InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ True love ❯ accepting ( Chapter 20 )

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Last time:

Sango POV

I tried to approach Kimiko but the two other youkai won't even allow mi to be in that room. Shippo wasn't allowed as well. I carried him and asked him what actually happened. He told us everything that he knew, which was nothing.

`Kagome or Kimiko, please wake up.'

%- Called the royal language. Only those that are high in statues may speak them

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Chapter 20: accepting

The castle in the shadows~~~~~

% What the hell do you think you are DOING? % Slapping the figure in front of him, the figure spat out blood, staining the white marble floor. Two pairs of strong arms held her up from the ground.

%I Am helping you to forget about her. %

%You call that HELPING! She's gone! Thanks to you! % Flanking her to the wall.

%*Cough * she was *cough * NEVER here. %

%You should remain silence! % Kicking her in the guts.

%*Cough * She is not her. She doesn't love you, why do you still…%

She was left hanging above the ground, gasping desperately for air. Tears running down her swelling cheeks. Throwing her towards the door like a sack of potatoes.

"Go! I never want to see you again.!" Holding her stomach in pain she stood, looking at him straight in the eye.

"Why can't you accept mi? I can be better than her. Why?"

"Because, you are not her." Vanishing into the darkness, leaving the figure broken, sobbing on the ground. The other servants left as well. The room returned to its lifeless state.

At the western castle~~~~~~~~~~~

"Have you heard?"

"Heard about what?"

"The reason behind why the ball is post phoned."

"No, why?"

"Because the lord is waiting for a girl to wake up."

"I heard that the girl is a youkai."

"A kitsune to be more exact."

"You think she has gotten the lord's attention?"

"Hard to say? After all she is a vixen."

"True, why else the lord is waiting for her to wake up?"

"What's wrong with her?"

"I heard she fainted."

"Do you think she is scared of us?"

"Maybe, fainting may be her only way to get the lord's attention."

"Doesn't matter. Doesn't matters, since she faints so easily, I bet she's easy competition."

"That is so true. I will be the last one standing."

"No way, its me!"

"No, its mi!"

"STOP! Want to go see what that vixen looks like?"

"Why not, she must be pretty normal looking."

"Maybe, even ugly."

"That is so true."

"Then what are we waiting for?"

The room where Kimiko is resting~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Both gangs were in the room. Kimiko's fever has finally subsided. The fever came to be a shock to everyone. She was suddenly burning with a high fever and wounds started appearing on her body. The wounds were recognized to be those that were given to the fake Kimiko. The stabs were too deep that they endangered her life. Taking the whole night, with unease and panicky, the healers managed to stop the bleeding. But the wounds were unable to close.

She was getting paler and her pulse was getting weaker. Her hands were getting colder as well. The rest except Kurama and Hiei were asleep around the room. Taking her hand in his, Kurama wished hard that she will wake up. Hiei was closing his eyes, his Jagan eye glowing, trying to get pass Kimiko's mind barrier.

"What do you see?" Kurama nuzzled her hand while asking Hiei.

"Pitch black…. And nothing else."

"Do you think, the black pitch has to do with her not awaking?"

"Hn. I will try getting into her mind."

Clasping her cold hand to his warm one. He placed his cheek against it. Speaking into her mind.

@Kimiko, please wake up. @

@You are the one who accepted me, taking mi as a mate, even when you knew that I was a forbidden child. @

@Please wake up. I never get to tell you a lot of things. @

@ Aishiteru, Kimiko. @

Just as he said those words, the barrier around the mind was shattered. Hiei entered farther into her mind, her world. A figure was lying there. He went nearer and saw that it was Kimiko. Taking Kimiko into his arms he cried. Jewels formed from his tears fell. Kimiko stirred and opened her eyes slowly, only to find herself seeing black.

She took a breathe in. And smelt a smell that she loved, and was familiar with. For the whole moment of her lifetime, she felt safe in his arms, in his embrace. She cried, she cried for the second time in front of him. She felt the arms tighten around her. She also felt another arm tighten around her weak body. She took another breathe in.

It was another one of the smells that she enjoyed, she felt calm around him and well loved by both. She felt the feeling of being loved again. She cried even harder, for the joy of finding love and trust again. Trust that they will always stay with her, be with her, and be there for her.

%So this is how it feels like to be loved. I understand now. %

"Let's go back." Taking hold of their outstretched hands, I felt myself being pulled back to reality. This time, truly, I opened my eyes. Wiping a tear away from Kurama's eyes. I smiled a gentle smile.

"You stabbed mi real deep." I said softly, jokingly. Both of them laughed, apologizing. I asked for Kurama's hand, placing it over my wounds. I taught him a healing spell. His hands glowed green and my wounds were closed.

"There's a lot to learn." Pushing myself out of bed. But Hiei pushed me back down. I hned at him and tried to get up, but was pushed back down by both of them.

"No fair, there are two of you."

"Fair enough. You definitely need two of us to get you out of troubles."

"Hn, and to play with mi."

"Hn, rest and play later."

"Hai! Daddies!" pouting at them.

Kurama POV

Good, she can pout and argue. She's all right. I swore to myself that I would never leave her alone. She is too precious to lose. She is someone that I had fallen in love with, and I have fallen hard. Even Youko too. I will never allow any harm comes to her.

Hiei POV

Finally she's awake. For the first time, when she went into coma. I truly do not know what to do. It feels like a part of mi is being ripped apart. I cannot lose her.

Kimiko POV

They have left the room, time to sneak out. Hmm, the window is not closed. Good chance.

Back to the women that wanted to see the vixen~~~~~~~~~~~

They were making their way to the room, when they saw a figure leap out of the window. Being the curious, and busybodies they are, they decided to follow.

Kimiko POV

Some one is following mi, they seems weak and are harmless. Oh well, what spell did they casted on mi. I dun remember everything. Only vaguely. Okay, where am I? There's a piano in this room, hey is there supposed to have a piano in this era?

It looks so grand. I went up to the piano, and ran my fingers over the keys. The piano was made of glass, very beautiful. My fingers are itching to play on it. Should I, or shouldn't I? No one is here. I should not play it. Maybe I should.

I sat down on the seat, I was aware that the three auras that were following mi stopped outside the door. But I was so tempted to play the piano. Truly be told, it's been years since I played it, since I was Kagome I did not know how to play it.

Here, goes. I started to play and sing. (Insert here, Ayumi hamasaki's Seasons, piano version.)

Lyrics:

This year, another season has passed.
Memories have become faded.
The border between my vague dream and
reality has become blurred.

Even so, the dream I once told you of
had not a single lie in it.
La La-i

Today was fun,
and tomorrow will surely be fun as well.
"These days will continue forever,"
or so I thought at the time.

Throughout the endless days I felt
as if something was missing.

I blamed it on these unnatural times,
and just gave up.
La La-i

Today was very sad,
and even if I cry tomorrow,
someday the time will come that I can laugh
and remember the time we had together.

How much time must pass by,
in this finite existence of ours?
We'll live in the now,
and what will we find?

Romanji Lyrics:

kotoshi mo hitotsu kisetsu ga megutte
omoide wa mata tooku natta
aimai datta yume to genjitsu no
kyoukaisen wa koku natta

soredemo itsu ka kimi ni hanashita
yume ni uso wa hitotsu mo nakatta
La La-i

kyou ga totemo tanoshii to
asu mo kitto tanoshikute
sonna hibi ga tsudzuite'ku
sou omotte ita ano koro

kurikaeshite'ku mainichi ni sukoshi
monotarinasa o kanjinagara

fushizen na jidai no sei da yo to
sakimawari shite akiramete ita
La La-i

kyou ga totemo kanashikute
asu moshi mo naite ite mo
sonna hibi ga atta ne to
waraeru hi ga kuru darou

ikudo meguri meguri yuku
kagiri aru toki no naka ni
bokura wa ima ikite ite
soshite nani o mitsukeru darou

The most amazing thing started to happen. Beneath the ground, which was placed the piano, a magic circle formed. It shined brightly. The light swept through the room, the ceiling changed into the blue sky. Cozy and warm, a fireplace was set. Crystals and all sorts of Jewels decorated the walls, and the dance floor. Numerous small orbs of glowing lights appeared. They merged and formed into figures wearing fancy ballroom gowns and tuxedos. Wearing many different shapes and colors of masks to hide their faces. They were dancing to the music, freely and happily.

Kimiko is now wearing a Vinyl bustier with criss cross back, and vinyl V front skirt with chiffon bottom. White in color. She played another piano piece. ( Gensomaden saiyuki's Alone, piano version. )

It was a very sad song, she allowed herself to drop a few tears. The room changed into different scenery. The ground changed into the forest grounds and the walls into that of the majestic waterfalls. Being aware there are more than three auras in the room. Since, they made no attempt to stop her from playing the piano, she played another piece. ( Gensomaden saiyuki's For real, piano piece. )

Yet again the scenery changed. The peaceful night swept into the room. The figures danced gracefully to the flow of music. Capturing the every eye of the people in the room. Dozens of glowing butterflies fluttered in the room, giving the room an ethereal feeling. So calm, and so peaceful.

When the music stopped, the figures stopped as well. They parted neatly to the side as Kimiko walked towards the audience. With a wave of her hand, the figures bowed and vanished into glows of lights again. With a blink they disappeared. Everything resumed back to its original state. All the lords and their mates, and the three busybodies. The Yu Yu gang and the shikon gang were awed by the magical display just now.

"I am so sorry, I saw the piano there, and I couldn't help playing it."

"You should be in bed." Sesshoumaru said eyeing the half transformed Kimiko. She was in her human form with a tail and amethyst eyes.

"Oh not you too. Two nagging youkais is enough. Even you want to nag at mi to go to bed." She pouted.

"You are not well, so you need to rest." He said as if he is pacifying to a three year old.

"That's true. You just woke up. You need more rest." Kurama said crossing his arms.

"Hn." And the next thing they heard was Kimiko screaming to be let down as she was being carried away to her room by Hiei.

"I din't know she can play the piano?"

"You forgot that's she is Kimiko not Kagome."

"Ya, I kept forgetting that she is no longer Kag."

"Come on, I think she is trying to escape again."

"How do you know?" Kuwabara asked while scratching his head.

"With my heart." Was his simply answer before he left, leaving the rest confused.

"Huh?"

At the meeting room~~~~~~~~~~~~~~where the lords and their ladies gathered.

"Who was that?" Toki, the eastern lord asked. He was a raccoon youkai. With a 6 pointed star on his forehead. Brown strips on his arms. And a quite fuzzy tail.

"She's cute." Earning a glare from his mate. Tsumi who was also a raccoon youkai. Instead of brown, she has green strips on her arms, and a 6 pointed star on her forehead.

"What? Well…. she is." Toki said.

"I agree. She has the most beautif…." Raiha, the northern lord trailed of as he saw the look his mate, Renee is giving him. He was an ice kitsune, a diamond for a mark. His mate was also an ice kitsune.

"She appears to be a hanyou." The southern lord, Ken said. His mate, Kirin nodded showing that she agreed.

"I can assure you that she is not a half."

"Her eyes looked oddly familiar…."

"I think she has the most beautiful eyes. They look so entrancing." Raiha said finishing his sentence from before.

"What do you mean that she is not a half?" Renee asked.

"We shall see in near future."

"Since, she is awake. Can we commerce the ball?"

"I dun see why we need this ball anyway."

"For you to find a mate, to produce a heir. In case something happens to you."

"Like what?" shooting the Ken a look.

"Like…." Before he could answer, the door to the room burst open. Kimiko skidded into the room, quickly closing the room from behind her. She turned to find herself facing the lords and the ladies.

"Hi. Sorry for intruding." Leaning against the closed door. Sesshoumaru was the only one who recognized her. Her tail is gone, she got her sorceress form back except the color of her hair, and they were still raven with tiny stars adorned on them. The mark on her forehead is gone. It seems to be situated on her high cheekbone.

"Who are you?" Raiha asked.

"The person who played the piano just now."

"You dun look like her." Tsumi questioned.

"I am changing now and then."

"What do you mean? You look familiar."

"I lost my powers a moment ago and since I am getting it back now, my appearance is changing. And ya, I met you before. I killed your mistress."

"You are that witch!" banging his fist on the table and standing up hastily.

"I am no witch, lord of the south." He shattered at Kimiko's cold stare.

"If you like, I can really be a witch." She said in a playful tone.

"I dun enjoy my home being wrecked in mere moments."

"Of course not. I won't wreak it as much as I did to his home." Pointing a disdainfully finger at the southern lord.

"You are not human?"

"Do I look human to you?"

"No, neither do you look like a youkai…. but the features…." Raiha asked.

"Well, I am a complicated species. I got three forms. Ningen, youkai and another."

"What is the other?" Renee asked with a curious tone.

"I dun wanna say."

"But I am sure that, since the lord of the south is a highly intelligent creature. He should be able to figure out who I am."

He growled at her menacingly, she dismissed him like he was worthless. And continued to taunt him.

"After all, he did see part of my power. And almost died from it."

" A witch, a wicked witch!"

"I am NOT a witch, youkai. I am more than a mere witch."

"YOU!"

"Keep quiet!"

"How dare you ask mi to keep quiet!"

"I dare. And if you dun you will find yourself without a mouth."

With that threat he clamped his mouth shut, the others looked on in interest that the lord of the south is actually taking a threat seriously. Footsteps were heard from the outside.

"Where did she go?"

"I saw her running down here."

"She's gone."

"Maybe she went back."

"Or MAYBE you are blind."

"WHAT DID YOU SAY."

"You deaf?"

"You wanna fight!"

"Gladly!" a loud crash followed shortly after the sentence was said.

"Baka!" then all was quiet.

"What?" Kimiko asked innocently when the lords and ladies looked at her.

"Shouldn't you be in bed." Raising an eyebrow in her direction.

"Yap."

"So why aren't you in bed?"

"Because I am bored."

"I need answers."

"Why?"

"Because you own mi the answers."

"Why?"

Sesshoumaru glared at her, his tail twitching in annoyance.

"Why?" she answered sweetly. Innocently tiling her head to the side.

The guys in the room could feel their hearts thumping faster and harder to that.

"Because I want you to answer them."

"Why?"

"Ki. Mi. ko." He grounded out.

"Well…. you need to ask mi questions so I can answer right?" grinning happily at him.

"Right."

"So?"

"So we start now."

"Why?"

"KIMIKO!"

"No need to shout. Well, my name is Kimiko. There, done. All finish. Bye bye!" opening the door and leaving a pissed youkai in the room. The other lords and ladies looked at her retreat with amusement and then back to the frustrated lord of the west.

"Well, she is interesting."

"I agree with Tsumi, I think we will get along fine with her."

"What is that supposed to mean?" receiving a questioning glance from the Southern lord.

"Well dear, I think only you are the one against her."

"She killed…."

"She deserved it."

"What! You are sticking up for that witch."

"Show some respect, she is not a witch."

"Then where does she get those powers?"

"A magic caster." His mate, Kirin answered.

"What's the different? And they dun exist."

"There are different ranks in the magic caster family and they DO exist."

"I heard of them, my father used to be friends with them before the downfall."

"What downfall?" Sesshoumaru asked the older Kitsune lord.

"Well, you heard storied of them haven't you."

"Yes."

"They are not myths, they are real. It was like this……."

Kimiko POV

Well that was fun.

~Flashback~

"Let mi down!"

"Ouch!"

"Are you okay?" Hiei place mi down to check my injuries. I kissed him on the lips and he felt asleep. I turned to run when I landed into Kurama's arms.

"What did you do to Hiei?" looking back at the sleeping koorime.

"The same thing I am doing to you." I leaned up and kissed him on the lips. Just like Hiei, he fell prey to my sleeping spell. Time to run away. Oh no, Yusuke and Kuwabara saw mi. They tried to catch mi but I outran them.

~End of flashback~

Now, what am I going to do? They won't wake up until about nightfall. I haven seen Shippo for quite a while. I looked for his scent and followed it. He was playing with Rin in the gardens; the shikon group is also there. And so is clay pot. They were making out in that tree.

I really dun want to get the stench of the clay pot on mi, but I was bored. Oh well. I approached them quietly. Not even Inuyasha noticed mi; I crept up behind him, hiding my scent. With a push, I pushed both clay pot and him down the tree branch. He fell to the group with a loud thump, I could feel the ground rumble.

*Laughter *

"Ha ha ha" I couldn't help myself. He was so funny. He landed on clay pot and smashed her. She tried to push him off but their limbs got tangled and he came crashing into her again.

I laughed till my sides ached. The others looked at my direction and laughed along with mi. The mutt and the clay pot finally managed to untangle themselves; they stood up, trying to get their dignity back. That only made us laugh even harder.

"Bitch! Who are you?"

"Mutt! Forgotten mi so soon?" I went back to cold mode and glared him down.

"Lady Kimiko…"

"Ya. Hi! How are all of you doing?" Shippo jumped into my arms, he snuggled into mi. I held him and leap from the branch to face the group. Annoying the mutt and his clay pot.

They looked at mi warily.

"What?" I asked them.

"Well, the last time, you din't seems happy to see us…."

"Oh. OH! The last time, I just got my memories and personalities back. It was difficult to make amendments into my very own style. Dun worry, Kagome IS part of mi. I will choose who to be nice with and who not to be nice with. You are friends of mine, when I was still Kagome. So I won't forget all of you. But I will like to forget about the relationship I had with him."

And I complained on and on about how unlucky was it for mi to fall in love with that mutt when I was kagome. It was the worst punishment, at least now; I have two youkais who truly love mi. If fate doesn't amend the wrong she did. She is so going to get it when I get home.

They listened to what I was saying. I guess this group of human isn't that bad. The mutt kept interrupting with rude comments. I had great fun sitting him. Can you imagine, since my powers increased so much, do you know how much damage is done for one `sit'?

Once again, Inuyasha is bringing Kikyo to hell. I always waited for the right moment, when Inuyasha is hugging or touching Kikyo, I say the S word. Rin and Shippo were torturing Jakken. I helped them by holding him in place. He was cursing out loud so I made his mouth disappeared.

Oh look, Inuyasha is kissing Kikyo. Great chance.

"SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT!" wow, there was a big hole the size of a pond in the ground. They are not back up yet, maybe we should bury them. I told the others and they were more than happy to vent their anger on them now. I heard from Sango and Miroku that they treated them rudely and badly.

"Sesshoumaru Sama."

"What are you doing?"

"Rin helping Kimiko Sama to bury Inu- baka."

"Wanna bury him?" walking towards him and standing beside him. The other lords were also there.

"Where are the ladies?"

"They went to get something."

"Oh, they are missing all the fun."

"We haven introduce ourselves."

"My name is Raiha, he's Toki, Ken and you know Sesshoumaru."

"Okay." After I finished introducing the gang to them. I plucked a blade of grass from the ground, and held it in my hands. All of them looked at what I was doing when my hand glowed green.

They looked at where my glaze was directed; the hole in the ground. Inuyasha was helping clay pot out of the hole, when the grass suddenly shot up in growth, twirling themselves around the couple and pulling them back to the hole. They started to struggle and found themselves mummified. I released the blade of grass from my hands. Watching it descend onto the ground. As the grass touched the ground, the hole closed by itself. Sealing the mutt and clay pot inside.

"What flowers do you want to be decorated there?"

"How about roses?" Toki suggested.

"Okay. Roses, so be it." I opened my palm downwards and roses bloomed on the ground.

"There, how do you find it?" looking at my masterpiece. I could see they were surprised, with the exception of Sesshoumaru and Ken.

"How…how did you do that?"

"Magic." Clapping my hands together. Vines rose from the ground, entwined within the roses were Inuyasha and Kikyo. Inuyasha was cursing and swearing. Trying to slash himself free, but was scratched by the thorns. The more he struggled, the more thorns were stuck to him.

"What a baka."

"You got that right." Sango said, walking up towards mi.

"Should we tell him that the more he struggles the more hurt he is going to get?"

"Let's see how long he takes to figure that out." we both grinned knowing he will take a long time to figure that out.

*Laughter *

"You are a magic caster aren't you?"

"Part of the family."

"I heard of them, I thought they were a myth?"

"Well, Miroku. You are looking at the myth now."

"You really belong to them?"

"Yap."

"What is so special about them."

"They are very special, especially the higher ranking ones."

"So Kimiko, can you tell us about yourself?"

"I dun wanna. I hate history lessons and I really do not wish to talk about it."

"But…"

"No buts."

"BITCH LET MI GO!"

%Be silence till I say so. %

Inuyasha opened his mouth to shout at her again, but found no voice. He glared at her, ordering her to remove what ever she did to him.

"No way." She walked away to play with Rin and Shippo. Sango went to join her. The lords invited Miroku to the meeting, apparently their package have arrived.

It was near nightfall when Kimiko fell asleep, exhausted under the tree. Inuyasha was still struggling with the roses. Kikyo was keeping still so as not to scratch her delicate skin.

Kurama POV

I woke up to find Hiei waking up as well. Kimiko, she tricked us. Where did she go?

#This proves that she definitely is a good kitsune. #

`She seems more playful than the normal kitsunes.'

# I think she is perfect. Of course, a little taming. #

"Hn, she's at the gardens."

"I will go get her." I said as Hiei left for a mission in Reikai with Yusuke. I followed Kimiko's scent; I saw an ornament of Inu hanyou and his lover there. Sango saw mi looking at the ornament oddly, she pointed at the ornament and then to Kimiko.

I get it. Kimiko did it to them. And the main villain is sleeping peacefully under a tree, with Shippo in her arms. I walked towards her, carrying her bridal style back to her room. I really need to learn some spells to keep her from escaping again. I placed her gently onto the bed, she cuddled Shippo towards her. Getting in bed with her, I embraced her, breathing in her alluring scent; I went into a peaceful sleep.

End of chapter.

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