Lucky Penny II
Summary – So much was their final moments, she never wanted to see nor speak with him again. But when a battle brakes out in Makai and a new adventure begins to arise; she finds it difficult to avoid the reunion. Friends made, lives lost and a battle won; Kagome must work along side Koenma's Spirit Detectives and search for the destined ruler of the western lands.
Rated – M (Excessive Violence) (Excessive Sexual Themes) (Excessive Language) (Excessive Blood and Gore)
Disclaimer: Do you really have to ask? No I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or InuYasha. The prophecy below however, I made that up, pretty well if I do say so myself. Also, the quote beneath Ch.1 belongs to me.
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Starting from the beginning to where we are...now.
Kagome: (3) (5) (7) (8) (10) (12) (13) (15) (16) (17) and (21)
Kurama: (4) (6) (8) (9) (11) (13) (14) (16) (18) and (22)
Souta: (2) (4) (5) (7) (9) (10) (12) (13) and (17)
Junko: (5) (6) (8) (10) (11) (13) (14) and (18)
Kimi: (8) (10) (12) (13) (15) (16) and (20)
Minami: (10) (12) (13) and (17)
Shippou: (6) and (11)
Yuzuki: (4)
Haru: (4)
Looks down at the warning from Lucky Penny.
WARNING: This fic will get dark closer to the end...real...dark. Like...
Black, like...
Black as night, black as pitch, blacker then the foulest witch.
...yeah, that kind of dark.
Me: Hmm...yes, I did give everyone fair warning. Anyways, I know how long you have all been waiting for this, and though you may have expected it to be continued on my D-B-911 account, I am transferring all my stories to this account; please bare with it. Also, this story may or may not turn dark, I think however, that I have made you all endure enough of my twisted evilness, so I will dim the candle only slightly, and allow a little light to pass through the void of darkness that we left off at.
Eons ago, a prophecy was made that foretold the future of a single soul.
A female immortal would be placed among the human world, memories erased and body remade until the time of her rebirth.
And so the prophecy goes,
Into the grotto of the
Spring of the peachblossom
Invite the Immortal one.
She who is born on the night of the Beast
Will be tested for the right of her Immortal name,
Redemption
6.6.6
Chapter One – Battle Scars!
A Broken Past
Warrants
A Predetermined Future
But Can Such A Future Be Changed
Or Will The Destined One
Forever Be Forced To Traverse A Path
Strung Together By Another's Soiled Hands
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'So long had I waited for you to notice the deceit that lay before you...'
Kagome's deep and dark blue eyes followed the imprints left behind by Mukuro who walked before her.
'The fictitious thoughts and feelings that Lilith had tried so hard to blind you with...'
Haru took his mothers hand and held it tightly; her eyes moved towards the child demon that she had given life through eccentric events. His twin sister held his hand too, so not to be separated.
'Yes...she tried so hard to blind you and so easily did she succeed...'
"Kagome..." Mukuro interrupted her thoughts.
"Hmm?"
"I believe we have a problem that we need to focus on."
Kagome looked ahead of her and felt her eyes widen in horror at the bloodshed before her. The bodies of lower class demons lay estranged across an atrocious battlefield.
"What...what happened..."
"Looks like my absence gave these lower class demons the idea that they could rule my land." Mukuro smirked, "Foolish."
"We should still tread lightly Mukuro; it seems like the upper class demons too got the idea of ruling the Western lands in your absence." Kagome pointed ahead of herself; their attention was placed on upper A and B class demons that were destroying the land and demons around them.
Mukuro sighed, "Seems you're right."
Kagome felt the tightened grip of her son and the hands of her daughter on her robes. "Hiei," She called to the hybrid fire/ice demon that stood next to her.
"Take Haru and Yuzuki to Koenma or Genkai's; I will retrieve them once this battle is over and everything has settled." Reluctant to leave with the battle occurring, Hiei hesitated for only a moment before taking Yuzuki in his arms and getting on one knee for Haru to climb onto his shoulders. He was gone before either Mukuro or Kagome said anything. The two girls stepped forward and their movements drew the attention of the demons surrounding them.
"It looks like we have one more battle before we can rest." Mukuro pulled her foot back and readied herself for a fight.
"...yes, it looks that way." Kagome balanced herself on the tips of her satin clad feet. A movement she recalled Genkai having done many times before. "Let's end this quickly." She said; her voice cold with malice. She moved so quickly, only the upper A class demons could keep up with her speed. She moved with such a grace and lethal speed, that many quickly fell to her equally fatal blows.
'Hey...Kurama...' Her mentality was weak and fragile with the previous happenings; so easily would it be to break her. She had placed such a strong front up before her childhood friend, teacher and brother. She couldn't help the thoughts that crossed her mind, the words she spoke quietly in the confines of her heart and mind. 'Kurama...Shuichi...I still...still love you.' She drew her blade across the throat of a B class demon and brought it down the center of the crown of an upper C class demons head. 'Is that wrong?' She took the heads off of three lower D class demons and split one down the center. 'Shouldn't I hate you...I want to hate you...I want to...but...' Her eyes closed and tears fell from her hardened eyes. 'But I can't!' She opened her eyes and continued the slaughter on demons. 'I won't let myself be with you, Kurama. No longer can I chain myself to you the way I have. We grew up on a path that we were meant to walk together; now that it has split in two different and unique directions, we must walk our own paths and hope...that wherever they lead us, we will be happy.' She heard a cry of pain escape her demon victim. 'Let me be happy...' She looked up as suddenly a large cluster of demons began to flood the battlefield and surround her and Mukuro. 'Let me...LET ME BE HAPPY WITHOUT YOU, KURAMA!'
A clawed hand took hold of her arm and dug its claws deep into her ivory skin. Circular cuts formed on her upper arm and she cried out in pain at the sudden ache in her limb. A red, yellow and green light shot from the skies of maroon and deep grays and mauve. Three females stood hovering high above the battleground. One with black hair in a tight bun and blood red eyes, looking no older the Shippou, held her hand high in the sky and shouted. A long rod of electricity filled her hand and she charged down at the demon that held tight to Kagome while others clawed at her. The electricity hit the demon and shot out to the multiple ones surrounding her. Disintegrated; turned to bones, powder, ashes and melted or burnt flesh; the smell of it all almost made Kagome retch.
"Hiiya!" The smaller girl smiled cheekily and grinned at the mess she made. "Thought you could use the help."
Kagome held her hand to her wounded arm and gave a small smile. "It's greatly appreciated."
"Call me Souten, The other two no doubt will want to introduce themselves to you after the battle, so you might as well," She paused momentarily and shot a bolt of electricity through a lower C class demons head. "Get back to the battle..." She laughed, skipping over the heads of the aggravated demons as she taunted them. Kagome could only watch for a few moments before she was suddenly brought out of her thoughts and thrown back into the battle.
(2 WEEKS LATER)
Kagome was worn out and tired. Her sword posed for the kill when the cries of Mukuro could be heard. Her eyes were wide and the battle had seemingly paused in the midst of battle. Demons were stunned silent by the death of the Western Lady Mukuro...so stunned...
"...no..." Her eyes were wide and her heart gave a painful throb in her chest. There...the woman whom had saved her life...lay with a bade through her heart. An amused demon, from what Kagome could see...an upper A class demon. "Monster..." Her words were soft and broken. "MONSTER~!"She charged the demon with every intention to destroy him, and with her heart fully in tune with her emotions and her desire to kill the being who took Mukuro from her...she easily pierced his heart and eradicated his limbs. The silence around her was unbarring; so still did the demons remaining stand, afraid to wield their weapons. Hiei had stopped in his on slaughter of demons, eyes wide with disbelief.
"We will take care of the rest."
Kagome paid no attention to the soft tenor ahead; the spoken words of one of the mysterious three whom had previously appeared, no doubt.
'Mukuro...is this punishment?' She could feel her body shaking at the dawning realization. 'Is this what I must endure; was I in the wrong; was this my fault!? Let this not be my doing...let this not be my punishment, but my responsibility to atone for the loss and death of my fellow comrades and friends! I WILL ATONE FOR MY MISTAKES~!' Kagome fell to her knees in self-pity and abandonment; tears betrayed her as they ran down her flush cheeks. "MUKURO~!" She pounded her fists on the ground in anguish, undaunted by the bleeding arm that she had earlier supported.
She felt the appearance of Hiei, his hand placed gently but firmly on her shoulder. "Kagome..."
"I failed in protecting my friends..."
"Don't waste your time wallowing in the foolishness of these morons."
"I can't help it Hiei. My heart goes out to those lost in this insignificant battle. It had no reason behind it, just a demons thirst for more power then they can handle. They hadn't any other reasons but that; so I pity them. I feel as if they were led into a fruitless end."
"It's their own fault."
"Is that so..."
"..."
"Lady Kagome," Kagome and Hiei turned to see a red/orange haired beauty with gorgeous green eyes and a necklace on made of the purist silver. An iris placed in the center of the chain was carved of what looked like glass, painted in the vibrant hues of violet, blues and yellows. "Lady Kagome, allow me to introduce myself. I am Lady Ayame, goddess of all plant life." She waved her hand about in display, showing the plant surrounding them as an example.
"We've waited many Eon's for the return of our sister. So long it seems since we last saw face to face." Another said, stepping forward. Half of her black obsidian hair was up in a bun, the rest falling elegantly past her elbows. She had scarlet eyes that seemed to almost burn with a passion unlike any other Kagome had seen. "Kagura, Lady Kagura, goddess of the wind."
"...You met our brash little sister already, but there is one other that you've not yet met. She is Lady Sango, goddess of the water."
"...Where is she?" Kagome asked blandly, not forgetting her loss.
Souten smirked. "She ran off with a human man and gave her goddess abilities away so that she could live a mortal life."
"..." Kagura remained silent.
"It was love that made her give a gift of the gods back to there originator." Ayame told Kagome.
"What am I a goddess of?"
"...well, we all have our immortal names, yours is Redemption, but your gift of the gods was fire. You are Lady Kagome, Goddess of fire."
Kagome stared at Ayame oddly. "I have no fire abilities..."
"Not yet you don't, it takes time for your abilities to resurface after such a long reprieve." She replied.
"Woman, who are these people?" Hiei asked, holding his hand out for her.
Kagome took hold of the warmth he offered. "...for now...they are acquaintances."
"Hn," He narrowed his eyes at the three as Kagome moved to Mukuro's body through the death surrounding her. Her fingers trembled as she ran her fingers over the lifeless cheeks of the woman who had taken her in and saved her life. "Kagome..." He stopped when Mukuro's body began fading.
"..." She stood and started back for the human world once more. Her robes and once ivory skin stained in her victim's blood.
"Where are you going Kagome?"
She turned to look at Hiei, "...where do you think; Koenma's."
Hiei followed and so did the three girls who had appeared as allies throughout the two week long battle.
'Mukuro...what now...' Kagome could only hold her tears back as the sound of her friends cries echoed through her head. 'What now...'
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Me: ...LUCKY PENNY 2~! WOOOHOOOO! Now tell me you love me! You know you do! I'll update when I get off work tonight, but I probably won't update until Monday or something. Read and Review, Please and Sankyu! ^_^''