The Dark-Light
By Anime-Goddess-Sakura
Chapter 4 Transformation.
Sesshoumaru growled as he came to. He had a pounding headache. And to make matters worse the girl's scent was all over him. He stood up and dusted off his clothes. For something was sure, the Demon Lord hated to be dirty. He always liked to be clean and spotless. He raised his eyebrow questioningly when he tasted the lingering aftertaste of blood in his mouth. The taste was coppery, but at the same time sweet and kind of spicy. The wind blew gently, bringing the scent of the same blood to his sensitive nose. It was delicious and it was mixed with the wench's scent, making it intoxicating.
It was then it hit him. He understood what she had done. However the question was how she knew of such practice. It was old youkai ritual, that was only practiced by the once of royal blood. He took his time as he walked around and sniffed around. She had marked around him with her blood, just like the ritual demanded and she had let him drink some of her blood. This ritual or practice was used to challenge other youkais to a hunt. Many female youkais who wanted a strong mate would use this ritual. The male would chase them and when he found her, they would battle. If the male won he would have to choose between killing the offending female or take her as his. And if the female one, in most cases the male would be killed.
Sesshoumaru growled; she knew what she was doing. He was forced to chase her; if he didn't her blood would eventually poison him. Clever little wench, he thought. It was then that he recalled her words. Her pup and people that she cared about lived in the village. She's risking herself for her pup. It is quite valiant of her, Sesshoumaru thought. No matter she would pay for her insolence. He was going to go after her and when he found her, he would kill her. However not before drinking her dry. Even though she was human, her blood was exquisite and her true self was demanding more of it. And he wasn't going to deny it.
Yet he was still puzzled about how she knew about the ritual. He decided that he would ask her that, before he killed her. A feral smirk graced his features, before he took off into the night. The hunt had begun.
Kagome was panting hard. She had been running for hours now non-stop. The sun was coming up already. Her feet were aching and she needed to rest, but she was afraid that Sesshoumaru would catch up to her. And right now she couldn't risk that. Her power was returning, but it was taking time. By the tonight she would have changed completely. She didn't want to admit it, but right now she wouldn't be a match for him. That's why she needed to keep going.
However she suddenly stopped in her tracks. There was a way that she could get Sesshoumaru of her tail. She smirked as she thought about it. "Duh, Kagome!" she yelled, slapping her forehead. Sesshy sure wasn't going to like this, she thought. If only she could see his face when he found out that he had been tricked by her again. She grinned again, before a serene look settled over her features. "Now let's begin." She whispered, closing her eyes. The wind blew around her, making her hair blow all around.
She concentrated on her power. She was now in her mind. She was surrounded by darkness, but she could clearly see a mirror in front of her. It was simple oval mirror. A perfect reflection of her was looking at her from the mirror. She extended a hand towards the mirror and her reflection took her hand as she stepped out of the mirror. Kagome smiled and opened her eyes. There in front of her stood a perfect replica of herself. From head to toe, she was exactly the same as Kagome. She smiled and Kagome smiled back.
"Hey, Kagome." Kagome said.
"Hi, Kagome." Her replica said smiling back.
"You know what to do know what to do, don't you?" Kagome asked.
"Of course" Her reflection said smiling just as mischievously as her creator.
"You may leave." Kagome said. Her reflection nodded before turning around and running away. "And please don't overdo it!" she yelled as her reflection took towards where she knew that Sesshoumaru would be. Kagome kept looking until she couldn't see her reflection anymore. Sighing she continued on her way; only this time on a slower pace, seeing that her replica would keep Sesshoumaru busy for a while. However if only she knew that she was going West.
Sesshoumaru smirked as he sniffed the air. How perfect the wench was coming towards him. Maybe she was stupider then she looked. He had to admit that she was coming at quite a fast pace. For a human that is. Soon enough he saw her, but he instantly found something strange about her. "Hey, Sesshy." She said mockingly standing a few steps away from him.
"Wench!" he snarled, not liking the fact that she wasn't showing fear. And besides he absolutely hated the nickname that she had given him. She yawned as she looked absolutely bored at the Demon Lord.
"You'll pay for disrespecting this Sesshoumaru." He said with a cold voice that could have frozen over the arctic.
The girl in front him, didn't even flinch though. Instead she looked playfully at him. Seshoumaru again got the impression that there was something different about her. He discreetly sniffed the air. It was her scent, but something was missing. He inwardly growled. He didn't like not knowing what was going on. He hated that. And right now the girl was proving to be a nuance. He was brought out of his reverie when she spoke; her voice sounding childish and playful.
"The you'll have to catch me first Fluffy-sama." She said disappearing and appearing behind Sesshoumaru.
She gave him a shove. Sesshoumaru reacted quickly by swiping at her. However she was already standing a few feet away from him. "You can't catch me." She said sticking out her tongue at him. With that last act, she turned round and ran away. Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes at her as he crackled his knuckles. He was going to kill her very slowly and very painfully when he got his claws on her. His eyes were bleeding red as he fought with his instincts. He looked only like a blur as he chased the young girl that he thought was his prey.
Meanwhile Sango was trying to calm Shippou who kept crying. As Kagome had predicted when Kaede and the others woke up, they found the letter. Instead of telling them the truth; Kagome just told them that she had to be on her own for a while. And of course this really upset Shippou. Nevertheless Kikyo didn't quite believe the reason behind Kagome's departure. For the short time she knew Kagome, she knew that the girl would never go on her own and abandon her pup. She couldn't help, but think that there was something wrong.
"Feh." Inuyasha said crossing his arms over his chest. He was angry that Kagome had just left like that. "Inuyasha, please look around see if you can pick up any strange scent." Kikyo said suddenly, making the hanyou look strangely at her. "Please." She said silently. Inuyasha nodded and was out of the door within a minute.
"Shippou." Kikyo said after the hanyou left, making the kitsune pup look at her with large emerald green eyes.
"We'll find your mother." She said caressing his cheek.
Shippou nodded as Kikyo gave him a small smile. Sango looked thankful at the priestess as she walked out of the hut. Both Miroku and her had to admit that Kikyo was indeed a kind woman. It was Naraku who had tainted her with hate. But thanks to Kagome, Inuyasha and Kikyo had another chance. However that also brought the topic of Kagome still hurting. Sango knew very well that in some extent Kagome still cared for the hanyou. And it was more then natural that it would hurt her when she saw Kikyo and Inuyasha together. Kagome had sacrificed her love for Inuyasha by bringing Kikyo back to life. She knew very well that by bringing the dead-priestess back to life she was in a sense giving Inuyasha up. And being human it would hurt her a lot, even when she didn't show it. But the question is now, would that really make her run away from them, leaving shippou behind. That was so unlike Kagome. Then again Kagome had been changing. The demon exterminator just hoped that her friend was okay.
"Hentai!" Sango yelled slapping Miroku who had given himself the privilege of groping her butt. 'Maybe it would have been easier if Miroku had gone missing instead of Kagome, at least then she could sleep calmly, Sango thought as he watched the perverted monk rub his now red cheek. 'Would the monk ever learn?' she thought sighing deeply as she felt a hand grope her again. The only sound heard after that was boomerang connecting with a certain hentai monk's skull.
Kikyo was walking in the direction of where she knew that Inuyasha was. She was deep in thought. Last night she had felt a strong demonic aura. And she ahd alos felt the presence of jewel shards. That's why Inuyasha and she were not there when Kagome had gone to pick up her things. Yet for some reason the demonic presence and the presence of the shards had disappeared. Kikyo furrowed her brows as she thought about this. She was brought out of her musings by Inuyasha who growled lowly in his throat. "Sesshoumaru was here." He said with his golden eyes narrowed.
"Kagome was here as well; she was injured." He said picking up the scent of her blood.
Kikyo felt as her heart clenched. What if Sesshoumaru had killed her, she thought. Inuyasha sensing her distress assured her that the blood was too little to her to have been fatally injured. Kikyo understood, but that still didn't calm her. Kagome was alive, but with what Inuyasha had told her Sesshoumaru was after her. And everyone knew that Sesshoumaru wasn't one to show mercy, especially to humans. Even though things weren't looking up, they still had the hope that Kagome's power was growing. If only she could manage to stay alive.
"Kikyo, I need to find her." Inuyasha said walking toward her. "I owe her that much." The hanyou said with his ears flattened. He was sorry for being such a jerk to Kagome. Even though he didn't love her like she wanted him to, he saw her as a sister. He cursed himself for being so rude to her. And he couldn't help, but feel guilty for her leaving. He could see the hurt in her eyes, everytime he and Kikyo would embrace or hold hands. He couldn't loose her. He just couldn't.
"Take the others with you." Kikyo said squeezing his hand gently. The hanyou nodded and quickly agve her a peck on the cheek, before he sped towards the village.
Kikyo stood there and watched him disappear into the woods. She just hoped that Inuyasha found her in time. For if Sesshoumaru killed her; he would be destroying the world's last hope in the upcoming battle with Naraku.
Sesshoumaru growled as he was having a hard time keeping up with the girl. The human was faster then he had eventually thought. And she had the stamina that most humans wouldn't have. They had been running for a long time without stopping and she still seemed as calm as they had begun the chase. He was getting quite frustrated. Each time that he thought that he was going to catch her, she could increase her speed. It was clear that she was toying with him.
"Come one, Fluffy's too slow." She taunted.
However this was her mistake. She didn't watch where she was going and tripped on a rock. She landed with a big thump on the floor. Mentally cursing herself for being that stupid. She had to time to get up as she was pinned by Sesshoumaru. "I've finally captured you, bitch." He snarled at her. He got even angrier when he noticed that she wasn't afraid of him. In contrast she was mocking him again.
"Yes, you did Fluffy." She said teasingly.
Sesshoumaru felt his blood boil as she gave him another nickname. "Bitch!" he growled.
"I could be your bitch if you want me to." She said winking at him. If the Taiyoukai of the West was one to loose his composure, he would have fallen off of her by her statement. But being the ice prince of course he settled with baring his fangs at her.
"Do you have any last wishes?" he asked poising his hand to strike. She looked that she was thinking for a moment, before a grin appeared on her face.
"Yes, leave Kagome alone." She said. It was then that it sank in. Sesshoumaru understood that he had been tricked. He closed his eyes as he tried to control his rage at being deceived once again by the human wench.
"You're an illusion." He said opening his eyes and looking straight at her.
"Correct, give the dog a bone."
Sesshoumaru growled, before slamming his fist through her chest, as expected there was no blood. The imposter looked sadly at her chest. She crossed her arms over her chest and pouted.
"That's gonna leave a mark." She said as she slowly vanished into thin air.
Sesshoumaru slowly stood up and looked at the setting sun. His hands were fisted at his side, his claws digging in his palms. (A/N in this fic Fluffy has two hands, it has grown back ) He didn't seem to notice as the blood dripped from his hands. His eyes were bleeding red and it seemed that he had lost the battle with his instincts. She had fooled him again. The wench was going to pa with her life. The girl obviously didn't know who she was playing with. Sesshoumaru smirked as he thought about the idiotic human going west. She was entering his lands without even knowing it. That would be her downfall. With that last thought he turned around and headed toward his lands. That copy of her might have bought her time, but not enough. He would soon catch her. And then she would wish that she had never crossed paths with him. Giving into his instincts he gave out a blood-freezing howl.
Kagome sighed as she sat down. She was tired of running and her muscles were for some reason feeling like jelly. She gave a squeal when she noticed a waterfall a few feet from her. She forgot that she was tired. Quickly jumping up she ran toward the awaiting clear water. Just as she neared the side of the waterfall, she felt as she knew this place from somewhere. It was the first time she noticed how strange the waterfall looked, along the shoreline was filled with white roses. The water seemed almost like a mirror. And she could have sworn that she heard someone singing.
Her senses were some reason going berserk, but she decided to push those thoughts aside. The water seemed to tempting, to think about such things. Quickly stripping to her black string bikini that she wore under her clothes, she jumped into the water. The water was cold, but it soothed her. Unknown to Kagome as soon as she jumped into the water, the water began glowing. However our futuristic girl didn't seem to notice this as she relaxed herself in the cold water. She sighed as she stood in the middle of the lake.
She raised her face to look at the moon and it made her heart stopped. It was bloodred. 'Shit.' She mentally cursed. It was then she noticed the glowing of the water. She wanted to quickly swim out when she was paralyzed, she couldn't move. She struggled, but it was worthless. She watched with white eyes as the roses began bleeding; the blood slipping into the water, turning it crimson. Kagome struggled even more when she saw the red substance work itself towards her. She didn't want the blood to touch her, but she knew it was worthless. However to her amazement the blood stopped before it touched, leaving the water around her clean.
Kagome blinked a few times. She began struggling again; only to stop when a gentle wind caressed her cheek. "Don't fight it." The wind whispered to her. She instantly stilled. For some reason she wasn't afraid. "Who are you?" she asked. "All will be revealed at its rightful time." The wind seemed to whisper at her again. She nodded as the wind caressed her cheek again, making her calm. "Midoriko." She whispered, the jewel glowing brightly around her neck; the blue light engulfing her. Kagome was pulled up form the water where she floated in the middle of the lake. Her hair flew all around her as the wind seemed to become stronger and stronger. Her eyes were closed and her lips slightly parted.
Her body suddenly began glowing, seeming like pure raw energy. The energy was so strong that it seemed to burn her swimsuit. Her eyes snapped open and were completely white. And slowly white feathers began raining from the sky. The wind seemed to become a tornado that seemed to envelope Kagome, including the feathers. The feathers surrounded her body and seemed to take form of clothes. The red blood around her seemed to glow and turn into red lights that surrounded her as the tornado disappeared and leaving Kagome dressed in new clothes.
The red lights slowly danced around her before actually touching Kagome. The lights touched both cheeks and two red stripes appeared on each cheek. The lights touched her wrists and two stripes appeared there as well. As did two stripes appear on both sides of her waist. The last touch was the red six-pointed star that appeared on her left arm. The red lights seeming to be satisfied with their work seemed to slowly disappear. Now the part of the water that wasn't tainted by the blood seemed to glow and transform in light blue lights and float around her. The blue lights touched her forehead and a light blue teardrop gemstone. These lights however seemed to have more work. Some of them touched her right wrists and silver hoop- bracelets seemed to appear around her wrist. The earrings around her ear were replaced with two large hoop-earrings. The same light blue lights touched her two ankles and on both appeared two silver hoop-anklets. The last touch was the now silver blue highlights that adorned her long hair. Finally satisfied the lights disappeared.
She was slowly lowered down on the awaiting water. A black stone seemed to rise from under the water, where Kagome was slowly lowered there. She slowly blinked a few times, her eyes getting back their normal silver blue color. Her body was still tingling from the transformation. She was startled when someone stepped out from the bushes and stood at the side of the lake. Her heart stopped as she watched the Demon Lord of the West look at her.
Sesshoumaru looked at her, with golden eyes that could match the sun in brightness. He had seen everything, her transformation, all of it. He looked at her. Her features were still the same only now she had pointed ears like his. Two red stripes kissed both of her cheeks. The light blue teardrop gemstone seemed to glow under the moonlight. Her clothes were white. She was wearing what seemed to be a white halter-top long dress. The straps of the dress were light blue and seemed to glow. Kagome stood slowly on both legs and mustered her courage to look at Sesshoumaru. The dress had a split on both sides that came just below her hips, giving him an ample view of her legs.
Her hair was now even darker then before with icy blue highlights and it reached just above her ankles. Her skin had turned into a really pale color, but appealing nonetheless. The hem of the dress was decorated with light blue stones, making it look like starbursts. However what caught Sesshoumaru's attention were her pair of wings, instead of white wings as he was inspecting they were black. And this made him wonder. Why would she have black wings? The sign on her forehead depicted her to be a high ranking angel. Probably a daughter of the heavens, but her wings showed that she was a fallen angel. And those red stripes were markings of demon, not of angels. Sesshoumaru let his gaze wonder to her hands. They had light blue claws. He silently wondered if she had fangs as well. He had seen the six pointed star on her left arm, but he didn't recall a royal family possessing such a sign, but he was sure that she was royalty.
She was rather attractive, he thought. But he instantly kicked himself mentally for thinking such a thing. Pushing those thoughts aside he glared at her. "I've finally found you wench." He growled; he smirked as he finally felt fear mingle itself with her scent. He had to admit that her scent was sweet. She smelled like fresh roses with a hint of cinnamon.
"You do know that you've challenged this Sesshoumaru." He said feeling quite proud of himself as the scent of fear seemed to envelope her. "Bitch, answer me." He said in a harsh, voice. He was taken back when her scent seemed to spice up. It was the sign that she was angry. She glared at him; he could have sworn that her eyes looked more silvery. "My name is Ka-Go- Me, you stupid baka!" she yelled, showing of her fangs at him. So she did have fangs, Sesshoumaru thought.
'How dared she call him a baka?' he thought angrily. "Wench, you shall address this Sesshoumaru by his proper name." he said growling. However she completely ignored him and turned her face away. She crossed her arms over her chest and looked stubbornly at the water. This of course infuriated Sesshoumaru. He didn't like to be ignored. Yet he calmed himself, he knew how to get back at her. There were many ways to win a war.
"Shall we end what you've started?" he asked suddenly, in a much softer voice. Her head snapped up and she looked at him with big blue eyes. He would have smiled if he wasn't the ice prince. She seemed like a frightened rabbit now.
"Or are you afraid?" he asked now in a sarcastic voice. He got the desired response from her. She growled fiercely at him and looked defiantly in his eyes. Without giving him a second chance she seemed to appear in front of him. A silver sword with a blue hilt appeared in her hand and she swung it at Sesshoumaru that quickly blocked it with Toukishin (sp?). He hadn't expected her to be this fast and this strong. She was acting just like a true demoness.
Sesshoumaru smirked as he pushed her back. She wanted to fight; he would give her a fight. Without giving her a chance he seemed to disappear and appear behind her. As he suspected she was still weak from her transformation. She turned around to block his attack, but instead was disarmed by Sesshoumaru and struck by the tiny energy beams from Toukishin. She was knocked into a tree.
"Do you yield?" He asked smirking when he saw her stand up.
"Never." She hissed. She stood up and looked once again defiantly at him. Sesshoumaru had a hard time fighting his instincts. Her defiance was making his demon side go wild. Is was making him want to tame her and make her his. However the Taiyoukai had more self-control then that. He looked on as she seemed to draw energy in her hands. Electric blue and black energy gathered in her tiny hands and she formed two glowing orbs both of them made of the blue and black energy. "Try this on for size." She said releasing both of them on Sesshoumaru. The Demon Lord dodged them, but was surprised when he noticed the orbs coming back towards him. One look at Kagome told him that she was controlling them. He growled and used Toukishin to slice through one of the orbs. However the second one connected with his chest, throwing him a few feet away.
"It's done." Kagome said smiling sadly; she didn't want to kill him, but she had no other choice. She collapsed on the ground, her wings disappearing. She had used too much energy and her body still needed to rest. She tried to fight the fatigue, but she finally lost the battle and lost consciousness. Unknown to her Sesshoumaru hadn't been killed. His upper-kimono was tattered and he had a nasty burn on his chest. He stood silently in front of her. He had Toukishin ready to strike, but for some reason he couldn't kill the young woman in front of him. Growling low he sheathed his sword.
Slowly he picked her up and was surprised that she weighed almost nothing. He convinced himself that the only reason he was keeping her alive was for he was curious about what she was and he could always use her to get Tetseiga. He had to admit that she was quite powerful vixen. Maybe he would challenge her again after she woke up. For it was not that common that he would find someone that could keep up with him in a fight. Yes, she would be very useful to him. Smirking he took off into the darkness of the night. Not realizing that he carried the most precious blessing that the World had at that moment.
To be continued.......
So how was it? Kagome's origin will be revealed in the next chapter. Please read and review or sent me an e-mail at Alejandra2785hotmail.com. Anyhow see you.
Anime-Goddess-Sakura.
By Anime-Goddess-Sakura
Chapter 4 Transformation.
Sesshoumaru growled as he came to. He had a pounding headache. And to make matters worse the girl's scent was all over him. He stood up and dusted off his clothes. For something was sure, the Demon Lord hated to be dirty. He always liked to be clean and spotless. He raised his eyebrow questioningly when he tasted the lingering aftertaste of blood in his mouth. The taste was coppery, but at the same time sweet and kind of spicy. The wind blew gently, bringing the scent of the same blood to his sensitive nose. It was delicious and it was mixed with the wench's scent, making it intoxicating.
It was then it hit him. He understood what she had done. However the question was how she knew of such practice. It was old youkai ritual, that was only practiced by the once of royal blood. He took his time as he walked around and sniffed around. She had marked around him with her blood, just like the ritual demanded and she had let him drink some of her blood. This ritual or practice was used to challenge other youkais to a hunt. Many female youkais who wanted a strong mate would use this ritual. The male would chase them and when he found her, they would battle. If the male won he would have to choose between killing the offending female or take her as his. And if the female one, in most cases the male would be killed.
Sesshoumaru growled; she knew what she was doing. He was forced to chase her; if he didn't her blood would eventually poison him. Clever little wench, he thought. It was then that he recalled her words. Her pup and people that she cared about lived in the village. She's risking herself for her pup. It is quite valiant of her, Sesshoumaru thought. No matter she would pay for her insolence. He was going to go after her and when he found her, he would kill her. However not before drinking her dry. Even though she was human, her blood was exquisite and her true self was demanding more of it. And he wasn't going to deny it.
Yet he was still puzzled about how she knew about the ritual. He decided that he would ask her that, before he killed her. A feral smirk graced his features, before he took off into the night. The hunt had begun.
Kagome was panting hard. She had been running for hours now non-stop. The sun was coming up already. Her feet were aching and she needed to rest, but she was afraid that Sesshoumaru would catch up to her. And right now she couldn't risk that. Her power was returning, but it was taking time. By the tonight she would have changed completely. She didn't want to admit it, but right now she wouldn't be a match for him. That's why she needed to keep going.
However she suddenly stopped in her tracks. There was a way that she could get Sesshoumaru of her tail. She smirked as she thought about it. "Duh, Kagome!" she yelled, slapping her forehead. Sesshy sure wasn't going to like this, she thought. If only she could see his face when he found out that he had been tricked by her again. She grinned again, before a serene look settled over her features. "Now let's begin." She whispered, closing her eyes. The wind blew around her, making her hair blow all around.
She concentrated on her power. She was now in her mind. She was surrounded by darkness, but she could clearly see a mirror in front of her. It was simple oval mirror. A perfect reflection of her was looking at her from the mirror. She extended a hand towards the mirror and her reflection took her hand as she stepped out of the mirror. Kagome smiled and opened her eyes. There in front of her stood a perfect replica of herself. From head to toe, she was exactly the same as Kagome. She smiled and Kagome smiled back.
"Hey, Kagome." Kagome said.
"Hi, Kagome." Her replica said smiling back.
"You know what to do know what to do, don't you?" Kagome asked.
"Of course" Her reflection said smiling just as mischievously as her creator.
"You may leave." Kagome said. Her reflection nodded before turning around and running away. "And please don't overdo it!" she yelled as her reflection took towards where she knew that Sesshoumaru would be. Kagome kept looking until she couldn't see her reflection anymore. Sighing she continued on her way; only this time on a slower pace, seeing that her replica would keep Sesshoumaru busy for a while. However if only she knew that she was going West.
Sesshoumaru smirked as he sniffed the air. How perfect the wench was coming towards him. Maybe she was stupider then she looked. He had to admit that she was coming at quite a fast pace. For a human that is. Soon enough he saw her, but he instantly found something strange about her. "Hey, Sesshy." She said mockingly standing a few steps away from him.
"Wench!" he snarled, not liking the fact that she wasn't showing fear. And besides he absolutely hated the nickname that she had given him. She yawned as she looked absolutely bored at the Demon Lord.
"You'll pay for disrespecting this Sesshoumaru." He said with a cold voice that could have frozen over the arctic.
The girl in front him, didn't even flinch though. Instead she looked playfully at him. Seshoumaru again got the impression that there was something different about her. He discreetly sniffed the air. It was her scent, but something was missing. He inwardly growled. He didn't like not knowing what was going on. He hated that. And right now the girl was proving to be a nuance. He was brought out of his reverie when she spoke; her voice sounding childish and playful.
"The you'll have to catch me first Fluffy-sama." She said disappearing and appearing behind Sesshoumaru.
She gave him a shove. Sesshoumaru reacted quickly by swiping at her. However she was already standing a few feet away from him. "You can't catch me." She said sticking out her tongue at him. With that last act, she turned round and ran away. Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes at her as he crackled his knuckles. He was going to kill her very slowly and very painfully when he got his claws on her. His eyes were bleeding red as he fought with his instincts. He looked only like a blur as he chased the young girl that he thought was his prey.
Meanwhile Sango was trying to calm Shippou who kept crying. As Kagome had predicted when Kaede and the others woke up, they found the letter. Instead of telling them the truth; Kagome just told them that she had to be on her own for a while. And of course this really upset Shippou. Nevertheless Kikyo didn't quite believe the reason behind Kagome's departure. For the short time she knew Kagome, she knew that the girl would never go on her own and abandon her pup. She couldn't help, but think that there was something wrong.
"Feh." Inuyasha said crossing his arms over his chest. He was angry that Kagome had just left like that. "Inuyasha, please look around see if you can pick up any strange scent." Kikyo said suddenly, making the hanyou look strangely at her. "Please." She said silently. Inuyasha nodded and was out of the door within a minute.
"Shippou." Kikyo said after the hanyou left, making the kitsune pup look at her with large emerald green eyes.
"We'll find your mother." She said caressing his cheek.
Shippou nodded as Kikyo gave him a small smile. Sango looked thankful at the priestess as she walked out of the hut. Both Miroku and her had to admit that Kikyo was indeed a kind woman. It was Naraku who had tainted her with hate. But thanks to Kagome, Inuyasha and Kikyo had another chance. However that also brought the topic of Kagome still hurting. Sango knew very well that in some extent Kagome still cared for the hanyou. And it was more then natural that it would hurt her when she saw Kikyo and Inuyasha together. Kagome had sacrificed her love for Inuyasha by bringing Kikyo back to life. She knew very well that by bringing the dead-priestess back to life she was in a sense giving Inuyasha up. And being human it would hurt her a lot, even when she didn't show it. But the question is now, would that really make her run away from them, leaving shippou behind. That was so unlike Kagome. Then again Kagome had been changing. The demon exterminator just hoped that her friend was okay.
"Hentai!" Sango yelled slapping Miroku who had given himself the privilege of groping her butt. 'Maybe it would have been easier if Miroku had gone missing instead of Kagome, at least then she could sleep calmly, Sango thought as he watched the perverted monk rub his now red cheek. 'Would the monk ever learn?' she thought sighing deeply as she felt a hand grope her again. The only sound heard after that was boomerang connecting with a certain hentai monk's skull.
Kikyo was walking in the direction of where she knew that Inuyasha was. She was deep in thought. Last night she had felt a strong demonic aura. And she ahd alos felt the presence of jewel shards. That's why Inuyasha and she were not there when Kagome had gone to pick up her things. Yet for some reason the demonic presence and the presence of the shards had disappeared. Kikyo furrowed her brows as she thought about this. She was brought out of her musings by Inuyasha who growled lowly in his throat. "Sesshoumaru was here." He said with his golden eyes narrowed.
"Kagome was here as well; she was injured." He said picking up the scent of her blood.
Kikyo felt as her heart clenched. What if Sesshoumaru had killed her, she thought. Inuyasha sensing her distress assured her that the blood was too little to her to have been fatally injured. Kikyo understood, but that still didn't calm her. Kagome was alive, but with what Inuyasha had told her Sesshoumaru was after her. And everyone knew that Sesshoumaru wasn't one to show mercy, especially to humans. Even though things weren't looking up, they still had the hope that Kagome's power was growing. If only she could manage to stay alive.
"Kikyo, I need to find her." Inuyasha said walking toward her. "I owe her that much." The hanyou said with his ears flattened. He was sorry for being such a jerk to Kagome. Even though he didn't love her like she wanted him to, he saw her as a sister. He cursed himself for being so rude to her. And he couldn't help, but feel guilty for her leaving. He could see the hurt in her eyes, everytime he and Kikyo would embrace or hold hands. He couldn't loose her. He just couldn't.
"Take the others with you." Kikyo said squeezing his hand gently. The hanyou nodded and quickly agve her a peck on the cheek, before he sped towards the village.
Kikyo stood there and watched him disappear into the woods. She just hoped that Inuyasha found her in time. For if Sesshoumaru killed her; he would be destroying the world's last hope in the upcoming battle with Naraku.
Sesshoumaru growled as he was having a hard time keeping up with the girl. The human was faster then he had eventually thought. And she had the stamina that most humans wouldn't have. They had been running for a long time without stopping and she still seemed as calm as they had begun the chase. He was getting quite frustrated. Each time that he thought that he was going to catch her, she could increase her speed. It was clear that she was toying with him.
"Come one, Fluffy's too slow." She taunted.
However this was her mistake. She didn't watch where she was going and tripped on a rock. She landed with a big thump on the floor. Mentally cursing herself for being that stupid. She had to time to get up as she was pinned by Sesshoumaru. "I've finally captured you, bitch." He snarled at her. He got even angrier when he noticed that she wasn't afraid of him. In contrast she was mocking him again.
"Yes, you did Fluffy." She said teasingly.
Sesshoumaru felt his blood boil as she gave him another nickname. "Bitch!" he growled.
"I could be your bitch if you want me to." She said winking at him. If the Taiyoukai of the West was one to loose his composure, he would have fallen off of her by her statement. But being the ice prince of course he settled with baring his fangs at her.
"Do you have any last wishes?" he asked poising his hand to strike. She looked that she was thinking for a moment, before a grin appeared on her face.
"Yes, leave Kagome alone." She said. It was then that it sank in. Sesshoumaru understood that he had been tricked. He closed his eyes as he tried to control his rage at being deceived once again by the human wench.
"You're an illusion." He said opening his eyes and looking straight at her.
"Correct, give the dog a bone."
Sesshoumaru growled, before slamming his fist through her chest, as expected there was no blood. The imposter looked sadly at her chest. She crossed her arms over her chest and pouted.
"That's gonna leave a mark." She said as she slowly vanished into thin air.
Sesshoumaru slowly stood up and looked at the setting sun. His hands were fisted at his side, his claws digging in his palms. (A/N in this fic Fluffy has two hands, it has grown back ) He didn't seem to notice as the blood dripped from his hands. His eyes were bleeding red and it seemed that he had lost the battle with his instincts. She had fooled him again. The wench was going to pa with her life. The girl obviously didn't know who she was playing with. Sesshoumaru smirked as he thought about the idiotic human going west. She was entering his lands without even knowing it. That would be her downfall. With that last thought he turned around and headed toward his lands. That copy of her might have bought her time, but not enough. He would soon catch her. And then she would wish that she had never crossed paths with him. Giving into his instincts he gave out a blood-freezing howl.
Kagome sighed as she sat down. She was tired of running and her muscles were for some reason feeling like jelly. She gave a squeal when she noticed a waterfall a few feet from her. She forgot that she was tired. Quickly jumping up she ran toward the awaiting clear water. Just as she neared the side of the waterfall, she felt as she knew this place from somewhere. It was the first time she noticed how strange the waterfall looked, along the shoreline was filled with white roses. The water seemed almost like a mirror. And she could have sworn that she heard someone singing.
Her senses were some reason going berserk, but she decided to push those thoughts aside. The water seemed to tempting, to think about such things. Quickly stripping to her black string bikini that she wore under her clothes, she jumped into the water. The water was cold, but it soothed her. Unknown to Kagome as soon as she jumped into the water, the water began glowing. However our futuristic girl didn't seem to notice this as she relaxed herself in the cold water. She sighed as she stood in the middle of the lake.
She raised her face to look at the moon and it made her heart stopped. It was bloodred. 'Shit.' She mentally cursed. It was then she noticed the glowing of the water. She wanted to quickly swim out when she was paralyzed, she couldn't move. She struggled, but it was worthless. She watched with white eyes as the roses began bleeding; the blood slipping into the water, turning it crimson. Kagome struggled even more when she saw the red substance work itself towards her. She didn't want the blood to touch her, but she knew it was worthless. However to her amazement the blood stopped before it touched, leaving the water around her clean.
Kagome blinked a few times. She began struggling again; only to stop when a gentle wind caressed her cheek. "Don't fight it." The wind whispered to her. She instantly stilled. For some reason she wasn't afraid. "Who are you?" she asked. "All will be revealed at its rightful time." The wind seemed to whisper at her again. She nodded as the wind caressed her cheek again, making her calm. "Midoriko." She whispered, the jewel glowing brightly around her neck; the blue light engulfing her. Kagome was pulled up form the water where she floated in the middle of the lake. Her hair flew all around her as the wind seemed to become stronger and stronger. Her eyes were closed and her lips slightly parted.
Her body suddenly began glowing, seeming like pure raw energy. The energy was so strong that it seemed to burn her swimsuit. Her eyes snapped open and were completely white. And slowly white feathers began raining from the sky. The wind seemed to become a tornado that seemed to envelope Kagome, including the feathers. The feathers surrounded her body and seemed to take form of clothes. The red blood around her seemed to glow and turn into red lights that surrounded her as the tornado disappeared and leaving Kagome dressed in new clothes.
The red lights slowly danced around her before actually touching Kagome. The lights touched both cheeks and two red stripes appeared on each cheek. The lights touched her wrists and two stripes appeared there as well. As did two stripes appear on both sides of her waist. The last touch was the red six-pointed star that appeared on her left arm. The red lights seeming to be satisfied with their work seemed to slowly disappear. Now the part of the water that wasn't tainted by the blood seemed to glow and transform in light blue lights and float around her. The blue lights touched her forehead and a light blue teardrop gemstone. These lights however seemed to have more work. Some of them touched her right wrists and silver hoop- bracelets seemed to appear around her wrist. The earrings around her ear were replaced with two large hoop-earrings. The same light blue lights touched her two ankles and on both appeared two silver hoop-anklets. The last touch was the now silver blue highlights that adorned her long hair. Finally satisfied the lights disappeared.
She was slowly lowered down on the awaiting water. A black stone seemed to rise from under the water, where Kagome was slowly lowered there. She slowly blinked a few times, her eyes getting back their normal silver blue color. Her body was still tingling from the transformation. She was startled when someone stepped out from the bushes and stood at the side of the lake. Her heart stopped as she watched the Demon Lord of the West look at her.
Sesshoumaru looked at her, with golden eyes that could match the sun in brightness. He had seen everything, her transformation, all of it. He looked at her. Her features were still the same only now she had pointed ears like his. Two red stripes kissed both of her cheeks. The light blue teardrop gemstone seemed to glow under the moonlight. Her clothes were white. She was wearing what seemed to be a white halter-top long dress. The straps of the dress were light blue and seemed to glow. Kagome stood slowly on both legs and mustered her courage to look at Sesshoumaru. The dress had a split on both sides that came just below her hips, giving him an ample view of her legs.
Her hair was now even darker then before with icy blue highlights and it reached just above her ankles. Her skin had turned into a really pale color, but appealing nonetheless. The hem of the dress was decorated with light blue stones, making it look like starbursts. However what caught Sesshoumaru's attention were her pair of wings, instead of white wings as he was inspecting they were black. And this made him wonder. Why would she have black wings? The sign on her forehead depicted her to be a high ranking angel. Probably a daughter of the heavens, but her wings showed that she was a fallen angel. And those red stripes were markings of demon, not of angels. Sesshoumaru let his gaze wonder to her hands. They had light blue claws. He silently wondered if she had fangs as well. He had seen the six pointed star on her left arm, but he didn't recall a royal family possessing such a sign, but he was sure that she was royalty.
She was rather attractive, he thought. But he instantly kicked himself mentally for thinking such a thing. Pushing those thoughts aside he glared at her. "I've finally found you wench." He growled; he smirked as he finally felt fear mingle itself with her scent. He had to admit that her scent was sweet. She smelled like fresh roses with a hint of cinnamon.
"You do know that you've challenged this Sesshoumaru." He said feeling quite proud of himself as the scent of fear seemed to envelope her. "Bitch, answer me." He said in a harsh, voice. He was taken back when her scent seemed to spice up. It was the sign that she was angry. She glared at him; he could have sworn that her eyes looked more silvery. "My name is Ka-Go- Me, you stupid baka!" she yelled, showing of her fangs at him. So she did have fangs, Sesshoumaru thought.
'How dared she call him a baka?' he thought angrily. "Wench, you shall address this Sesshoumaru by his proper name." he said growling. However she completely ignored him and turned her face away. She crossed her arms over her chest and looked stubbornly at the water. This of course infuriated Sesshoumaru. He didn't like to be ignored. Yet he calmed himself, he knew how to get back at her. There were many ways to win a war.
"Shall we end what you've started?" he asked suddenly, in a much softer voice. Her head snapped up and she looked at him with big blue eyes. He would have smiled if he wasn't the ice prince. She seemed like a frightened rabbit now.
"Or are you afraid?" he asked now in a sarcastic voice. He got the desired response from her. She growled fiercely at him and looked defiantly in his eyes. Without giving him a second chance she seemed to appear in front of him. A silver sword with a blue hilt appeared in her hand and she swung it at Sesshoumaru that quickly blocked it with Toukishin (sp?). He hadn't expected her to be this fast and this strong. She was acting just like a true demoness.
Sesshoumaru smirked as he pushed her back. She wanted to fight; he would give her a fight. Without giving her a chance he seemed to disappear and appear behind her. As he suspected she was still weak from her transformation. She turned around to block his attack, but instead was disarmed by Sesshoumaru and struck by the tiny energy beams from Toukishin. She was knocked into a tree.
"Do you yield?" He asked smirking when he saw her stand up.
"Never." She hissed. She stood up and looked once again defiantly at him. Sesshoumaru had a hard time fighting his instincts. Her defiance was making his demon side go wild. Is was making him want to tame her and make her his. However the Taiyoukai had more self-control then that. He looked on as she seemed to draw energy in her hands. Electric blue and black energy gathered in her tiny hands and she formed two glowing orbs both of them made of the blue and black energy. "Try this on for size." She said releasing both of them on Sesshoumaru. The Demon Lord dodged them, but was surprised when he noticed the orbs coming back towards him. One look at Kagome told him that she was controlling them. He growled and used Toukishin to slice through one of the orbs. However the second one connected with his chest, throwing him a few feet away.
"It's done." Kagome said smiling sadly; she didn't want to kill him, but she had no other choice. She collapsed on the ground, her wings disappearing. She had used too much energy and her body still needed to rest. She tried to fight the fatigue, but she finally lost the battle and lost consciousness. Unknown to her Sesshoumaru hadn't been killed. His upper-kimono was tattered and he had a nasty burn on his chest. He stood silently in front of her. He had Toukishin ready to strike, but for some reason he couldn't kill the young woman in front of him. Growling low he sheathed his sword.
Slowly he picked her up and was surprised that she weighed almost nothing. He convinced himself that the only reason he was keeping her alive was for he was curious about what she was and he could always use her to get Tetseiga. He had to admit that she was quite powerful vixen. Maybe he would challenge her again after she woke up. For it was not that common that he would find someone that could keep up with him in a fight. Yes, she would be very useful to him. Smirking he took off into the darkness of the night. Not realizing that he carried the most precious blessing that the World had at that moment.
To be continued.......
So how was it? Kagome's origin will be revealed in the next chapter. Please read and review or sent me an e-mail at Alejandra2785hotmail.com. Anyhow see you.
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