Hmmm... When I wrote this story, it was LONG so I had to condense it and ended up putting it into chapters then I ended up cutting it up pretty much a lot from the original, but I didn't really get far into writing this.
Anyways, Inuyasha is once again Rumiko Takahashi's property and Viz and whoever has claims and whatever to it.
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Chapter One
I looked at my outfit and scowled.
'...Pink...'
I was dressed up in this...this atrocious rag of a dress all for one thing: the protection of our Lords Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha, the heirs to the Shatura throne.
Today was the last day of the Spring Festival, the beginning of a new year with a fresh new start on everything. Shatura had one week to enjoy the beginning of spring in all its glory and on the last final day, the royal family would venture through the capital in the Spring Parade during the night. Then they would retire to the castle for songs and dance late into the night until they could no longer party.
The Spring Festival was indeed the time to enjoy a new life, but it was also when Shatura was also weakest, they weren't prepared, but we were... That's why... Why I had to dress in such a ridiculous outfit! My uncle, the leader of our group, made Sango and I and a couple of others, the performers in the parade for the Dance of the Firefly Fairies. We would be dancing with hot sticks and swords, blowing fire, throw fireballs, yeah, that kind of thing, but pink?! It just didn't fit!
"Are you still grumbling about the color of the outfit?" Sango groaned.
Of course I was miffed about it! The color didn't match!
"Yes!" I snapped, "a great actress must also have a great disguise that actually BLENDS in with her character that she's playing!"
She rolled her eyes and me," Whatever."
I sighed, "Well, I guess it'll have to do then. Red would have been better though..."
"And that explains the red hair?" she pointed at my hair.
My hair was red, well, dyed red, but would wash away after coming in contact with water. This was just one of the things I had to go through to convince people that I was actually the person I was playing. I was good at acting, very good. So good that my victims never saw their death coming. Oh yeah, by the way, my name is Higurashi Kagome, also known Crimson Dream, the Assassin of a Thousand Faces. I don't actually have a thousand faces, I just play many different roles to get close enough to my target to kill them, or protect them, depending on the job I'm on at the moment.
I am an assassin if you haven't figured it out by now. If you've read the prologue, you know about the dark children of Shatura right? Well, they are my people and I am one of them. Although Shatura still turns away from us, we love Shatura and we would even sacrifice our lives to defend it. My people long ago came up with a name for our people the day we left Shatura... We became the Clan of the Lost Souls. You ask why? Well, Shatura was much like the body of my people and once they left, they were like lost, wandering souls that had no body to return to. Understand?
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"Although Lord InuTaisho will not be in the parade tonight, his sons are. Their lives are in danger because we've received information from our sources that they are being targeted for assassination from some country, most likely from Barthim, but it may be wrong. Anyway, whoever it is, we'll find out in due time, but as of the moment, the two young lords are not to be harmed at all tonight."
Most of us were assembled at the meeting place for uncle's review over the plan for tonight. The others were on watch and preparing.
"It is most likely that they will use most of their people to distract the guard, but there is only one or a couple who are actually the ones who will try to kill the two masters. Keiko, your group must be by the southern walls and keep a watch for anyone who might get past the gates there. Shiro, your group is by the western gates and Hideo, your group at the eastern gates. Yoichi, your group must keep a tight eye on the castle in case anyone suspicious should enter it through any other opening that isn't the front door. Got that?" uncle told them.
The four masked leaders nodded their heads in unison with eyes of determination.
Uncle then nodded to them and turned to us.
"Kagome, you, Sango and the others must perform the Dance of the Firefly Fairies in the parade. Use all that we've taught you and don't screw it up or someone will get suspicious, mainly the Lords Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha because it is you all that are walking in front of the two lords and are the closest to them. If any danger is to arrive to them, you must be protect their lives with yours, is that understood?"
We all nodded.
"Good. Everyone must be in his or her designated position the moment the parade starts. Those of you stalking the streets and roofs, go in disguise or darkness, it doesn't matter to me how you go, but only as long as you don't bring attention to yourself or forget the task that's at hand. Now, is there anything that needs to be repeated?"
A chorus of no's went about the room.
"Good. Now we must go. Good-bye and may Shatura watch over us all tonight," my uncle ended.
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Not very good huh? I wanted to set the info to you readers first so you'd get the idea of who's who and what's what. This is what classic authors do, set up about 100 pages worth of info then they start the dialogue and action. Well, read and review! (^_^)
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GRRRRRR!!!! My computer got infected with some virus! Don't worry! I deleted it. What happened was that the virus infected my email from my friend who's friend got it from another and so on. Well, it went into the address book and sent itself to everyone on my contact list even though my messenger! I deleted it though cause someone sent my friends an email that told them about the virus and how to find it and get rid of it. Now I'm worried about my friends and their computers. I hope they don't crash. Oh well, c'est la vie!
Inuyasha is a stroke of genius work that the great Rumiko Takahashi has created and those other great people such as Viz who help make Inuyasha available to us. All hail them! *bows*
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Chapter Two
Uncle kept me behind a few minutes after the pep talk.
"Kagome, be careful okay?" he warned me.
I smiled at him, "Sure uncle, promise."
He sighed, "If only your mother were here. Then you wouldn't be here, you'd be with her and out of danger."
"Uncle," I said as I hugged him, "I'll be all right. I'll look after myself tonight so don't worry."
He sighed again. "Okay, but this old man will still worry about his sister's reckless daughter."
I laughed and left my uncle's arms, "Worry all you want uncle, but it won't turn your hair white enough to be that old."
"All right, all right, now get going or you'll be late."
"Yeah. Okay, later old man, take care of yourself!" I said putting on my dancer mask and ran off with him grumbling on about his age.
He was my mother's oldest and only brother, the only kin she had left. I was my uncle's only kin left. He had a wife, but she died giving birth to his son, Souta. Souta died a year ago while tagging along on a mission with my uncle that almost failed, but due to Souta's death, the mission was completed, but my uncle was enraged and deeply saddened. Ever since then, he kept me close by and treated me like a daughter.
"Kagome!" Sango screamed at me.
"What!?"
She chuckled at me. "It's time to go Mrs. Superstar. Your fans are waiting."
I recovered and smirked, "Bring it on."
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"Make way! Make way for Lord Sesshoumaru and Lord Inuyasha!"
Loud screams and cheers filled the open night air. To top that all off were the blasting fireworks that exploded loudly with bright colors and imagination.
I twirled the two flaming swords in my hands. They were hot. I made sure not to lose my grip on them or touch the fire. Sango was beside me following every move I made. Several others of our group played with their fiery swords or sticks around so much that the people cheered them on. The fire breathers amazed the little children with their dragon-like puffs of fire.
I threw the swords in the air and Sango passed-well, actually threw her swords at me and I caught them and started to juggle her swords and mine together when they came down. The people stared and cheered in awe at the show before them. As I was working on walking and juggling fiery swords, I snuck a peek at the two young lords behind us.
They were on horses looking at the people and waving. Well, actually, the one called Inuyasha was waving. The one called Sesshoumaru was expressionless and staring straight ahead whereas Inuyasha laughed and winked at the people. They were good-looking I guess, even though I couldn't see much, but I could tell due to the girls fanning themselves and screaming "OHMYGOSHHESSOCUTE!!!!"
I was unprepared for what happened next. I was so busy watching Sesshoumaru, walking and tossing flaming swords that I didn't realize that he caught me staring at him and he looked at me. I held my breath and felt my heart skip a few beats before I stumbled. Two of the swords in the air were coming down and I wasn't quick and prepared enough to catch the first one. It came hurtling down like a shooting star. Just then, Sango caught the sword as it was a foot or two above me and started to twirl it on her flaming stick. I recovered and caught the second and sent the swords flying in the air again. I looked over at Sango who was playing the sword like a ball on her paddle stick, but only with it twirling around.
"Thank you," I mouthed to her.
She winked at me and returned to the task at hand, as did I.
'Wow... He...he looked at me...He's...not that bad looking...'
Suddenly, something black and quick that flashed through the sky momentarily blocking out the fireworks like a blur caught my eye and I turned to Sango. She looked at me and nodded, she knew it too. It was time.
Just then, there was a scream, not a happy scream, but an agonizing, dying scream that was soon followed by more screams of terror and horror. We stopped our dance as the people started to run off in different directions and blocked out view of everything.
"Dancers! Fly! Fly and protect the princes!" I shouted as I retreated back towards the two confused princes.
Suddenly a dozen black cloaked men appeared around us as we made a circle around the two princes.
"Sesshoumaru! What's going on?!" cried Inuyasha.
He was silent, but quite pissed off.
"Assassins of Bartrim! We know you have come for Shatura's princes, but we will not allow you to spill any of their blood on her earth tonight!" shouted I, the daring one.
I heard one of them chuckle, but couldn't tell who it came from due to all the screaming, crying and running bodies around us.
"You dare get in our way? Fools! Then your blood shall be spilled first on this night!" shouted one of the cloaked assassins.
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Wahhhhh!!! It didn't end up how I wanted it to!!!! Oh well. I'll try to make the next some chapters better!... But I don't have time right now. It's mid-tri and I have a C- in my chemistry class. I need to do better so I might not update in a while, but I will try to continue writing and try to write some more action and dialogue!
Anyways, Inuyasha is once again Rumiko Takahashi's property and Viz and whoever has claims and whatever to it.
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Chapter One
I looked at my outfit and scowled.
'...Pink...'
I was dressed up in this...this atrocious rag of a dress all for one thing: the protection of our Lords Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha, the heirs to the Shatura throne.
Today was the last day of the Spring Festival, the beginning of a new year with a fresh new start on everything. Shatura had one week to enjoy the beginning of spring in all its glory and on the last final day, the royal family would venture through the capital in the Spring Parade during the night. Then they would retire to the castle for songs and dance late into the night until they could no longer party.
The Spring Festival was indeed the time to enjoy a new life, but it was also when Shatura was also weakest, they weren't prepared, but we were... That's why... Why I had to dress in such a ridiculous outfit! My uncle, the leader of our group, made Sango and I and a couple of others, the performers in the parade for the Dance of the Firefly Fairies. We would be dancing with hot sticks and swords, blowing fire, throw fireballs, yeah, that kind of thing, but pink?! It just didn't fit!
"Are you still grumbling about the color of the outfit?" Sango groaned.
Of course I was miffed about it! The color didn't match!
"Yes!" I snapped, "a great actress must also have a great disguise that actually BLENDS in with her character that she's playing!"
She rolled her eyes and me," Whatever."
I sighed, "Well, I guess it'll have to do then. Red would have been better though..."
"And that explains the red hair?" she pointed at my hair.
My hair was red, well, dyed red, but would wash away after coming in contact with water. This was just one of the things I had to go through to convince people that I was actually the person I was playing. I was good at acting, very good. So good that my victims never saw their death coming. Oh yeah, by the way, my name is Higurashi Kagome, also known Crimson Dream, the Assassin of a Thousand Faces. I don't actually have a thousand faces, I just play many different roles to get close enough to my target to kill them, or protect them, depending on the job I'm on at the moment.
I am an assassin if you haven't figured it out by now. If you've read the prologue, you know about the dark children of Shatura right? Well, they are my people and I am one of them. Although Shatura still turns away from us, we love Shatura and we would even sacrifice our lives to defend it. My people long ago came up with a name for our people the day we left Shatura... We became the Clan of the Lost Souls. You ask why? Well, Shatura was much like the body of my people and once they left, they were like lost, wandering souls that had no body to return to. Understand?
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"Although Lord InuTaisho will not be in the parade tonight, his sons are. Their lives are in danger because we've received information from our sources that they are being targeted for assassination from some country, most likely from Barthim, but it may be wrong. Anyway, whoever it is, we'll find out in due time, but as of the moment, the two young lords are not to be harmed at all tonight."
Most of us were assembled at the meeting place for uncle's review over the plan for tonight. The others were on watch and preparing.
"It is most likely that they will use most of their people to distract the guard, but there is only one or a couple who are actually the ones who will try to kill the two masters. Keiko, your group must be by the southern walls and keep a watch for anyone who might get past the gates there. Shiro, your group is by the western gates and Hideo, your group at the eastern gates. Yoichi, your group must keep a tight eye on the castle in case anyone suspicious should enter it through any other opening that isn't the front door. Got that?" uncle told them.
The four masked leaders nodded their heads in unison with eyes of determination.
Uncle then nodded to them and turned to us.
"Kagome, you, Sango and the others must perform the Dance of the Firefly Fairies in the parade. Use all that we've taught you and don't screw it up or someone will get suspicious, mainly the Lords Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha because it is you all that are walking in front of the two lords and are the closest to them. If any danger is to arrive to them, you must be protect their lives with yours, is that understood?"
We all nodded.
"Good. Everyone must be in his or her designated position the moment the parade starts. Those of you stalking the streets and roofs, go in disguise or darkness, it doesn't matter to me how you go, but only as long as you don't bring attention to yourself or forget the task that's at hand. Now, is there anything that needs to be repeated?"
A chorus of no's went about the room.
"Good. Now we must go. Good-bye and may Shatura watch over us all tonight," my uncle ended.
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Not very good huh? I wanted to set the info to you readers first so you'd get the idea of who's who and what's what. This is what classic authors do, set up about 100 pages worth of info then they start the dialogue and action. Well, read and review! (^_^)
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GRRRRRR!!!! My computer got infected with some virus! Don't worry! I deleted it. What happened was that the virus infected my email from my friend who's friend got it from another and so on. Well, it went into the address book and sent itself to everyone on my contact list even though my messenger! I deleted it though cause someone sent my friends an email that told them about the virus and how to find it and get rid of it. Now I'm worried about my friends and their computers. I hope they don't crash. Oh well, c'est la vie!
Inuyasha is a stroke of genius work that the great Rumiko Takahashi has created and those other great people such as Viz who help make Inuyasha available to us. All hail them! *bows*
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Chapter Two
Uncle kept me behind a few minutes after the pep talk.
"Kagome, be careful okay?" he warned me.
I smiled at him, "Sure uncle, promise."
He sighed, "If only your mother were here. Then you wouldn't be here, you'd be with her and out of danger."
"Uncle," I said as I hugged him, "I'll be all right. I'll look after myself tonight so don't worry."
He sighed again. "Okay, but this old man will still worry about his sister's reckless daughter."
I laughed and left my uncle's arms, "Worry all you want uncle, but it won't turn your hair white enough to be that old."
"All right, all right, now get going or you'll be late."
"Yeah. Okay, later old man, take care of yourself!" I said putting on my dancer mask and ran off with him grumbling on about his age.
He was my mother's oldest and only brother, the only kin she had left. I was my uncle's only kin left. He had a wife, but she died giving birth to his son, Souta. Souta died a year ago while tagging along on a mission with my uncle that almost failed, but due to Souta's death, the mission was completed, but my uncle was enraged and deeply saddened. Ever since then, he kept me close by and treated me like a daughter.
"Kagome!" Sango screamed at me.
"What!?"
She chuckled at me. "It's time to go Mrs. Superstar. Your fans are waiting."
I recovered and smirked, "Bring it on."
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"Make way! Make way for Lord Sesshoumaru and Lord Inuyasha!"
Loud screams and cheers filled the open night air. To top that all off were the blasting fireworks that exploded loudly with bright colors and imagination.
I twirled the two flaming swords in my hands. They were hot. I made sure not to lose my grip on them or touch the fire. Sango was beside me following every move I made. Several others of our group played with their fiery swords or sticks around so much that the people cheered them on. The fire breathers amazed the little children with their dragon-like puffs of fire.
I threw the swords in the air and Sango passed-well, actually threw her swords at me and I caught them and started to juggle her swords and mine together when they came down. The people stared and cheered in awe at the show before them. As I was working on walking and juggling fiery swords, I snuck a peek at the two young lords behind us.
They were on horses looking at the people and waving. Well, actually, the one called Inuyasha was waving. The one called Sesshoumaru was expressionless and staring straight ahead whereas Inuyasha laughed and winked at the people. They were good-looking I guess, even though I couldn't see much, but I could tell due to the girls fanning themselves and screaming "OHMYGOSHHESSOCUTE!!!!"
I was unprepared for what happened next. I was so busy watching Sesshoumaru, walking and tossing flaming swords that I didn't realize that he caught me staring at him and he looked at me. I held my breath and felt my heart skip a few beats before I stumbled. Two of the swords in the air were coming down and I wasn't quick and prepared enough to catch the first one. It came hurtling down like a shooting star. Just then, Sango caught the sword as it was a foot or two above me and started to twirl it on her flaming stick. I recovered and caught the second and sent the swords flying in the air again. I looked over at Sango who was playing the sword like a ball on her paddle stick, but only with it twirling around.
"Thank you," I mouthed to her.
She winked at me and returned to the task at hand, as did I.
'Wow... He...he looked at me...He's...not that bad looking...'
Suddenly, something black and quick that flashed through the sky momentarily blocking out the fireworks like a blur caught my eye and I turned to Sango. She looked at me and nodded, she knew it too. It was time.
Just then, there was a scream, not a happy scream, but an agonizing, dying scream that was soon followed by more screams of terror and horror. We stopped our dance as the people started to run off in different directions and blocked out view of everything.
"Dancers! Fly! Fly and protect the princes!" I shouted as I retreated back towards the two confused princes.
Suddenly a dozen black cloaked men appeared around us as we made a circle around the two princes.
"Sesshoumaru! What's going on?!" cried Inuyasha.
He was silent, but quite pissed off.
"Assassins of Bartrim! We know you have come for Shatura's princes, but we will not allow you to spill any of their blood on her earth tonight!" shouted I, the daring one.
I heard one of them chuckle, but couldn't tell who it came from due to all the screaming, crying and running bodies around us.
"You dare get in our way? Fools! Then your blood shall be spilled first on this night!" shouted one of the cloaked assassins.
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Wahhhhh!!! It didn't end up how I wanted it to!!!! Oh well. I'll try to make the next some chapters better!... But I don't have time right now. It's mid-tri and I have a C- in my chemistry class. I need to do better so I might not update in a while, but I will try to continue writing and try to write some more action and dialogue!