I'm apologize that I had to take this off. I needed to edit it because I accidentally posted the wrong one. There are other edits to this chapter. Also, I did not thank my reviewer (Amy) and thank you very much for your review.
Well. Here we are. 1st chapter in "The True" (real chapter anyways) I actually think that I might be able to finish this one and be able to post on normal times! (yay for me) I'm sorry if I'm rambling just don't mind the author…
Disclaimer: Nope, it don't belong to me… Inuyasha, or the Wheel of Time… grr… BUT IT WILL BE MINE! Muwahaha….
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Story: The True
Author: BakaPsycho
Rating: PG-13 (For Violence and just in case)
Genre: Inuyasha and some Robert Jordan
Chapter 1: Kakarimusubi
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The manor was massive with spires reaching toward the sky. Magnificent architecture covered it, spiraling through doorways, decorating walls.
He stood by a grand doorway of dark mahogany, waiting for the wagon-driver to finish speaking to the owner. There was a slight swish as the doors opened and closed. There was a man he did not recognize, garbed in a gray tunic with a blue sash. In his right hand, he held a sliver-blue chain link collar. Connecting to the collar was a length of the same metal and ending with a bracelet.
The man's fingers opened the collar in someway that was lost to the once wagon puller. He did not know why he was feeling fear for the piece of metal was not that intimidating. He backed up and bumped into the wall behind him without noticing. The man with the collar kept advancing until he had snapped the collar around the cornered mans neck.
He wasn't even aware of his own screams.
Kagyaku pondered at his desk. He had purchased the new half-demon damane after a tip from a man in baboon skin. Now what to do he thought with distaste. I must not treat him like my other damane. Jinenji died so easily.
His thoughts were interrupted with the door opening. There was a bluesash holding his new damane. His silver hair was tussled and fanned out around him. The damane was unconscious but was slowly coming to.
"You may leave us now," Kagyaku made a gesture with his hand dismissing the bluesash while moving toward the damane. Before he was completely conscious, Kagyaku snapped the bracelet onto his wrist. New damane could be risky.
"Where- where am I?" His eyes fluttered open. He sat up looking around.
"You're in my manor. Have you heard of a'dam?" Kagyaku gestured to the bracelet and necklace.
"No," The collared one hesitated. "Does it, bind me?"
"In a way," was the answer to his question.
If it binds my power than I can still use these! At the last word of his thought, the damane struck out with his claws, reaching out and making three long gashes in Kagyakus face. Or that's what he thought he did. When the damane landed, he felt blood flowing down his face.
"You noticed the first thing about the a'dam. Whatever happens to the one wearing the bracelet happens twofold only to the one wearing the collar," Kagyaku smirked.
The collared one let out a fierce some yell while forcing his hand through Kagyakus chest. He couldn't believe it was true. Sure enough, red started soaking through the damanes clothes from the damanes wound. Black dots flitted at the edge of his vision until they took over.
Before his vision was entirely black, he heard Kagyaku say, "From now on, you will be known as Kakari, short for Kakarimusubi." The newly named sank to the floor.
Pitiful. Kagyakus eyes narrowed. He clapped twice, bringing in two bluesashes. "Tell a red that I would like my dinner in the dining room and that a nalsul'dam should pick him," he pointed at the motionless form on the rug. "up and bring him to the slaves quarters."
They both bowed their heads and set off in different directions. Now what to do. Kagyaku repeated his thought from before with a bitter taste in his mouth.
Kirei passed though Kagyakus study as she came from serving him dinner. What she saw amazed her. There was a damane she did not recognize laying on the floor with blood seeping through his tunic. Coming closer, she also saw four streaks of blood across his face. For some weird reason to Kirei he felt oddly familiar.
-Flashback-
"Where's this?" She murmured aloud. In her thoughts, I fell into the well inside the minishrine… but…
"Grandpa! Mom… ?" She yelled for her family members. Now there was no trace of a shrine
"Oh! The old god tree! Even when I was little I could always find my way home from there!" She burst through the underground to right in front of the god tree. Attached to it was an ethereal sight. The sun lit up his sliver hair making it sparkle and shimmer, casting rays of light around him. Roots were holding him to the tree and an arrow protruded from his chest.
-End of Flashback-
"What?" Her chocolate colored eyes widened in surprise, "What was that?" Kirei glared at the prostrate form as if it was his fault that she was interrupted from her work. Setting off to finish it, her thoughts kept returning to the damane but she tried forced them down. Why was he so familiar? And what was a god tree?
On the way out she bumped into a der'sul'dam she didn't recognize. His cold eyes stared down at her.
"I'm leaving," she murmured with head down. He passed by her and snapped the bracelet to his wrist. He pulled the damane up and with a quick look of concentration made itwalk though it was unconscious. They both slipped out of sight and mind when she rounded the corner.
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kakarimusubi (n) (gram) connection/relation/linked form/bounded form
kirei (oK) (adj-na) (uk) pretty/clean/nice/tidy/beautiful/fair
kagyaku (adj-na,n) cruel treatment
youkai: demon
Hanyou: half demon
a'dam: A device, consisting of a collar and a bracelet linked by a silvery metal leash, that may be used to control, against her will, any woman who can channel. The collar is worn by the damane, the bracelet by the sul'dam. In this fic, a half demon (either gender) instead of a woman who can channel
damane: In the Old Tongue, "Leashed Ones." Women who can channel who are held prisoner by a'dam and used by the Seanchan for many purposes, chiefest of these being a weapons in battle Again, hanyous instead of women who can channel. Damane are used by youkai and humans who surrendered to Naraku and used for personal servants.
sul'dam: A woman who has passed the test to show that she can wear the bracelet of an a'dam and thus control a damane. Only full youkais and humans can be a sul'dam, the a'dam doesn't work otherwise. Normal sul'dam are allowed to go through most of the grounds but only through the servant's quarters and to Kagyakus office with a damane. Usually a monk or a youkai that will not go into a killing rage is chosen for this job so that the damane is not killed. They did not have to submit to Naraku.
der'sul'dam: no definition in books A higher-up standing sul'dam. They train sul'dam and are allowed more privileges. They are allowed to go off grounds with damane such as to the trading post or market. A der'sul'dam is not chosen such as a sul'dam is chosen. A der'sul'dam had to surrender to Naraku to be able to become a der'sul'dam.
Marath'damane: In the Old Tongue "Those Who Must Be Leashed." Term used by the Seanchan for women who can channel, but have not been captured and collared. The term used by most for hanyous that have not been captured and collared.
Japanese definitions in are from http/ poets. notredame. ac. jp/ cgi-bin/ jedi
All definitions in bold are from Robert Jordan and his Wheel of Time series
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Heh, I'm so sorry for not getting this up sooner… I kinda ran out of ideas for the first chapter (It totally did not have anything to do with me forgetting my folder which has all my webs and character sketches at school over Thanksgiving break…)
I'm really going to try to have the next chapter up soon. Really! sigh don't want to ramble anymore…
A review would be nice…