The Old One
Mikayo had traveled for many days before she came upon the wolf den belonging to the young prince. The sun was just begining to set as she approaced the den. She moved slowly to the opening of wolf den. She had expected to see some sort of guards by now. Surely the prince was not so lax as to not post guards. She entered the cave to find all the wolves sleeping. It's a good thing that I mean the wolves no harm. She slammed her staff on the floor beside a wolf youkai that had grey hair. She smirked at him when he opened his eyes to see her before him.
Ginta opened his eyes to see who was making all the racket. He looked up to see an old ookami youkai grinning down at him. He quickly jumped up and stared at the old lady. "What business do you have here old one?"
Mikayo took her staff and whomped Ginta on the head. "I have come to see prince Koga and his mate. I am Mikayo and I will see him and her now."
Ginta went to take the old ladies staff until she mentioned her name. He froze out of sheer shock. The old one had came down from her mountain. He quickly bowed to her and ran to Koga's room. He burst into his leaders room and found him and Kagome sleeping. He grabbed Koga's hand and jerked him off his furs bringing Kagome awake with him.
Koga jerked his hand away from Ginta's and growled at him "You had better have a darn good reason for disturbing me and my mate."
Ginta was feeling nervous about waking Koga up but he had to see the old one. "Sorry Koga, but there is a lady in the main den. She said her name was Mikayo, and she was here to see you and your mate."
Koga glared at Ginta now. "Mikayo never leaves her mountain. You must have misunderstood her name."
Ginta shook his head no. "I heard her name just fine Koga. You had better hurry to the main den. She is not a very patient lady." Ginta left Koga and Kagome to dress and returned to the main den. When he entered the main den it was no longer the quiet place he had left. Mikayo had woke the rest of the warriors and they seemed to be running everywhich way. He brought his hands to his lips and a loud whistle was heard throught the caves. Everyone turned to look at him. "Koga and Kagome will be here shortly. Everyone else will leave them and Mikayo alone." He started herding the wolves and youkai's out of the den.
Koga helped Kagome up and after they were dressed they went to the main den. There sitting beside the fire was an old lady surrounded by two wolves. "My Lady how may I be of assistance to you?"
Mikayo looked up to see a handsome ookami youkai standing before her. "You can only be of use to me if you are Koga."
"I am Koga. Why do you seek me out?" Koga crossed his arms and stared down at the old lady.
Mikayo stood up and looked him up one side and down the other. Then she turned to Kagome and did the same thing. "You are a miko and this one's mate?"
Kagome smiled at the lady. She didn't know who she was but she could tell that Koga seemed a little upset that she was here. "I am."
"I have traveled many days to see you and talk to you. I have many questions." She turned to Kagome and took one of her hands in hers. "Then if I am satisfied with your answers I will answer your question."
Kagome looked from the lady to Koga then looked back to the lady again. "Well shall we sit down and begin our discussion. The sooner we get it over with the sooner we will all have our answers." She helped the lady to sit back down on the log beside the fire and sat before her with Koga at her side.
"There have been many stories of me passed down from generation to generation. I have been around for well over two thousand years. I have heard a rumor that you are from a different time Kagome. Is this true?" She waited till the girl nodded her head. "I was informed that you were a human miko and yet a wolf youkai stands before me. You are the miko to which the Shikon no Tama belongs?"
"I am but it's guardian. It does not belong to me and after I retrieve the few remaining shards I will make a wish on it so that it may no longer be a threat to this world." Kagome sat up straight and stared at the old lady. For some reason it felt like she was being tested.
Mikayo nodded her head. "What will you do if the jewel does not disappear?"
"I will be it's guardian till my death. Then the jewel will find a new protector." Kagome narrowed her eyes at the old lady. What was she up too?
"Why did you mate with Koga. Was it out of despair because your hanyou friend chose another or was it for another reason?" Mikayo could tell that the young lady in front of her was starting to get mad at all her questions. I guess that I will be able to see if she can control her anger.
"I mated Koga out of love. Inuyasha had long since chosen Kikyo over me and I don't care if Sesshomaru took it out of my hands. I would not have mated Koga if I didn't love him." Kagome started counting numbers silently in her head and kept repeating to herself I WILL NOT LOOSE MY TEMPER.
Mikayo turned to Koga and saw him stroking his mates arm in hopes of calming her down. "You young prince why did you go against your wolf honor and take a human mate?"
Koga openly glared at the old lady before him. He didn't care if she was the eldest wolf youkai known to him or anyone else he wasn't going to let her anger his mate anymore. "I loved Kagome the first time I laid eyes on her. I would have given up everything to be with her if I had to. Now enough of your questions old lady. I have a few of my own. Why are you really here asking us all these questions?"
"So easy to rile prince Koga. I guess that comes from your young age. I have lived so long that I forgot what it is like to be young again. And to be in love." She turned to Kagome and lifted her hand into hers. "I was once young and in love. And I mated a very strong wolf youkai. We had many pups. Most died due to war or famine. It was my eldest pup that started the Northern Kingdom. He ruled over the land when he was quite young. He could not find a mate that he deemed worthy of himself. He looked high and low and then one day he came upon a young girl in the forest. She was being attacked by snake youkai's. He rescued her and returned to his palace. He kept the young girl there and they soon fell madly in love with each other. The only problem was that she was a human and it was forbidden for them to mate. Since it was not fobidden to take a human as a concubine he had her named as his head concubine. The girl was quite distraught over this but since it was the only way that she could have my son as hers she accepted what he offered. One night in the heat of passion my son marked her as his mate. The other lords found out and demanded that my son take his mates life. After all she was just human. My son could not do that. He spent many hours praying to the gods to rescue his mate. Not one of them answered his prayers. Then one day when he was out hunting he came upon a small child. She was lost in the woods and was being attacked by a spider youkai. He slayed the spider youkai and took the child back to his palace to nurse back to health. His mate cared for the child while she was in their palace. Then news came that his mate only had one week to live. She spent that week nursing a hurt child back to health instead of trying to come up with a way to save herself. Just before sunset on her last day my son went to his mate and begged her forgiveness. For if he hadn't accidently marked her she would still be able to live. The girl smiled at my son and thanked him for giving her a wonderful life while it lasted and she made him swear to find another mate after she was gone. To make her feel better he swore he would but we all knew he was lying. The girl kissed the hurt child and my son then with her head held high she walked out of the palace to meet her fate. As the sword fell to take her life a bright light appeared and stopped the sword. The light dimmed and a beautiful young lady stood in it's place. My son's mate knew her for the young girl she had cared for and we discovered her name was Marisha-Ten. As a reward to my son and his mate she turned her into a ookami youkai with the pledge that should any ookami youkai desire a human mate they would like wise be so blessed." Mikayo smiled at the couple before her. "That is the reason you became a youkai Kagome but that is not the reason I came down from my mountian."
Kagome couldn't believe the story that the lady told. "Then why did you come down from your mountain Mikayo?"