Under the Pale
Autumn Moon
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"Who are you!?" Kagome
practically yelled at the baboon clad man, "What are you doing
here? What are you talking about?"
The man smirked, but
it wasn't a playful smirk like Inuyasha's, it was more of an evil
smirk, and it was very unnerving.
"Who are you? Answer
me!"
"I am Naraku," his voice came out like an
icicle, and it made Kagome shiver, "And you are Kagome."
If
Kagome was shivering before, it was nothing like now, she felt her
whole body go cold and she seemed rooted to the spot.
"How
did you know that?" she demanded.
Naraku smirked again,
"I know what you want, and I can give it to you."
Inuyasha
lay on his bed, in a restless slumber he was having a dream.
There
was a girl, though he couldn't make out her face, and she sat in a
field, with her kimono billowing out behind her, she held a basket of
herbs and little children were dancing around her, collecting flowers
and presenting them to the woman.
The woman moved slowly but
he could tell she was smiling.
She looked off to the left and
her mouth moved, though no words came out, this world was all black
and white, very confusing to Inuyasha.
Suddenly, a man with a
wolf tail and long hair in a high ponytail came charging out of the
woods and stopped in front of the woman. His face was blurred, but he
could tell he was gasping for breath but still smiling.
The
woman leaned into the wolf youkai. Inuyasha could tell that's what he
was, and the woman was human. They kissed while the children all
giggled and ran away. The two lovers wrapped their arms around each
other and their kiss grew more passionate.
Inuyasha suddenly
felt dirty and turned away, when he did he noticed a figure behind a
tree, her face was blurred as well, but she wore a kimono similar to
the other woman, and their hair looked similar as well.
He
could feel the dark aura radiating off her as she spun around, her
lips moving but no sound again, and she stormed off towards the
village.
Inuyasha blinked and drew his attention to the now
walking couple, holding hands they walked in the direction as the
other woman.
Suddenly the whole world blurred and he found
himself in the village. There he found the same wolf youkai
presenting the priestess (he'd decided that's what she must be) with
white roses. The girl opened her mouth in what Inuyasha guessed as a
gasp.
The wolf youkai smiled, kissed her on the cheek and sped
off with unnatural speed. The girl just stood there and then she
started jumping up and down, squealing, it appeared to him.
The
same woman behind the tree stood down the street, her aura sparked
and became the same dark one.
"This is fucked up,"
Inuyasha said out loud and he gasped at how distant and faint his own
voice was, but obviously he was the only one who could hear it
because the two priestesses kept on with their daily businesses.
The
world blurred again and Inuyasha found himself in a hut, with the
innocent-looking priestess speaking to another older priestess, he
could hear them speaking again.
"Kaede-Sama, have you
seen Kouga-Kun?" she asked, her voice clear and beautiful.
The
old lady, undoubtedly Kaede, turned and shook her head, "Nay,
child, I have not seen Kouga-Sama all day, I assumed he was with
you."
"Oh, well I was going to pick herbs for my
potions so I was hoping that he'd want to come, I guess I'll have to
go with Kikyo-Sama," the young priestess looked around, "where
is Kikyo-Sama anyway?"
Kaede shrugged, "I haven't
seen her all day, I figured she was already collecting herbs. Perhaps
she is already there? You should go check child."
The
young priestess nodded and walked away, leaving the mat door swinging
slightly. Inuyasha stood in confusion and turned to the old
lady.
The old lady was cackling evilly and she began to
transform, she grew taller and her white hair turned gray. Then
black. Her wrinkles faded and it revealed the young priestess with
the dark aura.
The woman smirked, "Foolish Miko, now it's
my time to take my Kouga-Kun back, I shall not fail in making your
life miserable."
Inuyasha blinked as the miko strolled
out and towards the forest.
And then the scene faded, sighing,
Inuyasha awaited his next destination. He landed in the small
clearing where the miko from before was picking herbs.
She
stood there now, hands on her hips, she searched around franticly for
Kikyo or Kouga, Inuyasha wasn't sure, but he kept wondering who on
earth it could be.
Hell, he wondered who these people
were.
The miko continued to walk into the forest and Inuyasha
followed; she walked timidly around the trees, searching.
"Oh
Kouga-Kun..."the young miko gasped at the sound coming from the
left, she and Inuyasha ran around the bushes to see Kikyo and Kouga
together.
"Kouga-Kun!" the young miko Inuyasha had
been following gasped out.
Kikyo and Kouga broke apart and
looked at her, Kouga looked confused whereas Kikyo looked rather
smug.
"Oh hello!" Kikyo smiled and waved at the
miko.
Kouga nodded his acknowledgement.
The young miko
gasped again and fell to her knees, "Kouga-Kun how could
you?"
"Silly little miko, don't you see, Kouga is
mine?" Kikyo laughed bitterly and stabbed Kouga with a knife; he
was dead before he hit the ground.
"NO!" the
little miko grabbed her stomach and sobbed, her shoulders
shaking.
Kikyo smirked and laughed, "Silly, silly, silly,
it wasn't fair that you got to marry the man I loved, so I had to get
rid of him, if I couldn't have him, no one could."
"You
monster!"
"Now, now, that's no way to treat your
superior."
"I was the head miko before you came, you
ruined my perfect life," The young miko pulled out an arrow and
pointed it at Kikyo, "I can't let you live."
Kikyo
laughed, "You dare to challenge me? I am so much stronger than
you, I shall rip you apart little miko!"
Kikyo's hands
glowed a grayish, though Inuyasha wasn't sure what the original color
would be.
The other miko's arrow began to glow at the tip, a
bright white. She shot the arrow but Kikyo caught it with ease. It
snapped in half and then vaporized into the bright gray light. She
laughed again and then she started to become surrounded by the dark
aura for what seemed like the millionth time.
Kikyo sprung
into the air and dug her hands into the miko, who cried out in pain,
her eyes glowing.
The world suddenly started to blur and now
Inuyasha could only hear the voices of them.
Kikyo's voice
penetrated the darkness, "I put a curse on you girl, from now
on, only those with spiritual awareness will be able to see you, and
only they can break the spell, until then, you can never become human
or die. You will never be able to leave the shadow of the forest
until you are released, may this be a lesson, never underestimate me,
girl."
The young miko's voice rasped out as she cried out
in pain, "o...one day!"
Inuyasha jolted from his
dream and stared around the room wide-eyed, he wiped the sweat that
was collecting on his brow as his now violet eyes scanned the room;
he had to tell someone about that dream, and not just anyone,
Kagome.
He sprung from his bed only to be hit in the head by a
lamp, knocking him unconscious for the time being.
Inuyasha
peered at the large house that looked remarkably like the one he was
currently living in; only trees surrounded it. There were many roses
all along the sides of the house, all collecting into the back, he
could smell something burning, and he felt his legs move without his
permission.
He moved inside the house and peered around. There
was a girl without a face floating in air, burning roses, yellow,
pink, red, and white. He blinked, noting that this world was in
color.
The flames subsided as the roses wilted in the sudden
heat, the floating girl paid it no heed as she picked up another and
held it over the candle.
"Kouga, you bastard," he
voice rang out, rich and filled with venom.
---
Kagome
stared at Naraku in confusion; she could feel a bad aura surrounding
him, an advantage to being a miko.
"What do you
mean?"
"I can give you the body of a human, of
course, it's only temporary, you'll still be cursed," he stated
simply and smiled that cold smile again.
Kagome gulped,
"You're lying."
"I would never lie to you,
Kagome-chan," Kagome cringed at the new name.
"Just
consider my offer, sweetie, I'll return at sunset."
Then
Naraku's baboon pelt collapsed the ground but no man underneath.
