Sorry that I am late putting this up! I got writer's block a couple of times while reading it. Also, I had been reading the new Harry Potter book, which I can now say I am finished with it! I hope you all do not hate me for putting this up so late!
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Chapter 6: Heart Felt Memories and Awakening
-Shinigami's POV-
I am afraid…terribly afraid. I keep thinking I have done something wrong with the transferring of the souls. The Powerful One, Seijun, and the priestess have been out for a week and a half. They were only supposed to be out for a couple of days at most. To make matters worse, the Lords and Ladies of the East and South are here and asking questions of why this meeting was called. We will have to acknowledge them soon if they do not wake. This will only arouse problems since mentioning the prophecy is why Seijun had to leave in the first place.
Eclipsion is angry with me. She hasn't talked to me all day. Instead, Sesshoumaru and she have been in the Powerful One's room all day. Sesshoumaru and I are not talking at this time. Inu Yasha is practically ready to kill me since the priestess known as Kikyou has yet to wake as well…Hopefully I have done nothing wrong.
I haven't done anything incorrect since our sister and cousin died. Kanna…The Passing Flower as the Heavenly Beings and Celestials call her. She is Sesshoumaru and my true blood sister…and the connection between our powers. And because of my mistake, because of me, she is in the hands of the Evil One's son, Naraku.
-Flash back-
"I can't believe you! First you kill my mother for bearing a death inu youkai for you rather than the silver inu. Then, you go and kill my first cousin who you forced into mating because she gave birth to a female unknown type and killed the pup too! Now you are going to mate with my mother's sister-in-law? Have you no shame, Father?" said a young inu youkai with pure black hair and olive colored skin.
"Do not call me father, pup! You shall address me as Lord Inu Taisho. You are lucky I spared your life. The double crescents are proof enough that you do not belong in the west. They stand for the half moon, which represents the ancient celestial youkai army of the North who defied the West long ago! To think that mother of yours was a descendant that clan. I have no reason to be ashamed of what I am doing either. The hierarchy of the west has always been a pure blooded Silver Inu Youkai and I intend to keep it that way, Shinigami," said Inu Taisho.
"You do not deserve the right to be called as such. And no matter what I am you will always, sadly, be my father. That is something you cannot deny. The Lords of each cardinal direction refuse to be your allies because you are not a loyal and trustworthy leader. What will you do when they decide to retaliate against you? I do not care how strong you think you are, but you know just as well as I do that the Northern Lord is just as strong as you, if not stronger! You will be taken down. You should really use logical reasoning, Lord Inu Taisho," retorted Shinigami.
Inu Taisho slapped the young pup. No one would defy him in his house is what he thought.
"It doesn't matter what you think or anyone else. You will be leaving tonight anyways, since you are banished from these lands. You shall never return as long as I am alive. Hopefully you will die out there. A death inu youkai should have never walked this earth. Who cares of the North anyways? I would never want them as an ally. They betrayed the West long ago!" Inu Taisho retorted.
"I do not care. The North didn't betray you; you betrayed them. They were trying to compromise over the land boundary in the northwestern boundary of the West. They only wanted to take a third of it for themselves since it connected to one of their human villages and they wanted to be able to protect the whole village from intruders, not just half of it. In return, they would of given you not only a beautiful part of their land that was vacant to you, but also gold, which was more than a enough to cover the loss of the land they wanted. You refused, heavens knows why, and sent some of your soldiers to kill everyone except that human women and her family in that village and in the process crossed over into the North's lands and killed the celestials scouts sent to the village to protect them from evasion. If it wasn't for the interference of the powerful miko known as Midoriko and the lead guard and protector of the royal family, Kirara, you would of killed Lady Hyouden of the North! You threatened them with this act and that is why they killed the majority of your army and wiped out two of the youkai villages here. What they did was not unruly but fair and equal treatment. And of me being what I am, I am proud of it. I can see and talk to the spirits of the dead and they can tell me of what they know and warnings before they pass on. At least they will not be forever forgotten."
"Also, a word of warning. If you dare harm my mother's sister-in-law or her child in anyway, you will regret it for the rest of your life." Shinigami replied, smirking, before disappearing outside of the castle into the night, never again to return until his father died.
Inu Taisho never understood what he meant until the day he and his precious human mate died.
The night that Shinigami left he did a spell that would begin the rebirth of his beloved hour old dead sister. But, in the process, messed up one part of the spell that would put her in the arms of the Evil One and didn't realize it until it was too late to reverse it.
And since then, he was pretty much entirely emotionless, rather than just mostly. Not even anger or sadness showed in his features, even though he still felt this, he just never showed them or opened up to anyone ever again.
-End of flash back-
"And the damn shameless Taiyoukai never heeded the warning." I spoke out loud to no one in particular.
"You have had a hard past, haven't you, my love?" Eclipsion said walking into the room. Apparently she had been reading my thoughts.
"Yes. Has anything in Seijun's condition changed? Anything thing at all." I questioned
"Well, it appears that she regained consciousness, but is now in slumber, since she is talking about incoherent things and turning around in her sleep. We will be awakening her shortly if that is alright. Kikyo appears to be having the same symptoms." Was her reply.
"I see. It would be best it we woke them up soon. They have not eaten or had anything to drink in the last few days. Plus, the lords are about ready to cut off my head since they are not getting any information out of you or Sesshoumaru, and I seem to be the only other one who knows." I said. If I was one to show emotion openly to anyone at all, I would of glared at her.
" You know, after this is all said and done and the Lords and Ladies go home, Seijun and I are going to force you to show emotion. Not even Sesshoumaru, when he was what I would call Dry Ice, was this emotionless. It wouldn't do you any harm to show emotion of some sort." Eclipsion replied.
"Then you have a challenge for yourself, Time Keeper." I merely stated.
She glared at me and said, "It would appear so, Death's Proclamation."
She then stomped out of the room furious.
-Eclipsion's POV-
I stomped out of the room and headed to the gardens subconsciously. I could not believe the nerve of him to call me the Time Keeper! He knows I hate what I am for, I can see small glimpses of the future and know of the past! It is a depressing job and being called The Time Keeper, or the Goddess of Time, just makes me furious since it is reminds me more of what I have seen…Especially of who Kagome's father is…and how Midoriko felt toward Seijun…That is why I go by Eclipsion of the Half Moon, instead of my birth name Souseiki of the Half moon. Souseiki meaning time of creation, which means I hold the knowledge from the time which world was created. Half moon also stands for the time between the rising moon and setting sun, the in between time. Time is a depressing thing indeed, especially for celestial phoenix.
-Flashback...Seijun's Birth Secrets-
The Great Miko, Midoriko, and her dear friend and ally, Kirara, could be seen walking in a village, just outside the castle of the North's walls. Midoriko was silently smiling down at the small bundle in her arms that held a small, pure snow-white haired child. To any one who did not know the miko well, it would appear her smile was serene, but to the Fire Neko Youkai, and Midoriko's other close friends, it was a sad smile.
"Mistress Midoriko, why do you not tell Lady Hyouden or I what happened that night you disappeared? Who Seijun-sama's father is? Why you smile at the child so sadly?" The blonde haired demoness with black highlights asked.
"For it is a horrid story, I wish not to speak of. But knowing you and Hyouden, I won't have much of a choice until I speak of it, will I Kirara? " Midoriko replied, semi-glaring at her friend.
"Exactly. Oh, and the Lady Hyouden is trailing us." Smiling some as she turned around to see a beautiful celestial phoenix youkai. The said demon had beautiful purplish blue colored hair and bright red eyes. She also had slightly tanned skin and a snowflake symbol upon her forehead. She was wearing a navy blue kimono with red flowers on it, with a purple obi. Her red phoenix tail trailed behind her.
"Why hello, my dear friends! How are you this evening? Midoriko, my dear, please stop looking at the child as if she is dead!" said the very blunt Lady Hyouden, seeing the sad smile her friend wore as she glanced at the small bundle in her arms.
"I can not help it Hyouden-san. You should be in the castle right now, you know. You are about to have a child and you should be resting. What is so important that you must come out here and find us?" Midoriko stated simply.
"Dear, just walking around just outside of the castle walls is fine and I am not in any danger. And I am out here for two reasons. Reason number one, I want the truth about Seijun. Reason two, Setsumi-Chan has contacted me saying that her horrid mate, Lord Inu Taisho, is allowing her to visit with the young Sesshoumaru. I am so excited!" the celestial phoenix youkai exclaimed.
"This can't be good…" Kirara stated with a sighed.
"Oh shush! Must you always be so pessimistic Kirara-san?" said Hyouden playfully glaring at her.
"Yes, we should. When it comes to him, we must always expect the worse," the miko stated softly.
"Surely he wouldn't dare mess the North in any way again, would he?" she questioned.
"With that one, you never know. To think the young pup we used to know changed into such a sickening youkai! Sadly, though, Setsumi is blinded by the love and friendship she feels toward him, and will not hear a word of it. Now, Midoriko, tell us what happened." Kirara said turning her full attention to the miko and her mysterious child.
"I take it as I have no choice on the matter. Well, where to begin? As you know, the night I disappeared I was raped, but from my daughter's appearance, it was obviously not by any other human or demon a like. My friends…there is, of course, one major thing that I hide about my child." stated Midoriko.
"And what would that be?" Hyouden questioned.
"The true amount of her power. As I told you before, the day she was born, a prophecy was made. It told of 6 Earth born Heavenly Beings. Three of them were to be demon born, the other three unknown. Two of them are male, four female. Two of the unknown were born of raw power, twins, yet not related. The third and the youngest of the Earth born Gods and Goddess was the daughter of one of the twins and another Heavenly being. She also will a tremendous amount of power and great healing abilities, her powers are mainly earth. Of these three, the each had special names given to each of them. The Youngest is to be known by the Heavenly Beings as the Herbal Child, The Goddess of Earth and Healing. The oldest of the Twins is known as the Passing Flower, Goddess of Life and Death, because she was said to be murdered along with her mother not long after she was born. She is the link to the power of what is to be her two brothers, The God of Death and Rebirth, who is now living and may have already started the rebirth process for her, and The God of Life and Destruction, who is also living. The other twin is the Purest of them all and is very powerful. They call her the Powerful One, Misery, and Woven Bamboo, or Kagome. They call her the Powerful One because she has immeasurable power. They call her Misery, because the choice of what she does in the end will only bring misery of some sort in some way or form. And lastly, Woven Bamboo. That name is simple to explain. If a Bamboo stalk stands alone it is fragile and be consumed by the wind, breaking it into pieces. Yet, if it is held up together with the support of others, it is strong and can withstand whatever comes at it without it out breaking.
Being pure is not the best thing in the world for this reason. There is a purely dark, and a purely light. Yet in rare cases, a person can walk in the place where both meet. My daughter Seijun is one of those rare pure people. Her father is the God of all that is evil…The Evil as the prophecy refers to him. If she is alone and slowly consumed by the darkness and her spirit breaks…It is the end to the universe as we know it…But if she walks on the light side, she will lose her way, thinking there is not a thing wrong in the world and see the good in everyone, even when some don't have any good in them at all. Like bamboo, she needs support to stand, but she also needs her space so she won't succumb to either way and get broken in the process. I will allow you to feel Seijun immeasurable for only a second." Midoriko said, lifting a powerful seal that hid her child's power. Once she knew her friends felt it, she sealed it once again.
"That is unsurpassable power indeed Midoriko-san. To imagine one so young to with hold so much power. I see why you didn't want us to know though, my dear friend. It is hard to believe The Evil one, as the heavenly beings call him, is the young one's father…but, I thought he had a child, the man named Naraku (Okay, in this story there is no Onigumo, only Naraku)." Kirara said confused.
"He was trying to get a pure power heir to raise for his evil doings, and a weapon. He had mated with a powerful dark miko before me, but the turn out was the child known as Naraku. He was not pure power at all. Then he found out of me and forced me to mate with him. The turn out, as you can see, is what he wanted. But I will not allow him to use her as a weapon! It is already hard enough she will not truly live life to its full length. Her part of the prophecy ends with the choice, when she fights her evil half-brother, and is when her twins and daughters begin to take out the Evil One! The prophecy does not say how it will end, but I know what ever happens, she will not be what she is." she said, once again looking down sadly at the bundle in her arms.
"Now I understand. I know of who the other goddess shall be though. It will be my unborn daughter. As you know, the North has links to the Heavenly Beings. As you know, the Goddess of Time has always been a newborn Celestial Phoenix, or the youngest one of all the ones alive when the present one is reborn. One of the contacts I have with the Land Above says that the Present Time Keeper is weakening and is to be reborn soon. The only celestial phoenix to be born since myself will be the one I am carrying now. I guess both our daughters will carry a great burden, only mine the burden of time, both good and evil sides of it." Hyouden stated sadly.
"It seems as though time as we know it is, in fact, about to change." Kirara said, also feeling both her friends' grief.
-End of Flashback-
And to think how right Kirara-san was…sadly, she is the only one of either Seijun, or my, Guardians to survive.
I looked up only to see that toad with the staff that Sesshoumaru employs running up to me.
"Forgive this lowly---"Jaken started.
"You mean smelly." I cut in.
"This smelly servant for interrupting you, Lady Eclipsion, but Sesshoumaru-sama has commanded I inform you that girl----" once again he was cut off, only this time by Rin.
"He told Master Jaken to tell you that Okaa-san is awakening! Rin is happy to see her mother and father together! Rin hasn't told Sesshoumaru-sama that Rin is his daughter yet though, just as Aunt Eclipsion told me!" Rin exclaimed, clearly excited.
"Good Rin! Thank you for informing me. When they find out, it will be highly amusing, ne?" I said smiling down and the child I have grown so fond to, while knocking Jaken unconscious.
"Rin agrees! Shall Rin and Aunt Eclipsion go to see Mommy now then?" Rin asked innocently.
"I certainly think we shall Rin!" I exclaimed following her up to Seijun's room, with a smirk on my face.
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I couldn't fit the poem in this chapter. Maybe in a future chapter though…. Please Review!
Kellybug-I am glad you find it amusing! Thanks for the review!
toxiclollipop- XD I could almost see it happening as well. In fact, I got that idea mainly from a dream I had XD
LadyV77-I am bad you won't complain on long chapters. This one indeed was twice as long was my usual chapters…It would have been longer and I haven't updated in so long I decided to go ahead and end this chapter her.