Unknown Royalty
The Truth
AN: Hey, got a new chapter. Hope ya like it. There is a special guest in today's chapter. Hee hee. Lalalala. Just read and find out who. God I am out of it. Byes!! Please Review!!!!!! Byes!
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"Who are you? Get off me!" Hokara demanded as she pushed Inuyasha off her.
Inuyasha raised his head to meet Hokara's gaze " You really don't know who I am do you?" Inuyasha asked as his soft golden eyes glistened in the moonlight.
Hokara just stood there with a stern face and replied. " No, I don't."
Inuyasha didn't know what to think. He didn't move, he was frozen there like a stone statue.
Hokara stood there in disbelief at what he was asking. ' I think I would know if I knew him..but, I still have a feeling that I'm forgetting something.' She shrugged it off and concentrated at the task at hand. " I'm leaving, get out of my way!" she yelled.
" No I…" He said sternly but was cut of by Hokara.
" Fine, then face the consequences!" she growled. Hokara's hands started admitting immense black energy. She outstretched her arm and a blast of energy caught Inuyasha off guard. Immediately after the black energy made contact with Inuyasha, he flew back into a nearby tree leaving him unconscious. Hokara walked towards the depths of the forest and disappeared into the late nights fog.
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Kagome was lying in bed wide-awake. ' I hope she's ok.' Kagome thought as she looked out the window at the radiant full moon. Kagome was very irritable and restless. 'God!' she thought in her head. ' Hokara and Inuyasha...it's been bugging me lately. What's up with those two. They are so alike and what were they talking about when I wasn't there. I can't take it anymore. I will just go and talk to Inuyasha myself.' And with that she quietly stormed out of the house very determined to get answers. As she approached the tree, he was gone. She frantically looked around. " Inuyasha?" she called. There was no response, just the wind blowing in and the fog becoming thinker with every breath. Kagome became very worried in were Inuyasha's whereabouts were. "Inuyasha?!" she screamed.
Sango shot up out of bed. ' Kagome?' she thought as she looked around and not finding the young miko. Sango walked over to Miroku and shook him. " Miroku." she whispered. He didn't move, still in a soft slumber. She leaned in closer and whispered a little louder " Miroku!"
A hand then rose up to meet Sango behind. " Yes what would you like dearest? A little mid-night romance?"
*SLAP* " Nows not the time for your stupid games hentai!" Sango said quite angrily. " Kagome is gone and I heard her voice outside. So come on lets go!" she said loudly.
" Wait I'm coming too!" Shippo cried from the corner of the room. Shippo followed them outside. They saw Kagome frantically searching for Inuyasha.
" Kagome!" Sango yelled out to her. " What's wrong?" She said as she took a deep breath.
Kagome, still frantically looking for him said " Inuyasha he's gone he's…" Kagome stopped when she saw Shippo sniffing the air rapidly. " What is it Shippo?" She asked him.
Shippo didn't say anything at first but then replied " It's Inuyasha." Kagome opened her mouth to speak but Shippo interrupted her and continued, " I smell… his blood. "
Kagome's eyes flickered and grew wide. She became angry and upset; she was utterly speechless. Her eyes narrowed into an evil glare. " Get my bow!" She told Shippo in a hushed voice.
Shippo ran and got them. " Here Kagome." He said trying not to make to much eye contact with her. ' Kagome is scaring me.' Shippo thought.
" Shippo! What direction is he?" she asked looking at Shippo.
Shippo closed his eyes and sniffed the air. " There!" he yelled as he pointed in the direction of the woods.
Kagome shifted her head to the forest. She didn't even look back. She darted forward in the pursuit of finding Inuyasha. ' He better be ok! ' She thought as her angry grew. ' Whoever has hurt him will pay!' She picked up the pace.
Miroku, Sango, and Shippo ran after her, but they were having a hard time following Kagome. She was very persistent when she wanted to be and nothing could get in her way.
Through the clearing, Kagome could see a faint red blur. She realized that it was Inuyasha. She rushed to his side in a blink of an eye. " Inuyasha!" she cried. He didn't move nor speak. She put her head on his battered chest. " He still has a pulse" she said relived. She looked over her shoulder to tell the news to the others, but it seemed that they hadn't caught up with her yet. Kagome looked back at Inuyasha. The moon that was previously hidden behind the clouds reappeared among the starry night sky, and hit Inuyasha's gentle face. Kagome smiled.
Kagome dragged Inuyasha's limp body off the tree trunk and onto the ground. She placed his head on her old wooden arrow case. " Beautiful." She murmured as the moonlight glistened in his hair. Kagome leaned in with a smile on her face. She kissed him as tears welded up in her eyes. " You'll be ok." She said softly. She hovered over him and stroking his slivery hair.
Inuyasha flinched a little; making a small growl as he moved. Kagome giggled.
In the back round, behind the bushes; Miroku and Sango were prying on Kaogme. Shippo was being smothered behind Miroku's back so he would stay silent.
" Should we go yet? I feel bad…this isn't like me to go spying on people."
" No, he's fine. Let it be for a couple more minutes." He said with maturity. He then glares at Sango and said " I don't spy on people often either." He grumbles; losing his maturity quite fast.
Inuyasha becam conscious, and drogily opened his eyes. " Ka…Kagome?" He said in astonishment at her presence. His eyes grew wide without him even knowing it. ' She's so beautiful…right now. She looks like an angel.'
Kagome was incredible. Her head was in front of the moon, so that only the light of the moon could be seen as the outline of Kagome. She had a wide smile plastered on her face as tears of joy ran down her reddened face. " Are you ok?" she whispered, for she was fearful to break their gaze.
" Yeah, just a small scratch." He said roughly.
Kagome laughed, very relieved.
Inuyasha stood up and leaned against a tree.
" Shippo." Miroku whispered. " Don't tell them we were back here, or else." Miroku said as he made a fist.
Shippo who was now a little worried made a big gulping sound from the back of his small throat. " Whatever you say Miroku." He replied fearfully.
"Lets go." Sango said who was now quite irritated by this game.
They walked out of their hiding place and appeared among the fog. " There you are!" Miroku said cheerfully. " I pray that Inuyasha is alright."
" Shove it monk, I'm fine." He growled.
Kagome finally got up off the wet grass. She walked over and stood next to Inuyasha. Kagome's smile from the sight of her friends had faded and her tone became more seriouls. She directed her question towards Inuyasha " What happened? Who or what did that to you." She said as she secretively gritted her teeth together.
Inuyasha didn't say anything at first. He found it sexy when Kagome was angry. He finally snapped out of his daze saying, " It was…Hokara. Something dramatic happened to her. I don't know what, but her smell was different in ways. It wasn't her on the outside. All of her memory is gone. She didn't remember you, me, or any of us. There was nothing I could do."
Kagome made a fist, as she looked down at the ground, unable to see her eyes. Her hand was shaking violently.
Inuyasha tried to touch her, but Kagome smacked him away. Inuyasha could smell it; the salty liquid lingering in the air. He looked down at the source. Droplets of water were accumulating on the ground below. He realized that the droplets were tears rolling off of Kagome's cheeks. " Kagome…"
He was cut off by Kagome's words " What is it with you two? You don't make friends that easily and you have been very quiet lately. What are you hiding…. another dead girlfriend?!" she yelled.
Kagome looked at the ground and said nothing for a minute. She forced her eyes so gaze at Inuyasha' furious face. To her amazement, he wasn't growling or raising a fist. Inuyasha face was turned to the right, and his eyes were closed. A gust of wind blew from the opposite direction. Inuyasha's hair waved in front of his face so that it couldn't be seen. " Sorry." She whispered. She knew that wouldn't take back what she said. Kagome felt bad, only hoping for amends from him." I didn't mean it. I just go frustrated. " She apologized. " I …"
Inuyasha turned his heah forcing his hair to go behind him. He opened his eyes and looked directly in Kagome's. He then raised his hand up and placed his fingers on her soft lips. He slowly leaned in and kissed her passionately. He broke off the pleasurable lust they longed for even though their bodies begged for it to continue. " It's ok. I just…" he paused. Miroku, Sango, and Shippo were in shock. Inuyasha leaned to one side of Kagome and glared at he three." Do you mind?" Inuyasha asked.
" No." Said Miroku cheerfully.
*SMACK* Miroku was hit over the end with Sango. " Come on Miroku, their hinting toward privacy. " Sango said as she grabbed his arm and disappeared from the area." We'll be right over here." Sango called while Shippo willingly followed her.
Kagome watched them leave the open area among the forest and disappear through the trees. She looked at Inuyasha lovingly " You were saying?" She said curiously with a corked smile on her hidden face. The fog was getting thinker as they spoke. It was getting harder and harder to see.
" Right." He replied with a sigh. He took a deep breath, ready to explain everything to Kagome. " Well, I know Hokara told you about her past, right?"
" Yeah, she said that she couldn't remember anything before waking up by a river and this woman and her son…" She stopped. Her eyes grew wide. Inuyasha shook his head slightly. " It was you!" Kagome said in a shocked voice. " I had a feeling."
Inuyasha looked away from Kagome. " It was hard for me to remember, since it was so long ago. But, I do remember finding her bye the river on that rainy morning." He said while he was searching his mind for answers.
Kagome had settled down. " How is that possible? She is human isn't she?"
Inuyasha bit his lower lip. " I'm not so sure anymore, but I do know it was her. She said so herself, before she changed.
" What happened tonight, before I showed up?
" Hokara changed dramatically. It is hard to describe. She started out fine, but she changed, into something evil. Something with no memory or care. She could use black energy. She caught me off guard and I was shot into a tree." Inuyasha explained to Kagome about what exactly happened. (AN: Sorry, I love details and descriptions, but it would be like the same thing you read in the last chapter, so just imagine Inuyasha trying to describe it to Kagome. Ok well Kagome knows what happened.)
Kagome reviewed everything Inuyasha had said ' That's why I've been so irritable, all that black energy circulating around me.' She thought to herself. ' Hokara.' She continued. ' I don't know precisely what happened to you, but we will save you no matter what!' Kagome grew angrier. " We have to go after her immediately!" Kagome stated.
" Then it settled, we will head out tonight…" Inuyasha's nose twitched. He bent down and casually picked up three medium sized rocks. He flicked tossed them one at a time into the surrounding bushes.
Suddenly noises were heard. " Ahh!" Was the first noise to be heard. " Ow." Was heard from the second, and silence was heard from the third.
Inuyasha continued " and I imagine you three will accompany us."
Sango, Miroku, and Shippo came out rubbing their heads. Sango looked exceptionally pissed and hit the Miroku in the back of his head. " Ow…what did u do that for?"
" That's the last time I ever listen to you!" She screamed.
They all grabbed their weapon of choice.
" Inuyasha, which direction is she moving in?" Kagome asked.
Inuyasha sniffed the midnight's air in a staggered movement. " She's passing through the heart of the forest…that way." He pointed in the direction in which he spoke of. It was the darkest part of the forest. It was never light in there, not even by the sun on the clearest and brightest of days.
Kagome took a deep breath and relaxed. " Ok, then lets go!" Kagome said with bravery as she took the lead.
' She is getting stronger everyday.' He thought as the others passed by him. A slight smile appeared on his stubborn face. Inuyasha walked over and grasped Kagome's hands. He lifted her upon his back as Miroku, Sango, and Shippo rode Kirara. (AN: I know that it is Kilala in English, but incase anybody wasn't sure, Kirara is the proper name for Sango's cat demon companion.) They walked hopelessly into the forest depths, not knowing what to expect.
Further into the forest, in a darker, more evil place, Hokara walked endlessly forward; killing off whoever may stand in her way without any sympathy for them. With one final strike of her sword, she slipped it into its scabbard as the last body fell to the cold ground, not moving or flinching. One youki was left on the earth's suface, missing most of his essential body parts. He couldn't move. " What are you?" It choked out.
Hokara cringed and growled. " You should be dead!" she yelled. She reached for her sword and raised it above her head. " No matter… you wont be alive much longer. Be proud to have lasted past one strike of my sword. Hokara sliced the youki's throat, killing it instantly. Hokara raised her blade to her tongue as she licked the blood off it. ' This is what I crave and I want more…' She thought horrifically. She paused. ' I can feel them, coming closer, Inuyasha and his friends. They are persistent, I will just have to take care of them just like everyone else.' She thought, as she looked back at all the dead bodies, youki and human alike. Hokara jerked her head to the right. " Who's there?" she yelled.
A voice was then called out from the trees. " Why have you killed so many of my followers and why are you on my lands?" A mysterious voice asked.
" Are going to try and stop me?" Hokara said in a humorous voice.
" I just might have to. Not for the weaklings that died by your blade, but your blood's aroma is spreading throughout my lands and I do not enjoy the smell. It has the smell of neither human, nor any normal youki's that I've ever encountered. It burns as I unwillingly inhale it." The voice replied. A white blur jumped down from the trees and landed a couple feet away from the blood stained Hokara. He had long white hair and red strips across his face. He had the symbol of royalty on his forehead. " You shall die now."
" I think you shall be the one who will be tasting the dirt from the ground and feeling my deadly blade run through your precious flesh." She said coldly as she got in her fighting stance. " Now lets fight!" she yelled as she lunged at the mystery youki.
AN: Hey!! So how was the chap? Too what? I know…different. Umm…can anyone guess who the mystery youki is? Hmm…..lets think. Just kidding. I think it's obvious. *humms Sesshie in the backround* Well, please REVIEW and I hope to have the next chapter up soon! Thanks!!
