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Sorry about the lateness of this.. it's called COLLEGE for a reason!
Chapter 9: Twists and turns of the heart
The walls of the palace, some doors and some only painted as such, seemed to lead on forever, each passage leading to more hallways. Delicate paintings decorated what was not carved, scenes of ordinary life and supernatural battles, each with the minutess of details there, every fingernal and tooth in place. Voices carried into the halls as two dragon- guards glanced at each other warily, wondering what had happened to create such a hasty meeting between the Old Ones. They had enough trouble with the other civilization's gods pounding on the gates, and now.. the whispers and rumors flew on light wings, the Shikon jewel had been found, Lady Atsumiaka had returned! To claim her right to rule from that fool...but such talk was treason. But the voices still carried, and all they could do was listen.
"So are you certain? The Jewel...lit again?"
"Yes. Made me fall out of my favorite perch! I'm still picking leaves out of my a.."
"A-HEM! I think we should be focusing on the problem at hand. The only way the Jewel would remotely ever react that way was if she was alive. But if she was, don't you think Atsu would have given us a greeting in the last 50 years?!"
"Calm down wife... Remember the child."
"The winds are acting oddly. Naraku's miasma has been spreading, taken over the Yenca palace and village. His new incarnation is rebellious though.. she seems to want to betray him the moment the chance arrives."
"By the way.. where's Kurichio? I mean I haven't seen him.."
"DO NOT TALK OF THAT TRATIOR! Anzai, you may be the strongest, but remember I'M the ruler now. That outcast does not deserve the title of Element let alone the privilage of being alive! When he allowed half of the Shikon No Tama to vanish, he was damning his so called "love" to permenant death!"
"Lighten .. er... just can it Hidetaka..Go fuss with your mirrors or something.. I think a hair is out of place! -.-;"
"Will the both of you stop it? Now, Anzai.. this human. Tell us more about her."
"She looked like Atsu but... she was just a human. But her blood brunt the hanyou and myself just like Atsu's blood did. The .. boy is still hanging around the village. Why, I don't know. But I think she has something to do with the Jewel...Eheiya?" the figure stood up as he spoke the last word, silently acknowladging his leave, sweeping through the doorway as the two guards straightened up, trying to look like they had not been listening as he went further down the hall to the pale pale boy.. girl, feeding peices of meat to a hawk.
"Yes?" the figure spoke softly, glancing up from the bird perched on his hand as it preened itself while his elder brother spoke, the others still arguing about what was to be done, their voices echoing through the thin paper mats.
"Have you found him?" Anzai frowned, still worried about what was to come, concern for the human, and annoyed at Hidetaka. Stupid ignorant pansy, primping in front of his mirrors all the time, their 'ruler'.. HA! He wasn't even a third a ruler Atsumiaka was. The two walked down the halls, till it opened into the pavillion garden, song birds singing softly in the background, peaceful and serene. A stark contrast of what was happening.
"Found Kuro, that I did. Time has been halfway kind to him, though the weight is still heavy in his eyes." Eheyia held his arm up as the bird took up, flying higher and higher into the skies, fading to a soft sand dot against the blue. He looked up at his more robust looking sibling. They really did not have blood relation, or even a 'family' in a sense. Only Harunobu and Katsura seemed to be happy, together and from what he could tell, adding a new member to their small family. Must remember to get a gift. "Do you think this girl is...her? You said yourself she is just a human.." He glanced down kicking at his robes like a small child, not liking this at all. He was just getting used to not haveing her around to play mental gymnastics, youki, god, and human minds always seemed so boring...
"*Sigh* I don't know. I barely had a chance to talk to her when she blacked out and then that idiotic half-demon barged in, forcing me into a fight. She seemed very ill at ease, but her eyes... Eheiya her eyes were..." Anzai choked, unable to continue. Her eyes were the same as Atsu's, his dear sister. How that filth Naraku managed to kill her he would never know. Then poor Kuro... his mind....
"Brother, we best go. You tend to the human. I will keep my nangia's searching the air and storms in case of trouble." the pale one patted his Earthern colleuge as a swirl of air signeled his exit. Shaking his head, Anzai shuddered slightly, hating himself slightly for letting that girl get to him. And of course Inuyasha. The central player in all of this. He let out a smile, remembering Atsu before the horrors began.
She was best among them for concealing herself, even among the most powerful youki. She decided to have fun, to be around children, if for only a fleeting time, posing as a nanny among the Inutashio court, caring for the young Shesshomaru when his mother died. She seemed to die the moment she saw her son, losing the will for life, and just faded to dust. It was a devestating blow to the proud dog-demon lord, who for a time seemed to Atsu as a potential mate, until the human woman came. A rather wealthy noble family, hoping to gain more riches, he supposed, had sent their daughter to the demon court as a offering of sorts. No one but Atsu seemed to know the feelings that grew between the rather cool and aloof dead-pan lord and the brazen human, but soon her charge was joined with a little brother.
But once the courts heard of the half-blood's birth, the plots began. First it was warnings, notes pinned to a dead servants back, a deadly serpant in the bath. Then the young lord was murdered while hunting for a wolf demon clan that had tresspassed onto his lands. Without her mate to protect her, the human took her child and left, fleeing as far as she could. Shesshomaru had grown, and taking the full power of the title, started to rule. Atsu slide away, out of sight and memory, worried about the halfbreed boy, called Inuyasha. What happened next he never really knew, only the woman died, leaving the boy an orphan with no one to care for him. Atsumiaka was held back by the others from interfering, and she seemed to wilt slightly after that, an air of sadness overtaking her. One she raised from a babe now a cold killing machine, the other cast into a world that wanted to kill him. She contacted him once, in the guise of a old farming peasent, sending him in the direction of a small village, near a sacred tree protected by a young miko who was guarding the jewel. She left then, hoping Fate would turn well for the two.
Then the winds shifted. The theif Onigumo had become a being called Naraku in his perverse lust for Kikyo and the Shikon Jewel, using the guise of Inuyasha, betrayed the miko causing her to seal Inuyasha to the sacred tree, then die herself. But before the fiend could touch the Jewel, Kikyo's body was burned with the jewel, returning the Jewel to Atsu. Naraku came at her, nearly killing all the Elements with his powers and tricks. Atsu had just seemed to have won when he struck, casting her into an abyess, screaming a curse at her. Anzai had scoured his domain, but never found anything, not a trace of her, only half of the Jewel laying on it's side at the feet of Inuyasha's "grave". They searched the seas, air, everything and anywhere inbetween but found nothing. Hidetaka, taking charge, placed blame of Kuricho, since it was no small secret the two had been extremlly close, and was branded with the Mark, and cast out. None of the other's besides himself paid mind to the charges, but Kuro lost his mind to guilt and shame, egged on by his 'dear' brother, and started just wandering, being tormented and attacked because of his mark. So he hid. Only Eheiya seemed to be able to find him with little trouble. Well.. he was in esscence.. Air itself so he knew of any... "disturbances in the force" that happened.
Sorry about the lateness of this.. it's called COLLEGE for a reason!
Chapter 9: Twists and turns of the heart
The walls of the palace, some doors and some only painted as such, seemed to lead on forever, each passage leading to more hallways. Delicate paintings decorated what was not carved, scenes of ordinary life and supernatural battles, each with the minutess of details there, every fingernal and tooth in place. Voices carried into the halls as two dragon- guards glanced at each other warily, wondering what had happened to create such a hasty meeting between the Old Ones. They had enough trouble with the other civilization's gods pounding on the gates, and now.. the whispers and rumors flew on light wings, the Shikon jewel had been found, Lady Atsumiaka had returned! To claim her right to rule from that fool...but such talk was treason. But the voices still carried, and all they could do was listen.
"So are you certain? The Jewel...lit again?"
"Yes. Made me fall out of my favorite perch! I'm still picking leaves out of my a.."
"A-HEM! I think we should be focusing on the problem at hand. The only way the Jewel would remotely ever react that way was if she was alive. But if she was, don't you think Atsu would have given us a greeting in the last 50 years?!"
"Calm down wife... Remember the child."
"The winds are acting oddly. Naraku's miasma has been spreading, taken over the Yenca palace and village. His new incarnation is rebellious though.. she seems to want to betray him the moment the chance arrives."
"By the way.. where's Kurichio? I mean I haven't seen him.."
"DO NOT TALK OF THAT TRATIOR! Anzai, you may be the strongest, but remember I'M the ruler now. That outcast does not deserve the title of Element let alone the privilage of being alive! When he allowed half of the Shikon No Tama to vanish, he was damning his so called "love" to permenant death!"
"Lighten .. er... just can it Hidetaka..Go fuss with your mirrors or something.. I think a hair is out of place! -.-;"
"Will the both of you stop it? Now, Anzai.. this human. Tell us more about her."
"She looked like Atsu but... she was just a human. But her blood brunt the hanyou and myself just like Atsu's blood did. The .. boy is still hanging around the village. Why, I don't know. But I think she has something to do with the Jewel...Eheiya?" the figure stood up as he spoke the last word, silently acknowladging his leave, sweeping through the doorway as the two guards straightened up, trying to look like they had not been listening as he went further down the hall to the pale pale boy.. girl, feeding peices of meat to a hawk.
"Yes?" the figure spoke softly, glancing up from the bird perched on his hand as it preened itself while his elder brother spoke, the others still arguing about what was to be done, their voices echoing through the thin paper mats.
"Have you found him?" Anzai frowned, still worried about what was to come, concern for the human, and annoyed at Hidetaka. Stupid ignorant pansy, primping in front of his mirrors all the time, their 'ruler'.. HA! He wasn't even a third a ruler Atsumiaka was. The two walked down the halls, till it opened into the pavillion garden, song birds singing softly in the background, peaceful and serene. A stark contrast of what was happening.
"Found Kuro, that I did. Time has been halfway kind to him, though the weight is still heavy in his eyes." Eheyia held his arm up as the bird took up, flying higher and higher into the skies, fading to a soft sand dot against the blue. He looked up at his more robust looking sibling. They really did not have blood relation, or even a 'family' in a sense. Only Harunobu and Katsura seemed to be happy, together and from what he could tell, adding a new member to their small family. Must remember to get a gift. "Do you think this girl is...her? You said yourself she is just a human.." He glanced down kicking at his robes like a small child, not liking this at all. He was just getting used to not haveing her around to play mental gymnastics, youki, god, and human minds always seemed so boring...
"*Sigh* I don't know. I barely had a chance to talk to her when she blacked out and then that idiotic half-demon barged in, forcing me into a fight. She seemed very ill at ease, but her eyes... Eheiya her eyes were..." Anzai choked, unable to continue. Her eyes were the same as Atsu's, his dear sister. How that filth Naraku managed to kill her he would never know. Then poor Kuro... his mind....
"Brother, we best go. You tend to the human. I will keep my nangia's searching the air and storms in case of trouble." the pale one patted his Earthern colleuge as a swirl of air signeled his exit. Shaking his head, Anzai shuddered slightly, hating himself slightly for letting that girl get to him. And of course Inuyasha. The central player in all of this. He let out a smile, remembering Atsu before the horrors began.
She was best among them for concealing herself, even among the most powerful youki. She decided to have fun, to be around children, if for only a fleeting time, posing as a nanny among the Inutashio court, caring for the young Shesshomaru when his mother died. She seemed to die the moment she saw her son, losing the will for life, and just faded to dust. It was a devestating blow to the proud dog-demon lord, who for a time seemed to Atsu as a potential mate, until the human woman came. A rather wealthy noble family, hoping to gain more riches, he supposed, had sent their daughter to the demon court as a offering of sorts. No one but Atsu seemed to know the feelings that grew between the rather cool and aloof dead-pan lord and the brazen human, but soon her charge was joined with a little brother.
But once the courts heard of the half-blood's birth, the plots began. First it was warnings, notes pinned to a dead servants back, a deadly serpant in the bath. Then the young lord was murdered while hunting for a wolf demon clan that had tresspassed onto his lands. Without her mate to protect her, the human took her child and left, fleeing as far as she could. Shesshomaru had grown, and taking the full power of the title, started to rule. Atsu slide away, out of sight and memory, worried about the halfbreed boy, called Inuyasha. What happened next he never really knew, only the woman died, leaving the boy an orphan with no one to care for him. Atsumiaka was held back by the others from interfering, and she seemed to wilt slightly after that, an air of sadness overtaking her. One she raised from a babe now a cold killing machine, the other cast into a world that wanted to kill him. She contacted him once, in the guise of a old farming peasent, sending him in the direction of a small village, near a sacred tree protected by a young miko who was guarding the jewel. She left then, hoping Fate would turn well for the two.
Then the winds shifted. The theif Onigumo had become a being called Naraku in his perverse lust for Kikyo and the Shikon Jewel, using the guise of Inuyasha, betrayed the miko causing her to seal Inuyasha to the sacred tree, then die herself. But before the fiend could touch the Jewel, Kikyo's body was burned with the jewel, returning the Jewel to Atsu. Naraku came at her, nearly killing all the Elements with his powers and tricks. Atsu had just seemed to have won when he struck, casting her into an abyess, screaming a curse at her. Anzai had scoured his domain, but never found anything, not a trace of her, only half of the Jewel laying on it's side at the feet of Inuyasha's "grave". They searched the seas, air, everything and anywhere inbetween but found nothing. Hidetaka, taking charge, placed blame of Kuricho, since it was no small secret the two had been extremlly close, and was branded with the Mark, and cast out. None of the other's besides himself paid mind to the charges, but Kuro lost his mind to guilt and shame, egged on by his 'dear' brother, and started just wandering, being tormented and attacked because of his mark. So he hid. Only Eheiya seemed to be able to find him with little trouble. Well.. he was in esscence.. Air itself so he knew of any... "disturbances in the force" that happened.