Summary: Introducing: Hikara-maki (yet another history) Chapter 10!
Disclaimer: I do not own Gensomaden Saiyuki. I wish but I don't. I only claim the plot line and the characters that do not appear in the Anime or manga of this. Origato.
May contain: offensive language, violence, lesbian incest, and weird old men. new demon goddess of hell
Does contain: odd characters and sequences.
Rated: R for excessive violence, bad language, romance, and little evil children.
AN: Yay! Anniversary time! I've been at this for TEN CHAPTERS!!! I usually only make it through…. two chapters! I'm killing a shit load of ppl in this chapter to celebrate. And if you've been following along with the story (WHICH IF YOU HAVEN'T GO BACK NOW OR YOU WILL BE LOST!!!), you would know that I stop every once in a while and write a history about a character that gives you clues about upcoming events. Like all my histories before, this one will explain just how big of an extent these past lives of Yume's are. And this chapter is about…..HIKARA-MAKI you lucky devil. I'm going to tell it in first person, or whichever the one is where the main character tells it, and break off to explain the fictional laws of Heaven that are broken. This is probably going to be my longest history yet….and the law I write will most likely be very realistic, because I wanted to be a lawyer at some point in my deranged life (suing the pants off people!). So here we go!
Chapter 10:
In the Case of Hikara-maki
---------Hikara-maki's POV
I was born from a single blood tear shed from the Japanese god of Chaos Tsusano-o's left eye, borne by the north wind to a pit of hell somewhere near what you now call Germany. I was reared on the blood of a thousand humans, and cut my teeth on their skulls. I was born of blood, and to blood I will return when I die. I am a heretical creature born from something that should not exist…yet it does.
In my world of forests and blood, I spent my life alone. I was found to have a knack for surviving in a harsh world were I should not have lived past my first hour. I am as dangerous as a tsunami, and I ride the kamikaze like none before.
When the youkai first shattered my fragile world, they brought with them cold iron and steel, weapons I had never seen before. They were enchanted by my strange wild beauty, and this is when I found cold iron to be my doom. They chained me with the vile metals and brought me to a dank dark damp cell in a dank dark damp castle made of rotting wood patterned with dank dark damp moldy stone.
How many days did I hang there, chained so as to find no escape? I lost track over a thousand sunrises….but I was there long enough to hear of the turmoil caused by my discovery. The wars that racked my fragile world side to side resulted in the total annihilation of all life on this fragile planet. Chained in a forgotten Isle…I slowly began to forget who I really was…mourning the loss of all creation.
Through myths….I became known as Tiamat, Goddess of Chaos; Ishtar, the cruel goddess of love and war; Sekhmet, cat goddess of war; Hel, the goddess of darkness; Artemis, goddess of the moon and hunt; Diana, goddess of the moon and hunt. Mostly…I was known as Nemesis, who in Greek mythology is the personification of divine justice and the vengeance of the gods, sometimes called the daughter of Night. I represented the righteous anger of the gods against the proud and haughty and against breakers of the law. I distributed good or bad fortune to all mortals. No one could escape my power.
Most of these…paltry words meant nothing to me…and still do. But I embraced the names the Greeks gave me, as they seemed to know best what I wanted, better than I did.
When the ones who had caught me learned of my birth… and of my strange golden eyes… they released me from my cell, but kept me chained with the slimy cold iron. I would never ever have been prepared for what I saw.
------Author's POV
"Where did you find this creature?" A hermaphrodite with long black hair leaned on the side of her chair.
The 'creature' tested its bonds, clanking the cold iron noisily in the still room.
The traveler bowed on the floor, leaving a dusty trail. "This thing was found near Shangri-La, and seems to have been-"
The hermaphrodite waved its hand impatiently. "I didn't ask what it was doing, I merely asked where you found it. Youngling! Prove to me you have some sentient rational thought."
The creature spat on the floor. "Entlassen mich und ich werde aufreissen euch Herz und fuetern es zum Hunden!" Her guttural voice rang harshly in the mostly empty room, echoing loudly as it filled with her rage.
The hermaphrodite swiveled her finger around in her ear. "I'm sorry. I can't be responsible for someone who is clearly not from Shangri-La. Hand her over to the Yazuki. Tell them that this thing is none of Heaven's concern."
----------Hikara-maki's POV
I was passed through fire, through brimstone, through air and blood, even before I was born. But this….this place here reeked of things I didn't know. I'm not called the virgin goddess for nothing. And now I'm here……..In a place of undescribable horror. I blinked, letting my golden eyes rest from their ordeal. I was doomed to die, chained to this wretched wall with that horrific metal, cold iron.
------------Law of Creation
Ok. Skip this whole section until you hit the summary if you really don't want to know the actual law, which...I'm going to write.
Law of Creation
Under the contract of the Dragons of Heaven, Earth, and Hell along with the Gods and Yazuki, no creature will be allowed that has not been discussed amongst all five parties.
The Dragons shall not be allowed to create an army of any creatures. Hell in particular shall not be allowed to create any new creatures, or give birth to any more abominations of the natural laws, as they tend to be like their mother and annihilate all they see. All things born of the Earth shall be marked with yellow eyes for the sun they relish. Creatures of Hell will be marked by red eyes and unnatural complexions to show their natural aversion to any sense of order. Creations of Heaven shall be marked with the greatest respect and ice blue eyes to show the sky. The Dragons shall follow their own conciouses, and will not serve any one but themselves.
The Gods shall not be allowed to kill or intervene in any mortal event. They must serve as the neutral epitaph of the world. They will bow in all matters to the Dragons, their creators. The Jade Emporer may be subject to the Dragons of Heaven, Earth, and Hell whims at any times.
The Yazuki shall be the murderers and plunderers of the Earth, and Hell shall be their guardian. In all matters, they must defer to Her. The Yazuki shall be kept to hold back Hell, and keep Her as sane as possible.
The Elemental Dragons, the elected bloodpost of the dimensions, shall be of a law unto themselves. They serve no one, but may favor their fellow dragons. If they rebel against other parties, those parties shall be allowed to fight them in whatever way they can.
The Gods shall appoint a War Prince or Princess to serve as envoy to the Yazuki.
The Yazuki will appoint a demon to serve as an envoy to the Gods.
The Dragons shall serve as envoys in their own right, and all sub parties shall be welcomed as supreme rulers to all sides. If Hell gets out of hand, She will be restricted to a mortal body and cast into a dark corner of the universe where She may contemplate Her mistakes.
The Elemental Dragons will serve as the watchers of the Gates between all parties, as they are neutral.
Summary: ...Get someone else to do it. That was as simple as it gets.
---------------Author's POV
The thing was dragged out of her cell roughly by the chain around her neck. The thing was thrown in a large, hot pool of water were it was scrubbed from head to toe; removing twenty years of grime. Her brilliant red hair and yellowish red cat pupilled eyes shone brightly, making her look exotic and untouchable, so unlike her grimy wild creature look from before. Her long claws had been polished and dried carefully, leaving her with weapons capable of murdering anyone of them. She was roughly clothed with a white silk dress of high quality.
The servants who had cleaned her dragged her forcibly to a main antichamber where they shackled her down to the floor in front of a raised dias, the throne made of human and demon skeletons with the skulls as the armrest decoration and as the feet of the wretched monument. A black clothed figure glided to sit in the gruesome spectacle.
The person flipped her long white hair over her shoulder, her blood red eyes gazing regally at the creature. The young teenager kicked her feet, which happened to be two feet off the ground. She sighed, resting her cheek in her elegant white hand. "Is this it?"
One of the servants kowtowed. "Yes oh Queen of Hell and the Darkness."
This so called Queen of Hell and the Darkness held up her hand before the serant could rant off her many titles. "What's the point when you're about to die?" She hopped down, and in a few short strides reached the creation. She reached her hand down to the other girl's chains and smiled evilly. "I won't do it though."
The servant bowed more fervantly. "Thank you! Thank you so much!"
The Queen grinned. "I think...this girl wants you dead more than I do. So I'll let her do it." She opened the chains, letting the girl get used to her own body again.
The creature blinked. "Warum...?"
-----------Hikara-maki's POV
This strange girl held some sort of power over this filth pile. What kind of power was it? I don't know why I did it....but I trusted this girl with my life in that moment. I suppose it was her smile that drew me to her, so much like my own. She....let me free, and stood out of the way, bowing slightly to me before backing away in such a way my heart caught in my throat.
She was like some fruit of the forest you've never seen before...and want to taste, but you know you shouldn't. I never knew the difference between a girl and a boy...until later. I never thought of anything like this in my life, and for some reason....I wanted to be near her forever.
So I took her little gift. I mauled that thing to pieces and ate what was left.
---------Author's POV
The queen placed her hand on the other girl's head. "I don't think you can understand a word I say, and likewise on my part. Since I'm lazy, I'll just show you my language." She closed her eyes and hummed a sad melody, a red glow under her hand.
The other girl blinked repeatedly. "What are you doing?"
The queen chuckled slightly. "Can you understand this?"
The other girl nodded mutely. "How..."
The queen smiled. "It's called a Babel spell. What I say is changed to your language, and what you say is translated to mine. If what someone says in unfamilair to you, touch them. Else you'll end up losing your mind over what juicy tidbits they could be saying."
The other girl blinked and digested this information. "Makes sense."
The queen grinned. "My name's Tiamat. What's yours?"
The other girl blinked. "I wasn't....given one."
Tiamat laughed. "All right. You're name is.....Hika....Hikara-maki. Now let's get you out of this pisshole."
Hikara-maki blinked, her childish face cute. "But there's no urine here."
Tiamat laughed. "Let's go to my home."
Hikara-maki nodded. "...go....home."
Tiamat held out her hand. "So let's go."
Hikara-maki looked back at the other servants crowding the doorway, in awe that the Queen was offering this creature the chance of a lifetime. HIkara-maki grinned back and grabbed Tiamat's hand. "Right!"
-----------Hikara-maki's POV
I spent more of my life learning from Tiamat, Dragon of Hell and Queen of All that is not Holy, than I had ever spent in my forest. I became her most trusted retainer, and we grew up together. I was her sun, and she was my moon. Together, we became so attuned to each other that speech was unnecessary, and her brothers became mine. We were family. I was happy. And I was free.
And then came the worst. My father placed a claim to me for one of his retainers to marry me. Tiamat was never a truly docile person by nature, and she would not give up without a fight. The resulting war over my life was romantized into a piece of classic literature called the Illiad. Only my real Paris was Tiamat, who in her own right when she really decided to fight was unstoppable. My father was also powerful, but not as powerful as my Tiamat.
To save me, and call attention to my plight, Tiamat razed the Yazuki to the ground. When my father finally met her in battle, she showed her true colors. And I realized she had been humoring my wishes, and letting me think she was just as powerful as I was. What she did for me was soemthing I'll never forget, even thought I'll never seen her again.
My Tiamat broke every single law that bound her. She lost her mind in her rage and forever shattered the peace of the major powers by annihilating more than half of the Yazuki with one flick of her tail. Hell broke open, summoning an army of the dead to do her bidding. I was dragged down to the depths of Hell to protect me from her resulting transformation that took over the skies.
My father was reduced to a snivelling old man. My Tiamat destroyed the entire upper class Yazuki, who in their own right were just as powerful as I was. Then the Dragons decided enough was enough.
Earth held her, Heaven bound her, the Elemental Dragons broke her mind, the Gods cast her into a dark corner of the universe, and the Yazuki remaining had to stop me. I'll will gladly admit that I slaughtered more of the army they set against me in my rage than Tiamat did, as she focused her rage on the general.
In the end, I lost Tiamat, I was chained down as a demon goddess of war, I was given a new name, and I was 'reeducated.' Meaning: my mind was shattered into tiny little pieces.
I was given a retainer by the name of Wufei. I was told he would do anything for me, no matter what. In my delirium, I'm afraid I gained a new reputation. I became what might be known today as 'an evil snobby bitch.' Thinking back on this now...I almost feel sorry for Wufei.
I made my retainer do things for me no sane man would put up with without complaining. I made him into a sort of outlet for my pain. After a few years of this, he began to understand that I hurt more than I could bear. He began thawing my heart, slowly but surely. A little idle compliments more than what he usually should have said. A few suggestions for a new tastier snack called pretty human men. A few choice suggestions on how to slaughter someone without killing them (what you call torture). A few suggestions on places to destroy that really needed destroying...that sort of thing.
He taught me one thing that I still use today: how to tell the sex of a creature. And I also learned from him that females shouldn't sleep with each other, and males shouldn't do that with other males either. And that I...I had learned to love someone other than someone just like me.
---------------Author's POV
A slender, fanged and clawed young man with black hari and green slitted eyes wearing a very elegant black and blue version of Hakkai's outfit leaned against the thin rail his mistress stood on. "Do you really think that's such a good place to stand? What if you fall?"
The young woman snorted, her red hair falling over her yellow red cat slitted eyes. She crossed her arms under her belly dancer top, her long skirts flowing in the sudden breeze. "Then you'll just have to catch me Wufei acushla."
Wufei sighed. "Your father won't be happy you're missing his important meeting with the gods."
Hikara-maki grinned. "The old geezer'll live. It's not like it has anything to to with me."
Wufei assumed the faithful retainer instructing the young child role. "Oh yes it does. They're discussing your qualities so they may assign you as special attache to Heaven."
Hikara-maki spat in the grass. "Ten thousand djinni take my qualities and bury them in the dung of ten thousand synthetic camels that has grown overripe and rotten in the light of ten thousand suns over ten thousand days and nights!!!"
Wufei coughed politely. "Mistress Kijin-Hakai Yume, there's someone here to see you."
Hikara-maki or Kijin-Hakai Yume, whichever you prefer, snorted. "Wufei, don't make shit up. It isn't funny. Now fork over the smokes."
Wufei gently handed up the large packet of long cigarettes. "You shouldn't smoke those when Gods are around."
Hikara-maki puffed out a steady succesion of smoke rings. "You're kidding right?"
"I fear not Miss Kijin-Hakai Yume, o queen of hell and destruction."
Hikara-maki rapidly spun around, her cigarette clamped in her jaws, drawing a sword out of nowhere. "Who the hell're you?"
The man smiled, stepping into the light. "Just your friendly Kenren Taisho, general of Heaven's Army. Swap you a smoke for some sake."
Wufei snorted. "It had better be some good sake. She's never had any sake before, so she might as well get used to the expensive stuff."
Kenren stuffed his sake bottle back on his pants. "Nevermind then."
Hikara-maki smiled. "A smoke for a stranger on behalf of the love I haven't had the chance to have lost." She held out her pack of cigarettes.
Kenren blinked. "Archaic...On behalf of the heart that gratefully accepts your generosity of you love, I shall be glad to accept this cigarette." He gently took one of the tobacco wonders. "Bit long though."
Hikara-maki snorted. "Lasts longer. And they look more feminine. Don't like it?" She pulled a knife out of the part where one skirt overlapped another.
Kenren didn't see the knife. "Not really."
Hikara-maki sliced the tip off, catching the part she had chopped, turning one long cigarette into two short ones. "Filter?"
Kenren snorted. "Nah. Kills the fun."
Hikara-maki shrugged, walking precariously on the narrow fence, her bare feet finding easy purchase. "Whatever kills your heart and raises your dead."
Kenren breathed out a fine cloud of hazy pink mist. "I hate it when you can only do one color."
Hikara-maki laughed, a demon bird landing on her outstretched hand. "That's becasue you've gotta give it a little blood." She closed her hand suddnely, neatly shearing off the entire bottom half of the large bird, leaving it with only a head.
"KIJIN-HAKAI YUME!!!! COME!!"
Hikara-maki extinguished her cigarette by dropping it and landing on it, squishing it under her bare foot. "Later." She cheekily waved. "Keep him company Wufei."
Kenren blinked. "Bossy little thing isn't she?"
Wufei gave him a look of horror. "You are so dead."
All they could hear from the hill beyond was hysterical laughter, then an audible crack, followed by a man screaming bloody murder.
Kenren raced around the corner, just in time to Hikara-maki drop a headless corpse from her extremely bloody arm. "Holy shit."
Wufei sighed. "You know you'll have to explain that to your father now right?"
Hikara-maki grinned. "That's just the beginning. I've just been informed I'm out of the Yakuza jurisdiction. I'm having a field day now. DRAGON RAGE!!" She slashed her claws in the general direction of the Yazuki/Yakuza city. A blood colored dragon flew out of the rifts in the air, it's brilliant red eyes and tattered shadow of a tail betrayed the fact that it wasn't really a dragon. Nevertheless, the entire area was turned into a crater. "It's done...my darling Tiamat."
----------------------------FIN CHAPTER
AN: If you've been reading Sine Qua Non (if not, go now, come back and r & r later), you would know after chapter 3 that Tiamat is Bunny. I love doing this to people....it forces them to go read all my other garbage. If you've been paying attention to Pyrotechnics (go read that too!), you would also know that the Elemental Dragons are in there! So natch! The Dragons of Heaven, Earth, and Hell are in Sine Qua Non, the Gods and Yakuza (I was trying to say Yakuza before) are in Yume, and the Elemental Dragons are in Pyrotechnics. Ahem Also, I gave a bit of a spoiler in Chp 3 Sine Qua Non, so go read the the AN for that sucker. Ahem If you don't read the Author Notes, YOU ARE A BAKA SARU! BAKA BAKA BAKA SARU! SO....go read them BEFORE I CALL YOU TERMINALLY FD UP PIECE OF HORSE ST THAT SHOULD BE PLACED IN SOME POOR SD UP 5 YEAR OLD'S LUNCH BOX BECAUSE YOU'RE THAT FD UP!!!!! Ahem I'm restraining myself. I promised Senpai and ChoiYugi I would TRY to curse less. So...I used stars for letters. I'm not cursing. I'm only HINTING that I'm really cursing. Ahem I'm happy to say I haven't slaughtered anyone important....oh wait. The Yakuza were important.....oh fk. Just one lovely peice of fd up st. I curse so much for a fourteen year old.....Yeah. I'm really fourteen. And I write stuff like this. Holy...won't say it. And I'm a pervy little freak too...worse than Gojyo sometimes. And I know like so many ways to get a guy horny without actually saying or touching him. One: stay for a really long time at his crotch!
Senpai made me promise not to say anything pervy so....MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HANNUKAH, FELIZ NAVIDAD, and just for my mom's family....FROELICHEN WEIHNACHTEN VON ENGEL-KAETZCHEN!!! Or something like that. It just means Merry Christmas from Angel-Kitten literally. No one ever told be how to turn it into an adjective.