I don't own Inuyasha and Co. no matter how much I wish I did. But I still love him. Sorry it took me so long to update I have been grounded and have limited access to WordPerfect so its harder for me to update. . .
"Talking"
'Thinking'
:Sounds/Actions:
Only you Chapter Seven:
Hidden Explanations:
Inuyasha, Kagome, Sesshoumaru, Rin and Kaede stood at the front gates of the village looking upon the demon known as Shinpiteki.
"Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru, the two sons of the great Inutashio, the once great leader."
"You have come to finalize this, I assume?" Sesshoumaru asked, getting strait to the point, motioning to Inuyasha and Kagome.
"You never did like to beat around the bush, even as a pup Sesshoumaru. I am here to see if my sources are correct. This matter can only be finalized in the sacred lands. May I enter? It's rather rude of you to force an old friend like me to stand outside the gates like a common criminal . . . "
"An old friend? I don't even know how Sesshoumaru got in without a fight and your certainly no friend of mine!" Growled Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha! Stop it! Lets at least hear him out . . . " Kagome suggested. 'Maybe I can find out what is going on . . . What the big secret is . . . " She thought.
Crossing his arms Inuyasha turned away. "It's up to the humans . . . " He stated, with a small humph sound.
Without waiting for anyone else to say anything Kaede stepped forward to speak. "If we have your word that you will do is no harm, we will allow you to enter our village."
"I give you my word as a noble demon guardian." Shinpiteki replied.
"But Kaede . . . What if he doesn't keep his word?" Sango asked.
"Aww, Come on Sango . . . You should learn to trust a little more." Miroku said cheerfully.
With that Shinpiteki was invited into the village and lead to Kaedes hut followed by the villagers stares.
As they walked Kagome observed Shinpiteki. His striking short spiked sea blue hair and moss green eyes stick out against his well-tanned skin, the markings on his facemarkings are like none she has seen before, they consist of dark midnight blue lightning bolt marks across his cheeks and a face down half moon with small lightning bolt going through it. He is about Sesshoumaru' height and is wearing something similar to what Sesshoumaru wears as well only black with light blue accents, a light blue sash and without the shoulder spikes.
Sitting next to the fire, Kagome looked around at the others. Sango seemed to watch Shinpiteki like a hawk watching its prey, Miroku looked as if he already knew what this was about, Inuyasha sat against the wall glaring at everything in his path, Kaede seemed a little tense but even now she had a small smile on her face, Shinpiteki sat diagonal from her, his face proud and noble, he sat strait and tall. He was calm no doubt about that. Sesshoumaru sat similar to the way Shinpiteki sat only his face was emotionless, though his face showed no emotion his eyes betrayed him. In Kagomes opinion Sesshoumaru was proud of Inuyasha and jealous at the same time. 'The norther lands must be something special for all this fuss . . . " She thought. Kagome herself though, was nervous and wanted to know what the big secret is and why its being kept from her.
Somehow though, Kagome knew it would probably be just as life changing as her transformation. Now if only she could get used to her new form.
"So . . . " Shinpiteki spoke. "I take it Inuyasha and that fair maiden over there." He motioned to Kagome. "Are the successors?"
"Yes . . . " Replied Sesshoumaru.
"Yea' know Sesshoumaru, now you have to show your brother more respect than you did before if any. Having completed the ceremony successfully he now ranks much higher than you."
"I do?" Inuyasha asked slightly puzzled.
"To be the ruler of the northern lands is a great honor and only the chosen may ever rule over them. As a chosen you become greater than your brother you have probably been a chosen since birth, thus meaning even as a half demon you have five times the power of your father locked away within you. You just have to learn to unlock and use them with knowledge, truth, and skill." Shinpiteki explained causing Inuyasha to blink slightly in confusion.
"So Inuyasha could be the next Inutashio and more?" Sango asked seemingly interested.
"Yes"
"And to think Inuyasha . . . " Miroku said with a smirk. "You wanted to become a full demon." He finished causing Inuyasha to humph.
"How do I go about unlocking these powers of mine?"
"The way depends on the chosen and his ma" Shinpiteki was cut off as Inuyasha growled out "We'll talk about this later!" Causing Shinpiteki to chuckle.
"As you wish, take your time." Shinpiteki agreed.
Now sitting on her knees, Kagome looked over at Shinpiteki. "Um . . . Mr. Shinpiteki?"
"Yes?"
"Before you arrived Sesshoumaru said, the northern lands could only be ruled by the impossible . . . Could you elaborate?"
"Well . . . Inuyashas case is an impossible, a chosen half demon that actually successfully completed the ritual that even the most powerful, knowledge, trained, skilled, and oldest demons would not even dare try, and yet he completed it without any actual knowledge of the ritual at all. Do you see what I mean misses?"
"Kagome . . . And . . . I think so . . . "
"Sorry to interrupt but it is lunch time and I'm sure some of us are a tad bit hungry." Kaede spoke up.
"Ah okay then . . . Get on with your daily tasks and we will save our conversations for another time." Shinpiteki said as he stood and left the hut followed by Miroku, Sesshoumaru, and Inuyasha, who was sent to fetch water as Kaede, Sango, and Kagome began preparing the meal.
Later that night, around 3AM.
The night seemed still and everything seemed peaceful . . . that is until . . .
Everything around her was on fire, the hut, the entire village. She ran around frantically looking for the others calling out to them though all she could hear was the roaring fire, it seemed as if she wasn't actually saying anything. Dodging falling, burning wood as she searched the village but the others were no where to be found. Then suddenly the burning villagers, though dead, began to attack her. She fought off the dead forms of the villagers and soon they fell and never got back up. She looked around, tears falling from her eyes as she sunk to her knees on the ground. She looked up at the night sky, there was no moon, no stars. Through the fire light she saw a shadow in the shape of a monster looming over the village laughing evilly.
Blinking she found she was no longer in the burning village, but in what seemed like a room that smelled a lot like blood, a dungeon maybe. She stood walking shakily toward the only visible light in the room coming in through a small barred window in the door.
"Hello?"
She didn't get an answer, instead she was flung against the wall across from the door. Blood found its way into her eyes and she felt around searching for a wound only to find her ears gone once again. Tears streamed down her face as she whispered faintly "Wh...why? Why are you doing this to me?..." As she sunk to her knees.
It, whatever it is, moved across the room. Once again she couldn't see it, but she could feel it move slowly coming to a stop right in front of her. It spoke and again it sounded like an evil wind, not solid but still there. "The prophecy shall not be fulfilled. The key shall be destroid. You shall come to a horrible death and I shall reign."
"But...I have no idea what your talking about..." She spoke faintly once again feeling as if only death could take away her pain, tears haunting her eyes.
'It' chuckled evilly. "And you never will..."
'It' said just before there was a sudden surge of unmeasurable pain from her stomach. Kagome gasped, not having the voice to scream. Looking down she found a gaping hole in her stomach where her bellybutton would normally be, blood oozing now.
The hole in her stomach mush have pierced the lower section of her lungs because she was gasping for breath, every breath she took sent another surge of pain throughout her body and it felt as if she had never taken a breath at all. Instinctively Kagome curled up on her knees, her eyes clenched in pain.
She opened her eyes to look at where 'it' felt to have been before, but she seen nothing, felt nothing, it must have gone.
She sunk to her side on the floor and lay there staring into the darkness, not dead, but not alive, to strong to die, but to weak to move on.
Then she heard a voice...It sounded familiar but she couldn't pin a name to it...It kept calling to her...And calling...
"Kagome! Wake up! Kagome!" Inuyasha shouted as he shook Kagome gently.
It was Inuyasha and Sango standing over Kagome once her vision cleared enough to see.
"Wh...What happened?..." Kagome asked confused.
"Why don't you tell us... Its almost noon meal. We have been trying to wake you up for a while now. " Inuyasha said, a very worried look in his eyes and it was slightly noticeable in his voice.
"We have been getting worried, you have been crying, screaming, and rolling around pretty wildly the past few hours." Sango explained.
Looking around the hut Kagome got up and without a word walked out of the hut.
"Hey! Where ya' goin'?" Inuyasha hollered after her.
"For a walk..." She said just loud enough for him to hear. "Don't follow please. Leave me be..."
She walked away from the village to the edge of Inuyashas forest and walked along the edge until she came to an area a ways past the well with a lot of hills. She sat at the top of a hill enjoying the view as a scent wafted into her nose. It smelled like Shinpiteki, fresh snow covered mountain air and a slight hint of hot springs.
Everyday Kagome gets better with her new hanyou abilities. She looked at where the smell seemed to be coming from and spotted him walking toward her from Inuyashas forest.
"Hey there." He said
"Hi" she replied turning to enjoy the view once more.
"Looks like something's on your mind"
Kagome turned to look at him.
"Well..." She said looking into his eyes. "There is something."
"Something your willing to share with me yet no one else?"
"Erm...In a way I'm hoping you could help me out..." She said as she turned to look over the valley once more.
Well thats the end of the chapter...How did you like the dream/nightmare thing?
Hopefully I will have the next chapter out soon...Review please
Lova ya all
kiki