kagome didn't open her eyes, but her tears still were falling, and they would continue to fall no matter her eyes opened or closed.

~Flashback~

"I'll kill you..." She spoke with a heavy heart, but vengeance rang loud.

Naraku wasn't deterred however, and continued to smile that, evil...malicious, smile. It was his way of mocking her...something he excelled at. "Is that so...you think the student can do what the teacher could not? He was a demon lord...you are a human girl!"

"No...I'm a Miko..." She said, laying Sesshoumaru gently on the ground before standing, bringing her hand to the white silk fabric that was blown before her eyes, "And I am the only survivor of the Crescent Moon Family!" She pulled at the white fabric that had been tied around her forehead and holding her hair up in a high ponytail. A Magenta crescent moon that was centered on her forehead was revealed to Naraku.

"So the lord accepted you as family?"

"...he passed his training and name onto me, Naraku; I will honor him...by killing you!" The next thing she saw was a blinding light stealing the life of the demon hanyou before her. She was angry, sad...she wanted to cry, and scream, hit something...but all she could do was push...and she felt her energy engulf the evil that he was, and soared, before dutifully delivering the final throws of purity, and leaving nothing but dust and bones where he once stood. Looking down at her clothes, now laden with blood, she finally cried, and screamed, and cursed the gods above and below.

~End Flashback~

"All I could do was bury them...and even then...it wasn't enough." Kagome said to herself in a soft whisper, "Sesshoumaru, you said you'd come back...but your dead...how will you ever be able to return...I can't bring the dead back like you can...not without traveling to hell...and last time...I almost didn't make it out alive myself..."

She could hear the laughter of Tetsu as he played with the ever quiet Saya.

"I will use your sword, until you come to take it back, to protect this girl I've found. I hope that's okay, brother..." One last tear fell from her eyes, "I promise, I'll honor you, and your name, and I will not fail to protect those close to me...not this time..."

Her promise was swept away with the morning breeze, and as she took a deep breath and wiped her face of her tears, a shuffle to her left caused her to perk up. Her ears which were only slightly elfin, not like Sesshoumaru's which you could tell, twitched at the rustling sound.

"So this is what you call finding a job."

Kagome caught herself before losing balance and falling from the tree she sat in, her eyes wide open, a hand on her shoulder in case she did fall. Glancing up at the one who held her in place, she took note of the feminine male that had been with the two boys', "You're the little boy's shadow...Tetsu and that other kid...right?"

He laughed; it was a soft laugh, genuine... "I'm their shadow? No," He smiled, sitting on the branch next to her's. "If anything, Tetsu is my shadow. He wanted to go with me, so...and then, Shinpachi and Heisuke out voted me by saying that I should take him."

"Were you going shopping?"

"Ah! Yes, we were!" He smiled, "How did you know?"

She smiled back, pointing to his hand where a folded piece of paper was with a list of vegetable's and fruits scrawled neatly in ink. "Kind of gave it away."

"Oh, I guess that makes sense." Looking out at the Ginger haired boy, Tetsu and Saya who were playing tag, well...no, both kids were trying to tackle the Ginger, but both were two slow to catch him, and he was hopping around and bouncing in the air, so if catching him on ground wasn't hard enough, it was nearly impossible to catch him in the air.

"His evading skills are phenomenal! Is he part monkey?"

"Haha, you can ask him that yourself."

"...who is he?"

The man seemed to hesitate.

"Why so secretive?" She asked curiously, "You don't need to answer my questions if you don't want to. I have secrets too, so I understand the need to keep things to ones self."

He smiled, but it didn't really reach his eyes, "Secret's, hm...is this one of them?"

"What?"

"Hiding in trees instead of looking for a job."

"...I don't have a harpoon."

"..." His expression was comical, "Why do you need a harpoon?"

"Job hunting can get dangerous, you never know when you'll need a harpoon. Kind of like a Condom, I'd rather have one and not need it, then need it and not have one; though...I really doubt I'd ever need a harpoon."

"...I understand what your saying, I'd rather have a sword and not need it then need it and not have one...but...what's a Condom? Is that something from where you came?"

"...yeah...uh, basically, it's latex...not really important for a battle or life threatening situation...oh!" She changed the topic, cheeks resembling that of a rose, "You asked why I was here...in a tree...not looking for a job. I don't know where to start...I'm only good at healing and fighting..."

"Is that so..."

"Mm," She nodded, "I'll figure something out, really, I've taken quite a liking to that young girl, I just want to watch over her...but...I won't be able to stay here forever..."

He didn't ask why, they just sat there silently. It was peaceful, and she was content.

"...Souji..."

"Hm?"

He smiled, "You can call me Souji, I wish you luck on finding a job..." He abandoned his spot in the tree, and soon, she saw him rejoin the trio.

'...Souji...' She beamed brightly, "I'll start looking for that job, and I'll leave Saya to you..." Kagome whispered into the wind before vanishing from the tree.

A gust of wind blew heavily and the four stopped and looked at the swaying tree, Souji for a different reason, smiling when he saw she had left the branch..."I hope Kagome finds a good job..." A hand took his sleeve and he glanced down, Saya was smiling brightly up at him. "Yeah, I know she will..."

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Me: So...Oh, please don't be mad at me, I'm working on updates! I just wanted to write something else! LOVE YOU GUYS! Sorry it's a little late Bishi! :P I was going to work on it when I woke but I got lost on the road of life~!