InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Under the Glow of the Moon ❯ Memories ( Chapter 3 )

 

 

 

 

 

DISCLAIMER - The ownership and general brilliance that is Inuyasha and co. remains the property of its honored and revered creator Rumiko Takahashi without whose brilliance we would not have Sesshoumaru….

 

A/N I know that I kinda went into this kinda fast but I was going to go back and write about before she got bitten probably in flash backs because she didn't even realize that she was a demon at first if you remember…..im just kinda struggling with it I'll figure it out eventually

 

 

Black

Scattered memories

Confused

Struggling

 

Kagome wakes up to find that she isn't really awake, but staring down at her body at her body. `WOW! I really have changed. Hmm, I wonder if I should really be looking at myself. This is probably not good for my health.

 

“Lady Kagome,” a voice behind her stated.

 

Kagome whirled around to see a man…er…uhm demon that looked like Sesshoumaru, but it wasn't. He felt warmer, more open, and there were differences in appearance. The lines on his face were jagged instead of smooth and his eyes were the deepest gold that held laughter and mirth. His clothing was an older style of kimono than she had seen in the Sengoku Jidai, and his fur pelt hung around both of his shoulders rather than over just one and was connected to his armor, and the oddest thing about him….he carried three swords… `Who carries three swords? Overkill much?'

“Lady Kagome,” the demon stated. “I have come to help you sort through your memories.”

 

`My memories?''

 

The demon extended his hand toward her and in a flash their surroundings changed into that of a vast library, bigger than any she had ever been in back at home in modern day Japan. After looking around, Kagome could not find that mysterious demon. `Who is he? He seems …familiar…but I don't know where from.' Kagome continued to explore the library, which seemed to go on and on and on. The place was filled with books in every genre you could think of and from different time periods. `Is that a first edition Pride and Prejudice? OHMIGOD it is. She placed the book back down and started wandering again `Wow you could get lost in this place. It feels so homey that I don't think that I'd mind getting lost in here for a while.'

 

“Lady Kagome, it wouldn't be wise to get lost in ones mind,” the demon stated.

 

`Ones mind?' “This is my mind?”

 

She finally found him sitting in a huge chair before a roaring fire, his three swords thrown casually on the floor beside the chair, along with his armor and fur pelt. `Ok, this is getting freaky. That soooo was not there before. Ohh I'm getting confused again, which seems to be happening a lot. I need to sit down.'

 

“Yes, if you get lost in here you will not wake up. Now, come child, sit down. I am sure there are some questions that you wish to ask me,” he said with an arrogant smirk that she just wanted to wipe off his face.

 

“Who are you and, more importantly, where the hell am I?” the inu demoness agitatedly stated.

 

“Who am I?” the demon seemed puzzled. “You mean you haven't figured that out yet?”

 

“If I knew, do you think I'd be asking?” Kagome was really starting to get angry now, her voice bordering on sarcasm

 

“I am Toga, Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru's sire,” he told Kagome, “otherwise known as Inu-no-Taisho and I am here to help you sort through your memories, although I believe I have already said that part” his eyes showed the laughter he held back. [a/n: if you didn't see that coming then I did a really bad job with this chapter, oh and I just used a name that I have heard used for his name that I liked]

 

Kagome just stared at him, her eyes wide at the fact that she had just been very irritated with the great dog general. She bowed very low and stated, “Gomen- nasai Toga-sama. I meant…”

 

“Oh hush, I have always known you to act like thus, so I expected no different. Child, you have always had a fiery spirit. That's what I liked about you.”

 

“Sou?” Kagome said in wonder.

(Really?)

 

“Hai,” Toga chuckled.

 

“Toga-sama, what do you mean that you have known me to always act like this?” Kagome questioned.

 

“Kagome, my son has already revealed to you that you are the heir to the northern lands,” Kagome nodded her head in the affirmative. “What you don't know is that both Sesshoumaru and I have known you for a long time, and that your parents, my friends, were killed when you were about 10 in human years. You saw the carnage that was wreaked upon your home after you had come back from a trip with Sesshoumaru and myself. We could not stop you from following the smell of your family's blood, you were unstoppable…”

 

------Flashback------

The smell of blood in the air was thick, and Kagome got an overwhelming smell of her family's blood. She urged Sesshoumaru and Inu-no-Taisho to hurry as they neared the Northern keep. The welcome home surprise that awaited her at the end of that particular trip was not one that she normally received, Sesshoumaru tried to stop her but she fought him off in search of her parents and siblings.

“Okaa-san, Otou-san, ONI-san, where are you!!!”

She yelled out as she climbed over the dead soldiers that protected her parents castle, ignoring the blood that was accumulating over her body as she stumbled about with tears streaming down her face, blurring her vision.

 

“Sesshou-kun, where are they, WHERE ARE THEY!!!” she screamed.

Sesshoumaru himself was following in a daze not familiar with this kind of carnage, being just slightly older than Kagome, and then they both smelt her family's blood. Inu-no-Taisho came running up to prevent them from following the scent, but Kagome fought him off and got there before he could stop her.

Kagome burst into the throne room through the doors and ran across the room to her mother and laid in the dead woman's lap seeking the comfort that wouldn't come. Something distracted her from her grief. Across the room she noticed something moving. She ran to it and it was her older brother. He was alive but only just.

 

“Oni-chan, who did this?” she cried into his shoulder.

 

“Kagome,” he whispered.

 

“Yes Takeshi, it is I.”

 

“You're alright, little sister?”

 

“Of course I'm alright. I just got back from my visit with the Western Lord.”

 

His eyes flickered in confusion.

“You were to have gotten back last night little sister, but I am glad you were late, otherwise they would have you.”

 

“We left later than we thought…”

 

“Who wanted Kagome, Takeshi” Toga interrupted as he entered the room along with Sesshoumaru.

 

“A hanyou named Naraku. He is after her power,” he said with disgust.

 

Those words made the young Sesshoumaru angry. No one was allowed to use his best friend for her power. Both father and son growled at the thought of someone using Kagome for the power she possessed. A sudden glow encompassed the room and they looked around and found the source to be Kagome, glowing like a shining star as she healed her brother.

------ End Flashback ------

“… We brought you and your brother back to the Western shiro, the Palace of the Moon, after burying the bodies of your family and fallen comrades, and appointed counselors that we trusted to help run the northern lands until your brother was ready to rule the north, which did not take long. He remained in the west for a little over two weeks before he returned to the north.”

 

Kagome sat back letting the memories of her family's death sink in. There were so many questions she had but she didn't know how to ask them. If she healed her brother then is he still alive? What about her childhood? And if all this happened here in this time then what about her time in the future?

 

“Kagome, I must let you know there are some memories that I cannot help you remember. I am only here to help you remember the most important events of your past and to answer any questions, to the best of my ability, that you might have.”

 

“Is my brother still alive?” she timidly asked.

 

“He is, and he can help you regain the memories of your child hood when you go meet him.”

 

“Ok, what about my home in the future? Do I not really belong there?”

 

“Ah yes this is the final memory that the Kami's are allowing me to share with you before I must return to my resting place.”

 

“You can't stay?”

 

“No child, I, unfortunately, am dead. You are aware of this, now hush and let an old man finish his story. Ahem…were was I, oh yes, a long time passed after the death of your family and you could not return to the northern shiro, the Palace of the Sun, because it was not safe for you there and my son and I could protect you better if you were close by, but you would occasionally visit and you were about 18 in human years….”

 

 

------Flashback------

It was night, and Kagome was due to visit her brother, but she was anxious due to the fact that the last time she left the Palace of the Moon, she was almost kidnapped. Luckily, the training lessons that she had been having with Sesshoumaru and Inu-no-Taisho kicked in and she got away from the would-be kidnapper, dealing out some hurt while she was at it. The glow of the moon reflected off of her giving her a celestial look that made even the Kami's jealous. Sesshoumaru crept up behind her and covered her eyes.

 

“Guess who,” he whispered into her ear.

 

“Hmm…could it be my deviously handsome lover, whose name isn't Sesshoumaru,” she joked.

 

Sesshoumaru let out a deep growl that sent shivers down her spine. He was definitely not pleased and his eyes bled red.

 

“Who is this lover so this Sesshoumaru can kill him for taking my mate-to-be from me?” his words laced with venom.

 

Kagome turned around and slid her arms around him enveloping him in a hug, trying to sooth the beast within him. She hadn't meant to anger him, but she forgot how protective that he gets.

 

“Shhh….Sesshou-kun this Kagome is sorry she teased you,” she stated reverting into talking in a third person to calm Sesshoumaru's beast down. It was the fastest and most effective way to accomplish that feat. “This Kagome only has feelings for this Sesshoumaru. He is her one and only love.” Kagome felt him calm down and looked up into his eyes and smiled.

 

“I love you, my beloved,” she said and gave him a small kiss on the cheek.

“And I you, Kagome,” he said with one of those rare smiles he gave only to her.

 

“What were you here to tell me Sesshoumaru?” she asked.

 

“Oh yes, my father wished to speak with you.”

 

“Oh alright then I guess I should go see what he wants.”

 

“Alright then, I will see you later, same place, same time?”

 

“Yes, on the wooden bridge, in your garden, under the glow of the moon.”

 

“Ah you remembered.”

 

Kagome laughed as she pranced away from Sesshoumaru. That was the last time she saw him before returning through the well. Kagome knocked on Toga's study. She heard a frustrated bark and entered.

 

“You called for me Toga-sama?” she asked

 

Inu-no Taisho looked up at Kagome with guilty eyes. “Kagome please sit down.”

She sat down with a worried expression. “Kagome, I am going to be sending you away for a while, it is no longer safe for you to be here.” She didn't have time to be shocked at his words because he stood up, walked over to her, kissed her forehead where her family crest resided and her body froze, while he continued to speak she gradually faded away.

 

------End Flashback------

 

“I sent you to the future and you were born again to be Higurashi Kagome, with no memory of who or what you were so that you could live a normal life until you were ready to come into the power handed down in the sun kingdom from mother to daughter, the Shikon-no-Tama. I created the well so that you could return here to be the protector of the jewel. That was why everyone was after you, for that stupid piece of rock. Unfortunately, I died in the process and you were pulled through the well prematurely. You see I was supposed to lead you back through the well, even being dead, so that you could defeat Naraku, the hanyou who killed your family and marry my son.” He said those last words with a smile.

 

“So wait all of this is because of the Shikon-no-tama?” she asked.

 

“Hai.”

 

“But I thought I was supposed to be the reincarnation of Kikyou.”

 

“While you were unable to take care of the jewel, before you were old enough, I sent it to Kikyou, who was the person closest to you in power to take care of it, however she too died and had the jewel burned with her body, when you were sent to the future the jewel was integrated into your body and you were born with it along with part of her soul for some reason. You are not; I repeat are not the reincarnation of Kikyou, you just carried part of her soul for a while.”

 

“And the only way to kill Naraku is if I have the Shikon?”

 

“Hai, oh and the sword you practiced with while staying at the Palace of the Moon. I almost forgot about that. If you place the Shikon in place of the sapphire on the hilt you will have the ultimate weapon to kill Naraku with, the sword was your birthright from your mother.”

 

“So a list of things I have to do:

Kill Naraku

Get the Shikon-no-Tama

Find my sword…”

Toga interrupted her thoughts “Sesshoumaru has the sword waiting for you back at the Palace of the Moon.” I nodded to him.

 

“Ok never mind about the sword and visit my brother to get the rest of my memories back. Not all in that order….

I most definitely have my work cut out for me…”

 

“Now before I go, I must tell you to be safe, and be happy with my son, and don't worry about Inuyasha he will find someone along the journey you and your friends are about to embark on. You will face many hardships but do not let that get in the way of your journey.”

 

Toga and Kagome stood up. He walked over and enveloped her in a tight hug. “Now my daughter, I must go but I will be watching over you on your journey, right now though you need to wake up, my son is getting agitated at your lack of consciousness.”

 

She gave him a quizzical look, “Why? How long have I been out?”

 

Toga kissed her head and chuckled “Three days.”

Her eyes bugged out of her head and she yelled, “THREE DAYS!!!” and drifted back into her body to wake up in the arms of her love.