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: I'm starting this time~! WOOHOO! I've been looking forward to this chapter for a while! HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY! ^-^''
Bishonen'sFoxyMiko: Wow, Ch7 already XD Well, it's Akuma's turn starting this and we hope you guys enjoy this ^^.
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An Ambiguous Path:
Last Breath
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Shake, oh grave!
The autumn wind,
Is the voice of my wailing...
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"AH!" Kagome yelled out as she brought her foot up high in the air before bringing it down in a sharp strike to what would be someone's shoulder or head, depending on their height.
Ryoushi smiled from a distance as she watched her young Ladyship train. She'd been at it for a good while and was doing marvelous without her trainer or Lord Sesshoumaru watching her every error. 'She's grown so much since her arrival here all those moons ago.' A rustling drew her attention and she turned, not seeing anyone, she sniffed a little and her eyes narrowed before another sound took off promptly through the forest. Her instincts kicked in and she pursued the creature arousing the forest with its movements. She could hear the bushes rustling, footsteps thrumming through the forest and the wind whispering into her ear as she chased her pray. She chased it to a clearing where it stopped and turned; a cracked grin and cold, blood hungry eyes stared into her cunning brown.
"The South Lady's personal guard..." Her voice was nothing more than a soft whisper. She straightened, "What do you think you are doing sneaking around the Western Lord's ward!"
"I was...hungry..."
"...Your Lord protects human's...you would go against his ways?"
"My Lord does indeed protect human's...but it is not my Lord that I serve...My Ladyship, is the only one I take orders from. My loyalties are to her...and her alone!"
"Then I shouldn't waste my time on a guard who only serves with a half-assed allegiance like yours." She made to turn and leave when a clawed hand was brought across her back. Her reflexes made her move before they could make any serious wounds; only thin lines were left across her back, a little blood seeping through her now torn top. "Damn it~! Attacking me from behind...ARE YOU A DEMON OR A COWARD!" She seethed, glaring at him with red eyes, her inner demon now starting to shine through as her anger boiled over the rim of her common sense.
"You seem a little irritated...I didn't mean to...upset you..." He moved closer to Ryoushi. She took a cautious step back, her eyes watching him for every moment in which he breathed, every time his tail would give a violent lash. "Let us see...whose loyalty is strongest!"
Her eyes widened as the leopard demon gained speed and brushed past her, his claws resting on her neck before she vanished from his sights. She would not be outclassed by a cat! No...even a wildcat demon would be embarrassing...she would end this, before it escalated any further. She cried out enraged as she charged the demon guard. "I AM THE CARETAKER OF MY LORD'S WARD, AND I WILL NOT...LET...YOU...TOUCH HER!"
She was so drawn into the battle taking hand, that she didn't even notice her loud yells grasping another's attention. In the far depths of the forest, Kagome heard Ryoushi's cry, and as curious as ever...she couldn't help running towards the loud shout. She never knew...what would come from her curiosity...
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After throwing a punch that had enough strength to bruise a human and maybe catch a demon off guard, Kagome paused in her morning training at hearing Ryoushi's yell. Growing worried, she quickly ran to where she believed she heard it from.
When she arrived...the sight of her caretaker injured and almost being overtaken buy a dark and frightening cat demon that almost looked twice her size in height but had a bit with a little more muscle mass than the average demon she had seen before.
The sight of its bloodlust that was clear in its now red eyes was enough to make Kagome freeze and cause her blood to run cold. Even more so at seeing Ryoushi look almost not far behind her opponent, looking ready to set loose her own beast but still keeping her common sense.
The scent of her fear caught the attention of both demons.
While one found this to be an opportunity to attack and kill the human girl, the other felt dread and vast concern for her charge's safety.
Frozen with fright like a fawn being closed in by a pack of dogs, Kagome couldn't move a muscle despite the fact that every one of her instincts told her to run like Ryoushi was yelling out to her as she tried to stop the male panther demon from getting any closer to the young human child.
As the panther continued closing in, Kagome faintly felt a pulse go through her before something seemed to grow. With each pulse that seemed to synchronize with the quick but heavy footfalls of the attacking demon, that something continued to grow like air being blown into a balloon.
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This was different than fighting with Sesshoumaru, knowing he would never kill her, she never had any real feeling of protecting herself the way she did now; this burning emotion, this twist in her heart. She couldn't let this demon hurt her! "...get back!" She said in a hard voice, "GET BACK!"
The demon scoffed before throwing its head back and laughing a cold, heartless laugh. "Are you serious," He asked, stopping mid laugh, he looked the girl over and gave a dark grin, "You think you scare me?"
"..."
"That's right, you're quiet now..."
Kagome watched Ryoushi as she snuck up behind the demon only for him to give another grin and snap his clawed fist out faster than Kagome could see, his fist connected with Ryoushi's stomach and her eyes contracted at the sudden jolt of pain. She sunk to her and Kagome ran forward to the woman demon. "LEAVE HER ALONE!" She pushed him aside, not noticing his eyes flinch at the slight touch of her hands. The sudden pain and tingle of being burnt had caught him off guard and he'd taken a step back in surprise. "Ryoushi, Ryoushi, are you okay!"
"I'm fine, go...GO FIND SESSHOUMARU!"
"...n-no...no, I can't leave you here alone!"
"GO~!" Ryoushi knocked her back and tried standing only to fall forward at the sudden pain to her gut knotting. Kagome caught her awkwardly and frowned.
"I can't leave you...your family!"
"..." Ryoushi stared at the young human girl in surprise before standing, wincing at the pain; she stood tall and glared coldly at the demon threatening her charge. "I will kill you...for putting the Young Lady Kagome in danger; prepare yourself!" She got into a fighting stance and shot forward with her claws wielding her undying urge to protect the girl behind her. The demon before her blocked the initial strike, but she caught him off guard with a swipe to the face, bringing her claws painfully across his eyes and causing him to recoil in pain. His hands covered his face as he growled and roared. His other hand touched down on the ground, his nose filling with the scent of metallic blood, his own blood. He could not see...
Kagome smiled as she ran forward and hugged her maid.
"Let's go back to Lord Sesshoumaru,"
"Okay,"
They began walking when Ryoushi suddenly stopped, "...!"
Kagome turned to see Ryoushi's throat being tightly squeezed by the demon. Kagome screamed out, a light brightly shined and he bulked before charging forward, the woman held in hand still. His other hand took the top the girl held in a clenched fist as he picked her up and slammed her down on the forest ground. She cried out in pain and he grinned. "I can not see...but my hearing has not been hindered by this trek of a female."
"D-Don't..." Kagome struggled to breath, "DON'T TALK ABOUT MISS. RYOUSHI LIKE THAT!"
His eyes took on a mortified look, in a last ditch motion to stop what he knew was coming; he brought his hand down swiftly.
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Despite that he didn't want to get up quite yet, Sesshoumaru opened his eyes and was met with the sun just barely missing his eyes. As he sat up, he noticed that his ward was not sleeping next to him. He looked around the room, hoping to catch sight of her but found nothing.
From the whiff of her scent he was able to catch as he stood from the bed, she seemed to have left some time ago. He couldn't hear her from the private washroom of the room but catching a glimpse of her sleeping yukata and her missing training weapons, he could only conclude that she was doing her morning training somewhere.
'Even though I clearly told her not to leave this room without this Sesshoumaru or one of the maids…'
As if on cue from this thought, a knock came from the door before two of his mentioned maids walked in with a greeting of good morning to him.
Curious to know if they had seen his young ward and not seeing his most trusted of maids present, Sesshoumaru asked, "Where sad my ward run off to? And where is Ryoushi?"
"We saw the young Lady Kagome prepared and ready for her morning training as she was walking down the hall. Since you had ordered us to always watch her during our stay here at Lord Ryuzo's castle, Miss Ryoushi took it upon herself to keep an eye on her until Lady Kagome finished her morning train." One of the maids had said respectfully before the other added, "Once the child's done with training, Ryoushi will bring her back here to clean up for the morning meal."
Feeling a sense of pride at hearing that his ward was properly doing her training without him or the maids reminding her to do so and also at ease knowing that Ryoushi was watching over her, Sesshoumaru went to do his morning ritual before meeting with the other lords and ladies at breakfast.
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Being it his nature to keep to routine, Sesshoumaru washed up and dressed, tossing his sleeping Yukata onto the bed for his maids to place neatly up for his return for sleep later that night or whenever he may return for his slumber. Once fully dressed, with the exception of his armor that sat against the wall of his room, he moved a clawed hand beneath his hair and with a single fluid, he removed his hair from the loose grip of the Haori he wore, and it fell pleasingly down his back, no longer hidden from when he'd pulled his Haori on. Straightening out the Haori, he tightened his sash and replaced his Tensaiga at his side with his Tokijin before he started out of his room, closing the door behind him. The maids would return in time after checking on Ryoushi and Kagome as he'd requested. He trusted Ryoushi with his ward; he only wanted to make sure there was nothing that either of them needed.
"Sesshoumaru!"
He lifted his gaze and tore his mind from his previous thoughts of his human ward, "Lady Mari, a good morning I trust,"
She smiled, "Always,"
"You're too sprightly Mari; restrain yourself, please." Setsuko glided in with one of her bulk guards behind her, "Not everyone is as wide awake as you always seem to be."
"Is that so..." Sesshoumaru let a small smirk catch his lips, "Isn't that a little human of you, Lady Setsuko?" He heard Mari hide a small life behind her hand, "I would have thought morning fatigue to be beneath you."
"Your womanly lure needs work, Sesshoumaru, as charming as you may be," Lord Isamu said with a hearty laugh at his obvious mocking of the beautiful leopard demon.
Setsuko glared, "...charming indeed..." She gritted out, "Just like his father...he has a way with words..."
"I learned well," He agreed, "Lord Isamu; I hope you slept well,"
"Indeed, as well as one can in a home that's not their own."
Mari frowned, "This is a little out of the blue for you, Sesshoumaru..."
He looked to her, waiting for a meaning behind her words.
"Oh, don't get me wrong, I like this talkative side of you, but I'm curious why you're so outgoing this morning."
He frowned, he didn't mind, Isamu, Mari or Kógairan finding out about Kagome...but Setsuko was another story all together.
"It must have something to do with his delightfully cute human who's almost constantly attached to his hip these days."
"Hold your tongue, hatchling..." His tone gave warning of an underlining threat, watching Lord Ryuzo as he smiled in false benevolence.
"Sesshoumaru?" Mari looked curiously to the pup, "What human?"
"This Sesshoumaru's ward, she has been staying with this Sesshoumaru for about...ten new moons now..."
"Oh my!" Mari smiled, "How old is she?"
"In human years, I believe she said she was seven when we met, by this point I would place her at eight."
"So young!"
Setsuko scoffed at Mari's obvious childlike nature, "So easily enthralled..."
"..." Mari glared, "Oh...honestly Setsuko! Get over yourself!"
Sesshoumaru sighed, a sudden thought occurred; while also wondering what was taking his maids so long to report back, the thought of Kagome made him remember that the Wolf Lords mate was barren, "Lord Isamu, I've been meaning to ask. Do you plan on taking in child of your clan to be your heir?"
Lord Isamu grinned, "No need,"
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"When word of Mari and I not being able to conceive reached my brother, he spoke of how his son, Kouga was still at the age where he still needs a mother. So, for him not to worry about having to change Kouga to different mothers in his pack and to know that he'll have a stable upbringing, my brother is allowing us to adopt Kouga, while also allowing him to visit the boy with every chance he gets." Isamu explained with Mari looking like she was holding in her excitement in being able to finally be a mother before the wolf lord added, "I believe, in human years, he'd be around your ward's age."
Sesshoumaru nodded at this, finding it reasonable.
It was by this time Kógairan made his presence known to the others, his expression calm but curious while looking side to side in a curious manner.
Setsuko raised a brow at her 'meal ticket's' actions before asking in feigned concern, "What is it dear?"
"Oh, nothing...I just believe that I smell a child in this hall; a human child...but the scent is about an hour or so old..."
Mari gave a smile, "That would be Sesshoumaru's young ward then."
Kógairan gave a pretty surprised expression, "A human for a ward? I thought you didn't care much for humans, Sesshoumaru..."
"I don't...but it doesn't mean that I would kill them just because they're in my sights." Although this was said towards the Gold Leopard demon with a calm tone, his sights were directed toward Setsuko to show how much he didn't approve of her bloodlust for humans, like he did for Ryuzo. "Besides...my ward shows some promise and is much different compared to most humans."
As Kógairan was about to ask what he meant, one of Sesshoumaru's maids was quickly moving through the hall to the outside of the dinning hall toward them. With a look of panic and worry on her face, she informed her lord, "Milord! As Togéko and I were going to check on Ryoushi and Lady Kagome..."
By this time, she was almost hyperventilating from worry and panic before Sesshoumaru walked up to her; resting an hand on her shoulder before telling her to calm down and tell him what was wrong.
For Sesshoumaru, it was rare of his maids to almost go into panic but when they did, it usually meant that one of his staff or a guest in peril, or a threat on the castle was going on. With this rare show of such an emotion from his maid, the dog lord started to inwardly worry that something may have happened.
Once the maid calmed enough to speak, she started again with worry still coloring her voice, "Togéko and I went to check on Lady Kagome and Ryoushi but as we made it outside, we caught the scent of blood in the air..."
Ryuzo gave of scoff with an offhanded shrug, "It was probably the blood of an intruder that my guards took care of─"
"No! The blood belonged to a human; it was Lady Kagome's blood!" Sesshoumaru's eyes widened slightly, "We also caught the scent of Ryoushi's blood and both were from the direction of the forest─"
The maid had no time to finish as Sesshoumaru swiftly ran passed her with Isamu and Mari not too far behind him.
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Sesshoumaru couldn't tell if he was breathing, he knew his chest hurt, it wasn't something he was used to feeling, or experiencing, but he knew it wasn't right, he didn't like it, this unbearable pain.
He could hear the rustle of leaves as he raced through the garden and into the forest, the scent of blood now drowning him in images of what might have, could have and may have happened to his ward. The child he'd been teaching, training, watching over, and preparing for battles such as these. He knew she hadn't been ready to take on a demon yet, not so early, so why...why now...what had transpired without him being there, why wasn't he there, why hadn't he left to find her when he'd taken note of her absence earlier that morning! She should have listened! She should have stayed!
He closed his eyes for a moment and with gritted teeth, he growled in frustration, his eyes snapping open in anger. Angry for being the reason this had all happened. "I should have woken up when she had! This could have all been avoided, had I been more alert to my surroundings!"
"Don't beat yourself up just yet, Sesshoumaru!" Isamu growled out, "She may be fine!"
"..." Sesshoumaru wanted that to be the case, but from the overpowering stench of that metallic scent of blood that swathed the forest in a threatening manner...he knew...something was horribly wrong.
He could remember finding her in the well, carrying her for days, helping her heal, bringing her into his home and training her to protect herself. Teaching her the ways of the Inu Clan, and hoping she'd become something great...she couldn't fall yet...she had, annoyingly, become someone very important to him. "She can't leave...not yet..."
The two demons' behind him heard the whispered words, but said nothing. Behind them, they could hear the footsteps of the others hastily approaching as they finally arrived at their destination, and the sight before them was enough to make any heart fall.
It was as if time itself had ceased to exist, as if meaning had left him. So many questions ran through his mind; what happened? Why did it happen? Where had he been? Why didn't he protect her! Why hadn't he been here! For a moment, he thought that it had suddenly darkened outside, perhaps a trick of the light, or maybe the sun had hidden itself from wandering eyes. He didn't care...his eyes wandered the scene, and finally realizing what had happened; Lord Sesshoumaru stared at the sight before him, his eyes could only linger on the dire situation. As his trembling hand clutched Tensaiga, his face never revealing his true feelings; Kagome...Kagome lay motionless, a bleeding wound to her chest told him all that he needed to know. Kagome...was dead...
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Akuma-Chibi: Hope everyone enjoyed this chapter! Bishi is next to start the chapter and we both have a pretty good idea about where we are going to go with it! I'm pretty sure that the 'Well Arc' is going to be coming to an end soon; I give it about four more chapters, give or take a chapter. I was really looking forward to this chapter, since I got to kill Kagome! You can ask Bishi, I'd been planning her death since chapter one of the 'Well Arc' or 'An Ambiguous Path Arc'. But enough about that! Please Read and Review! Sankyu!
Bishonen'sFoxyMiko: LOL, it's true. Akuma had really been planning Kagome's demise in this fic.I also believe that this Arcwill come to an end soon, give or take a chapter before we come to the REALLY good stuff XDHope you guys enjoyed. ^.^