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Through your Heart

Chapter 6: Let the journey begin

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Usagi sighed for the 10th time that day. She had begun to live her life at a normal pace again since Sesshoumaru had gone away. That was 2 weeks ago. She wondered if he was okay since he still didn't show up like he had promised to but there wasn't really anything she could do about it. Although hiding it like a pro, she too knew all too well the life of never ending battles.

She snorted at the thought that she was the one with the most dangerous enemies and that it looked as if she was on a vacation. The thought of an invasion of youma in her dimension never crossed her mind once as she knew that if something had to happen, the Time Gates would unseal automatically to allow her access.

But her days weren't usually this boring. The children from the village came to visit her on a daily basis, even though some were sad that Rin was no longer there. They were late today, she noticed, but didn't take any heed of it.

That is, until she heard distant screams coming from the village. She instantly got up from her sitting position on the lush grass and tensed. She narrowed her eyes and, hearing faint screaming again and finally seeing smoke come up from above the village, her eyes widened and she dashed towards the village.

She didn't think she had ever run this fast before. Her heart was pounding wildly and fear gripped her thoughts. 'Oh god! Please no!'

When she finally arrived at the other side of the woods, she wasn't prepared to see the whole place completely destroyed and corpses of the villagers thrown in various directions. She wanted to scream in fury but her logic side told her the monster that had done this was still somewhere near. Hearing a slight cough, she walked as fast as she could in the direction of the sound. "Oh god Ayame!" She whispered silently, tears making their way down her face. She kneeled on the desolate ground and took the child in her arms.

"Usagi-sama?" Came a straining voice.

Usagi gasped softly and tightened her hold on the little girl who was so attached to her. "Ayame! Don't strain yourself! Everything's going to be just fine! Hold on please!"

The little girl shook her head negatively and smiled, lifting a bloodied hand to stroke the rabbit's cheek. "It's not your fault, Usagi-sama. Say hi to Rin for me, won't you?" Then, the little hand fell on the ground and Ayame lay motionlessly in Usagi's arms.

The young woman turned her head with a glare as a noise filled her ears.

Growling and snarling, along with an evil cackle.

"No doubt whoever did this is downright happy right now." She muttered darkly. She let go of Ayame and closed her eyes one last time, remembering the child's words; "It's not your fault." No, she wasn't going to despair as she once did over her senshi's death, but she would make sure that the evil that did this was going to pay, and pay dearly.

The cackle got nearer and she stood up at her full height, making her stand out in all the devastation.

"Um…I forgot one." The youkai finally faced her, a sinful smirk on his mouth as he cracked his knuckles. It was downright hideous and truly resembled the monster that he was. He had no real youkai form like a cat or even like a dog like Sesshoumaru. It was as if he had been assembled fast just for the pleasure of his master.

"You're the one who killed them all." It wasn't a question, just a statement. Her voice was eerily calm for a human, the evil one thought with disdain, but she was quite pleasurable looking nonetheless.

"Of course. Humans are disgusting creatures and I'm only pleasing my creator by getting rid of them all. And now, it's your turn." With a screech, he ran towards her with great speed, almost too fast for human eyes to follow, and lifted the spiky bludgeon that was probably his main weapon.

She disappeared from his view the moment the heavy weapon was about to smash her and he looked around in mild shock. Usagi stood behind him and while he was busy looking around she eyed the strange spider mark on its back. "I'm behind you, you idiot."

The youkai whirled around with a snarl and brandished his enormous club again. "What kind of sorcery is this, human?!" He seethed, and ran to her again. He was thoroughly surprised when she, instead of running away in fear like he thought she would, dashed in his direction in a swift aggressive movement.

Usagi lifted a hand and made her tiara appear and dodged the other's attack just in time. "MOON TIARA STAR!"

The youkai screamed as she threw her energy disk right in his gut. "I'm not human...nor youkai for that matter. But you won't live enough to tell anyone." She whispered in what appeared to be his ears before the hideous creature just collapsed, his red eyes opened wide in shock.

She just stood there, watching the dead youkai before she turned around. Just as she was about to leave, she felt a familiar sensation in her heart that kept her from going away. Curiosity got the best of her and that feeling slowly guided her back to the youkai she had just killed. "What the?"

Her hand neared the creature's forehead until a small glow got her attention. Grunting, she detached what looked like a shard of something. "A shard of the Shikon no Tama?" She vaguely remembered Sesshoumaru talking about it.

It was supposed to be very powerful when complete but every shard on its own was giving the evil creatures more power as it was tainted with evil. She took an intake of breath as the shard suddenly glowed with an inner power she knew all too well.

"How could this be?! This…is a piece of a Star Seed! But how? In this year and in a different dimension no less, how can anyone be able to master his Star Seed?! Unless…It was completely unintentional and an act of despair… And this one is still filled with past memories as well. Whoever gave his soul away is still not resting in peace. This I simply cannot allow!" Usagi said with conviction, eyeing once again the shining piece of Star Seed she held in her hands.

She had avenged the poor people from the village, and now she had another mission. She just had to gather those shards and complete the Star Seed. Whoever was manipulating the demons with it was acting like a parasite, just like Chaos.

Her feet stopped unconsciously as she reached her house and she slowly started to gather her things while lost in her thoughts. She had almost everything she needed. A black cloak with a hood to match that had the handy advantage of hiding her scent and appearance from anyone, some healing herbs and clothes from this era.

She knew she could use the Luna pen anytime but she had to at least act and look like a traveler in this time period if she didn't want suspicious eyes upon her. She was already feared a little because of her looks, though she never really listened to other people's judgment.

There was only one last thing, well, many last things to take. She pushed her bed aside, revealing a hidden trap door. Lifting the magic seal she had put on it, she opened it and looked at what was laying inside.

Various weapons all covered with different colored silk. Her senshi's weapons. They had given her their armaments before their last goodbyes but she had never used them. Usagi reached for them and closed her eyes as memories resurfaced, making her throat constrict painfully.

She took the harp of Mercury, the bow of Mars, the sacred oak leaf of Jupiter, the chains of Venus, the sword of Uranus, The mirror of Neptuneand finally, Saturn's scythe. She already had Pluto's staff in her possession, along with her senshi's inner power.

She eyed each of them carefully before shaking her head from left to right, putting the weapons into her subspace pocket. 'I won't use them. I just can't…' she repeated mentally. She got up and exited the small house.

Usagi took some time to just gaze at it with regret. "I have to erase any traces of me being here. I don't want anyone to guess I was the one who got the piece of the Star Seed. If anyone knows, everyone I'll cross will most likely be put in danger."

She put her 2 forefingers together and closed her eyes. "MARS CELESTIAL FIRE! IGNITE!" Fire shot out from her hands and began to burn the house she had begun to enjoy living in. Memories of the grouchy Jaken, the ever giggling Rin and the silent Sesshoumaru resurfaced and she was happy that she had let Rin take back the picture of Jaken. She had also given Sesshoumaru the picture she had drawn of him while he was sleeping.

She sadly thought about the Taiyoukai's promise of coming back. If he indeed came back, like she was sure he would if not only for Rin's sake, he would be more than stunned to find the house burned to the ground. "Gomen nasai, Sesshoumaru…" She whispered to the wind, her golden bangs hiding her eyes. A tear fell down her cheek as she slowly marched away from the burning house.

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