Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Shadow Riders ❯ DADDY!!! ( Chapter 9 )

Chapter 9~ DADDY!!!

In another part of Rei Kai, King Yama heard the cry of his son, and opened a portal to his office. When he saw a young girl looking like she was about to blow, and noticed the neko snarling in front of her he sighed. `What did he do now,' he thought with exasperation. He then noticed that his son was being held in the air in a cage of raw power, the girl seemed to be trying to control herself and failing. It wasn't until the forbidden child took her into his arms that she began to calm.

To say Yama was surprised was an understatement; the Makai's greatest killer was gently holding a woman with one of the most pure souls he'd ever seen. He also noticed the koorimes soul was starting to lighten under the burden of all his sins. He then returned his attention to his son who was whimpering in fear, he looked at everyone in the room, and noticed that all of them were pissed at his son and had no intention of helping him in this one. It was then that he noticed the King of Makai was standing in the room.

"Sesshoumaru-sama," he began coolly, noticing he had startled everyone in the room except the fire apparition, the girl, and the cat. "Do you think you could explain why a young girl is assaulting my son, and why everyone is here?"

At the word girl, Kagome's rage flooded her again, not at Yama, but at the reminder of his son's pig-headedness. The dragon burst from her arm and began to circle the prince while Kagome glared at him. The dragon was snarling, and looking at him with absolute malice.

"He has insulted my Imouto, and all together managed to piss her off, if it makes you feel better, at least she hasn't shot an arrow at him or put a rosary on him... yet." Yama looked at him with questions in his eyes, "She puts pain inflicting rosaries on those who she wants to kill but can not for one reason or another and shoots purified arrows at those she will kill no matter the consequences. There are only two people who bare rosaries, and only one person she has shot her arrows at without killing him. She once shot it at me, but only because we started off as enemies."

Yama looked surprised for a moment, "She's a miko?" They nodded, and he continued, "How did Koenma manage to piss off a miko?"

"He first dismissed her, then called her weak, insulted her and her brother, tried to have her arrested after inviting her here, and tried to take the Shikon no tama. He proved to be highly sexist against women, but his worst offense happened to be that he called her weak while she's going through PMS." Sesshoumaru said this with something akin to pity in his eyes.

"Do you know why he invited the protector of the Shikon no tama here?" Yama asked, he was getting more confused by the second.

"Oniisan," Kagome interrupted, "Just show him, you're getting him more confused, and I really don't want to relive the experience right now."

Yama looked at he for a moment, she had a bell like voice, and it was plain that she was not only hiding her power, but she was obviously in the middle of a losing battle to control her temper.

"Hai Imouto," Yama saw that with that word she relaxed a little, but was still losing the battle, "Hiei, please calm her down before she kills him."

Hiei stepped in front of her and pushed her up against the wall, he then leaned in and kissed her. Everything else ceased to exist for the two, Kagome dropped her barrier, and the dragon returned to her arm. Shan jumped back into her body as Kagome wrapped her legs around his waist, and Koenma dropped to the floor.

Sesshoumaru choose that moment to show Yama what had recently transpired he was in such a state of shock from seeing the forbidden child and miko kissing that when the images started flooding his mind he fell heavily to the ground.

When he came back to himself, he noticed that minus Koenma everyone was looking at the couple, he turned his attention back to them and realized why they were smiling; the girl had fallen asleep in the apparitions arms, and was now nuzzling his neck as she slept.

Hiei sat down in the only available chair, which happened to be Koenma's, and stroked her hair while staring at her. As she slept on, Shan in his large snake form crawled out of her body, and encircled the chair they she slept in. He was soon followed by both Kagome's and Hiei's dragons. They curled up on either side of the chair, and all three glared warningly at Koenma.

Koenma had started to hide behind Boton, but realized she was gripping her oar just a little too tightly to bode well for him, he realized everyone in this room was against him.

Hiei gently shook Kagome awake, and said into her mind, `Kagome, you need to talk to Yama, I don't think he's mad at you.'

She snuggled further into his embrace, `Just five more minutes please.'

Hiei looked at her than at Yusuke, "She said five more minutes."

Yusuke smirked, went to the far side of the room, and yelled at the top of his lungs, "Demon!"

This however backfired, instead of waking up, Kagome out a barrier up around Sesshoumaru, Hiei, Kurama, and Boton. She then sent forth a wave of purifying power, Yusuke being the part demon he was, was in serious danger of being purified, However, Kagome pulled back the power at the last moment and dropped the barriers.

"::Sigh:: I was hoping I wouldn't have to resort to this." Yusuke grabbed a glass of ice water and slowly walked up to Hiei and Kagome. He quickly dumped the water on his cousin and ran for his life.

"KYAAAAAAAAA!!" He wasn't fast enough, she reached out with her magic, and snared him in a net, she lifted him into the air and materialized a pool of icy cold water. "Payback's a bitch dear cousin, and then there's me." With that she dropped him into the pool where he gave a very satisfying squeal. Kagome sighed in pleasure and leaned back against Hiei, he had raised his body temperature to help her warm up and dry off faster.

"Why did I have to wake up?" Kagome asked in a contented voice as the pool vanished, and Yusuke appeared dripping wet and shivering.

It was then that Kagome caught sight of Koenma again; he was sitting in the middle of the room and had gathered his courage. "You are awake so that you can give me the Shikon shards, and swear your loyalty to the royalty of rei kai."

Everyone in the room except Kagome, Hiei, Shan, and the dragons looked at Koenma like he was insane. Hiei looked like he pitied Koenma.

"First off toddler, you may not have the Shikon, it was entrusted to me. Did you make Sesshoumaru or any of the rei kai royalty swear allegiance to the rei kai?"

"Of course not, they are the rulers of their world as the royalty of rei kai are the rulers of this one, and don't call me toddler, I'm older than you." Koenma answered in a slow, "you're too stupid to understand me" voice.

"Then why would you think I, the sister of the king, would swear allegiance to you?" Kagome asked. "Not to mention, a Shadow and Rider's allegiance lies wherever it chooses to, not with demands. As for you being older than me, my soul is over a thousand years old, I doubt you're older than me."

Kagome said all this in her contented tone, everyone knew it had to do with Hiei's missing hand, it was hidden somewhere below the desk. Hiei was smirking, and seemed to be enjoying whatever he was doing.

Koenma stared out her, he was just now starting to comprehend the insult he had just given to the royal household of Makai. He started to pale, and quickly turned to face Sesshoumaru, "Gomen for insulting you. I should not have demanded the loyalty of the Taisho family. Please forgive my insolence towards you."

Sesshoumaru looked at him in mild disgust, "The insult was not to me, but my Imouto, if you wish to apologize, do so to her."

"Me, apologize to that, that, that girl!!!" Koenma all but screamed.

Kagome was pissed, and now not even Hiei's attentions could keep her calm. "Have you heard of the general of the Makai's army?" Kagome asked sweetly.

"Hai," Koenma had stars in his eyes, "he is said to be the greatest of fighters, even stronger than Sesshoumaru-sama and my father. He can wield the power of all the elements and of the shadows and light. He is unbeatable. He is respected by all of his troops, and feared by all the worlds. He is called-"

Here Kagome cut him off, "The Shadow blade, the darkness itself fears her presence, I know what that say of `The Shadow blade,' for I am she. Yes, the general of the armies of Makai is me, a girl. You know what's great about that position? The loyalty, and the different kinds of training I'm exposed to. I went after homework to train, but left before my meetings with Hiei."

Hiei, who already knew of this, was trying to calm Kagome down. He was barely starting to make progress when, "Must be some other guy, no female could possibly do half the things they say of him."

That was the last straw, Kagome got to her feet and slowly walked to Koenma, "Are you calling me a liar?"

"Yes I am, not only are you female, but you are a liar and a hoe as well." Koenma said in a disdainful voice.

"What would it take to prove to you that I am who I say I am?" Kagome asked softly.

"It would take-"

"Koenma-sir," An ogre burst through the door of the office panting, "There's a new soul you must see immediately."

With that a kitsune soul entered the office, it had red fur and bright green eyes. There was something familiar about it to Kagome. "Oh no, Shippo-chan!! What happened to you." Kagome was slightly hysterical.

What really surprised everyone was when she started toward the soul, it threw itself at her, and didn't fly through her, but rather was firmly embraced in her arms. "Oh Shippo-chan, what happened to you? How did you die?" She had tears running down her face and infinite sadness filling her voice.

"Okaasan." The spirit sighed. "I waited five hundred years for you, I knew I'd see you again. I missed you so much. I wanted to tell you, I'm going to come back as your real son, and you can be my real mom. The same goes for Rin, she wants you to be her new okaasan, she would have come too, but the girls are kept inside all the time. They're not allowed outside. Rin's miserable."

He smiled up at her. "It was the day you left. Inuyasha was still mad at you for killing Kikyo, and not for kissing Hiei. He came up too the group and killed Sango and Miroku, then he killed Rin, then me. Sesshoumaru wasn't there to stop him, when he got back, he said it must have been Kouga, he scent was everywhere from the night before. Sesshoumaru believed him, and took off to find Kouga. You have to stop him, he's going to kill Sesshoumaru by hitting both him and Kouga with the Kaze no Kizu. Sesshoumaru left Tenseiga with Innari to protect her from any attacks. You have to save him Mamma. "

Kagome hugged Shippo tightly for a moment before summoning Rin's spirit, when they were both in her arms she gave them a big hug and handed them to Yama, "I'm trusting you to protect my pups until I return, if you hurt them or keep them locked up, you will learn the true meaning of pain."

Kagome's aura was swirling around her in a mass swirl of silver and black. It was growing more powerful as she began releasing her shields, and flexing long dormant powers. She only dropped about a third of her shields before creating a portal to the shrine. "I'll finish with you later." She directed this to Koenma, and disappeared through the portal with the rei kai tentai and Sesshoumaru.

Once at the well, they all jumped in except Sesshoumaru. On the other side, they found Inuyasha, Kamina, and Sesshoumaru waiting. "We were waiting for you, it appears the wolf has killed our pups and your companions." His eyes were red with rage and he was about to take off when Kagome confronted Inuyasha.

"Did it feel good?" She asked him, "Did it feel good to have their blood running down your claws as you took their lives? Did it make you happy to take the life of innocent children, and people who considered you a friend? Did killing them make you think you would be given what you wanted, that you would be left alive to kill everyone I know and love? Did you think I wouldn't know that you killed my family, my friends, I smell their blood on you, I smell my mother, my brother, Grandpa, you reek of their blood. You killed them before you killed my friends. Then you killed my pups. Did you think I wouldn't kill you for that? Did you think I'd be so blinded by grief that I wouldn't read your mind and see their deaths in you? To see what you have planned for the rest of us?" Did you?" Kagome asked all this without looking into his eyes.

It was then that Kagome turned to Kamina, "As for you, did you honestly believe I wouldn't sense the taint upon you, when did you kill her and take her form Naraku? When did you decide to kill Inuyasha after he killed all of us, after he killed the others? Oh, I see, you watched them die, then killed Kamina. You took her form to stay close to us. You both shall die, the Shikon will be completed, and I won't have to deal with you ever again." For the first time, Kagome drew her glaive for a purpose other than practice.

The glaive glowed a bright silver and black, and the dragon on her arm entered the glaive as well, and ethereal silver and black flame shrouded the weapon and Kagome. She raised the tip into the air, and slashed downward sharply, the silver black fire sprang forward and split in two. It ran along the ground, and surrounded Naraku and Inuyasha in a blazing ring. Kagome then raised the glaive causing the flames to raise and form a bubble around the two of them. It glowed and shrank in on them. When there was barely an inch away, it stopped and like a black whole sucked them in all directions at once. It caused them to rip apart in agonizing pain. When the light faded all that remained were the bright silver shards of the Shikon no tama.

Kagome picked them up completed the Shikon. One tear fell onto the completed jewel, and it glowed even brighter silver. `Don't worry little one,' it whispered to her, `they will be happy for the rest of their lives, and they will be together.'

Kagome gave a small smile and turned to Sesshoumaru, "I'll see you in about 500 years oniisan, be happy, it's what Rin would have wanted." She gave him a hug, and returned down the well with her only living friends and family.

When they returned to the other side, Sesshoumaru hugged her tightly and said, "I did what you asked Kagome, now you do the same. Don't forget, they're waiting for you to become their mother, and I'll be their uncle."

"Don't worry Sesshou, I know, and I'll still be me, Sango and Miroku are happy, and my pups are happy as well. At least they won't have to grow up without us." She sighed, and then smiled as she disengaged herself from Sesshoumaru's arms, his tail was little harder, but she eventually managed.

She took Hiei's hand, and everyone returned to spirit world. Not once had Kagome looked back at the well house or at the shrine. Her family was dead, and the well was now sealed. With the jewel complete, there was no reason for her to return to the shrine. She only had those with her, and she wasn't going to mourn the past, everyone who died was happy, and she would get her children back.