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'Thinking'

"Talking"

Summary: Kagome finds that she wasn't supposed to go on the journey for the Shikon, but that there's another jewel that's supposed to be in her possession, but this time, she'll have to grow up all over again. The Kyuubi knows something, but won't spill the beans, and Sesshoumaru is partially in on it. Minato's alive? Madara was framed? To make matters complicated, Kagome can't get a certain Uchiha out of her mind, and what's worse, she grew up as his sister, but her feelings are clearly more than familial.

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Prologue

Kagome POV

I stood, the Shikon no Tama held in my cupped hands. I looked around, seeing if everyone was okay; Sango was on her knees, holding Kohaku, his eyes sparkling once with life and innocence, now dull and bleeding. Miroku was standing in the corner of the blood soaked battlefield, a few feet away, staring at his right hand in which the wind tunnel had once resided.

I looked around; Koga and Ayame were holding each other. I smiled at the pretty site they made. I looked toward the middle of the battlefield. Sesshomaru shook his head at me and left. We had gotten closer in our travels to defeat Naraku. He saw me as a sister and a friend.

I looked toward Inuyasha; he was holding Kikyo's clay body and looking at me with pleading eyes to wish her back. I burned inside not with loss but anger, anger for all the things I did for him and he repays me by calling me names, double-crossing me, and ignoring my love. And hatred, for shattering my heart to a million pieces again and again and again to go to a clay pot.

I looked up at the gray sky filled with clouds. Thunder and lightening crackled overhead.

It started raining, gentle at first, but then getting harder and harder. It washed away the parts of demons on the ground. I looked down to my hands. The complete Shikon no Tama, so pretty and yet so destructive was held in my hands.

"Kikyo! No, KIKYYOOO," Inuyasha's pathetic howl over his beloved clay pot brought me out of my revere, 'It's time,' I raised my hands up in front of my chest, a sort of offering to Kami-sama, "I wish for all of the souls that reside inside of the jewel in an eternal battle, to rest in peace, forever."

Normal POV

No one spoke. Everyone watched as a blue light shot from the Shikon no Tama, into the sky. The wind swirled around Kagome, making a circle around her. Dust clouds whirled around her. She started to glow a blue-green color. The light died, Kagome was nowhere to be seen.

"Kagome! KAGOMEE!" Shippo cried out, "Mama," he said in a heart broken voice.

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Kagome POV

'Uhhh, where am I? So bright…'

'A woman, I can ask her…'

I was leaning on something, a tree?

I moved my mouth but no sound came out.

'My voice, I can't use my voice-…'

I woke up in the middle of a clearing in the forest. Where? No clue for sure. Flowers grew around me, the trees taller that the highest skyscrapers in Japan (AN: Use your imagination people!).

In the middle of the clearing, stood a tall woman, there was a softness in her aura. She had inky black hair, which looked silkier than Sessomaru's; she wore armor like him too. She had no weapons on her that were visible. I lay still, not wanting to move.

"Welcome dear. I have been waiting…"

I thought she was speaking to me so I struggled to make a sound.

"How long have you kept me waiting in this infernal jewel? Why did you not make a pure wish when you first had it? Do you expect me to wait on you for years to complete a simple task? Surely you do realize that you will not have as much time for your other tasks as you did for this one," she said in a smooth silky voice. It was dangerous, like a lioness, waiting to strike at the first mistake.

I moved to reply but another voice said, "Yes, mother. I understand. The body I inhabited was a miko named Kikyo and she died and burned herself with the jewel. I had to stand by and watch another girl, complete the task. I could not inhabit another body because my powers were weakened, also I could not take over her body, and so after I was fully able to regain my strength, I took the form of a human as to cover my identity.

Somehow my plan went wrong and I, instead of traveling with the Miko and her group, ended up taking care of Sesshomaru. I made up Sessomaru's mind to help her, when she had her heart broken by Inuyasha. Inuyasha broke her heart multiple times, to go to a body made of clay, which resembled his former love and my former body, Kikyo, she was brought back to life by a witch using the miko's graveyard soil and Kagome's soul, she was sleeping with Naraku. She wanted for the Hogosha to die because she thought that she was her reincarnation."

'What? I'm not Kikyo's reincarnation? So I'm me?' I thought as I listened 'And why is she calling me a "Hogosha"? What is that anyway? Wait, is she even talking about me in the first place?'

"He broke her heart, till the Hogosha could not take it anymore. She is more beautiful than Kikyo. Her qualities and skills surpass even Kikyo and my own abilities. She completed the task which was not her own and yet, even in the most difficult times never complained. Though, when she was punishing the hanyou, it was quite humorous. I have brought the hogosha with me. As of right now she is numb but she can see and hear. She is very powerful," said a very familiar voice.

'Yup, that's me but still why is she calling me a "Hogosha"?'

"I sense some that her soul is pure… What do you want, Inutashio? You know of your hanyou's failure to protect the Hogosha, and your elder son's accomplishment, or shall I say my son's accomplishment?" said the first voice.

"Sesshomaru is our son. I never believed the hanyou could do it in the first place. I thought he would be killed as soon as I acted like I 'died protecting them' let my friend's soldiers kill that human and her son," said a masculine, but gentle voice, "As you can see the plan failed. Not this time. I also already said that it was a mistake. I never really loved the human. I was drunk, you-".

"You see it was our anniversary, and in my grief you drank too much sake." The first voice sighed, "I know and I am terribly sorry. I saw what happened from inside the jewel. I should not blame you."

"I am happy. Now did you know the girl was awake and was listening to your conversation and I must say she must be quite confused. Am I right Kagome?"

He moved in my line of sight and I had to with hold a gasp. He looked almost exactly like Sesshomaru, only with his hair up. He had the same features, the same outfit except without the armor and swords.

He waved his hand in a wide gesture and suddenly I felt feeling coming back into my limbs. I looked up at him with wide eyes. He had molten gold eyes. He looked amused. That was the most prominent part. "I-" I tried to speak, but my voice was so weak and unused. I closed my eyes as a moment of dizziness hit me.

Then everything went black.

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