"Our destiny," Kagome breathed. Kikyo nodded. "But if Kaoru's the goddess
of darkness, then Kagome must be the goddess of light?" Kikyo nodded again.
"Like I was once, I once was the goddess of light till Kagome 'took' my
soul." Kaede then asked, "But besides that, why does Kaoru look like Kikyo
and Kagome?" Kikyo answered her voice steady, "Kaede, you where too young
to remember this, but we once both had an older sister." Everyone gasped.
'How could this be true, it just can't be. She would have told me long ago,
when she was still alive before we turned against each other?' Inuyasha
thought.
"Her name was Tanun, which means destiny, or will of heaven. I was eight and you (she said pointing at Kaede) where about three or four while our older sister was thirteen. She was a miko in training, a beautiful girl with long raven hair scented with jasmine and eyes so blue they matched the sky. We both showed great abilities with our miko powers and such. She loved using her sword to protect people with and hated people to kill others. After a time though, she started. . . She started to. . ."
Kikyo scrunched up her eye brows as if it was tuff to remember, or maybe even hurtful, "She started to change, in a neither good nor bad way. She started to shows signs, signs of a deep darkness that lay dormant inside of her heart. It all started with small things; she became quiet, and didn't laugh and enjoy the things she usually did (A/N that line reminds me of an antidepressant commercial ^_^), her eyes often looked glazed and she looked as if she was off in another world. Then, it happened, right on a rainy day such as this. Kaede and I came back from finding mushrooms (A/N sound familiar?) and we saw her. We saw her standing there, with a sword in hand. Blood was everywhere, demon corpses scattered all over the ground. Kaede started to cry and she gripped my kimono. 'Why!!! Why Tanun why!!!' I screamed with anguish, she just stood there in the rain. Finally she turned around with the most haunting grin I've ever seen in my life and said, 'They say everything is the will of heaven, but I now know that it is the will of hell!!!' With that I saw her plunge the sword into her heart and collapse onto the ground. How could she? She could never even harm a fly!
"And she killed so many people, well demons, but living things none the less. I ran over to her and tried to bring her back to life with my powers, but death was the one thing I realized I couldn't change or fix. I collapsed sobbing on her dead form, Kaede beside me. That is when my heart first turned sour and I started to hate life as she did. That's when I also started to hate demons. When I first met Inuyasha I started to love life again, but I still hated demons because they where the ones that drove my sister over the brink of madness. That's why I wanted to make him human. But, when I thought he tried to steal the jewel from me and the old hatred came back."
Kikyo looked up at everyone and said firmly, "Those events are bound to repeat themselves soon Kaoru. They will happen to you. At least the part about blood lust. As well as you Keshin, you will have blood lust too for your demon blood will soon take over. But Hime-Ankoku (Princess of Darkness; Kaoru) hopefully you will have more strength to go through the changes than my sister did."
"Why are you telling us this, I thought you hated us?!?!" Inuyasha growled angrily. Kikyo sighed, "I do hate you, with all of my heart. Especially you Inuyasha, like I said before I died hating you and my soul can't move from that spot. The only reason I'm doing this now is because of sworn duty. Not because I love you or for any other reason. Now you must embark on a journey to get the silver sword and the golden bow and arrows. They are sealed in a hidden door on Mt. Fugi. You will have to find the sacred keys of the four elements to open those doors; fire, water, air, and earth. You can find them in a similar way you found the Shikon shards. You will understand. You must depart shortly. I'm not sure if we will ever see each other again till the afterlife. Good bye." She started to go then said softly to Kagome, "Kagome, take care of Inuyasha." Then she turned to walk away from them, never to see each other again. Inuyasha didn't even run after her but just stood there in utter shock and emptiness.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the Meiji; In Kyoto
" Lord Aoshi! Lord Aoshi are you there!" Misao called down the hallway. Okon yelled out from a room close, "I think he's meditating at the temple dear. Take an umbrella though, it's raining awfully hard outside." "Thanks" Misao hastily yelled back and grabbed an umbrella and dashed out the door.
Her feet stamped through the eater as she ran as fast as she could through the rain without slipping. She dashed around the corner and to the temple. The stopped in front of the door, took a breath then stepped through the door and went up the steps. She found under the canopy on the top of the building. "Aoshi," Misao called out to him. He had his back turned to her. "Come, Misao," he said to her. She slowly came forward puzzled about what he might say to her. "Yes, Lord Aoshi?" she said almost timidly. "Misao, there is something I need to talk to you about."
Aren't I mean! A cliff hanger! And, I didn't even update for the longest of time. But I went to Texas for Thanksgiving to visit some family and I was so fat and happy when I got off the plain home I forgot all about this fanfic! Gomen (sorry)! But when I remembered I immediately starting writing again. So sorry for the short chap but expect a nice long one next weekend to make up for it. Love you all!
Yotaka
^._.^
"Her name was Tanun, which means destiny, or will of heaven. I was eight and you (she said pointing at Kaede) where about three or four while our older sister was thirteen. She was a miko in training, a beautiful girl with long raven hair scented with jasmine and eyes so blue they matched the sky. We both showed great abilities with our miko powers and such. She loved using her sword to protect people with and hated people to kill others. After a time though, she started. . . She started to. . ."
Kikyo scrunched up her eye brows as if it was tuff to remember, or maybe even hurtful, "She started to change, in a neither good nor bad way. She started to shows signs, signs of a deep darkness that lay dormant inside of her heart. It all started with small things; she became quiet, and didn't laugh and enjoy the things she usually did (A/N that line reminds me of an antidepressant commercial ^_^), her eyes often looked glazed and she looked as if she was off in another world. Then, it happened, right on a rainy day such as this. Kaede and I came back from finding mushrooms (A/N sound familiar?) and we saw her. We saw her standing there, with a sword in hand. Blood was everywhere, demon corpses scattered all over the ground. Kaede started to cry and she gripped my kimono. 'Why!!! Why Tanun why!!!' I screamed with anguish, she just stood there in the rain. Finally she turned around with the most haunting grin I've ever seen in my life and said, 'They say everything is the will of heaven, but I now know that it is the will of hell!!!' With that I saw her plunge the sword into her heart and collapse onto the ground. How could she? She could never even harm a fly!
"And she killed so many people, well demons, but living things none the less. I ran over to her and tried to bring her back to life with my powers, but death was the one thing I realized I couldn't change or fix. I collapsed sobbing on her dead form, Kaede beside me. That is when my heart first turned sour and I started to hate life as she did. That's when I also started to hate demons. When I first met Inuyasha I started to love life again, but I still hated demons because they where the ones that drove my sister over the brink of madness. That's why I wanted to make him human. But, when I thought he tried to steal the jewel from me and the old hatred came back."
Kikyo looked up at everyone and said firmly, "Those events are bound to repeat themselves soon Kaoru. They will happen to you. At least the part about blood lust. As well as you Keshin, you will have blood lust too for your demon blood will soon take over. But Hime-Ankoku (Princess of Darkness; Kaoru) hopefully you will have more strength to go through the changes than my sister did."
"Why are you telling us this, I thought you hated us?!?!" Inuyasha growled angrily. Kikyo sighed, "I do hate you, with all of my heart. Especially you Inuyasha, like I said before I died hating you and my soul can't move from that spot. The only reason I'm doing this now is because of sworn duty. Not because I love you or for any other reason. Now you must embark on a journey to get the silver sword and the golden bow and arrows. They are sealed in a hidden door on Mt. Fugi. You will have to find the sacred keys of the four elements to open those doors; fire, water, air, and earth. You can find them in a similar way you found the Shikon shards. You will understand. You must depart shortly. I'm not sure if we will ever see each other again till the afterlife. Good bye." She started to go then said softly to Kagome, "Kagome, take care of Inuyasha." Then she turned to walk away from them, never to see each other again. Inuyasha didn't even run after her but just stood there in utter shock and emptiness.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the Meiji; In Kyoto
" Lord Aoshi! Lord Aoshi are you there!" Misao called down the hallway. Okon yelled out from a room close, "I think he's meditating at the temple dear. Take an umbrella though, it's raining awfully hard outside." "Thanks" Misao hastily yelled back and grabbed an umbrella and dashed out the door.
Her feet stamped through the eater as she ran as fast as she could through the rain without slipping. She dashed around the corner and to the temple. The stopped in front of the door, took a breath then stepped through the door and went up the steps. She found under the canopy on the top of the building. "Aoshi," Misao called out to him. He had his back turned to her. "Come, Misao," he said to her. She slowly came forward puzzled about what he might say to her. "Yes, Lord Aoshi?" she said almost timidly. "Misao, there is something I need to talk to you about."
Aren't I mean! A cliff hanger! And, I didn't even update for the longest of time. But I went to Texas for Thanksgiving to visit some family and I was so fat and happy when I got off the plain home I forgot all about this fanfic! Gomen (sorry)! But when I remembered I immediately starting writing again. So sorry for the short chap but expect a nice long one next weekend to make up for it. Love you all!
Yotaka
^._.^