Requiem of Souls

Inuyasha and co do not belong to me and probably never will…but hey we can all dream right?


Chapter 6: the lost princes

As soon as Kagome put the necklace on a bright flash of light coursed throughout the forest, sending small animals scurrying for safety. ‘What is going on? Where is that light coming from?’ Kagome was panicking. She felt as if her skin was ripping away from her body only to be replaced by silk, as her bones shattered into millions of tiny pieces and then reformed into a slightly taller more agile form. Her ears were on fire! It felt as if someone were stretching them out, pulling on them for all they were worth.
Jaken watched as the human’s body started to absorb all the light causing her to scream in pain. ‘Finally lord Sesshomaru we may be together again!’ He wanted to laugh in pleasure. He would no longer have to care for that meddlesome human brat by himself.
Rin was trying to hold Shippou back to keep him from running to Kagome and trying to stop the spell. She wanted her lord Sesshomaru back too, and she didn’t want to loose the pretty lady Kagome either.
Shippou was in tears, struggling to try and get away from the arms that held him. He had lost his mother and Kagome was going to help him find her. He didn’t want to be alone again. None of them had noticed that the rain had slowed to a drizzle then stopped.
The light died down and Kagome crumpled to the floor just as a wolf youkai came running into the clearing. He stopped when he saw the limp body of the girl and gave a feral snarl, turning to the unfortunate Jaken, red starting to creep into his eyes. “What did you do to her? What did you do to my woman?”
Kagome woke to the sound of yelling, the sound of someone she didn’t know yelling. ‘Ugh my head, no not my head…my…ears?’ as Kagome reached up to touch her ears the wolf demon, hearing her move, turned and gasped. She shrieked “ Another youkai!! Were are you all coming from?” her ears forgotten for a moment. That is until Inuyasha came barreling into the clearing, followed closely by Sango and Miroku, who was carrying a piece of cloth. “Ka-Kagome?” Inuyasha stuttered, “Is that you?”
“What are you doing here Dog-breath?” a voice yelled. It was the wolf demon. “And how do you know my woman? Did you do this to her?”
“Who’s your woman? We’ve never even seen you before!” Sango shrieked
“And you probably did this to her” Miroku added on.
“What! Wait!” everybody was too busy bickering that they didn’t notice that Kagome had spoken at all.
Jaken was hopping around like a lunatic, singing in a horrible nasally voice, “My lord will return! My lord will return to me!”
Rin was trying to comfort Shippou who was crying into her shoulder.
Kagome, who had been laying down on the forest floor trying to figure out what was going on stood and walked to a small puddle of water from the short summer storm, trying to see what everyone was talking about. She didn’t feel any different except for the fact that she felt better now than she had all of her life.
As she reached the puddle and looked in, she thought she had found someone’s portrait. It was not her face at all! The face in the puddle had long Black hair; so black it was almost blue in the moonlight. Full red lips like cherries, and skin paler than the moon herself, with a narrower face and higher cheekbones giving her a fae look. What bothered her most were not the icy blue eyes that were staring back at her but the tips of her ears that were knifing through her hair. She looked to her trembling hands, they were narrower, more graceful than the last time she saw them. She grabbed a chunk of her hair, pulling it in front of her face it was the midnight black, like the puddle had showed her, as were her ears pointed, graceful, and…elfin.
She looked back at her hands and she screamed. “What is happening to me?!!!!!!” Everyone froze. Inuyasha had the wolf youkai in a headlock and was punching his face, Miroku and Sango were hanging on his arms, trying to get him to stop, and Jaken was still dancing, that is until Rin and Shippou punched him in the leg, causing him to fall over. Everyone had their eyes on her.
“I believe I can explain, but it would be wise to get back to the village. It is dark out and I would prefer to be inside.” Jaken spoke as he stood and dusted himself off.
“Fine” Kagome stood, picked Shippou and Rin up, and started to walk back to the village.


“Ahem,” the entire village sat in a circle around the little toad youkai, listening closely to his tale, “This all started in the city of Aranth`ul fifteen years ago. It was once a prosperous village of elven priests and priestesses famed throughout the lands by their beauty and generosity, not to mention their incredible powers.”
“Wait, powers? I never had any powers?” Kagome interrupted
“Just listen! I will tell you why if you just listen!” Jaken fumed. “Now where was I…ah yes! They were known throughout the lands near and far for their powers. Then disaster struck! A band of youkai who feared they would get to powerful joined together under the flag of a hanyou named Naraku. They attacked the village the week after you were born. The elves fought bravely slaying tens and hundreds for every one elf killed. Soon every elf but your parents were dead or dying. Your parents were the head council members of the village therefore the most powerful, they put up a shield around you to protect you from the youkai. They went down, but not before taking out Naraku between them.
The few youkai that were left burned the village down to the ground setting everything they came in contact with aflame. The only reason you lived is that you were protected by your father’s sword and your mother’s necklace.
About fifty years before this at the youkai palace lord Inuyasha was born to the current taiyoukai and his second human mate, who died in birth. The hanyou ungrateful little brat that he was ran off as soon as he could walk, blaming us for his mother’s death. There was another son however, the first son and my lord-Lord Sesshomaru.”
“Whoa wait. Are you saying that this Inuyasha was the second-born son of the great youkai king?” Sango looked with shock at the hanyou who was currently avoiding everyone’s stares.
“Feh what of it?” He snorted and then stood, “I’m leaving. You can fill me in later Miroku” and with that Inuyasha walked out of the meetinghouse. Everyone just stared after him until Jaken spoke up.
“Yes that rude brat is the current heir to the youkai throne.”
“Wait, I thought that the first-born son inherits?” Miroku looked puzzled.
“Yes normally he wouldn’t get a thing, but if you let me finish I will tell you how this happened.” He glanced around and sniffed haughtily, “The ungrateful brat came back about thirty years later with a human priestess clinging to him. He said they were in love but when the girl met My Lord she completely abandoned him and started to flirt shamelessly with My Lord. This in turn caused Lord Inuyasha to become incredibly jealous and thus caused a rift between the brothers wider than before. She continued this until My Lord told her that she would die if she did not stop, saying that he would never feel anything towards her but hate.
At this she flew into a rage. The priestess was foolish but powerful. In her anger she cast a curse on my poor Lord. She had stolen the royal crest off of his dresser as he slept. In fact that necklace Lady Kagome is wearing is a part of it,” he pointed towards the crescent moon on her neck. “The symbol for the king was a crescent moon and his family each had a special amulet made with the royal crest on it in their own respective colors and adornments. My Lord’s crest had a pink crystal ball on it that had been his mother’s when she was still alive. It was held by silver wire in the middle of the moon.
Lord Inuyasha has one too but it had a ruby and one of his father’s fangs held the same way in the middle. Anyways, the curse split my master into nine parts or rather separated his emotions, and his body into nine emotions: lust, love, joy, sorrow, hate, fear, courage, instinct, and indifference. They were teleported all over the land each with a chunk of the jewel. The witch threw the crescent out the window, to hide it, for who ever wears it can join the split pieces of my master together by putting the pieces of the Shikon no tama, with the healing sword Tenseiga to meld them together.”
“Where is that sword? The Tenseiga? Is it?” the wolf youkai asked.
“The sword was the very sword that Kagome’s father used to protect her. In fact it is in this very room.”
Sango and Miroku held up the thing they were carrying earlier. “Is this it?” they handed it to the little toad. His eyes got even bigger if it were possible.
“Y-yes it may be. It very well may be, but in the Lady’s name how on earth did it wind up here? Well, other than Lady Kagome of course.”
“I can answer that.” All eyes turned to Kagome’s mother, or now, foster mother.
“Yes Mother tell us why you lied to me for fifteen years.” Sango’s eyes went wide with shock. That was not the kind, loving girl who had never once spoken against her mother like that. Ayumi (her umm…former mother) looked down, she couldn’t meet Kagome’s tearstained face.
“I had to…” she whispered. “Kagome please come outside with me for a moment I must give you something.” She took a last look at her then left the meetinghouse, heading to her home. Kagome sat for a moment tears running down her face, before she too ran out to meet her.
Ayumi sat on a bench outside her former home. Trying to hold back tears, she whispered to the winds. “Please forgive me my daughter.” She looked up as she heard Kagome approach. She wasn’t her daughter anymore. She looked like a goddess her waist length hair, left down for the celebration, gave her an ethereal look. Her ears giving her a look of elegance Ayumi never had. She fingered the small chest in her lap as Kagome made her way over to her.
“Well? What is it?” She winced at the cold tone in her adopted daughter’s voice.
“First I must tell you why I never told you.” She tried to speak clearly and not sob or stutter.
“Yes please I would like to know why I never knew.” She sat down next to her adopted mother who was gazing off at the moon hanging full and bright.
“It was your first birthday, you had dark hair so your fa— my husband and I thought you were just part elf or you just had different coloring. We were about to go to the market when we heard someone knocking at the door Hojo (heh he’s the husband of Ayumi in this fic) went to open the door when it was knocked off the hinges and soldiers came pouring in.
They lined up against the walls right inside the door and another man came in. He was a youkai. He had silver hair like Inuyasha but no puppy ears, and he had two tails. He told us he was King Sigumi Inutashio the taiyoukai of the youkai realms, and that you were in fact an elf. You were the last of your kind, and the only being who would be able to lift the curse on his son. You were just a baby so we begged him to be able to keep you until you grew up enough to complete this quest. He agreed on two terms. One that you would be put under an illusion until you turned sixteen, so you would be thought human and that Hojo come with him so I would be more willing to let you go back.
He went with pride, head held high. I was told not to tell you until your birthday, and to take any reminders of your past away and to lock them in a spellbound trunk so they could not be detected. The man who you grew up with was my brother. He left today while you were training. So…here these belong to you.” She handed Kagome the small trunk from her lap and the long cloth wrapped sword. In a whisper she added, ”You may leave whenever you wish.”
She sat for a moment waiting for Kagome to leave, to yell at her or to do something. She wasn’t expecting her to just lean over and give her a quick kiss before picking up the chest and the bundle and walking back into the woods
She was sitting in the clearing near the pond just gazing at the packages, thinking ‘if I hadn’t been picked up by my…should I call her mother anymore? Or should I call her Yumi. She gave up so much. And so did her brother, Kietaro, or rather…uncle. It’s all my fault…if I hadn’t come into their lives my real…well adoptive real father would still be ali—wait! She said he had been taken no killed! If I save this Sesshomaru then I can bring him back and leave them to love each other in peace’
She was so deep in thought that she didn’t even realize Shippou coming up and sitting next to her. He looked at her then crawled onto her lap “Kagome?” he whispered touching her leg.
She jerked out of her thoughts looking around wildly. She only noticed Shippou when he tugged on one of her long tresses hanging off of her shoulder. “Hey Shippou what do you need?” she giggled at the face he made when she poked him.
“Kagome? What happened to my mama?” he snuggled into her arms looking up when he felt a tear plop into his flame colored hair. He looked up into her face and saw teardrops run like diamonds down the girl’s face. “Kagome? What did I do? What happened?” he panicked thinking it was him that made her so upset.
“No it’s not your fault. I—we Sango and I couldn’t get to them in time. When the thunder brothers attacked us…the first attack…hit your mama and you living siblings. I’m so sorry Shippou. It’s entirely my fault. It I had been there sooner or not dodged they would still be alive.” She hugged him close and cried into his hair.
She felt a tiny hand come up to her face and wipe away the tears on her cheek. “No.”
“What?”
“No it’s not your fault Kagome.”
“How?”
“If you had gotten hit you would have died then my mama would have died anyways. They killed my youkai parents and my fox father too. I’m just glad you survived, because you can be my new mama!”
She was shocked. For the poor kit to lose two pairs of parents by the same youkai and still be able to get close to anyone. Then he asked her to be his mama. She did the only thing she could think of. She whispered, ”Of course I’ll me your mama. But I don’t think you will get a papa anytime soon.”
At this Shippou just laughed and hugged her with all the strength in his tiny arms. Which was surprisingly a lot. “What did your mama give you?”
Kagome had completely forgotten about the package her mother had given her, “I don’t know yet I haven’t opened it yet, you want to help me?” She asked because the curios little fox had his nose to the sword and was sniffing and poking it.
“Can I Ka—mama?”
“Of course Shippou. How about you open that while I open the chest?”
He jumped off of her lap and grabbed the other end of the cloth to drag it back to his mama’s lap.
Kagome looked at the lock on the chest. There was no keyhole. She touched the lock on the chest and for a moment it sparked and then the lock clicked open. As the lid creaked open she held her breath, trying to guess what would be in there.

Wow that was a long chapter. Shippou is a smart little youkai isn’t he. And HE CALLED KAGOME MAMA!!! AAAAAAAH!!! That is my fav scene.

Thank you to all who are reviewing and reading this far cuz the beginning wasn’t much was it…oh wellz I hope this chappie is good and I finally got to the main point! Amazing isn’t it. should I make this a IxKxS? Or just leave it like this. The other couples are gonna be the usual SxM since Naraku is dead (I couldn’t let him hurt my elf now could I?) I wil have to make an oc for kik or just make her a hideous old lady who loses her power and rep. MWAHAHAHAHA. Who should I do Inu with? If not a IxKxS then maybe some Yaoi with Kouga (I mean the wolf youkai…) and Inu…respond!


I will try to make the next chapter before I leave but I’m not sure if the brick of inspiration will hit me or not…oh well byes!