Ages of Mythology
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Chapter 4: The Mission
Zeus sat in his throne in the great hall and waited patiently for his two nieces. The door at the end of the hall opened and gracefully the twins walked in. Zeus looked at the two and was amazed at how similar they looked and yet still very different.
Both had grown to be beautiful… a gift from their godmother Aphrodite… yet their beauty was reflected in different ways… Kikyo was very tall and skinny, long and straight blue-black hair that reached to her bottom. She had icy blue eyes framed in a lean and chiseled face. She had a cold and elegant and graceful look to her that was greatly admired amongst the gods. Kagome's beauty on the other hand was seen more in her great and loving heart. She had a beautiful smile which gave a glow to her round face and her grey eyes sparkled with laughter. She had a gift for making people laugh and making everyone around her comfortable and happy. She was not as tall as Kikyo and was more curvy than skinny. She had long ebony curls which suited her character well. She was beautiful and young in a friendly way and it was impossible not to smile when you see her.
Despite their opposing characters they were very close and inseparable. They walked together in the hall. Kikyo looked as serious as always while Kagome looked at him questioningly. He already knew who would be the one to undertake the mission he had planned but had wanted to give both of them the option.
They bowed before Zeus and waited for him to tell them what he wanted.
"As you night know…" started Zeus "there's a very powerful demon on earth which has slowly been winning all of Greece. He intends to attack even Mount Olympus and has been building an army down in the city below us for the past 20 years. He as been having a weird trend of luck despite our attempts to stop him with out him knowing. It seems to me that he's having some help from one of the deities or something. Anyway... Tama village is sending an army to fight him and I wish one of you to watch over the army and help them in any way you can. "
"I'd love to go" said Kagome immediately...Zeus looked at her then at Kikyo "if it's fine with Kikyo…" Kikyo nodded "I too will help in any way I can after all we're both protectors of the village…"
"I am very pleased with the both of you. However only one of you may go down on earth the other must stay here. I'l leave it up to you to decide who will go down…You may go now… and not a word to the rest of the gods about this… I won't have anyone sabotaging you… oh yes and who ever's the one to go down (here he was distinctly warning Kagome) make sure no one finds out who you really are!" He got up from his throne, hugged both his nieces and wished them luck and then left.
"Yes!" said Kagome jumping up and down in happiness "Please Kikyo may I go down on earth? Please please please…"
"I don't think this is a time for fun Kagome...please try to take this seriously for once." said Kiyko "you heard what Zeus said….it could be dangerous!"
"Yes I know…but I've been wanting to go for ages and this could very well be my one and only chance" pleaded Kagome.
"Well you can go if you want…I know you've always wanted to go… I couldn't take it from you…but only if you promise to be careful!" Kikyo warned smiling at her sister.
"Thank you … thank you…" said Kagome hugging her sister
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…Back in Tama Village Lady Izayoi was helping her two sons pack up their stuff…
" I don't see why they had to split us up" Sesshomaru was saying…
"Why? Missing me already Sesshy?"
"I just don't like the idea of not being able to protect my little brother! What if you run into a trap or something? After all the slayer villagers are trained to kill al sorts of creatures including half demons like us!"
"Very true!" said Lady Izayoi "Promise me you'll both be very careful!"
"Don't worry bro… I know how to take care of myself!" said Inuyasha indignantly. "But still I wouldn't have expected them to separate us…"
"That's because they have faith in both of you. You'll both be great leaders!" said Lady Izayoi proudly beaming at her sons.
All of sudden the door burst open and a young man in a black pony tail and purple robes rushed in and jumped on Inuyasha toppling him to the ground.
"Hey Yash! I'm coming with you!" he was saying "Lady Kaede just sent word "I'm with your army!"
"Calm down Miroku! You're gonna kill me!" yelled Inuyahsa shoving off his best friend. "And what about your spiritual priestly training?" he added
"Oh well… that can wait" laughed Miroku "No really… I mean I'm a good fighter and we need all the help we can get and besides I'll be tere to care for the army's spiritual needs."
"Spiritual needs my foot!" scorned Inuyasha "you took the opportunity to tag along so you can check out any female we meet along the way!"
"Can't argue that!" said Miroku smiling deviously while everyone in the room sweat-dropped.
That devious smile of Miroku always reminded Inuyasha of the first time he saw it… way back… when he first met Miroku…
Flashback
He must have been about 6 or 7 years old. His mother had taken him and his brother to a midnight ceremony at the local temple. The function had been a very long and boring one… he had almost fallen asleep when from the corner of his eye he spotted a boy of about his age further down the temple who seemed to be enjoying himself. He though it rather strange and softly slipped away from his mother's side and went to see what the boy was doing.
The boy had been standing behind a row of three young girls and had managed to pin the length of their robes up leaving them with full view of their undies.
"What are you doing?" he whispered to the boy
"Can't you see?" replied the boy stifling laughter.
"But that's very rude" Inuyasha said frowing "if they catch you you'll get a beating!"
"Wait till you see this!" added the boy a wide devious smile spreading across his face.
He slowly and silently lifted his hand and grabbed one of the girls' butt and then ran off and hid behind on of the long white doric columns. Before he could realize what happened the girl screamed and turned and saw Inuyaha and gave him the blame. The three girls realized that their skirts were pinned up and the three of them battered the poor Inuyasha to the ground.
A few days later, when he regained consciousness, Inuyasha had went in search of Miroku and gave him a hell of a beating. Even so, Miroku had put up quite a fight and there were few who could keep up with Inuyasha in a fight (especially when he was particularly angry). From then on they started training together and soon became fast friends. Many a time Inuyasha got hit or blamesd for Miroku's lecherous ways every time he saw a female. In fact it was a great surprise to Inuyasha when Miroku started training to be a priest, that was until he got to the reason behind it. First of all it was a family tradition thing and second of all, all priest were greatly respected and a big hit with woman.
...End flashback
Inuyasha snapped back to reality to his friend's chatter.
"Shall we go down to the pub for a drink of celebration? " Miroku was saying…
"What's there to celebrate?" asked Sesshomaru gruffly
"Why you two of course! The town's new heroes!" exclaimed Miroku. "so what do you think Yash?
"No Roku… tomorrow we're leaving early… best have a good night's rest.
"Shall I pick you up before we go to the village square to make our grand entrance?"
"Sure…"
"Well then… nite nite… see you both tomorrow morning" said Miroku govially as he waved the family goodbye.
This chapter ends here… in the next chapter Kagome and inuyasha will finally meet
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