Hey all! Next chapter out! As it gets closer and closer it the end of the story I've been thinking about adding little facts about how I cane up with certain things in this fanfic along with just random info I didn't add.
So first off I don't know if anyone actually looked up any of the names of my original character but I did extensive research before picking any name. I wanted to make sure that the names matched up with the characters. So here are the definitions!
Nuriel: Light or fire of God. Nuriel's name took the longest to find as he's such an important character. He is named after an angel.
Raya: beloved -as in Nuriel's beloved.
Also just kind fun fact about them is their personalities modeled after my husband and me. XD
Any way thanks for reading! Let me know in the comments if you liked the extra info and if I should keep doing it.
-AnimeGirlMiranda
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Burnt ash fell around him as he raced through the ruins of what use to be a forest. The burning smell itching at his senses. He ignored it. The ringing in his ears keeping the calls of his comrades out. It didn't matter, he couldn't stop. He had to hurry.
Koga was pushing himself forward. Faster he had to go faster. Or it would be too late. He knew now that it was up to him.
-Flash back-
"Koga, one more thing." Midoriko said as she stopped walking.
"Yea? What is it?"
"From here go straight to the west and tell Sesshoumaru that-."
Before Midoriko could finish several yells and a scream were heard back from camp.
Koga's head snapped back towards camp he was about to take off running when Midoriko put a hand on his shoulder stopping him.
"Hey what gives?!" Koga said as he tried to move but was frozen in his spot.
"Listen well wolf prince." Midoriko said stepping away from him but not releasing him from her hold. "I need you to survive."
"What the hell are you talking about?!" Koga said trying in vain to break free.
"You must go to the west and tell Sesshomaru that Dragon Blood has Kagome." She said.
"What?! No I won't let that happen! KAGOME!" Koga yelled.
"It'll happen but I won't leave her unprotected, Sesshomaru will get to her in time." Midoriko said. "And don't try to go yourself, you will not be able to help her, only Sesshoumaru can save her now."
Koga growled "Let me go!"
Midoriko ignored his statement and continued.
"When I die, you will be released from the spell, as will your men do not worry it will not be long from now."
Koga blinked "What?"
"Like I said I need you to live to tell Sesshomaru and to give Kagome that letter. I will fight Dragon Blood to my death." Midoriko smiled at his stunned expression.
"I will be able to stall him long enough for Kagome to get far enough away that he will not harm you and your men."
"I thank you for your help wolf prince."
Midoriko said as she turned and left him frozen walking towards her demise.
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Koga jumped over a stream then bounced off the shore back into a run. He gritted his teeth. What happened next, he had been helpless to stop. For once in his life he almost had wished he had human senses. Then he wouldn't have been able to see the death he could not prevent.
He had watched as Midoriko had approached Dragon Blood...
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Dragon Blood opened his red eyes as this priestess approached. She would pay.
"Let us begin." Midoriko said sword raised and ready.
"Yes, let's." Dragon Blood spat out as he stood.
The two eyed each other for moment. Then they both moved in a flurry of movements.
Dragon Blood shot several of his scales at Midoriko. She blocked each of them with a quick raise of her sword. The scales making a zing as she hit them aside.
"Not bad." Dragon Blood said with a laugh. "But you will have to do much, much better than that." He said smirking and disappearing from Midoriko's view.
Midoriko glances around quickly spreading out her senses. She raised her sword widely in front of her as Dragon Blood's claws clinked on her blade.
"You will not defeat me with cheap tricks lizard." Midoriko said.
Dragon Blood scowled as he faced her, his claws held off by Midoriko's sword.
He pushed off her sword and jumped back.
"Well then this might be more fun than I had thought." Dragon Blood said with a grin.
Dragon Blood charged Midoriko head on.
Midoriko raises her sword ready to block his attack, which came swiftly a second later.
Clangs of claws hitting metal echo through the clearing as Midoriko blocked blow after blow from Dragon Blood.
'I have to get on the offensive.' Midoriko thought as she quickly blocked another attack aimed at her face.
"Having trouble priestess?" Dragon Blood mocked as another blow narrowly missed her arm. "Give up now and your death can be quick."
She pumped her sword with her reiki. She didn't have much left but it was something.
Midoriko sprung forward and quickly cut across Dragon Bloods chest with a boom of power that shook the trees.
"NEVER!" Midoriko yelled as Dragon Blood slid away from her with a hiss.
In his crouching position from her attack a cackle of laughter was heard. Dragon Blood looked up to the sky one hand on his face laughing with a crazed look in his eyes.
"Oh, this is great! You actually think you can hurt me, don't you?" Dragon Blood said eyes flicking in her direction.
"You a mere mortal kill the great Dragon Blood?" Dragon Blood mocked as he stood.
Midoriko watched him stand the place on his chest where she had cut him unmarred. The only evidence she hit him at all was the gash in his shirt.
Midoriko wasn't stupid she knew she did not have what it took to defeat him. Maybe in her glory days she might have been able to hurt him, to damage him. But with her borrowed time on earth now she did not. How long had they been fighting? Had she given Kagome a good enough head start?
Midoriko gritted her teeth when an idea struck her. Midoriko relaxed her stance and laughed with him. She had remembered a story she had heard when traveling in the east. One that surely could buy her more time.
"You use the word great as if it applies to you?" Midoriko said. "You are not 'great' by any means lizard."
"I am not a lizard!" Dragon Blood hissed as his power hissed into life around him blowing dirt and leaves away from them.
"Oh? Really? I have fought dragons. And you are no dragon." Midoriko said. She clapped a fist into her hand with mock realization. "Wait is that why you call yourself 'Dragon' Blood because you wish others to see you as something you're not? How very sad." She mocked.
Trees around them swayed as youki snapped around Dragon Blood in his anger. Yet his face showed no emotion as he shrugged.
"What is sad is your life will end-" Before Dragon Blood could continue Midoriko interrupted.
"You see Dragon Blood I have heard of you before you became the 'great Dragon Blood' you so claim." Midoriko continued. "Not many beings left are as old as you and me. But I remember a story of a Dragon Lord being tricked into mating a lizard demon."
Midoriko began to circle Dragon Blood.
Dragon Blood's eye twitched as he watched the priestess, oh he would enjoy gutting her.
"The great Dragon lord realized this only after his mate bore him a son. The spell was broken with your birth, your father seeing his mate as the lizard witch she was." Midoriko smirked as she glanced around them, trees cracking the wind whirling around them.
"Seeing he had been tricked, your father killed her and had told all she had died in child birth. He was going to kill you as well but he could feel your power. So instead he raised you to hate your lizard half."
The earth shook violently for a moment before everything went silent.
"Well see now I have to kill you." Dragon Blood said casually. He began walking towards her, Midoriko held her ground.
"You're correct, most beings are not as old as you or I and the few that are do not know my... background." Dragon Blood said as he stopped in front of her looming over her.
So quickly her eyes could not follow, Dragon Blood's hand was around her throat.
"Yes, my father killed my mother and brought me up to hate lizard yokai." Dragon Blood squeezed his hand around her neck. Midoriko grunted and held her hands to his trying to pull it from her.
"I endured his presence. He has promised me his new kingdom." Dragon Blood's eyes shined. "But the cursed kitsune ruined everything! I should have been Lord of the East not him!"
Midoriko smirked as she choked out a laugh.
"What is so funny?" Dragon Blood said glaring down at her. When he noticed she couldn't speak he loosened his grip.
"I didn't think you would be this consumed with your back story." Midoriko said.
"What is it?" Dragon Blood hissed squeezing her neck again.
"Well, now I can do this!" Midoriko said lurching forward and grabbing Dragon Bloods face with both her hands.
"What no!" Dragon Blood cried out feeling the power radiating off her.
"Yes!" Midoriko said with a smirk.
A wave of pure miko energy blasted out of Midoriko's hands. She had used everything she had left, her life energy included. She hoped it was enough.
They were enclosed in a ball of pink light shining brightly right before exploding.
Dragon Blood and Midoriko were thrown apart by the blast.
Midoriko skidded into a tree. She looked up to the sky. She felt peaceful as she smiled her last smile.
"Good bye Kagome. I wish for your happiness." Midoriko whispered as she closed her eyes for the last time.
-end of flashback-
Koga had not been able to hear all they had said but it was enough.
He had to get to Sesshomaru! He couldn't let Midoriko sacrifice be in vain!
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Red eyes sprung open as a growl ripped through the air.
Dragon Blood sat up as he thought that bitch did it again!
He stood up in a deep crater. Dragon Blood looked around seeing Midoriko's lifeless body in the distance.
"No!" Dragon Blood sprang forward and looked over the crumpled dead priestess.
"How dare you die so easily!" He said picking up Midoriko by her shirt. He had had plans for her.
A growl ripped through his throat as shook Midoriko's lifeless form.
"Fine! No matter! I will just take what I am due from your corpse!" Dragon Blood growled out raising his sharp claws.
As he did Midoriko's body glowed brightly turning to shining sparkles. A gust of wind at the right moment whirling them away.
Dragon Blood roared with rage his youki rushed from him scorching the ground and ripping trees apart into ash.
He stood in a giant circle of burnt ground ash still falling around him, he was livid.
"Well then, I guess it's time to catch up with the other miko." Dragon Blood smirked. "I'm coming Kagome."
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Dragon Blood circled her with a smirk. "See Kagome? What did I tell you?" He said
Kagome glared at him then turned her head away. She knew he wanted to get her riled up. Ignoring him pissed him off more.
Dragon Blood frowned. He sat on his throne of bones and looked at his captured guest. The Shikon miko Kagome caged and bound stood with her head held high as she pointedly ignored him.
He looked her up and down. Her arms tied with chains behind her back and her legs tied together with chains as well. It was a good look for her he decided. But he was getting bored. His army was ready and itching for a fight. Two more days to wait before he could greet Sesshomaru with his prize in tow. Two more days till he could finally gut that fox that stole what should have been his.
His father should have been the ruler of the East and upon his death Dragon Blood would of ascended to the throne.
Dragon Blood let a claw slide down his cheek skimming the scar Nuriel's father had marred him with. Ironically the same spot Raya had stabbed his clone at. Although it was a clone the scar seemed to freshen after, as if it was mere months ago rather than several hundred years.
He would enjoy killing her as well.
Looking over at his guest an idea struck him.
"Well, I can't kill you without the main guest present but that doesn't mean we can't entertain ourselves." Dragon Blood said with a sinister smile.
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Kagome dodged with a roll to the side grabbing her bow in the process and firing two shots quickly at the rather large oni demon that charged at her. She could not believe this was happening.
Dragon Blood thought it would be utterly amusing to watch her fight some of his warriors. Their only instructions were not to kill her.
She looked back at the oni as she ran to the edge of the force field that surrounded them. Dragon Blood wasn't stupid and had put a barrier around her and the oni to keep her from striking anything but it. Too bad she thought flicking the shield with her bow testing it. The force field held strong and sent shock through her bow. Kagome let the bow go for a moment before the shock got to her, then grabbed it midair and positioning it for another round of arrows.
The oni had burns where her arrows had hit his large round red stomach but had not done as much damage as she had hoped. Really, they should have purified him.
"What. The. Hell." Kagome swore as another arrow she just shot was pulled out of his neck.
The oni growled at her as he stomped forward making the ground shake.
Hearing a cackle of laughter behind her Kagome turned to see Dragon Blood outside the barrier.
"You'll have to do better than that, dear Kagome." He said smirking. "This particular oni is a rare breed you could say; his kind's skin is protected against mikos."
Really it showed how powerful Kagome had become that her shots left scorched marks at all. He had tested this oni against several other mikos and well the oni has eaten them as they blasted him with their miko energy. Hadn't even given the oni heart burn.
Kagome growled to herself, turning back to her quickly approaching opponent. She would have to be more inventive it seemed.
Putting her bow away on her back she unsheathed her tantō blades and sunk into a striking pose waiting for the right moment.
The oni made a grab at her leaning down as it stretched out its arms.
"I bet you'll taste good." It laughed. Dragon Blood never said he couldn't have a bite or two.
Kagome ducked under his hands and ran in between his legs pushing a wave of her miko energy into her tantō blades as she went. When she's had moved just behind him she turned quickly and dug her blades into the back of his knees.
A satisfied smirk crossed her lips as the oni screamed in pain.
She quickly tore her blades out and got out of the way as the oni fell to his knees.
"You little bitch you'll pay for that!" It bellowed.
Not giving it time to retaliate she climbed on the back of the giant oni and stood when she reached its shoulders.
"Open wide!" Kagome said as she laced an arrow on her bow.
The oni turned his ugly head to look at her.
"Rawr!" It bellowed at her as he reached to grab her off him:
"Eat this!" Kagome said as she shot the radiant glowing arrow into the yelling oni's mouth. She quickly jumped off as the oni shut his mouth in confusion.
Rolling onto the ground Kagome stood and was about to run for it. But was too late.
A huge explosive sounded off behind her throwing her several feet away and covering her with bits of oni.
Sitting up Kagome whipped her face with a small clean spot of her sleeve. "Bleh what is it with these damn demons and exploding nastiness."
Looking back to where the oni had been only a puddle oni bits were left behind.
Smiling to herself she stood up. "Humph let's see what Dragon Blood thinks of that!" She said to herself with a smirk.
Turning to find him she froze when a razor sharp scale stuck into her shoulder freezing her in the spot.
"Now that was fun to watch!" He laughed approaching her.
Kagome growled at him as he wrapped her in chains again. She tried to struggle, but whatever poison Dragon Blood had in his scales left her paralyzed.
Dragon Blood hoisted Kagome over his scaly shoulder and walked off, a few of his warriors leering at his prize. Noticing Kagome glaring at them he smirked.
"If I didn't have bigger plans for you miko I'd let my men enjoy you." Dragon Blood said as he dropped her in the cage next to his throne.
"No, I will get the first privileges of exploring what's under those odd garments of yours." Dragon Blood said as he eyed her up and down. He bent down and slid his hand up her calf, smirking when she managed to cringe away.
Kagome was never so glad as now that she had started wearing her jeans instead of skirts.
To Kagome's relief Dragon Blood stood up and left her. Going off to do horrible things elsewhere she supposed.
It only she could have gotten away from him in the first place she thought. Her eyes filled with tears as she thought back to last night. It seemed so long ago. After nearly a full day of this misery Kagome let herself cry. She wouldn't give Dragon Blood the satisfactions of seeing her tears. But seeing as he had left her she let her tears fall.
"Midoriko..." Kagome whimpered out closing her eyes.
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-flash back-
Kagome did as she was instructed. She ran.
She ran as she heard the battling behind her. The yelling, clinging of Midoriko's sword the light from her pure energy echoing behind her.
She refused to stop to turn and look. She kept going.
It seemed as hours had passed since she started. At least that's what her burning legs and lungs told her.
Yet she pushed on. Even after the sounds of battle behind her could no longer be heard. She ran.
But as she knew it would, the dreaded moment came.
"Hello miko." Dragon Blood said as he appeared before her path.
She had gotten her barrier up and tried to get her bow out but one of his scales hit her in the forehead.
"Now, now, none of that." Dragon Blood said as he approached.
His sinister red eyes the last thing she saw as she passed out.
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