Author's Note: Hey everyone, sorry for the delay, but I've been in the middle of a big move to NY for school. So again, my bad but here's the newest installment of my masterpiece, lol. ENJOY YO!


Mortal Secrets

Chap. 29

"Ssh, do not cry my young one," Tsuki's voice cooed into Ely's ear as the mortal girl trembled within the Moon Goddess' embrace. Tears fell uninhibited from her tightly shut eyes as she tried to hold back the torrent that seeped from behind her swollen lids. She did not want Koga, or anyone else for that matter, to know of her tears because then she would have to explain. The thought of having to tell everyone, including Taiyo why she was in such misery scared her to the point where her tears dried up, but her grip on Tsuki did not cease. She looked up into the red eyes and light blue pupil's of the goddess, searching for an answer on what to do, what she saw she refused to accept.

"Ely, you must tell them. You cannot deny it anymore. Hiding it is just putting everyone in grave danger. Koga included " Tsuki said as she gingerly raised the girls head so that she could see the girls eyes; she gazed deeply into the pools of dark brown and as the young mortal became entranced in the growing blue of Tsuki's eyes, the goddess peered deep into the girl's mind, past the wall of memory and into her soul. What she saw caused the young goddess' blood to run cold as she abruptly let go of the girls face and averted her gaze. Tsuki knew that Ely had a connection with Naraku, but she thought it was perhaps because Ely was the weakest link in the group, the easiest to gain influence over in one way or another; but this, how could THIS be?!

"Tsuki...you saw didn't you? What he whispers to me at night, their not lies are they Tsuki? Please, tell me!" Ely begged as she grasped the inuyoukia's robes, her grip as weak yet strongly desperate as her voice.

The Moon goddess turned her gaze on the young girl and it hurt to look into her eyes, knowing that what lie behind them was no longer the mortal innocence she had lived with for so long. Tsuki's silence and sad gaze instilled in Ely what she did not want to believe. This entire time she thought that she had been dragged into this world by accident; been a bystander in a war that was not hers in an era she didn't even know really existed outside of myth and legend. Now she knew that it had all been planned by either the cruel Fates or even by...dare she say it, even in her own thoughts? As she looked at the group before her, still arguing among themselves even as the setting sun burnt their animated shadows into the wall of the small hut, Ely felt both love and regret. As her gaze fell over each member, she finally settled her gaze upon the strong and handsome features of her Prince; she silently studied his profile. His strong, high cheekbones, his strong broad shoulders, the long ebony mane that fell around those shoulders and as he felt her gaze on him, she fell deeply into his light blue eyes as he turned to meet her gaze; they swallowed her in the love and lust that swam in them. He cocked his head to one side as she continued to stare at him, his long tail swishing side to side, like a dog who was happy to be reunited with his owner. She broke her gaze and smiled warmly at him as she finally came to the sad realization of what she must now do. Tonight she would make love to her Wolf Prince for the last time and then she would disappear into the night that would swallow her whole. The night that welcomed her and the wind that seductively beckoned for her. She could no longer walk her friends and her love straight into Naraku's waiting, hungry arms. Looking back towards Tsuki as Koga turned away and back towards Kikyo who still paced the front of the room impatiently, Ely smiled a soft and tender smile up towards the inuyoukia. Tsuki knew what this smile meant and also knew what her role would be in this sad game.

"Are you sure this is what you must do Ely?" Tsuki whispered as Ely stood and resigned herself quietly to the fate that she found herself bore into. Ely looked down into the soft, moist eyes of her friend and knelt down in front of her. Taking Tsuki's soft, lightly tanned hands into her own, Ely grasped them and smiled sadly as she spoke in a hushed whisper to the being before her.

"Tonight, after Koga has fallen into slumber, I need you to retrieve me and take me to the farthest clearing from here. I want you to mask my scent so Koga cannot find me. Please Tsuki, I'm asking you this not as a favor, but as a gift to a friend."

With these words spoken, Tsuki embraced Ely one last time and kissed her cheek, tasting the salty sweetness of her skin as well as the almond flavor that mingled with it. Standing, Ely still held the inuyoukia's hand gingerly in her own; turning her back on the goddess, Ely slipped her hand from hers as she walked up behind Koga and kissed his neck just below his ear. He turned towards her and as their lips met, Tsuki had to look away. Such a fate did not belong to such an innocence, but there was no denying what she had seen when she looked deep into Ely's soul and into the true memories that lay buried within it. She felt a quick hand on her shoulder as Ely walked by, following Koga into their sleeping quarters. Tsuki did not look up or acknowledge this gesture for the countdown had begun. In the morning, this small group would be one member shorter. They would believe that this made them weaker and showed how vulnerable they were to Naraku's attacks; only Tsuki would know the truth. Without Ellysa they were safer and no longer as vulnerable as they had once been when she sat in on their pow-wows and walked with them, seeing and hearing everything they did; and so did he. Opening her eyes as a strong breeze blew her long ebony hair around her shoulders, bringing to her the impossible truth and the burden of it that lay heavily upon her heart and her lithe shoulders.

Kagura was back and had been among them from the beginning; she had been Ely, and Ely her.


In the darkness that was now her only comfort, Taiyo heard the whispers passed between her sister and the mortal mate of Koga. The mystery and midnight rendezvous sparked a sliver of curiosity, but more than anything a gnawing and hate filled suspicion filled her. She no longer trusted anyone but InuYasha and her sister, and now she was sure her sister was no longer an equally threatened companion, but a co-conspirator. Why else would Naraku not have attacked her, why else would her beloved Sesshomaru be dead now if her sister was not that dirty, red eyed hanyou's concubine?! As hate and venom filled suspicions filled her to the to boiling point, any shred of sanity or humanity left within the Sun Goddess was drown in the sea of despise and despair that now engulfed her deeper into the shadows, Taiyo waited with a cool and cold patience until the mortal whore and Naraku's concubine left to conspire in the depths of the forest. There she would slaughter them with much pleasure and revel in the feel of the traitor's and murderers blood on her skin. The shadows grew darker around her as all the moon and star light was sucked out of the night and into shadows that hung to Taiyo like a finely fitted cloak. Her eyes glowed brighter than the Sun she was so named for and they smiled with such a calm and collected lunacy so deep that they rivaled the wicked smile that reflected in the carmine eyes that stood behind her; watching as the show began.