A/n: Ok, just a quick welcome before the story starts. Oh! I watch the show in Japanese with subtitles. So, I tend to use Japanese words. I'll give the defifnition, but, uh, should I forget, feel free to email me, or just ask in a review. I don't bite, or, at least, not normally.
Hanyou: ½ demon
Youkai: full demon
Miko: priestess Ok, so, go enjoy and r&r!

The Marriage of a Miko
By Dark Shippo-chan

Chapter: 1

The evening sky was an ugly red. It was almost as if the ground, which was soaking up everything, could no longer hold the blood it was being fed, so it gave it to the autumn sky. The sky profiled four figures, standing in a field. The sharp, fall wind bit at them, but no recognition was given. Their attention was fixed on each other. And it was apparent no human could break the concentration. Two of the figures were male, and the flowing silvery white hair of each showed a biological relation. Demon blood ran through each, but only one was a true youkai. The other was only a hanyou. The latter, at the moment, was unconscious and being guarded by the former. Their companions were female, and of them, one was certainly a miko. But hers was not an aura of purity and cheerfulness. Hers was an aura of evil and rage that coursed through the veins. When one was in such a state, one could either release the energy completely, or use it, particularly on a foe. This miko chose to use it. Her victim lay sprawled on the ground before her, and to those ignorant of the situation, it would appear the miko was attempting to kill herself. Or, at least her double.

"Kikyo...why?!" The victim cried. The miko Kikyo smirked. She met the other's eyes and pleasure radiated from her body.

"Why, you ask? Kagome...I thought you smarter. Do you know how long I've waited for this day? You want to know why?! BECAUSE YOU TOOK WHAT WAS MY SOUL!"

Kagome winced as Kikyo advanced. A slight moan from the unconscious hanyou stopped them all.

"Sesshomaru, would you mind?" Kikyo hissed at the youkai.

The demon complied, but argued.

"Why do we not allow Inuyasha to be conscious to watch Kagome die?"

"Because...the last time someone tried it that way, INUYASHA KILLED THEM!" Kikyo screamed.

Then, a few minutes later, the miko replied more calmly.

"Or have you forgotten..." She started, turning to face the older brother of Inuyasha.

She paused, waving a hand slowly in front of her. The air shimmered and a small girl appeared, trapped behind bars of energy. Kikyo's soul snatching demons circled the cage protectively.

"Rin!" Sesshomaru whispered. "Fine, we'll do it your way, but you promise to let her go?"

Kikyo laughed and tears ran down her cheek.

"I had heard a rumor, but I never believed it. Until now. The great Lord Sesshomaru! Hater of humans! Has gone soft!" Kikyo hissed. "But, a miko never breaks her promise, eh? I suppose I will let her go."

As if suddenly reminded of the intent of the meeting, Kikyo turned back to Kagome.

"Now Kagome, you will die!!"

With that, Kikyo quickly strung her bow and shot Kagome, piercing the girl. Inuyasha regained consciousness for the briefest moment, only in time to see Kagome slump to the ground, an arrow protruding from her body. Kikyo laughed and turned to Inuyasha who was watching her in horror. Sesshomaru chuckled, and then cleared his throat, glancing at the energy cage. Kikyo looked, and sighed. With an elaborate hand motion, the cage disappeared and the little girl's body was given to Sesshomaru.

"Now..." Kikyo said, advancing menacingly towards Inuyasha. With a quick step, Sesshomaru blocked Kikyo's path to Inuyasha.

"Move!" Kikyo yelled.

"What do you want of Inuyasha?"

"Why should you care?!"

"Because, I will be the one to kill him."

Kikyo laughed at this. "You think...you think I mean to KILL him?"

An expression of puzzlement crossed Sesshomaru's face.

"Yo-you don't want to kill him?"

"NO! I want to erase all of his memories!" Kikyo stated plainly.

With that she brushed past Sesshomaru, and went to Inuyasha. Placing her extended hand on Inuyasha's forehead, she smiled.

"Say good-bye Inuyasha!" she smirked, and started relieving him of his memories.

The hanyou's eyes never left Kagome, and as he felt his memories fade away, he whispered his last words.

"Ka...go...me!"