Author's Note: Hey all! Thank you for taking time to read my first ever attempt to write a crossover fanfiction. *bows* Can't gurantee constant updates but still I'll try my best to write as fast as possible. I'm like totally neglecting my other fanfiction. HEHE.
This story is unbeta'ed since my usual Betareader is unable to help. I've tried my best to reduce the numbers of mistakes in terms of grammar and spelling. So to those who like to help me beta-read, please send me a PM.
~PROLOGUE~
*Feudal Era/Sengoku Era*
The sky was tinted a deep crimson by the setting Sun. The once serene scenery of the Sengoku Era was littered with heaps and piles of demon corpses, the stench of blood and death hung heavily in the air. A small clearing away from the Inuyasha forest, stood a group of allies, facing their spider-like arch-enemy for the final battle. Both sides had suffered great losses and neither would last long in the battle. Bakurya has been killed by both Sango and Miroku. Both the demon exterminator and the priest were holding onto each other to support themselves from falling over of exhaustion. The wolf demon was unconscious due to his multiple injuries after inflicting a fatal wound on Bakurya that allowed the couple to finish him off.
"Naraku! Prepare yourself!" Her unique sapphire eyes blazed as notched her arrow on her new bow Kikyo gave her and took aim on the Shikon no Tama embedded within Naraku.
"This Sesshoumaru will bear witness to your death under my blade." The demon lord announced and brought his newly created sword, Bakusaiga down. A wave of youki was sent to Naraku's body, causing it to eradicate and decompose, leaving his body vulnerable to the subsequent attacks.
A barrier was hastily thrown up. "Kukukuku, do you think that this level of attack can kill me? Do not underestimate my newly acquired powers from the Shikon no Tama." Naraku taunted and started to regenerate his body.
"Die Naraku!" A fatally injured Inuyasha hollered and swung his mighty Tessaiga and launched a barrage of Meidou Zangetsuha towards the corrupted half-demon, collapsing onto the ground as he watched his attack destroy the barrier of the evil half-demon. The demonic flesh of Naraku was sucked away by the Meidou, leaving only his upper torso and the Shikon no Tama.
"Ku, curse you Inuyasha!" The spider half-demon roared as he flew towards said enemy with a poisonous tentacle aimed at the collapsed warrior's heart.
Inuyasha looked at his attacker warily, his strength has completely left him after the last attack and his abdomen was still gaping wide open and he was losing blood. 'Ugh, I'm losing too much blood, vision… getting blurry… Can't move anymore…' The Dog half demon braced himself for the pain that never came, but a hiss of pain was heard instead
To his utter horror, his first and best friend stood over him, with the tentacle pierced through the right side of her ribs. Kagome choked out blood and dropped her bow and quiver of arrows. She grabbed on the tentacle and sent a full blast for her purifying powers through it to Naraku.
"Damn you, you cursed wench!" Naraku yelled in pain as Kagome's purifying powers cleansed the corrupted soul of Onigumo and the Shikon no Tama.
"NARAKU, DISAPPEAR!" Kagome blasted him with the maximum force of her Miko Ki and the half-demon became nothing but ashes on the bloodied ground and the cursed jewel of four souls laid beside the fallen priestess.
Cries of "Kagome, Kagome-sama and Kagome-chan" were heard and Inuyasha reached out towards her and cradled her in his arms. The couple in their group hobbled over to her side where Sango stroked her pale cold cheeks. The delinquent priest looked at his female friend with sober eyes.
"Ka-Kagome… Why did you do something so stupid?" Inuyasha demanded as tears began to well up in his honey golden eyes.
"Inu…yasha… Are you alright?" The raven hair girl managed to speak, after choking on her blood that started to flood her punctured lungs.
Not trusting his voice anymore, Inuyasha merely nodded his head as he hugged his best friend closer to his chest. Her body was getting colder and colder, her once rosy cheeks had begun to lose their colour and a pale sickly white replaced it. Dark rings circled her sky blue eyes and Kagome struggled to breathe.
"Why… Kagome? Why did you do something so reckless and stupid?" he choked out.
"Isn't it the same for you as well? Just for my sake, didn't you also do reckless things?" Kagome murmured.
Sesshoumaru made his way over to her side, his hand hovering over the handle of Tenseiga, having the intention to revive her if she died. However, the Tenseiga pulsed and the successor to the western lands knew that the priestess could not be saved. Her life has been disrupted by the Shikon no Tama and would not be able to be revived using the Tenseiga. The demon lord gazed at the woman that he had taken to be his little sister despite the first encounter with her where he wanted to kill her and many conflicts he had with his annoying half-brother.
"Sesshou-maru sama… Thank you for coming to help us. The Shikon no Tama, I entrust it to you. Please do whatever you see fit to it." The Shikon priestess told the demon lord. She knew that he would want to use the Tenseiga to save her. 'You've changed, Sesshoumaru…' She smiled as the Daiyoukai nodded and said nothing.
"Kagome-chan, stop talking! Save your strength." Said girl turned over and faced her female companion.
"Sango… Thank you… for being the sister I'd never have." Kagome rested her hand on the other women's hand. Gripping her hands tightly, Sango tried to keep her sister's hands warm. "Miroku-sama, please… take care of Sango. If… if anything happens to her, you'll get it from me." Kagome chuckled weakly at her threats to the perverted priest. "I'll entrust Shippo-chan to you as well." She continued.
Said priest bowed, "You have my word Kagome-sama."
"I-Inuyasha, plea-"her sentence was cut short by a violent fit of coughs and blood dripped down the sides of her lips.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha held her as she started coughed out more of her life fluid.
"Haha… I'm not sure… how long more I can last…"Kagome looked up at Inuyasha's face with half-lidded eyes.
"Don't be stupid Kagome! You'll be fine! Didn't you promise me that you'll be by my side no matter what happens?" He demanded. Tears flowed freely down his cheeks, his face was etched with sorrow.
She shook her head and spoke in a hollow whisper, "I'm afraid that I can't keep that promise Inuyasha. However, please promise me… that you'll find happiness. Promise me another thing, you'll get along well with Sesshoumaru alright? No, let me finish… don't blame yourself that I had died. It's never your fault." Kagome glanced at the silver haired brothers and got their agreement.
Inuyasha's heart clenched he watched her azure eyes slowly losing their shine; her heartbeat growing weaker and weaker.
"I'm sorry… I-I love…all of you…" The priestess whispered her final words and her eyes closed shut. The slight movement of her chest stopped. The ever strong heartbeat of the high school girl finally stopped and beat no more.
A cry of anguish, followed by a howl of "Kagome" filled the night sky. The teen clad in red embraced the body of a seventeen year old girl, his best friend, closer to his chest, unable to accept the reality. The demon lord strode towards the Shikon no Tama that lay in its protector's blood and picked it up.
"Inuyasha, let go of her." Sesshoumaru bent down in front of his distorted half-brother and gazed at the serene face of the priestess.
"What the fuck do you want you bastard?" His half demon brother held onto the corpse even tighter and glared defiantly at him.
"Oi priest, get that idiot of a brother away from her. Tend to his injuries." The full fledge demon commanded. "This Sesshouumaru shall honour the priestess's wish and will wish upon on the Jewel."
Inuyasha struggled weakly under the holds of the priest and his fiancé. "Get off me Miroku! We have no idea at all what kind of wish he'll make! He may do something stupid!" the half demon thrashed around in his restrains.
"Relax Inuyasha, there must be a reason why Kagome-sama entrusted the Jewel to Sesshoumaru. I believe she knew that Sesshoumaru will make an appropriate wish that will not corrupt the Jewel. She said before, the Jewel will not corrupt if one makes a unselfish wish, however that is not the only correct wish that will cause the Jewel to disappear forever." Miroku assured the male.
"But, "Inuyasha argued but was cut off by a glare from the priest.
Squatting down beside the dead priestess, he placed the pink pearl onto Kagome's chest with his hand over the Shikon no Tama. 'This Sesshoumaru wish for this priestess to be given a second chance in life and return to her original timeline with her memories and abilities intact. May her find happiness in her second life.'
The Shikon no Tama pulsed and a bright flash of light emitted and blinded the group. A silhouette of a lady down in battle armour appeared next to Kagome's body.
"Who are you? Show your face!" Inuyasha demanded as he hobbled towards the shadow with Miroku's help.
"Calm down my child, I bring you no harm. I am Midoriko, creator of the Shikon no Tama." The legendary priestess smiled at the group. "I'm here to grant you your wish, demon. However, as you know, there will be a price to be paid for every wish. He has wished for Kagome to be given a second chance in life. This means that Kagome will be sent back to her time and her time will be turned back. She'll be reborn again as a new-born child. Her family however will be affected; she'll lose her parents and grandparents at a young age. Do you still want to make this wish?" The creator of the jewel explained to the group.
"Wait! What about her memories and abilities?" Sango asked the priestess hesitantly. "Would she still remember us?" her heart felt lighter after hearing Sesshoumaru's wish. Kagome will be fine after all.
"She will only regain her memories of this life after meeting Sesshoumaru. Her powers and abilities will remain. She is still, after all my descendant." Midoriko chuckled at the faces of disbelief of her descendant's companions.
"Priestess, that's my wish. Will you grant it?" Sesshoumaru faced the priestess with respect. He had heard of stories from a long time ago that the priestess standing in front of him is extremely powerful and well-respected by both humans and demons alike.
"That, I will. However you must know that the Shikon no Tama will merge together with Kagome once again. It will not disappear until the one and only correct wish is made." She added. "Search for her as she will be an important figure in the future." Midoriko then spread out her arms and both she and Kagome glowed and disappeared as the light fade away.
I know this isn't really what you would call a crossover yet since I haven't introduce the KHR characters. But no worries! They are coming up next chapter! I just had to do a prologue before starting the main storyline.
Please do leave a review after reading! Flames are welcome to a certain extent.
Chiibiisuke
