Post by strawberrymew on Sept 25, 2003 18:28:48 GMT -5
^^ Hey everyone! Here is chappie 3! whee! Sesshoumaru comes in here!
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1000 no Kotoba (Prologue & Epilogue)
Chapter 3
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Kikyou watched the night sky, she'd always loved the sky, it's beauty fascinates her, and she appreciated the stars for being always out at night watching her life pass by. "Kikyou, you should be sleeping."
Yunosuke sat down beside her on the soft grass, they were on a hill just a mile away from the temple.
"Yunosuke.. I never want to loose you.." She sat a little closer and cuddled to his neck. "Why would I?" He ran his fingers through her hair gently and sofly kissed her forehead.
"I want to be with you forever, Yunosuke, I never want to face those heartbreaks and gloom ever again. It hurt me so much to know.. that everyone hated me, or at least thought hated me.."
He held her in his arms and they fell to the ground, "Never." He grinned and turned his kiss into a deep one. After a moment of deeply kissing, Kikyou was breathless, "Never, eh?" She giggled and hugged him to the ground, "I love you.." She softly closed her eyes and fell asleep, "I love you too." He nuzzled her cheek and slept beside her.
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"Kikyou! Kikyou!" She heard her name summoned and instantly woke up and noticed Yunosuke left. She smiled and noticed it was him who was calling.
"Yes, what is it?" She smiled at him and touched his cheek.
"The elder.. the wise elderly woman.. she.." He shook with fear.
"What!? What is it?!" Kikyou looked at him in the eyes and saw his fear, then he told her, "She's sickly and calls for you, Ruka already made it there."
Kikyou's eyes widened, "The elder!? Yunosuke, stay here and watch the temple, I have to see whats going on!" Kikyou quickly ran to the woman on her soft mat, "Elder." Kikyou nodded the others to go out except Ruka.
"She's been so sick.. I don't know what's wrong." Ruka brushed a hand on the woman's forehead and wiped the sweat off her face.
"Snake.." Kikyou examined her face, "Snake poison."
Ruka's eyes widened, "Snake?" Kikyou nodded. They watched the woman in pain for a few minutes, the Ruka spoke, "We need a blue herb. It's blue and it looks like a tiny flower, I need to brew it to save her." Kikyou thought, 'what..? why blue..?'
"may I ask.. why blue?" Kikyou was confused.
"Just do it!!" Ruka looked serious. very serious and tense.
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Kikyou picked up her equipment and belongings in order for this 'blue herb'. A little group of children questioned her, "Kikyou-sama! Where are you going? Come and play!" They cheered and smiled as Kikyou got her bow and arrows ready.
"Not today, children, maybe tomorrow."
Nariko pulled on Kikyou's clothing, "Will Kikyou be okay?" He eyes were filled with worry and sadness.
Kikyou smiled and patted her head, "Kikyou will be fine. I'll come back and we'll all play by the river, okay?"
Nariko's face lit up and she giggled, "Hai!"
Kikyou dismissed the children and found Yunosuke looking at her from behind, "Kikyou.. why are you going?"
"To get the sickly elder a remedy." KIkyou was ready to go out the door and find this herb.
"You need to come back." He grabbed her wrist and looked deeply into her eyes. She smiled, "Don't worry about me." She kissed him and left, "Ja."
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A few hours after Kikyou left, the snake poison started to worsen the elder. "Shouldn't we go find this herb to help Kikyou, Ruka-san?" A woman asked, and Ruka replied, "Watch and see. She'll be back." Ruka smirked while the woman coughed.
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Meanwhile, Kikyou was in the forest, about 2 miles off from the village searching for this 'plant' Ruka had mentioned. "I hope that so called 'Miko from a village up north' told me a lie."
Kikyou was walking through the forest, in and out of the trees, across the meadows and feilds, but there was no trace of this herb she was scouting for. She found herself on the bottom of a hill, a very tall one. She spotted a small blue plant at the top. She had began climbing this hill, it was steep, and sometimes she slipped. She had gotten midway and found herself VERY high, 'i had better be quick..' she thought as she made her way past the bushes and whatnot. When she had gotten to the top, it was nightime, and her servants had come to rejuvinate her soul.
'it is night...'
The miko looked up into a tree- and there it was, a blue herb. She looked at the veiw surrounding her, 'kirei....' she had a perfect veiw of her village from that hill. She was very far away from there, though. She tried to climb the tree, but had gotten nowhere.
"I must do this right..." She held onto the tree and hard as she could and climbed, and hard as she could. She finally got to stand on a hard branch of the tree, and she stood up, reaching for the high, blue herb.
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"Ruka.. it's dusk and she still hasn't come home yet..." A woman said. "......"
"Ruka?"
"Do you know that woman's legacy?"
"Legacy?"
"She is not a human, but simply a dead one roaming the earth in search of love."
"What? Kikyou?"
"You know why she's always out at night?" Ruka had a grin on her face.
"I do not. She protects the temple."
"She has "servants" go out and get her woman's souls in order to live."
"That is not true.." The woman eyed Ruka.
"I am a real miko, I know more things than Kikyou."
Yunosuke barged in, "KIKYOU IS MORE THAN THAT! SHE'LL COME BACK! SHE'S NOT DEAD!!" He shook with anger.
"Oh really? Did you know she died 50 years ago for a half-demon?"
Yunosuke's eyed widened, "How did you know that?"
"Ohhh, it was the talk of that area of Japan.." Ruka giggled.
"THIS ISN'T FUNNY!" Yunosuke yelled, "You would have specified more than just a "BLUE HERB" to Kikyou! You are no miko! You are an imposter!" He unsheathed his sword and brought it to Ruka's neck.
"Not bad.. Yunosuke.." Ruka smirked.
Ruka got up and walked away from them, "Where are you going?" The woman asked. "To help Kikyou's dream come true." Ruka said smiling, and when she opened her eyes, they turned ice blue.
"You are.."
Ruka lifted above the ground and set the house on fire, "Hah! Kikyou's greatest dream.. to see her own village destroyed, And I shall do it for her!"
"That is not true!" The elder came out coughing and hardly breathing.
"Die already! You old hag!" Ruka blinked and the elderly woman set on fire. Yunosuke was enraged with anger, "What are you doing!?"
Ruka smirked, "Didn't I already tell you? I am fulfulling Kikyou's dream, to see her own village destroyed. Specifically, this one."
Ruka suddenly was enshrouded with blue ribbons, and glowing with a light blue, and Hikari turned up, "Yoohoo!" She smiled and waved at Yunosuke.
Yunksuke jumped to attack Hikari with his sword. She gave him an icy punch with her fingernails and she turned her eyes a firey red, looking at each house, she set everything in the village's vicinity on fire. Everyone ran out screaming, but Hikari made sure there were NO survivors left in the village and burnt them all but Yunosuke, he was still standing, bloody, 3rd degree burns trying to save lives. "damn you....!"
Hikari smirked, "Your pretty tough." She grabbed a sharp object and quickly stabbed him, and leaving the village burning and Yunosuke bleeding and dieing, she went off into the clouds laughing.
"Kikyou.. love..." Yunosuke fell over and did not burn with the village, just lied around the middle, avoiding all fire.
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Kikyou was reaching for the branch.. when suddenly.. the branch collapses and her foot slips, where she lands on her butt. "Ouch!" Her hand was bloody with a few bug bites and scratches. Suddenly, the branch fell on her left foot, Kikyou screamed in pain. She was breathing hard, "My ankle..." She examined her ankle, which now was broken. She couldn't walk and thought, 'how am I supposed to get to the village...!'
"Oh, you don't need to worry about them. They are in a better place now." Hikari said giggling above Kikyou, "Ruka?" Kikyou's eyes widened, "Why aren't you at the village?" Hikari laughed, "Hah! I look alot like her, don't I?" Hikari sighed in awe, "I did make her pretty, after all."
Kikyou tried to stand, "Who are you!" She yelled.
"You do not need to know that, all you need to do is take a look at your village, it was weak and cute without you." Hikari laughed, "Yunosuke went down with it." She floated away.
Kikyou jerked her head towards the fire and burning, "No!" She looked up at Hikari, "YOU TRAITOR!!" Kikyou's eyes filled with tears and she fell asleep on that hill, crying, and dying of grief.
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"Teehee! Fun fun fun!" Rin poked the morning dew off a big leaf. It was morning and Rin had woken up the same time as Sesshoumaru did. She poked more leaves and found Jaken under a leaf with ALOT of dew. Rin giggled and poked the leaf, and watched the dew fall all over Jaken.
Sesshoumaru walked over to Jaken and Rin, and Jaken was now, officially mad at Rin for spilling water on him. "Let us go now." Sesshoumaru looked down on Rin with his monotone accent and expression.
Rin ran ahead of the group, playing with flowers and whatnot. Chasing the butterflies and picking flowers. She ran up and hill and giggled, "Come catch me!" She ran out of sight. "That girl...!" Sesshoumaru signaled Jaken to stop talking, "She found something." Rin screamed, "Sesshoumaru-sama!!!!"
Sesshoumaru ran up the hill and found Rin in tears, "Look." She pointed at Kikyou's body, she was lying on her stomach and her legs were entangled. Her hair was tangled and blood was spilt all over her left foor and all over her right hand.
Sesshoumaru cautiously kneeled over to the half-dead miko. "She is not dead, she is unconcious." Rin sighed, "Can Sesshoumaru-sama fix her?" Sesshoumaru looked at Rin, ".... I don't know."
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XDD wheeeee!
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1000 no Kotoba (Prologue & Epilogue)
Chapter 3
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Kikyou watched the night sky, she'd always loved the sky, it's beauty fascinates her, and she appreciated the stars for being always out at night watching her life pass by. "Kikyou, you should be sleeping."
Yunosuke sat down beside her on the soft grass, they were on a hill just a mile away from the temple.
"Yunosuke.. I never want to loose you.." She sat a little closer and cuddled to his neck. "Why would I?" He ran his fingers through her hair gently and sofly kissed her forehead.
"I want to be with you forever, Yunosuke, I never want to face those heartbreaks and gloom ever again. It hurt me so much to know.. that everyone hated me, or at least thought hated me.."
He held her in his arms and they fell to the ground, "Never." He grinned and turned his kiss into a deep one. After a moment of deeply kissing, Kikyou was breathless, "Never, eh?" She giggled and hugged him to the ground, "I love you.." She softly closed her eyes and fell asleep, "I love you too." He nuzzled her cheek and slept beside her.
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"Kikyou! Kikyou!" She heard her name summoned and instantly woke up and noticed Yunosuke left. She smiled and noticed it was him who was calling.
"Yes, what is it?" She smiled at him and touched his cheek.
"The elder.. the wise elderly woman.. she.." He shook with fear.
"What!? What is it?!" Kikyou looked at him in the eyes and saw his fear, then he told her, "She's sickly and calls for you, Ruka already made it there."
Kikyou's eyes widened, "The elder!? Yunosuke, stay here and watch the temple, I have to see whats going on!" Kikyou quickly ran to the woman on her soft mat, "Elder." Kikyou nodded the others to go out except Ruka.
"She's been so sick.. I don't know what's wrong." Ruka brushed a hand on the woman's forehead and wiped the sweat off her face.
"Snake.." Kikyou examined her face, "Snake poison."
Ruka's eyes widened, "Snake?" Kikyou nodded. They watched the woman in pain for a few minutes, the Ruka spoke, "We need a blue herb. It's blue and it looks like a tiny flower, I need to brew it to save her." Kikyou thought, 'what..? why blue..?'
"may I ask.. why blue?" Kikyou was confused.
"Just do it!!" Ruka looked serious. very serious and tense.
---
Kikyou picked up her equipment and belongings in order for this 'blue herb'. A little group of children questioned her, "Kikyou-sama! Where are you going? Come and play!" They cheered and smiled as Kikyou got her bow and arrows ready.
"Not today, children, maybe tomorrow."
Nariko pulled on Kikyou's clothing, "Will Kikyou be okay?" He eyes were filled with worry and sadness.
Kikyou smiled and patted her head, "Kikyou will be fine. I'll come back and we'll all play by the river, okay?"
Nariko's face lit up and she giggled, "Hai!"
Kikyou dismissed the children and found Yunosuke looking at her from behind, "Kikyou.. why are you going?"
"To get the sickly elder a remedy." KIkyou was ready to go out the door and find this herb.
"You need to come back." He grabbed her wrist and looked deeply into her eyes. She smiled, "Don't worry about me." She kissed him and left, "Ja."
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A few hours after Kikyou left, the snake poison started to worsen the elder. "Shouldn't we go find this herb to help Kikyou, Ruka-san?" A woman asked, and Ruka replied, "Watch and see. She'll be back." Ruka smirked while the woman coughed.
---
Meanwhile, Kikyou was in the forest, about 2 miles off from the village searching for this 'plant' Ruka had mentioned. "I hope that so called 'Miko from a village up north' told me a lie."
Kikyou was walking through the forest, in and out of the trees, across the meadows and feilds, but there was no trace of this herb she was scouting for. She found herself on the bottom of a hill, a very tall one. She spotted a small blue plant at the top. She had began climbing this hill, it was steep, and sometimes she slipped. She had gotten midway and found herself VERY high, 'i had better be quick..' she thought as she made her way past the bushes and whatnot. When she had gotten to the top, it was nightime, and her servants had come to rejuvinate her soul.
'it is night...'
The miko looked up into a tree- and there it was, a blue herb. She looked at the veiw surrounding her, 'kirei....' she had a perfect veiw of her village from that hill. She was very far away from there, though. She tried to climb the tree, but had gotten nowhere.
"I must do this right..." She held onto the tree and hard as she could and climbed, and hard as she could. She finally got to stand on a hard branch of the tree, and she stood up, reaching for the high, blue herb.
---
"Ruka.. it's dusk and she still hasn't come home yet..." A woman said. "......"
"Ruka?"
"Do you know that woman's legacy?"
"Legacy?"
"She is not a human, but simply a dead one roaming the earth in search of love."
"What? Kikyou?"
"You know why she's always out at night?" Ruka had a grin on her face.
"I do not. She protects the temple."
"She has "servants" go out and get her woman's souls in order to live."
"That is not true.." The woman eyed Ruka.
"I am a real miko, I know more things than Kikyou."
Yunosuke barged in, "KIKYOU IS MORE THAN THAT! SHE'LL COME BACK! SHE'S NOT DEAD!!" He shook with anger.
"Oh really? Did you know she died 50 years ago for a half-demon?"
Yunosuke's eyed widened, "How did you know that?"
"Ohhh, it was the talk of that area of Japan.." Ruka giggled.
"THIS ISN'T FUNNY!" Yunosuke yelled, "You would have specified more than just a "BLUE HERB" to Kikyou! You are no miko! You are an imposter!" He unsheathed his sword and brought it to Ruka's neck.
"Not bad.. Yunosuke.." Ruka smirked.
Ruka got up and walked away from them, "Where are you going?" The woman asked. "To help Kikyou's dream come true." Ruka said smiling, and when she opened her eyes, they turned ice blue.
"You are.."
Ruka lifted above the ground and set the house on fire, "Hah! Kikyou's greatest dream.. to see her own village destroyed, And I shall do it for her!"
"That is not true!" The elder came out coughing and hardly breathing.
"Die already! You old hag!" Ruka blinked and the elderly woman set on fire. Yunosuke was enraged with anger, "What are you doing!?"
Ruka smirked, "Didn't I already tell you? I am fulfulling Kikyou's dream, to see her own village destroyed. Specifically, this one."
Ruka suddenly was enshrouded with blue ribbons, and glowing with a light blue, and Hikari turned up, "Yoohoo!" She smiled and waved at Yunosuke.
Yunksuke jumped to attack Hikari with his sword. She gave him an icy punch with her fingernails and she turned her eyes a firey red, looking at each house, she set everything in the village's vicinity on fire. Everyone ran out screaming, but Hikari made sure there were NO survivors left in the village and burnt them all but Yunosuke, he was still standing, bloody, 3rd degree burns trying to save lives. "damn you....!"
Hikari smirked, "Your pretty tough." She grabbed a sharp object and quickly stabbed him, and leaving the village burning and Yunosuke bleeding and dieing, she went off into the clouds laughing.
"Kikyou.. love..." Yunosuke fell over and did not burn with the village, just lied around the middle, avoiding all fire.
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Kikyou was reaching for the branch.. when suddenly.. the branch collapses and her foot slips, where she lands on her butt. "Ouch!" Her hand was bloody with a few bug bites and scratches. Suddenly, the branch fell on her left foot, Kikyou screamed in pain. She was breathing hard, "My ankle..." She examined her ankle, which now was broken. She couldn't walk and thought, 'how am I supposed to get to the village...!'
"Oh, you don't need to worry about them. They are in a better place now." Hikari said giggling above Kikyou, "Ruka?" Kikyou's eyes widened, "Why aren't you at the village?" Hikari laughed, "Hah! I look alot like her, don't I?" Hikari sighed in awe, "I did make her pretty, after all."
Kikyou tried to stand, "Who are you!" She yelled.
"You do not need to know that, all you need to do is take a look at your village, it was weak and cute without you." Hikari laughed, "Yunosuke went down with it." She floated away.
Kikyou jerked her head towards the fire and burning, "No!" She looked up at Hikari, "YOU TRAITOR!!" Kikyou's eyes filled with tears and she fell asleep on that hill, crying, and dying of grief.
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"Teehee! Fun fun fun!" Rin poked the morning dew off a big leaf. It was morning and Rin had woken up the same time as Sesshoumaru did. She poked more leaves and found Jaken under a leaf with ALOT of dew. Rin giggled and poked the leaf, and watched the dew fall all over Jaken.
Sesshoumaru walked over to Jaken and Rin, and Jaken was now, officially mad at Rin for spilling water on him. "Let us go now." Sesshoumaru looked down on Rin with his monotone accent and expression.
Rin ran ahead of the group, playing with flowers and whatnot. Chasing the butterflies and picking flowers. She ran up and hill and giggled, "Come catch me!" She ran out of sight. "That girl...!" Sesshoumaru signaled Jaken to stop talking, "She found something." Rin screamed, "Sesshoumaru-sama!!!!"
Sesshoumaru ran up the hill and found Rin in tears, "Look." She pointed at Kikyou's body, she was lying on her stomach and her legs were entangled. Her hair was tangled and blood was spilt all over her left foor and all over her right hand.
Sesshoumaru cautiously kneeled over to the half-dead miko. "She is not dead, she is unconcious." Rin sighed, "Can Sesshoumaru-sama fix her?" Sesshoumaru looked at Rin, ".... I don't know."
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XDD wheeeee!
