Soushi means creation
Hakai means destruction
"See these tears so blue
An ageless heart that can never mend
Tears that never dry
A judgment made can never bend"
'Cat people' by David Bowie
Weapons, Part I
"Talking"
'Thinking/ Mind Talk'
Flashbacks/MemoriesStressed Words
Toutousai wasn't that far East to be more than a day away from Kouga's den. When they found him he was sitting on the ground next to his three-eyed cow, which was grazing. Kagome landed leaving the others a little behind before she walked toward the youkai smith. She smirked when she saw the flames leave his mouth. Her wings turned to dust as the wind blew her hair by. He discreetly sniffed the air before he scratched his head. She walked closer to him before she sat down in front of him.
"Who are you?" He asked as she growled at him.
"It's me…Kagome, the woman that travels with Inuyasha," She all but growled.
"Oh…you," Toutousai responded as he went back to work.
"I need you to make me a weapon," Kagome said without hesitation. He looked up again and eyed her, being reminded of the day when Sesshoumaru demanded a weapon.
"I don't make bows or arrows," Toutousai warned.
"I already have a strong bow," Kagome firmly said as her eyes narrowed.
"You've changed," Toutousai said as he silently studied her. Kagome threw her head back and laughed before she seriously looked at him.
"Yes, I have. But that is not your concern," Kagome said.
"I can't make your weapon," Toutousai suddenly said.
"Why?" Kagome all but growled.
"I feel the weapons you…require aren't the type that I can forge," Toutousai explained.
"In other words…you won't make it because you sense ill will," Kagome stated with an eyebrow raised.
"True," Toutousai said.
"Then I'll find someone who is capable of making my weapon," Kagome growled.
Toutousai looked around her to find Inuyasha stopping before them. He let out a sigh of relief. His eyes then landed on the Nekomata that was black with silver markings. When the Miroku climbed off of black Nekomata it went back to its kitten form and ran to Kagome's side. It growled and hissed at Toutousai before it began to purr and circle Kagome's legs. Kagome walked towards Sango and Miroku and purposely ignored Inuyasha.
"I'm going away, stay here until I return," Kagome ordered as she and Oken disappeared into the night.
"That girl is trouble," Toutousai mumbled.
"What did she want?" Inuyasha asked with an annoyed look.
"She wanted a weapon that I could never forge," Toutousai sighed.
"I wonder what for?" Miroku thought as he looked into the shadows.
"What happened to her?" Toutousai asked.
"She says she died," Sango answered since she was brought out of her thoughts.
"That explains her strange aura," Toutousai mumbled.
Kagome flew threw the dusk sky on her black wings. Oken silently traveled beside her in his larger form as the headed for a destination unknown to him.
'Where are we going?' Oken asked.
'Toutousai is to pure to make my weapon,' Kagome stated.
'Then who are we looking for?' Oken asked.
'A human smith that will have no problem making my weapons, Kagome explained.
'I heard there is a demon smith that makes weapons near the blood forest,' Oken informed.
'Blood forest?' Kagome sarcastically asked.
'There have been so many deaths in the forest, that it bleeds red,' Oken confidently said.
'Then take me there,' Kagome said as she climbed on his back and took of towards that direction.
The sun had set when they finally reached their destination. They floated in the air and gazed upon the small hut that sat untouched in the field of death. Kagome sneered at all the dead demon bodies lying among the bones. She then let her eyes drift to the tree next to the hut. It was split down the middle with flesh blood still oozing from it. Drifting closer to the ground her and Oken both gagged from the scent of rotting flesh. She slid off Oken's back and he transformed into his humanoid form as they both walked up to the hut.
Kagome knocked on the side of the hut. Hearing a few curses she the invite and they both stepped through. Her cold blue eyes hardened when she saw the demon that was supposedly a smith. She could tell that he was no taller than Souta and wore a brown kimono that was almost black. He was a dark blue demon with red eyes and his pupils were black slits. Kagome walked further into his hut with Oken at her side in case he tried anything.
"I don't get many females here," he voiced through. Kagome narrowed his eyes at his gritty voice.
"Are you the demon smith?" Kagome coolly demanded.
"Maybe…" he trailed off.
"I need a weapon forged," Kagome stated.
"Straight to business, but if I am that smith and forge a weapon for you…what's in it for me?" He asked as he let his eyes wander.
"The knowledge that you will forge a goddess a weapon and I can pay," Kagome explained.
"Your ego is huge, but I need not money," the smith laughed.
"Then what do you want?" Kagome wanted to growl out.
"I want you to use my creation to kill the demon in the Northern lands," the smith growled.
"What youkai?" Kagome asked.
"Ryozo, the leader of the fire demon tribe," he said.
"Deal." Kagome easily agree.
"It will take me a day to make your weapons," the smith said with a smirk.
"What is it that you have against this leader?" Kagome asked figuring she had a right to know since she was going to kill him.
"He killed my mate and family," the smith said before Kagome left.
Kagome nodded and when she and Oken were out of his hearing range she scoffed. She had to wonder if what the smith said was true and she looked over to Oken. He shrugged and they began to walk together in silence. Kagome watched the shadows around her begin to swirl with each step.
"Why is it that the shadows react to me more than the light?" She honestly asked.
"It is because you are of the darkness and they shadows seem to like you," Oken said with a grin.
"The dragon I made a day ago was an illusion…right?" Kagome asked with concern.
"Yes, but eventually you'll be able to summon shadow beings that will be real," Oken answered.
"Really?" Kagome asked.
"You haven't even tapped into a quarter of what you can do," Oken truthfully voiced.
"I want you to teach me as a friend about my powers. I don't want you to act like a servant," Kagome sternly said.
"Kagome?" A tiny voice yawned. Kagome smiled and looked down towards her pouch where she saw two emerald eyes watching her lazily.
"Yes Shippo?" Kagome happily said.
"You talk loud," Shippo said through another yawn.
"Sorry for waking you," Oken said.
"Is that the Nekomata that was with you?" Shippo asked as he climbed to Kagome's shoulder.
"Yes, this is Oken…a friend of mine," Kagome introduced.
"Hi," Shippo cautiously greeted.
"Hello," he greeted back.
"Where are Inuyasha and the others?" Shippo asked.
"They're back with Toutousai," Kagome calmly said as she kept an even walking pace.
"Oh," Shippo said before he went back to sit in his little pouch.
"A Kitsune?" Oken asked with a raised eyebrow.
'His parents were killed by the Thunder brothers. After Inuyasha killed them, Shippo came with us,' Kagome explained.
"No further questions," Oken seriously said.
"Can I ask another question?" Kagome asked as she looked straight ahead.
"You already did, but sure," Oken said with a smile.
"Are you a…How did you come to meet me?" Kagome asked.
"The lord of death told me that you would come back to fulfill certain tasks," Oken truthfully answered.
Toutousai sat staring at the others across from the fire. He scratched his head and mumbled something to himself before he shook his head. Inuyasha 'Kehed' before he turned his head away. Sango continued to pet Kirara while Miroku sat a good fifteen feet away.
"She claimed to have died and had been brought back from hell?" Toutousai unbelievably asked.
"She also said she went through hell," Miroku calmly added.
"Have you seen any proof of this?" Toutousai asked.
"She turned into a dragon and knocked Inuyasha to the ground," Sango began.
"Kikyo then shot her in the heart and Kagome had Oken pull it without a wince," Miroku finished.
"This sounds like the beginning of another journey," another small voice added. Inuyasha slapped his face and brought his hand down to reveal a flat Myouga.
"What do you know?" Inuyasha asked.
"I have heard rumors that a very powerful goddess has returned to the world," Myouga said with a hint mischief.
"Do you know her name?" Sango asked.
"Yes, she is known as Anat ruler of shadows, war, the hunt, and sex," Myouga explained with a grin.
"Do you think it could be her?" Sango asked Miroku.
"It's a possibility," Miroku thought.
"I thought someone was talking behind my back," Kagome cooed as she and Oken appeared from the shadows.
"Oken," Myouga tried to growl.
"Why if it isn't the little flea," Oken taunted.
"How do you know him?" Kagome asked.
"Why are you with Lady Kagome?" Myouga asked.
"I know him because I used to train Sesshoumaru's mother," Oken said with stoic face.
"She can't be the one," Myouga whispered.
"She is. Meet Anat," Oken introduced.
"You're goings to get the poor girl killed!" Myouga yelled.
"She's immortal, she can't die," Oken waived off.
"I'm a woman now! Not some poor pathetic girl!" Kagome spat at Myouga causing him to whimper and hide in Kirara.
"Sorry," Oken apologized with a bow. Myouga silently nodded in agreement.
"Where ya been all night?" Inuyasha demanded to know.
"It's none of your concern," Kagome growled as she stepped back into the shadows.
"Get the hell back here!" Inuyasha yelled into the night.
"Osuwari," Kagome calmly said listening to the beautiful smashing sound.
'Soon I'll have my revenge,' Kagome thought.
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