The Prophecy
By: Demonsaya
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Kagome slowly opened her eyes, trying to remember how she came to be where ever it was she lay at the moment. Her skin was gritty, and she ran her hands over her arms, trying to warm herself. She was cold. Part of that might have to do with the fact that she was completely naked.
A faint blush covered her face. Even in the immense darkness, she felt exposed. She shivered, wrapping her arms around her chest, trying to hide her breasts. Where was she? Where was Inuyasha? Were they all okay? Was Inuyasha somewhere in this place as well.
Slowly, the memory of what happened began to return to her. She sat upright, looking around what could only be described as her prison. 'That's right, I fell into the hellmouth.' She looked down, her face sad. 'I just couldn't let Inuyasha die instead of me...I'd rather be dead than have him die...'
She felt tears rolling down her face at the last expression she'd ever seen on his face. So much pain, tears falling down his face. "Oh, Inuyasha..." She whispered softly. She bit her lip and wiped her eyes. She had never seen him look so desperate in his life. She hoped he wouldn't do something terribly drastic. It had been her choice to do what she did.
"I see you're awake."
The voice caused her to jump startled, and she quickly covered her nudity with her arms and hands. "Who's there!" She asked, her face frightened.
A figure stepped into the light. His skin tone was very dark, his hair was black, and his eyes were red. He looked down at her with an arched eyebrow. "I must admit, it was a bit of a surprise when you fell in, rather than that hanyou." He mused, looking down at her, arching a fine eyebrow.
She scooted back from him. "Why is that?"
"Because he was the one who was supposed to sacrifice himself. Oh, well." A shrug. "I suppose we'll be seeing him sink soon enough, anyways."
Kagome looked up at him in shock. "NO!" She cried. "Inuyasha shouldn't have to sacrifice himself for his friends any more! He's already done so much for us!"
The man arched an eyebrow. "It was his time, and your meddling messed it up."
"Then maybe you should have thought about what could go wrong before you opened the hellmouth!" She snapped, glaring at him. "I did what I did because I love him, and I would do it again in a heartbeat!" She forced herself to her feet, her chocolate eyes full of angry fire.
"Do you know who I am, girl?" The man roughly grabbed her face.
"No, and I don't particularly care!" She snapped. "I want you to leave Inuyasha out of this! He's a good person, and he deserves to live!"
The man laughed at her. HER! "He isn't a person. He's a monster, inspite of what you and your friends may think. That half of him that's human, it doesn't give him a soul, it just makes him weaker than others like him." The man shoved her away, his eyes filled with contempt.
"He has more of a soul than some human's I know." Kagome replied scathingly. She saw the man's expression darken further and a black mist began swelling around him. Fear clutched her heart, but she was too stuborn, too brave to let that matter. "And he has something you don't have!"
"And what is that?"
"LOVE!" Kagome yelled, tears in her eyes. "Inuyasha can feel genuine emotions! Something I doubt you've ever felt in whatever life it is you've lived!"
The man snorted, looking down at her. "Don't be rediculous. His emotions are no more real than any other demon's. When demons begin to feel things, we take care of them rather quickly. The hanyou's obsession with that undead witch Kikyou..." A soft chuckle. "Yes, obsession, not love, because shortly after you fell into the hellmouth, he admitted to himself, and told her that he didn't love her."
Kagome's eyes widened.
"The truth is, the twenty seven days of the month when he's a half-demon, he doesn't feel any true emotions, only that one day when he's human. And even then he doesn't have a soul."
"Say what you want..." Kagome said evenly, turning her back to him. "I don't care what you say, you don't know him."
"Neither do you." There was a long pause. "Now how should I punish you for meddling in my plans to take over the human realm?"
She snorted. "Listening to your rediculous statments is punishment enough." She mumbled. She could tell that her powers wouldn't save her now, she could vuagely remember them being sapped when she'd first fallen, her powers sealing the hellmouth, saving Inuyasha.
"I think having to watch your love get drug to hell with your previous incarnation will be a suitable punishment. I think watching it for the rest of eternity would be nice."
"Oh, leave the poor girl alone." Came a deep, booming voice that Kagome couldn't help but think sounded vuagely familiar.
She turned, seeing a white-haired demon walk into the light. He had bright golden eyes, and a purple slash on either side of his face. Her jaw dropped. 'Inuyasha's dad?'
The man smiled a bit at her, then his eyes returned to the other demon. "You're not the one to pass judgement on her. Emma-o is. Now leave the poor thing to rest. She had a rough journey."
"You're too soft, Inutaisho!"
"You're too rotten, Kazumi." He quipped back, bringing a blanket from behind himself and draping it over the girl's shoulders.
Kagome looked at him in shock and then lowered her eyes, wondering how long he'd been standing there, listening to her verbally defending his son. Slowly, her eyes returned to the demon, Kazumi, who had an angry look on his face.
"She's just a human, you fool. Who cares what happens to her?" The dark haired demon snarled, glaring at her.
"I realize you would have prefered spending eternity damming my hanyou son, but don't take it out on her." He glanced towards her and almost grinned at the look on her face.
"Emma-o will hear about this!" Kazumi snapped, walking towards Inutaishou and giving him a good hard shove. Then, he caught Kagome's wrist and slapped her across the face with his good hand. "And she will serve penance for disrupting my plans." With those words, he released her and stormed off.
Kagome looked at the great demon in shock. "Why'd you just let him shove you like that!" She asked. She rubbed her sore cheek, glaring at the demon's back. "And why the hell did he slap me? That's such a...a GIRL thing!"
Inutaishou snorted. "Well, Kazumi has always been...what is the phrase...a little on the limp wristed side." He dusted his armor off, glancing towards Kagome. "So you love my son?"
"Y-yes..." Kagome blushed, looking at the ground.
"Good, I'll put in a few good words at your trial."
She opened her mouth to object. He hushed her.
"It's the least I could do. After all, you are the first person besides his mother to accept him without question. Even that Kikyou woman...damn I'm glad he dropped her." He shook his head.
Kagome stared up at him. "He...what?"
"Dropped her. Dumped her, broke up, ect. Told her off good, too. His mother would have been proud." The demon snorted a bit at the peculiar look on her face. "What?"
She blinked forcefully. "I'm sorry, I just always thought that you'd be a bit more like...well, Sesshoumaru. You know, kind of stiff, and unbending...and emotionless. Inuyasha is way more like you than Sesshoumaru..."
He snorted. "Good. That means the kid has spirit. Sesshoumaru get's his temperment from his mother. She was a stick in the mud, too." He shook his head. "Always insisted on that ONE position..." He sighed shrugging.
Kagome turned bright red, realizing what he was talking about. She quickly changed the subject. "Inuyasha and the others...are they alright?"
Inutaisho chuckled. "I imagine they're fine. Inuyasha ran off a short time after it happened, and I suspect that he's on his way to reunite with his brother. I just wish he wouldn't request the assistance of that filthy wolf." He shuddered. "Wolves...disgusting creatures. They don't bathe, you know." He pointed out.
Kagome stared at him like he was crazy. 'Looks like Inuyasha came by it honest...' She mentally quipped, reminding herself to tell Inuyasha about this conversation when she next saw him.
"Ah, look at the time, I suppose I should go meet with the lord and master for a while." He almost grinned. "I'll return with the news of your punishment. I'll try to get him to be lenient."
She watched him walk off and blinked. "Um...thank you." She said quickly, relief to have a friendly face in a place as dark and cold as hell seemed to be.
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"I can't fucking believe I'm asking my stupid, obnoxious jerk of a brother for help." Inuyasha complained, sniffing the air, trying to get a wiff of his brothers distinctive scent. He growled under his breath. Yeah, the creep had been there recently. "Fucking shit I do for that girl..." He grumbled, catching the subtle odor.
Sesshoumaru sniffed the air delicately and frowned. 'Inuyasha is headed this way...' He paused, looking over his shoulder, not surprised when the hanyou appeared at the treeline. "Inuyasha." He said simply, putting himself between the hanyou and Rin, who would be a target if Inuyasha went berserk, as was often the situation with this unpredictable brat.
Inuyasha stared at his brother for a long time, seeing the only remaining hand resting on the sword on his hip. "You don't need to pull out your sword, Sesshoumaru." He said evenly. "I ain't here to fight."
"Are not." Sesshoumaru quipped, correcting the hanyou's poor grammar. "The hellmouth is closed, and yet you live?" He arched a fine eyebrow.
Inuyasha's face twitched. "Kagome." He said simply. No need to go to the trouble of describing the events that had led up to her death. His mouth twitched a bit. "I'm going after Naraku." He took a deep breath. "But I think I'm going to need your help." He said honestly, looking his brother dead in the face.
An eyebrow rose in distinct intrest. "You are requesting the help of this Sesshoumaru?" He asked, completely deadpan.
Jaken's face darkened. "Why would the great Sesshoumaru-sama help a worthless hanyou like you!" He gasped in shock when both brother's shot him death glares.
"Because if I successfully assemble the jewel and kill Naraku, I'll give him Tetsusaiga." Inuyasha said evenly, glaring at the toad. He saw the intrest return to his brother's face and half-grinned. "Is it a deal?"
"No."
He stared at the demon in shock. "WHAT!"
"I have no desire to hold father's sword. I have made it this far without it." Sesshoumaru deadpanned, his face completely serious.
"Then why the hell did you keep trying to kill me for it!"
"I didn't think a weakling should be aloud to wield one of my father's swords."
"OUR father!"
Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed and his hand went to his sword. "I didn't ask for father to mate with a disgusting human..." He spat.
Fury grabbed Inuyasha. "Like you're one to talk! You fucking adopted one!" He yelled, pointing at Rin. "You've got dad's blood running through your veins too, you overgrown peacock! I don't care how fucking emotionless you are on the outside, you care about that little girl!"
Sesshoumaru snarled, annoyed that he was caught in his own lie. "Don't be rediculous!" He roared, lunging forwards and slamming his fist into the hanyou's face.
Inuyasha took the blow and stood up, his face furious. "Humans make us feel things. I know it's not comfortable to feel. I never wanted to. It was much easier to be angry, and to pretend the softer emotions didn't exist." He took a deep breath, wiping the blood from his lip. He glared at the older demon and turned, beginning to walk away. "Keh. Forget it, I'll kill Naraku myself."
Sesshoumaru watched his brother walk away and his eyes narrowed. "Jaken." He glanced from the pint-sized demon to the young girl.
"Is Sesshoumaru-sama going to fight?" Rin asked, bright-eyed.
"It will be too dangerous for children." He said evenly, resting a hand on her head. "Do not follow this Sesshoumaru."
Rin nodded, her eyes wide and trusting. "Okay, Sesshoumaru-sama!" She said cheerfully.
Without another word, Sesshoumaru followed after his brother.
"I thought you weren't going to help." Inuyasha snorted at his brother. Maybe the stupid jerk had understood what he was saying, after all.
"I'm not. I'm merely going to watch you make a fool of yourself."
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"She interfered with destiny! She butted in on FATE! It was supposed to be that supid hanyou!" Kazumi said, his face full of angry fire. He and Inutaisho stood in the middle of a round table. The center was cut out and the hole they stood in was bathed with light. In the darkness, he knew sat Emma-o and his son, who was learning the ropes for when Emma-o returned to the mortal realm.
There was a long, drawn out silence before Emma-o spoke. "Inutaisho...I understand you intend to speak for the girl?"
The demon nodded. "I realize that she did infact, interfere with my son's destiny. But things such as Fate are fluid. She had seen what would happen, and gave her life to save his. She loves him."
Another long silence. "I see..." A pause. "I seem to have no record of this soul being reborn yet, so how is it returns?"
Kazumi stuttered. "N-no one is sure, sir. She wasn't supposed to be reborn for five hundred years..."
"Inutaisho...would I be correct in assuming that in five hundred years the hanyou will be joining us?"
A small secretive smile. "I don't begin to understand the inner workings of my son's mind..."
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Sesshoumaru covered his nose delicately. "Why...pray-tell...do I smell wolves?"
Inuyasha's eyes narrowed and he sighed. "Look, this guy is reasonably strong. He's not the weakest demon I've met. He can't beat me, but he should be some help, filthy wolf or not." He grumbled. "Trust me, I'd rather not have his help, but I'm not going to drag my friends into this fight."
"So instead, you drag in your brother and a mangy wolf?"
"Hey! Who the fuck you calling mangy, pretty boy!"
Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru looked up, seeing Kouga standing on the cliff, his pack with him. He grinned cockily, jumping down and punching into the ground where the two brothers had stood for only moments before. He straightened, grinning at Inuyasha. "I see you finally came back to finish that fight. No time like the present." He sprang forward, twisting his body into a mid-air kick.
Inuyasha snarled, nimbly dodging. "Look, Kouga!" He grunted, slamming his fist into the back of the wolf's head. "This isn't the time..." He grabbed him by the ponytail and threw him against a large rock. "For this same old discussion!" He growled, standing ready if the idiot wolf should continue attacking.
Kouga saw the look on the demon's face and realized that for once, he was completely dead serious. He paused his attack. "What happened?" He asked evenly. Normally Inuyasha would just fight him with the usual reckless abandon. He searched the area and lifted his nose. "Where's Kagome?"
The hanyou tightened his hands into fists. "She closed the hellmouth." He said emotionlessly. If he showed emotion now, he'd lose it. He'd cry again. Just saying it brought the taste of bile fill his throat, and he felt the urge to vomit.
Kouga's eyes widened. He had known the hanyou loved her too, yet, could only imagine what he was going through right now. After all, the two had been friends long before he'd ever known them. He looked away, his eyes saddening. "Is that all?"
"I'm going after Naraku."
The wolf's eyes lifted to the hanyou's quickly. "What's the point?"
"I'm going to finish the jewel. I don't have alot of time. Are you coming or not!"
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AN: Another chapter gone. Sorry about the wait. Hope it was worth it. I'm not sure about the story art for this page, but if you'd like to see the story art I've done so far, go to http/demonsaya. I've got a few works in progress, and one completed picture. The completed one is called 'Arigatou...' Thanks for all the reviews and stuff! I'll try to get the next chapter up soon, this one took so long because I pulled it apart midway and completely rewrote it.