Normal P.O.V.
"Wait! What the hell is this 'Shikon No Tama'?" yelled Yusuke and Kuwabara.
"The Shikon No Tama, otherwise known as the Shikon, is a jewel that can give any demon a lot of power just by holding it and it was also said that you could make a wish on the jewel." said Ayame, looking away as she was saying this.
"But as well as it can be used for good, it can also be used for bad and can transform your good thoughts into bad ones as its power washes over you, screaming for you to take it." Sango said, trying not to think about her now dead brother. (Sorry but he dies in my story. He died protecting Sango from Naruku's tentacles.)
"It even started a demon war. Most thought that if they had that power that can over come anything, but the Shikon itself is what causes your downfall." Kagome said wisely also trying not to cry.
"Kagome, Sango, Ayame you don't have to continue. I know how it hurts to talk about it." Koenma said smoothly, trying to convince the girls so they didn't start crying.
"It's okay. It started when a miko named Midoriko became famous through her amazingly strong miko powers. Because of her popularity, she was cornered in a cave surrounded by demons. There, she battled them for 7 days and nights straight. Then, a human man, who was possess by many youkai and secretly loved her, captured her in its jaws. In a final attempt to beat it, she pulled the youkai soul and fused it with her own, making both die. Their souls became the Shikon No Tama and they were to continue their battle in the jewel until someone made a selfless wish." said Ayame, calmly but if you look closely she was sad and trying not to cry.
"The jewel was passed on for a few centuries when finally a demon slayer passed it to a powerful miko named Kikyo. Though she didn't want to be the jewel's guardian, she accepted it. She was targeted by a lot of demons including a inu-hanyou named InuYasha. When Inuyasha attempted to steal the jewel, Kikyo protected it but let Inuyasha live, unlike the rest who sought the jewel's power. Inuyasha, in an attempt to steal the jewel, followed Kikyo everywhere. Soon, they became friends and, eventually, more than friends. Later on, Kikyo came up with an idea. She thought if she wished on the jewel it would disappear. So, she talked it over with Inuyasha and they agreed that they could use the wish to turn Inuyasha into a human." Sango said, also trying not to cry.
"But, things didn't go as planned. A human robber, that Kikyo was taking care of at the time, decided that he want Kikyo and the jewel so he gave his body to many demons in the area thus becoming a demon known as Naruku. Naruku, being a hanyou since he once was human, attacked Kikyo while disguised as Inuyasha stealing the jewel, breaking the thin threadlike trust she had in Inuyasha. And Naruku also attacked Inuyasha, disguised as Kikyo, and broke fragile trust he had in her. Naruku then put the jewel back in Kikyo's village, Edo also known as Tokyo in the present, and waited for Inuyasha to attack. Sure enough, Inuyasha attacked the next day and stole the jewel. Kikyo, still weak from Naruku's attack, sent a arrow flying into Inuyasha, sealing him into a tree and Kikyo died right after Inuyasha was sealed. Later that day, Kikyo was burned with the jewel." said Ayame, finally letting the tears out.
"Well, as much as that sounded like a sad story with a sad ending, that isn't the ending, is it?" Kurama said, not knowing he broke the girls' last defense not to cry.
"Yes. Because of a stupid mistake followed by another one and another one, well you get the point. Well, I was turning 15. On my birthday, I was going outside for some air when my brother, Sota, said that our house cat, Buyo, was near the Bone Eaters Well and wouldn't come out of the well house. I went to get Buyo, since Sota was being chicken, and a centipede- youkai named Mistress Centipede pulled me into the well. She kept saying how I had something and she wanted it. When she tried to lick me, I pushed her back with a blast of miko of my arm, though I didn't know that at the time. She let me go and I somehow ended up 500 years in the past, of course I didn't know that either. I saw the Goshinboku, a tree that was near my home, and ran to it since it was something that was close to home. Though I expected to see a lot of things, I didn't expected to see a white haired boy with dog ears. There, I found by the miko of Edo, also known as Kikyo's younger sister Kaede, and, after a misunderstanding, she told me that she thought I was her sister's reincarnation. Just a few minutes later, the village was attacked by Mistress Centipede who was after me.
Being the good-willed, stupid me, I ran out of the village to keep it safe since the youkai was after me. And she did follow me. I ran straight to the Goshinboku and unknowing awoken the dog eared boy for his deep slumber. He started saying that I was a person named Kikyo and that I shouldn't be running sine I was Oh-So-Powerful. Mistress Centipede trapped me against the boy and he said if I free him, he would save me. Being the naive girl I was, I did free him and he did kill the youkai but then came after me. Thanks to Kaede though, he didn't kill me because Kaede put a subjection necklace on him and all I have to do was say 'sit' and he would crashed into the ground, face first." Kagome said, smiling at the memory but didn't stop crying.
She continued on, "The next day, I accidentally broke the jewel while trying to get it back. Ah~ it was like watching fireworks. But anyways, I then started my journey with Inuyasha. I did the sensing for the jewel. He beat the crud out of the person who refused to hand them over. Later, we were joined by a fox youkai child named Shippo, after he tried to steal the jewel shards and we avenged his father who was killed. Of course, all good things had to come to an end, sooner or later, but in my case sooner. Well, a witch stole Kikyo's ashes and also kidnapped me. She gave Kikyo MY soul and made her the living dead. Kikyo then, still hurt by the betrayal of Inuyasha or so she thought, attacked Inuyasha. Hearing Inuyasha in trouble, I managed to pull back most of MY soul, but Kikyo kept some of it and she ran off that so I didn't get back the rest."
"Later on, we met a perverted monk with a cursed hand, thanks to Naruku. He always asked anyone who was female if they would bear his children." Kagome added.
"They also met me on their journey though it wasn't a good start off." Sango said, feeling guilty and sweat-dropping at the same time.
"What do you mean?" asked Yusuke, curiosity.
"I um... attacked them?" Sango said, uneasy.
"WHAT?!" yelled Yusuke and Kuwabara, upset that she would attack them.
"I thought that they were the reason I lost my family and village. I was tricked by Naruku into believing that they killed everyone I cared about, but it was really Naruku. Then after I attacked, I found out the truth. Later on, I also found out that my brother Kohaku was alive but controlled by Naruku without any memories about what happened before he was with Naruku." Sango said, sadly. And, Kurama felt like he should be confronting her.
"Oh, sorry." Kuwabara said while Yusuke was nodding his head in agreement. While that was happening, Kurama shuck behind and hugged Sango. Sango was about to kick butt when she realized who it was. By now, the girls stopped crying.
"We also meet a wolf youkai named Koga. He kidnapped me and Shippo. Me because I could sense the jewel shards. Shippo was kidnapped by accident. When he saw how caring I was for Shippo, since he became a son to me, when I helped him escape and stuck behind to distract the wolf youkai that went after us, he declared to the world and my group how I was his woman." Kagome said with disgust at the end. And Hiei suddenly felt like skinning the wolf 'Koga' alive.
"Through Koga and his promise he never keep did, we meet Ayame." Sango said, smiling at the memory.
"What did he promise?" asked Yusuke. And when he said the tears in Ayame's eyes, he went over there and hugged her from the side, "You don't have to tell me."
Ayame shook her head and said, "He promised me, he'd mate me once I was done training with my grandfather. That promise was the only thing that kept me going and to come back to him to see he decided on mating someone else. It's okay now, though. He's a traitor. I don't marry traitors that betrayal me on purpose." And with that, she laid her head on his shoulder.
"What happened?" Hiei asked as he face Kagome who was about to cry again.
He grabbed her and pulled her into his chest and said, "It's okay."
"Inuyasha, who I loved, along with Miroku, who Sango loved, and Koga accused us of using the jewel's wish on ourselves to get stronger. That was after we beat Naruku and had one second training with Inu No Taisho, Inuyasha's and Sesshomaru's father, Midoriko, and Akumao. Sesshomaru was Inuyasha's half brother." Kagome said calmly while looking into the eyes of Hiei. Hiei and Kagome started to feel a pull, closing the space between their lips and when they were about to kiss...
Authors Notes
Yeah, I left it at a cliffy.
I don't own Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho.
"I thank you for your support in my story. I have to go. I have a pancake-ruled camp to break into." Lunar Youkai said.
This has been Authors Notes.
