A Dance to Remember.
Chapter one: Another little life to look after
The northern lord was completely unsure of how this woman managed to get into his head but he wasn't about to let her escape.
There he stood his long black hair it swayed with the wind that blew through the window, his broad shoulders were there for her to feel. His well chiseled chest and well-muscled arms shown with sweat was the only thing that gave away the passion she made him feel just hours ago. She layed relaxed on the floor her fiery temper had all but vanished but instead of furry in her eyes there was a lust he could not place. Not the lust that craved sex but a lust to prove her true worth.
Her green eyes danced and shimmered in the light that was put off by the moon. Her snow white hair dappled with black spots and her tail in the same color betrayed her true secret, Snow leopard, her body layed there on the furs where he threw her out of passion. Her body was perfectly sculpted. Lean but muscled pale but not too pale. Her completion just set off her hair. making each black dot on her head stand out.
The scent of fresh rain and lavender hit his nostrils and he flared his youkai. She responded with a flare of her own. Her very youkai wrapped around him making his desire for her that much more. He wanted her, he needed her to feel the fire that she set ablaze in his heart if only his feelings were reciprocated. He knew she wanted someone else, her eyes betrayed her secret many hours ago when she danced. However he had chosen her. She was content with settling for him he was kind enough to her at the party before her dance. The collar around her neck showed her enslavement.
But how did she come to be here? It all started about 7 years ago.
For four years she chased the jewel and Naraku. When the final battle came about they had succeeded, But not without a cost. Every one lost their lives. When they arrived in the land of the dead things got interesting.
"So this is it huh? Peace at last?" Kagome asked taking Inuyasha's hand in hers. She was smiling but that didn't last for long. Inuyasha gave her a sad smile. He squeezed her hand and let go. Out of nowhere Kikyo came from the fog. Kagome looked at her but then smiled. They belonged together. Of course they did. It wasn't her place to say otherwise.
"I'll always love you, but you belong with her." she said then she motioned for him to go to her. He gave a small laugh and gave her a hug. He walked up to Kikyo and they kissed passionately. Shippo jumped up to her shoulder.
"Kagome, are you sure you wanna let him go?" shippo asked her. She reached up and patted his head.
"They are meant to be together shippo who am I to tell him no?" she asked. Her tears welled up and she turned from them. Sango and Miroku were doing the very same thing. Shippo jumped off her shoulder to go to his father and mother. It seemed everyone had someone…except her. Then out of no where a light came from behind her. It was Amaterasu she descended and gracefully stopped in front of the tearful Kagome.
"Child why do you cry?" she asked.
"It's just that… everyone seems so happy." she laughed a little bit a few of the tears spilling from her eyes.
"Then why aren't you?" she asked.
"Because I'm all alone up here. Inuyasha has Kikyo Sango has Miroku shippo has his real mother and father, and I…I have no one." She crossed her arms. It wasn't fair in the least. Sure she was happy for her friends and every one would still be her friend but who would be hers and only hers?
"What if I gave you another chance to find that one you want to be with forever?" the goddess asked. Kagome looked at her awe struck.
"What are you saying?" Kagome asked her. She looked skeptical at first.
"I'm asking if you wish to go back to the feudal era to find your love?" she asked.
"I would take it." Kagome smiled. The goddess circled her. Looking her over.
"We would have to make some changes. I assume you would want to see your family again. You would you want all your old stuff again…" the goddess began mumbling to herself. She started to walk away and motioned to Kagome to follow.
"What changes?" she said catching up to her.
"We would have to change your appearance and enhance your scent I'll have to enhance your battle skills. Things like that." She clapped her hands and then suddenly they were in a big palace. The goddess turned to Kagome and gave her a once over again .Then she smiled brightly and snapped her fingers. All at once she felt power surge through her. Her fingers lengthened into claws and her hair swirled around her she could feel fangs grow in place of her teeth when she looked closer to her hair it was turning white. When all was said and done she circled her again. The goddess looked at her hair and snapped her fingers again .Her hair lengthened and she sprouted a tail her hair also sported spots that looked like a leopard. The goddess nodded in approval she then turned to her face.
"Give me a smile dear." Kagome smiled at her the goddess blew in her face and it made her eyes flutter. Kagome pulled from her and rubbed her eyes. The goddess handed her a mirror. Her eyes went from the mortal brown to a vibrant green and she had white freckles across her cheeks it was so light it looked like snow dusting. Kagome smiled she loved her new look. The goddess backed up for a moment to asses her work. Then she noticed the amount of power she had given the girl was too little. She rolled up her sleeves.
"Dear, brace yourself." She said. Immediately, Kagome put the mirror down and took a stance that said she was ready for a huge gust of wind. She felt power grow within her tenfold then more and more. The goddess looked like she was slightly straining. When she stopped Kagome almost fell forward, almost. She caught herself. She could feel the power within her. It was amazing. It pulsed even her priestess powers weren't this huge. The goddess came forward and put both her pointer fingers on each side of her temples. Immediately Kagome could feel her head fill with information. Battle strategy's and weapon usage the deadly arts of assassination was throw in there for good luck and her animal instincts. She would need those. Kagome unfortunately did not have the ability to catch herself this time. She fell onto her side. Her head was spinning. It took a few minutes before she was able to gain her composure again. When she stood she stood on shaky legs.
The goddess smiled at her new creation. She was a look of loveliness. She looked over her beautiful girl and decided her wardrobe no longer suited her tastes. She took Kagome by the hand and spun her very fast. When Kagome was done spinning she had just her panties and bra on. The goddess decided that was what her clothes should be based on. She snapped her fingers and they grew fur that matched her hair. It held only one strap over the bosom area and she grew leggings. That matched the rest of her outfit. Then they suddenly were in the forest.
"Give your new body a test run. Let's see your strength." The goddess waved her hand and a tree flew at Kagome she flinched and caught it with ease. So much ease she tossed it back and forth in her hands. The goddess smiled.
"Now for your speed." The goddess again waved her hand and a lower dear demon appeared. Instantly Kagomes instincts took over and gave chase. It was fast and agile, but she was slightly more so. The goddess watched with joy as she saw her beautiful creation run through the forest after her next supper. She chirped with glee when Kagome actually caught the demon and devoured it. After Kagome was done eating she turned to the sound of a branch snapping.
"For now, we will concentrate on your true form. The first transformation will be painful but after that it doesn't hurt at all. Find your inner beast and set her free." Kagome nodded and closed her eyes. She searched in the darkness she could here thrashing and a gut rumbling roar. As she went deeper she found the creature in question. It was so big she was sure her school could be dwarfed by it. It looked at her with blue eyes. It was wrapped in chains. Kagome touch its chains and they dispersed. It gave a triumphant roar and it was loose. She felt her body enlarge and lengthen. She gave a blood curdling scream. As she found her center she felt the pain simply melt. The goddess look tiny compared to what she was. In order for her to see the goddess she had to cross her eyes she was so tiny.
"Good, good. Now turn back." Kagome slowly shifted back to her human form.
"Wow, what a rush." Kagome said shaking her head. The goddess smiled.
"I have one last gift for you my dear I want my beautiful creation safe from the holy powers of this world. So I will bless you with a protection ward you will be immune to holly powers. Yes you can still be poisoned so be cautious who you trust. You have the power of projection poison and healing. Anything in your mind you can think of will appear in front of you and to those around you." The goddess kissed her fore head. A yin and yang appeared on her forehead but the signs were not together like traditional signs. They were both separate. When Kagome opened her eyes she was alone in the forest her back pack on the ground next to her. She swung it up onto her back. Then an obvious question lingered in her head. Why? Why would the goddess give her of all the people who lost their lives a second chance?
'Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.' her mind told her. And with that thought she sped off into the forest. She loved her new speed, she raced the wind and in her mind she was winning. Then something caught her ear. She could hear cries for help. It sounded like a small child. She crouched down and tracked down the source of the crying.
When she came upon the camp she had to cover her nose in disgust. Hundreds of human and demon bodies layed everywhere, at the center of this camp was a boar demon. His tusks were huge and spiraled. He had hair missing all over his body and sported many scars. He was currently dining on a human body and then she turned her attention to the soft mewls for help. In a cage nearby there was a young demon child. It was slightly larger than what shippo was. Poor thing was crying. Kagome decided to help the poor dear.
At first she decided to attack then she decided against it. She reached inward for her projection powers. She decided on a human male projection and his voice she could clearly hear in her head. She pushed the image forward in her head. Then he appeared in the clearing the boar instantly gave chase and the projection screamed and ran. Kagome took this opportunity to take the cage. The child cowered in the farthest corner that it could away from her. Kagome put as much distance as she could between the camp and herself. When she stopped by a stream she took a moment to look around and listen to her surroundings. When she deemed it safe she placed the cage on the soft dirt next to the stream.
"Whats you name?" Kagome asked.
"My momma always told me not to talk to strangers." It answered. It had soft brown hair and there were subtle spots here and there.
"That's very good advice. Alright do you know where your parents are? I can bring you back to them." Kagome offered with a gentle smile. The child's features hung low a tear escaped her eye.
"I don't member where they are. That ugly demon could have eaten them." It said.
"Does your head hurt?" Kagome asked the only explanation she could think of is that after being caught it hit it's head hard enough to cause amnesia.
"Yes it does." The child said grabbing its head and crying even harder.
"Ok well I'm going to let you out of this cage, can I see your head? I need to make sure you're ok." Kagome asked.
"Ok." it said. Kagome flex her claws and ripped open the cage. She then lifted the child out of the cage and sat down in the grass.
"Show me where it hurts." She said. The child pointed to the back left of her head. Kagome pushed it's hair to the side and found a sizeable gash that stared to heal.
"Oh dear you have a rather large cut back here. I need to clean it may I?" Kagome asked. The child nodded.
"Ok this may sting slightly. Just talk to me it will keep you mind off most of the pain. Ok?" she said. Kagome began to wash her head.
"What kind of demon are you?" the child asked.
"I'm a snow leopard. What about you, what kind are you?" Kagome asked as she gently massaged the dirt and grime from the child's hair.
"I'm a lynx demon." It said with enthusiasm.
"Well whats you names so I know what to call you." Kagome asked.
"My name is Ali." She said again with enthusiasm, "Whats yours?"
"Mine is Kagome." as she got the last of the dirt out of her hair she then paid special attention to the wound. It looked scabbed over but infected.
"Ali this next part will hurt a lot I need you to bite down on something so you don't scream to loud. Your wound is infected and has a puss pocket on it I need to drain it. Then I will heal It." Kagome took out a larger towel and handed it to Ali. Instantly the child bit down as hard as she could. Kagome counted to three and made the incision with her clean claw. As she cut Ali screamed and bit down on the towel. The puss drained from her head.
"Ok you did a good job I'm going to heal you now just hold still." Kagome felt the power like a warm glow and traced the cut with her fingers. As she did the tissue began to stitch together and when she was done a small scar was all the was left of the nasty wound. Ali dropped the towel from her mouth she breathed heavy as the pain washed from her head. She sat up when Kagome was done and felt her head.
"I feel much better now thank you Kagome." Ali said and gave Kagome a hug. Kagome hugged her back. "Where are you going to go now?" Ali asked. Kagome stroked her wet hair. She thought about it.
"I'm just going to travel for a while." She said Ali looked up at her Kagome walked them both out of the water.
"Can I come with you? I don't know if my parents are alive or not so I can't exactly say I could go back to them."
"Sure you can." Kagome smiled. "Can you transform?" Kagome asked.
"Yea I can." Ali shifted into a cub about as tall as Kagome was. Ali was cute her fur pointed hears complemented her very well. Kagome circled her and noted her size. If she was only this big as a cub she wondered silently how large her parents were.
"Ok I'm going to transform don't be scared." Kagome shifted. Ali looked a lot smaller about what a cub should look like Ali at first trembled a little but then she remembered what Kagome said about being afraid and just sat there for a moment. She was so big she looked bigger than both her parents were put together. Kagome used her tail to lift Ali up onto her back and the cub latched on with her claws. Kagome took off with a slow trot. Her steps were light was she leapt and bound.
As the months passed her and Ali got along famously they never did find her parents though. There were times when kagome would project a little music to keep the child light hearted. Many of the time she would sing the songs herself and leave the artist voice to her head only. There was one time she got really depressed and she projected the best song she could think of for her depression.
'Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield'. It seemed to cheer her up enough.
Walking in the dark with Ali on her back kagome decided she had had enough of the northern territory. At the moment they were in they were headed to the south. When she stopped for a moment to look over a cliff the cub was sound sleep on her back. She looked to the west. She knew who lived there she was determined to avoid him. She wasn't sure how she would hold her own against him. Strangely enough his youkai was extremely close, a little too close for her tastes. She knew though as long as she didn't provoke him he should leave her alone.
However when his youkai flared a challenge she was proven wrong he leapt out of the trees at her swinging tokijin. He went for her throat and she ducked. She roared and flared her own youkai in response to him outrages attack. The loud roar was enough to wake Ali and force her to cower in kagomes fur.
"There is no reason for that western lord." she growled out through fanged teeth. "I won't attack you or your camp."
"Why should I believe you, a lowly cat demon?" He said with venom in his voice. She thought of it for a moment. And took off for his camp try as he might he couldn't get a head of her. When she arrived at the camp he burst through the trees ready to strike, but froze she was lowering a cub to the ground next to Rin. In the blink of an eye it transformed into a small demon child.
"But kagome he's gonna kill you." Ali protested. Kagome nuzzled Ali and gave Rin a lick. She then turned to the western lord.
"As you can see western lord I too carry precious cargo. I would not want to endanger her life, if you want to attack me I'll have to ask that the children stay here while I fight you." she then leapt through the forest back to the cliff she was originally. She sat there and waited for him to follow after a few moments he came back into the clearing.
"Cat," he spat, "it's obvious that you know who I am but I know you not. Whats your name." he said stiffly.
Kagome glared at him at first and said nothing she simply swished her tail back and forth. Then she transformed. Her back was to him. Then she turned to face him. Instantly she was chest to chest with him. She glared at him defiantly.
"You already know my name you just do not know this form of me." She said. He made a move to grab her throat and slammed her to a tree. She arched her back as pleasure writhed through her for some reason his acting masculine moves were turning her on. She struggled this was no time to think naughty thoughts of him.
As she struggled her felt his grip loosening on her neck so instead he pinned her shoulder and he used his body to pin her own she let out a moan. For some reason or another, his hardened length was growing. It threatened to tear a hole in both their clothes.
"I will only ask one more time. What is your name?" he said doing his best to keep from sounding husky. Kagome starred at him for a moment then her eyes widened.
"You like defiance…" she whispered. Instantly she freed herself and transformed and took a stance. She had to get him to get out of that state of mind. When he got back up he too had transformed. He starred at her the lust was very evident in his eyes. She was scarred of him for a moment. Then she remembered the swirling power of her youkai as she flattened her ears against her head. She gave a hiss. She flared it in warning but the last person she expected answered it was Ali her frightened aura searched out kagomes. Kagome turned her head to look in her directing ears forward she listened. She could hear crashing and ransacking.
This woman had no idea what she was doing to the demon lord. He wanted her name so he could remember it. He wanted her body. The harder she fought the more his desire grew for her. He watched her hiss at him and, flare her aura. Then something caught her attention she looked away from him and listened. This was the perfect opportunity. He crouched low and tackled her. Midair she transformed. Blue eyes blazing her beast was still in control.
She hissed again and took off through the trees. If it was a chase she wanted he would give it then he would have her. As he broke through the tree line he froze again then gave a loud growl. There were demon parts everywhere. It looked like a massacre. At the center was kagome and she was covered in blood. Jaken lay unconscious in a tree and the children were nowhere to be found.
"What happened?" he growled.
"They took the children." She said. Her eyes seeping blue, she strained her breath and she struggled to keep her beast from tearing the whole camp apart. Sesshomaru growled at her.
"if you had just given your name earlier then-"Sesshomaru started. Kagome was before him instantly.
"I dare you to finish that sentence. If I had given you my name earlier we would have doing things that would have distracted both of us." Kagomes eyes were an icy blue.
"Please, as If I would lower myself to sleep with such a lowly cat demon as yourself." He spat.
"Tell me then my lord was that your dick that was hardening back there, or do you always carry a rock in your pants." Something caught her ear.
Thump- thump, a heartbeat.
She ignored the over confidant lord. She turned her attention to the bodies that layed everywhere. Then she found it. She kneeled next to it .He was a male. She stood and pushed her healing into him. He gasped with breath and she pressed her foot against his chest pinning him to the spot.
"You have two options right now. You can tell me where they took my cubs or," she paused and dropped poison onto his foot. It began to corrode his skin away and strait through his foot. He screamed in pain, "You can choose to be stubborn and I will slowly remover every possible limb you have and when you're on the verge of death I will heal you and do it again until my blood lust is satisfied. Now where did they go?" she said fiercely.
"The shadow forest they went to the black market in the shadow forest." He said quickly.
"Alright then." She said getting up and walking away.
Sesshomaru followed her direction. This woman had no idea where she was going. The black forest was the other direction. He grabbed her arm and swung her around.
"Name now." he demanded.
"You still haven't figured it out?" she asked him. From the look on his face he had absolutely no clue and he was getting flustered by it.
"Kagome, I used to travel with Inuyasha." Both eye brows scowled instantly.
"Impossible that wench was human." Sesshomaru said.
"Uh huh and I died human too. I was sent back buy the goddess herself as a demon." Kagome wrenched herself from Sesshomaru's hold.
"The black forest is in the other direction." Kagome sighed and ran off in the other direction. Sesshomaru decided to go another way.
It took kagome the better part of three days to figure out where this black market was. When she arrived Sesshomaru was already trying to negotiate with the head of the market. They had Rin being held by two men with a sword at her throat.
"Kill me and she dies." The leader said.
"If her blood is spilt I will completely desecrate the area."
"Well it won't matter to me I'll be dead remember. However you are already risking war. The northern lord has funded this market completely." The leader said with a smirk.
While Sesshomaru was arguing with the leader kagome who was in the top of the trees snuck over to the two body guards. At first she was trying to think of a way to simply take them out but then there were the rest of the camp that would come after her and she didn't even see Ali. So she came up with another plan. She dropped behind Sesshomaru who heard the noise drew tokijin and swung and she ducked.
"Perhaps you would be interested in a trade." She said. The man eyed her for a moment. He came up to her and grabbed her by her lower back she bent backwards in disgust and exposed her neck. The man inhaled her scent deeply. She was untouched. He straightened up and let her go.
"What are you exactly?"
"Snow leopard, two times more valuable than two children don't you think?" she said innocently.
"Ah the human is his and the little cat is yours?" he said questioningly.
"Mine? In a way, I have been looking after her for the past few months. I was on rout to finding her parents when I ran into the mighty lord of the west before you and while we were quarreling your thugs jumped two innocent children."
"Very well his mightiness can have the two brats but you stay in their place." He said.
"Deal," She said. The man gave a signal and Rin was released he nodded to one of the body guards went to fetch Ali. Ali came running to kagome and ran into her tummy and latched on. Her face was tear stained.
"Ali you're gonna go with Sesshomaru for a little bit ok? Behave for him ok?"
"What about you kagome?"
"I'm going to be ok. Go and be nice to Rin." She pushed her to Sesshomaru as he walked away. A thug demon came up behind her and grabbed her wrists. She didn't struggle. He turned her twards the market runner. He took her head in his chin and made her look up at him.
"I'm going to enjoy your stay with us." He said evilly.
For the next three years that's where she stayed.