After the gang except Miroku witnessed the betrayal of Kagome who had gone with their arch nemesis, Naraku, and became his ally, all of them returned to the village with a heavy heart, especially Inuyasha. He couldn't believe that Kagome would do such a thing to them. But that was just because of him and nobody should be blamed but himself, he thought. That night, most of them could not sleep well thinking of what will happen to the miko as she was with lowbred demon. Sango kept on crying quietly as she lay on the ground beside between Miroku and Kirara. Miroku knew that she was crying even though her back was towards him. She was shaking a bit as she lay on the floor. He was worried that she would not have enough sleep and would tire herself all night long. The demon cat that was sitting beside her was licking her cheek that was off the floor to dry her tears away. Kirara felt bad for her master that she move closer to her to sleep closely beside her in order to comfort her in her grief.
Meanwhile, the revived miko and the Inu hanyo slept beside each other as well. Not literally beside each other but as Kikyo sleep on the blanket on the floor, Inuyasha slept cross seating, his back on the wall, just a foor and a few decimeters near Kikyo. The miko slept well but the hanyo did not. He was closing his eyes but after a few minutes he opens it. He can't stop himself from thinking of the other miko. Every time he would close his eyes and go to sleep, the thought of the other miko's decision of going with Naraku was bugging him. He couldn't accept it. He really can't. He felt guilty for it but not just guilt, hurt as well. There won't be any Kagome to sit him any more when he make mistakes or makes her mad. There won't be any Kagome to always be with him by his side even at the most difficult times. No one will ride on his back anymore anytime they travel. And most of all, her sweet voice won't be heard by any one of them, always cheering and giving them courage to fight. Yup, there won't be any miko named Kagome anymore to be with them…
"Kagome…" Inuyasha whispered as he slowly fell asleep.
As the moon was at the middle of the night sky with its vibrant yellowish glow in the atmosphere, the moon God continued to float on the land searching for her daughter who he might thought be still alive. There was this feeling inside of him that knew and believed that she was still living and just near where he was. So he continued on finding her…
A few Kilometers from where Tsukigomi was, was Naraku's secret territory. It was nearly morning when he and Kagome returned to his place. When they were off the barrier, Kagura and Kanna met them.
"Welcome Lady Kagome." Kanna greeted her with her soft eerie voice.
"Thank you Kanna." Kagome replied pleasantly to the little demon girl. Then she greeted Kagura, "It's nice to see you again, Kagura. You seem to be in an unpleasant mood." She said it as she saw Kagura's face like she was worried or angered.
The demon wind Goddess heard the miko and reacted quickly, "Oh no, this is nothing. I was just sleeping when you arrived and so I got irritated cause I couldn't continue my beauty rest." She said it coolly like nothing affected her.
After the greeting, the filthy demon spoke interrupting them. "Enough with the greetings both of you. It's time for us to go inside the palace and let our guest rest."
His two servants agreed and escorted Kagome to the palace. As they walked the miko looked around the place and observed that it was dark. Not just because it was nighttime but that fact that surrounding it were thick mists and a strong evil demonic aura. The place was cold and chilly. It could give you Goosebumps all over. Kagome has that feeling in her that she wanted to go out but can't. She was not frightened nor scared but spooked. The place was almost like a dead land. The soil was dry, the plants were wilted, there were bones of dead animals in a corner, weeds were growing but those that can survive the dry land and there seem to be no room for something pleasant.
A few minutes later, they reached the front part of the palace. The palace was huge. It was well constructed and thought to be the only normal place in sight. It was like any other old Japanese palace for the high ranked officials. There were no broken walls that you might expect for a place where a demon Lord would live. No damaged doors, no broken windows nor floors. There wasn't even rust on the roof. It was clean and tidy yet with an unlikable atmosphere filling the entire indoors as the miko can see and feel even if she was outside.
All of them entered the place through a huge door. When they were inside. Naraku asked Kanna to lead her lady to her room while he went to his own and told Kagura that she can do what ever she wants just at that time.
"Kanna."
"Yes, my Lord."
"Lead lady Kagome to her room. I'll talk to her in the morning." The filthy demon said the last word looking at the miko intending to remind her about her being his ally since she agreed with their bargain.
Kanna replied to him obediently, "I will do so as you command." She bowed before her master and was going to tell the miko to foll0w her but she was interrupted by her lady. "Lady Kagome, please…"
"Wait a minute." The miko told the lowbred youkai.
"And what is it that you want." The lowbred demon replied coldly as he halted on his track.
"I just want to know. Have you forgotten that you'll control me after you I have finished what I must do for my part of the bargain?" She was thinking of it ever since they left the village. Naraku told her that he would be in control of her mind and spirit after she has fulfilled what she has needed to do. But he didn't. She thought that he might have forgotten about it.
The demon looked at her at the eye and said, "I remembered it well."
"Then why didn't you put me into your control?"
"Cause I have thought twice."
The miko did not understand his reason. It was shown in her face. The questioning expression of hers made the demon tell her why he thought twice.
"You see my dear miko, I have thought that controlling you won't do any good at all to my plans. And the truth is. I don't have enough power to control you. Remember the time when you were controlled by Hakudoshi's infant form? That time when Kagura took you to a shrine because I asked her to put a dark Shikon shard in you like I did to Kohaku. When she was about to put the shard in you, something hindered her from doing do. It was like an invisible barrier. I knew then that it was your sacred power that was protecting you. The shard cannot pass through it for it has an evil aura." Then Naraku turned away from the miko, "And even though a shard is inside you right now. Its darkness will be purified by your sacred power." With that, Naraku walked away in the hall going to his room. As he was walking, he told Kagura, "Do whatever you want while I'm still at rest." And the demon wind goddess turned away with out even bowing at her master, going outside of the palace as she spoke,
'Hm. Very well."
Kanna continued on what she was saying, "Lady Kagome, please follow me. This way." The young soul collector then led the miko to her room.
When they were at the place, Kanna opened the door of the room showing a wide and spacious resting place. The mat where she would sleep was wide with beautiful cherry blossom embroidery on it. At the opposite of the door, was open space; the door was open showing a large pond where you can swim or bath. But there were no plants. Only medium size rocks beside the pond. It was a dull ambiance. Beside the sleeping mat was a wooden table atop was an empty vase and two candles on a candleholder that was lit. And at the opposite side of the mat was a door to a small closet where there were clothes, kimonos to be specific, for a young lady like herself. There were also ribbons for her hair. She entered the place and Kanna bowed on her knees and was going to close the door but Kagome stopped her by asking,
"Do you like flowers?"
The young demon was taken aback by her question. The door was open halfway as she sat beside the door holding with one hand the side of it, motionless. It was like she was thinking but not obvious. After a while she replied.
"Yes, I like flowers."
What kind do you like?" Kagome asked her after her reply as she went to the girl and knelt in front of her.
Kanna looked at the miko in front of her then said in her soft eerie voice, "Those that seem to match the atmosphere of this place. Those that the colors are pale and cold looking because master doesn't like those that shows life and happiness like the colorful flowers outside this land where you came from."
Kagome looked at the young demoness with pity. Kanna, for a little demon girl hadn't been given the chance to enjoy her life. Even just having pretty little playthings or jewels like bracelets, dolls or just small lanterns that kids enjoy looking at. The miko was sorry for her but at the same time wanted to make her happy. So she held the girls face in her hands and the young demon looked at her. Kagome spoke to her sweetly,
"All right." She smiled at her, "Why don't we pick flowers and uproot some plants tomorrow. We'll bring them here in the palace and put some life in this place. I really don't like the atmosphere around here so I'll change it. The palace needs some refurnishing and I'll do just that!"
Kanna was surprised and worried by what she said then told the miko, "But Master might get mad at what you will do. He might not like the palace to be altered into something pleasing to the eyes of the pure."
"Don't worry. I'm not going to change the dark ambiance. I'll just put some homing touches to this place to make it more homely."
The young demon was worried but the miko's smile made it fade. So she agreed with her plan. Kagome was glad that she agreed with her. And so the miko stood up and stretched her arms up as she yawned.
"By the way, Kanna." Kagome said.
The young demon was still kneeling down as she replied, "Yes, my Lady."
"Can we be friends?"
Kanna was again surprised by her question. She looked at the miko clueless.
"You want me to be your friend?"
The miko bended down a bit to look at her closely, "Yes, since you're lonely and I don't have someone who is close to me here, I want you to be my close companion. If it's okay with you, that is?"
Kanna was shy and didn't know what to say. She couldn't believe someone wanted her to be her friend. She was happy inside. She looked at the miko with a smile and answered, "Okay."
And so the two became friends with each other. After that Kanna left Kagome in her room alone. When she was on her own, she sat on the outdoor wooden doorway facing the small pond, thinking of Inuyasha and the others back at Kaede's village. Are they sleeping well? She thought. She can't stop her conscience from bothering her. She had betrayed her friends and Inuyasha. They trusted her so much and all she did was go with their archenemy. She felt like crying but tears wouldn't come out of her eyes. She was so weak at the moment. What she felt was making her weak. The guilt was consuming her. She leaned on a wooden post beside her.
"I'm so sorry you guys." She said it with so much sorrow inside her but she couldn't seem to express outside that her face seem to be emotionless yet weak. But those words triggered tears to flow from her eyes. And after a minute, she seems to have a hard time keeping it all inside her that it burst out of her through crying. She cried her anguish out. She cried her heart out until tears could no longer flow from her eyes. She was exhausted from pouring all her hurt. So, slowly she lied on the wooden from not caring where she's sleeping and closed her eyes and rested herself from a long strenuous day.
There was a drop of water heard near by and slowly, rested eyes opened to what seemed to be a short sleep. She found herself in an unknown place where no one was in sight. She sat up and felt the coolness of water under her. She was sitting on a wet ground. And as she knew it slowly rained. Drops of water continued to pour from the sky until the ground was all soaked by it. "Where am I?" she asked in the air. She looked around and saw a shrine behind her. It was a shrine offered to the Gods. She did not know what kind of place she was in and never thought that she was to know. Just then, there was a woman who passed by her. She ran towards the shrine as if she was escaping from something. She followed her and found the woman kneeling in front of a statue of a divinity. In front of her laid a baby on the floor. It was sleeping peacefully. A few minutes later a portal opened after the woman had used a spell. The woman entered the portal then and took the baby with her. After that all turned into black and eyes were closed from all seen.
As time passed by that night, Tsukigomi was slowly losing hope in finding his long lost child. He thought then, that he might just be imagining what he heard and felt. But as he was close to giving up, he felt a strong divine aura close by. It was the same aura that he felt before. He followed the aura and it led him to a territory filled with great demonic atmosphere. He entered by going right throw the barrier that was made in order to hide the place. The evil aura was nothing to him for he was a divinity that purifies all the impure. He continued moving towards it. He saw a palace in the middle of the area and the divine power that he felt led him to a pond behind the it. He made himself invisible not to be seen by anyone or anything. There beside the pond was a room and there was a young lady sleeping on the wooden floor. The God moved near her. And as he was standing beside her he stared at her for a long time. The divine aura was from her. It was her that lured him in the place. He looked at the girl's face and there was a resemblance of his beloved Kisara. He felt like he would explode with great joy. There in front of him was the person he was looking for all this time. His long lost daughter. He had no doubt that she was the one. There was this feeling of a father that knew that it was her. It was like there was a connection between them.
"Himiko." He whispered.
The God was overjoyed to see his daughter in front of her just a short reach.
Just then, the miko's eyes moved. It was going to open. Kagome woke up and sat up slowly rubbing her eyes.
"What was that?' She asked herself.
It was the dream that she had. There was a woman who went into a Shrine with a baby and there was this portal that she went in to.
"What did it mean?" she asked again.
She felt that the dream was a vision of something. But what?
The miko did not know that aside from her there was someone with her. Someone who is closely related to her. Her real father. But she could not see him.
Tsukigomi stopped himself from wanting to hold her in his arms dearly. He thought that it wasn't the right time for him to tell her about himself. He would just wait for the right time when all is well. And so, he needed to leave. But before he left, he put his hand on the young ladies shoulder just to feel her there and them vanished in the air.
The Miko felt something touch her shoulder. She turned around to see who it was but there was no one there. It was strange for the touch seemed to be so gentle, so endearing. A touch that seem to be from someone close to her. Like a beloved… then, the picture of the half demon popped in her mind.
'Inuyasha…"
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To all readers: I'm very sorry for your long wait for the continuation of my story. It's been almost a year now. I'm very sorry to my reviewers who want to know what will happen next. I was busy for the past months that I haven't got any time to write the next chapter. But it will be all right soon coz after this chapter I will continue to add chapters every one or two weeks after I upload a new chapter of Dark Divinity. () Thank you for your patience.
By the way, to my reviewers, I would like to thank you for the reviews that you've given. I hope you would continue to give comments, suggestions and other more in order for me to know my failures in writing a good story. Hope you'll read my other new stories in other animes. Here is my newly made story in Ayashi no Ceres: "The Legend of the Sibling Gods". Oh, and please have a review on this story. Thank you very much.
Here are the other chapters that you will await:
You have left me, making me realize the fact that you are truly the one my heart longs for… Chapter 7: sweet grievance Life is precious, and in giving someone another chance to live from death is one great gift to that person...Chapter 8: immense light
One life taken, can be repaid by two… Chapter 9: Aoi and Midori I promised you that I would always protect you. And so I'll search even the widest and deepest ocean just to find you to fulfill that promise…. Chapter 10: under the horizon A heart of stone kept by an unholy beats for a pure heart of a divine and yet still the thought of being the strongest and the most powerful remains in him…. Chapter 11: broken stoneOther chapters will be added…()