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Chapter One: Prelude
One thousand seven hundred and three years ago, there lived a powerful miko named Midoriko. During a great battle that lasted seven days and seven nights Midoriko was attacked by a great number of demons. On the seventh day, a demon, made by the lusts of a man, who desired Midoriko, somehow got hold of her between its jaws. Midoriko, in one last great attempt to purify the demon, forced out the demon's soul, but in doing so, forced out her own. Both the demon and Midoriko died in this attempt, but their souls combined to form a powerful jewel that came to be known as the Shikon no Tama - the Jewel of Four Souls - a jewel rumored to have the power to grant a single wish.
The Jewel then was passed on from person to person, until, one day, a Taijiya Village, near Midoriko's final resting place, took possession of the jewel. Knowing that they could not keep the Jewel from becoming tainted, they entrusted it to a powerful miko, named Kikyo.
Kikyo then spent most of her time purifying any demon who attempted to kill her and use the jewel for their own selfish desires. Alas, there was only one demon that she would not purify, for he was only a hanyo, a half demon, who reminded her somewhat of herself. His name was Inuyasha. Over time, they slowly fell in love.
Kikyo wanted to use the Jewel to transform Inuyasha into a human, and if there plan had worked, the jewel would have been destroyed by such a pure wish and Kikyo would of been relieved of her duty as the guardian of the sacred jewel, allowing her to live together with Inuyasha for the rest of their days. Unfortunately, a petty thief that went by the name of Onigumo, who lusted after both Kikyo and a tainted Jewel, tricked Inuyasha and Kikyo into betraying each other. He offered his flesh to many demons, and a hanyo shape-shifter named Naraku was born. Naraku transformed himself into a replica of Inuyasha, injured Kikyo, and then attacked Inuyasha as a replica of Kikyo. Kikyo, believing Inuyasha had betrayed her, forced the last of her purification powers into a sealing arrow, and took one shot at Inuyasha, pinning him to a tree, which then sealed him to that same tree for fifty years, forcing him to sleep for, what she had hoped, all eternity. She then ordered her younger sister Kaede to burn her body with the sacred Jewel, so it would never be used for evil. But, because Kikyo was filled with bitter hatred when she died, the Shikon no Tama that was entrusted to her became tainted.
Five hundred and thirty-five years later in modern day Japan, the reincarnation of the miko Kikyo - Kagome - was born with the sacred Jewel hidden inside her body. She carried it until her fifteenth birthday, when a demon named 'Mistress Centipede' pulled her into the Bone Eater's Well and five hundred years into the past. They appeared in the Feudal Era about 50 years after Kikyo died, where the demon bites into Kagome's side and rips the jewel out of Kagome. Kagome frees Inuyasha and he kills the demon. She then takes over the task of guarding the sacred Jewel from evil, but unintentionally shatters it into a great number of shards that scatter throughout all Japan.
She and Inuyasha work together to collect as many pieces of the jewel as they can, and are later joined by a kitsune named Shippo, a monk named Miroku, a taijiya named Songo, and a two tailed neko demon named Kirara. Together they worked to gather the Jewel shards and kill the evil Naraku.
Three years after beginning their quest, the final battle takes place, where, once tricking Naraku and gaining hold of the jewel, the miko Kagome makes a wish after seeing the deceased around her.
"Shikon no Tama, I wish that you would take the evil Naraku from this world, and set things to the way they would have been if Naraku had died fifty years ago, when Kikyo had passed on." the jewel then granted Kagome's wish, and was purified.
After celebrating the winning of a hard battle, and the return of loved ones, Lady Kagome attempted to go home, to a time beyond the Bone Eater's Well, but something went wrong. Once the Lady Kagome had made it through the well, a demon destroyed it, unknowingly trapping the miko on the other side. The well was rebuilt, using wood from a sacred tree, but Lady Kagome never returned.
Five hundred years in the future, a depressed Lady Kagome was visited by Lady Midoriko and given guardianship over a powerful object called The Embryo. But to become The Embryo's guardian, Lady Kagome was reduced to a ten year old, and The Embryo became her own chara, Angel.
This is where our story begins...
"Kagome dear, it's time to wake up for school," said a voice, while shaking my arm to wake me from my peaceful, blissful slumber. I open my eyes to see my tenshi of a mother desperately trying to wake me. I mutter something about 'but it's not even seven yet' and turn on my side. I then lifted one of my many pillows to cover my face from the light seeping in through my curtains. I heard my mother give an exaggerated sigh before saying, "Kagome Higurashi, if you do not get up this instant, Lord Sesshomaru's gift of getting you into the best elementary school of all Japan, Seiyo Academy, will go to waste."
"Fine," I mumbled, sitting up and letting the pillow fall off my face and onto my lap. My mother then gave me one of her famous smiles before leaving the room, giving me the privacy I needed to change into my new uniform.
"You are so~ gonna love this school Gome-chan! I know it!" shouts my chara, Angel, throwing one of her tiny fists into the air, while flapping her tiny wings so that she could fly in front of me. She then flies over to my vanity and struggles to pick up the hairbrush on it while I stand up out of bed and walk over to my closet, taking off my pajamas on the way there.
"That's what you say. I myself do not want to attend 5th grade for the second time," I said, pulling out my uniform from my closet. I then walk over to my bed, lay the full uniform on it and, piece by piece, slowly put it on.
"But this is a brand new start, Gome-chan! No more are you Kagome Higurashi, most beautiful girl in Tokyo High, but instead you are Kagome Taishou, adopted sister to Sesshomaru Taishou, of whom is the head of Taishou Corps! Neh! I wish I could be a student too..." trailed off Angel. As she struggles to fly over to me to hand me the, to her, heavy hairbrush. I take the brush from her and start brushing my hair, not really knowing what to say.
"Kagome! Lord Sesshomaru is here!" my mother called out. I yell back a quick 'Hai!', grab my backpack next the the door of my room and put on my white headband. As I close the door to my room behind me, Angel flies out and lands on my head, giving her poor wings a break. " Ja ne, Kagome-chan!" says my mother, as she hands me breakfast as I run out the door.
"Ja ne, Okaa-san!" I call out. Mama closes the door behind me as I run across the shrine heading to the stairs. I then run down the stairs, two at a time, and stop myself just before I run into Sesshomaru-sama's limo. The driver standing in front of a limo door opens it for me. I thank him and take my seat. The man nods and heads back to the driver's seat so that he can drive me to school.
" Konichiwa Sesshomaru-sama!" I exclaim as I put my seat belt on. A very human looking Sesshomaru nods his head to my greeting.
"Konichiwa Sesshomaru-sama!" exclaims Angel-chan, while waving to Sesshomaru.
"...konichiwa Miko-san, Chara-san..." says Sesshomaru in a bored tone of voice. Sesshomaru has been looking after me ever since he learned of my new...honor... of guarding The Embryo, saying something about his honor owing it to me since I was, technically, the one who got rid of Naraku.
About ten minutes later we pull up to Seiyo Academy. When I looked out the window, I could
see many children all wearing similar uniforms to my own, staring at Sesshomaru's limo, mouths gaping wide.
"Ja ne, Sesshomaru-sama," I say, as the limo driver opens the door for me. I then step out of the car, slinging my faithful yellow backpack over my shoulder. I could feel Angel-chan entering my backpack, looking for some snacks to eat. The limo driver then closes the door behind me, bows, and heads back to the driver's seat to take Sesshomaru to work. As I turn to face the crowd of children, I notice most of them are whispering about one thing or the other. I then start my walk towards the school building.
"I heard she is some sort of princess from the another land," gossiped one child.
" Well I heard that the Sesshomaru Taishou adopted her as his baby sister," gossiped another.
"No way! Well I heard that her older sister is some sort of pop star!"
I sighed. I could time travel, befriend a lord, and even purify demons, but if there was one thing I could not handle: it was elementary school.
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