Chapter Eight Part Two: Naraku's Tale
Yes, Naraku could still picture her. Fairer than any living being he had known. Her hair was long, the color of the midnight sky, and would glisten in the light, as if it were lit from the very light of the stars themselves. Her skin was strangely and wonderfully pale white. It was not a sickly pale, but like unto the falling snow gleaming brightly in the light of the moon. Her eyes where crimson, but were bright, as if a star had been placed, one for each eye. She was tall, slender, and strong.
She was wise and kind hearted, unlike Naraku's father, Aniekasumi, (Shadow Mist) who had captured and raped her, and whom in turn she slew when Naraku was a toddler. (Naraku's father had been only a half demon) She had given birth to Naraku in a small village. Kakisierie was also fae, and could foresee many things that were yet to come. So at his birth, she had named Naraku the powerful name Iseiakuma (means Demon of Might).
They stayed in that village, and Kakiseirei defended it against other demons. Naraku remembered watching her from a far as she would slay many powerful demons, always devouring them in a great light. After a hard battle, she would always return looking drained, like if someone drank some of her very life force. She would have to rest afterwards, sometimes an hour, sometimes a few days.
She began teaching Naraku the way of the sword when he was only 5. Naraku shut his eyes, recalling his mother's musical voice, saying to him, " There is the sword and there is power that we can wield, but if you disregard wisdom, then the sword and power will be of no use. Keep this in your heart, my mighty Iseiakuma." She was so powerful and so very strong. There was a time when Naraku believed she was invincible. That belief was cruelly crushed.
There were rumors heard in the village of a demon of terrible power, a great spider, who drained the life force out of it's victim's. It was said that it cast a great fear before it, crushing and destroying the very will. It was said that it wove webs of shadow and darkness where ever it went, bringing despair upon it's victim's. The fear the creature wielded was said to be so strong, it could paralyze you.
At first, these rumors did not trouble Kakiseirei. The tales told in the village spoke of places far away in the West. Then, however, people of other villages started to come to the small village, hearing of the great demoness that kept the village under her protection. These few survivors, who by some miracle somehow managed to escape the creature's web of shadow told tales of horror.
They spoke of how the great spider would surround whole villages in her webs of shadow. How it would drain the very life force of every living thing in the village, right down to the very grass. It destroyed the few demons who tried to fight against it with ease. Each time it fed upon the life force, it's power would grow, leaving the spirits of it's victim's confused and unaware how to make their way to the Halls of their fathers. It had already devoured countless villages in it's terrible lust.
Finally, the time came when the great spider was approaching Naraku's home. The people of the village where terrified, but they believed in the great might of Kakiseirei. The night before the terrible creature reached the village, Kakiseirei was sent a vision in her sleep.
To be continued...