InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ From Geisha to Pack Priestess ❯ A Peaceful Life is all I Want ( Chapter 6 )

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Chapter 6: A Peaceful Life is all I Want

 

 

 

Kagome sighed happily as she began to come back to the real world from a very pleasant dream. It involved a certain hanyou that we all know. She had grown so much closer to him in the last two weeks she'd been living in the village. They were almost like husband and wife, except there has been no confession of feelings yet.

 

Kagome's eyes drifted open and she felt the familiar warmth of her “roomy.” Kagome looked over her shoulder at Inuyasha wearing only his hakamas (like he always did when he went to bed) and snoring softly. Kagome had grown used to the typical routine in the village. They would wake up; usually Inuyasha would be holding her rather intimately. She would force the sleeping hanyou to release her so that she could make breakfast and then once they finished talking about what they were to do that day Kagome would walk Inuyasha to his “job” which was usually the training grounds on the opposite side of the plateau.

 

Then Kagome would either go “shopping” which usually entailed her going around doing manual labor for the shop keepers, or she would play with the village children. All of the children were hanyous and they loved Kagome, at first only because she was the only adult that would play with them and then later they just grew to love her personality and games.

 

Kagome struggled to get out of the strong hanyou's arms and then when she was finally able to slip away she quietly left the bed room and went into the living room so that she could enter the other room which was like a pantry. It had all of the equipment for cooking as well as all the dry foods that didn't need to be refrigerated, and then THOSE foods were stored in a little tiny cave that was built into the corner of the pantry, most caves in the village had one it had a spell that kept the contents of the cave really cold. Kagome removed some eggs and sliced meat from the tiny hovel and went about making breakfast as per usual.

 

As the food was finishing she watched Inuyasha come in, she never knew when he would come out because it was impossible to hear sounds in the bedroom with the spells but Inuyasha learned quickly that it was not a good idea to scare Kagome when she was handling hot objects. Inuyasha stretched agilely. And then looked at the food Kagome held hungrily. Kagome giggled and gave him a plate with most of the food. She then left her breakfast so she could get ready for the day. She wore Inuyasha's haori as a night shirt and now she got dressed in one of the many kimonos she got from that lizard demon's shop.

 

Kagome came out in a light blue cloth kimono (no fancy silk today) she knew she would have to work her tail off today to get some of the things she needed from the market. Inuyasha looked up when she entered and handed her the plate of food while she handed him his haori. He got up picked up the discarded under kimono that he always dropped by the doorway when he came home and then put on the haori.

 

Kagome ate quickly then indicated the other pile of furs, she had her own permanent pile that she sat on by the fire now, and she wanted Inuyasha to sit with her. The hanyou was used to their routine and plopped down on the soft furs.

 

“So what are you doing today Inuyasha?” asked Kagome.

 

“I have to take some of the warriors on a scouting mission. It shouldn't take more than a day so I'll be back for dinner. We think the wolf mongrel might be snooping around the edge of MY territory. Probably looking for you the stupid bastard.” Inuyasha grumbled angrily. Kagome hadn't seen Kouga since the encounter at Kaede's but Inuyasha seemed really irritated by the idea of Kouga wanting to see Kagome. Kagome looked worried.

 

“A scouting mission? Will it be dangerous?” asked Kagome worried for Inuyasha's safety. The hanyou snorted.

 

“Feh! No. Don't worry, nothing bad will happen as long as that winter storm from the north doesn't set in. The seasons sure changed suddenly, it was just a cool fall last week now winter is setting in fast.” Inuyasha observed sagely. Kagome smiled slightly. Inuyasha was always worried about winter weather though even though it had got extremely cold out in the last week there was no need to truly worry in Kagome's opinion. She had yet to see a single sick hanyou but then again Inuyasha WOULD know more about this than her.

 

Kagome had little time to practice with all the work and the village children to entertain. She tried her best to find time but she was always so tired after everything else. The rumors about her were also stressing her out, instead of earning the village's respect through putting up with their demands she ended up making the rumors about her being a desperate whore more solidified. When news that she had refused an offer to stay at Sango's had spread around she was given even more dirty looks.

 

Speaking of Sango, things were kind of iffy there. Sango was always training and when they talked Kagome always got the impression that Sango pitied her, looked down on her. Kagome didn't appreciate it and found it insulting. She thought they were equals, you know, friends but apparently Sango thought Kagome to be naïve.

 

“Well I wont be out in the storm if there is one, I'm just going to run to the market quickly and make sure the children are okay.” Said Kagome. Inuyasha nodded and got up to leave. Kagome stood and after getting her shawl they left the cave and headed towards the opposite side of the plateau.

 

The skys were overcast and looked ominous, Inuyasha voiced this of course and the beating wind didn't help. As they walked Inuyasha had his arm around Kagome and was using his haori sleeves to block the wind from hitting Kagome. When they reached the training area they found all the shops were closed and there were only the warriors outside. Inuyasha stopped at the edge of the road on the plateau.

 

“I shouldn't have let you walk with me this time. Hurry up and get back to the cave alright? I think it's going to storm soon.” Kagome nodded and ran off. She waved Inuyasha off as he jumped off the road to land on the flat plain of the ground and run towards the warriors.

 

Kagome was walking back to the cave in the harsh winds and the bitter cold. She pulled the shawl tight and as she was passing a ladder that led to the top of the plateau she heard an anguished scream. Kagome thought it sounded like a child and got worried. She began to climb up the ladder, praying it would stay stable against the plateau.

 

When she reached the top she ran towards where she heard a murmur of talking. She came upon a hut in the village that was surrounded by hanyous. Kagome pushed through the crowd and into the hut. She saw an interesting scene indeed.

 

A dog hanyou that she found was very flirty with Inuyasha, Megumi, was there, as well as her father, Aiko. There was a young hanyou boy about 6-years-old or so and he looked to be in extreme pain he had a large black eye on the right side of his face but what seemed to be bothering him was his stomach. He clutched it and made whimpering sounds. He was a dragon hanyou by the looks of it. The only other people in the room were two male hanyous who Kagome didn't know by name and a human woman in her 40's or so, she was being held by the arms by the male hanyous.

 

“What is going on her?” demanded Sango who just came upon the scene. She was dressed in combat clothes from a quickly ended training lesson and had some of her training partners with her. She turned to the hanyous wearing similar armor and asked them to keep everyone out of the room or tell them to leave.

 

“Don't you dare come in here asking questions you rotten human woman!” Aiko snarled at Sango. Kagome saw Sango's anger spike so she set a calming hand on her arm and was ready to hold the older woman back if she must.

 

The 40-year-old woman was struggling in the arms of the hanyous but they had no trouble restraining her. She looked angrily at Aiko and Megumi; she was one of the few humans in the village. She was tall and thin, she had the look of someone who was once envied for her beauty. She had long black hair that was tented gray from old age, it was in a long braid down her back. She had large blue eyes that suggested she wasn't a typical adult. She wore priestess garbs like Kaede but her hakamas were black. She had a black tattoo on her cheek of a crescent moon.

 

“Who are you?” asked Kagome curiously. Sango looked at the woman too.

 

The woman blinked and looked at them. “Oh? Me? My name is Trinity. Nice to meet you!” She said friendly. Kagome and Sango stared at her in shock. `What a mood swing.' And as if Trinity had read Kagome's mind she went back to glaring daggers at Megumi and Aiko. “You! Get out of my hut now!” Trinity demanded. Megumi smirked and turned her nose up at the demand.

 

“Not until we finish this trial. You hurt a hanyou in the pack and you will be punished! I think an execution would be appropriate don't you father?” Megumi sneered.

 

Trinity didn't seem fazed by the threat. Outside cheering voices of approval could be heard from the hanyous who were convinced that the humans in the village were dirt. Kagome came to the conclusion that the young boy was the one they were accusing Trinity of hurting. Kagome crouched next to the boy.

 

“Are you alright?” asked Kagome in concern. She inspected the bruise and then began to feel around the boy's stomach to see if there was any other reason besides an internal one that would make the child hurt. The boy whimpered and opened his violet eyes to stare at Kagome pleadingly. Kagome remembered this boy from the group of children that visited her. “Hey there, Takuto. Where does it hurt, sweetie?” asked Kagome maternally.

 

“M-My body hurts real bad! I feel like I'm on fire! Make it stop.” The boy pleaded. Kagome saw that the boy was sweating profusely and had a very bad fever.

 

“I came in to offer Trinity some breakfast since I knew she was too much of a bum to be able to feed her own son. I came in and I saw her punch the poor child! Naturally I was concerned, so—.” Megumi's story was interrupted by Trinity laughing.

 

“You don't have any food with you now you liar! I would never hit Takuto!” Trinity laughed like the very idea was the most hilarious thing she ever heard. Megumi glared at Trinity.

 

“What is wrong with him? Do you know?” asked Kagome.

 

Trinity suddenly looked concerned. “Yes. He has that illness that comes in the winter season.” She said. Kagome frowned in concern. She started to try and draw miko energy to help the child but she couldn't do it. “You the new priestess?” asked Trinity in mild interest. Kagome nodded absently, not taking her eyes off Takuto.

 

“You two! Let her go now! Do you want me to tell Inuyasha that you helped these fools? You know any judgments like executions can't be made without the alpha!” Sango shouted at the two male hanyous. They suddenly looked nervous and scrammed.

 

“We are not leaving until we see justice!” Aiko demanded. Trinity got a bemused look on her face.

 

“I didn't hit him. But if you want to know who did you might want to look at his face. Obviously someone who is left handed hit him. I'm not left handed but I'm sure someone as popular in the village as MEGUMI could say who is. Tell us Megumi.” Trinity insisted with a friendly smile. Megumi realized the insinuation and got nervous.

 

“Come on father! Let's go wait for the scouting party to return I so miss my dear Inuyasha!” Megumi said sweetly as she passed Kagome. Kagome visibly winced and Trinity noticed. Sango left with Megumi and Aiko to make sure they didn't try anything.

 

Trinity plopped down across from Kagome on the other side of Takuto. “So…you are the girl that seems to be the talk of the pack!” Trinity said conversationally. “You don't look like a whore to me…but then again I'M not a child abuser so you cant believe every rumor you hear in this village…” Trinity said with a smile. Kagome looked up at her and smiled back. Trinity wasn't so bad; apparently she was also going through some reputation problems in the pack. Trinity seemed nice enough and could also relate to Kagome.

 

“I heard you are a priestess.” Kagome said. Trinity nodded in affirmation. “Then can you show me how to help your son?” asked Kagome hopefully. Trinity smiled.

 

“Sure!” she yelled happily. She showed Kagome how to hold her hands above the child and how to draw out her powers. “Now use your miko energy to draw the illness to Takuto's skin and allow it to meld with his aura. When it is all out of his body use your energy to purify his aura, don't use too much purification energy or you might turn him human!” Trinity warned good naturedly. Kagome was able to do all this and when she was done she was happy to see Takuto recovering from his ill state. “Glad you could handle that. I've been working on running this place for so long that I didn't have enough energy to heal him myself!”

 

“Run this place?” Kagome questioned.

 

Trinity nodded sagely. “Yep. I control the spells around this village. Everyone thinks I'm just a kook though so no one knows I'm the one keeping the spells running twenty-four seven. They assume the God Tree is doing it.”

 

“What! I'm sure they would stop hassling you all the time if you told them the truth.” Kagome insisted.

 

Trinity gave her a skeptical look. “And is that why you've told the villagers that you are going to save their lives when the illness and death comes in the winter?” Kagome blushed in embarrassment and could now see her point. Trinity didn't need to prove anything to them. If they had enough sense to treat her nice in the first place there wouldn't be a problem, why does she have to prove her worth to them? It was no ones business besides hers and her alpha, in this case Inuyasha.

 

“I understand. So you don't want me to tell them what you do for them?” asked Kagome. Trinity shrugged nonchalantly. “So…how did you come by raising Takuto?”

 

Trinity picked up the peacefully sleeping Takuto and set him on a futon in the corner of the hut. “It was not long after my mate died…a pack of dragon demons approached me with Takuto when he was a baby. His parents had been executed by some humans for what they had done, conceiving a half demon, and now the pack his father was apart of wanted their blood to live on even in the hanyou and gave him to me. I was a priestess and they figured I would be most tolerant of a half demon child. I love Takuto as if he were my own.”

 

“You were mated to someone?” said Kagome.

 

Trinity smiled. “Yes, his name was Iichi, he was one of the first dog hanyous to grace this earth. He died about 7 years ago and I've been living here ever since Midoriko bestowed the duties of running these spells on me. Even though he's gone I will continue to age like he would have if he hadn't died, unless I purify the mark on my neck.”

 

“Midoriko?”

 

“She was asked to create this paradise we call home. Inuyasha's father came to her and he asked that she create this place for his son to one day live in peace. Inuyasha inherited it and a sword, no one knows where this sword is unfortunately, and then gathered a pack of hanyous a good 100 years ago. Midoriko knew of my powers and my longevity so she came to me at the end of her life so she could instruct me on how to run this joint.”

 

“Wow…that's amazing…so you run this entire place. And Inuyasha isn't aware of this? He just lets you stay because your husband was a hanyou?” Trinity nodded. “So what about this illness that comes in the winter?” asked Kagome.

 

“Well it's only been happening recently but I don't think it's natural. Some outside force is creating this illness and is trying to kill the hanyou pack form the inside.” Trinity said conspiratorially. Kagome leaned in close as she continued in a whisper. “This illness started when this hanyou was ousted from the pack. His name was Naraku. All we heard about him though is that he went north and no one knows where he is. He hates Inuyasha…he wanted to take over the pack but he lost in a domination fight. Inuyasha as affirmed alpha male banished Naraku.”

 

“Hmm…If no one has seen him since then I can't see how it could be him, but I'll keep a look out for anything suspicious.” Kagome said seriously. Trinity showed no signs of hearing her. She was looking out the window at the vicious blizzard hitting the village.

 

“It's really bad. The scouting party should have been back for shelter by now…” This statement immediately worried Kagome. As if on cue they heard shouts outside. Broken sentences with words like “Inuyasha”, “dead”, and “surprise attack.” Kagome got to her feet and dashed out of the hut. Trinity followed behind.

 

Kagome saw some hanyous going down the ladders to caves. Kagome followed and went down to find that one of the caves on the street Inuyasha's was on was surrounded by hanyous who were both trying to get out of the storm but trying not to be a nuisance to those tending to the injured.

 

Kagome pushed through the crowd urgently. Praying that Inuyasha wasn't really dead like she thought, she was able to see those who were injured in the scouting party and gasped when she saw Inuyasha wasn't breathing. They were about to draw a cloth over him like they did with the rest of the dead when Kagome broke down into loud sobs.

 

“NOO! Don't'! He cant be dead!” Kagome ran to Inuyasha and fell on her knees next to him, paying no mind to the hanyou drawing up the blanket. She began to cry on his body hysterically, everyone was quiet and the hanyou with the blanket stopped. He stepped back from the girl. Kagome buried her face in his haori and cried. Blood had trickled from his mouth; he was badly bruised and might have had several broken bones. His heart had gone into cardiac arrest and he was gone before anyone could do anything, just seconds before Kagome arrived on the scene. “Please don't leave me alone!” Kagome pounded her tiny fists on his chest at the same time, shocked by what happened then…

 

 

 

 

 

 

A/N: hey! Schools out!! *dances around happily* Read and review people!!