Disclaimer: I do NOT own Inuyasha. I do own the plot though along with my OCs; Nympha, Viktor & Vlad.
Chapter 1- Secret life
The bane of her existence mocked her sitting there looking innocent nothing left but a taste of what was the magic that let her travel between the past and the future. Narrowing her stormy blues at the aged well seeing that with time left unused or touched dust made a home on the lip and all over her grandfather's artifacts.
Her heart use to ache at the sight of the desolate well house but now it left a bitter taste in her mouth turning to make her leave a box held carefully in her grasp, The tree of ages shadowed the front of her home. The quietness was overwhelming a single tear dropped onto the forgotten cargo as nothing but the wind could be heard as it whipped around her making her thick wavy mane of black blue twist and twirl around her.
Her home was nothing more then an empty shell by all means everything was still there but it was empty of the emotions running through it, now it was a cold shell of a former life that no longer existed. Her whole life was here yet she no longer belonged to this world of normality an outsider to her own family, her own friends and life. So to ease their discomfort about her existence.
She internal mourned the death of her old life. Her family moved on without her after the devastatingly loss of their elder leaving her all alone on this small haven in her own personal made hell...
Shaking her head as she entered the home placing the box on her kitchen table, her thoughts took a dark turn as she went through the contents of the box she brought in.
'jars of eyeballs? Grandpa what were you doing with these..' she kept digging find more jars the freaky thing was they almost looked human but the aura she faintly felt lingering on them wasn't human but youkai.
Sitting at the very bottom sat a list of names, reading through she saw names, gender, and type of youkai then some comments of each one. A few names she noticed then the comment Documented...
'Documented.. so there is more papers?' she pondered heading out to the well house the curiosity building. This gave her something to kill time with, considering now she had all the time in the world now.
Yes her quest for cursed Shikon no Tama was over had been for the last 3 years, the parting words of the shikon will always play on her mind when she starts question her humanity that no longer exists. Immorality is her only path now a choice stolen from her the minute Naraku was purified using her energy to complete the shikon. It giving a wish to any who possess it was only a rumor, a lie that cause so much destruction all for the conquest of Ultimate power which was to never come.
She was sent back to her era because the jewel deemed it so, it controlled her fate, her path in life and she had no choice. She was just a puppet for the cursed thing as it laid dormant in her heart the power of the jewel melded with her actual being turning her into a life size walking talking Shikon no Tama, she didn't feel like she was Kagome Higurashi anymore.
Digging through more boxes she found folders, documents and books about the different youkai and some organization that specialized in the control and extermination of supernatural beings. Carrying each box back into the house she laid the contents of each box in her living room where her ordered take out sat with a pair of chopsticks reading through the list each name had a letter then a number next to it..
Her curiosity to why her Grandfather had all this was becoming overwhelming, made her question who the elderly man who was her grandfather was really. There was even a list with people's legal names, info, number assigned to them and a code name. There was even photos but each person wore a mask with unique designs.
Setting aside the empty container of lo mein pork noodles the details laid out before her, names, numbers, youkai, humans, everything was causing a throb to be known in her head. This add more mystery to her already screwed up life. Packing everything back up in the boxes she placed them in the coat closet, then locked all the doors as the clock read the blink blue of midnight at her. A barrier erected around the house of a shimmering pink then became invisible to the untrained eye. Laying her head down for the night she thought back to her grandfather and all his encounters with Inuyasha when he would come to bring her back to the past to go on the jewel hunt, compared to her reaction first running into Inuyasha and finding herself in the past seemed odd. He drank his tea taking everything in like it was the norm had a critical eye on Inuyasha like he was assessing him then back to ignoring the inu hanyou. Growling to herself as sleep evaded making time bleed together unsure of the time till she glanced at the clock to see it right before dawn.
Noon hit faster then she thought taking a sip of her tea eying the papers again trying to make heads or tails of what was all this. She knew the supernatural was real but she thought it was mostly wiped out before her time as she has not once sense a youkai or hanyou since coming back here. Unless her powers are weakening. Hearing an inward scoff from the jewel ah yes her powers couldn't be fading as the jewel was still being an annoyance to her mental mind and also that she was one with the shikon now, more a burden then a gift but it is her burden to bare to keep it from giving false promises of power to those willing to cause wars for it. Mankind has only gotten more ruthless as they centuries have passed and with current technology it was a more deadly time switching youkai for advance technology of war or so she thought reading the paperwork more in depth seeing the supernatural still live among us but chose to look human after the big war in Japan back 250 years ago.
She scanned the info on each dog demon find none of the silver variety yet, sighing she glanced back at the list to see if she missed any something stood out in blood red writing turning from the folders completely it had her whole attention.
Nympha Namira unknown demon type Female N-730
Looking through all the folders the number didn't come up it went from N-729 to N-731. This was a puzzle she was going to find out. ' oh where oh where could this folder be..' she hummed back in the well house there was no more boxes for her to pick through.
'Not here...' frustrated as she wander around the inside of the well house searching for any hidden boxes. The only folder she couldn't find belonged to the only red name in the whole list.
Over thousands of names and alias the names on the list matched up to ever folder she has found between the attic, basement and well house she found more folders and information on who CES really was besides pretty much a supernatural policing agency. There was a list of all the agents who were or are in CES. The more she found more confused and puzzled she became, the questions kept building sadly her grandfather would be unable to answer them so she was left with her only resources which involved keep going through all this paper work and finding what she needed.
Finding the Inu brothers was harder then she thought but figuring only youkai who survived the last 60 years was on this list which was updated every 100 years to keep current.
There had been mark ups of changed information, location, alias and even deaths. They had a stamped "Expired" on the first page where the picture of the demon's human and humanoid form or even beast form besides their basic info. It was depressing to see many demons where stamped expired then in a side comment said reason of death in blue ink.
Wearing the alter miko outfit the pants were done in dark blue the top in the traditional white, this was her break from the papers still covering her whole living room. Still had more questions then answers to her thoughts. She broom the shrine grounds humming. She kept the shrine open so those seeking comfort and wisdom may come and ring the bell, get blessings and even be told the stories and history of the shrine. The tree of ages was the biggest attraction considering it is one of the longest standing pieces of Japanese history. Her days like this were busiest on the shrine bring in a lot of revenue for her to pay bills. Though it wasn't needed but she had her grandfather's and father's death benefits stored away from rainy day funds or if something were to happen then she would use the money for important uses only.
It had been about a year since the mysterious boxes found their way into her life and home. Which she found to be a pain and a blessing at the same time she was able to find her current companion who was lounging in the window sun bathing.
Crimson cat-like hues watched her every movement as it woke up from its small cat nap. Kagome smiled a bit of happiness finding its way back into her heart and home now that she had the feline companion of her beloved sister like friend, Sango.
"Kirara.. you hungry?" she called from the kitchen going through the fridge.
Feeling well protected with the cute neko staying with her, while in the house Kirara didn't wear her collar which let her demon features reign freely but when the shrine was open she would accompany Kagome outside so wore it encase anyone came up, making her look like a normal cream colored feline.
Kirara's folder was a blessing to find among all the papered chaos it was K-512, it pointed out the most recent location of the feline and Kagome went in search of her as a reminder her life isn't just one big dream, that she won't wake up in her room surrounded by her family saying she was in coma for the last 4 years.
The jewel wouldn't let her believe this all a dream anyways but having a good reminder helped more then a hated one.
She tried finding the CES to give back all the paperwork she had but when she looked them up, they didn't exist like never. It raised some red flags and siren bells in her mind. This was dangerous waters she was treading since most papers she had clearly read "Classified" on them yet she read them. The red letters mocked Kagome's stormy blues while she sat there doing reading on the agent lists, many last names she recognized as Miroku's and Sango's surname; Hoshi, but Sango and Miroku were long pass by now so they must be an ancestor of theirs; Kohaku Hoshi.
He was a new member the paper said dating no more then.. '3 months before grandpa died.' something was off. The rustling of paper made Kirara come over curious. Kagome was picking through all the papers her brow wrinkled in concertration of her task.
'So they are still around, this was recently updated in grandpa's handwriting.. so was he a book keeper for CES or was he an agent..' she giggled thinking of her grandfather policing demons. "yeah right." she mumbled in disbelief but as the name Toya Higurashi stared back at her, thoughts just came to a screaming halt.
Her face flush with anger pacing making the poor neko watching the pacing ranting mumbles could be heard.
She was furious, this was huge all of this, could have endangered their whole family if any of these demons got tired of being policed. The whole family could be slaughtered but by his agent folder her was an actual priest with working abilities then why did she not sense them sooner when she came home from her travels to restock. He was always so eager to hear her adventures, he had many chances to tell his family of the dangers so they could be better prepared.
UGH!
Kicking the coffee table papers flew everywhere in her continued rage Kagome disappeared into the room behind the stairs that was HIS room.
The dark part of the Shikon encouraged the rage with whispered after thoughts turning the rage into an inferno.
-he didn't care only warn a family you care for.. he was trying to be rid of you all..-
Growling again the energy came sparking to her finger tips, pushing his cot over his room was a victim to her rage, scrolls ripped off the wall in a fit over turning his dresser drawers fell open while upside down a blood red folder captured her intense stare the stormy blues now a raging pink from her powers.
The white lettering on the folder's tab made the rage stop in mid pulse as N-730 stared right back at her. This was it... the folder that haunted her many sleepless nights for the past year. For it to be hidden so well there had to be something there that he didn't want people to know or find out. She pondered if there were more files hidden away just like this one. Pulling it free from its hiding spot Kagome sat down on the floor light coming from the small desk lamp she got him for his 65th birthday.
Fingering the edges of the folder nervousness set in she chewed on her bottom lip a habit she picked up from another one of her traveling companions which was odd for a demon to be showing such signs of nerves to begin with, but what she soon learned later on from the young demoness was that not all were built with steel resolve like the Inu species. Things her friend Sango didn't even know came flowing from this no older then looking 10 year old demoness like it was the most obvious thing. The history of each demon line was an everyday learning affair for a demon child of royal bearing or blood. Learning more about the demon species was an exciting learning event even Shippo wanted in to know more about kitsunes much to her pleasure it seemed that foxes in general were the young demoness' favorite animal next to Dragon demon.
Kagome for the life of her couldn't remember the name of the pack's young ward, very energetic and full of life little thing too. Not much was known but she didn't share much with them, saying it was in the past and wanted to move forward from it.
Tucking a raven blue lock behind her elven ear thinking of the past won't help with what ever important information about this demoness that he was hiding.
'read it then we will figure what to do with the information provided.' with a reassured pat on her back she opened the folder there was mindless comments writing in the open spaces next to certain information, the location kept changing almost every 2 years, her age was unknown next to it sat a comment "tried making contact but was intercepted beforehand, moved to new location." There were comments ranging about why she keeps moving to what she has to hide..
Going through all the papers in this folder the last page held the most interesting discovery it was writing in her grandfather's handwriting dating back 3 months before his death. The date seem odd as well like she has seen it somewhere, ignoring the small fact she started reading;
"I was outwardly approached today by our biggest target, She commented on the lovely weather then asked the oddest question 'is it finished yet?' I couldn't understand what she meant was it a code for someone near by to point out who I was to them. I scanned the area with my ki not bring anything out of the norm. We had little to no information on her I wanted to question her for the basic so her profile could be completed then set aside like all the others.
We sat in a peaceful silence that she seem content on staying in but like all great things it must come to an end. She pulled me out of my questioning thoughts. 'Let me tell you a story..' she said softly like the world could hear her. I didn't want a story I just wanted some damn questions something solid to give back to my boss so this goose hunt could be over with. I mean how could she evade us for so long without anything more then a whisper among the demon society.
Before I could decline the story offer she held up a honey tan hand it look soft like silk or velvet but yet like it has seen the handle of a weapon. 'this will give you all the information you need, what you do with it is up to you.' her comment left me reeling so I listen to her tale so unreal it was laughable up until the end where she mentioned befriend a kind miko with eyes the color of wild water and a kindness so rare it changed her whole outlook on life and people no matter the species she made mention this all happened in her early childhood, she asked me to thank the miko with storm filled eyes and a heart like an ocean for giving her something she could never learn from a teacher but from experience. Her exact words were 'I learned to take responsibility for my actions not only affect me but those around me.' she went on to say when she returned back to the Eastern Lands to take on her responsibility to become a better ruler then her parents. After her tale she bowed with a grace only so few could achieve then disappeared into the crowd of people like a passing memory I had to pinch myself to believe she was sitting next to me.. This very being had actually met Kagome and helped restore peace to the lands back then. With this information she was no longer a big mystery expect I learned so much yet knew so little. She never gave me her species of youkai which is required for a complete dossier. I decided with a heavy heart but with a new view on what I do. I will announce to the CEA that Nympha has gone NIJ (AN: Means Not In Japan well that is what I am having it mean in my story) with no intention of return. This will keep them from following her along with any who help my granddaughter. This folder will never be found by any CEA agent.
Agent Shinto #1203"
Kagome's free hand was covering her mouth as she gasped at the folder. It was hidden to protect demon who was associated with the Shikon no Tama. A small folded up rice paper fell from the folder innocently to the floor with the Higurashi crest on it closing the folder she carefully placed it next to her within grasp reach.
Opening the paper it was folded so neatly it was the last thing her grandfather, Toya wrote before his death. Her eyes briefed over it assessing it, it was addressed to Kagome, blinking she seemed confused.
"How did he know I would find this?" the weird ways Toya Higurashi worked.
The letter told her of the location of a safe box with the information on The Taishos which he explained were the surnames to the Inu brothers now it would have their current location also the locations of a Shippo Loli-Kitsune, a Kouga & Ayame Ookami and the final hidden location of one Nympha Namira.. reading the last bit her eyes widened.
"Burn the shrine and run take what you must but burn the shrine down make sure all the documents you found of mine get burned leave nothing for the CEA to track. They will come for the Shikon they know its on the shrine somewhere.. I love you and I am sorry I kept this from you all. Please be safe my Kagome."
Kagome bit back the tears grabbing the red folder and the note which she shoved into her boot cut pant pocket she clutched the folder to her chest.
She explained everything to Kirara who just watched with avid interest as Kagome packed all the money away into an enchanted dark blue bag that stays small and empty looking and when opened by anyone not Kagome just looks like a normal canvas bag with notebooks in it. It was filled with important mementos, pictures and clothes placing the red folder among the pile in the living room, she looked around her home with a bitter sweet smile before walking out the door.
"Its your turn Kirara... burn it down all of it." she told the neko as flames covered the feline turning her into a giant saber tooth fire cat.
Holding the pink color in her hand she watched the blaze snatch away what was left of her home the well house long consumed by the raging inferno the deed lost in the fire she wept watching it near the Tree of ages her link to the Inuyasha of the past. Much to her surprise the tree's barrier held protecting it from harm upon hearing the incoming sirens.
"Kirara lets go!" she exclaimed running to the fire neko climbing onto her back with a click of her tongue they were air borne using the cloud cover to their advantage.
Feeling the breeze through her hair felt refreshing like nothing else matter like she was back when everything was simple where she felt like she belonged most.
Yet even though she couldn't go back to the past she could find her future as long as she finds Inuyasha and Sesshomaru. Her grandfather let everything pretaining to her friends in a safe which she found the code for and he gave the location to, the man is an old friend of his back from his youth who held a disdain for the CEA so he entrusted the safe to him right before his death.
The man was a loner liked the forest for sure she looked about the cottage in the woods on the outskirts of Tokyo, a man of simple means Toya mentioned. As if sensing her arrival the door opened revealing a sickly pale looking man with black void hair cropped to his chin his left eye was a startling lavender color. His other eye was covered by an eye patch, she felt usual energy behind the eye patch as she neared him her mind bubbling questions as this man couldn't have looked any older then her yet Toya mentioned he meet this man during his youth unless this was the man's son..
"I am who you seek." jerking her attention to him.
"huh?" was her every intelligent response earned a deep chuckle from the man before her. His hand came to rest on a black and silver safe patting it.
"This is what you came for?" he inquired.
"How did you know?" she asked watching his movements carefully.
"you look like him..this is for you." he said patting the safe then leaving the room to the kitchen where the whistling of a tea kettle could be heard.
Kirara mewed from Kagome's shoulder reminding her of her presence as Kagome knelt before the safe putting the code in a faint click could be heard as the light turned green. Breathing out slowly to calm her nerves who she has been searching for were now just a pull away from her grasp. With a comforting chirp from her neko companion she opened it to see a nice handful of folders and an a manila envelope which contained pictures of their human forms, human names and addresses skimming through each folder she found out some interesting tad bits of what has happened in the last 500 years to her friends.
Kouga and Ayame are mated, own a small family owned restaurant also had children which are all grown up and mated themselves. They are wealthy since Kouga is the reigning Lord of the North and Ayame the reigning Lady of the North but the restaurant is a cover to throw the CEA off their tracks of who they really are. Human names are Ayumi and Kenji. Wolf representative in the demon council.
Shippo Loli-Kitsune is an outstanding candy developer for the candy divison of Inu Relations inc. Lives in isolation not fond of people interaction, taken in and raised by Sesshomaru Taisho. Declined place on council due to late of kitsune population in Tokyo area and surrounding areas.
Inuyasha Taisho vice CEO of Inu Relations inc runs the merger department, Mated to a bat hanyou named Shiori who is a fashion designer with 2 children twins named Tsubaki and Kikyou.
Sesshomaru Taisho CEO of Inu Relations inc not much is known about this Inu brother is the still reigning Lord of the Western Lands, Inu representative for the demon council.
Nympha Namira reigning Lady of the Eastern Lands, has no living family all killed in human uprising. Unknown if she is on council.
Kagome blinked reading all the important details she needed storing them away in a mental note before tucking the manila envelope into her bag. Closing the safe looking down at the folders in her hands this information was deadly in the hands of the wrong person. The creepy guy was leaning against the door frame watching her while taking sips of his tea. Like he knew what she wanted he pointed to a metal trash can next to her.
Holding the folders one by one before Kirara to set on fire then dropping it into the bin to be rid of more evidence and so no one came knocking on this man's door in regards to her.
Once everything was taken care of she left the cottage.
Ivy hue watched her departure with anxious intent he knew the trial awaiting her if she were to be caught and found out by the CEA with a deadly smirk he dared them to come knocking on his door. He promised his loyalty to Toya Higurashi and only Toya, so in turn he kept the man's dying wish but he felt there was more needed of him in the future where it involved Toya's granddaughter, Kagome Higurashi the living Shikon no Tama maiden. Closing his door his cottage disappeared behind an invisible barrier.
"That man was creep." a mew from her mount was her acknowledgment to her comment.
"His eye felt weird but he was youkai for sure.. nothing I should be concerned about not like I'll be seeing him again." with a certainty unknown to her that fate always throws curves ball to entertain itself...
Rebel: Hey all this is my second story on here this one came to me while listen to my music and my beloved muse is candy! WOOT. A sugar rush so late at night most likely not the best idea I ever had but this is the longest first chapter I have ever written. I will try to keep writing long chapters, will also try to update at least every 2 weeks cause I have only so much for a candy allowance LOL. NIGHT ALL! RUNS OUT BEFORE NYMPHA CAN FIND ME
