InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The power wihtin ❯ The curse ( Chapter 3 )

The Power Within

By Tati86

A.N.: I'm having problems with the internet in my computer, it's almost impossible to send e-mails, and I can barely update. College starts on Monday, so who knows when I'll be able to update.

Thanks to everyone who review: hanyou-elf thank you for your tips, and thanks to alejandra(), I'm glad you like it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha and co, they belong to Rumiko Takahashi.

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Chapter three: The curse.

-Ok, I'll tell you. Just don't get mad. - Miroku said nervously.

Kagome breathed deeply and relaxed herself. She had not noticed how easily she was getting angry.

-This is a curse. It started a couple of centuries ago.

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The castle soldiers and the guardian monk got to the Goshinboku. They saw Kikyo's dead body and the "body guard" of hers that held her with his bloody claws. Both of them were soaking in blood. They assumed that Naraku's story was true…

- Do you have any last words? - asked the old monk to Inuyasha, watching him closely.

-I'm sorry Kikyo- the monk heard the hanyou saying as the soldiers putted the cover of the coffin on.

"How dare he? He is actually crying for forgiveness, and after what he'd done. He has to be kidding!" thought the monk. "He really deserves this."

Then, he started chanting the powerful spell which ended half an hour later. After that, he placed a in the ground small stone tablet with the inscriptions that will seal Inuyasha forever. Finally the old monk got some blood from Kikyo, and he putted it on the stone tablet. The inscriptions shone and the seal was concluded.

-What was the blood for? - asked one of the soldiers.

- That was something I added to the spell. - answered the monk with a smirk. -I thought that time will ruined the stone tablet, so I putted some of Kikyo's miko blood to make it resistant to anything, even to time. Just a person purer and more powerful than Kikyo will be able to bake the spell, and with absolutely no intentions of doing it.

- You're very smart.

-That was cleaver.

- Thank you. - said the monk flushing slightly. - Now, we have the most difficult thing to do ahead of us.

- What's that, houshi-sama? - asked a soldier with new earn admiration towards the monk.

- We'll be the ones to give the bad news to the King and Queen. - said sadly the monk.

All the soldiers nodded in agreement. Some of them took the task of bringing Kikyo's body to the castle.

When they arrived to the garden, someone was waiting for them, Naraku.

-Where do you think you are going? - said an evil voice.

-Who are you? - ask the monk placing himself in front of the soldiers that carried Kikyo's dead body.

-It doesn't matter..., but if you have to know I'm Naraku…Now, give the shikon no tama.

- What are you taking about?

-Don't fool around. You know what I'm talking about. I know that the miko has it, I can feel it. Give it to me or die. Either way I win.

-You'll have to kill us. We are not giving the jewel to you.

- As you wish. - said Naraku smiling evilly.

- Run as fast as you can to the spiritual shield. - shouted the monk to the rest of the soldiers as he placed his staff on the ground, and putted some spiritual parchments (AN/ I don't know if that's the correct name.) around them.

Naraku struck out, but the parchments did their work. They stopped Naraku for a while.

-If you think that those silly pieces of paper are going to stop me, you have to be the stupidest men alive. - said Naraku coldly as he threw a blast of energy destroying the parchments.

- I'll do everything I can to stop you. - roared the guardian monk as he took his staff to protect himself from Naraku's attack.

The monk's attempts were successful in diverting Naraku's attention from the soldiers. They were in the shield that surrounded the castle. The monk smirked when he realized that Kikyo's body and the soldiers were save and sound.

Naraku didn't miss the smile on the old man. "A weak monk was able to deceived me, the most powerful creature on earth…I've lost a chance to obtain the shikon no tama because of my necessity of showing off. This wasn't the plan. I killed Kikyo, tricked the soldiers into sealing Inuyasha, got rid of all the obstacles in my way, and stopped following my plan… The next step was to take the jewel quick, in one swift motion, but I didn't…Now I'll have to wait for another opportunity to take it…I'll make that dumb monk pay for destroying my perfect plan." He thought angrily.

Faster than the eye could follow, Naraku unleash the roots beneath him, and attacked the monk. The elderly monk's legs were broken because of the attack. Then, Naraku's hand wrapped around his throat lifting him from the ground.

One root went through the monk's hand as pain went through his all body. He couldn't breathe because of the pressure on his throat, and the edges of his vision were turning black. Some seconds later, he fainted, and Naraku disappeared into the darkness of the forest.

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-That's how my ancestor got the curse on his hand. It has pass from father to son since then. It's like a black hole that swallows everything on his path, it gets bigger with time, and someday it'll consume me. - said Miroku sadly.

-Is that what happened to your father? He was consumed by it. - asked Kagome quietly.

- Yes. - answered Miroku curtly looking at the ground. - The night I turn twelve, my father came to me, told me that he loved me, hugged me, and ran away from our house…He had never done such a thing, so I knew something was wrong. I tried to follow him…My godfather stopped me before I reached my dad…I… saw...I saw the vortex consuming him. I…I yelled at him not to leave me, but he couldn't stop it. He...he died in front of my eyes. - said Miroku grimly looking at his hand, as Kagome stroke his shoulder.

- I'm sorry. - Kagome whispered.

-Don't worry. It was a long time ago. - he said with a fake smile. -I'm feeling kind of tired. If you excuse me, I'm going to sleep.

- Sure. - she said standing up, as Miroku did the same bowing his head. -Houshi-sama, forgive me I shouldn't had asked, it's a painful memory.

-You really are an amazing woman, so beautiful, and so caring. I'm absolutely delighted by you. -he told Kagome as he placed his hand on Kagome's posterior to grope her again.

SLAP!

Seconds later, Miroku got into the castle with a red mark on each cheek leaving a very angry Kagome behind.

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Singing birds.

"Those damn birds again. Leave me alone. I want to sleep. Sleep? I was sleeping… Yes¡, it wasn't a dream. Someone broke the seal." Inuyasha thought as he tried to open his eyes. It kept being too bright for him and his senses were numbed.

He finally managed to open his eyes, but - where am I? -he said quietly. He was lying on a futon in an old house.

-I'm glad you are fully awake. You surely have an impressive healing power…This is my home, you had being unconscious for a day. -said an old woman dressed in miko clothes.

-Who ask you, old hag? - the hanyou said gruffly, sitting down.

-You asked. I thought that you were talking to me…You shouldn't so disrespectful.

-Who do you think you are?

-I'm the one who brought you here after you fainted, and took care of your wounds… By the way my name is Kaede, and I like to de called by my name.

-Feh. - said Inuyasha, crossing his arms in front of his chest, and looking away. -Whatever, old hag.

Silent fell in the room, so Inuyasha looked at the old woman in front of him. He noticed her clothes. Inuyasha broke the silence asking -Are you a miko?

--Yes, I am.-- she answered curtly.

-Why did you help me? I'm a hanyou, and I killed Kikyo, a miko princess. -he said annoyed.

-I know you didn't. I've researched enough to know that Naraku killed her. Besides, nobody talks about it anymore.

-How the fuck did you free me? I thought that it couldn't be done.

-I didn't do it. It was technically impossible. The monk added to the spell Kikyo's blood. It was supposed that no one could free you, unless…

-What? - Inuyasha asked curiously.

- Unless there's a miko stronger than Kikyo around here.

-Impossible. - grunted the hanyou.

- It's that or Kikyo freed you, and she died two hundred years ago.

-Two hundred years ago. - Inuyasha repeated blankly.

-You didn't know that. You were seal two hundred years ago. The same day Kikyo's body was burned along with the shikon no tama.

- Naraku didn't get the jewel.

-No.

-Where is the shikon no tama? - asked Inuyasha. He preferred to keep talking; he had spent enough time thinking on that horrible day.

- People say that the royal family is protecting it. The castle has a strong spiritual shield around it. It doesn't let enemies get in.

-I already know about the shield, it was there before I was sealed…, so it's in the castle.

-Although I can't feel its presence, I know it's around here.

- How come you can't feel its presence?

- I don't know. - the old miko said preparing lunch in the fire place. -It might have a spell on it…Why are you so interested in the jewel?

- I need it to become a full youkai, and keep my promises to Kikyo. - Inuyasha said without noticing that he was speaking aloud.

-What are you planning to do? - Kaede asked raising his eyebrows, and turning around to look at the hanyou. However, Inuyasha wasn't there anymore.

She sighed and poured some of the soup she was preparing in the bowl. "Maybe, it wasn't such a good idea to give him that information. I should keep an eye on him."

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A blur of red and silver was jumping from tree to tree with one thought echoing in his mind. "The shikon no tama is in the castle."

Inuyasha stopped on a tree that was where the garden of the castle begun. There was a pair of kids far from him, but not far enough from his hearing perception. "They could say something valuable."

- …, so mom gave you Sundays off. - said the little boy.

- Yeah, isn't it great? She said that I've been working too much, and I needed free time. - the young girl said excited. - But I have to raise my math grades. - she added sadly.

-That's better than nothing.

Then, a man approached them, a soldier. -Princess, prince I came to remind you not to go into the forest by yourself. There could be dangerous youkai.

-Yes-they said at the same time.

The soldier bowed, and retired to the castle.

"They are the princess and prince, interesting. Maybe I can't get near the jewel, but could make it come to me." Inuyasha thought smirking.

-Kagome, you are going to the forest, right? - the boy asked, and she nodded.

- Sister, you shouldn't go. You heard what the soldier said.

-Yes, I know. I want to verify something Miroku told me yesterday.

-What?

-He said something about someone that was sealed next to a tree.

-Whatever. I'm not covering for you. If someone asks I'll tell where you are.

-I don't care, Souta. I'm going anyway- said Kagome turning around and getting into the forest.

"The little brat is easier to carry, but he is too close to the soldiers. I don't want to draw any attention to myself. No one knows I'm free, yet… The bitch will do. She is going to the forest alone. It'll be a piece of cake."

He trailed after the girl. "Kikyo's hair was longer than this bitch's hair, and it was straighter. Kikyo was taller and her skin was paler… What am I doing? Why am I thinking about Kikyo? I'm comparing them!" He shook his head to make the thoughts banish. A familiar scent went through his nose. "Kikyo!" he shouted mentally. "No, she is not Kikyo." The scents were similar, but not the same. "Why does she smell so much like Kikyo? No, it has to be me. All those years sealed affect me somehow."

He had stopped following her without noticing it. He couldn't see her anymore, but he could still trace her. "I have to stop thinking about Kikyo. I have a job to do." He started running faster to catch his prey. "This is going to be fun." He thought with a predator look in his face.

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A.N.: That's all for today. It was longer than the other chapters to make you want to keep reading no matter how long I take to update the next one. ^_^ If someone knows how the spiritual parchments are called, please tell me. Review, please!