Disclaimer: I don't own Inu Yasha and co. I don't own any of the songs that I put into the story, except on cd's. But I do own Shiori, Miyu & Koshin Hakogami, Kil Kai-another snow demon from feudal times & Aisu-female snow demon from feudal times, they are all mine.
AN: " " is speaking, ' ' is thought
AN. As the Slacker, I'd like to say sorry for the delay. I've been very busy. And it's hard to find time to write. Thanks for being patient with me. I hope you guys like this, I'm having a little difficulty with some of the parts of the this story & my editor is slacking. And thanks to those that read & review. The reviews mean a lot.
Now on with the show.
Glossary:
youkai-demon
inu-youkai-dog demon
ningen-human
ookami-wolf demon
osuwari-sit
aisu-ice
Chapter 16: A Determined Snow Demon
Shiori opened her eyes just in time to catch the sunrise, but she was not in the mood to enjoy it. "Damned arrogant dog!!!! Why? Why did it have to be him?!" She was barely keeping it under her breath.
But another inu happened to overhear her rant. His ears had perked up in her direction. "What are you pissed about?"
Shiori sat up and turned around to look up the tree. "I'm ranting about your damned annoying brother. I'd love to drop him off a cliff into an abyss!"
Inu Yasha jumped down from his branch to sit close to her. "I know the feeling, but what did he do to you?"
She sighed and looked off into the distance. "Oh, he's just haunting me and he's not even dead. Yet." She thought that she could just change that for him if he kept pissing her off.
"How is he haunting you?" Inu Yasha asked, truly curious. Everyone was beginning to wake up around them and heard his question.
Kagome sat up and looked at Shiori. "Did you see him again?"
Shiori began rubbing the tension from the back of her neck. "Yeah, the arrogant prick! Why do youkai males have to be such royal pains? I mean, can't they be tough without be assholes? Is that too much for a girl to ask?!"
Sango was the one to answer, "No, I don't think it's too much to ask. Even human males have that same problem. Or they just don't know how to control their hands." With that last, she gave Miroku a dirty look, which he caught.
"What did I do?" Miroku asked, trying to look innocent. However, everyone knew that was impossible.
"Nothing yet," Sango answered, "I'm just stating the obvious."
Miroku just smiled.
Sango rolled her eyes and shook her head.
Inu Yasha was still wanting to hear Shiori's answer to his question. "How is my brother haunting you?"
Shiori looked away and answered. "Your brother has been haunting my dreams for a year now, before I ever met him."
Miroku asked in his insightful voice, "How is this possible? Do you know why?"
"That is the frustrating part. If I could figure it out, then I could put an end to it. It is irritating to dream about a guy that you never met, then meet him in person a year later. And of course, he's a walking pain in the ass," Shiori answered with a sigh.
"That was why she came here. She's trying to find a way to get him out of her head," Kagome put in.
"I want to get him out of my head. Now more than ever," she said, getting up and walking away.
"Miroku, do you have any idea how or why this could happen?" Kagome asked, worried. "Or how to stop it?"
Miroku sat thoughtful for a moment. "I'll have to talk to Shiori to find out more of what exactly is going on. Even then, I can't promise anything."
Kagome nodded her head. Then looked off in the direction that her cousin walked. 'I just hope something can be done or maybe a reason why this is happening,' she thought.
In a Clearing Near Camp:
Shiori stopped walking and just sat down in the grass. She suddenly sensed a demon presence close by. She was getting up to face this presence when she heard a familiar male voice.
"I don't mean you any harm, Little One. I only came to talk," Lord Kil Kai commented, hands out in front to show he was unarmed. "You did say that you would tell me more about yourself the next time we met. Well, it is the next time."
Shiori only relaxed a fraction. "I don't believe you came looking for me this early just to talk."
Kil Kai smiled, "Well, it was part of it. I was just out, stretching my wings and I caught your scent. I am intrigued by you. I want to know more."
"What would you like to know?"
"How are you able to have complete power over both halves of your blood?" He asked, keeping his distance so as not to upset her.
"The Goddess said it was because both bloodlines are so powerful that I gained the full powers of both. I'm two whole, complete parts," Shiori smiled.
Kil Kai looked surprised and interested at this.
"The Goddess seemed quite pleased with me and my abilities. She said that me and my brothers and sisters are her best gifts."
"This Goddess, who is she?" Kil Kai was very curious now. To know that a Goddess had a hand personally in the development of anyone was interesting.
"She is the Goddess who created the Guardians and the Mikos. See, the Divine are not allowed to interfere too directly with the events of the world, so they have found ways to circumvent that," she explained.
"By dabbling in the bloodlines of humans," Kil Kai surmised correctly.
"And certain youkai. See, she began when youkai were on the brink of taking over the country and killing all the humans. She saw it as her duty to protect her human children. So, she was able to manipulate the bloodlines, beginning with humans. She created the first Guardians," she added, watching the taiyoukai's reactions.
He sat down under a tree, getting comfortable. "Who was the first Guardian?"
"The priestess, Midoriko was the first. She was actually a combination of the two," she said, sitting down herself, feeling that Kil Kai was not threat. "She was very powerful. The Goddess was saddened when she died."
"I remember hearing about her. I was born after her time, but I was told her story. She is the one that gave birth to the Shikon no Tama," Kil Kai commented.
"Yes, she was. It is said that her soul is still in the jewel, as well as the combined souls of the demons she was fighting. It would be hard to have to keep fighting inside a little sphere for all eternity."
"What happened to the jewel?" Kil Kai asked.
"From what I was told, it was shattered. An accident while destroying a crow demon that swallowed it. The shards were scattered and the new miko who guards it was to find and piece together the shards." Shiori stopped and shook her head. She figured out her cousins part in the history of the jewel. "That klutz."
"Who?"
"I know the person who shattered the jewel," she answered, with a shake of her head. "No wonder she is so determined to find them."
"Is it anyone that I know," Kil Kai asked with a smile.
Shiori just shook her head. "What else do you want to know about me that I'm willing to answer?"
Kil Kai thought for a minute. "Okay, here's a question: why are you dressed the way you are? You even speak differently. Where are you from?"
"Ah, that may be a little hard for you to believe," she started, looking out over the clearing.
"Try me."
"Okay," taking a deep breath, she began, "I'm from 500 years into the future. I travelled here with my cousin, the miko Kagome. She is the guardian of the Shikon no Tama and it allows her to travel from our time to this one. Where we are sitting will become part of the capital city of Tokyo. There everyone goes to school, work, travel & live how they want."
Kil Kai was stunned. Things will change so much, if she is to be believed, and yet he could not sense a lie from her. "How do these changes come about? Are there any youkai? Who rules the land?"
"There are some youkai, not as many as in this time. And the whole country is united. It was ruled by a ruling royal family, but now the government is run by a prime minister and branches of congress. There is still a royal family, but they do not rule. We are all equal under the law. It is different than now," she answered.
"I see, well that explains a lot. How do matings work in your time," Kil Kai asked.
Shiori turned to look at him, and smiled. "Why so interested?"
"I'm just curious. I want to know everything you will tell me about you and your time," he answered, with a smile of his own.
While the two were talking, they failed to notice a demon lurking in the trees. He had been watching the two ever since they sat down. He had even learned a lot from the young Guardian, but now he did not like where the conversation was going. And he had had enough.
"Well, it is interesting to find you two together this early in the morning," the stranger sneered.
The sarcasm pouring off the supposed stranger was enough to have both Shiori and Kil Kai jumping.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Shiori demanded.
AN: Well, hope you guys like this chapter and the evil little cliffie. And again, I'm so sorry that I have been slacking on updating. I admit that is was because of a bit of writer's block and because I got so caught up in reading the other wonderful stories on this website. How do you guys like it so far? Please read & review. Or I won't write any more!!! just kidding, please review.
I would like to thank my wonderful editor, ninjawarrior4life, my bro. glad you like it.
And thanks to everyone who has been reading this story from the beginning when I first started posting it. And to those who read and like it.
THX to all my readers.
