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Deep within the well a black light shone brightly for barely even a second. A girl about the age of 16 slowly climbed the vines that where inside the well and led to the top. She grasped the edge of the old well tightly with both of her hands and slowly lifted herself up so she could sit on the edge of the well. For a moment she stared down into the blackness of the well, letting the heavy backpack she carried on her back slip off her shoulders and slide down onto the ground. Without another moment to spare she lifted her legs over the side of the well and once again lifted her backpack onto her back. She let out a pleased sigh as she looked around the forest that surrounded the well.
The gentle breeze blew her long ebony hair, causing it to make little waves as it did so. For a while she didn't move, just enjoying the silence for as long as she could, which she knew wouldn't last long as soon a certain hanyou found her. Shaking her head she closed her eyes for a moment as if to prepare herself for his arrival, which she knew was never very pleasant. As she stood there the wind that blew around her seemed to pull her towards the woods almost pleading her to venture deeper into it and that's when she felt it.
A shikon shard.
Leaving her backpack behind the young miko began to follow the presence of the shard to it's keeper. The dead leaves on the ground crunched under her feet as she walked slowly through the forest. Her mind screaming at her to turn back and wait for the hanyou to arrive, but she felt as if there was no turning back now. Clinching the large chunk of the Shikon no tama that hung around her neck the girl came to a stop in the clearing where her senses told her there was a shard to be found. As she looked around the clearing her gaze fell onto a large tree that rested in the middle of the clearing, a small gasp escaping from her lips.
For on a branch of a tree rested a woman that looked almost exactly like the young miko. Her long dark ebony hair pulled back in it's usual fashion blew gently in the wind. And to the girl's amazement the woman resting in the tree did not move when she came into the clearing. The woman's spirit snakes wrapped lazily around her as she slept, if she was infact asleep at all. The young miko took a step back away from the tree, not wishing to be around when the woman woke up. For the woman resting in the tree was none other then the long dead miko, Kikyou. Though she was Kikyou's reincarnation, her mere copy almost the dead miko would still kill her if the opportunity ever brought itself up.
So lost in her thoughts the young miko didn't even seem to realize the dead miko had woken up and was now staring at her with narrowed gray eyes, but she soon came aware of her when Kikyou spoke, "You know it is not wise to venture so far out into the woods by yourself. Inuyasha would not be pleased if you happen to get killed, Kagome." Though her voice was soft as she spoke it held a great amount of disgust in it. She did not wait for the young miko to form in sort of reply to what she said and gracefully made her way out of the tree, followed by her spirit snakes.
Kagome, who by now had gotten over the shock the dead miko had caused her backed away as the miko walked closer to her, but it didn't seem like she was walking at all, more like floating towards her. As Kikyou came closer her gray eyes narrowed even more into slits almost. Placing a hand under Kagome's chin the dead miko forced her to meet her gaze.
"The Shikon no tama is almost completed I see, but it should not be allowed to remain in you're care." She said with anger showing well in her voice as she moved away from Kagome quickly.
Before Kagome could say anything or even try to form a come back to what Kikyou had said a shiver ran down her spine at the sight that was playing out before her. Kikyou held firmly onto her bow as she grasped an arrow and prepared to fire it at the defenseless girl before her.
"The Shikon no tama will be mine!" Kikyou shouted as she let her arrow fly and at the moment time seemed to slow .
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MWAHAHA!A cliffhanger I'm soooooooooo evil!^____^ I told you I would be back..well that's more of a note to those who read my first Inu fic.^_~ Hehehe..Tell me what you think and if you decide to flame me please be gentle!I worked hard on this fic. So please R/R! Ja matta ne until the next chapter!^__________^
