*~Chapter 1~*
Happy B-Day, Kagome! From Naraku.
Normal POV
"Why does it have to be this time of month…" the black-haired Inuyasha grumbled.
"Come off it. It's a fact of life, and getting frustrated about it isn't going to solve it." Kagome told him. "It's just for tonight, it's not like we are doomed because you're weak for a night."
The gang was gathered around the blazing fire, eating ramen and listening to Inuyasha sulk. Kagome rubbed her temples for the sixteenth time that day. She had had a pounding headache since the morning, and she was feeling grumpy. Inuyasha looked at her in concern. She had been distracted and irritable all day, and she snapped at the smallest things. The firelight played against her ivory skin, and Inuyasha couldn't help but marvel at her beauty. Then he mentally killed himself for thinking such thoughts.
Damn it! What the hell is wrong with me? Suddenly Kagome started to hum an unfamiliar song. The others looked at her confused, but she kept staring in the fire.
"What song is that, Kagome?" Shippo asked. Kagome started, and grinned.
"It's the birthday song. You sing it on someone's birthday. I just remembered today is my sixteenth birthday." She answered with a laugh.
"How does it go?" Miroku asked thoughtfully. Kagome looked at him, confused, but sang anyway.
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear Kagome
Happy birthday to you
"Wow, Kagome! You're so famous your name's in the song?" Shippo exclaimed excitedly. Kagome laughed.
"No you just sing the name of whoever's birthday it is. So if it was Sango's birthday, we would sing her name." She explained. Miroku looked at the others, and they nodded. Then they all, except Inuyasha, burst into the birthday song. She stared at them in shock, but grinned as they ended.
"Thank you. You-" Suddenly she cut off as a familiar chuckle sounded. Naraku! Kagome thought, horrified.
"Happy birthday, Kagome." A tentacle shot out of nowhere and wrapped around Kagome's leg. She was hoisted into the air, and shoved into a barrier before she could say a word.
Great, just great. Of course Kami would bless me with a kidnapper for my birthday. Karma, now would be a really good time to deal with Naraku. Okay Kags, calm down. Think of this as an occupational hazard. Nope, that doesn't work. Okay…Inuyasha will kick Naraku's ass soon. Yeah! That works. Now to figure out how to get out of this damn barrier.
While Kagome was lost in her thoughts, an epic battle was raging below. Inuyasha was hidden in the shadows, probably because of his appearance. A tentacle shot out and pierced Sango through the stomach while she was distracted with a random demon that wanted to join the celebration.
"Sango!" Miroku cried. He blocked a tentacle with his staff, and ran to the fallen demon-slayer. Occupied with her, he failed to notice Kagura's Dance of Blades. They cut through him, and he fell on top of Sango, bleeding heavily. Kagome watched helplessly. Why! Why can't I help? I'm too weak to get out of a stinking barrier. Damn, I'm literally two steps from Naraku and I can't do anything. Why am I so damn useless? Naraku shot through the shadows, luring Inuyasha into the clearing.
"My, my, so the new moon is your time of weakness, Inuyasha? I shall enjoy slaughtering you. Or maybe I'll keep you alive long enough to see the miko die." Naraku teased, shooting a tentacle at Kagome, and piercing her shoulder.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha shouted, and rushed Naraku. Kagome put her hand to the wound, trying to staunch the red river that flowed from the wound. Since when does he have so many damn tentacles? Damn, Damn, Damn, DAMN! Why am I so damn pathetic!? Why!?
Naraku surrounded Inuyasha with his tentacles, which circled him like a snake ready to strike.
Without his demon senses, Inuyasha doesn't stand a chance! Why can't I do anything!?
Inuyasha kept Tetsaiga ready, tense as he warily watched the tentacles.
Inuyasha…
A tentacle shot out, and Inuyasha blocked it. But another tentacle shot out and stabbed his chest, and he fell to the ground.
INUYASHA!
Naraku was chuckling over his victory when he and the dying Inuyasha saw the crouching Kagome pulse. A growling sound emanated from her, and another pulse racked her body. Then she uttered a single word.
"Die."
A shockwave flowed from Kagome's body, paralyzing Naraku. Following this shockwave, spears of some black substance shot from Kagome's body, and headed for Naraku.
"Die." (Such a good cliffy… but I'm not that mean. ;D)
The spears slashed through Naraku, and he coughed up blood. Kagome gave another growl, and Naraku engulfed himself in Miasma, and disappeared. The barrier around Kagome dissipated, and she fell to the ground. She rolled a few times, before stopping before Inuyasha. He looked at her worried face, and her bleeding wound.
"Ka... Kagome…" Then his world went black. Kagome looked at unconscious man, and crumpled into the fetal position over as pain stabbed her head like a knife. She whimpered in agony, waiting for it to finish. As the pain ceased, she found herself singing a song she didn't know she knew. The song was like a lost memory, and described her perfectly at the moment.
Ever on and on I continue circling
With nothing but my hate in a carousel of agony
Till slowly I forget and my heart starts vanishing
And suddenly I see that I can't break free—
I'm
Slipping through the cracks of a dark eternity
With nothing but my pain and the paralyzing agony
To tell me who I am, who I was
Uncertainty enveloping my mind
Till I can't break free
And
Maybe it's a dream; maybe nothing else is real
But it wouldn't mean a thing if I told you how I feel
So I'm tired of all the pain, all the misery inside
And I wish that I could live feeling nothing but the night
You can tell me what to say; you can tell me where to go
But I doubt that I would care, and my heart would never know
If I make another move there'll be no more turning back
Because everything will change and it all will fade to black
Will tomorrow ever come? Will I make it through the night?
Will there ever be a place for the broken in the light?
Am I hurting? Am I sad? Should I stay, or should I go?
I've forgotten how to tell. Did I ever even know?
Can I take another step? I've done everything I can
all the people that I see I will never understand
If I find a way to change, if I step into the light
Then I'll never be the same and it all will fade to white
Ever on and on I continue circling
With nothing but my hate in a carousel of agony
Till slowly I forget and my heart starts vanishing
And suddenly I see that I can't break free—
I'm
Slipping through the cracks of a dark eternity
With nothing but my pain and the paralyzing agony
To tell me who I am, who I was
Uncertainty enveloping my mind
Till I can't break free
And
Maybe it's a dream; maybe nothing else is real
But it wouldn't mean a thing if I told you how I feel
So I'm tired of all the pain, all the misery inside
and I wish that I could live feeling nothing but the night
You can tell me what to say; you can tell me where to go
but I doubt that I would care, and my heart would never know
If I make another move there'll be no more turning back
because everything will change and it all will fade to black
If I make another move, if I take another step
then it all would fall apart. There'd be nothing of me left
If I'm crying in the wind, if I'm crying in the night
Will there ever be a way? Will my heart return to white?
Can you tell me who you are? Can you tell me where I am?
I've forgotten how to see; I've forgotten if I can
If I opened up my eyes there'd be no more going back
'Cause I'd throw it all away and it all would fade to black
Kagome didn't even know the song. It was a lost memory, hidden beneath the seal that held her true identity. She started. A seal. But she realized now. She had a seal on her heart, hiding the truth. The pounding headaches she had been having every birthday…that was the seal readjusting to her new life. That was the seal weakening. That was her heart trying to send her a clip of the truth.
But the question was: how to get rid of the seal? It was obviously powerful, and she doubted that it would take a simple spell to dispel it…
Miroku moaned from his position bringing Kagome back to the present. Oh my god. Inuyasha! Miroku! Sango! I'm such a damn idiot!
"Kagome?" Shippo's voice sounded from the shadows. She smiled.
"Come on out, Shippo." He and Kirara crept out of the dark. She grinned happily.
"Shippo, cam you transform and find a cave of something around here?" She asked the fox child. He nodded, and turned into his pink floating…bubble? He floated away, and Kagome started to pack their supplies, and load Miroku and Sango onto Kirara. It turned out to be harder than she thought. What does Miroku eat, rocks? He weighs a ton! Poor Kirara! After a lot of pushing and shoving, the end result was two unconscious people on a demon cat, and a futuristic miko covered with blood.
Around that time Shippo came back. "There's a huge cave over by that hill not too far from here!" Kagome nodded, and lifted Inuyasha on to the transformed Shippo before climbing on herself. As Shippo started to fly, a pounding headache shot through her temples. The last thing she remembered was a voice saying
"Time to remember…"
Okay, so you may be wondering WTH a ten-tail is so I'm going to be honest. I haven't a clue. I'm just winging it. So any ideas are welcome. I have got a few ideas, so maybe I'll use those, but any ideas review me and tell me. I may just incorporate them as a certain power, or I'll ignore them. But please do tell. And weaknesses. Everyone has weaknesses so maybe a certain whistle harms her or something.
Song is 'Bad Apple' by Christina Vee, and obviously we all know the 'birthday song'
I don't own Inuyasha blah di blah and reviews of course.
'kay, that's it for now…
Kitty of Death, over and out. ;D