To Forget The Unforgettable
By: Youkai Dreams
Disclaimer: Alrighty then.. We all know I don't own any InuYasha characters, however, I do own Kahori and I might be adding a few more characters limited amount
A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in a murderously long time.. but my comp wasn't working so I couldn't get online for a long time.. but it's working now.. so you can read my chapter! I hope you enjoy it as much as you've enjoyed the others!
Summary:
Kagome's lost claim to her memory in an attempt to save Rin.. but, exactly what has she forgotten? A piece of information is the key to saving the world.. but how can she retrieve it.. and if she does, will it be too late? An unexpected enemy arises in hopes of honoring his father's last wishes.. but how far is he willing to go? Despite all of this, is an unexpected love able to blossom, or will fate prevent them from obtaining what they need most?
Chapter Six: Events To Come -Part Two-
"So.. that's Sesshoumaru huh?"
"Yes.. that is Lord Sesshoumaru" Kahori politely corrected. "So, what do you think of him?"
Kagome looked puzzled at the servant. "Sesshoumaru-Sama? Um.. I was a bit too scared to notice much about him.. he's kinda scary.."
"So.. you've noticed nothing of the young prince?" Kahori's smile was slightly fading.
"Well, he was tall, and he wasn't human, and.. wait.. I thought you said he was a lord.. how can he be a prince?"
Kahori was beginning to get annoyed. "His father, Inu Taisho, was the previous lord of the western lands. When he deceased, his title was brought down to the most suitable heir."
Kagome looked confused. "The most suitable? He had more then one son.. or daughter?"
"Hai. Inu Taisho had two sons; one hanyou- InuYasha, and one youkai- Sesshoumaru. The two don't get along much, although they have had their moments. They are indeed able to get along, but they've only fought together san (three) times. They are quite foolish if you ask me."
The mentioning of InuYasha's name hit Kagome.. but she wasn't sure why. She didn't care.. she was a bit interested in what Kahori was explaining. "Well, describe them to me.. which am I safer with.. not that I'm going to venture out and find 'InuYasha'.."
Kahori sighed. "Hai, alright.. but first, I need to speak with Lord Sesshoumaru about something of great importance. May I?"
As Kagome nodded, Kahori bowed low and hurriedly left the room. She ran down four hallways and two minor dimly lit staircases to the grand entrance of the eastern wing. As she entered, the room was engulfed in a brilliant pink light, and Kahori was blinded. Soon the light faded leaving all but the figure of a woman behind.
"Sora, have you sent the miko's friend's yet?"
Her sister smiled. "Kahori, we haven't talked in the longest time." She chuckled. "Hai, I sent them on their way two days ago. How is the young miko faring?"
"She is fine, although she will not re-gain her memory in time. She has knowledge of Rin being the problem as of now. I tried to make the problem sound as sincere as I could.. and she believed me. Although Rin is indeed ill, Kagome just needs to chant a few words, and Rin will get better. We need to focus on Sesshoumaru's little problem. He has finally figured out what the other Lord's plans are, so we can begin to take it from there."
Sora held amusement on her face. "Sesshoumaru told you of his problem?"
"Iie, but I am the goddess of fate. I knew of those events before they came. What is puzzling me is the event with the miko. I did not know that she would loose her memory, which leads me to believe the world is in more danger then we think. Lord Harumi of the northern lands must know of our powers.. he must be shutting them down. This is precisely why Sesshoumaru and Kagome must work together before the problem becomes too much to handle. From what I understand now, our powers will be completely gone, and we will die before long. We need this figured out as soon as possible."
Sora sighed. "Will Sesshoumaru accept Kagome? He has indeed proven that he can bear feelings for humans by allowing Rin to accompany him on his journeys. He makes sure she is safe, and has always comes to her rescue when she is not. I have also come to realize he actually won't admit he cares about her aloud. I am not sure he will accept a human to mate.. which is why the prince and miko need to fall in love. Problem is, I just don't see that happening anytime soon."
"Hai, I see. I am concerned with the miko as well as Sesshoumaru. She has no memory of Sesshoumaru, so she does not remember the many times he's tried to kill her.. or of his 'reputation' so to speak, which is to our advantage.. now. She will soon enough learn how Sesshoumaru treats mortals.. and that alone may make this incredibly hard. I am almost certain Sesshoumaru will ignore and treat her badly, which just might pull them apart even more so.. we cannot afford that now. He will start training her tomorrow, although with all the previous days wasted, I do not think they have enough time. Our lord will be turned hanyou in 45 days, and I am absolutely positive they will not mate within that time. I'm not sure if they will even become -somewhat- friends."
Sora acknowledged what her sister had said and began to speak once again. "I see. Also, it seems you and Sesshoumaru over-looked a very important detail."
Kahori nodded, acknowledging what her sister was about to say..
"In 45 days, Sesshoumaru will become a hanyou. The taiyoukai of the western lands must indeed be youkai. Lord Harumi is quite the trickster, I believe he has all the answers we need within the letter he sent Sesshoumaru. That cunning fool, he left the clue's there on purpose, which means he must want a fight."
Kahori stood dumbfounded. "I can't believe I haven't considered that, although what you said makes great sense. He will be severely punished by the high gods if he claims a land without fighting. I am not so sure if this is acceptable though. Anyway, what of the miko's friends? Sora, you do realize they have no way of getting to this castle, let alone getting in. When.. if they get here, they may want to fight Sesshoumaru in order to get their friend back."
Sora looked out the large, marble-framed window. "Hmm, what foolish humans. You will go and take them to this castle. I will stay here with Kagome and Sesshoumaru to make sure things go well." With that, Sora walked over to Kahori and placed her land on her forehead. She replicated Kahori's memories and assorted them with her own, so she knew of what was going on. She also did the same with her memories, giving Kahori an idea of what was going on also.
"Alright. They will be here in three days."
Kahori and Sora were then engulfed in a blinding light. As the light was fading, Sora noticed her sister was too. Kahori had disappeared as Sora assumed her sisters body. 'From now on, everyone accounted in this castle shall know me to be Kahori.'
"So.. the young prince approaches."
As her words were spoken, Sesshoumaru entered the room, as she disappeared out of the room, feeling no need to interrupt her lord. She proceeded back to the miko's assigned quarters.
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"Miko, shall we leave now? You must be ready for dinner in three hours."
Kagome jumped at Kahori's voice. She hadn't noticed her come inside; in fact, she didn't even know how Kahori got in. She had been watching the only entrance into the room for quite a while.
Kagome had just about given-up standing on her own. Her body still needed time to re-adjust to her weight; her legs just couldn't support it at the moment. She hadn't stood in nearly three weeks, and she was paying for it now. (A/N: I don't mean she's fat.. lol).
"Miko.."
Kagome thought for a while. 'Is she telling the truth? I don't know where I am.. or who these –things- are. This could be a trap.. I can't be sure."
Kagome looked at Kahori. 'Although a bathe sounds good, I'm not so sure about the dinner though.. she looks sincere enough. I just need to be careful.'
Without another thought, Kagome got up and walked over to Kahori.. or at least she tried to. As soon as she stood up, she feel back down, and this time she wasn't fortunate enough to have the futon break her fall.
When Kahori saw Kagome about to fall, she raced over to her and held her before she could reach the ground. "Um.. arigato."
'How is she so fast? I didn't even see her come over here.. and I was looking straight at her!'
"Here, I will help. The walk down to the bathing room shall allow your legs some exercise."
Kagome nodded, and flinched when Kahori helped her stand again. Her legs hurt a bit, but she needed to bathe.
Kahori guided Kagome out her assigned room, through the main hallway on the second door to a small -compared to the others- door. Kahori opened the door and Kagome gasped.
"No way. I can't do that now.. my legs hurt just from standing." She swore this woman was trying to kill her.
Before Kagome, a huge staircase resided, with nearly 50 steps. "We must if you wish to bathe. Go on."
Kagome nodded as Kahori helped her down the stairs. Each step Kagome took, she felt like she was going to die. "Miko, do not fret this, for we need to come back up when we are through." Kagome huffed, but proceeded otherwise.
Around four minutes later, they'd finished going down the stairs and were greeted by a new door. This time, Kagome opened it, and once again gasped.
Before them, a huge hallway with all sorts of paintings and designs of every kind decorated the walls. The high ceiling was elaborate with carvings of angels and whatnot, and the floors where marble with some sort of pattern Kagome had never seen before.
'Wow' she thought.
"Our lord does not use this hallway much, it reminds him of his mother.." Kahori was gently pushing Kagome forward as her words were spoken.
Kagome wondered why Sesshoumaru wouldn't want to be reminded of his mother. "Are they not close?"
Kahori wondered if she should speak of it.. although she was practically his best friend, -although I'm sure Sesshoumaru would use a different word- she was still a servant, and didn't think it was her place to speak of his personal views to a guest. 'Although she will not be a guest for long..' Kahori smirked at this.
"Alrighty, just one more door and we're there."
As the door Kahori was speaking of was in view, Kagome sighed in relief. 'Finally!'
All in all, the journey had taken around fifteen minutes, and Kagome had never been any happier then the moment they arrived at the door.
As Kahori opened the door presently in front of them, she guided Kagome in as she said 'We are here."
"I think I can walk by myself now." Kagome saw Kahori nod and felt her grip lighten, and then completely disappear. Kagome was a bit wobbly, but in around a minute, she was fine.
"We have two hours to get to dinner. How long do you wish to bathe?"
Kagome thought about it for a moment before responding, "Around thirty to forty-five minutes should do just fine."
Kahori nodded. "Indeed, you shall have around two hours to do as you wish afterwards. I suggest you meet young Rin and heal her; it will take but a second with your supreme level of power."
"Um.. whatever."
Kagome sighed. 'Boy, you'd think they'd give up this game already..'
Kagome approached the largest of the four hot springs present in the room. She began to disrobe, and walked to the edge of the marble-rimmed wonder. She put the tip of her foot in the water to test how hot it was, and shrieked when she felt it. 'Wow.. I didn't think water could get this hot..'
She proceeded to get in the water, and looked toward Kahori's direction. "Would you like to join me?" She giggled to herself when she saw Kahori's eyes widen in surprise.
"Yes you," Kagome replied to Kahori's un-spoken question. She saw Kahori make an 'O' with her mouth, and nod.
"Hai, I shall join you."
Kagome smiled as she fully got into the water and was followed a short while after by Kahori. "Tell me of your world, I wish to know more."
Kagome opened her once closed eyes at this question and blinked. "What do you mean? You live in the same world I do.."
"Iie. Please believe me when I tell you this.. You are not in the same.. era.. as you think you are."
She frowned as she saw Kagome turn her head and role her eyes in response. She also saw her mouth a 'yeah right' which confused her.
"This is true. You must've forgotten everything about this era. Hmmm, well, we are in year 1437, Lord Sesshoumaru-Sama is the currant taiyoukai, Everyt.."
Kagome nodded her head in annoyance as she interrupted. "Alright.. you win. In my time, 1999, the 'castles' are larger, and look more expensive. Most aren't filled with such 'antiques' and have, different, color schemes. I can imagine some having elevators so people don't kill themselves walking up and down the stairs. Umm, the servants are dressed differently.. actually, the clothes are completely different, well, most of them are. This must be a very old fashioned 'castle' huh?"
Kahori smirked. 'Old fashioned? This is one of the most advanced castles every built in Japan..'
In reality, Kahori had been lost throughout Kagome's short 'explanation' of future castles. She had to admit.. Kagome was quite stubborn which lead her to re-think her idea of manipulating Kagome's mind being easy..
Kahori's mind became a jigsaw puzzle as Kagome continued.
"The house I live in is quite different then his also. My room has a desk, a nightstand, a bed, a closet, a television, a radio, a computer, three chairs, some designer lamps.. and it's pink! Across from my room is Souta, my little brothers room is kinda like mine. He's the prankster of the family. His room has a Nintendo 64, a PlayStation 1 and 2, a Game Cube, and an X-Box. He has around eight million games to go with each system. Otherwise, his room is the same, except he doesn't have a nightstand, and his room is blue. My grandpa is the 'fairy-tale' kinda person.. so his room has A LOT of ancient scrolls and 'mystical' objects. It's really quite simple. That leaves my mother. She is the most organized person I know! She has a mini refrigerator filled only with water bottles. She has a picture of everyone in our family. She also has a desk, a filing cabinet, a computer, a table-stand, a radio, a television, a bed, closet, nightstand, and all that stuff. Her room is a really light yellow, almost like an off-white. She runs all the groceries and supports us."
Kahori barely understood anything Kagome had said.. but noticed she failed to mention someone. "What of your father?"
Kagome gasped as realizations came into view. 'I can't believe I told her everything about my family. I'm so stupid. I can only trust her now.. I hope I can.'
She'd heard Kahori's question and was a little scared to answer. She didn't want to give her anymore information, but then she figured 'well, I stupidly told her about the rest of my family, might as well tell her about my father.' She didn't figure Kahori could get much information.. there wasn't a lot to tell about her father.
Kahori wondered what was wrong, as she smelled an overwhelming sadness in the air. She looked in Kagome's direction and noticed she was about to cry.
For Kagome, her father was typically a hard topic to discus. The topic always gave her shivers, and reminded her of the predicament her family was in.
Kagome heard Kagome take a ridiculously large breath as she heard her continue. "Well, can you keep a secret?" When she saw Kahori quirk her eyebrow up an inch, and nod.. she continued.
"Well, my family is in A LOT of danger. You see, my father crossed paths with Yukiro Mansanotu, and believe me.. he was the wrong man to cross paths with. At the time, my father did not know of the man's status.. but then again, not mnay did. To practically everybody.. he was a business man.. a highly respected one. He was extremely famous, known as 'The Richest Man In Japan.' My father went to apply for one of the businesses the man was running, and of course, with his supreme knowledge.. he got in. Well, one day, my father heard Mansanotu-San speaking with one of his 'businessmen' about some type of plans.. we weren't sure of what they were, but they must've been really bad, because.."
Kahori smelled tears.. and the air had such a heavy scent of sadness now, that she was beginning to get depressed just smelling it. She tried as hard as she could to breathe out her mouth as much as she could, but failed a few times. She patiently waited for Kagome to finish.
Kagome sniffed quietly as she began to once-again speak. "Well, he murdered my father.. in an unbelievable way. I don't feel like repeating how, or even thinking about that part. Anyways.. we received news from M17 (let's say that's like 'FBI' for Japan) that J19, -a highly feared, very secret organization M17 has been trying to catch for over fifty years- was looking for us. Me and my family.. they wanted to dispose of us. From my understanding, he thinks my father told us of his plans. Truth is.. we have no clue. We've been hiding, running, and assuming different identities for almost seven years. Can you keep an even bigger secret?"
Kahori nodded, extremely interested.. yet still slightly confused, in what Kagome was explaining.
"My real name is Ayume Takoshiro. 'Kagome Higurashi' was my seventh identity change. M17 wanted us to move to America for supreme confidentiality.. but I don't know. I'm so scared.. I feel like there is no-where to hide. That's why I'm willing to accept with open arms that this is 1447.. problem is, I can't. You need to prove it to me a bit more."
Kahori sucked in all the information Kagome, or Ayume rather, had given her. She couldn't believe how complex the future was.
She and Kagome talked a little more for around ten minutes, and Kagome was almost certain Kahori was telling the truth. Kaori knew they would become fast friends.
"Would you me to call you Kagome, or Ayume in replacement to 'miko?'"
Kagome nodded. "I would appreciate that a great deal! If you want, you can call me Kagome all the time.. or, just to keep our 'secret' alive, you can call me 'Kagome' when we are around other people, and you can call me 'Ayume' when we are alone!"
Kahori giggled. "Yes, of course my friend. I shall call you 'Ayume' we are only present, and 'Kagome,' when we are accompanied by others. Now, we have been in here for more then an hour. I suggest we get out now."
Kagome gasped. "Wow, I hadn't realized that. We should get out, especially if we wish to 'heal' Rin of her illness."
As her words were spoken, Kahori nodded her head and both girls got out. Throughout their conversation, they had both washed themselves, and were clean.
Before the girls had left Kagome's room earlier, Kahori had taken the opportunity to grab Kagome's new kimono. Kagome got dressed in the kimono Kahori had designed, as Kahori got into an outfit similar to the previous one she'd been wearing.
Both girls left the hot springs and headed towards Rin's room. Kagome was quite eager to meet her now. As is her world could get anymore bizarre, it managed to in the last week or so.
'Sister, we have a lot more to think about the miko now. Maybe it won't be as hard to get the two together, they have many similarities.'
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A dark figure stared in his crystal globe. He'd been watching everything that had happened so far, and this made him smirk. 'Excellent.' He thought.
A loud cackle filled the room he resided in. "Before long, all of them will finally be dead!"
His booming voice could be heard in every room of the castle he was located in.
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Last Chapter: Events To Come -Part One-
Next Chapter: Lord Harumi's True Plans: RevealedOkay, that was chapter six. Ha.. bet you weren't planning on that little twist huh? Be expecting a lot more! Lol. Anyways.. I'll update in a few days –I hope- cause ideas are flooding my head. I'm surprised I haven't drowned yet.. lol. Anyways, I think this chapter will get me a lot of wonderful reviews! Also, I added a little something to chapter five.. again, nothing major.. Anyways.. do your best to remember this chapter.. can't tell ya why now.. just know that you will need it!