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Chapter 14: My Revenge
Kagome kept on running down the hall and hearing the same line over and over in her head. It repeated and breaking her heart slowly… the man that she fell in love… lied to her, the thing that would make anybody sad. Kagome came to a dojo and she went in and cried to herself.
"You knew everything!"
"What… was that? Did you hear it?" Tsunami asked as she walked to the door and smelled the scent of jasmine mixed in with tears.
"I presume that she heard." Sesshomaru said coldly as he walked out of the room but was stopped when Hikaru grabbed his arm.
"You will leave this palace and bring her along with you, she is not our daughter anymore, and you that… for a long time. Don't come back here anymore."
Tsunami grabbed her book and left the room before Hikaru showed all of his anger to Sesshomaru if he had refused to take Kagome with him.
But, Sesshomaru grabbed Tsunami by the wrist harshly and pulled her to face him eye to eye.
"W-what are you doing, Sesshomaru?"
"You don't care for her, do you?" Tsunami's eyes widened as she didn't know what to say to him.
"So, do you love her like your daughter before or do you fear her because she might kill you, yet you want to live forever. Why don't you go talk to your own flesh and blood, Tsunami?" Sesshomaru let go of her wrist and walked out of the room. Tsunami stood, still shocked at what he had asked her. No one had asked her that ever since she put a spell on her daughter.
"Tsunami?" Hikaru asked.
"Don't let his words get to you, we let go of our Kagome a while ago."
Sesshomaru followed Kagome's scent into the dojo and noticed that she had been crying. He cracked the door a little so he could see what she was doing inside. To his amazement he saw that she was wielding a sword and practicing with her moves. Kagome stood straight up when she smelled Sesshomaru near the door. She gave him a disgusted look as he came in.
"Leave." Kagome said flatly as she threw the sword to the ground making a small hole in the dojo. Sesshomaru did not move a muscle as the two stared at each other in silence.
"I told you to leave, why do you care anything about me anyways. Everything was a lie to me, everyone knew didn't they? Once I started to get back my memories… everyone got theirs back as well… but they were afraid to tell me that I was abandoned my very own parents. As for you, you knew all along… the moment you saw me, I bet you that all of your memories suddenly came back to you, you knew everything about me from our childhood till now." Kagome grabbed the sword from the ground and threw it towards Sesshomaru, but all he had had to do was just tilt his head to the side as the sword stuck dojo's sliding door.
"You want to fight? Then you got it." Sesshomaru grabbed the sword from behind him and Kagome took a sword from the rack; the two charged at each other and they fought for a while, dodging the other's attack.
"You will die under my hands! Landing all of your stupid lies on me!" Kagome screamed as she felt more tears running down her face.
"Why? Do you expect me to give you sympathy?"
"I hate you! You emotionless bastard! I shall take you to hell myself!"
"Have it your way, it will only end up as you in hell, stupid bitch."
Kagome wrinkled her face when you heard the words slowly coming out of Sesshomaru's mouth.
"You will pay for what you have said." Kagome jumped out of Sesshomaru's grasp and she laughed evilly as black wings started sprouting from her back. All of her clothes were white. Her eyes showed no sign of emotion yet they were her natural eyes not the cold blank ones.
"Thanks to you, I can turn like this when ever I am mad and filled with anger. I have more power than you will ever possess." Kagome flew up to the top of the dojo and her bow and arrows appeared. Sesshomaru didn't think that they would travel that fast but it traveled faster than the speed of light. The arrow had grazed Sesshomaru's cheek, gushes of blood started spilling out. His eyes narrowed and moved as fast as he could when he saw Kagome fire another arrow.
"Don't be a coward and start running away." Kagome flew down and punched the ground before Sesshomaru, but he jumped out of the way at the last moment. The castle shook a little, startling Tsunami who had been down the hall drinking tea.
She stood up and wanted to investigate what was going on in the dojo. As she neared the room she heard racks being broken, the walls shaking, and there were dents in some of the walls. When Tsunami was about to open the door, Sesshomaru came flying out of the room at her. She was crushed underneath all of Sesshomaru's weight. She pushed him off and looked at Kagome sternly.
"W-what? OH NO!" Tsunami looked in horror as she saw the black wings on the young girl's back.
Kagome smirked and walked up to the back wall. She did a black flip and pushed off the wall heading at full speed at Tsunami and Sesshomaru. As the two tried to get up, they saw Kagome flying at them with full speed, they saw Kagome spinning around at the last minute.
"Stop this at once!" Hikaru yelled as he ran to the two wounded ones. But as he was yelling an arrow shot at him right in the arm.
"Shut up, old man. You stay out of this. I will deal with you later." Kagome was close to Tsunami and Sesshomaru when something pierced her in the heart. She slowly came to the ground and clutched onto her heart as blood started spilling onto her hand. Memories were creeping back to her. Frightening her; everything was happening so fast.
"Why? Why did all of you betray me?! Leaving me abandoned on the roadside for me to die! You stabbed me in the shoulder! WHY?! I haven't done anything to you all? What have I done to make you anger with rage?" Kagome screamed as more blood spilled onto the carpet floor.
"K-kagome…" Tsunami stuttered as she stood up.
"What have I done?" Kagome cried, she saw blood everywhere; she was starting to feel faint.
"I… never killed anyone… did I?"
Tsunami turned on her heel and started walking away but she too felt a pain… of sadness inside. She suddenly felt a sword stab into her back.
"Die, bitch." Kagome looked up at Tsunami with a cold stare.
"I finally know, you were never my parents. My human parents are the ones that accept me for who I am. They never tried to abandon me or even try to kill me. They protected me. I don't care if they are just humans, but what you have done to me… made me realize that you never wanted me alive, you never loved me. Go to hell, bitch! Say hi to your husband, he will be joining you very soon." Kagome dug the sword deeper within Tsunami, making her fall to her knees.
"I will never die, I am immortal!" Tsunami screamed.
"You will go to HELL! You were the one that strapped to that sacred tree! Your potion didn't work! So you got rid of my spirit and left me on the roadside! No one knew I was the Princess of the Eastern Lands!"
Kagome twisted the sword and Tsunami fell to the ground; her body lifeless. Kagome faced Sesshomaru and gave him a deadly stare. Sesshomaru felt sorry for Kagome, he really didn't mean it to go this far… but this journey had made him realize he was in love with the girl that he first laid eyes on.
"Kagome! Stop this madness!" Hikaru yelled.
"You will join her in hell as well. You are going to die under my hands as well. You agreed to everything that Tsunami said, you adored her a bit too much, that you agreed to kill me, your very own flesh and blood. Now all that you have done, it is coming all back to you, let's say its karma." Kagome ran towards Hikaru; her claws ready to dig into his flesh.
He took out his sword ready to strike at his daughter. But he was too weak of old age. Kagome had the advantage since she was so much faster.
"K-kagome…" Hikaru tried to say as Kagome dug her claws deeper into his flesh. Sesshomaru stood there, watching the scene of death right in front of him. Kagome laughed evilly as she turned towards Sesshomaru.
"My whole life was a lie wasn't it, Lord Sesshomaru?"
"Correct. Do you want me to feel pity towards you? You all ready got your revenge against your parents, so what do you want now?"
"Kill you." The two were suddenly interrupted when two young demons came in. She was wearing all white and she had a mirror in her hand; following her was a much older demon who was wearing a white and red kimono.
"LORD SESSHOMARU! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?! JAKEN SAID THAT YOUR WERE ON SOME KIND OF JOURNEY! WE LOOKED AT ALL THE LANDS AND THIS WAS THE LAST ONE!" The older demon yelled as she made her way through the castle.
"We have been attacked by the Lord of the Northern Lands! He is very angry at you milord. I am not sure what you have done, but he is raiding your castle at the moment that we speak! Look!" The younger one said as she stepped forward to show what was happening in her mirror.
Sesshomaru watched the mirror and there came a picture of his castle with the Lord of the Northern Lands fighting off his very own army.
"Kagura, Kanna. I want you two to stay here and keep this lady out of my way." Sesshomaru said to his loyal servants.
"Yes, milord!" The two said as they stared harshly at Kagome who was laughing.
"What are you laughing at?!" Kagura demanded.
"The only way that Lord Sesshomaru would be attacked would be because he is such a bad Lord and does not know how to handle any situations. That is why Lord Yama would attack the castle."
"How dare you talk to our lord like that?" Kanna asked.
"He is an arrogant bastard who only tells lies. He never tells the truth to anyone, not even the person he trusts the most."
"That is not true." Sesshomaru said coldly.
"Yes it is. Now, I will kill you later on, I am going back home." Kagome turned and headed past Kagura and Kanna. But Kagura took out her sword that was by her side and swiped at Kagome's sleeve.
Kagome quickly grabbed a hold of Kagura's hand. She held hard and stared into Kagura's eyes.
"Never slice a princess's clothes, that is very improper to do. You are very disrespectful; you should know when you are up against royalty."
"W-what, there is no princess that lives here!"
"Yes, there is and that is me, Higurashi Kagome."
"W-what, but s-she died ages ago on the roadside."
"That is where you are wrong. I was taken in by humans and they raised me to the person I am today."
"So you are the princess of the Eastern Lands?" Kanna asked as she looked at Kagome admiringly.
"Yes, I am. You two should go back to your little war that you are having back home, that is your biggest concern at the moment." Kagome walked past the three and out of the door.
'Too many memories are held in this castle. There is only one way to rid of all of these memories; destroy the palace.'
"ALL OF YOU SHOULD GET OUT IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO DIE!" Kagome yelled coldly as everyone came out slowly.
"W-what are you doing?" Kagura asked but was ignored by Kagome.
Kagome raised her arms up and the bow and arrow appeared. But there was something different about this set; they were both red and orange not like the others which were always black and red. Kagome fired it and it separated into ten different arrows. The red and orange colors changed into fire arrows that struck the palace with great force; setting it on fire. Kagome turned around and didn't turn back to look at the burning castle which held her dead parents. Kagura, Kanna, and Sesshomaru watched as the palace was now on fire and burning to the ground.
"Lord Sesshomaru, is she really the Princess of the Eastern Lands? Is she really Higurashi Kagome, the lost child that never knew her past?" Kanna asked as she walked with her Lord back to Ah and Un.
"Yes… yes she is…"
"Why is she so depressed?" Kanna asked again.
"She… just found out everything about her past, wouldn't you be depressed if that happened to you?" Sesshomaru asked. He knew he was growing too soft; it was all because of her, Kagome who melted his heart long ago and melted his heart again.
"Shall we go, sire?" Kagura asked.
"Yes."
Once Sesshomaru got back to his lands, the fight was still going on. He was in shock to find that Inuyasha and Kikyo were there defending the castle.
"Inuyasha, what are you doing here at my castle?" Sesshomaru asked.
"We were just passing by and we saw that your castle was being attack, so we just decided to 'help' with your army."
"Y-you and Kikyo are back together?" Kagura asked as she knew about their relationship.
"Duh, what else, Kagura." Kikyo said sternly.
"Well are you three just going to stand there and just watch as your home is destroyed?" Inuyasha said as more and more demons came.
"Do you know what the cause of this is?" Kanna asked Inuyasha as she reflected one of the demon's attacks back at him; killing him as a result.
"I don't know… something about not replying to Lord Yama's request about some marriage and land combing… I don't know, well that's what I heard from Jaken who is hiding like a bitch in the castle."
"Oh…" Kanna said.
Sesshomaru fought off demons who were trying to destroy his home. He knew what the problem was. He had rejected Lord Yama's ugly daughter Saiyuki. Lord Yama always asked about the marriage and land combining. He guessed that this was over calling his daughter ugly and had no manners what so ever.
"Sesshomaru! I will cut your tongue out for calling my first daughter, Saiyuki ugly! She is a very beautiful young woman! You are still single and yet you have rejected every daughter that has been offered to you! You rejected Gin and Haru from the Southern Lands. You rejected my other four daughters Keiko, Mai, Nikki, and my youngest of them all, Noriko!"
"And your point is…" Sesshomaru said with a bored tone as he fought with Yama.
"You had seven daughters of high rank offered to you!"
"And… so…"
"What!! Then do you prefer dead women, such as that impudent Higurashi Kagome! She was a disgrace! She was not a blessed child! She was left to die on the roadside! How sad is that?!"
"How do you know she is dead?"
"How dare you defy a legend that is very much true?!"
"Do you, such an old demon still believe in legends?"
"Of course I do, because they are all true."
"Hmp, you are very childish, for believing such stories that are not even close to being true."
The two fought for quite a while and Sesshomaru was getting tired of this.
"Yama, do you wish to die like this and never see your five ugly daughters again?"
"Do not call them ugly!"
"But they are, so answer my question, would you like to die here or leave my lands at once?" Lord Yama was starting to get afraid now when he saw the deadly cold stare from Sesshomaru.
"So, are you going to answer my question?" Yama backed up a bit and turned around.
"I shall leave… but I will come back."
"No, you will not show your face in my land ever again. Not even your five daughters and do not bother me on marriage because I do not intend to marry…"
"…" Lord Yama summoned his army and they all left the palace in such a miserable defeat.
"Milord, are you hurt?" Kanna asked as she ran up to her lord.
"No, I am fine, Kanna."
Kikyo and Inuyasha stood by a tree pretty far from the castle walls.
"I-I… suppose Kagome… didn't make it?" Kikyo said as she watched the castle.
"No. I think that she is very well still alive in this world, Kikyo."
"What makes you say that?"
"I don't know… just a feeling. I have a feeling that she went back to her home… in the human village."
"Why would she do that… everyone is human there and they all despise her."
"I don't think this time around they will hate her so much."
"Why?"
"Just think about it Kikyo, she almost killed them all last time… but now… since she is returning… they now know that she means a great deal to their village. She was the strongest out of all of them and plus she did most of the work for them, so they are at lost without her. So I think that this time around they will give so much gratitude towards her."
"Kagome… is a sweet girl… but it is just that dark side of her that frightens me…"
"Yea…"
"But, that is what is inside of her… and she can't part from it…"
Kikyo looked up to the setting sky.
"Shall we go now, Inuyasha?"
"Yea… let's take a little visit to our friend."
"Let's go."
"Hey, do you think your sister got out of that land that revolves around love?"
"Yep… she has, she broke through the barrier somehow… not sure how."
The two walked away from the palace walls of the Western Lands. There was blood splattered everywhere on the grass area. Sesshomaru, Kagura, and Kanna stood watching there home land. They were disgusted at the way it looked.
"Jaken." Sesshomaru said coldly as he walked into the palace.
"Y-yes… milord."
"It was your entire fault that we got into this mess, JAKEN!" Kagura yelled but was stopped when Sesshomaru gave her a glare.
"Jaken, I thought that I had told you to take care of all of my plans while I was away from the palace walls."
"I-I did… sire… I did everything that you wanted me to do…" Jaken was really nervous now; he was in fear of his life.
"I can see that your face is fool of lies." Kanna said blankly.
"Kanna, show me what happened when I was away." Kanna obeyed what her master said and she reflected her mirror to show what had happened.
Sesshomaru watched with interest.
Flashback
"Jaken, have you looked over all of Lord Sesshomaru's documents?" Kagura asked.
"Yes, I have all ready done that; now do not bother me you wench!"
"You know that our Lord sent you a letter saying to take care of all his documents from all of the lords… excluding Lord Hikaru and Lady Tsunami."
"I told you I all ready too care of that!" Jaken turned around and started walking down the hall.
"Kanna, go check and see if there are any documents that have been unopened in Lord Sesshomaru's office.
"Yes, sister." Kanna walked up to the door and pushed it open. She saw piles and piles of papers stacked on one another.
"Kagura… Jaken has lied; he has not finished anything that is in master's office."
"Jaken is supposed to be the royal accountant who takes care of that stuff… we cannot take of that… we are only Lord Sesshomaru's royal advisors…"
"Yes… that is not our place… Jaken will surely feel master's wrath when he returns from his journey." Kanna lowered her mirror and looked up at her lord who grabbed Jaken by the head.
"Jaken, last time I thought you were my royal accountant who takes care of all those stuff while I was away. Did you not get the letter Kagura received?"
"M-milord, I can explain everything!"
"There is no need to explain, Jaken. I completely understand what you did." Jaken looked slowly up at his master got a grave look when he smirked.
"S-sire… I hope you accept my apologies."
"You need not apologize, Jaken."
"W-what…?"
"You are from here on banished from these lands; you did not fulfill your duties while I was gone… I now know that you are not responsible to do these kinds of jobs. Kargura will take your place as the royal accountant. And Kanna will be the first royal advisor."
"B-but."
"Go pack up and you shall leave in the morning, when the first light of the next day shall appear. Now go on and pack up." Jaken hurried away; sad and disowned.
Kagura turned away and wrote something on a scroll, she sent it away with a servant. Kagura smiled at her lord and bowed as she left the room. Kanna motioned her lord to lower his ear down for she was much shorter than he.
"What… is it Kanna?"
"My sister is very happy that you chose her to be the royal accountant."
"I hope that she is."
Kanna bowed low and left the room. As everyone left, Sesshomaru felt relieved but there was this pain inside his heart.
Kagome walked through the forest and watched the setting sun.
"Those… advisors… of Sesshomaru… they seem not very loyal. I have seen one of them somewhere before. She is…"
"Who are you talking to, my child?" An elderly voice asked.
"Kaede?!"
"Yes… it is I… Kagome…"
"What were yee talking about?"
"Well… I was just saying about how Sesshomaru's servants were not as loyal as he thinks they are… do you know them?" Kaede sat down next to Kagome.
"Of course I do… Kagura Hitani and Kanna Nami. They act like sisters… but they are truly not even related."
"I knew it!"
"Have you ever heard of the water princesses?"
"You mean… my mother… Tsunami?"
"Well… she was one of them along with Tsuki, Tai, and the eldest of them all, Yuni. She was said to be the favorite of Lord Taiyou. She was eldest of all the daughters. Lord Taiyou never really talked about his four daughters… for he was ashamed for not having at least one son. So of course, he still loved them and married them all off to high ranking places. But the last two were not married… Tsunami and Yuni."
"But… I heard that Tsuki isn't really Lord Taiyou's daughter…"
"Yes, she is not, she is actually Tsunami's best friend and Lord Taiyou took her in as his own. But that was the problem, when she grew up she married Tsunami's father's enemy… Lord Inutashio… so he disowned her and of course she was angry because of that… so one day she wanted to take some revenge…"
"Y-you mean…"
"Yes… she teamed up with two servants in her household, Kagura Hitani and Kanna Nami. She didn't want to be disowned! So she took some action. So Kagura and Kanna got close to Lord Taiyou as loyal servants. But the truth is… Kanna is the much sweeter one and she really didn't get in on the murders… she just followed Kagura for she had no family and no home."
Kagome took in interest and listened to the story.
"The first to go was the Lady of the Oceans."
"R-really?"
"Yes… she is the one to get killed first.
"Hmm… but only Kagura did it…"
"Very true… Kanna, had nothing to do with it… there was no trace of her… when the murder was committed, she had been out in the village, shopping…"
"Then, it was soon, Tai… and then Yuni… only Tsunami was left… Tsuki couldn't order Kagura to kill her because Tsunami was the one that brought Tuski into her own home… I think that is where you have heard of Kanna and Kagura… through all of the killings…"
"Yeah… I think you are right." Kagome looked up into the sky.
"Kaede… do you think I am a bad person…?"
"NO! Why would you say that my child?"
"… I killed my parents… they said that I am not their daughter at all…"
"K-kagome… you were the one that did that?"
"Yes…"
"I thought… it was because the castle burned down…"
"No…"
"Kagome… in my opinion… I think there was a better way to have solved it… but what is done… is done… do not let it get to you child… just move on and never look back…" Kagome began to cry; everything was happening too fast for her.
"By… the way… Kaede… how did you get out of those lands? Aren't you supposed to be in love… or something?"
"Well… I broke the barrier… it took me days to gather up all my energy to create such a powerful sacred arrow…"
"Wow that is wonderful! You have so much power!"
"Not as much power as you have… you could have broken the barrier with your dark powers…"
Kagome looked away. "Kaede… do… you think Kagura is planning something… like… a murder?"
"… I do… not know what to say… child…"
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