Sometimes, the Glass just Breaks
Illustrious Sorrow
Chapter 6: The First Circle
"Kaa-san! Kaa-san! Where were you?! Oba-san couldn't find you and I couldn't smell you anymore and then the lady from before came and said you were find and-"
"Shippo, hold up a second. What lady?"
"The one with the brown hair? She was here when we first came back. Oba-san's friend, remember?"
"Ah, hai. I remember." Kagome's lips curled in a silent snarl directed at the woman with the same energy as the human boy who had been one of the four following them earlier. Suddenly a thought struck her so hard it knocked the other out of her mind. (A/n: like a baseball bat…) Kagome knelt down in front of Shippo, questioning him gently.
"Baby, when you wished on the jewel, what did you ask for? What were your exact words?"
"I asked to be just like you, Kaa-san. Except not a girl."
"Could you please concentrate on your kitsune form?"
"Hai!" Shippo's eyebrows narrowed in concentration and with a little 'poof' there was a small kitsune kit standing in front of Kagome.
"Sweetheart, you are still a yokai, you just have control over your form, that's why you could use your magic! Baby, I'm a kitsune demon too."
"Really, kaa-san?"
"Hai." Shippo popped back into his human form and jumped into Kagome's arms.
"Ai shiteru, Kaa-san."
"Ai shiteru, Shippo." Kagome smiled as she set her son back onto the ground and he slid his hand into hers.
"Come on baby, let's go find Oba-san, I'm sure she'll want an explanation." She half turned around,
"Are you coming, Hiei?"
Hiei, surprised at being caught, nearly fell from his tree.
"Hai, my queen." Kagome sighed,
"Don't call me 'my queen' it'll get annoying really fast and I've had it with Yokai not calling me my real name. It's Kagome. Call me Kagome."
Hiei gave Kagome an undecipherable look and then nodded; falling in beside her and her son, ready to protect them if he had to.
Kagome was still several feet away from the door when she felt the presence of the three missing boys, Botan: the Lady of Death, and the woman who was her mother's friend.
Kagome walked through the door, placing Shippo between her and Hiei, unconsciously knowing that he was someone to trust, and consciously snarling a bit when she realized what she had done.
"Why are you here?"
"My queen, I wish to apologize. I was only following my master's orders."
"I understand. You are forgiven, as…Yusuke? Is that right? However, you-" She turned to face Kwabara, "You are not forgiven. You must prove to me your worth. No man should ever threaten the life of a child. You may return to Koenma, ask him to heal you, after you explain how you came by those burns."
Kagome turned now to the woman, whose name she had yet to learn.
"I do not know your purpose here. Explain to me."
"I am Kwabara Shizuru. Please do not place me with my brother. I love him, but he is very stupid. He will learn from the lesson you have taught him, though I know this doesn't excuse what he did. I was assigned by Koenma to follow you until we had discovered who you were. We did not yet know you were the Sakigake queen we had been searching for."
"I understand. You too, are forgiven."
Kagome sat on the arm of one of the couches in the living room where they stood.
"Please, sit down. There is no longer any need for formality. Botan, please send Kwabara to Koenma. Thank you."
After Kwabara was gone, Kagome began to speak again.
"I have spoken with Koenma; he seemed to indicate that you all were trust worthy. I would like to invite you to be the first circle of my court. Your first loyalty would be to me. Then to each other, and then to Enma and his son, Koenma. After that, your duties would be to help me strengthen the bond between humans and Yokai, and to find the Soi Nai items. Do you except?"
"My queen, I am unfit you for your court. I am the forbidden child of the ice maidens, a mixture of ice and fire, I cannot serve you."
As the other boys of Hiei's former alliance stared at the smaller yokai, Kagome smiled gently.
"You more then any other are fit for my court. You are opposites in one, you are as all are, and you are as I am. I would have you serve me, for you are loyal."
Hearing this, Hiei knelt onto the floor, bowing his head.
"If you will take me, I will serve. My life will always be in your service, as will my heart."
"Thank you. You will always be under my protection, for as long as your life and heart are in my service, and forever as you serve loyally." Kagome grasped both of Hiei's shoulders in her hands and pulled him up. Kissing him softly on both checks, she whispered into his ears, a message for him alone, and when he pulled away, a black stripe lined each of his checks, just where her stripes were, in addition to an ornate black crown, resting on his heart.
Each of the others knelt onto the ground, one by one, pledging to serve Kagome, all sensing her goodness and power, her fairness and love. Each gained marks to prove they served her, the crown on the heart, but only Hiei received the stripes, which were a reminder to every yokai who saw it that this forbidden child was wanted, that he was in service and that he was loved by his queen. He would forever be loyal.
TO BE CONTINUED…
Author's Note: Hope you enjoyed. I had planned to go further, but that seemed like a really good place to stop. Final's are over, so the next chapter should be up in a week or so. Review and tell me what you thought, Ja Ne!
Illustrious Sorrow
Chapter 6: The First Circle
"Kaa-san! Kaa-san! Where were you?! Oba-san couldn't find you and I couldn't smell you anymore and then the lady from before came and said you were find and-"
"Shippo, hold up a second. What lady?"
"The one with the brown hair? She was here when we first came back. Oba-san's friend, remember?"
"Ah, hai. I remember." Kagome's lips curled in a silent snarl directed at the woman with the same energy as the human boy who had been one of the four following them earlier. Suddenly a thought struck her so hard it knocked the other out of her mind. (A/n: like a baseball bat…) Kagome knelt down in front of Shippo, questioning him gently.
"Baby, when you wished on the jewel, what did you ask for? What were your exact words?"
"I asked to be just like you, Kaa-san. Except not a girl."
"Could you please concentrate on your kitsune form?"
"Hai!" Shippo's eyebrows narrowed in concentration and with a little 'poof' there was a small kitsune kit standing in front of Kagome.
"Sweetheart, you are still a yokai, you just have control over your form, that's why you could use your magic! Baby, I'm a kitsune demon too."
"Really, kaa-san?"
"Hai." Shippo popped back into his human form and jumped into Kagome's arms.
"Ai shiteru, Kaa-san."
"Ai shiteru, Shippo." Kagome smiled as she set her son back onto the ground and he slid his hand into hers.
"Come on baby, let's go find Oba-san, I'm sure she'll want an explanation." She half turned around,
"Are you coming, Hiei?"
Hiei, surprised at being caught, nearly fell from his tree.
"Hai, my queen." Kagome sighed,
"Don't call me 'my queen' it'll get annoying really fast and I've had it with Yokai not calling me my real name. It's Kagome. Call me Kagome."
Hiei gave Kagome an undecipherable look and then nodded; falling in beside her and her son, ready to protect them if he had to.
Kagome was still several feet away from the door when she felt the presence of the three missing boys, Botan: the Lady of Death, and the woman who was her mother's friend.
Kagome walked through the door, placing Shippo between her and Hiei, unconsciously knowing that he was someone to trust, and consciously snarling a bit when she realized what she had done.
"Why are you here?"
"My queen, I wish to apologize. I was only following my master's orders."
"I understand. You are forgiven, as…Yusuke? Is that right? However, you-" She turned to face Kwabara, "You are not forgiven. You must prove to me your worth. No man should ever threaten the life of a child. You may return to Koenma, ask him to heal you, after you explain how you came by those burns."
Kagome turned now to the woman, whose name she had yet to learn.
"I do not know your purpose here. Explain to me."
"I am Kwabara Shizuru. Please do not place me with my brother. I love him, but he is very stupid. He will learn from the lesson you have taught him, though I know this doesn't excuse what he did. I was assigned by Koenma to follow you until we had discovered who you were. We did not yet know you were the Sakigake queen we had been searching for."
"I understand. You too, are forgiven."
Kagome sat on the arm of one of the couches in the living room where they stood.
"Please, sit down. There is no longer any need for formality. Botan, please send Kwabara to Koenma. Thank you."
After Kwabara was gone, Kagome began to speak again.
"I have spoken with Koenma; he seemed to indicate that you all were trust worthy. I would like to invite you to be the first circle of my court. Your first loyalty would be to me. Then to each other, and then to Enma and his son, Koenma. After that, your duties would be to help me strengthen the bond between humans and Yokai, and to find the Soi Nai items. Do you except?"
"My queen, I am unfit you for your court. I am the forbidden child of the ice maidens, a mixture of ice and fire, I cannot serve you."
As the other boys of Hiei's former alliance stared at the smaller yokai, Kagome smiled gently.
"You more then any other are fit for my court. You are opposites in one, you are as all are, and you are as I am. I would have you serve me, for you are loyal."
Hearing this, Hiei knelt onto the floor, bowing his head.
"If you will take me, I will serve. My life will always be in your service, as will my heart."
"Thank you. You will always be under my protection, for as long as your life and heart are in my service, and forever as you serve loyally." Kagome grasped both of Hiei's shoulders in her hands and pulled him up. Kissing him softly on both checks, she whispered into his ears, a message for him alone, and when he pulled away, a black stripe lined each of his checks, just where her stripes were, in addition to an ornate black crown, resting on his heart.
Each of the others knelt onto the ground, one by one, pledging to serve Kagome, all sensing her goodness and power, her fairness and love. Each gained marks to prove they served her, the crown on the heart, but only Hiei received the stripes, which were a reminder to every yokai who saw it that this forbidden child was wanted, that he was in service and that he was loved by his queen. He would forever be loyal.
TO BE CONTINUED…
Author's Note: Hope you enjoyed. I had planned to go further, but that seemed like a really good place to stop. Final's are over, so the next chapter should be up in a week or so. Review and tell me what you thought, Ja Ne!