Ok I wanted to get this new story published and see how you guys like it! This is a Kagome/Inutaisho pairing with a twist! I won't be working on this story a lot until A chance to make things right is finished but I will try to update it every once in a while. I am going to try and use a new POV system for this story so bear with me and enjoy it! I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA!
"Inuyasha... I believe that Inuyasha will come for me..." Kagome whispered to the jewel that was levitating before her with her very own arrow through it. She had to believe in him... She just had to...
"He will not come for you Kagome. He will go after her like he always did." Her eyes widened at that. Was the jewel talking about Kikyo? It had to have been! If the jewel tricked Inuyasha with images of Kikyo then he would never come for her!
Damn where the hell was she? It seemed like he had been wandering around in this darkness forever! He wouldn't give up on Kagome though! "Kagome! Kagome where are you?!"
"She can't hear you Inuyasha... But you don't need her anymore." His ear twitched at the soft female voice that he knew belonged to... He spun around and came face to face with Kikyo herself.
"Ki- Kikyo?! How?! What are you doing here?" His heart was hammering in his chest at the sight of his first love. She looked just as beautiful as she always did. No! He had to get to Kagome before it was too late! "Kikyo I... Kagome's in danger and I have to get to her..."
"I know Inuyasha. But if she dies then I can come back to life and we can be together." He froze with uncertainty. Kikyo could truly come back to life? Why did this of all things have to happen? As much as he loved Kagome, he loved Kikyo just as much! No! He came to help Kagome and that is what he was going to do!
"Kikyo I can't allow that to happen! I have to go and save Kago-!" The raven haired beauty had swept forward and pressed her warm lips against his. The scent of wild flowers filled his sensitive nose and it was all that he could do to grasp her warm body even closer to him. She was alive... She could stay this way if he just let Kagome go...
And with that conscious thought Inuyasha sealed their fates.
The jewel pulsed in front of her and a familiar scene was displayed in front of her. A gasp escaped her lips as she viewed Inuyasha kissing Kikyo and holding her close. "Why? I thought he loved me..." Her heart throbbed painfully and tears cascaded down her cheeks. He would always choose her every time!
"Yes that hanyou will always choose the undead one over you Kagome... He will not come for you..." The jewel's words rang clear in her head and she knew them to be true. Even so...
"I can't blame Inuyasha for loving someone else even if I want to... I can't even bring myself to hate him for it." Her deep cerulean eyes locked onto the jewel and narrowed in determination. "I know that I can't make the right wish to make the jewel disappear... But I do have a wish to make."
The jewel pulsed loudly and a oppressive energy wafted out of it and encompassed her. "Then wish it Kagome... Make the only wish that you have in your heart."
"I wish that Inuyasha's father had never died so that he wouldn't have to grow up alone! And I wish for another chance to do my duty and destroy the jewel!" She hoped that the gods wold hear her pleas and ensure that they did in fact happen this way. And hopefully the Inutaisho would prevent Naraku's existence this time around.
The darkness pulsed and shifted before it cocooned around her and drained the very life from her. A sad smile graced her lips as she took one last breath. "Inuyasha be happy with your parents..."
Year 1500
Inutaisho POV
Touga sighed as he patrolled his lands. It was days like this that he wished that his sons were a little more disciplined. One was a cold arrogant bastard from hell that hated every single human on the earth with a passion to rival that of his mother's. And the other was an undisciplined does whatever he wills whenever he wills it hanyou. Truly he was at his wits end with what to do with these two... It was times like these that he wished that he had a mate to keep him company. But the odds of finding his true life mate was as unlikely as they come... His ears perked up when he heard sounds of a struggled and what sounded like a little girl's whimpers of pain. He immediately zipped down towards the sounds urging his cloud to move as fast as it could carry him.
"Kill the little orphan bitch!" He heard one villager shout while he heard the impact of what surely was a solid kick landing on a small body.
"Yeah this will teach her to disgrace the village with her filth!" Another shouted followed by more grunts and curses.
By this time he was upon them and what he saw made his blood boil. There in the middle of the mess was a small girl with raven hair that was being viciously beaten. He had always loved humans so his reaction did not surprise him. He landed in the middle of the group of men and pulsed his youki out and all of them scrambled back away.
"You dare to touch a small defenseless child? What dishonorable men you all are! If I was not the Inu no Taisho himself I would slaughter you all without a second thought! Now leave my sight before I do just that and damn the consequences!" If he wasn't so angry he would have smirked at the way they paled and scrambled away so fast that they were falling all over themselves. "Beings like that are truly worthless..." He turned and crouched down to get a better look at the small girl that they were beating on.
She was wearing a torn blue kimono that looked like it was seconds away from falling to pieces. Her hair hung down to her knees and was partially tied in a low ponytail. Splotches of blood old and new decorated her skin and clothes from her head to her toes. But what really shocked him was when she looked up at him with the most beautiful cerulean eyes that he had ever seen. In that moment it was like every thing that was holding him to the earth shifted and then it was her holding him to the earth. His heart stuttered with emotions that were foreign to him. Fear, apprehension, true happiness... He never believed his father when he said that the reaction was instantaneous when you saw your true life mate. But now that he was looking at 'her' he knew that it was in fact true.
"What is your name girl?" He held out a hand and wiped some of the blood from her cheek. She did not flinch away from him and this pleased him immensely. She opened her mouth but nothing other than a strangled sound came out. His brows shot up into his bangs when all she could do was make small noises of irritation directed at herself.
He watched her as she huffed and stood to grab a small stick from a nearby tree. She brought it back to him and started drawing in the dirt until she had spelled out Kagome in kanji. A small smile crossed his lips when she proved that she was at least educated in the basics of writing. Most women of this era did not know how to read or write so it pleased him that his chosen could. "How old are you?" At his question she pursed her lips and began scribbling into the dirt again. "You are on your seventh year since the last Fall?" He looked to her for confirmation. At her nod he sighed in irritation. Leave it to the gods to drop his soul mate in his lap when she was only seven years old... As her mate he would be whatever she needed him to be and what she needed right now was a protector so that is what he would be. "How would you like to come with me Kagome? I promise to protect you from anyone who would harm you." He had a hard time keeping a straight face at the adorable way she cocked her head in deliberation before a brilliant smile crossed her lips. He pulled his new 'ward' to him and stood up to make his way back to his shiro. Gods knew that Sesshomaru was going to have a fit about a human girl being in the shiro, and being his father's soul mate. Oh well... It wasn't like it was his choice to make. He formed his cloud and took to the skies smiling at the squeal that passed through his ward's lips.
As soon as he stepped foot into the courtyard he could hear Inuyasha arguing with who he assumed was Sesshomaru. Those two were constantly at each other's throats over everything. It made him want to lash out and beat them both into the dirt. Kagome squirmed against his breastplate and he looked down at her expectantly. "Yes Kagome what is it?" She pointed and he followed the direction that she was pointing and realized that it was the direction that Inuyasha's voice was coming from. His brows furrowed in confusion. Even though he could hear it quite clearly there was no way that Kagome could hear it from here. So how did she know? He looked down into her wide blue eyes and decided to question her about it later. "Do not fret Kagome. My sons are just rambunctious and love to fight with each other. No harm will come to you while you are under my protection I assure you." He stepped into the shiro and headed for the family wing where his quarters and his sons quarters were. Along the way he ran into one of his servants Aemi and he beckoned for her to follow him.
"Master if I may be so bold... Why have you brought a human child into your home? Surely it is not safe for her..." He turned to regard the red haired green eyes kitsune. He could tell that she was in fact worried for the small girl's safety above anyone else's discomforts. That was what he admired about Aemi, the fact that she treated everyone equally.
"She is the one Aemi..." He watched as the kitsune's eyes widened in shock before she beamed at him. They approached the rooms next to his and his servant quickly opened the door and ushered him inside. He settled on the large platform futon and sat Kagome in his lap so that she was comfortable. She flitted over to the wardrobe and pulled out several kimonos that were obviously too big for Kagome's small body. Well no one was ever expecting him to meet his soul mate when she was still just a child. Luckily for him Aemi could shrink the articles down with her fox magic which is just what she did.
"Here let me just get these down to a more manageable size for the little one." A wave of her fingers over the kimonos and they shrunk right in front of their eyes. Kagome clapped happily from his lap obviously enjoying the show in front of her. His little ward seemed to be entranced by his servant and it pleased him that she did not openly fear demons. He looked down at her and grimaced at her state of body. You couldn't even discern her scent over the scent of her blood, and the dirt, and grime.
"Aemi get Kagome bathed and I will come and fetch her for dinner." At her nod he stood and sat the small girl down on the floor. "Aemi is going to get you cleaned up and then I will be back to get you for dinner. Behave yourself for her okay?" She nodded and he stood and moved to the entrance of the room. With one last parting glance he sighed and dissapeared into the hallway.
"Ok so let us pick out a kimono for you Kagome-sama." Aemi laid out several choices on the futon and Kagome instantly picked out a green and white checkered kimono with little cherry blossoms embroidered onto it. It was the most plain one in the entire collection but if she liked it... "Good choice Kagome-sama! Now let us get you bathed and ready for the evening meal. Come with me and I will show you the hot springs that are attached to your room." She left out that they were attached to Touga-sama's rooms as well. She walked over to the wall that separated her room from Touga-sama's rooms and pulled a door open that led to a small enclosed room that led out into a large spring.
Before she could even say anything Kagome was streaking towards the spring completely naked. She watched the small girl dive headfirst into the water and it nearly caused her to have a heart attack.
"Kagome-sama! Be careful!" She flitted to the edge of the spring after the girl had resurfaced. Kagome was looking up at her with a delighted smile on her lips. She sighed and retrieved the bath soaps and set about cleaning the girl's body, and hair of all blood and dirt. It was a slow and tedious process due to all of the caked on blood that literally had to be peeled off inch by inch. Her heart truly cried out for this small human girl that was still smiling even through all of the obvious pain she had been through. Her hands rubbed over numerous bumps and old gashes that were signs of long term abuse that she had obviously endured. It was all Aemi could do to not cry in anguish for her new friend. But that would never happen again now that she was Touga's chosen. No this girl would be protected like no other until she was old enough to mate Touga, and after that it would only get worse.
After she had pulled back Kagome proceeded to wade into the center of the pool and splash about like she was happier than she had ever been. Which in Aemi's mind was more than likely. She doubted that the girl had ever had a good experience in her life before this day. She decided to let her enjoy it for a few more moments before she called out that it was almost time for the evening meal.
"Come Kagome-sama! It is almost time to eat and we should not keep Touga-sama waiting!" She watched the little girl scramble up the rock ledge and onto the ground in front of her. She led her back into her quarters and proceeded to slip the inner kimono onto her small body followed by the green and white outter kimono. Once she had Kagome dressed she took a small ivory comb and set to work on working out the tangles and snarls in her long raven hair. After several moments she had combed all the snarls out she quickly retrieved several ribbons to pull her rather unruly hair back in. "Which one do you like?" She sat multiple different ribbons in various colors in front of her. After a quick perusal of the selection Kagome quickly settled on a red ribbon. Aemi quckly set aside the rest of the ribbons to be taken care of later and set about tying Kagome's hair back into another low ponytail. No sooner had she finished there was a knock on the shoji and it slid open to reveal Touga.
After he looked his new ward over he had nodded his head at her before he gathered Kagome up and led her from the room. She watched them go before she quickly set about tidying the room back up. Poor Kagome was going to be subjected to Sesshomaru-sama, and Inuyasha-sama... "Good luck Kagome-sama..."
He led his ward to the private dining room where only his sons were waiting for them. They hadn't taken the news about a human child coming to live in the shiro well. In fact even Inuyasha protested vehemently and he was not opposed to humans as long as they treated him with respect. And for the first time since Inuyasha was born his two sons had agreed on something! He just hoped they would not push him on this because he would not react lightly if they did. He bent down to Kagome's level and looked her right in the eyes. "My sons are a little rough around the edges but don't be worried. I will allow no harm to come to you." He smiled at her in reassurance which she returned with a small smile of her own. Quickly righting himself he slid the doors to the dining room open and led Kagome to the table and sat her down next to his spot. Of course he noticed the small quirk of Sesshomaru's lips that were hinting at his displeasure, and Inuyasha was outright scowling at the small girl. And Kagome was looking the two of them over with open curiosity and not fear as one would expect when they were practically glaring holes into her small body. He didn't have to wonder who would blow up first because Inuyasha opened his mouth and started spewing all manner of derogatory statements.
"Who the hell is this little wench?! Why is she even here in the first place old man?! Her wench what is your name and what spell did you cast on the old man to make him bring you here?! Hey didn't you hear me?! Answer me you stupid wench!"
Touga let loose a menacing growl that only his sons would hear and Inuyasha slumped down into his seat but was still going on the most repetitive phrases being wench. He was getting quite irate with his youngest's attitude but before he could throttle him Kagome shocked them all by standing up and grabbing a hold of Inuyasha's doggy ears and yanking harshly on them eliciting a yelp from his youngest. Once he was sufficiently quieted down she sat back down and proceeded to ignore him entirely. Touga beamed at his little chosen one for taking matters into her own hands and sticking up for herself. He turned back to his sons and leveled them with his most menacing glare. "This is Kagome and she is my beast's chosen. She will be staying here indefinitely and will be treated with the utmost respect. I will not tolerate you bullying her Inuyasha. And I will not tolerate you attacking or belittling her Sesshomaru. I will not repeat myself again is that understood?"
Of course his eldest had to deflect what he had just said by asking a question of his own. "Why does she not speak for herself? Is she mentally disabled?" Inuyasha snickered at that and Touga silenced him with another harsh glare.
"No she is not mentally disabled my son. She was severely abused and beaten for the majority of her life and her inability to speak is a direct result. But I have no doubt that she will speak to us all one day very soon." He patted her head affectionately but never took his eyes off of his sons. Inuyasha actually looked sympathetic for the young girl's plight but he had actually expected it from his youngest. As much as he tried to act like a tough guy Inuyasha was a big softy where it counted not that he would ever openly admit to it. And Sesshomaru of course looked unconcerned with what he had just said which was just like his heir. He never cared for anyone outside of his parents, and to a much lesser extent his younger brother. What worried Touga the most was the fact that Sesshomaru absolutely despised humanity in its entirety. He would never tell his oldest that he would not hand over his lands until Sesshomaru changed his ways in that respect.
"I will not accept this Father. She is a human in a castle full of demons who are of superior birth and blood. I give her a week before someone eats her." With that his oldest stood and left the room to brood alone.
"Keh that bastard will never get that stick out of his ass!" At the sound of Inuyasha's voice he turned back to his son, and Kagome. "Hey kid sorry about bein such an ass to you earlier. I'm just a gruff kinda guy but I hope you can forgive me for calling you wench and bein such an ass." He shook his head at the way Inuyasha was looking at Kagome like he didn't want her to see how much he really meant what he was saying. Kagome just looked up at his son and beamed at him brightly. Well at least he didn't have to fight with Inuyasha to accept her not that he really thought that he would, his mother was human after all so he took to them faster than most. He was just glad that Kagome had one of his sons that would be looking out for her when he was away and couldn't take her with him.
"You actually got my youngest to apologize Kagome. That is quite a miracle in itself!" He laughed outright at the glare that Inuyasha shot him. He looked at Kagome who was laughing into her hand at Inuyasha's expense. This would be quite an interesting journey to the end and he was looking forward to every second of it.
Hey guys I wanted to get this posted and see what you all think of it. It is a work in progress and I won't be putting a lot of time into it until I finish A chance to make things right. I will try to update every once in a while if you guys want me to continue. R&R and let me know what you all think!
