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I do not in any way own Inuyasha or any of the wonderful characters created in that delightful Anime. They are all the sole property of Rumiko Takahashi. I am merely expressing my imagination on her wonderful tale. There are a few characters I have created that do not belong in InuYasha- they are mine, as is the imagination and story line I have superimposed.
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Chpater 27 : The Monk's Memories
Meanwhile as the morning came….elsewhere in the shrine slept a restless monk's mind…..:
Miroku tossed and turned. His slumber was heavy and he did not arouse, for it was nothing in reality that had him restless….. it was his thoughts that manifested in his dreams that had him so. His mind had been for sometime now been turning about a puzzle……there was something in the recent events that he should have paid more heed to-but what? …his mind went round and round….what?
Visions….
He kept having flashing visions of what had happened….recollection of events- as his mind tried to work out the riddle that he knew was hidden in them….voices of warnings told repeated themselves as his mind shuffled through the memories.
…….flashes of memories ran through his mind….. of seeing Sesshomaru driving through Simgha's forcefield to save Kagome.
The flash of knowledge in Simgha's eyes, -
" ….for this miko?…there may be some who will notice?"
And the light of almost guilty comprehension that flashed almost unnoted in Sesshomaru's eyes ….
Kagome turning to InuYasha's chest for comfort as golden eyes looked on- darkening with some incomprehensible emotion - that look of regret? - or envy?– or wanting? ……as he had gazed at Kagome and InuYasha after that battle.
Something….there was something wrong!
What ! Miroku's mind wondered restless and irritably. What was wrong?
That look in those golden eyes had been there other times…. hidden in an emotionless face, many moments on many days prior and many days after that battle with the blue demon .
The voice of warning as that demon had told Kagome - …
"…not follow that devil into his heathen home……or what you know of as your lives……in the southern lands of Moona Thala Simha……"
Foreboding filled Miroku as he dreamed- these flashes of moments past……. They had been warned that what they knew of as their lives would change if they ventured here- yet no one had thought of it despite that odd terrible moment before entering this village. Why had he been so placid? What was it that had kept irritating him like a bit of sand in his eye……?
"Monk, follow your intuition…..it will save much grief….." – that deathly voice had warned him……
And he had….. not….
He had ignored the screaming in his mind that something was not right- and even though he had not known what it was, his intuition had been to not come here. His intuition was that there was something terrible about to happen…..
Sweat broke out and drenching Miroku as he continued to toss and turn- thrashing -restless in slumber .
"…there are fates worse than death itself…"
Oh God………fear grew and swelled…..
…….."there are powers to harm more dangerous than evil…."
Miroku felt as though a vise had cut off his air flow… fear clogged his lungs.
Flashes of Sesshomaru holding Kagome, talking to Kagome, saving Kagome ran through his mind-
Sesshoumaru………….and Kagome.
His mind suddenly jolted to a stop at the thought ….
Kagome looking up into Sesshomaru as he saved her from the blue demon….
Kagome as she stood, looking shy as the Tatyoukai would suddenly visit…..
Kagome as she pried her eyes off from Sesshoumaru to look elsewere….then somehow be drawn back to gaze upon him- while his eyes would never waver off of her- despite there being so many to speak to amongst their group……
Kagome's face when Sesshoumaru had almost perished in the battle of the swords….
InuYasha who loved Kagome though he was unable to allow it , InuYasha who hated and feared his half brother……
InuYasha who was the only one who had thus far shown himself to be Naraku's nemesis……
…Naraku possibly had a prayer that he could wish from the gods……………..Naraku's prayer………. ……something the gods may want…….. something that would not be evil…yet give him something in return………..
Random memories of long long ago now came to Miroku- almost appearing unrelated...
…. flashes of his grandfather holding a dusty tomb as her leafed through the pages day after day mumbling thoughts to himself and to Miroku who had been beyond young then…too young to be remembering this- and yet there were these memories….they came now:
"The Kaliyuga …." His grandfather mumbled, only half the words could be made out- yet it had caught the attention of his young mind at the time "…..the age of impurity …..it's long started…..I think…no no, it must…."
His grandfather had started to mumble to himself….Miroku watching perplexed and focusing from his otherwise youthful and distracted attention only because his grandfather was in distress as he mused his thoughts…worry marring his face…..the hole in his hand enlargening….Pain evident upon his grandfather's face….almost as if the hole did not wish to let him read the text…
But his grandfather had continued- flashing the pages- deep in thought, musing his concerns half in a jumble of mumbles- with only a few words heard.
" a girl who……. will devastate the world …. save it from itself?….interesting, interesting….."
"Who grandfather" he had aksed-
"Midoriku…the priestess of the earthly realms…or her reincarnation……she will come again." Ancient nose buried back into the book…..mind wandering restlessly for the answers once more.
There was then a recollection from some deep part of his mind- a memory incomplete and one he had never even known he had ….. until now. A memory not even registered when it took place came forth from ages ago- it import obviously causing his mind to spew it forth….
He had fallen asleep in the study- and groggily opened eyes for just a few moments before sleep had claimed him again. Until now- he had had no recollection that he had witnessed such a scene.
He saw his grandfather mumble in surprise as though he had discovered something- head still buried amongst tombs of texts- candle burning to the stumps. Excitement and concern making the normally muted mumble more audible…… "She loved an Inu Demon Lord in life?….. that oracles who have forseen her coming……from her conception… … to love the child of the greatest of dog demons?…..but that must be!…...yes! it must be! - but of course!…..but he has two sons…….which one…….?"
Head and shoulders hunched as his grandfather frantically searched… "….why is …there's nothing to explain…..dear gods!…of her conception….then the Sikon? it be that I am right?….where is the proof!….(mumbles and mutters)…." -looking as if a thought had occurred, he had read more frantically. As Miroku's sleepy lids had closed once more.
His grandfather had passed that night- for some reason the hole that had been rapidly growing day by day – almost as if it competed to see if it could consume him before he found what his mind was seeking amongst those books of ancient knowledge. The hole had succeeded- it had consumed his grandfather that night- it had been surprising- as it must have accelerated to do so.
Miroku was surprised he was recalling any of this memory in a dream now …..but he feared he knew why.
His mind finally grasped what he should have thought of days ago…..of what it was that ran like a band of powerful shimmering emotion over the last few times when ever Sesshoumaru and Kagome had met.
…… "Midoriko………She loved an Inu Demon Lord in life?"….the voices said
"…that oracles who have forseen her coming … to love the child of the greatest of dog demons…"
"…..but he has two sons…….which one…….?"
"Ah…..Griha Salaam Uh Ahgharam Shi Midoriku, Priestess of the Earthly Realms."
"…..A salutation to the true soul you are reincarnate from……the soul….."
"…there are fates worse than death itself…"
…….."there are powers to harm more dangerous than evil…."
Powers to harm more dangerous than evil…..Sesshoumaru, InuYasha, and Kagome.
Kagome and Sesshoumaru………….falling in love………….
Love!-
Powers to harm far greater than evil…..
Kagome not wanting to enter this villiage-
Fears of what harms she would do………
Naraku's prayer……
The village of Khadaal – which translated in the language of the ancients came to mean Love- the Villiage of love…………..that they had entered, despite warnings in so many ways…..
Miroku's mind linking everything though it seemed improbable. Unthinkable- outlandish- insane! And yet…..
His instincts told him they were related- the intstincts he had been shuffling off for days now had broken free of their dark corner and came out in full force.
Shuddering at the foreboding that ripped through his gut, Miroku's sleepy conciousness surged towards lucidity. He hoped he was wrong- but something told him he was hoping too late.
Miroku threw off his covers- awake and panting from the fear that he had never experience to such an extent.
Rushing to jerk InuYasha awake- praying he was not too late to get out of this villiage and the lands of Moona Thala Simha. Praying that Naraku did not have the insight to wish for the involvement of gods in such a thing……… Praying that InuYasha would understand……
Praying he was only acting foolish and that there was really no such thing to fear.
OK guys- next time to come- InuYasha is going to find out? - What's going to happen in the next chpater - well, I guess we'll all see.
Till next time- likely 2 weeks. - I have found out the hard way that should I suspect delays- you guys will get the update on time- and if it's up early- everyone is still happy- no more bended knees and begging- though I loved that you reviewed... thanks.
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