InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Forbidden Kagome ❯ Chapter 1

Sangi made her way to her daughter's bedroom to tell the secret she had been keeping for close to 18 years. Knocking on the door, she got a weak `Come in' and opened the door. Looking on her daughter's bed, she saw a young woman who was extremely cut up and bruised.

 

*~Flashback~*

 

Hearing a small noise come from out by the Goshinboku, Sangi's curiosity got the better of her. Deciding to investigate, she put up the dish that she was currently drying and went out back. When she got to the tree, she gasped and turned around, covering her mouth.

 

Kagome was leaning against the Goshinboku, looking like she had just come through Hell and back, at least five times. Her normally raven black hair was now heavily tinted with red blood, most of it her own. Her arms and legs were broken, cut, bruised and/or battered.

 

“Oh my KAMI!!!! Kagome, are you alright?! What happened?! Dad, Souta, come quick, Kagome's injured!!!!!!” Sangi screamed.

 

Souta, a boy of 12 years and 6'5”, came running outside, right behind his grandfather. What he saw made him gasp as tears of silent fury came to his eyes. He knew what had happened.

 

Inuyasha had failed to protect Kagome. Ongi just took it all in as he ran to his granddaughter. Silently, the two men picked her up as Sangi fussed over her, running ahead to open doors and move things out of the way.

 

“Put her on the bed, and close the door on your way out. I have to dress the wounds.”

 

Nodding in understanding, Souta and Ongi quickly departed from the room. Sangi cleaned her daughter's wounds as carefully as possible, trying not to injure her further.

 

When she was done, Kagome had fallen into a light sleep, so Sangi walked downstairs to the living room. Souta stood up and walked over to his mother, worry evident in his big brown eyes.

 

“Is she alright?”

 

Sangi nodded. “She'll live, if that's what you mean. She just needs to rest and recover.”

 

Nodding his head at this, Souta went up to his room to think some things over. Hearing his door close, Ongi turned to his daughter and sighed.

 

“Sangi, my dear, if she is to fully recover, we must release the spell that binds who and what she really is.”

 

“I know Dad, but she might end up hating me because of it.”

 

“Sangi, she could never hate you. You know that. Besides, it's about time we told her and Souta. They deserve to know.”

 

“I know. I'm just afraid of what might happen… I'll go release her seal now.”

 

*~End Flashback~*

 

“What is it, Mom? What's wrong?” asked Kagome, a little nervous of the look on her mother's face. It was scaring her with its sadness. Kagome had always remembered her mother as a happy, cheerful woman.

 

“Kagome,” Sangi sighed, “there is something that you must know if you are to pull through this alive. And before you ask, let's get your brother in here. Souta! Come here please!”

 

Souta came in to the room, tear tracks staining his cheeks. “You called me, Mom?”

 

Sangi sat down on the bed and patted the sheets. “Have a seat Souta. There is something I wanted to tell you two. I was going to wait until you were older, but in light of Kagome's life-threatening injury, I've decided to let you both know now.”

 

Kagome and Souta both leaned in to their mother, in case her voice got softer. Sangi took a deep breath.

 

“Kagome, Souta, you are both demons. You are half fire, and half ice, which is one of the most forbidden combinations. We are originally from the Sengoku Jidai, but because of people hunting us down and trying to kill us, your father sent us here so that we could live. Your father was a fire apparition by the name of Sako.”

 

At this point, Kagome let out a gasp. Sangi turned to her daughter with worry and panic in her eyes.

 

“What is it Kagome? What's wrong?”

 

“You said a fire apparition by the name of Sako, right?” Souta smiled and shook his head at his sister's question to a statement just made. Sangi nodded her head. “Well, before I got attacked by that youkai, we had just run into a fire apparition named Sako. He told us that he was a traveling prince, looking for his princess…”

 

Sangi raised an eyebrow, which prompted Kagome to continue.

 

“He asked me why I looked so familiar, and I-Inuyasha demanded to know why our scents were so similar. Anyway, he asked us where the Ice domain was, so I made Inuyasha take him there. As soon as he left, that's when we got attacked.”

 

“Mom, does this mean that we're part royalty?” butted in Souta.

 

“Actually, sweetie, there's no `part' to it. Your father was a prince, and I was a princess. We joined the kingdoms, but were hunted down and hated. You two are the new prince and princess, but you won't be very welcome.”

 

“Mom, may we see our demon selves please?” asked Kagome timidly.

 

Sangi looked into the hopeful eyes of her children and sighed in defeat. She sadly nodded her head and put her hands together. Murmuring below her breath, she began to glow a soft, icy blue.

 

After a few seconds, that glow spread to her stunned children and completely engulfed them. Sangi opened her eyes and gave a soft smile. When the glow died down, she gasped, which caused Souta and Kagome to look at each other and gasp.

 

Kagome was completely healed, with not even a scar to show of her many terrible battles. She shrank a little; from 5'6” to 5'1”. Her already butt-long black hair was now down to her ankles. It had also gained a white starburst-like spot on the back. If Sangi looked really close, she could see that the tips of the starburst were a navy blue, seemingly seamlessly blending into the rest of her hair.

 

Her eyes were the biggest change though. They went from a peaceful chocolate brown to a piercing ruby red. Her body had filled out more, making her loose clothing now rather tight, especially around the chest. On her left arm was a black dragon with blue eyes, almost like it was a tattoo. However, Sangi knew better.

 

Souta, instead of shrinking like his sister, grew from 4'6” to 6'0”. Sangi mentally groaned. She hated to go shopping for clothes. His hair had turned from a dark brown to a deep, blood red, and it stood up like it had just gotten out of shock therapy.

 

His hair also had a starburst, but did not have the navy blue tips, Sangi noticed. Like his sister, his eyes were the biggest change. His eyes went from a dull green to an icy sky blue. Sangi was pleased to find that there was no dragon tattoo on her son. She didn't want him to have that awesomely awful power.

 

Kagome got up and went into her bathroom, followed shortly by her brother. After looking into the mirror, they turned to each other and, at the same time while smirking, exclaimed, “Sugoi!!!”

 

Kagome looked over her brother and whistled. “Dang Souta, you don't look as ugly now. You're sure to break at least a few hearts like that.”

Souta smirked at his sister. “Look who's talking, Kags. Although you'll always be ugly to me, I'm sure that a heart or two will be broken somewhere, along with some others things as well.” Kagome laughed.

 

“Children, come back in here. I have something else to tell you.” called the forgotten Sangi.

 

Kagome and Souta cast curious glances back and forth before hesitantly walking back into the bedroom. When they got to the bed, Sangi waited for them to sit down so she could begin talking again.

 

“Souta, you are not 12, you are actually 16 1/2. The spell put on you affected your age. It did not affect Kagome because she was too old to be affected by it by the time we cast the spell.

 

Also, I will be training you to use your ice powers. Souta, this will be easier for you since for you, ice is the more dominant of the two. Kagome, about your tattoo, I do not have that, and neither does your father.

 

You will have to either learn to use it on your own or find someone who can train you to use it.” She sighed and got up. “Kagome, Souta, your training begins tomorrow after breakfast.”

 

Souta excused himself from the room, leaving Kagome and her mother alone. Sangi turned to her still-awed daughter and grinned. “Kagome, I need you to do me a favor.”

 

Kagome looked up at her mother, slightly startled. She had forgotten that she was there. “What is it Mom? What do you need?”

 

“I need you to go and seal the well so Inuyasha can't come through and get you before your training is over, okay?”

 

“Okay Mom, I'll just be a sec.”

 

Kagome went to her window, jumped out to the Goshinboku, climbed down, and sauntered over to the well house. When she got inside, she walked up to the old, splintered well and put her hands carefully upon it. Muttering under her breath, her hands began t glow a soft pink that steadily got brighter.

 

After a couple seconds, she stopped glowing and took her hands off of the well, smiling at her handiwork. Nodding to herself, she headed back to her window, where her mother was waiting.

 

“Okay Mom. I put a spell on the well, so that three months here will seem like only a couple hours over there.” said Kagome, grinning at her mother.

 

Sangi was impressed. Normally, mikos had to have years of practice before they could even attempt a spell that complex. And here was Kagome, like she had been doing this all her life. Sangi was a little curious.

 

“Kagome, honey, how did you master your miko powers so quickly?”

 

Kagome looked startled by the question, but quickly got over it. “One night in the Sengoku Jidai, I had a dream that I was dying from not having my complete soul. However, just before I died, Midoriko came to me and said that she was there to teach me how to use my miko powers.

 

Suddenly, I was sitting in this field and Midoriko was sitting across from me. She said that she would train me even time I slept. While only one night had passed for everyone around me, in my dreams five years had passed. We were going to go on to weaponry and martial arts, but then I got attacked.”

 

Sangi was astounded. Her little girl had gone through so much in such a short amount of time, it was a wonder she was still sane. She merely nodded and looked at the clock. She got up, pulled the blankets around her daughter's neck, kissed her good night, and went downstairs. There, she saw Souta sitting on the couch, staring at the claws on his hands.

 

“Souta, sweetie, go on upstairs and go to bed, alright? You're going to need all the rest that you can get, because I am a very strict taskmistress. Just because you and Kagome are my children, that does not mean in any way, shape, or form that I will go easy on you, okay?”

 

“Yes Mom. Good night, I'll see you in the morning. …Out of curiosity, what time is breakfast going to be?”

 

Sangi softly smiled at her youngest child. “At the break of dawn. Now shoo, off to bed with you, young man.”

 

Souta smiled and trudged up the stairs, scared and excited about what the next day would bring. Excited that he would be able to learn his new powers, but scared at thought of his sister's temper that early in the morning.

 

Ongi got up from his recliner and walked over to his daughter. “Come into the kitchen, I made us some tea.” They walked into the kitchen and Sangi sat down at the table across from her father.

 

“What did you want to talk to me about, Dad?” she asked, once she had a sip of her tea.

 

Ongi chuckled. He had always been too predictable. “You know that there is not enough room at this shrine for the training that those two youngsters need.

 

I have a friend a couple miles from here who owns her own shrine and is extremely powerful. She also keeps a young ice maiden in her house, sort of as a ward. …Have you heard of Yusuke Urameshi by any chance?”

 

Sangi nodded her head. “You mean that young upstart who `died' and came back to life, and is now a Spirit Detective for Koenma?”

 

Ongi smirked. “That's the one. Well, my friend is the one who trains him to use almost all of his attacks. She also trains his team.”

 

Sangi perked up. “What's her name Dad? Maybe tomorrow when the kids are asleep, I can call her up and ask her for her help.”

 

“Her name is —”

 

 

 

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Yay-eth! My first cliffy! I just couldn't help it. Oh well. I need your help with who Souta should be with. I'm writing this as I go, so you can pick anyone. Just make sure that they're a female, okay? Read and review, flames welcome. Ja ne!!