-1Chapter one: Trapped

My name is Kagome Higurashi, I’m a seventeen year old with a colourful past. I used to be human, an ordinary girl, with an ordinary life. Until I turned fifteen. It was then I learned that I was a reincarnation of a dead priestess, named Kikyo. I had the coveted Shikon-no-tama within my body. Protected from all who sought after it. I was pulled into the bone eaters well, on the grounds of our family shrine, by a Demon… by Mistress Centipede.

You may be thinking Whoa, I thought it was totally unbelievable. I mean demons, I believed they were created by the Halloween company as an excuse to sell more candy and dress up. I was wrong. Mistress centipede pulled me into this world of demons, to feudal Japan, five hundred years in the past.

I grew accustomed to being a ‘priestess’ slaying demons, with my dearest friends: Monk Miroku - a lecherous monk, who had a curse upon his right hand. Known as the wind tunnel; a void in time and space, this was inflicted upon him and his forefathers by a deceitful Hanyou. There’s also Shippo, the fox-demon child, his father was murdered by the notorious thunder brothers. With the aid of his fox magic, he’s always helpful in many tight situations. Sango the Demon Slayer, troubled by a treacherous past, watching her family being slaughtered by her own younger brother. Kohaku. Sango was manipulated along with her younger sibling by the same evil Hanyou, that cursed Miroku.

And there was Inuyasha, A Hanyou - Half Demon, his mother was Human, and his father was the most powerful Demon in the west. His life took a tragic turn when his love, Kikyo was pitted against him, in a bitter feud. The same insidious Hanyou that cursed Miroku, manipulated Sango and Kohaku, ripped into Kikyo’s flesh whilst passing off as Inuyasha. Then vice-versa, he masqueraded as Kikyo, and pursued Inuyasha. The real Kikyo, shot Inuyasha in the chest with the arrow of sealing against the tree of ages, sealing him in time, before she died of her injuries.

This is where it all began…lies, deceit, manipulation, torture and torment, all summed up to but one word; a name - Naraku.

I had long travelled with Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku and Shippo, for a year collecting the Shikon-no-tama fragments. We were pitted against odds, which at times seemed unlikely to overcome. The one that changed my life forever, was over two months ago; I was wounded, and reborn a Hanyou priestess, all the powers of a Half demon, and the priestess within, but I had all the weaknesses of the demon blood coarsening in my veins, wanting death and destruction, as well as my human heart and soul.

There is but one who, captivated my love, Sesshoumaru, older brother to Inuyasha. Sesshoumaru, a Youkai - Full demon, who’s blood runs through my veins, making me a Hanyou, loves me as much as I love him. But I was unsure of myself, I wanted to find my purpose, my being, and so I walked away from him. I know where to find Sesshoumaru, his castle in the Western regions. I returned with Keade to her village, where I began, to search within myself for answers.

I relinquished my priestess powers to remain alive, when I fought Naraku. At least that’s what I believed, when I saw my soul walk out of my body, holding Naraku’s blackened soul trapped within the Shikon-no-tama. I watched as the ‘priestess’ took the soul and the jewel into the depths of hell, my human soul. I forgot that I was to retain my human soul underneath my demon exterior, which means that within in me is the reconstituted Shikon-no-tama, and the blackened soul of Naraku trapped inside.

“come child, you must leave this bath before you catch a cold” Keade spoke softly to me

“who am I Keade? I don’t know anymore” I asked, sitting solemnly in the cold water

“ye are Kagome, Priestess, Demon, and a beautiful soul” Keade said, trying to assure me, but my heart ached with a longing. I moved the waters with my hands, causing ripples. I looked at my hands. The forked prongs of purple across my hands, long claws.

“I am still Kagome? Although these say otherwise” Kagome said touching the stripes on her hands, her cheeks and tail between her legs.

“I can hear what they say about me Keade, your villagers. I am not deaf to their harsh words. Their depictions of me, of what I am now, they’re afraid of me. As I am afraid of myself. I should’ve stayed with Lord Sesshoumaru.” Kagome confessed touching her ears

“child you are special, never let anyone tell you differently.” Keade attempted to cheer her up.

“I used to be a human Keade, a reincarnated priestess, your sister. I retained some memories, of how we used to be. I walked the same troubled fate, fell in love with the same Hanyou, Inuyasha. Then I was gravely injured, my soul ripped open, reborn a Hanyou priestess, Now I’m a demon Priestess. I hold within my soul the Shikon-no-tama, within lies the deceitful blackened soul of Naraku. What am I do to Keade. I feel trapped.” Kagome’s tears fell from her cheeks, warming her cold face as they fell into the bath waters.

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