GOSH…. It's been that long since I updated? Anyway, this chappie is for MysticalElf. Thanks for your support! I put up a pause for a single spark to reboot…but that didn't work out too well…
"I know who tried to kill me! It was…It was you!" Kagome said as she pointed into the crowed. The owner of the directional point looked scared and shocked at the discovery of their attempted murder.
Kagome always thought she was some what different; from her mystical beauty to her angelic wings. She had thought that she was different from especially from the way her mother treated her. While her father loved her greatly, he was gone, gone for a long time because the war in the lands.
When Kagome was little, she would hide, well, she was forced to hide. She would play little games with herself trying to stay hidden from the servants as she snuck through twists and turns and hid behind thin doors. She would peer into little holes poked through the servants' barracks and watch late into the hours as little children played together and then mother came to gather them. She watched as older sisters held their little ones and as the boys wrestled with each others.
Mothers tired of a days work, weary of the day, would come home and their faces would lift at the sight of their children. They would embrace and then snuggle in their beds with their mother. She liked to listen to the mothers, whether they told a story or sang a song or recited a poem. She had pretended they were her mother and that it was she who snuggle into her mother's side and fell asleep to her voice. She would fall asleep against the screen door only to wake in the middle of the night to the cold whisper of the air. She would trudge back to her bed as her wings dragged on the floor. Kagome cried after. In her bed, with no one to comfort her, she cried. Then her sobs were silent and they sang to her. They sang to her every night as the wind swayed its chorus. Then they stopped and everything she ever had left and was gone once again.
Kagome stopped and paused to search her vault of memories to think of a time her mother was kind to her. She came across many times where her mother would run into her and push her to the ground or hit her…she would weep and Kikyou would push her into her room telling her to be silent. Then they would lock her in. Kagome grabbed her hands. She swore she could feel the splinters from the wooden door as she pounded into it.
Kagome searched deeper into her toddler age. She once recalled a time when-miraculously-her mother had been kind to her. Kikyou was gone-of to her aunts to learn manners and the ways of the court. Her mother was lonely. Kagome looked like Kikyou. Her mother just pretended that she was her, and Kagome was never happier. Her mother's warm embrace could warm her from the artic blasts of the north, but it was never meant for her. After a week her mother was cold again and Kikyou took the light of the world and the warmth of her touch.
Yet…Kagome could never hate them. Until recently her mother wasn't as mean or brutal. Her sister always seemed to show regret behind her façade. They were her family and Kagome could never hate them, she loved them, she still loved her mother. Even now as she found out her mother had tried to kill her, she could not completely hate her. She would always be her mother, the mother she was at the moment when she felt loved.
Lord Nibori tried to grasp the concept yet it seemed elusive. His wife had tried to kill their daughter? He hadn't known of such a large amount of hate emanating from his wife. He wondered…what did his wife do…when he was gone? Those many years he was gone, what had happened to his daughter?
He collapsed down. So much guilt was welling inside of him. How could he have left his daughter with this monster? Was this the reason Kikyou was so corrupt? Was their any chance his wife could change? Was their any way he could keep the woman he once fell in love with? No. Angry, he called forth the guards and captured her.
"How could you attack your own child? Your flesh and blood? How could you hurt her?" Lord Nibori demanded.
"That thing? That thing is not my daughter!" Lady Oko screamed back, straining against the guards on her arms.
"What?" Lord Nibori asked confused. "Are you mad woman? She was borne of your womb!"
"No! She was from heaven, the beautiful, little savior! She is not my child she is another's! MY child is dead!" Lady Oko shrieked.
"What possessed you to poison the child you raised since she was a baby?"
"Nothing could make the wretched devil my child."
"How did you get the poison?"
"It was easy with my resources…" Lady Oko's eyes became blank as her voice deepened to a male's. "Now, I will finish this job." Lady Oko's face remained still ad she flew at Kagome, a dagger pulled from her sleeve. Kagome saw it coming but was too weak to dodge in time. When Lady Oko was five feet a way time slowed. Kagome watched shocked as Kikyou flew in front of Kagome and spread her arms. The stiletto plunged into Kikyou's bosom. Kagome gasped as Kikyou fell.
"Kag…Kagome…I apologize…I am sorry." Kikyou began to lose consciousness.
"Kikyou! Kikyou!" Kagome felt tears fall. Lord Nibori, out raged, struck his wife with a fatal sword, which had previously been at his side.
"Damn you Oko! Burn in the seventh level of hell!" Lady Oko fell cold on the floor. From inside her spawned hundreds of miniature wasps and a small crystal mirror. A shadowed figure appeared inside of the spiraling inside. It was dark and they were unable to see his face.
"Greetings my comrades…my name is Kairaiseshi (the puppeteer). I propose a little game…currently; Lady Oko has set the poison in your eldest daughter's bloodstream. This slow acting poison will kill her completely in one week. How far will you go to save her? Would you give your younger daughter, Kagome? Or would you try to save her without compromising your other daughter? Either way, Kagome will be mine. If you do try to find me and make this game interesting…I am in the castle where no mortal will reach. Follownorth where the land is cold.As for now…let the game begin! Kuku" from inside the arrow emerged an arrow's head. Its body flew from the thin mirror to pierce the side of the wall. A sign formed as it was burned on the wall. It was a spider.
"That sick bastard! Trying to destroy my daughters!" Lord Nibori screamed in outrage. Kagome flinched.
"It gets worse." Kagome mumbled. "Mother…has been dead for a couple months now."
"What does that mean?"
"She was being controlled," Sesshomaru entered. Disgust barely, but noticeably upon his visage. Lord Nibori brow furrowed. Kagome shuddered as she peered at her sister in concern.
"Is she alright?" Inuyasha cautiously said.
"I'm more worried about the poison then the stab… Kikyou is a couple inches taller than me...It did not reach her heart…but this poison is…dangerous. I think I can heal her wound enough so it wont open…but the poison…I don't think I can…" Kagome began to cry.
"How can you heal her?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Well I'm supposed to be this angelic being…so I think I can will my power and some of my health in her…but I don't know if I can heal this poison…I'm not to sure of my powers yet. I'm sorry I can only do so much…" Kagome stifled the tears. How could the sister, this kind sister be leaving after she just got here?
"Kagome," Lord Inutashio called, "heal her as much as you can. Inuyasha, get the healers. Sesshomaru and I will do more research…are there any other books on poison?
Kagome thought hard. Had there been any books she had read that encountered any poison. Her master's! "Check my bedroom. The poisonous plants have been removed, correct?" She was affirmed with a nod. "Good, then my room is safe. Check my pillows, my master gave me books on elixirs, I'm sure you'll come across something-hurry!" A flash had left Kagome quickly as the other set out to do their turn. Kagome turned to the task at hand…she had never used her powers like this before. She turned to Kikyou and thought of how she could heal her…how could she transfer her powers. Kagome couldn't figure out how and Kikyou was dying! She needed to hurry! Kagome felt frustrated for not being able to figure out how to heal her. She felt a pull on the inside of her body…central around her heart. It spread to her fingers and Kagome brought her hands up to view the blue light surrounding it. Her hands! Kagome placed her hands on Kikyou's wound. Blood stained her hands. Kagome concentrated on picturing what it would be like to mold Kikyou's flesh together, to repair the wound. She imagined the blood disappearing and the flesh scar less. Kagome opened her eyes, not realizing they had been closed to peer down at Kikyou. There was no more blood and the wound was completely restored. Kagome smiled before turning to the noise in the door way. She turned to find the healers.
"I…think I healed her…I'm not entirely sure….but…it looks like it…" Kagome paused. The healer nodded and shooed her away.
"Place her on the tatami mats. I want pillows here for comfort. Fetch me cold water…this is going to bring on a fever. Go! Now!" the healer commanded as multiple servants spread out. Inuyasha and Lord Nibori tenderly lift her to the tatami mats in Kikyou's room. Pillows from India were brought in along with throws and blankets from France. As predicted, Kikyou was beginning to break out into a fever. Her forehead was hot while she broke out in a cold sweet. The healer summoned Jijenji for an herb concoction that she applied to cloth placed on Kikyou's head. She then summoned everyone but Jijenji and a couple servants out of the room. Kagome and the rest of the group left to the meeting room.
"Check for spies." Kagome announced letting her aura feel out the area. The other did the same. It was Lord Inutaisho who caught it. In a mighty leap out of the balcony he soared into the air to find a young low skilled demon. Inutaisho brought him down into the room.
"Who sent you?" his rough voice spat out.
"Lord..." the demon was cut off as a gurgle of blood spilled from his lips. Lord Inutaisho threw him from the window.
"That wasn't any help" Inuyasha said after his uncharacteristic silence.
"Indeed." Sesshomaru agreed. "Except we have learned it is a lord."
"So what are we going to do about this?" Kagome said getting to the point.
"We fight him, what else can we do?" Inuyasha said angrily.
"Of course. We won't give into his demands." Sesshomaru said disdainfully at Inuyasha.
"We need a plan rather than just bold action" Lord Nibori said struggling to focus. "I've already lost one of my family; I can not bear to lose another.
"We need an army." Inutaisho stated. "He has a bunch of lower level demons; we will defiantly need an army."
"Is he stupid? Doesn't he know we would outnumber his army? We have two kingdoms: we have one." Inuyasha snorted.
"He has some sort of trick, then…" Sesshomaru announced.
"What could he possibly have planned?" Lord Nibori stated allowed.
"I don't know, but we're running out of time. We need to leave to go north if we will ever have any hope of reaching him and getting the potion." Kagome pleaded, feeling urgency creep upon her and grip her soul.
"We have to have some sort of plan…at least…" Lord Nibori wistfully told his daughter.
"Fine. Lord Inutaisho can summon an army of both lands and Inuyasha can watch Kikyou and keep her company. You father, Sesshomaru, and I will begin to head north. Once the army is summoned they can catch up to us…" Kagome blurted out.
"It's too shaky! It might not work. We need to come up with a better, safer plan." Lord Nibori argued.
"NO! We don't have time. We must leave soon, and if we come up with a better plan, than we will change our current plan. But we must leave soon. Please Father, I sense…I…my instinct tells me we must begin now." Lord Nibori glanced at her, his daughter. She had always had such a strong intuition. She had known when spies were listening and had always sensed when things were coming. When she was little, a man had tried to assonate the family. He had climbed up the balcony to her nursery room. Before he had even entered or reached her or harmed her at all she had begun to cry. As only an infant she had somehow managed to get out of her crib and had begun to cry away. The guards had entered to find the man searching for Kagome and had found that Kagome had somehow figured out the secret passage way connected to the royal chambers and had ended up in bed with the Masters of the castle, much to her mother's anger. Lord Nibori decided that she was correct. They had to do something…the rest would hopefully come to them.
"Alright. Inuyasha, head to Kikyou's room. Guard her with your life."
"I will" Lord Nibori was confirmed with a wave and flash.
"Lord Inutaisho…you know what to do." Another nod. "As for us, we must begin soon. I'll get the servants to get us food for the travel. Prepare yourselves…this is no easy journey." Sesshomaru nodded and went to prepare. Kagome left to grab her fighting suit. She dressed and placed a dress over herself. It was a western design. It had a tight top fitting around her until her elbows, where it would become large sleeves. The dress's top ended at her neck, showing only a little of her collar bone. It loosened at the hip where it spread down to the ground. Around her waist was a belt that held her bow. On her back was her quiver full of arrows. She had her sword strapped to the other side of her waist. She met her father outside as well as Sesshomaru. Her father had a backpack on his back. He had changed out of his royal clothing but he still had his royal crest around his neck. His long beard had been shaven but his long hair was still their. Sesshomaru was completely unchanged. His swords were upon his side and he waited patiently for her arrival. When she came close to him he glanced at her.
"You look beautiful." He stated stoically. Kagome could tell he was embarrassed and she gave him the biggest smile. Her mood changed, however as she remembered their dilemma and the current dilemma she had also forgotten.
"How are you going to fly? You don't have wings." Kagome asked confused. Sesshomaru's answer was the summoning of his cloud under Kagome's and his own feet. Kagome was stunned temporarily having forgotten he was capable of such and her wings flew out ruffled. She blushed before muttering "Oh yea" Sesshomaru smirked.
"Let us proceed." Lord Nibori stated as they began to take flight into the rising sun.
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I apologize…I had waited for A single Spark to reopen. Thank you for your numerous pleas to continue. I assure you, my work seems more planned out and I plan to update more frequently.
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Hin-chan
