Sora: Chapter Six Rewrite. Haha, so my goal of writing a few sentences a day totally went out the window, sorry about that. But you know life and crap comes before writing. (Getting one's bachelor degree is hard work! I have to keep telling myself only two years to go. .) And thanks to those who've added me to their favorite and alert lists, I like getting notices like those! ^.^ but it wouldn't hurt to get actual reviews to see what you guys think of my writing! So please review!
"Then you will have to trust me. Beyond logic, beyond reason, beyond hope, trust me." Deth: The Riddle Master by Patricia A McKillip
It really was ironic, was Kagome's single thought as she stumbled over a tree root. Her adventure in the past began with Inuyasha attacking her and now it would end with him attacking her. Yes, her life was truly ironic. Gasping, she tried to push herself to go faster. Inuyasha was catching up; she could feel his demonic energy approaching closer with every passing second. Stumbling again Kagome fell into the clearing that surrounded the God Tree. She wasn't going to make it to either Keade's village or the well.
She could try his subjection beads, but Kagome doubted that it would work; Kikyo was after all the better trained Miko. She would have been able to take care of her own sister's work. That left Kagome with the only option to use her bow and arrows, something she wasn't willing to do. Inuyasha was her friend. Perhaps she could hurt him enough to slow him down, enough that he would still be able to heal from it.
Taking a deep breath Kagome positioned herself so that she was facing the direction that Inuyasha was approaching from. Pulling out her bow she had a moment to beret herself for not learning more about barriers when she had the chance. Grasping an arrow she pulled the string taunt, preparing to fire the first shot, she would only get one.
The hanyou that was her friend entered the clearing, coming to a stop from the run he had been in. Eyes that glowed crimson glared at her through a silver sheen of hair. He took a step forward, and Kagome took aim. This was it.
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Yusuke wondered if he really had brain damage as his friends often claimed. What possessed him to come to the Old Woman for more training? He sat upon a bolder, on one of his extremely rare breaks, thinking about how stupid he was for trusting that the old bat wouldn't kill him. Right, that was smart. He glared to the side, his five minutes was almost up and he still felt like crap. What he really needed was an actual night's sleep, not that the old woman cared. Speak of the devil… He thought as Genkai appeared in front of him. "Ready dimwit?" She asked. And Yusuke nodded. He had to be.
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The smell of decay was strong; it went off to the side in an easily detected trail. But that wasn't the one they wanted, not that Raizen knew that. Daisuke sniffed the air, testing its currents for the correct scent to follow. There it was, the smell of mixed blood drifted from the opposite direction from the graveyard stench. Grinning happily he dashed forward, leaving Raizen to follow in his wake.
Raizen rushed past the spot where Daisuke had stopped only moments before, cursing the fact that the other youkai was the faster of the two of them. One of these days he was going to trap Daisuke and pummel him to death. Yes, that was an extremely pleasing thought to the Warlord, and a very entertaining one at that. Pushing himself to go faster Raizen nearly caught up when Daisuke vanished into thin air. Jerking to a halt Raizen once again cursed his friend as he sought his familiar sent. It appeared a few miles away, in the proximity of a hanyou's. Where they really going through so much trouble for a half-breed? He wondered, annoyed. Growling in frustration he promised to at least give Daisuke a headache and turned toward the scents. Oh yes, Daisuke would pay.
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For weeks after Kagome would marvel at what had happened. Some things in life just came at you, whether it was a pop quiz or being pulled down an enchanted well into the past. Today was another such instance, but then, we're getting ahead of ourselves.
She couldn't do it. Even with the hanyou rushing toward, intent on killing her, she could not release the purified arrow on her friend. Kikyo knew that, what better way to get rid of her 'copy'? Inuyasha came dangerously close to succeeding in completing Kikyo's command. Her bow was still in its raised position, the arrow pulled taunt and ready to fire, and Inuyasha's claws had barely grazed her neck when he had been yanked back from her. Inuyasha went flying across the clearing, crashing into one of the ancient trees. The bark splintered and the tree buckled under the hanyou's weight.
A demon stood before her, crouched and ready to spring should Inuyasha recover enough to instigate another attack. Her bow slipped from her hands, numb from the shock of her near death experience, and at the appearance of the black haired demon. "You alright there, missy?" He asked, inclining his head back toward her. Blue eyes that seemed so familiar shown with concern as he quickly assessed her wound, grumbling to himself he turned back toward the hanyou, warily eyeing his movements. "You're being an annoying little brat; I think you need some time out." Inuyasha growled in response to the other demon's taunts and Kagome took a step back, her mind still reeling from his sudden appearance. Just who the heck was this guy?
Inuyasha suddenly launched himself into an aggressive attack, his claws flashing toward the black haired demon's neck. Even with his demon side in control, enhancing his strength and speed, he was unable to even get close to the other. Instead he was sent flying back across the clearing as the mysterious demon slammed his fist into his gut. For the second time that day Inuyasha's back became acquainted with the trees, breaking one in half to continue to the one behind it. "Stupid pup," the unknown demon muttered in contempt as Inuyasha once again forced himself to stand.
"Daisuke!" a voice yelled from the forest, which was soon followed by the appearance of yet another demon. Red eyes flashed as he glared at Kagome's savior. "Explain just what the heck we're doing before I rip your head off!" He took a step forward, as if to prove he would carry out his threat.
Daisuke merely laughed, than nodded toward Kagome's direction, "Can't you tell? And here I thought you were one of the 'greatest demons' in existence!" He continued to laugh, his eyes still focused on Inuyasha's movements. The other demons eyes narrowed as he took another step toward Daisuke. Taking a deep breath he froze, eyes widening slightly, than focusing sharply on Kagome. "You have got to be kidding me!" he snapped, returning his glare toward Daisuke.
Inuyasha growled, not liking the turn of events. These two strangers where in the way of his mission, a mission his entire being demanded to obey. So obey it did. He once again launched himself toward the other demon, but instead of attacking he dogged to the side, intending to go around him and strike the frail woman down. He snarled as he was yet again thwarted in his attempt as Daisuke appeared before him, locking his arms into a tight hold. "Do me a favor Raizen and get her out of here!" Daisuke snapped, pushing the enraged Inuyasha back a few feet.
The next thing Kagome knew were the trees rushing past as Raizen carried her through the forest, away from the strange Daisuke and her possessed friend. Snapping out of her shock she started to struggle, pounding on the demons shoulder, "Put me down!" Snorting the other merely shook his head and increased his speed, apparently wanting to get to where ever they were going as fast as possible. Growling Kagome clenched her hand into a fist; preparing to hit the demon with her miko powers should he not put her down. She was just about to hit him when he suddenly came to a stop, breaking her concentration.
Sighing, Raizen placed the girl on the ground, quietly sniffing the air to make sure his first impression was correct. As the girl's scent reached his nose, he knew there was no mistake, at least now he knew the truth of Daisuke's words earlier. "I really hate Chrono's," he muttered to himself, silently cursing the day he had meet Daisuke. He leaned against a tree, turning his gaze onto the confused girl's face.
Kagome eyed the demon, wondering why he seemed so familiar. He had the same name as Yusuke's father…but that couldn't be possible, Yusuke was human. "Who are you?" she asked hesitantly, the demon wasn't attacking her, heck, he had saved her, but that didn't mean he didn't have an alternative motive. Raizen smirked, a smirk that was extremely familiar to Kagome. Was it really possible? "Good question," he responded, "but one I'm not really sure how to answer. My name is Raizen, for anything else we're gong to have to wait for Daisuke." Nodding, even more confused than before, Kagome found herself a seat on one of the ancient tree roots. She hoped the other demon didn't kill Inuyasha…
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Daisuke eyed the brash hanyou before him. Ridiculous, he thought, the boy had absolutely no control, it was pathetic. The silver haired youth tried yet again to get past him, to run after the quickly retreating scent of the girl and Raizen. "No, no pup," Daisuke murmured, once again blocking the boy, "You're not to be harming anyone in so foolish a manner. Get a hold of yourself or I will be forced to act."
Inuyasha merely growled at the elder demon, his mind slowly losing focus of Kagome's scent, she was getting away! Growling yet again, Inuyasha's eyes flashed toward the other's face, the one who was preventing him from attaining his prey. He would have to deal with this pest first. Taking a deep breath Inuyasha prepared to launch himself yet again at the tall demon in front of him, but as the other's scent reach his nose Inuyasha froze. That scent was familiar…
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How annoying, Kikyo thought watching the new developments. Her copy had gotten away because of that interfering demon. Who would have thought a demon would come to the girls rescue. Kikyo glared at the unknown demon that was effectively preventing her toy from completing his mission. Whoever he was, he was in the way and was thus fated to die. Kikyo drew an arrow and fitted it to the bow, taking careful aim at the demons heart, no need to be hasty and make mistakes, and infused it with her tainted powers. Even tainted, a miko's power could be lethal to a demon. Smirking she released the arrow, watching it fly across the clearing toward the unsuspecting demon. And it missed…
"Now, now," a voice said from behind her, "Don't be such a pest little one." Kikyo wheeled around, the demon was standing behind her, one hand clutching the top of her bow. His eye's narrowed, "I never liked witches, always medaling with things that aren't theirs." He sighed, blue eyes looking at her with such pity.
"Let go of my bow, demon," Kikyo demanded, taking a step back from the look just as much as from the demon. "I am a miko; it is my duty to keep balance! That child doesn't belong! She has my soul!" The demon didn't move, didn't respond in any seeable way. He just seemed to be waiting, calculating when the most opportune moment to act would come about.
Finally he moved, shattering her bow in two with a quick flick of his wrist. "What a pitiful creature you are," he whispered, taking another step toward her. In response Kikyo took another step back, fear started growing within her. How was this possible? She was a miko, the protector of the sacred jewel! But there was something about this demon, some instinct that told her that she was no match. Even Naraku couldn't make her feel this way… "It's time for you to rest little one," he whispered quietly, his blue eyes taking on an eerie glow, "Your time has long since been over."
Than he simply reached out his hand, a gentle brush against her forehead and the world began to fade. She tried to struggle, calling out to her soul stealers, fighting to maintain her link to the mortal realm. She wanted to live! She wanted...to...live... And than nothing, she had lost.
Daisuke smiled, watching as the orbs of souls floated away, finding peace in their own resting places after being freed from their forced enslavement, poor creature, to be created from bones and soil, to be forced to live with only a part of a soul, a part that held only anguish and hate. Finally, as the last soul escaped from its prison, the fake body collapsed, fading back into what it once was; bones and grave soil. The last soul swarmed a little, as if lost as to where to go, before quietly floating away in the directing that Raizen had taking the youngling.
A scream brought his attention back to the other youngling, the hanyou who was being controlled. Inuyasha had collapsed a few feet from him, apparently trying to reach him before Kikyo's release. His fists were clutched, grasping at his head. The boy was in pain. Sighing he walked toward the boy. "Rest now little one," he whispered gently, "The pain will be gone when you wake." Than he placed his hand on the hanyou's head, in a similar fashion to what he had done to Kikyo. Soon Inuyasha collapsed fully onto the ground, his face relaxing into slumber.
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Kagome gasped, her gazed locked onto the sky. Souls, souls that she was sure had come from Kikyo, were drifting in the sky, floating lazily to their final resting place. Had the other demon done that? Had he killed Kikyo? Distracted, Kagome didn't see one soul coming through the trees until it had reached her, merging with her own soul to once again from a single soul. "What did he do?" she muttered quietly to herself.
She didn't have to wait long for her answer. Kagome had just barely resettled onto the root before Daisuke appeared, causing Kagome to jump. She hadn't even felt his approach! It was as if the man had just appeared out of thin air. Daisuke was grinning, his teeth flashing in the sunlight revealing dangerously sharp teeth. "Did you kill him?" she demanded, her eyes locking with his, the same crystal blue as her own.
Daisuke rolled his eyes. "No, just gave him a well deserved beating, stupid pup, trying to hurt one of mine," he glared to the side, thinking back on the foolish hanyou, "and the undead one has been sent to rest." He sighed, his gaze drifting off to the side before turning back to Kagome. "You alright little one?" he asked, turning back to Kagome. She nodded hesitantly. "Good!" He eyed her curiously, than he said something that cast Kagome off the ship of simple confusion straight into the sea. "Wow your pretty! I can't wait to meet your mom!" than he grinned like a fool, seemingly going off into his own world.
"Wha-what?" Kagome stuttered, taking a step back from the obviously deranged youkai. Daisuke blinked, his attention once again returning to the young girl in front of him. "What?" he asked, "you don't know?" Just as he finished asking, Raizen quickly hit him upside the head.
"Obviously she doesn't know!" he growled, "not everyone is an obnoxious know-it-all like you, you wretched Chrono." than he turned to Kagome, fixing her with his red eyed gaze. "This fool may have changed his looks by the time you are born, but surely he must seem familiar in some way. Your sent obviously indicates you're his daughter."
With that Kagome promptly fainted.
"Will you look at that," Daisuke said, mildly shocked, "Never thought I'd see that happen…" Raizen's response to his friends comment was to simply snort, apparently it was possible to do the impossible; a Chrono could be surprised.
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Koenma was having a bad day. Fist off, he had tons of paper work to do and the idiot orges weren't being any help. Second, all his spirit detectives were busy preparing for the rather important Dark Tournament, which meant he couldn't bother them for assignments, which in turn meant he had to find temporary replacements for them, replacements that were horrible incompetent. And thirdly, he had to deal with the Youkai Lord. Not a very pleasant experience. He would never understand that demon, it was strange enough that he would want access to the human world, but it was even stranger that he should want a human to have the ability to go to the demon world at will. The human would be dead within moments! He had said as much to the Lord and had nearly had his head ripped off for his trouble.
So here he was now stamp poised above the paper that would give one human a quick and painful death all for the pleasure of an extremely dangerous demon, a demon that his father had told him not to cross. But did his father mean to follow the Lord's instructions in even this? Koenma sighed; yes he was truly having a bad day, and let the stamp fall.
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Kagome's head hurt. That was the first thing she was aware of as she gained consciousness. The second thing she was aware of was voices, voices that were both familiar and unfamiliar. "She's coming to," one voice said, a slightly harsh voice that reminded her of Yusuke.
"Really?" said the other cheerfully, "I would have never guessed!" Kagome groaned, that guy just sounded too cheerful for his own good. "Whoa there missy," said the cheerful voice as Kagome tried to sit up, "take your time to adjust." Nodding, than wincing at the pain that action caused, Kagome settled down to wait for her head to stop spinning, and for her vision to come back.
When her head had finally stopped having a party she was able to focus her vision on the two demons before. Locking gazes with the blue-eyed one she was suddenly reminded as to why her head hurt so much. Father… Staring at him she was able to make those connections. This man, this demon was her father, the same goofy smile, same hair and eyes but younger, so much younger. Daisuke grinned. "You alright little one?" he asked. Kagome merely nodded. 'Little one,' her father used to call her that all the time.
"Well," Daisuke said, jumping up to stand on his feet, "I guess we should start out with proper introductions." He smiled brightly, as if meeting his daughter that hadn't even been born yet, whose mother hadn't even been born yet, was normal. "I'm Daisuke, your one day loving father, and this stone is Raizen your wonderful to-be uncle. It's a pleasure to meet you!" He looked expectantly at Kagome, who hesitantly told him her name. This was weird, even for her. "Wonderful," he chirped, "Now to explain the basics. Raizen here is a Warlord demon, they're especially fun to annoy and extremely strong." During this little explanation Daisuke had to doge a hit to his head as Raizen retaliated being introduced as 'fun to annoy.' "And I'm a Chrono, which means you're a Chrono too, how fun for you!"
Kagome sighed, pushing herself up into a sitting position. Yup, there was no doubt about it; this crazed fool was her father. Then she turned to him and asked a very important question, "What's a Chrono?" The result was instantaneous. Daisuke fell into a sitting position, the shocked look on his face almost comical, while Raizen burst into loud, gruff laughter.
"A demon that isn't a demon," Raizen replied as his laughter faded, "One who is here and yet nowhere. Chrono's power center on time and they are the guardians of balance. Miko's and priest's are descendants from past Chrono's who've married humans." Kagome blinked. Miko's and priest's, people of 'holy' power where really descended from demons?
Daisuke sighed, "I don't really want to get into a history lesson right now, and we haven't much time as it is. Though the miko who placed the curse upon your friend is dead the spell remains and I cannot reverse it. You need to return to your own time before he awakens. I'm sure that, if I do not survive to the time of your maturity, I would leave behind something to teach you and inform you of your ability. Ask your mother when you get home. For now all you need to know is that you're a Chrono and with that it is your responsibility to keep the balance," Kagome almost interrupted but stopped at Daisuke's sharp look, "In your own time. It's my job to deal with this time, it's time for you to go home and stay there. You're friend is cursed, and we can't change that, not here not now, maybe in your time, after the curse has had time to fade, but until then he will never cease to attack you until you have been killed. Do you understand?"
Kagome nodded reluctantly. Daisuke's intense look was hard to ignore, and she knew, no matter how much she would like to deny it, that she couldn't help Inuyasha. She wasn't strong enough, she was never strong enough… "I understand," she whispered, tears forming in her eyes.
"Good girl," he said gently, pulling her into a gentle hug. "Don't you worry; I'll take good care of your friend." Kagome nodded, rubbing the tears form her eyes. He stood up, pulling Kagome into his hold. "I'll be back, Raizen, just going to see the little one off safely." The other demon nodded, leaning against a tree. Then they we're off, rushing off to the well.
"I want to say goodbye," Kagome muttered, her eyes watching the trees rush by. Daisuke nodded, there was time for that.
Wahoo! One more 'redone' chapter to go and I'll have finally caught up to myself. (Posted 01-18-09) Lol, so almost seven full pages, that's pretty good. Hope you enjoyed.
For those of you like Kikyo, heres a little explaination for her actions. Kikyo's soul is incomplete, and if you haven't noticed Kagome as a ridiculously high tolerance for forgiving idiots and not hatting people. So This is just my idea, the part of Kagome's soul that Kikyo kept was a part of soul that centered on hate and pain. Just my idea, and it fit with the story.
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