That Bloody Crown
Chapter One
Author Note: Thank you for all the support! I had this idea in my head for awhile and was finally able to structure it decently to put it into a story. Read and leave me reviews for encourage me to update more often, please.
Natsumi was being to panic with the unresponsive reactions with the compound regarding to her pleas of help and warning that war was coming. The people would just look at her for a moment and disregard her completely. Its like the warning didn't faze them at all. She begins to look around the surrounds her to figure about any specific clues to tell her the atmosphere of the place.
Her purple eyes gazed upon the stone path her feet were on to see where it lead. She could have sworn this was the famous home of her compassionate dear friend, Kagome. Its spoke volumes of her type of morals and values. The red brick on the building structure to the stone practice/battle arena to her left. The atmosphere spoke power, strength and yet serenity which gave her sense of home to it. On each side of the Japanese compound structure had the Higurishi Clan flags flap in the light warm breeze of the entrance of the home.
Looking out farther, she noticed a group of 3 warriors that stood out to her. She remember the stories of the band of seven. Their loyalties were to no one specific over the years but through the grape vine she heard they end up staying with the Higurishi Clan so some reason no one knew. The taller of the male of long raven braided hair lifted his head and made contact with her eyes. Bankotsu she thought in her mind. He had aged well for a human. She approached him hoping he would hear her out.
"Bankotsu?" she whispered out to him while making eye contact. The resent conversation previous forgotten, the other two member turn the heads to the new individual. Getting a better look at their face, Natsumi knew expectly who they were: Jakotsu and Suikotsu. Jakotsu (Jak) blinks a few times and smiles back, "Hahahaha…SUMI! Its good to see you! How are you?" He turns and embraces her in a bear hug. Suikotsu (Suiko) keeps his mellow expression while smiling himself, "Bank, I will finish our conversation at a later time." Bankotsu (Bank) just nods his head, Suiko walk away while watching Jak finished hugging Natsumi (Sumi)
"So Sumi, what brings you this far from the West?" He asks. Sumi breathes the air she lost back in for the previous Jak hug, "I am traveling to put together a team to take back to West Strong Hold. The West has fallen and lost the war against the north seven days ago and captured its lord, Sesshomaru. My brother, Ryu, has gotten more power hungry than ever since the fall of the West. He will stop at nothing the rest of Japan is conquer and under his control.
Bank blinks at this information, "There is nothing to fear Sumi. Your brother's plan won't go very far especially against this compound. Everythin…" Sumi interrupts him yelling, "That's just it Bank! Its not! Ryu knows where Kagome is now. I tried to keep her location secret for as long as I could but….he knows. You personally know how he gets with getting what he wants. He has had is eyes on making Kagome his for very long time. Sesshomaru and Ryu had many verbal and physical fights over who she would belong to. I overheard his battle plans to travel to this location, will burn it to the ground and capture her as his prize!"
She begins to shack, "I failed her…" Bank narrows his purple eyes and turns on his heel. "Come. We must inform General Higurishi at once. Jak, evaluate the guard situation and join up when you can." Jak winks at him and waving his hand while walking away.
She follows him up the circular stone step of the compound and comes face to a set of big red doors with guards on each side. "Move and let us in. We must see the general immediately with urgent news!" Bank exclaims, waving his right arm in front of him. Both guards were startled at first, but they have learned over time to take him seriously. They pushed the red doors open to reveal a luxurious master quarters. In the center was king bed decorated in red and purple bedding and four red circular pillars holding each corner of the room up.
Sumi's eyes wondering farther to find a 6ft black hair and bearded male speaking to female on the left side by the window. They quit having their conversation and turn their heads at them. General Higurishi turns to face them while the long haired woman only half turned to them. Anyone could tell this two were kin from the dark storm blue eyes to the raven black hair. The woman though was dangerously beautiful. She stood the height of 5ft 5in with a very striking curvy figure. Her outfit was black with only one long right sleeve and her left arm uncovered showing of the metallic purple swirling marking detailing it. Sumi thought, oh my god..she has matured so much..Kagome?
Bank kneels at once, "Excuse for the interruption General, but we has distressing news. Sumi was still stunned staring at Kagome to kneel. "Its fine, Bank.
What new do you have for me?" General Higurishi spoke waving his hand for him to rise from kneeling. "The west and its lord have fallen in battle. The north will be march this way to destroy this plan next. We must prepare!" Bank explains. "How can you be sure that is true and a scheme for that dog? Kagome finally spoke up. Her voice was very melody like to hear. It finally broke Sumi out of her shock, "Lord Sesshomaru is imprisoned and will be executed by the end of the moon cycle, Kagome. Kagome's blue eyes widen immediately with slight flection of her power before becoming calm again.
A sudden cry was heard throughout the room to everyone's surprise causing Kagome to turn her back to them. "So his situation doesn't concern me." She replies coldly. "As she walked towards to bed, General Higurishi spoke with anger. "But it does concern him!" "Don't you bring him into this, father!" She snap back. "You will not ignore your situation anymore, Kagome. Its time you face everything!" He ordered her.
Sumi didn't understand what was going on but was going to the bottom of it. "What is going out? What situation is he talking about Kags?" Kagome narrowed her eyes at everyone in the room then swiftly sat down on the bed. She pled back the covers of the bed to reveal a male toddler. The child was wrapped in a blue blanket but she picked the crying child up Sumi saw this while silver hair. Kagome cuddled the toddler into herself to quiet the child's cries.
Once he was calm, she looked up narrowing her eyes at Sumi, "You will not reveal my son's existences to a soul or I will end you. Do you understand?" Kagome's response no questions in her statement. Sumi just nods her head as she approached her while unraveling the blanket. After an arms distance, Sumi's gaze found a child of silver hair, far light skin, purple stripes adoring his cheeks. But what surprised her the most was the blue eyes and purple crescent moon placed on this child's forehead.
Sumi began to shake with tears in her purple eyes and her mouth covering her mouth. She couldn't believe it. Her western lord was forced to create a heir over the last couples due to the demanding wishes of youki court. But he couldn't not matter how hard he tried, each child was stillborn without the western house mark. It tore him up inside and he considered himself flawed and undeserving.
"How co…ould you do this? Not say a word to him?" she whispered out into the room, but everyone knew it was meant for Kagome. "Because I have my reasons." Kagome responded while wiping the tears from her son's eyes. "Sumi, this is my son, Kiseki." Miracle…its so fitting for western heir to name as such because it was a gods miracle. Sumi thought to herself.
"Kags, I need you help so Kiseki doesn't grow up without his father." Kagome narrowed her eyes at her, "Kiseki will never know of his father til he is old enough…"General Higurishi interrupted her, "She will assist you in retrieving Lord Sesshomaru or her son will be taken to Lady InuKimi myself!" His statement left no argument for Kagome on the matter. But Kagome was a rebellious individual by nature, "And what gives you the right to say that to me?" He replied, "Because I'm a father who knows what kinda hell it's like to not have their child and I won't have that happen to the father of my grandchild."
Kagome wasn't winning this argument with her father and knew it. She had not choice but to help for the sack of her son. She signed, "Sumi rest up for the night. You and I will leave at dawn to visit Totsai. Bank work with Souta and my father to prepare for battle. We will return in two days time and have Jak and you ready to leave with us for the West. Now leave me. I must tend to my son!"
Bank nods at his dismissal and leaves with the general in tow. Sumi stays behind watching Kagome travel back to the bed, opening her top to nurse her pup. She sat down beside her, "I have miss you terribly." Kagome looked up into her purple eyes for sincerity to her statement. She sighed while cradling her son, "I have missed your presence too. How is he really?" Sumi was surprised she would ask about him. "Sesshomaru has given up, Kags. He feels he defeated and undeserving of everything especially you. He hasn't been the same since you left him. He loves you, you know."
Kagome closes her eyes with a sigh, trying to endure the harsh nipping her son was doing to her left breast. "Doubtful. He only wanted to keep me as his own property." Sumi shook her head at her statement, "When he came back to the western castle, he didn't leave her bed chambers for days, Kags. Inukimi was the only one who darely to enter and she found his quarters a disaster. He broke every furniture he had including his bed. Inukimi told me that won't speak to her but kept whispering what have I done for her to leave me?" Kagome opened her eyes, shifted Kiseki to her right breast and lend against the head board. "He has done enough to me to never return to him, Sumi."
"The last time I was to see him in his cell, he finally confided in me like he was giving me his last wishes, Kags. He finally understand why. He asked me to tell you he doesn't hold a grudge against you for never returning to him and He will love you with his dieing breath." Kiseki detached his mouth from her breast signaling Kagome to shift him to her shoulder to burp him. Once she was done burping him, she settled him back in the covers of the bed, "We will see." She looked back at Sumi with determination in her eyes. Grabbing Sumi's wrist, she pulled her on the other side of Kiseki. "Sleep with us. We will worry about things tomorrow." Sumi couldn't do anything but smile as her stubborn warm hearted friend. She threw her personal effects on the floor and cuddled the other side of them.
This day was the first feeling of hope and salvation for the future she had in the last 3 years. Yes we will see was her last thought before she let exhaustion take her to sleep.