Disclaimer: see chapter one
Author's Note: I'm finally adding an Inuyasha character here
Chapter 19: Remembrance of Betrayal
At night, as a train had drove down the tracks, a fifteen year old girl, with long black hair was riding in it. This girl was studying her deck, with a sad expression on her face. When a tear was coming down from her brown eyes, she wiped it off, 'Why?' she thought, as she choked up a tear.
-Flashback-
The teenage girl was walking out of a village and into the forest, with a smile on face. As she was walking deeper into the forest, she caught a glimpse of a familiar face, 'Inuyasha' she thought as she picked up the pace.
She followed the long silver haired boy, with dog ears on his head to a clearing of the forest and hid behind the trees, 'What Kikyo is here!' she thought in disbelief, as she looked at Inuyasha walking towards a young woman, that looked like herself.
The girl couldn't hear what the two were saying to each other. But what she just witnessed would change the way she looked in life, as Inuyasha and Kikyo were embracing each other and started kissing each other and quite passionately.
The girl felt sick to her stomach as she watched this, remembering that she and Inuyasha had confessed their love to each other. The feelings that the girl had for Inuyasha had changed from love to extreme hate.
The girl clinched her fists, "SIT BOY!" she roared, as the necklace around Inuyasha's neck had glowed and slammed him on the ground taking Kikyo with him. The girl stomped over to the two, "Inuyasha, you jerk! This is the thanks I get for giving you my love and respect, that's it! If you want this walking clay pot then……SIT BOY! SIT BOY! SIT BOY! SIT BOY! SIT BOY! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT BOY!" she didn't let up the 'sits' as the tears came down her eyes.
-End Flashback-
The girl remembered that day pretty well and vowed never to fall in love ever again.
-Flashback-
The girl was running towards the well, while in tears, with her heart filled with betrayal and hatred.
"What's the hurry, my dear?"
The girl stopped running and turned to see a figure with a white hood, covering his face, only to see his mouth, at the side of her, "Excuse me, but……"
The figure held up his hand for the girl to stop talking, "I know, I witnessed the whole thing," he said, "I know your pain, my dear."
The girl sighed sadly, "You have no idea, how I feel," she said, ruefully
"Trust me, I know," he said, "I know that you were infatuated by that half demon, Ms. Kagome Higurashi."
The girl gasped, "H-how did….how did you know my name?" she asked, in surprise
"I'll explain as soon as we go through that well to your time," he said
The girl known as Kagome didn't know how to trust this character, but he seems trusting and wanting to leave as soon as possible, "Let's go!"
Kagome and the figure jumped into the well and appeared out of the well in a hut. The two walked out of the hut to reveal that there were in a shrine, "So, you never told me how you knew my name," Kagome said
"Kagome Higurashi. Reincarnation of the Priestess Kikyo. Age 15. Hair, black. Eyes, brown. Height, 175cm. Weight, 51 kg." The figure replied, "As you can see, Ms. Higurashi, I know everything about you."
Kagome raised an eyebrow, "Okay," she said, weirdly, 'Weird guy!' she thought
"But I'll tell you the truth about the relationship between you and the half demon, Inuyasha." The man said, "I'm afraid too dreadful for you to know."
"Okay, who the hell are you, what do you want and how the hell do you know about my relationship with HIM!" Kagome said, with disgust at the last part
"My name is Saiou Takuma and I've traveled very far to meet with you, Ms. Higurashi. I've seen you with the half demon countless of times and you declared your love for him, which was the biggest mistake you have made."
Kagome raised an eyebrow, "Okay, what do you have in mind? Because I'm far beyond extreme pissed at a certain half breeded bastard!"
"You're a duelist, aren't you?"
Kagome nodded, "Yeah, plus I'm entering Duel Academy in the fall."
"Tomorrow morning meet me at the park, with your duel disk, to help." Saiou left Kagome in her thoughts of trusting a guy, who wears a hood to cover his face.
Just then, a little transparent image of the Forgiven Maiden appears onto Kagome's right shoulder, "Mistress, are you sure that we could trust him," she said
"Don't worry; if he could help me forget about HIM then I'm happy."
The next morning after sealing the well, so Inuyasha can't come out of there, Kagome came out of her house with her duel disk and walked towards the park.
"You've arrived, Ms. Higurashi," Saiou came from the trees and walked towards Kagome, which made the black haired girl turn around, "Now we can prepare for your desired destiny. Now it's time to duel."
"Hold on!" Kagome said, "Before we do anything, let's see what's under that hood!"
Saiou pulled the hood from his head, which appeared to be a young man with long blue hair and blue eyes, "As you see, Ms. Higurashi, I have nothing to hide."
"Hey, where's your duel disk?" Kagome asked
"I don't need one," Saiou said, as fog appears, freaking Kagome out, "What's going on?" she asked, as a table appears in front of Saiou, "Uh! You do realize that's a table, right?" Kagome activates her duel disk, "Let's go!" Saiou and Kagome declared as they drew 5 cards and Saiou places the cards on the table without looking at them. (SLP: 8000/KLP: 8000)
"Huh! Hey Saiou, what's the deal?" Kagome asked, in confusion, "Why aren't you looking your cards?"
"I don't need it, I already know what I drew, Ms. Higurashi."
"You know, you don't have to call me, 'Ms. Higurashi' just 'Kagome'." Kagome said, "Watashi no turn draw!" Kagome wipes out a card from her deck, "I'll summon X-Head Cannon!" X-Head Cannon (ATK: 1800), "Next, I'll rock the spell card, Frontline Base, which allows me to roll out Y-Dragon Head!" Y-Dragon Head (ATK: 1500), "Next I'll activate this spell card, Trap Booster! Now I can discard on card from my hand into the graveyard to activate a trap card, Call of the Haunted, to relieve a monster that's in the graveyard to attack mode!"
"But you have no monsters in the graveyard!" Saiou told her
"I do, thanks to the effect of Trap Booster, see the card I discarded was Z-Metal Tank!" Z-Metal Tank (ATK: 1500)
Saiou smirked, "Impressive, you've summoned three monsters on the first turn."
"You haven't seen nothing yet," Kagome started, "Because I'll combine my machines to create XYZ-Dragon Cannon!" XYZ-Dragon Cannon (ATK: 2800), "Finally I'll place a face-down!"
"Watashi no turn, draw!" Saiou draws a card from his deck and places it on his table face-down, "I have a strong feeling that the top card was my Vision spell card!" Saiou shows Kagome his card. Kagome gasped, "Ho-how did you know that it was that? You didn't have to look at it to know what it is."
"I have the power to detect and sense cards before I draw them." Saiou replied, "And I'll activate my spell card, now I can unveil the top card of my deck to you." Saiou places his hand onto his deck, "I sense that the top card is Arcana Force II The High Priestess!" Saiou draws the card from his deck and show it to Kagome, "What the……!" Kagome exclaimed
Saiou chuckled, as he placed the card back to his deck, "Like I said before, Kagome," he said, "I can sense things before they occur, just like you, you can sense the power of the Shikon Jewel Shards. The power that Inuyasha needed to become a full demon, even though he promised that he'll stay a half demon for you or could it be that he wanted to use the jewel to restore Kikyo's soul by killing you off."
Kagome growled, remembering the previous day, "Shut it!"
Saiou chuckles again, "I could sense your anger and hatred as plain as day."
"You know what, Saiou; I think something here stinks about this ordeal!"
"Very well, let's continue with our duel and you will come in terms to my power soon enough, kid. And know that I don't resort to trickery and to show you proof come here and shuffle my cards."
Kagome shrugs and walked towards Saiou. She picks up Saiou's deck, "Are you always this calm? You should start getting angry one day!" Kagome shuffles the deck and places it back on the table and walks back to her spot.
"You know, Kagome, all your moves in the later turns have been predetermined and I know them pretty well. You will eventually see the light! Sooner or later, everyone does."
"Yeah, well, I'm not everyone!"
Saiou chuckles, "Let's move on, shall we?" he said, "Now where were we, ah yes, I was activating my Suit of Sword III!" an image of the spell card appears above Saiou's head and started spinning, "This card will spin until you say 'stop' if it stops right side up then I can destroy all of your monsters and you take damage equal to the total attack points of the monsters destroyed, but if it stops upside down then you can destroy all of my monsters and I take damage so say the word."
"Okay, stop!" Kagome yelled, as the card stopped in the upright position, "What!" Kagome exclaimed as her monster had exploded as the result.
KLP: 5200
"If you liked that, then you're going to love this," Saiou said, "Knight of Pentacles in attack mode!" Knight of Pentacles (ATK: 1000). A card of Knight of Pentacles appears above the monster and moves in a circle, "Oh come on, again!" Kagome complained
"Now you have a chance to redeem yourself, if it stops right side up, this monster can't be destroyed due to a battle, however if it stops upside down, then this monster is instantly destroyed when attacked!"
"Stop!"
The card stopped upside down, "Yes!" Kagome cheered, "Looks like you're out of luck now, Saiou!"
"Let's see!" Saiou said, with a grin
"Watashi no time, draw!" Kagome whips out a card from her deck and looked at it and giggled, "I'll activate my Pot of Greed spell card, now I get to draw two cards from my deck!" Kagome draws two cards, "Next, I'll activate my Graceful Charity spell card! Now I can draw three cards as along as I ditch two!" Kagome draws three cards and sends two from her hand to the graveyard, "I'll summon Watapon!" Watapon (ATK: 300), "Since, I used Graceful Charity to draw Watapon, that was a special summon and now I'll sacrifice Watapon to summon Airknight Parshath!" Airknight Parshath (ATK: 1900), "You want to hear my prediction, Saiou. My prediction is that I'm gonna kick your butt all the away to next week, it's fate, because I'll activate my spell card, Monster Reborn to summon forth Wingweaver in attack mode!" Wingweaver (ATK: 2950), "But wait, the pain continues because I'll activate my Big Bang Shot and equip it to my Parshath, giving him 400!" Airknight Parshath (ATK: 1900)-(ATK: 2300), "Now Airknight Parshath attack!"
SLP: 6700
"Since I inflicted damage to your life points, I get to draw one card from my deck, complements of my Parshath's special ability, now Wingweaver attack!"
SLP: 3750
"That's enough torment for now!"
Saiou chuckles again, "You don't show any mercy on your opponent's I like that." He said, "Watashi no turn, draw!" Saiou draws a card from his deck and places it on the face-down, "Kagome, my dear, I predict that this turn will be the last of your duel."
"Well I predict that you're bluffing!"
"Let's find out, shall we, I'll activate Selection of Fate!" Saiou flips the card face-up, "Now you can randomly choose one card from my hand and if it's a monster I get to special summon it on my field."
"You're gonna make me walk back there again!" Kagome stomps over to Saiou, "That one!" Kagome points at the middle one and Saiou picks up the card then smirks and shows it to Kagome, which was a complete shock, "Oh no!" she exclaims as she eyed the card that was the same card that was drawn by Saiou's Vision spell card, Arcana Force II The High Priestess, "Thank you for your help to summon this creature, Kagome." Arcana Force II The High Priestess (ATK: 2600)
KLP: 4200
"Hey, why did I lose 1000 life points!" Kagome asked, as she looked at her life point meter
"Oops, did I neglect to tell you the effect of my Vision spell card? Whenever, I play the card drawn by Vision, my opponent loses 1000 life points."
Kagome growled, "Something stinks about this," she was gritting her teeth
The image of the monster card appears above, "Now it's time to tempt the hands of fate, once again."
"Did you have any other effect, rather than this?" Kagome asked, "So far, you've used luck cards, rather than dependable cards. A reminder of someone I know."
"Please don't compare me to that fool, Joey Wheeler." Saiou hissed, "Now if the card stops right-side up, each time that you normal summon a monster, I get to normal summon a monster, however if it stops upside down, then each time that you normal summon a monster then I get to discard one card from my hand."
"What's the point about that?" Kagome asked, "You said that this will be the last turn of the duel, unless you're a fake!"
"Let's find out, just say the word, Kagome."
"Your funeral, Stop now!
The card stopped right-side up, "You know I'm getting pretty sick of this game!" Kagome snarled
"I'll activate Pot of Greed, which means I get to draw two cards from my deck." Saiou draws two cards, "I'll activate Forced Summon, with this card you have to normal summon a monster from your hand or deck."
"Fine, I'll summon Shinning Angel in attack mode!" Shinning Angel (ATK: 1400)
"Now I'll summon Arcana Force IV in attack mode!" Arcana Force IV (ATK: 1400), "It's time to tempt the hands of fate once again. If it stops right-side up, then my monsters will get an attack bonus of 500 points, however if it stops upside down, then my monsters will lose 500 points from their attack."
"Your luck is about to run out! Stop!" the card stopped right-side up, "Oh no……" Kagome whispered, knowing what will happen, "Now my monsters gain more powerful!" Saiou said, Arcana Force III The Empress (ATK: 1800) Arcana Force IV (ATK: 1900)
"So what!" Kagome spat, "I have another monster that is stronger than yours!"
"Yes, I know that." Saiou said, he flips open a card, "I'll activate Raigeki."
"NO!" Kagome shouted
"I'll activate Megamorph to double the attack of my Empress!" Arcana Force II The High Priestess (ATK: 2600)-(ATK: 5200), "And since you're wipe open, my monsters attack Kagome directly!"
"Don't think so! Go Mirror Force! Now say 'bye-bye' to your monsters!"
"I'll activate my spell card, Trap Paralysis! This card negates your Mirror Force! Now say goodbye to all of your life points!"
"No!"
KLP: 0
Kagome was on her knees, "Oh no……"
"It's all in the cards, thanks to them, I know what you fear the most," Saiou said, "When, I brought my Suit of Swords III, I detected that you've experienced a heartbreaking experience, have you? That half demon that you were infatuated with never loved you, in the first place, just saw as a jewel detector and nothing more. Now since, that all of the jewel shards have been found and the half demon, Naraku is finally defeated, Inuyasha felt that you weren't needed anymore."
Kagome lifted her gaze to Sari, "I should have know about this, anytime that Kikyo is around, Inuyasha wants to see her and I thought that he was over her, but I was wrong. I don't want to feel this kind of pain ever again. I never want to fall in love ever again! I want to fall in love with dueling and nothing else!"
Saiou smirks, "I can help you." He places his hand onto Kagome's forehead and transmits white energy waves to it, "There I've prevented you from falling in love with anyone else."
-End Flashback-
Kagome remember what happened and one is certain; she'll never want to have anything to do with anyone above a platonic relationship and Saiou made her heart turn against the one, who betrayed her with hatred. Ever since, that day, she had a thing for the color black. Right now, she had on a black shirt, black mini-skirt and black boots, while being covered by a black trench coat.
The train stopped at a station, which made Kagome get up from her seat and walked out of the train, with her bags and luggages. She looked around her surrounding wondering where her cousins Yusuke and Hikari are.
"Kagome!"
Kagome turned to see two kids her own age, which the two were twins, "Yusuke, Hikari!" she ran towards them and wrapped her arms around the neck of the girl with the dark brown hair, in a ponytail style. Hikari wrapped her arms around Kagome, returning the hug, "I missed you!" Kagome cooed
"Same here!"
"Oh sure, you give Kari a hug, but not me!" the boy with the greasy black hair pouted, with his arms crossed, "That's pretty low, cuz!"
Kagome giggled and let's go of Kari and looked at the boy and walked over to him, "Yusuke, I'm sorry," she cooed, "Please forgive me!"
Yusuke rolled his eyes, "Okay, I forgive you," as a response Kagome wraps her arms around Yusuke's neck, pulling him to a hug, which Yusuke returns it, "You're still silly!" Kagome said, peeking Yusuke's cheek.
The two let's go off one another, "Now let's go home," Yusuke declared
Saiou's Cards Used
Arcana Force III The Empress (M), Arcana Force IV The Emperor (M), Knight of Pentacles (M), Raigeki (S), Selection of Fate (S), Vision (S)
Suit of Swords III: Normal Spell: Toss 1 coin card is activated. Depending on whether the toss is heads or tails, you acquire 1 of the following effects:
Heads: Destroy all of your opponent's monsters and your opponent takes damage equal to the total attack points of the monsters destroyed.
Tails: Destroy all of your monsters and you take damage equal to the total attack of the monsters destroyed.
Trap Paralysis: Quick-Play: Negate the effects of Trap Cards when activated.
Forced Summon: Normal Spell: Your opponent normal summons a monster on your turn.
Kagome's Cards Used
Airknight Parshath (M), Big Bang Shot (S), Call of the Haunted (T), Frontline Base (S), Graceful Charity (S), Mirror Force (T), Pot of Greed (S), Trap Booster (S), Watapon (M), Wingweaver (M), X-Head Cannon (M), XYZ-Dragon Cannon (FM), Y-Dragon Head (M), Z-Metal Tank (M)
Author's Note: This takes place a year before Aster and Sartorious make their appearance in the second season.