My Lullaby
Sess/Kag...16
Jacob/Kagome...10
Mysterious Sapphire-eyed guy/Kags...8
Inu/Kag...7
Ed/Kag...5
Voting ends. In other words, you are looking at the results for the pairings. If you voted for Sess/Kag I can honestly say, by the second chapter I was 90 percent certain that Sess/Kag was going to win it. I actually wrote out most of the plot with that pairing( ha ha... didn't really have anything planned for Jac/Kag/Ren/... (^^) But if it was Jac/Kag I would have made it so that there was some kind of flaw in Jacob's imprinting or something. Since it's Sess/Kag....this definitely makes it interesting to write and read at the same time! I'm trying to make this less confusing, so in order to not delay the chapters so much they will be shorter. I just don't have time for longer chapters anymore. 6,000 is my limit. (This whole speech does not count) If I exceed that, it means that I'm trying to cure the confusion and adding more addition information to clarify. :) I don't mind constructive criticism if you would like to help me figure out the confusion or would like to help me improve, I am open to suggestions. Be mature about it. I don't want anything discouraging me to the point that I give up on a story. :(
That tis all, my fellow readers. Enjoy this chapter and sorry for the wait.
To Clarify the raiting T is for violence, nudity(not a lot), and course language. Ok, now you can read.
I've been sad and lonely
for so many nights
without you to hold me
to show me it's alright
a little understanding
isn't asking for too much
the way you loved me and left me
and you never stayed in touch
now you're reaching out for something
but there's nothing I can do
Where were you
to help me through all that emptiness inside
Where were you
you never knew
all those nights you made me cry
Where were you
when I was all alone
trying to mend this broken heart
and suddenly you've come back to me
Where were you - Suzie McNeil
Chapter 6: What is Light Without Darkness?
(Last Time)
They began to walk out of the clearing when Rin started to slow down. Kagome heard the soft hissing noise Rin made while tenderly walking on her feet. "Rin I think I should carry you the rest of the way. Your feet have had enough walking for today." Rin nodded lightly, too tired to walk anyway she let Kagome pick her up. Rin hugged Kagome and rested her head on her shoulder. Kagome rubbed the little girl's back soothingly and soon enough she heard Rin's steady breathing meaning she was fast asleep.
Kagome smiled softly and sighed, the Lake of Moon was in the direction of the western lands. The full moon was in a couple weeks, but from where they were now it would take a full five days to travel.
(Flashback)
She had been traveling all day and came to a rest in the meadow. Thinking, was what she had been doing. Although, thinking was always interrupted with the sounds of the forest. She could hear within a four kilometre radius. The owl's hoots, the occasional demon roaming around, bats, wind, heart beats, tears...Tears? She patted her face, checking if she did indeed have the ability to cry, but her cheeks were smooth and dry as usual.
No moist, salty tears came rolling down the cheeks of a monster. Kagome could feel her conscience protest against her accusations. She was not all monster. At least there was some good left in her. The priestess powers may have diminished to a smaller amount, but they were still there and that made her relax. Focusing on where the tears were coming from, she senses a small human girl spring from the depths of the forest. Hair tangled and misplaced from the branches pulling at her like hands grasping for her, beckoning for her to come to them. Who knows maybe the forest was alive at night. She wouldn't be surprised being a vampire and all. As she skeptically looks over the girl she recognizes that the little girl was Rin, Sesshomaru's ward. But what was she doing traveling in the drak forest without him around? Where was he to leave her unattended? Did he abandon her? So many questions boggled her mind, waiting for the answers that would surely come.
(This Time)
Peering her violet orbs up into the direction of the moon she could not see it. The new moon. "Inuyasha..." She thought aloud. Now that her memories were fully restored, she could reminisce in the moments she shared with her feudal era friends. Knowing she could still be friends with Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kirara relinquished the weight of her heavy burden. It felt weightless now; the truth. She could feel the trust rebuild itself slowly. Threading the binding friendship strings back in place. Like stitches mending a wound. The bonds were sewn back, just one remained torn. Inuyasha. Would things slowly go back to normal, or was this tension to remain for her whole existence?
Nothing seemed to be right anymore. It's like being thrown into the dryer, tumbling, and spinning in one endless circle. Would there ever be an escape? One journey after another and with what reward? Another life altering decision. Then again, she had very few choices. Fate just never seemed to cease the torments. First it was the transformation, the vampires, Inuyasha's affairs, and now this expedition to Lake Moon with it's mystical, enchanting legends. When will she be able to choose her own path?
Choices were hard to come by for her. Instead, Fate made her choices for her. She would do anything for a steering wheel in her grasp. Hopefully steering herself back on to the path she wants to take. To make everything better. How did her choices escape her grasp in the first place? They seem to slip through her fingers before she does anything.
Sighing in frustration, she felt the need to take her anger out on something. If it weren't for Rin she would have taken her anger out on the whole forest. Guess she would have to wait for that later when she was alone.
Although keeping her distance from Inuyasha was the best thing she had decided for herself. She couldn't have been more thrilled to have made that decision by herself without any aid from anyone else. Yet the absence of her best friend made her heart throb in discomfort. They had always travelled together and protected one another. All the memories inbetween were the ones that hit her the hardest. When it came to the end, when all the times they fought, laughed, trusted, teased, and confided in eachother, she guessed she didn't matter that much to Inuyasha. He chose the path to mate with two women, it was not her fault he chose wrong.
Why should she blame herself for things he did. Because you feel left in the dark. You thought he would wait for your consent. 'I'm not his mother. He doesn't need consent from me, I just wish I were the one he went to before all this happened.' Even if he did, what would you have done? You love him. It would have still hurt you no matter how many ways you look at it. He broke your heart because... 'I wanted to be the person he fell in love with. Not just the friend.' Mating for dog demons is for life. Kagome knew that there was no going back now. What Inuyasha had done was permanent and no matter how many times she hoped it wasn't, it wouldn't have changed the fact that he went behind her back.
"I thought I could trust him. It doesn't matter; no matter how close you get to a person, they exploit your feelings and take advantage of you." Rin squirmed in her arms when she realized that she had said that out loud. 'Sorry Rin.'
She could sense Rin's camp. Just in the distance she could smell the fire, and the two demons. The demons' scents were playing with her senses. Her vision increased and defined what they were doing. Jaken was pacing and fretting, no doubt about Rin running off. His face was still inflamed. 'You got one hell of a punch, Rin.'
The two headed dragon stead looked up, sensing her presence as well as Rin's. AhUn, she believed his name was, ran over quickly to her and the sleeping girl. AhUn didn't seem threatened at all when he was running to her. Jaken's squawks and stumbles were echoing behind the dragon demon. The dragon demon looked at Kagome with relief. Though also with a sense of respect.
Kagome smiled warmly at AhUn. She felt slightly connected to this creature, she could only assume that it was from her dragon heritage. AhUn stepped closer towards them and when he was close enough, he began to nuzzle Kagome's arm. Taking this as a sign of friendship, Kagome petted the stead's silky green mane. Hello M'lady. She was caught off guard when he addressed her so formally. Shaking the surprised look off her face she replied,
"Hello AhUn. I brought back Rin, though I must say what Jaken said to her made her really upset." AhUn snorted at the mention of the loud toad. Imbecile. Kagome giggled softly. "Take care of Rin and make sure if Jaken says anything to her you fry his ass! If Rin wakes up while I am gone, will you tell her I left to go take a bath and that I will be back soon?" Kagome sat the sleeping girl down beside the two headed dragon and AhUn nodded his head once in reply. Your wish is our command, m'lady. Kagome grinned and ruffled AhUn's mane. "I'll be back before you know it." She turned her attention to the way she came and bounded off into the trees in search of a nearby hot spring.
Inuyasha's Forest an hour before the sun sets. I forgot to add this in the last chapter so it may be a little weird where I placed it in this chapter...(this is kind of short, but HE will reappear. Just be patient a little longer!)
He walked in the direction he left his pack after finding what he was looking for. He held a jewel shard in his palm. He had no use for the jewel, even the power emanating off of the single shard did not interest him. After using the shards to connect the human arm to his shoulder in order to hold the Tetsusaiga, he made sure that he would not use them ever again. This night will have to be an exception. He would use this shard to find the amulet. The prophecy would be complete and Naraku will be defeated in the final battle. It all depended on the amulet and the jewel. When merged, four individuals will all be connected to form a great power that is stronger than the So'unga, Tetsusaiga, and Tenseiga put together.
If he could just obtain this power, let his sword, Tokijin, absorb the blood of the four powerful beings he will have supreme conquest. Nothing would get in his way to achieve this goal. The only thing that posed a problem to his plan was the vampire. Where on earth was he supposed to find one of those legendary creatures. The dragons he could deal with. There may not be a lot of them left, but he knew exactly where to find one at least.
Sesshomaru stopped in the middle of the path after hearing the sound of swords clashing in different magnitudes of forces. He could sense his disgraceful half brother, Inuyasha, in the midst of the battle against the other demons. He also noticed his pack aiding him in the battle, but where was his good for nothing wench? There were no traces of her scent in the area. He had to admit that she did carry decent spiritual powers, even Inuyasha was aware of the fact. So why did he not allow her to fight? After all the times when Inuyasha should have died, he fought back with the determination to protect her.
Why? What was so special about her? How could his brother be so infatuated with a weak human? He had asked himself the same question fifty years ago when Inuyasha was with the dead priestess, but even the priestess was stronger than this wench Inuyasha has found. This girl could only shoot an arrow with weak and untrained powers. Sesshomaru snorted in disgust. He would never understand the attraction that some demons have towards humans. His own father disgraced the lineage with a half breed all because he fell in love with a pathetic human. Letting his thoughts drift away, Sesshomaru's curiosity got the better of him as he walked further towards the clearing.
He was close to the entrance where the battle was occuring, but he made sure he stayed out of plain sight. Watching his brother fight was amusing. His fighting was a disgrace to all dog demons, but it was entertaining. Inuyasha had no grace or strategy, he whipped father's fang around like it was a worthless stick. His 'technique' was very repetitive and open. Sesshomaru tried to teach him that the last time they fought by stabbing his sword through his stomach. He let a smirk grace his thin lips while recalling the very memory of Inuyasha's little lesson. His father did say to protect him, and he regrettably had to follow his father's last wish. As to how to protect the half breed, he did not mention.
Frowning in distaste, he walked away from the battle when he glimpsed Inuyasha kneeling on the ground from a wound dealt to his stomach. Guess he would have to teach him that same lesson some other time. Inuyasha's human friends rushed to defend him against the onslaught of demons coming at him. The houshi, started hitting the demons with his staff after running out of spiritual sutras. The taijiya, while waiting for her boomerang to return to her, unsheathed her sword and attacked the demons that were coming at her with revenge for their fallen kin.
Sesshomaru walked away with long strides. It was time to get back to his pack after leaving them alone for so long. He only hoped that Jaken had taken care of Rin like he's supposed to. That girl had a tendency to wander off and stir up trouble and if Jaken lost her, there'll be hell to pay. After doing another thorough check for danger, Sesshomaru allowed his demonic energy to form into a cloud and took off into the sky to find his pack.
Jasper's Perspective (Night Time)
After going through the well, we all sensed the werewolves scents around us. Seth and Leah were peering down at us with a look of surprise and relief. They starred down at Jacob, taking in the scratches on his forehead and cheek. As soon as we all got out of the well, Leah had already transformed into her wolf form and took a protective stance in front of Jacob. Jacob pushed her aside easily, trying to calm her down without making a huge scene about it. "Leah calm down. They did nothing. I was attacked by someone else." Leah seemed to calm down after he reassured her, but she didn't loosen her glare on us one bit.
"Maybe it's best if you explain to them what happened, Jacob." I said, trying to make the situation more comfortable for the werewolves. Jacob nodded in response. After saying goodbye to Renesmee and Bella, Jacob and his pack left to go home.
We all went inside after the werewolves left to further take care of Emmett's injury. Alice touched my hand soothingly, she gave me a warm smile. I squeezed her hand lighlty, placing a kiss on her forehead as we proceeded to the front door.
Carlisle lead Emmett into the kitchen, unwrapping the bandages we all gasped in horror. Even though his hand was completely singed, the skin was melting away.
"We must go back. Kagome's era has ailments that can cure this type of injury. I can't treat this Emmett. Your vampire blood can't fight the infection. If we prolong this injury any longer I'm afraid it may disintegrate your entire hand. Kagome must have some sort of healing power if she is a priestess."
"She should come here!" Emmett rasped out. They carefully laid his body onto the kitchen table making sure that they did not touch his burnt hand. The injury clearly had an affect as he panted heavily. Rosalie held his head in her hands. She couldn't bear to see Emmett like this. Emotions of rage and sorrow flashed in her eyes. She kissed the top of Emmett's head while whispering assuring words to him.
"We will find her and bring her to help. Jasper and I will go, you all stay here." Edward said while I nodded my head. I silently told Edward that Rosalie would want to come for vengeance, but he quickly told Rose to stay with Emmett. I was surprised to hear no other arguments against Edward's decision which was a relief. We had no time for arguments while Emmett was in pain. I directed my attention to Rosalie.
"He needs you, Rose." Rosalie looked at me with narrowed eyes and then at Edward as she growled softly before turning her attention back to Emmett.
"Let's go. We must hurry for Emmett's sake." I whispered while giving Emmett a curt nod. "Don't worry Emmett." Emmett replied with a snort in my direction.
"It's not you I'm worried about." He said with a smirk, but grimaced when he felt a surge of pain come from his hand.
Edward and I left without a sound, jumping down into the well. We were surprised it had transported us back into Kagome's time. Jumping up onto the grassy surface, I noticed that it was no longer day. It was dark out, with the exception of the moon and stars illuminating the area. I did not sense Kagome's scent anywhere. Where could she have gone?
"We'll check the village first." Edward said, answering my question. I nodded and started running in the direction of the said village with Ed.
When we arrived to the said village, villagers looked at us in awe and surprise. 'Our attire perhaps?' I asked inaudibly to Edward. Edward smirked, shrugging they walked briskly through the village until they found a decent sized hut. They stepped into the hut, unaware of the inhabitants staring at them in confusion. "Edward?" The fox kit, Shippo questioned, happy that he remembered the American vampire's name.
"What do you two want now?" Inuyasha demanded. I looked at him attentively. His impatience was obviously one of his known characteristics when they first met. But they haven't actually met or talked before in the clearing with Kagome protecting them. It seemed that Kagome was not their to defend them if something were to occur. Edward looked at me thoughtfully, as if processing the information I uncovered.
"We are in need of Kagome's services again. Our brother is suffering from an attack she had used before. We must find her immediately or else my brother risks losing a hand and quite possibly his very existence." Edward stated smoothly. The demon slayer, Sango, blushed slightly from our appearance and politeness.
"I am afraid she is not with us at the moment. She has journeyed to the Western Lands on a mission. Ye may be able to find her since she left just yesterday evening." Kaede replied, noticing that Inuyasha stood up at the same time she stopped talking. Inuyasha had a look of determination set on his face. His amber eyes sparked now knowing this information. "I'll help you bring her back."
Edward narrowed his eyes for a split second relaying the information he picked up from Inuyasha's thoughts to Jasper. "He thinks that he will be able to win Kagome back by helping us." He said too fast for anyone to comprehend. Jasper nodded and thought, "Maybe we shouldn't bring him along. Before you said Kagome was angry with him, right?" Edward nodded. "We can't waste time on useless banter. He cannot come."
Edward cast his eyes towards the hanyou seeing his obvious annoyed look at their silent conversation. "We will find her by ourselves, but thank you for your hospitality and thoughtfulness." Inuyasha growled threateningly. Disliking our polite refusal, he took one step towards us. I noticed his change in appearance instead of the usual silver colour it was when they met, it was now black. As for his eyes they were brown instead of amber. "How do I know that when you do find her you won't hurt her?"
"Inuyasha." Miroku warned, looking incredulous at his friend's accusation. "You cannot go in the state you are in tonight." Edward looked at me as if saying he would explain to me later.
"I'm sure if we meant to harm her, we would not succeed. Seeing as she is the one who can manipulate time. We would not stand a chance." I replied instantly, grasping at the one chance to calm the situation. Edward nodded in my favour to confirm what I had said. Everyone else was persuaded, but Inuyasha still remained unconvinced.
"Inuyasha, let these two men go. Kagome is strong enough to protect herself. Besides, you know very well that she is still furious with you." Kaede reasoned, half-knowing that once they left he would follow them just in case.
"You need to stay here for Kikyo and Seraiya anyway." Sango added bitterly, effectively squashing Inuyasha's plans to 'help' find Kagome.
Inuyasha's head slumped in defeat so he decided to sit back down with his hands plunging into the sleeves of his haori. He looked off starring at the wall of the hut, angrily.
Edward sighed, "If that is all, we must be on our way. Thank you for the helpful information." I smiled warmly to the group of shard hunters, as they all but one said their farewells.
Edward gave me a panicked look once we were outside of the hut and I nodded. If we did not find Kagome in one night, Emmett's fate would be decided and the consequences would fall upon the demon-miko vampire, Kagome. We raced across the Eastern Lands, following faded trails of Kagome's scent. It was as if the wind was on our side tonight deciding to blow gently so as to not remove the trail Kagome's scent had left.
Deep in Inuyasha's Forest (Night time)
"You dare point that sword at me, Bijou-kun?" A blonde woman said, her icy blue eyes staring at her guard with authority. She wore a pink kimono with a white obi tied around her torso. Bijou-kun, stood with his gleaming glass sword at her neck. A thin line of blood escaped the wound that was made in her neck and she gasped in horror. Bijou, like any notorious demon, smirked in amusement. He applied more pressure on her neck using the sword as an extension of his arm. His piercing red eyes starred back at her with the same look of mock surprise and superiority. He wore black hakamas with a black shirt that had red dragons embroidered in the fabric. Some even looked like they were moving around his arms on the sleeves. His short, messy, cropped hair was dark blue in contrast to his red eyes. He played a mock hurt expression on his tanned face.
"I'm appalled, Seraiya-sama. You really did believe I would let you live after infiltrating my home, murdering my family, my fiancée, and my unborn child. "Oh I think not. Let's see should I wait for your beau to come and save you or should I just kill you now and wait to watch the look of pure agony fall upon the mutt's face when he finds you dead?" Seraiya grimaced at the mention of Inuyasha. It was true that she had been using him all along. She had cast a seductive spell on him to make him fall in love with her. She needed an heir to continue her lineage, and his seed was of importance to that lineage. The child would be the absolute solution to sabotage the prophecy and the Lord of the Western Lands.
"I believe you have already decided my fate, so go ahead and kill me. Inuyasha will avenge me and when he does, I will be reborn." She countered, if he was going to kill her and her child she would make sure she died for the life of her child. No doubt she would fool Inuyasha in believing their child was dead, while Naraku took care of the pup.
"You were working with Naraku the whole time and you expected me to be oblivious to it all?" Bijou said through his bared teeth. His red eyes glowed dangerously as he teased her life with a spark of the magic in his sword. "Well, I have a secret for you, dear Seraiya, Lady of the Southern lands." She could not move at this point her wound pulsed with the amount of blood pouring out freely. "My name is not Bijou."
As if on cue, his appearance changed instantly. Instead of his red eyes they changed to her identical icy blue eyes. His blue hair grew longer until it was knee length. Metallic red markings covered his face, and carried the same movements as the dragons. Seraiya breathed in a gasp of air as his new transformation finally sunk in. "Brother."
"I take it you recognize me now?" She nodded dumbly and he laughed. "You were always too stupid and naive for your own good, little sister." Searching for the words, Seraiya stumbled out in confusion. "How? You, I thought you were dead. I thought I had killed you five hundred years ago." She glared at him menacingly. "What are you playing at, Keenen?"
"Those, Seraiya, are your last words?" He shook his head in disappointment. "You could have been more creative than that."
"I demand an answer before you kill me with that cursed blade of yours." Seraiya spat out through her bared teeth. Keenan chuckled at his sister's predicament.
"Don't you see? Ever since we were younger I was trying to annihilate you." He paused, thinking up a memory of his own to tell her. "Here, remember when Father and Mother had to leave to tend to business in the Western Lands for the last time?"
Seraiya nodded recalling the memory of both their parents discussing their departure at the dinner table that night. "We were to stay at the palace and obey our Father's assistant, Serpius." She replied, with hateful emotions towards the assistant. Serpius was always a tattle-tale. He would report everything that they did wrong to their parents.
"He was dead the next morning." Seraiya looked at her brother, he purposely skipped the part where they were in trouble.
"That's right, I killed him. For what though? I suspect you were to young to remember what I tried to do to you."
"We were in the kitchen. You set me down on the island counter tops where the cooks cut up the vegetables everyday. You came back, with a butcher's knife and held it against my throat." Her eyes met with her brothers in that moment. "That's when Serpius found us, and saved me." She raised her head in a dignified manor. Careful at the fact that he still held his sword to her neck. She could feel her brother's raw emotion running in the power of the glass sword. It glowed icy blue, just like both of their eyes.
"Yes. Though, tonight there will be no one saving you." He took away his sword intending to swing it back and the forward to end her evil life.
"Why?" She whispered hoarsely.
"I told you. You killed my family."
"No, why did you want to kill me back then?"
"The day you were born, Serpius told me that you were to be the girl to complete the prophecy. You were to be the srongest of our kind. We were all demons, but you just happened to possess a surprising amount of power for a newborn." She raised an eyebrow at his weak and selfish desire.
He wanted to kill her so he could be the strongest of their kind. The only survivor of their kind.
With that last thought, she performed a spell on her stomach and dispatched the child from her womb sending it to the pitiful hanyou, Naraku. A blinding light shot out of the forest and out into the sky towards Naraku's hidding place.
"Saving your unborn child?" Without any response from his sister, he brought the sword down into her heart, earning a piercing scream from her lips. "Your child may live for now, but you will never walk again on this earth. Goodbye, dear Seraiya." He watched as her body slumped onto the ground when he was certain she was dead he left her and ran back to the Southern Lands to claim his throne. Seraiya was out of his way now all he needed was to find the amulet and follow his path towards the absolute solution.
Kagome sighed when she felt the warmth of the spring water welcome her smooth, pale body. She dunked her head a few times to make sure that no dirt was left on her scalp. She needed more time to think about what Rin had suggested her to do. Join Lord Sesshomaru's pack. That was a problem in itself. How is she to join his pack. He tried to kill her countless of times (I know cliché from so many other stories) and heck how was she supposed to explain what she was and what her quest was to him. What about Rin though? She suggested it and I might have well said yes with those puppy dog eyes she gave me. What was a girl to do. Say no? Not likely.
Closing her eyes, she drifted back to the memory of when she was back at her house and her mother gave her the book that she found when she was twelve. (Chapter 5)
flashback (Kag's Pov)
"I thought that it was time to tell you about the past." The book was very old from what I could tell. The writing was already fading and the cover was tarnished and stained with years of handling.
"I remember this." My mother nodded solemnly.
"I wish you hadn't found this when you were little, but I guess we can't change the past." Unfortunately for myself that was not true. I was living proof that I could change the past. I travelled through the well and changing the past as we speak. "Kagome do not think I am fooled. I know what you have become. I've known for a while now. I just didn't know how to tell you." I was not sure whether I should be angry or a little betrayed. She held this information under my nose and I didn't even notice. First instinct was to pry the information out of her, but she was my mother so I had to wait and listen before I assumed the worst.
"Satori told me of the Volturi's plans before he died. It involved you as their main defense and attack. None of us are safe here anymore, Kagome. I want to protect you and as well as the family, but I don't know what to do. Vampires and demons are known for their enhanced sense of smell. If it weren't for me, you would be safe right now. If I hadn't fell into Satori's trap I would have been able to avoid all of this. Kagome I am so sorry." It took me some time before I could answer. Millions of ideas and thoughts funnelled through my head. One second I was thinking angry repulsive thoughts about Satori and then I was thinking about my family being in danger.
"I will find a way." I said with much determination that laced around the precariousness of my voice. I wasn't entirely convinced that I could find a way to save my family from any possible threat, but I had hope and courage within my spirit that would guide me as their protector. I would protect them with my life as I said to the Cullens. I felt it in my instincts and my intuition. All that was left, was patience. The full moon was just around the corner, I would wait for the stars to seal my destiny before I made my next move. Until then, I could just sit and wait in hope that there were no threats on my family.
It was then that my mother enveloped me in a warm embrace. "It might already be too late, but I will not doubt you, Kagome. You are strong for your kind and that's not just my motherly pride talking. I raised you in every aspect I could think of, and you have blossomed." Her eyes were not full of tears like some mother's would have. No, my mother's eyes were not filled with tears of pride or joy. They were the eyes of some younger woman who battled the threats imposed on our family. She reminded me of myself when I was human. Using strength and confidence to send the message across, it was at this moment, my duty to fulfill my part. My duty to fight for what I held most dear. My family and the Cullens.
The determination refelcted in both of our eyes and I knew that we were going to get past this and not let fear overcome our hearts. It was time to take a stand somewhere in all of this. My mother stood her ground, now it was time for me to stop running away from my fears and instead face them head on. My mother's place was to stay by our family's side to protect and mine was in the feudal era.
"Take this before you go." My mother had said as she handed me the ancient book. "Everything you need to know is written in here. Every crucial vampire power is recorded in this book. Whatever you do, don't lose this or let it fall into the wrong hands or else we are all doomed." I nodded my head in understanding. No matter how many times I've heard 'or else' it never seems to stop the fear that pricks the skin on the back of my neck.
"I won't." I glanced at the clock from the corner of my eye. It was nine p.m.. I have been here for far too long. "I should get going." My mother nodded sadly, as if realizing that my departure would be the start of a new journey for all of us. A journey that could very well destroy all of us, but could also bring our fears to an end. I held the book firmly and kissed her on the cheek before I walked out of the door. I surveyed the yard surrounding my house, it would be the first of many times I do this to ensure the safety of my family. After I found nothing out of the ordinary, I took the first of many steps to my destiny. I would finish what I had started in the first place; to find the rest of the jewel shards.
(End of Flashback)
Kagome swam to the bank where she left my clothes. Under them was the book. She made sure that she was alone and opened it to the first page. The writing was archaic to her eyes and felt warm under the touch. She ran her fingers over the rough parchment and felt the entity of a woman in her early twenties. She began to read:
There have been twenty five vampire powers recorded since the 1700s, six out of the twenty five are forbidden powers and three of which have yet to be distinguished.
This book is dedicated to the Volturi leaders: Aro, Caius, and Marcus.
September 9, 1987
The first power recorded in history is what we call basic tracking. Tracking only comes to some vampires. Tracking is an art depicted through stealth, hearing, sense of smell, and agility. Vampire trackers never give up and take pride in the game of chase. They love a challenge when it comes and will purposely slow down to make the game last longer for challenges are hard to come by. As many vampires know, beauty and scent can help attract a human's attention. As well as a vampire's voice and seductiveness. One way for a tracker to be thrown off course is if the prey makes a false trail, another is if the wind is blowing from the south. The wind can dull an individual's scent just like mud can, but if the wind is blowing from the north, the individual's scent will linger in the air in front of the vampire. Experiment 5: James and Demetri. Death 2005 (James).
2. Mind Reader - can hear the thoughts that process in an individual's mind. Vampires can hear other vampire's thoughts with more clarity than a human's. Experiment 17: Edward Anthony Cullen. (vampire birth) Year of Birth: 1918. Death: 2010
3. Foresight - Predictions of the future based on one's decision. Experiment 2: Frederick Howling. Year of Birth: 1726. Year of Death: 1826. Experiment 19: Mary Alice Cullen/ Alice Cullen. Birth: 1920. Death: 2009
4. Mental Barrier - protection against mental attacks from vampires. Experiment 20: Bella Marie Cullen. Birth: 2006. Death: 2010.
5. *Necromancy* - able to communicate with the dead to predict the future. Experiment 10: Alorai Tsuyama. Birth 1503. Death: 2010.
6. *Hypnosis/Hypnokinesis* - the ability to distract or manipulate one's mind. Experiment 11: Daisuke Ryu Tsuyama. Birth 1504. Death: 2010.
7. *Time Traveller/Chronokinesis* - the ability to manipulate time to one's advantage. Experiment 12: Kagome Aria Higurashi. Birth 2009. Death: 2010.
8. Emotion Manipulation - the ability to feel and manipulate an individual's emotion. Experiment 18: Jasper Hale/ Jasper Cullen. Birth 1863. Death: 2009.
9. Relationship Manipulation - the ability to sense relationships between individuals. Experiment 3: Marcus and Chelsea.
10. Aura of Happiness - the ability to radiate a cheerful mood in one place which can affect another individual's mood. (I'm just guessing the definition) Experiment 6: Didyme. Born: 1000 BC.
11. Illusionist - the ability to create illusions. Experiment 7: Zafrina.
12. Self-Preservation - the ability to survive. Experiment 8: Victoria. Death: 2006.
13. Electrical Current - ability to send an electrical current onto one's skin. Experiment 15: Kate
14. Ability Identifier - Experiment 16: Eleazar.
15. Sensory Paralysis - Paralize individual's for a length of time. Experiment 9: Alec.
16. Pain Illusionist - create a sense of pain on an individual. Experiment 4: Jane.
17. Physical Barrier - protection against physical attacks. Must have physical contact with another for their protection. Experiment 13: Renata.
18. Elemental Control - ability to manipulate the elements. Experiment 14: Benjamin.
19. Living Thing Sensory - Experiment 19: Alistair.
20. Telepathy - Experiment 1: Aro.
21. Vision of an Outcome - Experiment 21: Siobhan.
22. Truth Sensory - the ability to determine if one is speaking the truth. Experiment 22: Maggie.
23. Desire Illusionist - creates the illusion of desires. Experiment 23: Heidi.
24. Penetration of Mental Shields - Experiment 24: Renesmee Carlie Cullen. Death 2010.
25. Imagery Projection(?) - the ability to show an image through touch. Experiment 24: Renesmee Carlie Cullen.
26. *Unknown *
27. *Unknown*
28. *Unknown*
I believe that the other three special abilities are in some way related to the demonic vampires. My research has provided me with some idea of the what type of powers they could be. Pyrokinesis, hydrokinesis, and aerokinesis. This could also have a correlation to Benjamin of the Egyptian Coven, since he can control the elements.
Others could either be: teleportation, toxikinesis, and clairvoyance.
Until next time I suspect Experiment 12 will be present in Italy.
Your loyal servant,
Keenen
P.S. I may have an idea as to who may carry a teleportation ability. I will see you back at headquarters in two weeks to report.
I stopped reading, mortified at what I had processed of the information. The Volturi want me dead. They want everyone dead even little Renesmee. Now I knew why I couldn't let this book fall into anyone's hands, because life as we knew it, would be dead. I was in possession of this information and I wanted to know how my mother came in possession of it in the first place. Again, I was burdened with the weight of the world on my shoulders. Did this book arrive at the Volturis or was it lost on the way? A part of me hoped that the Volturis were not aware of this information because if they knew about toxikinesis, clairvoyance, and teleportation, then things would defienitely turn for the worst. I bit down on my lip nervously. They named me 'Experiment 12' and when Keenen said I will be present in Italy gave me a sense of panic. This passage was written before I was born and they had expected dates set up for meetings and deaths. I glared at the ancient cover of the book with hate. Why was I fated with the responsibility of this book? Why was it me who had to shatter the Jewel of Four Souls?
Wrapping the book in a cloth, I placing it at the bottom of my bag. I then lowerd myself into the water until the water was just below my eyes. As if the water could calm me down, I breathed in the steam swirling up from the hot bath water. I figured that a large amount of time had passed when I was reading and decided to get out. When I got out of the spring, I caught the scent of cinnamon and ocean spray. It gave me the comfort of a relaxing day at a beach house along the Pacific Ocean back home. I reminisced in the scent, wanting to invite it in, but such thoughts brought me back to the cool air across my bare skin. The scent was merely seconds away from the break in the trees and I gasped in surprise. For someone who could control time, I wasn't very fast. Before the person caught any sight of my naked body, I menatlly whispered 'freeze'. I started walking around unabashed gathering my things, but the rustle of leaves stopped me mid-step. I thought I said 'freeze'.
I could feel the scent close to me and I dashed, with unearthly speed, behind a tree that protected my body from peeping eyes.
"What do you want?" I demanded from behind the tree. It was bad enough that my special vampire power betrayed me in a time of need, but to have to take refuge behind a tree was embarrassing and wasn't intimidating to an enemy in the least. I huffed when he did not answer. What was his problem anyway? I peeked from behind the tree to see that he was not there. I sensed his aura once more, this time acknowledging the fact that it was a demon, and a strong one at that.
What I failed to notice was that I could not sense him anymore. I figured he left and I realized at how lucky I was tonight. How ironic. No matter how much luck I had I still was stuck with a heavy burden.
I went to grab my bag when I noticed it was not there. If I had a heart it would have faltered. My bag was gone, and so was the book.
GASP! CLIFFIE!! I already started chapter 7 so my limit is 6000 words for that one...trust me there's a lot of Sessh/Kag in chapter 7. Not to mention Jazz and Ed meet Sessh and Naraku makes his first appearance. The plot thickens...again...
I hope that if I make the chapters shorter then I can avoid the confusion a little bit. Let's hope that works. :)
Short summary of this new character Keenen. He is the last new character I promise!
-He is related to Seraiya (I know I said Seriaya was half demon, but she cast herself to look like one to get closer to Inuyasha. So she really is a full demon)
-He doesn't like Seraiya from obvious past differences and kills her.
-He works under the Volturi much like Daisuke and Alorai.
-He is a demon and now he is claiming the Southern throne.
-He fooled his sister into believing that he was her friend and that his name was Bijou.
-(I'm not sure what type of demon he is, but I think I want him to be a serpent demon. So I guess he will be a serpent and same with his sister.)
-Seraiya has the ability of transportation. That's how she was able to dispatch the child growing within her.
*Spoiler*
-Keenen hates the Volturi, but is in the same position as the Tsuyama siblings.
-He can travel through the well...which I will explain next chapter.
-Keenen is like Marcus in many ways. His family was murdered and he is living in a cold shell and doesn't show much emotion, except when he is being a murderous killer.
- His objective is to kill the Cullens, Inuyasha, Volturi, and his newborn nephew(Inuyasha and Seraiya's son).
I'm going to make this a little better to understand especially since some parts were in different times (time of day) and I didn't really organize it well. I will admit to that lmao. Sorry I forgot about adding Sessh in the last chapter.
- So when the Inu Gang is fighting it is just before the sun sets so he's still a half demon at that time.
-- Alright now switching over to Jasper and Edward when they saw Inuyasha. (In Kaede's hut) Inuyasha was in his human form and in a lot of pain since the wound in his stomach was still fresh and his blood didn't carry the demonic traits at the time to heal the wound.
So here are the answers to your reviews. Let's clear up the confusion!
Pissed Off Irish Chick: I'll start off with the whole Dai and Ryu confusion. I reread over that part again and again and again and I completely understand where the confusion started. Okay so Daisuke and Ryu are the same person. No split personalities or anything extreme. They are the same. Daisuke Ryu Tsuyama is his full name. Soon (next few chapters or so) I plan on further explaining the whole name confusion when Kagome asks him about why he prefers to be called Ryu. Only his sister or the people he most cares about call him Dai or Daisuke. So no more worries there. Lol, I honestly don't know why I incorporated Kagome as a kid in the last chapter. I guess I just felt like I wanted to show that Daisuke protected her from when she was even a kid. I wanted them to have an emotional connection to each other. Nothing serious. It's not a secret romantic connection. lol. It's just there after he protected her from Satori. Once Kags and Dai meet, (next chapter) EVERYTHING WILL be explained lmao. It will be in Kagome's pov. so that I can explain the connection she feels toward him better. I hope this helps and answers some of the questions! Thank you for your review.
LuLuCrazeD: Well, either way it might not have been a Kag/Dai pairing like you hoped. Look on the bright side, you like the pairing Sess/Kag so it's not all bad! lols. Thank you so much for all the wack load of reviews so far. I don't mind really lol. The more the merrier! Ok here's ALL the answers to your questions or most of them since the story might have answered them already! Daisuke has sapphire eyes because he's part demon. I'm not pairing Renesme with Shippo anymore seeing as this is clearly not a Kag/Jac pairing, so Jake stays with Nessie. As for the Ed/Kag pairing...ya it would seem sort of dramatic for Ed to suddenly go off to Kags especially since he has a daughter and a wife. lol. Thank you again for reviewing!
yuyu4848: Thank you for noticing the character development for Kagome. That is one of the many things I try to work on most in the story. It's nice to read comments about it, so thank you.
moonlightshadow123: Thank you for being patient and waiting for Sessho to appear. There's more of him to come! I don't like Inuyasha being a dick either, but it just so happens he is being one. He won't be once he gets his reality check cough..Kags...beats him up...cough. I tried to keep Ryu part of Daisuke's name. I could not decide whether to put Ryu or Daisuke. I decided to think outside the box a bit...lols. I'm glad you love my story! lmao. Thank you for your reviews.
Avestia and Gothic Lust: Since you both have similar reviews and agree with the same pairing I decided to answer/ add to what you both said.(It could get a little confusing from here)Well, I'm glad my story is different! I try. lol. Regarding the OC pairing as a refreshing choice, I will say that I have to agree. The fact that he doesn't know her, but protects her anyways adds a type of flavour to the story. It's something that you would expect from a fairytale. A dashing Prince so noble and chilvarous comes to save you. In other words, he's a Prince Charming. While Sesshomaru may have his temper, Daisuke appears to have a casual and free-going type of personality. Again I agree completely with you two. Thank you for reviewing.
Thank you to all the other reviewers. Do not think that because I did not comment I do not care. That is not my intention at all! There are just so many reviews that it would probably take me hours to comment on all of them! I just answered the reviews that were most recent and the one's that had concerns that were not yet explained in the story.
I apologize for the confusion. Again I am changing my methods so it is not confusing. (If that makes sense.) I'm keeping an open and positive mind set so that I won't be discouraged. Which by all your reviews, I hardly think I will be discouraged. Thank you so much. It's awesome to read this from all of you who reviewed so far. I think of reviews as a chance to express positive or constructive criticism. When I mean constructive criticism I think of it as a way for a writer to improve; not to be discouraged. So may this be the chance to say, Flames are not welcome. Plus I highly doubt I will be discouraged from one flame with all the other positive reviews.
Thank you for the hundredth time! YOU ALL ROCK!
~Nekomi99~
