Conference of the Gods
A/N As promised here is the sequel to From the Shadows. It has been a long time since Inu Yasha and Kagome had begun to accept their feelings for each other and let them show. Now the fate of their love rests in the hands of the gods. This is just my idea to the answers of questions concerning Inu Yasha/Kik, IY/Kag relationships. It's cute, kind of funny, and yet kind of sad with lots of waff. Hope you like it! Please READ AND REVIEW!
Disclaimer: I do not own Inu Yasha, but I do own a cute little Inu Yasha plushie!
Chapter 1: Decisions for the Future
Once a year all the gods of Japan assembled. They filled a great room, sat around a great table, and discussed a great issue. Love. For this was the time when the fate of all lovers were decided. Outside this hidden fortress in a realm beyond human reach, life decisions were made, plots created, destinies fulfilled, hearts crushed or dominated. All this power of happiness or immense sorrow rested in the hands of the gods who ruled over human and youkai alike.
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Inu Yasha watched the priestess from his perch high in the branches of the trees. His amber gold eyes followed her every movement, missing nothing the miko did.
"I know you are there, Inu Yasha, why do you still seek the Shikon no Tama?" Kikyou had been gathering herbs at the edge of the forest, smiling to herself at the hanyou's failed attempts to conceal his presence from her. She had known he was following her, had known for some time now. She also knew his attempts to steal the jewel of four souls were only half hearted compared to his earlier tries. Back then, in the beginning, the hanyou had been quite determined to take what she had been given to protect. A precious orb that could grant great power to all who held it, a jewel that was desired by youkai and dark minded humans.
Inu Yasha did not respond to her question, instead he turned his gaze away from her, knowing that it was now more than the desire to become a full demon that kept him near the miko's village. He had become entranced by the woman who protected the jewel. Her beauty and the sadness he always saw in her eyes drew him to her and he did not understand why. Inu Yasha was a loner. Since his father and mother's deaths, he had not known love or happiness. Shunned by both human and demon alike for his impure blood, he was forced at a young age to learn to be without the touch and love of others. The hate from the two races that ran through his veins forcing him into an isolation of loneliness and self-loathing.
As time went on, and the hanyou continued to keep watch over the Shikon no Tama and the woman who guarded it, something happened. The two lonely people fell in love. Their saddened hearts bringing them together in a power that seemed greater than that of the jewel itself. Until he arrived, the evil hanyou Naraku. Neither of the young lovers knew of his presence at the time, never knowing that he was plotting against them. A dark plot to taint the Shikon no Tama and strengthen the evil of the souls within it.
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"The young miko and the hanyou have fallen in love." The great god of thunder spoke, his voice surprisingly soft and low for someone of such strength and ferocity.
"Hai, but I see great sadness in their future. A deception of betrayal and death. Should we allow the two happiness or deny them what their hearts have sought for so long?" Kirin was not a great god. Small of frame, she ruled over the spirits of the gentle creatures of the forests. Her kind heart reflected in her sky blue eyes flecked with darker violet. If given her way, she would allow the lovers happiness and help them overcome this foe that lurked in the shadows.
"Is their love true?" Amida interjected, her voice like the cold wind of death. "Or is it born of loneliness and sorrow? This is only a shell of love, I say they be denied. For the hanyou has a good heart, he will know love again. The priestess is selfish, betraying her pureness to ask the hanyou to become human just so she will not feel defiled by a half beast and can escape the confines of her duties. No, this love should not be allowed."
After several moments of deep thought, Fate was decided for the two lovers. Amida smiled, pleased with herself for swaying the vote. As the goddess of dead souls, the one whom humanity turned to in their final moment of life, she saw a new future for the hanyou, one that would promise to be adventurous as well as fulfilling, providing nothing interfered with her plans.
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Fifty years later:
"Kagome! Where the hell do you think you're going?!" Inu Yasha demanded from his seat on the lip of the sacred well.
"Home!" She retorted, anger and sadness flashing in her blue gray eyes.
Inu Yasha sniffed into the air, his canine senses smelling the salt of her dried up tears. Guilt suddenly washed over him. He knew why she was leaving. Once again he had left her to find Kikyou. "Please, Kagome, don't go." His whisper soft words were barely discernable to her human ears. "I don't want you to go." This time the hanyou spoke slightly louder, but his voice still reflected the regret and sadness he felt.
Kagome stood only a few scant feet from him, her gaze fixed to the ground as if it were the most amusing of things. "I can't, Inu Yasha. I need to see my family and to be alone for a while." Looking up, she met his liquid gold eyes, and almost flinched at the pain she saw in them. Little did she know that her hanyou was thinking the same thoughts. Angry with himself for once again hurting her, his precious Kagome.
"I won't stop you. But…" he paused, sighing loudly before continuing, "You'll come back, won't you? I need you, Kagome."
Her eyes grew wide at Inu Yasha's words. 'He needs me, just like I need him.' A small smile curved her lips, "You're my friend too, Inu Yasha. Of course I'll be back." She resisted the urge to reach out to him. Instead she hefted her large yellow pack over her shoulder and climbed onto the edge of the Bone-Eater's Well, giving him one last frail smile before jumping in.
A/N: I know this was short, but there is more to come! And there will be Sango and Miroku in this as well! Now for some FIY:
There is actually an event in Japanese Mythology called Conference of the Gods. It is a great meeting ruled by the greater gods, and attended by all the gods. During this time, lovers' fates are decided. Depending on the god's decisions, lovers will either find happiness with the one they love, their love will be requited, or end before it has been fully experienced. As the events in the manga draw nearer to a close, and everyone speculates over which of the two miko's Inu Yasha will be with in the end, I thought about why things may have gone the way they did, so that is how this tale came about. It is basically my version of why things have been the way they were and end the way I write them!
Kirin: The Japanese unicorn, an animal-god who punishes the wicked with its single horn. It protects the just and grants them good luck. Seeing a kirin is considered an omen of extreme good luck - if one is a virtuous person.
Amida- The god to whom the Japanese turned at the moment of death.
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