InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ InuYasha V 2.0- What happened after the end? ❯ Episode 7 Season1: Striking Remembrance Pt 2 ( Chapter 7 )

NARRATOR

Last time we left off with Miroku being dragged deep under water and out to the ocean by a sea siren youkai. He had awoken to an underwater sea haven. At first he was surprise to find that he was breathing but then was overcame with more shock as swam to the surface. The higher he went, the more of them he saw. They were half people and half fish and mainly women. He smiled at the thought as many of them barely wore anything to cover their assets besides the shells of shellfish. He remembered Kagome speaking about them in a little story she was reading to Shippou and smiled.

 

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“So these are mermaids… hmmm… I never knew they would look this beautiful… but I sense that they're all youkai in some way… so with that sense they must be hanyous”, he thought as more of the creatures swam away from him upon approach. When he finally reach the surface, he took in great gasps of air to see if his lungs have change. He can breathe air at the moment. He looked around the surface of the water and only saw random plateaus and large bodies of water. Suddenly he heard a few light hearted giggles coming from behind him. He couldn't really sense the demonic aura due to the entire place dwelling in it. Taking a deep breath and summoning his spiritual powers, he quickly spun around only to come face to face with five of those mermaids. The group of mermaids were quickly alarmed at his presence and dove under water… all except one.

Miroku stared with fascination at this one mermaid who only smiled back at him. To say she was beautiful would be an understatement. She was drop dead gorgeous, so gorgeous that she had an unseen impotent glow around her. Miroku approached the pretty hanyou with an attempt to diminish his desires.

“Excuse me, but where am I exactly?”, he asked, leaning against the hard yet smooth rock the hanyou sat on. She responded with a glorious smile before saying, “You're awake. And for that I am happy.” Miroku nodded his head in slight confusion before returning the same smile. “Then thanks is in order. But you still haven't answered my question”, he replied in a stoic voice a lot like the last he heard of Sesshoumaru. “In that case, you're in Meraquat. You were attacked by a water youkai that we have already banished from our kingdom. You need not worry of him, human”, she replied with the utmost elegance. Miroku was amazed at the serene calmness in her voice and almost fell in love until he heard a little nagging voice at the back of his mind. “Then I thank you for saving this human's life. Who is we exactly?”, he asked. “Yes, we are mermaids and mermen: ningyo. It's no problem; I'm always saving retched souls such as yourself… despite what my mother speaks of the human world”, she shot back awkwardly inching away from the intensity of Miroku's gaze.

“I'm Miroku, a monk”, he began before nearly laughing at the quizzical stare she shot at him. “A monk, what's that?” “He has ugly limbs protruding from the lower half of his body but he's handsome nonetheless”, she thought. “It's a symbol of holiness in my world. How far am I from my world or the nearest land shore?” “500 kilometers, a minimum”, she replied quickly. “How did I get so far? How long has it been?”, he asked frantically. “You came here a few days ago. Three days and too nights to be exact.” Miroku immediately tried to jump back into the water and swim to shore now that he discovered his ability. But the moment he went underwater, he found his vulnerability returning and it was hard to breathe. The mermaid notice the little bubbles coming to the surface and dragged the man back to the rock. Coming to surface again, Miroku was face to face with the mermaid. He gazed into the beautiful chocolate hues she had for eyes and immediately found something familiar about her. “Sango! She can be her twin if it wasn't for her golden locks and bottom fin”, he thought.

The mermaid was about to lean in to kiss Miroku but he immediately backed away and laughed awkwardly. “Please do not go. Stay a while and enjoy the sea… we can place a longer spell on you so you can breathe here”, she said quickly at his shock. Miroku calmed his expressions to answer in a stoic voice, “I have someone waiting for me at my world… I can't leave her.” The mermaid slightly frowned but quickly held her pain in her eyes. “I guess mother was right. Humans can't ever love hanyous… especially mermaids”, she thought sadly. “Well then… allow me to send for an escort service to ensure your safety”, she muttered before making a weird fierce whistle with her lips, calling forth a pair of dolphins. “Thank you”, Miroku muttered in response, gazing at the sadness in the mermaid's eyes.

“They're awfully fast so hold on tight”, she shouted as he placed a hand on the backs of both mammals. “Goodbye…”, he shouted over the rushing waves. “You weren't that hot anyway… but I guess you weren't for me anyway”, she thought before turning away from the sight of the monk being dragged with his robes flowing behind him. Before she can slide into the water, she was surprise to see the monk return. “Forgive my rudeness, but I never caught your name,” Miroku said catching his heartbeat from the speed of the dolphins. “It's Otome”, she muttered. Miroku suddenly grabbed her hand and placed a kiss on her palm. “Then let's consider ourselves as friends… thank you again”, he shouted as the dolphins pulled him away again. Otome hid her blush until the monk was too far to notice it. She dove into the water thinking, “I got to see the dark sea priestess to meet him again… he's nice.” When Miroku looked back, all he saw was her golden tail fin.

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By nightfall, Miroku had reached back to the coast near Japan. From there he had to walk back land. When he got to Sango's old village, the young demon slayer had caught sight of him and immediately covered him with kisses. “You have no idea how worried I was”, she whispered as he wiped away the stray tears that left her eyes. Miroku returned the short and chaste kisses with one deep passionate one of his own. When he finally pulled apart, the tajiya had calmed down. “Where did you go? I searched everywhere nearby for you, I thought a demon had gotten to you and that you were hurt somewhere. But I'm so happy you're safe”, she said nuzzling into his chest.

Before she can continue with her ranting, Miroku interrupts Sango with his own ranting. “I've seen the most amazing and beautiful creatures while I was lost at sea,” he began before pulling Sango to the same spot where they made love out in the open. The two sat down with Sango sitting between his legs with her back against his chest and her head on his shoulder as his arms wrapped around her torso and his head leaned against hers. “These people were like the hanyou and youkai here but they called themselves ningyo since all of them were of the same species of some type of aquatic demon. The majority of them were hanyou since they had human bodies but fish tails for feet. The world was simply beautiful there and if granted they cast a breathing spell on humans to stay there for a while, so I had breathed underwater for a while. It was…”, Miroku said with much excitement while looking towards the ocean. But upon seeing the magnificent view of the sea, he also saw a rather large castle like structure that was where Kagome and InuYasha's future home was to be built.

Sango looks up at Miroku's gaping gaze when she noticed the end of his rant. She follows his gaze to the home that was finished. “While you were gone, we finished the building. Now all we have left to do is fill the house with its necessities and decorate to a comforting style within the next two weeks. I know you think this was rather fast considering the villagers and I usually took the same time to build just the base of the house. But when you were gone… everyone started to worry about me… they seemed to know how close we were and worked harder in order to distract me. They hated to see me shed tears and a lot of them were surprised I even did but nonetheless they worked day and night and finished last night”, she said rubbing his hands against her torso. Miroku still couldn't get over one fact. He lightly turned Sango's chin so that her face was close to his. “Sango… you cried… you shed tears… for me?”, he asked awe struck.

Sango attempts to pull her head away from Miroku's gaze but was trapped by his sudden grip on her chin. Instead she looks away from his eyes and flutters them close as she blushes a deep red. “Anyone would cry for someone they have lost”, she muttered. Miroku slowly plants a kiss on the awaiting lips of his beloved before whispering, “No matter how many beautiful mermaids were there, none of them compared to your own.” “He's so romantic”, Sango thought with a sigh. “Miroku… I love you”, she muttered so low that he barely registered the words that had left her lips. Miroku does however start to undress Sango before muttering, “I love you too, Sango.” Before he can complete the task of undressing her, Sango stops his roaming hands. “Miroku…we should slow down a bit”, she said.

Miroku gave the familiar quizzical stare he gives when he thinks he has done something wrong but not exactly sure of what it is. “It's not what you think. And yes I know you couldn't bear those three long days without me…”, she began before blushing completely. “Then what is my lovely Sango? You need not worry of my commitment or my proposal to have your hand… I intend to follow through with both”, he said kissing the palm of her hands. “Last time we had done this the people from the next town over had heard me scream some rather crude things and are now taunting me and watching me like a hawk. Just to make sure I stay faithful myself and still a fair maiden and not a… concubine”, she said to him trying to hold down her laughter as Miroku chuckled himself.

He then stood up and helped his beloved up after she made herself more presentable. He took her hand and led her to the home she lived in her entire life and was sharing with him at the moment. Miroku plans to have a home built for the two of them and the family he wants to acquire; but for now he would make do with what he has until time draws near. Upon arriving at the door of the rather eloquent home, Sango moves ahead and pulls Miroku towards her room. Miroku eyes lit up with excitement because this would be the first time he gets to see the room that Sango called her sanctuary and not be kicked out for trying to sneak a peak at her assets. “I would be seeing a lot more than her luxurious curves”, he thought as he smirked when she stopped in front of the screen door.

She led him inside and quickly shut the door. The moment she turn around to face him, she felt his lips on hers, roaming and seeking every corner of her mouth with his tongue. He then stops his tasteful antics to take her breath away with a fierce and passionate kiss. When he pulled apart her lips were slightly puffed from the attention and she gazed back at him with a heavy coat of desire in her eyes. “I never wanted a woman so badly in my life”, thought the monk. “Is this enough privacy for you?”, he smirked. All Sango could do was melt in his smile and mutter his name as he slowly removed her robe. Once the robe was gone, he was happy to see she wasn't wearing any chest bindings tonight and cupped her left breast as his right hand drew her chin in for another kiss. “Tonight, we'll celebrate my return and make up for all the practice missed”, he muttered against her lips. Sango simply nodded her head in agreement as she silently and quickly removed his robes. When clad in only his fudoshi, Miroku picks up his beloved Sango and carries her to her bed. There he made love to her repeatedly all night long.

 

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Back at the undersea kingdom, Otome stands in front of the dark sea priestess, Ichiko, deliberating about the exchange at hand. “Are you positive this would turn me human?”, Otome asked holding the dark, red vial in her small, fragile hands. “Yes. And you know the rules… cease upon existence upon your return. Are you sure you want to give up your immortality my little ningyo?”, Ichiko said placing her cold lifeless fingers on Otome's shoulders. Otome resisted the urge to shudder at the touch and shook her head. “Relax sea priestess… I will hand over my throne as promised… besides immortality is nothing if you can't actually have freedom”, Otome said drinking half of the contents of the vial. “Stupid little ningyo… your fate is sealed now”, thought Ichiko.

Otome watches as her fin turned into those unruly, long limbs that protrude through many human bodies. She had approximately two hours to swim from deep beneath the sea kingdom and to the surface and then to the land where the monk spoke of. It was wistful thinking but without even saying a farewell to the dark sea priestess she started pulling herself up in a fish like movement, using mainly her arms and her slim and curvy torso. Ichiko, watching Otome leave, waves goodbye. She then gives a ghastly grin as she grab hold of the bejeweled crown that Otome often wore as a fashion accessory and absorb the youth and greater immortality from it and into her body. She looked like she did millennia ago: long, jade tinted, black hair reaching past her shoulders; smooth, pasty white skin that glows a glamorous and soft blue; big deep red eyes with long, thick eyelashes; a squared-off jaw that contradicted with her ruby pouted lips. She smiled at her reclaimed beauty before storming the sea again and crawling out of her hidden hole that she have inhabited since her downfall, towards the center of the kingdom to claim rule.

 

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Next morning, Miroku awakes with a sleeping Sango entwined in his arms. He slowly props an arm underneath his head so he can have a good look at the entire room. He enjoys the meekness yet boldness within it that screamed Sango's personality in everyway. They needed to get up and help the villagers prepare the house for the guest of honors that were to return in a fortnight. So Miroku let Sango get a few more moments of sleep as he slowly untangled himself from her graces and redress in suitable attire to do part of the work in. All they had to do now was prep the house so that only involved a lot of lifting, meaning no extremely long robes to trip on. After getting dress he awoke Sango, who smiled lazily at him, only to receive a light kiss for the sight. Miroku nearly choked midway through the kiss when he felt Sango starting to grip his back side in an attempt to draw him closer. “Maybe she's more spirited than I am lead to believe. I am going to enjoy making her my wife”, he thought before pulling away slowly from her grip. He nearly laughed when she pouted but then it dawned on her that it was dawn and she blushed.

After Sango got redressed in her outer kimono, and to Miroku's disappointment, her chest bindings, the two stepped out of the old house and walked towards InuYasha and Kagome's future home. Upon walking there, they saw multiple villagers rushing past them and to the scene. The two shot a worried look at each other sped up their walk only to come to the back of a rather large crowd of lustful men and worried women nearby the sea of the castle like structure, facing towards the sea but crowded around something… or someone. Whoever was in the center started to cry out and Miroku recognize the shriek. He and Sango quickly pushed through the crowd and upon reaching the center became awestruck with the beauty of the human like creature.

In front of them sat a cold and naked woman with long, wavy, golden locks that reached her backside and luckily covered her ample chest a bit. Her skin was awfully fair but somewhat golden, her eyes although brimmed with tears were a deep chocolate hue, and her lips were a deep ruby red. She was small in size and looked completely fragile. Upon seeing the edges of the violet and black robes, her eyes quickly and hopefully shot up to the face and she gasps. Since she couldn't really work the long limbs coming from her body, she slid across the soft sandy floor and into his presence. “Sango… this is one of the ningyo I spoke of”, was all Miroku could utter before nearly falling from the death grip the woman threw on his legs as she shouted his name. Miroku tried to conceal his blush when he felt the soft and firmness of the woman's chest against his calves. He removed his robe and was happy he wore a light hakama underneath, dropping the robe over the woman's body as she let go of his legs.

“But she has legs… like a human”, Sango said with a cynical glare to the woman. “I just got them… I don't know how to work them though”, the woman shot back at Sango. Miroku helped the woman stand on her feet until she had her balance. “What's your name?”, Sango asked trying to keep her anger under control. “What's it to you?”, the woman shot back in a completely stoic voice. Before Sango can take action against the woman, she falls against Miroku's chest. “Miroku, who is this scary woman?”, she muttered as he helped her balance herself again. “Otome… how did you get here?” “I went to a sea priestess and got a potion that trades my immortality with human legs so I can enjoy the freedom you human's have”, she explained.

Otome was about to hug Miroku again but saw the fear in his eyes as he stared at the woman across from her. But with the fear she saw love, and hurt. She drew conclusions and extended her hand to the woman but came face to face with a hard and stern glare. “And you must be the woman he claimed to love with all of his heart”, Otome said placing her hands in the sleeves of his robes as Sango blush at the indirect confession. Sango's embarrassment fades as the group of people goes back to their business. Instead of the stern expression on her face, she now held a soften one with a small smile. “I apologize for my rude demeanor. I don't take to new people without some distrust”, Sango said extending her hand. To make her words felt, Sango gazed into Otome's eyes and at first thought she was crazy. “Something is familiar about you”, Otome said returning the same gaze. Miroku stood a bit back at the two facing figures and saw an exact copy of the other. “You two are exact duplicates of each other. Just opposite in a way. Sango is Otome's inner self and vise versa. And other than your hair, you ladies can be twins”, he said with a slight smirk as he stared at each of the woman's assets. “Maybe we can switch places sometime…”, Otome began before feeling Miroku's grope on her butt cheek. Simultaneously, Otome and Sango smacked Miroku and muttered “lecher” before laughing. “To teach our dare Miroku a lesson”, Sango finished the previous statement as the woman laughed and was escorted back to Sango's home to get cleaned up.

 

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As the following days went by, Sango and Otome became close friends. They taught each other helpful tricks. Sango, teaching Otome how to walk, stand, balance, and knock a human man unconscious; learned how to be more persuasive, read people through eyesight- no matter how long you knew them, and how to make some charms for disguise and certain empowerment. The two woman even manage to trick Miroku for an entire day with the disguise charms but the fun was always spoiled when Shippou, being a kitsune demon and recognize the charm, simply jumped onto the woman and tickle them. Anyhow, the house for Kagome and InuYasha was finished and furnished; Otome, Sango and Miroku guarded the front of the building for the night. There were already protecting wards surrounding the rest of the house and the three lived the closest anyhow. Otome was currently living with Sango and ignoring the sounds that come every other night from the couple's room.

The three sat against the large structure, looking out towards the moonless sea. Well more like Otome sat looking out to the sea; Miroku and Sango sat together, sucking each others' face off. Otome sighs, causing Sango to pull out of Miroku's grip and turn to her friend lazily. “They look perfect… harmonious together… why can't I be like that?”, Otome thought. “It must be fun to know what love feels like”, she said ignoring Sango's gaze so she doesn't read the jealousy in the eyes but not the dreamy voice. Sango knew better and smiled sadly. “You'll find someone. It took us five long years to even come close to this. But I bet you'll have better chances since you're very suitable. Have you ever been courted or tried courting?”, Sango asked as she settled for just holding Miroku's hand. “I was a princess and there were very few ningyo who met my status… or other sea creatures and other than that… every other man weren't allowed in my presence not even as a friend”, Otome muttered holding back tears. “And the fact that every guy is afraid to approach me and my hotness without feeling a bit inferior”, she thought.

“Since you can't return home… you might as well make yourself accustomed to here. Allow some courting… the rules of love always bend in a human world”, Miroku said giving Sango's hand a quick squeeze. “That's a wonderful though… I do have some men here waiting for my hand… thanks you guys”, Otome said gracing the couple with her smile. Suddenly a loud an eerie screech comes from the shore line and Otome, recognizing the noise, jumps up and rushes to the scene; only to come face to face with a dolphin. She stoops down to rubs the head of the slowly dying animal. “What's happened to it?”, Miroku asked when he and Sango reached the scene. “Remember the dark sea priestess I told you about… Ichiko? She turned my kingdom into a pit of destruction and killed nearly every ningyo. “What are you going to do?”, Sango asked knowing what was to happen. “I don't know… I can't return and turn to foam… but then my entire harem would cease to exist if I don't defeat her…”, Otome said before letting multiple tears escape her face. The dolphin dies and Otome leans against Sango's shoulder as Miroku sends the animal back to the ocean.

As Otome cried, Sango had gotten an idea and quickly shook Otome to make her stop crying and pull herself together. “What if I go as in your guise and fight her for you?”, Sango said ignoring the shock in Miroku's eyes. “Sango… what are you saying?”, Miroku asked returning to her side. Sango let go of Otome's hand and held Miroku in her embrace. “I can't stand by and do nothing when it could be help. Besides… it's foolproof. Otome taught me enough charms to disguise myself and I know how to fight on most surfaces… I promise to return to you”, she said before planting a kiss on his soft lips. “Sango… you would do that for me?”, Otome asked with new tears brimming her eyes. “You can consider yourself as part of my family Otome… and when Kagome returns, you can be sure she'll accept you as well… but you've proven yourself worthy”, Sango said before being attacked with Otome's forceful hugs.

 

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Next nightfall, Sango was guised as Otome, complete with the golden scales for fins and the seashells for chest coverage. Sango drank one final potion containing an elixir to prolong life and to enable underwater breathing. With one last kiss and grope from her beloved, a hug from Otome, and a hug from Shippo and Kaede, she headed deep into the sea and didn't turn back. Upon reaching the kingdom that Otome had described, she found the once lively and beautiful city, in nearly complete ruins. At the center of it all, sat a beautiful young woman with huge waves of dark energy rolling off of her. Sango enters the lair of the woman head on. “Is that you Otome? How did you return?”, Ichiko asked. “Your spell wore off… I overcame it with a few human friends”, Sango shot back in a stoic voice like Otome's. “You smell of a human male… you dirtied your royal line!”, Ichiko taunted. “I found love”, Sango shot back in the same voice but with a tint of anger. “Dammit… she nearly caught on… nearly”, Sango thought. “You return just in time to watch the ruins of your kingdom… it should've never banished me…”, Ichiko said with her eyes starting their bright red glow.

Sango starts to cry while shouting, “YOU MAY HAVE KILLED MY HAREM… BUT THEIR DEATH WOULD NOT BE IN VAIN!”, and using her false tail to cut the tail of dark sea priestess. Ichiko gasps in surprise and retaliates. The two went back and forth between attacking each other's tails before Sango finally attacked Ichiko's heart. Ichiko screams in pain as the blow left a whole in her chest. Sango's body starts to change back and her breathing weakens as Ichiko dies. In a blink of an eye, Sango appeared as her real self as Ichiko screams, “NOOOOO!!! I've been defeated by a weakly human…. But you, foolish human, shall die as well”, she said before her body turned to dust. Sango tries to swim back to the surface but feels incredibly weak and forced back into the sea. Right before she was sure she was going to die, she sees another ningyo like Otome, but before she can see if she was delusional… the world goes black.

 

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Sango awakes to Miroku holding her hand, sitting by her side, and keeping watch over her. Surprisingly, Sango feels completely rejuvenated and sits up quickly, planting a kiss on her beloved's lips. Miroku smile before muttering, “Looks like you're feeling all better”, and kissing her in return. The two pull apart and turn to see Otome and the woman Sango saw before she fainted, hugging. The woman still had her tail fin and was partially in the water. From what Sango can see, she had everything Otome would have had but more refined and defined in certain aspects. Otome turns to Sango and smiles. “Thanks for all you have done, Sango. My kingdom owes you its gratitude and as well as the ningyo beside me… my mother”, she said watching the surprise in Sango's eyes. “Immortality doesn't mean your looks always fade… only by embracing darkness does that tend to happen”, Otome's mother spoke. She had an older and more soothing voice than her daughter but nearly an exact copy.

Otome smiled at her mother before helping her further into the ocean. “Are you sure, you don't want to return?”, the ningyo asked. “I know that the trade in the spell is conquered but I want to stay here as a human… sorry mother”, Otome said meekly. The ningyo laughed before smiling. “Okay but whenever you feel like coming back to your other home… just screech. Oh and finish that potion I gave you in order to stay human”, the ningyo said giving Otome one fierce hug before waving to the couple behind her and jumping into the sea…

 

Closing song: Evanescence's My Immortal

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Sango: That was amazing…

Otome: And now I'm a newbie to the cast! Woot- woot!

Shippou: Yeah but she took forever to write this…

Lana: Hey! You guys try rewriting a script that you haven't touched in five years!

Miroku: Stop whining and apologize to the viewers…

Lana: (Holds a bottle of ink over Miroku's head) I could just make every part with you disappear! (Laughs as Miroku cowers)

Kaede: I made no appearance in this one…

Kikyo: Neither have I

Lana: Shush… no one likes you Kikyo and sorry Kaede…

InuYasha: What about us?

Kagome: Yeah we've disappeared this chapter!

Lana: (Cowers in fear of characters) You'll all get your Showtime! (Stands up tall) Besides … InuKag- this story is mainly about you… a break is good every once in a while…

Rin: I haven't even had a voice here yet…

Sesshoumaru: This Sesshoumaru is not pleased with Lana's performance…

Jaken: Obey Lord Sesshoumaru!

Ayame: And what about us?

Kouga: Me and the clan needs some face time as well!

Lana: (Holds a giant gun filled with ink) All of you shut up before this story is gone!!!! (Everyone quiets down) What the hell? (Slaps the back of my neck) MYOGA!!!

Totosai: Read and Review everyone… and excuse the timing of the author… she's been enjoying her summer too much… (Runs away as I chase a pen after him and his bull)

 

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A/N: Well sorry bout the late update- it's time for me 2 prep for college stuff and I've been swamped… srry bout the no music hiatus but my other story makes up for that … Inu n Kag would be back next chap and as a thorough apology from me and the InuYasha characters I DO NOT OWN… here's an ober long chapter so enjoy! Oh and yeah Otome I created and she's staying! Srry… for mediaminer readers go back and read before chaps - they got some noncofusing edits now and some commentary !