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Amaterasu, Yukiko, and Kaya touched ground, they were now on Earth. Yukiko looked around and sneered in disgust at all the flowers blooming. Before she could comment, all three turned their head as they heard a scream.
"Agghh! Lord Sesshomaru! Help Rin!" A human girl screamed for help.
Kaya, having formed a friendship with the girl on her many trips to Earth, took off running. Amaterasu and Yukiko ran after their little sister.
Kaya, having gotten a head start, arrived first to see the little girl in the claws of a green troll youkai. She sneered and reached for her sword, only to meet empty air, 'Oh, yeah.' She decided to use her powers of mind control to make the youkai put the girl down.
As soon as Rin touched ground, she ran to Kaya. "Kaya-sama!" She called.
Kaya stepped in front of Rin, but before she could kill the demon, it exploded in a strike of blue lightning. A figure clad in white with red on his haori sleeve stepped forward as he sheathed his sword.
"Sesshomaru." Yukiko stepped forward smirking.
Sesshomaru stopped for a minute and stared at Yukiko, "Why do you have my father sword, woman."
"Show some respect!" Kaya yelled at him, "Or else, she'll kick your ass." She warned.
Sesshomaru scoffed, "I doubt any woman can beat me."
Amaterasu was offended, Sesshomaru found himself on the floor in seconds. "Oh really?" Amaterasu asked him.
Growling, Sesshomaru tried to get up, "Don't bother." Yukiko stepped forward. She crouched and looked him in the eye, "By the way, your "father's" swords, supposedly made from his "fangs" are not his." Yukiko stood up and went in the middle of her sisters. She spread her arms, "They're ours."
Sesshomaru growled and Amaterasu finally let him get up. "Sesshomaru-sama!" Rin ran out from behind Kaya, "Rin was so scared! But, Kaya-sama saved Rin from the evil demon!" Rin told him.
Sesshomaru stood, "Who is Kaya?"
"I am." Kaya stepped forward.
Sesshomaru turned to her, "This Sesshomaru thanks you for saving Ri-"
"Stop!" Kaya interrupted him, "Just say "I" thank you. Okay? Try that." She told him.
Growling, Sesshomaru said, "I thank you for saving Rin."
"No problem." Kaya beamed. "Now, do you know where Inuyasha is?" She asked him.
"Why do you need this Sesshomaru's insufferable hanyou half-brother?"
All three goddesses rolled their eyes at his use of third person.
"He has my sword." Kaya stated bluntly.
"Hn." Sesshomaru pointed East and turned to walk away.
"Wait." Amaterasu told him.
He stopped, "What?"
"Just wait a minute." She told him.
Amaterasu, Kaya, and Yukiko huddled together. "He could become useful." Amaterasu told them, "We should make an alliance."
"No." Yukiko huffed. "Why not?" Kaya asked her.
"Because I don't like him." Yukiko crossed her arms over her chest.
"Sister," Amaterasu placed her hand on Yukiko's shoulder, "this is not about whether or not you like him. This is about defeating Suzume."
"Yeah. Plus, you'll have someone to torture," Kaya put in helpfully, "other than me." She stated annoyed.
Yukiko just smiled showing off her dimples, "I love you sister!" She ran and hugged her tightly.
"Yeah, sure you do." Kaya told her as she pulled her sister off of her person.
"So it's decided then?" Amaterasu asked.
The two nodded and Kaya turned to Sesshomaru and Rin. "Come on Rin! You guys are traveling with us!"
"But what about Ah-Un and Jaken-sama?"
Oh yeah, I forgot about the stupid toad." Kaya muttered, "They can come to!" She shouted happily to make Rin happy.
"Yay!" Rin yelled as she threw her hands in the air.
"Sesshomaru, we would like to conduct a temporary alliance." Amaterasu stuck her hand out for him to shake.
"This Sesshomaru needs no alliance in dealing with Naraku." He told her as he turned to walk away.
"What about dealing with Suzume?" Yukiko asked him with her eyebrow raised.
This stopped him in his tracks, "Who is Suzume?"He asked, "This Sesshomaru wants to know."
Yukiko put her hand over mouth in mock surprise, "Oh, you didn't know?" She asked.
"Yukiko." Amaterasu warned as she turned back to Sesshomaru to explain, "Suzume is a demi-goddess, the daughter of Susanowa and a mortal woman-" Before she could go any farther, Sesshomaru interrupted her.
"Before you continue, who are you three?"
Kaya stepped forward to explain, "We are the goddesses of Heaven, Earth, and Hell. I am Kaya, goddess of Earth, the tetssiega, is my sword. " She pointed to Amaterasu, "Amaterasu is the goddess of Heaven, the tensseiga is her's. That is why, you no longer have it." Kaya pointed to Yukiko, "She is Yu-"
"I can introduce myself." Yukiko interrupted.
Kaya just rolled her eyes. "Then introduce yourself." She told her.
"Gladly," Yukiko smirked, "I am Yukiko, goddess of Hell. The Sounga," She touched her prized possession, "is mine."
"Hn."
Amaterasu turned back to Sesshomaru, "Anyway, Suzume is a demi-goddess."
"If she is a demi-goddess, and you three are full goddesses, why can't you just dispose of her?" He questioned.
"You." He pointed at Kaya.
"I have a name! It's Kaya." She shouted at him.
"Well, Kaya why don't you just use your command of Earth, since it is your realm, to bring her here." He questioned.
"Idiot." Kaya muttered, "She uses the Shikon No Tama, otherwise one of us would have killed her in seconds."
"Wait." Sesshomaru had a look of deep thought on his face, "Why didn't you just gather the Shikon as soon as it was scattered?"
"Because, I thought a miko named Kagome could complete the simple task of gathering a jewel," She told him, "obviously, she is incapable of completing the simplest tasks." She said with venom in her voice.
"Hn. Fine, I accept your offer of an alliance." He shook Amaterasu's hand.
"Come." Yukiko said, "We take to the skies." A dark black and red cloud formed under her feet and she was lifted off the grounds.
Amaterasu did the same, but it was silver and black.
"Come on Rin, you can ride with me." Kaya grabbed Rin's hand and in a black and purple cloud took to the skies.
Sesshomaru whistled and Au-Un and Jaken came. "Come." He said without looking back as he stepped onto his white cloud.
Ah-Un began flying and Jaken jumped on his back.
Sesshomaru flew beside Amaterasu and Kaya. "If you guys are the goddesses of Heaven and Earth, why do you have such dark clouds? This Sesshomaru can understand her," He nodded toward Yukiko, "for she is goddess of Hell, but why you two?"
Kaya and Amaterasu shrugged, "We like dark colors." They stated.
"Hn." They continued flying.
After several minutes of silence, besides Rin's chattering, Yukiko said, "We're approaching their group. I can see them from here."
The seven of them descended and walked the rest of the way.
"SIT!"
They heard a female voice yell in anger. Kaya, not really liking the miko said, "She's such a bitch."
"Kaya!" Amaterasu scolded her younger sister, while Yukiko smirked.
"What?" Kaya asked shrugging, "Anyway, I am going to get my sword." Kaya marched ahead and into the clearing where Inuyasha, Sango, Kagome, Miroku, Shippo, and Kirara were.
When Kaya walked up Inuyasha was just getting out of his crater. Inuyasha sensed her aura and knew she was powerful; the tetssiega pulsed as he pulled it from its sheath. Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Kirara, and Shippo fell to the floor at the intensity of the aura.
"Who the hell are you?" He yelled at her.
"Inuyasha! Be careful her spiritual aura is strong!" Miroku shouted at his friend.
"I got it Miroku!" Inuyasha yelled, "WIND SCAR!"
However, Kaya destroyed it with a wave of her hand, "Is that the best you can do?" she asked him.
"Come to me tetssiega." Kaya held out her hand, and the tetssiega came to her.
"This is the true power of wind scar." She raised the blade above her head with one hand and brought it crashing down with a yell of, "WIND SCAR!"
"Kagome!" Inuyasha grabbed Kagome and jumped out of the way, as the others moved.
"Wow. Inuyasha's wind scar wasn't half as good as her's." They whispered in awe.
Kaya smirked and tossed her regular sword to Inuyasha, "You can use this. The tetssiega is mine."
"The hell it is!" Inuyasha yelled as he ran forward with his claws extended. Before Kaya could defend herself, Yukiko stepped forward. "How dare you raise your hand to my sister!" She grabbed him around the neck and squeezed, when he started turning blue, she tossed him aside.
"The next time I won't hesitate to kill you." She told him as she moved to stand by Amaterasu.
"Thanks." Kaya nodded gratefully at her sister as she summoned the tetssiega's sheath. After sheathing her sword she told him.
"The tetssiega is mine, just as the tensseiga is Amaterasu's and the Sounga is Yukiko's. We are the goddesses of Heaven, Earth, and Hell. We have been sent to help you defeat someone worse than the hanyou you call Naraku."
Sango stepped forward, "It can't be." She whispered.
"Sango?" Kaya questioned as she stepped toward her friend.
"Damn, Kaya. How many humans do you know?" Yukiko asked.
"A lot Yukiko, I do come here a lot, you know. I do have to check on my realm." Kaya told her rolling her eyes.
"Kaya!" Sango exclaimed as she ran toward her friend.
"Sango? How do you know her?" Kagome asked.
"She saved me from a youkai when I was too young to defend myself." Sango told her.
"Who is she?" Kagome asked Sango.
"Yo." Kaya turned to Kagome, "I can speak for myself. If you want to know something about me, ask me."
Kagome gave her a dirty look, "Fine. Who are you?"
Kaya crossed her arms over her chest, "I don't like your tone. Try again." She smirked at Kagome's red face.
"What Kagome-sama meant to say was, will you please tell us who you are?" Miroku asked her.
"Certainly monk." Kaya smiled kindly, "I am Kaya, goddess of Earth. I rule Earth, if Famine spreads, I stop it, if people are ill, I heal them, I control everything that happens on Earth, here, no one is of higher rank."
Kagome opened her mouth, "Actually, the Shikon Miko is the highest rank on Earth." She stated smugly.
Kaya turned fierce eyes on her, "Actually, my dear idiot, you are not the highest rank. Certain demons are higher than you, I think the dead priestess Kikyo is more powerful than you. But I am highest rank."
Kagome pulled an arrow from her sling and readied her bow, "Then I challenge you." She told her.
Kaya smirked, "Perfect." She pulled out her own bow and notched an arrow.
Kaya's smirk unnerved Kagome. Kagome sent her spiritual powers into her arrow and when it glowed pink, the third highest spiritual power, she aimed. She shot, but Kaya shot her glowing purple arrow. Purple was the highest of spiritual powers and when her arrow touched Kagome's, Kagome's arrow disintegrated.
Kagome squeezed her eyes shut as the arrow came straight toward her face. However, it stopped only inches away. Kagome exhaled in relief, and Kaya walked up. She looked down her nose at her and said, "Do not challenge me again, because next time, I won't stop my arrow." She grabbed her arrow and put it back in her sling.
"We are joining groups to defeat a demi-goddess known as Suzume, who overthrew Naraku and has over half the Shikon No Tama." Kaya glared at Kagome, "Apparently someone," she hissed, "is incapable of completing the simple task of gathering jewel shards."
"It's mine!" Kagome shouted, "I can find it when I want!"
Kaya was suddenly in her face, "No it is not. It was my gift to Midoriko for her accomplishments. Since she is dead it is mine, and as soon as it is found, I will be taking it back."
"You can't talk to me that way!" Kagome shouted.
"Yes I can. If I wanted to I can place you to Dai ni-ji sekai. I can expel you from my domain. Learn your place." Kaya told her. (The Second World)
Sesshomaru had been watching and for some reason, his beast didn't like the way Kaya was talking to Kagome. 'So what. She means nothing to us.'
His beast just ignored him.
Amaterasu looked around, the sun was setting. "We shall camp here." She told them.
Everyone nodded and began to set up camp.
Kaya stood up, "I'll go scout the area."
Yukiko looked at her, "Why?" She asked.
Kaya touched her sword, "I missed it. I wanna use it some more."
Yukiko nodded and Kaya started out.
"Be careful!" Amaterasu warned.
"Yeah, yeah." Kaya waved her warning away. "See ya in awhile."
~Kaya's POV~
I ran in an area along the campsite, making sure there was no danger around. Even though I could just use my mind's eye to look around, as it was my world, I felt like running. As I ran I caught a strange aura. It was that of a human, yet it held a demonic energy, and a tainted jewel shard!
My eyes widened and I took off in the direction I knew the person to be. When I arrived I saw a boy no more than two years older than me leaning against a tree. He had his hair in a braid and a cross shaped purple marking on his forehead. He had a halberd on the ground beside him.
As I stepped forward I stepped on a twig. It made a crunching sound, and the boy's eyes snapped open they were a deep blue, as he grabbed his halberd. When I looked in his eyes I felt a strange connection to him. He quickly stood up and glared at me.
"Who are you?" He asked as his hands tensed around his sword's handle. He looked me up and down and smirked.
I felt my cheeks burn and I knew I was blushing. He started to laugh at me, but winced and grabbed his stomach as he fell to the ground.
I rushed forward. His clothed were stained in blood, and I realized the only thing keeping him alive was the jewel shard in his neck.
I pushed him down so that I could see his injuries. Without thinking, I lifted up his shirt, so I could inspect his injuries. I blushed as my fingers touched his hard muscles. He smirked! Arrogant asshole!
I placed my hands on top of his injuries, and with a start I realized that he was dead! The jewel shard was what brought him back. I knew what I had to do. I had to take the jewel. 'But I will bring him back to life.' I reached up and tried to take the jewel shard, but his hand caught my wrist.
"What are you doing?" He demanded.
Speaking softly, I said, "I have to take the shard. But I will bring you back to life."
"How? You can't possibly bring me back." He said.
It was true I couldn't bring him back. I had no control over anyone that is dead. Only Amaterasu did.
"My sister Amaterasu can bring you back." I told him.
All I had to do was ask her. Only she had command of the dead, she decided if they deserved a second chance at life.
"How do I know I can trust you?" He asked wearily.
I smiled softly, "You don't, but you must." Something in my eyes must have made him believe me, for he relented and let me take the shard. He died instantly.
I grabbed his halberd and summoned my cloud. With him on it, I went back to the campsite.
~Amaterasu's POV~
I gazed around at everyone. They all seemed to be getting close. Kagome was getting close to Sesshomaru, Yukiko was getting close to Inuyasha, and Sango and Miroku were getting close, heck! Even Rin and Shippo were getting close.
Well it's just me and Kaya now. Just as I thought that Kaya flew down. Oh great! She had a boy with her! This is so not fair!
At closer look, I noticed… he was dead!
I stood up and rushed toward her. "Who is he?" I asked her.
She shrugged, "I don't know. I found him dying; he had a Shikon jewel shard in his neck keeping him alive. I just feel a connection to him, you know," She shrugged, "Can you bring him back, please?"
I saw the look of desperation in her eyes and knew I had to. I nodded and she set him down and I unsheathed tensseiga. I concentrated and saw the bearers of the dead trying to drag him away. I brought my sword down and disposed of them.
The boy took a breath and I saw the deep happiness that was in Kaya's eyes. I smiled sadly. Now, I'm the only one without somebody.
I turned and started walking away. I heard Kaya say thank you as she embraced him. I am alone now.
~Yukiko's POV~
I had been talking with Inuyasha; he was saddened that the tetssiega was Kaya's, when I saw Kaya fly down. At closer inspection I noticed that there was a young man, maybe two years older than her. He was lying on her cloud. He didn't have an aura, so he must've been dead.
'She wants Amaterasu to revive him.'
After Amaterasu brought him, back she started to walk away. I would have followed her, but something in her expression let me know she wanted to be alone. There was a deep sadness in her aura. I sighed as I sat back down with Inuyasha.
"What's wrong?" He asked me.
I shook my head and leaned against him. I smirked when I saw his cheeks redden. After a moment he wrapped his arm around me. I smiled, content, as I closed my eyes.
~Amaterasu's POV~
As I walked I felt an ominous Aura. I furrowed my brow in confusion, 'Why didn't Kaya sense this? It is her land after all,' With realization I rolled my eyes, 'Of course, she was too busy with her lover boy.'
I walked toward it. I stepped through a grove of trees to see a man with waxy black hair on the ground leaning on a Bamboo pelt. I stepped forward, but the leaves were crunchy, so II made noise. His eyes snapped open, they were a deep red. I looked in his eyes, and felt as if nothing mattered, like only he mattered, not even my sisters mattered.
"Hello." He stood. "Who are you?"
"Amaterasu," I stepped forward, "I'm the goddess of Heaven." I cupped his cheek, and saw him smirk evilly, but I didn't care I felt a connection.
"Excellent."
Wow. Long chapter! Kagome and Kaya are feuding now, but not forever, and her, Sango, and Kagome will be great friends. Change of plans, Amaterasu won't be with Naraku, she'll be with someone else. Someone close to Suzume. Okay, please review!