Summary: A group of youkais watch as a young girl struggles with becoming a
kitsune youkai and being betrayed. The youkais watch and help lead the girl-
turned-kitsune youkai along in finding hope, joining another group, and
maybe finding love again.
Disclaimer: Really people, if I owned the story, why would I be making a FAN fiction? ¬.¬;; Really if I owned it I'd be rich and have cool things.
'thinking' "talking" +action sounds+
F.Y.I: This should mostly have only the young Shippo in it, if it changes look under the scene change for the ()
Reviews:
Kitiara1: I know! Inuyasha is the biggest Baka in the world! I mean for crying out loud he wants to love a fricking clay pot that wants to kill people and eats souls! X.x +Throws a fireball at Inuyasha-no-Baka and watches him run around screaming and cussing+
Black Canary: +sniffles+ Awww I feel loved! ^-^ I'm gonna update it as soon as I can, like every day or so, since I barely have homework and junk =3 My life rules sometimes.
AbsentAngel: Yeah I know, my computer was messing up and saved the wrong thing under the name I was using o.o! Hopefully now it's fixed up. And then there was the whole ... business problem.
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The castle was huge! The Castle looked like it had been naturally created by tree trunks, and everyone just moved in or something! The towers were covered in leaves and long branches reached out as some kind of ivy ran up the walls. Huge gardens surrounded the castle, and a strange moat, filled with blue fire instead of water, surrounded it. Thousands of colors ran around the castle, but the main colors of the whole place were dark green and brown. The tree castle even had windows cut in the trunk! And a huge drawbridge opened up to greet Azuma, Kagome, Shippo, and Raijin.
Kagome, Shippo, and Raijin stared, dumbfounded at the natural beauty of Azuma's castle. Almost instantly youkai guards rushed out to greet them all, well actually just Azuma. Some of the guards saw Raijin and Kagome and went into defense mode, banishing their weapons at the two larger youkai, as Shippo sneaked over to Azuma and tugged his hamaka leg so he wouldn't leave Shippo's okasan and friend to deal with the guards.
"Guards! Lower your weapons, this vixen and her companions are my friends. She saved me from a sure death of blood loss." Azuma said to the guards, who all lowered their weapons as told. Though some were still wary, most of them happily greeted the enchanting and beautiful vixen wholeheartedly.
Kagome did her best with dealing with all the attention, but really didn't like it, so she stuck to Azuma's side when he told her and the others to follow. He led them all inside the amazing castle. The floors were marble inside, the walls wooden like the outside was. A long deep green carpet lead down the hallway and split off into the various hallways around it. Azuma lead them all to a throne room. In the throne room was a small rise of stairs and two chairs, one on the right slightly taller than the other. It looked like a ballroom other than that, large windows leading out to wooden balconies overlooking the gardens and beyond. Sitting in the smaller chair to the left was a woman.
The woman looked like a beautiful ningen, almost like an older version of the ningen Kagome. She had ivory skin and dark, shiny ebony hair. Her lips were painted crimson and a slight blush was added to her cheeks. She wore a white and maroon kimono tied by a blue obi, and it look like a royal kimono too. On the maroon part were scenes of flowers and birds, white the white stayed only white. She had deep blue-gray eyes that looked at Azuma with deep warmth and then at Kagome. The eyes widened in surprise as the woman whispered a phrase..."Aijou...my Kagome..."
Kagome's eyes widened and looked at Azuma, who nodded his head to his mate. She instantly put on a fake smile, much like Kagome did when trying to throw off her friends, and stood up and walked to them.
"Welcome, you must be the one that saved my beloved mate. I am Aitome, Lady of the Eastern Lands, and Miko of the surrounding villages." The woman said taking the stunned Kagome's hand. "Tell me, what is your name?"
"Kagome, and this is my son Shippo." Kagome answered, with Shippo popping out from behind her red hair.
"Oh? You have a mate?" Aitome asked.
"No, Shippo is my adopted son." Kagome answered quietly.
"I-I see." Aitome faltered. She seemed to be close to tears.
Azuma called a servant to them and told her to lead Kagome, Shippo, and Raijin around. When they had left, Aitome burst into tears.
"Why!? Why Azuma!? Why did you bring her to remind me of our lost daughter?! Kagome, Kagome! My poor lost Kagome!" Aitome cried, tears pouring down her cheeks as she was held close to by her mate.
"She is our daughter Aitome."
"What?" Aitome blinked, "What do you mean? We lost our Kagome 12 years ago down that wrenched Bone Eater's well!"
"Yes I know, but she claims to be the miko that shattered the Shikon-no- Tama, and from the rumors that miko used the Bone Eater's well to disappear for time to time. "Remember how our little hanyou Kagome was stolen from us by that time youkai when she was 4?"
"Yes! How could I forget that horrible day!?" Aitome cried, wishing her mate would stop dragging back horrid memories.
"You shot him in the heart with an arrow, and he fell down the well as he was designating, though you could not, I heard him place a time warping spell on the well, so that only Kagome and those that held a piece of her could pass through the well into another time. That's why we lost her, she was sent to another time! But she returned when that centipede youkai pulled her back in and pulled out the Shikon. This girl has the same scent as our Kagome did, and in adopting the little kitsune youkai, Shippo, it would have made her a full youkai! Aitome she even has the star of the East!"
"She-she does? A crimson star on her forehead?" Aitome asked, hope filling her being.
"Yes my love she does. Aitome this is our Kagome, she has returned to us." Azuma said hugging his mate close.
Aitome started to cry again, but this time, these were tears of hope.
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Kagome looked around amazed at all the beauty of the castle. Portrait after portrait were of Azuma, of his mate, of them together, and a strange small little girl.
The little girl looked almost exactly like Kagome had when she was young, except she had a pair of kitsune ears and a kitsune tail, and a small crimson star on her forehead. What was really strange was the oldest she got in the portraits was 4. Kagome decided to ask the servant about it.
"Oh her? That was the Lord and Lady's only child, Little Kagome-sama." The servant answered.
"Her name was Kagome?"
"Yes, same as yours. She was the pride and joy of the Eastern Lands, even though she was a hanyou. She had the strength of the youkai, and the power of the miko. If she had been full youkai, she would have been even more powerful! Of course the only way for her to be a full was to adopt a full youkai or be adopted by a full youkai. But oh how everyone loved her, we actually didn't care that she was hanyou. She was sweet, caring, understanding, and forgiving. But she had a temper! Oh you definitely didn't want to get in her way when she was mad. We think she inherited that from her okasan and otousan." The servant explained laughing heartily. "But when she was about 4 years old, a time youkai stole her. The youkai fought against her okasan and otousan, until her okasan let the fatal arrow fly, hitting the youkai in his heart. He fell into a well muttering a curse they say, and when the Lord and Lady went to retrieve their baby girl, she was gone!"
"Wow...was the well called the Bone Eater's well?"
"Why yes it was!"
Kagome blinked, 'This is really strange...maybe I should ask Azuma about it...Speaking of which-' Kagome thought as she smelt Azuma coming towards them.
"Ahhh there you three are, come, stay with us here at the castle, at least till I can repay my debt." Azuma said, walking up to Kagome.
"Oh Azuma you don't need to repay me, I did it because it was right." Kagome said smiling.
"But Kagome, it could throw Inuyasha off track if we stay here." Shippo interjected, "Besides, it wouldn't hurt to sleep in a fluffy bed!"
"Yes like the one you used my as tail last night?"
"Ehehe?" Shippo smiled innocently.
"Yeah, very innocent." Kagome mumbled and then looked at Azuma, "Well it won't hurt to rest a few days I guess."
"Good, come I'll show you your rooms." Azuma said, the servant left quickly and Azuma led them up a long stairway into a tower, and showed them a large room.
Kagome gasped, "Wow..." She said softly looking around the room.
The floors were white marble, but most of it covered by a beautiful cream Persian rug, with beautiful chocolate colored designs in it. A huge futon lay out; the covers were a dark navy, with golden stars, suns, and crescent moons on it. A polished dresser sat on the other wall, made of a dark cherry wood, with a mirror and drawers of all sizes. On the top of it laid a silver brush, silver hand mirror, silver comb, and on the side was what looked like a miniature wardrobe, made to hold jewelry. On the wall of the doorway, there stood a wardrobe, exactly like the miniature. It was the same dark polished cherry wood as the dresser. One side opened to reveal long beautiful royal kimonos, hoari, and hamakas. On the other side, was a large opening with a glass door to cover it closed and a mirror in the back. The glass had a frosted design on it. Under this were two drawers that held obis and underclothes. The walls were painted a soft green, and an ivy border of real ivy lined the walls. In the other wall was a tall window way with a beautiful glass doorway covered by soft green draperies that led out to a marble balcony with ivy winding around the marble railing. The balcony over looked the southern garden, full of flowers that made a colorful walking maze and in the center was a koi pond.
Kagome, Shippo, and Raijin couldn't believe their eyes.
"Oh Azuma this is too much!" Kagome cried walking into the room, taking off her flats.
"Nonsense, it fits you and Shippo perfectly. And Raijin can also stay in here with you." Azuma said. "Now get some rest. I send a servant up your dinner."
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Dinner was delicious, there were many seafood plates and such, but Kagome loved the odum, while Shippo dove into the grilled fish, and Raijin snacked on the sushi!
After eating, Raijin reverted to his smaller form and climbed onto the end of the bed. Kagome and Shippo followed after. Shippo demanded a story, which Kagome gave him, and he was soon asleep.
Kagome didn't instantly fall asleep. She was still thinking of the little girl. She finally fell into a deep sleep, after trying to still figure out what happened to the little kitsune hanyou of Lord Azuma and Lady Aitome.
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Youkai: Demon
Hanyou: Half Demon
Okasan: Mother
Otousan: Father
Aijou: Beloved daughter
Kitsune: Fox
Disclaimer: Really people, if I owned the story, why would I be making a FAN fiction? ¬.¬;; Really if I owned it I'd be rich and have cool things.
'thinking' "talking" +action sounds+
F.Y.I: This should mostly have only the young Shippo in it, if it changes look under the scene change for the ()
Reviews:
Kitiara1: I know! Inuyasha is the biggest Baka in the world! I mean for crying out loud he wants to love a fricking clay pot that wants to kill people and eats souls! X.x +Throws a fireball at Inuyasha-no-Baka and watches him run around screaming and cussing+
Black Canary: +sniffles+ Awww I feel loved! ^-^ I'm gonna update it as soon as I can, like every day or so, since I barely have homework and junk =3 My life rules sometimes.
AbsentAngel: Yeah I know, my computer was messing up and saved the wrong thing under the name I was using o.o! Hopefully now it's fixed up. And then there was the whole ... business problem.
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The castle was huge! The Castle looked like it had been naturally created by tree trunks, and everyone just moved in or something! The towers were covered in leaves and long branches reached out as some kind of ivy ran up the walls. Huge gardens surrounded the castle, and a strange moat, filled with blue fire instead of water, surrounded it. Thousands of colors ran around the castle, but the main colors of the whole place were dark green and brown. The tree castle even had windows cut in the trunk! And a huge drawbridge opened up to greet Azuma, Kagome, Shippo, and Raijin.
Kagome, Shippo, and Raijin stared, dumbfounded at the natural beauty of Azuma's castle. Almost instantly youkai guards rushed out to greet them all, well actually just Azuma. Some of the guards saw Raijin and Kagome and went into defense mode, banishing their weapons at the two larger youkai, as Shippo sneaked over to Azuma and tugged his hamaka leg so he wouldn't leave Shippo's okasan and friend to deal with the guards.
"Guards! Lower your weapons, this vixen and her companions are my friends. She saved me from a sure death of blood loss." Azuma said to the guards, who all lowered their weapons as told. Though some were still wary, most of them happily greeted the enchanting and beautiful vixen wholeheartedly.
Kagome did her best with dealing with all the attention, but really didn't like it, so she stuck to Azuma's side when he told her and the others to follow. He led them all inside the amazing castle. The floors were marble inside, the walls wooden like the outside was. A long deep green carpet lead down the hallway and split off into the various hallways around it. Azuma lead them all to a throne room. In the throne room was a small rise of stairs and two chairs, one on the right slightly taller than the other. It looked like a ballroom other than that, large windows leading out to wooden balconies overlooking the gardens and beyond. Sitting in the smaller chair to the left was a woman.
The woman looked like a beautiful ningen, almost like an older version of the ningen Kagome. She had ivory skin and dark, shiny ebony hair. Her lips were painted crimson and a slight blush was added to her cheeks. She wore a white and maroon kimono tied by a blue obi, and it look like a royal kimono too. On the maroon part were scenes of flowers and birds, white the white stayed only white. She had deep blue-gray eyes that looked at Azuma with deep warmth and then at Kagome. The eyes widened in surprise as the woman whispered a phrase..."Aijou...my Kagome..."
Kagome's eyes widened and looked at Azuma, who nodded his head to his mate. She instantly put on a fake smile, much like Kagome did when trying to throw off her friends, and stood up and walked to them.
"Welcome, you must be the one that saved my beloved mate. I am Aitome, Lady of the Eastern Lands, and Miko of the surrounding villages." The woman said taking the stunned Kagome's hand. "Tell me, what is your name?"
"Kagome, and this is my son Shippo." Kagome answered, with Shippo popping out from behind her red hair.
"Oh? You have a mate?" Aitome asked.
"No, Shippo is my adopted son." Kagome answered quietly.
"I-I see." Aitome faltered. She seemed to be close to tears.
Azuma called a servant to them and told her to lead Kagome, Shippo, and Raijin around. When they had left, Aitome burst into tears.
"Why!? Why Azuma!? Why did you bring her to remind me of our lost daughter?! Kagome, Kagome! My poor lost Kagome!" Aitome cried, tears pouring down her cheeks as she was held close to by her mate.
"She is our daughter Aitome."
"What?" Aitome blinked, "What do you mean? We lost our Kagome 12 years ago down that wrenched Bone Eater's well!"
"Yes I know, but she claims to be the miko that shattered the Shikon-no- Tama, and from the rumors that miko used the Bone Eater's well to disappear for time to time. "Remember how our little hanyou Kagome was stolen from us by that time youkai when she was 4?"
"Yes! How could I forget that horrible day!?" Aitome cried, wishing her mate would stop dragging back horrid memories.
"You shot him in the heart with an arrow, and he fell down the well as he was designating, though you could not, I heard him place a time warping spell on the well, so that only Kagome and those that held a piece of her could pass through the well into another time. That's why we lost her, she was sent to another time! But she returned when that centipede youkai pulled her back in and pulled out the Shikon. This girl has the same scent as our Kagome did, and in adopting the little kitsune youkai, Shippo, it would have made her a full youkai! Aitome she even has the star of the East!"
"She-she does? A crimson star on her forehead?" Aitome asked, hope filling her being.
"Yes my love she does. Aitome this is our Kagome, she has returned to us." Azuma said hugging his mate close.
Aitome started to cry again, but this time, these were tears of hope.
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Kagome looked around amazed at all the beauty of the castle. Portrait after portrait were of Azuma, of his mate, of them together, and a strange small little girl.
The little girl looked almost exactly like Kagome had when she was young, except she had a pair of kitsune ears and a kitsune tail, and a small crimson star on her forehead. What was really strange was the oldest she got in the portraits was 4. Kagome decided to ask the servant about it.
"Oh her? That was the Lord and Lady's only child, Little Kagome-sama." The servant answered.
"Her name was Kagome?"
"Yes, same as yours. She was the pride and joy of the Eastern Lands, even though she was a hanyou. She had the strength of the youkai, and the power of the miko. If she had been full youkai, she would have been even more powerful! Of course the only way for her to be a full was to adopt a full youkai or be adopted by a full youkai. But oh how everyone loved her, we actually didn't care that she was hanyou. She was sweet, caring, understanding, and forgiving. But she had a temper! Oh you definitely didn't want to get in her way when she was mad. We think she inherited that from her okasan and otousan." The servant explained laughing heartily. "But when she was about 4 years old, a time youkai stole her. The youkai fought against her okasan and otousan, until her okasan let the fatal arrow fly, hitting the youkai in his heart. He fell into a well muttering a curse they say, and when the Lord and Lady went to retrieve their baby girl, she was gone!"
"Wow...was the well called the Bone Eater's well?"
"Why yes it was!"
Kagome blinked, 'This is really strange...maybe I should ask Azuma about it...Speaking of which-' Kagome thought as she smelt Azuma coming towards them.
"Ahhh there you three are, come, stay with us here at the castle, at least till I can repay my debt." Azuma said, walking up to Kagome.
"Oh Azuma you don't need to repay me, I did it because it was right." Kagome said smiling.
"But Kagome, it could throw Inuyasha off track if we stay here." Shippo interjected, "Besides, it wouldn't hurt to sleep in a fluffy bed!"
"Yes like the one you used my as tail last night?"
"Ehehe?" Shippo smiled innocently.
"Yeah, very innocent." Kagome mumbled and then looked at Azuma, "Well it won't hurt to rest a few days I guess."
"Good, come I'll show you your rooms." Azuma said, the servant left quickly and Azuma led them up a long stairway into a tower, and showed them a large room.
Kagome gasped, "Wow..." She said softly looking around the room.
The floors were white marble, but most of it covered by a beautiful cream Persian rug, with beautiful chocolate colored designs in it. A huge futon lay out; the covers were a dark navy, with golden stars, suns, and crescent moons on it. A polished dresser sat on the other wall, made of a dark cherry wood, with a mirror and drawers of all sizes. On the top of it laid a silver brush, silver hand mirror, silver comb, and on the side was what looked like a miniature wardrobe, made to hold jewelry. On the wall of the doorway, there stood a wardrobe, exactly like the miniature. It was the same dark polished cherry wood as the dresser. One side opened to reveal long beautiful royal kimonos, hoari, and hamakas. On the other side, was a large opening with a glass door to cover it closed and a mirror in the back. The glass had a frosted design on it. Under this were two drawers that held obis and underclothes. The walls were painted a soft green, and an ivy border of real ivy lined the walls. In the other wall was a tall window way with a beautiful glass doorway covered by soft green draperies that led out to a marble balcony with ivy winding around the marble railing. The balcony over looked the southern garden, full of flowers that made a colorful walking maze and in the center was a koi pond.
Kagome, Shippo, and Raijin couldn't believe their eyes.
"Oh Azuma this is too much!" Kagome cried walking into the room, taking off her flats.
"Nonsense, it fits you and Shippo perfectly. And Raijin can also stay in here with you." Azuma said. "Now get some rest. I send a servant up your dinner."
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Dinner was delicious, there were many seafood plates and such, but Kagome loved the odum, while Shippo dove into the grilled fish, and Raijin snacked on the sushi!
After eating, Raijin reverted to his smaller form and climbed onto the end of the bed. Kagome and Shippo followed after. Shippo demanded a story, which Kagome gave him, and he was soon asleep.
Kagome didn't instantly fall asleep. She was still thinking of the little girl. She finally fell into a deep sleep, after trying to still figure out what happened to the little kitsune hanyou of Lord Azuma and Lady Aitome.
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Youkai: Demon
Hanyou: Half Demon
Okasan: Mother
Otousan: Father
Aijou: Beloved daughter
Kitsune: Fox