Chapter 1
A/N: I do not own Inuyasha.
She woke up with a start and looked around the clearing to find that Inuyasha was nowhere in sight. 'What else is new,' she thought and rolled her eyes. She looked at the others in the clearing and with a deep regret decided that she would take Shippo and leave the group since all she was apparently good for was shard detecting. She got her things together and woke up the sleeping kitsune and shushed him before he woke up all the others. After he was awake she packed up the last of her belongings and the two set off. Once they were a good distance away Shippo finally asked what was going on. "Well Shippo I finally got sick and tired of being used as a tool rather than to be seen as a person and I wasn't about to leave you behind since I see you as a son," Kagome explained. The kitsune nodded in understanding and exclaimed how happy it made him that she thought of him as a son considering he sees her as a mother.
The two kept walking as darkness faded into a glorious sunrise. Kagome decided they would take a break in the clearing that they just came to so that they could have breakfast and so she could tell Shippo about her true heritage that her mother told her about a month ago. "Shippo we will stop here and have breakfast then I have to tell you something that I haven't had the chance to tell you yet," she said. He nodded and went to help her gather wood for a fire.
A few minutes later the food was cooking and Kagome sighed before she started telling Shippo her little secret. "Well Shippo I never got a chance to say anything to anyone before now and since you're the only one I can trust right now I'm going to tell you what my mom told me about my heritage, I just hope you don't see me any different than what you do now because I truly love you as if you are my own son." "Don't worry mom I'll never see you differently no matter what you have to tell me," he said. Kagome nodded and told him what her mom told her. "My mother told me last time I went home a month ago that I'm a miko red inuyoukai and I'm the princess of the eastern lands. My father is indeed alive and well and my real mother is as well, she is also a miko but a pink inu, my father is a red inu. The seal will be wearing off by the time we finish breakfast." "Wow mom that is amazing, aren't red inu's extremely rare?" "Yes Shippo we are the last two of our kind," Kagome confirmed. He looked at her in awe and smiled. She smiled in return knowing that he was happy that she would live as long as he.
They finished eating breakfast and as expected Kagome's seal broke. Her hair grew and turned red with pink streaks, her eyes turned pink with red specks, her nails grew sharper and her ears became pointed. "Wow mom you look beautiful," Shippo said awestruck. She looked at her reflection in a mirror that she had in her bag and smiled. "I'll change to my true form so we can get to the eastern palace faster, my father is expecting us." Kagome said. The kitsune nodded his agreement and waited for her to transform. He was impressed to see her fur was red with pink highlights like her hair and her eyes were a darker pink in her true form. She knelt down and let the kit climb up to her back and told him to hold on before she took off in a full speed run. She inwardly smiled when she heard her kit's squeals of delight.
They got to the eastern palace by dinner time. Kagome transformed back to her humanoid form and caught Shippo in her arms as she walked through the gates where guards bowed and welcomed her home. She nodded her acknowledgement to them and walked through the front door where she was greeted by her mother and father. She let Shippo climb to her shoulder before she hugged each of them tightly. "Mother, father I have missed you both so much," Kagome said with tears in her eyes. "And we have missed you our daughter," her mother said. "Mom, dad, I would like to introduce you both to my adopted kit Shippo, Shippo this is Akito, Lord of the East and his lady Emiko." Shippo greeted both of them as they were led to the dining room for dinner.
The room was huge and very gorgeously decorated, there were black and red tapestries hanging on the walls and five chandelier lights all evenly spaced going from one side of the room to the other, the table could seat at least thirty people comfortably. Shippo's jaw dropped at the sight causing everyone to laugh. They all sat down and conversed while they waited for the servants to come out with the food. "So Kagome how much training have you had in your powers?" her father asked. "I've had some training with my miko powers I know how to make a bow and arrow out of pure miko energy in case mine get broken or if I run out of arrows. I also know how to put up a barrier around myself and shippo but only when I'm holding him. I don't know anything about my demon skills and a bow and arrow is the only form of weapon I know how to use right now," she replied. "Tomorrow morning I will pull a fang from your mouth and go see Totosai to have a sword made for you, after I return I will begin training you in hand to hand combat and will teach you all I know in swordsmanship, during the sword training you will learn all the special attacks your sword may have which I will tell you the number once I know and in between our training starting today your mother will train you in your miko abilities," Akito explained. Kagome nodded and mentioned how much she was looking forward to it then retired for the evening.
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