Disclaimers: I do not own Inuyasha, no matter how much I want to (but I do own the OC's…YEAH!)
Sorry It took so long but I did have homework to do. But thanks for the reviews, and ambereyes, I see you point on some of your suggestions, Thanks for your suggestions. I'm open for more suggestions and requests on my stories so don't hesitate. So here is what most of you reviewers asked for, the third chapter, ENJOY!
Last Time:
Suddenly I hear another growl, but it wasn't from Kirara. I looked up to see another neko demon that looked almost like Kirara. She was starting to land. When she completely landed I was completely shocked to see Kagome completely safe on her back. She and Kirara started staring at each other for a while. Then Kirara took Sango and placed her on her back then they suddenly took to the skies. Me and Kikyou was left to stare at them in shock.
Chapter: 3 Necklaces and Training
"Where am I" Kagome said as she began to wake up from a dreamless sleep.
"Kagome?"
"Sango?" Kagome asked, when she turned, she saw Sango starting to wake up also
"Hai, Kagome, It's me, where are we?" Then suddenly Sango remembered what happened before she passed out and latched herself onto Kagome into a tight hug, "Don't ever scare me like that, you could have killed me from fright back their."
"What are you talking…" Then all the memories of Inuyasha and Kikyou came flowing back to her. She hugged Sango even harder and started crying hard. "He didn't even think of me as a friend Sango." She cried between sobs.
"Shhh Kagome, don't cry over people like him, they don't deserve your tears; nobody deserves my sister's tears." Sango whispered. She made a sigh of relief when Kagome's tears began to subside. Then Sango mumbled to herself, "and I thought Miroku leaving me for some whore was bad"
"Miroku did what!" Kagome yelled not noticing what Sango had said wasn't even near a whisper.
"How did you hear me? Ohh never mind, and yeah that perverted kisama left me for some bitch." Then she noticed Kagome's eyes widen, "What?"
"Well, besides the fact you just cursed. I just noticed, how come I'm alive, and why are we here?" Kagome questioned while looking around the place they were sitting at. They were next to a beautiful waterfall that looked as if the water flowing from it was warm. They were sitting on a field of beautiful luscious flowers. Next to the waterfall was a beautiful house that was two stories. It was the most beautiful place they had ever seen.
"This place looks beautiful, and familiar," Sango said voicing what she and Kagome were thinking.
"You too, I thought I was the only person that had noticed that. I feel as if I've been here before." Kagome said looking around the beautiful area.
'You girls should recognize this place; this is the place you were born.' A voice said in both of the girl's minds. Kagome though instantly recognized her voice.
"You're the demon that saved my life" Kagome said out loud "Arigato"
'It was my duty princess Kagome, my name is Akira.' After that was said the ice youkai that saved her life appeared with Kirara right next to her. Sango noticed that they were both carrying a necklace in their mouths.
"PRINCESS, why are you calling me a princess? Wait a minute, how were me and Sango born here? I'm not even from this time."
'That is not true Princess Kagome. You and Princess Sango were born in this very spot. This is were your mother wanted you two to be born. She used to always visit this place when she was a young girl, she always told me how it would always take the stress of being queen of the Northern Lands when she bathe in these warm waters.' Suddenly Akira had a faraway look in her eyes as if she was reminiscing about those times with Lady Kaname
"Wait a minute, your talking as if me and Sango are sisters." Kagome said
Then Sango voiced in "And as if we are princesses of the Northern Lands"
'And Southern Lands' Kirara added quickly
"WHAT!" Kagome and Sango yelled in unison
'First, of all there was no need to be that loud, and secondly, could you please put these necklaces on. It's needed.' Kirara said while walking to the girls with both necklaces in her mouth.
"Gomen" they both said sincerely. Then they took the necklaces from Kirara. Kagome took the one the looked as if it was an ice neko, and Sango took the one that looked like a fire neko. "Arigato" they both said simultaneously once again. When they put it on, Kagome started glowing blue, and Sango started glowing red.
When the light died around Sango, she had what looked to be a giant sword in her hand. It looked almost exactly like Bankoutsou's sword. Except, the handle was made of black diamonds while there was a fire neko running around the hilt that looked as if it was made of passion red ruby's. The actual blade of the sword was made of some sort of fire red jewels. It was the most beautiful sword Sango had ever seen
When the light died down around Kagome, she had twin Katana's in her hands. The sheaths appeared to be made out of dragon scales. When she unsheathed the swords, which Sango noticed that she removed them as a professional taijiya would; they gawked at the beauty they saw. The actual blades looked as if it was made up of nothing but ice blue jewels. The handles had 2 blue diamond nekos running around it and the rest of the handle was made out of clear diamond. The usual rectangular divider was fan-shaped.
"Where did these come from, they're the most beautiful swords I have ever seen." Kagome said still gazing at her swords.
'They are the weapons from the prophecy' Akira said but unintentionally having the girls hear it.
"WHAT" The girls yelled once again
'Well, let's put it in simpler terms. Have you girls ever heard the story of the Lost Princesses?' Kirara asked while glaring ice daggers at Akira. Akira never knew a fire neko could make an ice neko feel so cold
"Yeah, it was said that two princesses that were born of fire and ice had disappeared after their lands were attacked by an evil that knew of their powers and destiny's." Sango said
"Yeah, I was told that they were turned human til their 18th birthday, er, moon I mean. They were separated but silently protected by their caretakers. They were to train in Haven after they transformed to defeat the evil that had sought to destroy the whole world. There was a prophecy that went with it" Kagome added in, "How did it go?"(READ IT, MADE SOME CHANGES)
"Two sister demonesses with fire in their eyes and ice in their step will become the world's last defense against the darkness. They will go through tough betrayal and heart-break but will still be pure at heart. There destiny's are uncertain since they have been at a lost of identity for 18 years. They are to have protectors. One protector will have a heart as cold as ice. The other will have a temper to match the highest temperatures of the sun
Ice will melt the others Ice. Fire will cool the others Flames. The protectors can only do their jobs with the hearts of the demonesses. These sisters can only defeat this darkness with there own weapons. One with twin katana's made of pure jewels born from ice, with a power that she will discover. The other with a giant sword made with jewels born from fire. When the jewels born of fire, ice, and souls join together it will create a force so powerful yet so pure, it will destroy the darkness, yet heal the world. But first, the past must be revealed to the lost sisters" Sango said with no hesitation, Kagome, Kirara, and Akira openly stared at her as if she had grown another head "What?"
Kagome just shook her head and said "I won't even ask." Then she turned her attention back to the neko youkai's. "So what does that story have to do with us?"
'Well, because that story is the story of both of your lives. In other words, you are the Lost Princesses' Akira said seriously
This time the girls did not freak out and scream at the top of their lungs. They did what any other girl would do in a situation like this… they fainted.
'Well… they took it better then I expected' Kirara said as Akira nodded along.
Kagome and Sango's Dream
Sango was in another beautiful meadow, except it looked as if it was more suited for training matters. The grass beneath her feet was a gorgeous green color, but seemed tough enough to withstand any amount of pressure. There were a couple of trees surrounding it making it seem like a gigantic circle, but there was one huge tree right in the middle of it. She decided to just walk to the tree, sit down, and wait for… whatever she was waiting for.
When she got to the tree, she felt as if there was some extra weight on her. She looked to her back and saw the huge sword she had received. It was placed the exact same way she would place her hiraikotsu. That wasn't the only thing she noticed, she was wear her taijiya outfit except the armor was a fire red color. Other then that everything was the same. That's when she remembered, "Ohh my goodness, if Akira and Kirara were telling the truth, then me and Kagome are more then just sister princesses, were demons."
"You just realized too, eh." A voice said from behind the tree. Then the person who was speaking came out.
"Oh my, Kagome what are you wearing." Kagome came out with a taijiya outfit just like Sango's. Except the armor was dark blue, and on the side of her waist was the twin katana's she had received. Her hair was up in a high ponytail much like how Sango's would be.
"How am I supposed to know, I just got here. Where are those cats, they got some explaining to do, I don't even know where we are." Then Kagome heard a twig snap from the surround forest and unsheathed her swords with speed that could probably match Sesshomaru. Sango did the exact same thing Kagome did when she heard the twig. "Who's there!" Kagome yelled
"Relax girls it's just us, Kirara and Akira" said a voice that sounded exactly like Kirara's. When they came out Kagome and Sango nearly passed out from shock. (Is it even possible to pass out in a dream, hmmm oh well)
"Akira/Kirara" Kagome and Sango both said in unison.
"You look… like humans" Kagome said while sheathing her swords
"Well duh, we're in are humanoid forms" The one they believed to be Akira said. She had long raven black hair that reached mid thigh, which had ice blue tips. She had beautiful pale skin that held an ice blue diamond on her forehead. Her eyes were ice blue with a black rim. She had beautiful but deadly black claws, two tails that looks exactly like her hair followed her. Her body was slender but curvy, she was extremely beautiful. The one they believed to be Kirara had long dirty blonde hair with black streaks. She had slightly tanned skin that had a black diamond on her forehead. Her eyes were cherry red with a black rim. Her body was exactly like Akira's, except with red claws and two tails that looked exactly like her hair followed her and she was equally as beautiful. They were both wearing demon slaying outfits like Kagome and Sango's except Kirara's armor was dark red while Akira's was ice blue
"Wow, you two look great." Sango complimented
"Why don't you go around looking like that more often?" Kagome asked
"Because, we can't" Kirara said softly
"Why not?" Sango asked
Then Kirara and Akira told the princesses what happened when they were just babies, even the part about Midorkio.
Kagome went to Akira and gave her a huge hug and Sango did the same thing with Kirara.
"Thank you so much for protecting us" Kagome whispered
"There is no need for thanks princesses, it was are duty and we are proud to do it" Kirara said while hugging Sango back
"So… you're my fat cat, eh" Kagome said grinning at Akira
"I wasn't fat, just big boned" Akira said blushing
"I bet it was all that hamburger and fries you would always brag about when you came to visit." Kirara said laughing, "I thought that outfit seemed a bit tight on you" Kirara said while looking her up and down
A threatening but playful growl erupted from Akira's throat "Kirara, I'm giving you 5 seconds. 5…"
Kirara yelped and started a full sprint run, "4…" Akira counted loud enough for the whole forest to hear, "3…" she smirked when she smelled Kirara's panic 'she can't find a place to hide, purrrfect', "2, 1" she said quickly and went straight to where Kirara's scent was
Kagome and Sango just stared at the neko's with pure amusement in their eyes. When they heard Kirara scream, practically in tears "please forgive me, I didn't men to offend you." They couldn't contain the laughter that was bound to erupt from them, they fell on the floor holding their sides til Kirara and Akira noticed that the girls were laughing at them. Akira quickly let go of Kirara's tails and the scissors that had popped into her hand out of know where and went back to the now giggling girls.
"Okay, now back why we brought you girls here" Kirara began, trying to muster up what dignity she had left "We all know the story of the lost princesses, and what Lady Midorkio had told us, meaning you could probably figure out that in tomorrow at midnight, you will transform and gain you powers."
"So we will be training you girls how to excel in your human bodies, and training you in the basics of weaponry." Akira added
"But in the legend, they said we would be training in Haven" Kagome asked
"Yes and no, see in haven, you will learn how to use your demon powers, and how to harness your swords true powers. You girl are a rare type of demon. You girls were born of fire and ice. There aren't many of those, and it is said that your powers are extremely rare. We don't know the extant of your powers, but we are pretty sure a dreamscape can handle that much power, so Midorkio-sama thought it would be more appropriate to train you girls in haven."
"Um, sorry to interrupt, but what is Haven exactly." Sango questioned
"Ohh is that what I forgot to mention," Akira said more to herself, "Yes, Haven is a training area. It is were all great warriors go to train when they have a great war soon, or just want to catch up on their trainings."
"What so special about it, why don't we just train in the forest or something" Kagome asked
"Well for one thing, Haven is a place where only female warriors, be it demon, human, or even a goddess, train; also when you train there, time seems to slow down on Earth." Kirara said. Then she noticed the girls with a confused expression on their face so started explaining, "For example, you could be training in Haven for what seems like 3 years, but on earth only 3 days had passed"
"Ohh, so 1 year in Haven equals 1 day on earth. Wow that would have come in handy for study time on one of my tests" Kagome said seriously.
"Do you think about anything other then tests" Sango asked
"And I forgot to mention, Kagome, I don't know how to tell you this but…"
"My mother, at least my adopted mother, sealed the well with a blood seal, right?" Kagome said thoroughly shocking all of them, except Sango
"Yeah, while me and Kagome were at the hot spring we heard a spell being activated. We realized just a bit earlier what that spell meant." Sango said
"I'm sorry, I wish that this could have a been different, but these are your destinies, no matter how much we wished it wasn't"
"Hmm, I'm not" Kagome said
"WHAT!" The neko's said, completely caught off guard by the princess's comment
"Yeah me neither" Sango added in
"Why should we be disappointed that I finally found out that I have a twin sister?"
"I thought you would at least be disappointed about not being able to see your mother, Souta, or jii-chan"
"Of course I'm disappointed, and I'm hurt, but if this was meant to be then I'll see them again one day. So no need to stress" Kagome said with a smile to emphasize her point, but Sango saw through it.
So she walked over to Kagome and gave her a comforting hug which Kagome greatly appreciated. Then Kirara and Akira joined in, making Kagome feel even more loved
"Thanks you guys, you're the best" Kagome said, this time with a true smile. Then they separated and Kirara began to speak
"Alright girls, we can't stand here and do nothing forever. Let's begin your training" Kagome and Sango started to shiver at the grin that Akira and Kirara was giving them. "Alright first we need to practice endurance" Now the girls were really afraid since the neko's were laughing and evil laugh that not even Naraku could match
2 Weeks Later in Dreamscape
Kagome, Sango, and the cat demons were now on the grass panting, and trying to breathe without killing themselves. They had been training for 14 days straight with virtually no rest. Now, everything was sore. They couldn't even breathe without crying. Sango was trying to be the bold one and attempt to stand up with the help of her over-sized sword. She successfully got up, but not without whimpering at every movement her body was making. She began limping to the fire neko
Kagome decided to follow her lead and attempt to stand up with the help of her weapons. Even though her body protested at her sudden movements, she stood up and was starting to move to the ice neko who she wasn't even sure was still alive.
The sisters helped their surrogate sisters/protectors up with much protest from them. Akira struggled so much that she fell back on the floor on her behind with a soft thump
"I thought cats always land on their feet" Kagome joked with the protest of her vocal chords. Kami, even her inner organs were sore, she was sure she was internally bleeding
"If I wasn't so hurt Kagome, you would be 6-feet under. Now stop laughing and help me up Kirara. You to Sango" They all stopped giggling at Akira's childish demands and helped her up
"I can sure use a Nice. Looong. Hot. BATH" Kirara said, accentuating the last part of the sentence
"Yeah" They all said in unison. Then suddenly, the whole dreamscape began to change. Then, out of nowhere, a hot springs appeared right in front of them
"Oh, I forgot we could do that" Akira said
Kagome just rolled her eyes at the forgetful ice demon and began to strip down to and walked to the edge of the spring. She stuck her foot in it, and after a content sigh, she literally JUMPED right in
Everyone else followed her lead and began to thank kami for making hot springs. They stayed in the hot springs for what seemed like hours. They bathed there in content silence until Kagome spoke up
"Are we done with are training YET?" She asked for what seemed like the hundredth time during the two weeks
"Yeah, I don't care if this is just a dreamscape. If I train or spar another day with you two, I think I might die" Sango added in splashing some water at Kirara's face
"Well, just to make you girls happy, then you have completed your training with us" Kirara said splashing some water back at Sango, but Sango was able to dodge it but it ended up hitting Kagome. They began to attack each other with the harmless water until they heard someone clear their throat at the edge of the spring.
They all turned their heads to see a woman with hair that nearly touched the ground, and wearing a purple kimono, thoroughly soaked from head to toe. Kagome and Sango heard Kirara and Akira gasp and start bowing before they said something that shocked them
"WE ARE SO SORRY LADY MIDORKIO" They yelled to the woman. As soon as Kagome and Sango heard the name they bowed down their head and started mumbling something that sounded like sorry over and over again
Midorkio shook her head and tried to make them stop saying sorry. When they finally decided to stop they looked up to see Midorkio laughing at them
"Finally you girls stopped saying sorry, I was trying to say it was okay but you wouldn't listen" Then Midorkio saw that they were about to say sorry again for not listening to her but stopped them before they could utter a sound "Why don't you girls get out the hot springs, dress, meet me at the tree" They all nodded, then Midorkio disappeared. They began to dress back into the kimonos they found at the edge of the spring that surprisingly didn't get wet.
All the kimonos looked pretty much the same, except they were different colors. Kagome and Sango's were sleeveless; it went down to their ankles but with two slits that went up mid-thigh. Kagome's was dark blue with a lighter blue border; her obi was the same color as the border of the kimono, while Sango's was dark red with a black border, and her obi was also black
Kirara and Akira's were just slightly different. There kimono had a chinese style top while the bottom half was exactly like the princesses. Akira's kimono was jet black with and ice blue border with a matching obi; Kirara's kimono was ruby red with a black border and a matching obi.
Kagome and Sango put their hair in a high ponytail, with a beautiful flower that held it up. The flower seemed harmless enough, but if the were to put a bit of their miko energy within it, it would be able to turn into any weapon they desired. It was a little something they discovered while training. Kirara and Akira just let their hair down. Each of them strapped a couple of daggers on their thighs. They placed it just above the slit for easy access. Kagome and Sango had put their swords back into the necklace so they didn't have to carry any extra weight. They always had to be prepared for any attack in the forest. This area was meant for training meaning a couple of youkai's were placed inside it. The only place that you knew for sure that a demon wouldn't attack you is in the clearing in the center of the dreamscape.
They all began walking towards the tree Midorkio wanted them to go to. While walking Sango began to talk. "So that is the actual Midorkio-sama, she's more beautiful then I could ever imagine"
"Yeah, and she's extremely powerful. Did you feel all that energy radiating off of her?" Kagome added in
"I sure did, I wonder why she would have helped us all those years ago." Sang said not knowing they had already reached the tree and Midorkio was now listening to her.
"Because, you're my nieces, I would do anything for you" Midorkio said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world
"WHAT" They screamed, even the cat demons.
"Well… maybe I should explain a couple of things." When everyone nodded their head as a sign for her to continue, she began explaining, "First of all, I am not completely human. I am a hanyou, and your mother was my half-sister. We were connected by our mother, she had a human mate at first, but he had died of old age when I was 10. Then she found another mate who was a full-fledge demon. He was the lord of the northern lands. A year after their mating, she had Kaname, you girls mother. But when Kaname was three, our father had gone off to a war that took his life. But before he left he asked me to protect Kaname. Daddy was one of the few demons that had accepted me as a hanyou." Then Midorkio had eyes started to shine with unshed tears. "Fifteen years later, me and Kaname's mother had died from a demon attack while trying to protect us. After he killed mother, I promised myself that I would avenge her so I sent off to find him. I found that despicable demon a year later in a cave, but I was soon ambushed. I destroyed most of the demons by creating the Shikon-no-tama, but I wasn't able to bring the demon who killed our mother down so I sealed him. But somehow he was able to breakthrough the seal, and is more powerful then ever." Then a Midorkio's voice started to break but she continued to tell them her story, "I had died but most of my soul was still locked in the jewel so I wasn't able to leave this world. Later I had found out that the demon that had killed mother was free. I knew where he was going and tried to stop him, but it was to late," By this time everyone had tears in their eyes as Midorkio continued the story "When I found my sister, I saw her fighting all of these shadow demons. Her mate was on the ground bleeding and I felt virtually no life coming from him. Then I saw one of the shadow demons come closer to Kaname. I tried to warn her, get to her, but it was to late. I, was to late. He had stabbed her in the heart with a sword that was pure black." Tears were now freely cascading down everyone's cheek, "I tried to heal her when I reached her, and her mate, but something was blocking my magic. That sword was radiating dark magic, and it was canceling out my powers. But I will always remember her last words"
FLASHBACK
I saw my beautiful sister stained with blood on the ground. I had killed all the demons that was around her, but the sword that was used to stab her had disappeared. I reached down and tried to heal her but she had stopped me.
"It won't be able to work big sister, the sword that they stabbed me with was a shadow sword. Its magic blocks out all miko energy, even yours" My little sister said, her voice weak from the pain I can see flashing across her beautiful blue silver eyes.
"Shush, don't speak imouto-san, your to weak," I said while stroking her cheek, she grabbed my hand and said something that was so soft only I could hear
"Please protect my daughters, they are my whole world. I trust you my sister, you know what to do. I will always be in you debt Midorkio" With that, my little innocent sister took her final breath and died within my arm
I held her close and said "I will protect those girls with my very soul; you can keep your trust in me"
With that I laid her gently beside her mate, said a prayer and went to find my nieces
END FLASBACK
When Midorkio had finished, everyone had shed tears. Everyone was shocked to hear what had happened to Midorkio. Kagome and Sango had ran into their aunts arm and cried, and held their only family close. Then Kirara and Akira had joined in. They stayed like that for a couple of minutes before slowly pulling away from each other.
They stayed silent until Midorkio said "So I take it that you know that your transformation will be on midnight when you wake up, correct."
"Yes" Kagome and Sango said in unison
"Good and you still need to complete the shikon-no-tama, and destroy Naraku. Don't think just because you must save the world from a rising evil, you get to cut off your other responsibilities." Midorkio said in a motherly tone
"We wouldn't dream of it" Kagome said a bit too innocently
"Good, now it's up to you girls to decipher the prophecy, avenge your mother, and grandmothers death and save the world. Think you can handle it" Midorkio said to everyone.
"YEAH" they all said now that their spirits have been lifted
"Alright, now you girls are going to wake up soon. And thank you Kirara and Akira, I will repay you for your help with protecting my nieces." Midorkio said smiling a smile that said I-know-something-you-don't-know. Then they all nodded and Midorkio yelled "Group hug" like a teenage girl. Then they all gave each other a final embrace, but they all failed to notice that each of Midorkio hands that were each on the back of the cats started glowing. When they pulled away Midorkio smiled warmly at them and started fading away. Soon after Midorkio faded away everyone else slowly started disappearing. They waved at each other before disappearing completely
End of Dream
Kagome slowly woke up and smiled. She was beside the beautiful waterfall meaning she was finally awake. She sat up and turned to see Sango was also awake and was stretching in a very cat-like way. Kagome slightly giggled at her gaining her attention
"What?" She asked
"Nothing" Kagome replied, "Hey, look we're wearing the same outfits we had at the dreamscape." She said looking her up and down, "At least we could never say it was just a dream" Kagome said while fingering the necklace that held her katanas, around her neck
"Guess your right. Hmm, where are Kirara and Akira?" Sango said looking around
"Behind you" Akira said behind them
When Kagome and Sango turned around they gasped