By The Light Of The Moon
Chapter 4: Djiini
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"Kagome?" Inuyasha questioned. "Yes, Ka-go-me!" she insisted. "Nonsense, she is Kikyo, mother of darkness." Ryuki insisted. "You fool, you cannot even recognize your queen, for she is not, she is different." Inuyasha shook his head.
'But she is too much like her. Almost the same, yet different, she doesn't seem dangerous at all, almost like a human.'
His thoughts were interrupted by the shouts of an oncoming mob. "Hunters!" cried Ryuki in fear. "We must get out of here." She grabbed Kagome's arm. "We can't leave him here." She pulled away.
'No, for sure she is not Kikyo, they think much too differently. Kikyo would let me die.' He thought sadly. "How can we release him from this dreadful prison?" Ryuki pulled and pulled, not even her supernatural strength could move him an inch. She stopped when he cried out in pain.
"You must stop this at once!" insisted a voice. "Huh?" Kagome spun around. "You! The old witch." Ryuki cried out and pulled her sword to her side. "Witch?" asked Kagome. "The queen's younger sister, Kikyo was born a Vampire, but her sister, Kaede, was born a witch. She was born with the ability to succumb the powers of the black magic with a pinkie." Ryuki held the hilt of her sword until her knuckles were white and she thought it might shatter, like a mirror.
"Nonsense!" Kaede dismissed the myth with a flick of her wrist. "You mustn't free him. Releasing him would bestow a power of darkness, no one could stop. He was put here for a reason, it was his fate, he brought it on himself." Kaede urged.
"But...those hunters...they're coming." Argued Kagome. "Child, if I were you, I would not pull the strings of fate. Besides, your efforts are worthless, only the Queen has the power to set him free." Kaede pulled Kagome and started back to the calling safety of her hut.
"No!" Kagome lurched away and grabbed onto Inuyasha. Vines wrapped around her, crushing her to the tree. "Child, why are you so intent on saving this horrible monster?" Kaede was truly baffled.
"I just can't let him die like this, there is goodness in him, I can feel it." Kagome looked deep into his eyes.
"I'm terribly saddened child, but I cannot stay here, if you were wise you would not stay here either." Kaede said over her shoulder to Ryuki. "Forgive me." Ryuki bowed and slipped silently into the forest. As did Kaede.
The hunters were now upon them... "So what do these hunters...uh...well hunt?" Kagome asked nervously. It wasn't everyday she was in a forest pressed up against a boy and being surrounded by 'hunters'. "Flesh." He said with disgust. "Flesh? Like cows, or bears, or pigs?" she said with false hope. She didn't like the tone in his voice.
"They seek youth, every day they rage for it, by night they toss and turn their stomachs churning for their sacred meat, they are the Vampire hunters, bloodthirsty man, cruel enough to take the flesh of a Vampire, only a little, so they may feast and watch it wither in pain. By eating the flesh of a Vampire a man is bestowed with their vitality, their strengths, their immortality, sometimes, if a man drinks enough he becomes insane with the power, feels the everlasting need to destroy. But it is always temporary, that is why they are called Hunters, never sleeping unless they are filled, ever hunting for more, they will never stop, not even when all Vampires are extinct." Inuyasha growled.
"Something makes me think you didn't just make that up." Kagome whimpered. "Of course not, you fool." He snapped angrily. She had obviously hit a nerve. "Sorry." She mumbled.
"Well, look what we have here, the Queen herself, along with her Djinni." A hunter sneered. Fire and lust burned in his eyes, a hunger filled his veins and he hunched, ready for attack.
[Djinni- In Muslim legend, a spirit often capable of assuming human or
animal form and exercising supernatural influence over people.]
"We need to get out of here." Kagome screeched in sheer panic as she squirmed. She had never felt like this before, her whole body was shaking, her fingers clawed at the tough vines, her mind screamed, but her mouth was dry, sobs started in her stomach, but ended in the dryness of her throat, never going to be able to reach the cracked lips. Her panic brought a surprisingly amount of strength, gripped the vines she ripped them away and out of the tree. 'Free.' Was all she could think of as she tore her way out.
"Yes!" she cheered, when she finally tore herself out. But she wasn't out of the woods yet. The hunters were everywhere. Bloodthirsty men, thousands, no, millions of them surrounded her. Their saliva dripping from the open mouths, everywhere the stench of lust and spit rose, the smell of burning wood, clothes, and even hair filled Kagome's nostrils But she only focused on the sweat dripping from their foreheads, she could feel her own sweat pouring from her hair line. Fear, tons of it, fear everywhere, fear from herself, especially from herself, but the beautiful sent of fear clung from the hunter's clothes. Their eyes bloodshot, as if they had drank the world of all its whiskey.
The sky was dark, but the forest emitted light, all the torches gave an illusion of the forest being set ablaze. Kagome only had one hope. A hope for escape, but even now that hope was far away, in her most desperate hour, the only person that could make it all go away, was miles, possibly even years away. Kagome wanted her mother, badly, like a child lost in a supermarket, all alone lost, and surrounded by strangers, but these strangers wanted to eat her. They wanted to tear her flesh from her bones, suck the blood from their fingertips, chew slowly, relishing the taste of pure human, but even more, pure Vampire.
Every now and then they had to settle for a small child, or even a scruffy demon, but not tonight, they would finally sleep with a full stomach, and be full for quite some time, and they were not going to let that slip through their fingers, like water. No matter how much she begged they would have no mercy, they needed it too much.
'Inuyasha.' Kagome thought. Inuyasha could save her, he could save them both, but she had to find a way to free him and fast.
A kiss would free him, a kiss from the Queen of Vampires herself, but Kagome didn't have a drop of vampire blood in her, right?
'I've got to at least try.' She thought. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I know I've been really slow getting to the point, so I promise to update soon.
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"Kagome?" Inuyasha questioned. "Yes, Ka-go-me!" she insisted. "Nonsense, she is Kikyo, mother of darkness." Ryuki insisted. "You fool, you cannot even recognize your queen, for she is not, she is different." Inuyasha shook his head.
'But she is too much like her. Almost the same, yet different, she doesn't seem dangerous at all, almost like a human.'
His thoughts were interrupted by the shouts of an oncoming mob. "Hunters!" cried Ryuki in fear. "We must get out of here." She grabbed Kagome's arm. "We can't leave him here." She pulled away.
'No, for sure she is not Kikyo, they think much too differently. Kikyo would let me die.' He thought sadly. "How can we release him from this dreadful prison?" Ryuki pulled and pulled, not even her supernatural strength could move him an inch. She stopped when he cried out in pain.
"You must stop this at once!" insisted a voice. "Huh?" Kagome spun around. "You! The old witch." Ryuki cried out and pulled her sword to her side. "Witch?" asked Kagome. "The queen's younger sister, Kikyo was born a Vampire, but her sister, Kaede, was born a witch. She was born with the ability to succumb the powers of the black magic with a pinkie." Ryuki held the hilt of her sword until her knuckles were white and she thought it might shatter, like a mirror.
"Nonsense!" Kaede dismissed the myth with a flick of her wrist. "You mustn't free him. Releasing him would bestow a power of darkness, no one could stop. He was put here for a reason, it was his fate, he brought it on himself." Kaede urged.
"But...those hunters...they're coming." Argued Kagome. "Child, if I were you, I would not pull the strings of fate. Besides, your efforts are worthless, only the Queen has the power to set him free." Kaede pulled Kagome and started back to the calling safety of her hut.
"No!" Kagome lurched away and grabbed onto Inuyasha. Vines wrapped around her, crushing her to the tree. "Child, why are you so intent on saving this horrible monster?" Kaede was truly baffled.
"I just can't let him die like this, there is goodness in him, I can feel it." Kagome looked deep into his eyes.
"I'm terribly saddened child, but I cannot stay here, if you were wise you would not stay here either." Kaede said over her shoulder to Ryuki. "Forgive me." Ryuki bowed and slipped silently into the forest. As did Kaede.
The hunters were now upon them... "So what do these hunters...uh...well hunt?" Kagome asked nervously. It wasn't everyday she was in a forest pressed up against a boy and being surrounded by 'hunters'. "Flesh." He said with disgust. "Flesh? Like cows, or bears, or pigs?" she said with false hope. She didn't like the tone in his voice.
"They seek youth, every day they rage for it, by night they toss and turn their stomachs churning for their sacred meat, they are the Vampire hunters, bloodthirsty man, cruel enough to take the flesh of a Vampire, only a little, so they may feast and watch it wither in pain. By eating the flesh of a Vampire a man is bestowed with their vitality, their strengths, their immortality, sometimes, if a man drinks enough he becomes insane with the power, feels the everlasting need to destroy. But it is always temporary, that is why they are called Hunters, never sleeping unless they are filled, ever hunting for more, they will never stop, not even when all Vampires are extinct." Inuyasha growled.
"Something makes me think you didn't just make that up." Kagome whimpered. "Of course not, you fool." He snapped angrily. She had obviously hit a nerve. "Sorry." She mumbled.
"Well, look what we have here, the Queen herself, along with her Djinni." A hunter sneered. Fire and lust burned in his eyes, a hunger filled his veins and he hunched, ready for attack.
[Djinni- In Muslim legend, a spirit often capable of assuming human or
animal form and exercising supernatural influence over people.]
"We need to get out of here." Kagome screeched in sheer panic as she squirmed. She had never felt like this before, her whole body was shaking, her fingers clawed at the tough vines, her mind screamed, but her mouth was dry, sobs started in her stomach, but ended in the dryness of her throat, never going to be able to reach the cracked lips. Her panic brought a surprisingly amount of strength, gripped the vines she ripped them away and out of the tree. 'Free.' Was all she could think of as she tore her way out.
"Yes!" she cheered, when she finally tore herself out. But she wasn't out of the woods yet. The hunters were everywhere. Bloodthirsty men, thousands, no, millions of them surrounded her. Their saliva dripping from the open mouths, everywhere the stench of lust and spit rose, the smell of burning wood, clothes, and even hair filled Kagome's nostrils But she only focused on the sweat dripping from their foreheads, she could feel her own sweat pouring from her hair line. Fear, tons of it, fear everywhere, fear from herself, especially from herself, but the beautiful sent of fear clung from the hunter's clothes. Their eyes bloodshot, as if they had drank the world of all its whiskey.
The sky was dark, but the forest emitted light, all the torches gave an illusion of the forest being set ablaze. Kagome only had one hope. A hope for escape, but even now that hope was far away, in her most desperate hour, the only person that could make it all go away, was miles, possibly even years away. Kagome wanted her mother, badly, like a child lost in a supermarket, all alone lost, and surrounded by strangers, but these strangers wanted to eat her. They wanted to tear her flesh from her bones, suck the blood from their fingertips, chew slowly, relishing the taste of pure human, but even more, pure Vampire.
Every now and then they had to settle for a small child, or even a scruffy demon, but not tonight, they would finally sleep with a full stomach, and be full for quite some time, and they were not going to let that slip through their fingers, like water. No matter how much she begged they would have no mercy, they needed it too much.
'Inuyasha.' Kagome thought. Inuyasha could save her, he could save them both, but she had to find a way to free him and fast.
A kiss would free him, a kiss from the Queen of Vampires herself, but Kagome didn't have a drop of vampire blood in her, right?
'I've got to at least try.' She thought. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I know I've been really slow getting to the point, so I promise to update soon.