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Kagome's angry glare never left Kikyo's face as everyone turned towards Sesshomaru for an explaination. A delicate eyebrow rose high into silk bangs. "I take it the mighty Priestess is not educated enough to know the story of Lady Usagi." he smiled smugly at her dumbfounded expression. "For purposes beyond your simple mind, I will tell you the story. After I have told you the story, I will assist in the execution of you. If your hanyou mate decides to intervene, he will be shown no mercy. Is that understood?" His pointed gaze traveled to every member in the clearing, lingering on his father, daring him to challenge his Lordship. When no one made a sound, he began the tale.
"Centuries ago, there was a woman named Yata. She was what you would call a part of Amaterasu-omikami, in the sense that she was a divine belonging of the sun goddess. She was what the legends called the star-mirror, however, she was not always a mirror. At one point in time, she was a miko for the shrine of Amaterasu-omikami in the Western Lands. She was known to be very kind, and to give everything to help someone.. However, that was also her down fall. One day, as she was gathering medicinal herbs for a woman that she helped the previous day, she was attacked. When she tried to fight back, she was knocked unconscious. When she had awoken, she had been kidnapped by a Lord of a village in the Northern Lands who was very drawn to her spiritual powers and beauty for a very long time. She was forced into marriage with him, and soon gave birth to his child. The Lord was disgusted by this child, for the child was a female and he had need for a strong male heir. He threatened Yata that if she did not get rid of the child, he would kill her in front of the entire village, claiming she was the child of an affair with a demon. Yata was distraught, and terrified. She could not let her child suffer this life.. So she did the only thing she could think of.. She went back to the shrine, and prayed. No one is quite sure exactly what happened, but it is said Amaterasu-omikami graced her with an option, if she were to become a part of her, she would save her child. Yata agreed, and she was made into the Star-Mirror, which is said to allow Amaterasu-omikami to see all of the people of the lands thoughts. It was later discovered that the child was raised by an elderly priestess in a village in the Western lands. After the elderly priestess passed away, Lady Usagi became the Village's Priestess. When she turned 18, she was visited by Amaterasu-omikami. Amaterasu-omikami told her of all of the misfortunes that were coming to the Western Lands because of the War in the North. It is said that she touched her cheek, and it graced her with a demi-goddess status. Her mere touch gave her the strength of a thousand priestesses. Amaterasu-omikami also allowed her to meet her Mother, and with that she was given the strength to go on.." He sighed for a moment, briefly glancing at his father, who continued to stare at him.
"There is much more, but that is no concern for anyone here.. Lady Usagi is a demi-goddess, and she is the daughter of a woman who is part of the divinity." he finished, turning his cold stare back on Kikyo. "For these crimes you have committed against her, you shall be punished. I will not allow such a disgrace to roam the Western Lands, the very lands Lady Usagi helped protect. You are a disgrace to Priestesses every, and you will pay, dead one." His soft voice gave chills down the dead woman's spine.
"You can not kill me, Sesshomaru-sama." She said in a sarcastic tone. He bared his fangs and retorted. "Why can I not kill you, wench? Do you think to challenge me?"
Kikyo smiled sadistically at the Demon Lord. "There were no witnesses to see the death of Lady Usagi. How can you be so sure it was myself that killed her?" She said as she put her hands on her hips, looking triumphant. "You are bound by honor to allow every person a fair trial, or are you like Naraku in the sense where someone's life means nothing to you? I would not be surprised if you were overthrown as Lord of the Western Lands because of your evil ways."
Sesshomaru had heard enough, as his eyes began to bleed red. His clawed hand made it's way to Kikyo's neck, picking her up and thrusting her against a nearby rock. "You will never speak to this Sesshomaru in that way ever again, wench. You are foolishly mistaken if you think you deserve a fair trial. I believe in that, yes, but you have already admitted to killing her or did you forget that you said and I will quote 'She is not a demi-kami. If she were, I would not have been able to slay her.' Are you stupid enough to think that I have a hearing problem or that I would allow you to get away with this? You are foolishly mistaken if you think I would." He whispered in her ear, allowing his fang to graze her ear.
He tossed her on the ground, and forced her to kneel on her knees. "Kagome." Sesshomaru demanded as he glanced towards her. "Y-yes, Sesshomaru-sama?" She said softly.
"I give you the honor of ridding this wench from the land of the living." He turned then, glancing around at everyone. "If any harm her or attempt to harm her, you will be dead before you are within five feet her of." As he finished his sentence, he felt a pain that he would never admit to anyone go through him. He glanced over at his only remaining arm, and his eyes widened. There was an arrow sticking out of it, with tainted priestess energy radiating off of it. He turned slowly to face the bitch that did this, and was hit with another arrow in the shoulder.
"I told you can not kill me, Sesshomaru-sama." The dark voice of Kikyo rang through his ears. His face held a look of shock for a brief moment more before turning into rage. "You whore!" he growled, as he attempted to use his only hand to grab tokijin.
"ENOUGH!" Kagome shouted. Everything seemed to stop as she shouted, everyone surprised at the outburst. "I am so tired of this, Kikyo. You have lost every bit of respect I ever had for you, and I am so ashamed that you are my previous incarnation. I used to have such a respect for you and Inuyasha's past, and the fact that you devoted your life to protecting the jewel, but that ends now. I know how bitter you were, Kikyo. I know because every time I touch that Jewel, it asks my soul if I hate it as much as you did. Did you know that you are the reason the jewel can be tainted, Kikyo? Did you know that? I bet that you didn't. You have hurt so many people in your second life, as well. I'm sure that put a few pounds of hatred on our soul. That is done with, though. I will make sure that when you die, that part of our soul is purified because I refuse to have something with so much malice return to my body and soul." She panted heavily as she raised her bow to the dead woman. "No more, Kikyo. NO MORE WILL YOU HURT THOSE I CARE ABOUT!" She screamed as she fired an arrow with such energy it roared in triumph as it soured throw the air.
Kikyo's eyes widened as the arrow flew so quickly towards her.. She frowned deeply, as her eyes landed on her former lover. His eyes looked so angry and horrified. It hurt her worse than she would have ever thought. As the arrow pierced her chest, she raised her hand to it gently, feeling what could only be described as heartache. She closed her eyes and embraced death. 'I wish that things would have been different, InuYasha..' was her last conscious thought.
The bow dropped from Kagome's hand as she glanced over to Sesshomaru, who had already began to heel as his Father had removed the arrows from his body. A soft 'Thank you, Father.' was heard from him, and he was gone.
She looked forward to see her missing part of her soul coming towards her in a blinding speed. She quickly put her hands up, stopping it from entering her body. She closed her eyes and concentrated all of her energy on it. Another part of her soul drilled its self into the tiny portion in her hand, and searched for it's malice. When the malice was reached, Kagome pumped enough pure energy in it to burn the evil malice. When she finished, she allowed both soul parts to rejoin her. She wobbled unsteadily once they were in, feeling a rush of warmth.
InuTaisho was quickly by her side, making sure she would not fall over. "Are you okay, Kagome?" he questioned softly in her ear. She nodded gently, finally able to stand on her two feet. She turned to face him, fully. "I am very much okay, Touga." she said, gauging his reaction to the newly acuired nickname she had bestowed upon him. In reality, it wasn't new.. She had heard Miyoga and Totosai call him 'Master Touga' many times, but she still wanted to make sure he was okay with the name. His grin was all she needed to confirm it, before his lips came crashing down on hers. He nipped at her bottom up, and rubbed his tongue against her opening until she opened her mouth to allow him full access. He greedily dove in, allowing his tongue to dance with hers. Her taste was amazing, and he found himself craving more.
"WHAT THE FUCK! KNOCK IT OFF!" yelled a disgruntled but oddly silent hanyou up until this point. Touga stopped invading Kagome's mouth and glared over at his son. "Do you fucking morons even realize that there has been someone following us? Are you all fucking bat shit?" He yelled, causing Kagome to turn around hastily and glare.
"InuYasha.." She said sickeningly sweet that everyone, including Touga, who was not intimidated by many, took a cautious step back.. "Sit!" She bellowed, earning a loud thud in the clearing.
Touga chuckled lightly, stepping closer to her again. "Where ever did you-" he was cut off, when he noticed her spine stiffen straight like a board. His eyebrow rose high in his bangs. "Kago-"
"I would think you'd shut up, Inu no Taisho." came a voice from the trees. "Your whore seems to know what to do when she is around the people who are far more powerful than she."
InuTaisho had heard enough. His cold gaze swept through the surrounding area, but was startled to find no aura. 'Strange.. How can this be?' his thoughts were interrupted by his beloved as she dropped to her knees, her eyes clouding over and her hand clutched to her heart. InuYasha tried to abruptly run to her side, but was stopped bu the Taija and the monk. "What the fuck is wrong with you guys? She's in pain and there's a psycho around us!" Inuyasha shrieked at his friends. Miroku winced. "Fussing over her will only make whatever is happening worse, InuYasha-sama. We will do no good for her if we are constantly coddling her, it is better if we stand guard. If we were to be attacked right now, who would be able to fight if we were all focusing on one person?" The monk asked, raising a thick dark brow at his hanyou companion.
"Kagome!" Touga said frantically, dropping beside her on his knees, and cupping her cheeks.. "Kagome.." his soft voice barely registering in her mind. "thjwlshrdstntdsbd" was all everyone understood, including her demonic lover. His eyes widened at her inability to say words, rubbing her cheeks to try and get her a little focused. "Kagome.. Speak slower, please? Try to speak slower for me." he whispered loud enough for only her to hear. Her eyes became unfocused for a brief second, and refocused again. Her eyes widened beyond belief as she pushed her love out of the way. "Get down everyone!" she said, finally able to speak. Everyone dropped, as a large demon zoomed over top of them.
Touga growled, and stood up slowly. "Still too afraid to show your aura?" He said smugly and when he received no answer, he turned to look at his love. "What were you saying, Kagome?" He asked softly, his eyes holding a warmth only for her.
"I said.. The jewel shard is tainted so badly.. It's so black, Touga.. So very very black. It paralyzed me at how tainted this jewel shard is. It's still there but I can not pin point where it is.." She lowered her head, and shook it, feeling oddly pathetic. He frowned slightly at her, but turned his attention back to the matter at hand. "Everyone stay on alert. And Kagome.." He beckoned, getting her attention. "You are to stay by me at all times, unless you are told differently." She nodded, and stood by his side with no questions asked.
InuTaisho did another scan, and paused for a moment. "So he has finally tired himself out.." He softly spoke to himself, grinning. He rushed forward into the forest, signaling for Kagome to stay.
She frowned slightly and glanced at her friends. "If he thinks I'm staying.. He obviously has lost his damn mind." She stated, with finality. Miroku calmly walked up to her and stood beside her. "Are we following, Lady Kagome?" He asked, with that mischievous grin he always gave. She nodded, and they both trotted into the forest, leaving a flustered hanyou and flabbergasted hanyou behind.
"If we can't beat them, join them. Let's go, InuYasha." Sango said, as she trotted behind her sister figure and the man she secretly loved.
Said hanyou grumbled, and raced up ahead of them to follow his father. 'Somehow.. We always end up getting in trouble when she goes off like this!' he thought sinisterly.
A/N: I've had terrible writers block for a bit. I really apologize how infrequently I have been updating, and how short my updates are. I've had a new bout of inspiration, though. Much more fluff, lemony citrus scenes and a huge Naraku fight to come. I promise. Also, I don't know about you guys.. But I can not wait to see what Touga will do next. ;)