I am so, so, soooooo sorry. Please forgive me. I have had major
writers block. Hopefully this will tide you people over and I would like to
say that unless someone has a major problem with this Celest will probably
be paired with Kurama. Also I'm going to have Yusuke be half war demon
because I've read this in a few fics and I've been told personally by a
reviewer (you can check me on this) that this is so and Keiko will make an
appearance in this story, however it will be amazingly brief. Thank you all
who have reviewed this ebil story. And of course I would like to personally
thank all of you:
Meiko Kazuke
blazingsunstar
NeferNeferi
Frozen Lighting
Kat421
arata_priestess
Mysterious-Kistune
~Kagome POV~
I heard bits of peeps and other natural sounds when I opened my eyes. I quickly shut them against the pale sunlight that filtered through the tent flaps and pulled my pillow over my head. "Mamma! Mamma! Wake up!" I grunted for Shippou to leave me alone but he just bounced onto my bed and tried to push me off. I finally sighed in defeat and groggily sat up.
"Shippou, wait. I have to tell you something." I said slowly. After all, how could I tell my son that I was half demon and that it was because of my best friend? I bit the inside of my mouth and pondered over it. Of course, as always, Shippou answered before I got a chance to think it over completely.
"Yeah, okaa-san?" I looked at him and looked over at Sango. Oh yeah, she didn't have to go through this.
"Shippou," I spoke slowly adding a bit of thought to each word. "I am going to tell you something. You have to promise me that you will not tell anyone." He looked confused, but he still nodded with enthusiasm. "Shippou, I'm half demon." I had my eyes closed and I thought that when I opened them there would be an upset and betrayed Shippou.
However before I could even open an eyelid, I was tackled back to my pillow. I looked up at Shippou, who was giggling and smiling. He chirped something I didn't quite understand. But he repeated again, and again, and again. "Now you really are my mommy! Yay!" Oh yeah! Celest said he was a kitsune, duh!
I heard a rustle and looked over to see Celest, on the verge of laughter. "Go on with it," I grumbled angrily. I didn't have to tell her twice because she was lying on her bed and laughing so hard she was actually crying. "It's not that funny, Celest," I growled out through my clenched teeth.
"Sure it is," Celest choked out. Kirara and Sango chose that moment to come back to us from their own dream-lands. Celest finally finished and rubbed the tears out of her eyes. "Okay, I have to tell you something before I forget."
"That won't be long," Sango commented. I smirked at Sango and tackled her. I started tickling her mercilessly. "I give! I give!" Sango choked out. I stopped and looked at Celest. She looked annoyed.
"Anyways, I figured we could start training tonight," Celest said. We looked at her like she had gone absolutely mad. And Shippou looked at her like she had spoke in an alien language.
Before Sango or I could voice our opinions, Shippou spoke, "What do you mean, Aunt Celest?"
"I mean I'm going to teach Kagome and Sango to fight. And don't look at me like that. I did get us weapons. I did it just this morning, actually." Sango voiced an "Oh," but raised her hand.
"What is it, Sango?" Celest asked. She was obviously annoyed at our.. theatrics. "And if you're are going to ask where and when," Sango's mouth snapped shut, "we will be training at night in various places. I'll get you there." Sango muttered a fast "whatever."
Celest smirked and told us to get dressed. This was most likely because we were currently wearing sport bras and shorts. She snorted and stepped outside as we all tore on our clothing (Remember that Shippou is in a human form, think spiky hair, no fur, no tail, and a little bit of added height). We walked out to find Celest in a fight, again, no still.
"You? Defeat me?" Celest asked the man from yesterday, Naraku, in a thoroughly cocky tone.
"Bitch. I'll make you eat those words," he growled lunging at her. Celest laughed and jumped out of his way.
"Spider technique? Ha, do you really believe someone who knows the dragon style (I don't know if this really exists, but I do know that this was drawn from the recesses of my mind, of which the contents are an enigma. I got that from Patrick on SpongeBob SquarePants) can be defeated by a poorly educated spider fighter?" Celest chuckled. "I really question your logic, Naraku," she taunted. Hook, line, and sinker. He went for her, easily taking the bait.
She jumped out of his readable attack and did a sideways flip towards him. "Too slow!" she commented as she rotated behind him. He didn't notice that she had hit the back of his neck until he fell unconscious. "Dragon style?" I shouted.
"What the fuck is that?" Sango finished. She sighed and walked over to us.
"I'll tell you during training tonight," she breathed.
~Hiei POV~
Did the ningen just say dragon technique? That's impossible. Only the best fighters know that technique. Hn. Maybe the fox will know. I jumped off towards the tent. "Fox."
"Yes, Hiei?" the fox asked.
"The ningen you wanted to know about knows the dragon style," I said indifferently.
Before the fox could answer Sesshoumaru said something. "If she knows the dragon technique there's a good chance Koenma might have something in his files about her." Yusuke walked back into the tent after relieving himself to find everyone, even Kuwabara, staring at him.
"What?" Nobody answered. "What?!" he asked.
"Yusuke, could you ask if Koenma has any files on someone?" Kurama asked.
"Who? And why?"(This part was made by the combination between the author listening to Eiffel65 and eating a bit of Tabouli, which is middle- eastern food) Yusuke asked suspiciously.
"Celest and because she knows about Youko, knows an ancient fighting style, and blocked Hiei's jagan eye," Kurama said. Yusuke shrugged and pulled out the communicator.
"Hey, Botan?" Yusuke asked.
"Yes, Yusuke," Botan answered.
"I need some information on someone named Celest," Yusuke said.
"Who was that?" Botan asked with a shaky tone.
"Celest," Yusuke answered with wonder as to how a name could make Botan leave her cool exterior.
"There's no information to get in Spirit World. Her file was burned. Every file she ever had was found as ashes." Botan's voice had taken on a considerably different tone. One I hadn't heard in a long time. Fear. "I escorted her to Spirit World thirteen times. And she escaped every time."
Yusuke jerked backwards like he had been slapped. "I thought that you couldn't escape Spirit World."
"No one else has broken that rule, besides her, in a long time," Botan said. "I'm coming to your mission to check out Celest." Botan left no room for disagreement.
Inuyasha said something that reminded me about his lack of knowledge. "What was your mission?"
"Stop the oncoming war between youkai and humans," Botan answered.
~*~Scene Change (Mountains to the West of Camp)~*~
~*~Time Change (10:00 P.M.)~*~
~Author POV~
"Alright then, take your necklaces off," Celest said as she drew a circle in the dirt surrounding the forest and hot spring at the top of the mountain. "You'll turn into a hanyou a little bit after they're off," she finished. She muttered a few words and they were suddenly surrounded in a sapphire barrier.
"Celest," Sango said. "Why do we have to do any more work? We climbed up the whole goddamn mountain!" Sango asked hotly.
"Because," Celest began, "the battle between youkai and humans will begin shortly and you are hanyous. Both sides will attack you and if you don't know how to fight you will die." Celest looked at them with a look that showed years of sorrow and pain. "I am sorry for getting you involved. But I have seen people dear to me die right before my eyes. I don't want to add you to that list."
Sango and Kagome removed their necklaces quickly. They felt the change in their bodies and looked at their reflection in the hot spring. Celest wasn't kidding when she explained their demon forms. Their normal beauty was most definitely still there. But their elven ears, fangs, claws, and pupils now slits. They looked more like predators than prey. Their beauty now seemed deadly and dangerous.
"Catch," Celest tossed them each a sheathed katana. They grabbed them and were surprised at how fast their new reflexes. They looked at Celest, who had transformed into her demon state just after they put Shippou to bed, draw her own blade.
"Won't we get hurt if we use a real blade?" Kagome asked shakily.
"You might. But you'll heal it with your demon blood, miko powers, or sorcery by the time we leave. But you will be sore in the morning." Celest said with a raised eye brow. "Now on to training, you will be sparring with each other once I put some weight on your blades. I will correct you and show you how to fight properly."
"Extra weight?" Sango asked disbelievingly. "They're already heavy enough."
"That's what you think." Celest said.
After about four hours of sword fighting, hand-to-hand combat, hiraikatsu/bow and arrow training, dagger fighting, meditating, sorcery training, and miko training Kagome and Sango were so tired they could hardly move. "You're done," Celest said to them.
The girls looked so relieved it was almost sad. "Go take a bath in the hot spring. There's lavender soap, shampoo, and conditioner next to it. There's also a washcloth on top it and a towel to the right of the bathing stuff. I'll be joining you as soon as I'm done packing up our weapons." The girls grunted a slurred "Okay." The girls dropped into the hot spring with considerable joy.
They felt the tension in their bodies relax as they lay there in the hot water. Celest joined them a bit later and they all washed the sweat and grime from their skin and scalps. When they finished bathing they jumped out and dried themselves off. Sango groaned.
"What?" Celest asked with concern.
"I don't wanna hike down the mountain," Sango said. Kagome groaned when she understood. Celest laughed and shook her head as she put their stuff in the backpack they had brought.
"We aren't walking. I'm walking. You guys are riding," Celest said. "Put first put your necklaces on." The girls fished theirs out of their pockets with a bit of difficulty due to their tired fingers. When they finished, Celest handed Sango their giant pack and Sango looked at Celest like she had gone mad. "Put it on."
"I can't carry that," Sango said.
"Put it on and then get on my back," Celest said. Sango fumbled with the straps, but eventually got it on. She hopped, more like crawled, on Celest's back and held on tightly. Celest beckoned Kagome over and Kagome stood in front of her. Celest picked her up and held her as easily as one might hold a small child. She walked to the edge of the cliff and scratched out her barrier line. She walked to the lip of the cliff and bent down, getting ready to jump.
"Wait! Are you crazy?!" Kagome shrieked.
"No, I am not crazy. I'm taking you back to the camp," Celest replied.
"I didn't know you could fly. Can you?" Sango asked fearfully.
"No, I can't fly. What I will do is ride the wind currents and summon up a bigger breeze to cushion our impacts. I've got enough strength to jump every time we land as long as long as there's a strong wind current. Just trust me," Celest said.
The two didn't say anything, but they did close their eyes and hold their breath. Celest jumped. They waited for the sickening "splat," but after they didn't hear one, they opened their eyes. It was beautiful! It was like riding a roller coaster only so much better. But if anyone had seen this spectacle, they would have claimed a giant, mutant arachnid was fling down a mountain. Luckily no one did.
When Kagome and Sango reached their tent they went straight to bed. Celest packed their stuff under her bed and slipped her concealment beads (The magic necklaces are now going to be called that) over her head. And joined the girls in their peaceful slumber.
Meiko Kazuke
blazingsunstar
NeferNeferi
Frozen Lighting
Kat421
arata_priestess
Mysterious-Kistune
~Kagome POV~
I heard bits of peeps and other natural sounds when I opened my eyes. I quickly shut them against the pale sunlight that filtered through the tent flaps and pulled my pillow over my head. "Mamma! Mamma! Wake up!" I grunted for Shippou to leave me alone but he just bounced onto my bed and tried to push me off. I finally sighed in defeat and groggily sat up.
"Shippou, wait. I have to tell you something." I said slowly. After all, how could I tell my son that I was half demon and that it was because of my best friend? I bit the inside of my mouth and pondered over it. Of course, as always, Shippou answered before I got a chance to think it over completely.
"Yeah, okaa-san?" I looked at him and looked over at Sango. Oh yeah, she didn't have to go through this.
"Shippou," I spoke slowly adding a bit of thought to each word. "I am going to tell you something. You have to promise me that you will not tell anyone." He looked confused, but he still nodded with enthusiasm. "Shippou, I'm half demon." I had my eyes closed and I thought that when I opened them there would be an upset and betrayed Shippou.
However before I could even open an eyelid, I was tackled back to my pillow. I looked up at Shippou, who was giggling and smiling. He chirped something I didn't quite understand. But he repeated again, and again, and again. "Now you really are my mommy! Yay!" Oh yeah! Celest said he was a kitsune, duh!
I heard a rustle and looked over to see Celest, on the verge of laughter. "Go on with it," I grumbled angrily. I didn't have to tell her twice because she was lying on her bed and laughing so hard she was actually crying. "It's not that funny, Celest," I growled out through my clenched teeth.
"Sure it is," Celest choked out. Kirara and Sango chose that moment to come back to us from their own dream-lands. Celest finally finished and rubbed the tears out of her eyes. "Okay, I have to tell you something before I forget."
"That won't be long," Sango commented. I smirked at Sango and tackled her. I started tickling her mercilessly. "I give! I give!" Sango choked out. I stopped and looked at Celest. She looked annoyed.
"Anyways, I figured we could start training tonight," Celest said. We looked at her like she had gone absolutely mad. And Shippou looked at her like she had spoke in an alien language.
Before Sango or I could voice our opinions, Shippou spoke, "What do you mean, Aunt Celest?"
"I mean I'm going to teach Kagome and Sango to fight. And don't look at me like that. I did get us weapons. I did it just this morning, actually." Sango voiced an "Oh," but raised her hand.
"What is it, Sango?" Celest asked. She was obviously annoyed at our.. theatrics. "And if you're are going to ask where and when," Sango's mouth snapped shut, "we will be training at night in various places. I'll get you there." Sango muttered a fast "whatever."
Celest smirked and told us to get dressed. This was most likely because we were currently wearing sport bras and shorts. She snorted and stepped outside as we all tore on our clothing (Remember that Shippou is in a human form, think spiky hair, no fur, no tail, and a little bit of added height). We walked out to find Celest in a fight, again, no still.
"You? Defeat me?" Celest asked the man from yesterday, Naraku, in a thoroughly cocky tone.
"Bitch. I'll make you eat those words," he growled lunging at her. Celest laughed and jumped out of his way.
"Spider technique? Ha, do you really believe someone who knows the dragon style (I don't know if this really exists, but I do know that this was drawn from the recesses of my mind, of which the contents are an enigma. I got that from Patrick on SpongeBob SquarePants) can be defeated by a poorly educated spider fighter?" Celest chuckled. "I really question your logic, Naraku," she taunted. Hook, line, and sinker. He went for her, easily taking the bait.
She jumped out of his readable attack and did a sideways flip towards him. "Too slow!" she commented as she rotated behind him. He didn't notice that she had hit the back of his neck until he fell unconscious. "Dragon style?" I shouted.
"What the fuck is that?" Sango finished. She sighed and walked over to us.
"I'll tell you during training tonight," she breathed.
~Hiei POV~
Did the ningen just say dragon technique? That's impossible. Only the best fighters know that technique. Hn. Maybe the fox will know. I jumped off towards the tent. "Fox."
"Yes, Hiei?" the fox asked.
"The ningen you wanted to know about knows the dragon style," I said indifferently.
Before the fox could answer Sesshoumaru said something. "If she knows the dragon technique there's a good chance Koenma might have something in his files about her." Yusuke walked back into the tent after relieving himself to find everyone, even Kuwabara, staring at him.
"What?" Nobody answered. "What?!" he asked.
"Yusuke, could you ask if Koenma has any files on someone?" Kurama asked.
"Who? And why?"(This part was made by the combination between the author listening to Eiffel65 and eating a bit of Tabouli, which is middle- eastern food) Yusuke asked suspiciously.
"Celest and because she knows about Youko, knows an ancient fighting style, and blocked Hiei's jagan eye," Kurama said. Yusuke shrugged and pulled out the communicator.
"Hey, Botan?" Yusuke asked.
"Yes, Yusuke," Botan answered.
"I need some information on someone named Celest," Yusuke said.
"Who was that?" Botan asked with a shaky tone.
"Celest," Yusuke answered with wonder as to how a name could make Botan leave her cool exterior.
"There's no information to get in Spirit World. Her file was burned. Every file she ever had was found as ashes." Botan's voice had taken on a considerably different tone. One I hadn't heard in a long time. Fear. "I escorted her to Spirit World thirteen times. And she escaped every time."
Yusuke jerked backwards like he had been slapped. "I thought that you couldn't escape Spirit World."
"No one else has broken that rule, besides her, in a long time," Botan said. "I'm coming to your mission to check out Celest." Botan left no room for disagreement.
Inuyasha said something that reminded me about his lack of knowledge. "What was your mission?"
"Stop the oncoming war between youkai and humans," Botan answered.
~*~Scene Change (Mountains to the West of Camp)~*~
~*~Time Change (10:00 P.M.)~*~
~Author POV~
"Alright then, take your necklaces off," Celest said as she drew a circle in the dirt surrounding the forest and hot spring at the top of the mountain. "You'll turn into a hanyou a little bit after they're off," she finished. She muttered a few words and they were suddenly surrounded in a sapphire barrier.
"Celest," Sango said. "Why do we have to do any more work? We climbed up the whole goddamn mountain!" Sango asked hotly.
"Because," Celest began, "the battle between youkai and humans will begin shortly and you are hanyous. Both sides will attack you and if you don't know how to fight you will die." Celest looked at them with a look that showed years of sorrow and pain. "I am sorry for getting you involved. But I have seen people dear to me die right before my eyes. I don't want to add you to that list."
Sango and Kagome removed their necklaces quickly. They felt the change in their bodies and looked at their reflection in the hot spring. Celest wasn't kidding when she explained their demon forms. Their normal beauty was most definitely still there. But their elven ears, fangs, claws, and pupils now slits. They looked more like predators than prey. Their beauty now seemed deadly and dangerous.
"Catch," Celest tossed them each a sheathed katana. They grabbed them and were surprised at how fast their new reflexes. They looked at Celest, who had transformed into her demon state just after they put Shippou to bed, draw her own blade.
"Won't we get hurt if we use a real blade?" Kagome asked shakily.
"You might. But you'll heal it with your demon blood, miko powers, or sorcery by the time we leave. But you will be sore in the morning." Celest said with a raised eye brow. "Now on to training, you will be sparring with each other once I put some weight on your blades. I will correct you and show you how to fight properly."
"Extra weight?" Sango asked disbelievingly. "They're already heavy enough."
"That's what you think." Celest said.
After about four hours of sword fighting, hand-to-hand combat, hiraikatsu/bow and arrow training, dagger fighting, meditating, sorcery training, and miko training Kagome and Sango were so tired they could hardly move. "You're done," Celest said to them.
The girls looked so relieved it was almost sad. "Go take a bath in the hot spring. There's lavender soap, shampoo, and conditioner next to it. There's also a washcloth on top it and a towel to the right of the bathing stuff. I'll be joining you as soon as I'm done packing up our weapons." The girls grunted a slurred "Okay." The girls dropped into the hot spring with considerable joy.
They felt the tension in their bodies relax as they lay there in the hot water. Celest joined them a bit later and they all washed the sweat and grime from their skin and scalps. When they finished bathing they jumped out and dried themselves off. Sango groaned.
"What?" Celest asked with concern.
"I don't wanna hike down the mountain," Sango said. Kagome groaned when she understood. Celest laughed and shook her head as she put their stuff in the backpack they had brought.
"We aren't walking. I'm walking. You guys are riding," Celest said. "Put first put your necklaces on." The girls fished theirs out of their pockets with a bit of difficulty due to their tired fingers. When they finished, Celest handed Sango their giant pack and Sango looked at Celest like she had gone mad. "Put it on."
"I can't carry that," Sango said.
"Put it on and then get on my back," Celest said. Sango fumbled with the straps, but eventually got it on. She hopped, more like crawled, on Celest's back and held on tightly. Celest beckoned Kagome over and Kagome stood in front of her. Celest picked her up and held her as easily as one might hold a small child. She walked to the edge of the cliff and scratched out her barrier line. She walked to the lip of the cliff and bent down, getting ready to jump.
"Wait! Are you crazy?!" Kagome shrieked.
"No, I am not crazy. I'm taking you back to the camp," Celest replied.
"I didn't know you could fly. Can you?" Sango asked fearfully.
"No, I can't fly. What I will do is ride the wind currents and summon up a bigger breeze to cushion our impacts. I've got enough strength to jump every time we land as long as long as there's a strong wind current. Just trust me," Celest said.
The two didn't say anything, but they did close their eyes and hold their breath. Celest jumped. They waited for the sickening "splat," but after they didn't hear one, they opened their eyes. It was beautiful! It was like riding a roller coaster only so much better. But if anyone had seen this spectacle, they would have claimed a giant, mutant arachnid was fling down a mountain. Luckily no one did.
When Kagome and Sango reached their tent they went straight to bed. Celest packed their stuff under her bed and slipped her concealment beads (The magic necklaces are now going to be called that) over her head. And joined the girls in their peaceful slumber.