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Prologue: Prophecy 1
Kagome listened as the fire in front of her crackled. She inhaled the wild mesquite smoke scent that filled her grandfather's temple of worship, and it slightly calmed her frayed nerves. Her eyes were closed, but her senses were acutely alert. Alert to the dark powers that, though never before sensed in her time, were now growing stronger.
Something was coming. That was why the dark powers, the powers of demons were growing and multiplying. Kagome, Miko of both times and worlds, chosen by tetsuiga, champion of the Shikon no Tama was scared.
After arriving in the past, over five years ago, Kagome had grown stronger with her Miko powers, and with the help of Kaede and her grandfather, learned to hone those skills. She had since become quite accomplished in healing, which had come in great need as of late, for in the past the demons were growing as well, and humans were being injured and slaughtered like cattle.
In fact she had become so accomplished that about 6 months ago she was able to restore Sesshomaru's arm to him. Inuyasha had been furious for a few weeks but Kagome was eventually able to 'sit' him long enough for him to hear her out. The great Sesshomaru had been helping their group seek the Shikon and helped in attacks in return for the occasional opportunity to attack Naraku. Kagome reasoned that it was in all of their best interest to have Sesshomaru at the peak of his skill and one arm had hampered him in the past. Inuyasha had thought about it and agreed considering the incline in attacks as of late, though he still insisted that Sesshomaru was as lethal without it. And in hindsight, Kagome had to agree.
A debate ran rampant through Kagome's head. Across from her, on the other side of the power and spiritually symbolic fire, her grandfather meditated. He knew of Kagome's travels and he could perhaps help her understand the growth in these demons. It was after all, what he knew best. But she worried about troubling the elderly man, which created a paradox because then she worried of unnecessarily worrying him.
Curiosity won out, as it usually did with Kagome, and timidly she spoke. "Uh, Grandpa?" her voice absorbed into the barren wood walls of the temple.
"Yes, Kagome? What troubles you?" responded her grandfather
For the past thirty minutes he had sensed his grand-daughters unease. Usually, of the two she was the most able to calm into a meditative state, but as of lately the calm required, escaped her.
"I have a question... about the demons." she paused, and her grandfather, made no move to even acknowledge he'd heard her, but she knew he had.
"The past five years I've become quite in tune with the demon powers. I can sense them like crazy in Inuyasha's time, but why have I never felt them here?"
A glimmer of a smile passed over her grandfathers face, as if he were wistfully remembering.
"Kagome dear... that is because the numbers are so few. There are demons in this time, always have been, always will be.
There are factions of the government that fight off these demon populations, and there are rogue groups outside of the government that fight as well, on a more suburban level.
I myself was once in one of those groups. Oh my, we sure did vanquish quite a many demons in my day!" he wiggled in his spot with some slight excitement, though he never opened his eyes.
"You know I once envisioned myself taking over for our group leader once he set up for retirement. But then I met your grandmother and- Well, some things are just more important.
You see fighting the demons of this time, is much like fighting the ones you have fought off the past. The difference is their number and power. There are many more in the past, but they are far less dangerous then the ones here. In fact you can attest to it, why you and Inuyasha have been more than just friends for over three years now, and that little guy... Shippo. Friends you see... not in our time. No, no. The demons now...." he trailed off and Kagome didn't miss the expression of pain that washed over her grandfathers face. "Their animals." He responded coldly.
"Anyway, your grandmother didn't want me fighting them anymore, because of the dangers. We were going to be a family and she didn't want her children fatherless."
Kagome waited for him to continue, for she sensed he had more to say. More that would greatly trouble him.
"However, there is one who is literally created to fight these demons." Kagome blinked. "Every muscle, bone, artery, heart, mind, soul was built with the fight in mind."
"Like a Miko?" she asked innocently.
A curt snort was her first response. "No. No Miko could possibly handle the evils and pain that this one must face. Miko's are simply too pure of heart, mind and body." another long pause passed between the two.
"She is the slayer. One girl in all the world who is called to protect the innocent lives of mortals. In the end she really is this world's only line of defense against the demons.
She's alone in her fight. Even though many groups may try and do the same as her, in the end it's always the Slayer to make the sacrifice." Kagome wanted to ask what he meant when he spat out the word "sacrifice" but she had the feeling it needed no answer. The sacrifice was their life. Which led her to her next words.
"You knew a Slayer." Kagome responded, but it was not a question.
Her grandfather nodded. "Yes, she was my best friend and girlfriend of three years. She died when she was 18, and was called into her slayer lineage when she was 16, as all slayers are."
"She only survived as a slayer for three years?" Kagome's voice was softer then she intended, and the sorrow and compassion in her voice was not missed on her grandfather.
Slowly he opened his glassy brown eyes. Always soft and kind, but now filled with a sadness Kagome wished that he'd never had to possess. "Slayers... the oldest was but 19 when she died. They usually only last 2 or 3 years, and it's not always a demon that kills them." he looks down at his lap as he fought tears.
Kagome couldn't hide the expression of horror and grief on her own face. She knew what her grandfather was getting at. The slayers that didn't die in battle died of heart break, of sheer misery.
She could understand why though. Such a life though filled with friends, boyfriends, and family, was still very much alone. No one could understand the duty or obligation. There was no escaping the card fate had handed them. Kagome understood that much as it was her duty to complete the Shikon. But she had help. For the slayers there was no normal life ahead for these girls... only an untimely death.
A frown of determination passed over Kagome's face. Yes, it was true that this girl was given the short straw in life and luck, but something was happening, and the current slayer was either slipping, or in trouble, because the dark powers were growing and growing fast.
"Grandfather, I know this is hard for you to talk about, but I have to know. I asked you these questions because I sense a darkness growing in our world. I've never before sensed these demons in our time, but now.... they are so very strong, and growing in power!
The slayer... has she- Has a new one not been called?"
Her grandfather looked up at her sharply, his usually kind and gentle brown orbs, now dark and cold. It s eemed the time had come to clue his granddaughter in on her part in the survival of the world.
"Kagome... what I tell you about this is VERY important and you must never forget what I tell you here. Listen carefully...
The reason you sense these powers growing is not because a slayer has not yet been called, it's because the slayer HAS been called. This new slayer... she's different. She's the slayer that's a demon." Kagome's eyes widened but she remained silent.
"In this time, she is human... the slayer and the most powerful one I've had the fortune of seeing. As a member of one of the most respected rogue demon hunter groups, it's my duty to watch the slayer, and if it appears there is trouble, assign a Hunting group to the area for a little back up.
So far she has never seemed to need any help, but then again... she is much different from any slayer I have ever met before. She doesn't follow the rules of her watcher, the one who trains and guides her, because she's by far the hardest headed girl I've ever seen. She is very loyal though, to her family, watcher, and her friends.
Which is another thing... most slayers do not have friends or family because they become the targets of most attacks, demons hate the slayer and having her head is the biggest prize one can fetch.
Anyway, I am getting off the topic here. She's more resourceful then the last five I have been assigned to spy on. She's witty, smart, beautiful" a perverted gleam shined in his eye and when he heard his granddaughter growl in frustration he quickly continued.
"But a prophecy has been discovered by Makunsi. He is the chief leader of all the rogue hunting groups. An entire council has been created, made up of the chief leaders of each faction, and their objective is to keep a search out for any demon groups looking to cause any big or little trouble, and to research the many different types of demons so that it will be known how to destroy them.
During the research two prophesies have been found, both involving the current slayer.
As I have said before, this slayer is a demon. Here, she is nothing but a human girl that happens to be a slayer. The first prophesy tells that she will travel into the past world, your world Kagome, and there she will discover her demon. You must be her guide and support Kagome, for once she has found that side of her, slipping into the darkness will be all too easy.
In the past she must face her demon, and destroy the reign of terror that currently exists. She is the balance to the equation. The evil has become too strong, and only she can even the playing field out. That is why she MUST NOT be allowed to slip into her darkness!" Kagome nodded as she heard the urgency in her grandfather's voice.
"Should she fail, our time as we know it will cease to exist and everything you know and love will die. The slayer is our only hope." he heaved a heavy breath.
"Should she succeed however, the battle will only be half done. The second prophesy involves a demon, coming to our world. He must travel here with you and here he must break through the ice of his heart and the evil of his spirit to help the slayer destroy the darkness growing in this world."
Her grandfather closed his eyes as if finished with his lecture and Kagome, leaning in for more, nearly fell into the fire.
"Ack!" she scurried away, not missing the chuckle that shook her grandfather's small frame.
"How will I know this demon?"
"You wont. He will know. He will demand access into our time, but he will not come to save it. He will come to destroy it."
Kagome gulped. These prophesies were looking pretty one sided in favoritism, and it WASN'T leaning towards the humans!
"And when will the Slayer be coming to the past?" there was a pause.
"When the stars allow it." was her only response --- teaser: Next time on Dual Prophecy. It's three years into the future and the slayer has just stumbled into the past. Will Kagome be there to help the confused, and trigger happy girl? Will Inuyasha ever stop whining?
Authors note: I know this has been a rough start, but I'm trying. Please stick with me on this, I'm sure it will be worth all your pain! LOL Please feel free to comment and leave constructive criticism.
Prologue: Prophecy 1
Kagome listened as the fire in front of her crackled. She inhaled the wild mesquite smoke scent that filled her grandfather's temple of worship, and it slightly calmed her frayed nerves. Her eyes were closed, but her senses were acutely alert. Alert to the dark powers that, though never before sensed in her time, were now growing stronger.
Something was coming. That was why the dark powers, the powers of demons were growing and multiplying. Kagome, Miko of both times and worlds, chosen by tetsuiga, champion of the Shikon no Tama was scared.
After arriving in the past, over five years ago, Kagome had grown stronger with her Miko powers, and with the help of Kaede and her grandfather, learned to hone those skills. She had since become quite accomplished in healing, which had come in great need as of late, for in the past the demons were growing as well, and humans were being injured and slaughtered like cattle.
In fact she had become so accomplished that about 6 months ago she was able to restore Sesshomaru's arm to him. Inuyasha had been furious for a few weeks but Kagome was eventually able to 'sit' him long enough for him to hear her out. The great Sesshomaru had been helping their group seek the Shikon and helped in attacks in return for the occasional opportunity to attack Naraku. Kagome reasoned that it was in all of their best interest to have Sesshomaru at the peak of his skill and one arm had hampered him in the past. Inuyasha had thought about it and agreed considering the incline in attacks as of late, though he still insisted that Sesshomaru was as lethal without it. And in hindsight, Kagome had to agree.
A debate ran rampant through Kagome's head. Across from her, on the other side of the power and spiritually symbolic fire, her grandfather meditated. He knew of Kagome's travels and he could perhaps help her understand the growth in these demons. It was after all, what he knew best. But she worried about troubling the elderly man, which created a paradox because then she worried of unnecessarily worrying him.
Curiosity won out, as it usually did with Kagome, and timidly she spoke. "Uh, Grandpa?" her voice absorbed into the barren wood walls of the temple.
"Yes, Kagome? What troubles you?" responded her grandfather
For the past thirty minutes he had sensed his grand-daughters unease. Usually, of the two she was the most able to calm into a meditative state, but as of lately the calm required, escaped her.
"I have a question... about the demons." she paused, and her grandfather, made no move to even acknowledge he'd heard her, but she knew he had.
"The past five years I've become quite in tune with the demon powers. I can sense them like crazy in Inuyasha's time, but why have I never felt them here?"
A glimmer of a smile passed over her grandfathers face, as if he were wistfully remembering.
"Kagome dear... that is because the numbers are so few. There are demons in this time, always have been, always will be.
There are factions of the government that fight off these demon populations, and there are rogue groups outside of the government that fight as well, on a more suburban level.
I myself was once in one of those groups. Oh my, we sure did vanquish quite a many demons in my day!" he wiggled in his spot with some slight excitement, though he never opened his eyes.
"You know I once envisioned myself taking over for our group leader once he set up for retirement. But then I met your grandmother and- Well, some things are just more important.
You see fighting the demons of this time, is much like fighting the ones you have fought off the past. The difference is their number and power. There are many more in the past, but they are far less dangerous then the ones here. In fact you can attest to it, why you and Inuyasha have been more than just friends for over three years now, and that little guy... Shippo. Friends you see... not in our time. No, no. The demons now...." he trailed off and Kagome didn't miss the expression of pain that washed over her grandfathers face. "Their animals." He responded coldly.
"Anyway, your grandmother didn't want me fighting them anymore, because of the dangers. We were going to be a family and she didn't want her children fatherless."
Kagome waited for him to continue, for she sensed he had more to say. More that would greatly trouble him.
"However, there is one who is literally created to fight these demons." Kagome blinked. "Every muscle, bone, artery, heart, mind, soul was built with the fight in mind."
"Like a Miko?" she asked innocently.
A curt snort was her first response. "No. No Miko could possibly handle the evils and pain that this one must face. Miko's are simply too pure of heart, mind and body." another long pause passed between the two.
"She is the slayer. One girl in all the world who is called to protect the innocent lives of mortals. In the end she really is this world's only line of defense against the demons.
She's alone in her fight. Even though many groups may try and do the same as her, in the end it's always the Slayer to make the sacrifice." Kagome wanted to ask what he meant when he spat out the word "sacrifice" but she had the feeling it needed no answer. The sacrifice was their life. Which led her to her next words.
"You knew a Slayer." Kagome responded, but it was not a question.
Her grandfather nodded. "Yes, she was my best friend and girlfriend of three years. She died when she was 18, and was called into her slayer lineage when she was 16, as all slayers are."
"She only survived as a slayer for three years?" Kagome's voice was softer then she intended, and the sorrow and compassion in her voice was not missed on her grandfather.
Slowly he opened his glassy brown eyes. Always soft and kind, but now filled with a sadness Kagome wished that he'd never had to possess. "Slayers... the oldest was but 19 when she died. They usually only last 2 or 3 years, and it's not always a demon that kills them." he looks down at his lap as he fought tears.
Kagome couldn't hide the expression of horror and grief on her own face. She knew what her grandfather was getting at. The slayers that didn't die in battle died of heart break, of sheer misery.
She could understand why though. Such a life though filled with friends, boyfriends, and family, was still very much alone. No one could understand the duty or obligation. There was no escaping the card fate had handed them. Kagome understood that much as it was her duty to complete the Shikon. But she had help. For the slayers there was no normal life ahead for these girls... only an untimely death.
A frown of determination passed over Kagome's face. Yes, it was true that this girl was given the short straw in life and luck, but something was happening, and the current slayer was either slipping, or in trouble, because the dark powers were growing and growing fast.
"Grandfather, I know this is hard for you to talk about, but I have to know. I asked you these questions because I sense a darkness growing in our world. I've never before sensed these demons in our time, but now.... they are so very strong, and growing in power!
The slayer... has she- Has a new one not been called?"
Her grandfather looked up at her sharply, his usually kind and gentle brown orbs, now dark and cold. It s eemed the time had come to clue his granddaughter in on her part in the survival of the world.
"Kagome... what I tell you about this is VERY important and you must never forget what I tell you here. Listen carefully...
The reason you sense these powers growing is not because a slayer has not yet been called, it's because the slayer HAS been called. This new slayer... she's different. She's the slayer that's a demon." Kagome's eyes widened but she remained silent.
"In this time, she is human... the slayer and the most powerful one I've had the fortune of seeing. As a member of one of the most respected rogue demon hunter groups, it's my duty to watch the slayer, and if it appears there is trouble, assign a Hunting group to the area for a little back up.
So far she has never seemed to need any help, but then again... she is much different from any slayer I have ever met before. She doesn't follow the rules of her watcher, the one who trains and guides her, because she's by far the hardest headed girl I've ever seen. She is very loyal though, to her family, watcher, and her friends.
Which is another thing... most slayers do not have friends or family because they become the targets of most attacks, demons hate the slayer and having her head is the biggest prize one can fetch.
Anyway, I am getting off the topic here. She's more resourceful then the last five I have been assigned to spy on. She's witty, smart, beautiful" a perverted gleam shined in his eye and when he heard his granddaughter growl in frustration he quickly continued.
"But a prophecy has been discovered by Makunsi. He is the chief leader of all the rogue hunting groups. An entire council has been created, made up of the chief leaders of each faction, and their objective is to keep a search out for any demon groups looking to cause any big or little trouble, and to research the many different types of demons so that it will be known how to destroy them.
During the research two prophesies have been found, both involving the current slayer.
As I have said before, this slayer is a demon. Here, she is nothing but a human girl that happens to be a slayer. The first prophesy tells that she will travel into the past world, your world Kagome, and there she will discover her demon. You must be her guide and support Kagome, for once she has found that side of her, slipping into the darkness will be all too easy.
In the past she must face her demon, and destroy the reign of terror that currently exists. She is the balance to the equation. The evil has become too strong, and only she can even the playing field out. That is why she MUST NOT be allowed to slip into her darkness!" Kagome nodded as she heard the urgency in her grandfather's voice.
"Should she fail, our time as we know it will cease to exist and everything you know and love will die. The slayer is our only hope." he heaved a heavy breath.
"Should she succeed however, the battle will only be half done. The second prophesy involves a demon, coming to our world. He must travel here with you and here he must break through the ice of his heart and the evil of his spirit to help the slayer destroy the darkness growing in this world."
Her grandfather closed his eyes as if finished with his lecture and Kagome, leaning in for more, nearly fell into the fire.
"Ack!" she scurried away, not missing the chuckle that shook her grandfather's small frame.
"How will I know this demon?"
"You wont. He will know. He will demand access into our time, but he will not come to save it. He will come to destroy it."
Kagome gulped. These prophesies were looking pretty one sided in favoritism, and it WASN'T leaning towards the humans!
"And when will the Slayer be coming to the past?" there was a pause.
"When the stars allow it." was her only response --- teaser: Next time on Dual Prophecy. It's three years into the future and the slayer has just stumbled into the past. Will Kagome be there to help the confused, and trigger happy girl? Will Inuyasha ever stop whining?
Authors note: I know this has been a rough start, but I'm trying. Please stick with me on this, I'm sure it will be worth all your pain! LOL Please feel free to comment and leave constructive criticism.