The Grandchildren of The 2 Great Lords

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Chapter 44

The sweat was dripping from my brow as I glanced up to where Masumi was sitting; on the shoulder of the dumb looking giant. Her eyes where gleaming with pure evil. I gulped.

I am not afraid; I was giving myself a pep talk. I felt Rikuo standing beside me. I could feel the fear of the Nurarihyon oozing from him, even though it was not showing. I could feel his Hyakki Yakou. I could even feel Yura and her Hagun. I am not afraid.

I felt a smile creep in the corner of my mouth. I could feel the drumroll in my heart as I took a step forward. All eyes where on me, but for the first time, it didn't matter… I could finally feel the power of the Inu mixing with my spiritual fire. It was a delicious pain…

She deserves to die…

I'll make sure of it…

"Kameko, darling… before we start our final battle," she paused, to give a overdramatic sigh, "I wanna tell you the story of a young maiden."

"Keh! I don't care about this story of yours," Kameko said, crossing her arms.

"Oh but sweetie," her voice became dark and monotonous, "you do."

For some reason, both Kameko and Rikuo shivered. What does this has to do with me?

"Sweetie, please sit down and get comfortable; this might be long," Masumi said waving her hands.

"No thank you, I'm good standing," Kameko said.

"Sooth yourself," she waved as her eyes darkened once again.

"It all started when…"

Masumi's POV:

It was the crack of dawn when I open the drapes of the door of my cottage. Grandma was still sound asleep in her mat while I sneaked out quietly to get water for breakfast. The well was inside the forest, in between the trees. I remember thinking to myself 'why would anyone put a well in the middle of the forest that no one can even see?'

The moment I arrived to the well, I knew something was off; my spiritual senses where alert.

'Youkai!'

Before I could even react, a swell amount of youki spread across the forest. All of the sudden the air was sucked out of my lungs as I fell to the ground, clutching my neck, gasping for air.

A grand spider emerged from the bushes and attacked me. It threw me some kind of white thing from its mouth; I assumed it was his web. The web fell on me and its moist texture started burning my skin. It was poisoned.

"I want to eat little mikos like you, young lady," it spewed.

I needed to do something or the thing would eat me. With one knee on the ground, I let out a silent prayer and my spiritual aura broke the web. The beast growled in anger.

'So you're gonna put up a fight? Even better!' as it launched itself towards me at great speed. He spewed a bigger amount of that web, taking me by surprise; it threw me against a tree, leaving me semi-conscious. All of a sudden the thing launches towards me with his mouth wide open and all I could do was cringe.

'I can't die! I have to see my grandma!' I remember thinking before I heard a loud roar. A much greater youki appeared and before I fell unconscious I saw a huge white dog, leaping and killing the spider.

Later, I woke up in my mat with my grandmother beside me. I recall her saying, "That tall man with silver hair saved your life… Even though he's a youkai, I am so grateful for saving your life."

That's when everything came back to me. I ran out of the hut with my grandma calling my name and I ran towards the forest.

'Maybe if I see him, I can thank him.'

But he wasn't there.

Months went by and all I could think about was my savior. I dreamed of petting his head and scratching his ears. Grandma said it was a man with long and beautiful silver hair, with blue marks on his face and golden almond eyes. I remember seeing a giant dog; yet again, many youkai disguise themselves as humans to blend in with the crowd.

Day and night passed and it never appeared. Until one day, a group of youkai came to raid the town. I made my grandmother hide on a hole I had made years before and ran out to help the villagers fight this demons. But they won the battle.

Bodies scattered outside the village limits; the scent of blood was thick in the air. I ran back to the hut to fetch my grandma when I saw her there lying lifeless. I called her name several times but she didn't answer. I turned her over and saw that she was unharmed, which made me think that her heart finally gave in. Sadness mixed with relieve washed over me, as I knew she wasn't killed by youkai but by her sick heart. Nonetheless, I was going to miss her.

Then, from the depths of the forest, a roar echoed. I ran outside towards the forest, as fast as my skinny legs could take me. My hair was glued to my face as I sweat like a lumberjack. I ran until I felt the immense youki.

Before me stood the most majestic being I've ever seen. He was nothing as my grandma describe… He was more beautiful! His long, silver mane held in a high ponytail flew wildly in the breeze; his big, almond shaped, golden eyes where brushed by his thick brows, knit well together. His built was strong and powerful; yet his eyes where kind.

Feeling self conscious about my appearance, I stumbled into the ground and lowered my head.

"Master, thank you for saving me the other day, and letting me see my grandmother again… I…"

He interrupted me by saying, "I smell blood, what happened?"

"A group of evil youkai came and raided our town. We fought, but… we lost… the villagers are dead,"

"Where's that old woman that greeted me at the entrance of the village?" he asked.

"My grandmother… she… she's dead, master," my nose still touching the ground.

"Woman, get up!" he commanded. I scrambled back to my feet looking at my dirty, blood stained, clearly filthy pink kimono. I was still looking at the ground.

"Master, if I may, I will like to serve you in return, for saving my life," I said fast.

"There is no need for that, young woman, you are free to go," he said kindly.

"That's the thing, master… I have no where else to go… the whole village has being destroyed and my grandmother is dead… please Master, I beg of you," tears streamed down my cheeks as I tried to hold a sob.

I heard a sigh coming from the other end. "Hn."

With that he turned around. I had no idea what to make of the sound that came from his beautifully carved lips. I stayed put to the ground. A second later, he turned around and said to me,

"Woman, are you not going to follow?" he asked.

"Yes, Master," I whispered as I scrambled behind him. We walked for what seemed like an hour but it was only minutes. My tired body was not providing for the energy it needed. Without looking at the ground, I stumbled and fell. When I tried to get up, I found out I couldn't.

"Young woman, when was the last time you had something to eat?" Master, whose name he hasn't announced, asked me as he crouched in front of me.

"I do not remember, Master… I…" I couldn't finish the question. Tears where clouding my eyes as I remembered that the beasts had attacked us before dinnertime. Not that we had a lot, but it was enough for two meager meals a day. Grandma was by the fire when the youkai came.

"Here, let me help you. I think we've walked enough," he said as he grabbed my arm and pulled me up with ease.

Right before my eyes, he transformed into the beautiful white dog I had seen and wished to pet the other day. It looked at me with kind eyes as it nudged its head. I didn't understand. I later made a soft growl and then nudge me again with its mouth and then turned around, giving me its back. That's when I understood and I climbed. I held on tightly as it sprang into a sprint and ran as fast as the wind.

After what seemed like an hour, I was feeling tiresome. I started yawning and quickly doze off. The next time I opened my eyes, we're at the foot of a ginormous castle. In my daze, I had not realized that this particular castle was in the clouds, up in the sky. For a second, I threw up in my mouth for I am afraid of heights.

"Worry not, little miss, you will get used to it," as a black gnome pulled my skirt and walked me into the inside of the castle. The foyer was so majestic; I had to stop and wonder. The gnomes little voice interrupted my thoughts, saying:

"The Master had to alert his wife, THE Lady, that he had arrived," he continued on babbling but I could only hear the word 'wife' countless times in my mind.

'Of course he had to be married… a great Lord as himself wouldn't be alone… well, at least I'll get my wish on serving my Lord,' I sighed deeply and in pain as I followed the gnome who for some reason hadn't stop talking. I found the little guy very cute but annoying.

Years had passed and the Lady had not produced an heir for the Master. Bitterness grew inside me as I watched them both form atop a window, walking through the garden holding hands… I hated her with all my soul.

'I could've produced an heir for him, if he would've asked!'

'Oh but of course! I am not a demon! Just a mere human he saved!'

'I must make him love me! If he sees me, maybe he will vanish her and take me as his wife instead…'

'Maybe… I should end her life…'

But my attempts of capturing his attentions where futile... He never once looked at me again. He would acknowledge my presence every once in a while when I was scrubbing the floors or taking care of the garden or washing the windows… he would not so often asked how I was and if I fed well; which to all I replied, 'Yes, your Highness,' with my head bowed.

Many a night I would turn over and over on my cot thinking of all the ways to finish his wife's existence. But she was a powerful woman and with exceeding beauty, I could not in my wildest dreams compete with that… Yet, I harbored in my mind and heart feelings of hate towards her like no other.

Several months had past and I heard the dreadful news that the Queen was able to produce a son and that his name was 'Sesshomaru'. I reeled in anger as I realized I would never, ever be his.

I had to terminate her existence.

I ventured into the abyss of the dark magic and conferred in my soul that I would learn them for the sole purpose of destroying the Queen and her pup.

The darkness in my soul grew to the extent of taking over my whole existence. I no longer loved or felt compassion but only hate. As I planned my vengeance, the Queen falls into a great illness and suddenly dies. The fates where in my favor, as I had nothing to do with her death…

I ran to meet my Master after such delighting news, only to have him shun me away, saying 'he needed to be there for his son… for the only thing his Queen left him…'

At that moment, I decided to spill my feelings towards him… just to have him look at me like as I was a mad woman and he had me thrown into the dungeons, accusing me of murdering his wife. While the guards where dragging me away, I yelled: "I didn't do it, but even if I had, I would've gladly done it again!"

He roared in anger as he launched himself towards me, casting me away like a ragged doll. He then told his guards to vanish me from the kingdom.

I cooked in my soul feelings of vengeance. Many summers I planned, sometimes days in a row without rest, so my avengement would be perfect. Then one night I hear that the Lord had taking upon himself a human. A HUMAN! And that she was with child. It was the night of full moon. The perfect night for a curse…

But when I arrived to give the child my 'blessing', I had learned my Lord had died in battle and that the woman and child escaped. I set up in a rampant rage, destroying villages and towns in a row… I terrorized and tortured people just to learn the name of the child, so that I could curse him and his mother for taking the man I loved away from me.

Several years passed 'til I heard word of the boy named Inuyasha and of his mother, the beautiful Izayoi. But she had long passed and that the boy was married to a priestess. I also learned that Sesshomaru had also taken for himself a human companion. What is with this Dogs and their human women? I could never fathom why the Lord chose Izayoi over me! WHY!

Later I found out that both women had produced heirs for the sons of the Lord.

My vendetta is near, sons of the Great Demon Dog… Soon you will beg for your lives….

A/N: There's no greater hell than that of a scorned woman... or I think that's how the saying goes... Anyway, thanks for reading! This chapter was particularly hard to write, show mercy... Please review and tell me what you think!

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