Playing with Fire: CHAINED
Summary: After the finale battle against Naraku, Kagome and Kilala are thrown back to her time, but not her home, it would seem the Shikon Jewel has other plans. Now, lost in a forest Kagome wanders around until finally passing out do to exhaustion and hunger. When she wakes up a week later she finds herself in the hands of a fire spirit and its owner Hao Asakura, who happened to come across her while taking a walk with his faithful companion, Opacho. Finding himself unable to walk away from her sense a certain Jewel seemed to find amusement in his suffering. Chained mentally against his will to a girl he's never met before. What will become of the 15 year old girl? How will they break the hold each other have over one another? What of her friends in the past? What will her cousin Anna, think when she see's Kagome with Hao? How is Kagome connected to the Tao family? And how could she have known so many Shamans and have no idea that they were, in fact, Shamans? Read and Review.
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To the song later on in this story, All the pretty little horses. The first one on the list.
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KEY
Flashback/Dream
Flashback
Telepathy
-Hao-
\Kagome\
-Shikon-
Thinking
'Thinking'
Chapter Two
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Old Acquaintances and New Allies
It had been a week and Kanna had yet to let up on the glares that she sent towards the mysterious young 'Treasure' as Hao had dubbed her. Macchi and Mari had no problem with the young girl, Opacho and Hao had decided that she would stay in the tent with Opacho. Two reasons for that, one...Hao hardly let anyone near the girl aside from Macchi, Mari, Opacho and himself...well the demonic two tailed cat too, but that wasn't by choice, he threatened to burn the little cat only to find the kitten was as good at dodging as it was ignoring him.
The girl's wounds were healing nicely but Hao had no doubt that there would be a scar.
Hao sat down once more in front of the fire. He and his followers had been traveling for six days and she still hadn't awakened. The demonic kitten had taken to following Opacho in an almost protective manner, which in Hao's opinion was odd since he was there and was more than capable of protecting the little girl.
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Kagome had been in this faultless dream world for what seemed like decades. All around her were fields of flower and a soft breeze that was invisible to the touch but could be seen blowing against the flowers. Well...in truth, it wasn't as faultless or dream like as she wanted to think.
-Sigh-
She looked around at the dreary place. The ground she stood on was never level, always rocky and crooked. The air was so thick she could barley breath, she could feel the harsh wind in this world, and what was worse, she could smell the scent of blood and decay that the wind carried as it whipped her hair against her skin. The trees were bare and dead. The sky above her was colored in different hues of reds, purples, and greens.
She was sitting cross legged on a tall mountain that over looked the tedious sight she was forced to undergo her training in. A little ways away she heard the same arguing voices that she had spent 6 years listening to.
"I do not care 'INU'. She has been training for six years and is ready to face him." A female voice said to the other.
"I do care 'MIKO', she isn't ready; Hao is a powerful Shaman and she is already chained to him do to your accident." This caught Kagome's attention as she looked down at the man speaking with the woman.
"It isn't my fault. The Shikon decided her fate for her, choosing a soul mate that was fit for balance. Hao represents Yin, all which is chaotic, black. Kagome represents Yang, all which is order, white. Kagome has a bit of black and Hao has a bit of white, just like Yin and Yang." The woman said, her long black hair swaying from behind her knees and her vibrant purple eyes clouded with emotion as she spoke. She wore a white Haori and dark purple Hakama's with bamboo sandals on her feet.
"They are not completely black or white, just as things in life are not completely black or white, and they cannot exist without each other." The man nodded in understanding at what the woman said. His white hair falling down to his ankles in a high ponytail; he wore the same clothes Sesshoumaru wore.
The two looked up at her and she snapped her eyes closed.
"Kagome, come down here, we know you heard us." The woman said. She let a small giggle out before opening her eyes and jumping down the mountain she had sat on.
"Do you understand what the Miko was saying?" He asked.
"Midoriko." The 'Miko' said smoothly.
"Yes, Inu No Taisho-Sama, I understand."
"Good child, now, before we let you go we wish to give you a couple things." Midoriko said. Kagome looked at them confused when the scenery changed to a much nicer one. It wasn't the faultless dream scenery but it wasn't a doom and gloom panorama either.
It was a shrine, her shrine. Her mother, grandfather and brother were sitting on the shrine steps.
She saw a girl with green hair in a twist that came up with three spikes facing towards the sky and three purple hairclips, two crossed over each other in an X shape and the other above the X horizontally –. She wore a Black with green lining Chinese style dress with a white skull on her chest and a green and gold dragon wrapped around a few times starting from the bottom and ending at her waist, her purple eyes stared at her mother with laughter.
"Midoriko-Sama, who is that girl?"
"That girl is your stepsister. Your father never died Kagome. He left a couple months before your little brother Souta was born." Midoriko said softly.
"My mother told me he past away."
"Well, he did. After he left your mother, he had a choice of two women with two children both with an older daughter and younger son and he chose the Tao family. The kids of the Tao family were not aware of your family just like you were not aware of theirs. I believe Jun here just found out and came to meet her step family."
"...Why are you showing me this?" She asked.
"Because, you will meet them one day soon and be fighting along side their enemy... Kagome, here take this." Kagome turned towards Inu Taisho only to have a sword handed to her.
"This is...-gasp- no, this is Tenseiga. That means..."
"That is correct; my son died 250 years ago in an attack on the western lands. Your son, Shippou his wife Souten and their daughter Sora escaped with the help of Hakudoshi who returned to the battle to help in the battle, he also died along side Sesshoumaru." He said.
"What of the others."
"Inuyasha was killed due to stupidity; he let a weak demon kill him over depression. Kouga and Ayame are still alive as well as Hakaku and Ginta."
"There is one more item to give to you." Kagome looked at Midoriko who took her hands from behind her back and showed a black quiver with flames dancing up the cylinder, at least 50 arrows made of mahogany wood and the same for the bow in her other hand.
"Midoriko..."
"I used the same method the slayers from Sango's village used when making weapons. The arrow tips are the fangs from copper heads and the bows string is the heartstring from a red dragon. The arrows themselves will return if you call them back, much like the Shikon jewel will." Kagome nodded.
"Thank you both so much." They smiled and she watched them disappear and reappear on a chain.
"If you want to make them large push your energy into them a bit. Same for making weapons small, extract energy from them. Now, we have to say goodbye Kagome." Kagome gave them both hugs and Midoriko placed the chain around her neck.
"Kagome, you remember the cave Toutousai resides in?" Inu No Taisho asked, she nodded.
"Go there, and you will find your guardian ghosts."
"Guardian ghosts?" They started to fade away and suddenly she was blinking her eyes and trying to get sleep out of her eyes.
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"Hao, why is she still here? She is obviously useless, she hasn't even woken up yet and it's been six days." Hao turned his head away from the fire and looked at the girl with knee length blue hair.
"I won't get rid of her. Now leave." He said calmly, leaving no room for argument. Kanna turned angrily and was about to leave when Macchi came running out of Opacho's tent.
"Hao-Sama, Hao-Sama, the girl is waking up." Macchi said in an over hyper tone. Hao stood and walked passed Kanna without sparing her a second glance.
Hao walked into the tent with both Macchi and Kanna right behind him. Mari sat on her knees with Opacho in her lap watching the girl. Her eyes fluttered open and she rubbed her eyes a bit before sitting up and looking around her.
"You're finally awake." Hao said as he watched Opacho stare at her like she was some odd alien before she smiled. The demonic kitten was standing next to her.
"Opacho is glad you are moving." Kagome looked towards Hao and then the cat.
"Kilala, where are we." Traveling with the cat for so long she had taken to understanding her enough to figure out what it was she was saying.
-Mew, mew- The cat said before jumping on her shoulder and rubbing her head against Kagome's cheek causing her to smile.
"The one with long brown hair?" Hao looked at her with confusion.
-MEW, meow.-
"I understand." She closed her eyes for a second before opening them and standing up. She turned to Hao and bowed, surprising him greatly.
"Thank you for taking care of us...Hao-Sama." She stood up straight then held her hand out and everyone watched it glow before both her sword and Naginata flew to her and shrunk in size. She pulled her necklace chain out and placed the charms over it and watched them glow before tucking the chain beneath her shirt once again.
She walked past everyone with Kilala following faithfully behind. Hao watched as she turned to the cat and with a few words the cat turned into the giant feline he saw in the forest. Kanna, Macchi, and Mari took a step back cautiously. Hao walked up to her and she looked him in the eye before something pulled at her soul. She looked down at her wrist and concentrating real hard she could see the chain Inu No Taisho and Midoriko were talking about.
-sigh-
She threw her leg over Kilala and made herself comfortable. She immediately felt the chain tug at her wrist and saw Hao's own hand move a bit.
"Get on!" She said. Hao was about to when Opacho took hold of his poncho and tugged lightly.
"Opacho wants to go." Noticing the child for the first time she changed her serious mood to a happy one and smiled at the little girl.
"Then you can sit up front." She said cheerfully; Hao helped the child up before looking at the girl.
"What is your name and where are we going?"
"My name is Kagome Higurashi, and we are going to get my guardian ghosts." Everyone stared at her before Kanna glared at her.
"She is a Shaman Hao. You should have gotten rid of her." Kagome turned toward the long blue haired girl.
"What in gods name is a Shaman?"
Hao in all his life had never met someone who knew what a guardian ghost was but not a Shaman, he had met people who knew what shamans were and not guardian ghosts but never the other way around.
'Is this girl serious?'
"A shaman is a bonder of both the spirit world and human world. Shamans are capable of what is known as Spirit Possession or Spirit Unity, Shamans are medicine men, and fortune tellers; readers of the future we can read the stars and call on spirits. I am a Shaman." Hao said.
"You look normal to me, a little boy, what are you, 11, 12?" Hao wanted to burn her alive but refrained.
"I am the same as you, 15." When that came out she looked at her body and realized that her six years in her dream world did nothing to her body like it did in the dream.
"Let's, just go." He hopped on and while he expected the cat that went by Kilala to run really fast, he didn't expect it to call forth fire to its paws and start flying really fast.
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Jun looked around the light blue room and gave a sad smile. She had been looking forward to meeting her step sister. Ren however believed it to be nothing but a waste of time. She looked over to the ash wood dresser where a picture lay and picked it up. In front of a grassy background was a group of oddities if she did say so herself.
In the middle of the group was who she believed to be her step sister, Kagome, then on her left a girl with brown hair in a high ponytail in a slayers armor with a two tailed white demonic cat on her shoulder and on the slayer girls' left was a boy with black hair in a monks outfit. On Kagome's right on her shoulder was a little boy with an auburn/orange tail that was about 10 inches tall, next to Kagome was a boy with white hair and DOG ears, and crouched in front of the two was a girl with red hair in pigtails, and a little girl with a little bit of her hair up in a side ponytail. Behind Kagome and dog boy was another boy with black hair in a ponytail who had his arms over both Kagome and the dog boy. Near the slayer and monk was a man with longer white hair and elf like ears that wore a cold look yet laughter clearly in his eyes, and in front of the slayer was a weird green toad thing.
"What an odd group of friends, they looked so happy though." She tucked the picture in with her sutras before leaving the girls room. She walked down stairs and gave a hug to both her step mother and step brother before leaving. She walked down the steps to see her younger brother Ren leaning against the wall glaring at passing kids who stared at him in awe. She watched his spike on his head grow in irritation when a little boy tried to touch his Kwan Dao. She smiled when he gruffly snatched it away and walked over to her.
"I take it you have finished your little family reunion?" Ren said coolly.
-Sigh-
"Yes, I have Ren. However, Kagome was not there."
Ren nodded as he turned and left with his sister right behind him. She had arrived a couple weeks ago because of their Uncles orders. She was to get rid of Yoh Asakura, she had failed her first, second and third attempt and was not planning on fighting him again.
Ren had watched the match and had seen Yoh save his sister but held no regard for it. He would become the shaman king, not some lazy Asakura kid.
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Kilala landed outside of the cave and Hao hopped off. He held a hand out for Kagome who ignored it and hopped off herself before picking Opacho up and holding her close. He frowned at being ignored before following her into the dark cave.
"How do you know a guardian ghost is here?" Hao asked relaxed.
"Not a guardian ghost, I said my guardian ghosts." She continued deeper into the cave until she heard singing.
- When you wake,
You shall have
All the pretty little horses-
Blacks and bays,
Dapples and grays,
Coach and six-a little horses.-
"Quiet old man, I have listened to nothing but that same song for too long." A cold voice said to the singer.
"It's an ancient song." The singer replied in a croaky voice.
"You're an ancient coot." Another voice said with mild amusement and even more annoyance.
"YOU'RE BOTH...DEAD!"
Hao and Kagome walked into the clearing of the cave where a fire was and two ghosts were lazing around, an old man sat in front of the fire as he started to sing once more.
-Hushaby,
Don't you cry,
Go to sleepy, little baby.
When you wake,
You shall have
All the pretty little horses-
Blacks and bays,
Dapples and grays,
Coach and six-a little horses.
Hushaby,
Don't you cry,
Go to sleepy, little baby.
Hushaby,
Don't you cry,
Go to sleepy, little baby.
Way down yonder,
In de medder
There's a po' lil lambie,
De bees an' de' butterflies
Peckin' out its eyes,
De po' lil thing cried, "Mammy!"
Hushaby,
Don't you cry,
Go to sleepy, little baby.
-CLAP, CLAP, CLAP-
The man turned to see who had intruded onto his property, if you could call it that. The two ghosts did nothing, knowing that the intruder couldn't see them anyways.
"I didn't know you could sing...Toutousai." This caught the ghost's attention and they turned to see who it was.
A girl that looked uncannily familiar to them both stood in front of them.
"Who are you, and how do you know me?"
"Have you really forgotten me?" She watched them think for awhile before getting tired of waiting. "LORD SESSHOUMARU, HAKUDOSHI, TOUTOUSAI, YOU IGNORANT ASSHOLES. I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU FORGOT ALL ABOUT ME. I wish I had a rosary so that I could sit you like I did Inuyasha. Jerks." She watched their eyes widened and Hao was kind of taken aback when both ghosts and the old man sprang forward and embraced her.
"Lady Kagome, my dear child, how is it you still live."
"That's funny, I was about to ask you the same thing."
Hakudoshi and Sesshoumaru laughed at that while the old man fumed.
"Sesshoumaru, Hakudoshi, are you two bored?" They didn't hesitate when she asked and nodded.
"Will you two be my guardian ghosts?" Sesshoumaru smiled slightly.
"I would be honored. I didn't know you were a Shaman."
"N-neither did I, I think that's what all the spirit possession training was about in my dreams. And I had to fight your father and Midoriko, not too fun, ya know?" Sesshoumaru stared at her for a couple seconds before speaking.
"My father is dead."
"So are you, yet here we are chatting up a storm."
"Kagome, can you have two guardian ghosts?" Hakudoshi asked.
Hao stepped forward and made himself known at this point.
"Many shamans have more then one Guardian ghost, however, it can take up a lot of Furyoku to control more then one, and so most shamans have just one." The four nodded in understanding.
Kagome held her hand out and the pink jewel floated forward from around her neck and both Sesshoumaru and Hakudoshi were pulled into the jewel.
"You two can come out at anytime, this is just so you have a place to go to when were traveling. Also, I have the Tenseiga and the Naginata. Those will be my weapons I use for your spirit control." The two came out and nodded.
"It will be nice to battle again." Sesshoumaru said as he thought back to his past battles.
"I agree."
"Good, now, I'd like you to meet an ally of mine, Hao Asakura. Hao, this is Sesshoumaru, and Hakudoshi. The old man is Toutousai." He nodded towards them before he turned to Kagome.
"I never did ask but, how did you know my name?"
"My dream was very informative; I trained for six years which for you felt like six days. I learned a lot. Hehe."
Everyone stared at her in slight surprise before saying goodbye to Toutousai and leaving; Sesshoumaru and Hakudoshi returned to the Shikon to sleep.
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