Chapter 1: A Deal Is Binding
[an: ~blah~ = Inner thoughts. Just thought ill point that out ^^]
The group of companions walked down a path down an old dust road and if you weren't watching where your going you would most likely step in an evil pothole and hurt your self. Surrounding the road where trees of all kinds from short to tall, cotton to oak trees. Birds flew over the heads of the group and the wind blew lightly at their hair, it was pure heaven.until the word "pervert" echoed through the air and soon followed by the sound of Hiraikotsu meeting the skull of an unfortunate monk with wondering hands.
Kirara the companions friend and means of transportation when needed, sighed in annoyance as she walked over to the monk who held the back of his head with his cursed hand, whimpering. Well in order to get the point across and also to try and get some peace without having to hear the word "pervert" every five minutes Kirara decide to emphasis a declaration of how bad she herself need to stay sane so she changed into her larger form and proceeded to use the back of her large paw and smacked the monk in the back of the head, causing him to fall face first into the dusty road. With that done she purred to her master, Sango who was now laughing at this act that had just taken place as the monk mumbled. With is done, Kirara walked up to Inu-Yasha.
Inu-Yasha was walking besides Kagome and Kirara being the cat that she is and wanting attention, squeezed in between the two and since she was still in her superior form she was successful in almost knocking Kagome over, but she caught her by the hem of her mini-pea green skirt and helped her balance herself. Kagome smiled and scratched Kirara behind her ear. "Hey, Kirara." Kagome said as Kirara responded by glancing at her, then returned her glance to the hanyou by her. Kirara's ears drooped a little when she noticed the hanyou was in deep thought, though she did not want to bother him she still wanted attention. So she brushed her head up against his forearm as she purred.
She liked the feel of his fire-rat kimono and that was not all she liked, she liked him also. But sadly she knew she had no chance with him, especially with Kagome and Kikyo in the picture, but still she would not give up. She loved the way he smelled of pine, the mix of his bloodline, his silver hair, and his golden eyes full of care and love. Then finally, his soul and his personality, oh how she loved him, all of him. If only she could be in a mortal form like him. Why couldn't she change into a mortal form like Sessho-maru, who could change into an oversized dog and then back to a human form. All she could do was change from little to big Kirara.
Inu-Yasha looked down at the neko at his side and smirked at her. "Hey." He said and scratched her behind the ear, he knew she liked it, he too liked it when Kagome would scratch behind his ears, but he would never admit it, not even in death would he. He continued to scratch her ear unconsciously as he became absorbed with thought. Kagome and Kirara both noticed that, Kirara moved her head back and licked his clawed hand in concern and Kagome raised an eyebrow. "What's wrong Inu-Yasha?" Kagome asked which in turn snapped Inu-Yasha away from his thoughts, Kirara looked up at the hanyou wanting to know also. "Hmm? Nothing wench." He replied and crossed his arms inside the sleeves of his kimono.
"I thought we went over this before, my name is Kagome not wench." She sighed as Shippo hopped from Kagome's shoulder over onto Kirara's head and looked at Inu-Yasha. "Yeah what's up? Your so quite today, it's not like you." Shippo stated and Yasha growled, "It's nothing, alright! So leave me he heck alone!" He barked which made everyone look at him, he noticed this and did his infamous "Feh" and said the only thing that came to his mind "Well camp in the forest here next to the road." With that said he disappeared into the forest, leaving the other slightly shocked. Sango waited until she was sure Inu-Yasha was out of hearing range.
"Man, someone's a little edgy." She said and walked up to her two friends. "Think it has anything to do with what we heard in the village?" Kagome asked and Kirara looked at the two girls thinking ~No Shit Sherlock.~
"Most likely." Miroku joined in, "After all we just received news that a man in white ape fur was spotted near here and that young maidens to the west of here are missing their souls, which is most likely Lady Kikyo's work and furthermore We just battled an enormous Touruko that would of swallowed our hanyou whole if it wasn't for Kirara plucking the fowls eyes out, I believe I would be a little irate myself." Miroku said in his composed voice. "Gee, good observation, bokushi, you deserve a cookie." Sango said rolling her eyes.
"Really?"
"I was being sarcastic."
"Of course you were, I was just playing along."
"Alright you two, come on, we need to find a place to camp, its getting dark." Kagome stated and walked off into the forest dragging her oversized bag on the ground. Miroku just stared for a moment. "How can she carry all that? Furthermore drag it and never ripping it once?"
"Talent." Sango smirked and followed after her friend as Kirara changed forms and hoped onto her master's shoulder to make sure the monk did not get any ideas. "I see." Miroku said and ran to catch up to Sango.
It did not take long to locate a place to stay that was only a couple of feet away from the road but safe enough distance from any eyes that would try to locate them. They had chosen a small open space in circled by trees and a few bushes, there was a small fire in the center of the camp, and Sango sat by Kagome who was passing out the ramen to everyone. Miroku leaned against a tree a good distance away from the two girls after being smack in the head by Sango's ungodly bone boomerang after groping her. He ate his food in silence, for his head hurt too much and of course Inu-Yasha was sucking down the ramen like a vacuum cleaner.
Kirara just watched them eat, she watched Shippo try to steal a few noodles away from Inu-Yasha, which would mean certain death if he was caught, but lucky for him Inu-Yasha did not notice until he turned his head back from asking Kagome a question and bonked the Kitsune on the head several times and in return Kagome would sit him and so the night continued like this until finally everyone went to sleep. Kirara was the only one to remain awake, she sighed to herself and stood up, she then turned silently away from her sleeping companions, and she then made her way silently into the night. She had seen a small pond earlier that day when searching for a place to rest for the night. So she tracked back to the area, so she could be alone with her thoughts. Once she had found the pond she sat upon the banks and looked down into her reflection. She tilted her head and her mirror image titled her head in the small direction.
She studied her image in the water turning from side to side looking at herself before sighing and laying down dipping one little paw into the cool waters and moved it around creating small quakes. She was considered beautiful in her race of neko youkai's, but she could not help but wonder what she was ranked in Inu-Yasha's eyes. ~Hopefully something good, but.looks don't matter~ she thought to herself as she sighed. ~Does he even care about me? Does he even have room for me in that heart of his or do Kagome and Kikyo crowd it? Maybe if I had a mortal body he would accepted me and perhaps love me in return.~ she thought and was about to close her eyes to let sleep take her into its ever warm embrace, but when a voice sounded into the darkness, her head quickly shoot up.
"Kirara, what troubles you so?" A voice said in concern and the first name that came to her mind in an instant was.~Naraku~ she growled and within a split second she was consumed by a blazing fire and when it extinguished she was in her large form and ready to bite the youkai's head off.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Inu-Yasha's nosed twitched and he opened one golden eye to see a demon up in his face hissing at him It was one of the most ugliest youkai he had ever seen. It had one eye in the middle of its forehead and fangs as long as the youkai's arms. Its body was a dark purple, its reptilian hid reminded him of a lizard but Inu-Yasha being totally off guard for perhaps the first time in his life, fell out of the tree that he was sleeping in and landed upon his back, the cyclops youkai followed the hanyou's fall and landed on top of the shocked hanyou with knee to the stomach causing the hanyou to cry out and waking up his comrades, who stared at thousand of hungry youkai's in complete shock. "Hell!?" Miroku shouted then bonked himself in the head with his staff for using such language. Sango stood up with her boomerang in hand; Shippo let out a cry and conceal himself behind Kagome who woke with a start. Miroku looked above him to find thousands of youkai flying above him. "What is going on! Inu-Yasha!" he yelled as the Hanyou knocked the Cyclops off him. "If I knew, I would gladly tell you!" he barked and Shippo made a remark to him. "How come you didn't smell them!"
"How come you didn't pick them up either!" Yasha snapped and pulled out the Tetsusaiga which changed in his hands, as Kagome readied her bow, Miroku on the other hand was using his Air Rip to take down the flying youkai, he took a 3rd of them out until suddenly he saw Naraku's wasp and with a swift motion the beads where placed upon his closed fist and arm, then he used his staff to knock a youkai senseless. "Naraku! This explains everything now!" Inu-Yasha growled, Sango through her Hiraikotsu at the demons killing many of them. "Damn!" she yelled and then looked around and her eyes grew wide with fear. "Kirara! She's missing!"
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Naraku floated in front of Kirara then around her and she growled at him in warning, "Ah, dear Kirara, don't growl. It's not becoming of a lady." He snickered. "Your heart speaks out for a love that is forbidden to you, is that not true?" he asked and Kirara's growl disappeared and her ears dropped as her tails fell slowly towards the ground. "Ah so it is true, I can help you." He said with fake emotion and floated back in front of her. "Inu-Yasha is the one you wish to steal the heart from isn't?" He chuckled before continuing ".how amusing, you want to be with him don't you? But you can't in the form you are in now can you? Nor could you be with him in mortal form."
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"AAAHHHH!"
"Sango!" Miroku cried as Sango fell to the ground, her bone boomerang bounced past her and away from her reach, she felt warm blood flow down from her shoulder where she had been struck by a youkai's claws. She looked up to find the short-bodied demon that had attacked her coming upon her at a great speed, she closed her eyes awaiting the deathblow that soon would be delivered to her, but none ever came. She opened her eyes to find Miroku standing over her, his staff held out as a blockade, the youkai's teeth bared down on the staff, but the staff would not yield in submission to the pressure, nor could the claws break it as its short arms reached out for Miroku.
"Miroku." Sango gasped
"S-Sango located your weapon, I can not hold him back much longer." He managed to say as he looked over his shoulder, his eyes sparkled with worry, love and signs of unbearable pain speared across his face as he was being pushed back by the demon.
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"No, indeed, not while the miko lives, you deserve him more then her, it's true. You a full blood youkai who can protect him from the unseen dangers, protect him from undead spirits in which only neko's can see. Yes, you are the one for his heart." He said in sly voice and Kirara's ear perked up slightly and she eyed him closely. "Can you not see, the one called Kagome is killing him from the inside, he craves for the love that she will not return, he will be betrayed by her as Kikyo betrayed him. She is Kikyo in soul, though not in body. You can save him though." He said as he held out his hand to her. "You can save him from death and give him the undying love that only you can provide to him."
Kirara walked up to him, and then backed away fighting her inner self; one part of her agreed with him, another opposed it. ~You lie, Kagome would not kill him, she.she loves him~ her ears dropped again and she whimpered. "Are you sure? If so then why does she punish him? Why does she not remove the rosary from his neck that holds him in her power? Is that love? To keep one imprisoned against their will? Then be punished for small acts that he can not control?"
~He can control himself.~
"Can he really, with that curse necklace? You have a duty to free him as being his love."
~Duty?~
"Yes, duty, you must help him, show him love before the pain kills him, before she kills him."
~How can I save him?~
"You must kill the miko."
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"Inu-Yasha!" Kagome cried as saw him being pieced by a youkai's blade. He just smiled and pushed the blade further into his side to intimidate the youkai and it worked beautifully and he easily removed the youkai's head from his shoulders with his Sankon Tetsusou, though he had to pause for a moment to remove the blade from his side. Kagome sighed in relief that was until a youkai kicked her in the back sending her flying head over heels into the ground. Inu-Yasha heard her cry and quickly turned to see her bow being snapped by the demons foot as he closed in on her.
Inu-Yasha acted instantly and jumped at the demon, Tetsusaiga easily slid into the demons body, slicing his lower torso off, the youkai fell to the ground and Inu-Yasha turned to Kagome and helped her up. "You okay, Kagome?"
"Yes." She said blushing at his touch and he concealed a smile, "Good, not get out of here, you're just on the way." He snorted and Kagome made a face at him. "OH! Is that so, dog-boy!" she growled and he looked back at her. "Now is not the time to argue!" he snapped and held the Tetsusaiga tightly in his hands and Kagome, though wanting to protest nodded and picked up a bloody youkai spear and ran off.
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"You can if you wish to save him." Naraku said pulling out a mirror that belonged to Kanna. "Look." He said and held the mirror out to Kirara who if she could, gasped at the image of Kagome, she had her bow aimed at a confused Inu-Yasha. Kagome had a complete Shikon Jewel hanging from a silver chain upon her neck Inu-Yasha took a step towards her trying to speak some sense into her, then she let the arrow go, it glowed with a brilliant light and pierced Inu-Yasha heart. Kirara watched as Inu-Yasha emptied his heart and soul out to Kagome, who now was reading an arrow into her bow to use.
She looked back at the hanyou and pulled back the bow and Inu-Yasha called out once again, but this time in tears.
She let the arrow go.
And darkness enveloped the mirror
The image was gone.
Kirara looked at Naraku with watery eyes full of pain and sorrow. "That is only one future that could happen, there is many alternate futures that could happen. You could save him if you wanted." He said as he put the mirror away. Kirara looked at him then whimpered as she shook her head. ~ I do not believe the image, the mirror belongs to Kanna, it shows what one wants to see.~ she said to him and he growled in his inner self. "True, but do you really want to take that chance and this image that was played come true?"
She said nothing, "I will make you a deal." He said as she looked up at him, "I will give you a mortal body, you will be able to what all the other can do, but it will only last until the next full moon."
~What's the catch?~
"Oh there is no catch my friend, it is just a gift. Will you take it?" he asked in a sweet voice. She was silent for what seemed like eternity. Then she looked up at him, to be mortal, what would it be like? To laugh, speak, to be at the same level as the others? Oh it just sounded to good to be true!
"Well?" he asked becoming impatient
~I-I I will take the body you offer~
"Very well then." Naraku said hiding an evil smile and chanted in a strange tongue and Kirara glowed an eerie blue light as flame surrounded her, she let out a roar as pain surged through her body. She felt her once pawed hand split into fingers forming a slender hand, her head shrank and her ears dropped to where a humans were, but her ears grew to a point, she felt her body starch into a human form, she heard bones pop, crack and snap in unusual places and it pained her. She felt her hind legs crack into straight human legs, She felt her teeth contract into vampiric teeth, her long claws turned into retracted nails, her feet slip into five toes and a foot that was no longer cat like.
Her fur disappeared and was replaced by pale human skin. Her head formed long wavy waist length cream colored hair, she then fell to the ground in a naked, bloody heap. The only thing that remained the same that marked her as being a youkai was her two long tails, the black diamond upon her forehead, her pointed eras with black tips, black like fur from her elbow down to her middle finger that looked like silk gloves at first glance and her ankles had the same silky black fur. But what completely set her off were her red-orange silted eyes. Naraku laughed as a mark appeared on her for head that was a symbol of a spider that was invisible to the naked eye.
"Now for payment."
"B-but you s-s-aid." She said in a shaky voice that scared her, was that her voice? "I lied and you believe me, you fool. If you tell anyone that I was the one who granted you this gift then you will die and your soul will be mine."
".."
"Hmm, bring me the shard and kill the miko if you truly wish to live and if you fail to bring them to me at the next full moon, your soul and body will be mine." He said harshly getting his point across. "Then you can go on living your happy little life, if Inu-Yasha can stand to be near you after what you have committed." He added with a laugh and faded
"What.a...fool.I.am" she whispered to herself as she heard a scream and then voices of people she knew, she called out for Inu-Yasha and felt a warm cloth draped over her body and two pair of arms helped her too her feet. She could no think straight all she could here was Naraku's words floating in her mind. She was trapped like a mouse and there was no way out, her foolishness and blind love had trapped her.
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Japanese Dictionary to help you who do not know Jap. =^-^=
Neko: cat
Hiraikotsu: The name of Sango's large Bone Boomerang
Bokushi: priest
Hanyou: half demon
Youkai: demon
Miko: priestess
Sankon Tetsusou: Soul Scattering Iron Claw, Iron Revere Soul Stealer- his claw attack that can pretty much rip anything to shreds in one stroke.
Touruko: Turkey (okay so I thought it was funny. Come on picture Inu almost being eaten alive by a giant man eating demon turkey! Funny no?.well I was going to use a rooster. lol)
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[Author: I deicded to change it a bit and fix all my errors, I think I got them all. I got he idea about the neko's being able to see things that normal people cannot is because it is said that cats can see things like spirits, ghost and all those things. So it makes a little since, I hope. Anyways was this better? I added and changed a few things. I'm fixing chapter 3 now, so I will have it back up soon.]
[an: ~blah~ = Inner thoughts. Just thought ill point that out ^^]
The group of companions walked down a path down an old dust road and if you weren't watching where your going you would most likely step in an evil pothole and hurt your self. Surrounding the road where trees of all kinds from short to tall, cotton to oak trees. Birds flew over the heads of the group and the wind blew lightly at their hair, it was pure heaven.until the word "pervert" echoed through the air and soon followed by the sound of Hiraikotsu meeting the skull of an unfortunate monk with wondering hands.
Kirara the companions friend and means of transportation when needed, sighed in annoyance as she walked over to the monk who held the back of his head with his cursed hand, whimpering. Well in order to get the point across and also to try and get some peace without having to hear the word "pervert" every five minutes Kirara decide to emphasis a declaration of how bad she herself need to stay sane so she changed into her larger form and proceeded to use the back of her large paw and smacked the monk in the back of the head, causing him to fall face first into the dusty road. With that done she purred to her master, Sango who was now laughing at this act that had just taken place as the monk mumbled. With is done, Kirara walked up to Inu-Yasha.
Inu-Yasha was walking besides Kagome and Kirara being the cat that she is and wanting attention, squeezed in between the two and since she was still in her superior form she was successful in almost knocking Kagome over, but she caught her by the hem of her mini-pea green skirt and helped her balance herself. Kagome smiled and scratched Kirara behind her ear. "Hey, Kirara." Kagome said as Kirara responded by glancing at her, then returned her glance to the hanyou by her. Kirara's ears drooped a little when she noticed the hanyou was in deep thought, though she did not want to bother him she still wanted attention. So she brushed her head up against his forearm as she purred.
She liked the feel of his fire-rat kimono and that was not all she liked, she liked him also. But sadly she knew she had no chance with him, especially with Kagome and Kikyo in the picture, but still she would not give up. She loved the way he smelled of pine, the mix of his bloodline, his silver hair, and his golden eyes full of care and love. Then finally, his soul and his personality, oh how she loved him, all of him. If only she could be in a mortal form like him. Why couldn't she change into a mortal form like Sessho-maru, who could change into an oversized dog and then back to a human form. All she could do was change from little to big Kirara.
Inu-Yasha looked down at the neko at his side and smirked at her. "Hey." He said and scratched her behind the ear, he knew she liked it, he too liked it when Kagome would scratch behind his ears, but he would never admit it, not even in death would he. He continued to scratch her ear unconsciously as he became absorbed with thought. Kagome and Kirara both noticed that, Kirara moved her head back and licked his clawed hand in concern and Kagome raised an eyebrow. "What's wrong Inu-Yasha?" Kagome asked which in turn snapped Inu-Yasha away from his thoughts, Kirara looked up at the hanyou wanting to know also. "Hmm? Nothing wench." He replied and crossed his arms inside the sleeves of his kimono.
"I thought we went over this before, my name is Kagome not wench." She sighed as Shippo hopped from Kagome's shoulder over onto Kirara's head and looked at Inu-Yasha. "Yeah what's up? Your so quite today, it's not like you." Shippo stated and Yasha growled, "It's nothing, alright! So leave me he heck alone!" He barked which made everyone look at him, he noticed this and did his infamous "Feh" and said the only thing that came to his mind "Well camp in the forest here next to the road." With that said he disappeared into the forest, leaving the other slightly shocked. Sango waited until she was sure Inu-Yasha was out of hearing range.
"Man, someone's a little edgy." She said and walked up to her two friends. "Think it has anything to do with what we heard in the village?" Kagome asked and Kirara looked at the two girls thinking ~No Shit Sherlock.~
"Most likely." Miroku joined in, "After all we just received news that a man in white ape fur was spotted near here and that young maidens to the west of here are missing their souls, which is most likely Lady Kikyo's work and furthermore We just battled an enormous Touruko that would of swallowed our hanyou whole if it wasn't for Kirara plucking the fowls eyes out, I believe I would be a little irate myself." Miroku said in his composed voice. "Gee, good observation, bokushi, you deserve a cookie." Sango said rolling her eyes.
"Really?"
"I was being sarcastic."
"Of course you were, I was just playing along."
"Alright you two, come on, we need to find a place to camp, its getting dark." Kagome stated and walked off into the forest dragging her oversized bag on the ground. Miroku just stared for a moment. "How can she carry all that? Furthermore drag it and never ripping it once?"
"Talent." Sango smirked and followed after her friend as Kirara changed forms and hoped onto her master's shoulder to make sure the monk did not get any ideas. "I see." Miroku said and ran to catch up to Sango.
It did not take long to locate a place to stay that was only a couple of feet away from the road but safe enough distance from any eyes that would try to locate them. They had chosen a small open space in circled by trees and a few bushes, there was a small fire in the center of the camp, and Sango sat by Kagome who was passing out the ramen to everyone. Miroku leaned against a tree a good distance away from the two girls after being smack in the head by Sango's ungodly bone boomerang after groping her. He ate his food in silence, for his head hurt too much and of course Inu-Yasha was sucking down the ramen like a vacuum cleaner.
Kirara just watched them eat, she watched Shippo try to steal a few noodles away from Inu-Yasha, which would mean certain death if he was caught, but lucky for him Inu-Yasha did not notice until he turned his head back from asking Kagome a question and bonked the Kitsune on the head several times and in return Kagome would sit him and so the night continued like this until finally everyone went to sleep. Kirara was the only one to remain awake, she sighed to herself and stood up, she then turned silently away from her sleeping companions, and she then made her way silently into the night. She had seen a small pond earlier that day when searching for a place to rest for the night. So she tracked back to the area, so she could be alone with her thoughts. Once she had found the pond she sat upon the banks and looked down into her reflection. She tilted her head and her mirror image titled her head in the small direction.
She studied her image in the water turning from side to side looking at herself before sighing and laying down dipping one little paw into the cool waters and moved it around creating small quakes. She was considered beautiful in her race of neko youkai's, but she could not help but wonder what she was ranked in Inu-Yasha's eyes. ~Hopefully something good, but.looks don't matter~ she thought to herself as she sighed. ~Does he even care about me? Does he even have room for me in that heart of his or do Kagome and Kikyo crowd it? Maybe if I had a mortal body he would accepted me and perhaps love me in return.~ she thought and was about to close her eyes to let sleep take her into its ever warm embrace, but when a voice sounded into the darkness, her head quickly shoot up.
"Kirara, what troubles you so?" A voice said in concern and the first name that came to her mind in an instant was.~Naraku~ she growled and within a split second she was consumed by a blazing fire and when it extinguished she was in her large form and ready to bite the youkai's head off.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Inu-Yasha's nosed twitched and he opened one golden eye to see a demon up in his face hissing at him It was one of the most ugliest youkai he had ever seen. It had one eye in the middle of its forehead and fangs as long as the youkai's arms. Its body was a dark purple, its reptilian hid reminded him of a lizard but Inu-Yasha being totally off guard for perhaps the first time in his life, fell out of the tree that he was sleeping in and landed upon his back, the cyclops youkai followed the hanyou's fall and landed on top of the shocked hanyou with knee to the stomach causing the hanyou to cry out and waking up his comrades, who stared at thousand of hungry youkai's in complete shock. "Hell!?" Miroku shouted then bonked himself in the head with his staff for using such language. Sango stood up with her boomerang in hand; Shippo let out a cry and conceal himself behind Kagome who woke with a start. Miroku looked above him to find thousands of youkai flying above him. "What is going on! Inu-Yasha!" he yelled as the Hanyou knocked the Cyclops off him. "If I knew, I would gladly tell you!" he barked and Shippo made a remark to him. "How come you didn't smell them!"
"How come you didn't pick them up either!" Yasha snapped and pulled out the Tetsusaiga which changed in his hands, as Kagome readied her bow, Miroku on the other hand was using his Air Rip to take down the flying youkai, he took a 3rd of them out until suddenly he saw Naraku's wasp and with a swift motion the beads where placed upon his closed fist and arm, then he used his staff to knock a youkai senseless. "Naraku! This explains everything now!" Inu-Yasha growled, Sango through her Hiraikotsu at the demons killing many of them. "Damn!" she yelled and then looked around and her eyes grew wide with fear. "Kirara! She's missing!"
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Naraku floated in front of Kirara then around her and she growled at him in warning, "Ah, dear Kirara, don't growl. It's not becoming of a lady." He snickered. "Your heart speaks out for a love that is forbidden to you, is that not true?" he asked and Kirara's growl disappeared and her ears dropped as her tails fell slowly towards the ground. "Ah so it is true, I can help you." He said with fake emotion and floated back in front of her. "Inu-Yasha is the one you wish to steal the heart from isn't?" He chuckled before continuing ".how amusing, you want to be with him don't you? But you can't in the form you are in now can you? Nor could you be with him in mortal form."
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"AAAHHHH!"
"Sango!" Miroku cried as Sango fell to the ground, her bone boomerang bounced past her and away from her reach, she felt warm blood flow down from her shoulder where she had been struck by a youkai's claws. She looked up to find the short-bodied demon that had attacked her coming upon her at a great speed, she closed her eyes awaiting the deathblow that soon would be delivered to her, but none ever came. She opened her eyes to find Miroku standing over her, his staff held out as a blockade, the youkai's teeth bared down on the staff, but the staff would not yield in submission to the pressure, nor could the claws break it as its short arms reached out for Miroku.
"Miroku." Sango gasped
"S-Sango located your weapon, I can not hold him back much longer." He managed to say as he looked over his shoulder, his eyes sparkled with worry, love and signs of unbearable pain speared across his face as he was being pushed back by the demon.
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"No, indeed, not while the miko lives, you deserve him more then her, it's true. You a full blood youkai who can protect him from the unseen dangers, protect him from undead spirits in which only neko's can see. Yes, you are the one for his heart." He said in sly voice and Kirara's ear perked up slightly and she eyed him closely. "Can you not see, the one called Kagome is killing him from the inside, he craves for the love that she will not return, he will be betrayed by her as Kikyo betrayed him. She is Kikyo in soul, though not in body. You can save him though." He said as he held out his hand to her. "You can save him from death and give him the undying love that only you can provide to him."
Kirara walked up to him, and then backed away fighting her inner self; one part of her agreed with him, another opposed it. ~You lie, Kagome would not kill him, she.she loves him~ her ears dropped again and she whimpered. "Are you sure? If so then why does she punish him? Why does she not remove the rosary from his neck that holds him in her power? Is that love? To keep one imprisoned against their will? Then be punished for small acts that he can not control?"
~He can control himself.~
"Can he really, with that curse necklace? You have a duty to free him as being his love."
~Duty?~
"Yes, duty, you must help him, show him love before the pain kills him, before she kills him."
~How can I save him?~
"You must kill the miko."
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"Inu-Yasha!" Kagome cried as saw him being pieced by a youkai's blade. He just smiled and pushed the blade further into his side to intimidate the youkai and it worked beautifully and he easily removed the youkai's head from his shoulders with his Sankon Tetsusou, though he had to pause for a moment to remove the blade from his side. Kagome sighed in relief that was until a youkai kicked her in the back sending her flying head over heels into the ground. Inu-Yasha heard her cry and quickly turned to see her bow being snapped by the demons foot as he closed in on her.
Inu-Yasha acted instantly and jumped at the demon, Tetsusaiga easily slid into the demons body, slicing his lower torso off, the youkai fell to the ground and Inu-Yasha turned to Kagome and helped her up. "You okay, Kagome?"
"Yes." She said blushing at his touch and he concealed a smile, "Good, not get out of here, you're just on the way." He snorted and Kagome made a face at him. "OH! Is that so, dog-boy!" she growled and he looked back at her. "Now is not the time to argue!" he snapped and held the Tetsusaiga tightly in his hands and Kagome, though wanting to protest nodded and picked up a bloody youkai spear and ran off.
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"You can if you wish to save him." Naraku said pulling out a mirror that belonged to Kanna. "Look." He said and held the mirror out to Kirara who if she could, gasped at the image of Kagome, she had her bow aimed at a confused Inu-Yasha. Kagome had a complete Shikon Jewel hanging from a silver chain upon her neck Inu-Yasha took a step towards her trying to speak some sense into her, then she let the arrow go, it glowed with a brilliant light and pierced Inu-Yasha heart. Kirara watched as Inu-Yasha emptied his heart and soul out to Kagome, who now was reading an arrow into her bow to use.
She looked back at the hanyou and pulled back the bow and Inu-Yasha called out once again, but this time in tears.
She let the arrow go.
And darkness enveloped the mirror
The image was gone.
Kirara looked at Naraku with watery eyes full of pain and sorrow. "That is only one future that could happen, there is many alternate futures that could happen. You could save him if you wanted." He said as he put the mirror away. Kirara looked at him then whimpered as she shook her head. ~ I do not believe the image, the mirror belongs to Kanna, it shows what one wants to see.~ she said to him and he growled in his inner self. "True, but do you really want to take that chance and this image that was played come true?"
She said nothing, "I will make you a deal." He said as she looked up at him, "I will give you a mortal body, you will be able to what all the other can do, but it will only last until the next full moon."
~What's the catch?~
"Oh there is no catch my friend, it is just a gift. Will you take it?" he asked in a sweet voice. She was silent for what seemed like eternity. Then she looked up at him, to be mortal, what would it be like? To laugh, speak, to be at the same level as the others? Oh it just sounded to good to be true!
"Well?" he asked becoming impatient
~I-I I will take the body you offer~
"Very well then." Naraku said hiding an evil smile and chanted in a strange tongue and Kirara glowed an eerie blue light as flame surrounded her, she let out a roar as pain surged through her body. She felt her once pawed hand split into fingers forming a slender hand, her head shrank and her ears dropped to where a humans were, but her ears grew to a point, she felt her body starch into a human form, she heard bones pop, crack and snap in unusual places and it pained her. She felt her hind legs crack into straight human legs, She felt her teeth contract into vampiric teeth, her long claws turned into retracted nails, her feet slip into five toes and a foot that was no longer cat like.
Her fur disappeared and was replaced by pale human skin. Her head formed long wavy waist length cream colored hair, she then fell to the ground in a naked, bloody heap. The only thing that remained the same that marked her as being a youkai was her two long tails, the black diamond upon her forehead, her pointed eras with black tips, black like fur from her elbow down to her middle finger that looked like silk gloves at first glance and her ankles had the same silky black fur. But what completely set her off were her red-orange silted eyes. Naraku laughed as a mark appeared on her for head that was a symbol of a spider that was invisible to the naked eye.
"Now for payment."
"B-but you s-s-aid." She said in a shaky voice that scared her, was that her voice? "I lied and you believe me, you fool. If you tell anyone that I was the one who granted you this gift then you will die and your soul will be mine."
".."
"Hmm, bring me the shard and kill the miko if you truly wish to live and if you fail to bring them to me at the next full moon, your soul and body will be mine." He said harshly getting his point across. "Then you can go on living your happy little life, if Inu-Yasha can stand to be near you after what you have committed." He added with a laugh and faded
"What.a...fool.I.am" she whispered to herself as she heard a scream and then voices of people she knew, she called out for Inu-Yasha and felt a warm cloth draped over her body and two pair of arms helped her too her feet. She could no think straight all she could here was Naraku's words floating in her mind. She was trapped like a mouse and there was no way out, her foolishness and blind love had trapped her.
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Japanese Dictionary to help you who do not know Jap. =^-^=
Neko: cat
Hiraikotsu: The name of Sango's large Bone Boomerang
Bokushi: priest
Hanyou: half demon
Youkai: demon
Miko: priestess
Sankon Tetsusou: Soul Scattering Iron Claw, Iron Revere Soul Stealer- his claw attack that can pretty much rip anything to shreds in one stroke.
Touruko: Turkey (okay so I thought it was funny. Come on picture Inu almost being eaten alive by a giant man eating demon turkey! Funny no?.well I was going to use a rooster. lol)
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[Author: I deicded to change it a bit and fix all my errors, I think I got them all. I got he idea about the neko's being able to see things that normal people cannot is because it is said that cats can see things like spirits, ghost and all those things. So it makes a little since, I hope. Anyways was this better? I added and changed a few things. I'm fixing chapter 3 now, so I will have it back up soon.]