Shayril: Hey, everybody! I'm back. I'll be updating 'Of Youkai and Gypsies'
in the next week or so. So I beg your patience.
Aliri: Yeah, 'cause you're the epitome of patience.
Navi: Honestly. You're the least patient of all of us.
Inuyasha: Actually, I think Kalika is the least patient.
Aliri: (Thoughtfully) It is possible. She is definitely not a very patient
person.
Shayril: Okay. Whatever, we're probably making everyone impatient by
talking about impatience. This is one of the most pointless conversations
I've ever heard. I'm just gonna let them go on to the chapter.
Chapter Twenty-Two - The Truth About Sonya
"Koi, you've been training nonstop for over two weeks. You need to take a break."
"I can't," Kagome said. "The final battle will be soon, I need to be prepared."
"Koi, you're more than ready to destroy Naraku," Yue reasoned.
She shook her head. "It's not Naraku I have to worry about. I could destroy him easily. It's Sonya I have to be ready for. I can't take the chance that she's discovered who she really is."
"And who is she?"
"I can't tell you that right now. I'm not ready."
"All right," he conceded. "But you will tell us eventually, won't you? We have a right to know who we're up against."
She offered a weak smiled. "Of course I will, dearest. Now I really need to train. I'll see you at lunch."
They kissed quickly before he reluctantly left her to herself. Kagome quickly manifested her flaming sword and went to town on an animated training dummy. It had all the skill of the Mistress of the Dark Cards as well as her mentality. In all the training she had done she still could not defeat it. She came close, but not close enough. Until she defeated the dummy she could not and would not go up against Sonya. As she fought her mind wandered to the past, distant and more recent.
"Come on, Kagome. They're here!"
"Coming. I can't wait to see what he looks like."
" 'He' who?"
"Kado, silly. I've never met him before."
"Oooo. You have no idea what you've missed."
Kagome twirled away from the dummy's attack.
"I think I'm in love with him," she blurted.
"Who, Kado?" Her eyes were curious.
Kagome shook her head. "No. Not Kado. Yue-kun."
"Yue!" The other girl shrieked. "But he's so boring!"
"No he isn't. You just don't know him. You never spend any time around him. And anyway, I thought you wanted Kado."
She jumped back to avoid a slash at her stomach before pressing forward to take advantage of an opening presented.
"Why are you doing this? What did I ever do to you?"
"Didn't you know, Kagome? Everyone always liked you better than me. No matter what I did it wasn't good enough. You're everyone's shining star."
"That's because you're always cruel. You think I don't know what you do to people when you think my parents or I aren't around? Trust me, I do. we all do."
"In case you've forgotten, he's my father, too."
"He may have sired you, but he's not your father. You won't let him be, not unless it benefits you."
She flipped through the air and landed behind the dummy, kicking it in the back after she landed.
"Kagome, help me!"
She stepped in front of her brother. "Leave Souta alone, Sonya! Why do you always pick on him? What did he ever do to you?"
"He was born!" Sonya sneered.
"You don't have to stay around you know. You could go back to your mother. If you don't start being nice to Souta I'm gonna tell Daddy."
"That's right. Rung and tell 'Daddy' like you always do."
"I wouldn't have to if you stopped being mean."
Kagome rolled to the side and came up slashing to the dummy from its naval to just below where the collar bone would be were it a person. The dummy stumbled back with a large burned crevice in its front. That was when it started to use its magic. They didn't really do any damage. They were really just solid illusions. She began meeting spells with spells. Each one was stronger than the last.
"Sonya, take care of Kagome," he said laboriously. "She's a special little girl. I can see it."
"Your precious Kagome can take care of herself. I will have nothing to do with her, old man. I'm going back to my mother. I never should have come."
Kagome approached the room her dying father lay in. She heard Sonya's words and stepped into the room just in time to see the other girl pull the plug on the life support system.
"No!" Kagome shouted, rushing forward trying to stop the girl from getting away.
Sonya pushed her to the ground and raced out the door. Kagome scrambled to her feet calling for someone to stop the girl that was now running wildly down the halls. Hearing security guards and orderlies shouting and chasing Sonya, Kagome ran to her father's side.
"Hold on, Daddy. Hold on. A nurse is on the way," she said after pressing the call button.
Her father's hand gently brushed against her cheek. "i. love you, angel. Tell Souta, you mother, and grandfather that I love them. And Sonya, too."
As she'd seen on T.V. so many times, the nurses and doctors rushed in just as he stopped breathing. She was jostled out of the way. She watched as they plugged the life support system back in and winced at the sound of the flat, neverending tone that told her what she already knew.
Kagome sent a barrage of icicles at the dummy. While it was focusing on deflecting the icicles, the miko did a flying jump kick that sent it flying into the wall. Before it could retaliate, Kagome's energy bow appeared in her hand and she fired an arrow that vaporized the wooden dummy. She stood staring at the scorch mark that was the only ting left of the dummy. Her chest rose and fell heavily as she let the bow dissipate.
He watched from his spot in the shadows as her hands clenched and unclenched at her sides. Her eyes were hard and angry as she stared at the scorch mark. It was as if she was actually facing the Dark Mistress herself.
* * *
Kagome battled with an animated dummy half a dozen more times before stopping for lunch. It seemed that first victory against one of the dummies was enough to boost her confidence. She defeated all the dummies after that, with the exception off the last one and only that because she was exhausted from the previous fights. She cast one look around the damaged dojo before leaving to bathe and change for lunch.
All eyes turned to her as she stepped into the dining hall. She knew they had just been talking about her. She shrugged. They were her friends, they were allowed. Without a word, she crossed to her seat at the head of the group.
"We will attack in two weeks," Kagome told them. "It is time to bring Naraku and Sonya down for good."
"Who's Sonya?" Shipped asked innocently.
"The Dark Mistress," Akemi told him.
A suspicious look crossed Clow Reed's face. "How is it that you know the Dark Mistress' name? I doubt she told you herself."
"As much as I'd hate to admit it," Miroku said. "I find myself agreeing with Clow."
Kero nodded. "Yeah. Just how do you know who she is, Kagome-chan."
All eyes turned to the miko once more. She was quiet for a few moments and all of them waited patiently for her to gather her thoughts. After a moment she looked up and met all of their gazes.
"In the Sky Kingdom she was called Mari, now she is Sonya," she began. "She was and is my half-sister."
Shocked exclamations greeted her answer, Inuyasha being the loudest of them all. He insisted that Kagome had no sister. Eventually, however, the noise level died down.
"I've never told anyone about her. I was trying to forget that she even existed. In the Sky Kingdom she was the daughter of my father's mistress. Now she is the daughter of my father's first wife. She disappeared years ago. I had no idea that she had come here."
She let the matter rest there and the rest of the meal was finished in silence.
* * *
That night Kagome sat on the roof of a tower. Her eyes gazed into the heavens, but she wasn't seeing the moon or the stars. Her eyes stared through them, around them, and over them to the past. That was how Inuyasha found her. He quietly sat down beside her. As usual his arms were folded inside the sleeves and the soles of his feet touched. After a moment he grew impatient.
"Oi, Kagome!"
Her eyes turned to him. "What is it, Inuyasha?"
"How come you never told me you have a sister?"
"I told you, I wanted to forget about her. And as you're so insistent upon with Sesshoumaru, she's only my half-sister."
"Okay. This girl must have done something really bad if you're talking like that."
Kagome looked away. "It should be obvious. She's evil."
"That's what I keep saying about Sesshoumaru, but you keep saying he has a heart."
"He does. Even you have to be able to say that after seeing him with Rin."
"Feh!" His usual reply when someone else was right. "That doesn't explain your sis. half-sister."
Kagome sighed. "No matter what your brother has done, he has always had a reason. We may not like his reasoning, but they are stills reasons. Sonya's only reason for the cruel things that she has done all her life is that she feel like it."
"She couldn't have done something that bad."
She looked at him. "She killed my father, Inuyasha."
He looked confused. "You said he died in a car accident."
"It was no accident. Sonya jerked the wheel so that she and my father went into oncoming traffic. She admitted it to me at my father's funeral. Not only that, but she disconnected his life support while he was in the hospital. If not for that he would have lived." Kagome paused. "She laughed while she told me, Inuyasha. She found it amusing."
Inuyasha stared at her in horror and disbelief. After three years he knew about all the devices she spoke of. He didn't think anyone could do something like that to their own father. Not even Sesshoumarue could find a reason to do that. How could a woman like that be Kagome's sister?
* * *
Sonya stretched with a content look on her face. Her life was good. She had power, wealth, and pleasure. The only thing that would make it better was Kagome's death. That ebony-haired miko had been a thorn in her side for too long. Her troublesome sister was instantly pushed to the back of her mind as she felt Naraku's hand cup her breast while a tentacle caressed her thigh.
"The final battle will be soon," he said. "You will not be here when she comes."
She tried her best to glare at him. "She is mine to kill, Naraku. Mine!"
"I agree. However, my legacy must be protected. You will not put it at risk. Therefore, you will go somewhere safe while I battle her. Then I will bring her to you so that you may strike the final blow."
Reluctantly she agreed and he rewarded her when he joined with her. As they reached their climax she let all her power surge into him. His body trembled with it and he collapsed on top of her once he was spent. When his breathing returned to normal he pushed himself up slightly so that he could look at her.
"What was that?"
"I just gave you my powers. If you weren't before then you are now as strong as or stronger than Heaven's Priestess."
A slow, evil smile spread across his face as he began to move inside her again. Hand and tentacles ran over her body, bringing her to a quick climax.
Shayril: Well, there ya go. Bet you didn't expect that. Inuyasha: No way!!! There's no way that bitch is Kagome's sister. Navi: 'Fraid so. Isn't it just a lovely little twist? Aliri: Personally, I love it. Inuyasha: And I thought I had an evil sibling. Shayril: (Pats his arm) We all think that about our siblings. Kagome: Why did you have to bring her into this? I was hoping never to see that bitch again. Shayril: Sorry, but that's the way the story goes. Kagome: Do I get to kill her? (They all gape at her.) Inuyasha: Kagome! Since when do you want to kill things. Kagome: Since she's an evil bitch who killed my father and teamed up with Naraku!!! (Shayril backs slowly away as flames rise around Kagome.) Shayril: Okay, um, I'm going to find Yue to calm her down. You guys please review.
Chapter Twenty-Two - The Truth About Sonya
"Koi, you've been training nonstop for over two weeks. You need to take a break."
"I can't," Kagome said. "The final battle will be soon, I need to be prepared."
"Koi, you're more than ready to destroy Naraku," Yue reasoned.
She shook her head. "It's not Naraku I have to worry about. I could destroy him easily. It's Sonya I have to be ready for. I can't take the chance that she's discovered who she really is."
"And who is she?"
"I can't tell you that right now. I'm not ready."
"All right," he conceded. "But you will tell us eventually, won't you? We have a right to know who we're up against."
She offered a weak smiled. "Of course I will, dearest. Now I really need to train. I'll see you at lunch."
They kissed quickly before he reluctantly left her to herself. Kagome quickly manifested her flaming sword and went to town on an animated training dummy. It had all the skill of the Mistress of the Dark Cards as well as her mentality. In all the training she had done she still could not defeat it. She came close, but not close enough. Until she defeated the dummy she could not and would not go up against Sonya. As she fought her mind wandered to the past, distant and more recent.
"Come on, Kagome. They're here!"
"Coming. I can't wait to see what he looks like."
" 'He' who?"
"Kado, silly. I've never met him before."
"Oooo. You have no idea what you've missed."
Kagome twirled away from the dummy's attack.
"I think I'm in love with him," she blurted.
"Who, Kado?" Her eyes were curious.
Kagome shook her head. "No. Not Kado. Yue-kun."
"Yue!" The other girl shrieked. "But he's so boring!"
"No he isn't. You just don't know him. You never spend any time around him. And anyway, I thought you wanted Kado."
She jumped back to avoid a slash at her stomach before pressing forward to take advantage of an opening presented.
"Why are you doing this? What did I ever do to you?"
"Didn't you know, Kagome? Everyone always liked you better than me. No matter what I did it wasn't good enough. You're everyone's shining star."
"That's because you're always cruel. You think I don't know what you do to people when you think my parents or I aren't around? Trust me, I do. we all do."
"In case you've forgotten, he's my father, too."
"He may have sired you, but he's not your father. You won't let him be, not unless it benefits you."
She flipped through the air and landed behind the dummy, kicking it in the back after she landed.
"Kagome, help me!"
She stepped in front of her brother. "Leave Souta alone, Sonya! Why do you always pick on him? What did he ever do to you?"
"He was born!" Sonya sneered.
"You don't have to stay around you know. You could go back to your mother. If you don't start being nice to Souta I'm gonna tell Daddy."
"That's right. Rung and tell 'Daddy' like you always do."
"I wouldn't have to if you stopped being mean."
Kagome rolled to the side and came up slashing to the dummy from its naval to just below where the collar bone would be were it a person. The dummy stumbled back with a large burned crevice in its front. That was when it started to use its magic. They didn't really do any damage. They were really just solid illusions. She began meeting spells with spells. Each one was stronger than the last.
"Sonya, take care of Kagome," he said laboriously. "She's a special little girl. I can see it."
"Your precious Kagome can take care of herself. I will have nothing to do with her, old man. I'm going back to my mother. I never should have come."
Kagome approached the room her dying father lay in. She heard Sonya's words and stepped into the room just in time to see the other girl pull the plug on the life support system.
"No!" Kagome shouted, rushing forward trying to stop the girl from getting away.
Sonya pushed her to the ground and raced out the door. Kagome scrambled to her feet calling for someone to stop the girl that was now running wildly down the halls. Hearing security guards and orderlies shouting and chasing Sonya, Kagome ran to her father's side.
"Hold on, Daddy. Hold on. A nurse is on the way," she said after pressing the call button.
Her father's hand gently brushed against her cheek. "i. love you, angel. Tell Souta, you mother, and grandfather that I love them. And Sonya, too."
As she'd seen on T.V. so many times, the nurses and doctors rushed in just as he stopped breathing. She was jostled out of the way. She watched as they plugged the life support system back in and winced at the sound of the flat, neverending tone that told her what she already knew.
Kagome sent a barrage of icicles at the dummy. While it was focusing on deflecting the icicles, the miko did a flying jump kick that sent it flying into the wall. Before it could retaliate, Kagome's energy bow appeared in her hand and she fired an arrow that vaporized the wooden dummy. She stood staring at the scorch mark that was the only ting left of the dummy. Her chest rose and fell heavily as she let the bow dissipate.
He watched from his spot in the shadows as her hands clenched and unclenched at her sides. Her eyes were hard and angry as she stared at the scorch mark. It was as if she was actually facing the Dark Mistress herself.
* * *
Kagome battled with an animated dummy half a dozen more times before stopping for lunch. It seemed that first victory against one of the dummies was enough to boost her confidence. She defeated all the dummies after that, with the exception off the last one and only that because she was exhausted from the previous fights. She cast one look around the damaged dojo before leaving to bathe and change for lunch.
All eyes turned to her as she stepped into the dining hall. She knew they had just been talking about her. She shrugged. They were her friends, they were allowed. Without a word, she crossed to her seat at the head of the group.
"We will attack in two weeks," Kagome told them. "It is time to bring Naraku and Sonya down for good."
"Who's Sonya?" Shipped asked innocently.
"The Dark Mistress," Akemi told him.
A suspicious look crossed Clow Reed's face. "How is it that you know the Dark Mistress' name? I doubt she told you herself."
"As much as I'd hate to admit it," Miroku said. "I find myself agreeing with Clow."
Kero nodded. "Yeah. Just how do you know who she is, Kagome-chan."
All eyes turned to the miko once more. She was quiet for a few moments and all of them waited patiently for her to gather her thoughts. After a moment she looked up and met all of their gazes.
"In the Sky Kingdom she was called Mari, now she is Sonya," she began. "She was and is my half-sister."
Shocked exclamations greeted her answer, Inuyasha being the loudest of them all. He insisted that Kagome had no sister. Eventually, however, the noise level died down.
"I've never told anyone about her. I was trying to forget that she even existed. In the Sky Kingdom she was the daughter of my father's mistress. Now she is the daughter of my father's first wife. She disappeared years ago. I had no idea that she had come here."
She let the matter rest there and the rest of the meal was finished in silence.
* * *
That night Kagome sat on the roof of a tower. Her eyes gazed into the heavens, but she wasn't seeing the moon or the stars. Her eyes stared through them, around them, and over them to the past. That was how Inuyasha found her. He quietly sat down beside her. As usual his arms were folded inside the sleeves and the soles of his feet touched. After a moment he grew impatient.
"Oi, Kagome!"
Her eyes turned to him. "What is it, Inuyasha?"
"How come you never told me you have a sister?"
"I told you, I wanted to forget about her. And as you're so insistent upon with Sesshoumaru, she's only my half-sister."
"Okay. This girl must have done something really bad if you're talking like that."
Kagome looked away. "It should be obvious. She's evil."
"That's what I keep saying about Sesshoumaru, but you keep saying he has a heart."
"He does. Even you have to be able to say that after seeing him with Rin."
"Feh!" His usual reply when someone else was right. "That doesn't explain your sis. half-sister."
Kagome sighed. "No matter what your brother has done, he has always had a reason. We may not like his reasoning, but they are stills reasons. Sonya's only reason for the cruel things that she has done all her life is that she feel like it."
"She couldn't have done something that bad."
She looked at him. "She killed my father, Inuyasha."
He looked confused. "You said he died in a car accident."
"It was no accident. Sonya jerked the wheel so that she and my father went into oncoming traffic. She admitted it to me at my father's funeral. Not only that, but she disconnected his life support while he was in the hospital. If not for that he would have lived." Kagome paused. "She laughed while she told me, Inuyasha. She found it amusing."
Inuyasha stared at her in horror and disbelief. After three years he knew about all the devices she spoke of. He didn't think anyone could do something like that to their own father. Not even Sesshoumarue could find a reason to do that. How could a woman like that be Kagome's sister?
* * *
Sonya stretched with a content look on her face. Her life was good. She had power, wealth, and pleasure. The only thing that would make it better was Kagome's death. That ebony-haired miko had been a thorn in her side for too long. Her troublesome sister was instantly pushed to the back of her mind as she felt Naraku's hand cup her breast while a tentacle caressed her thigh.
"The final battle will be soon," he said. "You will not be here when she comes."
She tried her best to glare at him. "She is mine to kill, Naraku. Mine!"
"I agree. However, my legacy must be protected. You will not put it at risk. Therefore, you will go somewhere safe while I battle her. Then I will bring her to you so that you may strike the final blow."
Reluctantly she agreed and he rewarded her when he joined with her. As they reached their climax she let all her power surge into him. His body trembled with it and he collapsed on top of her once he was spent. When his breathing returned to normal he pushed himself up slightly so that he could look at her.
"What was that?"
"I just gave you my powers. If you weren't before then you are now as strong as or stronger than Heaven's Priestess."
A slow, evil smile spread across his face as he began to move inside her again. Hand and tentacles ran over her body, bringing her to a quick climax.
Shayril: Well, there ya go. Bet you didn't expect that. Inuyasha: No way!!! There's no way that bitch is Kagome's sister. Navi: 'Fraid so. Isn't it just a lovely little twist? Aliri: Personally, I love it. Inuyasha: And I thought I had an evil sibling. Shayril: (Pats his arm) We all think that about our siblings. Kagome: Why did you have to bring her into this? I was hoping never to see that bitch again. Shayril: Sorry, but that's the way the story goes. Kagome: Do I get to kill her? (They all gape at her.) Inuyasha: Kagome! Since when do you want to kill things. Kagome: Since she's an evil bitch who killed my father and teamed up with Naraku!!! (Shayril backs slowly away as flames rise around Kagome.) Shayril: Okay, um, I'm going to find Yue to calm her down. You guys please review.