Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Frozen Tears ❯ Chapter II ( Chapter 2 )

Frozen Tears

Chapter II

 

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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“Do you sense anything or not?” An irritated hanyou asked as he glared at the young miko.

 

“I sense an `it' coming if you don't quit bugging me.” The young woman stated calmly as she glared at the hanyou. Closing her eyes, she expanded her senses. “There are two shards heading towards us, meaning it's Kouga.”

 

Inuyasha then began cracking his knuckles. “So the flea-bag needs his ass kicked.”

 

“No starting any fights Inuyasha.” The girl said calmly with a hint of a threat in her voice.

 

Ten minutes later and the wolf prince appeared in his usual whirlwind. Unlike usual, he didn't grab her hands and instantly proclaim her as `his woman'. He instead, stopped in front of her with a smile. “How's mutt-face been treating you Kagome?”

 

“I've been well.” The confused miko stated calmly. “How have you been?”

 

The others stood by calmly as they watched this exchange continue. The wolf prince smiled at her then. “I'm good, and I've mated Ayame.”

 

They were all stunned for a few moments before Kagome threw herself at the wolf in a hug. “Congratulations Kouga!”

 

The wolf demon laughed and hugged her back. “I finally took your advice Kagome, but know that you are still a sister to my pack as well as Ayame's.”

 

Several congratulations finally came from the others, except Inuyasha who said `Feh about time'. Kagome's smile slowly disappeared though. “If you're mated, why are you here and not with Ayame?”

 

“I actually came to see if we could join groups in the hunt for Naraku. Ayame will be joining me in a few days, be it with your group or on our own.”

 

It was surprisingly Inuyasha who gave the wolf prince an answer first. “If you're finally done treating her like property, than you can join.” When the others gave him strange looks, he glared at them. “It's not like I don't know we could use the help against that bastard.”

 

“Seems like Inuyasha's actually growing up.” Shippo piped in from his spot on Miroku's shoulder.

 

“Shut it runt.” The hanyou said as he glared at the kit.

 

“Now now Inuyasha, be nice to Shippo.” Kagome said as she turned to look at the inu. “He's merely saying what we were all thinking.” The dog demon would've snapped at her had it not been for the happy smile which adorned her face.

 

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“How did I get into this mess again?” Kagome asked the forest as she attempted to find her way through the similar looking trees. To make matters worse, it was raining heavily. They had been in a battle and Kagome stood towards the back of the group with several wolves to protect her. The others of the group found it comforting for her to be protected as such. This way they could fight and know that she'd be safe.

 

Of course, none of them counted on Shippo being knocked away from her. That was a major factor in the reason behind her getting kidnapped. A demon grabbed her just after she used her bow to bat an attack away from the kit. The demon then took off with her in it's hold. Sadly, all of her arrows were thrown from her quiver during the demon's escape. That led to her trying to use stealth and steal an arrow from the demon… that is of course after she noticed the demon also had a quiver of arrows.

 

Once that was accomplished, she stabbed the demon holding her with it. That went well… She ended up falling from high in the air while holding onto the badly bleeding demon. Memo to self, don't stab demons in their wings when trying to get away from one that's airborne. The demon soon threw her away from it, which caused her to land in a little lake while the demon slammed into the ground. When she finally managed to escape the water, which hurts when you slam into it, she walked over to the hurting demon. After poking it with a stick and it not moving, she took the arrows from it. Then stabbed it with another one, thus purifying it completely.

 

And here she was now, no clue where here was, in the pouring rain, and looking for her friends. Sigh. Life seemed so unfair at the moment. Can things get any worse? A sudden sound caught her attention and she turned to see three lower class demons looking at her with watering mouths. Several thoughts ran through her mind at this point. One: apparently they can. Two: I wish demons would learn I'm not food. And when they opened their mouths exposing sharp teeth, one last thought entered her mind before she turned and ran with as much speed as she could. Shit!

 

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“Have you found anything of interest yet Hiei?” A man with silver hair, tail, and ears asked as he leaned against a tree.

 

“I have heard of a few things.” Another man said. This one had dark black hair tipped in a deep blue, but the blue was lighter than the black. He also had a white star-burst in his hair. His eyes were a beautiful crimson as well. He wasn't all that tall, but he was handsome.

 

“What things?”

 

“A jewel you might like, though it's not of interest to me. It's currently shattered, but when whole it will give the holder anything he desires as well as increase their power.”

 

“It might be worth it to simply steal.” The kitsune said lazily.

 

“There are two groups which hold pieces of it. One group has three women and several men, the other has many low class demons. Both groups are led by hanyou.”

 

“Are these women beautiful?” Youko asked with a slight grin.

 

The other man rolled his eyes at that. “We're talking about stealing, fox, not going after a quick fuck.”

 

“I know…”

 

“EEP!” The scream drew both their attention as a woman stumbled into the clearing they were in. She quickly pushed herself up before falling back down with a hiss of pain. The two demons in the clearing could see traces of blood spilling down her arm. A spray of acid suddenly appeared and the girl rolled away from it before forcing herself to get up. Upon noticing them, she froze before recognition dawned in her eyes. “Youko!”

 

“Get back here you filthy ningen!”

 

They all ignored the call as the silver haired demon simply looked at the girl. She wore a plain black kimono with her hair pulled back into a pony tail. “Do I know you?”

 

“Yes, I'm…” She was cut off when the demons chasing her appeared in the clearing and tossed her into a tree. The three completely ignored the other two demons and approached the groaning girl. “That hurt.” Her eyes slowly took in the fact that the three were coming closer and that the two demons were doing nothing about it. Her bow was just out of her reach, so she had to come up with something fast. And she did. As soon as the demons leapt to attack, she moved out of the way, picked up her bow, drew an arrow, and aimed at the demons. “I hate mindless low levels.” She muttered as the arrow was released with a twang. Purple purifying energy surrounded the wood and headed directly for the now terrified demons.

 

“A miko.” The dark haired demon in the clearing said as his hand moved to the hilt of his sword.

 

The girl turned toward them at that moment. “You could have helped me.” She said with a pointed glare at the kitsune youkai. “And for your information, you do know me. We met once when you were stalking my group.”

 

It suddenly came to him who she was. “Ah, you're the girl who dressed indecently.”

 

“My clothing was perfectly decent.” She huffed as she glared at him.

 

The kitsune chuckled at that. “That thing barely covered any of you.”

 

“It covered the necessary parts.” Was her response. Her attention then turned to the demon next to him and her head cocked slightly to the side. She couldn't feel his aura, which led her to believe that he was hiding it. “Who's he?”

 

“Hiei, an associate of mine.” The kitsune answered.

 

“Another thief then?” The woman asked as she looked the man over. She found him to be rather handsome and sighed internally at that. Not like this demon would really notice her either. He in fact, reminded her of Sesshoumaru. Shaking her head, she decided it was time to leave. “I have to go, bye.”

 

Hiei just allowed one of his brows to raise at her. “And who says we're letting you leave onna?”

 

“My name is Kagome.” She told him as she turned away. “And I have to get back to my group.”

 

A wall of white suddenly blocked her path as the kitsune moved in front of her. “What's the rush?”

 

“The fact that my friends are probably worried because some stupid youkai decided to kidnap me from a battle.”

 

“A stupid youkai?” The kitsune asked as he raised a brow of his own. “Do you have something against my kind?”

 

“Only the ones who try to kill me.” She mumbled with a glare at the piles of ash.

 

“Considering you're a miko, most demons should try to kill you.” Hiei stated.

 

“Not really, most try to kill me because we try to kill them or because I'm with Inuyasha.”

 

“That hanyou you travel with?” The kitsune asked curiously.

 

“Hai.” She said as she looked at him.

 

“The girl travels with a hanyou?” The other demon more stated than asked.

 

“As well as a monk, demon slayer, fire neko, and a kitsune kit.” Youko said calmly.

 

“I have more travel companions now.” The girl mumbled.

 

“Who?” The kitsune asked curiously.

 

“A wolf prince and princess as well as a few wolves from their tribes.”

 

“Royal wolves?” The kitsune smirked. “They must have something valuable with them then.

 

“Doubt it.” Kagome said. “We're all hunting a demon… hanyou actually.”

 

“Why?”

 

“Haven't I told you enough information already Youko?” She asked with a sigh. At his still curious look, she gave a defeated sigh. “It's a long story.”

 

“We've got time.” Youko said as he moved her till they were under a tree. Putting his arm around her, he quickly jumped into it's branches and settled her on his lap.

 

“You could give a little warning before you do that.” She hissed at him with a glare, and he merely smirked at her.

 

“Get to the story onna.” The other demon said emotionlessly.

 

“You know, you remind me of Sesshoumaru.” Her mumbled response had them both looking at her. “What?”

 

“You know the western lord?” Youko asked curiously.

 

“If you call battling him and with him on several occasions, then yes. He finally quit coming after the Tetsusaiga, Inuyasha and his father's sword.”

 

“So the hanyou is his younger half brother.”

 

“Hai, and the first time we met up with Sesshoumaru, he tried killing us. Then he tried killing me when I pulled out the sword and neither he nor Inuyasha could. It's all part of the story anyways.”

 

“Then start the story.”

 

She mumbled something about saying `please', but decided to go ahead. “Before I start, you have to promise you won't try to take anything from me… or try to kill me.”

 

Youko's eyes danced with amusement as he looked at her. “I won't try to steal anything from you.” He stressed the word try, as he wouldn't try, he would succeed.

 

“Hn.”

 

Kagome supposed that was good enough. “What do you know of the Shikon no Tama?”

 

“It's currently shattered and is supposed to give you power. The idea of using it to gain false power is truly pathetic. Why?”

 

“It's part of my story.” She said simply. “It was created centuries ago because of a battle. A single priestess battled many demons who combined into one for seven days and nights before the demon finally sank it's teeth into her. In a last effort to purify the demon, she forced out her soul along with it's, thus forming the Shikon no Tama. Then it passed through many hands before ending up back in the demon slaying village. It was then decided that a priestess was needed to purify it.”

 

“And you're that priestess?” Youko asked inquisitively.

 

“Nope. They handed it over to Kikyo. Tsubaki had previously cursed her, telling her that she would die a horrible death if she fell in love. And once she acquired the tama, she isolated herself from everyone but her younger sister, Kaede. This was fifty years ago, mind you. Anyways, Kikyo fell in love with a half demon, Inuyasha, and in the end she sealed him to a sacred tree. She died soon after that and had the shikon burned with her body.

 

Only after he was unsealed did we find out that the betrayals were caused by a human turned hanyou. A bandit named Onigumo” here she paused as she felt Hiei's energy spike. Gulping, she continued on. “Kikyo found Onigumo and took him to a cave where she hid him from everyone but her sister. There he lay, never to move again. His body was badly burnt, and his limbs broken. He suffered through it all though and fell in love with Kikyo.

 

He spoke of his desire for the jewel, but he said it was merely because it would look lovely tainted with malice. Kaede spoke to Kikyo of his words, but she said to ignore him since he would never move from the cave again. A demon came to the human bandit shortly there after and gave him an offer that he simply could not refuse. He offered him mobility and strength, a way to gain Kikyo. He accepted and many demons took over his body, turning him into Naraku.

 

Though he still holds Onigumo's heart. He then set Inuyasha and Kikyo up. He slew Kikyo and tricked Inuyasha into destroying the village. It was that day that Kikyo was to bring the shikon to Inuyasha so that he could become human for her. Well she gathered her strength and headed for the village with her shoulder fatally wounded. Once there she called out Inuyasha's name and used the arrow of sealing to pin him to the God Tree.”

 

“When do you come in and how is the jewel back?” The kitsune questioned. His tail was swaying back in forth, as he found the story to be quite interesting.

 

“I'm getting there.” She said as she playfully smacked his chest with a slight giggle. “It was fifty years later that I appeared. I had gotten lost in the forest. It's actually named Inuyasha's Forest. I came across Inuyasha's body pinned to the tree and I umm…” She blushed slightly here. “I went up and just had to rub his ears. You see, there aren't many demons where I'm from. When I went to turn back around, some of the village men attacked me, shooting arrows at me. Next thing I know, I'm tied up and carried to the village where the priestess tried to exorcize me because they all thought me to be kitsune.” The fox demon chuckled at that, earning a glare from the girl. “Later that night and the demon which caused me to get lost attacked the village screaming at everyone to hand over the sacred jewel.

 

I knew it was after me, so I led it away into Inuyasha's forest. My calls woke Inuyasha from his stasis and he started calling me Kikyo. When the centipede demon grabbed me again, I told it to let me go as I grabbed onto Inuyasha's hair so she couldn't take me. Then I turned as she gave a harsh tug and threw my hand out, I'm not sure how, but I blew it's arms off. After that, it bit into my side and the shikon flew out.” That caught both their attentions. “The demon then pinned me to the tree against Inuyasha using her coils. It was release Inuyasha if I could or die, so I released him. He killed the demon then came after me as Kaede had me point out where the jewel was at then handed it to me.

 

The beads of subjugation were placed onto him and I chose my word, causing him to slam into the ground. I picked up the jewel which slipped from my hands during his last attempt to kill me and we returned to the village. And then the next day I, on accident, shattered it. A carrion crow had stolen it and swallowed it. I saved the boy it had taken instead of collecting the jewel when Inuyasha killed it. The crow reformed because of the jewel's power, but the foot was still gripping the child's shirt, so I tied it to an arrow and shot that. This was my third attempt at firing a bow, and well it also hit the jewel.”

 

“So you shattered it? But how did it get inside of you?” Kitsunes were so curious.

 

“It was an accident, and I am Kikyo's reincarnation.”

 

“What happened then?”

 

“We returned to Kaede's hut and were attacked the next day by Yura of the hair. After defeating her, we started searching for the jewel shards. Inuyasha helped, being the only one that had the strength to gather them, and myself being the only one able to sense them. It wasn't long before we had our first run in with Sesshoumaru, he was looking for their father's tomb.”

 

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Here's another chapter of this story. I decided to put Hiei in now, but I'm too sure on where I'm taking this. I have some vague ideas for later on, but as of right now I just don't know.