06/17/06: This chapter has been edited. Changed a bit of things like grammar errors
Edit of the 01/18/06: I've updated this chapter… OK, I deleted the prologue, as I thought that I didn't liked it. So act as there was never one ok? I also intend to make my story a bit descriptive, since after long reflection, it's a boring story. So yeah, please leave comments
Chapter 0 – Background information
A/N: Okay, someone asked me about Chikara's past. I guess that others too want to know how did she come to be Sesshoumaru's wife and the Inu-tachi's friend.
So here's a legend about her past:
A long time ago, when the gods were created, life was peaceful. Then, the lands were populated by humans and demons. The Sun god and the Moon goddess fell deeply in love. The gods were attached, as a human form to their element. Being the Sun and the Moon, the lovers could only see each other at sunrise and sunset; which saddened them immensely. Thus, one day, they decided to renounce to their human form and transformed into simple element spirits. They then created a child that contained both their powers, to always remember each other's proof of love. The infant, which was a little girl, was named Chikara, in symbolism of her great powers.
The child grew with the years and became a woman. She was a beautiful sight; in the day, she was blond with straight hair and with blue eyes. Her skin was a rosy peach, had white bird wings and was rather shy. At night, her skin was more greyish, she had bat wings and pointy ears. Her eyes were a bloody red and her hair was curly and black; she was more edgy and arrogant.
Now how she fits in my story:
Chikara was traveling to no where in specific. Someday, she saw a poor old woman dying on the side of the path. She helped her and the old woman showed her where she came from; it was a hidden village, one that was concealed by a magic spell. The villagers saw in Chikara a source of power that they could take advantage of; so they captured her. They took her memories away and used her healing and foretelling powers. She stayed imprisoned for seventy-four years.
One day, a little girl came by and released her. Chikara was now free; to thank the little girl, she didn't destroy the village, but she now couldn't trust any men and had a need of vengeance toward humans in general. She continued to travel and fell upon a demon which she engaged a battle with, wanting to pass out her frustrations. Unfortunately for her, that demon had "friends" that came to help him. She was poisoned, even though she destroyed them. She then retreated to a nearby forest. She looked at the moon and used it to heal her wounds, but it didn't extract the poison in her blood, so she fell in a coma state. She didn't know it, but someone had watched the entire battle: a certain Inuyoukai, lord of the Western Lands. He was interested in what she was: she looked like no demon, and she was certainly no human with those kinds of powers. So he did something he would never have done; he healed her with what he knew of healing with herbs.
After a few days, she was healthy again, and she could feel that there was something special about him. They talked about her future and he asked her what she wanted from life; she answered him that she wanted to be happy. He offered her that happiness by becoming his mate. He thought that by becoming a Lady, she would be happy because she could have anything she wanted, instead of living poorly.
Afterward, they went to live to his castle. But, not long after, he resumed his journey to find Tetsusaiga. Chikara tried to keep him at home, but it was useless. He promised her that he would come to visit her every month.
One month, he came and she told him that she was pregnant. He was happy inside, but outside he didn't let it show. She was very sad because at first, she thought that he would be thrilled by the news. Thus, after he returned on the road again, she left a message at the castle that was saying that she would also be on a journey, one that could offer her true happiness, since the lord couldn't. She said that she would come back for the birth of the child. (But don't worry, their relationship will get better in The Love of a Mother)
Then when she thought that it was time, she wanted to come back, but with her poor sense of orientation and her stubbornness, she wasn't able to go home. She tried to enter a village to pass the night, but with her look, they thought she was a demon so they started to attack her. Kagome and Inuyasha, returning to the well, saw this and Kagome, with her great compassion, instructed Inuyasha to save the poor pregnant woman. Then Chikara explained her story to them… but omitted that her husband was the Lord of the Western Lands.
About Takato:
He's the son born from the union of Chikara and Sesshoumaru. He is full demon, since Chikara's body is a simple human, and it is her soul that is one of a goddess so it makes her an 'empty shell'... kind of. So if ever she dies, then he'll become the next Sun and Moon god. If she had other children and Takato would die, then the next god/goddess would be the second oldest child and it continues on like that until there is no more descendant of Chikara's blood. For a physical description of Takato, continue to read The Love of a Mother (chapter 13: That!)