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Chap: Mourning
Kagome hurried down the street, ducking into corners and shadows whenever humans came by. The house was in a very seedy part of town, and you really didn't want to walk around with some of the neighbors. Perfect place for vampires, in Kagome's opinion. She sincerely hoped that Inuyasha would find Miroku and get him out of here fast.
As she walked up the steps to the building, an older werewolf opened the door. He was grizzled in the face with grey hair, but he stood tall. For his age, the magic within his blood still kept him young in form. He spoke, "I see you were successful in your mission, young mistress."
"Yay, me," Kagome said sarcastically.
"Mistress, the Lady Kagura is waiting for you in the main sitting room. She orders you to come now."
"I'm comin', I'm comin'," the girl groused.
"Oh, you should take care," the werewolf advised. "The Mistress has had a bad day. She's in a foul mood."
"Oh joy," Kagome said rolling her eyes. She stomped through the hallway, muttering. "Can't even go and change into dry clothes, I'll catch my death of cold, awful old hag----"
The werewolf had to work hard to stifle his facial expression lest he smile. Or worse, laugh out loud.
(&$%#)
Kagome walked in on a very ugly sight. She stopped still, staring in horror. It looked like the vampires were holding some kind of meeting. Most of them were standing around the edges of the room listening to their mistress speak. The few werewolves in the room were by the doors, and most looked distinctly green in the face. They had good reason to look ill.
The dead body of a heavily tattooed woman was off to one side. She couldn't have been thirty years old, with long blonde hair matted with her blood. She had been very pretty. The tattoos were swirled, covering nearly every inch of visible skin and looked like some kind of runes. What looked like a small ball of glowing blue fire was next to her, and it sounded like it was crying.
Kagura was standing, her loose robe soaking up the blood the spurted from the wounds of the dying man at her feet. He too was young and covered in tattoos, the runes so small and fine as to look more like fur than ink on skin. "The next time someone tells your kind to move, fox-man, you should listen." She smirked as she took hold of the man's throat, picking him up off the ground. He gasped, desperately trying to pull air into his starving lungs, hands trying to pry her grip away from him. The vampire's smirk became a full blown smile.
A sickening crack was heard. The man's body went limp, and he fell to the ground.
The little ball of fire cried out, painfully screaming, "Daddy!!"
Kagome gaped in horror. Miko training kicked in unconsciously. 'Oh, gods above in heaven,' she prayed in the back of her mind, 'let them both find peace in the next world, and protect the little one from such terrible evil.'
Something odd began to happen. As Kagura walked forward to the ball---no, it was a little boy! The fire had almost completely gone out when the man died, probably his last effort at trying to protect his son. It revealed a tiny boy, maybe four or five years old, with red hair, and still crying in disbelief and pain. As the murderer came closer to the boy, she suddenly stopped. She frowned, puzzled. The vampire reached out a hand to move toward the boy and a loud ZZAAPPP!!! was heard.
Her eyes widened in annoyed surprise. "A spirit shield." She suddenly turned her gaze to the stunned priestess in the door way. "You erected a spirit shield around him."
The girl barely hid her surprise, wondering when she'd suddenly manifested powers like that. "You monster," Kagome said softly. She suddenly unfroze from her stance of disbelief and ran over to the boy, the rings of the halberd jangling as she went. She knelt down beside him, easily passing through the ward she'd unknowingly placed on him. She gently picked up the shell-shocked child, taking him in her arms. "Shh, shh," she crooned softly to him. "It's alright, they're in heaven now, she can't hurt them anymore, shh, shh, baby, its okay." The frightened boy stiffened in reflexive shock, but then burrowed into her arms, sobbing so that Kagome thought her heart would break.
She slowly stood up, the boy on her hip, both arms around him protectively. One hand still held the halberd. She looked straight at Kagura. "You psycho bitch. How could you do such a thing?! In front of a child?!"
"Pff. He's just the brat of a fox shaman, nothing more", the old thing shrugged. Her eyes narrowed dangerously. "And I'm beginning to get annoyed with that high and mighty attitude of yours, little girl."
"And I'm already past the point of hating you," Kagome hissed. Her entire body was tensed in rage.
Kagura gave a cruel half smile. "Don't be so snippy. Now hand over my halberd."
Kagome shifted so that she was in a position to move. "Finder's keeper's, you lowlife".
Kagura's eyes snapped open in rage. She maintained her calm fasade though as she took a few steps toward the young woman. "You will not defy me, little girl. Give me the halberd."
The miko suddenly smiled. She slowly began to walk toward the vampire. The poor boy whimpered and shook in her arms, but she quieted him with a low humming tune. When she was less than ten feet away, she stopped and spoke to her sire. "You want it? You got it." The girl suddenly pulled back the arm with the weapon and let fly with all the demonic speed and strength she possessed.
Kagura tried to dodge, but she had dangerously underestimated the 'little girl.' She reacted more slowly than she could have, too stunned that a weak young girl had tried to really attack her to process as fast as normal. The holy weapon struck her in the thigh, passing through to the ground, pinning her to the spot. The wind witch screamed as the holy aura flared to painful life. "You bitch!! How dare you strike me!! Aaahhhhh!!"
She reached blindly, calling wildly with magic and a red fan came to her hand. Still writhing in agony, she screamed, "Wind blades dance!!" Wind so forceful it came like knives sliced throughout the room striking vampire and werewolf alike. Kagome screamed as she felt it rush on her, curling reflexively to the ground around the boy.
The old thing screamed it again, sending more winds raging across the room. Walls blasted apart, knocking out supports to some of the rooms above. Timber cracked ominously before sending down a tidal wave of wood, metal and glass to the floor below. Dozens screamed in pain and fled, more were crushed underneath the debris.
The wind witch's mouth twisted painfully in an attempt to smile. The young bitch was surely dead. The smile turned to an awful grimace. The aura was still crackling around the halberd whenever Kagura tried to touch it. No matter what she did, she couldn't pull it out of her beloved flesh. A great deal of her had been burned beyond regeneration. One leg was all but gone, burned away. The other was still pinned through the bone. Blackened crispy skin was all over her torso, arms and face.
As the dust settled, one figure could be seen, still standing where she'd been all along. Blue fire danced around her, and the boy could be seen, mercifully unconscious in her arms. The girl opened her clenched eyes, surprise written all over her face. "We're alive?" she asked softly. She slowly took a step forward.
The fire itself answered her as it faded out. "You gave us your blessing and protection to our son. This was our repayment to you and protection for him. Take care of our son, lady miko."
Kagome nodded in understanding as she walked. 'Thank you, shamans. I promise, I will look after him,' the girl prayed. She glanced down at the boy. 'Poor little kid. What a terrible thing to see.' She came upon the wind witch, flinching at the remaining piece of her.
The old thing glared up at her, coughing weakly. "Not........dead.....yet, you.....little......."
Kagome reached out with her hand to take the halberd, ignoring the creature below. As much as she hated to see others hurt, she couldn't make herself feel too sorry for that thing. She meant to pull it free and hopefully return it to Miroku. With any luck, he could finish the job on Kagura, once Inuyasha came back for her.
Movement caught her eye. The other vampires, those who'd run free of debris or who'd crawled free of it, were stirring. Their eyes glowed a rancid green light in the dim light, and they all looked really ticked off. Understandably so. She'd just attacked their sire, that some of them felt loyal to.
She would need the halberd to try and fight them off. Or at least take some down with her. 'Inuyasha,' she thought desperately, 'where are you?!' She dodged a swipe from Kagura's claws, and the moment she touched the Amokoi, bright white light flashed..........
(&$%#)
the girl slowly roused. She winced at the pounding in her head. "No more cough drops," she muttered. "Ever." Her surroundings slowly began to make themselves known. The room she was in was dark, but not so that she couldn't see. Faint light streamed through the curtains, pulled tight over large paladin windows. The cool feel of silk came all around her. Sheets? Her sight adjusted somewhat. A bedroom?
Suddenly, Kagome was hit by a stench so awful she nearly up-chucked her previous meal. The entire room reeked of old, rotting, molded blood, sweat, sex, and very bad French cigarettes. Undeniably too, came the strong smell of the Vampire Kagura.
Kagome wrenched herself up, groaning loudly as she did so. Every muscle she had ached, and she felt stiff. Any lingering grogginess was quickly lifted by her confusion. A small rustle by her side made her freeze. She slowly looked over, expecting something nasty—
And saw the little, red-headed boy, sleeping soundly next to her side. He was barely snoring, and he looked adorable. The girl took a moment to really look at him. He was very small, and his hair was slightly frizzy. He was pale in the face, but had darker skin near his hands and feet. A small blue shirt and a pair of brown pants completed his clothing. He hiccupped softly, and you could easily see from his pale face that he'd been crying again.
A swell of pity filled her heart. This poor little guy had seen such terrible things in a short time. She could only imagine how awful it would be to see your parents murdered in front of you when you were so young and could do nothing.
A sound by the door reached her, and it slowly opened. She tensed, to either fight or flee, she had no idea.
"Kagome?" came a low voice. A head appeared around the door, and triangles on top of it twitched. Gold eyes glinted in the faint light.
Her eyes widened, "Inuyasha?"
"You're awake?" he asked, walking into the room. He sat down beside her, an odd look on his face. Suddenly, he shook himself, as if clearing his head. "Are you alright, mistress?"
"After witnessing murder, half the house collapsing, and nearly being killed? Yeah, I'm fine," she said sarcastically. She knew that if Inuyasha was here, she was probably safe to make jokes. "And what's with the mistress stuff? You've never called me that."
He just stared at her. "You killed Kagura."
"What?"
"You killed the wind witch. All the other vampires are gone too."
"Huh? What? All of them?"
"You know that part of the stories that say if you kill the head vampire, all the others die? Guess what."
Her eyes went huge in surprise, "But I didn't---"
"Well, technically, you didn't. You purified her, but it's the same thing. You hit everybody with that weird light."
"What li---you mean that flash?" she frowned. Gah, that was bright."
"Yeah it was. And all the frickin' noise you made, bringing down the damn house—Can you say, migraine?"
"I've got three words for you, bub. Extra Strength Tylenol."
He laughed slightly before getting serious. "Do you know what this means?"
Kagome raised a confused eyebrow. "No. Am I in trouble?"
"Yes and no. You just became the head vampire of the wind clan," he answered. "You gained all of Kagura's powers when you killed her. You can make new vampires, use wind spells, all of that. That's why you're in her room. You get the best the house has of everything."
She cocked her head, trying to give herself time to process all of this. It was an awful lot to take in. She'd gotten rid of her sire, along with every other vampire in the entire house. Kagome finally stammered out, "So does that mean I get Sesshomaru?"