Disclaimer: I do not own either Inu Yasha or it's characters; that right belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. Nor do I ownTokyo Ghoul or it's characters; that right belongs to Sui Ishida.
Authors Notes: This story takes place 10 years before The actual Tokyo Ghoul story begins with Ken Kankei. So yeah, things will be changed and not kept to canon, if you have a problem with that, then please back out from this story before you even begin to read. Cause introducing a character from another anime/world into this one will have serious repercussions. AND WE ALL KNOW HOW KAGOME IS!
Authors Notes 2: This is an Ayato x Kagome Pairing. There will be a mature rating due to, well, his warped personality and foul mouth, as well as be keeping true to the Tokyo Ghoul world with blood, guts, gore, and cannibalism. I will tell you now there is no Lemon in this first arc.
Authors Notes 3: This chapter is dedicated to none other than the amazing author and all around Gal, LittlePrincessNana! Hope you like this opening chapter after talking with me for a few hours here and there over the last 2 months. Which was the encouragement I truly needed to get this Bad Boy put on paper and now typed up? LOVE YOU LOTS MY DEAREST!
Staring down at the planet below, blue eyes looked tired and worried. The face they were set in uncertain as it turned away from the blue and green world, to look at the surrounding people or rather deities. They were pursuing pink lips together until they were a thin line. They are clearly showing the displeasure that flowed through the very blood in the young girl.
"Let me get this straight. You are sending me back down there to watch over things. And while this is not exactly my planet earth, it still is due to the multiverse theory based on choices at key points in history." Her voice soft, cultured but sounding strained.
"Yes!" was the multi-toned reply.
Raising a hand and pinching the bridge of her nose as she exhaled. "Okay, so I take it you want me to live amongst the populace as if I am a normal human. While trying to be as impartial as possible."
Again a multi-toned yes was heard. Causing the young woman to look at the deities surround her and arching an eyebrow in speculation, as she just stared silently for a few minutes. Almost as if thinking about something.
"What is the catch?!" she asked.
"Catch? There isn't a catch Shikon Miko." A deep voice boomed.
Blue eyes narrowed at those words, pink sparkling in their depths as tension suddenly filled the air. All deities present shifted back, caution, and slight fear showing on their faces. Each was knowing the temperament of the small woman before them.
"Oh, for the love of... I told you all..." A female voice echoed in the silence, high-pitched and nervous.
Blue eyes shifted to pin the speaker as the young woman spoke, "Please, Narukami, elaborate on what you mean."
The deity let out a soft huff as she self-consciously arranged her elaborate robes. She was doing her level best not to appear nervous. While outright avoiding the intense gaze of the young woman. Knowing she'd have to choose her words with care because angering the Shikon Miko further would be a very bad idea. And they just got their realm back to rights after the last blow up.
"Well, Miko, there are not any catches. We were hoping you could go down, once more, to live amongst the humans. And as you have stated, this is and is not our earth. The history is the same, except demons never existed, so you never went through the well and had your adventure. Instead, the human race has, in this world, developed an aberration."
Once more, pink lips thinned into a barely visible line. While the young woman raised a hand, rolling it at the wrist to indicate for Narukami to continue speaking. Watching intently to see if anything could be wrong.
"When you go down, you'll find out what that aberration is. You will have all the knowledge you've accumulated in the last thousand years of your many lifetimes. As well as your ability this time around. But, Shikon Miko, you must do your best not ever to pick aside. So, Shikon Miko, no Kagome, will you go now? Please."
A soft sigh of acquiescing was heard in the following quiet. The young woman turned to look at the planet below, shoulders slumping briefly before being squaring them, her gut telling her that she was missing something important. Deciding to figure it out later, she closed her eyes as a pressure that pressed around her, but her mind. Letting her know that they were placing memories for this world of life, she was to have led inside. Once it was all done and said, the sensation of free-falling from a great height wrapped around her body. Causing blue eyes to snap open and look slightly bored as the planet rushed up Only to vanish in bright light.
Unsure of how much time had passed as she shifted. Only to grimace as something cold and hard jabbed painfully into her back. Slowly Kagome opened her eyes to a dimly lit, reasonably open space. She was blinking her eyes a few times. The dull shades of gray, pillars supporting a ceiling, all of it concrete. Letting a small frown marring her face, Kagome shifted again, only to once more grimace in pain.
Glancing down as she sat up, Kagome noted she was lying in a pile of debris. She was giving low growl while mentally cursing the gods for this predicament. Her grumbling mentally and physically stopped as the screams of the name 'Kasuka' echoed in a man's voice. It was close-by from how loud it sounded — making Kagome furrowed her brow.
As the screams faded, Kagome pulled herself from the pile of debris. Knowing it was a risk to look at the sounds of fighting reached her ears. Moving as silently as possible, since she realized she had no shoes, Kagome smelt the distinctive tang of Iron from the air. Telling her blood had been shed and in a large quantity. She was feeling her stomach churn as she came to a stop at a corner, her sense telling her that the combatants were just beyond.
With a deep breath to still both the churning of her stomach and nerves. Kagome put her hand no thew, all craning her neck to peek around the corner. The macabre scene before her made her gasp as her feet began to move her forward. Eyes riveted to the sight of a blond woman lying in a pool of blood, eyes glazed in death as a large bird looking humanoid turned the woman over.
Letting out a choked sob as she stumbled, falling to her knees. Kagome felt the pain and sadness of the bird creature. Who whipped around to look in her direction. The tension in its body was evident to her as Kagome felt the sting of tears along the edges of her eyes. She was blinking them rapidly as she pushed herself up. Only to realize that as she did. The ground didn't move too far away.
Lifting her head back up, Looking at the bird-man, only to see a dark blue and green aura appear around it. Just as another wave of pain and sadness hit her. Once more, her feet moved on their own volition. Taking her forward, her mind supplying information that the bird was of human descent, hurting over the loss of something precious.
Not quite sure what was compelling her body to keep moving forward, Kagome decides not to fight it. Her heart was going out to the human-bird-creature before her as she continued to move towards them. As they stood stock still almost as if waiting to see if some trap was going to be sprung. Which left her wondering why, when there was no one but the both of them left in what she assumed was a building.
Kagome came to a stop no more than 3 feet from the person, staring up at what she thought was the bird-man's face. The tears that had been stinging her eyes finally falling down her cheek as she lifted her arms to them. Watching in mild surprise as their body shrunk, like they were melting, looking like a tall, middle-aged man. Who just stared down at her in confusion, shock, and amazement.
Seeing his aura flicker with all his emotions, Kagome felt her bottom lip trembled; she pushed her body forward those few feet. Eliciting a grunt from the man as she wrapped her arms around his legs. Pressing her face into space right above his knees just as she started to sob uncontrollably.
The feel of hands slick with blood being laid on the crown of her head drew her gaze upwards. As words spilled from her lips. "It's okay to cry when we hurt and are in pain, Mister. But if you are unable, let me cry in your place."
The look that crossed the man's face, Kagome could only call wonder as she buried her face back into space above his knees — crying until no more tears fell and her world went dark. Her last thought was she'd be safe.
TBC!