Yay third chapter, just a disclaimer to start with I do not own any of the Inuyasha plots/story line or characters but I do own my own character - Hana (Kagome's older sister), Masashi (Kagome's father), Ami (Kagome's mother), Zealous (Masahi's Blade), the lizard demon will be introduced soon... and the new characters are Hikaru (Naraku's brother) and Deathraze (Naraku's sword).
Chapter 3: Questions and Answers
Kagome's pov:
We all got up and went over to Zealous, Koga and Inuyasha who was just getting up "What the hell do you keep sitting me for?!" Inuyasha growled "Why can't you for once actually do what everyone agrees on" I said "Tessaiga is sharper than you pup, you should stay silent until someone asks for you to speak" Zealous said. "Why you…" Inuyasha started "Sit... Stop picking fights" I said "You should all sit and make your selves comfortable this will be a long story, listen or you will miss things that will be of importance" Zealous says we all sat down in front of Zealous. "When Masashi first came here with Hana after he faked their deaths he taught Hana to be an assassin in the two years with his training she had become fierce and used hate to be her guide but hate can also be the thing that destroys her…" Zealous said "Sorry to interrupt but did Hana want that life?" Sango asked. "Yes, she pleaded and begged Masashi for days on end, she even went out hunting on her own to prove herself, she's a natural assassin it's not surprising knowing that Masashi is the best in the Grim Reapers colt" Zealous replied "What about Naraku's twin brother? Did Hana know him before he took her in?" Hakkaku asked.
"She did, Masashi was best friends with Naraku's brother 'Hikaru' Hana looked up to Hikaru, he looked after Hana whenever Masashi had a job to do though Hana would always complain she wanted to go with him on his jobs" Zealous replied she wanted to go and kill people, that's not the Hana I knew "So how did she manage to get injured if she was here with Hikaru?" I asked. "In that two years of training she had become the finest young assassin the colt had ever seen Hikaru decided she was ready to get given her own jobs to do, a few weeks after impressive work on each of her jobs Hikaru sent her and Masashi to hunt down Naraku since Naraku had threatened to kill Hikaru and every single member of his colt…" Zealous replied "So Hikaru only sent them no one else" I said. "Yes after all they are the best at doing their job are there any more questions or may I continue?" Zealous said "Please continue with your story" Miroku said "Thank you, Hikaru stayed here since it was safe and if anything happened he knew they would come here not to the colt, Masashi and Hana would never endanger their family… Hikaru had soon joined us in the battle with Naraku…" Zealous said. "Wait a second you're referring to that colt as their family and what do you mean joined them? Where you there battling Naraku?" I questioned "Yes, tribes/packs/clans/colts they may not be blood related but see themselves as family none the less and yes your father took me that day and on most of his jobs before that day, he used to take me all the time but since Hana was here he wanted me and Hikaru to keep her company" Zealous answered.
"So what happened in the battle?" Koga asked "We found Naraku in no time I told Masashi something wasn't right, Naraku doesn't make himself known or show up alone unless he has something planned but Masashi waved it off, he and Hana were set on killing Naraku, Naraku had made a powerful sword named Deathraze, I feed off the black hearts and souls of my enemies but this sword was used to take the powers of the each individual making them weak and defenceless, Masashi used me to block Deathraze but in that one instant I knew of Deathrazes' intentions and powers he could strip the very powers from another sword or any blade that has power…" Zealous said. I looked to the ground "I had taken the hit but since a blade and a master are combined in blood I had felt the feelings of my master and that of Hana and now you, Kagome… Masashi knew then that this would not win without the full strength of the Higurashi blood, to make me complete I needed your blood and that of your younger brother's blood" Zealous said "So you couldn't win without our blood?" I asked confused. "I was made from the blood of your father and I run on the blood of your family, your mother is not of concern to me but you and your brother have your fathers blood, strong but you sadly do not possess the strength to wield me your heart is not tainted enough to wield me yet but your sister Hana was born to be an assassin she lusted for the need to be a part of the glorious Masashi legacy and become just as if not more feared then Masashi" Zealous said "What do you mean by Kagome's heart being tainted?" Miroku asked. "Once I've finished my story I shall answer your question, Masashi had kept an eye on Deathraze while Hana concerned herself with killing Naraku, their plan would have worked but sadly that plan was what Naraku had hopped for…" Zealous said, Naraku tricked them.
"Deathraze had run through Masashi and Hana had been hit by Deathraze, Hikaru had just come in time Naraku would never fight Hikaru and vice versa so Naraku left, Hikaru took us all back here, he treated Hana first and left me to keep this placed closed until he came back, he buried Masashi in a place of the gods that Masashi worshiped" Zealous said at least he's in a better place now. "Now on to your question before monk, I see you are all confused about the issue of Kagome having a tainted heart, since she has a generous kind nature, her mother brought the best out of her father… Masashi had Hana but yet still felt lost without Kagome's mother, though I honestly thought Kagome would be the assassin and Hana the priestess but I was wrong" Zealous said "I could never kill anyone" I said. "You still don't get it my dear the assassins only said that they would do the job if the gold was good enough but what they really want is to kill for fun, I do miss the look Masashi and Hana would give after they had killed even during the kill the look was priceless" Zealous said "What…? No they hated talking about that they hated the murders in our world" I said. "Hated oh no they envied them, they were jealous that they couldn't go and kill for fun just as those pathetic humans do in your world only the Grim Reapers do not fail and they do a better job" Zealous said "It's wrong killing" I said Zealous laughed.
"It may be seen through the eyes of a priestess but remember the little incident that happened between you and Hana that ended up to this point… You cannot wield me but Hana can, you would have been able to if you actually bothered to make sure that request actually happened" Zealous said "That was an accident one I intend on fixing" I said. "This should be interesting, how do you intend to apologize to the greatest assassin since your father, priestess?" Zealous asked "By taking you to her, you would know where this colt is once I get there I'll apologize and make it up to her" I replied "Apologize she'll slit your throat for just showing up… You should leave her be" Zealous said. "No she's my sister I have to make things right" I said "What happened?" Sango asked "Why will Hana kill Kagome?" Ginta asked "The situation is only to be told by Kagome, Hana felt deceived and angered by Kagome's actions so ever since she has come here I helped her redirect that anger into killing others, though Hana cares for her family she chooses to never speak, see or think of them, to her Hikaru and the Grim Reapers are her true family now" Zealous said. "Kagome what happened?" Shippo asked I looked to him "Do you even fully understand what you are Kagome?" Zealous asked I looked from Shippo to Zealous "I don't care what I am, what I do is more important" I said.
"Be that as it may but you have yet to change, your brother has a few more years yet" Zealous said "Change? Kagome what does Zealous mean?" Miroku asked I sighed softly as I looked to the ground "Hana's a half demon, Sota and I are also half demons" I said. "That explains why you never minded Inuyasha being a half demon…" Miroku said "Hey what's wrong with being a half demon?" Inuyasha growled "Nothing" Miroku says holding his hands up defensively "What kind of demon are you?" Shippo asked. "Ami her mother is the human but Masashi is a great and powerful wolf demon he had relationships with the high wolf demons who created the Goraishi" Zealous said "He know the wolf demon ancestors?" Ginta asked "Yes he was the most powerful wolf demon to have lived he could have taught you three a lot, though all his knowledge is not lost Hana knows of everything, he passed down what he knew to her" Zealous said. "So I guess Masashi's like a wolf demon god?" Hakkaku said "Very much so maybe even greater then a god he protected his wolf demon brethren and helped his other family the Grim Reapers, the wolf demon ancestors had said that if he wanted he could wield the great Goraishi at any time he wanted" Zealous replied "Let's not get off track tell us about Hikaru and Naraku" Inuyasha said.
"Very well pup, Hikaru and Naraku are twins, one corrupted by darkness and hate the other one was focused on forming an alliance to create harmony and he did have harmony until Naraku started an uprising by killing and turning people against each other fifty years ago" Zealous said "Naraku was the corrupted one, how was he corrupted?" Miroku asked. "He and Hikaru were born half demons but Naraku hated being half he wanted to be a full demon and with that lust to become a full demon he eventually did become one but his form changed and he disliked that he found he had less power…." Zealous said "How is a half demon more powerful than a full demon?" Shippo asked. "He didn't realise it then but in becoming a full demon he gave some of his power away to become a full demon, he soon looked for a way to change back and found that in a man, Onigumo who was in love with a young priestess who took care of him but since he was unable to move Naraku took the opportunity and tricked Onigumo to give up his body, Naraku then became an even stronger half breed then before because of the human's body he took over" Zealous replied "What do you mean by the human's body he took over, how did that make him more powerful?" Sango asked. "The human's body he took over, the man Onigumo was a bandit and the most notorious bandit, he plundered and did what he wanted and took what he wanted he had a black heart and because of that black heart Naraku could use that to his advantage" Zealous replied "So what you are saying is he feeds off of bad deeds, black hearts" Miroku says.
"In a way, I'm sure Hikaru can explain things much better to you all since Hikaru and Naraku are twins they may even have a connection that can lead to finding him" Zealous said "Then what are we waiting for let's go see this Hikaru guy" Inuyasha said I couldn't leave, how could I go to Hikaru and be this, a mere human would I shame our name, my father. I looked down, I must be such a disappointment to him "Don't worry your time will come to make the Higurashi name strong again though I do fear it may have to be in working with Hana which will prove a problem to you unless you find a person to help Hana work with you" Zealous said "Is there a way to get Hana to help Kagome?" Koga asked. "Hikaru is like a father to Hana she will do as she's asked the problem is getting there to speak to him, as soon as Hana knows Kagome is coming she will surely not let Kagome near Hikaru" Zealous replied "Why? That guy is Naraku's brother we should get answers from him and then kill him too he's murdering people as well" Inuyasha snapped. "Hikaru is nothing like Naraku I assure you… With Hana every half breed has there times when they change Hana's will be tomorrow sun down till the next sun down, the best time to go is when she's human, she won't be as strong" Zealous said "How dangerous is she?" Koga asked.
Zealous laughed "She could erase a whole tribe if she wanted to, she's half wolf demon giving her senses and abilities that a human wouldn't have and she has been trained by her father Masashi and by Hikaru to be an assassin" Zealous replied. My sister is so powerful, how can I even compete with her, I'm still a human priestess Zealous laughed "I can help you there but I thought speaking to Hikaru was your first priority?" Zealous said "Huh?" I exclaimed as I looked to Zealous. "You can do that?" I asked "I can do most things, your father was meant to break your seal but if you wish to confront Hana on even ground being the same would help" Zealous said "Can you do it now?" I asked. "I will need blood in return for doing this but not yours… No this will be your first test bring me the blood of Noboru, he is a demon who lives nearby and wants to have me to make him stronger" Zealous "I can get it for you" Koga said "No Kagome must do this herself and go alone, you are Masashi's daughter you will kill Noboru and bring me his blood" Zealous said.
"Isn't there another way?" Koga asked "If she wants to be a half demon like Hana and redeem her father's name this is how it has to be" Zealous said "Then may I take you as my weapon?" I asked "You may choose a weapon of your choice but I will not be helping" Zealous said. "Well we should get going then" I said and stood up "Are you sure? By doing this it will taint your heart after all a priestess shouldn't have a black heart" Zealous said "Kagome let's talk about this first" Sango said I looked to her then to the ground. Why should I wait and talk about this my father was like a god feared and respected I need to prove that I'm worthy of the name I'm doing this to bring my father's name honour and to prove to Hana that I'm not scared of her that I don't want her dead that I never thought before I spoke. "So that's how you feel… Answer me this would you rather be a priestess or a half wolf?" Zealous asked I looked to Zealous I want to be both I want to help yet be my father's daughter but I know I can't be both "I see, well if that's how you feel, bring me Noboru's blood and I shall grant you the power to be the way you wish then it is up to you to maintain a pure heart or a blackened heart" Zealous said.
Another chapter done hopefully you guys like the story so far I'm trying to keep it interesting, I'm looking forward to feedback good and bad, if you have any thoughts or ideas/suggestions don't hesitate to let me know, thanks for reading guys till next time :)