The Daedalus Design

by lyrainthedark

Sequel to The Icarus Factor. Three years later, Naraku and Kagome have taken steps toward bliss - but there is a price to be paid for returning to a future where the fires of industry burn, returning with a great and growing power...and the shikon no tama, burning in her blood...and the past, and its sins, still heavy on his soul... NOW COMPLETE.

1. Past

- Drabble Collection: The Daedalus Design -

I.

Past

As the light is made more beautiful by the shadows which bind and shape it, so too are those shadows made lovely by the light. In the world of steel and the smokes of industry which is the twenty first century, there are not many who know this very real truth, but of those who do there are two in particular who have learned it in each other.

One is Kagome, a miko, the guardian of an ancient artifact that has marked her life with trial and treasure beyond the dreams of most.

The other is Naraku, a youkai with the heart of a man, the enemy who has followed her all the years of her life, in one guise or another; a youkai, with the heart of a man, who is now her husband.