InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Curse: One of Life and One of Death ❯ Chapter 2

At the end of school Inuyasha had decided he was going to offer Kagome, Sango, Miroku, and Kikyo a ride home. Sango and Miroku had declined, they had their own cars, but Kikyo and Kagome accepted not knowing that the other had. When they met up after school Inuyasha could tell that the sisters didn't exactly get along, he also figured out that Kikyo was more fun while Kagome was serious. He decided to pursue Kikyo but keep an eye out on Kagome especially after he heard her yelling at a wolf demon, Koga, to leave her alone that it was over. He walked the two sisters to a 1967 Shelby GT500 Mustang. It was black with a silver dog tearing through the doors and the hood.

 

Sesshoumaru was walking towards his mustang when he caught scent of Kagome, her sister, and his worthless half brother, `though he might be of use yet' he thought. He smiled at the thought of being able to find out where Kagome lived, especially after royally pissing her off at lunch. He said, “And what do you want with me now Ka-go-me? Or was that Bitch?!” Kagome turned around eyes ablaze and fuming, he thought that if it were possible she would have steam coming out of her ears right now. Inuyasha and Kikyo were laughing at them and Kagome just turned and walked away yelling, “Its Kagome you insolent lil whelp and you best not forget that. Only my friends get to call me Bitch!” Just as she was starting to cross the road of the parking lot he heard an engine rev to life and he had a feeling he knew who it was and who it was intending to hit. He ran to her faster than he had in the past just in time to pull her to the sidewalk as the car sped by unobserved by the intended victim and friends. “What do you want now dog?” she asked him. He now knew that she didn't realize that he had just saved her from getting hit by Naraku, so to cover his tracks he stated in a cold voice, “You will learn how to talk to me correctly. I will not tolerate you degrading me when I am clearly the superior here. And as for what you can call me Bitch I am Sesshoumaru, Lord Sesshoumaru to you thought!”

 

“Lord Sesshoumaru, LORD SESSHOUMARU! You have got to be kidding me, the only thing you are LORD of is yourself!” she yelled. He rather liked how she yelled his name than quickly changed his thoughts to more along the line of HOW his name sounded coming out of her mouth but found that distracting too so he opted for the idea of watching her just walk away from him, swaying her hips left to right…was there any thought of her that was safe he wondered? Kikyo was pleased that she wouldn't have to sit in the back seat with her gothic rejected sister. She had hoped that maybe she could get one if not both brothers to be her new play toys. However, she wondered if she could get Sesshoumaru with the way that he had treated her earlier and now was going after Kagome. `If only Naraku was a little faster,' she thought.

 

Kagome decided to walk home but she had really wanted to ride in the Mustang, which apparently belonged to Sesshoumaru. She had always had a thing for muscle cars especially that particular one. Half way to her house she heard the engine of Hojo's Harley Davidson coming towards her. She turned around while sticking out her thumb with a big grin on her face. She watched him pull over and toss her the spare helmet telling her to get on. About a block away a pair of gold eyes started to get a hint of red while glaring daggers at the male and female on the bike. When the light changed green he sped up to catch the two of them. He didn't like the idea of her having her arms around another males' waist. Sesshoumaru didn't calm down until he pulled up right beside them at the next red light and saw that the male was already mated to a male demon. He then rolled down his tinted window and revved his engine asking for a race. The biker responded to the challenge with a rev of his own.

 

Kagome was in heaven on the bike, the only other type of vehicle she likes other than muscle cars. Just then she heard and saw a Shelby GT500 pull up, her heart stopped when she saw Sesshoumaru there. She was a little confused when she heard him challenge Hojo, and even more when he accepted the challenge. Hojo never liked to race, being a police officer, he saw the affects of racing. She decided that once they got to her house she was going to have to ask him why he felt the need to take the challenge. Then the light turned green, they popped up in the air a little behind all of the power on the engine and took off as fast as they could. It seemed that the bike and car were tied with the amount of power in the engines for they came to the next red light at the same time. She enjoyed the race it was a nice rush of adrenaline for a change, she felt untouchable.

 

Sesshoumaru smiled on the inside at the look on her face. That had been the whole reason he challenged this biker in the first place, that and the fact that he so longed for a good race. Inuyasha and Kikyo, however, were scared shitless and were yelling at him for doing that. If it wasn't for the fact that Kikyo was in the process of trying to score Inuyasha she would have demanded to be let out of the car, especially since they were only two blocks away from her home now. Sesshoumaru just rolled his eyes as the two of them demanded that he not do that again. He then turned to them and stated, “This is my damn car and I will drive it HOWEVER I feel like driving. If you don't like it then I suggest you get the fuck out of my damn car now, before the light changes green. Otherwise SHUT THE FUCK UP!”

 

When Hojo and Kagome pulled into her home's driveway he was immediately concerned that the guy in the mustang was following Kagome so he proceeded cautiously until he heard Kikyo in the backseat. He had been friends to the Higurashi family for years; he was even loyal to their father, though he isn't allowed to talk about him to the girls. He thought of Kagome and Kikyo as the children he would never have (and sometimes never wanted). He knew about the struggle that Kagome was always dealing with and the coldness that Kikyo carried, if only he could tell them what he knew he was sure they would act a lot differently. The children born of light and dark, a Goddess of Life and an Angel of Death; at least that is how their father and himself had come to see the girls. For even when they were just a few days old you could see one with a bright soul while the other had a dark soul. He knew why and where their father was and more importantly who their father was. He knew that Sephiroth, their father, was a very powerful and very deadly demon of the Shadow Dogs Clan.

 

*FLASHBACK*

Back in 1994 when the girls were almost 3 years old Sephiroth knew that he would one day have to admit to his mate who he really was. He was the second most powerful demon, the most powerful being none other than Lord Inutaisho; therefore he was the most sought after. One day many years ago he had decided to cast a spell to conceal who he was, he was no longer a demon but a mere human, at least on the outside that is. The sorceress had warned him that to cast the spell, a horrible deed would take place, should he ever decide to have pups the spell must me reversed or a terrible deed will befall his pups. He paid no heed to the warning and shortly after fell in love with a Shrine Maiden, Rei, who lived on the shrine grounds with her father. They married in 1989 and in 1991 their children were born, twin girls. It was that night that Sephiroth remembered the warning; it was for that fact alone that on their birthday in 1994 that he had to come clean.

 

Sephiroth sat his wife down; he told her over and over again how much he loved her and how sorry he was. Rei was more than confused; she didn't know what had brought this on. Then she heard it, the old magic spell being chanted, her eyes grew wide as she saw the man that she had grown to love, with all her heart, transform into that of a very power shadow dog demon. Rei didn't care about that though, what she cared about was why he had felt the need to lie to her. Sephiroth tried to explain but all he could manage was, “I'm sorry, I love you but I must leave. I have to fix what I have done. Have you not seen that our daughters are complete opposites, one has the power of life while the other has the power of death.” he asked his mate. “Rei I must go to find a way to reverse all that I have done to you and our pups. I will not return until I fulfill my quest. There is a spell on them as well that will keep them as humans until the day I die or the day they need the protection their beast can bring them.” With that Sephiroth called Hojo and together they left the shrine.

 

*End Flashback*

 

Since that day Hojo had sworn to his master, Sephiroth, that he would always protect and care for the girls. Though as the years went by he could not understand how the girls acted the way they did when their powers were complete opposites of their personalities. Kikyo had the power of life but seemed more involved in destroying it, while Kagome could destroy but remained hell bent on having everything live. He remembered the night his master almost broke his oath to his mate.

 

*Flashback*

 

It was the night Naraku had beaten and tried to rape Kagome. Hojo was on his way to give an update when he felt the surging power of his master, he raced to the alley to see him choking the life out of a young half spider demon with a very scared, beaten, and almost naked Kagome on the ground below close to death. Hojo moved quickly to send the half breed packing while his master healed his precious angel of death. He had told Hojo, “I discovered the only thing that can fix what I have done is to kill the Angel of Death and allow her powers to be absorbed into the Goddess of Life, for alone they will be in constant danger of destroying everything. The powers separated from one another were too much for one being to handle, they needed to be evened out. Everyone needs a little light with a little dark in their soul in order to survive.”

 

Sephiroth refused to accept that he would have to kill one in order for the other to live, it was unacceptable. Hojo was ordered to take Kagome home were he told Rei what had happened and what her husband had found out so far. She had agreed with him that they could not kill one to save the other. She followed him to her husbands hide out and together the three of them talked of other possible solutions and leads, then Rei and Sephiroth decided to retire for the night; to rekindle their bond and mate the way a demon should. Hojo returned to the shrine to watch over the girls as their parents spent the night with one another. That night he noticed for the first time that Kagome was a full demon while her sister seemed to be a half demon, if even that. He wondered if this was part of the curse and if he should tell his master that the spell for some reason was starting to fade

 

*End Flashback*

 

However, now he had no choice he would have to tell his master about what goes on with his family for Inutaisho's sons are now with his daughters. He strolled up to Sesshoumaru's car and demanded that Kikyo get out. The two brothers looked at him like he had lost his mind, Kikyo however did obey, she didn't like him but she did obey him. Hojo then turned to Sesshoumaru and said in the mother tongue of a true dog demon (that only full dog demon can understand), “Heed well this warning. All that pursue these girls will suffer the consequences only the worthy shall be with them, AND we don't find thee worthy enough.” To say that Sesshoumaru was pissed was an understatement, he growled right back, “You have one female that is so closed up and scared while the other female is so open, to think I, Sesshoumaru Inutaisho, am beneath them you must be crazy. I am the son of Lord Inutaisho; I will become the new lord in less than a year's time. I have nothing to prove to you or anyone else for that matter. If I had wished to pursue one of them it would be she that would have to prove her worth to me not the other way around, now go back to your male you Bitch and stay out of my affairs!”

 

Kagome was shocked to say the least. She was sitting on the porch of the shrine waiting for Hojo to come in so she could talk to him. When she heard the conversation between the two males she got mad at Hojo for acting like her father, she could take care of herself and then when she heard Sesshoumaru declare that he was soon to be a Lord she got even angrier, but this time with herself. She thought that once he becomes a lord he would remember how she treated him and how Hojo is acting now and take it out on them once in charge. She knew she would have to be nicer to him now to make up for all that has happened. Then she realized Inuyasha was looking confused, as if he didn't know what was being said and started laughing which caught the attention of all three males, Sesshoumaru more so than the other for he didn't like to be laughed at but knew that there was no way a mere human would understand what was being said much less would even a half breed know.

 

She saw there attention drifted to her and decided now a good time to retreat back inside, she didn't like to be the center of attention. She then said to the males, “Inuyasha I hope to see you in the morning, don't forget the homework assignments. I hope you have a good night Sesshoumaru. I mean Lord Sesshoumaru! (said with a wink) And when you are done acting like my father Hojo come inside and stop threatening the future lord, it is unhealthy for all!” With that said she smiled and walked through the front doors. Just then Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru were about to leave when is clicked to Sesshoumaru that she understood what was said. “Hojo tell me who is the father of the twins? Why does she know the mother tongue of a true dog demon? I know you were taught through your mate, but only a full blooded dog demon or one mated to one can speak and understand the language. Why and how does she know it when she smells of a human?” demanded the young Lord. Hojo was at a loss for words, the spell was wearing off a lot quicker which meant that Kagome was coming in need of her beast's protection and power very soon. This also meant that his master would have to return home soon so he can properly teach the twins how to harness their power when the time came. He didn't realize he had ignored the young Lord until he yelled, “Answer me you idiotic human.” Hojo then replied, “Sesshoumaru you must be mistaken, she could not have heard or even understood what was said. She must have read that you were coming of age to be Lord and I always act as a father figure to her and protect her as one for she simply is going on our body language as to what is possibly spoken between the two of us.”

 

Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow to think of what it was that this man had told him. He remembered that he had told her that “it is Lord Sesshoumaru to you” but he couldn't get rid of this feeling that she knew what he said. So he decided to test it, with a sly smirk he barked out her name to see if she would understand that the bark to normal ears was actually him asking her to come to him. Hojo's eyes grew wide for a moment when he realized that his bluff had been called; he quickly conjured a sound proof barrier around the house and locked all the doors so Kagome couldn't reveal to him that she was in fact a demon, especially since no one else knew. He knew now that Sephiroth would have to come home and protect his family once and for all.