Miko... Kitsune?

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Chapter 4: Truths

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The sun shined warmly over the forest, casting a serene emerald light as it filtered through the leafy trees. Tsaisuki sighed as she walked through the wood, the light dancing on her strange kimono. It was an interesting piece, with a sheer, shimmering blue fabric oknowknown creation over the black of the kimono beneath it while her under kimono of grey, peeked out from beneath those as she walked. Her lovely, azure hair shined in the sun; the long braided rope of hair hanging down to her thigh. Quietly, she let the calm serenity of the wood envelope her as she walked.

“Tsaisuki!” a voice called.

The cerulean colored kitsune groaned softly before turning to the younger female behind her. “What is it now, Hotaru?” she aske
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Hotaru herself was dressed in a haori and hakama of pale blue, a pair of swords crossing her back. Her black hair was pulled into a simple bun as a pair of fox ears twitched on her head. Her blue eyes twinkled with a mischievous light as she approached the older and full-blooded youkai. “Are we near InuYasha’s forest yet?” she asked.

Tsaisuki rolled her eyes and sighed at the younger hanyou. “No. Not yet. We should arrive there by sundown. You can go irritate the inu-hanyou then.”

Hotaru giggled and seemed pleased by this answer. As long as she got to challenge InuYasha to a fight, she really didn’t mind how long it would take to get there.

Tsaisuki paused. “We are at the border to the Western Lands.”

Hotaru pouted. She wasn’t on good terms with Lord Sesshomaru. Not after she had ‘accidentally’ spilled tea on his lap during a gathering of the lords. She really didn’t think she was at fault. Had he not been teasing her so, she probably wouldn’t have missed the cup. She had enjoyed bringing him down a notch. The only problem was that now he regarded her with a suspicious air. “We don’t have to go see him, do we?” she asked.

Tsaisuki rolled her eyes again. “Of course we don’t. He should be near this border anyways. I need to warn him of the other lord’s plans.”

This time, Hotaru rolled her eyes at her half-sister. As far back as she could remember, Tsaisuki and Sesshomaru had always gotten along, could even be considered friends, if only Hotaru could figure out the taiyoukai’s happy face from the usual mask of unemotional detachment that he wore. “Why not just let him find out from Lord Inari?” she asked.

Tsaisuki shook her head before a grin appeared on her face. Sesshomaru had sensed them and, as expected, was on his way to investigate. “Because, little sister, he deserves to know what the old men are planning.”

It was then that the taiyoukai of the west appeared befthemthem. “Tsaisuki… Hotaru, what brings you to my borders?” he asked.

Tsaisuki bowed her head to the taiyoukai and smiled. “Sesshomaru-san. We are traveling to the Bone Eaters Well. I feel that the spell my mother cast upon it has been broken.”

Sesshomaru gave no response.

Hotaru groaned and took a seat on the branch of a nearby tree as Tsaisuki continued. “I also came to warn you that the old men are planning something.”

Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow. “Oh? And what does this Sesshomaru care for their plans?”

Tsaisuki grinned. “They are intent on getting you mated. Some suggesting that I be a candidate.”

Sesshomaru’s eyes narrowed. How dare the other lords conspire to get him a mate. Especially, if they even thought, for even a moment, that he considered the azure colored kitsune before him, anything else, but a close friend from his childhood. “Is that so?”

Tsaisuki nodded. “Hai. They have nothing else to think about. All but my uncle consider this time to be most peaceful. Neither the Northern, nor the Southern Lord considers the hanyou, Naraku, a creature worth considering.”

“Inari does?”

Tsaisuki nodded. “Hai, he sends his regret that he cannot sway those two away from the subject of your unmated status. And he says he will try to delay them until you choose your own mate.”

Sesshomaru graced Tsaisuki with a small smile. Inari had always been there for him, especially now that he was a taiyoukai. Inari had immediately, after his ascension to his late father’s throne, pledged that there would be no enmity between the East and the West. It had been a great help in convincing Otomo and Hisho that he was a competent ruler. Silently, he thanked Inari for his help. He then gave Tsaisuki a slight incline of his head and vanished into the trees.

Hotaru was quickly at her sister’s side. “S tak take it that he’s pleased that uncle Inari is watching out for him?” she asked.

Tsaisuki nodded. “Hai, now let us see what has happened to mother’s well.”

Hotaru nodded in agreement with her full-blooded sister and followed her into the trees, heading in the opposite direction that the taiyoukai had left.

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Kagome and InuYasha were not on speaking terms. Both would send glares to one another during meals, causing much unrest to their companions. Shippo, who was ecstatic that Kagome was now a kitsune, joined her in her death glares to the inu-hanyou.

Sango and Miroku, well, they were adjusting. Miroku had groped Kagome that first evening that they found out her true nature, earning a goose egg sized lump on his head from both Kagome and Sango. Sango seemed amazed that Kagome turned out to be such a rare youkai. Having never seen a kitsune any color than red, she was simply stunned to see that her dearest younger sister had turned out to be one of the rarest of youkai breeds.

But it was not that Kagome had become youkai that had caused the eerie silence over the group. It was the fact that Kagome had been secretly seeing Sesshomaru that had stunned them. It infuriated InuYasha, had caused Miroku to go into a state of contemplation, and had stunned Sango into silence. Kagome had not only gotten close ande fde friends with the usually cold taiyoukai, but the fact that Sesshomaru had kissed her, a kiss that she had returned as well, that had truly baffled them all.

As the sun set over the village, Kaede seemed the only one of the tatchi that did not seem so surprised. She had declared that she had known since the first day she met Kagome that she had known her to be kitsune, but the spell, obviously cast by Kikyo, had made her change her original theory.

“How can you tell that Kikyo cast the spell?” Sango asked.

“I recall, when I was but a child, Kikyo told me of an evening she met a beautiful kitsune that asked a great favor of her,” Kaede explained.

“What was this kitsune’s name?” Miroku asked.

“I believe she was Miya, sister to Lord Inari of the East. Kikyo said that Lady Miya was gravely wounded and carried with her a sleeping fox-child. She asked Kikyo to cast a spell that would camouflage the child to appear human, but Kikyo was young and had to use a part of her soul to cast it upon the white kitsune.”

“So that’s why Kagome appeared to be Kikyo’s reincarnation,” Miroku stated.

“Hai, in return for her help, Lady Miya told Kikyo her future, that she would inherit the Shikon no Tama and that she must follow her heart always. Kikyo heeded her words, for it is known that the blue kitsune are the keepers of the most powerful of magics. The magic of time. It is said that Lady Miya herself created the Bone Eaters Well, and that she and the girl-child vanished into the well and were never seen again.”

“So Kagome was the kitsune that Lady Miya took with her into the well?” Sango asked.

“Hai, this is my belief,” Kaede said.

“I have heard of Lady Miya of the East. She was said to be the most powerful of the blue kitsune. It is also said that she bore a hanyou child after her youkai mate died and she took a human consort,” Miroku said.

“Miya cared nothing for race. She was a kind woman,” InuYasha mumbled.

All eyes alighted to the inu-hanyou. “You knew her?” Miroku asked.

InuYasha nodded. “Her daughter, Tsaisuki, was childhood playmate to Sesshomaru.”

“Would Tsaisuki know about the well?” Kagome asked.

InuYasha shrugged. “Possibly, she’s a blue kitsune.”

It was then that Kagome froze, a pair of new scents in the air as well as powerful youki. “InuYasha, two youkai coming this way!” she gasped.

InuYasha, forgetting his disagreement with Kagome leapt to his feet and unsheathed his sword. “Kitsune!” he growled.

The group then ran out the hut towards the edge of the forest. There stood two kitsune youkai. The taller was obviously full-blooded and an aristocrat by the way she stood and the way of her dress. Her silver eyes watching with an uninterested light as she examined the tatchi. The second was differ Her Her black hair up tight and two swords of magical quality, one wreathed in fire, the other in a cold mist, brandished as she stood before them in what appeared a more feminine version of InuYasha’s haori and hakama.

InuYasha relaxed and sheathed his sword as he locked eyes with the full-youkai. “Tsaisuki,” he sighed.

Tsaisuki smiled to the inu-hanyou and gave him a nod. “InuYasha, you remember me.”

“Hard to forget the only youkai that protected me as a child.”

Tsaisuki nodded. “True. This is my half-sister, Hotaru. She wishes to challenge you in combat.”

InuYasha grinned to the kitsune-hanyou and snorted. “She doesn’t stand a chance.”

Tsaisuki ignored the comment and looked over the others, her eyes falling upon Kagome last. She smiled serenely and walked over to Kagome. “You are Kagome,” she stated.

The white kitsune nodded. “Hai, how-“

“A relative can always recognize another of their blood. That and you possess your mother’s eyes,” she said as she took Kagome into an embrace and murmured something in a strange language.

Kagome gave her a confused look before she noticed that the others were staring at her funny. “What?”

“There’s something on your forehead,” Shippo piped up.

Kagome looked to the others. “Wha it? it?”

“A lavender crescent moon,” Sango said.

“Yes, it appears to be like Sesshomaru’s, but facing the other direction, as though waxing,” Miroku commented.

Tsaisuki nodded. “You are the heir to the Eastern Lands, daughter of Inari, and eternal keeper of the Shikon no Tama,” she said. “As was your destiny.”

“You mean, Kagome is daughter to Lord Inari, taiyoukai of the East?” Miroku asked.

Tsaisuki nodded. “Hai.” She then turned to Kagome. “Your father has missed you these long sixty eight years.”

Kagome grinned to the youkai woman before her. She could see the truth in her silver eyes, this was her cousin. “How did you know to find me?”

“I didn’t. I came here to investigate the breaking of my mother’s spell on the Bone Eater’s Well.”

“That, and I wanted to meet this InuYasha brat that Tsaisuki was always bragging about,” Hotaru chirped.

“I’m not a brat!” InuYasha growled.

“No, you’re a stinking, lazy, idjit son of a dog!” she teased as she got into a fighting stance.

InuYasha bellowed something unintelligible before leaping into battle with the kitsune-hanyou. The group sweatdropped as Tsaisuki slapped her hand to her head and groaned, “Hanyous…”

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Levii: And here enters Tsaisuki!
Tsai: Hi all!
Inu: Who the fuck is this?
Levii: this is a possiblility for a pairing for you
Inu: Huh?
Levii: [eye roll] I have a favor to ask of ya'll
Here be the pairings I have in mind, I need you to vote on three: One for InuYasha, one for Sango, and one for Miroku... 'cause it's obvious who I'm planning for Kagome.
Sess: Woman... why was I not key in theis chapter. ii: ii: It wasn't necesary. (I don't care if I spelled it wrong, I know I did) Anyways, go back to my room and wait for me, I'll be in shortly.
[Sess walks off stage]
Levii: @.@ I love that!
Anyways, here are the pairing possiblilities. And remember that Sango and Miroku are not an option!
Inu/Sango
Miroku/Inu (It's a possibility!)
Inu/Hotaru
Inu/Tsaisuki
Sango/OC(not gonna tell you who he is yet)
Sango/ Naraku (Yet again, a possibility, although not very good for my ideas)
Miroku/Tsaisuki
Miroku/Hotaru
Miroku... alone. (I hope not, I like to keep him happy. When he's happy with me, he can do this thing with his... never mind. ^_^)
Send me your suggestions in a review! Ha! You have to review me to get your pairing! Oh and send a pairing if you want, I'm open! Review!
Sess: Woman!
Levii: ^_^ Coming!
Sess: Yes, you will be, now get in here!
Levii: [giggles as she runs off stage]
Inu: [scared look] Send a review... PLEASE!