Kazerizumu's eyes stopped glowing, and returned to their original light blue. Her heart was pounding, and she realized that her anger had taken her over for a moment.
"Damnit," she cursed almost silently under her breath, the word coming slowly and in a disappointed tone.
Only a few pieces of the castle remained, and no humans were to be seen anywhere in the vicinity of it. Then Kazerizumu's mind registered something- the group that Kagura had killed was still lying somewhere, dead. Summoning a wind, she hastened back to that spot.
A youkai was standing over them, staring at the corpses with a strange expression. He looked up as he heard the Goddess's wind carrying her towards him.
"Did you know these people?" she asked in a soft voice, unsure of the youkai's intentions.
"Hai. One of them is my half-brother." The youkai turned his head to leave, and as he turned, he saw Rin, a young girl who he had brought back to life, behind him, and was reminded that his sword had powers of resurrection. Rin peeked out from behind him, and instantly collapsed to the ground, crying large tears from her little eyes.
Kazerizumu just watched, getting more confused every second. Why did a youkai have a little human girl with him? Why was he letting her cry all over his beautiful robes?
"Rin," he said, "I told you to wait for me with Jaken."
"I- know-ow-ow," she said through sobs, "but I wanted to s-see what you were l-l-looking at! W-why is the pretty girl dead, Sesshoumaru-sama?"
"Because someone killed her." He blinked. Humans could be so odd sometimes.
"B-but isn't-that-your-brother?" she asked him.
"Yes, Rin, that is InuYasha."
Rin had lost her family long ago to bandits. She could not understand why someone who could bring a dead relative to life would not. "Don't you w-want to save him?"
Sesshoumaru sighed. I suppose if I save him, I'll get to kill him myself later. That would be a pleasure. And it will placate Rin for now.
Drawing his sword, the Tenseiga, Sesshoumaru slashed at the demons from the underworld that were trying to take the group's souls to their resting places. Kazerizumu could see them, and she was amazed that a demon had just saved a group that consisted of mostly humans. He didn't even seem as if he wanted to save his brother, and then he did, just for this little girl. Why?
But before Kazerizumu could ask, Sesshoumaru had turned away, taken hold of Rin's hand, and walked off, quickly passing out of sight.
As she watched, everyone who had been lying, obviously very dead, a few moments before, began breathing again. The hanyou woke first, looked at the girl who was draped over him, and gasped. "K-Kagome?" he whispered, his face in a horrified grimace. The girl began taking shallow breaths, and the hanyou sat up. "Kagome?"
She opened her eyes and looked into his. "I-InuYasha?"
Kazerizumu understood. So this was InuYasha, the half-demon…Kagome must have been the human girl he was rumoured to have fallen in love with…This girl in the taijya outfit must have been Sango…and the hoshi Miroku. The little kitsune was Shippou. The heavens had been roaring lately with stories of this small group trying to put the Shikon no Tama back together. Kazerizumu never really listened, but she had caught their names. So this hoshi must have been the one that Naraku had cursed…
Sango began waking up, and upon discovering Miroku on top of her, she squealed. When he didn't move, she went to slap him, but she then realized that he appeared to be dead.
"Hoshi-sama?"
Miroku's eyes opened slightly, and he rolled off of Sango, onto the ground.
Shippou sat up, and in a slightly annoying high-pitched voice, said, "What happened?"
InuYasha shook his head. "Kagura…we were fighting Kagura…and then…she won…"
"We were dead!" said Kagome, "I'm sure of it!"
Sango slowly pushed herself up to a sitting position. "But how did we-" her eyes caught Kazerizumu. "Who…"
Everyone stared in the direction in which Sango was pointing, and Miroku bowed instantly.
"Kazerizumu-sama," he said, and then looked up at her.
"Kazeri-who-a?" asked Shippou.
"I am Kazerizumu, the Goddess of the wind."
Everyone bowed. Miroku began to introduce himself, but Kazerizumu stopped him.
"I know who all of you are. You've been causing quite a stir in the heavens as of late. I came down here myself because I sensed that Kagura was using my winds for unjust purposes again…and I found you. Then I proceeded to find Kagura's master…they have both been defeated."
Everyone smiled at this news. Then Kagome spoke, softly and in a respectful manner. "Kazerizumu-sama," she said, "We remember being dead. Did you bring us back to life?"
Laughing, she said, "No. Though I have the power, I rarely intervene in mortal business…today was an exception. But I would not undo death, lest I incurred the wrath of the God with rightful jurisdiction over it."
"Then…who did?" asked Sango.
"A strange demon with a little girl who called him "Sesshoumaru"."
Everyone's eyes widened. It couldn't have been him…he wouldn't…
"Sesshoumaru is my half-brother, he hates me, and, pardon me, Kazerizumu-sama, but are you certain that this was his name?"
The Goddess smiled. "Yes, I am certain. He called the girl Rin, and mentioned a "Jaken", if that helps you to believe me."
"I did not mean that I did not believe you…it is just difficult to understand."
"I watched it happen. He did not seem to really wish to revive you, it seemed that he did it more to stop the "Rin" girl's crying."
InuYasha nodded. "He probably just wants to kill me himself anyway."
"I would not know. I must be going now. Goodbye," said Kazerizumu, as she let the wind carry her back up to the sky.
Reaching her cloud, she smiled at Yashamaru, who was sitting anxiously, waiting for her to come back.
"I told you that I would be fine, Yashamaru-sama. Did you doubt me?"
Hiding his emotion with arrogance (or trying to), he said, "I had nothing to do, I was just sitting here because the wind was warm and pleasing."
She sat down by him. "I had an interesting day," she said, and she proceeded to relate the events that had happened on earth.
Yashamaru was surprised, to say the least, at his wife's behavior. "You killed a youkai?"
"Yes. I particularly disliked him, he used my wind to his advantage for evil purposes many times."
"Kazerizumu…"
"He was under MY jurisdiction, not yours, Yashamaru. Do not attempt to take that angle. Using my winds means that I control you. He was using them for fell purposes."
Yashamaru put his hand on his wife's shoulder. "I did not know that you would kill because of that."
A heavy sigh left Kazerizumu, and a tear came to her eye. "Well, as I do not usually kill...it is not something that I wanted to do. But this Naraku character was too cocky. He seemed as if he thought he himself was not a youkai, but a God...thinking that he could manipulate me..."
Her eyes closed and a small sob left her body as Yashamaru hugged her. "It had to be done, then, Kazerizumu-chan. I understand. Some youkai get out of control, and if they misuse your powers, you have every right to deal with them. Aishiteru, whether you killed a youkai or two or not."
Tears ran down her face, yet she smiled. Yashamaru loving her was the most important thing. "Aishiteru," she said, and she kissed him softly as the sun's rays exploded into the sky as it hit the horizon. They were drenched in golden light, the two Gods kissing on a cloud in heaven, and then the sun faded and the sky turned to black velvet flecked
"Damnit," she cursed almost silently under her breath, the word coming slowly and in a disappointed tone.
Only a few pieces of the castle remained, and no humans were to be seen anywhere in the vicinity of it. Then Kazerizumu's mind registered something- the group that Kagura had killed was still lying somewhere, dead. Summoning a wind, she hastened back to that spot.
A youkai was standing over them, staring at the corpses with a strange expression. He looked up as he heard the Goddess's wind carrying her towards him.
"Did you know these people?" she asked in a soft voice, unsure of the youkai's intentions.
"Hai. One of them is my half-brother." The youkai turned his head to leave, and as he turned, he saw Rin, a young girl who he had brought back to life, behind him, and was reminded that his sword had powers of resurrection. Rin peeked out from behind him, and instantly collapsed to the ground, crying large tears from her little eyes.
Kazerizumu just watched, getting more confused every second. Why did a youkai have a little human girl with him? Why was he letting her cry all over his beautiful robes?
"Rin," he said, "I told you to wait for me with Jaken."
"I- know-ow-ow," she said through sobs, "but I wanted to s-see what you were l-l-looking at! W-why is the pretty girl dead, Sesshoumaru-sama?"
"Because someone killed her." He blinked. Humans could be so odd sometimes.
"B-but isn't-that-your-brother?" she asked him.
"Yes, Rin, that is InuYasha."
Rin had lost her family long ago to bandits. She could not understand why someone who could bring a dead relative to life would not. "Don't you w-want to save him?"
Sesshoumaru sighed. I suppose if I save him, I'll get to kill him myself later. That would be a pleasure. And it will placate Rin for now.
Drawing his sword, the Tenseiga, Sesshoumaru slashed at the demons from the underworld that were trying to take the group's souls to their resting places. Kazerizumu could see them, and she was amazed that a demon had just saved a group that consisted of mostly humans. He didn't even seem as if he wanted to save his brother, and then he did, just for this little girl. Why?
But before Kazerizumu could ask, Sesshoumaru had turned away, taken hold of Rin's hand, and walked off, quickly passing out of sight.
As she watched, everyone who had been lying, obviously very dead, a few moments before, began breathing again. The hanyou woke first, looked at the girl who was draped over him, and gasped. "K-Kagome?" he whispered, his face in a horrified grimace. The girl began taking shallow breaths, and the hanyou sat up. "Kagome?"
She opened her eyes and looked into his. "I-InuYasha?"
Kazerizumu understood. So this was InuYasha, the half-demon…Kagome must have been the human girl he was rumoured to have fallen in love with…This girl in the taijya outfit must have been Sango…and the hoshi Miroku. The little kitsune was Shippou. The heavens had been roaring lately with stories of this small group trying to put the Shikon no Tama back together. Kazerizumu never really listened, but she had caught their names. So this hoshi must have been the one that Naraku had cursed…
Sango began waking up, and upon discovering Miroku on top of her, she squealed. When he didn't move, she went to slap him, but she then realized that he appeared to be dead.
"Hoshi-sama?"
Miroku's eyes opened slightly, and he rolled off of Sango, onto the ground.
Shippou sat up, and in a slightly annoying high-pitched voice, said, "What happened?"
InuYasha shook his head. "Kagura…we were fighting Kagura…and then…she won…"
"We were dead!" said Kagome, "I'm sure of it!"
Sango slowly pushed herself up to a sitting position. "But how did we-" her eyes caught Kazerizumu. "Who…"
Everyone stared in the direction in which Sango was pointing, and Miroku bowed instantly.
"Kazerizumu-sama," he said, and then looked up at her.
"Kazeri-who-a?" asked Shippou.
"I am Kazerizumu, the Goddess of the wind."
Everyone bowed. Miroku began to introduce himself, but Kazerizumu stopped him.
"I know who all of you are. You've been causing quite a stir in the heavens as of late. I came down here myself because I sensed that Kagura was using my winds for unjust purposes again…and I found you. Then I proceeded to find Kagura's master…they have both been defeated."
Everyone smiled at this news. Then Kagome spoke, softly and in a respectful manner. "Kazerizumu-sama," she said, "We remember being dead. Did you bring us back to life?"
Laughing, she said, "No. Though I have the power, I rarely intervene in mortal business…today was an exception. But I would not undo death, lest I incurred the wrath of the God with rightful jurisdiction over it."
"Then…who did?" asked Sango.
"A strange demon with a little girl who called him "Sesshoumaru"."
Everyone's eyes widened. It couldn't have been him…he wouldn't…
"Sesshoumaru is my half-brother, he hates me, and, pardon me, Kazerizumu-sama, but are you certain that this was his name?"
The Goddess smiled. "Yes, I am certain. He called the girl Rin, and mentioned a "Jaken", if that helps you to believe me."
"I did not mean that I did not believe you…it is just difficult to understand."
"I watched it happen. He did not seem to really wish to revive you, it seemed that he did it more to stop the "Rin" girl's crying."
InuYasha nodded. "He probably just wants to kill me himself anyway."
"I would not know. I must be going now. Goodbye," said Kazerizumu, as she let the wind carry her back up to the sky.
Reaching her cloud, she smiled at Yashamaru, who was sitting anxiously, waiting for her to come back.
"I told you that I would be fine, Yashamaru-sama. Did you doubt me?"
Hiding his emotion with arrogance (or trying to), he said, "I had nothing to do, I was just sitting here because the wind was warm and pleasing."
She sat down by him. "I had an interesting day," she said, and she proceeded to relate the events that had happened on earth.
Yashamaru was surprised, to say the least, at his wife's behavior. "You killed a youkai?"
"Yes. I particularly disliked him, he used my wind to his advantage for evil purposes many times."
"Kazerizumu…"
"He was under MY jurisdiction, not yours, Yashamaru. Do not attempt to take that angle. Using my winds means that I control you. He was using them for fell purposes."
Yashamaru put his hand on his wife's shoulder. "I did not know that you would kill because of that."
A heavy sigh left Kazerizumu, and a tear came to her eye. "Well, as I do not usually kill...it is not something that I wanted to do. But this Naraku character was too cocky. He seemed as if he thought he himself was not a youkai, but a God...thinking that he could manipulate me..."
Her eyes closed and a small sob left her body as Yashamaru hugged her. "It had to be done, then, Kazerizumu-chan. I understand. Some youkai get out of control, and if they misuse your powers, you have every right to deal with them. Aishiteru, whether you killed a youkai or two or not."
Tears ran down her face, yet she smiled. Yashamaru loving her was the most important thing. "Aishiteru," she said, and she kissed him softly as the sun's rays exploded into the sky as it hit the horizon. They were drenched in golden light, the two Gods kissing on a cloud in heaven, and then the sun faded and the sky turned to black velvet flecked