Love beyond the Western Lands: The Curse of the Black Gem
Chapter 8: The Shinidama Chu's Return and the Soft Piping
The following night was havoc and tiresome. Kyoko quickly ran about her home, looking through the rooms for the rare herbs hidden all over her house. She looked at the log book she carried. "One stem of ginseng, 10 petals of western flowers…" the list would go on and on and on. All she needed now was seasoned orange oil; root of horseradish, and most importantly, essence of winter fresh (You may think, what the hell! But, hey, it's my fanfic. Don't worry, I got a point to all that. ;))
As she found all those important items, all stashed in the hollow roof, Kyoko sped to the medicine room. All the ingredients she needed were there, sitting on the table as well as the metal book. "Time to get to work," she said softly as she lifted the heavy bronze lid boiling with water and dropped in her first ingredients in.
Moonlight glowered down as a girl sat on a snowy roof with a flute. Her bright auburn-orange shined in the moonlight as she cast her silver-teal eyes protectively over her home: The snowy plains, which glowed eerily blue.
She held her oak flute up to her tender scarlet lips and blew gently, moving her fingers as she went about her melancholy tune. "Oh, Sesshoumaru…" she thought sadly as a gentle wind blew, disturbing the light scatters of snow and swaying her royal blue robe. Her katana rattled sadly against inside its sheath. "…if I can only see you… one more time…"
Suddenly, her mind spun. "Damn it all…" she thought as she began to fall off the roof. "Shinidama Chu… Shinidama Chu… SHINIDAMA CHU!" she called out with her mind. As she fell from the roof, three of her deep blue soul snatchers flew directly under her body, catching the mysterious girl. It was clear she was dead for two other soul snatchers swooped over her cold body, dropping two glowing orbs which appear to be souls as they entered her body eerily.
"Ah," she moaned in relief as she moved her fingers. "The feeling of 'alive' again…" Suddenly, she felt a strong presence…. a youkai presence… She climbed the high wall and on to the soaring roof top. There he was…Soaring in the distance on his thunder clouds. But it looked as if Sesshoumaru was carrying something…
"What is that?" the girl whispered. "Anyway, I must see him again… Sesshoumaru! Sara is coming!" With a swift leapt, she jumped in the air, an unusual staff (If you watch Full Metal Alchemist and in the episode with Father Cornello, Edward summons up this halberd blade thing XD It looks like that, except the blade is curved.) to help her momentum.
Sesshoumaru was silent, as was his companions. He held Kikyou close to her as if hoping her now icy cold arms would drape over he shoulders. Enju, Jaken and Tomo looked sorrowfully at Sesshoumaru. "What a wench," Tomo said audibly. Enju and Jaken looked up at Sesshoumaru, to see if he would snap at Tomo to watch his language. Generally, if his son uses improper language at his age, Sesshoumaru would lock him in the dungeon until either Tomo knows what he had done wrong or if not, remain their for three whole hours, with his legs slightly bent from the clasps of his chains and his arms put at odd angles. XD In that time, his limbs would have been cramped: A painful punishment.
As Enju, Jaken and Tomo looked at Sesshoumaru, only to their dismay; he did not retaliate to discipline his son. Tomo sighed, hopeless.
"Oh, Kikyou…" Sesshoumaru sighed. "Good thing I came before a full moon…" Soon, he smelled a scent…a scent of death and flowers… "Sara?" he thought. There she was, right beside him. They both stared at each other a moment. Sara smiled a small one. "Long times no see, Sesshoumaru," she said softly. "What do you want?" he said harshly.
"Who's the girl?" Sara asked as if she didn't hear. "My wife," Sesshoumaru said. "I knew it," Sara thought. "She seems pretty banged up…" "What happened to her?" "SHOVE OFF!" Tomo yelled. He almost fell, but Enju pulled him back. Sara looked at him. "GO AWAY!" Tomo crowed again. Sara sighed. "Little boy, I know this is painful for you and your family, but getting angry is something not to be doing at this drastic time." "I KNOW I KNOW!" Tomo shrieked, tears streaming down his face. "But we don't need you to mush it in our faces!"
Sara sighed again. With a light pat on Tomo's head, she flew next to Sesshoumaru again. "I'll tell you this, Sesshoumaru," Sara said. "A close friend of mine died of the same poison like this. Before you find the ingredients for that rare antidote, keep her warm, do whatever you must for her body heat to stay. If the Shinidama Chu reappears, don't worry: They will just be dropping down orbs of energy to sustain her. But beware… when her limit comes, be sure to be ready."
With a curt nod, Sara flew off without waiting for Sesshoumaru's response. Soon enough a single Soul Snatcher hovered over Kikyou's body, dropping a small orb into her chest.
To be continued…