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Kaerizaku: Shinwa

Dreams of Past Forgotten

Wednesday found Kagome and Sango at the library bright
and early. Neither had classes until
the afternoon, so they chose to do more research for Kagome's project.
"Did you find it?" Sango asked, referring to a
book that had been recommended by a friend of Kagome.
"No. Knowing
this nut, it's probably a book published over fifty years ago and has been out
of print for thirty," she complained.
"I'll have to call my dear friend, who lives in the middle
of nowhere, and ask the recluse to send me a copy."
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A blood red stain slowly spread across the sky as the sun
sank behind the mountains.
A field...A trap...The once long, rich green grass was
now trampled and turned crimson. So
surreal...The sky and ground covered in blood...
Hands...hands covered in blood...
The stench of blood and death was thick in the air. Sounds of battle...Surround sound, heh;
quieter now, most of the threat had been destroyed.
In the darkening sky a full moon rose in the east...Soft
silver light cast the field in eerie shades.
Silver light...A flash of silver across the grass.
Him. They fought him fiercely, determined to make
this the last stand. So proud they
were, not fighting togethet not not fighting against each other either.
A familiar cry rose over the din. A woman stood back to back with a man in
robes. She caught something only to
fling it once more. The man fought with
a staff that seemed to chime merrily, ironic given his circumstance...His
hand...Wind.
Kaze...The kaze
tsukai free from her 'father' and master, fighting against him now...
Tai...She
was once against him, the one with silver hair, and now was with
them...Twins...Iie, sisters, maybe.
One of the silver men fall wounded, the other soon after, distracted
protecting his kin.
My fault. Guilt...Anguish...Despair...Desperation.
A pink glow...A dark comet coming towards her...
Kagome jerked up in her bed, gasping desperately for air,
tears coursing unchecked down her flushed cheeks. As the dream faded, the woman wrapped her arms around her stomach
and curled into a ball, crying still for a past she didn't know.
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Myouga-sensei dismissed the class with a reminder
the propositions for the project were to be on his desk by Tuesday next.
Kagome walked out the door, soon flanked by Miroku and
Sesshoumaru. Without looking at either,
she held out two packets of paper.
"This is everything we've found at present. The last page is a rough outline of the
legend but there are gaps. I'm waiting
for a book to come from a friend and any additional details the psycho sees fit
to tell me. In the meanwhile, I want to
look at your father's books." She
stopped to sit on a bench in the courtyard.
"When can we see them?"
"I have no more classes until Monday. Anytime this weekend is fine."
"I have religious studies and philosophy tomorrow;
the last class ends around two o'clock.
Tonight I have a study group at seven," Miroku said. "But there's no reason for you two not
to get started without me."
"Slacker, you're just hoping we'll find what we need
so you don't have to do research."
"Kagome-sama, you wound me with your
words. I was planning to compare your
notes to mine between classes tomorrow."
She looked at him skeptically. "You read those books already?"
"Well, more like skimmed. However, I was online last night to find more accurate maps from Sengoku
Jidai for cross-references of locations mentioned in the legend and where
they are today. For instance, the
second to last miko who protected the Shikon no Tama lived in a
village that stood where the heart of Tokyo is now. As you undoubtedly know, right before her death she sealed a hanyou
who had tried to steal the tama to a tree. In one of the books this tree was called Goshinboku and
using that name I found one shrine in Tokyo that has such a tree on its grounds
that would've been both near a village four, five hundred years ago and already
old enough to have been named so honorifically. Interestingly enough that shrine seems to be kept by our lovely
Kagome-sama's family." He
wore a smug expression in answer to Kagome's awe. Sesshoumaru, though, was not impressed.
"Sama?"
"If your masculinity had been threatened by a woman
as she did you would call her -sama as well."
"This Sesshoumaru would never be in such a position
to be threatened in the first place," he drawled.
"Yo, Kagome!" Kouga called, running
across the grass. Kagome seemed used to
his unnatural speed when he abruptly came to a halt standing before her.
"Kouga-kun, what's up?" She didn't see Miroku mouthing 'kun'
smugly to Sesshoumaru.
"Sango-san told me you were playing this
morning; she doesn't think you got much sleep and frankly, after seeing you, I
agree." He sat on the bench beside
her, grasping her hands in his. "Mou
yume deshita ka?t; Carefully extracting her hands she gave a small nod. She reached into her voluminous yellow bag
and immediately withdrew a small notebook.
"Could you?" Though
her partners didn't understand, he did; he accepted the offering with a grim
smile. "It might jump around, I
really don't know...Is this...Never mind."
"You know I'll help you any way I can," Kouga
spoke with such fervor the woman averted her gaze to her lap. In doing this she missed the look in his
eyes; it didn't go unnoticed by Sesshoumaru or Miroku. He looked at her with a powerful combination
of worry and resigned love.

A Familiar
Tail

When he had parted company with Kagome earlier they had
agreed she would come to his apartment after her rehearsal, which she estimated
would be over around eight. She had
also insisted on bringing dinner, so it came as no surprise when she was at his
door at seven past eight, backpack slung over one shoulder, takeout in her
arms. What was a surprise was her
little entourage consisting of her fellow 'band' members.
Seeing his dubious look she hastened to explain. "When I told them I was coming here to
look at your father's books Sango and Kikyou wanted to come too. There's some belief in Sango's family that
centuries ago they were elite taijiya and our darling Kikyou has almost
finished her training to become a miko and, therefore, finds the
prospect of these books fascinating.
Kouga wanted free food and InuYasha says he doesn't trust you farther
than he can throw you. So, here we
are," she cheerfully finished.
Sesshoumaru, being the brilliant strategist that he is,
realized it was all or nothing and stepped back allowing his sanctuary to be
invaded. InuYasha led the way to the
library, or study, whichever it could be called, and soon every surface was
buried under books, notebooks, and Chinese takeout. It had been amusing to watch home owner fret over letting them eat
while going through the books, some of which were hundreds of years old, not
that there was much to allow hey hey kind of just ignored him.
InuYasha was on his half-brother's computer where the
oldest texts had been transcribed to prevent further wear from handling,
gobbling down his first of many containers of ramen; Kikyou took notes when she
could understand her boyfriend's garbled dictation, but mostly scanned
pages. Kouga skimmed through books,
passing them on to some one else for more careful perusal when he found
something of interest and the rest took notes from these texts. Sometime around nine a phone rang, not ten
minutes later Miroku had joined the hunt, contentedly eating cold rice.
Another half hour had passed before anything of real use
was found. "'s
's
something," Kouga announced. When
he was sure of the attention he continued, "The miko who broke the
jewel, was believed to be the reincarnation of the previous miko who had
protected the jewel-"
"We know that, baka," InuYasha called
out from across the room.
Ignoring the interruption, he went on. "However, no one knew where she
came from and nothing we've dug up has been able to tell us but there's a
riddle in this one: No matter the
distance one Walks, Nor the oceans one Crosses, Nor the mountains one Climbs,
Nor the places to where one may Fly, The only way to get there is to go
Forward. That sounds like something
the brat would say," he mused. The
longhaired man flipped the book to the front cover and started to choke.
"Kouga-kun!
Daijoubu desu ka?" Kagome asked moving over to him. Still coughing, Kouga pointed to the
author's name.
"Nekami Kitsu," she read.
"What kind of name is Kitsu?" Sango
wondered aloud.
"Try reading it the Western way," Kouga
suggested when he could finally speak.
"Kitsu Nekami..."
cla class=MsoNormal> "Who names themselves Fox God?" InuYasha
mumbled around a mouthful of noodles, his fourth container but he was slowing
down now. Kikyou and Kagome exchanged a
look. When he realized the unnatural silence
in the room, the young amber-eyed man spun his swivel chair around to be
confronted by three feline smiles.
"Inu Kami-sama!" Kagome cried out
falling to her knees.
"Inu Kami-sama!" Sango immediately
followed.
"Inu Kami-sama!" Kikyou finished.
"Inu Kami-sama!" they all cried out,
bowing low to the ground, arms stretched towards him.
InuYasha watched slack-jawed at their antics. "Talk about d�j� vu..."
"Who would ever worship you?" Sesshoumaru
asked. But having heard him, the
worshippers sat up, three of room's occupants sharing similar feelings. "If you three are done, may we get back
to work?"
"I know someone who loves riddles, he should be able
to figure this out," Kouga volunteered.
"Ii desu nee," Kagome agreed. "It's getting late so I suggest we
share what we've pieced together of the legend and try to do it
chronologically."
"I'll start," Kikyou spoke softly. "InuYasha, take dictation, onegai
shimasu," she added before he could protest, looking at him with large
brown eyes. She smiled when he grumbled
in agreement, putting aside his half-finished ramen. "Ok, roughly nanahyaku or happyaku years ago a
miko named Midoriko lived. She
was the most powerful one up to that point and for centuries after, believed to
have been able to purify the very soul of a youkai, as many as yon
at a time. It was this power that the youkai
feared and caused them to merge to become more powerful. At the time there was a man in love with
Midoriko-sama and it was this man's weak heart allowed the youkai
to attain their goal.
1'> "The battle lasted seven days and seven nights, and
towards the end the youkai were winning. Demo, Midoriko-sama drew forth the last of her
power and captured the youkai no tamashii and inadvertently trapped her
soul as well into a jewel that came from her heart: the Shikon no Tama."*
"From here the jewel bounced around amongst youkai
and evil humans for several centuries until a taijiya slew a demon
in possession of it," Sango picked up the thread. "The exterminators then handed the tama
to a miko in hopes that she could purify it; however, she died, betrayed
by her lover, before she could complete her task. She had sealed the hanyou to a tree called the Goshinboku
with the last of her strength and ordered the jewel be burned with her body.
"Roughly fifty years later a mysterious woman appeared,
woman, that is, in perspective to the period, she was actually in her
mid-teens. Suspicious of the gaijin,
the villagers captured her and took her to their miko, sister of the
late guardian, who determined the girl to be her sister's reincarnation. A demon attacked the village, demanding the
girl, whom the youkai knew to have the Shikon no Tama. The girl ran into the forest, back towards
where she had been caught, at the Goshinboku. Somehow, the hanyou had awoken and, in the confusion that
followed, the jewel was torn from the girl's side, she broke the seal, freeing
the hanyou who then destroyed the demon," Sango recited the
information dutifully. The tajiya's
descendant took a deep breath before continuing.
"The hanyou then turned on the late miko's
reincarnation to get the jewel, but he was subdued by another spell. Soon after, another youkai stole the tama
and, in an attempt to stop it, the girl shattered the jewel, which by that
point was inside the demon, with an arrow.
The hanyou and the girl who turned out to be a miko met a
young kitsune-"
"He got a sword first," Miroku interrupted.
"What?"
"The hanyou had a sword that only worked when
he would protect the miko."
"InuYasha..." Kagome murmured.
"Eh? Oh,
sorry. The hanyou was your
namesake, InuYasha. The sword would
have been the Tessaiga and the half brother, Sesshoumaru, was the one
who found it, but, being that he was a full youkai, he couldn't touch
it. Given, then, that the hanyou
in the legend was InuYasha, the village was located outside of InuYasha no
Mori which was home of the Goshinboku...My family's shrine is smack
in the middle of where the forest used to be."
"Okay, so now we have a name, InuYasha," Miroku
said. "Now, moving along with the
story...After he got his sword they met a kitsune who wanted
their shards to avenge his father.
InuYasha did the avenging and the kid joined the hunt, having no one
else. The next part is still hazy, but
somehow InuYasha's lover-"
"Hey!"
"-was resurrected and then roamed the land seeking
to kill her betrayer. As the search for
the Shikon no kakera continued they met a cursed monk who was using the
shards as a lure for his enemy. For
some reason, probably the miko's kind heart, he also joined the group.
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