InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Behind Blue Eyes ❯ Chapter 1 ( Chapter 1 )

Sapphire eyes flashed silver as they landed on the creature contributing to the noise that had woken her from her nap in the garden. A dark brow twitched in unison with the flick of a thin black tail as she did her best to hold her tongue at his continuous babble. Over the seemingly long years, the toad's incessant ranting became routine; whatever the issue be he could be found flapping his lips. The two of them growing a feeble tolerance for the other, but that didn't make him any less aggravating to listen too.

Closing her eyes, she gave a gentle ' huff' before rolling off from her perch in the tallest tree within the garden- Goshinboku. Like Kagome, the sacred tree had been re-planted when, with her wish, time had been reset. In this new world, she hadn't been born and where the family shrine once sat now belonged to a monastery of monks. But she had already mourned for the family she'd lost.

Without a sound, she landed gracefully and walked right past the squeaking demon to discuss the Master's decision.

Living within the same house -palace- for centuries made navigating the maze of hallways easy as she mindlessly walked to her brother's study. It wasn't hard to know his location as he spent most his time in the room with the endless stacks of paperwork he dealt with on any given day. Nowadays the numerous piles of paper were dealing with Taisho Corp., a highly profitable business venture that had been providing for their pack for almost three centuries now. Of course, there were other, smaller businesses, as well as varying investments, but Taisho Corp. was the leader in several business avenues; science and technology advancement, being the main ones. It was wonderful to have a business in which demons could make a living in the human world. She had helped in its founding, because she had an insight into future happenings, but quickly grew bored after a while; working behind a desk wasn't a life she enjoyed. Her brother, on the other hand, enjoyed ruling over the business since he could no longer rule over the lands as he did five centuries ago.

Coming to the large wooden doors, she didn't bother to knock as she opened them with ease.

The large room was decorated just as lavishly as the rest of their home while sticking to a muted color scheme and large windows for natural light to filter in while allowing for a beautiful view of the estate, gardens littering the grounds in a variance of styles. Bookcases lined the walls with copious amounts of scriptures, these old contents small compared to the in-house library that contained a millennial's worth of invaluable information. The only thing noteworthy about the room was the large portrait above the fireplace portraying an image of a time five-hundred years ago. It consisted of Lord Sesshomaru, the princes' Inuyasha, and Shippo along with herself. She had one in her room of all of them including a married Miroku and Sango, their three children and Kirara.

Turning away from the sight and to the demon lord, she grinned. "Hello big brother ," she greeted him as she walked to his large desk.

After the turn of the century he had retired his war kimono to fit in better with the changing time, but from time to time he could be seen in a kimono during a festival or "old fashioned" party thrown by an investor. Currently, he lazily stared back from behind his silver lashes, golden eyes sliding over her before returning to the paperwork between his clawed hands. From what she could see the demon lord had removed most of his suit leaving his toned body in a crisp white shirt, the sleeves rolled up to show a set of magenta demonic stripes matching the ones caressing his regal cheekbones and royal blue pants. Silver hair cascaded down his back in a gleam of moonlight, the straight strands of silky tressels braided to prevent the long mane from getting into his eyes. His bangs parting to show his unmated status and clan allegiance in the form of a pale blue crescent moon, when the time came the mark gracing his brow would be transferred to that of his mate as his claim upon them.

Although she preferred him in his demonic state, she had to admit his human-looking self was just as attractive with cobalt colored eyes replacing gold and short black hair replacing his mane of silver.

"If this is about the academy, you will start tomorrow," Sesshomaru stated in a matter-a-fact manner, not once looking up from the papers.

"But why?" the question sounding like a whine even to her. "On top of regular school, you enrolled me in exorcist training. It's not fair, you didn't even ask what I wanted!" she glowered at the demon.

With a ' hn' Sesshomaru looked up to meet her sapphire eyes with his own amber gaze. His perfect face showing no emotion as he continued to stare back at her, taking her anger and dismissing it as he spoke in his cool voice. "Kagome it's time you stop moping," there was a spark in his eyes that caused Kagome to drop her gaze. Even with his stoic nature she could see in his eyes the glimmer of concern and care that he housed for her. "Think of it as a project and see what you can learn from the exorcists,"

She didn't want him having to worry. There were other things to concern himself with, far more pressing matters like an impending war amongst humans and demons.

Demon society could only be called complex, even after hundreds of years she had trouble understanding its workings at times, and that was saying a lot. She had once made up the fifth member of the royal council.

The now disbanded council had once consisted of herself, Sesshomaru, Mukuro, Toshin Raizen, and Yumi. A court of demonic members, varying at times, that had initially been established over a hundred thousand years ago to control the demon populous. About 367 years ago nearly all demons relocated to Makai. Makai -also known as the demon world- was an alternate world for demons to live away from humans. The council quickly disbanded after the shift in the demonic populous as Sesshomaru and Kagome were the only ones within the council who stayed in the human realm. Sesshomaru took to ruling over the demons who still roamed the mortal plane. The remaining councilmen; Mukuro, Toshin Raizen, and Yumi, split that world; ruling their lands as The Three Kings.

The possible war though had to do with another headache: Gehenna. A " prison" dimension, for demons and demonic spirits, that had been created almost a millennia ago by the councilmen of that time. Humans often referred to it as hell. For centuries these sometimes dangerous demonic entities would escape in spiritual forms, their bodies forever imprisoned within Gehenna and caused mayhem amongst the humans, nothing too hideous though. The Three Kings had been in charge of the protection of said dimension after the disbanding of the council. Seems the "Satan" they left in charge wished to release all the demonic spirits upon the earth to torment the souls of humans. There had been an incident over a two days ago, a sign of Satan's increasing activities. He had almost released Gehenna, if allowed to continue it could only cause total chaos and war. If those things were released upon the earth, it could very well destroy it, causing wars among the humans and between humans and demons.

Sesshomaru was working on a strategy with the kings; to get rid of Satan.

He had all this and Taisho Corp., he didn't need to be worrying about her on top of that.

"Alright, I'll give it a try," she huffed in defeat, crossing her arms over her chest. She would do this, to at least alleviate the concern Sesshomaru held for her. If he needed her, he knew where to find her.

"I've spoken to Mephisto," Kagome's eyebrow twitched at the name of the vexing demon. "He has already made all the arrangements and will be there to greet you when you arrive at 7 am tomorrow," Sesshomaru told her in a calm tone.

Kagome nodded turning on her heels to leave when Sesshomaru's voice made her pause. "Remember to play nice, Mephisto is an old friend after all," he chuckled, in a way that made Kagome visibly cringe. How could she be nice to that annoying thing, even the way he dressed was obnoxious.

"Fine, I won't purify him," Kagome promised with a low growl as she left the room, the door falling shut behind her with a heavy thud.

She didn't stop walking till she was back in her room where Jaken stood waiting for her, his hands tucked away in the sleeves of his deep maroon colored haori. Although his temper had improved over the years his style had stayed the same, and if he was needed in public he transformed into a small frog with large brown eyes -Jaken despises being disguised as a human, but for Sesshomaru, he'd do anything-.

"Jaken, can you get a servant and prepare everything for when I leave for school?" Kagome asked him kindly as she entered.

"I grabbed an arrange of the academy's uniform, they're on your bed," He stated with a nod to the bed before leaving the room to get everything she'd need and deliver it before she got to the school.

Kagome watched the small demon leave and the large door shut behind him. With a deep breathe she looked around the large room that had been her safe haven for the last several hundred years. The pale cream walls were covered in handpainted flowers, ones she had spent days painting and repainting, those beautiful flowers had been her distraction.

So this room had been her shelter, protecting her from feeling the pain of loss she had felt all too often when a part of the human world. It was hard being an immortal, she still wasn't used to it.

With a shake of her head, she looked to her large bed. Piled up on the tall bed was an array of clothing, male and female from the look of it. The girls' consisted of a very short pink skirt, long socks, different sleeve length shirts, yellowed cream sweater vest, a coat matching in color with golden buttons and a ridiculously large black and red bow. The boy's uniform was simple with an arrange of different length white shirts, a black and red striped tie with the True Cross Academy symbol, black pants along with a black coat with the same emblem embroidering it in red.

Looking at the uniforms sprawled out onto her bed, Kagome tapped her chin in thought before grabbing different parts of each outfit and setting it aside for tomorrow. Making a quick list of things she'd need, she called for Jaken and handed it to him.

"They'll be in your dorm tomorrow morning waiting for you," He told her before leaving.

With everything set for tomorrow, and having said her goodbyes to Shippo and Sesshomaru, Kagome laid down in her bed for the last time before she left her haven.