A Priestess Song

by Lu-Echi

She sways in her garden, surrounded by light. Waiting for her lover to capture her once again like long ago. She waits for him, singing her song. Her Priestess song.

1. Preface

A Priestess Song

Kagome/Youko/Sesshomaru

Preface

I never doubted the secrets of the world that my mama told me. And I never neglected my imagination when it came to finding out just what those secrets meant to me.

I grew up on a shrine.

So I guess I already knew half of those secrets, told in the form of legends and myths. With the courtesy of my grandfather who stretched and formed those myths to his liking.

But either way, it frizzled and dazzled me into believing them.

And even now, I still believe..

And it all started the day before my fifteenth birthday.

You see, my grandfather told me of this ancient well that lay dormant on our shrine grounds. And he said specifically to stay far from it no matter what.

I can almost hear him now.

" Now kagome, you see that little house over there?-"

He pointed a withered finger toward a also well worn house.I nodded slowly." Listen closely child, for inside that house holds a aincent well. A well that lays dormant thanks to my sutras-" He proudly stateted." And if you go anywhere near that thing you will be sucked whole, never to be seen again." His hands waved slowly above his head to exagerate his meaning.

And I, being a naive fourteen year old girl, belived him wholeheartedly.

I go weak for good reads. And my grandfather always fed my lingering hunger with those well rehearsed stories.

And no more then a few hours later I started to do daily chores for the shrine. Always cleaning the grounds with mild-interest.

That very evening my eyes strayed toward that well house. And I knew I couldnt go inside.

That is until a lurking thought pushed its way to my parted lips.

" I just needed an excuse to go in"

But I laughed at that thought.

For what reason does a fourteen year old need to go into a haunted well house?

None.

So, I gave up.

And the next day, my fifteenth birthday, brought me both good and bad fortune.

In the form of a ill-mannered hanyou, a lecherous monk, a spoiled kit fox and a tender hearted taijiya.

And thus begins my beginning, and ending.

My Final Act.

(Time placed during the Final Act.)