Chapter Six: To Resurrect what was Dead
Nasai had fallen asleep within Shippou's embrace, yet awaking alone again. Staring into the dawn in which unwontedly discovered her, she heard the door open, watching brown eyes on her.
" Nasai?" The voice was steeped in worry, reflecting the emotions left inside. Kagome watched Nasai turn to face her, golden eyes devoured by the pain she, herself, had caused.
" Yes?" The false contentment Nasai plastered onto her features was haunting, Kagome beckoning her daughter to her. Nasai gazed toward her mother, arms spread, smiling face. She could no longer resist, running into her mother's arms, she felt them wrap about her.
" I'm so sorry Nasai. I had no choice..." Nasai nodded within her mother's embrace, hearing another outside her balcony, yet choosing to ignore it.
" What happened to me?" Nasai's muffled sob rose to her mother's ears, causing her to tighten her hold.
" I'm so sorry I never told you of your dormant powers. I thought I could bury my past, yet it haunted me through the innocence of your eyes. I knew one day this would happen.." Nasai could no longer speak. Never had her mother held her this way, and she wanted to prolong it as long as she was able. Caressing Nasai's silver locks, Kagome fell silent, her own voice being wisped away by the muffled cries her daughter was creating. Never had she seen her this way, always a proud, dominant woman. Kagome knew she was watching the very decaying of Nasai's iron walls in which bound her. Setting forth a creature never meant to be seen by the eyes of others. Nasai lifted her head to watch her mother weep for her, watching as the moonlight captured the crystal liquid in which adorned her face forlornly. Pain stabbed eyes gazing off into the distance, perhaps gazing back upon the past long steeped in pain.
Kagome found herself gazing upon Nasai once again, seeing her daughter's features mirrored her own. Drowning in tears, falling within a darkness in which was buried and bound within her very soul.
" If you never see me the same way ever again. Even if you despise me, know this..I love you." It would have been so much easier to run, then face Nasai now, and knowing that Nasai tightened her embrace.
" I do not despise you mother." Nasai could hear the relief in which escaped her mother's lips, her sensitive hearing picking up the beating of Kagome's heart. Fevered, yet slowly becoming softer. " I've known hate before, known Inuyasha held it for me, yet I always knew you did not follow him. I cherished you greatly for that. Loved you so fiercely that leaving you sliced away a part of my soul. But tell me mother..." Nasai began, releasing her mother, gazing eye to eye with her. " what do you see when gaze into my eyes?" Kagome reached and planted her two hands upon Nasai cheeks, stroking them with her thumb. Before Kagome could answer Nasai broke away and turned herself away. Gazing out within the moonlit land. " Shouldn't you be searching for the Shikon no tama? Isn't that what you're here for?"
" I'm here for you. The Shikon no tama shall wait until you are well."
" I am well mother. Go and find it." Kagome wished to protest, yet knew the stubbornness Sesshoumaru had given her would prevent any attempts to change her mind.
" If you think you are better, then the girls, Inuyasha, and I will leave at day break. In the mean time...ask your father for help in matters of your powers." With that Kagome was gone, leaving Nasai with her own sadness once again. Feeling her knees buckle she fell the ground and cupped her face with her hands. Helpless tears spilling from her golden eyes, creating tiny pools within her palms.
" Oh Nasai pull yourself together.." She heard herself whisper, noticing the presence from before still lingered upon her balcony. " Whoever you are you can come out now."
" Touching Nasai." That voice. Nasai knew Lady Kyra stood within her room now, and gazed up to see her. " Your own mother shooting you, how pathetic." Nasai rose from her feet, showing that she was unafraid.
" Why are you here Lady Kyra?"
" You see I didn't let you go I gave you a test. Though it was not the Nasai inside in which transformed back to the state you are now, but the emotion of betrayal. You felt betrayed within that one lifeless moment didn't you?" Nasai turned her face away, unable to admit that she did feel as such.
" What more do you want from me?" Nasai spat out as if it were venom in which kissed her tongue.
" You know very well what it is I desire Nasai. You have the power to resurrect Naraku and tonight shall be the night in which you do." Nasai let forth a breath, nodding her head.
" I will do what you wish Lady Kyra. Just leave my family out of this." Nasai's tortured voice clung to Kyra's ears, causing her lips to upturn into a smile.
" Good. You save me a battle."
***
Nasai trudged behind Kyra in which was being held within a chair in the air by her servants. As they neared a clearing the gazed back upon Nasai and smiled.
" There." She said pointing. " That is where is it going to happen." Nasai merely nodded her head, walking within the clearing into its center. Ordering her chair down, she walked upon to Nasai and gazed down upon the wounded princess.
" You are strong enough to do this aren't you? I do not believe we well get a chance like this ever again." Nasai merely nodded, her eyes burning a hell fire abyss within Kyra's laughing eyes. Handing Nasai scroll and ordering her to read from it. "You must read this. Do it quickly." Nasai gazed down upon the scroll for a moment, then, watching Kyra back away, she began to read from it.
' Through twilight, darkness, and moonrise,
Make death be undone,
To waken was dead,
To resurrect the soul within the grave.
To undo the battle that had made,
This soul retreat to the tomb,
Make this warrior live again,
The dead to life again.'
Nasai watched as heavy clouds settled above head, creating a thick darkness that could not be navigated. Hearing footsteps within the forest one demon was seen, one lesser demon following behind it. Gazing through he worn eyes she noticed the two demons before her were none other the Sesshoumaru and Shippou. Feeling strong gales press against her, they all watched as one solitary tornado like wind broke off to revile someone within. Nasai pressed her eyes against the figure, watching the wind set. There within the darkness, a raven haired man stepped from were the tornado had once been. Gazing toward Nasai an evil grin crept upon his lips. Feeling two hands upon her arms she turned about noticing it was her father in which held her, Shippou pressed to the other side of her in obvious protection.
Hearing Kyra's laughs Nasai knew who this man was, and dreaded him most profoundly. What had she done? One word escaping from her lips.
" Naraku."
A/N: I know I know another short chapter. I know I promised longer ones but I've been extremely busy with summer school. I'm really sorry for being so late, but as I said I've been busy. Really hoping to get another chapter posted soon, longer too. Until then enjoy this one! ^.^
Nasai had fallen asleep within Shippou's embrace, yet awaking alone again. Staring into the dawn in which unwontedly discovered her, she heard the door open, watching brown eyes on her.
" Nasai?" The voice was steeped in worry, reflecting the emotions left inside. Kagome watched Nasai turn to face her, golden eyes devoured by the pain she, herself, had caused.
" Yes?" The false contentment Nasai plastered onto her features was haunting, Kagome beckoning her daughter to her. Nasai gazed toward her mother, arms spread, smiling face. She could no longer resist, running into her mother's arms, she felt them wrap about her.
" I'm so sorry Nasai. I had no choice..." Nasai nodded within her mother's embrace, hearing another outside her balcony, yet choosing to ignore it.
" What happened to me?" Nasai's muffled sob rose to her mother's ears, causing her to tighten her hold.
" I'm so sorry I never told you of your dormant powers. I thought I could bury my past, yet it haunted me through the innocence of your eyes. I knew one day this would happen.." Nasai could no longer speak. Never had her mother held her this way, and she wanted to prolong it as long as she was able. Caressing Nasai's silver locks, Kagome fell silent, her own voice being wisped away by the muffled cries her daughter was creating. Never had she seen her this way, always a proud, dominant woman. Kagome knew she was watching the very decaying of Nasai's iron walls in which bound her. Setting forth a creature never meant to be seen by the eyes of others. Nasai lifted her head to watch her mother weep for her, watching as the moonlight captured the crystal liquid in which adorned her face forlornly. Pain stabbed eyes gazing off into the distance, perhaps gazing back upon the past long steeped in pain.
Kagome found herself gazing upon Nasai once again, seeing her daughter's features mirrored her own. Drowning in tears, falling within a darkness in which was buried and bound within her very soul.
" If you never see me the same way ever again. Even if you despise me, know this..I love you." It would have been so much easier to run, then face Nasai now, and knowing that Nasai tightened her embrace.
" I do not despise you mother." Nasai could hear the relief in which escaped her mother's lips, her sensitive hearing picking up the beating of Kagome's heart. Fevered, yet slowly becoming softer. " I've known hate before, known Inuyasha held it for me, yet I always knew you did not follow him. I cherished you greatly for that. Loved you so fiercely that leaving you sliced away a part of my soul. But tell me mother..." Nasai began, releasing her mother, gazing eye to eye with her. " what do you see when gaze into my eyes?" Kagome reached and planted her two hands upon Nasai cheeks, stroking them with her thumb. Before Kagome could answer Nasai broke away and turned herself away. Gazing out within the moonlit land. " Shouldn't you be searching for the Shikon no tama? Isn't that what you're here for?"
" I'm here for you. The Shikon no tama shall wait until you are well."
" I am well mother. Go and find it." Kagome wished to protest, yet knew the stubbornness Sesshoumaru had given her would prevent any attempts to change her mind.
" If you think you are better, then the girls, Inuyasha, and I will leave at day break. In the mean time...ask your father for help in matters of your powers." With that Kagome was gone, leaving Nasai with her own sadness once again. Feeling her knees buckle she fell the ground and cupped her face with her hands. Helpless tears spilling from her golden eyes, creating tiny pools within her palms.
" Oh Nasai pull yourself together.." She heard herself whisper, noticing the presence from before still lingered upon her balcony. " Whoever you are you can come out now."
" Touching Nasai." That voice. Nasai knew Lady Kyra stood within her room now, and gazed up to see her. " Your own mother shooting you, how pathetic." Nasai rose from her feet, showing that she was unafraid.
" Why are you here Lady Kyra?"
" You see I didn't let you go I gave you a test. Though it was not the Nasai inside in which transformed back to the state you are now, but the emotion of betrayal. You felt betrayed within that one lifeless moment didn't you?" Nasai turned her face away, unable to admit that she did feel as such.
" What more do you want from me?" Nasai spat out as if it were venom in which kissed her tongue.
" You know very well what it is I desire Nasai. You have the power to resurrect Naraku and tonight shall be the night in which you do." Nasai let forth a breath, nodding her head.
" I will do what you wish Lady Kyra. Just leave my family out of this." Nasai's tortured voice clung to Kyra's ears, causing her lips to upturn into a smile.
" Good. You save me a battle."
***
Nasai trudged behind Kyra in which was being held within a chair in the air by her servants. As they neared a clearing the gazed back upon Nasai and smiled.
" There." She said pointing. " That is where is it going to happen." Nasai merely nodded her head, walking within the clearing into its center. Ordering her chair down, she walked upon to Nasai and gazed down upon the wounded princess.
" You are strong enough to do this aren't you? I do not believe we well get a chance like this ever again." Nasai merely nodded, her eyes burning a hell fire abyss within Kyra's laughing eyes. Handing Nasai scroll and ordering her to read from it. "You must read this. Do it quickly." Nasai gazed down upon the scroll for a moment, then, watching Kyra back away, she began to read from it.
' Through twilight, darkness, and moonrise,
Make death be undone,
To waken was dead,
To resurrect the soul within the grave.
To undo the battle that had made,
This soul retreat to the tomb,
Make this warrior live again,
The dead to life again.'
Nasai watched as heavy clouds settled above head, creating a thick darkness that could not be navigated. Hearing footsteps within the forest one demon was seen, one lesser demon following behind it. Gazing through he worn eyes she noticed the two demons before her were none other the Sesshoumaru and Shippou. Feeling strong gales press against her, they all watched as one solitary tornado like wind broke off to revile someone within. Nasai pressed her eyes against the figure, watching the wind set. There within the darkness, a raven haired man stepped from were the tornado had once been. Gazing toward Nasai an evil grin crept upon his lips. Feeling two hands upon her arms she turned about noticing it was her father in which held her, Shippou pressed to the other side of her in obvious protection.
Hearing Kyra's laughs Nasai knew who this man was, and dreaded him most profoundly. What had she done? One word escaping from her lips.
" Naraku."
A/N: I know I know another short chapter. I know I promised longer ones but I've been extremely busy with summer school. I'm really sorry for being so late, but as I said I've been busy. Really hoping to get another chapter posted soon, longer too. Until then enjoy this one! ^.^