Prologue

In the distant country of Kakera, so very far away, a young princess was to be born. She would hold the power to destroy the dark lord king Naraku, and become the new queen. Her story of fulfillment is about to begin. Her name would be...Kagome.

The truest of powers will be fleshed on the bone, And the searchers tempt nature to prey on its own. With blood at the altar, the vision shall come, When the eye of the moon will block out the sun. In the castle raised by the great kings of before, The chosen girl shall wait, both the power and the law. Then the past and future will finally show, To the marked one, the secret only she must know. And all shall be witness to that which will be, In the mind of him, then none shall be free.

Chapter 1

"Wahh!" a newborn child wailed.
"There...there...it's alright..." her mother cooed back.
On the island country of Kakera, a young woman and her husband sat in their bedroom with their first new born child. A daughter, a beautiful baby daughter. The full moon's light enhanced her already beautiful features. She had gorgeous deep blue eyes, pale ivory skin, and already signs of raven black hair. Her mother, who was the queen of this land, couldn't be happier. Through the sweat on her face, her smile still showed, radiant as ever. Her father, who had been expecting a son, was still glad for his new daughter.
"She's beautiful...isn't she, Hiroshi?"
"Yes...very beautiful..."
The baby stopped crying as her father put his fingers to her face. As he began to gently rub his fingers along her small face, she laughed.
"What shall we name her?"
The queen, Kaori, looked into her daughter's eyes and saw a name almost immediately.
"Her name...shall be...Kagome."
King Hiroshi smiled.
"Certainly. Kagome's an ideal name for her..."
Kaori smiled back happily.
"I'll leave you two for awhile."
With that, the king turned and walked slowly out of the room. Kaori looked back to her daughter, and touched her nose gently. Kagome looked at her mother, and began to laugh again. She pulled her daughter to her body, letting her drink her breast milk.
"Dearest Kagome...I have something for you..."
She turned, causing Kagome to begin crying, for her food had just been torn away from her. She pulled a silver chain from the dresser, and put it in front of Kagome's face. It was a long, silver necklace that had a pendant on it. The pendant was a circle, and had a small lavender stone rested in it. Being a child, she couldn't help but want to grab it. Her mother draped it around her neck, and Kagome began to play with it.
Kaori smiled, watching her daughter play with her gift. She picked Kagome up, and noticed something. She moved her daughter's arm, and saw a birthmark that she couldn't explain. It was shaped as a narrow diamond, almost like a shard of a jewel. She wondered where her daughter could've gotten such a mark on her body.
"Well...isn't this precious?"
Kaori gasped at the voice. She turned around, seeing a young woman, as young as herself, jump into the room.
"W-who are you?"
"You needn't know that. You'll be dead soon..."
Kaori moved back, pulling the now sleeping Kagome closer to her body.
"Hiro-"
Suddenly, a gloved hand covered the queen's mouth, enabling her to speak. The owner of the hand pulled her arms behind her back, causing her to drop Kagome. Kaori saw her daughter fall, but, the woman surprisingly caught her. Since the child didn't stir, the woman sighed.
"So...is this the legendary child that should kill our Lord...?" the woman asked.
"It should be.......check for the birthmark..." a male voice replied.
Kaori struggled against her captor, but had no avail. The woman began to roughly check the baby for a birthmark, and found it.
"This is her...let's go..."
The woman turned around, and began to jump out the window from which she came.
"Kagura..."
"What?"
"What should we do with the lady here?" the man asked.
Kagura looked to the queen and then back to her accomplice. She nodded, and jumped out the window. Soon after, her accomplice came out the window as well, blood covering his body.
"She's gone."
"Good...we can't have anyone in the way."
With that, they both turned from the palace, and disappeared into the night.

~*~

The woman, Kagura, who had been running form the past hour or so, was finally out of Kakera's borders, and was on the mainland. Her accomplice, whom she had told to return to Naraku, had been gone for over fifteen minutes. She stopped, assured of her safety, and gazed at the child.
She was still asleep, and was sleeping peacefully. Kagura couldn't help but smile at her.
"Naraku shouldn't have to kill this child to keep his throne..."
Kagura gently placed the baby on the ground. She stood back up, noting the child's features.
"She'll be a lovely queen." she whispered.
Kagura jumped into a tree, hearing carriage wheels roll down the road. The carriage rolled up next to the child, and Kagura could hear a woman gasp.
"My lord...there's a child in the road!"
Then, a young man, no more than his late twenties jumped out of the carriage. He squatted next to the woman holding the child, and put his arm around her.
"Gin..."
"Yes, my lord?"
"I want you to give her to your maid. She'll be taken care of there."
"B-but lord...she needs a good home..."
"She'll have it there Gin! I can't have a child roaming around."
The woman stopped, knowing she'd never win the battle against her lord.
"Alright......."
Gin got up, and followed by her lord, got back into the carriage. Kagura smiled at the child having a new home, and not in the hands of Naraku. She stood from her perch in the tree and pulled a feather out of her hair, and flew away, unbeknownst to anyone around her.