My Lovely Sin
Taken away from her family at the tender age of two, because her father cheated on her mother, Kagome lives with no memory of the Truesdale family; growing up with Jaden for a few years before her untimely trip down the well. She grows up in the past for about four years before she returns, with more than the majority of Japan thinking she's dead. She goes to Duelist Academy with her close friend, and her past only too willingly returns.
Anime – Yu-Gi-Oh GX/InuYasha
Main Couple – Kagome/Zane
Genre – Romance
Rated – M (Just guess!)
Akuma Chibi: Soooo~ I'm starting this time! My part ends after the first flashback! I hope you all enjoy the updates! With being down, we've had a little bit of time to catch up on My Lovely Sin~ please enjoy!
Bishonen'sFoxyMiko: Well, it's my turn once again to start things off. ^.^ Go easy on me of some things sound a bit etchy since I'm not able to watch YuGiOh GX without internet and my dad just unofficially has free reign over the TV on the weekends. Right now, all I have is pics I saved to help me a bit. But for now, Akuma and I are still working on the "Childhood Arc" of the story. And to answer the question by one of our reviewers who asked about Zane and Kagome could be together romantically when they're siblings in the fic...my answer is one word...which is 'Incest'. Not received very well in reality but is really big in fanfiction (especially after Angel Sanctuary, I believe).
Anyways, hope you guys enjoy. ^^
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An Ambiguous Path:
A Demonic Moonlit Path
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A cuckoo cries,
And through a thicket of bamboo,
The late moon shines.
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(One Week Later)
'...' Kagome leveled her eyes onto the man across from her. He had long silvery white hair, and really beautiful golden eyes. To be honest, she wasn't sure why she had followed him after getting better. 'His name...he still hasn't told me...' She sighed, standing and stretching, she didn't notice the golden orbs that glanced towards her for a single moment before closing to fain sleep once more.
She could clearly remember how he'd pulled her from the well and had carried her all night till early morning. He stopped only once, to gather food, and had cooked a furred creature of an unknown race, over a burning fire. It was without seasoned flavor; instead, a smoky taste had filled her mouth.
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(One Week Ago)
Kagome's head was nestled against the hard chest of the man who carried her. She couldn't feel the landing of each footfall like she could when her mother or her father would carry her...instead it was as if he was gliding with his advancement down the dirt road he walked.
Her head was still sore, and it ached every time she gave thought to the forgotten face, drawing whimper and whines from her. Her savior was quiet, beautiful...but quiet...
'His ears are pointy...' She was staring up at the man from where her head rested. 'His hair is really long too...and he has an odd color of eyes...he's really quiet also...'
He continued his stride, not glancing down to her, nor looking from side to side along the dirt road; he had just made his way along the dirt road as silently as the gentle breeze that curled her blacks locks around her shoulders and neck.
"May I ask you a question, sir?"
"..."
"What is your name?"
"...we will stop here. You may rest; I will retrieve something for you to eat."
"..." He sat her down against a tree and was gone within a moment. She didn't remember blinking her eyes...but nothing else could explain him disappearing before her. Maybe she was just too tired to realize she'd closed her eyes and by the time she had opened them, he was already gone. '...he's gone...'
It had continued the same until five days had passed and she was able to keep up with his steady stride on her own two feet. She had followed him, not knowing his name...not knowing where she was...or how to return home...all she knew, was that she wanted to follow this man who had pulled her free from the darkness of the well.
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Kagome's attention soon turned from her silent savior to the forest surrounding them. Everything, even at night, was a lush green; even healthier looking than the forest that surrounded her family's shrine or another place she still couldn't remember but knew she had been before.
Her head throbbed again at the memory she couldn't reach.
'I guess it is memory loss...I hope it'll come back to me…' Kagome thought a little sadly before her sadness grew, 'I also hope...I'll be able to go home...somehow…'
The silence was broken when her savior spoke, "By morning, we will be coming to a village. We will get you a new kimono there to wear instead of what you have now."
The little girl looked curious before she looked down at her self. Her nightgown, which Mama had bought for her earlier in the spring, was now torn a bit at the waist area and tattered along the hem. Its light lavender-pink color was now soiled with dirt smudges and some grass stains.
She had to agree with the silver-haired man on getting her something to wear. Not to mention she felt a little sticky and her hair was starting to feel greasy and her scalp was starting to itch from the dry blood.
After finishing her meal, Kagome stood and asked, "Sir? Is it okay if I clean up a little?"
The man glanced at her again before speaking, "To your left, there should be a spring. Just keep walking straight and you may be able to come across it."
Giving a bow of thanks, Kagome started to make her way to where he said the spring should be, not bothering to know how he knew and just wanting to get clean a bit.
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She arrived back at the camp with her hair damp from washing out the remnants of dry blood from her scalp. Her hair felt lighter, though, it was nothing compared to how shampoo and conditioner made her head and hair feel, and at least she wasn't greasy anymore. She sat back down on the grassy spot beneath a tree she'd been sitting beneath before she'd left for the spring.
She let her eyes cover his form again. "Do you use them?"
"..." He gave a sideways glance, noting how her eyes traced over the two blades at his side. "When necessary; This Sesshoumaru is rarely faced with a situation that involves he use the swords at his side."
Kagome's ears perked, 'S-Sessh..Sesshou-maru?' She smiled, "So...that's your name! Sesshoumaru!"
His eyes widened a fraction at his blunder before his facial expression fell blank on the child once more. "You will address me as Lord Sesshoumaru,"
"Eh! L-Lord...you're a Lord?"
He gave a curt nod.
"...Lord Sesshoumaru...Lord Sesshoumaru?"
"Hm..."
Kagome smiled, standing, she bowed politely, "My name is Kagome Higurashi; it is nice to meet you." She stood straight before sitting back down. "May I ask one other question?"
"...speak."
She smiled, "Why have you chosen to care for me?"
"..." Sesshoumaru stared at her, long and hard, for what seemed like an eternity, before his eyes slipped close. A few minutes went by and Kagome thought he'd chosen not to answer and had fallen asleep. "Under normal circumstances, this Sesshoumaru would not have wasted his time on a lowly human child, however, you had caught my curiosity from the moment I had caught your scent. Your scent that was no where but the well...without leaving a trace of your arrival...as if you'd appeared out of thin air."
"..." She glanced down oddly at the twigs and leaves of the trees above that now lay uselessly on the forest floor. 'Human? What's he think he is...a god?' She pouted, "Wha do you mean human?"
"You are human, I can smell it."
"Well...yeah, I'm human...but so are you, right?"
He growled, almost silently, but she could still hear the almost unheard rumble. "I am no simpleminded human being. I am a Demon."
'Demon? Sesshoumaru-Oni?' She smiled and laughed, "Sesshoumaru-Oni!"
"Do not disrespect me by calling me such a thing."
"You said something silly. You can't be a Demon, they don't exist."
"..." He stared into her eyes, "You have no trace of lies in your scent, what deception is this? How do you say Demon's do not exist, when one stands before you right now?"
"...but...you look human..."
"..." Sesshoumaru resisted a sigh; obviously this human would see no light on the subject. He would leave it at that till a later time, however.
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(Five Weeks Later)
After setting camp again, Kagome kept glancing at Sesshoumaru from the corner of her eye from her place close to the fire that was made near a stream but couldn't find the courage to say anything.
Earlier that day, Kagome finally saw proof of Sesshoumaru saying he was a demon true.
The young girl, now dressed in a comfortable baby blue kimono, was just up catching fish (getting better at catching them with her hands) for her lunch while Sesshoumaru was off looking for real meat when some huge monster-like centipede appeared, screeching before almost catching her when it took a dive for her.
Her own scream was enough to alert the demon she was in the care of.
And almost quicker than she could blink, Kagome saw a green whip that sliced the centipede into several segments before slicing its head in half to stop all movement and make certain it stayed dead. Even though the whip receded back into Sesshoumaru's sharp claws, Kagome could see the remnants of it drip to the grass and earth next to his feet.
After the liquid made contact with the ground, smoke could be seen flowing into the air like smoke from a cigarette and small crevices that was the size of the droplets.
'It was acid...pure poisonous acid...' she thought, remembering what the demon lord had called the substance he'd made.
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Sesshoumaru stood as the sun began to play with the human girls features, causing her to scrunch up her face before being pulled from her light stupor. Her eyes scanned the clearing in an half-lidded manner before she yawned, sat up and stretched, her back arching as the morning drew her awake.
"If we leave now, we should make it to the castle by nightfall."
"Castle?" She sounded confused for a moment, obviously not fully awake as she thought over his words. "Oh...yeah...you're a Lord..." She smiled.
'Why have I chosen to let her accompany me...clearly she is weak, she's human, so she'll die centuries before I do, as well...if I take her back to the castle, I'll have to get someone to watch over her...not everyone will be pleased to find I've chosen to care for a human child. It doesn't matter what they think, but they won't all stay quiet about it either.'
Kagome watched the Demon Lord unconsciously move his bangs from his eyes when a breeze swept them in front of his eyes before he turned to her. "We'll we stop mid-day for food? Or eat when we get there?"
'We...?' He raised a brow at how easily she'd adapted to his being a demon. She wasn't worried in the least, he couldn't smell fear on her like he had with other human children, or for that matter, human adults. "We will stop mid-day,"
She nodded; standing, she straightened her kimono before moving to the Demon Lords side. He gave a nod of approval then started walking with her a few feet behind.
That's all she'd been doing for six weeks, walking, walking, and walking. Well, five weeks, the first was spent in his arms, but still. Originally, he had planned on continuing a little more, or at least, that's what she thought. He had only chosen to return to his home after she'd been attacked.
Kagome pouted, running up to the Lord, she took the corner of his sleeve between her thumb and forefinger, drawing his golden eyes to her cobalt blue. "Lord Sesshoumaru, are we heading to your home because of me?"
"...it would be best to get you proper training before leaving you unattended. It was this Sesshoumaru's own mistake that led to the attack in the first place."
"But, it was also you who saved me before any hurt could come...right?" She smiled, "I would rather thank you for saving my life, than blame you for leaving me alone." She bowed, "Thank you, Lord Sesshoumaru."
He looked at her as she straightened before nodding, "Let's continue on."
Kagome smiled and nodded. All the while, she wondered what he meant by training. She didn't really want to fight...maybe he would just teach her how to disappear the way he did during the fight.
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~Thud~
A whimpered groan could be heard before Sesshoumaru spoke, "Get up. Come at me once more." A grunt came from Kagome as she tried to pick herself back up and stare up at Sesshoumaru.
After arriving at the demon lord's castle, it was very obvious that most of the servants of the castle didn't take to their lord taking in a human as his ward with only very few being foolish enough to voice this protest. The only one among them that didn't show any dislike or voice a liking of their lord's choice of a human ward was the eldest of them who was mid-wife and healer of the royal family.
Aside from that and being put in the care of the elder (since none of the younger ones were willing), Kagome was not only given a room of her own but Sesshoumaru, with a trusted soldier, also started to arrange a training regime for her.
At first, it started out with them seeing how much she knew and how much potential she held. Although she didn't know anything, aside from a powerful right hook when angry, Sesshoumaru could see that she had a lot of hidden potential.
'Once all that potential is brought to the surface, it will be worth the training given to her.' Sesshoumaru thought as he watched the girl in his care struggle to pick her self back up, staring up at him with tired but determined deep blue eyes; an eye color which he never saw on human eyes, making him wonder if she was fully human.
Seeing his ward slip into a readied stance, if slightly wrong, Sesshoumaru ordered her to come at him once again. With her battle cry, the dog lord wondered how long it would take for her to be on par with him in battle.
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Me and BISHI: Another Chapter! YAY! AND we finally figured out how to fix my problem with ! Anyways, we'll be getting these up more frequently now that the obstacle has been taken care of! ^_^'' HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON!