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Chapter 1: Finding Out
She wandered around aimlessly. Her long raven winged hair stuck to her back from the blood that covered her from head to toe. Her kimono that was once pure white with golden flowers and embrodary stuck to her body as well. Her beautiful brown eyes as lifeless as the dead. Her complexion pale. She had not a smile nor frown upon her face, simply a straight line. She showed no emotion, so unlike the usually vibrant and smiling girl of eighteen.
She never stopped for water, food, or shelter, but kept on walking. To where she didn't know, only that something urged-pulled at her from the direction and she could only obey it's call. Days maybe weeks went by and still she had not reached her destination. Unknown to her she became a legend or a story to scare the pups of youkai from going outside at night or alone. It was said that a miko covered walked the earth with great beauty like no other, but was covered in blood as though she were a killer, kept the youkai from killing of the human race after a great evil. No one spoke the evil's name. Some feared saying its name as if it would bring the evil back while others simply refused to talk about it.
Every tale has a name whether it is made up or not. Her tale was of a great adventure with five traveling companion, fighting a bad, and cleansing the world Japan of that bad that both youkai and human hated. Youkai believed she was a miko that went berserk. They could smell not only demon blood, but human blood as well upon her. Thus the name Miko Berserker was given to her. Humans called her a Lost Miko, believing she lost her way and became a dark miko. It was the night of a new moon or in other words a moonless night when no one was out that she reached her destination. She looked over the clearing with the tinyest hint of emotion. She looked it over again and again still having no clue as to why she felt drawn here. Curioustiy and confusion glistend over her eyes as she walked forward cautiously.
She came upon a tree so tall that it seemed to be touching the sky with its branches. She continued walking closer until she stood up on a above the ground root. Slowly, she placed a hand on the tree's bark and caressed it like it was an antique. Closing her eyes, she allowed her hand to go further up until it met with an indent. Frowning, she traced the diamond shaped indent. Her brows furowed together, she concentrated on the tree's aura. It was in pain.
Her brown eyes opened and sadly gazed at the indent. She wondered why the tree looked so familiar. It sought her out, but she did not know why or why it looked familiar. She tried to remeber, but all she got a mixed colors. Why couln't she remember anything? Her lips parted and she spoke with a dry, rough voice, "Who-" Images assulted her mind.
Flashing of a guy with silver hair with a child at his side, a woman that looked similar to her or was it the other way around, a guy gripping his hand in pain with purple eyes full of tears, a child with red firery hair reaching to her, a boy with saffire blue eyes holding her hand for the last time, and finally another guy wiearing all red embracing her. "Am-" Now, flashes of an old, but wise woman wearing a red and white outfit similar to hers, another woman wearing an apron over what seemed to her strange clothes, a boy hugging her and calling her 'Onii-chan', a old man saying 'Happy birthday' and handing her a present, and finally a guy who had the same brown eyes as hers, but with a tougher look. "I?" She fell to the ground in pain as memories flooded through her. She grabbed her head in pain and screamed a horrid and chilling scream.
Who are these people?! Why can't I remeber them?! Why can't I remember them?! This tree! What did it do to me?! Why did it call to me?! Who am I?! What is my name?!
She stood on unstable legs and ran as fast as she could away from a tree? Yes, it was weird, but when you get images of people you don't know from a tree you tend to freak out. Her breathing was ragged from only jogging showing how unhealthy she was. She tripped over a rock and fell into another clearing. Her fist clenched the dirt in her hands before throwing it to the ground like it was fire. Looking at the scab she got from her fall, she watched it heal. "What am I?"
After a while she stood and stared at the sky. Her thoughts coming together forming whole memories and pictures. "My name...," she whisperd. An image of a guy with silver hair and triangular ears and golden eyes smiled at her. As though in slow motion his silver hair became ebony black, his ears down to where they should be, and golden turned into dark shade of lavendar. He was human. He reached out to her and said in a soft voice, "Kagome..."
"Is Kagome. I am Kagome, but where is...INUYAHSA! Inuyasha where are you! Inuyasha-Why am I covered in blood?" Again memories forced their way into her. She stood still in shock and fear. "Kami no! INUYASHA! SHIPPO! SANGO! MIROKU! SESSHOMARU! SUIREN! KOUGA! KAEDAE!... No, PLEASE!"
She fell to the ground and cried, shuddering but not from the weather. She felt so cold and alone. A darkness surrounded her mind, tempting her to close her eyes and never open them again. She wanted to give in. Why not when she didn't have any family? Yes, her family was gone. Her mother, Souta, and grandpa were all gone. Naraku, the bastard had killed-murdered them! How? She didn't know, but he murdered them and left his signature, a spider, burnt onto their backs.
"Forgive me. I can't stay here. I can't. I know I'll still be haunted by those images of you and my family dying, but there-There is something calling out to me. I don't know what or why, but I want to follow because I feel needed. That's something I need right now. I need you guys. I need my family! I belong no where. I have no place to go. I have no one. I'm alone... I may have told you before, but my worst fear was and still is being alone. I wasn't scared of Naraku, but what he could do. And he could-did take you all away from me. I only wish he took me as well." She stared at the well. "Once I pass through the well will seal and I shall never see this memory box again. Goodbye... My home..." She jumped into the well without looking back.
Weeds appeared out of no where and ecased the well just as they were the first time Kagome climbed out. They finished growing and grew into roses of all colors. Vines wrapped their way around the well in an embrace as thorns sprouted from them. More grew and grew until the clearing was of vines and colorful roses. It was beautiful. With the light of stars shinning bright giving it an etheral glow, the clearing looked serene, but felt entirely different. It looked beautiful and felt horribly wrong. How sad that such a sight be created from tears of pain, loss, regret, and loniness.
On the other side of the well.
"Do you guys feel that?"