Chapter 2: The Fuedal Era.
Kira was struggling to free herself from the tenticals as they dragged her down into the swirling blue lights. She was completely terrified right now as she struggled.
"FINALLY! After all these years! It has finally returned!" Echoed a voice around her. She went still at the sudden strange voice that had just spoken.
"What's going on? Who are you?! Why have you captured me?!" She yelled as she looked around for the soucre of the voice.
"You have it! You have the anicent power! The power I've been longing for for over 5 centuries!" It said as a man soon appeared before him. The top half of him was very masculine, like that of a god. He had short red hair and blazing red eyes. It was the eyes and the fact that his lower body was made of the same tenticals that were holding her. "You have the forgotten power. A power that shall be mine!" He said as he stuck out his long snake tongue and licked the side of her face.
She was completely grossed out by this and was soon over being scared. For some reason she felt her nails getting warmer as she raised her hand. "GET OFF ME!" She slashed at his face and noticed that a glow trail of power followed where she had scratched the demon.
The demon cryied out in inmense pain and held his face in pain. She noticed the it looked like his face was melting. "You wench! You've burned my perfect face with acid! I'll end your life more quickly now that you're ruined my perfect face." His features changed and he revealed the fangs of his teeth.
Taking a chance, she clawed at his face again with her manacured nails and then the tenticals while he was distracted with the so called perfection of his face. Just as she thought, the tenticals loosened their grip and she managed to get out of them.
"I don't really understand what's going on but I'm not going to let you kill me." She focused her new found powers at her fingertips and somehow managed to release a long trail of power in the form of a whip. She used this whip and sliced the demon in half.
His screamed of agony started to faded as the bright lights faded with him. She then landed on something hard and groaned in pain. She had landed on her arm and balled up on the floor.
What the hell is going on today? She thought as she soon sat up in the darkness. She looked around and soon realized she was in the bottom of the well. "Kagome! Inuyasha! Are you there?" She called up at the opening of the well. When she heard nothing, she slowly got up and carefully climbed out of the well.
"Kago...me...whoa." She staired at the unfamiliar area surrounding the well. The house was gone. The shrine was gone. The sound of cars was gone. Everything was absulute gone. There was noting but trees and the sound of birds churping in the air. She climbed out of the well and staired at the beauty of all these trees. She looked at her arm in the sunlight and noticed a bruise was starting to show. She groaned in annoice and then noticed a familiar tree in the distence. It...It can't be. She ran threw the other trees and soon came upon the Scared God Tree.
She smiled up at the tree like it was an old friend. It looked younger then it did. A lot younger. And the roots were coming out of the ground. She noticed one root the was high enough and angled just right so she could sit on it. She went over to that root and did so. Well. I always did want a new life. Maybe I'm finally getting my wish.
She then jumped as she heard the bushes close by move. She stayed completely still and very silent. Soon, men came out of the bushes with arrows pointed at her. She screamed and srambled to stand, staying close to the tree. "Oh come on! I was just kidnapped by this tentical demon and taken from my friend's house. I didn't do anything."
"That may be true miss." Said an old woman that stepped between two men in front of Kira. "But yee are a demon. And demons must be killed to ensure the safety of the village."
"Demon? I'm not a demon! I'm human." Her fears were hitting her again as she looked at all the arrows pointed at het. "I swear i'm human!"
"KEADE! STOP!" Kagome's voice said as she came into the clearing. "Keade don't hurt her. She's my friend that fell into the well."
Inuyasha soon appeared and jumped in front of Kira, shielding her from the arrows. Kira clung to the back of his clothing. "What the hell is going on? Where am I?" She said as she started crying on his back.
"This demon girl is you're friend Lady Kagome?" asked one of the archers.
"She's not a demon! She's my friend. She's from my time Keade!" Kagome said as she pleaded with the old woman.
Keade looked over Kagome and at Kira. She then noticed the odd clothing and nodded. She raised her hand and the archers lowered their bows. "Alright child. I believe you. But why do i sense this demonic aura coming from her?" Keade asked as she still looked ar Kira.
"Demonic aura?" Kagome then focused and sensed a second demonic aura coming from her friend. "That's weird. Kira when did you become a demon?"
"I don't know but i'm not a demon! I don't even know what happened in the well when that demon attacked me. Next time i know, i'm summoning this...energy whip thing...out of my finger tips and using it to hit the demon." She said as she clung to Inuyasha's back more.
"Energy whip? Kagome you don't think...?" Inuyasha then stopped talking when he felt Kira slump against his back.
"Oh my god! She's fainted!" Kagome said as she went over to see if her friend was alright.
Kira graoned as she woke up a few hours later. She slowly opened her eyes and saw she was in a hut of some sort. She sat up and noticed that she wasn't alone.
Inuyasha was close by, sitting by a fire with his back to her. The old woman was sturring something in a pot that was over the fire pit. Kagome sitting next to Inuyasha talking to the old women.
Kira smirked and silently snuck up behind her friend. She noticed Inuyasha's dog ear flick and guessed that he was going to keep quiet. She smirked again and she stood up on her knees behind her friend. "BOO!"
Kagome screamed and Inuyasha rolled over in laughter. Appearently he did know what she was about to do. Kira just laughed as she looked at her shocked friend. Even Keade was giggling. "Are yee sure yee are not a demon Lady Kira?" The old priestess asked as she looked at the girl.
"Well, my parents did call me the 'holy terror of Japan' but that was only because i scared them with my premonitions when they came true." She said as she looked over at her recovering friend.
Kagome's look went from shock to confused at hearing Kira was having premontions. "You can see into the future?"
"Yeah. I've been able to since i was a kid. I was never able to tell you because i was dragged off to america before i had the chance." She said as she looked around the hut more. She then looked at her hand and sighed. "But now I'm confused more then ever. First the well, and then that...that monster attacking me, licking my face and saying he wants...my...my powers? The only power i have is foresight. That is until...until I somehow burned his face with acid and made that energy whip appear out of my finger nails."
"Yee burned a demon's face with acid?" Keade asked as she looked at Kira with her one eye.
"Un huh. I...I just touched his face and this green vapor came out of my hand." She kept stared at her hand as she spoke. "This is just too weird for me. What the hell is happening to me?"
"You're turning into my worthless brother. He has the same powers as you. You even have his scent." Inuyasha said as he started growling.
"She smells like you're brother?" Kagome asked as her eyes twitched at the thought that Kira and Sesshomaru smelled the same.
"Well sort of. She has the scent of the wind on her like he does but she also has this underlaying smell of something flowery." He stated as he had a bored exspression on his face. "Smells like cherry blossoms." He mumbled as he scratched his ear.
"Well, spiced cherry blossoms is my favorite perfume. And i have this air freshing oil in my closet so that my cloths will smell nice." Kira said as she looked away from her hand. "Who is your brother anyway?"
"Lord Sesshomaru. He's a very powerful demon and he rules the Western Lands." Kagome stated.
"Yeah but he had a different mother then me. He's a full demon and he hates having a half demon brother like me. All because our father had to mate with my mother and then die protecting her on the night i was born."
"Bet he resents you for that huh?" Kira asked softly.
"Yeah. And the fact that i have a powerful sword and his can't do shit except heal people who are dead." He grumbled as he soon got up and left the hut.
Both the priestess sighed as they watched him go. "He always does get a little testy about his brother."
"Aye, he does the same when talking about his human mother." Keade said as she went back to sturring the soup in the pot.
"His mother was human?" Kira asked as she looked at Keade.
"Aye. He is a half demon after all. His mother was human yet his father was a pure demon. His father died in a fire well try to save his mother." Keade said as she put the lid on the pot. "After a few years into his childhood, Inuyasha lost his mother to an illness."
"After that, he grew up all alone. He's been hated by humans and demons all his life." Kagome said as she looked up at the roof and sighed.
"Wow. He's had it rough then me. My parents just ignore me. His are dead." Kira said as she sighed at the thought.
After having stew for a lunch, Kira decided that she wanted to explore the village. Promising Kagome and Inuyasha she wouldn't go to far, she left the hut and took a walk around. She noticed that the villagers were looking at her funny from the way she was dressed. She was still wearing her clubing outfit and had put her hair in a pony tail with a strip of cloth Keade had given her. She also noticed that every other guy eyes her in a way that men gave her when she walked by her.
She was walking with her hands behind her back and was walking with an air of grace about her. Her silver tail swayed as she walked. She then heard a man being smacked upside the head by a jealous wife. I guess he was drooling. She thought as she smiled at the thought.
She soon reached the stream that was close by and sat on the bank. She took off her shoes and placed her feet in the water. She loved the sound of a river or rain falling. It always seemed to calm her. She was glad she wasn't wearing her high heeled boots or her feet would be killing her. She only brought her inch high heeled boots. They wear great for dancing in and were comfortable to wear anywhere.
She sighed as she relaxed and layed back on the grass. She then went back into her thoughts and thought about the man she had dreamed about last night. A man in a red and white hoarie, chest armor, yellow and blue sash and a fluffy boa over the right shoulder. And a light purple cresent moon mark on his forhead. I wonder why destiny wants me to meet him. Maybe he's suppose to help me with something? She thought as she watched the clouds over head. She then absent mindedly touched her birthmark on her forhead.
She was then pulled out her thoughts when she saw something that looked like a flying cat going across the sky. She sat up and watched the cat flying to the village. She quickly got up, put on her boots and ran after the cat.
She hide behind a hut as she watched the cat land and noticed that there were two people riding it. One was a man that she recognized as a monk from the way he was dressed. The woman that was with him, was dressed in a pink kimono with a green apron around her waist. What surprized her more was that the girl was holding a huge boomerage. To her, it looked too heavy to lift but the woman held it like it was as light as a feather.
Kira then jumped again as the large cat burst into flames. For a moment she thought the poor thing had spawntenious cumbusted, but she saw the flames die she noticed a small kitten was standing where the large cat once was. What kind of demon is that cat? She thought as she watched the monk, the woman, and the kitten walking toward Keade's hut.
Kira just looked at them curiously and soon followed them. She stayed outside the hut and listened to the conversation inside as best as she could. All she could hear was mumbling and gave up trying to listen. She sighed as she went into the hut and went over to the fire pit.
The monk and the woman just stared at her as she casually sat down by Kagome.
"Is this the friend you were talking about Kagome?" Asked the woman as she looked Kira over.
"Yep. This is my good friend Kira!" Kagome said as she smiled.
"Uhhh...hi..." Kira said as she waved shyly at them.
"Hello there fair maiden." The monk said as he got up from beside the woman. "I am called Miroku. Would you like to bare my child?" He asked as he took her hand and held it in his.
Kira was taken aback by what he just said. From the groaning Kagome did and the deadly dagger look the woman was giving him, she guess that he asked this a lot. She then sudden took her hand back and punched him right in the face.
"I don't date guys like you who are always to quick to ask about something like that." She said as she folded her arms and gave him a dirty look.
Kagome just sighed but strangly enough, the woman just smirked at Miroku as he lay on the floor. "Serves you right for being a lecher."
"So he's always like this?" Kira asked as she looked at her.
"Yep. I'm Sango by the way." She said as she smiled.
Kira smiled back then jumped when she heard a childlike voice say., "Hi! I'm Shippo!" Said the fox demon as he jumped onto Kagome's shoulder.
Kira started at him for a minute and then burst into giggles. "Oh my god Kagome! He's so cute!"
Everyone just laughed. Sango picked up the kitten that was next to her and placed it on her lap. "And this is Kilala." She said as the kitten mewed.
Kira squealed over the kitten too and looked at her.
After a few more minutes of talking, Sango asked, "So when are we going to go out ans search for more jewel shards Kagome?"
"I have to go back and get my things first. I kinda left my stuff behind when Inuyasha and i were trying to get into the well to save Kira." She said as she looked at her friend.
"That's fine with me. Besides, i need to get my bag too. I have a jacket in it." She said as she rubbed her bare arms. It was starting to get cold out as the sun was starting to set on the oddest day of Kira's life.
