Shinigami Clara: Hay hay! I'm back! How are you? I'm really sorry about that weird e-mail I sent to you last time (to those who are in my mailing list^^) oh yah, to those who DON'T know yet, I'm going to Japan on the 12th of Oct *sigh * I'll be on the plane on my birthday, how sad is that? Anyways…………….
Inuyasha: HAY! If you go to Japan, what will we do!?
Shinigam Clara: erm…………. I'm sure that other authors will be glad to borrow you, I mean, this IS the Inuyasha fanfiction section, you know.
Inuyasha: I REFUSE TO BE BORROWED!!!!
Kagome: Inuyasha………… it's a bit late for that, we are ALREADY borrowed………….
Inuyasha: WHAT? WE ARE!? (man, I'm making his IQ like Kuwabara's…………not good…………) AND YOU LET THAT HAPPEN!!!!?????
Kagome: Don't use that tone on me!
Inuyasha: Feh! I do whatever I like! Wench!
Kagome: *eyes flashing in anger* How many times!!!!! Do I have to tell you??? MY NAME IS KA-GO-ME! NOT WENCH! AND NOT ANYTHING ELSE!!!! OSUWARI OSUWARI OSUWARI!!!!!!!!!!!!
Disclaimer: *Clara sits and sips tea* ahhh……….such a peaceful day ne? Anyways, I do not own Inuyasha or YYH so don't bother me!
Chapter 8 And so it all began
(Last time, Lady of Light was about to tell Kagome her story, and so, here we are, her story of the beginning)
Before 'God' created the worlds and before anything else, there was Darkness, loneliness and desolation. Darkness was the sole existence in the universe. In his loneliness, Darkness called out, and was answered……………….
~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#
"Wait a moment, I thought that Darkness was the 'sole existence' in the universe as you said. So how was his call answered? I'm assuming that God answered it." Kagome asked in confusion.
Luminescence smiled, "God is not an existence, there is very little we know about it, or him, or her. He was just there." She laughed at Kagome's expression, "Confusing isn't it? Let's think of it all this way; the 'creator' is not an existence, but a presence. It is not as humans interpret it as, all-powerful and all knowing. Think of it as a cell of the human body. He is there for one purpose, like the cell; it only has one job, and that is to create."
Kagome nodded in understanding, and the Lady of Light continued her story.
~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#
The creator made earth and many other 'planets'; it gave earth life, or the means for life. Then, it called on light, light cannot be created, it is like Darkness, it was there, but light is just a presence. The creator gave her an existence; light gave warmth and security to earth and to the other planets while Darkness gave mystery and serenity.
Light saw the loneliness in Darkness's soul; she shone her light into the moon to keep him company in the night. Darkness eventually fell in love with light; he allowed shadows in the day so that he could always watch over her.
Light never knew of this love, but Darkness was content just to watch in the shadows (literally) until……………
~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#
Kagome watched as the scene around them starts to shift, the grayness was pushed back and she watched as a grass plain appeared. The grass was moving as the wind blew over them, the leaves of the trees in the forest swayed in harmony with the grass. Luminescence appeared by her side, her face held an expression of sadness and loss. Kagome wondered what had happened to make her appear in such a way, but she just watched as the scenes unfold.
A young man waked through the grass. His dark hair, long and tied up, was blown back by the wind. Kagome couldn't make out the face of the man, but she could see that his stance was straight and tall. He stood looking at the sun.
Then, from a distance, she saw movement in the trees as a figure walked out. It was Luminescence. But here, she was different. Kagome looked closer, to find that the sadness that was evident in the Lady of Light that she knew, was missing. The young man, it seemed, also noticed the figure that was standing just by the edge of the trees. He smiled and held out a hand.
Kagome watched as the Luminescence of the past walked forward from her safe haven to meet the young man, and Kagome watched as she fell in love. But unknown to them; she saw that Darkness was watching as well. Darkness also came into human form, a man with long dark hair and glowing emerald-golden eyes. He stood straight and tall; his features were sharp and clear compared to the young man's. Kagome could see the pain in his eyes as he watched the couple.
She knew how it felt, it felt as if your heart was torn out and was being stepped on. She knew because she felt like that whenever Inuyasha went to find Kikyou, it felt like that whenever Inuyasha compared her to Kikyou. But now, it was different, she had Kurama now. She didn't know when it was that Kurama had started to become such an important character in her life, but it is true now that she felt nothing for Inuyasha other than a close friendship.
Her gaze shifted back to the pair, Luminescence was now in the young man's arms and they nestled together under the shade of a tree.
Then the scene changed to where Darkness was, he was on his throne, his face in his hands. To Kagome, he looked devastated, even though she knew that he was an enemy, she wanted nothing more than to go and comfort him. The door to the throne swung open, and she watched Luminescence enter, her warmth reached Darkness and he looked up. It was as if all the hurt and the sorrow had just disappeared, he smiled warmly at the woman before him, his eyes shining with love and pain at the same time.
Kagome watched as Luminescence confided Darkness about her troubles; the one she loved betrayed her, yet she loves him still. Kagome saw the hopelessness in Darkness's eyes as he realized the fact that Light will never be his. He is the night while she is the day, they will never be together. She saw as his heart slowly freezes, and she saw as he slowly turned away from light, his only salvation.
Darkness was consumed by sorrow. In this state, he allowed evil to enter him, turning him from the loving creature to one that was now contorted with hate and revenge. Kagome closed her eyes at the hatred in him and turned her head, but Luminescence's voice brought her back to the scene,
"You must watch. You must know what happened."
Kagome opened her eyes again and before her, she saw the final showdown between Darkness and Light. Both were tired and their powers almost drained. In his hatred and sorrow, Darkness had tried to destroy humankind. With the last of her powers, Luminescence sealed Darkness from earth and into his own realm where he will still be able to rule, but unable to do anything else. Kagome saw Luminescence fall as the last of her energy was exhausted. She could no longer walk the earth, but she knew that Darkness would escape his prison sooner or later. So she set her soul to travel the path of reincarnation, knowing that one day Darkness would come out of his prison seeking for revenge.
The area around Kagome turned gray again and Luminescence said, "The last battle with me and Darkness caused the earth and the universe to lapse into grayness, without light and without dark. After that, I reincarnated many times, each in the body of a miko where they will be able to cope with my powers. Normally, humans would die because of such amounts of power in their body. But mikos are able to adjust their bodies to accommodate my power, though they can never fully merge with it." She looked at Kagome again, "You are different though, I have never seen so much power in a miko, it could be because of the shinkon jewel in your body, but I highly doubt it. And also, I have never seen one that has adapted to my powers as well as you; you are almost one with my power. It is like your body is made of pure energy instead of flesh and bone."
Kagome said nothing but she watched Luminescence carefully, and finally came to a conclusion.
"You loved him, didn't you?" she asked.
The Lady Light looked startled, but Kagome just continued on. "You fell in love with Darkness without knowing it. You were betrayed too many times by the human, the man. But you finally gave up on him, and slowly you fell in love with Darkness. That was the reason that Darkness's face and features were so clear and the man's was a blur, it was your memory that was triggered."
Luminescence slowly closed her eyes, and nodded, "Yes," she whispered, "I did, I fell in love with him, and until I locked him in his prison, I did not realize that. It was too late; he was already too far gone in his hatred and betrayal. It was too late when I noticed the love that I had for the other, it was just an infatuation. It was not love. Then I realized that I loved Darkness from the beginning, but it was already too late."
Kagome shook her head, "No, it's not too late." she said slowly, and Luminescence looked up at the girl who seemed more that she is. "You did not see, but I did, there was sorrow as well as loneliness in his eyes. It is still possible for him to find a way back from evil. You see, Darkness and Evil are not one thing, as Light and Goodness are not one thing. It was just because Darkness was in a weak state of mind that Evil was able to enter. There is an opposite to everything, just like Night and Day, Male and Female. When there is Good, there has to be Evil, or else the balance would be off."
Kagome smiled at Luminescence, "I will bring him back. Darkness has only momentarily lost his track. But if he is still there, then it is possible to bring him back."
~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#
Kagome woke up, blinking as she tried to sit up, but she was held down by a weight, and she turned to look at what it was. Kurama lay on his side facing her. His breathing was slow and even, indicating that he was asleep. Kagome blushed a bit and tried to move from this intimidating position. It was futile; Kurama was not going to let go anytime soon. After some time, she settled back into position, snuggled up to him and waited, but not for long.
Kurama felt Kagome stir and slowly woke up as well. He opened his eyes and looked down to see Kagome snuggled up to him and looking up with her expressive blue-lilac colored eyes. He blushed a dark red, quickly removing his arms from around her as he muttered an apology. But Kagome didn't move from her position. Rather, she snuggled up to him even more and promptly closed her eyes.
Kurama thought that she had fallen asleep again, but just then Kagome asked, "Why are you in my bed?"
Kurama looked down, but saw that Kagome's eyes were still closed; he rested his chin on her head and said. "Well, it so happened that you fainted and, not to mention you had a death grip on my shirt. I was stuck with you. When I tried to put you back to bed you………….erm………….." He blushed and tried again, "you…………. to put it mildly, were latched onto me and so, I had no options, but to lay beside you?"
"Oh," was all he got for an answer before Kagome sat up, he followed suit and soon both were up and down the stairs again. Kagome grabbed a bag and some money from a drawer and turned around to Kurama, "I didn't get to go buy anything before I blacked out, so I guess we can go now."
Kurama nodded, "Sure, I'll go with you."
Kagome smiled brightly and grabbed Kurama's arms, dragging him out to the courtyard where she stopped and turned to him, her face serious once again, "I have something important to tell you, it's about our oncoming battle."
Kurama's expression sobered immediately, and he nodded again, "Can you tell us when we are all here? I think Yuusuke and Hiei would like to hear the news as well."
Kagome quickly agreed, "Yes, Inuyasha and the other as well, as soon as they come back from the other side. I'll tell you all. They will be here by nightfall. If not, the latest, tomorrow."
With that settled, Kurama and Kagome left the shrine area to go shop. They walked along the street, now bursting with people just going home from work, when Kagome felt a 'tug' on her power. She immediately knew that it was a Shinkon shard, I thought all the shards were either in Naraku's hands or in mine, so why am I feeling a shard?
Kurama seemed to have felt the same thing as well. He felt strong youki coming form a deserted alleyway but was reluctant to go because of Kagome. I should go see what is happening, if it is a youkai that escaped the barriers, then we have a problem. Because it's power seem to be very strong. But I can't go, because then I'll put Kagome into unnecessary danger.
As Kurama debated within about what to do, Kagome was already moving towards the ally. Kurama was about to call her back, but saw that it was useless, she seems determined. He followed her, ready to protect her if anything happens.
"Kouga-kun!?" she asked in surprise when she saw who it was that had the shinkon.
"Kagome!!?" the other youkai seemed as shocked to see her here as she was to him.
~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~
Please don't kill me!!!! I swear I'll update soon!! Another one before Oct the 12th! Please!! Anyways, sorry about all that weird stuff about God and Darkness and Light, it happens when you just returned from a philosophy lesson! It's NOT my fault!! I swear!!! Anyways, Chapter 8, now you know much more about Darkness and such^^ it's 8 pages for god's sake! I tired! Anyways please please review~~!! The more reviews, I might think about updating sooner………….*hint hint * hay, I know it's a cheap trick [do you mean 'tactic'?], but as long as it works ne?^^
Oh yah and also thanks Halcyon Clouds (Sal) for helping me beta this, I know I am useless at grammar and such, but please don't kill me? Thank you A LOT for all the pointers, you are a star^^ and thank you again for teaching me how to do the bold and italics………..without you, I think I'd be gonners…………
Silvervail: NOOOOOOOOO!! You can't have Kurama!!! He's miiiiiiine *sob sob* but I won't mind borrowing Sesshoumaru though…………..*grins evilly* and I think I should let Sesshoumaru make an appearance soon……………..
Mermaid99: *chears* yay! So happy^^ here's another update^^
Kuro Honoo: Updated^^ thanks for the review^^
Devil Wench: Glad you're happy^^ hope you enjoy this chappie as well^^
Natsuki Sasahara: You will never know!! Mwahahahahaha!!! Erm……….sorry………no Hiei is NOT the reincarnation of Darkness…………… but then again……………. *laughs evily* you'll see later^^
SerinityRules: IS it freaky? I donno, I think I can do worse^^ ofcourse after this chappie………….. I donno^^
Inu Youkai Hime: Is that a threat? *looks hurt* you can't do that to a poor authoress like me now can you?
Artemis the Goddess: Yay^^ thanks, I like your stories too^^ so happy!! *jumps around in joy * …………herm……….i am NOT hyper………….
Shinigami Clara