The Star, Sun, and Moon

Chapter Two: Angelic Mother

The Forest Of Gen Midnight

"Ummmm, yeah?" said Kira nervously, also afraid of what Inuyasha will do next.

"You…you did?" Kagome said, also quite nervously, for Inuyasha had started to shake vigorously and violently, "I didn't know there could be more than one…"

"More than…" Kira started to say but Inuyasha interjected the conversation.

"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN! THERE IS NO WAY IN HEAVEN OR HELL THAT THERE IS ANOTHER SHIKON NO TAMA! IT'S IMPOSSIBLE! NO OTHER HUMAN WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO CREATE ANTOHER SHIKON NO TAMA!"Inuyasha screamed at the sisters, scaring the living hell out of Usagi and Kira, But Hoshiko remained calm and looked at Inuyasha with a calm face and said,

"Who ever said it was a human?" she asked Inuyasha seeing him start to boil with rage.

"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN! NO DEMON IS PURE ENOUGH TO CREATE A SHIKON NO TAMA!" Inuyasha screamed, well past his normal boiling point, he was to the point of exploding.

"I didn't say it was a demon either…" Hoshiko stated in a calm voice that pissed off Inuyasha even more, but just when he was about to start yelling, Kagome screamed.

"SIT BOY!" and Inuyasha plummeted to the ground head first leaving a 2-foot deep imprint, Inuyasha tried to get up but Kagome screamed again, "SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT!" At this point Inuyasha was over 5 feet into the ground and Kagome was panting from all the screaming.

"But if it was not a demon or a human, then was it a hanyou?" Miroku asked, his voice ringing with confusion.

"Not at all, my mother, Hana, was an Heavenly Maiden, she was sent down here to earth to try to find . But… in the end this lead to her demise. For after she met my father and fell in love with him, she had Mamoru, me, then Usagi, but after giving birth to Kira, she was very weak, and had lost most of her spiritual powers. Then, a demon by the name of Koryu came to kill her, unfortunately, my father was away, keeping guard over his territories, so that left my weakened mother to fight for herself. But she used the last of her spiritual powers to trap him inside her own heart, but, since he was so strong her heart was cast out of her body and formed what she called, the Shikon No Tama. She had told us about another one once before, created by the priestess Midoriko. She said that Midoriko's soul and the great demon's soul that she had faced, were trapped within the Shikon No Tama, she said it reminded her of the Asterium, a powerful gem used by black magic wielders, that entraps the souls of the living, dead, or undead within itself, and can only be set free in the spell caster is killed. But, it is a… well, it's a very complicated spell, and if cast wrong the wielder's soul will be trapped inside it instead." As Hoshiko said all this, she felt her self growing sadder and sadder, "As my mother was saying all this, I looked into her eyes, and… and… they looked so distant, cold… so… so… so lonesome. It really scared me to see my mother this way, her eyes always reflected her emotions, they were always so happy, warm, comforting, it was so easy to get lost in them, her beautiful eyes, were just like the clear summer sky, gazing at you with everlasting love." Hoshiko said this with unshed tears in her eyes. Kira had hot tears streaming down her face, and Usagi just sat there, clutching her knees tighter to her. Then Hoshiko brushed away her unshed tears and continued, "But on that day, her eyes clouded over, there was almost no expression in her voice, it was as if… she had… died." Hoshiko choked out the last word, she shivered as a chill crept up her spine, but she again continued, "It was only a week later that Koryu came and she imprisoned him and herself within this." Hoshiko held up the Shikon No Tama, "My father told us that if we find someone who could purify the jewel, Koryu's soul will be destroyed and my mother's will be released. We've managed to keep their bodies safe while trapped in the stalagmite. But when father was murdered it became much harder. But we will keep the promise we made to him, we will free mother so she can join him in the after life."

"You have been through so much," Miroku said as he went up to Hoshiko, "I'm so sorry for all of your hardships…" and as Miroku said this he hugged Hoshiko, but then his hand slid lower to her ass. Unfortunately for him, Sango had just come to and saw the whole thing.

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" Hoshiko screamed, then Sango ran up and took her Hiraikotsu and smashed it on Miroku's head.

"WHAT THE! WHY DID YOU DO THAT!" Miroku screamed while clutching his head in agony. Inuyasha was laughing his ass off and Kagome was trying to ignore the situation by continuing to tend to Shippo's bleeding head, but found it hard since Shippo was also laughing.

The Forest Of Gen Early Morning

"I still think I should've gone to get the fish for breakfast!" Usagi complained, because Hoshiko had sent Inuyasha and Kagome to get the food and fire wood.

"SHUT UP ALREADY!" Kira screamed in annoyance, "YOU'VE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT EVERY LITTLE THING SINCE WE WOKE UP! IT'S DRIVING ME INSANE!"

"WELL THERE IS A LOT WRONG WITH TODAY, SO THERE'S A LOT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT!" Usagi yelled in her defense.

"I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE COMPLAINING! WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BITE EVERYONE IN THE ASS ABOUT EVERY LITTLE FUCKING THING! PLEASE! TELL ME WHY!" Kira screamed, now on a full rampage, "AND YOU!" She said while pointing at Hoshiko, "WHY DO YOU ALWAYS JUST SIT THERE CALMLY! YOU NEVER SAY ANYTHING! AND I'VE KNOWN YOU MY WHOLE FUCKING LIFE AND YOU'RE ALWAYS LIKE THIS! WHY THE HELL DON'T YOU EVER SAY ANYTHING!" Hoshiko glanced up at Kira, but looked back down at her map and continued to trace possible routes to the next town. Kira glared at Hoshiko but then gave up on her and turned to Miroku, "MONK! WHY ARE YOU SUCH A FUCKING PERVERT! 'WILL YOU BEAR ME A SON?' WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH THAT! WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM! ANSWER ME DAMMIT!" Miroku looked up in shock, at a loss of words, he simply nodded as a useless response, "GRRRRR! YOU DON'T EVEN GIVE ME A FUCKING ME ANSWER! WHY THE HELL IS HE LIKE THIS!" She said to Sango, "YOU'VE HAD TO HAVE KNOWN HIM LONGER THAN ME! WHY THE HELL IS HE SUCH A FUCKING PERV…" Kira was cut short because Hoshiko came up and chopped her on the neck and knocked her out.

"Sorry Kira." Hoshiko exhaled as she set Kira down next to Usagi, "And I'll apologize for my little sister's rudeness, she can be quite a hand full when she gets going."

"It's alright, I agree with her," Sango said while standing up to see if Kira was all right, "Miroku is a pervert, he acts like a dirty, old man."

"Sango! I do not!" Miroku stated in his defense.

"I guess you don't always act like a dirty, old man." Sango replied, and then Shippo hopped up onto her shoulder.

"Just most of the time!" Shippo yelled, and Sango started laughing.

"Hey! That's…" THUG! Miroku started but Inuyasha dropped all the firewood he had on Miroku's head, then Kagome came up behind him holding the fish in a woven basket. Sango was on the ground doubled up with laughter, right next to her was Shippo laughing just as hard, Hoshiko was giggling at how laid back this group could be.

"Are you guys always like this?" Hoshiko asked, trying to stifle her laughter.

"I guess so." Sango choked, Vainly trying to stop laughing, but gave up and started laughing even harder. Inuyasha was picking up the firewood and looked down at Miroku and just shook his head.

"You guys… are so… so… so…" Kagome stopped to think, then said, "Funny" Inuyasha snorted but then nodded and started setting up the firewood, Kagome and Sango started to clean the fish, and Usagi was sitting in a daze so Shippo jumped on her shoulder and Usagi screamed, sat up and hit her head and Shippo's head on a lower branch. Usagi grabbed her head and Shippo passed out from the impact.

"I'M SOOOO SORRY SHIPPO! OWW!" Usagi cried trying to make the ringing stop in her head. Inuyasha, Hoshiko, Sango, and Miroku were all doubled up with laughter but Kagome was trying to see if Shippo and Usagi were all right.

Forest of Gen Evening

As the sun started to set, Kira finally woke up with a look of confusion, "I thought it was still morning? How long was I out?"

"I'd say about 7 hours?" Usagi said while playing with the crayons with Shippo, "We didn't get to make any progress since you were sleeping all day. But Hey! This means you can do the night patrol so we can all get a good nights sleep!"

"That sounds good, but I still can't smell Naraku anywhere, so I don't see how we can find him. Unless you three know other ways of finding demons?" Inuyasha asked, a little irritated since he couldn't smell Naraku even though he could smell him in the morning.

"Actually… Yes. We do have other methods of finding people. And Kira, is especially good at it."

"Pardon me, but… Would you mind Fucking Explaining yourself!" Inuyasha screamed at Hoshiko, already beginning to simmer.

"Inuyasha." Kagome said, Inuyasha turned to her in fright. He was about to say stop, but Kagome screamed "SIT BOY!" and Inuyasha plummeted into the ground. "Continue please."

"Ok. As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted," she glanced at Inuyasha but then continued, "We can track people as long as we have some fragment of their physical being. The hard part is getting the fragment, but Kira already got one from him."

"Might I ask how?" Miroku asked timidly for Hoshiko was still quite mad at him for yesterday.

"Yes. You may." She said coldly, "When we were battling him, Kira got close enough to grab a lock of his hair. We've been using it to track him ever since."

"Yea. But even with the hair it's still been had to trace him. Its like he's everywhere at once, and I don't think that's possible even for a demon." Kira said a little put out.

"And if we don't find him, I don't even want to think about what will happen to Mamoru." Usagi said.

"If you don't mind me asking, but who is Mamoru, you've mentioned him before to…" Kagome inquired.

"Oh! Sorry I never told you. Mamoru is our older brother, he had his soul stolen by Naraku when Naraku came to our castle to steal our Shikon No Tama, obviously he failed, but how he got his hands on an Asterium is beyond me. There are only supposed to be 2 currently in existence, and to forge one is even harder than finding one of the 2." Hoshiko stated.

"How do you make an Asterium?" Miroku asked intrigued.

"Well to make one you need certain ingredients first. They are the claws of the white shadow dragon, the fang of the silver haired dog demon, the tail of the panther demon of dreams, the right eye of the healing horse demon, the wings of the powerful moth demon from the continent, blood from powerful miko, the head of a bandit, a pregnant female mortal, three truly pure souls of mortal children, a first born boy demon or mortal, water from the eternal spring, a branch from the sacred tree, and finally, the heart of a heavenly maiden." Hoshiko choked on these words, paused for a moment, then continued in her usual tone, "After that you must mix the ingredients together in the stone caldron of the powerful witch Kyodomakie on the night of the full moon, you stir it continuously for one week then let it sit till the new moon. When the new moon arises, you have to cut off your right arm and throw it into the caldron as well, and then you wait for the next new moon, when the moon comes to the center of the sky aligning with 'Okama's star, you say the ancient prayer of 'Never Ending Night' then as you chant the potion will swirl and harden into the small sphere, the Asterium."

"Heh heh heh… Thank you very much Hoshiko for telling me how to make my own Asterium…"