Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Life's Prison: A Thief's Goal ❯ Creation, Destruction, and Punishment ( Chapter 17 )

Translations:

Wakizashi- traditional Japanese sword with a shoto blade between 12 and 24 inches

Ya- arrow

Hami-Yumi- sacred longbow

Hamaya- purity arrows

Amenonuhoko- spear used to divide the islands of Japan

 

 

 

Creation, Destruction, and Punishment

 

 

 

“Talking”

 

`Thinking'

 

Memories

 

Stressed

 

 

Youko slowly walked through the forest back to Edo. He had to tell the Miko Kuronue's fate. Youko looked at the mirror that he held and briefly thought to use it. Pushing the thought from his mind, he made it to the Goshinboku tree. Setting the mirror down he ran a hand through his silver hair. Looking to the south, he noticed a powerful ki approaching toward him at a fast rate. Putting the mirror a safe distance back he stood waiting for the ki to come to him.

 

 

 

Sango stopped in mid-swing as she turned around to face the direction of the well. Sheathing her katana, she stared at the direction of the well. She heard footsteps approaching behind her. They stopped right next to her and looked to see Miroku and Shippo beside her. Shippo sniffed the air and his eyes widened. Miroku shivered in response as the ki arrived. The scent smelled so familiar, but it was distorted with the scent of death and bitterness. Miroku noticed the ki was that of a Miko's, but it was becoming darker.

 

Sango took off running towards the well with Miroku and Shippo close behind her. Sango already knew who was there; she could feel it within her heart. Miroku could feel hostility directed to the youkai that was in the field.

 

“Youko and Kagome are there,” Shippo stated in worry.

 

“Where's Kuronue?” Sango asked.

 

Emerald eyes widened as they watched Kirara land in the field with an enraged Kagome dismounting. She pointed the spear at Youko and a look of hate filled her face. Kagome nodded her head and Kirara went to join Sango. Kagome didn't move from her spot. Youko felt relieved at first to find that it was only the Miko. He then tensed up when he felt her enraged ki sparking around her. The Sakura blossom upon her forehead pulsed black.

 

“I will kill you!” Kagome growled as she slowly walked toward Youko.

 

“What has happened to her?” Sango whispered in fear.

 

“I have done nothing to you,” Youko defended.

 

“It's your fault he's dead,” Kagome hissed at him.

 

“How do you know?” Youko questioned in guilt and confusion.

 

“I was in Yomi…I met him there!” Kagome yelled out.

 

“She's lost another one,” Miroku muttered.

 

“I tried to save him,” Youko whispered.

 

“There is no try. You do or you don't,” Kagome spat at him. Youko was once again stunned because of her. The spear began to glow an eerie gold within her hand.

 

“It's…”

 

“Yes Miroku, I have retrieved Amenonuhoko,” Kagome interrupted.

 

“Kagome…calm down please!” Sango begged knowing that they stood no chance against the woman who brought down Naraku and wielded the Shikon no Tama.

 

“Youko, in order to get the spear I had to look Kuronue in the eyes and tell him I would leave him there alone,” Kagome calmly said. Youko remained silent as she continued to speak.

 

“A part of me is with him, and now I'm going to send a part of you there too,” Kagome promised with a sweet smile.

 

“Blood for blood won't bring him back,” Miroku called out.

 

“I realize that,” Kagome said.

 

“Revenge won't help,” Shippo stated.

 

“No…but it's a start!” Kagome yelled.

 

Kagome clutched Amenonuhoko in her hand as it continued to pulse gold. Youko had jumped away from her as she attacked him with her wakizasha. Plunging the wakizasha into the ground she growled as she turned to face the youkai. Smirking at him as she left the wakizasha in the ground, she turned to him. Miroku pulled an ofuda from his robe and tossed it at her in a hope to stun her. She turned around and held her hand open. The ofuda was engulfed in a blue light before it vanished. Kagome gave him a scolding look.

 

“Do that again and I will make sure you meet his fate,” Kagome promised before she turned to face Youko.

 

Throwing her quiver to the ground she tossed her Hami-Yumi to the side. Youko pulled a seed from behind his ear as he changed it to a rose whip. Kagome raised an eyebrow at him before she lightly laughed at his weapon. Holding the spear in front of her it grew to her height. The blade lengthened to two feet and turned black with white swirls. The blade of the spear was a simple tube spear. Spining the spear in her hand like she had trained with it all her life she grasped it and charged.

 

Slashing his whip through the air she grabbed the whip and wrapped it around her hand. The thorns dug into her palm letting the blood run free. Kagome released her Miko ki and set the whip on fire. Dropping the whip he jumped away from her as she charged again. Taking the back of the spear she jabbed him in the stomach causing him to double over in pain. Kagome then brought her foot around and sent him flying into the forest.

 

“This is the last time you'll see me,” Kagome whispered to Sango and Miroku.

 

“What do you…please stop this!” Sango cried.

 

“What's done is done,” Kagome whispered to her.

 

“Nothings done!” Shippo yelled.

 

“Goodbye,” Kagome said as she jumped into the forest. The tip of the spear pulsed a golden color more frequntly .

 

Kagome stopped in front of the tree and saw an imprint of a body on the bark. Gasping in pain she stumbled backwards. Putting her hand to her chest she looked down to see four deep gashes. Looking up she saw Youko in a denfensive stance with blood dripping from his claws. Kagome gripped the spear tighter and jumped into the air. Youko watched as she spun the spear in a circle and brought it down into the ground. The ground began to shake and the area around them pulsed.

 

“What are you doing?” Youko hissed at her as panic seized him. Kagome laughed as the sky became darker and the world began to shift.

 

“What do you feel?” Kagome asked through a darkened smile.

 

“What trick is this?” He demanded as he searched for different ki. They were all youki that he found, there was no human ki anywhere.

 

“I seperated your disgusting species from the humans,” Kagome answered.

 

“What? How?” Youko demanded as he stared at her form.

 

“I created another realm, all youkai except for two have been removed from the huaman realm, from Ningen-kai,” Kagome explained.

 

Youko created another whip and sent it towards her. He wrapped it around the spear and pulled at it. Kagome laughed as she set the whip on fire. Her eyes flashed a golden hue before she made the spear lengthen more. Taking it she pushed it further into the ground until it reached Yomi. It began to pulse and with one final flash of golden light it was done. She lightly smiled as she watched the confusion on his face.

 

“What did you do now?” Youko growled.

 

“I've just destroyed Yomi,” Kagome simply answered with a smug look.

 

“Just like that…you destroyed those souls?” Youko asked. He had never been a kind youkai, he had the blood of many on his claws. What she did, that was millions of dead souls wiped from existence.

 

“I sent the souls to a better realm. I am not cruel, I gave them all a chance to live again, to reincarnate,” Kagome growled at him.

 

“Send me back to Ningen-kai,” Youko demanded with a bit of relief. Kagome pushed her fingers into one of the gashes. Pulling her hand out, her fingers were bathed in thick coats of blood. Splattering her blood against the trees and lands she darkly smiled.

 

“This realm has been made of my blood, the blood that carries sorrow and hate. The plants of this realm will thirst for blood and ki,” Kagome stated.

 

“You will send me back,” Youko stated.

 

“I think not, the only place you'll be going is to Reikai. Or maybe I could make you a wandering soul in this realm, in Maikai,” Kagome wondered as the spear pulsed.

 

“I didn't want to kill you, but if you keep attacking…I will,” Youko warned.

 

“I don't fear death…I am neither living nor dead. I am eternal,” Kagome laughed as the Shikon no Tama flashed.

 

“Everything that breathes has a way to be killed,” Youko calmly said. Kagome snorted as she tossed the spear into a tree. When it impacted it simply vanished into nothing. Kagome reached up to her neck and ripped the Tama from its resting place. Throwing it into the air it began it pulse a dark pink.

 

“I'm going to let you live…for now,” Kagome stated as she began to fade. She had used to much ki when she seperated the realms and destroyed Yomi to create Reikai. The Tama was calling her back into it, she had used her power and the spear for personal gain. She was to meet a fate of something unknown.

 

“I will have my revenge…eventually, but for now you will die doing the thing you love most. If you stop thieving then death will find you, this is your curse,” Kagome whispered as she vanished.

 

The Tama stopped pulsing red and became a dull jewel again. Youko watched as it shot into the air and left him alone in a world he knew nothing about. Looking around at his surrondings he noticed many new plants. Walking towards where the village would be he found nothing but an empty clearing and a few random trees. Running a hand through his hair he silently cursed his luck.

 

“Damn her,” Youko growled.

 

“She's already damned,” A hurt voice whispered. Youko turned around expecting to find some stupid youkai.

 

“Kuronue?” Youko questioned. Kuronue nodded his transparent head.

 

“This was fated to happen. Izanami knew this, Kagome had saved many souls by her actions,” Kuronue whispered.

 

“Yet she damned herself?” Youko wondered as he scoffed. “Truly pathetic.”

 

“She has shaped the future of the world and brought order to it, she is far from pathetic,” Kuronue sharply stated.

 

“She tried to kill me, I feel nothing for that ningen,” Youko growled.

 

“She has also cursed you…don't worry, you'll meet her again,” Kuronue explained with a laugh of amusement. Youko watched as his friend faded from this new realm.

 

 

 

 

Author's note:

 

There will be another story to this. I don't know when I'll put it out…but I will put it out.

The next story will be called: Life's Prison: How Soon Is Now or just How Soon Is Now