August 2009, Week 1
Title: Covet Thy Neighbor
Author: Sakura_kyoshi
Genre: Classic
Universe: Canon
Character/Pairing: Onigumo
Rating: K
Warning:
Author’s Notes: InuYasha and all characters in this fan fiction are the property of Rumiko Takahashi. * I just discovered this storyline is very similar to episodes 147-148 where a spider demon is involved. When I wrote this I had no idea that storyline existed, as I only own and have seen up to the end of Season 6 ending with episode 146: The Fiery Bird Master: Princess Abi.
As Onigumo sat on horseback, overlooking the village where the Shikon no Tama was protected, his mind began to plot. He couldn’t barrel his way into the village, forcing the people who lived there to hand over the jewel for their own safety. The priestess who protected it was powerful. More so than any other miko he had heard of. But this miko was self righteous in her power, keeping the jewel pure by keeping herself pure. It was said she allowed nothing to taint her, setting aside the duties a typical woman would be expected to perform in exchange for her selfless existence as the village priestess and protector of the jewel. He had to find a way through her. Something that would break her, tainting the jewel and making it ripe for the taking.
Onigumo made his camp in a clearing that allowed him to keep constant view of the miko as she moved about the village and surrounding fields. It had been two days since he first started his vigil and he was becoming frustrated. He could find nothing to use against the miko, allowing him access to the jewel. The thought of the Shikon no Tama in his position excited him in a way no woman ever could. He was a bandit, a very good one, and the people he kept company with were almost as evil as he was. But the jewel would give him so much power! He would have the power to level villages, overthrow any lord and take their land, and destroy any opposition. It was a dream come true.
Lost in his musings, Onigumo almost missed the extra splash of red with the usual white and red figure he kept watch over day in and day out. Whatever it was moved quickly around the miko, as if hovering around her. He was intrigued and dared move closer to investigate. Getting as close as he could without being detected he notice the new figure was a hanyou the miko seemed to be toying with. Priceless! He would see how things progressed. Maybe there could be something to use here.
As days turned into weeks Onigumo finally got the break he was looking for. He saw the hanyou with the miko in a boat. Once they had docked she slipped and fell into him. He instantly hugged her. The next afternoon he overheard a conversation between them concerning the hanyou using the Shikon no Tama to become human for the miko so they could live together. The bandit had struck gold! With this new information he snuck back and quickly packed up his small camp, being careful to leave no traces of himself. As he road back to where his men had camped, his mind worked quickly, trying to find a way to turn them against each other and taint the jewel he wanted to badly. As a bonus he planned to keep the miko as well. In the time he had been watching her he had grown to hunger for her almost as much as the jewel she protected.
The bandit Onigumo had no way of knowing what his men had planned for him upon his return. He would never imagine accomplishing his goal would require the most horrible sacrifice he had to offer. No one, including himself, knew how truly evil he would become to gain both the jewel and the woman he desired, in the end getting neither.
Author: Sakura_kyoshi
Genre: Classic
Universe: Canon
Character/Pairing: Onigumo
Rating: K
Warning:
Author’s Notes: InuYasha and all characters in this fan fiction are the property of Rumiko Takahashi. * I just discovered this storyline is very similar to episodes 147-148 where a spider demon is involved. When I wrote this I had no idea that storyline existed, as I only own and have seen up to the end of Season 6 ending with episode 146: The Fiery Bird Master: Princess Abi.
As Onigumo sat on horseback, overlooking the village where the Shikon no Tama was protected, his mind began to plot. He couldn’t barrel his way into the village, forcing the people who lived there to hand over the jewel for their own safety. The priestess who protected it was powerful. More so than any other miko he had heard of. But this miko was self righteous in her power, keeping the jewel pure by keeping herself pure. It was said she allowed nothing to taint her, setting aside the duties a typical woman would be expected to perform in exchange for her selfless existence as the village priestess and protector of the jewel. He had to find a way through her. Something that would break her, tainting the jewel and making it ripe for the taking.
Onigumo made his camp in a clearing that allowed him to keep constant view of the miko as she moved about the village and surrounding fields. It had been two days since he first started his vigil and he was becoming frustrated. He could find nothing to use against the miko, allowing him access to the jewel. The thought of the Shikon no Tama in his position excited him in a way no woman ever could. He was a bandit, a very good one, and the people he kept company with were almost as evil as he was. But the jewel would give him so much power! He would have the power to level villages, overthrow any lord and take their land, and destroy any opposition. It was a dream come true.
Lost in his musings, Onigumo almost missed the extra splash of red with the usual white and red figure he kept watch over day in and day out. Whatever it was moved quickly around the miko, as if hovering around her. He was intrigued and dared move closer to investigate. Getting as close as he could without being detected he notice the new figure was a hanyou the miko seemed to be toying with. Priceless! He would see how things progressed. Maybe there could be something to use here.
As days turned into weeks Onigumo finally got the break he was looking for. He saw the hanyou with the miko in a boat. Once they had docked she slipped and fell into him. He instantly hugged her. The next afternoon he overheard a conversation between them concerning the hanyou using the Shikon no Tama to become human for the miko so they could live together. The bandit had struck gold! With this new information he snuck back and quickly packed up his small camp, being careful to leave no traces of himself. As he road back to where his men had camped, his mind worked quickly, trying to find a way to turn them against each other and taint the jewel he wanted to badly. As a bonus he planned to keep the miko as well. In the time he had been watching her he had grown to hunger for her almost as much as the jewel she protected.
The bandit Onigumo had no way of knowing what his men had planned for him upon his return. He would never imagine accomplishing his goal would require the most horrible sacrifice he had to offer. No one, including himself, knew how truly evil he would become to gain both the jewel and the woman he desired, in the end getting neither.