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Reflections of the Past: A Past Revisited chapter 15

" Soureikan...Soureikan..."

Kagome stirred, someone was calling her, but she couldn't make out who it was. She slowly opened her eyes, wondering what had just happened...Where was Inuyasha and her mother? They were just right here...

"Soureikan..."

There it was again...the voices calling out to her..they were just a mere whisper on the wind, flowing around her as they soothed her fear, their softness comforting her..They were like a mothers lullaby, gentle and reassuring, yet they provided a sence of security and protection... and love. She had been frightened, everything had been so dark, she could still vaguely hear Inuyasha calling her name, and she could still feel him...his presence as well as the strange yet familier voices bringing her comfort as she sat up to look around her...

Everything seemed so bright..so vivid..

She sat in a field of white flowers, butterflies hovered here and there, as if they were dancing on the breeze...The tree branches shook slightly as if in response to mother natures call, answering with their show of vibrant colors...

She slowly moved to stand, her mind calming as she reached to move a stray lock of hair behind her ear, before reaching down to smooth the imagined wrinkles from her dress..."Dress?...how am I in a dress, I wore Inuyasha's haori home.." She looked down at the dress that she wore...it's pearl color shimmering in the sunlight...It didn't really have a particular color...it just took on various colors as she moved within it, first pink,then blue,and green, and finally white. It was trimmed in what looked to be a golden braid that followed its seams. It felt silky against her skin as the breeze molded it to her petite frame...it was tied around her neck with a golden string, leaving her neck and shoulders bare...and followed her figure to hug her breasts and then her waist, flowing gracefully off of her hips and on down to caress her ankles..it was split clear up both sides to the middle of her thighs...allowing her legs the freedom of unconstricted movement...the back was bare, coming to rest at the curve of her lower back and was being held together by a few strands of the same golden braids that lined the seams, Who could have made such a beautiful dress, and why was she wearing it...? On her feet were a pair of sandals the same color as her dress,two golden braids weaving their way up her calf muscles, past her knees to tie off at the back of her thighs...

She reached up then to touch the crown that still sat upon her head, it's emerald lying against her forehead, the small pink stone dangling from the center to rest on the bridge of her nose...Oh what she wouldn't give for a full length mirror right now...

"Hello?" she called..." Is someone there?"

"My child...my Soureikan, you've grown into a beauty...a deep male voice spoke from behind her, yet she wasn't frightened..it sounded vaguely familier, like some distant memory that had long been forgotten...She turned slowly, her gaze coming to rest on two forms...that of a man and a woman...both absolutly glorious to look upon.

The man held a small smile upon his face, his ankle length raven black hair framing handsome features...high cheekbones, full lips, and stunning brown eyes the shade of the finest leather, emerald green outlining their perfection...he was tall and well defined, the muscles clearly outlined in the emerald green silk shirt he wore...

The woman who stood proud next to him was also stunning...her raven black hair also lay at her ankles but held a hint of the deepest silver she'd ever seen, it almost shimmered, only being noticed when the warm breeze lifted it ever so slightly, the sun teasing it's color to peak shyly out of the raven locks before disappearing again, leaving one to wonder if they had merely imagined it... she wore the same gown as Kagome, only hers was the purest white, like fresh fallen snow under a full moonlit night, it's seams outlined in braided silver.

Her skin was flawless, it's paleness almost haunting, her eyes were the color of a starless midnight sky, their depths never ending as they gazed upon her, a light mist of unshed tears glistening in their depths. She was tiny, her petite form made to look fragile as she stood next to the handsome man who stared lovingly back at her...

" Soureikan...how I have missed you..." the woman whispered.." Do you know who we are Soureikan?" ...We are your...her voice broke then as tears flowed freely down her porcelain skin, her hands trembled as they reached up to cover her lips as she tried in vein to control the emotions that could be seen clearly playing upon her beautiful face.

" You are Ryu na Takuan and Ouju Matsuko...You are my parents.." Kagome replied, her own voice sounding broken as she ran to embrace the parents that she had never known...They held her close to them, their soft laughter like a silken caress on her skin...They stood there like that for what seemed to be an eternity, each relishing the feel of finally being together, though not complete...they needed to find Aihana...with her their family would finally be complete...

" I have so many questions...I don't even know where to begin..." Kagome muttered as she finally got her emotions under control..

" It would be easier to show you my dear child, the crown you wear will show you all you need to know...but you must allow it to.." her mother answered, her hand coming to rest on Kagome's cheek.."Just close your eyes and it will show you the way.."

Kagome hesitated "Will you still be here when I open them, will you wait for me?"

"My child, we have always been with you, we have waited so long for this moment, we aren't going anywhere...now close your eyes Soureikan, let us show you." her father encouraged...

Taking a deep breath Kagome closed her eyes as visions of a life past raced through her mind...Each just fragmented pieces of a life she never knew...she was like an outsider looking in...

Kagome opened her eyes, and there before her lay the same field she had been in moments before...only now she gazed upon the outskirts of a village, it's occupants standing quietly as they watched what looked to be a wedding...the wedding between her mother and father...

Then the vision changed and she could here her mother's cries of pain, she saw her lying on a bed, her stomach swollen as she struggled to bring forth the life that lay within her.. her father sat at her side comforting her, doing his best to ease the pain she endured, a priestess smiling happily as she brought forth the couples first child...Aihana...

Then her vision changed again, this time to gaze upon a five year old child sitting happily between her mother and father...her small hand resting on the again swollen stomach of her mother...a bright smile lighting her small features as the baby within kicked her tiny hand causing the five year old to go into a fit of giggles.

Kagome watched as another child was born, her cries echoing through the village...but then everything went quiet as soon as the child opened her eyes...their black and pink orbs looking upon the world for the first time...Soureikan...

"Me, that's ME!her mind registered as more visions raced by her ...she saw a happily married couple sitting around their fire, Aihana sitting between them holding baby Soureikan in her arms...

But that's when the happy moments ended...

She watched as the village was attacked, demons coming from every direction as they killed everyone in their path...each demanding to know where the 'child' was...

She watched in stunned silence as the gruesome scene played out before her...she could smell the smoke that tumbled from the huts as each one was searched and burned to the ground, she could smell the sickening scent of death as one by one the villagers perished at the hands of various demons, their screams echoing in the night as the demons slaughtered every man, woman and child in their path...

She watched as her mother and father ushered their children between them, a small Aihana holding a baby Soureikan in her arms.They fought to protect them as they could do no more to protect their village, it's inhabitants had been few and now none remained...

She watched as her mother and father fought side by side, each battling to protect the lives of their daughters, and each sustaining various wounds...they niether one could use the powers they possessed, each having their lifes blood flowing freely for to long... it steadily fell to the ground that had already been saturated with the blood of so many others...demons and humans alike. Each drop lost gradually decreased the energy they needed to sustain their power, and even then unleashing such power so near the children was a risk that niether were willing to take. Both children were still to young to know how to handle it.

She watched in awe as her father, having no other choice, took his true form, a force that shook the ground with it's power, his huge body a deep emerald green, his claws and wings golden...his teeth tearing through any demon who dared to get to close... her mother also transformed...locking her young children between her wings as she too fought through the hordes of demons that had dared to bring harm the children they so loved...her body a shimmering white, her wings and claws a sparkling silver...But the demons just kept coming, like the waves of an ocean they would hit and recede, only to hit again and again...

She watched in horror as her father fell, his wounds draining his energy as he tried in vain to defend his family. She watched as his huge body crumbled beneath him, his human form returning as he no longer held the power to maintain his demon form...Her mother swept him up and held him cradled in her claw as she let loose a roar of pain and heartache before spreading her silver wings and launching herself upward, using what little strength she had left to try one last desperate act to save her family.. her husband still wrapped in her claws, Aihana and Soureikan still protected between her wings... The wind surged around them, stirring the dirt into a cloud of grey that none could see through as she made her escape into the night air, her white body blending with the light of the moon making her invisible to those who still searched on the earthen floor.

Kagome looked around her taking in the destruction before her. The village had been desimated, nothing remaining but the flames that still burned and the bodies of the dead scattered in every direction...

And then she saw him...his lone figure standing on a hill behind the battleground, his face twisted in rage, long black hair whipping around his shoulders...blood red eyes narrowed in discust at the failure of the demons he commanded...

Naraku...

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Hey guys...I hope that you like this chapter...PLease let me know as your reviews tell me you are still enjoying this story...I'm sorry if the ending of the last chapter was a little confusing but everything will start making more sence through the next couple of chapters...If you've guessed who the man and child are already I am glad...I am finding that the more I write to this story the harder it gets to end the chapters without cliffys. Please keep reading as the next couple of chapters will be using information from previous chapters, as well as include new information for future chapters...

Please keep reviewing as I need the input on how this story is going.. I hadn't planned on bringing this story this far but ideas just keep coming and you all seem to like it so I will keep going as long as I have both of these things todraw from. As you all know this is my first fic and I am thrilled that I have recieved such a response to it. Again, I deeply appreciate each of you who continue to review as well as those who have just started reviewing..