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Hey Guys!!! I'm super super super super SUPER sorry I'm updating sooo late... i've been extreamly busy cause school started and I'm in chorus and well... I had to take a trip and practice like crazy for it so yea its crazy... but don't worry!!! I'm back on a regular updating routine... my next update should be on Saturday... I can't promise anything though but it will be VERY SOON. I want you guys to read the ultimate cliff hanger in this story.. i garentee all jaws will drop... well ok not garentee...but jaws will drop. There are also about 13 more twist in the story... but lets get to the good part, I was gonna do this last chapter, but I didnt have anything in the chapter that wouldn't give away anything too much, but:
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Chapter 21: The Curse Begins...((read author's note...NOW!)If you haven't already)
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Inuyasha stared at Kagura in denile.
"Your lying Kagura!... Sesshoumaru can't fall in love.. he has no heart!!" He said surprisingly calm, at least not the way Kagura had expected him to react.
"Inuyasha... are you so blind?"
Inuyasha was silent.
"When you told her... about how bad Sesshoumaru was..."
"You heard that?!" He cut her off.
"When you told her that..." She repeated as if he did nothing. "Why do you think she stood up for him?"
Inuyasha thought for a moment.
"I never said SHE didn't love him... I said HE didn't love her!"
Kagura laughed.
"That is the most pothetic excuse I had ever heard a man say to denie the ovious... and what they KNOW is true!!"
"Kagura... why are you here? Do you want to hurt everyone.. even after we tried to kill Naraku..."
"Naraku is dead Inuyasha... Sango destroyed him.. he was never alive again..."
Inuyasha let out a sigh of relief.
"Well then we saved you.. and yet you tell us what you know will hurt us..."
Kagura smiled off to the side and flipped her hair that was in front of her eyes into place.
"Here's the thing Inuyasha... Even though I despise Naraku for all of my being, I still hate you as well. Your reward fro killing Naraku is, that I keep you alive."
"You couldn't kill me even if you had everbody in the universe on your side"
Kagura laughed.
"If you keep insulting me, I won't tell you how to win Sango back."
Inuyasha had a serious look on his face.
"What is it...?"
Kagura smiled.
"Sesshoumaru thinks Sango is dead... she isn't... she is heading up north to the celestial grounds... or making the biggest mistake ever... you have to find her and stop her... and it will make her thank you..."
Inuyasha stared at her, then he walked past her and walked a couple steps, then turned around slightly.
"Kagura... even if it worked... I still would go through the life I made with her knowing what a horrible thing I did, nothing can change that... Not even the Sacred Jewel... I have to give up on getting her back... it simply won't work... I'm not worried about her and Sesshoumaru because I know nothing will ever happen... so... I can finally let her go..."
Inuyasha walked away and Kagura just stood there, smiling.
'I just hope it will be easy to do that...' he thought. Then Inuyasha looked up to see where he was, and he saw a man.
He was in Prince's Armor, with a Blue Kimono underneath. His hair was short and black, and he was big and muscular. He carried a single sword, but Inuyasha could sence demonic power coming from that one single sword... then he noticed not only did it come from the sword, but from him as well. Also, he had a strange marking on his hand. The man looked at Inuyasha.
"You there! Demon!! Can you give me a bit of instructions?"
Inuyasha looked at the man, puzzled.
"I'm looking for the village of Lord Surnoda... Where can I find it?"
Inuyasha gasped.
"Uhh... Why are you looking for that village?"
The man glared at Inuyasha.
"I met him and his wife before, they made a promise to me... and I entend that they keep it."
Inuyasha nodded.
"Well... from where I think I am.. you have to walk straight down the path and it should lead to a small forest. Go left at the split in the path and it should lead to a river. There is a large, yet short path right next to the river... go to the end of the path and you should know where to go from there."
The man smiled.
"Thank you.."
He walked down the path, and Inuyasha stood there.
"Wait! What is your name?"
The man turned around and smirked.
"You'll find out soon enough..."
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A couple weeks past, and in Sango's eyes... they were very good weeks... She hadn't seen Sesshoumaru more than once during that time, but she needed some time to figure things out anyway.
Sango had decided to visit her father's grave that day. She rode on Ilya, her horse. Ilya ran and soon reached the grave site. It had 3 trees in a row, and crosses between each tree. The middle tree had suotra's on it and a giant cross. On it, was Sango's father's name. She walked up to the tree, not seeing anything else.
She gazed her hand across the bare spot in the tree, suddenly her eyes caught glimpse of her robe sleave. She had worn celestial clothing since she returned to the South. She let her hair go free again. This time, she wore an orange calico skirt with a pink v-neck top, the sleaves, which were a off white, did not go all the way around her arm, they were more like free pieces of fabric conected to her shirt. They went down in a loop and went up and conected to her wrists, and flowed free. She wore princess slippers once again, and a starred scarf around her waist.
Sango sighed and leaned up against the tree.
"You're not happy..."
Sango gasped and looked to the side of her. She seen Sesshoumaru starring at her. She smiled and stood up.
"No.. I am... it's just that... My dream is demon slaying... not ruling the north..."
Sesshoumaru frowned.
"So... after you break this curse.. your going to return up there?"
Sango bit her lip.
"I'm thinking about it..."
Sesshoumaru nodded.
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Inuyasha went to go visit Kaede about the man he saw, The very suspicious one.
Kagome had seen him but decided to lay low, at least untill the time was right, which would only be when Sango was in danger at last, and he needed to know about the curse.
Inuyasha walked into the small house and sat down with Kaede for 10 minutes. After that, he got to the point.
"Kaede, I need you to tell me if this man sounds familiar."
Kaede nodded.
"Well, I was just walking and this man, a human, asked me where the village of Lord Surnoda and his wife were."
Kaede looked at him in shook.
"Did you tell?"
"Only where they were buried. But anyway, this man had prince armor on him, and he had huge demonic power, strange power, like nothing I have ever witnessed."
Kaede just sat there, no emotion but fear upon her face. It was silent for a long while, but then she broke through her fear.
"Inuyasha.. are ye sure this man had prince armor on and had possesed strange demonic power?"
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"So.. this is your father's grave?"
"Yea...I come here every other day almost..."
Sesshoumaru looked around.
"Where is your mother buried?"
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"Yes Kaede... I'm sure..."
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Sango rolled her eyes and looked foward. A gust of wind hit both her and Sesshoumaru and her hair blew gently over her face. She shut her eyes and looked at Sesshoumaru when she opened them again.
"About a mile behind the village..."
"Why so far?"
"Because that's where all the other victims that died in the fire were buried."
Sesshoumaru's heart started pumping.
"F-Fire?"
Sango nodded.
"A fire hit the village when I was about 6. My mother and many others were killed."
"Accidental Fire?"
Sango shrugged.
"We don't know, but thats when we first learned I had sacred powers, as I may've told you before, I went back in and was left unconcious, Midoriko's barrier saved me. I only had a bad case of amnesia, So I don't remember much of what happened."
Sesshoumaru nodded
"Do you visit there as often as here?"
Sango was shocked at the sudden change of subject, but shook her head.
"Once a week?"
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"Did he say anything to ye?"
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"Try never... I haven't been there in 13 years... And I don't plan to start going now..."
Sesshoumaru's face filled with sypathy and sorrow.
"She died 13 years ago... you never saw her grave?"
Sango sighed.
"Once... and it didn't last but 2 seconds...and it was when her ashes were burried. I can't visit someone who died to get away from me... it is just weird..."
Sesshoumaru's eyes began to fill with humanity.
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"I told you!!!!He said he was looking for the village of Lord Surnoda, and that him and his wife promised him something and he said he will make sure they fufill it."
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"...How could she hate you so much...? You shown me, the king of hatred, pure compasion and friendship... and for that.. I will return the favor by staying with you..."
Sango looked at his face. She knew he wanted to say something else.
"Sango... I owe you my life... I..."
He looked behind Sango and Sango knew somebody was there.
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"I see... were there any markings on him?"
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She turned her head around and seen a man, with Prince's Armor, with a Blue Kimono underneath. He smiled at Sango and Sesshoumaru and walked foward.
Nobody said anything and Sango just stared at him, while she was leaning against the tree. Sesshoumaru stared at him, and the man walked forward to them, smiling the entire time.
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"There was a weird one on his hand... like a symbol... I can't explain it... Kaede... Do you know who he is?"
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He reached them and stopped. He crossed his arms and looked at Sango.
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"His name is Kota Rasnkaki... the reincarnation of Tajikawa Guanmati... the man who cursed Midoriko..."
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"Midoriko's reincarnation... There truly is no diffrence..."
Sango stared at the man in compleate horror.
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Next Time!!!!
"If the only reason you have come to find me is because of a many centuries long curse... you are truly wasting your time!"
"Sango, you have already given your heart to somebody a long time ago, you can't give it to Sesshoumaru... and you know that..."
The Meeting of old enemies.
Your Mine!!((read author's note...NOW!)if you haven't already)