Chp 13: A lesson learned before leaving
Disclaimer: I think I get it after 13 FUCKING TIMES!!!! I do not own Inu and company. So shut the hell up Takahashi! I only borrowed them for a day to get some poses and sketches. (No! Not hentai! Hentai People!)
Now was when the gathering would commence. She dreaded having to meet up with Kouga. If she did, which she knew she would, she would give him one chance to take the hint, and then put him down. Hard
All the major lords and ladies have arrived. Now just the last few minor ones. Funny Kouga's not here yet, him being so fond of speed.
"Kagome?"
Speak of the devil.
"What the hell are you doing here? And where's mutt face?"
Had it been earlier in the day, her face would have contorted in anger. But, as it was, her face lay impassive.
"Hello Kouga. Fancy meeting you here. I have to go."
Kouga ran up to her. "Wait! Where's dog breath? And why are you here?"
Kagome gave a quick answer to him, "I'm not here with Inuyasha," She ticked them off on her fingers. "He's probably off fucking a dead whore. I'm here to give information on Naraku, I'm here with Sesshoumaru, and I need to go. Bye, bye!"
Kouga ran up to her and gave her a cocky grin. "Well now that dog shits not here to mess things up between us, I can finally take you as my woman."
Kagome was getting mad now. She raised her Ki a few notches to see if he would get the hint and take his chance to leave. He didn't.
Instead, he grabbed her around the waist and pulled her to him. He bent down to kiss her.
Now she was pissed.
An inhuman growl vibrated through her chest and into her throat. Her eyes went red, but she held her shape. Kagome growled the first words so only he could hear, but the last words were heard throughout the castle.
"For the last time Kouga, I AM NOT YOUR GOD DAMNED WOMAN!!!!"
She pulled her hand back and it was sparking with red energy. She thrust it into Kouga's chest and blew him clear through the wall, leaving a Scooby doo like hole in the wall. (You know where it's the exact contour of the person or thing?) Her hair sparked with electricity at the ends. Her hands still glowed red but did not spark.
And through the hole ordeal, (couldn't resist the hole thing) her face remained impassive and cold. She turned calmly and strode to a hallway that would lead her to the room where the Lords and ladies of the four points would be waiting for her. Her hair had become slightly disheveled by the kouga ordeal, so she took two metal black and red chopsticks and using telekinesis, did her hair in an ornate bun while smoothing out the wrinkles in her kimono. She made sure she had both her fans with her. She drew out the harmless fan and opened it and placed it over everything on her face but her eyes.
She stepped into the large room that had cushions spread for sitting or kneeling. Kouga's scent long since purified. Makuro indicated the cushion next to Sesshoumaru and she sat down, tucking her legs beneath her.
"What was that noise out there?" One of the ladies asked Kagome.
Kagome uttered one word that said it all.
"Kouga."
It probably took almost all anyone's will power not to crack up, but every body in the room except, Sesshoumaru and herself, cracked a smile. Sesshoumaru asked mentally. (Sesshoumaru has some mental communication abilities.)
'What did you do to him.'?
'He called me his woman, again, and then tried to kiss me. I blew him through a wall. I'm sure he makes a very nice lawn ornament.'
'Stupid wolf.'
Kagome almost choked when Sesshoumaru said this. 'That was an Inuyasha line.'
Makuro sat and started the talk. "I believe I should start with who knows the most about Naraku. Lady Kagome. Would you please tell us what you know?"
Kagome took a deep breath and started. "Well, I guess I should start from the beginning. Well, a little over 50 years ago, there was a human thief named Onigumo. Onigumo tricked a demon spirit into entering his body, this particular spirit could absorb other demons, and Onigumo absorbed many demons into his body, becoming hanyou. He changed his name to Naraku."
"Naraku now desires the Shikon no Tama. 50 years ago at the same time Onigumo became Naraku, the priestess Kikyou was the Shikon no Tama's guardian. The hanyou, Inuyasha, wanted the Shikon no Tama to become a full- fledged youkai. When he first discovered Kikyou, he tried to kill her, but he ended up falling in love with her. Naraku wanted the Shikon no Tama and Kikyou, he tricked Kikyou and Inuyasha into thinking they betrayed one another. Inuyasha ended up killing Kikyou, but Kikyou did not kill Inuyasha. She pinned him to a tree for fifty years."
"I was able to pull out the enchanted arrow. Inuyasha at first thought I was Kikyou and tried to kill me. A large centipede demon attacked me. When I came here, the Shikon no Tama was in my hip without my knowledge. The demon tore it from my hip and Inuyasha took it. While trying to kill another demon that was trying to steal the Shikon, I shattered the jewel. Now Naraku seeks the shards of the jewel as does Inuyasha."
"Makuro, you say you were attacked by a woman who smelled of earth and bones?"
Makuro nodded and said, "Hai."
Kagome continued. "A witch named Urasue, brought Kikyou back to life in a body of clay. Kikyou seeks revenge on Inuyasha, for her death. She still thinks it was his doing. She also seeks to kill me, because I am her reincarnation. When she was remade from clay, she stole part of my soul, and if I die, she will get the rest of it and be able to live without stealing the souls of dead women. Kikyou was the woman who attacked you. You also say there was a young youkai exterminator with a sickle and chain?"
Asahane answered "Hai."
"One of my friends, Sango, is a demon exterminator, the last of her village. Naraku slaughtered her village while she was away doing an extermination with the other fighters of her village, which included her younger brother Kohaku. After exterminating the youkai, her younger brother was controlled by Naraku and killed his family; he almost killed Sango as well. Now Naraku is sustaining Kohaku's life with a Shikon shard. He was the other that tried to kill you."
"Naraku can make incarnations of himself. He already has several, one is Kagura, the wind sorceress, Kanna of the mirror, and Juroumaru and Kageroumaru. He used to have another, a mind reading Youkai named Goshinki. Inuyasha killed him but broke the Tetsusaiga in the process. Toukijin is made from Goshinki's teeth. He already holds a little over one quarter of the jewel. (I know that he really has almost all of the jewel in the anime, but if he had that much, this story would be over way sooner than I would like.) If he recovers the jewel, he will probably be too powerful for all of you together to defeat. But Inuyasha must not get the jewel either, for it will become tainted and will corrupt him as it will anyone else."
The lord of the north spoke up. "How are we supposed to stop him from getting the jewel if it will corrupt any who touch it?"
Kagome nodded and said. "I am able to purify the shards as I get them. Though, I do not know if I would be able to purify the whole and fully corrupted Shikon jewel. I have already accumulated nine Shikon shards. As long as Naraku does not complete the jewel, he will be able to be destroyed. He may appear to be powerful, which I admit he is somewhat, But he sends his 'offspring' or puppets instead of going himself. He is nothing more than a coward."
There were low murmurs among the lords and ladies. When they stopped, the lord of the lord of the north spoke again.
"How can we know you are telling the truth? You could be lying and working for Naraku."
Kagome felt her temper flare and her anger rise at this statement. But she kept her face impassive. Her eyes crackled with red electricity while she answered the lord.
"I thought demons could smell lies? And, as for me working for Naraku, How DARE you compare me to one who is so low as to work for him!" 'This guy is pushing it.'
The youkai lord smiled kindly. 'Was he playing with me?' thought Kagome.
"Yes you are right, demons can smell lies. And I knew that you did not work for or with Naraku. I believe the other lords and ladies agree that we can trust you?" He looked at all the others. All but the lord and lady of the east smiled, well, Sesshoumaru didn't smile, but that was normal.
Kagome looked at the two Neko-youkai that didn't look too friendly. The female had long blonde hair with purple streaks, which fell to her waist. She had a mark upon her forehead, which was that of a golden sun with two swords crossed in front of it. She had two deep purple lightning bolt shaped, stripes on either side of her face. She was wearing an elegant dark blue kimono with two gold lightning bolts going down the front and back, and pointed ears.
The male had hair that was a mix of wood brown and blonde. He had two black stripes on his face, along with the mark on his forehead that depicted two crisscrossing claw marks. He was wearing an outfit similar to Sesshoumaru's in style but in place of white, it was the same blue as the female's, and the designs were golden suns. And he also had pointed ears.
The female lifted her nose and stared at Kagome like she was noting more than the ground they walked on. The male glared at the lord of the northern lands.
"Kakusaretakawa-sama, my mate and I are not foolish enough to trust a human. You would be wise to not do so as well."
Kagome was slightly peeved at them but did not let it show. 'Kakusaretakawa? Why does that name sound familiar?'
Said youkai lord glared at the two neko-youkai. "If you do not respect the decisions of the others here, then it would be in your best interest to decline your alliance in fighting Naraku."
The youkai lord of the east, Saro-sama, looked at Kakusaretakawa. "No, I will do no such thing, I will simply apply my presence as little as possible until you stop bringing humans into our business."
Kakusaretakawa shook his head and turned to Kagome. He smiled. "Thank you for your information Kagome-san. Now I believe we should go down to dinner ne?"
Kagome put on a very fake smile, stood up after the lords and ladies did, and bowed.
"Ite, thank you. I seriously had my doubts on whether or not the youkai lords and ladies would trust a human. Thank you for proving me wrong. Forgive me for asking, but, have we met somewhere before? I've had the feeling of recognition since I saw you."
He nodded. "As have I, it is quite strange ne? But I know I have never met you before."
They were now striding to the dining hall side by side.
He gave a slight smirk. "Speaking of meeting people, how did you come to be arriving here with Sesshoumaru-sama?"
Kagome's face darkened slightly, he could sense the sorrow and anger radiating off her slightly.
"Well, in short, his half-brother is a bastard who treats women like property."
He nodded as they reached the dining hall.
Kakusaretakawa indicated that the spot to the left of Sesshoumaru was for her.
Kagome made light conversation through dinner. She had noticed that Kakusaretakawa was a dragon sometime ago. Now dinner was over and there was mingling and talking being done amongst the youkai at the residence.
Now was when Kakusaretakawa noticed the Kouga shaped hole in the wall, and made no attempt to hold in his laughter. (A/N Kouga was, and still is unconscious, as he will be for the whole night, he will not get to know Kagome is a youkai yet.)
"Hahahahaha! Oh, it looks like Kouga got what was coming to him. Hahahaha!"
Kagome nodded and excused herself she needed to go to her room and be alone for a while.
She had nearly reached her room when she got an urgent call from Ah-Uhn.
-Kagome-sama! Come to the gardens quickly! It's about the children! -
Kagome dashed to her room, grabbed her athemaes and ran in a blur of red and black to the gardens.
When she reached the entrance to the gardens she hid her scent and aura. She approached quietly.
She fought the growl that rumbled in her chest when she saw the sight that was in the garden.
There was the lady of the eastern lands, with a crowd of lesser ladies around her. But what was at on the ground in front of her caused Kagome to growl outright, but quietly so they wouldn't hear her. She listened to what she was saying.
"Stupid human! You are pathetic, hiding behind a baby kitsune. What more would one expect of a human though? Get up and face me human! Afraid are we? I'll give you something to be afraid of!" She stretched out her arm and spread her hand out, while Shippou growled at her.
Kagome would not let this go any further. She purified one of her athemaes and threw it at the demonesse's outstretched hand. Everybody in the garden saw a red light rip through the garden and hurtle into Shohikira's hand. The force of the purifying energy caused her to fly back against a large ash tree in the garden with a scream of pain. Kagome stepped out holding her lethal fan over her face.
Kagome's eyes were glowing red with electricity, and her hair was sparking at the tips.
"Get.Away.From.My.Kit." Kagome said in a dangerously calm voice.
Shohikira pulled the dagger from her hand, which was badly burned from the purifying energy. She sent it spinning back at Kagome. But Kagome merely looked at it. It stopped a foot from her face and spun to face back at Shohikira. It went hurtling towards Shohikira at a speed that no youkai could dodge. But instead of impaling itself in her head, the dagger buried itself halfway to its hilt in the tree a centimeter away from her left eye.
Some of the people who had been residing elsewhere were drawn to the gardens by Shohikira's scream of pain.
Most of them just stared with their mouths hanging open, at the supposedly human girl's show of power.
But Shohikira's mate, Saro, ran towards Kagome to stop her.
'The same thing that happened to me will happen to him in the very same place.' Thought Sesshoumaru.
And, as Sesshoumaru suspected, Kagome merely held out her hand towards Saro and he stopped in his tracks, but instead of holding him, she threw a bolt of purifying energy at him, as she had done to the guard, and stunned him.
She turned back to Shohikira, who was staring stunned at the dagger that was a mere centimeter from her eye. Kagome lifted her arm, and Shohikira lifted with it. Now Shohikira was suspended in the air about ten feet. Kagome moved her so she was levitated above the pond in the middle of the garden, then she let her hand drop.
"AAAAAAIIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!!" Could be heard throughout the castle and surrounding forest.
Kagome turned worried eyes to Rin and Shippou. She went over to them and kneeled next to them.
"Are you guys okay?"
Rin turned teary eyes to Kagome. Then she threw her arms around her neck. "Kagome-neechan! Rin was so scared! Rin thought that mean lady was going to hurt Rin again! But Shippou protected Rin!"
Kagome looked Rin in the eyes. "Again?"
Rin nodded and showed Kagome her arm. There were finger shaped bruises just starting to show. Kagome's eyes teared. She hugged Rin and Shippou to her tightly.
"I'm sorry I didn't get here sooner. Thank you Shippou, for protecting Rin. You are a good big brother. Let's get you two to bed."
She got up and walked to the entrance of the garden, the crowed of youkai parted for her. Sesshoumaru growled low when he saw the exposed bruise on Rin's arm. He followed Kagome to Rin and Shippou's room.
They had fallen asleep in her arms on the way there. After she had put them in bed she turned. Her eyes were glowing red, but not with electricity, with blood. She ran past Sesshoumaru and back to the garden, she leaped over the crowd and stood facing a sopping wet Shohikira. Kagome's growl shook the night air.
Kagome lifted her hand and slammed her against the left wall of the garden.
"How, DARE YOU HURT RIN!!!"
Kagome's eyes glowed a brilliant blood red for a second before a white light enveloped her. When the light receded, Kagome stood there with her wings, tail, horns, and markings clearly visible.
Kagome's wings puffed up and her claws thrummed with the need to release poison.
"How about you fight someone who is not defenseless! But no I am just a mere human. Actually I am not! See for yourself bitch!" The marking on her forehead glowed as her hand erupted in a blood red flame, but the flame merely surrounded her hand, and did not consume it.
Everyone, including Sesshoumaru, stared at her hand. Though, Sesshoumaru's face was not that of shock. It was expressionless, as usual.
Kagome was furious, not only had this bitch tried to hurt Rin and Shippou in front of her, but she had hurt her before she had gotten there. She deserved pain. For the first time in her life, she truly wanted someone to die by her hands. But, no matter how mad she was, she was not blinded by her rage. Her sorrow at almost having another taken from her was excruciating. Kagome just held Shohikira against the wall with her hand flaming. She could not kill her.why?
#Kagome.#
'What Midoriko?'
#Put her down.#
'Fine, I can't kill her anyways.'
Kagome let Shohikira drop. She looked down at the demoness with contempt in her eyes, but her face impassive.
"I have shown you mercy two times. You nor your mate will be so lucky the next time."
Kagome gazed at the other lords and ladies. "Let this go to show you what will happen to anyone, ANYONE, who tries to, or does, harm Rin or my kit in any way. I am only so merciful." With that she took off on her wings, through the top of the garden that had no roof.
Kakusaretakawa could only utter one whispered word that only Sesshoumaru caught.
"Noyoroha?"
Sesshoumaru took off after Kagome on his youki cloud.
Kagome flew far away from the castle. She needed to be alone and sit.
She stopped beside a small pond in the middle of a clearing. She sat down and looked at herself in the water. Kagome could not hold them back any longer. She covered her face with her clawed hands as her body shook. The tears she had managed to keep at bay for a month came flooding back with a vengeance. They spilled into her hand, down her face, out of her hand, or dropped to the ground.
'Why? Why me? What did I do? Why does heartbreak have to be so painful? Why am I meant to be alone.'
She was so wrapped up in her thoughts; she did not notice Sesshoumaru enter the clearing. She pulled her knees up to her chest and stared at her wavering reflection in the water.
After a few moments another reflection appeared beside her. 'Great, now I'm hallucinating. I really am going crazy.' She closed her eyes.
Before she could open them, she felt a hand on her shoulder. She opened her eyes and knew who it was immediately. 'Sesshoumaru.'
"Why do you cry?" asked Sesshoumaru.
Kagome didn't really know how to answer. It was a simple enough question.
"My heart has not yet healed, and having someone I love hurt only served to reopen the barely sealed wounds. I really would have killed her, but I couldn't."
Sesshoumaru jumped slightly when she started crying again. 'Should I do something?'
'Well duh.'
'I don't need help from my common sense right now.'
Sesshoumaru sat down next to her and put his tail around her back and side, no easy task considering she had wings. He pulled her closer to him. He was not surprised when she buried her face in his chest, but he was surprised when her tail coiled around him. Sesshoumaru gently placed a hand on her back between her wings, but in the process of doing so, his hand brushed against the smooth feathers of her wing. 'Wow, the kit was right, her wings are soft.'
His rebellious hand started to stroke her wing feathers.
'What had happened? Minutes ago this woman had the lady of the eastern lands at her feet. Where did she go? Now I am holding her while she cries. But for what? It has been a month, shouldn't she be over his half-brother? Did she really love him that much? Does she still love him?
"Do you still love him?"
Kagome was surprised to hear this question from Sesshoumaru. Did she still love Inuyasha? No, she didn't. But it still hurt. It hurt so much. And it had only been the first time she was heartbroken. If it hurt this much this time. What would happen the second time?
"No, I don't. But it still hurts. And almost having Rin hurt brought back the pain."
I heard you're doing ok
But I want you to know
I'm a dick
I'm addicted to you
"I don't love him, but I still care for him. I can't help that. He was always my friend, even if he didn't think so."
I can't pretend I don't care
When you don't think about me
Do you think I deserve this?
"And after everything, I found out that he still only thought of me as just a copy and a shard detector. He probably never even thought of me as a friend, just a shard detector. After 2 years, I'm still just a shard detector."
I tried to make you happy but you left anyway
"Nothing I did or said could make him see me. He always saw me as Kikyou's reincarnation. Never Kagome."
I trying to forget that
I'm addicted to you
"I can't just forget him. But I can't keep remembering him either."
But I want it and I need it
I'm addicted to you
"To tell you the truth, I don't think I want to forget him. I probably never will. Not after what he did."
Now it's over
can't forget what you said
and I never wanna do this again
"If my heart is broken again, I won't survive it. If it hurt this much, I would probably kill myself.
Heartbreaker
"And I still care about him. I am such a fool."
Since the day I met you
And after all we've been through
I'm still a dick
I'm addicted to you
I think you know that it's true
I'd run a thousand miles to get you
Do you think I deserve this?
"What did I do? What did I do that caused me this much pain?"
I tried to make you happy
I did all that I could
Just to keep you
But you left anyway
"Even after a month, it still hurts this bad. If he could see me now, he would probably be the most proud person on earth."
How long will I be waiting?
"It appears that I am doomed to remember him,"
Until the end of time
"And if I can't forget him, I will never love again."
I don't know why I'm still waiting
I can't make you mine
"Why am I still waiting? I should just forget about him, or kill him. That usually works for you, why not for me?"
Kagome had stopped crying, but did not move from the position she was in.
Sesshoumaru looked at her. "Even killing someone cannot always make you forget them, or ease the pain they brought you."
Kagome sighed. "I wouldn't kill him even if it would make me forget him. I wouldn't be able to do it. I guess I'll never forget Inuyasha, but I won't remember him either."
Kagome gave a frustrated sigh.
"Why the hell does heartbreak have to be so confusing?"
Sesshoumaru did not know.
Kagome gave him a small, sad, and totally fake smile. "I might as well go back, I probably need to apologize for almost killing the lady of the eastern lands."
I tried to forget that
I'm addicted to you But I want it and I need it
I'm addicted to you
Now it's over
can't forget what you said
and I never wanna do this again
"I guess I do owe them an apology, I didn't exactly have a good enough reason to kill her, but if she had really hurt Rin, there wouldn't be enough of her left to bury."
Sesshoumaru did not doubt for a second that she would make good on her threat. She acted just like she was Rin's mother, and her maternal instincts were in full gear when she was around children. Not only with her own kit, but with Rin.
Heartbreaker
I'm addicted to you
Kagome got an evil grin. "Sesshoumaru, do you think I should arrive in a different shape?"
He just raised an eyebrow.
Kagome stuck her tongue out at him. 'Oh yeah, real mature Kagome.'
"I don't even know why I asked. I would have even if you told me not to."
She shifted into the white, winged horse that she knew Sesshoumaru hated so much.
Sesshoumaru growled.
Kagome made neighing noises that sound suspiciously like laughing.
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Disclaimer: I think I get it after 13 FUCKING TIMES!!!! I do not own Inu and company. So shut the hell up Takahashi! I only borrowed them for a day to get some poses and sketches. (No! Not hentai! Hentai People!)
Now was when the gathering would commence. She dreaded having to meet up with Kouga. If she did, which she knew she would, she would give him one chance to take the hint, and then put him down. Hard
All the major lords and ladies have arrived. Now just the last few minor ones. Funny Kouga's not here yet, him being so fond of speed.
"Kagome?"
Speak of the devil.
"What the hell are you doing here? And where's mutt face?"
Had it been earlier in the day, her face would have contorted in anger. But, as it was, her face lay impassive.
"Hello Kouga. Fancy meeting you here. I have to go."
Kouga ran up to her. "Wait! Where's dog breath? And why are you here?"
Kagome gave a quick answer to him, "I'm not here with Inuyasha," She ticked them off on her fingers. "He's probably off fucking a dead whore. I'm here to give information on Naraku, I'm here with Sesshoumaru, and I need to go. Bye, bye!"
Kouga ran up to her and gave her a cocky grin. "Well now that dog shits not here to mess things up between us, I can finally take you as my woman."
Kagome was getting mad now. She raised her Ki a few notches to see if he would get the hint and take his chance to leave. He didn't.
Instead, he grabbed her around the waist and pulled her to him. He bent down to kiss her.
Now she was pissed.
An inhuman growl vibrated through her chest and into her throat. Her eyes went red, but she held her shape. Kagome growled the first words so only he could hear, but the last words were heard throughout the castle.
"For the last time Kouga, I AM NOT YOUR GOD DAMNED WOMAN!!!!"
She pulled her hand back and it was sparking with red energy. She thrust it into Kouga's chest and blew him clear through the wall, leaving a Scooby doo like hole in the wall. (You know where it's the exact contour of the person or thing?) Her hair sparked with electricity at the ends. Her hands still glowed red but did not spark.
And through the hole ordeal, (couldn't resist the hole thing) her face remained impassive and cold. She turned calmly and strode to a hallway that would lead her to the room where the Lords and ladies of the four points would be waiting for her. Her hair had become slightly disheveled by the kouga ordeal, so she took two metal black and red chopsticks and using telekinesis, did her hair in an ornate bun while smoothing out the wrinkles in her kimono. She made sure she had both her fans with her. She drew out the harmless fan and opened it and placed it over everything on her face but her eyes.
She stepped into the large room that had cushions spread for sitting or kneeling. Kouga's scent long since purified. Makuro indicated the cushion next to Sesshoumaru and she sat down, tucking her legs beneath her.
"What was that noise out there?" One of the ladies asked Kagome.
Kagome uttered one word that said it all.
"Kouga."
It probably took almost all anyone's will power not to crack up, but every body in the room except, Sesshoumaru and herself, cracked a smile. Sesshoumaru asked mentally. (Sesshoumaru has some mental communication abilities.)
'What did you do to him.'?
'He called me his woman, again, and then tried to kiss me. I blew him through a wall. I'm sure he makes a very nice lawn ornament.'
'Stupid wolf.'
Kagome almost choked when Sesshoumaru said this. 'That was an Inuyasha line.'
Makuro sat and started the talk. "I believe I should start with who knows the most about Naraku. Lady Kagome. Would you please tell us what you know?"
Kagome took a deep breath and started. "Well, I guess I should start from the beginning. Well, a little over 50 years ago, there was a human thief named Onigumo. Onigumo tricked a demon spirit into entering his body, this particular spirit could absorb other demons, and Onigumo absorbed many demons into his body, becoming hanyou. He changed his name to Naraku."
"Naraku now desires the Shikon no Tama. 50 years ago at the same time Onigumo became Naraku, the priestess Kikyou was the Shikon no Tama's guardian. The hanyou, Inuyasha, wanted the Shikon no Tama to become a full- fledged youkai. When he first discovered Kikyou, he tried to kill her, but he ended up falling in love with her. Naraku wanted the Shikon no Tama and Kikyou, he tricked Kikyou and Inuyasha into thinking they betrayed one another. Inuyasha ended up killing Kikyou, but Kikyou did not kill Inuyasha. She pinned him to a tree for fifty years."
"I was able to pull out the enchanted arrow. Inuyasha at first thought I was Kikyou and tried to kill me. A large centipede demon attacked me. When I came here, the Shikon no Tama was in my hip without my knowledge. The demon tore it from my hip and Inuyasha took it. While trying to kill another demon that was trying to steal the Shikon, I shattered the jewel. Now Naraku seeks the shards of the jewel as does Inuyasha."
"Makuro, you say you were attacked by a woman who smelled of earth and bones?"
Makuro nodded and said, "Hai."
Kagome continued. "A witch named Urasue, brought Kikyou back to life in a body of clay. Kikyou seeks revenge on Inuyasha, for her death. She still thinks it was his doing. She also seeks to kill me, because I am her reincarnation. When she was remade from clay, she stole part of my soul, and if I die, she will get the rest of it and be able to live without stealing the souls of dead women. Kikyou was the woman who attacked you. You also say there was a young youkai exterminator with a sickle and chain?"
Asahane answered "Hai."
"One of my friends, Sango, is a demon exterminator, the last of her village. Naraku slaughtered her village while she was away doing an extermination with the other fighters of her village, which included her younger brother Kohaku. After exterminating the youkai, her younger brother was controlled by Naraku and killed his family; he almost killed Sango as well. Now Naraku is sustaining Kohaku's life with a Shikon shard. He was the other that tried to kill you."
"Naraku can make incarnations of himself. He already has several, one is Kagura, the wind sorceress, Kanna of the mirror, and Juroumaru and Kageroumaru. He used to have another, a mind reading Youkai named Goshinki. Inuyasha killed him but broke the Tetsusaiga in the process. Toukijin is made from Goshinki's teeth. He already holds a little over one quarter of the jewel. (I know that he really has almost all of the jewel in the anime, but if he had that much, this story would be over way sooner than I would like.) If he recovers the jewel, he will probably be too powerful for all of you together to defeat. But Inuyasha must not get the jewel either, for it will become tainted and will corrupt him as it will anyone else."
The lord of the north spoke up. "How are we supposed to stop him from getting the jewel if it will corrupt any who touch it?"
Kagome nodded and said. "I am able to purify the shards as I get them. Though, I do not know if I would be able to purify the whole and fully corrupted Shikon jewel. I have already accumulated nine Shikon shards. As long as Naraku does not complete the jewel, he will be able to be destroyed. He may appear to be powerful, which I admit he is somewhat, But he sends his 'offspring' or puppets instead of going himself. He is nothing more than a coward."
There were low murmurs among the lords and ladies. When they stopped, the lord of the lord of the north spoke again.
"How can we know you are telling the truth? You could be lying and working for Naraku."
Kagome felt her temper flare and her anger rise at this statement. But she kept her face impassive. Her eyes crackled with red electricity while she answered the lord.
"I thought demons could smell lies? And, as for me working for Naraku, How DARE you compare me to one who is so low as to work for him!" 'This guy is pushing it.'
The youkai lord smiled kindly. 'Was he playing with me?' thought Kagome.
"Yes you are right, demons can smell lies. And I knew that you did not work for or with Naraku. I believe the other lords and ladies agree that we can trust you?" He looked at all the others. All but the lord and lady of the east smiled, well, Sesshoumaru didn't smile, but that was normal.
Kagome looked at the two Neko-youkai that didn't look too friendly. The female had long blonde hair with purple streaks, which fell to her waist. She had a mark upon her forehead, which was that of a golden sun with two swords crossed in front of it. She had two deep purple lightning bolt shaped, stripes on either side of her face. She was wearing an elegant dark blue kimono with two gold lightning bolts going down the front and back, and pointed ears.
The male had hair that was a mix of wood brown and blonde. He had two black stripes on his face, along with the mark on his forehead that depicted two crisscrossing claw marks. He was wearing an outfit similar to Sesshoumaru's in style but in place of white, it was the same blue as the female's, and the designs were golden suns. And he also had pointed ears.
The female lifted her nose and stared at Kagome like she was noting more than the ground they walked on. The male glared at the lord of the northern lands.
"Kakusaretakawa-sama, my mate and I are not foolish enough to trust a human. You would be wise to not do so as well."
Kagome was slightly peeved at them but did not let it show. 'Kakusaretakawa? Why does that name sound familiar?'
Said youkai lord glared at the two neko-youkai. "If you do not respect the decisions of the others here, then it would be in your best interest to decline your alliance in fighting Naraku."
The youkai lord of the east, Saro-sama, looked at Kakusaretakawa. "No, I will do no such thing, I will simply apply my presence as little as possible until you stop bringing humans into our business."
Kakusaretakawa shook his head and turned to Kagome. He smiled. "Thank you for your information Kagome-san. Now I believe we should go down to dinner ne?"
Kagome put on a very fake smile, stood up after the lords and ladies did, and bowed.
"Ite, thank you. I seriously had my doubts on whether or not the youkai lords and ladies would trust a human. Thank you for proving me wrong. Forgive me for asking, but, have we met somewhere before? I've had the feeling of recognition since I saw you."
He nodded. "As have I, it is quite strange ne? But I know I have never met you before."
They were now striding to the dining hall side by side.
He gave a slight smirk. "Speaking of meeting people, how did you come to be arriving here with Sesshoumaru-sama?"
Kagome's face darkened slightly, he could sense the sorrow and anger radiating off her slightly.
"Well, in short, his half-brother is a bastard who treats women like property."
He nodded as they reached the dining hall.
Kakusaretakawa indicated that the spot to the left of Sesshoumaru was for her.
Kagome made light conversation through dinner. She had noticed that Kakusaretakawa was a dragon sometime ago. Now dinner was over and there was mingling and talking being done amongst the youkai at the residence.
Now was when Kakusaretakawa noticed the Kouga shaped hole in the wall, and made no attempt to hold in his laughter. (A/N Kouga was, and still is unconscious, as he will be for the whole night, he will not get to know Kagome is a youkai yet.)
"Hahahahaha! Oh, it looks like Kouga got what was coming to him. Hahahaha!"
Kagome nodded and excused herself she needed to go to her room and be alone for a while.
She had nearly reached her room when she got an urgent call from Ah-Uhn.
-Kagome-sama! Come to the gardens quickly! It's about the children! -
Kagome dashed to her room, grabbed her athemaes and ran in a blur of red and black to the gardens.
When she reached the entrance to the gardens she hid her scent and aura. She approached quietly.
She fought the growl that rumbled in her chest when she saw the sight that was in the garden.
There was the lady of the eastern lands, with a crowd of lesser ladies around her. But what was at on the ground in front of her caused Kagome to growl outright, but quietly so they wouldn't hear her. She listened to what she was saying.
"Stupid human! You are pathetic, hiding behind a baby kitsune. What more would one expect of a human though? Get up and face me human! Afraid are we? I'll give you something to be afraid of!" She stretched out her arm and spread her hand out, while Shippou growled at her.
Kagome would not let this go any further. She purified one of her athemaes and threw it at the demonesse's outstretched hand. Everybody in the garden saw a red light rip through the garden and hurtle into Shohikira's hand. The force of the purifying energy caused her to fly back against a large ash tree in the garden with a scream of pain. Kagome stepped out holding her lethal fan over her face.
Kagome's eyes were glowing red with electricity, and her hair was sparking at the tips.
"Get.Away.From.My.Kit." Kagome said in a dangerously calm voice.
Shohikira pulled the dagger from her hand, which was badly burned from the purifying energy. She sent it spinning back at Kagome. But Kagome merely looked at it. It stopped a foot from her face and spun to face back at Shohikira. It went hurtling towards Shohikira at a speed that no youkai could dodge. But instead of impaling itself in her head, the dagger buried itself halfway to its hilt in the tree a centimeter away from her left eye.
Some of the people who had been residing elsewhere were drawn to the gardens by Shohikira's scream of pain.
Most of them just stared with their mouths hanging open, at the supposedly human girl's show of power.
But Shohikira's mate, Saro, ran towards Kagome to stop her.
'The same thing that happened to me will happen to him in the very same place.' Thought Sesshoumaru.
And, as Sesshoumaru suspected, Kagome merely held out her hand towards Saro and he stopped in his tracks, but instead of holding him, she threw a bolt of purifying energy at him, as she had done to the guard, and stunned him.
She turned back to Shohikira, who was staring stunned at the dagger that was a mere centimeter from her eye. Kagome lifted her arm, and Shohikira lifted with it. Now Shohikira was suspended in the air about ten feet. Kagome moved her so she was levitated above the pond in the middle of the garden, then she let her hand drop.
"AAAAAAIIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!!" Could be heard throughout the castle and surrounding forest.
Kagome turned worried eyes to Rin and Shippou. She went over to them and kneeled next to them.
"Are you guys okay?"
Rin turned teary eyes to Kagome. Then she threw her arms around her neck. "Kagome-neechan! Rin was so scared! Rin thought that mean lady was going to hurt Rin again! But Shippou protected Rin!"
Kagome looked Rin in the eyes. "Again?"
Rin nodded and showed Kagome her arm. There were finger shaped bruises just starting to show. Kagome's eyes teared. She hugged Rin and Shippou to her tightly.
"I'm sorry I didn't get here sooner. Thank you Shippou, for protecting Rin. You are a good big brother. Let's get you two to bed."
She got up and walked to the entrance of the garden, the crowed of youkai parted for her. Sesshoumaru growled low when he saw the exposed bruise on Rin's arm. He followed Kagome to Rin and Shippou's room.
They had fallen asleep in her arms on the way there. After she had put them in bed she turned. Her eyes were glowing red, but not with electricity, with blood. She ran past Sesshoumaru and back to the garden, she leaped over the crowd and stood facing a sopping wet Shohikira. Kagome's growl shook the night air.
Kagome lifted her hand and slammed her against the left wall of the garden.
"How, DARE YOU HURT RIN!!!"
Kagome's eyes glowed a brilliant blood red for a second before a white light enveloped her. When the light receded, Kagome stood there with her wings, tail, horns, and markings clearly visible.
Kagome's wings puffed up and her claws thrummed with the need to release poison.
"How about you fight someone who is not defenseless! But no I am just a mere human. Actually I am not! See for yourself bitch!" The marking on her forehead glowed as her hand erupted in a blood red flame, but the flame merely surrounded her hand, and did not consume it.
Everyone, including Sesshoumaru, stared at her hand. Though, Sesshoumaru's face was not that of shock. It was expressionless, as usual.
Kagome was furious, not only had this bitch tried to hurt Rin and Shippou in front of her, but she had hurt her before she had gotten there. She deserved pain. For the first time in her life, she truly wanted someone to die by her hands. But, no matter how mad she was, she was not blinded by her rage. Her sorrow at almost having another taken from her was excruciating. Kagome just held Shohikira against the wall with her hand flaming. She could not kill her.why?
#Kagome.#
'What Midoriko?'
#Put her down.#
'Fine, I can't kill her anyways.'
Kagome let Shohikira drop. She looked down at the demoness with contempt in her eyes, but her face impassive.
"I have shown you mercy two times. You nor your mate will be so lucky the next time."
Kagome gazed at the other lords and ladies. "Let this go to show you what will happen to anyone, ANYONE, who tries to, or does, harm Rin or my kit in any way. I am only so merciful." With that she took off on her wings, through the top of the garden that had no roof.
Kakusaretakawa could only utter one whispered word that only Sesshoumaru caught.
"Noyoroha?"
Sesshoumaru took off after Kagome on his youki cloud.
Kagome flew far away from the castle. She needed to be alone and sit.
She stopped beside a small pond in the middle of a clearing. She sat down and looked at herself in the water. Kagome could not hold them back any longer. She covered her face with her clawed hands as her body shook. The tears she had managed to keep at bay for a month came flooding back with a vengeance. They spilled into her hand, down her face, out of her hand, or dropped to the ground.
'Why? Why me? What did I do? Why does heartbreak have to be so painful? Why am I meant to be alone.'
She was so wrapped up in her thoughts; she did not notice Sesshoumaru enter the clearing. She pulled her knees up to her chest and stared at her wavering reflection in the water.
After a few moments another reflection appeared beside her. 'Great, now I'm hallucinating. I really am going crazy.' She closed her eyes.
Before she could open them, she felt a hand on her shoulder. She opened her eyes and knew who it was immediately. 'Sesshoumaru.'
"Why do you cry?" asked Sesshoumaru.
Kagome didn't really know how to answer. It was a simple enough question.
"My heart has not yet healed, and having someone I love hurt only served to reopen the barely sealed wounds. I really would have killed her, but I couldn't."
Sesshoumaru jumped slightly when she started crying again. 'Should I do something?'
'Well duh.'
'I don't need help from my common sense right now.'
Sesshoumaru sat down next to her and put his tail around her back and side, no easy task considering she had wings. He pulled her closer to him. He was not surprised when she buried her face in his chest, but he was surprised when her tail coiled around him. Sesshoumaru gently placed a hand on her back between her wings, but in the process of doing so, his hand brushed against the smooth feathers of her wing. 'Wow, the kit was right, her wings are soft.'
His rebellious hand started to stroke her wing feathers.
'What had happened? Minutes ago this woman had the lady of the eastern lands at her feet. Where did she go? Now I am holding her while she cries. But for what? It has been a month, shouldn't she be over his half-brother? Did she really love him that much? Does she still love him?
"Do you still love him?"
Kagome was surprised to hear this question from Sesshoumaru. Did she still love Inuyasha? No, she didn't. But it still hurt. It hurt so much. And it had only been the first time she was heartbroken. If it hurt this much this time. What would happen the second time?
"No, I don't. But it still hurts. And almost having Rin hurt brought back the pain."
I heard you're doing ok
But I want you to know
I'm a dick
I'm addicted to you
"I don't love him, but I still care for him. I can't help that. He was always my friend, even if he didn't think so."
I can't pretend I don't care
When you don't think about me
Do you think I deserve this?
"And after everything, I found out that he still only thought of me as just a copy and a shard detector. He probably never even thought of me as a friend, just a shard detector. After 2 years, I'm still just a shard detector."
I tried to make you happy but you left anyway
"Nothing I did or said could make him see me. He always saw me as Kikyou's reincarnation. Never Kagome."
I trying to forget that
I'm addicted to you
"I can't just forget him. But I can't keep remembering him either."
But I want it and I need it
I'm addicted to you
"To tell you the truth, I don't think I want to forget him. I probably never will. Not after what he did."
Now it's over
can't forget what you said
and I never wanna do this again
"If my heart is broken again, I won't survive it. If it hurt this much, I would probably kill myself.
Heartbreaker
"And I still care about him. I am such a fool."
Since the day I met you
And after all we've been through
I'm still a dick
I'm addicted to you
I think you know that it's true
I'd run a thousand miles to get you
Do you think I deserve this?
"What did I do? What did I do that caused me this much pain?"
I tried to make you happy
I did all that I could
Just to keep you
But you left anyway
"Even after a month, it still hurts this bad. If he could see me now, he would probably be the most proud person on earth."
How long will I be waiting?
"It appears that I am doomed to remember him,"
Until the end of time
"And if I can't forget him, I will never love again."
I don't know why I'm still waiting
I can't make you mine
"Why am I still waiting? I should just forget about him, or kill him. That usually works for you, why not for me?"
Kagome had stopped crying, but did not move from the position she was in.
Sesshoumaru looked at her. "Even killing someone cannot always make you forget them, or ease the pain they brought you."
Kagome sighed. "I wouldn't kill him even if it would make me forget him. I wouldn't be able to do it. I guess I'll never forget Inuyasha, but I won't remember him either."
Kagome gave a frustrated sigh.
"Why the hell does heartbreak have to be so confusing?"
Sesshoumaru did not know.
Kagome gave him a small, sad, and totally fake smile. "I might as well go back, I probably need to apologize for almost killing the lady of the eastern lands."
I tried to forget that
I'm addicted to you But I want it and I need it
I'm addicted to you
Now it's over
can't forget what you said
and I never wanna do this again
"I guess I do owe them an apology, I didn't exactly have a good enough reason to kill her, but if she had really hurt Rin, there wouldn't be enough of her left to bury."
Sesshoumaru did not doubt for a second that she would make good on her threat. She acted just like she was Rin's mother, and her maternal instincts were in full gear when she was around children. Not only with her own kit, but with Rin.
Heartbreaker
I'm addicted to you
Kagome got an evil grin. "Sesshoumaru, do you think I should arrive in a different shape?"
He just raised an eyebrow.
Kagome stuck her tongue out at him. 'Oh yeah, real mature Kagome.'
"I don't even know why I asked. I would have even if you told me not to."
She shifted into the white, winged horse that she knew Sesshoumaru hated so much.
Sesshoumaru growled.
Kagome made neighing noises that sound suspiciously like laughing.
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Okay, was the chapter too weepy, not enough action, not enough Sess/Kag interaction? Don't worry, there will be plenty of it soon. In your time, but in the stories time it might not be for a couple of months.
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Sorry for not updating in two days. I was swimming in homework. Literally.