Disclaimer: starts wailing I don't wanna say this again! I don't own Inuyasha and his gang. Why is everyone writing this anyway? I wonder who started this disclaimer? Hey! You out there, do you know who started this disclaimer crap? I sure don't.
A/N: Yes! jumps for joy I got myself a new story! I was dreaming about the plot and characters when I was sleeping. Amazing, I thought. I mean a new story comes out when I sleep. It's based on a manga I have no idea what it is called in English or Japanese or Chinese because I read this manga translated into Chinese. And I don't know who write it either because I read this manga like 2 or 3 years ago. I only read the 1st volume, too. I've based this story on this manga's story-line but I have new twists in them since I don't know what happens to this manga since I only read volume 1. So please enjoy and REVIEW to tell me what you think. I wanna go to Japan one of my summers. My friend's already in Japan right now, she said she's gonna get herself a kimono and wear it to one of those kimono festivals. Lolz. I can't imagine her in a kimono. I just can't. Alright, now. Time for Chapter 1.... Too lazy to write a prologue. Heehehe.
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Red to Your Heart
Chapter 1: A Red Crescent Moon?
In the city of Tokyo, there are two kinds of vampires living amongst the city of humans—the first kind are the blue-crescented vampires called the Aku Inu, named after their leader Inuyasha, who have a blue crescent moon adorned somewhere on their body, while the second kind are the red-crescented vampires called the Bara (rose) because of their red crescents that are tainted red as the rose, bear a red crescent moon on a part of their body. The Aku Inu depend on human blood for survival. They will kill and drink the blood of any human their eyes feasts on, while the Bara do not need human blood. Any type of blood will suit them for they refuse to drink human blood. There are many humans walking in Tokyo who possess either a blue or red crescent moon present on their body. They do not become vampires officially until they are admitted by the leader. If they are not called to be affiliated as a member, their vampire side of them never ceases to exist or unveil.
Without a leader, the Bara vampires can no longer prevail for their old leader is on the brink of her deathbed. Kaede was her name.(A/N: I've made Kaede young, not an old hag. The new Kaede is five years older than Kikyo, meaning she's about 30 yrs. old). In her premonitions, Kaede has seen the new face of their leader. She hopes that this destined one will realize the truth on the day of her seventeenth birthday.
The shine came shinning inside the Higurashi residence. Someone had opened the curtains–wide, because it was hurting Kagome's eyes. Kagome didn't wake but tossed the covers over her head and averted her head and continued snoozing. Mrs. Higurashi looked at her daughter and shook her head, sadly. Her Kagome was turning seventeen today—the day when she will learn the truth of her very existence in this very world.
Mrs. Higurashi sat on her daughter's bed and shook her, "Kagome? Kagome? It's time for you to wake up. It's 7:00 AM and you're late for school." The shaking did no effect. Mrs. Higurashi sighed to herself and did the only thing she thought she could do—pulling off her covers.
"Ugh!" groaned Kagome. "It's too bright!" Kagome jumped up and saw her mom standing beside with her hands on her hips then she turned her head to look at the clock and it read 7:10! "Aiieeee!!! I'm late! I'm late!" Kagome muttered over and over again as she hurried to the bathroom and brushed her teeth as well as let the comb come against her ebony silky ebony hair quickly. "Mom, why didn't you wake me?" said Kagome between breaths as she ran down the stairs and into the kitchen.
"I did," said Mrs. Higurashi feigning a smile, "but you didn't wake up." Mrs. Higurashi was too busy thinking to herself about how she was going to reveal this secret that was buried away from Kagome all seventeen years. She failed to notice that Kagome was staring at her with blank eyes.
"Mom?" asked Kagome. She noticed her mother's behavior this morning. It wasn't her usual self. "Oh yea," remembered Kagome, interrupting her mom's thoughts. "I just remembered that today school starts one hour late because there is a school meeting with teachers! That's why I didn't wake up at my usual time." Mrs. Higurashi looked at her daughter apologetically, "I'm sorry Kagome for waking up at this hour then. If you want more sleep, go ahead and take the bed again."
"It's alright, mom," smiled Kagome one of her cheery smiles. "Since I'm already up, I'll watch the news for some weather report. Mrs. Higurashi just smiled at her daughter and nodded.
"Click!" Kagome turned on the television with her remote. "On today's news we report to you," the news station reported, "last night, another death was reported. This death seems to have some connection with the previous deaths we've been seeing the past month. This death involves another seventeen-year-old girl. She looks shocked as if someone or something terrified her before taking her life. We reveal to you now that there's some teeth mark on her neck. It looks as if something bit her. Right now, we don't know what kind of killer this is. It certainly is not human. Another thing we notice is that this girl has a red crescent moon on her thigh..."
'A red crescent moon?' thought Kagome. 'What is it with these girls? Why do everyone one of them have a red crescent tattoo? This is outrageous. There's a killer on the loose after girls with red crescent tattoos?' Kagome was perplexed. She didn't know what to think of Tokyo now. Ever since of the month of her seventeen birthday, strange things have been happening. So many killings, almost every night. Kagome was just baffled. She didn't want to think about it anymore since tonight's her seventeen birthday. She wants a happy sweet seventeen and not a doleful one.
"Kagome?" called Mrs. Higurashi. "It's almost eight o'clock. You need to get ready!"
"Oh, ok," answered Kagome, "I'm ready. I have to tell that I'm going to be home around seven o'clock tonight because Yuka and Eri want to take me to a club for my birthday tonight."
"Alright, Kagome," replied Mrs. Higurashi sofly, "be careful. Don't stay out too long."
"Yes, Mom," called out Kagome as she ran out of the door for school.
"Be careful, my daughter," sighed Mrs. Higurashi, "please be very careful. I don't want you to get hurt before I reveal to you your secret." Mrs. Higurashi just looked out her kitchen window, watching her daughter walk to school with her school friends.
"Kagome!" called out Yuka and Eri. "Are you ready? For tonight?" asked Yuka cheerfully.
"We're gonna go party wild!" added Eri.
"Yep," nodded Kagome. She was ready for clubbing tonight. Tonight is going to be her special night where she hangs out with some of her closest friends and party all night.
The three walked inside school just before the school bell rang for class. All three went to math class.
"Ugh! I hate math! Thank the Lord that Math is my first class of the day so I can get over it," muttered Kagome as she laid her head on the desk. The teacher noticed Kagome's lack of attention in her class and decided to call on her. "Ms. Higurashi? Can you tell us the answer to this problem?" Kagome raised her head up from the desk and looked nervously around the classroom for some help. Suddenly, Hojou leaned over towards Kagome and whispered the answer to the problem. "Uh, the answer is x squared plus seven x plus twelve ?" Kagome answered slowly.
"Correct, Higurashi. At least I know that you are paying attention in my class," the teacher was impressed on how Kagome was able to answer the question. What she didn't know was Hojou had helped out.
"RING!" The period was over. Math was finally over for today. Now for the next classes. The next classes flew by quickly because they don't involve any math. Kagome was quite happy that school ended so quickly. All she needed was Match class to be over and then every other class flew by like the wind.
It was already 4:00 in the afternoon and the girls were ready to go clubbing. They went to Hana no Bara Club. It was the most popular club in Tokyo. They celebrated Kagome's birthday with some cake and singing and of course, dancing. While, they were dancing, Yuka whispered in Kagome's ear and told her something that she would never be able to forget. "Hey, Kagome," whispered Yuka. "I have to tell you something. I have a red crescent-shaped thing on my arm. I just noticed it today! Weird, huh?"
"What? You have a red crescent? You didn't show it to anyone, did you?" asked Kagome, worried. She knew that there was a killer on the loose, killing young women with red crescents. She didn't want best friend killed.
"Nah!" said Yuka, nonchalantly. "Don't worry, Kagome. Nothing's going to happen to me. I won't let the monsters kill me tonight and you're the first person I've told so don't worry about it. It's your birthday, girl! Don't be a worry-wart," laughed Yuka. Kagome stopped dancing and stared at Yuka, shocked. She was surprised that her friend wasn't worried a bit about her life. Her life's at stake. What if the killer knew that Yuka had the crescent? What if he came and killed her tonight?' Millions and millions of questions repeated in her head.
"Hey!" Yuka interrupted. I wanna get a soda from the vending machine just outside the club. Wait for me, ok?"
"But—
Yuka had already left. Kagome waited nervously for her friend to come back but she never did. Kagome decided to go check on her. She walked to the vending machine and saw no one. "Yuka?" she called out loudly. No sound. Then she spotted a can of unopened soda laying around near the trash barrel. Kagome was paralyzed when she saw someone on the ground holding a girl. The girl was Yuka! She looked shocked and her sleeve was ripped open to reveal a red crescent on her upper arm. Yuka's killer looked up at Kagome, revealing his fangs and blood dripping from his sharp fangs. He had silvery-white long hair and he had a blue crescent moon adorned on his forehead. The sight Kagome just saw was appalling. She wanted to run but her legs wouldn't budge. Kagome was wide open to be the next victim. 'Move legs!' berated Kagome. She needed to move and she needed to move now! The killer or vampire or however you call it, a blood-sucking bastard even, dropped Yuka carelessly to the ground and was ready to pounce on his next pray when suddenly a power shield formed around the girl. The vampire was electrified by the energy field and fled the scene. Kagome, who had her arms in front of her face waited to be killed but didn't get the blow. She dropped her arms down and looked around the area to find the killer no longer present. 'He was gone,' thought Kagome, sighing a breath of relief. 'Oh no! Yuka! Poor Yuka! She was killed,' sobbed Kagome as she ran as fast away from this area as possible. She needed to go home.
"Mom! Mom!" cried Kagome as she ran home into her mom's arms. "It was horrible! It was just horrible! Yuka–Yuka, she—
"What happened, Kagome? Why are you crying? Weren't you at the club with Yuka and Eri? What happened to Yuka?" her mother asked, worriedly.
"Yuka, she was killed by the blood-sucking monster!"
"What?" Mrs. Higurashi comforted her daughter. "It's alright, Kagome. You must have been seeing things. Just go to your room and go to sleep. I'll tell you something important tomorrow, then. Since you're not up for it tonight." Mrs. Higurashi patted her daughter's head for comfort.
"Maybe you're right, Mom. Maybe I was seeing things and all I need right now is a good sleep," Kagome wiped the last tears out of her face. She looked up at her mother and smiled, "Good-night, Mom. Sorry if I worried you."
"It's alright, Kagome. You're just nervous about turning seventeen, that's all." Then Mrs. Higurashi kissed her daughter goodnight. Kagome left her mother for her room. 'Click' the door to Kagome's bedroom was closed signaling that she has entered her room. 'Oh,' prayed Mrs. Higurashi, 'Kami, protect my daughter. Please let no harm come to her. Please.' After that, Mrs. Higurashi headed up the stairs to her own room.
Meanwhile, in the cabin of the Aku Inu, Inuyasha was busy complaining to his beloved Kikyo and everyone else about how he was exposed to some girl. "Damn! I can't believe I was exposed to some ningen (human) girl!"
"You were exposed, little brother," retorted Sesshoumaru, "how pathetic."
"Oh," stated Miroku, "was it a pretty girl?" Miroku had to ask. He wanted to know if the girl was prettier than Kikyo.
"She can't be prettier than me, can she Inu dear?" asked Kikyo, patting her stomach for she was pregnant with Inuyasha's child. "Say, Inu dear, have you brought me dinner? I'm getting hungry and I think the baby's also because he's been kicking me since 7 PM."
"Bring her in," ordered Inuyasha. He had captured a young girl about the age of fourteen. She was full of blood and flesh and she will satisfy his beloved Kikyo and his son.
This girl was scared out her wits. She was kidnaped in the middle of the streets by some men dressed in black. Now she was brought in given to a young woman, who appeared pallid white as if she has no blood in her veins. She was scared. Very scared for she's never been in account of something like this.
"Oh, this girl is very tasty," scrutinized Kikyo as she felt the flesh of the girl. "Thank you, Inu dear. I'm sure the baby's also happy." Kikyo leaned towards the scared girl and reached out for her.
The girl jumped back. "NO! Don't come near me!"
"Aw, scared aren't we?" taunted Kikyo. "Don't worry, this won't hurt. This won't hurt at all." Kikyo grabbed hold of the girl and bent her head, her fangs aiming straight for her neck.
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" screamed the girl, trying to break free for this woman was sucking away all her blood.
The feel of blood rushed through Kikyo's veins. She felt all new. She could feel her youth coming back to her again. Kikyo sucked the girl 'til she was dry to the bones. That was satiating.
"That girl," Inuyasha began, "the girl I met near the vending machine must be the new leader of the Bara because I've never met with a girl with such power to withstand me." Inuyasha finally found his target. Now all he needs is to kill her and his mission is completed. All the killings he has committed—killing all young girls with red crescents was to kill the right one. He killed all these girls, hoping that one of the girls that he killed would be the new leader of the Bara, but luckily, the little one found him. Now he searches no more.
"Then kill her, Inu dear!" Kikyo urged. "You can't let her get away now! Not that you finally found her." Kikyo hoped that once Inuyasha killed off this girl, he would have more time to spend with her and the baby now that his mission was accomplished.
"No, Kikyo," answered Inuyasha, "I think I'll let her live for a while. I want to see what she's capable of before I kill her. I know she won't be an easy prey for me."
"But Inu dear," Kikyo began, "if you won't kill her I will do it for you, for our baby's sake."
"NO! Kikyo, don't do anything stupid. You don't want to kill anyone with a pregnant stomach. If you're not careful, you might harm the baby," Inuyasha chided.
"You're right, Inu dear," Kikyo said softly, "I can't harm our baby, right? I promise you, I won't go and do anything stupid. I assure you." Kikyo feigned a promise face for her beloved Inuyasha. Inside her mind, she is going to get rid of the girl once and for all.
While, in Kagome's room, she tossed and turned in her bad constantly for she was having a major headache. It didn't feel like a regular headache. It was a headache that felt like as if her head was going to split open soon. It felt piercing to the bone. Kagome woke and climbed out of bed. She walked into the bathroom sink and splashed some cool water on her face to somehow alleviate the pain. As she looked at herself in the mirror, she noticed something different. She saw something red. No it was red crescent-shaped moon on her forehead. 'Oh my God!' Kagome thought frantically. 'This isn't happening! This isn't happening! I can't be having a red crescent on my forehead. NO!' she screamed mentally. Just then, in the mirror, she saw someone else. It wasn't her reflection. It was someone smirking at her with silvery-white hair and golden eyes, his fangs poking from his mouth. He was smirking right at her! Kagome did what every girl would do when they see something scary—she screamed. Before you know it, the mirror cracked to pieces. Just one scream and the glass mirror cracked.
Mrs. Higurashi jumped out of bed with sound of her daughter's scream. She quickly ran to Kagome's room and when she didn't see her, she ran to the bathroom to find Kagome sobbing on the bathroom floor. "What happened, Kagome? Why is the mirror broken?" Her daughter was shaking furiously.
"Mom," Kagome looked up at her mother. Mrs. Higurashi was shocked. She saw a red crescent on her daughter's forehead. "Kagome..."
"Mom! I'm going to die! I'm going to die just the rest of the girls who had a red crescent on their body! The killer is going to come after me!" Kagome wailed, grabbing her mother tightly.
"And I don't want to die..."
"Kagome..." began her mother. "You won't die, trust me. I'll protect you. I swear I'll protect you." Mrs. Higurashi spoke soothingly. "I won't let anything happen to you. Please, go to bed and think about nothing. Tomorrow morning will be a brand new day. You'll see."
Kagome just nodded and got out of her mother's grasp. She then fell asleep in bed.
Mrs. Higurashi walked down the stairs to lock all doors to prevent anyone from entering when she heard some movement in the den. 'Someone is present in the den,' thought Mrs. Higurashi. Mrs. Higurashi, armed with a gun walked slowly into the den to find a female in a cloak about to light a match.
"Who are you?" asked Mrs. Higurashi, pointing her gun at Kikyo. "I'll shoot if you don't leave my house this instant." What bravery Mrs. Higurashi possesses!
"Will you?" sneered Kikyo. "Well go ahead, I want to see what you can do, pathetic human." Kikyo didn't know that this woman had the guts to pull the trigger because most humans she had encountered fall the floor before pulling the trigger.
"BAM!" the gun was fired. "Damn you, woman! How dare you shoot at me, you shot me, you human!" cried Kikyo.
"Leave now!" argued Mrs. Higurashi, "or I'll shoot again and this time I won't miss your heart."
"Hah!" laughed Kikyo, hysterically, "you almost killed my baby. You will pay dearly." Kikyo charged at Mrs. Higurashi with all her strength, then beared her fangs, aiming at her neck.
"I'll drink all your blood 'til you're all dried up, woman! That'll teach you to not mess with me!"
Kagome, who heard the gunshot, woke up right away and ran down the stairs to find her mother cornered by a female, who was drinking her blood.
"Mother!" she called her frantically. Her mother was going to die and she can do nothing about it. The only she could think of doing right now is get a bat and swing at that hideous woman.
Kagome got herself with a bat ready, walked behind the woman and swung at her HARD.
"Ah!" screamed Kikyo. She stopped drinking and turned around to see who dared to hit her.
Kikyo was heavily injured. She was shot in the shoulder and bleeding heavily. She was also hit with a baseball bat at the back. Kikyo believes that she can no longer have the strength to kill this girl and her mother decided to flee. Before she ran out, she lit a match and let the Higurashi house burn down to inferno.
"Mom,"cried Kagome, nonstop. She couldn't stop her mother's bleeding and the wound was getting bigger by the minute. "Mom," Kagome shook her mother, hoping to wake her up.
"Ka-Kagome," s Mrs. Higurashi was having a hard time breathing because of the heavy smoke and the nonstop bleeding. She knew she was going to die soon without being able to tell her daughter the secret.
"Kagome...I'm sorry. I'm sorry about all this. It's all my fault. Please, Kagome forgive me," coughed Mrs. Higurashi.
"Mom, don't strain yourself," Kagome answered.
"Kagome, listen to me. Go to the Hana Forest. Go there. There you'll find Kaede-sama. She will tell you everything. Promise me you'll go there, Kagome. Promise me," Mrs. Higurashi pleaded her daughter. Her time was going short. Soon she'll die.
"I will, mom. I will. I promise," promised Kagome. "Don't worry, mom. I'll get you out of here. We need to get out of here. The house is burning down! And we need to get you to a hospital!"
"No. Kagome, don't. Just leave! Leave, you hear me!" Her mother urged her. "I'm dying anyway so just let me die in peace in this house that your father and I raised you in."
Kagome couldn't just leave her mother there. "NO! Mother, I can't. You have to come with me!"
"Kagome. You promised me so leave NOW!" Mrs. Higurashi pushed her daughter out of the way before the roof collapsed on both of them.
Kagome was pushed out just in time or else the burning roof would have collapsed on her too.
"MOM!!!!!!!" Kagome screamed as she saw the blazing roof collapsed on her mother.
Kagome could do nothing but run out of the house and go to this Hana Forest her mother instructed her to go to. She promised her mother and that promise will not be broken.
Meanwhile, Inuyasha waited impatiently for Kikyo to return. "Where the hell did Kikyo go?" stomped Inuyasha, pacing furiously around the cabin. Miroku and Sesshoumaru just stared at Inuyasha in silence.
Just then a figure in a cloak stumbled into the cabin. It was wounded and it was Kikyo!
"Kikyo!" Inuyasha rushed to his love. "Kikyo, what happened to you! You're wounded!"
"I-Inu dear, I've killed the girl. I've killed her for you..." Kikyo whispered faintly.
"You-you stupid! I told not to do anything stupid! You don't listen, do you? Now you're hurt really bad.. Call the doctor! Quickly, someone call a doctor!"
Miroku rushed back with a doctor. The doctor was scared to death, being pulled out of bed at midnight by some vampire.
"Don't worry," Miroku said, "doctor, we won't kill you. Just we need your help. You need to check out a pregnant female for us. She's hurt. We need to know how's her baby doing."
The doctor examined Kikyo and shook his head. He turned to Miroku and said, "I'm very sorry to inform you that the baby is no longer alive."
Kikyo gasped.
"WHAT?!" Inuyasha jumped out of his seat, furious. "What did you say?!" growled Inuyasha, pulling at the doctor's collar, choking the air out of him.
"Inuyasha! Calm down! You'll kill the doctor. We promised him that we won't kill him as long as he examines Kikyo. So let him go, NOW!" yelled Miroku.
"The baby's dead? Gone?" Inuyasha shook his head, incredulously. "YOU!" he pointed angrily at Kikyo. "Look what you did! Now our baby's gone! It's all your fault!"
Kikyo was scared at Inuyasha's wrath. She has never seen him so angry before. "I'm sorry," Kikyo started to say, but didn't finish.
"Sorry? Sorry is all you can say? You killed our only pup! You hear?" bellowed Inuyasha.
"But Inu dear, we can always have a second chance, can't we?" Kikyo asked worriedly.
"Don't you 'Inu dear', Kikyo. I'm telling you now. I am not going to have a second chance with you! You had one chance and you blew it! You hear? Now get out! You are no longer a member of the Aku Inu. Go find yourself another man because I LOATHE YOU! Because of what you did I'll make sure that you'll rue the day you were born!" With that he grabbed the wounded Kikyo by the collar and threw her out of the cabin for good.
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A/N: Hey, you guys, what did you think? Scary Inuyasha, don't you think? I can't help it. I don't like Kikyo therefore, I have to throw her out this chapter. I'm sorry for those of you read about Kikyo having Inuyasha's baby. But look on the bright side, Kikyo lost her baby and Inuyasha hates her, ne? First chapter, intriguing? Cool? Great? If so, review. I love it when you ppl review. Those of you who want a second chapter, REVIEW! Thanks.
