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Frozen Tears

Prologue

 

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Yuyu Hakusho.

 

Author: Chrystal-Hearts

 

Summary: Every demon hunts for the sacred jewel, but now it's found out that Kagome holds yet another jewel of value. A hiroseki or tear stone. This story holds many different things. Legends, history, battles, and more. Want to know why it's called Frozen Tears? Well read to find out!

 

 

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“What is it ji-chan?” A little girl with wavy black hair asked as she looked at the bluish white gem in the man's hand.

 

“This is a hiroseki.” The man said as he allowed one of his fingers to trace along the gem.

 

“What's a hiro-seki?” The little girl asked as she tried pronouncing the word.

 

“A tear gem. They're produced by Koorime, or ice maidens. An ice maiden is a young woman who have the powers to control ice and they all have the ability to heal.”

 

“Where are they?”

 

“They are demons that live in isolation by their own choosing. The island is known as Koorikai (Ice World), and is said to float on the wind currents several kilometers/miles above ground.”

 

“Can we visit them ji-chan?”

 

“I'm afraid not. It is said that they once resided over the northern territories, but that was before all demons disappeared.”

 

“Where did the demons go ji-chan?”

 

“I've heard rumor that the Gods separated them from humans by giving them their own world. It was King Enma Yama who suggested the plan, and it was he who split the worlds. Originally there were two worlds, living world and the world of the dead. Living world was split into three though. Demon world or Makai, human world or Ningenkai, and spirit world or Reikai. And the Meikai still exists.”

 

“Meikai?” The little girl asked. Curiosity was sparking in her beautiful eyes. They were currently a beautiful violet color. The color actually changed every so often.

 

“The world of the dead.” The man said as he smiled at her. “It's where people go when they die.”

 

“Is daddy there?”

 

“Yes Kagome, he's there.” The man said as he looked at her with sadness.

 

“Ok. So why are you showing me the pretty stone ji-chan?” The little girl asked slowly.

 

“I want you to have it Kagome.” He said as he placed the little gem around her neck. “I believe it's special, just like you.”

 

“If Koo-rim-ee live in in… iso-layt-ion, where'd you get this pretty stone?”

 

“I found it in the bottom of the Bone Eater's well one day before my grandfather resealed it.”

 

The little girl fingered the beautiful pendant that she had just been given and she smiled largely. “Thank you ji-chan!”

 

“You're welcome Kagome. Would you like to hear how the gem was created and why the Koorime create them?”

 

The girl's eyes shifted to emerald green as she nodded vigorously. “Yes please!”

 

The man smiled at his granddaughter then, proud of the fact she had such a thirst for knowledge. “Koorime cry these special stones, their tears harden as they're released.”

 

“So their tears turn to stone? Why?”

 

“Many have asked such questions, but few have the actual answers. It just so happens that the shrine holds an ancient scroll that speaks clearly of the event. A legend I heard said that a man journeyed to the mysterious people of the koori (ice). When he arrived, he found the men to be treated horribly and the women acted as if they were animals and that that man cursed the women, but that is not the true story. The true story is that the women of the ice tribe were left behind during a war and all of the men had gone to battle. Even the boys had left when old enough. The war ended when no more of the kooriotoko (ice males) were left.

 

The women were devastated and were forced by the opposing army to become their slaves. The women were treated horribly and soon turned cold and detached, learning that some men could be cruel. The women from the opposing group had treated them kindly though, and the koorime soon forgot how their own males were, thus they began hating and distrusting all men. It was a long time before they escaped the army's hold, and they killed the men who held them captive. The women were spared and the koorime fled to the frozen north.

 

Several centuries after their escape, rumors began spreading of their talents in the art of healing. And so a dying man journeyed to their floating isle for help, hoping that maybe they could cure him. As I said before though, the koorime grew till they hated and didn't trust men, so that man was turned away. It turned out that the man was a powerful being himself, and he cursed them. His departing words were `you may forever cry tears of stone to match your hearts of ice'. He had no idea the value those stones would hold amongst many.”

 

“So a dying man cursed the ice maidens to forever cry these?” The girl asked as she held up her little stone.

 

“Hai (yes).” The man said as his expression turned serious for a few moments. “You must promise to not let anyone know about that stone or what it is, if you do people might try to steal it from you.”

 

“I promise!” The little girl said cheerfully as she reached up and tucked the stone beneath her shirt. “Now no one can even see it.”

 

“Thank-you Kagome.” The man said as he smiled at her. “Now what story would you like to hear next?”

 

“Can you tell me why the world's were split? What's holding them apart?”

 

“Of course I can.” The man said with a laugh. “Enma split the worlds with power that allows them to stay semi-separate, but it was all or the deities who created a Khekkai barrier. This barrier is an energy wall that's supposed to hold demons back and keep them within their own world. And then there is spirit world, King Enma rules over it and makes sure that it stays separate by using his own power.”

 

“But why were the world's split ji-chan?”

 

“Not much is known about the reason for the separation, but it's said that a grave battle devastated the land and the king of spirits decided it was time to step in. So he gathered his powers and split the worlds apart, making it so demons appeared within their own world.”

 

“What was this grave battle?” The girl was really excited about the story, it was interesting.

 

“Well, it was a battle between two different groups. One group held an evil demon who led legions of other demons against a priestess and her demonic protectors. The priestess was said to be very powerful, but her powers were repressed behind a wall. On that day, she saw something which caused the wall to shatter. In destroying the demons, the blast she sent off also destroyed half of Japan and the entire battle field. It's also said that the priestess died that day, giving her life to save the innocents whom had been slain.”

 

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A young woman with long dark hair and doe brown eyes shot up from her sleeping bag as her dreams faded away. A sense of being watched overwhelmed her to the point that her eyes shifted around her group's campsite, looking for an enemy even as her right hand rose up to wrap around the pendant that lay beneath her yukata. A soft thump to her left side had her eyes shifting to find the source of the noise. “Are you alright Kagome?”

 

Her brown eyes looked into beautiful amber as Inuyasha moved closer to her. “I'm alright, just some strange feelings.”

 

“What is it?”

 

“I feel like we're being watched, but I don't know by what or who.”

 

Her words had Inuyasha going onto high alert. He'd learned once before to trust her feelings, though she didn't know about that. She said that she felt as if the group was being followed, and at the time, they were setting up camp. So the inu hanyou told her she was being paranoid and that he was going to get something for them to eat. He ended up running across a demon that had been trailing them and he quickly disposed of it. So now, he opened his senses and began searching for the cause of her feelings.

 

It took him a while, but he finally found it. A fox demon seemed to be nearby and it was watching them, but it merely seemed to be curious. The demon was just in the trees a little from the actual campsite, and it made Inuyasha slightly nervous. “You're right.”

 

“Huh?” The girl asked as her eyes shifted upwards to once again meet his golden ones.

 

“There is a demon nearby.” The inu hanyou explained as his eyes flickered back to the hiding demon. “It's a kitsune and it's in the trees over there.”

 

“What should we do then?” The young woman asked as her brown eyes also flickered to the spot that Inuyasha was looking at.

 

“Wake the others and go about things like normal, tell them the same thing. This demon just seems curious.”

 

“Alright.” The young woman said as she carefully rose from her sleeping bag, moving the kit from her stomach and into the covers. She moved easily through the camp and gently woke their other traveling companions. It wasn't long after that that she had breakfast prepared and gently woke the sleeping kit.

 

“Momma?” The boy asked as he opened his blurry green eyes.

 

The woman smiled at him and nodded her head. “It's time to get up sweetie.”

 

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I hope that you enjoyed this chapter. It's my new idea on a story. I'm going to have Kagome meet Hiei eventually, but I'm not sure if I'm going to have it be in the past or in the present. What do you guys and girls think?