(A/N) Sorry for not updating sooner, I didn't have time to finish up the chappie ::dodges six pickles 2 amusement parks 12 zebras and a rotten tomato:: its dun, hope u like the dream…I word hard on it r/r peeps! I reeli need some advice, is suck at this stuff… okay, here goes… chapter four
Disclaimer: I OWN INUYASHA! MYUHAHAHAHAHA! Um… in my dreams that is, Rumiko Takahasi, can have him.. yup yup ::glares at lawyers::
Chapter Four: The Note And Unwanted Roots
"Sesshy-chan… where are you?" A little girl youkai crawled into a cave. "Sesshy-chan? Are you there? Come out, this isn't funny anymore!" She said. She felt around and pierced the darkness with her glowing eyes. A growl was heard from within the cave. "Sesshy-chan? That you? Where are you? I told you, I don't want to play this game anymore! C'mon, we're going to be late for lunch, our okaa-sans are going to be very angry" She said crawling closer to the growl that was still being rebounding off the walls.
"Sesshoumaru!" she yelped in pain as something with a spiky tail grabbed her. It was a VERY spiky tail, she realized as one of the spikes ripped her dirty kimono and another one plunged into her left side. She screamed with pain and started crying out Sesshoumaru's name. "Help me! Sesshoumaru" she said hopelessly as a dragon youkai (A/N This is NOT a dragon, but rather, something like a cross between a dragon and youkai, you get the idea) glared at her with green slotted eyes.
"What's this? A little girl inu-youkai has come to play? And without her mommy, how sad" he laughed at her.
"Let go of me! You big meanie!"
"You are in no position to make requests, girl!" the dragon youkai said.
"Sesshoumaru!" yelled the girl, this time not as a call, but rather as she recognized something. A white blur tried to hurt the dragon youkai, but instead of inflicting damage, the girl and boy were thrown to one side.
"C'mon, this one time?" The boy asked the girl. She nodded.
"Fine, but after this, I'm not going to be conscious…" she said in a worried tone.
"Don't worry" was all she heard as the boy traced something on her forehead. A blast of purple energy was emitted from the girl. She dropped unconscious onto the shoulder of the boy, who propped her onto the wall, as she was a moment before. The dragon youkai was no more than a pile of ashes. The boy produced a sigh of relief as he took the girl into his arms and ran away from the scene. It was stomach turning. That was when he noticed her blood was all over her robes and his too. He took her off his shoulder and realized her ragged breathing. A tear slid down his face. "Why didn't you tell me?"
(A/N T.T from how I'm imagining that, it's so sweet, sorry, an outburst of emotion)
A demon lord woke up with a start, once again. 'Another dream?' he asked himself. The he noticed something wet on his face. "A tear!" he whispered startled. He sniffed the salty water. It was so long since he had a tear on is face that was his own. His body had made that tear. In fact, the last time he had, a tear on his face was when that dream was a reality. The Demon lord was so sure that it was indeed a reality. His childhood.
~In a Nearby Room~
A teenage youkai with silver hair that glittered of stars and eyes that showed the night sky woke up startled. "Mom!" she said crying. Then she thought for a second, why was she crying? She blinked; the room wasn't even blurry, though according to the window, it was night. She had perfect vision. Why had she just cried out? She was unsure, and couldn't remember the dream that she just had.
'Where am I?' She looked around the room. She was on a fluffy bed. She was in a beautiful room, with a white ceiling and light blue walls. There was a closet, a desk with papers, and a few books on a shelf. On a nearby chair there was a beautiful yellow-and-white kimono that she supposed was for her. She stood up; unaware that her hair touched the floor, and that her claws pierced the bedding, revealing feathers. She was aware, thought that there were two red things in the corner of the room. They were staring at her as she was staring back. She went up to them with a questioning look on her face.
"Who are you and what do you want?" The person in the corner didn't say anything. This angered the miko more because she was not going to be ignored by someone that she didn't even know. "I said-" she gasped. The two glowing eyes weren't staring at her. They were staring through her, that's what it seemed like. "I'm warning you, I'm going to be angry" her matter-of-fact-tone changed into something sharper.
She swatted instinctively at the pair of eyes, not noticing why exactly she was doing. What she did notice were her nails growing bigger and the great amount of pain the she inflicted onto her hand when glass scraped it. She stopped her swing as she sat in a crumbled heap on the floor, blowing on her hand. She had struck a mirror and was being punished for her act through the great amount of blood her hands were releasing. She sucked on the wounds, not caring if any glass was sucked in as well. Suddenly she *yelped* the wounds were starting to close. That is when it hit her, if she was staring at a mirror, wouldn't she be looking at herself??? "Wha- no WHO am I?" she cried.
~Back in the Future~
"My poor girl. I hope that note would be enough." Kagome's mom stood looking at the sky of stars. "I would love to be with her, but she is no longer mine. I can do nothing for her, except pray that she reads the letter before committing seppuku out of shock." Little tears of hope dripped from the worried mother's face and softened the ground below.
~Village~
'Where are you mommy?' a little kitsune stared at what his 'mother' had said were balls of gas, or stars. 'Why aren't you here, staring at the sky with me, I thought that you said Sesshoumaru would take me with you…" (A/N there are so many people that are all staring at the sky, no?)
"Don't worry Shippo, Kagome's safe with the Demon Lord, he daren't hurt her, for Rin's sake."
"I know, but, Sango, what if something happens to her?"
"Remember always that Sesshoumaru needs you, and therefore will not harm Kagome. Besides, I bet that she will be fighting with him over you coming to stay with them. You know Kagome, she'll risk her life just to make sure you're doing alright." Shippo sighed at this, and nodded to the logic. But he still felt somehow empty. He strolled back with Sango to Kaede's hut, knowing that his 'mother' wouldn't be there to tell him that nightmares aren't real.
~Sesshoumaru's room, right after he had his dream, about half an hour before when Shippo went to sleep~
Now that the demon lord was awake, he saw that it was senseless to try to fall back to sleep and let his childhood scare a few tears from him once more. It was absurd, his past managed to show his weaknesses, and yet he still didn't know what they meant and why the miko had looked like the girl… The Demon Lord decided that he might as well collect the kit that he had promised Kagome, and of course what she had said were her things. If he left know, he would have them ready from the miko by the time she woke up, and she wouldn't accuse him of stealing her. Yes, so she could tend to Rin, that's right, Rin.
~About Two Hours Later in the Village, One and a Half Hours from When Shippo Went to Sleep~
A white blur landed gracefully right outside Kaede's hut, revealing a very determined oji. The Demon Lord (A/N for all of you that are wondering why I capitalize the letters, the reason is because of his ego...) took a step forward, into the hut, and hastily woke up the kitsune that lay near its companions. The kit was sleeping peacefully in the warmth of the demon exterminator. For a moment, he felt sorry for the kitsune, not knowing whether or not his surrogate mother was alive. Much like himself, he thought, orphaned at such a young age and the last thing that mattered taken away.
Shippo had woken once heard movement inside the hut, wondering if it was Kagome or not. Rather than sweet blue eyes looking at him, he saw the gaze of molten gold as the expressionless face tried to tell the kit to come with him.
"Shippo, is it not, gather the miko's things and we shall depart."
"What- Sesshou-!" the kitsune tried to yell but the Lord's hands caught the kitsune's mouth and whispered into the ear the fact that Kagome was currently at his castle and that he respected her wish o have the kit with her. The Taiyoukai then told the kit once more not to wake the sleeping humans up and to consent to leave with him for Kagome's sake. The kitsune nodded his approval and gave the lord a piece of pen and paper. "Write them a note so that they won't worry"
The Taiyoukai sighed, humans and their pitiful emotions of worry. Nevertheless he took the paper and scribbled onto it something about Kagome being safe and the kit being with her. 'That should satisfy'. He looked up to see the tired child youkai holding a curious but massive yellow bag and another smaller one that proved to be just as heavy.
He supposed that he would have to carry both the bags and the kitsune, seeing as the kit was in no condition to do so himself. How could he have gotten himself into this mess? All for the health of a human.
~Two and a Half Hours Later, When Sesshoumaru was Back in the Palace, Shippo in a Nearby Room and Dawn was Shining in the Window~
A servant stepped into Kagome's room noticing that the girl was not in the bed, but was a crumpled heap near a shattered mirror. The servant, who was a panther youkai rushed to aid the Lady in whatever way she was able.
"Mistress? Mistress? Are you alright?" she said noticing the glass that was strewn on her lap. The Lady looked at the youkai (A/N, sorry didn't make this clear, Kagome was awake) who was trying to help her.
"What am I?"
"Ano? You seem to be a Inu-youkai, Lady-?
"It's Kagome"
"Of course, Lady Kagome-"
"Drop the lady."
"I cannot, for I am not of the status."
"But it would, um, displease me. And you said I looked like an Inu-youkai…"
"Yes, mist-Kagome, you are indeed a Inu-youkai."
"I wasn't yesterday," she said as a tear dripped down her already tearstained face. "I was a normal girl"
"Sorry, but normal is in the eyes of the beholder" the panther youkai said smiling. (A/N I know they probably never used the 'eye of the beholder', but, I want to use it so there)
"Sorry, but what is your name?"
"Sorry, L-Kagome, it is Sui."
"S-S-ui?" Kagome stuttered, then smiled. "It appears that I will see more of you than you think, thank you for your help Sui, but can you just show me my big yellow bag-"
"Yes, milord Sesshoumaru brought it in today"
"Oh Arigatou Kami!" she said relieved, and remembering the package that her mother gave her. (A/N Arigatou Kami means Thank God… so that's why I used it, though I don't think its proper)
The panther youkai gracefully got up from the corner and retrieved the bag from somewhere in the castle. She then put the heavy bag onto the bag, along with another one that Kagome realized had her clothing from her previous shopping frenzy in the mall. She wondered when Sesshoumaru had gotten these, all she knew is that she blacked out in the hot springs and found herself in Sesshoumaru's castle.
Then she quickly diverted her eyes onto her claws and blue markings on her wrists. She wanted to cry again, but couldn't with Sui in the room. Sui, noticing her uncomfortable position in the corned of glass, swiftly helped her mistress onto the bed. That is when she sensed Kagome's need to cry, as the salty substance was gleaming in her eyes, praying to be let out. " I think I should leave you alone for now.
Kagome was grateful as the panther youkai left the room and she started to submit to her tears. Why was she a youkai, after all those times slaying demons that hurt her and her fellow companions, now she felt as though she had slain her kin. How could she be one of those youkai? She decided that now was a good time as any to open that mysterious package that her mother had left in her backpack. From her mother's previous actions that had hinted that she wouldn't be able to cross over to the future, her mother would know something about this change and would have written about it.
Using her claws for a useful reason. To open the package, she found a beautiful black dress and obviously, a letter, from her mother no doubt. She read the letter, shocked by its contents.
My Dear Kagome,
It is finally your most joyous and also most dreaded eighteenth birthday. First, I would like to ask you not to be mad with me, but accept your fate. I ill now explain to you why you are an Inu-youkai and not a normal human.
I would like to assure you that I am indeed your mother, but I did not create your spirit. I held you in my womb for the nine months of pregnancy and released you just like any other mother would, but like I said; I did not create your sprit. No, your spirit is far more elegant and it does belong in the past. Your spirit is of a great demon, but I have no idea what the name of this demon was, but that it gave me your spirit and told me to call you Kagome. You see, I saw it in a dream, but I felt more like a vision, no blessing, because I found out the following day that I was pregnant with a girl. I called the girl Kagome.
Rather than explain to you that you are a youkai and that you must accept it, I'd rather tell you of your past, the past that I know from the dream of the demon. She told me that you would be born a human girl and turn into your true form when you would become eighteen. It told me that you would travel to the past and find your destiny.
It, no, she told me also that you were the spirit of a dying youkai that would need to be reborn in order to survive. She told me not to worry, that you would be mine until you travel to the past, where you would find, you will shortly understand what I am saying. You are apparently the most powerful of you kind and had been damaged, in order for you to endure and live; you'd have to be in the future, where there would be no danger.
The reason why you were said to be the reincarnation of the miko was because, I was to bear the reincarnation, the demon interfered with this by making me bear you as well, and as fate would have it, you and the miko became one. The shikon jewel therefore in your body as well as the youkai spirit, which you are.
I am sorry, this sound all too rushed, but it is the truth, you will find out, for yourself. I must tell you, my dear Kagome not to despair, and to remember, your spirit may not be mine, but I still am your mother. I love you Kagome, I always will. ~Your True and Only Mother.
Tears slid down Kagome's face. 'She knew, she told me' that is when her eyes caught a small scribble of a P.S.
As for the dress, wear it on the night you give yourself to your destined mate. My love is with you and whomever you choose.
Kagome eep'd at the thought of her giving herself to someone. But, she decided that it was better she kept the beautiful dress, rather for some sort of a all, she probably would never attend.
Her ears moved at the sound of a voice.
okaa-sans- mothers
miko- priestess
oji- prince
I think that's all, if your having trouble with my weak knowledge of Japanese, um, you don't know much about Japanese, but, oh never mind, sry about the cliffie, its not much of one, but I felt like putting one it. And for flames, um, I don't care if this is starting to sound like a cliché, the plot will um, unfold as the story, proceeds, even though this IS a Ses/Kag pairing, the romance doesn't come for a while, trust me , im trying not to be very ooc… k, ill update soon, 'cuz skool's out and I need to finish this story b4 I go to Upstate New York for Summer Vacation and be w/o a computer.. k, 'til next chappie
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