InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Tears ❯ Tears ( Chapter 1 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
AN: I would appreciate it if you would be honest. Flamers Are welcome, for any flames will be used to burn Kinky Hoe (give credit to that name to unknown author) over a pit in hell, where she belongs. This will be a Hiei/Kagome fic. I will try to update regularly if that is what you wish. I request once again that you be honest.
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*~Flashback~*
<...> telepath
'...' thinking
Attention: There will be a couple of flashback scenes in this chapter and I am sorry if anyone is confused so read carefully.
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Tears
Shippou.
He was her reason for living. If it wasn't for that small kitsune child, Kagome would have gladly killed herself and taken Naraku with her long ago. She would have loved to die and be with her friends and family once again, but she could not find it in her heart to send her "son" out into the world alone, not again. No she would not send her Shippou out into the world to fend for himself. He had already lost one set of parents and she would be damned before she let him lose her too. They were all each other had, there was no longer any one left in this time to take care of either of them any more, not that Kagome needed taking care of, oh no quite the opposite. There was no longer any Sango, Miroku,or Kirara, there was no longer any InuYasha either. The rest of their merry band had met their ends at the hands of Naraku, his hords of demons, and in InuYasha's case......Kikyou.
*~FLASHBACK~*
Kagome stood stunned as she watched all she had known for the past four years be cut down before her very eyes.
Kirara was the first to go.
The fierce neko-youkai lept at Naraku's form intent on distracting the vermin from Sango as she fought along side the houshi Miroku. Seemingly out of nowhere Naraku shot out a tenticle straight into the chest of the valiant neko pierceing her heart and killing her mid leap.
Sango screamed in anguish and lept at Naraku intent on gaining revenge for the murder of the last member of her family. In her rage Sango failed to notice the tenticle that was aimed straight for her chest until it was too late. As the tenticle pierced through her heart Sango saw in her mind the things that mattered most to her. She saw her now dead family, her little brother Kohaku who she had been unable to save from death. She saw Kagome her baby sister and Shippou so much like Kohaku, she saw InuYasha and finally she saw the one person who had grown to mean more to her than life itself. She saw........ Miroku, her beautiful, perverted monk Miroku. The only man who had ever realy saw her.
Turning her head to look on his beloved face once more she whispered to him what she had never been able to tell him before.....that she loved him.
"Miroku.....love you....always...see you soon."
Miroku screamed out his pain, "Sango no!" Unleashing his wind tunnel Miroku ripped the body of the only woman he would ever love off of the tenticle that impaled her. Closing his curse off as she came sailing towards him Miroku cradled the limp and bleeding form to his chest. Softly he kissed her lips and stroked her hair.
"Sango my love, I never got the chance to let you know that I really loved you. But don't worry I'll see you soon,very soon."
Turning to Kagome Miroku shouted out to his little sister, "Kagome, I am sorry for what I must do. I'm sorry that you never found the love that you so rightfully deserve, and that InuYasha betrayed you so many times. But I am most sorry that I have to leave you alone right now for I cannot live with out Sango by my side."
Turning to Shippou Miroku stated calmly,"Shippou I have one last request. I want you to look after Lady Kagome for all of us for she will need a strong man like you in the future."
Grasping the prayer beads that contained his wind tunnel Miroku turned one last time to Kagome,"Please judge us fairly little sister." With this Miroku unleashed his wind tunnel one last time and cleared the battle field of all demons save Naraku, poison insects and all.
Thus was the end of Kirara, Sango and Miroku the greatest compainion, slayer, and monk that ever lived.
"Judge you fairly," Kagome whispered,"how could I do anything but that?"
Kagome vaugly recalled how three hours before the entire Inugumi learned of her secret job.
*~Flashback in Flashback~*
The Inugumi was walking through the deep woods once again on the trail of Naraku. Kagome was walking calmly behind the others observing them as they walked. Shippou was as always pearched cheerfully on Kagome's shoulder and Kirara was on Sango's. Miroku walked quietly beside Sango with a dreamy smile on his face as if he was daydreaming, and by the looks of the smile a perverted one to.
At the front of the group walked InuYasha, his arm slung around the shoulders of that dead clay bitch Kikyous. The hanyou had mated with the clay pot a week ago against the disapproving glares and protests of the rest of the group who had tried to caution the head strong hanyou that his lover could and would betray him given the slightest opportunity. But alas the stubborn half demon would hear of no slander on the name of the one he called mate.
As a result of InuYasha's numerouse betrayals Kagome's personality had become the extreme polar opposite of what it had once been. She now seemed cold and aloof, and tended to remind the group of Sesshoumaru.
Kagome had finally stopped wearing her school uniform after a particularly nasty youkai attack about a year ago. Her new clothes which she had made herself were styled after the traditional miko clothes that Kaede wore but with a few adjustments. Instead of the normal red and white colors Kagome chose to wear black and white. The major change however was not in what type of clothes she wore but in the type of weapon that she now chose to carry. Kagome now carried a katana.
Now this sword was no ordinary sword at all. The blade was long and slender with a delicate design that curved towards the end like a scythe. Upon the body of the blade was the inscription of a cerulean dragon done in perfect detail from the tip of its tail to the flare of its nostrils. The dragons body curved from one end of the sword to the other, up to were its head formed the hilt. The face of the dragon was quite captivating on its own. With jaws agape and fangs bared, the dragons face possessed a cocky, slightly arogant cast. While the face was captivating the eyes were more so.
Pink and glowing they contrasted sharply with the delicate cerulean hue of its body. The glowing orbs seemed to shift and scan the surrounding areas and its occupants, daring anyone to step out of line. If anyone so much as dared come within three feet of Kagome the eyes of the sword would glow and people could swear that there was a series of low growls floating on the air. the sword itself was surrounded with an aura of immense and potentialy deadly power.
The blades less obvious use was as a warning system to Kagome. When in the presence of a ningen, youkai, or any other being that wished to do harm to Kagome the eyes of the dragon would glow a deep crimson red in warning. When in the prescence of one who ment no harm the eyes would glow a soft rose hue in comfort.
Kagome had recived this blade at the ending of her year and a half training sessions with the imprisoned miko Midoriko, which took place in her dreams. After a year and a half Midoriko and informed Kagome that she was now beyond her ability to teach. Within her training sessions Kagome had managed to master a wide variety of skills. She was now a master in swordsmanship, hand-to-hand and concealed weapons fighting, a powerful teleknetic and telepath,she was also a posion and healing herbs master, and had finally gained complete control over her miko powers.
Although Midoriko had complete faith in Kagomes abilities she was most surprised when Kagome developed a highly unusual trait in even the most powerful of mikos. The young woman had suprisingly developed the ability to control two opposing elements, and work with them in complete harmony.
Kagome had developed the ability to control the elements of fire and ice.
These were two of the most volitile elements, and on the few occasions a being had been granted the ability to wield two elements together it was never these two. If the wielder of two elements was unable to completely control their said gifts the battle within themselves would be unbareable.
If balance was not completely maintained between the two waring elements at all time the results were deadly. The weilders soul would continualy try to expel the two elements from the wielders body, which would cause the weilders soul itself to be ripped out of its resting place. This would result in the wielders body being ripped apart form the inside out.
Many had tried and failed to control the two elements that Kagome wielded so effortlessly.
The sword was unnamed when Kagome recieved it but that siuation was quickly corrected. Kagome decieded to name the sword Midoriko, after the miko who was the cause and solution to all Kagomes problems. So now the great Midoriko had returned to once again slay and destroy the demons that had caused her imprisonment. And with Kagomes help she would succeed.
Now as the group continued to walk through the forest Kagome began to get the feeling that all was not right. She felt as if there was something coming for her and her group. She was right. As she open her senses and scanned the area Kagome deteced the auras of two familiar demons closing in on them rapidly.
Sighing deeply Kagome turned to her friends, "Sango, Miroku there are two demons approching quickly, and I would ask that you follow my instructions closely since I know who they are. Now I want you Sango, Miroku, and Kirara to handle....."
"Oi. Bitch noone gives orders in my pack except for me. I'm the alpha male and you all will follow my lead. I decide who fights who and when. You don't have a say in anything your only a cheap copy of Kikyou......" that was as far as InuYasha got.
Quicker than lightning Kagome had drawn Midoriko and had her blade pressed against the Inu hanyous throat. "Listen to me you sorry excuse for a bitch dog," Kagome snarled her eyes flashing form red to black to blue,"this is not your pack any longer. You are not the alpha male. Alpha describes the one with the most power, and that is most definatly not you! And since I am the alpha female and Shippou is my son, I declared him as alpha male. You will never again claim his position of power. Is that clear?", Kagome barked. "I said is that clear? Answer me if you wish to maintain possesion of your head."
"Yesss!"
"Yes who you filthy half-breed?"
"Yes leader."
"So your not as stupid as you look." At these words InuYasha blindly lunged at Kagome claws extended. Quick as lightning she brought the butt of Midoriko crashing down on his head, rendering him unconscious immediatly.
"Now as I was saying before I was so rudley interupted, Sango, Miroku, and Kirara if you three will be so kind as to handle the wicked wind bitch Kagura, me and Shippou shall handle the child."
The three nodded to show that they understood and quickly turned to assume battle positions.
'Let them come' was the only thought in her mind as Kagome turned with Shippou to face the treat that was Kanna of the void.
"Shippou," Kagome called, "come and perch on my shoulder. I want you to cast your kitsunebi around yourself and levitate like I taught you okay."
"Yes momma." Shippou happily replied.
"This will not take long my son, then we shall go and play for a little while."
Never removing her eyes from the treat that was Kann's soul mirror Kagome unseathed Midoriko and waited patiently for the "child" to attack. The move came soon enough as Kagome felt a pulling in her soul. The pull was to let go and be free, free from pain and grief, free from the constant betrayal that was InuYasha, free from it all. But as tempting as the offer was Kagome refused to die at the hands of Narakus incarnation, and give him the use of her soul and control over her powers.
Gripping Midoriko tightly Kagome raised her hand and shot out a stream of purifying energy at Kanna in place of the soul the girl had been sent to take. The mirror quickly began to shake and vibrate and began to splinter rapidly. Kanna had unknowingly absorbed Kagomes holy energy. The child showed no emotion, no pain, no hatred, no nothing as she was slowly purified from the inside out.
Her work done Kagome turned to face the spot were Sango, Miroku, and Kirara battled Kagura the wind sorcceress. The trio was not having an easy time. Miroku could not unleash his wind tunnel due to the swarms of Saimyousho that had accompined Kagura, Kirara was busy killing any demon or insect that came at Sango or the monk from behind, and Sango was valiantly attempting to ward off Kaguras wind blades.
Stepping forward Kagome once again raised Midoriko and sent out a blast of purifing energy at Kagura who was unprepared for the weak and useless ningen to attack her. Under estimating Kagome was her final mistake. The remaining half of Kaguras body fell to the ground along with the bodies of Narakus poison insects.
Advancing Kagome extended her hands to rest above the lifeless bodies of Kanna and Kagura. Turning to her friends she told them in a calm voice, "There are things about me that none of you excluding Shippou know. I am about to show you my true form and I do not want you to be alarmed, so I ask that yoiu not attack anything that you are about to see. Please Shippou go and stand wiith them and keep them calm."
At her words the kitsuen jumped out of her arms and went to stand between the monk and demon slayer. "Momma I love your real form, you are so beautiful. Just wait Miroku your gonna love it."
Turning to the two bodies once again Kagome clapped her hands together three time and stated, "Rise and hear your judgement." At this two crimson balls of light rose from the bodies of Kanna and Kagura and floated to Kagome. Raising her hands there was a flash of blinding light that engulfed Kagome. When the light died the monk and slayer stood amazed.
Before them stood the unharmed figures of both Kanna and Kagura. The two demons look exactly the same as they had before the fight except for the fact that they were slightly transparant. With them stood another that noone but Shippou recognized.
Small of stature but commanding respect and notice stood a woman that would make the gods weep in jealousy. With the body of a goddess the figure wore a black silk kimono with silver and cerulean dragons intertwined across the front. Her face was delictae yet strong with a thread of steel that showed she would not be broken. Her eyes were large and completely black with no white showing at all and gave her a disturbing gaze. Beside each eye was a small tattoo. On the right side was the tattoo of a small flame and on the left that of a small snowflake. On her forehead was a pink pentagram which held in its middle a small ying-yang of ice blue and flame red, showing to balance this creature represented between two waring elements.
Her knee length hair was soft and silky and shined in the moonlight. It was straight, and yet held a slight wave and it was colored as black as night. There were two pink streaks that went from the top of her head all the way down framing her face before ending at her knees.
When the figure turned slightly the monk and slayer focused on a glint of steel at her waist and instantly recognized Midoriko, the trusty blade that never left Kagomes side. (AN: Is it me or did I just make Kaggs sword sound like Lassie. lol)
"Kagome?" the stunned monk and slayer questioned.
"Yep that's my Momma alright. Isn't she beautiful Miroku?" Shippou whispered.
"Stunning." replied the shocked monk.
Kagome inwardly smirked at their amusment, but her emotions never showed on her face. Turning to face Kanna and Kagura she began to perform her task.
"Kanna of the void and Kagura of the wind, you have been found guilty by the spirit world counsil of the crimes of killing innocents, stealing souls, and many more dasterdly deeds that will go unmentioned but not unnoticed." Kagome's voice was as hard as granite and just as cold. "Thus your judgement has been placed in my hands. Since many of your crimes have been commited against me and the ones I call family it is only right that I have say in your judgement."
"Kanna, Kagura," Kagome's voice noticably softened, "I know that many of your actions were not of your own choice, since Naraku holds your heart. With that in mind I hearby sentence you both to rest forever in eternal peace. One day if fate sees fit you may have another chance at life. But know this, if you are ever given that chance, I will be there watching you and if you miss step even once I will personally drag you into the deepest pit of Hell there is and chain you there."
At this Kagome clapped her hands once again and the souls of the two former demons turned back into identical balls of light, but this time they were a brilliant, blazing white, the color of purity. As the soul floated away into the heavens there could be heard on the wind the soft sound of a childs voice, "Thank you Misstress Kagome, if you are ever in need of my mirror you know were to find me."
"Thank you Kanna," Kagome quietly laughed, "I will keep your request in mind."
Turning back to her friends Kagome once again resumed her normal appearance. Stooping to pick up her son she turned to the others with one of her increasingly rare smiles. "Lets continus shall we?"
*~End Flashback in Flashback~*
Turnig to face the crater that was now all that remained of the man she had thought she loved Kagome recalled how every word the group had told InuYasha in warnig about Kikyou had come true just seconds ago.
Naraku had aimed a deadly tenticale straight at Kikyou as she supposedly stood frozen in shock. InuYasha spotting the "attack" on his preciouse clay pot broke into a sprint to reach her before Naraku. kagome feeling that all was not right turned at that moment and took in the sitiuation. She was over come with a feeling of wrongness, that something was not right with Narakus attack. Wathcing she realized that it was all happening to slow. She remembered the quickness with which the hanyou had slayed her family and knew that InuYasha was running into a trap. She was right. Before she could utter a word she was forced to watch as InuYasha was struck down and slowly dragged into hell with the priestess that had always betrayed him.
All that Kagome could register was that her and Shippou were now truely alone. It was just them. They were utterly alone. As this ran through her head she turned to face her greatest enemy the way she felt she was doomed to always remain..............alone.
(AN: MUMUMAHHAHAHHAHAH. The end.)
(Dodges rotten fruit, vegetables, and cupcakes. Honestly people who throws a cupcake. Just joking here's the rest of the chappy. ^_^)
*~End Flashback~*
'Shippou where is he?' that was the only thought on Kagome's mind as she searched the ash and corpse littered battlefield for the shape of her son. Suddenly out of the corner of her eyes she saw a flash of red towards her right. Turnig she was confronted with the worse sight that a mother could face.
Naraku stood off to her right and in his grasp was the struggling form of her son.
"Naraku!" Kagome screamed as she saw that the evil hanyou had her beloved kitsune in his grasp.
Suddenly Kagomes aura flared and she began to glow. Her aura swirled a dangerous mixture flame red, ice blue, and pink. Kagome's eyes were uttely terrifiying, they glowed a deep crimson as the color bled into the whites giving her the appearance of a youkai in the midst of battle rage.
"Naraku," Kagome smirked with a dangerous smile, "in all the years of your pathetic and wasted life, you failed to learn one of the most vitail survival lessons of all..."
Drawing Midoriko Kagome stepped up to Naraku and slashed the tentecale that held Shippou to tiny microscopic bits. "Never fuck with a mother, especially a miko mother. You won't live through the experience." Sword flashing kagome turned on Naraku. "Im going to make you pay with your flesh for what you have done to me and mine."
Admist the crys of pain and the bits and pieces of flesh that flew through the air, there could be heard "This is for the pain you caused Miroku, Sango, Kirara, and this is for InuYasha and Shippou."
As this point his death was not her goal oh no. She could kill him at any time she so desired. Her goal was to return to him every ounce of pain and suffering that he had inflicted upon her and her family. She wanted him to know that the incarnation of the woman he had coveted was the one that sent him to the darkest pit of hell, that she had disected him slowly for her viewing pleasure.
"And this you sorry, disgusting, filthy, bastard of a hanyou, this is for me." With these final words Kagome saturated the blade of Midoriko with holy energy and plunged it straight into the black heart of Naraku.
The injured miko smiled faintly as she watched the last of Naraku's body be purified into ash and float away on the wind. Stooping down she grabbed the last pieces of the Shikon no Tama she fused them together with the pieces in her possession and purified the now complete jewel.
Smiling sadly she gathered the weapons of her friend and one of Kirara's fangs together to take home with her. Bending down once again she gathered Shippous tired and bleeding form close to her chest and walked away. She never looked back, not even when the bodies of her friends began to glow and thier souls were released to go to the afterlife, she didn't look back when their bodies erupted into flames and were slowly burned, she didn't look back as she began to cry. She swore to herself that she would never look back, ever again.
Shippou stirred in her arms weakly and opened his eyed, "Momma where are we going?"
"Home, baby." was all that Kagome could say through her tears. "We're going home."
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AN: So do you guys like it or hate it. Should I go own or should I abandon all hopes of becoming a fanfiction writer. Please review or I may sink into despair and never recover. Please I beg of you REVIEW!!!!!!! ^__^