Oh, Wow. Hi, again! If you haven't read my other story, "In Your Dreams" you probably won't understand it. Well, as I did promice all of you in the other story, welcome to "Of the Storms and Trees." This story may have a higher rating than the other because I'm going to have a lot of more graphic scenes.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, but I do own this story, but give me until I get a high on sandwiches and I might own Inuyasha.... might. n.n
To the story, because that is what we are doing, going to the story. We are going to the story because the story we must go to, now. Right now, good.
Skeletons were spread in a circle around a tree. Some of them were old, some of them were new. Some from demons, some from humans. All of them were there because of their foolishness, to steal the great sword. Vines grew all around the old, rotting skeletons and were beginning to consume the new, still bloody bones. Only insects and pests such as rats and vermin dared to treck through the dead with no worries. The vines were clinging something to the tree. Something that had betrayed his love years ago. Lord Inuyasha, with an arrow through his heart, again, was pinned to the tree. A proof of his second betrayal. Because he had been pinned by an impure priestess he aged as a human would.
Another demon approahed the half-breeds shrine of bones but with no intentions of stealing the sword. His his hair was pulled into a long pony-tail and he had a long, busy tail trailing behind his fox legs. Bright emerald-green eyes looked mournfully from the bones to Inuyasha's limp figure with great sadness. Though Shippou had grown to be a strong, kind, and great demon, he still mourned the loss of one of his greatest friends. "Oh, Inuyasha," His now more mature voice rang in a whisper through the murky forest, "Inuyasha, how could you hurt Kagome so? She still hasn't returned, it's been thirteen winters since she left. Sango and Miroku told me the whole story when I was old enough to understand it, but why did you have to act in such a way? Is there not a better way to sooth all the fighting and hatred?" He dipped his head down, not wishing to look at the half-breed anymore.
A woman's chuckle echoed behind Shippou, and he turned and growled lightly in her direction. A woman in a white and red kimono with pale, unaged skin smirked behind the fox. "Shippou, you silly demon. You of all people should know that hatred is eternal." She laughed again, loudly to the sky.
"Kikyo, I want nothing to do with you, wench. Stay away from these lands before I'm forced to kill you." Shippou warned her, again. She had been troubling Shippou ever since Kaede had taken ill months ago. Kikyo's laugh made Shippou grit his teeth.
"Young fox, do you really think you could kill me?" Kikyo's smirk angered Shippou even more.
He reached for his sword, which had the face of a Red Fox carved at the base of the blade. The priestess took a step back seeing the fire of anger in Shippou's eyes. Kikyo smirked at the fox, again. "You know you'd be killed if you laid a claw on me."
His hand let go of the handle of the sword as he growled lightly looking back to Kikyou's pale face, "I can't believe that you and Naraku are together. That's disgusting." Kikyo glared at Shippou as he turned from Kikyo and headed back to the village.
She still glared in Shippou's direction, then turned to look at the skeletons and then to the vines which embraced Inuyasha tightly in their grip. She began to approach the tree, but a blue barrior appeared and the surface of it seemed like water, the way it swirled and the shades of blue crashed together. She placed one hand out, slowly edging towards the barrior.
A feirce crackling sound like electricty began to sound as Kikyo's hand came nearer, and her eyes narrowed at the barrior. Inuyasha's Tetsusaiga also glowed blue and the barrior and glow faded away as Kikyo stepped away and fled back, deep into the forest.
Shippou returned to the village, silently. The almost moonless night was feared by many because so many demons still roamed through the world. He entered his own hut which a dim fire glowed in the middle. Sighing, he fed the fire some twigs and laid down on the bed, reluctant to go to sleep on fear of having another nightmare about Inuyasha and Kagome's fighting. His lasts thoughts before falling into a dreamless sleep were ringing over and over in his head, 'I wish Lady Kagome was back.'
Naraku's deep voice hissed through the night at Kikyo, "The barrior is still strong after these years, you say. Then how do you plan we get rid of Inuyasha... for good?"
"My Lord, we do not need to kill Inuyasha. It would be pointless. And the only way we can get the jewel shards is by traveling to Kagome's time, which is impossible for all but Kagome herself, and Inuyasha. And it's quite obvious that Kagome isn't going to come ba.." Naraku interupted Kikyo before she could finish her statement.
"But, Kagome will have given birth to Inuyasha's child and raised it to a young adult by now." He smirked a plan forming in his mind.
"How could we get that child here, though?" Kikyo looked puzzled at Naraku as he held up the jewel shards, with a devilish idea formed in his mind.
"We curse the rest of the shards that we have, which should be strong enough to also effect the other jewel shards that Kagome has. Which could curse the current holder of the shards." He chuckled, leaning back against a wall of his castle and stared at Kikyo for her reaction.
She sat beside him, and closed her eyes with a smirk. "How do you get such devious plans, Naraku?"
Naraku shook his head at Kikyo, silently, then chuckled a bit again. Kikyo playfully rolled her eyes and smirked. He wraped his arm around her, pulling her tightly to him and smiled down at her. Kikyo placed her hands against Naraku's face and kissed him, lightly and lovingly.
Both pairs of expressionless eyes were closed, enjoying the moment between them. It was one of the rare moments they could spend together, for many other demons would try to attack the castle while the barrior of it was weakened.
They fell asleep in eachothers arms. No others could imagine that both Kikyo and Naraku, in their cold souls, could share love for one another. The slitted moon slowly edged it's way to the western horizon by sunrise. Naraku and Kikyo's small plot would finally give them a chance to finish Inuyasha off for themselves.
Teehee. Whoda thunk I would bring Naraku and Kikyo into the story, and then pair them together?! MUAHAHA! Anyway. This part of the story sucks so far because, again, I'm clueless on where I'm heading. But I'm open for suggestions, comments, constructive critisizm, yadda yadda. I think that you know me well enough by the first story that I'm quite odd. n.n; Anywho, gotta go to bed. It's 11:30 here! FWEE ala FWEE!