Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Sweet Temptation ❯ Fairytale ( Chapter 2 )

Sweet Temptation

 

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Chapter 2: Fairytale

 

Kagome awoke peacefully that morning. A first since she began traveling with Inuyasha. He always woke her up too early or would start a fight with someone, most of the time being Shippo, and she would wake up grumpy. Alexis was still asleep so she got out of the sleeping bag carefully so as not to wake her. Moving quietly, Kagome began making breakfast. The delicious smell of eggs woke Alexis several minutes later. Stretching with a yawn, the kit rubbed the sleep from her eyes as she tiredly scrambled out of bed and over to Kagome's lap where she sat and waited for her body to fully awaken.

 

Kagome smiled down at Alexis. She wasn't quite sure how or why the kit had become so attached and trusting of her so quickly but she didn't mind. It made this trip much easier knowing that the kit trusted her and would most likely listen in a serious situation if any were to occur. Kagome was sure she would be able to handle most of the demons that they would cross paths with. There were only a select few she was worried about, such as Naraku or any of his minions.

 

The only demons that ever came after the jewel shards she had were weak. The stronger demons didn't believe in using a relic that could simply give them the power, they believed that true power came from training and hard work. She not only respected that, but was also very relieved that the stronger demons followed this because she was sure she wouldn't survive against one of them, even with her purification.

 

Once breakfast was ready, Kagome served Alexis a decent amount before digging into her own meal. They ate in a comfortable silence and after they finished, Alexis offered to help clean. Several minutes later, Kagome was strapping her bag onto her back and Alexis leapt up to her shoulder. The kit was quiet for sometime and Kagome began to worry about her. Turning to Alexis, she saw the kit was gazing ahead of them blankly.

 

“Hey, are you ok?” the miko asked quietly, reaching up and poking Alexis's nose to get her attention.

 

“Hmm? Oh yes, I'm fine…” she answered absentmindedly.

 

Kagome rolled her eyes. “You're a terrible liar, did you know that?”

 

Alexis smiled slightly as she leaned her head against Kagome's with a sigh. “I had a really good dream last night… Mommy and Daddy came to see me in my sleep.”

 

Kagome smiled and reached up to pull the kit into a tight hug.

 

“They said they were very proud of me and that I should listen to you because you will keep me safe.”

 

Kagome nodded, “Yes… I will protect you. No matter what, ill keep you safe and get you to your uncle.” Kagome assure her with a grin. “Besides, I'm a little excited to meet this uncle of yours. He seems…interesting.”

 

Alexis smirked. “He's single, as far as I know.”

 

Kagome laughed. “Oh you're so cute.” Inside, Kagome was panicking. All she needed was another clueless demon that chased her around Japan calling her his woman.

 

“Really Kagome, I think you would like each other. You're really pretty, uncle is very handsome. He's a different breed than I am though, I'm a black kitsune and uncle is a silver kitsune. He has a silver tail and ears.” Alexis explained.

 

Kagome groaned to herself. That's just all she needed to top it off. A demon that had fuzzy ears that she would have to avoid touching at all costs. Her uncle was probably very sweet but not her type. Kinda like Kouga. She somewhat listened as Alexis continued babbling on about her uncle. She just hoped Youko wouldn't follow her like a lost puppy like Hojo and Kouga did.

 

“So anyway, you said you were going to tell me about Miroku and your stories! So come on!! I've been waiting so long.” She bounced up and down on her shoulder in excitement.

 

Kagome laughed. “Ok, ok. So I'll start with Miroku's story and then mine will follow. My story will connect everyone else's together. Kinda like the glue that keeps everything together.” Kagome grinned.

 

“Miroku is the monk that's in love with Sango right? He's the third one to join you in your journey?”

 

“Correct, alright so Inuyasha, Shippo and I were traveling to a town that was nearby. We were randomly going in different directions in hopes of finding a jewel shard. I'll explain to you later what a bicycle is but I was riding my bike with Shippo in the basket and Inuyasha was suddenly attacked by a large demon that was coming down the mountain. Somehow Shippo ended up with Inuyasha and he threw the demon off of him.

 

“While he was dealing with the demon, a man in purple robes grabbed me and kidnapped me on my bike. I didn't know at the time, but he had secretly taken my shards while I was scrambling to get away from him. He finally let me go and I didn't notice the shards were gone until after the monk was out of sight and Inuyasha and Shippo had returned to me. We rushed into the town that the monk had disappeared into and Inuyasha began sniffing him out. We finally found him and Inuyasha unsheathed Tetsugia on him. The monk fought back quite well but wasn't good enough to defeat Inuyasha.

 

“Then he suddenly ran. He was running through the town yelling for everyone to get to safety as he led Inuyasha out of town. At first we saw him as an enemy and we thought so further when he released his wind tunnel on Inuyasha. The wind tunnel was a curse placed on Miroku's grandfather and has been passed down to each male generation that has not killed Naraku yet. The Wind Tunnel is a hole in Miroku's right hand. When he unleashes it, it sucks anything in its way into the black void and anything that is taken in, can never come out.

 

“So anyway, I figured there had to be a reason that the monk had warned all the villagers to get to safety. He must not be an enemy. So to test my theory, I put myself in the wind tunnel's path. It sucked me toward it but Miroku closed it once he realized an innocent human was about to be killed. I landed on Miroku and seemingly knocked him unconscious. Inuyasha make his way over to me, yelling about how stupid I was when Miroku groped me. Inuyasha wasn't happy about that.” Kagome laughed slightly.

 

“But unfortunately…the cursed Wind Tunnel will kill Miroku if we don't defeat Naraku soon.” Kagome explained, sighing sadly at the thought of her friend and his time slowly slipping away.

 

“I'm sure you can save Miroku. I bet uncle will help fight against Naraku.” Alexis said.

 

“I'm not sure if I would want your uncle to fight against Naraku with us. I wouldn't want to be the cause of you losing all of your family…” Kagome whispered, her eyes cast down to the ground.

 

Alexis stared at Kagome for several minutes before understanding. “You don't actually blame everything that's happened on yourself do you?”

 

Kagome remained silent and Alexis placed her tiny hands on Kagome's cheeks and pulled her face to her direction so she could look her straight in the eyes. “None of this is your fault Kagome. It's all because of the jewel. You can't blam…”

 

“But it is my fault Alexis! All of it! I'm the ditsy miko that shattered the Shikon No Tama into millions of pieces! If I wasn't for me, Shippo's father would have never had a jewel shard and the Thunder Brothers wouldn't have targeted him in the first place. If it wasn't for me, Sango's village would still be alive and she would still have her brother at her side. All of this death, all of this suffering…it's because I broken the jewel.” Kagome did her best to hold back her tears as she turned to look away from the kit.

 

Alexis nuzzled Kagome's neck and wrapped her arms around her neck. “Kagome…if it wasn't for you Inuyasha would still be stuck to that tree. He would have never known how it really felt to be loved and cared for. If it wasn't for you Miroku and Sango probably would have never found each other. If it wasn't for you…Shippo and I would have never crossed paths with you.

 

“I would have dies out there in that field. Shippo would have been killed; Miroku would die without even the chance of fighting against Naraku for his life. You think that all you have brought is death and sadness but in reality, you bring happiness and relief.” Alexis smiled as Kagome hugged her to her chest tightly, letting the tears fall now.

 

“Like you said before Kagome, you're like the glue. You keep everyone together. If it weren't for you, Miroku, Sango, Inuyasha, and Shippo would never have teamed up to defeat Naraku. Because of you, Naraku has been defeated and weakened multiple times over and over again. Your group is the only one to ever really be considered as trouble toward Naraku.”

 

“But what about you… You're parents were probably killed because they had jewel shards…” Kagome whispered.

 

“This experience will only make me stronger… kind of like Inuyasha. He grew stronger from the pain and sorrow of his childhood. Same with uncle Youko… so maybe I will grow up to be strong like them.” She grinned. “And I would have never met you Kagome… and I bet if I never met you then I would have never found uncle Youko.”

 

“But we haven't even found him yet.” Kagome pointed out with a soft giggle.

 

“Not yet, but I have a feeling we will find him.” She smiled before kissing Kagome on the cheek. “So that was the perverted monk's story, now tell me yours!”

 

“Alright, this is going to surprise you a little Alexis but I trust that you will keep my secret. I'm not from this time… I'm from the future, 500 years in the future to be exact.”

 

“That explains the weird things you carry in your bag and the food too.”

 

“Yes, well in my time, I live on a shine. The god tree that Inuyasha was pinned to is on our shrine grounds so it makes me think sometimes that maybe I was meant to be brought here all along. Anyway, my little brother Souta was trying to find our cat and had stopped at the doors of the well house that is on next to the shrine. When I got there, he said that Bouyo was near the well. There was a faint scratching sound near the well and Souta freaked. I had told him he was being silly and that it was just Bouyo.

 

“So I went down to the well that was boarded up at the time and picked up Bouyo. Now here's where things get weird. We had thought the scratching sound was Bouyo clawing the wood on the well, but I was holding the cat and the scratching was still sounding behind me. Suddenly the boarded were broken off the well and a large centipede demon pulled me into the well. It demanded that I give it the jewel but at the time I had no idea what it was talking about. It was about to attack me and I instinctively put my hands in front of my face. Next thing I knew a purple flash came from my fingers and I was sitting at the bottom of the well.”

 

“What happened to the demon??”

 

“I'll get to that, relax.” Kagome laughed. “So I pulled myself out of the well and was confused out of my mind when I realized I wasn't home anymore. The place I had found myself in was nothing like my home. There was plant life and little animals everywhere, the air was fresh and the sky was clear. I looked around and saw the Goshiboku and figured if I was home then it was near the tree. So I ran in that direction only to find myself even more surprised.

 

“There, pinned to the god tree by an arrow that was supposed to be visible just outside my bedroom window, was a very handsome man. After taking a closer look I realized he couldn't be a man because he had strange dog ears and shiny white hair. I thought I had died and gone to heaven.” Kagome laughed.

 

“So the man pinned to the tree with the doggie ears was Inuyasha right?” Alexis asked quickly, excited for the miko to continue.

 

“Yes, it was. So while I was tweaking his cute ears, a group of people captured me, saying that I was in a forbidden area. They tied me up and put me before the village miko. Of course I had no idea what any of them where talking about. So an old woman had come out of her hut and seemed surprised when she saw me. She looked my facial features over more closely and had decided that I must be the reincarnation of her sister Kikyou.”

 

“Kikyou was burned with the jewel when she died right?”

 

“Yes, but I will explain why she has not remained dead a little later. Anyway, Kaede, the old miko, fed me and while we were eating, the centipede demon that attacked me in the well began attacking the village. I knew that it was there for me and I didn't want anyone to get hurt because of that so I ran back to the forest that I had seen the dog boy and Goshiboku.

 

“Just as I reached the clearing that the tree was in, Mistress Centipede attacked. She thankfully missed me but did manage to send me flying to the base of the tree. I hear someone talking to me and looked up to see the dog boy, that had seemed to be dead or in a deep sleep, was glaring down at me. He kept calling me Kikyou and I got angry. He realized that I wasn't Kikyou just as Mistress Centipede attacked me again. This time she didn't miss though. She sunk her teeth into my side,”

 

Kagome lifted her shirt up slightly to show the kit the bite marks that were scared along her otherwise smooth skin. Alexis shuttered slightly before Kagome straightened her shirt once more and continued with her story.

 

“When she ripped her fangs from my skin, the Shikon No Tama was pulled from my body. It was born inside me all along and I didn't even know it. The funny thing is my grandpa is pretty much obsessed with the legends of the sacred jewel. He would have freaked if he knew I had the jewel within me all that time. So anyway the jewel fell to the ground and I was trapped against Inuyasha to the Goshiboku. While we were trapped, Mistress Centipede swallowed the jewel.”

 

“Is it true that if a demon were to use the jewel's power that they could be invincible?”

 

“Not quite, you see after Mistress Centipede swallowed the jewel, Inuyasha convinced me that the only way for us to live was if I released him from the tree. The curse on the arrow wouldn't allow him or anyone else to remove it but he somehow figured I could. So I unbound Inuyasha from his eternal sleep and he was able to tear Mistress Centipede to pieces. By then Kaede and some of the other villagers had already gotten there and she told me to quickly find the jewel before the centipede regenerated and pulled itself back together. Once I found the jewel, which I had no idea how I could see its bright shine but no one else could, I thought that I was finally safe.”

 

“Did more demons come after you?”

 

“Not exactly, one hanyou in particular came after me. Inuyasha turned on me and even tried to kill me to get the jewel. Kaede saved me though. She placed cursed prayer beads on Inuyasha and made it so that I controlled it. I set the subjugation word as `sit' and ever since then Inuyasha couldn't do anything I didn't want him to because I could force his face into the ground without even touching him.” Kagome giggled.

 

“That's cool. Do you know how to make more of those prayer beads Kagome?”

 

“No, but Kaede can teach us if the need should ever arise. Why do you ask?”

 

“Well because from what I can remember, Uncle Youko is a big pervert.” She giggled.

 

Kagome rolled her eyes. Wonderful… Miroku and Kouga were bad enough as individuals. From the looks of it, this Youko seemed to be a mix of the two. What was she getting herself into? Sighing with a shrug of her shoulders, Kagome continued walking. That day, Kagome and Alexis didn't stop for lunch. The miko felt the slightest pull of a jewel shard and immediately began traveling in that direction. Alexis was excited to see what they would find when they located the owner of the shard, her hopes high that it would be her uncle but Kagome highly doubted it.

 

They would be amazingly lucky if they happened to find Youko within the first few days of their travels. Once they found the demon that held the shard, Kagome first tired reasoning with the demon. She did not want to purify it if it willingly gave up the shard. Unfortunately for him, he decided to attack. Of course he never even got within several feet of them before he was turned to dust. After that bout of thrill, Kagome went on to explain to Alexis about Kikyou and her resurrection.

 

She described the pain that she felt as the witch attempted to steal her entire soul to bring Kikyou back from the dead, then how exhausting it was to call her soul back to her body before it was too late. Alexis now understood that Kikyou held half of Kagome's soul and wandered somewhere out there. Kagome had explained her feelings throughout her journey and how they had changed over time.

 

First, she was in love with Inuyasha and was hurt every time he disappeared to meet with Kikyou in secret. After having her heart broken and torn apart so many times, she had finally given up on Inuyasha and decided that she couldn't wait for him to decide if he would choose his first love or the miko from the future that looked almost exactly like her. She wasn't even completely sure if he was really looking at her when he stared at her, or if he was thinking he was looking at Kikyou.

 

With that thought in mind, Kagome found it easier to let go of her love for him as a lover and accepted herself to love him as a brother instead. This way, he was still her best friend and she could keep her promise to never leave his side as long as he needed her. Kagome was actually surprised with how much she ended up telling Alexis. She told her all of her thoughts and deep feelings… her pains and confusion… her worries and fears.

 

She told her pretty much everything within the span of the next week and even described her time in a little more detail so she understood how different it was. She told her about pocky and all the toys and sweets that Shippo loved so much. Alexis made her promise that even if they did find her uncle that Kagome would stay in touch with her and sometimes come bring her candy. Throughout that week of traveling and telling Alexis of her and her friend's many stories, they had successfully collected six shards.

 

Unfortunately there was still no sign of Youko but they still had a few more weeks to continue looking before they would have to start heading back. Most of the demons they crossed paths with were weak and individual. Most couldn't stay in groups because they would fight over the power of the jewel shards. This made everything much easier for Kagome and Alexis. She would simply shoot the demons down with arrows if they first did not hand over the shard willingly.

 

Alexis enjoyed traveling with Kagome. She was so different from other mikos and humans… she was civilized. The miko actually gave demons a change to live if they gave her the shards, unlike her uncle who she was sure didn't ask any questions and simply killed his victims before taking their shards for himself. Alexis knew that her uncle didn't use the shards to increase his power; no he was already one of the most powerful demons that existed in this time.

 

He used them to attract other demons and because they were a valued treasure. Many demons would come in search of him to take his shards that he had stolen and collected from many others. He enjoyed the challenge and pushing his skills to his peak. Instead of using the shards of the Shikon No Tama to increase his strength, he settled for battling the many demons that came to steal them. This way he wasn't cheating to gain more power, simply using bait to lure in strong demons to defeat.

 

Her father had told her so much about her uncle Youko, but only about his battle tactics and the way his mind worked when fighting. That's all she knew of him… and that he was a very loyal family member. She didn't know anything about his other traits. She knew what he looked like because her mother had described his features to her in case she ever had to look for him, but she had never actually seen him in person. Her mother had said her brother was very handsome and strong, but her imagination could only wander so far.

 

Speaking of her imagination, the way Kagome described her stories…with such emotion and detail, she almost felt as if she were there. Like she had been with Kagome to witness everything that had happened. The miko had described her friends so well that Alexis could almost picture each of them in her minds eye. She couldn't wait to meet them to see if her mental picture of them was close to what they actually looked like.

 

Kagome took a deep breath and looked around. She had no idea where they were. They were surrounded by thick trees. The ground was covered with healthy green grass except for the clean dirt path that they were currently following. This forest was quite beautiful but there was an eerie silence about it that made Kagome anxious. With a heavy sigh, she closed her eyes and spread out her aura to perhaps find a river or lake nearby to rest.

 

What she found was not very relieving. Maybe several miles away, completely surrounding them were five demons. These were no regular demons though; they had one jewel shard each. Kagome swore to herself. How could she be so stupid as to no keep her guard up and stay more alert? If she wasn't so exhausted she could have been able to feel those shards hours ago. Now it was too late to run, not to mention there was no where they could run.

 

Thinking quickly, the first thing that came to mind was to keep Alexis safe. That was her main priority. Looking around, she saw a decently large hole at the bas of a willow tree. Taking an arrow from her quiver, she shot it into the hole to purify any demons that may have been present inside before ordering the kit to get in.

 

“Kagome, what's wrong? What's happening?” she asked, frightened by the panicked look in Kagome's eyes.

 

“We're surrounded… I didn't think this would happen but apparently there are some intelligent demons out there. Five demons, stronger than most of the others I've fought the past week, seemed to have band together. Each of them has one shard and they're heading straight for us. They must feel that I have a lot of shards so their coming after me.”

 

“What are we going to do?”

 

“You are going to stay right here. You are not to leave the safety of the barrier no matter what, do you understand me?” Kagome said sternly. Alexis nodded her head slowly, tears gathering in her eyes.

 

“Kagome, what are you going to do?” she sniffled, fearing the miko's answer.

 

“I'm going to get rid of these demons.” She answered as she threw a barrier up around the entrance of the hole so Alexis would be safe. She made sure this barrier would only purify any demon that touched it from the outside but didn't harm anyone from the inside. To Alexis, it would be like she was stuck behind a glass wall. Smiling reassuringly to the kit, Kagome turned her back to the tree. Taking a deep breath, she checked how far they were to see how much time she had.

 

Approximately 7 minutes before they reached her.

 

This area was so beautiful; too bad she would have to ruin that. Looking around carefully, Kagome spotted several thick vines hanging from the many trees that surrounded her. A smirk slowly spread across her face. All that time she had spent watching Xena the Warrior Princess and all of those other cartoons and television shows would actually pay off. Her mother had always told her that tv would just turn her brain to mush and not help her in real life. Now the little miko could go back home and tell her mother how watching tv just might save her life. Kagome was thankful that she watched so much tv in her time…it made her quite creative.

 

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A/N:

 

Hello everyone ^_^ hope you enjoyed chapter two; it was actually pretty fun to write. Have any of you ever watched the tv show Xena? If you haven't then you should. It's one of my favorite shows in the world lol. And there are so many lessons and morals to each episode, its great. Oh , and another thing. Have any of you read the book series Twilight? OMG! I am obsessed with it! I finished all four books in I think a month and then found out that eh first movie was coming out!

 

I was counting down ever since I found out the release date for the movie lol. And finally, it comes out tomorrow!! I live in a small town called Dickinson in North Dakota, I attend college here but this little town is so behind with things that it doesn't get Twilight out tomorrow. Well I can't wait until it does come out and I want to see it on the first night it comes out so I'm driving allll the way to Bismarck to watch it lol.

 

Jeez I need a life. Sorry for this pointless babble, just had to get it out lol. So anyway, the next chapter will be out soon, so no worries. TWILIGHT RULES! I love Edward Cullen! Oh and for all of you twilight fans lol, my friend sent this to me cause she knows how obsessed I am.

 

“You know you're obsessed when you look at your boyfriend and think `Damnit SPARKLE you fool!!! Why don't you sparkle?!'”

 

Until next time ^_^

Icyfire

 

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