A few months, when Miroku and Sango join the hunt for the shards
Kagome and Shippo were insistent on Keike coming with them to help them on their quest, since she was able to sense the shards as Kagome could. Both hanyou kept their distance, for most of their time traveling.
The whole group had been traveling for two days when they came across a village. "I will stay out here" Keike said solemnly. The group looked at her oddly as if expecting to get an immediate answer for her abruptedness, but she only stood quietly not even acknowledging their looks of curiousity.
Inuyasha knew exactly why she would not go in, this was the village they had grew up in. The village where they would both tortured because they were not human, this is where Inuyasha had protected her the most, he could see the pain in her eyes yet he did nothing to comfort her. Things would never be the same for them, even though he knew full well that Keike had not abandoned him. Inuyasha followed Miroku to the temple at the head of the village, looking back at Keike who was resting against a tree trunk.
Keike had not told anyone that she was opposed of coming to the village, Kagome seemed so insistent that there were shards nearby, even though Keike had not sensed them. Keike closed her eyes, looking at the village hurt her deeply, she saw images of her and Inuyasha running around in the fields, and being kicked and spat at by the people of the village. Yet, they lived on for each other.
She opened her eyes again, there was a heavy scent in the air which she wasn't able to identify. Something was nearby.
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Sesshoumaru traveled with Jaken and Rin, they had spent most of the day heading back to his castle. When Sesshoumaru stopped abruptly, Jaken looked up at him as if he knew why he stopped. "Rin feels bad.." Rin said slowly. "Its in the air..its thick, heavy" Jaken said. "Come.." Sesshoumaru said quietly, choosing a new path, where it lead was a mystery to both Rin and Jaken.
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Inuyasha and the rest of the group came back out of the village, but Keike was no longer waiting for them. She stood in the middle of the field, but someone was with her. It was a beautiful woman, with long flowing green hair. Kagome squinted her eyes to get a better look "She looks just like Keike.... wait she has... almost 50 shards with her!" Kagome took off running to where Keike and the woman were.
"KAGOME, NO!" Inuyasha screamed, the figure was Keike's mother, but she was dead and the only other person with that many shards was Naraku. The woman's beauty melted and a shot of black atmosphere came out at Kagome, in a motion faster than the human eye Keike leaped out in front of Kagome, she brushed against her accidentally hooking the chain with the Shikon shards onto with her fingers and ripping it off her neck.
Inuyasha's eyes flashed from Naraku's baboon form to Keike's hand "Keike....is betraying us, she really thought that was her mother...." Inuyasha sped towards them with Miroku and Sango trailing behind. "KEIKE! TRAITOR" he screamed, transforming the Tetusaiga, his blade nearly split her in two, but she stopped him barely by grabbing his wrist. The blade hit her face lightly, forming a long gash. Everything was silent on the field, Inuyasha pulled back and Kagome was speechless, but quicky she found her bearings and ran over to her "Keike, Keike, are you ok? Inuyasha what is wrong with you she saved me from Naraku, and you attacked her???"
Naraku smiled to himself, he was always happy to cause so sort of chaos, by accident or on purpose. Then he disappeared into nothingness.
Inuyasha stared blankly at the bloody mess before him. "No..." Keike whispered softly...."NOOO!" she screamed, she pushed Kagome back and ran towards the forest blinded by the stinging river of blood hitting her eyes. It was the final test, he would no longer trust her again. She ran for more than a few miles hearing everyone call after her, soon the sun began to set and she couldn't run anymore.
Collasping on the soft grass, she prepared for a long, and drawn out death from the bleeding wound on her face. She tried to watch the sky the best she could, but the blood blurred her vision. Everything felt like a dream world, she even heard the voice of little girls "Sesshouuuuuu" they called out. Soon she even saw them appearing in front of her "Rin found a girl!!!" she giggling, stopping to exam her face "She's got a bad boo boo on her face...SESSHOUMARRRU-SAMA!" she cried out.
Keike didn't care much for this hallucination, Sesshourmaru was the last thing she wanted to think about before she died. Keike wiped from blood from her eyes, and focused on a tall figure, with what seemed to be silvery flowing hair. "Inuyasha?" she managed to choke out, she closed her eyes wishing him away but instead she seemed to fall deeper into the darkness.
Sesshoumaru looked at her torn body, he felt almost the pity he had for Rin's little dead body, but he refused to show it. "Jaken, take her, she will come with us to the castle" he said plainly. Jaken's eyes widened, but followed his master's orders.
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Inuyasha sat up in the tree he had been hiding in the day Keike's mother died. How could he think his own sister, his Keike could do something like join Naraku, he was a fool and she would probably die because of him. "INUYASHA, GET DOWN FROM THERE!!" Sango screamed "We have to go find her, she won't survive with a wound like that!". Kagome had Shippo in her lap, they were both reflecting on what had just happened, Miroku had taken Kirara to scan the area for her.
Sango walked over to Kagome and Shippo "He's not coming down, he won't even say anything" she told the two. "We will just have to go without him then" Kagome said fiercly so that Inuyasha could hear her.
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Keike awoke feverish, her wound had stopped bleeding and the real pain had set in now. Keike looked around the room trying to make out who was in the room with her, luckily the Tetsusaiga hadn't hit her eyes. In her mind she pictured that Inuyasha and the others had found her and taken her to the temple in the village. However the room she was in was tastefully decorated with silks and vases of flowers. All this finery was not characterisitic of the temple. She tried to talk but her voice was gone, "It's a minor side effect from your fever. Your throat is swollen" announced a disembodied voice.
Her ears perked up scanning the room the find the source of the voice. Keike's eyes came upon the figure of a tall, silver haired man. He seemed very refined and had almost a stuck up air about him. Her eyes focused, and she choked trying to say his name, but in her mind it was clear "Sesshoumaru...".
Sesshoumaru was standing in the corner of the room watching her, he had been there since they had placed her in bed the day before. Keike had been a distant memory he had tried to repress for over fifty years, a few times he would spy on her in her small home in the woods which had been abandoned the last time he checked. He never let her get to his head, but this was the first time he was only a few feet away from her.
A wave of images hit him
*Flash Back*
"Kita-san" Sesshoumaru said thoroughly annoyed "I do not lo--, well you know what I am talking about. I don't feel that way about her" he couldn't bring himself to say it. "I only wish to take her as my mate and nothing more" he said coldly. Kita did not even look up at the young man as she was folding mats, she was sick of his pathetic attempts at threatening her. She knew her powers could blow him away in an instant.
Sesshoumaru stood beside her trying to be patient. He never knew that silence could be so loud. Finally Kita turned to face him, "She is not a thing to be owned, I would never give you, nor anyone who does not love her permission to even so much as breathe the same air as she does". Sesshoumaru cracked his fingers angrily, "Who did that bitch think she was talking to him like that??" he thought to himself. "No matter" he replied to Kita, "I just wanted that Hanyou bitch to be my property is all, to watch Inuyasha suffer at my every move knowing that she was mine.."
Kita raised her hand slightly not even looking at him and a violent force emitted from her delicate finger tips shoved him out the door breaking the frame. "Leave, Sesshoumaru..don't come back" she said as she was picking up pieces of the door's frame.
Sesshoumaru looked up at her, his eyes blood red and yet he could absolutely nothing to her. She would tear him in two pieces with her claws and make it seem like it was housework. He blamed himself for his stupidity, the girl was repulsive because of her tainted blood, and yet it made him burn that she could make his little bastard brother so happy. The idea of love was obscene in his mind, but the girl.....THAT BLASTED GIRL, she haunted his mind and what angered him the most was he did not know why. In his mind, he figured if had control of her this raw feeling would stop, and he would torture her for causing it. The only problem was that Kita stood in his way, he could not take her away because the moment she found him Kita would obliterate him.
"This is not over..." he thought to himself as he stood up and walked aimlessly.
*End Flashback*
Keike's face was solemn and cold. "Different from their first encounter ages ago" he thought. "Your not scared of me, Keike?" Sesshoumaru said in a deep voice. Keike looked at him blankly "I have no reason to fear you, I am almost as strong as you are now" she thought in her mind.
For a brief moment her eyes locked onto his. Those amber eyes shone as if they wanted to pierce her own steel blue eyes to look into her soul. She looked away, it made her uncomfortable , like he was looking for an answer to a question. Keike snapped out of her stupor and got up, her head was spinning and she felt like at any moment she might hit the ground. Moments later it stopped, Sesshoumaru looked at her without saying a word. Her outfit was still red from the blood that had been dripping down her front , but all she had on her mind was getting out of this place and going home.
Suddenly a door opened and a little girl with raven hair walked in with a tray of food "Girl is awake!!" she said happily. The little girl put the tray down and took Keike's hand, Keike could not protest she was too shocked. As the little girl made Keike sit on the bed Sesshoumaru approached her. He could hear her growling softly at his approach but she didn't move. Rin was happily checking her "face boo boo" chattering on about taking care of her for three days and didn't even notice that Sesshoumaru was in the room.
He couldn't stop starring at Keike, that wound would scar her face [Think Final Fantasy 8, Squall scar]. Keike soon focused her attention on the girl she was so pretty and energetic. It was beyond her why Sesshoumaru kept her here, she looked human. Rin began talking about taking Keike's clothes and getting new ones in the next room, so Keike could be comfortable. This made Keike wonder if the little girl thought she was going to stay permanently.
Sesshoumaru finally spoke "You are to stay here with Rin.." Keike looked at him and then the little girl she hadn't even noticed that he had spoken. Keike shook her head furiously, she refused to be held captive, especially by this arrogant asshole.
Rin had gone to the other room and retrieved a lovely silky robe and beckoned Keike to put it on. Finally, Rin noticed Sesshoumaru and blushed a little, she took his hand and urged him to leave so that Keike could get dressed. "I don't think you have a choice" he said looking at how excited Rin was.
As much as she hated to admit it she just had to look into Rin's little face and she started to melt. There was no way she could leave this little girl with Sesshoumaru even if the child wanted to stay. "My name is Rin!" she said happily "What's yours?"
Keike looked at her and pointed to her throat, shaking her head trying to show her she couldn't talk. Rin got the hint and proceeded to talk on and on about how she couldn't talk and Sesshoumaru saved her and such. It amazed her that he was capable of such compassion towards a little human child, although she never believed that he would come out and say that he saved the child because he felt bad for her. Keike undressed and slipped on the robe that little Rin had brought her. She would stay for a while, only for Rin but after that she would leave. The one place she had felt finally accepted, and she was torn out by the person who use to be her only friend. "The irony" she thought to herself as she drifted into a daydream while little Rin talked.
Kagome and Shippo were insistent on Keike coming with them to help them on their quest, since she was able to sense the shards as Kagome could. Both hanyou kept their distance, for most of their time traveling.
The whole group had been traveling for two days when they came across a village. "I will stay out here" Keike said solemnly. The group looked at her oddly as if expecting to get an immediate answer for her abruptedness, but she only stood quietly not even acknowledging their looks of curiousity.
Inuyasha knew exactly why she would not go in, this was the village they had grew up in. The village where they would both tortured because they were not human, this is where Inuyasha had protected her the most, he could see the pain in her eyes yet he did nothing to comfort her. Things would never be the same for them, even though he knew full well that Keike had not abandoned him. Inuyasha followed Miroku to the temple at the head of the village, looking back at Keike who was resting against a tree trunk.
Keike had not told anyone that she was opposed of coming to the village, Kagome seemed so insistent that there were shards nearby, even though Keike had not sensed them. Keike closed her eyes, looking at the village hurt her deeply, she saw images of her and Inuyasha running around in the fields, and being kicked and spat at by the people of the village. Yet, they lived on for each other.
She opened her eyes again, there was a heavy scent in the air which she wasn't able to identify. Something was nearby.
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Sesshoumaru traveled with Jaken and Rin, they had spent most of the day heading back to his castle. When Sesshoumaru stopped abruptly, Jaken looked up at him as if he knew why he stopped. "Rin feels bad.." Rin said slowly. "Its in the air..its thick, heavy" Jaken said. "Come.." Sesshoumaru said quietly, choosing a new path, where it lead was a mystery to both Rin and Jaken.
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Inuyasha and the rest of the group came back out of the village, but Keike was no longer waiting for them. She stood in the middle of the field, but someone was with her. It was a beautiful woman, with long flowing green hair. Kagome squinted her eyes to get a better look "She looks just like Keike.... wait she has... almost 50 shards with her!" Kagome took off running to where Keike and the woman were.
"KAGOME, NO!" Inuyasha screamed, the figure was Keike's mother, but she was dead and the only other person with that many shards was Naraku. The woman's beauty melted and a shot of black atmosphere came out at Kagome, in a motion faster than the human eye Keike leaped out in front of Kagome, she brushed against her accidentally hooking the chain with the Shikon shards onto with her fingers and ripping it off her neck.
Inuyasha's eyes flashed from Naraku's baboon form to Keike's hand "Keike....is betraying us, she really thought that was her mother...." Inuyasha sped towards them with Miroku and Sango trailing behind. "KEIKE! TRAITOR" he screamed, transforming the Tetusaiga, his blade nearly split her in two, but she stopped him barely by grabbing his wrist. The blade hit her face lightly, forming a long gash. Everything was silent on the field, Inuyasha pulled back and Kagome was speechless, but quicky she found her bearings and ran over to her "Keike, Keike, are you ok? Inuyasha what is wrong with you she saved me from Naraku, and you attacked her???"
Naraku smiled to himself, he was always happy to cause so sort of chaos, by accident or on purpose. Then he disappeared into nothingness.
Inuyasha stared blankly at the bloody mess before him. "No..." Keike whispered softly...."NOOO!" she screamed, she pushed Kagome back and ran towards the forest blinded by the stinging river of blood hitting her eyes. It was the final test, he would no longer trust her again. She ran for more than a few miles hearing everyone call after her, soon the sun began to set and she couldn't run anymore.
Collasping on the soft grass, she prepared for a long, and drawn out death from the bleeding wound on her face. She tried to watch the sky the best she could, but the blood blurred her vision. Everything felt like a dream world, she even heard the voice of little girls "Sesshouuuuuu" they called out. Soon she even saw them appearing in front of her "Rin found a girl!!!" she giggling, stopping to exam her face "She's got a bad boo boo on her face...SESSHOUMARRRU-SAMA!" she cried out.
Keike didn't care much for this hallucination, Sesshourmaru was the last thing she wanted to think about before she died. Keike wiped from blood from her eyes, and focused on a tall figure, with what seemed to be silvery flowing hair. "Inuyasha?" she managed to choke out, she closed her eyes wishing him away but instead she seemed to fall deeper into the darkness.
Sesshoumaru looked at her torn body, he felt almost the pity he had for Rin's little dead body, but he refused to show it. "Jaken, take her, she will come with us to the castle" he said plainly. Jaken's eyes widened, but followed his master's orders.
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Inuyasha sat up in the tree he had been hiding in the day Keike's mother died. How could he think his own sister, his Keike could do something like join Naraku, he was a fool and she would probably die because of him. "INUYASHA, GET DOWN FROM THERE!!" Sango screamed "We have to go find her, she won't survive with a wound like that!". Kagome had Shippo in her lap, they were both reflecting on what had just happened, Miroku had taken Kirara to scan the area for her.
Sango walked over to Kagome and Shippo "He's not coming down, he won't even say anything" she told the two. "We will just have to go without him then" Kagome said fiercly so that Inuyasha could hear her.
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Keike awoke feverish, her wound had stopped bleeding and the real pain had set in now. Keike looked around the room trying to make out who was in the room with her, luckily the Tetsusaiga hadn't hit her eyes. In her mind she pictured that Inuyasha and the others had found her and taken her to the temple in the village. However the room she was in was tastefully decorated with silks and vases of flowers. All this finery was not characterisitic of the temple. She tried to talk but her voice was gone, "It's a minor side effect from your fever. Your throat is swollen" announced a disembodied voice.
Her ears perked up scanning the room the find the source of the voice. Keike's eyes came upon the figure of a tall, silver haired man. He seemed very refined and had almost a stuck up air about him. Her eyes focused, and she choked trying to say his name, but in her mind it was clear "Sesshoumaru...".
Sesshoumaru was standing in the corner of the room watching her, he had been there since they had placed her in bed the day before. Keike had been a distant memory he had tried to repress for over fifty years, a few times he would spy on her in her small home in the woods which had been abandoned the last time he checked. He never let her get to his head, but this was the first time he was only a few feet away from her.
A wave of images hit him
*Flash Back*
"Kita-san" Sesshoumaru said thoroughly annoyed "I do not lo--, well you know what I am talking about. I don't feel that way about her" he couldn't bring himself to say it. "I only wish to take her as my mate and nothing more" he said coldly. Kita did not even look up at the young man as she was folding mats, she was sick of his pathetic attempts at threatening her. She knew her powers could blow him away in an instant.
Sesshoumaru stood beside her trying to be patient. He never knew that silence could be so loud. Finally Kita turned to face him, "She is not a thing to be owned, I would never give you, nor anyone who does not love her permission to even so much as breathe the same air as she does". Sesshoumaru cracked his fingers angrily, "Who did that bitch think she was talking to him like that??" he thought to himself. "No matter" he replied to Kita, "I just wanted that Hanyou bitch to be my property is all, to watch Inuyasha suffer at my every move knowing that she was mine.."
Kita raised her hand slightly not even looking at him and a violent force emitted from her delicate finger tips shoved him out the door breaking the frame. "Leave, Sesshoumaru..don't come back" she said as she was picking up pieces of the door's frame.
Sesshoumaru looked up at her, his eyes blood red and yet he could absolutely nothing to her. She would tear him in two pieces with her claws and make it seem like it was housework. He blamed himself for his stupidity, the girl was repulsive because of her tainted blood, and yet it made him burn that she could make his little bastard brother so happy. The idea of love was obscene in his mind, but the girl.....THAT BLASTED GIRL, she haunted his mind and what angered him the most was he did not know why. In his mind, he figured if had control of her this raw feeling would stop, and he would torture her for causing it. The only problem was that Kita stood in his way, he could not take her away because the moment she found him Kita would obliterate him.
"This is not over..." he thought to himself as he stood up and walked aimlessly.
*End Flashback*
Keike's face was solemn and cold. "Different from their first encounter ages ago" he thought. "Your not scared of me, Keike?" Sesshoumaru said in a deep voice. Keike looked at him blankly "I have no reason to fear you, I am almost as strong as you are now" she thought in her mind.
For a brief moment her eyes locked onto his. Those amber eyes shone as if they wanted to pierce her own steel blue eyes to look into her soul. She looked away, it made her uncomfortable , like he was looking for an answer to a question. Keike snapped out of her stupor and got up, her head was spinning and she felt like at any moment she might hit the ground. Moments later it stopped, Sesshoumaru looked at her without saying a word. Her outfit was still red from the blood that had been dripping down her front , but all she had on her mind was getting out of this place and going home.
Suddenly a door opened and a little girl with raven hair walked in with a tray of food "Girl is awake!!" she said happily. The little girl put the tray down and took Keike's hand, Keike could not protest she was too shocked. As the little girl made Keike sit on the bed Sesshoumaru approached her. He could hear her growling softly at his approach but she didn't move. Rin was happily checking her "face boo boo" chattering on about taking care of her for three days and didn't even notice that Sesshoumaru was in the room.
He couldn't stop starring at Keike, that wound would scar her face [Think Final Fantasy 8, Squall scar]. Keike soon focused her attention on the girl she was so pretty and energetic. It was beyond her why Sesshoumaru kept her here, she looked human. Rin began talking about taking Keike's clothes and getting new ones in the next room, so Keike could be comfortable. This made Keike wonder if the little girl thought she was going to stay permanently.
Sesshoumaru finally spoke "You are to stay here with Rin.." Keike looked at him and then the little girl she hadn't even noticed that he had spoken. Keike shook her head furiously, she refused to be held captive, especially by this arrogant asshole.
Rin had gone to the other room and retrieved a lovely silky robe and beckoned Keike to put it on. Finally, Rin noticed Sesshoumaru and blushed a little, she took his hand and urged him to leave so that Keike could get dressed. "I don't think you have a choice" he said looking at how excited Rin was.
As much as she hated to admit it she just had to look into Rin's little face and she started to melt. There was no way she could leave this little girl with Sesshoumaru even if the child wanted to stay. "My name is Rin!" she said happily "What's yours?"
Keike looked at her and pointed to her throat, shaking her head trying to show her she couldn't talk. Rin got the hint and proceeded to talk on and on about how she couldn't talk and Sesshoumaru saved her and such. It amazed her that he was capable of such compassion towards a little human child, although she never believed that he would come out and say that he saved the child because he felt bad for her. Keike undressed and slipped on the robe that little Rin had brought her. She would stay for a while, only for Rin but after that she would leave. The one place she had felt finally accepted, and she was torn out by the person who use to be her only friend. "The irony" she thought to herself as she drifted into a daydream while little Rin talked.