AN: Hello everyone! Just to let you know, this chapter has been edited as of 4/28/2010. Enjoy!
Welcome to Darkness Always Has a Light
Prologue
Why does fate always have to be so cruel? Why must everyone leave the people they supposedly love? I'll tell you why. It's because of the evil that resides in this world, that feed off the suffering of family and friends.
That's what happened to me, a once normal teenage girl that fell down a well, trying to defeat evil. It destroyed so many innocent lives. And all of this happened because of the legendary Shikon no Tama, in which I have the burden of being it's guardian and keeping it from falling in to the hands of evil itself.
Sure it looks innocent, and can grant a wish, but let me tell you this…not one wish that has been granted by the Shikon no Tama has brought good. It brings pain and suffering to the innocent. Just like what it did to five of my friends.
Inuyasha, a half dog demon. It all began with the Shikon. He fell in love with the priestess, Kikyou. Kikyou asked Inuyasha if he would turn human for her, so they could be together and she could be lifted of the burden of the Shikon no Tama.
But before they could do this they got tricked into believing each other betrayed them. Kikyou thought Inuyasha had stolen the Shikon from her, so she went after him. When she was fatally wounded she shot an arrow with the last of her strength, sealing Inuyasha to the God Tree. Kikyou's last request to her little sister was to have the jewel burned with her body.
But this was all Naraku's doing, an evil half demon seeking the power of the Shikon.
During the final battle he gave his life to save me.
Shippo, a kitsune kit. His father was killed by the Thunder Brothers, because of a Shikon shard. He was left orphaned, and so he joined are group. Over time he became like a son to me.
During the final battle he died protecting me. He was such a brave kit. And most of all, it was all because of the damn Shikon no Tama.
Miroku, a perverted monk with a curse in his right hand a wind tunnel that can suck up almost anything in it's path. The curse was passed down to every male born in his family, and was caused by Naraku. He also joined are group on the quest to find the Shikon shards.
Sango, who was from a long lineage of demon hunters. She, her family, and some close friends had been sent on a mission to a castle far away from her village to destroy a demon. Shortly after the demon was destroyed though, her brother was possessed by another demon and began to slaughter everyone they had come with them.
At the time they didn't know that though. It wasn't until the demon slayer had to do battle with her little brother that she saw the thread leading back to the king of the castle. She than realized that the king had been killed and an impostor was in his place.
Kicking her little brother to get him out of the way, she headed over to where the king was. However he knew that she knew his true identity so he told the guards to kill both her and her brother while he released his hold on her brother. The men shot them with arrows just as the prince came out and killed his supposed father.
However, Sango wasn't dead. She was nursed back to stable health by the prince for payment of the horrid deed. It was then that she found out her village had been slaughtered by the half demon, or so she thought.
She later found out it was the demon that we where currently chasing that had slaughtered her village. So she joined are group, in the quest for vengeance as well as the quest for the shards.
During that time we became best friends. I admired her confidence, and she was the stongest woman that I had ever come across. During the final battle she had to watch the man she loved being slaughtered while protecting her. Miroku was slaughtered by Naraku.
The stench of blood was heavy in the air. Demon and human remains lay scattered and drenched in blood, where a grassy field once was.
Kagome watched as Miroku pushed Sango out of the way, to take the blow that was meant for her. The tentacle went right through his stomach, causing him to fall forward. The tentacle retreated to it's master, but not without leaving a gaping hole in the monk's stomach. Sango called out in horror while running to his side, "Miroku! No!" The strong demon slayer looked like a part of her died just then. Kagome would never forget the adoring look the slayer gave her monk.
"Sango-chan, you called me...by my name." He gurgled, blood starting to pool into his mouth. He was already starting to have difficulty breathing, and as he coughed, his eyes cleanched shut in pain.
"Of course I did Miroku-kun." She gently cradled the upper part of his body in her lap, and her fingers traced the monk's jaw. Tears were rolling down the slayer's cheeks. Sango knew his wound was fatal.
"Sango-chan. I want you to know that I-I love you…" He whispered. Reaching out a trembling hand, he clutched her hand in his.
"I love you too, Miroku." The slayer leaned down, the hair spilling down over her shoulder onto Miroku's chest. She kissed him ever so gently, and her tears wet his face. Then, he started to cough violently, and Kagome couldn't look any longer. But a minute later, she knew Miroku had passed on because her friend's wail broke Kagome's composure.
Before Kagome had a chance to react, an orange blur jumped in front of her. A demon screeched, and catapoulted the small figure aside with it's powerful tail.
"Shippo!" She screamed, and in outrage, she pulled an arrow out of her quiver and pulled back. The arrow crackled with pure energy, and she let it fly. It hit the ugly horned demon square in the chest, and she was left with it's screech as it turned into dust.
"Nobody hurts my Shippo and gets away with it." She muttered fiercely. She then ran over to where Shippo lay in a crumpled heap.
"Okaa-san...I'm scared…" He whimpered. She took him in her arms and cradled him to her chest, gently brushing his auburn bangs away from his sticky forhead.
"It's ok Shippo, I'm here." She soothed, while blinking back her tears.
"I love you okaa-san…" His voice barely above a whisper, but he fell unconcious before she could reply. Kagome quickly checked his pulse, and she was satisfied that he would be alright.
"I love you too, Shippo." She whispered softly as she placed one last kiss on her son's forehead. She got up, and running a few metres, she laid him gently on the ground. A couple tears escaped her eyes as she got up, and grabbed her hamaya.
Kagome was relieved that Shippo was okay, but her heart clenched in sorrow for her fallen comrade. She was notching an arrow to shoot at another demon, when Inuyasha's terrified voice reached her ears, "Kagome, behind you!" She just turned to see a figure clad in red block the youkai's claws from slicing her in half, but Inuyasha took the hit, the claws went right through his chest right below the heart. Kagome watched in horror as the demon slowly took out his blood stained claws causing it to make a slurping sound and the blood to run freely.
Time seemed to slow as Inuyasha dropped to his knees, falling face down into the blood stained earth. Notching another arrow quickly, she barely had to think of having her arrow engulfed in the purifying energy. The demon made a dash for her, and it bared it's grotesque yellow fangs. When the arrow was released, it landon with a thud right between it's eyes, and then disinigrated to dust. She rushed forward to Inuyasha's side and turned him over, fear overwhelming her body.
Inuyasha golden eyes tried to focus on the girl above him. "Please don't cry, Kagome. I hate when girls cry," He rasped weakly, a clawed hand trying to minimize the flow of blood coming from the large wound.
"Please don't die, Inuyasha. I'll have nothing to live for…" She whispered, tears clouding her vision. She tried to blink to clear her eyes, but it only resulted in the droplets splattering onto the front of Inuyasha's fire rat kimono.
"Stupid girl, you have your family. Don't worry about me. I just want you to be safe." He tried smiling up at her, but winced in pain.
"I know." She looked at him worriedly. He was sickly pale, and she noticed the blood pooling underneath him. At this rate... she didn't want her mind to dwell on it. Kagome wiped the blood off of his face with her already dirty sleeve.
"Promise me that you'll go back to your time."
She sobbed, "I promise."
"Good. I want you to know that I love you. Now quit your c-cry-ing." He gasped out, the pain almost becoming unbearable. He closed his eyes. "Hey! Don't you dare leave me, you jerk! Don't go!" Kagome grabbed his chin, giving his face a pat.
"Inuyasha? Inuyasha! Come on, wake up." She cried, her tears spilling down her cheaks freely now. "I love you too." She cupped his clammy face into her hands, and lightly brushed her lips against his. "Goodbye." His breathing stopped and his ki vanished, his eyelids relaxing. His body relaxed in her arms. It looked like he was finally at peace.
Kagome began to sob harder as she clutched Inuyasha's body to her own as it began to rain. There was a loud thunder clap in the distance. It illumintated the dead corpses of demons littering the field.
The young miko gently lay her love on the ground and got up, wiping her tears away. Rage burned in her brilliant hazel eyes..
"Naraku! If you truly want the rest of the Jewel's shards, come and face me, you coward!" She howled, hatred clearly detected in her voice. A cruel and haunting laugh echoed the battlefield as he came forward, about thirty feet in front of the raged miko.
"Kukukuku…Ah ah ah, my little shrine maiden, no need to get angry now. Although I suppose it is because I killed two three friends, is it not?" He taunted while meeting his own crimson orbs with warm brown ones.
"Bastard, how dare you talk about my friends that way, they didn't deserve to die! Now I will avenge my friend's deaths. You're going to die because of the horrible things that you have done, Naraku!" She screamed and knew no more. Her warm kind eyes glowed and lost their color. The miko's body began to glow an eerie white, while her wet raven tresses whipped behind her. Her aura flared with enormous power, and it crackled with purifying energy. The rain seemed to come down harder like miniature needles, and a clap of thunder boomed over the battlefield. One would say she looked like an angel, but others knew better. She was deadly.
'How can this be?' Naraku wondered, grimacing as her pure aura laced with energy, grazed against his own.
Then it was like in slow motion. Her body convulsed, and their was a strong pulse in the air. It was similar to the after shock of a nuclear bomb, and then the field drowned in blinding white light. The waves of energy hit Naraku hard.
"You will not kill me this easily, my little miko. Until we meet again…" Naraku sneered, and he disinigrated into nothing but ash.
The time traveler lost conciousness, and crumpled to the muddy earth. The slayer, amazed at what had just happened, numbly went over to the unconcious Shippo and picked him up. Kirara limped over to Kagome, and with the help of Sango, she got the miko slumped over Kirara. With the rain pounding on their backs, they slowly made their way back to the village.
Now you know what happened during the final battle. Inuyasha died protecting me, and so did my adoptive son, Shippo. Miroku died while taking the blow that was meant for Sango. Me, Sango, and Kirara where the only ones to survive the battle. It is still a mystery on how Kirara survived the purifying blast.
Little did I know that our journey had just begun.