Higurashi Shrine.
The shrine that was infamously known for its two landmarks and its legend was now only a reminder of a life that the young ex-time traveler once had. The house that she once lived in still stood in perfect shape as always but it wasn't the same. No one lived in it anymore or had lived in it ever since she came back a year ago. The Shikon no Tama made sure of that when she had finally made a pure wish that would end everyone's pain and suffering, except for hers. As the guardian of the Shikon no Tama it was her duty to sacrifice anything for the sake of the jewel. But she hadn't expected for the jewel to take away the one thing that she treasured the most.
Her happiness
Kagome had treasured her happiness the most and she treasured that feeling through her family. In return for granting the one wish that would make the jewel disappear for good, she had lost two families. The well had closed up for good, trapping her in her demon-less time forbidding her from going back into the past to see her friends. Not too long after that on her graduation day her family was in a fatal car accident. All of them had died on impact. Midoriko had told her that she would suffer but she had never told her that the suffering would be this unbearable.
Sighing to herself, Kagome wondered why she now stood on the grounds of her shrine again. The memories were still fresh and this place would only bring them up and make her even more depressed. But she had to do it, she had to face the truth and accept it. This was her life now after all. As she walked up to the front door of her house, she fiddled with the key before unlocking the door. Hesitating for a moment, she held her breath for a moment.
"Come on, you can do this. Be strong." Opening it up wide enough for her to see inside, Kagome stood at the entrance taking in everything. Closing the door from behind her, she walked around the house observing it. Everything had remained the same way as her mother had left it. Dust had begun to gather and stick unto the furniture but it wasn't anything that couldn't be removed. Deeply inhaling the air, Kagome's eyes instantly filled to the brim with tears as she could smell the different scents that consisted of her family. Her mother's light perfume, her brother's fresh spring scent, and even her grandfather's old cologne still lingered on in the air. Those scents are what made the place feel like home. Those were the people that made the house feel like home.
Moving up the stairs, Kagome didn't dare explore into her family's room. Instead she instantly went to her room. Everything was just how she left it; things were still strewn about from when she had broken down from the news, the door was still left wide open the exact same way. Her eyes scanned the ground for anything important and when her gaze fell upon the broken frame, she kneeled down to pick it up. It was the first picture ever taken of her and Inuyasha together. She remembered how he was so skeptical of the small thing. Holding it to her chest, she broke down once more.
"Why did everything have to turn out this way?" she asked to no one in particular. Her body shook as she cried, the emotions taking control over her as she released her anguish. It was like just yesterday that the well had closed and her family was lost to her. Time had done nothing to heal the big wound in her heart and she didn't believe that anything would heal her or help her to move on.
In Spirit World, Koenma sat at his desk looking through a file vigorously. Something was not adding up in his eyes and his father was not very pleased with it slipping from under his nose. Searching through the file again, he slammed his little fist down on the desk and frowned. "Damn it!"
"Whoa there! What's got your diapers in a bunch?"
Snapping his head towards where he heard the voice, he sat back down in his chair not even realizing he stood up at all. Groaning he looked over to where his Spirit Team stood now and glanced over at Botan who just arrived with them.
"Urameshi there is no time for your games. Something serious is happening."
He watched as Yusuke shoved his hands in his pockets and looked at him with a serious look on his face. The tone in his voice probably indicated to him that something serious was going on. Coughing to clear his throat, he looked over at Kurama and Hiei.
"Kurama, Hiei, do you two know the legend of the Shikon No Tama?"
Hiei silently snorted, "Only a fool would not know of the legend of the Shikon No Tama. And those who knew about it and still went after it were even more foolish."
Koenma fidgeted with the button on his table before pulling up a picture of a young woman on the screen for them to see. "Higurashi, Kagome. Ex Guardian of the Shikon no Tama and now the jewel herself, we had her life planned to a tee but something went wrong. The Shikon No Tama didn't "disappear" like everyone thought it would. Instead it melted inside her making her the eternal guardian of it."
"Isn't that a good thing? Instead of worrying about losing the jewel itself it decided to make her the jewel?" asked Yusuke as he looked up at her picture. "She's not an eye sore that's for sure."
Koenma shook his head vigorously before replying. "No! It is not! She is the time traveling miko that traveled five hundred years into the past to defeat the all-powerful Naraku. But now that the fight is over in that time period another one is starting here."
'Botan, who was busy looking for something in the next room, slammed down a file on Koenma's desk and quickly opened it up. "I found this file sir and from the looks of it, things are not looking good."
Koenma opened it up and twitched as he read through it. Looking up at his team, his eyebrows knitted together in deep thought.
"Koenma please tell us what is going on." stated Kurama as he looked at him in curiosity. "We can't help if you don't tell us straight what's going on."
"My father…he is starting a war."
Everyone in the room froze as they looked at Koenma.
"Why the hell is he starting one?" asked Yusuke as his facial expression turned into a more serious one.
Botan pressed the button on the table and brought up multiple enemies that they have defeated and also ones that they haven't seen before.
"It's all a part of the prophesy that Koenma's mother foretold years ago when she conceived Koenma. Enma has officially decided to get rid of the Ningenkai and combine it with Makai."
Kurama fisted his hands at his sides, "But if King Enma combines the two worlds, there won't be any chance of survival for the humans! The ones that are spiritually aware may have a chance but not someone that is just average."
Koenma sighed and transformed into his teenage form, "This is why we have to get her on our side." He clicked over to another picture of Kagome Higurashi. "She has many powerful allies in the Makai. One being the Lord of the Western Lands. But because of the state she is in due to a sacrifice she made that helped create the Makai, she doesn't know that some of her friends are alive."
"Whoa. Whoa. Whoa! A human girl helped create the Makai?" asked Kuwabara, dumbfounded at the little bit of information.
"Yes. But like I said she doesn't know of the events that happened after she was thrown back in this time." Koenma stated as he walked past them to create a portal right behind the group. Hiei was quiet all the while taking in the information. He glanced at the picture of the girl briefly before turning around sharply, following behind Koenma into the portal with the rest.
