Hey guys..me again..I don't own Inuyasha or the other characters except Ryu na Takuan and Ouju Matsuko. The story will get back to Inu and Kag and the others after this chapter I promise...But I couldn't leave this chapter or the last one out or it would become REALLY confusing...Hopefully I haven't made it too confusing already...
Reflections of the Past: Their Sacrafice chapter 16
Kagome stood in shocked silence, the village still burning around her as realization set in.
It had been Naraku...Naraku who ordered the attack on her parents...Naraku who destroyed these people and their village...and it was Naraku who continued to hunt her.
Her vision changed then, she now stood in Inuyasha's forest. Before her sat her mother who sobbed quietly while holding her fathers battered body in her arms, their two children sleeping not to far away.
'We must go to Lady Keade, we must seek her help in this. I am to weak, my powers will not save us this time. And you are still weak from child birth Matsuko, as well as from battle...if we don't get our children to safety they will be taken and used to further that monsters' power...We must protect them even if that means we must leave them...Ryu na Takuan whispered..his voice sounded so broken, defeated..." I WILL NOT allow that monster to touch my daughters...
Matsuko nodded, her heart break worn plainly on her face as she accepted what her mate told her, knowing that this was the only way to protect their little girls..her eyes coming to rest on the sleeping bundles next to her...
The sky lit up then, lightning angrily flashing across the night sky in jagged streaks that crisscrossed each other, shooting off in various directions with no regard to the damage that they could potentially cause, thunder accenting it with it's deafening roar as the wind steadily picked up,the trees bending in it's fury and the rain letting loose upon any unsuspecting life forms below it...It pounded the ground mercelessly, coming down in torrents of icy wetness, saturating the earthen floor within just a matter of moments,the lightning and thunder still clashing violently, as if they were emotions warring for dominance, and in some slight reality they were...
Ryu na Takuan reached up to caress the cheek of his beloved, trying to calm her emotions as they were directly related to the harshness of the storm.
They were elemental dragons...between them they held the power to control water and fire.
Matsuko could control the water, and with that could control the rain. Her emotions were directly related the the storm, her anger and hurt intensifying it as it raged around them yet never reached them directly. It was he who could create and manipulate fire...and it would be their daughters who would be able to control both.
Kagome stood silently, watching in awe the fury of the storm around her. It had come out of nowhere, there were no clouds in the sky and yet it was raining.
Kagome felt over whelmed...so much had happened and yet there wasn't anything that she could do but stand there and watch as everything played out in front of her...But then things changed, this was different than before...she could feel the sadness around her, could feel the deep anguish that welled up in her parents, could hear their thoughts as they raged silently within their minds.
She could see her mother struggling with her emotions, watched as torment flashed across the paleness of her face, and in that moment Kagome knew with certainty that she would never wish this kind of pain on anyone...not even her worst enemy. She sensed her mother struggling with the knowledge that she would never know the children that she had carried, that she had nurtured inside from the moment they had been conceived. She would never see Aihana mature into the beautiful woman she would no doubt become, never get to see her take a mate, or ever see her future grand children.
She wouldn't get to see Soureikan's first smile, or watch her take her first steps, or even get to hear her first words. Nor would she witness her falling in love or see her excitement at learning that she was with child for the first time...all the things that a daughter shared with her mother...she would never see them, or hear them...
She would never get to be their mother...and that knowledge very nearly killed her inside...
Kagome watched as her father gently caressed her mother's cheek as he whispered soothingly to her trying to calm the breaking of her heart, to ease the sorrow and pain in the only way he knew ...and that was to just simply love her...even though his emotions were in no better condition than hers.
Silently he cried, his heart wrenching inside his chest at the realization that he failed at protecting his family, that because of his failure his mate was hurting, as was he.
He silently accepted that he would never be the father that he had for so long dreamed of being...he'd never get to train his girl's for battle, or explore their powers with them as they learned how to use them, he'd never get to scare away any unworthy suiters eyeing their hands in marriage, nor would he get to bounce his grandchildren on his knee...
Matsuko could feel her husbands pain as well, could hear the thoughts he sought to keep to himself...
"You didn't fail at protecting us my love.." Kagome heard her mother say softly as the storm around them receded, stopping almost as suddenly as it started.
"We are alive...our children are alive, and it is because of YOU that we are...don't ever forget that I LOVE you, that our children will ALWAYS love their father, or that even if we don't make it through this I would NEVER regret my life with you...We will take what comfort we can from each other, and trust in fate that our girls will find their way...just as we did...
Her father broke down then, and they both cried within the warmth of their embrace, each taking from the other the comfort that they needed...their children still sleeping soundly not far away...each lost in dreams of fairy tales and demons...
Kagome's vision changed again to watch as her parents spoke with a young Keade, and she continued watching as her parents said goodbye...their soft sobs echoing within the walls of her own breaking heart...
And in that final vision Kagome understood who she was, and where she had come from.
She could feel ancient instincts within her take hold, awakening the powers that had lay dormant for so long...and she could feel them swelling within her...
And in that moment she found herself staring into the eyes of her parents...tears streaming down her face at the realization of all that they had to sacrafice to save their two little girl's...and how much pain and heartache that one decision had caused...
Kagome reached out to pull her parents to her, wrapping her arms around both of them as she cried..."You didn't fail us daddy, you gave us hope...you gave us the chance to survive...and I AM mated mother...to a wonderful hanyou...Inuyasha...and I love him sooo much."
"Speaking of said hanyou dear, you should be getting back...he is getting quite..."
"IMPATIENT"...yep that's my Inuyasha. Kagome laughed..."Will I see you again?"
"When you need help my dear child, you need only touch the emerald in your crown...we shall see you again Soureikan...remember, you MUST find Aihana...you must give her her crown, and when the time comes dear, you'll know what to do..."
And with that last thought Kagome's world went black, only this time she wasn't frightened..
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Inuyasha sat holding Kagome on his lap, not knowing what to do...He didn't believe that the crown would cause her harm but he was still alarmed at her passing out...He called her name several times but she had yet to respond. He could sence her fright, but then it subsided, leaving an array of emotions in it's wake...calm, happiness, shock, deep anger, anguish, and finally relief...What was happening to her?..
Kagome started to stir then, her eyes fluttering open as she gazed upon a very worried hanyou.
"Inuyasha, how long was I gone?"
"Gone? You never left Kagome, but it only lasted a few minutes...What the hell just happened?"Inuyasha replied as he helped her to stand up.
"Where's momma Inuyasha?" Kagome replied ignoring his question...
"She went to get something from the kitchen..now answer my question wench...what the hell just happened?" Inuyasha asked again, clearly more than a little impatient...
Kagome sat on the edge of the bed and proceded to explain everything that she saw...and when she finished Inuyasha just sat there, his jaw dropped, eyes wide...
"Naraku did this...Naraku...that BASTARD! He has to pay for what he's done..."Inuyasha yelled, "Who the hell does that bastard think he is?"
Kagome sat quietly, her mind pondering one other detail that she had almost missed...
"Inuyasha, we have to find Aihana. We have to find her before Naraku does..."
" Yeah, but how? We don't know anything about her...maybe Keade will know mor..."
" Inuyasha, I KNOW who Aihana is...I should have recognized her when I saw her in the visions, but it didn't click till just now...we have to go...Kagome said as she stood and grabbed Inuyasha's hand dragging him from the upstairs bedroom down the stairs and into the kitchen..."Momma I'm sorry but we have to go...I'll explain later but we have to go NOW." Kagome exclaimed as she continued dragging a very irritated Inuyasha behind her..
"Kagome are you sure you're okay dear?" Kagome's mother asked, worry lining her features.
"Oh momma I'm fine, I promise, but we need to get back, there's something we need to get taken care of.." Kagome replied as she let go of Inuyasha to give her mother a hug and kiss before once again grabbing him and dragging him behind her as she ran to the well.
"Damn it Kagome, will you tell me what the HELL is going on here!" Inuyasha yelled as they jumped into the well, it's bluish light engulfing them as they traveled back to the fuedal era.
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Thanks guys for your reviews...I really appreciate them. Sorry for ending this so suddenly but this is a hard part of the story to separate, and I had to do it somewhere or else this chapter would've gone on forever.Please review and let me know what you all think okay...until next chapter...Neisha