InuYasha Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Breathless ❯ Omen ( Chapter 4 )

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Sailor Moon. I only own the plot, what you can understand of it anyway… —naughty smirk—

 

 

Chapter Three.

 

 

`Omen'

 

 

It had all happened so quickly: first Naraku's discovery of the Wind Sorceress Kagura's attempt of treachery, which had lead to her ruthless murder at his hands; Sesshoumaru's most unfortunate failure when trying to save her with the Tenseiga; the fellow detachment Mouryomaru's cruel mocking of her death in front of him, which had lead to the Demon Lord's enraged loss of control and the accidental breaking of his demonic sword, the Tokijin; days after that, the sword smith Totosai had showed himself to Lord Sesshoumaru, saying that his other sword, Tenseiga'd been calling to him, asking to be turned into a weapon so it could finally take its rightful place as the Demon Lord's inheritance.

 

 

Jaken couldn't help but wonder about the reason for such sudden unexpected reaction on the Heaven Fang's part. Had the Tenseiga really sensed some sort of change in the Demon Lord's heart as Totosai had, in Jaken's opinion, so disrespectfully suggested? The moment he'd charged at Mouryomaru with all the intention of avenging the dead Wind Sorceress' memory, had some newfound sensibility truly began to grow in such hardened soil as were the Taiyoukai's inner emotions?

 

 

One couldn't help but wonder.

 

 

Continuing in a relatively silent journey, the Western Lord Sesshoumaru and his three companions had been traveling for three days after their encounter with Totosai, when the sworsmith had returned and given to the Demon Lord the reforged Sword of Heaven.

 

 

Neither Rin nor Jaken were completely sure what was going on Sesshoumaru's mind now, but they certainly suspected it had to do with the Tenseiga's newly-acquired offensive capability, the technique of `Meidou Zangetsuha' or Morning Moon's Path to the Underworld Destruction, which Totosai had explained consisted of a lunar crescent -figured hole that sucked the enemies in, sending them directly to the world of the dead, and which took the form of the full moon whenever performed in its strongest, complete form.

 

 

It was the achievement of this `complete' form that Totosai had spoken of what Jaken was sure was troubling his Lord. He was made even more certain when he looked at the Taiyoukai's immobile and distant form almost hidden under the darkness of the night, his pensive outline faintly brought out by the light of the fire of the camp in which he and Rin were roasting some fish for dinner.

 

 

Never in a million years would the servant youkai have imagined it was a mere dream what'd been more involved in Sesshoumaru's preoccupations.

 

 

…Or had it truly been a dream at all?

 

 

Lord Sesshoumaru closed his eyes in remembrance.

 

 

The Lord of the West came to find himself in the outskirts of what looked like a silent, desert landscape swept by the tides of Death itself. The countless corpses of decaying animals and even demons covered the barren land under a blood red sky, and so were the human bodies from what looked like a burned village at the far back scattered on the arid grounds where not even weeds or grass dared to grow anymore.

 

 

He was surprised to notice Rin, Jaken and the two headed dragon nowhere to be seen and what he found utmost strange was the fact that he didn't recall why or when he had gotten there, to this place all by himself, if he consciously had at all; he was starting to suspect it all to be an illusion, since he couldn't tell where exactly these odd locations were for they didn't give him the slightest sense of recognition, all he could fathom was that something terrible had happened there, and that someone or something had wanted him to see it.

 

 

What or why he didn't know.

 

 

`This must be Naraku's doing', the Demon Lord thought with disdain. Whether he spoke of the destruction in the place or of the oddness of finding himself there, he was not even sure himself. Then when the scenery finally morphed into an empty black void, he wasn't surprised to hear a ghostly voice address him…

 

 

What surprised him was that the voice was female.

 

 

“It is only the outcome of a possible future…You're Lord Sesshoumaru of the Inu-Youkai Clan, Son of the Inu no Taisho of the Western Lands, are you not?” a somewhat cold regal voice asked.

 

 

“I ask the questions first, woman” he demanded in a hissing drawl, “who are you and why have you brought this Sesshoumaru into your pitiful illusion?”

 

 

There were a few moments of silence before he heard the voice responding.

 

 

“Know your place Taiyoukai, for you've been brought to this place in between dreams for a very important reason, a mission which I, as the Goddess of the New Moon, Hecate's Avatar, will entrust you with”

 

 

The Demon Lord narrowed his eyes. “This Sesshoumaru takes orders from no one”

 

 

Laughter. “You WILL carry on my mission, Taiyoukai, orders have nothing to do with it, for you too are a descendant of the line of Hecate, and as a Child of the Moon your duty is to honour your lunarian heritage… Has your mother thought you nothing?”

 

 

At those words, Sesshoumaru's eyes frowned even more. “Who are you? How do you know such things?”

 

 

“I am the spirit of the New Moon of Death, Avatar of Hecate and the Queen of Darkness, Queen Neherenia… I am your Matriarch…”

 

 

 

 

Somewhere else, the poised raven haired woman was dealing with similar occurrences.

 

 

Was this truly the place where Naraku, and whatever powers allied with him, were hiding?

 

 

If that was so, she would make sure to find out at once. She had once again left Kohaku alone with Kochou and Asuka, her two shikigami, protected by an unusually strong barrier created with her Holy powers just so she wouldn't get any worries or outer distractions as she set herself to investigate the cave.

 

 

It had been quite difficult to find, the entrance almost hidden there in the darkness, covered by vines and other greenery hanging over the mouth of the cavern as if serving the purpose of a masking subtle curtain. But she had discovered it non-the-less, because not even Naraku's most powerful concealing items, shields and magic could have hidden the feeling of such evil presence from a Miko as powerful and well-trained as herself.

 

 

Kikyo was sure of it now; the powerful assembly of auras was coming from this place, this strange cavern in the mountains that apparently led to some sort of subterranean fortress. The undead miko steeled herself and prepared to face whatever surprises the vile hanyou most surely had in store in case she ever happened to come upon his lair.

 

 

`Clever Naraku, very clever… But your attempts to intimidate me, by allowing me to feel that monstrous aura down there with you, are only succeeding in drawing me closer instead of driving me away…'

 

 

She let that thought trailed off numbly in the recesses of her mind, a thought that would never be completed, for the raven haired miko gasped as a greeting new presence was finally brought to her attention, under the form of the ghostly silhouette of a winged woman staring at her quite intensely from the deeper ahead part of the very cavern she had just entered.

 

 

Kikyo couldn't get out of her stupor, for the new comer not only had the most unusual pupil-less blue eyes, long silvery-gray hair and huge feathery black wings and her see-through slim body was naked, but she also had no aura, no life force, no energy for her to detect that she was there at all whatsoever, if she hadn't noticed her with her own mortal eyes; and if Inuyasha, or any other youkai or hanyou had been there beside her at that moment, the miko was sure they would have stated the strange apparition had no identifiable scent either.

 

 

“Who are you?”

 

 

The woman's empty gaze became even more deadened.

 

 

“You have no further business here. Turn around, miko; this is as far as you can go. The Wheels of Fate are turning and no mortal human soul, dead or otherwise is allowed to interfere in the patterns of its weaving”

 

 

The Priestess regarded the ghost for a few seconds in confusion, yet immediately got out an arrow and notched it into her bow.

 

 

“Are you with Naraku? Who are you?” she asked in an anxious yell as powerful gusts of dark wind came out of the obscure far-bottom entrails of the cave, dragging her further and further out as her raven haired whipped all around her. “What does this mean, what is that terrible presence…? Answer me!”

 

 

The last thing she saw before the strong winds swept her off her feet full force and away were the vacuous eyes of the winged ghost looking at her with something akin to pity…

 

 

To Be Continued.

 

 

GLOSSARY

 

 

`Taiyoukai' means Demon Lord.

 

 

`Youkai' means demon.

 

 

`Hanyou' means half-demon-half-human (Inuyasha and Naraku are hanyous).

 

 

`Mouryomaru' was a golem created by Hakudoshi using several demon parts to serve as a more powerful host body for Akago, the baby that was Naraku's physical heart after Mount Hakurei. After Kagura was killed, Mouryomaru made fun of her in front of Sesshoumaru causing him to break the Tokijin sword in rage. However, soon after Mouryomaru, and Akago inside him, were both reabsorbed into Naraku's body in the middle of a fight with Inuyasha's gang and Sesshoumaru; Naraku did this because he'd realized that like Kagura, they also had the intention of betraying him.

 

 

`Tenseiga' is Sesshoumaru's Sword of Heaven, or Fang of Heaven, that was made out of one of his father, the Inu no Taisho's fangs along with Inuyasha's own sword, the Tetsusaiga, and which was given to Sesshoumaru as his inheritance whereas the Tessaiga, or Tetsusaiga was given to Inuyasha.

 

 

`Tokijin' is Sesshoumaru's demonic sword that he had Kaijinbo, the evil swordsmith make for him out of Goshinki's fangs. Goshinki was one of the earlier detachments of Naraku that Inuyasha's team encountered.

 

 

`Totosai' is the old youkai swordsmith that crafted the Tenseiga and the Tetsusaiga swords for the Inu no Taisho, Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha's late father.

 

 

`Hime no Chouko' is the way Naraku addressed Usagi in the second chapter of this story, and it means `Princess Little Butterfly'.

 

 

A/N: I hope it wasn't confusing. Please tell me what you think!