Author's Note: I've been wanting to write one of these for a while now.
***Also, this has been edited so I would advise you to reread this chapter and the next chapter. I changed some things I wasn't sure how I'd work with in the future as well as some discrepancies I noticed while editing.***
Pairing: [Kagome H., Zero K., Takuma I.]
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Rating: M
Summary: Kagome returns home after the final battle, different and with a new friend who will protect her. She founds out the truth about her parents and what happened. She attends Cross Academy where she meets new and old faces, stirring up jealousy and distrust for some. Yet, as is always the case with Kagome, that soon changes.
Blanket Disclaimer: I only own my own ideas, not the franchise.
EDITED: 6/2/2017
Duality
Prologue
3rd Person Point of View, Omniscient
Midoriko smiles at her husband, cupping her swollen abdomen. Her vibrant violet eyes twinkle with love at the concern her mate shows for her. "Don't worry koi, my powers are already protecting our baby as well as my armor. I have to defeat Magatsuhi in order to protect Japan. In the centuries you've known me, when have I backed down from a fight when there was no one else to take up the mantle?" She asks softly. Her husband sighs, his red and green eyes staring into her grey ones.
"Never. You can't blame me for worrying for your and the baby's health. This is the first time you've been pregnant in all the centuries we've been together," He murmurs softly, cupping her cheek. His fingers brush against her pointed ears. It still amazes him that Midoriko was part yokai. He presses his lips to hers, mixing some of his vampiric powers with her aura. "To help protect our baby," He explains, pulling back. Midoriko smiles lovingly before she conceals her yokai attributes, her eyes changing from a beautiful violet to a warm chocolate.
"I love you Riyoja," Midoriko murmurs before leaving to battle the tainted dragon yokai.
'Riyoja...please hurry... I don't have much longer...' Midoriko's voice whispers in his head, causing the man to stiffen.
"What's wrong?" A man asks.
"My mate.. Kaname, Midoriko's in trouble," He explains before bolting in her direction, praying he makes it in. Kaname follows Riyoja.
The two arrive to see a gruesome scene. Midoriko and Magatsuhi frozen as a statue, locked in battle. Midoriko holds her sword with one hand as she cradles an object with the other. The object briefly glows a faint lilac color. Riyoja's eyes widened when he realizes its his child. He swiftly sweeps it up in his arms as tears prick his eyes. "Why did this happen?" He whispers, heart broken.
"Magatsuhi somehow managed to break through my armor and barrier, ripping jpeg my stomach somewhat. I had to use my safer to cut our baby out, least she die with me. I protected our little Kagome," Midoriko's voice whispers as a faint image of her appears in front of her mate. "After I cut her out, Magatsuhi attacked again. I barely had enough time to deflect. When I did, I felt something g within me pulse and I knew what I had to do in order to save Kagome. I pulled his soul into my body. However, his soul and mine as well as my heart was forcibly expelled from me in a blinding flash of light, reverting both of us to a statue." Her image begins to fade. "I don't have much time left. I love you Riyoja. Please takae care of our daughter," She says before kissing him and fading away.
Riyoja blinks back tears. "I'm sorry Midoriko..but I can't. I don't know the first thing about raising a child... But I do know of some people who do." He turns around and walks away, cradling his daughter to his chest.
"Where are you going?" Kaname calls after him. Despite the fact that Midoriko's death hurt him, Kana me remains stoic on the outside.
"To visit some old friends," Riyoja says before he disappears in a flash of bluish-purple light. Kana me sighs and turns to leave. However, a pink glint catches his eye. He pinks up a pink bauble, frowning at the wisps of power emanating from it. He wrinkles his nose in disgust at the malicious whispers coming from it before leaving to give it to the villagers in Midoriko's village.
Secrets Revealed
Kagome opens her eyes. All she sees is a never ending void of blackness that seems to leech the very life out of her. Snarling, she releases her reiki in an explosion of lilac light, allowing it to engulf her. Her power illuminates everything to her.
Kagome gasps at the images she sees flitting through her eyes. Pressing her hand to her mouth, she bites down on it to muffle a gasp. 'No wonder Naraku is the way he is... Being changed against your will all as a ploy by the one controlling the strings to gain the Shikon...' Kagome thinks, tears pricking at her eyes as she sees the abuse he went through as a child and the rest of his life until he was changed. The images fade, leaving Kagome to look around. Her eyes spot a mangled form. Rushing over to it, she falls to her knees to lift the person's head up.
Lifeless crimson eyes stare back at her, all fight seeming to have left the man. "Please..end this...kill me," The man whispers. Kagome shakes her head.
"I will end your suffering but I won't kill you. What happened to you was not your fault, Naraku," She whispers back, hugging him. Her powers surround the two and slowly sink into Naraku, obliterating all of the tainted energy that was forced into him. However, her powers were soothing to the beaten man. His eyes flutter open, a spark of life back in them as he stares at her in wonder.
"What..? How did you.." He trails off, hugging her form to him. "Thank you miko for saving me. I am forever in your debt."
"Bastard," Kagome growls, releasing an glowing blue arrow which strikes InuYasha's tainted heart and explodes in power, purifying any malicious yokai. Kagome stumbles back as she clutches at the bloody slashes across her abdomen. A man with long brown hair catches her.
"Careful Kagome," The man murmurs. "You've lost a lot of blood from the attack from InuYasha and Kikyo." Kagome tsks. Naraku walks over to her, causing everyone to tense and get ready to attack him.
"I know that but I still have to purify the jewel, Kaname," She replies, her voice even. She raises her voice, commanding, "Stop. Naraku is a friend." She smiles at the hanyo. He falls to his knees, bowing to her.
"I pledge my fealty to you, Shikon no Tama miko Kagome. I will serve you to the end of my days to repay you for your kindness. I will even preform a blood oath with you, binding me to you," Naraku pledges, lifting his head to stare into her eyes.
She pushes off of him and walks over to where the black jewel lays in a pile of ashes. As she bends down to pick up the jewel, she feels the gashes rip open more. As soon as her fingers come into contact with the jewel, the color changes from black to a light, almost white pink.
"Miko Kagome, we would like to thank you for ending the struggle between us. Now we can finally merge with you completely," a voice says as the Shikon glows brightly in her hand.
"What do you mean merge completely with me?" Kagome questions.
"This bauble you see before you is nothing but a husk left over from the true Shikon. It's what your infant body couldn't absorb. You are the true Shikon no Tama and the guardian of us," The voice replies. The jewel levitates and shoots into her heart, dissolving when it hits her skin. As it does so, Kagome blacks out. The last thing she sees is the shadowy face of Kaname.
Kagome let's out a groan, her eyes fluttering open. "W-what happened?" She croaks out as she sits up from the bed she is laying on. She looks around to see the only people with her are Naraku and Kaname.
"You've been out for two days. When the jewel merged with you, it unsealed other parts of you. In other words, your appearance has changed," Kaname answers.
"What?" She asks, shocked. Naraku hands her a mirror which she holds up to her face to see what he means. She nearly drops it in shock. Her eyes are now larger and more defined. Her pupils are slitted. Her eyes changed from a deep sapphire blue to an almost oceanic blue-green with silver and red around the iris. Her eyelashes are longer and darker. Her lips are slightly more plump and a few shades darker from the pale pink they were. Her skin looks smoother and grew two shades paler. Upon her forehead are two different symbols: the blue four crested star that she had seen on Midoriko's brow and a sun hidden behind cloud with a ray coming down and a full moon above the sun. Two silver and lilac stripes adorn each cheek.
She glances down at her hand, seeing stripes on her arms as well. Her nails are no longer blunt but sharp and deadly. She hesitantly touches her ears, feeling an elfin point, eliciting a silent gasp from her. Finally, she feels something twitching at the base of her spine and trails her hand down to it.
"Why do I have tails? As in more than one?" She asks, processing the information. "And why do I look like this? I'm human."
"You're not actually human. You're a Celestial Maiden. You're mother, Midoriko, was a Celestial. She was the offspring of an angel and Inari, a kitsune yokai so old and ancient that he is believed to be one of the first Kitsune ever as well as treated akin to a god among Kitsune. Your father is the original vampire. Somehow, you inherited the angelic, miko, and yokai powers of your mother as well as the vampiric powers of your Pureblood father. I knew both your parents. Midoriko was a good friend, almost a sister, to someone that was dear to me. Your father helped that person at one point which is when he met your mother." Kaname responds. Naraku's eyes widen at the information. He knew she was special and angelic but he didn't know she was descended from an actual angel. "You look a lot like her when she had her concealment charms off. There are a few differences, like your eye color and hair color. Otherwise, you're the spitting image of her."
Kagome stays sitting, thinking over the information. "If that's true, then how did I end up in the future?"
"Your father could manipulate time. As far as I knew, he could freeze time, slow it down, and speed it up but it seems he could also travel through it as well," Kaname answers. Kagome nods.
"I'll ask my family when I go back," She murmurs. Kagome looks at Naraku. "Since you pledged yourself to me, you'll be coming with me. We'll have to preform a blood bond so you'll be able to cone through the well with me."
"Mama, I'm home and I brought someone with me!" Kagome calls out, taking her shoes off as she enters the house. Naraku does the same before following behind her. Madori peeks out from the kitchen.
"Come in dear! I've just finished making lunch," Madori calls out. Kagome smiles and brings Naraku into the kitchen with her. "Sota and Grandpa are at a family function in Kyoto so please make yourself at home." Madori continues before turning around.
"Mama, this is Naraku," kagome says. Seeing her mother tense up, kagome quickly explains, "He's not actually evil. He was changed against his will and then forced to do the bidding of the person who changed him." Kagome take a deep breathe. "Mama, I know the truth. I know Midoriko and Riyoja are my parents as well add what they are. I just don't know how my father knew you." Madori sighs.
"I knew this day would come. Long story short, I helped Riyoja one day years back when he suddenly appeared out of nowhere and didn't know how to get back. I could tell he was a powerful Pureblood. You see dear, the Higurashi clan is a pureblood clan. We became friends after that and he would occasionally stop by," Madori explains. "Also, while you passed your last year of junior high with flying colors, none off the high schools here are willing to accept you due to your absences. I was planning on sending you to Cross Academy anyway though."
"Naraku will need an application as well. He's sworn fealty to me and refuses to leave my side," Kagome murmurs, looking at the hanyo.
"Good thing Kaien and I are good friends," Madori cheerfully comments.
Author's Note: Well, that's the first chapter folks. I hope you enjoyed it. Oh and in this fanfiction, instead of making it where Kagome gets two guys, I'm going to try to make all three fall for each other. I've already got a few ideas in my head so we'll see how it turns out. ~please follow, favorite, and review!
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