The Unexpected Gift of Destiny by chibi-chan100

Pain and Betrayal, The Beginning of the Curse

“Whew! If I didn’t know better, that bag is getting heavier and heavier every time I pack here for Sengoku Jidai. How I wish someone would invent a bag that would contain much available space for packing, but still make the contents lighter. I swear this bag will the death of me!” complained a raven-haired teenage girl.

“Good thing Inuyasha will be the one carrying this one. It is sooo much heavy for me! At least, he won’t be arguing that I’m late and all. . . Won’t he be surprised to see me here a day earlier!” said a cheery Kagome to herself.

She was so lost in her cheerfulness, that she didn’t sense a demon’s presence, until she climbed out of the well to see it. Immediately, all happy thoughts dissipated in her mind.

“Well, well, well, wouldn’t you know it! I happen to hunt in the woods, when the miko with the Shinkon no Tama shows up. Maybe this is my lucky day!” growled the demon menacingly.

The said youkai was a reptile-type of demon with green, slimy scales covering his body. In its mouth, long venomous fangs were bared, followed by a long, slimy tongue sticking out of it. Alarmed by the sudden appearance of the youkai, Kagome yelled for the one she knew would save her, Inuyasha. . .

*Meanwhile *

In a distant clearing, a hanyou was talking to what it seems to be a doll made of clay of dirt and bones. The wind swirled around the couple mystically as if relaying a message.

‘Inuyasha!’

Inuyasha turned his head toward the direction of the wind, wherein he thought someone called him. He brushed it off thinking he was hearing things, and resumed speaking to the girl in front of him, Kikyo.

*Back to Kagome *

“Inuyasha?” asked the demon questioningly. He then laughed histerically at this said question. “You mean the dog hanyou? The one with you all the time? You wouldn’t want to interrupt them, now would you?”

“Them?”

“Yeah! I just saw them! That hanyou of yours with the walking pile of dirt and bones. What was her name again? I think it was Kikiya or something. Anyway, it doesn’t matter to you, cause you’ll soon die!”

At this time, Kagome was now filled with fury. She didn’t know what to think anymore. Maybe because Inuyasha hadn’t come to her call of rescue, or maybe because of what the demon said to her. But whatever it was, she raged with anger, which caused something within her to awaken.

Her usual midnight blue eyes turned into plain white orbs, as she directed the palm of one of her hands toward her attacker. Purple-blue light emanated form it, striking a wave of energy toward the demon. Not expecting the sudden outburst of energy from the miko, the reptile-youkai couldn’t evade its purifying power.

Sending such a powerful attack exhausted Kagome that she returned to her normal self. There, she saw her so-called attacker in a heap of bloody mess. Not believing what she had done, she cautiously walked closer to the youkai to see if she really did destroy it all by herself.

In all that pile of flesh and bones, she saw its gruesome head with its lips mouthing of some words, as if chanting something.

“Miko! I curse you! You will be bonded to the first person you speak! Either human or youkai! Both of you cannot live without each other! Only in a certain distance, can one of you be without the other one. So beware miko! This is your punishment! This is your destiny in my death!”

With that said, the demon turned into dust of ashes, and was carried off by the wind.

*Kagome’s POV *

‘Huh?!? What’s he saying? I can’t believe I actually destroyed a demon without Inuyasha’s help. . . Inuyasha. . . I wonder why he didn’t come to my rescue. . . Well, I’m not believing any dumb, old icky youkai! . . . I guess I’d better go look for him!’

With her mind made up, she started off toward the direction, her attacker said to have seen the missing hanyou.

In moment’s time, she found the one she was looking for in a clearing. She couldn’t believe her eyes to what she saw. There, Inuyasha, the love of her life was sharing a passionate embrace with the undead miko, Kikyo.

‘Inuyasha. . . why. . . why!’ Kagome thought, pain and betrayal filling her heart.

Unable to take in what she saw, she ran and ran toward an unknown destination, just to free herself from her grief of sorrow. Her sight of vision was clouded with painful thoughts that she tripped over an uncovered root of a tree. She lied there unmoving, while crying her heart out.

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Meanwhile, unbeknownst to the young, weeping miko, a pair of golden eyes watches her. Tall, handsome, yet beautiful at the same time, he walked along gracefully in simple strides with its long, white, silky hair blowing in the wind. It’s long, poisonous claws and youkai markings, indicates that he truly is a demon.

While strolling along the forest, he sensed a strong burst of power near an ancient, old well. Intrigued, he followed the direction from where the unknown power came from.

There, he saw blood spilled from almost everywhere. He sniffed at the air curiously, when he smelled a lingering scent of Inuyasha’s human wench. That’s when he heard sniffing and sobbing sounds. The human wench was lying on the ground, crying about something. . .

He decided to go there, and test the girl, to which he suspected was the source of the powerful energy. Although not believing his own suspicions but clearly wanting to confirm it, the demon strided gracefully toward the miko. But what the demon lord didn’t know, was that he was about to start the beginning of the curse, that the miko herself doesn’t know. . .