Disclaimer: I do NOT own Inuyasha. I REALLY wish I did but I don't. If I did I'd be rich enough to find something else to occupy my time instead of writing this story XD
Chapter 4:
Miruto's Looking Glass
Kinbari forehead throbbed from the newly implanted Jewel shard. It had been an hour before when her and her two brothers, Miruto and Takashi, were called into the master's chamber.
Flashback
The three elemental siblings walked into Naraku's chamber and bowed before him. They watched as one of their master's servants approached them with six shards of the shikon jewel.
"I have called you down here today to give you these sacred jewel shards for your mission. First off, Takashi as the oldest and trustworthiest I will bestow upon you three jewel shards and put you in charge of your less trustworthy siblings," Naraku told the earth elemental as he sniggered at his two younger siblings. The servant then placed the three shards into his head as he released a scream that was heard throughout the whole castle.
"For you Miruto I award two shards to increase your powers threefold." His master told him then directed his servant to do as he did with Takashi. Once again the boy let out an ear-shattering scream.
"And finally for you Kinbari, for failing me last time I give you only one shard and if you fail me again I shall give you a punishment so cruel you will beg to share your sister's fate," At the mention of their sister Kagura the siblings began to shutter. A second later The servant shoved the final jewel shard into Kanbari's head but unlike her brother's she tried to seem unfazed but still managed to bite through her lip.
"Thank you master, I shall not fail you this time," Kinbari said bowing down to Naraku.
"For your sake, you would best not. You are dismissed." Narku told them waving them out.
"I can't believe him. It's not my frickin' fault that the girl figured out how to fight. Now I'm incompetent! Grrrr," Kinbari said with a scowl on her face as she punched the wall. Her knuckles normally would have been gushing with blood under the circumstances but apparently the jewel shard increased her durability.
"What the hell happened in there? What did I do that makes me so "untrustworthy?" Miruto said approaching his twin sister.
"It's cause you're a crybaby, you'd probably break down in the middle of a fight" Kinbari told him acting superior.
"That's not true, besides what would you do lose your temper every three seconds like You do normally," The water elemental said with a smirk at seeing that already she was turning a bright red.
"You want to know the real reason that Naraku doesn't trust you, it's because you're too sympathetic that's you're problem and it was Kagura's problem too, that's why she's dead today!" Kinbari yelled and watching the tears form in her twin's eyes. He turned around and started walking away leaving behind a pissed off sibling.
End Flashback
Kinbari couldn't believe what she had done to Miruto. After all the things he did for her in the months since Kagura's death because Takashi couldn't be bothered to help anyone but himself and she had treated him like shit. She was just so blinded by rage that she's hadn't cared who she hurt. And the truth of the matter is that she knew that Miruto had as much control over his sorrow as she had over her anger problems.
Flashback to 7 months earlier
"Miruto why are you such a wimp," Kanbari snickered at her crying brother, "Your such an embarrassment to us all."
"Kanbari leave your brother alone. I think it's finally time that I tell the you something," Kugura said with an air of wisdom as the three younger elementals gathered around her, "You see when each of us was created Narku infused us with a human emotion that he wished to rid himself of. To you Kinbari he gave you anger, which blinds humans from their course, to you, Miruto, sorrow which many consider a weakness of character, and to you, Takashi, the worst curse of all…"
"Let me guess, my devilish good looks," Takashi said with a smile, running his hands through his hair.
"No she's talking about pride you idiot." Kanbari snapped.
"She's right, many men have fought to their death because of pride," Kagura said putting on a grim face.
"Well Kagura what's YOUR curse?" Miruto asked with curiosity.
"Well I'm not entirely sure," Their older sister answered avoiding their gazes
End Flashback
'Defiance! Defiance that's what she was cursed with and it cost Kagura her life,' Kanbari thought angrily punching the wall creating a web of cracks, 'and unless I can toughen him up, the same fate will befall Miruto. He's too caring for his own good. I'd better calm down and apologize.'
Miruto's Chambers
Miruto was lying across his straw bed in tears, 'How could she be so insensitive after all I did for her but she's right. I am seventeen years old, or at least I'm supposed to be, and I burst into tears at the littlest of things. Maybe I should just suck it up.' Miruto thought. His pointed ears suddenly perked up as he heard a knock at his sliding door. 'That must be Kanbari come to apologize.' Miruto rushed to open the door to see his older brother glaring down at him. "Oh it's you, I'm not in the mood." Miruto told the earth elemental beginning to shut the door when Takashi's foot stopped it.
"I see you're in one of your MOODS again. Well I could care less now let me in, we need to start training," Takashi said starting to pry open the door.
"No, I don't feel like it" The younger brother said trying to close the door but failed to notice his brother had already made it into his room.
"Have you forgotten already, little brother, That Naraku put me in charge of our mission," Takashi told Miruto with a smirk on his face and a glimmer to his three jewel shards, "and I say we start spying on them now."
"Fine follow me," The water demon said going over to an empty pot in the corner. He dragged it into the middle of the room and began to use his powers to fill up the pot with water. Once finished, he and Takashi sat down and Miruto waved his hand over the water revealing a scene in the reflection of the "dog demon" throwing the "priestess" into a well.
"Wow what the fuck is he doing," Takashi said peering into the water.
"It looks like he's trying to kill her. At least that's one less person we need to take care of." Miruto told his brother attempting to make a joke.
"To bad I was rather looking forward to killing them all," said the older brother with a disappointed look on his face.
In the Corridor
Kanbari was approaching Miruto's door as she heard laughing from within. "Miruto, can I come in?" She asked knocking on the screen.
"Um just a minute" Miruto yelled. Kinbari saw his and someone else's silhouettes moving across the screen. She finally decided just to open the door.
"What are you two doing in here?" Kinbari asked her two brothers, knowing they were up to something.
"Nothing just – um brotherly bonding," Takashi said pulling his little brother closer to him as they put on fake smiles.
"Oh really? Then what's that?" Their sister said pointing to something hidden behind their legs.
"Uuuuhhhhh, nothing," Miruto said with an indignant smile on his face.
"My ass it's nothing"Kinbari said pushing them out of the way to see a pot of water with an image of… the "demon slayer" bathing in it. "You guys are such perverts!" she yelled hitting them over the head, and marched out of the room.
4 hours later
Mirotu watched the water from on his bed. He was wide-awake and had nothing else to do. He kept think about what happened between him and his sister that day and needed to keep his mind off of things.
In the Looking Glass
The "Fox cub" was sleeping next to the demon slayer when the "cat demon" went up to him and scratched him across the face.
"Mew meow you pervert," the cat meowed.
"I was simply um- trying to get a feel for being Shippou for uh- training purposes. Really I can't believe you don't trust me. I'm beginning to wonder who the true pervert is seeing as you just keep on assuming the worst," said the "fox cub" putting on a straight face.
Miruto's Chambers
Miruto waved his hand above the water and made the image disappear. It was no use he couldn't get what happened out of his head. He tossed and turned for a few minutes before he finally decided to apologize to his sister. When he entered her room he saw her asleep on her bed. Her Hair spread out on her pillow. He sat down on the side of her bed and began to stroke her hair as he had seen Kagura do so many times before she died. As he did so he began to hum the song that she used to sing them to sleep with, "do do do, dee da do do do, dee da dee da dee da de, do dee da de da do, do dee da de da do, dee do da do da dee da dee (in case your wondering I was thinking of Zelda's Lullabye as I wrote this XD)." When he finished Miruto move his twin's hair away from her ear and whispered, "Kinbari I'm sorry"
Kinbari's eyes began to flutter as she stared up at her brother and replied with a yawn, "Me too goodnight Miruto."
"Goodnight." He said and left the room.
OK this is the end of the chapter and I need to say something. As pleased as I am to find out someone put an alert up on my fic I'm a little annoyed to find out that out of 167 readers I only got 6 reviews and the truth is I kind of want to start a new fanfic which would make it that I would only be able to update half as often. I was planning on starting it after I fished this fic but if I don't get enough reviews by Thursday then I think I'll start early.
