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Okay, so...lets see. ha, I kind of made Kagome a little...irritating. I didn't mean to...but i did. Oh well..
Unforunately, no Sesshomaru in this one. He will definately be in the next one though. Promise. Right now I'm just trying to...explain somethings, kind of.
Sunset was on its way, and the woman remained in the village. Inuyasha looked at the bluish, soon to be orangish sky. He was going to be human tonight.
'Well, if were both human, it would make it less strange, I suppose.' He thought to himself. Besides, stories always sounded better at night, was his opinion. He stared off. He wanted to jump into a tree, but if he did that, it would be quite difficult to come down.
The sun had fallen, and Inuyasha's hair was picked up by a gentle breeze. His silver hair turned black, and his golden eyes turned a dark brown. When his transformation was complete, and looked for the girl.
"Hey! Woman! Where'd you go!" he yelled out. There was a crowd of woman in the center of the village stopped talking. The girl from the morning back out, and walked over to him.
"We should sit someone private…somewhere a little farther away from here." He said. She nodded slowly. As they walked away, Kagome stared at the two in curiosity. 'I want to know who all these people are…I wish he would tell me! Is…is she an old mistress or something? Or this, Emiko girl? Why do they have to go somewhere private?' she thought. Her already worried mind grew more and more paranoid. She was in such deep thought; she didn't even notice Miroku and Sango stand next to her.
"Who is that woman? And why is she leaving with Inuyasha?" Sango asked skeptically. Miroku chuckled to himself.
"I knew I would rub off on him one day!" he said now laughing to himself. Sango felt a slight twitch in her eyebrow.
"I'm sure that's not the case…right, Kagome?" she said looking at Kagome. Kagome looked a little worried.
"…I don't know, Sango." She responded.
"Hmmm…perhaps we should follow them? Inuyasha is in human form, so it's not like he would be able to hear us as well as he would in his normal state." Miroku suggested.
"…For once Monk, I think you gave a pretty good suggestion." Sango said. She looked and Kagome, and gave her a questioning look. Kagome nodded.
"Well…okay. But we have to be, really, really quiet." She said. And with that, they all took off after the two.
"Here looks good." Inuyasha said pointing to two rocks. She nodded and sat on top of one. Inuyasha did the same with the other rock.
"What is it you want to know, Inuyasha?" she asked him calmly. Inuyasha sighed softly.
"First, I want to know your name, so I don't have to keep calling you woman. I wish to know what Emiko was to me…I…I remember her faintly. But I was small, so I can't say I remember her that well. And tell me what has happen to her as well." He said. She looked down, the up towards the star lit sky.
"Its… such a long and complex story, really," she began, "but I will tell you. My name is Neka, also."
"Long ago, even a little before you and I were born, my father ruled the eastern lands. He got a mate, and his mate gave birth to my older sister, Emiko. He was saddened he had a girl; he wanted a boy. So instead of trying again with his mate…he had an affair, and the mistress was my mother. I suppose he found that he liked my mother much better, even though she was human, better then Emiko's mother. And with that, he had her killed so my mother could be his new mate. Emiko always hated our father for that." Neka stopped for a moment.
'…I think its best to leave Sesshomaru out...' she thought to herself. She continued on with her story.
"When Emiko turned seven, I was born. She didn't hate me like most full demons react with there half demon sisters or brothers, but she did not welcome with open airs all the time. Years went by, and I came to find, from my own observation, that my sister was very, dainty. Well, as dainty as a demon can be. She did not hate humans, but she did not love them as well. She left them alone, really. "
"Yes…she was. I always remembered that." Inuyasha commented. He nodded for her to carry on.
"When my sister turned a much older age, I believe seventeen; our father wanted her to marry the dark lord of the south, Shadow. He was very much like his name. She refused. Shadow was angered by this refusal, and decided to curse us all.
After we had our little sister was born, Midori; my father and mother were poisoned. Emiko took care of us, of course. But she couldn't stop the southern curses. I was denied my demon powers; he gave them to Midori, turning her full demon. The problem was she couldn't handle it. It is like when we turn full demon, when our true demon takes over. It was just too much for her to handle.
I am cursed to appear human. I have a demon life span, but nothing more. It's not so bad, but can be such a pain sometimes.
Emiko got the more humiliating curse. She was to become human at night. She had to hide every night. But it didn't bother her as much." Neka stopped and sighed deeply. She stared at the grass for a moment.
Two years later…she was killed. Or, so we all thought. Shadow was angered when he found out that she could deal with her human side. So he decided to just kill her." She couldn't continue the story.
She gave a sad smile. "Its funny…she spoke so fondly of you, Inuyasha. She said she adored you when you were a child. She said you were just so…well, adorable. I'm not saying you aren't handsome…it's just… she said you were…erm…cheerful, too." She said. Inuyasha grunted a little.
"Come on, Neka. You were a half demon at one point. Can you really say I am happy?" he asked her. She shook her head.
"No, I can't say you are happy. You had a pretty rough up bringing, once your mother was gone, didn't you?" she asked softly. Inuyasha was taken back a bit. He stared at her for a moment.
"Hey, like you said. I was a half demon at one point as well." She said. She jumped off the rock, and looked at farthest tree away from them. She smiled a bit.
"Well…it seems we have some spies behind the trees…" she whispered to him. He frowned and looked at the tree too. Both of them heard at least three people running away. Neka looked back at him.
"You don't think they'll do anything, do you?" she asked. Inuyasha shook his head.
"Oh…and I to request something as well. I have been searching for my sister for some time. I said we all thought she was dead at one point, but I believe she is alive…just under a curse. So if you hear anything…please tell me. "She asked. He nodded.
"I will. It was nice meeting you, Neka. And thank you for telling me of Emiko…even if it's not the best ending." He said with a sad smile. With that, he walked back to the village.
"They knew we were there!" Kagome whispered sharply while running. They were sprinting back to the village so they wouldn't get caught.
"Are you sure? I don't think They knew…"Miroku responded. Kagome shot him a dry look. Same with Sango
"…then why are you running with us?" she asked him.
"…To get out some energy?" he answered cheerfully. Kagome and Sango felt little sweat drops forming.
When they got to the village, they ran into there hut. They all acted like they were doing something productive. Inuyasha can back in a moment later. He sat down by the fire. Everyone was really nervous, but they played it cool. Well, until Inuyasha spoke.
"Can you people get any nosier?" he asked angrily. Everyone began to panic a bit.
"W-what are y-you talking a-about Inuyasha?" Kagome spoke with a nervous tremble in her voice.
"Emiko was a woman who was my first friend when I was young. She took care of me, and would play with me when the other children didn't. Neka is her younger sister." Inuyasha summarized for them.
"…How do you know she is truly who she says she is?" Sango questioned. Kagome wondered the same.
"She has some similar features to Emiko. I remember what she looked like; I just didn't remember what she was to me. Besides, when rescued her the other night, I knew there was something not right about her. I don't know…it's like you can feel her curse." He said staring off into the fire. Now that he mentioned it…
They could feel it too.