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Where I Belong	By : Royal_Kitsune Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female Views: 3097 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Sorry about the wait, I kinda forgot I had this account. :S
But I'm back and will try to keep this updated quickly, I'm thinking about switching to a chapter a day.
Anywho, here is the next chapter of 'Where I Belong'.
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~Who Am I~
"What is this?" A female asked, her violet eyes looking up to the cloaked figure.
"It is a shard of glass enchanted by the Shikon Jewel, it will help the child hide in the Bone-Eater's Well." The figure responded giving the pink shard to the female.
"But how ever did you manage to take a shard from the jewel?" The female asked, looking at the dimly glowing shard in her palm.
"It is not an actually piece of the jewel, merely a piece of glass that has been affected by it. It would take one of strong spiritually powers to shatter the jewel." The cloaked figure shook its' head knowing that they were straying from the important task at hand. "We must ensure the safety of the child, princess. The destruction of our clan is too great a tragedy to not be corrected; one must survive to avenge us." The cloaked figure added, looking down at the infant the female held.
"Where does the Bone-Eater's Well lead to?" The princess asked, still seeming unsure about the shard she now held.
"No one knows for sure, but it is the only option we have. We must have faith that this plan will work." The cloaked figure said, resting a hand on the female's shoulder. "Now take Masaru with you and head east. There you will find the well and a tree known as the Tree of Ages. Give the child the shard and place her in the well. There is no more time for questions, you must go now." The cloaked one said, urging forward a beast that had the appearance of a wolf and a dragon.
The cloaked figure watched as the woman took the child and began running in the direction he had indicated. "Keep them safe, Masaru." He said to the creature, and watched as the beast took off after the female.
~XxX~
Dinner with the Higurashis was pleasant and interesting. The old man kept trying to get me interested in his feudal fairy-tales. I listed politely, but inwardly brushed them off. He was quite old, and it wasn't uncommon for one of his age to confuse fiction with reality.
"It's the truth, I tell you." It appears the old man must have realized that I didn't believe him. "Ask Kagome, she'll tell you." He added pointing a wrinkled finger at the younger female.
I turned my head slightly towards the girl. She was quick to raise her hands in an unarming way and shake her head.
"Gramps is just telling his stories again. I used to believe in them when I was young." She said her smile slightly nervous.
I smiled back and nodded. "My parents used to tell me similar stories when I was a child."
"If you don't mind me asking, I thought you were found abandoned on our shrine." Kagome questioned her voice hesitant.
"Yes I was. I lived at the orphanage before I was adopted." I responded. When I was younger, I would become enraged when someone would bring the subject up. But, I was used to it now, and took it with a smile.
"I would say it is safe to assume, that is why you are here." Mrs. Higurashi said as she cleared the dishes from the table.
"Yes that is why I have come." I said, as a thought came back to me. "Though, I would like to ask you something." She turned towards me from where she was rinsing the dishes. "How were you able to recognize me so easily?" It had been on my mind throughout the meal, but I had wanted to wait till an appropriate time to ask.
"That mark on your chest." She answered, as she finished and came back to sit at the table. "When I found you, it was the first thing I noticed." She said then seemed to think. "Actually on that day, it seemed to be glowing, but that was probably just a trick of the moonlight." She said, her eyes having a faraway look. I guess she was thinking back to that night. "It is an interesting birthmark. I have never seen one like it before."
"My parents said the same." I commented with a small smile. Even though I would love to reminisce about my parents, I wanted to get to the point; and I still wasn't quite ready to deal that that. So far I had been simply suppressing it when the feelings started to surface. "Do you remember anything else about that night? My parents are now deceased, and left me a letter saying you might be able to help me figure out more about my heritage." I could see the looks of pity that sprung into their eyes. They were the same looks that had been following me for over a month.
"I am so sorry to hear that, Kazuko." Mrs. Higurashi said after a slight delay.
"It's ok. I like to think that I am dealing with it well." That's what I always told anyone that asked, but I'm not sure how true the statement is. "But, do you have any more information on that night?"
"I wish I did dear, I really wish I did." Mrs. Higurashi said, placing her hand on my mine briefly. "The only thing I remember was hearing you crying. At first I had thought it was a trick of the wind. But then you continued to cry, so I walked outside to check. I followed the sound of your voice into the well house, and there you were, lying at the bottom of the well. You were wrapped in a blanket made of material I still haven't been able to identify. I brought you into the house, and then went back outside to check if there were any more clues to how you got there. I wasn't able to check long, because I didn't want to leave you alone for too long. For the next week, my father and I checked all the missing reports, to see if you were a missing child. There were no reports matching your description, so we took you to the orphanage. I told them the whole story and they took you in." She paused in her story, looking as if she wanted to say more.
"Is there more?" I asked, wanting to know anything she knew about it.
"They asked if you had a name. You had not had anything with a name on it. You were dressed in a strange outfit, almost like a traditional baby kimono from the feudal era. The blanket had also had a strange symbol on it, almost like your birth mark, but no name. I knew if I didn't tell them a name, they would wait till someone adopted you and the new parents picked a name. I couldn't bear the thought of you growing up without a name. So I told them Kazuko, because you seemed like such a peaceful child."
"I didn't even have a name?" I whispered quietly, looking down at the table.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw Mrs. Higurashi nod. "That is all I can tell you. I don't have any more information." She said just as softly.
I looked back up with tears mixed with gratitude and sadness. It may have seemed like a small, maybe even trivial, piece of information; but I felt that even this information was worth something. "Thank you so much, Mrs. Higurashi." I said with a smile.
She also became teary eyed, and surprised me with a hug. "You are welcome. I'm just glad I could help."
"There is one last thing." I said, wiping my eyes with a tissue Kagome handed me. "Could I see the place where you found me, in the well house? I just want to know where I was found." Kagome and her mother gave each other a look I couldn't understand, and for a moment I thought I would be denied what I thought was a simple request.
"Yes, but it will have to be brief. We lock up soon." Kagome answered; though I got the feeling her answer wasn't completely true.
"Thank you, I don't plan on staying too long." We stood from the table, Mrs. Higurashi leading us out to the well house.
Once again, just from making eye contact with the well house the pain in my chest flared up again. The only difference being that I refused to give in and continued walking. The closer I got, the more intense the pain became and it even felt as if it were spreading. By the time they opened the well doors, my entire body felt like it was being electrocuted and burned at the same time.
'I have to know, I just have to know'. I thought forcing myself through the sliding door.
The moment I stepped in, everything went black.
Kagome
My mother had never told me about finding an infant in the well, so everything going on captured my immediate attention. I watched Kazuko out of the corner of my eyes the entire time, trying to be as discrete as I could. Something about her just didn't seem right. It was as if she radiated power, but the power was being suppressed. Yet that wasn't my biggest concern when it came to her.
There was one reason that had me watching closer. I had sensed the presence of the jewel shard. Kazuko had clutched her chest when I first felt it, but as soon as she turned from the well house to face us, the presence was gone again. When she asked to see the well I wasn't sure if that was a good idea. I was supposed to return today, so who knew when Inuyasha would show up to drag me back. At the same time, I didn't want to deny her what was probably the only lead to her real family.
As we walked to the well, I could feel the presence again. The closer we got to the well, the easier it was for me to pinpoint the location. By the time we reached the well, I knew it was coming from Kazuko and I looked out of the corner of my eye at her. I could see the glow of the jewel coming from her birthmark.
I turned to ask her a question, when she began to stumble with her eyes closed. "Kazuko?" I asked quietly, then noticed she had fainted and was falling fast. "Kazuko?" I rushed to kneel beside her and check and see if she was ok. She was breathing and her heart rate seemed fine, she was merely unconscious.
"Oh my. I'll go get some water and a towel." My mother said and ran into the house.
I noticed the glow of the jewel didn't go away this time. Instead it seemed to be pulsing in time with her heartbeat, which was slowly gaining speed. The only explanation I could think of was that the power of the jewel must have been too much for her to handle and must have been the reason she passed out. I had to get the jewel out and quickly.
I remembered Kaede saying that Kikyo had been able to call the jewel to her, maybe I could too. I didn't want to just cut the poor girl's chest open to get the jewel, so hopefully this could work.
"Ok, I have to focus." I verbally prepared myself. I wanted to make sure that I didn't hurt Kazuko in the process.
I placed my hands on top of her chest, palms facing down. I focused on the jewel and tried calling it to me. My hands glowed slightly and the jewel glowed along with them. Eventually I felt a tugging sensation, and I smiled knowing I had made a connection with the jewel. Now that I had connected with the jewel, all that was left was to pull it out.
"Kagome? What are you doing?" My mother said as she came over and kneeled beside me.
"Kazuko has a jewel shard in her chest. I'm pretty certain that it's the reason she passed out." I told her, as she placed a white towel on Kazuko's head.
I slowly began to move my hands up, and felt the jewel being tugged up with my hands. It seemed to be going fine till I looked at her birth mark. A circle was forming around the mark, and a small dragon appeared in the middle of the paw. As I looked closer, I realized that the mark was lifting from her chest. I pulled up some more, and that seemed to be her breaking point.
Kazuko's eyes shot open, but they were no longer the dark green from before. Her eyes were flashing from violet to red. Her mouth opened in a piercing scream of pain, which turned into menacing snarls. I'd never even heard Inuyasha snarl so fiercely. She began thrashing about, trying to grip her chest.
"Grab her hands, quickly." I said, looking over to my mother. I'm glad that she quickly grabbed Kazuko's hands, instead of asking questions. I saw gramps and Souta come out, likely from the sound of Kazuko's scream. "Souta! Hold down her legs! Gramps! Hold down her shoulders!" I ordered, not wanting my efforts to go to waste. Gramps and Souta did as I said which made it easier for me to continue drawing the jewel out.
Kazuko's birth mark was turning silver, and I finally realized that it was not a birthmark at all, but a pendant being pulled out of her body. My eyes flicked from the pendant to Kazuko, as I continued pulling it out.
Kazuko's hair was slowly becoming silver, starting at her head and running down her strands to the tip of her hair. As she continued to snarl, I could see her canine teeth elongating into fangs; and her finger nails were sharpening into claws. Markings that reminded me of Sesshomaru's appeared on her face, though she did not have a crescent on her forehead. A light violet tail began to form and grow beside her. And even though I couldn't see it, I would guess the tips of her ears were becoming pointed.
I wasn't sure how long I took pulling the jewel out, but it was dark by the time I finished. I could feel a sense of fatigue encasing my body and mind as I continued to pull the jewel and the pendant out. With a final, slightly hard, tug the pendant and jewel came shooting out from Kazuko's chest. As I pulled them out, a large blast of youkai almost had been falling over. I looked down into my palm at the two, then back at Kazuko.
She stopped thrashing when the two items had been pulled completely out. Now she laid there, her eyes a dark violet and staring up into the sky. Her mouth was slightly ajar still, her fangs glinting in the moonlight.
Gramps, my mom and Souta looked towards me as if to ask if they could release her.
"I think you can let her go now. The jewel has been removed, along with this pendant." I said, looking at her chest that was now clear of the birth mark. Everyone let go, and we stood back a few feet. Hesitantly she sat up and looked around at us.
~Kazuko~
The pain coursing through my body was the worst thing I had ever felt. I couldn't imagine anything more painful than what I was going through right now. It felt as if my body was being electrocuted to the bone, burned alive and dragged underwater. The pain increased so much that I literally felt my mind black out, even though my body continued to thrash in pain.
"Remember my child, one day you must return and avenge your clan. You are the last of the Ryu-Inu clan. Remember that Misaki!"
My eyes snapped open as those words drifted through my mind. The pain at large was gone, only a dull buzzing resonated through my body. I looked up to see a starry sky and realized I had been laying there for a good amount of time. I sat up and looked from Kagome to the rest of her family.
"What happened?" I asked, my voice a bit hoarse from my scream and those strange sounds that I had heard myself making.
"I took a jewel shard out of your chest. I think it has been sealing your demonic nature." Kagome said, as the rest of her family retreated to the house, giving me worried glances. They didn't seem as shocked about this as I did, just worried.
"Demonic nature?" I questioned, looking back at the girl.
"I think this will help." She said, retrieving a small compact mirror from her pocket.
I took it and gasped at what I saw looking back at me. For so many years I had gotten used to the appearance I had. Now there was a completely different person staring back at me. She had violet eyes and silver hair. This stranger had strange markings on her face; they were in the form of two slash marks on each cheek and black in color. This new female had a fangs and claws and seemed to just look more regal.
"What happened to me?" I asked again and looked up at Kagome, handing her back the mirror.
"You're a demon." She stated hesitantly, as if she wasn't sure if she could believe her own words. "I can sense your demonic aura now. I can't say for sure what kind of demon you are, but I think that I may know someone who can tell." Kagome said standing up.
"Who is that?" I asked, standing up as well. I couldn't fully explain it, but I felt as if my body was now more powerful than I would have ever dreamed it could be. I could literally fell my body flooding with power that was foreign yet somehow felt natural.
"A friend of mine, he's a half-demon. His name is Inu…" She didn't get to finish her statement.
"Look out Kagome, I'll protect you!" A male voice called from behind me. I turned in time to see a male, clad in a red outfit running towards me. He had a freakishly large sword raised above his head, and I could safely assume that he was about to attack me.
My body moved on instinct, and I jumped out of the way just as his sword came down where I had been standing less than a second ago. I landed on top of the well house in a crouch.
'Wow, how did I do that?' I thought looking down at my body, poised as if this was the most natural thing in the word.
I didn't have long to think on this, as the male came charging at me again. 'I need something to defend with.' My mind shot to me.
The Tree of Ages! A voice yelled at me, though it seemed to be coming from inside of my head. I looked around, wondering what this 'Tree of Ages' was. My eyes landed on the large tree with a sort of rope tied around it.
There! The voice yelled into my head again.
I leaped over to the tree, again narrowly avoiding an attack from the male. I landed in front of the tree and stood up straight. I wasn't exactly sure what to do, till the voice spoke again.
Place your had on the tree! It said, and I did as instructed. The moment I touched the tree I could feel something inside calling me. I closed my eyes to focus on whatever was inside and tried to call it to me.
"This time I'll get you for sure!" The male in red yelled, and I could hear him charging at me again.
I didn't focus on him; instead I continued to focus on the tree. I felt something solid press against the palm of my hand, and opened my eyes. I could see what looked to be a smooth black pole tip sticking out from the tree. I grasped the pole and pulled.
As I pulled, an entire staff came out of the tree, and I was able to block the male's attack just in time. I held the bow staff in both hands and above my head, the male's sword came down on it. I was surprised to see how easily it stopped the blade.
"Why are you attacking me?" I finally shouted to the male. I pushed against the male's sword, and he went flying across the clearing and into another tree.
The male got up with a groan and again charged at me. "I will not let you have the jewel or hurt Kagome!" He growled, charging at me again.
"I don't want to hurt Kagome." I said, hissing slightly as he landed a cut to my left arm. "And I don't even know what the jewel is." I added, jumping over another swing of his sword. I was truly beginning to become annoyed with this male.
I again felt a rush of power and instinct rush through me as I charged the male. I raised the staff above my head and brought it down on the male's shoulder. His entire body tensed up and he screamed in pain. I couldn't figure how one hit with a staff could hurt that much, but he slumped to the ground in pain. His sword changed so that it looked normal size and old.
"What did you do?" He snarled, though it appeared he couldn't get up. "My body feels like I've been struck by lightning."
"You attacked me!" I huffed, but went over to check on him anyway. He did look like he had been hit with a large amount of electricity. His hair was sticking out wildly.
Kagome, who had been frozen in shock until now, came running over. "Inuyasha are you ok?" She asked, kneeling next to the name.
He gave her a mumbled sound, but nodded his head.
"Kazuko, this is my friend I was talking about. His name is Inuyasha, he's a half demon." She said, helping him sit up.
"Who is the wrench?" He grumbled, pointing towards me.
I growled at him. 'Wait, I just growled.' I thought, but pushed it aside as I looked at him. "My name is Kazuko and you better use it. I'm not sure how I just beat you, but I will do it again." I said, and he seemed to take my words seriously.
"Glad to see you two getting along." Kagome said with a nervous laugh. "Inuyasha, this is Kazuko. She was found in the well as a baby. She came back to learn more about where she came from." Kagome said, helping the male stand up.
"Yea so? It doesn't explain why she's a demon and here. I thought there weren't any demons in your time." Inuyasha said, brushing her off and sheathing his sword.
"I'm not sure; I was just about to tell Kazuko that I think she may be from your time." Kagome seemed to think deeply about her words before she said them.
"His time? What do you mean, his time?" I asked, looking between the two of them.
"He's from five hundred years in the past, the feudal era." Kagome answered, looking unsure if I would believe her.
I wasn't sure what to say. What could someone say when being drowned in so much information? First I find out that I'm a demon, and now I may not even be from this time period. What next, was I going to be told I have to save the world?
"Let's humor this, and say that I am from five hundred years in the past." I said, resisting the urge to roll my eyes at the thought. "How would I have gotten here, and how would I get back?" I questioned, putting a hand on my hip and using the other to hold the staff beside me. They seemed to be deciding the best answer, so I took that time to look at the staff.
It was a nice staff and study. It had to be around six feet, seeing as it stopped just above my head. It was black and felt as if it was made of steel, yet I somehow knew it was made of wood with a layer of black steel surrounding it. There was an interesting design on it. On one end there was a multi-colored dragon winding around it, and on the other end there was a silver dog doing the same.
"The Bone Eater's Well would be the only way." Kagome said, bringing my attention back to her and Inuyasha. "Me and Inuyasha use it to travel between my time and his. I would assume you were brought through as a child." She said, still watching me carefully as one would watch a wild animal.
"So if I go through this well, I can go back in time and maybe find my biological parents?" Normally I would have laughed it off as crazy, but I couldn't deny the facts. I was now a completely different person with a different look. There was a man with dog ears and silver hair standing in front of me, and Kagome had pulled a glowing shard and pendant out of my chest.
"Yes, that seems to be it. I'm actually going back today, so you can come with me." The girl said, looking over at the half demon that seemed very annoyed. "Can you two keep from fighting while I go get my bag?" She added and dashed into the house.
"You smell like a dog demon, but it's mixed with something else." Inuyasha mumbled, still watching me as if I would attack.
"Do I?" I asked, before noticing his look. "Stop looking at me like that. You attacked me, I only defending myself." I snorted, my grip on the staff tightening. "Anyway, do you know what the 'something else' is?" I asked, running my free hand through my now silver hair, then going to the fluffy, light violet tail that was swaying behind me.
"I can't be sure. I've smelled it before, but I can't remember where right now." Inuyasha said, then began grumbling to himself.
Before I could get any more out of him, Kagome returned with a slightly over sized, yellow backpack.
"Ok, so let's go." She said, sounding cheery as ever. She led us over to the well house. "Oh before we go, this is yours. I think you would want it." The girl handed me a silver pendant, which had a paw print on it with a dragon in the middle.
I took it and gasped, then looked down to see my birth mark gone. So I had been right, it had been more than just a birth mark.
"So all you do is jump in. It should transport you back just like us." She said, climbing on the side and jumped down. A blue, swirling light surrounded her. I ran to the edge and looked down. When the light died down, I noticed she was gone.
"Feh." Was all the half demon said as he jumped in. The same thing happened with him and I looked down into the empty well.
"Well, not like I have anything better to do." I joked to myself and climbed to the edge of the well. "Here goes." I jumped in, expecting to feel my feet hit the ground.
What I felt instead was a familiar feeling that I know I had experienced before. I opened my eyes to see the blue swirling light around me. As the light faded, I felt my feet touch down on soft soil.
'I guess it worked.' I thought to myself and looked up to see stars, so I obviously wasn't in the well house anymore.
Home. The same voice from before purred in my mind. I looked up and tried to think of how I would get out of here. I couldn't see any kind of latter or anything to help me up. I saw a few vines towards the top, but they were out of reach.
Jump. The voice told me, and I looked up again. There was no way that I would be able to make it up there in a jump. Jump. The voice said again, a bit more forcefully.
"Ok, ok, I will give it a shot." I said, crouching down to get ready to jump. I pushed down against the ground and jumped.
To say I was surprised at the results would be an understatement. I was amazed at how high I jumped. I cleared the well and went way higher; I was above the trees and could see for miles around. I came down and landed behind Kagome and Inuyasha, a soft thud sounding from under my feet as I again crouched from the landing.
"Kagome, Inuyasha look out! There's a demon behind you!" I heard a voice yell. It sounded like the voice of a child.
I didn't have time to look for the child, as I heard someone yell, "Hiraikotsu!"
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