Prologue

It started out as a nice June day in Tokyo, Japan. The sun was starting to shine and it was a rather cool day in the middle of summer. At six in the morning many were starting their day and getting ready for work or school. It was calm at that moment in time but soon Tokyo would be full of life.

Roughly about 185 miles away in an archeological dig outside of Kanazawa, archeologists were about to open a room they found on an old castle ruins. The old castle was built before the grand Kanazawa Castle so the many archeologists were very excited about finding more history to add to the Japanese culture. Dr. Toru Hamasaki has been looking for the lost demon castle of the famous Western lord for 20 years. And if his hypothesis was correct then he had found it; 'The House of the Crescent Blue Moon'. He, along with his 20 assistants was going to open a hidden room under the surface of the ruins.

It was almost noon and the band of 21 tried everything to open the door. The Dr. Hamasaki had a thought. 'Maybe the door is sealed by an enchantment of some kind. I think I need to make a call.' Dr. Hamasaki called one of his students at the Kanazawa University. She was a history major and also a powerful priestess. He called her cell phone and hoped that he got in touch with her between classes.

"Hello?"

"Ah Kagome! This is Dr. Hamasaki; how are you doing?"

"Oh Hi! I'm doing well. How is the dig going?" Asking as she shuffled some papers about on her desk.

"We found a hidden room under the ruins. And we've been trying to get the door open since 7 this morning."

"Ah and you want me to go down there and see if I can help open it?..." she asked in an amused voice with a smile on her face.

He laughed nervously. "Uh yeah…. Could you please come and try? I will talk to your professors about your absence."

She smiled; he always had a trick up his sleeve… "On one condition; I get credit for being able to open the door." She told him jokingly.

He laughed. "Okay Kagome; it's yours."

"Okay Dr. Hamasaki. You guys take a break and I'll be there in about half an hour."

"Oh thank you Kagome! You don't know how much this means to me."

"Uh…yes I do professor. You have been looking for this castle for 20 years. I know how important this is to you. I'll be there soon."

"See you soon Kagome." He ended the call, smiling; knowing he was finally getting somewhere.

Half an hour later Kagome was walking with her friend Shippo that was helping Dr. Hamasaki on the dig. He was a kitsune with bright red hair and teal green eyes. News of the hidden door had gotten around and news crews were waiting for the door to be opened. Kagome was a little unnerved about this but she kept on walking. "So you found a hidden room under the ruins?" she asked her friend.

"Yeah we found it about a week ago and the professor is excited. I hope you can get it open. I thought I sensed a barrier but I left it at that. It is really weak."

"Well maybe I can get it open. I just hope that this is 'The House of the Crescent Blue Moon' so the professor can live out the rest of his life without being in covered in dirt." Kagome knew that the professor was about 55, had no wife or children, totally enthralled in his work. She did hope that he could find happiness after the dig was over.

"Yeah I know what you mean. I've been with him the whole time and he really thinks that we found it." Shippo was about 200 years old but he didn't look a day older than 16. They had finally gotten to the crowd and the door.

"Well here goes nothing." Kagome walked up to the door and saw Dr. Hamasaki waiting for her. He greeted her with a hug and ushered her to the door. She looked at the door intuitively. She did find that the door was enchanted with a barrier and also an inscription. It was in an ancient dialect that only demons knew.

"Shippo come here!" He came running to her side. Dr. Hamasaki was on her left and Shippo on her right. "Can you decipher that?"

"Hmmm…. I think I can. I wonder why we didn't notice it before." He said fingering the ancient text chiseled into the stone.

Dr. Hamasaki butted in, "It wasn't there when we found it. It just appeared when Kagome stepped up to the door."

Kagome got wide-eyed at hearing this. What did this mean? 'Maybe the inscription…'

"Shippo?..."

"Yeah let me see…" He paused to read the inscription and started deciphering.

"It is written that when two souls are bound by pure, unadulterated love that the souls would be together for all eternity. The two would find their love and be forever bound. But their trust is betrayed by someone close to them and the two bound by love are ripped apart. Years later they find their love anewed and forgive each other in life's last breathe. The Kamis poured their powers into the two's bodies and they were forever frozen in time with love's last embrace."

They paused after Shippo stopped. "Well that's interesting. I wonder what it means." The doctor wondered.

Shippo suddenly thought of something. "Hey wasn't there a legend of some sort that there was a lord and lady that was graced by the Kami's because of their love?"

"Yes I do believe there was! But I don't think it was linked to the Western lord. I don't think he even had a mate." They all pondered at these revelations.

Kagome thought about the inscription again. Kagome gasped. "It's a tomb!"

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