Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Frozen Tears ❯ Chapter IX ( Chapter 9 )

Frozen Tears

Chapter IX

 

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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Steam swirled around two figures as they allowed their bodies to sink into the warmth of the hot spring's water. Both sighed in bliss as the hot water soothed away the aches in their muscles. One had dark hair that was contrasted perfectly by her now pale skin. Her eyes were a startling silver that also contrasted the darkness that was her seemingly obsidian hair. The other girl's skin held a hint of a tan, her lean muscles seemed more golden than usual, and her black hair fell to her butt as she smiled at the surrounding warmth.

 

True, it was summer, but the warmth of a relaxing bath was still welcomed. The heat was not yet as terrible as it could be, so it made the spring even more welcomed. “Why don't you ever take the bracelet or the flower off?” asked the woman who now held a partial tan.

 

The silver eyed woman looked down at her right arm, then over to her left wrist before shrugging. “Youko gave me the rose and Hiei gave me the bracelet. Both are supposedly for my protection and because they find me `interesting'.”

 

“And that explains why you don't take them off how?”

 

“It's soothing to know that they care even the smallest bit about my wellbeing that they'd give me some form of protection.” The girl said with a sigh.

 

“Well, can I see the bracelet then Kagome?” The other girl asked with a slight smile. “As you know, I've yet to actually see it.”

 

“Sure Sango.” The miko said with a giggle as she allowed her arm to be hoisted by the slayer's hand.

 

After a few moments, said slayer gasped and her eyes widened. “Do you know what this stone is Kagome?” The miko's eyes moved to the stone which her friend was pointing at and she shook her head no. “It's a hiroseki, an impure one, but still hiroseki.”

 

That made the miko gasp. But to give me a hiroseki means… Wait! He's a hi youkai though! Her mind tried to rationalize. “What do you mean `impure'?”

 

“I mean that a koorime must've broken their own laws for this to occur.” At the still questioning look she received, she elaborated slightly. “One of them bedded a man, producing a child that was not pure ice.”

 

Now Kagome's eyes widened. “Meaning that that child might produce tear gems that weren't normal. Like they'd be a color other than the normal white.”

 

“Precisely.” Sango said with her eyes now trained on the black gem in her friend's bracelet.

 

“But that means…”

 

“What's wrong Kagome?” The slayer asked quickly. “I mean, I know this makes it special…”

 

“No” the miko interrupted, her voice strangely void of emotion. “A koorime presents their chosen with one of their own tears as a sort of engagement present. Like, it'd be to an intended mate…”

 

“But that means….!” Sango managed to gasp out as her widened eyes moved to Kagome's.

 

Suddenly though, the miko shook her head. “No.”

 

“What?”

 

“He wouldn't think that I'd know the koorime customs, and as he's male, he was probably banished at birth. He may not even know his own customs. I doubt this means he thinks of me as a potential mate.”

 

“You never know Kagome.”

 

“True, but I'm certain he doesn't see me like that.” Vaguely her mind was trying to tell her something concerning him and what she knew of him through her friends, and through her own knowledge, but she couldn't figure out what it was.

 

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Rain pounded against the ground as a lone group continued to travel the roads. They found the rain to be a helpful reprieve from the heat which previously blanketed the land. Two children were seen to be running, playing, and splashing along in the puddles that littered their way. Even a few of the wolves would join in and splash a child, only to be splashed in return. Their rambunctious nature at the wet weather had the others of the group becoming chipper. Even the usually grumpy inu hanyou cracked a lighthearted smile at their play. You could even see the western taiyoukai's lips twitch in a would be smile.

 

The youngest adult among them laughed joyfully as both children decided that she needed to join them and splashed water at her. And with a laugh she did join them. Before long, most of the group had decided to join in on the fun. Ayame had tackled Miroku into a rather large puddle before jumping up and tossing Sango on top of him. Kouga had tackled her into another puddle while Inuyasha caused a wave of water to splash them all as he dove into another, deeper puddle. The taiyoukai merely stepped back and watched their childish play while his eyes softened slightly.

 

After a moment, his eyes flicked over to the edge of the nearby trees before dismissing the presence of the two demons who would sometimes come around and spend time with the miko. Instead, his eyes returned to the playing group as Inuyasha picked Kagome up and dropped her into the wet, soft grass. With a laugh, the girl grabbed onto his haori and pulled him down with her. Thus the two began wrestling. Surprisingly, it was Kagome who won before Rin tackled her off of him. Shippo appeared at the girl's side in time to begin tickling his mother with her.

 

The two demons watched as this occurred and the one in white chuckled at their childish antics while the one in black simply rolled his eyes. They could both see that the woman they'd taken an interest in was rather happy at the moment. As she was giggling and wrestling around with her friends and children. “Help!” They both smirked as they heard her cry out for assistance.

 

The slayer grabbed one of the children while laughing gaily and tickling them. Kagome managed to get Rin off of her and began to mercilessly tickle the girl. “Save me Shippo-chan!” The girl cried out between giggles.

 

“I'm a little busy Rin-chan!” The boy called back as, he too, was tickled mercilessly by the slayer.

 

“Don't worry children, I'll save you!” Miroku announced as he tackled Sango and began tickling her. Inuyasha followed his lead and tackled the miko once again. She somehow managed to dodge and roll away only to be assaulted by both the hanyou and the wolf prince.

 

“Help Sesshou-sama!” She cried out as they refused to stop tickling her.

 

They both stopped as they heard the inu youkai's dark chuckle and paled. Within moments they had both disappeared and were hiding in the trees as Kagome giggled as she was pulled to her feet by the smirking demon. “This Sesshoumaru should warn you against messing with his miko.” He said, amusement tinting his tone.

 

“Your miko?” Inuyasha asked from within the trees.

 

The demon lord simply smirked. “Yes, my miko.”

 

“Are you really his?” Ayame asked as she looked at the girl with wide eyes.

 

Kagome's eyes suddenly gleamed with something akin to being sinister and those who saw it backed a step from the girl. “I suppose I should've told you sooner Ayame-chan, but yes. I now belong to the powerful demon lord.” She feigned sadness as she placed a hand over her heart. “He made me his but three nights ago, and now I will forever be with him.” A small wistful smile appeared on her lips as she finished. Her words had both Inuyasha and Kouga falling from the trees as Sango and Shippo began snickering. Miroku was all out laughing, Jaken looked confused, but Sesshoumaru and Ayame looked funniest. The she-wolf's mouth seemingly hit the floor at her declaration while the inu demon paled and his golden eyes widened in shock.

 

A tense silence was all that came between the two silent demons who were observing the group. Shock clearly showed upon both their features and both were growling slightly. It was Miroku who finally brought everyone back to earth. “Kagome-sama, I'm surprised that you'd make such an… insinuating joke.”

 

“I'm just full of surprises.” The girl said with a giggle as she spun around in the rain. “Besides, Sesshou asked for it.” At the demon lord's glare she gave a halfhearted sigh and quickly amended. “Sorry, Sesshou-sama.”

 

That set everyone into laughter once again. The two in the forest looked between each other questioningly though. It was the inu hanyou who spoke this time, and he had a large smile on his face. “We should probably keep going; while playing in the rain is fun, we do need to find some form of shelter for the night.”

 

“Inuyasha is right.” Sesshoumaru stated calmly as he ordered Jaken to grab Au Un and get moving.

 

Kagome smiled and ran to catch up to the demon lord and spoke with him of something seemingly important for a few minutes before falling back to talk with Miroku. She had really been progressing in all of her training so far and she was hoping to try something that night. Hopefully she would be successful in her endeavors, but if not she'd simply train harder. Eventually she'd have to improve to the point of being good enough at things that she'd be able to properly defend herself and heal her friends.

 

After another hour of walking in the rain, they finally came across a cave and took shelter inside. Another few minutes and their two demon stalkers appeared in the cave's mouth. The group tensed until they saw who the two were, except Sesshoumaru and Kagome who had known that they were following. The miko actually smiled to herself at the fact she'd known and only Sesshoumaru had also picked it up. “Hello Youko, Hiei.” She greeted with a smile as she moved over to the demon lord and pouted.

 

Said demon lord merely sighed and removed his armor and haori, which shocked the others in the cave. But Kagome only started smiling as she moved closer and allowed her hands to fall onto what remained of his left arm. That had most of the group's eyes widening while Jaken sputtered indignantly about how a filthy human wench was sullying his lord by touching him. “Silence Jaken.”

 

The cold statement from the demon lord had the squawking imp quieting immediately. The miko giggled before calming quickly and focusing on the task at hand. Going into her mind, she easily pulled upon the blue energy, and forced all purifying energy out of it before forcing it into her hands. The entire group gasped, except Miroku who smiled and Hiei who only allowed his eyes to widen at the sight of the demon's arm slowly re-growing.

 

When the blue light surrounding her hands faded, the arm was completely re-grown. Even the markings were there and visible. Giving a tired smile, she attempted to pull herself to her feet only to stumble and fall on her butt. Now she sighed in annoyance and forced herself to stay upright as she once again stood. A chuckling Miroku swiftly moved to her side and helped her over to her bag as she graciously thanked him.

 

Sango moved to her side quickly, as did Ayame, and they both chose some form of nightgown to wear that night. Kagome picked out a simple yukata and then they made the guys turn around before quickly changing into their desired pajamas. Their wet clothing were hung off the side of the cave before Kagome went through her backpack and pulled out several pieces of clothing that the guys could change into. Kouga and Youko looked at the clothing curiously while Sesshoumaru sent it a glare. Offering some to Hiei proved unnecessary as he simply heated the air around him, thus drying his own clothing.

 

The miko then began muttering about evil cheating youkai and moved to the children, ordering the other girls to simply turn so that the guys may change. As soon as their backs were to the men, both Inuyasha and Miroku stripped before pulling on the strange clothing. Sesshoumaru grudgingly did the same thing because wet silk did not sound incredibly comfortable. Kouga watched Miroku put his own on, before he mimicked the monk with his own. Youko curiously attempted it and found himself slightly confused with the open shirt. At this, Inuyasha snickered and told him that there were buttons attached to it.

 

Sesshoumaru simply ignored his own shirt and wore only the cotton pants. Kouga managed to get his pants on before having difficulty with his shirt. He finally gave up and told the girls to turn around. They immediately giggled and Kagome went first to Kouga to help him get his shirt on, then to Youko to help him button his up. Finally she came to the demon lord, but she simply shook her head and walked away. One of his fine silver brows rose in curiosity, but he didn't question her. Rin and Shippo had been changed while they did. Shippo was in his own pair of cotton pants and a big t-shirt while Rin simply wore a big tee.

 

With a smile and a little yawn, the miko dove once more into her bag and pulled out some dry wood that was stored in plastic, then a lighter and some food. Setting to work, she quickly got things ready and began making ramen. Once it was boiling, she pulled something else out that had the wolves wagging their tails. Ginta and Hakkaku weren't present at the moment because Kouga had sent them to check on both his and Ayame's tribes. Anyways, the miko smiled and opened a baggie that had managed to keep several pieces of raw meat fresh.

 

After dinner they all settled in for the night. Ayame was cuddled with Kouga, Sango snuggled into Miroku, Rin and Shippo both curled around Kirara, while Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru kept watch. Looking around, the miko noticed her two demonic `protectors' and went over to them. Shrugging to herself, she reasoned that Youko was a very nice and soft bed. With those thoughts, she quickly slipped into his lap and curled against him as his tail instinctively wrapped around her. Miroku snickered at the sight before Sango gently cuffed him on the head.

 

Inuyasha simply ignored what she did, though he was allowing some of his focus to shift to them to make sure that neither demon tried anything. Once he was sure they wouldn't, he returned his focus to being alert for approaching demons. Back in the dark corner where the two demons and Kagome were, the girl shivered slightly as her wet hair brushed against her skin. Hiei noticed this and, much to Youko's amusement, began running his fingers through her hair. With his higher body temperature, he was practically drying her hair… Ok, not practically, he was. “So you are looking at her as a potential?”

 

“Shut it kitsune.” The fire demon growled out, though he continued with his ministrations.

 

Neither demon noticed that Kagome was still slightly conscious and had heard them, though they did notice her slight smile and her whispered words. “Sango was right about the stone after-all.”

 

“What stone?” Youko asked, trying to sound curious. It wasn't hard to do though, when he was curious about how she knew of the stones.

 

The miko woke up a little more and groaned at the loss of the soothing fingers that had been combing through her dark locks. Sending a pout at the hybred, she only got a slight look before he averted his eyes. Eyes returning to Youko, she smiled slightly. “The hiroseki in my bracelet. Sango asked me during one of our baths, why I never took it or the flower off. When I replied that it was because you two gave them to me and that that made me feel special, she started giggling and asked if she could actually see the bracelet.”

 

“So the slayer pointed out that the stone was a hiroseki?” The kitsune asked curiously.

 

“Hai. I hadn't recognized it because I thought all hiroseki were white, kind of like pearls, but Sango explained to me that it was an `impure' hiroseki. I came up with an idea on something, but I'm not positive on it.”

 

“And what's that?” Hiei asked from their side.

 

“My assumption is that you're half hi youkai and half koorime, though I could be wrong.” She said with a shrug of her shoulders.

 

“Would you care if he was?” Youko asked with a raised brow.

 

Another yawn hit her before she could answer, and she shook her head slightly to stay awake. “Why would I care? It's not like his breed matters to me, the only thing that does matter is who he is, not what.” That apparently surprised the two. “Oh, but there is one thing about his fire side that bothers me.”

 

“And what's that?” Hiei asked, his voice guarded.

 

Reaching over and grabbing his hand, she nuzzled it slightly before placing it in her hair. “The fact you quit using it to comb through my hair.” Youko chuckled at the demon's shocked look. Kagome completely ignored the chuckle and stretched out slightly. Her lower body was curled up on Youko while she allowed her head to pillow on Hiei's thigh. Her eyes closed and she sighed happily. “You make a nice pillow.” Nuzzling into his thigh a bit had a slight color tinting his cheeks as his eyes widened. Youko nearly chocked on his laughter, but managed to hold it in. “Warm.” Was the last sleepy reply of the girl before her dreams overtook her.

 

The next morning found her waking up in Hiei's lap and though she was slightly confused, she found that she was quite comfortable. So she did what any other comfortable girl would do, she curled closer into him. “It's time to train Kagome, and I know you're awake.”

 

“Go `way Sango, I'm comfy.” She replied as she hid her face in the demon's shoulder.

 

“I'm sure Hiei is very comfortable, but you still have training.”

 

“I'll do it later.” Her voice was muffled as she refused to move from her spot. Her breath tickled against the demon's neck, causing him to shiver in slight pleasure. Neither had noticed that he was actually awake, though he'd thought the girl in his lap to be asleep until the slayer had said something.

 

“You'll do it now or I'll tack five extra hours on.”

 

That had the girl growling and grumbling about evil senseis that needed shot and not wanting to leave the perfectly warm demon who smelled so good. Hiei had to fight to keep his cheeks from tinting slightly red at that comment, but the girl got up about two seconds later and grabbed her bag by the sounds of it. “Well let's sneak past the demons heightened senses already.”

 

“After you Kagome-sama.”

 

“You're so dead Sango.” The miko growled out.

 

“You're just testy because you didn't get any even though you were in his lap.”

 

That left the fire demon shocked, but the miko's growl darkened. “You have five seconds to run and find a good place to spar before I show everyone here how much my fighting has improved.” He heard the slayer gulp as she took off out of the cave, the miko not far behind her. Being curious, and cursing the kitsune for it, he followed them outside and to a clearing.

 

What he found were the two actually fighting, and with swords. Metal clanged against metal as the slayer barely managed to block the miko's strike. When the slayer was finally de-armed, the miko tossed her sword aside and they began fighting with their bodies instead. Kagome seemed rather talented at hand-to-hand combat. She was using her skill to dodge and strike at Sango. Said girl was beginning to pant heavily while Kagome had barely broken a sweat. “Good!” Sango finally exclaimed after about half an hour had passed.

 

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A hiss of pain was heard as the girl tried to remain as still as possible, but receiving her taijiya markings did happen to hurt a little. However, she did persevere through it. After an hour of pain, the slayer supplied that she was finished. With a relieved sigh the now youkai taijiya miko moved to the nearby pond and looked at her reflection. A gasp spilled from her lips as she saw the silvery-blue that lined her lids. “Do you like them?”

 

The miko turned to the slayer with a bright smile and gave her a tremendous hug. “I love them!”

 

“I was hoping you would.” Sango said as she pulled back and turned around. Grabbing several boxes, she handed each of them to her younger friend. “I also made these for you.”

 

The miko graciously took the packages and sat down with them. Opening one, she found baby blue armor that seemed to be outlined in silver. Another package revealed a black cat-suit like Sango's, one held various poisons that were used as well as a poison mask, and the last one held twin katanas. Her eyes shifted to a beautiful magenta color as she looked up at her friend with a smile. “Thank-you… sister.”

 

“You're very welcome little sis.” The older girl said as she pulled the younger into a hug.

 

“Well, let me change and we can go show the others.” Kagome said as she stood up with her new slayer things in her hands.

 

“Sounds good.” The brown eyed slayer said with a smile of her own.

 

Back at the camp the others were putting the finishing touches on the fire and preparing the meat that was caught. It was while Ayame was placing it on the spit that two slayers appeared in the clearing. One was Sango and the other was… well, they couldn't quite tell. “What do you think?” The girl asked as she spun around.

 

“Ka..gome?” Inuyasha asked with widened eyes after he'd sniffed the air to make sure.

 

“Yep!” The girl exclaimed happily as she pulled her poison mask off. “I'm a trained slayer now.”

 

“You are?” Ayame exclaimed in happiness. “I knew you were doing something to make you so tired!”

 

The girl began giggling at that and shaking her head. “I thought I told you that I was training.”

 

“That reminds me, how'd ya learn to heal youkai or at all?” Inuyasha asked as he stared at her, awaiting an answer.

 

“That would be my training with her Inuyasha.” Miroku said as he stepped forward. “I've been teaching her slight control of her shenki while teaching her how to use reiki as well.”

 

“Anyone else been training her?” Kouga asked as he looked around.

 

“This Sesshoumaru has been training her to do battle with high class demons on her own in both long range and close range combat.”

 

“I guess that at least you can protect yourself now.” Inuyasha grumbled.

 

“How about I teach you some of my magic?” Ayame suddenly suggested.

 

“And I can teach you about kitsune and our magic!” Shippo exclaimed happily.

 

The miko giggled happily at that. “Anyone else want to teach me anything?”

 

“I can teach you a few things.” Inuyasha mumbled to her.

 

“So can I.” Kouga agreed quietly.

 

“So you'll know all sorts of things Kagome-sama!” Rin squealed delightedly.

 

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Ok, so I've made yet another chapter for your reviewing and reading pleasure. I hope you enjoy it! I know it's been a while since I last updated, but I just started my college curriculum and have been very busy, but will hopefully be updating more often soon.