Spellcaster
Kanna the Trapped Soul
Mirrors always reflect the truth.
Kikyo appeared suddenly and uncoordinated into the middle of her cave. She fell to her knees but quickly gathered herself and stood. She was wearing a long black cloak that was buttoned up the front. The edges hung on the ground awkwardly while the hood rested against her back.
"Welcome home." A monotone voice spoke although Kikyo was alone in the room.
"Yes indeed." Kikyo said and walked towards a small mirror on the wall. She stood in front of it and a young girls face appeared in it. "Kanna."
The girl's hair was short and white making her pale skin seem live with color. A completely white flower complimented the plainness of her hair. When she spoke her voice showed no feeling nor did her expression reveal it either. "I have seen something I think you might take interest in."
"Why should I listen to a foolish mirror like you?" Kikyo's anger was rising. When she realized it she covered her mouth with her hands and turned her back to Kanna.
'What's my problem?' Kikyo thought. 'I'm terribly cruel one moment and gentle and kind the next.'
"What is troubling you?" Kanna spoke in her dram voice.
Kikyo turned around with a serious expression, "Tell me Kanna, what is wrong with me?"
"A personal question?" Kanna's voice did not hint this to be a question.
Kikyo nodded.
"Very well, wait here, it may take me a second." Kanna's face disappeared from the mirror and Kikyo released a large lonely sigh. Kanna returned. "I see."
"That was fast." Kikyo said.
"I did say only a second, I cannot lie."
"Well, what did you discover?" Kikyo asked.
"It seems," Kanna paused for a moment as if to add dramatic effect. "That you are battling yourself."
Kikyo looked at the mirror, puzzled. "I do not understand," she stated.
"It is simple. There are two sides to every person, the dark side and the light side. In most people the sides can live in harmony working off each other, but in others they fight for supreme right over the being." Kanna finished.
Kikyo shook her head. "So the evil is fighting the good."
"Yes," Kanna said with no emotion. "And the evil is winning."
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There was a loud pound on the door that sounded like a cannon. Kagome took a step back and looked apprehensively at it. Inuyasha barked and stepped in front of Kagome as if to shield her from any danger.
There was another pound on the door, and this time it was so strong that Kagome could actually hear the hinges on the door start to give way under the pressure. Wisps of air came from the door because the person or thing pounding on it was so strong they actually contorted air. Inuyasha started to growl, he lowered his head slightly and folded his ears back.
There was one last pound on the door. Kagome could hear the wood break off the hinges and she could feel the wind hit her face as the door fell to the ground. Kagome turned her back to the door out of fear and covered her face with her hands.
The door hit the ground directly in front of the doorway. Standing just outside was the silhouette of a man. He took a step forward onto the fallen door. His face was expressionless.
Inuyasha growled deeper.
"Ah." The man said.
"Ha." Inuyasha growled.
Kagome turned around and her eyes widened in surprise to discover who had knocked down her door.
"You're the, the," she stuttered. "The man from the dog pound!"
"Why, yes I am." Sesshomaru said.
"Gosh, you didn't have to knock down the door." A young girl mocked from behind Sesshomaru. She stepped next to him onto the broken door.
"This is Rin." Sesshomaru said without motioning towards her.
"Uh, nice to meet you." Kagome said.
"The pleasure is all-"Rin cut off.
"Kagome!" Mother yelled as she ran from the kitchen wiping her hands on her apron. "What is all that racket, you should know better…" Mother trailed off as she caught site of the broken door. "Oh dear."
"Hi mom, this is the man from the pound." Kagome said.
"Sesshomaru." He said.
"And I'm Rin, it's a pleasure to meet you Ma'am." Rin said politely as she stepped forward and held out her hand for Mother. Mother took it and shook it firmly.
"The door." Mother said.
"Oh yes, terribly sorry about that." Rin said. As if hearing his cue from a play Sesshomaru picked up the door and placed it back in it's frame.
Inuyasha stepped forward towards Sesshomaru. "He's my brother." He told Kagome. She looked at Inuyasha with an expression that was the equivalent to being smacked in the face.
"What?" She yelled.
Rin looked surprised, "I said I was sorry for the door."
"She wasn't talking to you Rin." Sesshomaru said. Rin looked at Sesshomaru with pure confusion on her face. "She was talking to Inuyasha." Sesshomaru sneered when he said his brother's name.
Inuyasha growled.
"Nonsense." Mother said. "Inuyasha's a dog."
"Why, yes he is." Sesshomaru said. "And a very bad dog."
"Tell him." Inuyasha said as he growled at his brother. "That I want him to leave now or else."
"Uh…" Kagome took a quick look at her Mother before continuing. "Sesshomaru…uh…he said leave now."
"Or else." Inuyasha barked at her.
"Or else." Kagome said.
Sesshomaru leaned down towards Inuyasha and glared at the dog. "Or else what?"
Kagome looked at Inuyasha for an answer. Sesshomaru almost smiled at his brother as he watched his anger grow.
"Tell him, he doesn't want to find out." Inuyasha said.
Kagome looked at Sesshomaru.
"Well, what did he say girl?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Kagome, don't tell me that you can actually understand this dog?" Mother asked.
Kagome looked at her mother with dread. "Well, I uh…" she started.
"Kagome!" Sango yelled from upstairs. She started to come quickly down the stairs but slowed down as she neared the bottom steps. "What in god's name is going on?"
"Hello." Sesshomaru swiftly greeted.
"Hi…uh…Kagome what is the dog pound guy doing here?" Sango asked.
"Well evidently," Kagome's mom said almost angrily. "Kagome can talk to dogs."
"Anyone can talk to dogs, it's understanding them that's the hard part." Sesshomaru said. "Now I will not ask you again girl."
"Tell him to piss off." Inuyasha said.
"Uh…go away…" Kagome offered.
"That's not what he really said." Sesshomaru argued.
"I don't want to say what he said." Kagome persisted.
"Well brother, it seems you've gotten yourself into a real pickle with this one." Sesshomaru said ignoring Kagome.
"I've got it under control." Inuyasha said sitting down.
"He says he's got it under control." Kagome translated.
"Oh yes…I can see that, it's been a lovely 500 years as a dog for you hasn't it?" Sesshomaru mocked.
Inuyasha growled deeper, "Why don't you go and dig your own grave, then bury yourself in it. That would be a big favor to every living thing."
"He says you are mean and need to die." Kagome roughly translated because she did not want to say exactly what Inuyasha had said.
"I see brother. You hate me and yet I bring good news."
"I don't want to talk to you anymore." Inuyasha walked behind Kagome.
"What?" Kagome asked Sesshomaru.
"I know another way to save him from the clutches of that Spellcaster." Sesshomaru said as he stood up and directed his attention towards Kagome.
"How?" She asked as Sango walked next to her.
"It's not easy." He said.
"I should think not." Kagome agreed.
"You, girl, must kill her."
"Kill her…?" Kagome asked.
"With your own hands, and then your soul mate shall be free."
"I'm not her soul mate!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Yeah, we're not soul mates!" Kagome yelled pointing towards Inuyasha.
"Think what you like but the facts stand as they are." Sesshomaru stated.
"What are you saying, that this dog was once a human?" Mother asked.
"A half breed." Sesshomaru said. "Half human and half demon. An evil Spellcaster once turned-"
"Spellcaster? What's that?" Sango asked.
"A Spellcaster is a lot like a witch." Rin explained.
"Yes," Sesshomaru agreed, "Yet more powerful. Now this Spellcaster turned Inuyasha here into a dog till he could complete 200 good deeds, and be kissed by his true love."
Inuyasha winced slightly; he had not wanted Kagome to know his curse, let alone all these other people.
"We don't need to kill her then, we just have to find Inuyasha's true love and have her kiss him." Kagome said.
"Please let me finish." Sesshomaru said. "Now, this certain Spellcaster loves loopholes, so she made one…well several, only one she knows about. The first is that his true love can hear him."
Mother gasped.
"And…" Sesshomaru said louder. "The curse is broken if she dies at the hands of his true love."
"I only have 18 deeds left, we don't have to kill her." Inuyasha said from behind Kagome.
"He only has 18 deeds left though." Kagome said.
"Yes…but I know something else you do not know." Sesshomaru said as he removed the door from the frame and leaned it against the wall.
"What?" Inuyasha barked.
"What?" Kagome said.
"Ah…now that my dear brother, is for me to know and for you to find out." Sesshomaru finished and walked out the busted door. Rin followed with a kind wave to the family.
"Don't you think we should tell them?" Rin asked Sesshomaru as they walked away from the house.
Sesshomaru ran a hand through his shoulder length black hair as he said, "All in due time…"
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"Shut up!" Kikyo ripped the mirror off the wall and held it close to her face. She stared into the image of the pale girls face.
"I only tell the truth." Kanna said.
"Truth or not I don't want to hear it!" Kikyo yelled as tears of anger started to swell up in her eyes.
"You ask and I answer…" Kanna said.
"NO!" Kikyo yelled as she raised Kanna's mirror high in the air and released it.
"What are you doing," Kanna said as the mirror started to drop towards the ground. "If the mirror shatters I will die."
"I know."
Kanna's image vanished from the mirror just before it hit the ground. The mirror exploded into thousands of tiny reflecting peaces. Kikyo took a horrified step back.
"Tut, tut, Kikyo."
Kikyo spun around and saw Naraku standing behind her in a blue velvet suit. He walked forward towards the shards and bent down next to them.
"What are you doing here?" Kikyo asked.
"Poor Kanna, she always served your every whim and you still destroyed her." Naraku said. "You're becoming reckless."
"What do you mean?"
Naraku started to laugh, "Kikyo if it wasn't for your loopholes you would be the most powerful Spellcaster in the universe. But you see you said Kanna would be freed if her creator came to rescue her."
"Yeah, so?" Kikyo said in confusion.
"Well you see, Kanna was not born of this world, I am her creator." Naraku stood up with a single peace of mirror in his hand. "Kanna my dear I have finally come for you."
Kikyo stared wide-eyed at him, "This is not possible."
"But isn't it?" Naraku sneered.
There was nothing special about what happened next the mirror's broken peaces reconnected themselves together and the mirror floated in the air even with Naraku's chest. Then the image of a young girl wearing all white with white hair started to fade in with her face even with the mirror.
"Kanna." Kikyo gasped. The mirror vanished as the girl's transparent image became whole. Kanna turned around and looked at Kikyo, her face was still expressionless.
"Kikyo…" Kanna whispered. She held her hands out in front of her and the mirror appeared in them. "Give me your soul."
"No!" Kikyo screamed as she tried to run away.
Naraku only laughed.
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"Sesshomaru!" Kagome yelled as she ran to catch up with him. The pure white dog was on her heels.
Sesshomaru stopped walking and turned around. "What now."
"What if someone else kills Kikyo? Not me." Kagome asked.
"Ah so now you believe you are Inuyasha's soul mate."
Kagome made a little whimpering sound.
"What if I killed her?" Sango appeared behind Kagome.
Sesshomaru shook his head. "That would not work, if Kikyo does not die at the hands of Kagome, Inuyasha's soul mate, then Inuyasha will remain a dog forever."
"Forever." Inuyasha said sadly.
"No…" Kagome muttered softly. 'I think I do love him…' she thought sadly.
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