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Love\'s Consequences	By : Sylean Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > Naraku/Kagome Views: 10437 -:- Recommendations : 4 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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Love's Consequences
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha nor do I make any profit from this story.
Warning: Spoiler alerts! Just make sure you've seen the whole series, Final Act and Movies included, for I touch upon pretty much everything at one point or another.
Warning: There will be lemons in this story later on. Also, there will be character deaths in this story at a later time.
Chapter 29: Strategy
(A/N: +278 years, Spring, from here on out, unless specified.
You will meet their third child, Yasei, in this chapter, but he will not be elaborated on much yet. As reference, use the chart below to determine ages of each child.
Time: 10 years equals 1 year, roughly, in regards to actual time to demonic appearance. They stop "aging" in early 20's.
+0 years: Kagome and Naraku Mated
+78 years: Kiseki born
+121 years: Senzai born; 43 years after Kiseki; 157 years old at present; appears 15-16.
+186 years: Yasei born; 65 years after Senzai; 108 years old at present, appears 10-11.
+278 years: Kiseki turns 200, appears 20, present setting.
The last mention of the Siamyosho in relation to Naraku's past was in In a New Light, Ch. 32, Prompt 2 and 3 of the drabble exercise, for any who wish to reread the section.)
"Retrieve your mother and brothers," Naraku waved off Kiseki when they returned to the castle. She knew what he wanted; he needed to gather those who could defend. Together, they would either derive a strategy for dealing with this situation or he would merely inform them of what his twisted mind had already come up with. She learned long ago he was too complex to understand completely, but that never stopped her from trying anyway. She would outsmart him one day.
Finding Kagome and Yasei was easy enough, he never left her side and her aura was always so bright that it was impossible to miss. She sat in the great hall plucking away at the strings to an instrument Kiseki had crafted for her. The creak from opening the massive door was drowned out by the soft melody resonating throughout the acoustic space. Only Yasei noticed her as she approached; red eyes, just like their father's, locked onto her every move.
Kiseki repressed a shudder, 'Doesn't he ever blink?' Her youngest brother, he was a true spider. In every detail, he came off as a full demon; the only non-spider trait he exhibited was the fierce protectiveness he had for their mother. At one point, his heightened instincts had both parents concerned that he might be the type of spider to commit matriphagy; luckily, that was not the case. Rather than trying to eat her, Kagome proved to be the only one who could keep him calm; he was statuesque and passive in her presence, unless-
"Oh, Kiseki," Kagome smiled when she saw her daughter walking over. "Did you have fun patrolling?"
"We found another ransacked caravan," she informed solemnly.
Kagome covered her mouth with a hand, biting back the emotions that surfaced, "Was it like the others?" She had been out with Naraku when one of them was discovered; the sight made her vomit. Even after all the time she spent in the past, this was beyond anything she had seen before. She could only imagine how terribly those people suffered.
Kiseki nodded, "Father wishes us to gather; he knows who is responsible." Kagome's face hardened; whoever it was, they would be brought to justice. The fact that her mate wished to discuss it instead of simply flying off to take care of it himself, however, told her that it would not be a simple matter. The two females walked off and Yasei trailed behind his mother, never uttering a word or displaying a single reaction.
Back out in the hallways, Kiseki heard feminine giggling and familiar vibrations. "I'll catch up to you," she remarked to Kagome and went after her middle brother. She was met with a familiar sight; ever since her brother hit maturity a decade or so ago, he couldn't seem to keep it in his pants. The once shy boy was now perpetually chasing after every willing female he could find. He would be rounding the corner soon. She grinned wickedly to herself and crawled up the wall; the sticky silk from her spinnerets allowed her to grip onto pretty much any surface. Stringing webs across the walkway, she set her trap and lay in wait for the pair to come along. The human servant ran passed her and she tightened the strands, lowering them into place just in time for her brother to run headlong into the net. Curses flew from his mouth as she dropped down in front of him, "Curse you, Kiseki! Clean up your damn cobwebs!" She watched him struggle with minor amusement before cutting him free. Since he hadn't inherited that, or any other, demonic ability, he had grown rather bitter; he saw every silken strand as a reminder of such inadequacy.
"Oh, quit complaining," she said with as straight a face as she could, "father requires your attendance in his study." She reached down to help him up but he brushed her hand away gruffly. Senzai (Potential) was named for a reason; despite lacking demonic abilities, his mother suspected he could learn to use spiritual energies. The problem was, he was too focused on what he couldn't do to take the time to better himself and learn what he could do.
"You could have just said so," he grumbled as the two made their way through the castle.
"So, it is the Siamyosho that have been attacking our trade carts?" the village representative repeated after Naraku told the group what he found out.
"Are you sure?" Inuyasha questioned this hypothesis. It had been a long time since he had seen one, nearly 200 years in fact, but in all the time they had hunted or been around Naraku, he never saw this kind of aftermath. "I never saw them do anything like that when you had them."
"That is because they lacked a queen; she is the only one who can lay eggs inside a host's body," Naraku explained the basic workings of the wasp hierarchy. What the eggs hatch into depended on the species implanted; humans could only nourish the servants, lesser demons could beget female workers and male drones, and strong demons yielded young queens.
"But why would they be targeting our people?" Kagome thought back; she recalled one conversation she had with Naraku centuries ago about why the Siamyosho listened to him. The details were foggy, but she had the impression that he absorbed the queen with valid reason; it had something to do with betrayal, if she recalled correctly. She did her best to remember everything, but the years washed many things away. "What exactly happened between you and the Siamyosho?" Hopefully he would still remember the details; it was hard to assemble a puzzle without all the pieces.
Answering her question, Naraku told all present about the deal he made as well as what happened afterwards, making sure to exclude certain incriminating details.
(A/N: -20 years)
He delivered the demons as promised, strange looking creatures he fished out of a murky lake. They had large eyes, each taking up one-third of their head on each side, two-thirds combined. Massive, complex jaws indicated they themselves were predators, but out of water, their mobility was sluggish; removed from their element, the Siamyosho could easily overpower the dragonfly nymphs.
They continued to pack the live nymphs into the nursery; immobilized by the paralytic venom of the Siamyosho, the creatures suffered helplessly as the newly hatched larva ate them from the inside out.
Returning to the lair a few weeks later found the wasp nest under siege by adult dragonflies that had tracked the missing nymphs to their location. With their brooding pond being pilfered, they mounted an attack to eliminate the newfound threat. Naraku disregarded the strife and came to collect his due; the lesser Siamyosho should be long hatched by now, even if the humanoid demons had yet to complete their longer development. However, the queen denied him; she claimed to need every last one of them in defense of her home at this time.
His instincts told him those strange aquatic demons were prey, was it really his fault that the adults were natural predators to wasps? No, it was not. In retaliation, he simply took what he was owed; he seized the small hives and devoured much of the colony, including the queen so the insects would obey his command. Ironically, when the dragonflies witnessed his assault on their perceived enemy, he was named an ally.
He did not waste his time to hunt down the few fleeing Siamyosho demons, but figured that either the dragonflies would, or that they would die out without a queen; apparently, he was wrong.
(A/N: +278 years)
"Evidently, a young queen must have survived, and a new hive has risen," he finished his telling, wondering if his past was still coming back to haunt him nearly 300 years later. "What needs to be determined first is if these attacks are simply the result of predatory demons finding a steady supply of hosts, or if they are calculated strikes."
"I'm getting real tired of dealing with your old enemies," Inuyasha grumbled to himself, "but I won't let anybody hurt Kagome." His declaration unfortunately included keeping her irksome mate from dying; he wouldn't let anyone make her sad.
"It's been about 300 years since then," Kagome observed. "How big of a hive are we talking?" She knew how quickly mortal wasp nests could grow, but these were demons. When left unchecked, would they too grow to enormous sizes?
"If this hive is as large as the one I saw three centuries ago, they will outnumber us 100 to one," he recalled that despite not being very strong individually, the sheer numbers, even when facing extinction, were great. And this hive was very likely bigger.
"No problem," Inuyasha bragged. "Tessaiga can take out a hundred demons in a single swing." He stood; ready to go. Only a few hundred would be dead in a day.
"Sit down, Inuyasha," Naraku advised. "There are wiser strategies than charging headlong into the enemies lair, besides," he paused, letting his gaze turn to rest on the excitable dog demon, "where do you even intend to look?" Inuyasha's ears flattened when he realized he had no idea where they were and sat down quietly.
"Sounds like you already have a plan," Kiseki remarked from her silken hammock hung in the roofline corner of the room. Lounging with her arms folded behind her head the lengths of blood red silk, attached to the under-arm inseam of her black kimono, could be clearly seen. It was a color scheme that had deadly meaning, but only to those who knew of spiders.
"That I do," Naraku could not suppress the grin that spread across his lips; it was not often that he was presented with an actual challenge anymore. His demonic side hummed pleasurably as he indulged in the favored pastime of scheming. "We will lure them here."
"How do you propose to do that?" Senzai really did get tired of how overconfident his father was; as if he thought himself smarter than everyone else.
"We will drop the barrier, and host a gathering," he stated, reveling in the outbursts of shock and surprise that resounded in the room. He had his reasons, whether the rest of them understood or not was of no concern. If the Siamyosho were after them specifically, the barrier was unnecessary; they already knew he was here. If they were simply exploiting a resource, dropping the barrier would reveal a strong presence and potentially scare them off. "Kiseki, your bicentennial is this year, that will be our cover excuse." His daughter groaned; he knew she didn't like being the center of attention, but it was the most believable justification. "We will 'invite' the queen, and determine her motives." And then after they had a scent trail to follow, Inuyasha could track them back to their hive and give a location to focus attention on.
"Is it really a safe course of action to invite potential enemies into our home? And what about the villagers?" Kagome inquired from his side.
He already figured that there would be far more allies than enemies present to keep those inside the castle secure, but the humans in the village had been overlooked, "Inform the spiritual humans to distribute sutras to each house preventing demons from entering." So long as the humans remained indoors during the event, they would be protected.
"I'm sure the people will understand once I explain why we are doing this; it will make life safer for them in the long run," Kagome could foresee the villagers undoubtedly questioning the method behind their "madness."
"You still haven't told us how you will get the Siamyosho queen to come here," Kiseki reminded, scoping out the finer points of his conspiracy.
"Leave that to me," he reclined with a hair-raising expression. "In the meantime, inform the rest of our allies of the impending celebration;" then as an afterthought he added, "should they need convincing to attend, relay that I will be naming an heir."
The group departed to go their separate ways and prepare to "spin the web." Naraku would lay the supporting wires whereas the rest would assemble the metaphorical spirals. Kagome and Kiseki worked together with the village monks and priests to protect each and every household. Inuyasha begrudgingly sought out the various allies that would wish to attend, and help protect, those associated with Kagome. And Senzai? Well, he was sporting a wide grin and strutting through the castle hallways. Sure, his father had not said it specifically, but he was the eldest son and had recently (in demon terms) come of age. The heir to be named had to be him. All that power, to command everyone to do what he wanted; the not-quite-spider could not wait.
Senzai wondered if his father was preparing to step down at the same time. Ruling never really was his thing; the people had named him Lord. He preferred to control outcomes from behind the scenes and only went along with their title for him for his family's sake. Naraku did have a flair for dramatic shock factors; it would not be a surprise if he made a show at transitioning the roles.
Only a few days later and news had spread throughout the entire village of an extravagant and dangerous celebration to take place. But there was another word on the street as well, "Every caravan, merchant and traveler wishing to leave the village of Okumo castle were required to carry on their person a parchment flyer of the impending festivities." Many took it as another strange quirk of the reclusive Lord, but the lucky few that identified the reasons why, quickly opted to remain within the safety of the village. The Siamyosho had already struck three times within the last month, and it was unlikely that the attacks would cease altogether in the next month. Therefore, with live "bait" running every which direction from the village; goods being transported, people coming and going, the more notices that floated around his lands the higher the chance that this information would be relayed to its intended target, the Siamyosho Queen. Assuming she had been attacking with a purpose, when they gain possession of this "confidential" information, it will give them a time and location to either outright attack or covertly scope out the castle.
The written invitation proclaimed how "all demons were invited," but only those informed via word of mouth knew the real criteria. This was for allies only; any that were not recognized were to be surreptitiously treated as a potential threat. If the Siamyosho showed up after robbing another merchant of his life and belongings, every demon, half-demon, and human would be watching them carefully.
The trap was set; silken lines of death waited to entangle an intruding wasp.
(A/N: The color scheme of Kiseki's custom kimono is indicative of her darkest trait/secret/shame, and thus the route this story will take. In a way, she wears her "heart" on her sleeve. For any who were not paying attention, here is the description again:
She wears a jet-black, hand-spun, (by her own hand,) kimono and hakama set. The solid coloring is deceiving to the eye, making it look like a common kimono because the legs are not bound around her ankles but let to flow free. There are silver-web details along the sleeves and up her side, but the most important detail is the blood red inseams. Both under her arms and the leg inseam have sheets of red silk that only become visible when she takes large steps or raises her arms. Any other time, the red is hidden.
A black spider with hidden red markings, it should be pretty obvious what I'm hinting at.)
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