Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Kawaridane ❯ Revelations ( Chapter 6 )

AN: Alright everyone, here is chpt 6. Long chapter but I couldn't figure how to break it up. This one just flowed right out of me. I hope you like it. I do not own IY or YYH.

 

Hiei watched Ayako run off towards the compound as he was left to try to get his body back under control. He looked up to see Genkai was gone as well. Silently he thanked the old hag for not staying behind to pester him about what she had just come upon.

Hiei didn't feel like answering questions when he had so many of his own.

`What the hell have I done?' He scowled as he remembered how her heart rate had shot through the roof when he breathed those words softly in her ear.

He had wanted her so badly, and at the time I don't think she would have objected much either. `How could someone so…perfect… possibly want me?' He shook his head. No, he had just caught her off guard. He wouldn't do that again until he knew for sure she wanted him too.

He started walking slowly back to the complex. He knew it would be horribly difficult for him to keep his hands off her if they were left alone again. That pesky onna got under his skin in a way no other female ever had.

Day after day of their training together he found himself having to spend his evenings in a cold shower. Watching her small body master the movement so gracefully and watching her lips as they were slightly parted, panting, made him want to, well do what he had just did, and more.

His blood was getting heated just remembering the slice in her uniform from his slash across the belly. How when she moved it showed off her smooth skin and her recently formed abs. I was all he could do not to rip the entire thing off and have her right on the forest floor in the middle of their training grounds.

Even watching her train with Kurama was getting hard to take. Not just the fact that she was becoming increasingly skilled, and that in itself was a turn on, but having to watch that damned fox “assist her with her stance” was enough to send Hiei into a fit of rage that could only be quelled by killing lesser apparitions.

The thought of another man touching her was becoming a problem. One that he knew was irrational especially when he had staked no claim on the girl.

Hiei sighed.

`I may have to get my ass in gear. But later. Not until I have the opportunity to tell her. Until then I have to keep my distance.'

He nodded to himself as he walked up the steps into the main house. It was a good plan.

Or so he thought.

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Ayako had just finished throwing on her fresh uniform, strapping her new katana to her back securely, when she heard Genkai calling her from the main room.

She shouted her ascent.

`Yeah yeah I'm coming.' She thought to herself.

Her blush still hadn't faded, thinking of what her and Hiei had been discovered doing during their training.

His actions toward her did not cease to amaze and baffle. One second he was cold and aloof, the next he was her skilled teacher and the next well…he had her pinned against a tree pondering how quickly she could remove every item of clothing he was wearing.

She tried to push it out of her mind. They had a mission and if she kept thinking of what it would be like to run her tongue all over his body she would end up crashing into a tree and rendering herself unconscious and totally useless.

Something she did not want to be in front of him.

She could hear the voices of everyone gathered in the common room. She took a deep breath knowing he would be in there already. She would not look at him when she walked in. She knew she would blush and she didn't want the curious looks of Botan or Keiko right now.

As she walked in the room she immediately saw him out of the corner of her eye. He was in his usual spot on the windowsill and she strode past him to sit with the others around the large “briefing” table, as Yusuke liked to call it.

“Alright everyone is here.” Genkai looked around the group gathered.

She stood on a chair with her “smiting” stick as Yusuke also like to refer to it, pointing at a large map of the area that was spread out on the table. On the table were little coloured representations of all of them. Their were eight in total with the colours green, black, red, purple, yellow, blue, white, and brown to represent herself, Hiei, Kurama, Shizuru, Yusuke, Kuwabara, Inuyasha, and Kagome respectively. There were also several orange pieces on the board to represent the position of the current enemy.

“We have received information that there are four ranging parties consisting of about five hunters each.” She moved the orange pieces to different positions on the map. There seemed to be around three to five kilometres between each hunting party. The thing that was worrying Ayako was the proximity to her favourite little village where she often went to get groceries.

“You will break into your usual pairs and take out the group I have assigned.” As she spoke she moved her green pawn and Hiei's black pawn to the group that was second farthest away, approximately 35 kilometres.

Ayako sighed, that is going to be a long trip.

Genkai was continuing her instructions as she moved Kurama and Shizuru's pawns to the area closest, Yusuke and Kuwabara's to the group near the village, and Inuyasha and Kagome's to the farthest one away.

“Now Hiei, Ayako, Inuyasha and Kagome, I must insist on haste in getting to your targets. If these groups have some way of communicating with each other we need to strike at the same time. I suggest following Inuyasha's example and carry Ayako on your back Hiei.” Genkai turned to the hybrid sitting in the window.

Hiei's eyes went wide as his mind comprehended those words. He looked horribly uncomfortable with the thought of her body pressed against his back for an extended period of time. Ayako was feeling the very same thing. She wasn't sure she could be piggybacked all the way out there without losing her concentration some how and doing something that she would regret.

Like licking the back of his neck.

The blush she had been fighting off rose in full force, and she looked up to find Hiei staring at her intently.

“Master Genkai, it's alright. I can keep up.” She offered quickly.

Genkai gave her a look but decided against objecting.

“Whatever child. If you feel you can do it I won't stop you from trying. But don't wear yourself out. Remember you are outnumbered and you will have to fight once you get there. Don't use up all your energy on pride.” She turned away to face the others then.

Ayako looked up at Hiei again and found he was giving her a curious look. One she couldn't seem to pinpoint. `Is he disappointed?'

“Alright everyone, enough gawking. It is 9:00pm now. I will give the two farthest groups an hour to get out there, meaning you will have to haul ass.” Genkai looked at Ayako, and she looked at the table fiercely. `I can do it.' She huffed to herself.

“Everyone strike at 10:00pm, and be silent and efficient. If you let one get away they will know we are onto them and may try an assault on our home turf, which I'm sure you all know is unacceptable.”

Yusuke looked at Keiko, and squeezed her hand which was resting lightly in his own. Ayako nodded to herself. `I'll protect this place with my life.'

“Move out kids, and good luck.” Genkai said and the room was clear in a flash.

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Ayako stood facing the edge of the northern forest and Hiei stood beside her. A little ways down she saw Kagome climbing onto Inuyasha's back. She saw Hiei watching them and he turned back to her about to say something but she cut him off.

“Well let's go Hiei, we only have an hour and 35 kilometres is a long way.” Feeling like she was doing something incredibly foolish she brought her holy power to the surface and “flash stepped” into the tree's above them covering a half kilometre in a couple seconds.

She could hear him following behind her and she grit her teeth determined to show him she was not the little girl she used to be.

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Hiei was totally baffled with her actions. She seemed to be going to incredible lengths to put physical distance between them.

`No wonder, you idiot. You should have seen your face when Genkai suggested you carry her all the way out there! She's probably doing this for you! Thinking you'd rather gouge your own eyes out than come near her again.'

Hiei cursed himself. He knew she was going to tire herself out using her shunpo to get all the way out there, but he couldn't think of a way to get her to accept a ride.

As he tried desperately to find a way to tell her she didn't disgust or embarrass him, he kept getting distracted by the fact that she was in front of him flying through the trees, giving him a grade A view of that perfectly shaped ass.

`How could she think I was disgusted?' It was the total and complete opposite. The feelings se invoked in him were far from disgust. He continued to ogle her perfect ass, and toned thighs that tapered to long gracefully muscled legs until he almost ran into a stray tree branch that would have landed him very ungracefully on the forest floor. He growled softly and forced himself to focus on his footing.

But man she was making it hard. In more ways than one.

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“Genkai, do you feel that?” Botan asked as she cleared the briefing table of its implements.

Genkai looked disturbed. “Yeah. I do feel it. I've been thinking I was going crazy all day but now that I know someone else is sensing it…” she trailed off.

“Feel what?” Keiko looked confused, and Yukina looked worried. She could feel it too.

“Come on lets try to find it.” Genkai said.

“What is going on? Find what?” Keiko asked as she followed the other three women down the hall towards the bedrooms.

“Keiko it's a spirit signal, but a very old one. It is like a beacon that is intended to attract people with spiritual ability to its location. This one feels like holy power, which can only mean one thing.” Botan said softly.

Keiko listened carefully and nodded. `It's meant for Ayako, or Kagome. Or both.'

Genkai went into Ayako's room and Keiko followed. Botan and Yukina continued down the hall to Inuyasha and Kagome's room.

Genkai wrinkled her brow and closed her eyes. When she opened them she was walking towards Ayako's closet.

She began rummaging through the boxes until she found what she had been looking for.

Keiko's eyes widened as she looked at the glowing item in Genkai's hands. It was an old blanket. It looked very old and well used, but now it also seemed almost, urgent.

“Genkai I found something!” they heard Botan yell from a couple rooms down.

The four women met in the hallway and stared wide-eyed at the matching blankets. The only difference between them were the names, hand sewn on the front.

One said “Ayako” while the other said “Kagome”.

Silently they walked back to the common room and spread the blankets on the table.

Genkai looked at Botan.”You know what this is don't you.” It wasn't a question.

Botan nodded. “It's a very old seal. It seems it has been signalling for a few months already but the seal itself has been damaged, so it has been undetectable until now.”

Genkai looked thoughtfully at the two blankets. “Botan remember when I asked you to find some information on an old miko named Rui?”

The blue haired ferry girl nodded. “There wasn't much info. Only that she lived and died around here about 170 years ago. There's no way she is connected to Ayako and Kagome.”

“It seems we are wrong about that.” Genkai said quietly. “Botan can you release the seal please.”

Botan nodded as she closed her eyes and brought her hands together in front of her chest. She mumbled some ancient sounding words then she clapped and shouted “Kai!”

The blankets rippled on the table and came together in a ball. Slowly a shape began to form. It seemed to be a chest of some sort. The blankets hardened and turned to wood. The chest clattered to the table and everyone in the room was silent.

Genkai leaned forward to open the chest.

“Shouldn't we leave it for them to open first?” Keiko spoke up suddenly.

Genkai shot her a strange look.

“I'm sorry Keiko, I know what you are thinking, but I am her adopted mother and this may tell us something vital about our two favourite miko. I can't risk leaving it until they get back.” Genkai said calmly.

Keiko rolled her eyes knowing the old woman had the same amount of patience as her favourite man.

Genkai opened the chest and pulled out a sheaf of parchment, with some very old writing on it.

As Genkai read her eyes got wider and wider, until she groped for a chair and sat down hard.

Slowly the old woman passed the letter silently to Keiko who decided she'd sit, and began to read:

My dear Kagome, my precious Ayako. You do not remember me, but I will forever remember you. If you are reading this then I and all my descendants who know of your heritage, are gone. When I found you lying on the bottom of that deep well, I discovered something that changed my life forever. You, my dears, are the “Daughters of Fate”, the Kawaridane of the prophecy.

“On a cold clear night, with a full shining orb overhead, their will be born two daughters of fate, whom are neither human nor demon and will seek the destruction of all that is known to claim their birthright, and the Makai will forever be changed.”

These words have been passed down through the centuries, and on the cold night of December fifth, I was out walking the compound when through the bone-eaters well, which has been known to spout out things of the past, came two baby girls whose energies were in total opposition in their own bodies.

So I did the only thing I could imagine doing. I took you in and warmed you by the fire, and sealed away your demon side. I'm afraid my actions were hasty and I was afraid that the Karyuudo would find you if I didn't disguise your energies.

I have done you a great disservice. I discovered shortly after sealing you that it could not be held forever and that when the seal breaks, your bodies will be thrown into turmoil. If you were allowed to grow up with the opposing energies flowing freely your bodies would have adapted and you would be living as you are now except with knowledge of your demon side. However, because you have grown to adulthood without the demon energy flowing within you, on your 21st birthday it will be released and you will begin the Transformation. I will not lie. You may not survive such a violent change within you. The pain will be intense and may last for days. If you do not have the strength to bear it, then your body will give out and you will perish. If you can endure it I'm not sure what will happen to you. Inside this chest are two small pendants. Inscribed on them is your birthright.

My dears do be careful. The Karyuudo is a sect that will do anything to prevent you from fulfilling the prophecy. I hope you survive to do good things with your Birthright.

All my love,

Rui

Keiko passed the letter along as she tried to swallow what she had just read. Her thoughts were brought back to the present as she saw Genkai pull out two small pendants from the chest. One was a brilliant green and the other a rich chocolate brown. They both seemed to shimmer with an eerie silver light.

Written on the brown pendant obviously intended for Kagome was the word “Karite”, and on the green one intended for Ayako were the words “Uta no fuyu”.

Keiko was studying them intently when Genkai passed her another, slightly newer looking piece of parchment. It wasn't addressed or signed. Keiko assumed it was written by a descendant of Rui's.

The girls are now 145 years old and thus about to leave their infancy. I have done some research on the supposed birthrights and here is what I've found.

The birthright is very simple. Two items one for each daughter. For Kagome is their father's holy staff The Karite (the reaper).

It is said to have legendary healing powers when in the hands of a powerful monk or miko, and terrible destructive power when in the hands of a demon. Thus making it incredibly valuable for Kagome because she is a Kawaridane and can use it for both.

The second is their mother's fang. Their mother was a great cat demon and thus her fang forged into a sword could have extraordinary features. Fortunately her mother forged it into a sword named Uta no fuyu (Song of Winter) before their death. All its attributes are unknown except that it has a life of its own and will teach its secrets to only those it deems worthy.

No such worthy demon has been found for it is destined for Ayako, and she is no ordinary human or demon. With these items they are destined to take back their mother's throne as Lady of the North in the Makai… which is of course under the control of Nikushimi. The demon that stormed the castle on the night of the twins' birth, killed their parents but failed to kill them. He is also the leader of the Karyuudo.

He is currently in possession of the Karite and has the Uta no fuyu locked up in his stronghold as he cannot use it.

This is the information I have received to date. I fear it is too dangerous to try to learn more. I believe I will be discovered soon as the Karyuudo have caught an inkling in the air that the daughters of fate still live. Good luck.

“Holy shit.” Keiko said softly.

“We need to get those two back here now!” Genkai practically shouted.

Keiko looked confused for only a second before it dawned on her.

They were running straight into the open arms of the enemy.

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Translation notes:

Shunpo - flash step

Kai - release