Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Frozen Tears ❯ Chapter III ( Chapter 3 )

Frozen Tears

Chapter III

 

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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“It turns out that his tomb was in the nether world. The way there was through a black pearl that lay in Inuyasha's right eye. We went to the tomb and found that Sesshoumaru was repelled by the sword's barrier, then Inuyasha tried, but he couldn't pull it out. Then the two started fighting and Jaken knocked me onto the platform, I was really weak back then, and I used the sword to pull myself up. I turned to see Sesshoumaru about to drive his poison claws into Inuyasha and started to run to them when the sword came out easily.

 

Well Sesshoumaru came at me after that and tried melting me with his poison claws, but tetsusaiga protected me. Then he and Inuyasha fought some more and I handed Inuyasha the sword. He finally got it to work when he told me to shut up and let him protect me. We started traveling some more after that and we bumped into Shippo.”

 

“The kit?” Youko interrupted.

 

“Hai. He tried to steal my shards from me, but Inuyasha stopped him. I told Inuyasha that we couldn't hurt him and treated the bump on his head. Well he stole the shards from us later and I chased after him. He'd placed this statue on Inuyasha's hands along with a spell scroll so he couldn't move. I ended up getting caught by the Manten. He and Hiten killed Shippo's father. Shippo freed Inuyasha and they came after me as I convinced Hiten that Inuyasha was in love with me and held most of the shards. In the end Inuyasha killed the thunder brothers and I allowed Shippo to start traveling with us.

 

The next of our group that we met was Miroku, the monk. His grandfather was cursed by Naraku fifty years ago with the Wind Tunnel. It's a hole in his right hand that grows every year until it sucks them inside. Miroku's grandfather and father fell to the curse, and now Miroku travels with us in hopes of freeing himself from it. He stole half the jewel from me and tried to kidnap me. When we met him again he tried to suck Inuyasha into his wind tunnel and I took a gamble. I threw myself into it's path and he sealed it. We ended up talking it out and he realized that I had taken the shards back at some point. We traveled together for maybe a day before we split up.

 

We met up again later and he decided to travel with us. It was through him that we learned of Naraku and what caused the betrayal between Inuyasha and Kikyo. Next was Kirara, the fire neko. We met her in the destroyed slayer's village. Then we met Sango. She came after us thinking that we destroyed her village. We finally got it through her head that Naraku destroyed her village, so she teamed up with us. It was sometime after that when we met up with Kouga. His wolves had killed an entire village and we were fighting them off when we arrived. He later kidnapped me because I could see the shards and then proclaimed me as `his woman'. Kouga's the wolf prince who's traveling with us. He recently mated to the northern wolf tribe's princess, Ayame, and now they both travel with us.

 

We all are searching for Naraku. Some of Kouga's tribe was tricked into going to one of his fake castle's and were killed by his incarnation, Kagura. She's a wind demoness that he created using a piece of his own body and the powers the jewel bestowed upon him. Ayame's tribe was attacked and some were killed because of his actions, so she's also with us to avenge her tribe. Even Sesshoumaru hunts Naraku.”

 

“That's an interesting story.” Youko said, and even Hiei seemed interested.

 

“That's not all of it.” Kagome said with a sigh. “That's like a brief summary. You see, we've been hunting shards for about a year now.”

 

“What else has happened then?” Hiei questioned, surprising the two. His deep voice almost made Kagome shiver, but she stopped herself.

 

“Kikyo was resurrected.”

 

“I thought you were her reincarnation?” Youko asked.

 

“I am.” Kagome said, a bit of hurt in her voice, but she quickly hid it and continued. “It was after meeting Shippo, but before meeting Miroku. An evil witch named Urasuei stole Kikyo's ashes and some of her grave site soil. She used that and clay to resurrect her, but her body wouldn't move on it's own. Inuyasha, Kaede, Shippo, and I were heading toward her home to retrieve the ashes at that time. We were on the bridge when Kikyo's body reacted to my presence by moving to look at me. So the witch destroyed the bridge and grabbed me as I fell.

 

Shippo used his magic to create a gliding leaf that held him and Kaede and Inuyasha used the side of the mountain to slow his decent. When Kaede heard that I was taken, I guess she said they needed to hurry and that they could be facing Kikyo if they didn't.

 

Urasuei put me into some type of potion that was supposed to suck my soul out and it wasn't working. It took a long time for my soul to even start coming out, but it wouldn't have left my body except that Inuyasha called Kikyo's name when he arrived and saw her body. I don't know what all happened after that, but Shippo said my body called my soul back. All I do remember is hearing Inuyasha's pained scream. Then I woke up in Kaede's hut. I found out that Kikyo had fallen from a cliff, and that she had kept some of my soul.

 

Then we ran into Kikyo once again after meeting Miroku. She was gathering souls of the dead to keep her body stable. A while ago Kikyo was injured and I ended up giving her more of my soul to save her life, even though she's tried to drag Inuyasha to hell several times. Not to mention tried to kill me twice.” That had Youko looking shocked, and shock went through Hiei's eyes as well. “Our first meeting with Naraku, we found out that he had a spider shaped burn scar on his back. From what we've heard, he had that scar as Onigumo. All of his incarnations have it as well.

 

We've run into him several times, and each time there's a battle. Sango's brother, Kohaku, is under his control through a shikon shard in his back that keeps him alive. Well, our first run in with Kagura left Inuyasha badly injured, as he fought with Kouga because of a trap that set Kouga into an almost rage. Then we met up with Kanna… who tried to steal my soul but in a way failed. My soul couldn't be contained within the mirror. The mirror can also reflect attacks back at you, except my arrow. That's the only thing that's even not been reflected.

 

He also had Hakudoshi and Akago. Hakudoshi's a pink haired boy that's as powerful as he is, and Akago is a baby that is his heart. He finally managed to remove his one weakness from his body. He also holds all but four shards of the jewel. One remains in Kohaku's back, one in my possession, and two in Kouga's legs. Our battle for the final unknown shard was also in the netherworld, and at Inuyasha's father's remains. Sesshoumaru was there as well. We've come to an understanding of sorts, and neither of our groups battle anymore. Well, they both still argue.”

 

“How is it that this Naraku has almost all of the shards when you held half?” Youko asked curiously.

 

“The first time Kikyo tried to kill me, she stole my shards and handed them over to him. Though she's supposed to have a plan, I think she's going to try something if he gets all of the shards.”

 

“And you still saved her?”

 

“To let her die would've upset Inuyasha.” The girl said with a hint of sadness in her voice.

 

“So you saved her just because of the hanyou?”

 

“Hai.” Kagome said as she looked down. No longer did she love Inuyasha, but it still hurt to know that he chose one of the dead over her.

 

“Why is Fluffy after this Naraku?” Youko suddenly asked.

 

Only one name came to Kagome's mind at that and she began giggling. “You are referring to Sesshoumaru, right?” SHe managed to asked between giggles. At the kitsunes nod, she couldn't stop giggling. Finally she managed to calm herself down, but still smiled. “He'll kill you if he hears you call him that.”

 

“I doubt it, we're old friends.” Youko said with a shrug.

 

“Right, well he's after Naraku for the things he did. Naraku offered him `help' one time when he came after us. Sesshoumaru used a jewel shard Naraku gave him so he could use a human arm and wield tetsusaiga.”

 

“Wait, human arm? How could he use one when he has both his arms?”

 

“So you didn't know that Inuyasha hacked off his left arm to protect me?”

 

“No, I didn't.” The kitsune replied as he looked at her.

 

“Well when part of the arm was ripped off by Inuyasha, it caught fire and threatened to kill him. Then he kidnapped Sesshoumaru's human ward, Rin, in hopes of luring him into a trap. So Naraku's been messing with many people and many are out for revenge.”

 

“Could you lead us to this `Naraku`?” Hiei asked.

 

“Why would we go after Naraku?” Youko asked as he looked at his `associate'.

 

The dark haired demon glared at the kitsune at that question, but Kagome answered. “Naraku probably did something to him, could've even been while he was Onigumo. Kikyo spoke of running into Resetsu, an old `friend' of Onigumo's. He hated the man as well.” The kitsune merely shrugged. “Now that I've taken up a lot of time and told you the story, can I go now and try to find my friends?”

 

“No, I rather like having you here.” The kitsune said with a smirk as he wrapped his arms more tightly around her, holding her body flush against his chest.

 

That caused the girl to glare. “Well I need to get going. Shippo's probably worried sick.”

 

“Well you never answered Hiei's question.” Youko pointed out.

 

With a huff, she gave up on moving anytime soon. “Yes, I could lead you to him since he does have shikon no kakera (shards of the jewel).”

 

The demon's eyes narrowed at her then. “Then why haven't you found him yet?”

 

“One: he doesn't want to be found, two: we don't yet have the ability to defeat him, and three: I can only sense shards to a certain radius.” She gave a slight yawn and looked up to see that the sky was beginning to darken further.

 

Youko chuckled at that. “It's getting late and you humans are weak, go to sleep.”

 

“I'm not weak, I've been up since before dawn is all.” Kagome grumbled as she rubbed her eyes. “Besides, I can't sleep. I still need to go find my friends.”

 

“I'm not letting you go anytime soon, so you might as well sleep.”

 

“Fine, but you better not try anything while I'm sleeping.”

 

“You have my word.” He said with a small chuckle. “WHat makes you think I'd try something then anyways?”

 

“You're a pervert, just like my friend Miroku.” She said sleepily.

 

He smirked at that. “Sleep Kagome.” And she gladly cuddled against him and traveled to the land of dreams. Youko looked over at his `associate' now that the girl was asleep. “Now tell me, why would we hunt their enemy.”

 

“The bandit, Onigumo.” Hiei said simply, and that's all it took for understanding to dawn in the kitsune's eyes.

 

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“I want Kagome!” Shippo screamed as he shook from his nightmare. The group had been forced to stop and seek shelter when the rain wouldn't stop. Now the kit had just woken from a horrible dream no one could seem to calm him. It had been an hour since his last scream and they all thought him to be asleep and so they also went to bed. But the kit was not going back to bed, he instead waited till they were all asleep and raced off, out into the rain.

 

He was following his instincts, and they led him to a seemingly deserted clearing. The trees were blocking the rain from hitting most of the ground in this clearing. The kit took a tentative sniff and found that Kagome's scent was in the clearing somewhere. Taking a closer look, he spotted what appeared to be two figures up in the trees. He moved over to them quickly and scaled one till he could see the figures. There he saw Kagome curled into some demon's arms. He vaguely recognized the kitsune demon, though he didn't really care. He was too tired to care. Slowly he crept over to them and curled up beneath Kagome's kimono and against her belly.

 

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Kagome awaked feeling rather warm. Her body was pressed against something that felt hard yet soft, and there was something really soft curled against her stomach. It was the softness against her stomach that had her waking. It was predawn and neither of the demons were awake yet. Looking around, she noticed that it was still raining slightly. Closing her eyes, she tried figuring out what it was that was pressed against her stomach. After a moment, her eyes lit up in realization. Upon figuring that out, she kept her body completely still.

 

It wasn't long before the two demons awoke to find her up as well, though she was staying completely still. Youko was the first to notice the bulge under her kimono and around her stomach. “What the…” He said in shock as he went to poke it.

 

His hand was smacked away with a glare as Kagome's other hand pressed the bulge more firmly into her stomach. “I don't know how, but it's Shippo, so be still.”

 

That had shock actually appearing on Hiei's features. “The kit you travel with managed to sneak here?”

 

“Apparently, as he is under my kimono.” Kagome said as a whimper sounded from her belly, accompanied by shaking. “Shh…” Kagome said as she rubbed the bulge.

 

“Momma…” Came another whimper.

 

Ignoring the two demons and trying not to blush, she untied her obi and slipped Shippo from his resting spot and into her arms as she cradled him. “I'm here Shippo.”

 

Blurry emerald eyes opened and locked with own currently violet ones. “Momma?”

 

And Kagome smiled. “I'm right here.”

 

And he glomped her. “I was so worried! The demon carried you off because you were trying to protect me… then Inuyasha was being a baka and started fighting with Kouga… Then Sango and Ayame both hit him and told him we had to find you and it started raining and…”

 

“Shh… I'm alright.” She cooed to the boy.

 

“Kit.” Youko said, drawing the boy's attention. “How did you find us? And how did you sneak up here and keep your presence hidden?”

 

“I-I don't know. I was too worried about momma, and I followed by instincts.”

 

“Since when do you call the woman your mother?” The adult kitsune asked curiously.

 

Shippo's eyes grew wide as he looked at the grown male, then turned to Kagome. He immediately started apologizing for his slip up. The woman quickly pressed her fingers to her lips to quiet him and shook her head. “I think of you as a son Shippo, so you can call me momma if you want.”

 

And his eyes widened further as he threw himself into her embrace and started crying and repeating `thank-you' over and over. “That explains how you got here.” At the curious looks he got, Youko explained. “A kitsune's instincts are capable of leading them to those it deems it's parents or it's real parents. The question of how none of us sensed him is still there though.”

 

“I for one, don't care.” Kagome said as she cuddled the boy closer to her. Youko shrugged and decided to think about it later as he relaxed back into the tree with the girl still in his arms.

 

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Hiei's POV

He had listened to the girl's story the previous night and was slightly amazed by it. Never had he imagined that a mere human could survive what she had, even if she was a priestess. She had certainly earned some respect from him, especially since he didn't sense that she had lied at all. Though she was too trusting. There was something else about her though. Something about her seemed familiar to him.

 

He tried figuring out what it was, but that was easy. Looking at her, he held back a bit of jealousy. Does the fox have to hold her like that? He was beginning to not like this. The damn fox had her pressed firmly against his body and for some reason, Hiei was finding himself desiring to hold her against his own. There was just something comforting about her presence.

 

Growling under his breath, he tried to ignore the feeling. It was bad enough that he was ticked about not being able to sense that the little kit was there. He really wanted to know how the kitsune cub had accomplished that. Oh well. He sighed internally as he pushed the feelings away. His attention instead turned to several beings that he felt approaching. “Someone's coming.” He said out loud, grabbing the other's attention.

 

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Here is yet another chapter for you all. I hope that you enjoy reading it as much as I have writing it. I would also like to thank all those who have reviewed and/or read the previous chapters as well as this chapter. Btw, who still thinks this is Kagome/Hiei?