Sonokanashimi Kurushimi Wo
"Then I'm Content Just Being a Demon"
Written by: Me~ Akuma-Chibi~ JadeFoxxx~ Devil-Babe-911~ Tono~ Tamaki~ Uh...and if you can think of any other names for me, their fine too...^_^;
Summary: Sent spiraling into a time not her own, Kagome happens to be in the wrong place at the right time, to get pulled into another adventure. Both she and the young Chizuru are taken to the Shinsengumi Headquarters after a short battle in a dark alley. What futures, what destinies...await these two girls', when thrown into a world of blood, battle and betrayal? Well...it can't be that bad, at least the men are cute~!
Anime: InuYasha/Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan
Pairings: Kagome/Hijikata – Chizuru/Souji
Genre: Romance/Angst/Historical Drama
Rated: M for Mature content
WARNING(s): Character Death(s)
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Chapter One
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Year 1503
Four Month's after the Defeat of Naraku
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'This is what I get...' She gave a small inaudible sigh, "Inuyasha..." Kagome called softly to her demon friend who was carrying her tired and bloodied form back to camp.
"Sorry...about this..." It took little less than the loss of blood to cause her to finally black out. How could she have been so stupid? Not healing herself, instead, fighting a creature of myth without any thoughts of commonsense...she was lucky to be alive! Alright, it wasn't that bad...it really wasn't bad at all...she just forgot to apply her Miko Healing abilities to every wound she got...to...all the wounds she got.
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Dreamscape Flashback
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Kagome could see it happening, as if watching from another's point of view, the memories of mere moments ago.
She'd been so reckless; even in her time, the bird spirits known as Tengus were among the best known of the Supernatural beings that haunted the traditional Japanese imagination. Not that she'd thought them real during any of her adolescent years, but she knew that they were Guardians of Mountains and wild places and their personalities were that of mischief-makers whose quick tempers could sometimes prove lethal.
She never should have let her temper grab a hold of her and drag her down.
She wandered into a shallow cave; anywhere that Inuyasha wasn't was good enough for her at the moment. That was all she cared about, was that he wasn't there. Obviously not all of her commonsense had evaded her...that is...she didn't try to walk back to the Bone Eaters Well...and for a multitude of reasons. For one, even though she ran much faster than normal humans, it was still a good six hours, not counting demon intervention. If she walked to the well, she'd forgive Inuyasha for his thoughtlessness well before she reached the well. What reason would there be for her anger if she forgave him so easily? Secondly...why walk to the Bone Eaters well when an eerie, dark, humid, quiet and shrub covered cave was so close to her! It seemed illogical forcing herself on a long journey when the short journey had similar merits as the long. It just seemed natural that a creepy cave would be the next best thing to hide in.
~KYAK~
The sound seemed to echo off the walls, "Huh?"
~KYAK~
"...Hello?" Kagome stepped back, "Is...someone there?" Her voice caught in her throat at the feel of something hard on her neck. Suddenly something clamped down hard on the spot between her shoulder and neck causing her to let out a sharp cry and turn around. She came face to face with the strangest creature she'd seen yet. It didn't feel like a demon, and by now, she was really good at sensing them. After defeating Naraku, Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku and her had set out to check over all villages in the Western Lands, getting rid of any demons who didn't understand the changing of times and were still trying to kill off all humans instead of trying to live together peacefully with them. Shippou stayed with Sesshoumaru who had made the request to train him like he had with her.
The creature was like a humanoid bird a few inches shorter than herself and hunched over a bit. Its feathered body was vibrant shades of red and its beak was a dull orange, crimson tipping it due to her blood. She went to place her hand on the wound when it shot forward at the movement and clamped its beak painfully on her hand.
"AH! Get off! That hurt's!"
~SLAP~
~KYAK~~KYAK~~KYAK~
Kagome glared coldly at the bird creature as it went into hysterics from being slapped. 'At least he let go...' She looked at her aching, blood covered hand and her glare hardened on the creature.
~KYAK~~KYAK~~KYAK~
"I'M SORRY! BUT IT'S NOT NICE TO BITE!"She ran around him and made her way for the cave entrance when she was slapped painfully hard on the back of the head and fell forward into the dirt, her cheek hit painfully against a rock sticking halfway into the dirt, causing blood to drip onto the dusty cave ground of the creature's home. She stood and turned to see the creature acting it off like he hadn't done anything wrong, a proud and smug look on the bird creatures' face.
"Kagome?"
"What is it Inuyasha! Can't you see I'm dealing with a snarky pigeon!" She never once took her eyes from the creature. "Hitting isn't nice either!"
~KYAK~
Seeming to understand his annoyance with her sentiment, she frowned, "I hit you to make you let go of my hand...It was justified!"
Inuyasha raised a brow as he watched the two battle, blood splattering against the cave walls as the creature continued its relentless biting and pecking. Honestly, fighting over such silly issues. Finally, after what seemed like forever to Inuyasha, Kagome knocked the creature out with a pressure point taught to her by Sesshoumaru not that long ago.
"..." Kagome watched its eyes get droopy as it looked at her in sleepy frustration. "I win," She said before it lost consciousness.
"That was stupid, Kagome,"
"Hm?"
"It ain't smart to tangle with a Tengu..." He told her, catching her as she lost her balance due to loss of blood. "Even I'm not dumb enough to mess with them."
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End Dreamscape Flashback
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Kagome woke up back at camp, looking around; Kagome took note of Inuyasha's growling.
"Can't you just kill it?"
"Have you ever killed a living spirit, Sango?" Inuyasha looked at the Tengu that waited patiently for Kagome to wake up.
"...no...I can't say that I have."
"Well it ain't a walk in the park!" Inuyasha used a familiar line that he'd picked up in Kagome's time, scoffing at the confused look that Sango and Miroku gave him. "It ain't easy, besides...their annoying enough alive, their downright intolerable dead!" He growled, "We'd never get rid of the damn thing!"
Kagome chose that moment to 'wake up' watching as Sango and Miroku moved to push her back down for more rest, she easily avoided the four hands and stood up. "Let's make our way back to Kaede's."
"Wha─what the hell are you talking about Kagome! That's more than a days walk!"
"Who said we're walking?"
"..." Inuyasha sighed, really, lately there was no reason fighting her when she made up her mind. Even if he thought it was something that would waste his time, it was easier to just say 'fine' and go along with it. "Fine,"
"Will you be returning home, Lady Kagome?"
She nodded to Miroku who was pulling Sango up onto Kilala. Kagome made her way to the tree where her stuff lay neatly piled. She strapped the brother blades given to her by Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha to her back, and then, in a fluid motion, she pulled her quiver of arrows over her shoulders and grabbed her bow before climbing onto Inuyasha's back.
She was quick, much quicker than any average human, but she wanted to get to Kaede's faster than even an above average human. She wanted demon fast.
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They arrived back at Kaede's as night began to fall and Kagome immediately took off.
"Oi!"
"Come get me when he no longer waits for me!" She called to Inuyasha who stared dumbly after her.
"What?"
Sango and Miroku sighed, "She's going home, the Tengu is following her. When she disappears and he can't get to her or find her, chances are, he'll give up and return home." Sango said.
Inuyasha gave her a look of incontinence, "You don't really believe it'll be that easy, do you?"
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Kagome kept a good twenty paces ahead of her bird friend, being sure to look back occasionally to make sure it was still there. "Hey, Tengu-Sama!" She called as the well came into view.
~KYAK~
"You won't be able to follow me forever, you know..." She turned and sat on the lip of the well, "When I fall into this well, I'm going to disappear, okay?" She smiled.
~KYAK~~KYAK~~KYAK~
"Hush! I'm sure in time, we'll meet again. Return to your mountain, and I'll come back to see you again, one day, Tengu-Sama." With that, she pushed herself backwards and let gravity take its toll on her body as the familiar blue began lifting her body and soul. She saw the Tengu rush over, almost as if in slow motion, and take hold of the rim of the well to peer down, and just as she saw his hands touch the lip of the Bone Eaters Well, the familiar blue turned into a similar shade of red as the Tengu himself. 'This...can't be good...'
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Year 1862
December of the Third Year of the Bunkyu Era
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"Where the hell did he go!"
"We'll catch the little demon!"
"Let's check that way!"
Soft padded footsteps could be heard running through the stone streets of Kyoto. Night had long since fallen.
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Kagome climbed out of the well and took a quick look around. She was on a shrine, not hers, but a shrine none the less. It was obviously not her time that she'd been pulled into, and she was sure the well wouldn't take her there if she were to jump in now. It seemed to react badly when the Tengu touched it and she'd rather not get lost in time. 'I can't see much...' She quietly walked past the house near the well and made her way to the stone roads before walking carefully through the roads.
"There he is! That way!"
"Get him!"
"...hm?" Kagome looked around and saw someone a few streets down being chased around a corner. '...I don't want to get involved...but...I can't just stand here and watch this happen!' She took off in a quick run and made her way down the streets towards the boy and his two pursuers. Another two began pursuing the pursuers and in that moment, Kagome felt the demonic aura that surrounded them, though, not like a demon, something else. It was like...human's...with a demon's feral beast inside...awake."...what the hell..."
"You should stay out of it!"
She looked to her left to see, a rather cute boy, with light auburn hair in a half up bun and the rest let loose to move in the light breeze that there was, with green eyes staring straight ahead at the two demonic sources. "Now...why would I do something stupid like that! It's obvious that those two are no longer...completely human..."
"What do you mean?"
She turned and saw another boy, with violet indigo hair that was well to the middle of his back, in a ponytail that lay indolently on his right shoulder, with a royal shade of purple for eyes that too stared ahead. "I mean..." She mentally cursed, "I can't tell you how I know, it's more of a feeling than anything based off of facts!"
"..."
She caught up in time to see one man go down to the monstrous beings and brought her twin blades down in an X across one, watching it laugh at the sight of blood, she cringed at what she was doing and with a quick move, thrusted the blade inside the chest cavity of the first assailant with white hair, watching him fall gracelessly to the ground.
"I've got this one!" The auburn haired boy called out to her, despite having just a few seconds ago told her not to get involved.
Kagome ran around the corner where the terrified boy was, only to be cut off by a sword and a man. No...not boy...a man. She blushed and stepped back as he pointed his blade at the boy.
"Do not run..."
'Who would...want to...?' Kagome stared in curious wonder at the man.
"If you show me your back...I will kill you."
'Hehe...I'd like to see more than just his back...ah! Oh Kami! What am I thinking?' She looked away from the man, ignoring the curious look that the purple haired boy was giving her due no doubt to her flushed cheeks, "...hmm? Ah!" She ran forward and knocked the man's sword out of her way, taking him by surprise as she caught the boy, though... '...not...a...oh my...' She sighed, but smiled as she laid the boy against her. "You can't speak that way, to a child who just witnessed their shock only seconds before."
"...their shock?"
"Yes; murder can come as a shock to those who don't witness it or participate in it as often as you or I do."
"Murder?" The man looked absolutely livid, "What we did was a mercy killing."
"No matter what pretty words you choose to use, it is still taking the life of another. Just as killing yourself is suicide, though, personally, I prefer the term 'running away'...but that's me."
"Who are you?"
"..." Kagome smiled and turned her head, "Higurashi Kagome, it's a pleasure to meet you."
"...Is that so," He looked to his left and nodded to the purple haired boy, and...after that...everything kind of blurred together.
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Me: ALRIGHT! I'M LIVING IN MY OBVIOUS OBSESSION OF THE SHINSENGUMI RIGHT NOW! With Kaze Hikaru, Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan and so on! Please Read and Review!