A Hearts Wind Barricade

Summary: Kagome Higurashi is a normal, run of the mill Princess, with normal siblings, and normal powers, living in a normal village. She hates it! Being normal; she hates it! She trains with her Shamanic abilities and strengthens them so that they are but second nature to her. Her training is however, interrupted, by a rumor. Who is this 'Zelgadis', and is he really the most powerful of Shamans? She knew better than to go off on a rumor, but finally, tired of the normality of her life, she makes her way out of her kingdom in search of this 'Zelgadis'. But...what will become of their meeting...and...how will the unmentioned members of his group react to her sudden appearance, as well as one other, unwelcomed guest...

Anime: InuYasha/Slayers

Pairing: Kagome/?

Genre: Romance/Adventure

Rated: M

A/N: This might come as a shock, but all of the words used in the chapters (TITLE) are in English, even if you've never heard of them. Look them up, they are fun words and I'm sure you could use them in a sentence one day, lol.

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DONNYBROOK!

Bring It On Priest!

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"Get off my case Kikyou! I'm fifteen and I can very well do what I want! If I want to train than who are you to tell me otherwise?" Kagome stormed a few feet away from her sister then turned back, "I am a greater Shaman than Master Gru now, and I will continue training till I am the greatest Shaman outside of Higura Kingdom too!"

"Spoiled brat, if you want to be the best outside of the Higura Kingdom, than leave, but stop playing princess here!"

"..." Souta stared between his sisters. He had been training with Kagome when Kikyou had come and started down talking her like she usually did, only, Kagome had been in a sour mood already from an argument with their mother earlier. He had been eavesdropping on them during that argument and he found it to be one he'd heard a couple times before between them.

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Flashback

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"Kagome, please drop it!"

Kagome scrutinized her mother as the older woman turned away with a hand on her arm, squeezing tightly, as if she was hurting. "Does it matter what I want?" Kagome asked. Fifteen years old now and she had gone through this more often than she appreciated. "Do you even care about anyone other than yourself?" She stepped forward. "I want answers! Tell me!"

"No! It has nothing to do with you!"

"It has everything to do with me!"

"How; why does it matter?"

"That has nothing to do with you!" She through back at her mother, "I have my reasons for continuously bringing this up; if you would just answer me, then I'd stop asking you!"

"How can you expect me to answer that?" Her mothers' eyes swelled with tears. "I can't even begin to understand how your fathers' birth origin concerns you!"

"Really?" Kagome couldn't understand what was so hard to get. "You really don't get it..." Kagome glared, "I can give you three reasons; one, I am curious of the late King's origin's. Two, I have reasonable belief that the only one who isn't his child is Kikyou; and three─"

"Kagome, that's impossible!"

"AND THREE...he's my father!"

"...leave."

"Not until you tell me─"

"LEAVE!"

Kagome jumped, calming slightly, she turned a cold glare on her mother who now looked at her with contempt. "Fine..." Her voice came out surprisingly calm and soft. "...hide behind your secrets, I'll find out sooner or later...but apparently not from you."

"..."

Kagome turned and left the room; Souta moved out of her way before glancing inside then turning to follow his sister.

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End Flashback

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Kikyou clenched her fists at her side; this action did not go unnoticed by Souta. "You realize mother is setting up for you to be taken to Uncle's..."

"Which Uncle?"

"Father had no brothers, so obviously the Uncle on our mothers' side."

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Humph, she has two brothers, which one?"

"The one you don't like."

"...lovely; if you are done patronizing me, you can leave the way you came." Kagome turned back to her sword play, hacking up a defenseless tree in her way as she tried to relieve herself of her anger.

"You should learn respect, Kagome."

"Respect? For somebody like you?" Kagome stopped making swings at the tree and glanced over her shoulder with a contemptuous and mocking look, "You act like you're important."

"...why pretend to be a princess; you are obviously not cut out for it. You should be in the village with the slimy lower-class citizens, not up here where you obviously fall short of what's expected of you."

"..." Kagome listened as her older sister's steps grew farther away, her little brother took her hand in his and she looked down at him, her eyes meeting his. "You heard her," She smiled, "Let's go to the village."

"But...we've never ─"

"There's a first time for everything," She interrupted.

"I guess so..." He let her pull him out of their little clearing in the forest and the two made the long trek to the village outside of the Castle. The village was by no means small; filling the entire surrounding area outside of the castle, in-between four mountains, can hardly be called small, it just happens to be well hidden, so no tourists.

She walked along the streets, not many knew what she looked like, or her brother. They knew that there were three kids in the Higura royal family, but not what they looked like.

"Fresh bread dearie?"

Kagome looked to her left and smiled, "Sorry, we haven't any money on us right now."

"It's on the house dear." The elder woman smiled in kind, handing two halves of a loaf to Kagome and her brother. Both bowed with respect and thanked her. "Off with you now, enjoy the day's offerings."

"The day's offerings?"

"Yes little ones, life. Life is the offering that is given every day."

Kagome grinned, "Thanks miss, I think we will enjoy the day's offerings. Come on Souta!" She said, pulling her brother with her down the stone street. The two visited most every shop, getting their fill of the village and what it had to offer. The village was filled with marvels, magic and mystery. At current, the two were in a book shop that looked to be older than the village itself. "Whoa! Souta, check this out!"

Souta moved to his sisters' side, looking over her shoulder from where she sat cross legged on the floor reading a book. He read over her shoulder out loud, "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe."

"Read who said that."

"...Higura, Tarandrus."

"That was daddy's name!"

"You mean your dad..."

Kagome frowned, "No, I mean mine and yours."

"That isn't possible; I was born years after he died."

"I wouldn't say it's impossible..."

Kagome and Souta turned to see a young man on a ladder nearby, looking on higher shelves with a deep look of concentration; scrolls filled his left arm as his right hand moved over the spines of multiple books as he searched the shops archive with great heed. "Could you explain a little more sir?"

"...mm," He glanced down at them, he had violet eyes, a little lighter than his dark, black/violet hair that fell just above his shoulders in a bob cut. With a sigh, his eyes shut and he jumped from the ladder and landed almost silently before them, his eyes fell shut and he smiled, sitting down before them. "I suppose, it may be easier to explain if I understood a little more about the family."

"...I'm Kagome, the middle child of the Higura Royal family. Souta, my brother, is the youngest, born three years after daddy died. Kikyou is older than me by two years, but I don't believe that she is my fathers' daughter. I believe that me and Souta are biologically his."

"I see, your father was Parandrus then."

"Tarandrus, sir..." Kagome corrected.

He laughed, "No, Parandrus. He fell in love with the young Rai, had one child, and gave his soul to the third."

"..." Souta stared curiously. "Me?"

"Yeah, I knew Parandrus. He could change himself into a human male, well...anything actually..."

"Wait! What are you talking about, change into a human male?"

"He wasn't human..."

"..." Kagome stood and placed the book back on the shelf. "Souta, let's go home, this clown has said enough."

"Ah, right." He followed after his sister, leaving the man smiling on the floor.

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Kagome felt something inside her boil at the man's words. "Go inside Souta, I'll be training."

"But─"

"Go, I want to be alone."

"I understand." He left and Kagome leaned against a tree and sighed, trying to calm down. She walked through the forest to the clearing she'd earlier been in and pulled her hands together, "Infinite earth, mother who nurtures all life, let thy power gather in my hand! VLAVE HOWL!" Kagome watched the spot before her as it was turned into a small pond of Magma. She moved near it and sat down, glaring at the tree across from the pit. The sword remained hidden behind the illusion long ago placed there.

"My goodness, you aren't mad over what I said I hope."

Kagome glanced up at the sudden voice. The man from earlier looked down at her with closed eyes from the tree with the illusion on it. "Nice job with that magma pit, you are fifteen?"

"..." She turned her cold gaze to the man, taking in his clothing. A black cape with an over the shoulder cloak that stopped above his elbows with a yellow trim with red lining and red rectangles all around the yellow trim; red enhancement stones scattered here and there, black traveling pants with white rope around the ends, tying them to the brown boots he wore, a light yellowish/beige long sleeve peasants shirt with white rope tied around his midriff, a brown messenger bag over his shoulder and a pair of light grayish/blue gloves were worn on his hands. "Can I help you?"

"Not at all, just wondering...whether you were mad because you thought I was lying...or because you believe me."

"..." She glanced into the hot pit and kicked a shoe off into it. The silk shoe burnt before hitting the hot magma.

"Now, that was a waste of a perfectly good shoe."

She took her other shoe and through it at the man in her tree; she smiled when it connected with his face.

"Ouch, that was uncalled for."

"It was called for."

"Humph,"

"Who are you?"

He held the shoe in his hand and looked to her, "My name is Xellos, and you are Kagome."

"Obviously, I already told you that." She turned back to the Magma pit, "I realized I can't turn it back..."

"...heh...haha," He laughed, but Kagome felt like it was more an act than an actual laugh. "Zelgadis would find you funny...a little hazardous though."

"Who is Zel-uh...Zel-go-dous?"

"HAHAHA!" The man wrapped his arms around his waist; a blush stained Kagome's cheeks. "Call him Zel-Zel, he likes that."

"Who is Zel-Zel?"

"He's a Master at Shaman Arts."

"...is he better than me?"

He smiled, "You would be a trainee Shaman."

She glared, flustered at the mock smile. "..."

"Ooo, I seemed to have insulted you."

"I'm the best Shaman in Higura!"

"They must not have high expectations for Shaman's in Higura then."

She stood up with clenched fists in her skirt. "You jerk!"

"Huh?"

She turned away with tears in her eyes. "You are rude!"

"I only speak the truth."

"You don't even know me!"

"Sure I do."

"What?" She turned and found him no longer sitting in the tree. She sighed and turned to continue her way to the castle, only to walk into his chest and stumble backwards onto her hands. "How did you do that?"

He got on one knee before her and lifted her bare left foot and slipped the silk shoe that had been thrown at him back on. "That..." He grinned, pulling another silk shoe, similar to the one she'd thrown into the Magma, out from behind him before slipping it onto her other bare foot. "...is a secret," He winked.

"..." She watched him disappear before her eyes. She blinked a few times and looked down at her feet, wiggling them about, she smirked. "...cool..."

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That night, Kagome made her way down the stairs to her mother's study. The door was cracked a little and inside, Kagome could see her mother crying.

"...mom?"

"Ah! Kagome," She wiped away the tears and stains against her cheeks, smiling to her youngest daughter. "I was just─"

"I came to apologize," She interrupted, closing her eyes.

"..."

"I won't ask you anymore." She felt arms around her and tears falling onto her bare shoulders. She was dressed in a white off shoulder nightgown that had an empire waist and scrunch bust.

"I'm sorry that I can't answer, but one day...you'll understand."

"I'm sure." She hugged her back, "Bye mom, sleep well."

"You too, I'll see you in the morning."

She release Kagome and Kagome smiled, turning, she walked away. Kagome made her way upstairs and back to her room where a black bag lay full on her bed next to a pair of dark green latex knee high boots with black accents, a fern green, dark green short frill skirt, the frills were a light pale green, a black belt lay on the skirt, next to that was a similar top to the charcoal one she once wore. A fern green top with a light pale green bandeau around her breasts, light pale green lining the collar, bell sleeves, hem and down the closure of the robe top. A light pale green belt lay on top of the bandeau and a white bow next to it. Kagome shut the door behind her and glanced at the letter on her dresser before dressing in the clothes scattered on her bed. She pulled on a pair of black leggings that went as high as her knees, and then pulled her knee high boots on, zipping the instep zippers.

She moved to her mirror and pulled the light pale green belt around her midriff and tied her hair up in a high ponytail with the white ribbon, tying it up in a bow before wrapping the black belt twice around her hips before buckling it.

"Alright..." She grabbed her bag and moved to her window. "Wind which blows beneath my feet...guide me...Levitation..."

Her feet hovered from the ground as wind picked her up off the flooring and she took off out of the window and made her way into the village. Her destination was the old bookshop, which she found was closing, or trying to at least.

"Sir please, I need to find that scroll. Allow me another hour and I'll leave."

She found it to be the one to give her back her shoes earlier, the one who'd gone by the name Xellos. "Sir? I came back for the book I was looking for earlier. I know where it is, and have the money."

"Ah...boy," The old man turned to Xellos, "You have till the girl leaves, then you leave too."

"...right." Xellos sighed. But took what he got. Taking the chance, he ran back inside and Kagome look at the old man.

"What is he looking for?"

"Some scroll with a map on it. Hell be it if I know, but he's gone through almost every scroll in my shop."

"I see." She took her time walking down the rows to the shelf with her book, buying as much time as she could for the young man without being overly obvious. She took a small detour and walked to his side, "Any luck?"

"No, no, no..."

"What map are you looking for."

"The map to the City of the Immortals."

"...isn't that somewhere in Ethiopia?"

"Yes, but it's hidden, and only in one map...wait a second, how do you know that the City of the Immortals is in Ethiopia?"

"I...saw it in a scroll...once...it's in my dad's study."

"Great!"

Kagome watched his eyes open, a look of thought filling out the light violet orbs before they closed on her once more. Kagome decided to get the book she'd earlier been reading and headed to the old man who was waiting patiently for her. Xellos followed and the old man looked to him.

"Did you find what you were looking for boy?"

"I did in fact, it's at this girls home, and she has kindly agreed to get it for me."

"HA! If you want it, go get it. I'll tell you where to go, but don't think I'm going back. I need to get out of this Kingdom before I rot here."

"I see, how about this. Get me the map, and I'll take you with me."

"...promise?"

"I promise."

"You will take me with you, for as long as I wish to follow?"

"For as long as you wish to follow, unless I am called away, then I will leave, but I will always return."

She thought about it, finally agreeing, she sighed and once more, she returned to her home, making her way inside the castle with Xellos beside her. She nodded to a passing guard who gave a bow and continued on his way. Kagome crept silently to the study, hoping no one would get suspicious of her sneaking about with a person they don't know, bag over her shoulder, dressed at midnight, and heading into her dead fathers study. "It's there," She pointed to a scroll on an empty shelf. It was the highest shelf, but nothing but dust and that scroll lay on it.

"Wonderful." He disappeared and reappeared before the shelves, taking the singular scroll and opening it to check. A cruel grin slowly formed before his face fell back into its more default smile. "We should leave now. I did promise to take you with me."

Kagome nodded, taking off out the study window with him and once more using the levitation spell to follow after him.

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"Oh my, how delicious is this. Simply marvelous...My little Marionette is with Xellos...the Irony, my dear sweet Halfling...Hahaha!"

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Me: Hope everyone enjoyed this chapter! Next up: Baby Boom! Slayers/InuYasha again, and after that, my more recent works, BABY-IN-A-BOX! InuYasha/Yu Yu Hakusho, and King of Hell: Wherefore Art Thou Demonic Maiden! King of Hell/InuYasha; look forward to it!