DPK13: OH MY GOD! People actually reviewed!!! WEEEE!
Inu: Only cause they felt sorry for you.
DPK13: Shut UP! innocent smile Anyways thank you my two SPECIAL reviewers!!! KikyoFaye and Seida02 are the only people to review my story! And so they are ANGELS in my book. Curse you all who didn't review.....well anyway Thank YOU Seida02 and KikyoFaye!
Chapter 1: The Stench of Death
Kagome walked out carefully over the fields, around the dying men, women, and children, looking for her brother Souta. She heard the dying gasps of enemies and friends alike, the groans of pain, and the cries of vultures and crows overhead. And she smelled blood, the stench of death filled her nostrils and she almost gagged at it.
"Hojo!" She called to the head of her guards, "Search for my brother!" Calmly she looked for a soldier not yet dead, not caring if he was either youkai or human, she just wanted to help, comfort, maybe save someone.
"Princess!!! We have found your brother!" Came a cry from her left. She turned and headed toward her men quickly.
"Is he alright..." The words died on her lips as she saw his face, pale as snow, his eyes closed in eternal sleep, his chest had ceased to rise. All because of a sword cut beneath his heart. How long had he laid here? How long had he cried in pain, helplessness? How long did he have to wait for death to finish him off? All because of a war. A war neither side could win, yet both refused to give up on.
"Princess?" Hojo asked worriedly, breaking her out of her thoughts.
"Take him back to the castle," She ordered the men quietly. She watched carefully as the men picked up her brother's still body and carried him away. As he passed her, she felt like she should cry. Yet no tears came to her eyes, for the pain she felt could not be cried away. It couldn't disappear. Now all that was left of the royal family was her and her mother. Now she truly was alone.
Then suddenly she heard a whimper, of to the side of her. She turned to headed toward it and came upon a clearing. She stepped forward to help the boy, but Hojo grabbed her arm.
"It's best not to interfere this time, Princess." He warned her, she gave him a puzzled look. "He's the enemy."
"Hojo, I don't care if he's from our side or the 'enemy'! He's a human being who is DYING! All because of this war! All because it hasn't stopped yet! Either help me or GET OUT OF MY WAY!" She said dangerously and wrenched her arm from his grasp and went over to the boy. She kneeled beside him.
"It hurts." The boy moaned. He was a youkai. A fox youkai, and so young. The boy opened his eyes and she saw amber. He had amber eyes...he was royal. The youngest of the enemy royals. Now there was only two left. The two oldest sons.
"It'll be okay." She soothed, she pushed his hair from his forehead. He didn't seem to badly injured...that was when she saw the wound in his side. He wouldn't survive.
"Help me." The boy whispered, Shippo she remembered his name was. She knew what he was asking, to help him die quickly. She drew her dagger but Hojo stopped her.
"Princess if you even just give him a mercy strike, they'll be on you." He told her. She looked helplessly at the boy but put the dagger away.
"Hojo...he'll die slowly..." she whispered and hugged the dying child.
"Princess you can't do anything about that." He told her. Kagome knew he was right. She knew it but... still.
"I'm sorry." She told the boy, "I'm sorry." She hadn't been able to cry over her brother's body but now, she could cry over this broken boy. Dying in her arms, what a waste. His life, his hopes, his dreams...they were all gone now. All because of the war. Because no one bothered to try and stop it, because both sides wanted to win. At what cost? It wasn't worth it! Why couldn't they all see, it wasn't worth it at all. She sobbed but then collected herself.
'I will stop this war someday,' she vowed to herself. 'I will.' Then to ease the young boy's pain she sang. She sang the songs her mother sang to her, the songs of peace. And, serenely the boy's spirit slipped into death and the pain he felt could hurt him no longer. Kagome finished the song and hugged the boy one last time. Then she stood up, Hojo reached for her, but she batted his hand away.
"I need to be alone right now Hojo." She said bitingly and stood up; she glanced back at the young boy dead and covered his face with her handkerchief. "Rest in peace," she whispered to the body.
"Come along Princess." Hojo said calmly. She glared at him and they headed back to the palace. Amber eyes watched them from the trees.
DPK13: OH MY GOD! I am SOOOO SORRY! Yes I did kill off Shippo. I am sooooo sorry! cowers in corner afraid of Shippo lovers PLEASE FORGIVE ME!
Shippo: HEY YOU KILLED ME!
DPK13: yes...I did. Heheheh....nervous laughter Umm...I sort of had to?
Shippo: MEANIE!!!!trys to tackle DPK13
DPK13: runs Well anyways! I'm not sure who Kagome should be paired with? Shessoumaru or Inuyasha? What do you all think? No really. I have to know before I write the next chappy!
PLEASE REVIEW EVEN IF YOU HATE ME FOR SHIPPO'S DEATH!
Inu: Only cause they felt sorry for you.
DPK13: Shut UP! innocent smile Anyways thank you my two SPECIAL reviewers!!! KikyoFaye and Seida02 are the only people to review my story! And so they are ANGELS in my book. Curse you all who didn't review.....well anyway Thank YOU Seida02 and KikyoFaye!
Chapter 1: The Stench of Death
Kagome walked out carefully over the fields, around the dying men, women, and children, looking for her brother Souta. She heard the dying gasps of enemies and friends alike, the groans of pain, and the cries of vultures and crows overhead. And she smelled blood, the stench of death filled her nostrils and she almost gagged at it.
"Hojo!" She called to the head of her guards, "Search for my brother!" Calmly she looked for a soldier not yet dead, not caring if he was either youkai or human, she just wanted to help, comfort, maybe save someone.
"Princess!!! We have found your brother!" Came a cry from her left. She turned and headed toward her men quickly.
"Is he alright..." The words died on her lips as she saw his face, pale as snow, his eyes closed in eternal sleep, his chest had ceased to rise. All because of a sword cut beneath his heart. How long had he laid here? How long had he cried in pain, helplessness? How long did he have to wait for death to finish him off? All because of a war. A war neither side could win, yet both refused to give up on.
"Princess?" Hojo asked worriedly, breaking her out of her thoughts.
"Take him back to the castle," She ordered the men quietly. She watched carefully as the men picked up her brother's still body and carried him away. As he passed her, she felt like she should cry. Yet no tears came to her eyes, for the pain she felt could not be cried away. It couldn't disappear. Now all that was left of the royal family was her and her mother. Now she truly was alone.
Then suddenly she heard a whimper, of to the side of her. She turned to headed toward it and came upon a clearing. She stepped forward to help the boy, but Hojo grabbed her arm.
"It's best not to interfere this time, Princess." He warned her, she gave him a puzzled look. "He's the enemy."
"Hojo, I don't care if he's from our side or the 'enemy'! He's a human being who is DYING! All because of this war! All because it hasn't stopped yet! Either help me or GET OUT OF MY WAY!" She said dangerously and wrenched her arm from his grasp and went over to the boy. She kneeled beside him.
"It hurts." The boy moaned. He was a youkai. A fox youkai, and so young. The boy opened his eyes and she saw amber. He had amber eyes...he was royal. The youngest of the enemy royals. Now there was only two left. The two oldest sons.
"It'll be okay." She soothed, she pushed his hair from his forehead. He didn't seem to badly injured...that was when she saw the wound in his side. He wouldn't survive.
"Help me." The boy whispered, Shippo she remembered his name was. She knew what he was asking, to help him die quickly. She drew her dagger but Hojo stopped her.
"Princess if you even just give him a mercy strike, they'll be on you." He told her. She looked helplessly at the boy but put the dagger away.
"Hojo...he'll die slowly..." she whispered and hugged the dying child.
"Princess you can't do anything about that." He told her. Kagome knew he was right. She knew it but... still.
"I'm sorry." She told the boy, "I'm sorry." She hadn't been able to cry over her brother's body but now, she could cry over this broken boy. Dying in her arms, what a waste. His life, his hopes, his dreams...they were all gone now. All because of the war. Because no one bothered to try and stop it, because both sides wanted to win. At what cost? It wasn't worth it! Why couldn't they all see, it wasn't worth it at all. She sobbed but then collected herself.
'I will stop this war someday,' she vowed to herself. 'I will.' Then to ease the young boy's pain she sang. She sang the songs her mother sang to her, the songs of peace. And, serenely the boy's spirit slipped into death and the pain he felt could hurt him no longer. Kagome finished the song and hugged the boy one last time. Then she stood up, Hojo reached for her, but she batted his hand away.
"I need to be alone right now Hojo." She said bitingly and stood up; she glanced back at the young boy dead and covered his face with her handkerchief. "Rest in peace," she whispered to the body.
"Come along Princess." Hojo said calmly. She glared at him and they headed back to the palace. Amber eyes watched them from the trees.
DPK13: OH MY GOD! I am SOOOO SORRY! Yes I did kill off Shippo. I am sooooo sorry! cowers in corner afraid of Shippo lovers PLEASE FORGIVE ME!
Shippo: HEY YOU KILLED ME!
DPK13: yes...I did. Heheheh....nervous laughter Umm...I sort of had to?
Shippo: MEANIE!!!!trys to tackle DPK13
DPK13: runs Well anyways! I'm not sure who Kagome should be paired with? Shessoumaru or Inuyasha? What do you all think? No really. I have to know before I write the next chappy!
PLEASE REVIEW EVEN IF YOU HATE ME FOR SHIPPO'S DEATH!