Dark Divinity [An Inuyasha Fan Fiction Story]

Chapter 1 The Unknown

… a crystal made to have harmony between Gods and mortals…

Chapter 1: The unknown

After completing all the shards of the Shikon no Tama, leaving Inuyasha and his friends, in failure to take it from him, Naraku went to his old friend, an old human looking demon who lives in a swamp at the inmost part of an evil atmospheric forest. He wanted to ask the demon if the time was right for him to use the Shikon Jewel and fulfill his plan because the old demon had the knowledge wider than he had.

As Naraku was standing beside the swamp looking at the middle, suddenly, bubbles began to come out and the water moved, showing vibrating like waves forming. Slowly, something rose from the waters. It was the old demon.

"It has been a long time." The elder demon said in a hoarse voice.

"How are you my dear friend?" Naraku asked him in his normal calm but arrogant voice. The demon didn't let him answer and continued on what he was going to say. "Let me tell you straight what I want. Tell me, is it time for me to be in control?"

The old demon looked at him with seriousness in his eyes. Naraku looked at the old demon as well and saw in his eyes that there was something important that he needed to tell him.

"You must know Naraku, that there is something more powerful than the power of the Shikon no Tama. Something that could surpass the Jewel's divinity that even a powerful miko like Kikyo could not keep." the old demon said to Naraku with narrowed eyes, "Just these past days, I have felt its power around. Long before, when we first met, I have felt it but then its power was lesser than that of the Shikon's and so I thought it was just something that might bother your search. But as days pass by, its power is getting stronger and stronger. And as I know its strength, only a divine maiden that has the purest of all souls can keep it."

Naraku listened to his demon friend and spoke, "Something that is more powerful than the Shikon Jewel. How interesting."

"If you have this thing, it will give you great power more than the Jewel that you have can give you. Someone who is Purely Divine keeps this thing that even evil cannot enter her mind and spirit. It could not possibly be Kikyo, for she is a living dead that has in her heart vengeance."

There was silence for a few seconds, then Naraku's mouth curved into a smile.

"It's the half demons miko, am I right?" The lowbred demon said, "The maiden named Kagome."

The old demon did not answer but Naraku knew that his silence meant a yes.

"Very well…a jewel more powerful than the Shikon. Interesting Indeed. I'll find it and get what I want."

But before Naraku could walk away, the old demon stopped him.

"Wait! There are more of the unknown that you haven't heard of."

Naraku who already had turned his back from the swamp looked back at the demon. "What more do I need to know."

"That maiden named Kagome, she is not what you think she is. As I know, she is not just an ordinary mortal." The old demon paused for a second or two then continued, " She is but a half goddess."

"A half Goddess?" With those words repeated like a whisper from his mouth, the filthy demon turned to face him again. "Tell me more about the miko." He said with seriousness on his face as well as interest on what he had heard.

"The maiden's real name is Himiko. She is the daughter of one of the three legendary superior Gods in the Sky world, the moon God, guardian of the night, Tsukigomi. The moon God had before, visited the mortal land and met a woman named Kisara who was the high priestess of a sacred village known to be the center of all beliefs. No sooner then the two got acquainted and had fallen in love with each other. After they had confessed their affections, Tsukigomi would most of the time go down to the mortal world and meet Kisara. They would meet in their favorite place, a garden near the village and there, be with each other as long as they want.

But as we know, there is a law between Gods and mortals that should be abided by all the living. It says that the Gods at the Sky world should not have any bond or interference with the mortals in the mortal world especially an intimate relationship with them. Because Gods were the creators of the world and so mortals have no right to be with them for they are more superior to the humans. The two knew about the law but then, disobeyed it. They didn't care of what will happen to them for breaking the law between the two worlds."

"Such a foolish law." Naraku said. His voice filled with arrogance, "Still the two had broken it."

The old demon continued on what he was talking about, "A few months past and their relationship grew stronger. Months later, Kisara was pregnant and of course, the moon God was the father. The Gods, especially Amaterasu Omikami, the Sun Goddess and luminous deity, knew about the two's relationship and so, forbid his brother to meet with the priestess. But Tsukigomi was persistent. He didn't want to leave Kisara all alone to take the responsibility of their child. He disobeyed her sister's order and went to Kisara. There, in the village, his beloved priestess met him and seeing that her womb was getting bigger, he knew that the baby was growing. As the two faced each other, Kisara asked him, for both their sakes, to forget about her and their baby and return to the Sky World. The Moon God disagreed with her but she pleaded for him to do so. For her this was the best thing to do in their situation. Tsukigomi could not do anything and so, he returned to the Sky world in despair.

Month past and Kisara gave birth to her first child that was a baby girl. She named the girl Himiko.

The villagers, knowing that her daughter was a child of a God, wanted to kill the baby. However, the priestess would not let them do so. In a night of the full moon, Kisara sneaked out of the village and went to a temple offered to the moon God. She brought the child with her and there, inside the temple, in front of the statue of Tsukigomi, she chanted a spell and opened a portal to the world ahead of her time. She went inside the portal and stepped into the future world. There she looked for someone who she could entrust her child. She entered a place where there were ill people being healed and saw a woman crying inside a room. She went to her and asked why she was in grief. The woman said that her first-born had died after she had given birth to it. Kisara pitied the woman and thought of a solution to her problem. She gave the woman her child and left it there. She returned to her world and was met by the villagers who were angered by what she had done. Therefore, as punishment they burned her inside the temple of the moon God leaving only ashes as her remains. Tsukigomi saw what the villagers did to his beloved. He got furious with them that he gave them months of famine and moonless nights. The villagers felt the God's wrath through their suffering from his punishment for what they had done and so asked for forgiveness. The moon God forgave them and swore to search for his lost child.

Unknown to the villagers, before Kisara had died, she left a powerful crystal kept inside her daughter's body. This crystal was made by her and Tsukigomi in order to make a world of harmony for humans and Gods. However, upon her death, while she was being burned she used all her remaining power to cast a spell on her self. At that time she used her remaining breath and strength to chant the spell and transfer her soul inside the crystal that she made and at her last breath, completed her task."

"You are telling me that the crystal in the story is the same crystal that you have told me about a while ago."

"Yes, it is. It is known to be as 'The crystal of the Silver Moon'."

"How come you know so much about these things?" Naraku asked him suspiciously.

"Let us say that I have been there at that time when the priestess had lived." The elder demon answered him. "For now, this is all I can tell you."

"I am contented with what you have told me. Now I must go and fulfill what I must do."

With those last words, Naraku left the old demon in the swamp and his old friend returned into the waters…

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