Once there was a silver-haired demon that searched throughout Tokyo for the perfect mate. It is said that one night, the night of the new moon, he found a beautiful miko fatally wounded in the forest. Mikos and demons were sworn enemies, but instead of killing her, the demon healed her. She fell in love with him soon after, and accepted his marriage proposal.
The demon awaited their marriage eagerly, but on the day before their wedding, another demon deceived the miko into believing that the silver-haired demon had betrayed her. So, in an act of rage, she sealed her lover to the God tree in an eternal slumber.
After the seal had been set, the deception was removed from her eyes and the miko saw the terrible deed she had committed. The demon responsible paid with his life, but it was already done. The demon had lent her his strength. In turn, the energy surrounding the arrow was too strong for her to break. Unable to remove the binding spell, she past on her spiritual powers to her children and children's children so that one day, when the next miko was born, her demon would be set free.
It is said that when the seal on the demon was broken, his search ended and he fell in love with the miko who has released him and took her as his mate.
That is the legend we tell the children that come here, to the Higurashi shrine. It was the legend that made our shrine famous, the Demon who loved a Miko, it all happened here. We say the legend was past down from many generations ago, that it happened in fairytale style, with a fairytale ending.
But the real story behind the legend is by far less than fantastic. In fact, many of the elements in the story are far from the truth. For example, the real demon's' hair was more white than silver, and speaking of demon, he actually was only half, a hanyou.
I know this because my name is Higurashi Kagome. I am the only miko who has been born since Kikyo's death… The real story behind the legend…was his… and mine.
A/N: I'm back! You will be happy to know that my latest semester was very successful. I have completed a full year of college with a 4.0 GPA. YAY! Anyway, I have decided to go through my old stuff and update. If I get through it all before I start college in the fall, I will add some more chapters. Another reason is so that i can reread my stuff. While i was in college, I kind of forgot where I was in the story. My bad! Anyway, this will refresh my memory. Hope to hear from you!
