Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Shikon no Megami ❯ Chapter III ( Chapter 3 )

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Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Yuyu Hakusho.

Author: Chrystal-Hearts (Chrystaline)

Summary: The day the world was broken.

It had been two months since Kagome met the mysterious demon who tended to lounge in the God Tree. Things had been rather odd since she met him. For one, she was less strained than she normally felt, and even the boys noticed this. Though they only smiled more, happy that she seemed to be feeling better.

Kagome though, she questioned herself. At first she thought it only to be because she’d made a new friend, but then she realized that she was starting to grow attached to the man. With a soft sigh, she shook her head of her thoughts and made her way to where the boys were diligently working. “Can I help?”

Both looked up and simply smiled at her. “Of course you can momma.” Shippo said easily as he pulled her over to him and explained what she needed to do.

“So tell me, what have you boys been up to while I was gone?” Both winced at that question. “I promise I won’t be angry. I am just curious.”

“We became thieves.” Yoshiro said in a slightly panicked voice.

“I’m sure that with your talents you were excellent.”

“Yes, we were.” Shippo said as he allowed his hands to continue working with the wooden floor. “Though we were afraid that you’d be angry.”

“I could never be angry at either of you.” The woman said kindly as she continued with her own task of helping to build the house. “But I am curious as to how the others are.”

“Souten and Shiori miss you quite a bit, and Rin has not been the same since you disappeared.” Yoshiro commented. “Though in truth, none of us have.”

“Do they know of my return yet?”

“No.” Shippo said in a sad tone. “We had to work in secrecy to procure the needed items for everything. They were told of nothing, but we plan on telling them when the house is finished so that they may join us.”

“What of Kouta? How is he, Kouga, Ayame, Ginta, and Hakkaku?”

“They are doing quite well mother.” The auburn haired boy murmured. “Though they miss you as well. Kouta became mute upon your disappearance.”

“What of the others?”

“Most have parted ways since then. Only Kouga, Inuyasha, and Sesshoumaru remain within contact now a days. Though others have remained in power until recently. The central, south, and east were all at a standstill war until Raizen passed and his heir claimed the throne. When that happened, a tournament was suggested; thus the three lands are overseen by a king, though the previous lords retain most of their power.”

“Well, has Sesshoumaru yet to take a mate?” The boys snickered at the question. “What?”

“He mated Kagura a few centuries back.” Yoshiro said with a slight smile. “They make an… interesting couple.”

“So they all have paired up?”

“Almost. One of our older allies has found herself a… lover, but I hear things are getting a little too rocky with their relationship.” Shippo commented. “It appears that they will split up soon.”

“Especially in light of the coming tournament.” Yoshiro commented.

“That’s a year away.” Shippo commented as he smacked his brother over the head.

“But they still need to train.” Yoshiro whined.

Shippo snickered at that. “I’m sure that their training would be rather enjoyable if it were together.”

“Shippo.” The woman said as she shook her head.

“What momma?” The boy asked before his eyes widened and he shoved her down as he grabbed Yoshiro and pulled him back inside the house’s frame.

“Ship…” Yoshiro started before a large ball of energy smacked into the earth near where he was standing only moments ago.

“Shh…” The boy whispered as he allowed some of his energy out to mask their presence.

“I know I smelled human flesh around here somewhere.” Said a voice as it growled and sniffed around.

“We haven’t time for this, we need to find the mazoku.” Said another demon as he stepped from the trees followed by several others.

“But it was the flesh of a female, and a miko no less!” The demon exclaimed.

“Well I don’t sense anything.” Called out a feminine voice.

“Yes, and we need to get going.” Another demon commented as it pulled on the first one to arrive there.

The three hiding sighed before Shippo instantly hid them again. Not moments later did two people come running up. “Dammit, they were just fucking here two seconds ago!”

“Come on Urameshi, we have to go after them.”

“I know that.” Exclaimed the dark haired male who originally spoke. He had amber eyes and black gelled back hair. The other had reddish orange hair with small black eyes. And then they too disappeared after the demons.

“Urameshi?” Yoshiro questioned, finding the name familiar.

“Yusuke Urameshi in this world, Yusuke Toushin in Makai. He’s pretty powerful from what I heard. He’s Koenma’s spirit detective and Raizen’s heir.” Shippo inputted.

“So that’s why he looked so familiar.” At his mother’s questioning glance, he grinned sheepishly. “I had to steal the orb of life from Reikai and they chased after me, though they never saw my face.”

“You’d think you boys would have a record or something.”

Shippo smirked at this. “We do momma, but we changed our names when we became thieves.”

“Oh, you’ll have to tell me about that.”

“We will momma.” They promised.

Hiei lounged in a tree as he waited for the others to show up. He’d been rather bored lately, especially since he’d had to return to Makai for the past week. For some reason, he seemed to long to return to this world. Shrugging the thought away, he smirked as Yusuke and Kuwabara came racing into the clearing. “Took you fools long enough.”

Yusuke practically snarled at him. “Leave me the hell alone Hiei. You weren’t the one who had to chase down a group of annoying demons. Fuck, the bastards even attacked a shrine for no apparent reason.”

Hiei tensed slightly at that as his eyes narrowed. “A shrine?”

“Yeah, it was odd really, since there was no one there.” Yusuke said with a shrug. “So how many of them did you manage to get?”

“Two, they were pathetic and jumped into a portal.” He replied with a shrug.

“Wish I knew what they were after.” Yusuke said in slight annoyance. “Oh well, I need to get back to Keiko before she kills me now.”

“Wait up Urameshi, I don’t wanna stay here with the shrimp.” Kuwabara yelled as he chased after the man.

Hiei shrugged at their actions before his eyes turned to the direction of a certain shrine that he had planned to visit. Quickly he disappeared and became nothing, if even a blur to ningen eyes.

“Is something the matter Kagome-chan?” Asked a dark haired girl with chocolate brown eyes.

Kagome, who had dark ink black hair and soft red lips turned at hearing the softly spoken question of her friend. “It’s nothing important Sango-chan. Merely a feeling that will soon pass.”

“Are you sure?” The older girl asked as she sat beside the younger. When the younger one nodded, the older sighed. “Please tell me the truth Kagome-chan? I know something is bothering you.”

It that moment, the dam broke. “He chose Kikyo over me.” She cried out as she collapsed onto the slayer’s lap. “He chose a walking corpse over me, over the living. Am I so terrible?”

Before the woman could answer her, another set of arms wrapped around her from behind. “Never think that Kagome, never.” Said the deep masculine voice of the demon holding her.

“S-Shou-k-kun?” The girl managed to stutter out.

“Hai.” He said as he held her tight to his chest. “Never think that you are terrible. Inuyasha is an idiot for not seeing what is before him. He can not see you because his mind is blinded by memories and false duties. Do not let his decision upset you as it has, for there are others who would willingly pick up the pieces of your heart and stitch them together once more.”

“Shou-kun?” The girl questioned as she turned and looked up into his violet-crimson eyes.

“I would willingly, Kagome-koi.” He whispered as he took her lips in a sweet and gentle kiss.

Shooting awake, the girl began looking around as she panted at the memory. Her eyes began to water when she realized that that was all it was. Looking around, she noticed that it was night and that there was a note next to her. It read:

“You seem distressed.”

The voice had her jumping as she looked up to see crimson eyes staring down at her. Slowly her body calmed when she realized it was the mysterious demon who often came by. “I was having a… sad dream.” She replied with some wistfulness to her tone.

He simply raised a brow at that. She is wistful over a sad dream? Shaking his head of the thought, he looked up to the moon which was almost full. “You’ve been sleeping for some time now.”

“How long have you been here?” She questioned as she looked up at him.

“I stopped by earlier while you were helping those boys, then I just returned recently.”

A small smile touched her lips at that. “How long have you been here?”

“Not long.” The man replied as he stepped from the shadows which hid him so well from others. “I only came to see you.”

“Why me?”

His soft eyes seemed to glow more crimson in the light as his black hair fell to cover his eyes. Slowly a clawed finger reached out and grasped her chin as he looked into her eyes. “Why not?” And then he disappeared.

“You’re no longer paying attention, onna.”

The voice snapped her from her thoughts, and she looked up to see the mysterious demon staring at her curiously. “I was lost in thought. Memories of my past continuously circle my mind lately.” At least they have since I met you.

“I came here for a reason.”

The girl cocked her head to the side and looked at him with curious eyes, silver eyes that twinkled like the stars and shined like the moon. “Do you require something of me, youkai-sama?”

“You are knowledgeable on demons and I wish to know if you’ve heard of any hi youkai with darker hair coloring.”

“Are you a hi youkai of unknown origin?” She asked quietly, while looking into his crimson eyes.

“Can you not tell?”

“I’ve yet to try, but it could help me decide if you are what I think, as I know of only one clan that carries hi and darker attributes.”

“Then do so, onna.” He commanded slightly roughly.

With a nod, she closed her eyes and focused her senses, senses that were dulled due to lack of energy. What she felt had her eyes snapping open and widening in shock. “Hi and koori,” she ignored his slight growl as she dug deeper into his aura. Looking up with tears shimmering in her eyes, she threw herself at him in a hug. “You have been through so much, and yet you still carry on. Worse yet is how your two elements clash with one another, an even harsher battle because of the hi origins.”

Her words shocked him, and he noticed that she was crying. Slowly, he allowed his arms to encircle her as his hand gently stroked her back in a soothing manner. When he finally spoke, his voice was surprisingly soft. “What do you mean the origins of my fire side?”

“You are of the dark fire clan, youkai-sama; a clan known to be the most powerful and wield the deadliest of flames. Their hair was black like the flames of hell that they could command, but only the strongest ever reached that level. They could survive almost any flame though, and only pure dark fire demons could call upon the flames of hell.”

“Tell me about them.”

The girl smiled slightly at his questioning demand and nodded. The crimson eyed demon kept his arms around her as she leaned into him and began talking of customs and abilities of his father’s clan. Then she smiled and told him a few things of the Koorime. “I doubt you truly wished to know of your mother’s people, but I thought the information could help you out.”

“I am glad that you shared. It was most… enlightening.” He spoke softly before looking up at the sky.

“I should, go back to sleep. I have a long day tomorrow.” The girl whispered as she looked about to slip from his lap.

“I thought you were sleeping in the tree?”

“There’s a bed in that room right there, and its whole… unlike the rest of the house.” She mumbled slightly.

He nodded as he stood with her in his arms and leapt into the room. She quietly ‘eep’ed and he set her down. For some reason, he was beginning to feel more drawn to her. His eyes once again moved to her lips before shifting back to her eyes. As he turned to leave, something stopped him when he reached the window. Looking back into her worn looking silver eyes, he decided she deserved the information. “Hiei,” he whispered out before he was gone.

The girl could only sit there with widened eyes before slowly she smiled. “Hiei-sama,” she whispered, liking the taste of the name on her tongue.

“Am I so disgusting that you hold no desire to touch me?” She exclaimed as the winds began to pick up.

“No my love, you are wonderful.” Said a dark haired demon as he rose to his feet and looked into her beautiful blue-gray eyes.

“Then why won’t you touch me? You’ve not come near me much since that night!”

“I had no desire to force your decision.”

“You have me so confused Shou! First you say you desire to help heal my heart, then you leave me be. Quit playing games with me. I may have loved Inuyasha, but I knew long ago that he’d never choose me. I was over him, it only hurt that he chose a walking corpse over me.”

“I am sorry that I did not know of this, my love. I had assumed you still wished to be with the hanyou.”

“No, I’ve known that it is time for me to move on.”

“Then what will you do?”

“Did you mean what you said before? About healing my heart?”

“Every word.”

“Then I wish to start a relationship with you.”

Kagome jolted from her sleep and groaned as the light hit her eyes. After a moment she rose from the bed and pulled out something from a bag she kept there just in case this sort of thing happened. Making her way into the still somehow there bathroom, she allowed memories to take her over once more.

“Kagome-sama?” asked a young four year old boy as he slowly made his way over to her.

“What is it Yoshiro-kun?”

“Daddy told me that you and him have a re-la-tion-chip now. What is that?”

Though she blushed slightly, she pulled the little boy into her lap and smiled slightly. “Well sweetie, it’s when two people that are close decide they like each other and wish to let others know.”

“You mean like mommies and daddies?” The little boy questioned.

“In a way, yes.” Kagome responded.

“Does that mean you’re my mommy now? Shippo-chan said that you’re his mommy, so will you be mine too?”

“On one condition” the girl said sternly.

“What is it Kagome-sama?”

“You address me like I’m your mother, and not with sama at the end.” She replied with a giggle.

The little boy pouted at this. “But okaa-sama…” And she collapsed into a fit of giggles as the boy began giggling as well.

“So many memories, and yet we had so little time.” Kagome murmured as she looked into the mirror at her reflection. “I wonder how you’re doing, Shou.”

“And where are you going?” asked a deep voice that had Kagome turning with a soft smile.

“Out.”

“You normally stay here all day.”

“Well I wish to go out for today, and you’re welcome to join me if you so desire, Hiei-sama.”

“Why do you give me such a high title?”

“I assumed it would please you.” The girl said softly. “Most youkai believe ningen to be beneath them, so I gave you a higher title. Though normally I would not do such, but I respect your strength and your power.”

His eyes widened slightly, but no other sign of his surprise showed. “You respect me?”

“Why would I not?”

“I am not well liked among my own kind, and most humans fear me.”

“I fear no being.” She whispered.

“Everyone has fears.” He responded as he followed her down the shrine steps.

“And I do as well; I merely stated that I fear no being. Just as I do not fear death, why fear the unknown when it may not occur or will occur no matter what? What I fear is loss and perhaps loneliness. But at the same time I do not fear them, as I have experienced so much of each.”

“So you do not fear pain?”

The girl sighed at this. “Why fear what has already been experienced. Pain is nothing, merely a feeling which allows you the knowledge that you still live.”

That answer truly shocked the hi youkai, and he looked to the girl in surprise. “You are rather philosophical.”

“I am what I choose to be, and I choose to be me.” She whispered out as they walked through the busy city.

Hiei suddenly looked around and noticed where they were, and became surprised that he’d not realized it sooner. He had somehow gotten lost in talking to the onna. “So you do not believe in destiny or fate?”

“I believe that there is the Goddess of such, but I believe we make our own choices, our own lives. The Goddesses may only start them, it is we who must decide what they weave.”

“So you believe our beginning is designed by their choices?”

“Yes, and at the same time no; it is the choices of others that sometimes dictate our fates. Like one’s choice took away my own, forcing me into a duty that they held no desire for. Because of their choices, I was forced into a life not of my own choice. But I made not her mistakes and chose my own path, thus altering the paths of others. In our beginning years, the fates still do not completely dictate the course of our futures; but they are capable of altering them slightly so as to fit their own desires or the desires of others.”

“You are surprisingly intelligent for being ningen.”

Turning to him, she smiled. “Knowledge is granted to those who deserve it, and gifts are given to those who persevere. I know that you’ve had a hard and terrible past, though I’m not sure on the true depth of such a thing. I know that, one day, you will be rewarded for all your hardships.”

“Rewarded?”

“Yes. Some day you will be able to gain that which you desire the most as a token of apology from the fates.Past and Present will work with the Future to find a gift worthy of your sacrifices.”

“What if I desire more than they can give?”

“Then they will try their hardest to attain it for you. In the end, it is not their decision on whether or not you may keep it.”

“Then whose decision is it?”

“The ones’ who take it away,” she replied in a sad whisper.

“You seem as if you know from experience.”

“I had something once, a person, whom I treasured dearly. He was given to me because of the heartbreak I’d suffered through with my first love, but in the end he was not mine to have.”

“So you lost a person you loved?”

“Hai, and you kind of remind me of him.” She replied with a slight smile. “Though you look like someone else I once knew.”

He was surprised at that news. “If this person meant so much to you, and I remind you of him, why would you not desire to stay away from me?”

“It is only some of your words, actions, and your eyes that remind me of him. His eyes flickered between crimson and violet, while his voice was deep, though not as deep as yours. He was more open, but he’d not gone through as many hardships. He was a demon and had already lost his first mate. With him he brought his son, my adopted son, Yoshiro.”

“You were in love with a youkai?”

“Hai. My first love was hanyou, but he couldn’t get over the woman he loved before me, and so he chose her.”

“You do not differentiate between races?”

“There is no difference. We both bleed, and we both can love.” She said as she took his hand into her own and placed it to her chest. Though he was shocked slightly, she ignored it. “Can you feel that? It is my heartbeat.” She whispered before moving his and her own hand to his chest. “I know you can’t always feel it, but I know it’s there. It beats, just not as loudly.” And he felt the thump as his heart pulsed within his chest. His eyes widened further as she smiled at him. “See, we are the same.”

“Yusuke?” questioned a brown haired girl with chocolate brown eyes as she looked up at him.

“Yea Keiko?” the man responded as he looked at her.

“Isn’t that Hiei?” She asked as she pointed over to two people.

The man allowed his amber eyes to follow the direction she pointed out, and they widened at what he saw. His usually stoic ningen hating youkai friend was actually being quite talkative with a ningen onna; true that the woman did look different from most Japanese girls and she seemed different, but the little demon was still speaking with her. Not only that, but he seemed rather content doing so. “Uh… yeah. It is.”

“Why’s he with that girl then?”

“I’m not sure, but I suggest we don’t tell anyone about this.” The amber eyed man said as his eyes strayed once more to the two.

Night had fallen a few hours ago, and still Kagome was out with her demonic escort. Her boys had called asking where she was and if she was ok, and she giggled as she told them that she was perfectly fine. At the moment, they were out in the more wooded areas of the city. All the nature seemed to make the girl perk up a bit and some of the strain went away.

Hiei noticed this and became curious on what was causing her so much strain. After an hour in the forest though, her form returned to being strained, this time being more so than before. “Is something the matter?”

Turning to him, she gave a wan smile and shook her head. “I just feel so out of energy for some reason.”

“Then perhaps we should rest.”

“If you wouldn’t mind, I think I’d like to.” The demon nodded as he picked her up and leapt into the branches of a tree. Giggling as she allowed herself to become comfortable on his lap, she turned her silver eyes to his. At the moment, Hiei could’ve sworn that he’d seen them flash blue. “You don’t like the ground much, do you Hiei-sama?”

“I am simply more comfortable in trees.”

“Meaning you’re used to heights from the need to have a vantage point so no one can sneak up on you.” She said calmly.

“Hai.”

After a few moments silence, the wind started to pick up slightly and the girl allowed it to whip at her face. “I love the feelings of the wind in my hair.” She whispered. “Some of my friends, they’d carry me as we hurried along the paths and some were quite fast. I’d love the feeling it gave me.”

“The feeling it gave you?”

“Absolute freedom,” Kagome whispered as her eyes darkened a shade. “One of my friends told me that my eyes would glow a brilliant sapphire during those times.”

“Sapphire? But your eyes are silver.”

The girl shook her head at that. “Normally they are a blue-gray color, but because of everything they’ve hardened into silver.”

“So the more unhappy you are, the darker your eyes become?”

“Yes.” She whispered. “Sango-chan once told me that she found it amusing. She and Miroku-kun would laugh when I got mad at our hanyou friend and they’d shift to a gray color.”

This was a little piece of information that he found interesting as well. So she was happy when I leapt up here with her in my arms? It was odd to him that something so simple could make someone so happy. He found himself wanting to do it again, because he wished to see her eyes as she said they were; a storm of blues and grays. He could imagine as the two colors clashed for dominance, just as his two sides clashed as well. At that thought, a question came to mind. “Do you know a way to tame elements?”

Sorry, but I like Hiei-Kagome pairings the most. I’m trying to slowly build their relationship up, and it is slightly difficult to do when Hiei is already with Mukuro. Of course that will be ending shortly. Oh, and I am changing things around in Kagome’s past so that she has many secrets. You know, like the whole thing with Shou and how she gained so much knowledge on demons. And yes, soon there will be some sort of enemy popping up, but you need to give me time to think on that. This is one of the first times that I’ve tried writing a story where I incorporate my own characters into the plot line. I’ve used anime characters in my own stories before, but never in a plot line where everything is based upon the actual shows. So this may take a little time to think up completely. And yes I do have a semi-plot line for this, but no I’m not sure on chapter amounts. Though I do plan on treating this somewhat like Frozen Tears where the chapter lengths steadily increase from chapter to chapter. Like the last chapter was seventeen pages and this one is nineteen.