The Wilds by Inkasha Taisho

Chapter 1

Howls echoed through the night, closer to the castle than usual. The sisters huddled together in the highest tower. The barrier would hold and protect them from another season of youkai heat.

Kikyo held her sisters closer to her. She had to ensure their survival and safety. The Higurashi sisters were known throughout Japan as the Fates. Purity, Strength, and Resilience were their mythical titles. Kikyo was known as Resilience. The strength all warriors prayed to possess before battle. She was the oldest of the Fates and her wisdom had protected her sisters for centuries. Kikyo pulled Kagome close as Kagome looked up at her sister with her celestial blue eyes. Kagome was known as Purity. The genuine innocent of life and joy that it brought poured through the younger girl. She was bursting with an inner light that shined on everyone. The final and youngest sister, Sango was known as Strength. Her supernatural strength protected her sisters from attacks and betrayed her as a warrior amongst the sister.

The Higurashi castle stood amongst the mountains protected from predators and vengeful humans bound on conquest. The sisters lived a reclusive lifestyle that had given them their mystical allure. They were the daughters of an Oracle and a God. This gave them the ability to see the future and their immortality. These two useful talents had been a blessing when they had shared of vision of conquest. Three great Inuyoukai would come and they would take from them their freedom and take them from each other. Frightened, the sister locked themselves away from the world and set a barrier around the castles to keep youkai away. This angered their suitors, but the sisters had no intention of mating and being separated. Now, every year around mating season, the howls of Inus surrounded the keep. The sisters would lock themselves away in the highest tower and pray that they would survive the season. Little did they know this would be the last season they would escape their captors...