Hey people, this is my first time ever to show my work to people…Anyway my name is Zashoroame aka the crying rain. I hope you all like my story
By the way this is just the Prologue…..in case you couldn't figure it out
And I would like to give a special thanks to my beta RavenSilverKat, who I love so much for helping me!! Yeah!!
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Just some quick definitions and explanations:
Pink topaz- is a stone, its represent the Jewel of Four Souls and it's the stone used for October.
Emi and Daisuke- they are wearing matching clothing because it's the official castle uniform and they are my original characters so if you want to use them ask me!
The children that are in the first paragraph are the same ones that are in the last one.
Inuyasha name, well the yasha part aparently means female demon…I wonder if he is a female and not a male….
"Blah"-
talking
'Blah'- thinking
§♥Crying♥§-change of
scene
☼ Flashback ☼ or ☼ End of Flashback ☼- will be
stated
♣♣♣- a change in perception but basically the same scene
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of those characters that are involved in Inuyasha. I do own Emi, Daisuke, Yukio and all the other characters that do not belong in Inuyasha.
Parings: Sess/Kag, San/Mir, OC/Inu, Ship/Sot, Rin/Koh, Shi/Sou, Ba/Ja, Ko/Ay
I hope you all enjoy the story…..
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Prologue- What once was...
"Ring around the rosey,
Pocket full of posies
Ashes, ashes
We all fall down."
The sudden scream, from beyond the trees, interrupted the five children who had been playing in the flower meadow. In the blink of an eye they were gone. The only remaining object was a small marble, the color of pink topaz.
§♥Crying♥§
"Mother? Father?" A young girl, with a short brown ponytail, questioned the air, pushing upon the wooden door.
Sango had recently been initiated as a youkai slayer. Not only was she the youngest taijiya ever, but the strongest, even among the adults. Some whispered that youkai blood ran through her veins, for her senses were far superior to those of normal humans. Her mother just cast it off as jealousy, but it never stopped Sango for wishing she was normal; nor, did it stop the village children from teasing her constantly.
The strong, pungent smell of blood seemed to tease her nose. Running towards the haunting smell, it grew, so much that it seemed to engulf the poor child. Throwing the door to her parents' room open, she spied her mother and father curled up in agony, lying in a pool of blood.
The cries of her little brother brought her out of the sudden shock.
"Sango...run...do...not...look...back." Her mother's lips moved, the voice carried to the child's ears, but Sango's mind couldn't accept the concept or the sight.
"SANGO!" Her father's voice pierced her mind and she moved like lighting. Gathering all that meant something, she threw it in the bag next to the door. She picked up her little brother, Kohaku, from his crib, and looked back at her parents. Her father was standing now, barely, but the sight of her mother brought tears to her eyes. The loving eyes Sango had known for years had glazed over with darkness. Tears leaked from Sango's eyes, and no force in the whole world could stop them.
"Daddy?"
"Sango, take care of you little brother, my brilliant slayer. I love both of you." With those last words, her once beautiful home burst in flame. The force of the explosion thrusting both; Sango and her brother backwards unto the cold, hard ground.
Lifting her ashen face, Sango checked on her crying brother before looking back at the burning house. The fire sent heat down her freezing body. For what seemed like a moment the world stopped, allowing Sango to catch a glimpse of the figure, just merely a shadow, standing in the flames, its hands wrap around a neck. This person wasn't human…this thing was a beast.
And this thing had taken everything that had ever meant something to her. Time began to move again, yet her glazed over eyes couldn't break away from the place where the thing had been. The flames grew in strength and continued its feast on the house, the shadows that were cast as the flame grew, danced on the face of the crying child, giving the face an eerie look. Revenge sunk into her mind as fast as the flames were consuming her home.
'I will revenge you, my father, and my mother. Know that I will.' With that promise, Sango picked up her crying baby brother and ran. Ran away from her only home, which was becoming nothing more than ash.
The touches of rain on her face as she ran made Sango consciously tightening her arms around her brother. Her mind calmed as she picked up her pace, her breathe coming out as white puffs in the chilling air.
She knew that she would never forget this night, and even though her brother would know nothing of their world, she would still train him and protect him as she promised. For she couldn't bear losing one more person that she loved.
But what she knew was more important than seeking revenge, was to train for the day. To train for that day she would be able to revenge her family, her name, and everything that was ever taken from her.
§♥Crying♥§
She ran, not caring about the smoke that was coming at her from all sides. Nor caring for the feeling of guilt she felt at the pit of her stomach. She ran, because she had been told to. She ran because she had to live. She had to continue living; the sacrifices that were made could not be wasted.
Tears ran down the face of the child. The once long, glimmering black hair, had been burnt so that it only reached the edge of her earlobes. Her robes, drenched and covered in soot barely clung unto her body.
The very same tears were creating paths down the bloody face. Her youkai ears could not take the screams. The smoke was burning off her nose and, even though she was a youkai, she just couldn't run any longer. Her legs were tired and her breath was coming out in short pants. Her body was at its breaking point.
What appearing to be a grove of tress, caught her eye, and with the last of her energy she sprinted to them. Diving into them, she hid behind the trees; only to have the memories flood into her mind.
"NOOOOO! Daisuke! Emi!" Throwing up her head in a howl, the eyes were shut as tightly as possible, as to make the memories disappear. The words dripping with despair and anguish flew to the darkened sky. In misery for the poor girl the clouds released their tears, in an attempt to help their broken child.
☼ Flashback ☼
"My lady, please go back to the meadow!" Daisuke yelled at the approaching girl. His long blue hair was drenched in sweat. The elegant black and gold long-sleeved Chinese suit he wore was ripped everywhere. As if he had already been fighting, a fact the girl could not understand. He stayed standing strong, and tears blurred her vision as he began to cast his spell. A huge youkai stood behind her guardian. She could hear the screams coming from the throne room, and among other places in the castle.
"I won't! I won't leave! I love you!" The princess screamed back, watching helplessly. It was as she if she was frozen. Arms grabbed her small waist and ran away from Daisuke. She couldn't struggle; all she could do was watch as the man she loved fought for their survival. A stinging slap brought her out of her inner thoughts.
"Stop acting like a scared bitch! If you're going to be ruler one day you have to learn to stand up for what you believe in! Yukia, you have to show who the boss is! Fight to protect or fight to live! Either way you're fighting for something!" Emi stood in front of the princess. They were in a different part of the castle, a fact that only registered into the young princess mind at the sting of the slap.
The yells were almost impossible to hear. The pink hair that belonged to the mage in front of her was tangled. She was panting, bleeding, and a total disaster. And even with all that, she still was beautiful, as her name stated.
"Emi, I'm scared. What's happening? Where is Daisuke? Tell me what to do?" The pleading silver eyes struck a cord in the young mage's heart. Emi and Daisuke were lovers, yet all Yukia had done was make sure that all their plans were ruined. The child loved Daisuke and wanted him for herself. One of the reason the princess hated Emi but the princess still owed her guardian, both of them, her life.
"You will stop being selfish. And you will live," the mage's rose-colored eyes latched unto the silver ones, "and most importantly, Yukia, you will stay strong and won't cry when this is all over." She picked up the frightened princess and flung her through the open window, as a boar youkai plunged into room, knowing Yukia would remain unhurt from the fall.
"You will not touch this child!" Emi's body launching towards the boar youkai was the last thing Yukia saw before plunging into the cold river that ran along the east side of her castle, her home.
§♥Crying ♥§
The two brothers who were opposites in everything but their looks, jumped from tree tops to tree top. The path they had been using as a road, to the front part of their home. Jumping down, their feet touched the ground, only to wish they hadn't. At the site before them, they stopped all movements. Their bodies paralyzed for only a few moments, before realization sunk in, that it was their parents out there.
"Father! Mother!" Both boys yelled in unison. Their youkai father was fighting the mortal men that had dared to attack their home. Bodies of those humans already dead, littered the ground. Sesshomaru's mother stood in front of Inuyasha's mother, defending the wounded mortal female. The female Inu-youkai cut her attacker in half with her whip, before picking up the frail women. Crouching, she pushed against the earth and leapt into the air, clutching the cargo, the women landed in front of the two boys, which stood at the edge of the battle.
"Sesshomaru, take Mitsuko away from here. Please, my darling son. Protect her and Inuyasha." The female Inu-youkai lowered the women. Lifting her face, she smiled and leaned forward to kiss son's crescent moon mark, ruffling his hair; she turned to Inuyasha, who she gave the same treatment too. With a finale smile to both, her son and her surrogate son, she turned away. With a deep breathe she once again flew, landing gracefully behind their father, ready to fight side by side with her husband.
"Goodbye, mother," Sesshomaru whispered knowing that he would never see her again. Being the larger one out of the two, he picked up the woman that was lying on the ground. Tightening his hold on his step-mother, Sesshomaru gave one last look to his mother, who with a terrifying roar began to decrease the number of her attackers.
Turning his head, he looked at his half-brother, his golden eyes meeting watery ones. With a nod from both sides, they turned their back to the battle and began running on the ground, the exact route that they had ran in the trees moments before.
♣♣♣
Sesshomaru and Inuyasha ran as fast as they could, while carrying the weight of the now unconscious female. The rain that had begun to fall when they had first escaped their home was pouring harder, making their effort to escape even more difficult.
Passing through more trees, they came to an opening, where a large tree sat. Its roots rising from the ground creating cave-like structures that seemed as if the tree was wishing to fly, and with this wish the tree had given the perfect protection from the rain.
Pressing two fingers to the women's neck, Sesshomaru could feel that her life was slowly leaving. Motioning his brother forward, they carried their mother into one of the caves. Most of her wounds were shallow, but a deep cut had been placed on the side of her abdomen. Ripping clean pieces from both of their clothing, Sesshomaru pressed each piece unto the bleeding wound, till the blood soaked through, and once thoroughly soaked he would then replace it.
Grapping a few of the clean pieces of clothing, Inuyasha made his way to the edge of the tree's protection, where it pounded the ground without mercy. Soaking the bandages he made his way back to his mother, praying she would live. Looking at the tree, he noticed the burnt marked that had been placed on the tree. It was the only scar that was on the tree's body, its pale trunk easily seen against the contrast the dark bark. The tree had been injured but it had lived, a fact Inuyasha hoped would be the same for his mother.
Giving Sesshomaru the bandages that were soaked, Sesshomaru only grabbed them, slowly peeling the prior bloody strip, and placing it with the wet one. At that moment the roaring that could only belong to their father rang throughout the sky. Lightning flashed violently in response. The roars that were ringing in the night, seemed to be searching for its partner, but only the lighting would respond.
"I'm sorry, Sesshomaru." Inuyasha's voice spoke softly over another solitary roar.
"We will endure," Sesshomaru stated, his eyes concentrating on bandaging the still-bleeding wound. Inuyasha nodded, but never saw or smelt the tears that had run down Sesshomaru's face. His mother was dead, but they still had Inuyasha's and their father, they could and would endure.
§♥Crying ♥§
A child in a large kimono, sat in the abandoned flower field, throwing the marble, she had found, up and down. The rain began as drizzle but soon turned into a downpour, soaking the child head to toe. She looked around with coco-brown eyes, searching for her mother, however nothing could be seen but trees and flowers.
Her breath quickened and tears welled up in her eyes. Darkness had overtaken the once sunny day, at the sound of thunder she jumped and the tears leaked. Within seconds the child was slowly overtaken by a blazing pure white light that surrounded her body.
As if from every corner of the world, screams of pain entered the girl's ears. Closing here eyes, the child saw the images that belonged to the screams. War's between human's and youkai's, humans being killed by youkai's, youkai's being killed by humans, hanyou's being tortured, the images so intense that she felt as if one by one they would destroy her. With everything so painful; all the little girl could do was scream with the voices that only she could hear.
"Kagome? Kagome!" The child dropped from her place in the sky, the light no longer engulfing her body. A woman carrying a baby and an umbrella calmly walked over to her crying girl.
"Oh dear, see this is what happens when you run away." The sky's clouds had almost dispersed as if no storm had ever been there. The only evidence was the drops of water, dripping from the grass. The child smiled innocently to the older women, and she could only sigh.
"Well, come along. Your father won't keep waiting for us. What do you have there? A marble? Kagome you shouldn't pick stuff up from the ground, okay? Now, come on." Her mother began to walk away from flower meadow where the child sat. Holding the marble to her chest, it quickly sunk in, before Kagome even realized it. Following her mother, she gave a last, longing look at the flowers before running after her mother.
Simply forgetting everything she had heard and seen.
☼5 Months Prior☼
"Duck. Duck. Goose!" A girl tagged a dog-eared boy before running around the circle.
"Not so fast Kagome," he yelled as he scampered up and ran after her. She sat down before he was able to tag her head.
"Alright, Kagome!" The two girls beside her, one had her brown hair in a short ponytail, another whose golden marks shone as bright as the sun, cheered loudly. The Inu in front of her sent a simple smile before getting up and tackling his younger brother, for daring to tag him.
The laughter that the children produced that day rang happily through out the forest.
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A/N Yay! I hope you all enjoyed the story. I will be posting my next chapter in what I hoping is a week. Yes it was a weird ending but remember it is a Prologue and they never tend to make sense till you actually read more chapters. Trust me writing this was difficult, especially with some characters screaming into my ear!!
:: glares at Inuyasha::
but I got it done thanks to the lovely invention of duck tape. So I shall be taking my prize to bed now for some lovely sleep cause it's like 1 o'clock and I'm tired.
Lets go Yashie ::enter evil laugh::
Bye Bye People Have a fun Night, I know I will.
Now I just need to hunt down Sesshomaru…..
Za