Alone till Love by Silvershadow090

Fear

Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-yasha or any character from Inu-yasha....but I wish I owned Sesshoumaru *begins to drool* Um, uh...okay! Moving on!

Silvershadow090: Ok everyone, this is my 2nd fanfic! I know my first one really sucked monkey, but I've tried my best to make this one better.

Inu-yasha: Yeah, it sure sucked alright...

Silver: *grabs HUGE mallet* Did I ask you, dear Inu-yasha? *bats eyelashes* NO!

Mia: Uh-oh, you're in for it now! She's got *dramatic music plays out of nowhere* the MALLET!

*bright light surrounds mallet*

Inu: *looks at glowing mallet and gulps* You wouldn't...

Silver: Oh wouldn't I? *WHACK*

Inu: YOU BITCH! WHAT THE---!

Silver: *whacks Inu-yasha numerous times over the head*

Inu:.......

Silver: *smiles brightly and waves* Sorry, but Inu-yasha is a little---er---indisposed at the moment.

Mia: Indisposed?! INDISPOSED! GIVE ME THAT MALLET! *grabs mallet and begins chasing Silver around with it* DON'T YOU EVER TOUCH MY INU!

Inu:....I'll take care of them psycho bitches.....Enjoy the story! *smirks mischievously*

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Chapter 1: Fear

The sky was darkening menacingly, the clouds thickening. A ominous wind whispered through the trees, it's horrible voice echoing through the field. Field that lay, the ground running red the crimson blood. A light fog hung about the unnaturally silent lands. The very air was laced with death.

A small child kneeled on the grass, her small hands covering her face as she shook uncontrollably with sobs she could not suppress. Her raven hair fluttered in the breeze. A breeze that chilled the child to her bones.

She shivered, raising her head from her hands, and looking amongst her dead family...her dead kin, slain for the mere reason that they were born... a concept this young girl, this baby surely could not understand. And yet, her eyes shined with less tears than one would expect. Instead, they a shone wisdom one so young could most definitely not possess--but did.

The girl's large glimmering eyes scanned the bodies. Life. Was there any life left among these people? Among her family and friends? "No ......" The girl's small voice rang out, breaking the heavy silence. Tears began to stream down her face again.

The silence now washed over the fields again; The silence that was still twined with the unbearable anguish and sobs of the slender child who couldn't have seen more nine years, But, as if to answer some unspoken prayer, a groan could be heard. Life in the midst of death! Life!

The girl climbed to her feet, looking about her with blurred vision. "Mommy? Daddy/" The girl called out, her voice hushed. " Kagome?" the voice called out, the kind, compassionate voice of a mother. "Mommy!" The little girl rant towards the voice, her eyes watering with more tears.

She found her mother, dropping to her knees before her. "Mommy?" I....I love you mommy, I love you!" The little girl lay across her mother, her head resting on the woman's chest, which was rising slowly, but no longer rhythmically.

''My darling Kagome......I am--I am so sorry...." The woman whispered, blood trickling down the side of her mouth, staining her dusty golden skin. Kagome refused to hear what her mother was saying. "No mommy, no! You're gonna be alright! Stop it!" The little Kagome brushed her mother's hair from her face.

"I regret nothing, my baby....nothing but not being able to see you live your life....for surely this is not how it should be...." The woman paused, taking in a painful breath. "Promise me Kagome...promise me you'll take care of your brothers....they will need you before the end." Kagome's mother smiled best she could , and Kagome was now shaking with sobs. The woman wrapped a slender arm around her young daughter.

"I will be with you always...my dearest....I l-love you...." Kagome could hear her mother heartbeat. It slowed with every passing beat. Her mother breathed her last breath, her eyelids fluttered and she was gone....gone from this world forevermore as her last heartbeat faded from Kagome's ears.

"Mommy...." Kagome stayed in her mothers arms. This is where she belonged. She was only barely beginning to live, and already death was her most secret desire. "I won't leave you...I won't ever leave you!" Silent tears, tears beyond any grief, leaked down Kagome's angelic face.

"Who did this?" interrupted a voice, a smooth, intelligent voice, that at the moment was laced with repressed pain. He was tall, lender and muscular. Raven hair hung lank with the moisture of the evening, and black eyes amalgamated with crimson flashed with a barely contained rage.

Riku. This was Kagome's eldest brother. Cool, calm, and calculating. At the moment, enraged and anguished. Two others stood behind Riku, similar in appearance. They were all obviously closely related. Kagome began to sob even harder as Riku kneeled before her.

"Kagome, my darling, tell me what has happened." Riku whispered, taking Kagome in his arms as she began to shake. The demon stood upright, Kagome's head on his shoulder and her little arms wrapped around her eldest brother's neck.

"Split up, search for survivors." Riku said, his voice lacking emotion. A talent of Riku's. The others stared at their brother wordlessly. "I said now!" Riku snapped, frustration getting the better of him. Kagome was still trembling horribly when the two returned. Kougen, the youngest of the three brothers, was crying silently. Kouwyn was reacting in a manner similar to Riku, though his voice cracked with grief as he spoke.

"No survivors, Riku." Kouwyn said, deep sapphire eyes not betraying his emotion. Riku nodded soundlessly, and he began to walk in the same direction the three had come from previously. Kouwyn and Riku, who was still carrying a sobbing Kagome, began to leave. Kougen, however remained rooted to the spot.

"Kougen, come now. We will be back." Riku called to his brother, patiently. Kouwyn let out a small gasp of surprise as they all turned to face Kougen.

"Auron." The three in unison. Kougen slowly backed up and stood next to Riku. They all looked at Auron, mixed emotions on all their faces. Fear, absolute and utter loath, and anger lined all of their faces, save Kagome who was shaking worse than ever, her eyes closed shut so tightly so that the corners of her eyes wrinkled.

The figure of a man, walking slowly--gracefully, through the fog, He was tall, even more than Riku. He had the palest blonde hair, and intense pastel blue eyes that we're capable of cleaving your very soul if you looked into their depths long enough.

Auron. His name was feared above all others among the Guardians. His name barely a fireside story to most Guardian children. And yet, there he stood. Not a metaphor for evil, not an example. Auron was and shall always be every evil. All evil. He was Auron. There was nothing more to say.

Riku handed Kougen their little sister. Auron watch the eldest brother with interest. Riku let out a low growl, from the very depth of his chest.

Auron laughed, a cold steely, laugh that sounded as if it were worse than any word---worse than any insult uttered before. "Do you intend to fight me, Lord Riku? Please, amuse me, for I very much desire to put an end to the Guardians. And dear Riku, I must say, what better way than to destroy you, the very Prince of my enemies?"

His voice was melodic, a horrible cold sound that seemed to float off his tongue like a song, a tune to it that could not be described in any words. Riku face twisted into a snarl, contorted with an anger and rage not many had seen Riku possess.

Kouwyn stood strong next to his brother, he raven and sapphire hair mingling with Riku's deep raven tresses. The two stood in front of their youngest brother and baby sister. If needed, they would die. For they were the magnificent and proud Guardians of the Shikon Jewel, and they would not die without honor.

Kougen would stand as well, this Riku knew, but he was not about to put him and Kagome in danger--not if he could defeat Auron. 'Defeat Auron......I cannot...But I....I must try! I must try for Mother, and Father--for Kouwyn and Kougen.... For my baby sister Kagome, who has not yet seen her tenth year!' Riku thought, his mind clear and cool, though he stared Auron in the very core of his evil and arrogant eyes.

"You have doubts." Auron said, the comment simple, though it made Riku insane with rage. "NEVER." Riku snapped, cold and reserved. 'Just like in training. Never show fear!....Fear! How can I NOT show fear?!' Riku thought incredulously, turning his eyes back to Auron. They burned and flicked with an inner fire, a fire that could not be quenched---a fire that alone, could not defeat Auron...but maybe, insane, deep inside......suddenly, Auron's eyes looked past Riku, past Kougen, too a new enemy---

"RIKU!" Take your brothers, and run! I shall deal with Auron!" said a deep voice from behind them. A voice intertwined with pain and labored breathing, but still smooth and deep all the same. It was their father, the lord of the Guardians. Tidus, Lord Guardian of the Shikon Jewel.

"Tidus!" Auron breathed, his calm disposition gone. His arrogance vanishing with Tidus' every step towards him. Riku and Kouwyn didn't remove their eyes from Auron. "Daddy!" Kagome's clear, adolescent voice rang out suddenly.

"It is okay, my dear Kagome. My angel. Daddy is here now, and he will not let anything happen to you." Lord Tidus said, his voice as melodic as Auron's---but with a much more pleasant sound to it. Riku was relieved, though he would never admit it. As were Kouwyn and Kougen, whose faces broke into grins.

"You're fight is with me, Auron!" Tidus called, standing next to Riku. He was at least two heads taller than his eldest son, but now he was bent, leaning on a long, glimmering blade. Hoe stood tall, wincing in pain. But he would not die as a coward. Oh no, not Lord Tidus.

"My fight, Tidus, is with all the scum who dedicate their lives to protecting the jewel! My fight is with all the bastards who fight and die, day after day, for something they can never have! My fight is with the Guardians, you arrogant FOOL!" Auron roared, his vehement, his crystal eyes blazing.

Tidus glared at Auron, who was at equal height with him. "Then you will begin this fight with me." he said, raven hair swirling behind him elegantly in the wind. Auron glared back, though he remained silent, his pale golden hair whipping out behind him, as the wind grew more violent.

Tidus no longer stood before Auron as only a father defending his children, he no longer stood as only a man defending his honor. Tidus stood before his mortal enemy, and surely his death, as Lord Tidus, a greater good fighting against an inevitable evil. No man could look death in the eye, such as Tidus did now, and not tremble. No man except for a true, noble Guardian.

"You will meet your death today, Tidus." Auron whispered, his voice mingling with the voice of the wind. Tidus stared back at the deathly pale demon. "So be it."

Riku took Kagome in his arms again. More tears streamed down hers small face. Riku held his little sister close. Kouwyn and Kougen both stood, each on either side if him, as their father stood tall and proud before them.

"I love you dearly my children. Promise me you shall never forget who you are. Promise me you shall never forget what you believe in." Tidus replied, never taking he silver/red eyes off of Auron.

"We promise." The four said in unison, each own voice ringing clear among the others.

"Behind you, you shall each find a weapon specially made for each of your strengths. You will know which one is yours.....I must die now." Kagome whimpered, and Kougen fought back tears. Riku closed his eyes, the grief biting and cleaving, ripping and tearing at him. Kouwyn cried out softly.

"I do not fear death, my children. I fear knowing I died in vain." Tidus said coolly, his clear, deep voice like a beautiful instrument. "So I give you this chance to run. Run away, and do not look back. I love you, I will always love you...now go!"

"NO" Auron shouted, as the three boys, and Kagome in Riku's arms, turned to run. Auron stepped towards the children, shoving Tidus aside. "I WILL NOR LET THEM ESCAPE!" Auron roared, his hands in a spell-stance. He closed he eyes and chanted, focusing on the energy that was bubbling and crackling black from his hands.

Tidus turned to face his children. "GO NOW, DO NOT FEAR!" He roared, raven hair swirling and blowing behind him. The demon lord began to run and placed himself between his retreating children and Auron, who was still casting the spell. Kouwyn grabbed the weapons, which were wrapped in a pure white silk that had been untainted by the soil on which it had laid, as they ran by. They looked back, only once, glancing for a final time at their beloved father.

"DIE, FOR DEATH IS MORE THAN YOU DESERVE!" Auron roared, all his fury poured into the spell. Tidus stood strong. He was not afraid. Not of death, and not of Auron. The pale-skinned Auron released the spell before realizing Tidus was in the way.

Kagome opened her eyes, facing her father. He stood, elegant and smiling at his little daughter. "I love you." Tidus mouthed, the black light framing him. "NOOOO!" Kagome cried, "DADDY!!!" The black light engulfing her father, but the black energy was stopped. Riku, Kouwyn, Kougen transferred to their demon speed to escape the shock-wave that would follow the spell.

A single, shimmering tear fell down Riku's golden skinned cheek. Kagome began to sob once again, shaking and murmuring. Kouwyn blanched as he heard the explosion. "Goodbye....Father...." he whispered, but his words were carried off by the rushing wind. More silent tears streamed down Kougen's cheeks.

And so the Guardians were gone. All of them. All of them except for Riku, Kouwyn, Kougen, and Kagome....Their deaths' would be avenged. Riku, Kouwyn, and Kougen knew this. And so did Kagome.

'Mommy...Daddy...I will get you Auron, for what you did to me. When I'm older and stronger, I will get you....I swear it.' Kagome thought, tears now flowing silent again, the little girl weak with grief.

And Kagome was sleep soon, weary and anguished, as no child should ever be---but was. Wise and strong as no child should ever be---but was. This was Kagome, and was the Princess of the Guardians. And she would not let Auron win....Never.

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Silver: Ok how was that? *BIG puppy dog eyes*

Mia: *Jumping up and down* YAY HOW WAS IT PLz TELL US PLz!!!

Silver: Yay so PLz Review ok. JA NE ^____^

Mia: YAY JA NE!!!!