InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Nigatsu no Hoshi (Stars of February) ❯ Revelations of Prophecy ( Chapter 12 )

Disclaimer: this is the LAST time I'm saying it: I DON'T OWN INUYASHA!! Haha, I said it 11 times I think, so if that isn't enough for ya, then stick it! lol. jk ;p

Suteki: hey! I'm glad I got so many responses out of my last chapter!

Shizuka: you know, she writes all your names down in a little book she has that's entitled, "My Best and Only Friends"

Suteki: shut up! Well, its true, I do have a book, OF RECORDS, lol. don't worry, I'm not stalking all of you…or am I?…mwuhahahaha!

Shizuka: okay, enough with the insanity, lets start the chapter.

Last time:

The woman's eyes were wide the moment the kit ran through the field, calling to the other miko, `okasan? He thinks she's his mother?' As she watched as the kitsune took notice of her, she smiled warmly, and removed her hood. `Blond?! No miko's have such a hair color, no human has that hair color!' inuyasha noted to himself. Her hair was indeed a bright yellow, except it darkened at the ends into a deep orange, almost red color. It was in a high ponytail, but it still fell to her lower thigh. As inuyasha continued to survey her, his eyes moved to the top of her head, `those are…' the top of her head were indeed adorned by ears, much like Inuyasha's but they were red, and they pointed more at the tips.

The woman didn't acknowledge Inuyasha's questioning eyes. "Shippou? Is that you? You're alive?"

Shippou's eyes filled with tears, and he ran to the woman. He latched to her leg as he cried into her clothes. "Shippou, its you. Its really you." The woman was now crying as well. "Okasan, I thought you were dead!"

Chapter 11: Revelations of Prophecy

"Shippou?! You know her?! Maybe you can tell me who this wench is then." Inuyasha yelled in frustration. Shippou turned around to face inuyasha, his eyes narrowing at him with anger, "inuyasha, NEVER call my mother names dog-breath!" by this time kagome had regained enough consciousness to listen to the conversation, but the dizzy spell she had acquired kept her from opening her eyes, or saying anything. `Mother? I thought…I thought I was his mom now…it cant be his fleshly mother, could it?'

"Mother? Impossible, I thought you told us she was killed by the thunder brothers, along with your father…"

Seeing both her son's and the hanyou's confused looks, she decided to speak. "Inuyasha, mind if I call you that?" he nodded, "alright, inuyasha, shippou. I guess there's a lot that I need to explain. First off, I want to confirm something…your father, Sasuko, he was indeed struck down, was he not shippou?" tears welled up in both their eyes, a little more in the boys though, "yes…although I was wrong about you, I saw fathers body…in his fox form…he cant be alive…"

Inuyasha nodded, he understood the confirmation that meant. You see, when fox youkai die, or are weakened to the point of death, they're bodies convert to that of a normal fox. It's a last ditch effort to preserve strength, or to make as a disguise from predators searching for the youkai.

"I see…" she replied sadly. "Lets sit down shall we shippou my dear, this is going to be a long story…"

(A/N~yes, you have to listen to the WHOLE story, for the sake of knowing what's going on, lol)

As the two fox youkai walked over near inuyasha and kagome, inuyasha instinctively pulled kagome closer to him, also making room for the other two. When the woman and her kit sat adjacent to inuyasha, she stared up into the clouds at first, trying to think of where to start. "Oh yes, inuyasha. I do not think we were properly introduced. My name is Katasuki, of the Rosuto pack. As you may have already caught on, shippou is my son; we are the last of our clan, of our kind for that matter. And may I ask what your relationship is to my son? You seem to know each other quite well." She smiled at him politely.

Inuyasha blinked a few times, not really knowing to answer the awkward question. "well um…I found him I guess right after the attack on your family…and then, kagome here, insisted that we take him in. so we, kagome mainly, have taken care of him for the past several years. Kagome was actually his mother figure…so I guess…" he paused as he started to blush from the personal description.

"You're his father figure, I see. I cant thank you both enough for taking care of my son while I was gone." She smiled again, and the hanyou rubbed the back of his neck, "it was nothing, really."

"Gone? Where were you? Why didn't you come for me mama? I thought you were dead! I was all alone and scared. I waited near our den for days after the attack, hoping id at least find your body. I never did, and I stumbled upon kagome soon after I had given up hope. Where'd you go?" shippou was now trying to fight back his tears, wanting nothing more than to get the answers that had plagued him since that fateful day. Katasuki stroked the top of his head while she held him close, trying to get him to calm down. "I…I thought I was dead also. All I remember was falling to the ground in the surrounding forest, looking for you. I collapsed when my body reverted to its fox form…I thought I wouldn't make it, and I thought you hadn't either. I started to give into the pain, and then…I was surrounded by a strange light and thought it was the afterworld." Both inuyasha and shippou were listening intently to the story, as well as kagome, who was still to weak to open her eyes.

"I later awoke, in a village that I had never seen before. I was once again in my youkai form, as I am now, and was completely confused. A young miko came into me, and she explained every thing. She had found me slipping into death, and so she used her power to revive me. She had known of our family, which wasn't surprising, we were watched over by various miko's and priests. She brought me back to a village she was lodging at, and she cared for me until I was able to walk again. She had spoken of the shikon no tama, which had been revived. This, I was not aware of at the time. Our family was peaceful; we had no use for such things. But, several of recent occurrences she spoke of, such as the appearance of kagome, struck me as familiar. My mother was the daughter of a human miko, and she told me of many prophecies. As I listened to the young woman's stories of current events, something struck me as pieces of an unsolved mystery began to unfold in my memory."

"What unsolved mystery? A prophecy? Who was the miko that you were talking too? She sounds suspicious if she knew of kagome then. Kagome didn't have a reputation in this world at that time. Only her friends and enemies knew of her. She was only friends with one miko, and she was no where near young. This is beginning to sound like Naraku, speaking of the jewel and kagome." Inuyasha asked in curiosity.

"She was indeed young. Her name was Kikyou. She spoke of you also inuyasha."

Inuyasha's heart clenched, as did his hold on kagome. He noticed her flinch and tense, and he released her, ashamed that she noticed his reaction to Kikyou's name. `Kikyou? I'm sorry kagome, it's just that…I haven't heard her name in so long, and I've tried to forget about her. What could she possibly have to do with this?' kagome was also having such thoughts, `why does Kikyou always have to come back to haunt us? I felt inuyasha react to her name, as if it pained him to hear it. What's going on?'

The youkai noticed the change in his demeanor. "You knew her, i knew that already. I am sorry if she brings up bad memories, I know what happened between the two of you, and about her demise not so long ago. I began to notice, and feel, the negativity in her when she spoke of kagome and of the jewel, which confirmed my suspicions. I felt that she wasn't what she appeared to be, which is why I left in a hurry."

"Where'd you go from there? If you had stayed in the area, you would have picked up my scent, and me yours."

"I left for china. I grew up in a shrine in East China, the Kasai Shrine. There I searched out miko's that could help me. Together, we uncovered scrolls of legends long forgotten. Unlike other shrines, this one kept scrolls written by youkai. The one I searched for, was written by my godmother, a youkai prophet."

By this time, kagome was coming too. She opened her eyes, becoming very interested in the conversation. When inuyasha felt her shift her head, he picked her up so she was sitting in his lap, with her head supported by his chest. Katasuki bowed to her without word, and then continued.

"The legend spoke of a certain miko that would appear. It said that she would be of this world, yet not of this world, she would exist in two places at once. She would be powerful and yet kind. What is more, she would have the shikon no tama in her possession. Now at first, I believed that this one must have been Kikyou right? She fits. But, as I said , I later realized that she was not pure. She had a hatred of kagome, and that's when I turned to search out her history. I never found it of course, but as time progressed, I heard stories. Finally, one of the miko's told me of the witch that created Kikyou, and of Kagome's part in it. That's when it hit me. Kagome, she is not originally of this time. However, her soul now exists in both eras."

"This is all fascinating, but, we already knew all of it. What does this have to do with anything?" inuyasha was becoming annoyed at having to relive parts of his past he had buried.

"Calm down inuyasha, there is more. But upon further investigation, I found parts of the prophecy that could in no way fit her description. It spoke of a miko of no other kind seen in any legend, she would be a miko, with youki energy. Such a thing was unheard of, and some of the miko's began to give up, thinking it was too far fetched. But the legend goes on to say, that this one would hold something inside of her, something that would rival the power of the shikon no tama in all its glory. When I heard of the final fight with Naraku, I came to investigate. I didn't know what had happened to the jewel, or to kagome-san. But now I know, the prophecy was correct."

Kagome was very unsettled at what she was hearing. `I'm in a prophecy? How is that possible? I'm from the future! I'm not some Feudal era heroine. Shut up kagome, you know that you're life isn't normal, you were meant to come here. You were just wrong thinking that that was the end of your destiny. I hate my life…ugh! Why am I talking to myself, and why do I feel like people are staring at me?' sure enough, when she looked up, pairs of eyes wore boring into her. She decided to speak herself. "Okay…so why have you come to tell me this?" her voice sounded scratchy from being dry, and unused.

"At first, I was only coming to see what had become of the jewel. But when I saw you traveling a lone a few moons ago, I knew I had to warn you."

"Warn me? Of what?"

"Well, I had noticed that you were indeed youkai, proving my theory correct. I stumbled across another youkai, who had been following you as well, and he told me the whole story."

"Another youkai? I was being followed? I didn't sense anything the whole time I was gone."

"The best thing about being small my dear." Everyone focused trying to tell where the voice came from. Katasuki moved a lock of hair away from her neck, to reveal the tiny eavesdropper. "Myouga-jiji?!" "Konnichiwa, kagome-sama, nice to see you again. As well you, my master."

"I was wondering where you had gotten too Myouga. So, you're the one who led her here? Did you know that she was Shippou's mother?"

"No, actually. She never mentioned her personal life, only her objective. I too have heard of the legend she speaks of, and so I was quick to help. I had followed kagome here, when she left you, curious as to where she was going, and how she was able to move so fast. Before we could catch up to her, she vanished. Katasuki-sama told me that it was the power of teleportation, a power that only the strongest of miko's can master. So I led her here, guessing she would come back to you me Lord"

There was a break of silence as the rest of the group was still absorbing the strange turn in events. "Katasuki-san, you never answered my question though. Warn me of what?"

"Oh, my apologies. Yes. The prophecy stated that the miko would face great difficulties before the revealing of the inner possession. On my journey, I spent many days in meditation, trying to figure out what it could mean. I came to the conclusion that I wouldn't know what I was dealing with until I saw you. But now…I see what it is that you have to overcome in order to survive this."

"Survive?! You mean this is life threatening?" kagome was getting scared now, she had just been told that she's the center of some strange legend (another one) and that this one could take her life.

"You have felt ill as of late, correct?" kagome nodded. And inuyasha looked down at her with a stunned and almost hurt look on his face, not knowing why she didn't tell him. Katasuki, seeing this, interrupted before kagome could explain.

"There is a battle of power going on inside of you right now. Your spiritual power is trying to fight off your youki, and vice versa. If you do not do something to calm them, and quickly, it could very well destroy you entirely."

The whole group sat in silence, half already thinking of what they could do to fix the predicament, the other drowning in worry (inuyasha and shippou of course).

Now that kagome thought of it, it all made sense to her. She still didn't understand how she had, once again, weaved her way into some ancient legend, but she wasn't going to question it any further. So many things were hitting her at once, including shippou having found his mother, that she was beginning to feel dizzy again. She fought it back, and then tried to ignore it. "Do you know of any ways we can fix this, Katasuki-san?" the older woman sat in thought for a few moments. "Not off hand…but if we're going to get anywhere, lets lose the formalities, I never really cared for them. I already feel as if I know you, and you were practically the mother of my child for a prolonged period. Okay, kagome-Chan?"

Kagome smiled, knowing that she was going to get along with this woman just fine, "I agree, Katasuki-Chan."

"Okay, now, lets return to where ever it is that you are lodging, it is starting to get chilly out, and from the sounds coming from my sons stomach, as well as Inuyasha's, I believe it is time for dinner. After which, we can discuss details and theories. Does that sound alright to you?" kagome nodded, "boys?" they nodded also, both still dumbfounded by the intensity of the days events. `maybe this will all make sense after a gut full of ramen.'

Suteki: sorry it was short…again. I hope you liked it! I didn't really know what Katasuki would have to tell kagome, so I just made it up as I went along

Shizuka: yeah, you can tell. No wonder it doesn't make any sense.

Suteki: no, that's just cause you're dense.

A/N~ okay, next chapter. Let the brainstorming begin, and the tests start! Don't forget to review! ;) arigatou!!