A/N: Sorry this took so long! My teachers seem to have an urge to stifle my
fanfiction writing abilities. I will take this up with them.
Shameless plug: Perfect Soldier: Mind Control is going to be updated this weekend. Please check it out!
~Warrior of Forest
Chapter 4: The questions yet unanswered
Chapter Dedicated to rUFUS, who has given me so much support and encouraged me to continue writing at a speed faster than a snail on backwards!
Disclaimer: Feudal Japan, 21st century America,....you do the math
Silence. Absolute. Everything, yet nothing.
Kagome and the others were floored by what they had witnessed in Kaede's hut. First of all, Inuyasha was some village's Lord and secondly, he had the power to produce some sort of light energy. The raw power shown by Inuyasha in the tent was far above and way beyond anything he had exibited before. A power that was raw and carnal and at the same time, pure and taintless.
The friends had reached a silent decision that Inuyasha was not to be pressured about this light. However, being a Lord was too extreme to let go on.
Inuyasha had fled the hut after incident, leaving a saddened Yasashiku and his bewildered friends behind. Flying out the door, his silver hair caught the light of the setting sun, dying red and shadowing his pale features. The sunset of the day leads to a new dawn. Midday comes for but an instant and the glory of life is in full bloom. However, just a quickly it is gone, leaving one to wonder if it was ever really there.
Inuyasha ran for the hill overlooking the village. His village. Sighing, he looked toward the northeast and the outline of mount Fuji.
'Zen...' He thought melancholically 'I thought I had left you behind. You and my past. Of course, that was not to be..'
Looking toward the setting sun, Inuyasha set resolution to his soul and lifted his nose to the scent of Mt Fuji.
'But, I am its Lord, no matter how much I wish I were not. I cannot let them die for my desire to run from my truth. Yasashiku brought me word of the bane of our village. If I let her be, she will purge our world in her darkness.' He clenched his eyes shut as the pain of memory swept through his mind and tore at his fragile heart. 'I cannot let Kagome know what I have known, she does not deserve to know fear as I have. '
Determination in his golden eyes, Inuyasha jumped down from the cliff and ran toward the village to prepare for his journey to the place he had once called home.
****
"Inuyasha!" Shippou yelled as he pounced on the tall hanyou. "Why didn't you tell us you were a Lord! Don't you want us to have good food and shelter when we travel! Inuyasha!" Shippou was in full whine mode and Inuyasha was getting more and more pissed off as Shippou's strident voice continued to grate on his brain.
"Shippou..." Inuyasha growled with the strain of one exercising great restraint. He raised his fist and slammed it into the skull of the little fox demon with the force of a raging taiyoukai. "URUSAI!"
"Inuyasha! Osuwari!" Kagome yelled, catching Shippou from his unwelcome flight.
"Ugh!" Inuyasha grunted before he met the floor.
"Inuyasha-sama!" Yasashiku yelled in horror. "What have you done!?"
Kagome blinked and Miroku and Sango merely sighed, allowing Kagome to handle the man. Blind adoration was not fun to deal with.
"Lady! How can you...I....but....." Yasashiku stammered, unable to comprehend someone disrespecting his lord in this way.
"Uhh..." Inuyasha groaned, slowly rising to his feet. "Teme! That hurts you know! This floor is laid with stone!"
"Eh heh.." Kagome said sheepishly, "Blame instinct?"
"Keh!"
Yashashiku merely stared at them.
They continued to bicker.
Yashashiku continued to stare.
Miroku sighed. "Yasashiku-san."
"Yes Houshi-sama?"
"Allow us to explain." Miroku began. "Inuyasha and Kagome have an...interesting...relationship."
"He means they love each other but wont admit it."Sango cut in. "Houshi- sama, this is not your area."
Properly charinged, Miroku sat back and monitered the conversation and a starting to come to Shippou.
"Kagome is a powerful miko, the reincarnate of the late Kikyou." Sango began.
"Kikyou!?" Yasashiku gasped, "She's the one who hurt our Lord!"
"Except Kagome loves him and she's not evil."
"Kikyou said she loved him too." Yasashiku said softly.
Sango sobered, it was true. They had all seen the fragility of Inuyasha's heart, and also the strength of his spirit.
"Do not worry Yasashiku-san." Miroku interjected. "They have gone through fire and ice to reach this point. If their love was not true it would have crumpled long ago."
"Yeah." Shippou said softly. "Inuyasha wont let himself make the same mistake twice."
"Oh, Shippou. You're awake." Miroku said with mild surprise.
"Of course!"
"Hard head..." Miroku murmured.
"I heard that!"
"Anyway!" Sango cut in over the display of testosterone. "As I was saying, Kagome was given the power to stop Inuyasha with the enchanted necklace Inuyasha wears. It was placed their by Kaede when Inuyasha was rampaging after first awakening."
"I see..." Yasahiku said quietly.
"If I may cut in Children," Kaede said form her post in the corner of the hut, "I think you should stop them."
Turning to the dueling couple, they had to stop and stare. Inuyasha was held in a headlock by Kagome how was twisting his ear. Inuyasha was trying to get away while not gouging her or himself.
"Oi!" Inuyasha yelled. "Leggo!"
"Can't get out?" Kagome said innocently, "Shame."
Yasashiku rose up and moved quickly toward them. "Miko-sama, let him go!"
"Let go!" Inuyasha's voice took on an edge of hysteria. Kagome didn't hear it, but Yasashiku did.
"Please My Lady, release him!"
"He can get out on his own! It's his fault for taunting me!" Kagome said with the rage of a woman scorned.
Inuyasha's eyes started to dart around the room, looking for a way out. He couldn't harm her, but he had to get out.
"Ah ah ah, Little Monster!" A cackling voice cried out. "You will see her die and thier will be naught you can do about it!"
"No! Mother!"
Young Inuyasha screamed as she was engulfed in flames.
"Have your way with him." The cackling woman said to her men.
"No! Nooo!:
"No!" Inuyasha wrenched away from her grip, flinging her down on her behind a good two meters away from where he stood. Eyes wide and darting, he backed up to the side of the hut, panting.
"Inuyasha-sama!" Yasashiku was instantly at his side. "My Lord! Are you alright!?"
"Don't touch me!" Inuyasha screamed. "Stay away!"
"Inuyasha." Kagome said soothingly, walking slowly toward the hysterical hanyou. "Calm down, its alright."
'Damn!' Kagome thought to herself as she struggled to keep a calm expression. 'I didn't think he'd react like this! Something happened to him, something awful...and I've brought it all back! Again, again I've hurt him!'
Inuyasha took a deep breath, past melting away as he stared into her eyes. "We're leaving." Inuyasha declared, voice strong once more.
"What!?" All asked in unison, shocked at the sudden turnaround.
"We're going to save them from her."
"From who Inuyasha?" Kagome asked softly.
"Akake."
TBC......
Chapter 5: The Journey Begins
Shameless plug: Perfect Soldier: Mind Control is going to be updated this weekend. Please check it out!
~Warrior of Forest
Chapter 4: The questions yet unanswered
Chapter Dedicated to rUFUS, who has given me so much support and encouraged me to continue writing at a speed faster than a snail on backwards!
Disclaimer: Feudal Japan, 21st century America,....you do the math
Silence. Absolute. Everything, yet nothing.
Kagome and the others were floored by what they had witnessed in Kaede's hut. First of all, Inuyasha was some village's Lord and secondly, he had the power to produce some sort of light energy. The raw power shown by Inuyasha in the tent was far above and way beyond anything he had exibited before. A power that was raw and carnal and at the same time, pure and taintless.
The friends had reached a silent decision that Inuyasha was not to be pressured about this light. However, being a Lord was too extreme to let go on.
Inuyasha had fled the hut after incident, leaving a saddened Yasashiku and his bewildered friends behind. Flying out the door, his silver hair caught the light of the setting sun, dying red and shadowing his pale features. The sunset of the day leads to a new dawn. Midday comes for but an instant and the glory of life is in full bloom. However, just a quickly it is gone, leaving one to wonder if it was ever really there.
Inuyasha ran for the hill overlooking the village. His village. Sighing, he looked toward the northeast and the outline of mount Fuji.
'Zen...' He thought melancholically 'I thought I had left you behind. You and my past. Of course, that was not to be..'
Looking toward the setting sun, Inuyasha set resolution to his soul and lifted his nose to the scent of Mt Fuji.
'But, I am its Lord, no matter how much I wish I were not. I cannot let them die for my desire to run from my truth. Yasashiku brought me word of the bane of our village. If I let her be, she will purge our world in her darkness.' He clenched his eyes shut as the pain of memory swept through his mind and tore at his fragile heart. 'I cannot let Kagome know what I have known, she does not deserve to know fear as I have. '
Determination in his golden eyes, Inuyasha jumped down from the cliff and ran toward the village to prepare for his journey to the place he had once called home.
****
"Inuyasha!" Shippou yelled as he pounced on the tall hanyou. "Why didn't you tell us you were a Lord! Don't you want us to have good food and shelter when we travel! Inuyasha!" Shippou was in full whine mode and Inuyasha was getting more and more pissed off as Shippou's strident voice continued to grate on his brain.
"Shippou..." Inuyasha growled with the strain of one exercising great restraint. He raised his fist and slammed it into the skull of the little fox demon with the force of a raging taiyoukai. "URUSAI!"
"Inuyasha! Osuwari!" Kagome yelled, catching Shippou from his unwelcome flight.
"Ugh!" Inuyasha grunted before he met the floor.
"Inuyasha-sama!" Yasashiku yelled in horror. "What have you done!?"
Kagome blinked and Miroku and Sango merely sighed, allowing Kagome to handle the man. Blind adoration was not fun to deal with.
"Lady! How can you...I....but....." Yasashiku stammered, unable to comprehend someone disrespecting his lord in this way.
"Uhh..." Inuyasha groaned, slowly rising to his feet. "Teme! That hurts you know! This floor is laid with stone!"
"Eh heh.." Kagome said sheepishly, "Blame instinct?"
"Keh!"
Yashashiku merely stared at them.
They continued to bicker.
Yashashiku continued to stare.
Miroku sighed. "Yasashiku-san."
"Yes Houshi-sama?"
"Allow us to explain." Miroku began. "Inuyasha and Kagome have an...interesting...relationship."
"He means they love each other but wont admit it."Sango cut in. "Houshi- sama, this is not your area."
Properly charinged, Miroku sat back and monitered the conversation and a starting to come to Shippou.
"Kagome is a powerful miko, the reincarnate of the late Kikyou." Sango began.
"Kikyou!?" Yasashiku gasped, "She's the one who hurt our Lord!"
"Except Kagome loves him and she's not evil."
"Kikyou said she loved him too." Yasashiku said softly.
Sango sobered, it was true. They had all seen the fragility of Inuyasha's heart, and also the strength of his spirit.
"Do not worry Yasashiku-san." Miroku interjected. "They have gone through fire and ice to reach this point. If their love was not true it would have crumpled long ago."
"Yeah." Shippou said softly. "Inuyasha wont let himself make the same mistake twice."
"Oh, Shippou. You're awake." Miroku said with mild surprise.
"Of course!"
"Hard head..." Miroku murmured.
"I heard that!"
"Anyway!" Sango cut in over the display of testosterone. "As I was saying, Kagome was given the power to stop Inuyasha with the enchanted necklace Inuyasha wears. It was placed their by Kaede when Inuyasha was rampaging after first awakening."
"I see..." Yasahiku said quietly.
"If I may cut in Children," Kaede said form her post in the corner of the hut, "I think you should stop them."
Turning to the dueling couple, they had to stop and stare. Inuyasha was held in a headlock by Kagome how was twisting his ear. Inuyasha was trying to get away while not gouging her or himself.
"Oi!" Inuyasha yelled. "Leggo!"
"Can't get out?" Kagome said innocently, "Shame."
Yasashiku rose up and moved quickly toward them. "Miko-sama, let him go!"
"Let go!" Inuyasha's voice took on an edge of hysteria. Kagome didn't hear it, but Yasashiku did.
"Please My Lady, release him!"
"He can get out on his own! It's his fault for taunting me!" Kagome said with the rage of a woman scorned.
Inuyasha's eyes started to dart around the room, looking for a way out. He couldn't harm her, but he had to get out.
"Ah ah ah, Little Monster!" A cackling voice cried out. "You will see her die and thier will be naught you can do about it!"
"No! Mother!"
Young Inuyasha screamed as she was engulfed in flames.
"Have your way with him." The cackling woman said to her men.
"No! Nooo!:
"No!" Inuyasha wrenched away from her grip, flinging her down on her behind a good two meters away from where he stood. Eyes wide and darting, he backed up to the side of the hut, panting.
"Inuyasha-sama!" Yasashiku was instantly at his side. "My Lord! Are you alright!?"
"Don't touch me!" Inuyasha screamed. "Stay away!"
"Inuyasha." Kagome said soothingly, walking slowly toward the hysterical hanyou. "Calm down, its alright."
'Damn!' Kagome thought to herself as she struggled to keep a calm expression. 'I didn't think he'd react like this! Something happened to him, something awful...and I've brought it all back! Again, again I've hurt him!'
Inuyasha took a deep breath, past melting away as he stared into her eyes. "We're leaving." Inuyasha declared, voice strong once more.
"What!?" All asked in unison, shocked at the sudden turnaround.
"We're going to save them from her."
"From who Inuyasha?" Kagome asked softly.
"Akake."
TBC......
Chapter 5: The Journey Begins