Chapter 10 Past Life Revealed
The crew made it to Kaede's village and Kaede came out of her house when she heard a commotion outside. "LOOK AT THAT HUGE THING!" Yelled one villager, another yelled "IT HAS HUGE TEETH!" "Oh my," Kaede walked over to Inuyasha and the others, "if it isn't . I see that ye has return after 8 years." "What! You knew about her?" Asked Inuyasha in deep shock. "Yes, why?" Kaede asked. Inuyasha asked why she never told them about Rosa and Kaede simply said, "Because ye never asked."
Crystal shranked back down to her original size, which was the same size as Kirara, and they all went into her hut. Kaede led Rosa to a bed and Rosa covered herself under the cover from head to toe and pretended to sleep. She wanted to learn more about her past but she didn't want everyone staring at her.
"So," Kaede began, "what does ye already know about Rosa?" "That she's a demon." Said Miroku. "That she is Naraku's daughter." Shippo added. "That Naraku could've sent her to spy on us!" Inuyasha gestured to Rosa. Kaede ignored the last thing. "So not much." Kaede said. "Ok...where do to begin?" Asked Kaede, "Let's start with her family. Ye already knows about her father. Her mother, Akira, is the queen of the demon village. Her mother isn't a demon but she isn't a human either. She's a Nymph." "Wait wait wait! Naraku is only half demon, and her mother is a Nymph? How is it possible she came out a demon? And what's this about a demon village?"
Kaede looked at Inuyasha in annoyance. "Let me finish, Inuyasha. Even though Naraku is her father, she only lived in her palace with a lot of other demons, her mother, and her grandmother Tsubaki-" "WHAT!" Everyone was shocked, except Melody who was sitting there quietly. She wanted to know more about her sister, but she didn't know any of the people mentioned like, Naraku or Tsubaki. She did, however, remember Akira.
"But didn't we kill Tsubaki?" Kagome asked. "Yes, but they have revival powers. I've recently heard that Tsubaki has been brought back." "So does that mean we have to kill her again," Sango asked, "or do we leave her be?" "Leave her, she may be evil but she's still Rosa's grandmother." Kaede stopped and looked at Rosa. "I would like to finish without any disturbance. Anyway, Rosa is the princess of the demon village, the demon slaying village and the Oni village have been enemies for years. When I last saw Rosa, she was telling me how much she hated ye, Sango." Everyone looked at Sango.
"M-Me? What did I do to her?" "Because ye was apart of the slayers, she told me how many of her friends and people ye has slain. She also said you left her half dead." "Hmm, I noticed she didn't seem to like me much when I saw her." Sango looked at Rosa. Rosa was still under the covers, no one saw how angry she looked when she suddenly remembered the first day the demon slayers first came to the village. "What else?" "Oh," Crystal was excited to share what she knew about her master, "let me say something, after all, I have been with her since she was 2 years old." Crystals squeaky, excited, little voice filled the room.
"OK." Kaede gave in. "Well, Rosa is just like Kagome!" Kagome looked confuse. "What do you mean "just like me?" Kagome asked. "Well, Rosa is a reincarnation, just like you!" "H-how did you know I was-" "Just call it a doggy's intuition!" Crystal interrupted. "She is the reincarnation of the Nature Goddess Roichi. She lived thousands and thousands of years ago, keeping everything in balance." "One day, she had a vision that her life was in danger." "Well did she do anything about it? You know, to prevent herself from being killed?" Inuyasha interrupted. "Well, I said Rosa is her reincarnations so she obviously died." Crystal responded. They sat there staring at each other for a while. "Oh! Come one! Can't people take a joke these days?" "But Crystal," Melody cut in, "your jokes are awful..." "Hey! I'll have you know that I tell very good jokes! In fact, back in my day, people found me very funny!" "When was that? 100B.C?" Melody asked with sarcasm in her voice.
"I'm not that old! I'm at least 50,000!" "OK, can we please get back on subject." Kaede rushed. "OK, like I was saying," "You never answered my question..." said Inuyasha. "UGH! NO SHE DIDN'T
PREVENT HER DEATH! SHE BELIEVED THAT OF YOU GOTTA GO THEN YOU GOTTA GO!" OK, LIKE I WAS SAYING, a demon who wanted her power pierced her heart while she was sleeping in her forest." "She could barely breath, so with her last breath, the Nature Goddess Roichi used her powers for form a jewel-" Crystal went over to Rosa to grab her necklace with a blue jewel on it. She looked at Rosa and Rosa had her eyes closed, as if she had been sleep this whole time.
Crystal retrieved the jewel, put the cover back over Rosa's face, and brought the jewel to show everyone. Rosa reopened her eyes. "The Iyasu Jewel. Then her powers bursted out of her and she disappeared, along with the jewel. Roichi called it Iyasu because Roichi used her power mostly to heal people, other living things, and nature. But, the Iyasu Jewel can be used for more than healing. " "What happened to the demon?" Inuyasha asked, now he was more interested than ever. "No, one of the blasts that bursted out of Roichi hit the monster and it evaporated. Years later, when Rosa was born, Akira found the jewel inside Rosa's body and Tsubaki used her powers to get it out. See! Just like Kagome." Crystal smiled.
"One shard of the Iyasu Jewel," Kaede began, "is more powerful than the Shikon Jewel its self." Everyone looked astonished. "Then what is it doing with Rosa?" Inuyasha asked. "Because, Naraku wanted the jewel. When she was born, he tried to kill her for the jewel. Even though it was dangerous, Akira gave Rosa the jewel in the form of a necklace for her 5th birthday."
"OH! OH! Rosa is very gifted!" Crystal said as she jumped up and down. She has many talents, she's super smart, and she was the strongest Oni for a child her age. Tsubaki wasn't even that strong as a child." Kaede looked at Rosa and stroked her head, Rosa purred. "What is Rosa anyway?" Kagome asked. "Hmm? What are ye trying to ask?" Kaede replied. "Well, Koga's a wolf, Inuyasha's a dog," Kagome explained, "is Rosa any species in particular?" "Rosa is a cat, her family, however, aren't really any type of animal that I know of. Well, her family members are a special type of demons. They are the only ones to be immune to so many poisons. Say if Naraku were to use his Miasma on Rosa. She could walk out of unharmed." "There is, however, a poison that only effects her family. It is called "Doku" it's orange gas and when they breath it in, it cuts hole in their throats.
"They can live through it but it effects their breathing badly. If Rosa were to breath it in, and be in a circle of Miasma at the same time, the Miasma can travel through the holes and spread through her body."
"Did you know that Rosa can also sense the Shikon Jewel?" Crystal chimed in, "like you Kagome, I guess there's some competition." "What? No no! No competition!" "You trying to say you're better than her?" "No!" "So," Shippo began, "how did Rosa come to live in the present." "Ahh, I was just getting to that." Crystal announced. "Well, when Rosa was 7, Naraku came again. He was trying to get the Iyasu Jewel but Akira snuck Rosa to the Alteria gate from the past to the present. She took me along so I could protect Rosa and teach her things. But she already knew so much about the Present, that she graduated at 12." Crystal smiled.
"Wait, how did she know all lot about the Present?" Kagome asked. "Well, Akira has a friend from the Present named Tabatha, and Tabatha would visit almost everyday with Melody, when she was younger, and they would teach her about the present and play together. Tabatha even made Rosa modern clothes." "So is that portal still there? We could send them back." Inuyasha suggested. "No, sadly, it was destroyed when Naraku was trying to get Rosa. It repairs its self but that takes years for that to happen." Crystal said in a disappointed voice.
"Ye should take Rosa to her home village for a quick visit. Akira has fell ill ever since Rosa left." Kaede suggested. "That's a great idea!" Sango sung. "I will send a messanger there to inform them she's coming." "Kaede, one last question," Inuyasha began, "how come she didn't know all this?" "Well, when Rosa passed through the gate, most of her powers, along with her memories, were lost. If she trains hard, she should regain her strength and maybe even her memory.."
The little pale girl dressed in white, Kanna, was standing outside the door. "I have to tell Naraku..." she said before she left.