Alrighty everyone after a long hietis I've decided to completely revamp this story. I believe I've grown a lot as a writer since I first put this out so Im rewriting and redoing the story. The first chapter goes up today. =3
The silence of the first is some times enough to sooth a tortured soul. The wind in the trees, the birds singing, the smell of wild jasmine tickling the nostrils. The beauty of this place could not be lost of anyone. A view of the lands from the top of a high cliff showing unspoiled wilderness as far as the eye could see. It was simply...a facade. This beautiful paradise was nothing but a reminder of all the things that should be and never would. It was a sheep's skin to cover the viciousness of a wolf or in this case, a dog who needed to be put down.
No, for those trapped here peace would come only from the smashing of a frail body against the jagged rocks and swirling waters at the bottom of the cliff. The tree peace of death and the afterlife. Set to make that final leap, was a woman. Dark raven locks tossed by the created from the sheer force of the waterfall she sat next to. Her red yakata set open, already dragged by the force that would gladly claim her as well. Her soft brown eyes seem fascinated, transfixed by the scene beneath, simply listening to the sirens call; the sweet humming of the water beckoning her to come. She could really do this, she could end everything right here and now and it would all be over. Her gaze drifted to the fresh set of bruises on her ribs, then to the scars that marred her lovely pale skin. No more of this. No more pain. No more heartache.
Kagome sat quietly edge of a cliff, her feet dangling over the steep drop off. She focused on the rocky rapids so far below her. All she had to do was push herself. One little push and she would go tumbling over edge. It would all be over with. She could escape him. She would never have to obey another one of his commands or lay with him at night. She would be free to roam the netherworld as happy as she was before he captured her. He'd taken her because she reminded him of his old lover. A miko by the name of Kikyo. A woman that had shot an arrow through his chest and pinned him to the the god tree his manor was know built around. She wanted to hate that woman so much. To curse her soul to damnation for how badly he treated her, yet in her heart she knew she could not. Kikyo had been a righteous woman and she had done the right thing. If only she had killed him instead of sealing him...
Giving a heavy hearted sigh, she pushed herself away from the cliffs edge...away from her only salvation. The temptation was great, but there was still another who would suffer endlessly by her master's hands is she left now. She had no more family. He had seen to the death of everyone she ever loved. Everyone except her younger sister, Rin. Innocent and pure hearted Rin...or so she had been at the beginning. Now the poor girl was always terrified. She refused to sleep if Kagome wasn't at her side. No. She could not leave her sister to his hands. He might kill her in anger.
She turned her back to the edge, fixing her yakata and placing her hair into a neat bun. She would be missed if she didn't return quickly. She wasn't allowed out for very long and she feared she'd stayed too late without setting her plan into motion. It was time to return home.
"Kagome, what are you doing here?"His voice sent a chill up her spine, but she knew better than to run. Instead she knelt on the ground, her palms flat in the dirt and her eyes staring the stone the jutted up beneath the soil.
"Goshuujin-sama, forgive me for my lateness. I was returning now." She apologized though she already knew it wouldn't matter. He would simply do what he wanted anyway. Clawed hands reach down and grasped her hair, yanking her up to meet his gaze. She stiffled a cry of pain, biting back tears as his red flecked amber eyes stared into hers.
"You are lucky today, Kagome. I don't have time to punish you as I normally would." His free hand came around to cup her face in what would have been a loving gesture were it not for his iron grip on her hair. "Don't worry though. I'll make you pay later. Once my guest are settled in." He leaned forward, roughly pressing his lips to hers and force his tongue into her mouth. There was no room for protest, and she knew it would only make things worse. She simply closed her eyes, timidly returning his kiss and she knew he wanted her to do. Her tongue slipped lightly over his and she gave a submissive groan, whining until he loosened his grip a little. After a moment he let go, abruptly pulling back releasing his hold on her all together, smiling as she dropped to the flood.
"We're leaving. Now. You have work to do when we get back to the manor." With that, he simply turned on his heels and began to walk away. Kagome quickly gathered herself and followed after him, nodding her head.
"Yes Master Inuyasha."
Kneeling in front of his throne, Rin waited for her Master to speak. She could see her sister's downtrodden face and knew he must have caught her before she could carry out her plan. They had discussed it for weeks...planned for their chance to be able to and still they failed. Kagome had wanted her to be the one, but she was too afraid and she knew she didn't get it nearly as bad as her sister. All because she looked like that damn woman... The Master even dressed her up like her, forcing her to learn the ways of a priestess and even having the shikon jewel implanted into her body to infect her blood with its spiritual power. When he got too drunk he would call her Kikyo. He would beat and rape her cursing her very exsistance. She should have done it. Gods why didn't she do it...
"Rin, the manor needs to be perfect for the arrival of my brother and that thing he calls an adviser Onigumo. What no.. It's Naraku now." He spat out the name as though it tasted of acid on his tongue. His Kikyo had loved Onigumo the man and when he killed him all of his problems began. He glared angrily at Kagome, dark thoughts running through his mind. He would make that bitch regret everything she'd ever done to him.
"See that everything is done just right and once you're done you and Kagome both put on your best Kimonos. Red... yes red as the best color." With that he dismissed them both to begin planning a few things for his brothers stay.