Hey people!
I just finished watching The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and thought 'I could have fun with this!'
So here it is!
As always, tell me what you think and I hope you guys enjoy!
Disclaimer: If you recognize it, then I don't own it!
Kagome glares at the bauble as she is suspended in the darkness.
With Inuyasha at her side, she finds the courage to make the wish that will destroy the jewel once and for all.
"Shikon no Tama," she says in a strong voice. "Dis-"
"Bring Kikyo back to life."
Her breath catches as she hears the words coming from the half-demon beside her.
She looks up at his face with wide eyes.
"Inuyasha?"
He pays no attention to her, just stares at the small pink jewel.
A feminine voice echoes around them.
A price must be paid for this wish to destroy the jewel. Do you accept?
Not even thinking about what the price could be, he answers.
"I do."
The male voice answers as the woman's sighs.
Very well then.
The jewel begins to crack before breaking into many pieces.
The shards lie suspended in the darkness before suddenly shooting towards Kagome.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Inuyasha looks on with wide eyes as the shards enter Kagome's body, causing her to glow.
The glow around her begins to lift from her body to form a sphere above her.
As more of the glow leaves, the quieter she gets.
Finally, all is quiet.
Scared, Inuyasha looks into Kagome's blank eyes.
"Kagome?"
She does not respond.
His breathing becomes labored as the scent of death overpowers her own floral one.
"Kagome!"
She can hear you no longer.
The half-demon looks around.
"What do you mean?"
To return Kikyo to the land of the living, her soul is needed.
As her soul rested within Kagome, her life was the price to be paid.
Golden eyes widened as he finally understood what he had done.
He looks down at the body in his arms and is shocked to see his own body begin to disappear.
Be at peace with your wish, Inuyasha.
"No!"
His voice echoes as he disappears.
Dark silence reigns throughout the void.
~* Scene Change *~
"Wake up Kagome."
The lump on the bed burrows further under the covers.
"Five more minutes, Mom."
A masculine chuckle sounded, causing Kagome's eyes to snap open.
Bolting up in bed, she looks around.
"Where am I?!"
She notices the woman sitting on the bed beside her and the man sitting at the table by an open set of balcony doors.
The woman was definitely Japanese.
Her long hair was as black as night, with part of it brought back into an intricate hairstyle held up by two jeweled sticks.
Her skin was fair and covered by a beautiful red and gold kimono.
The man looked to be from the west.
His hair was long and pale, the sides tied behind his head, exposing his pointed ears.
Covering his lightly tanned form was a strange outfit.
His pants were loose and were an off white color, the hem resting on his bare feet.
The tunic he wore was a pale grey with a sash tied around his waist in a darker grey.
Over his clothing he wore an open robe, the same color as his pants.
"Be calm, my child."
Kagome's attention was drawn back to the woman before her.
"Who are you?"
The woman chuckled.
"You know me Amaterasu."
Kagome gasped and bowed as well as she could still sitting in bed.
A gentle hand under chin brought her back up.
"Do not bow to me child."
Her eyes widened.
"But your…"
"The one responsible for your pain."
"My pain…?"
A sudden rush of memories unlocked within her mind.
Crying out in pain, Kagome clutched her head as the memories played.
Tears fell from her eyes as she remembered Inuyasha's wish.
Opening her eyes, she looked up the goddess beside her.
"I died."
"In a sense."
Brown eyes narrowed in confusion.
"When Kikyo's portion of your soul left you, it took your powers as a priestess with it. Your body shut down due to the shock, causing you to die for a brief period of time."
"Is this Heaven, then?"
"This is a crossroad."
"Crossroad?"
The man stood up and walked over and stood behind the goddess.
"We have a proposition for you," he says.
She looks to the man in confusion.
"My name," he says. "Is Eru Ilúvatar. I am the god of a world called Arda."
Kagome blinks owlishly.
"Um, nice to meet you?"
He chuckles.
"As I said before, Daughter of Amaterasu, we have a proposition for you."
Kagome is silent as she looks up at him.
"You will be given a choice," he says. "You could return to your home, your Feudal Era, or come to my world."
She narrows her eyes in suspicion.
"What will happen?"
Eru nodded his head.
"Should you choose to return to your home, all the memories associated with your adventure will be removed. It will be as if you were in a coma."
Kagome sighs.
"I don't think I could do that. My journey is what made me the person I am now."
Amaterasu nods her head.
"I thought you would say that."
Eru continued.
"Should you choose to go back to the Feudal Era, you will be a normal woman, as your power left when your soul split."
Kagome sighs.
"As much as I would love to be with my friends, I would be nothing more than a burden without my powers. And I don't think I could live in the same place as Inuyasha and Kikyo."
"That just leaves the third option."
Kagome looks up at the god.
"Go to your world."
He nods.
"Why?"
"1458 years ago, a dark lord named Sauron desired to control everything…"
He spent the next few hours telling Kagome of the Great War.
"After Isildur's death, the Ring was lost."
The room is silent.
"What does this Ring have to do with me?"
Eru sighs.
"I am able to see various paths the creatures of my world are able to take throughout their lives. One of the paths shows the Ring resurfacing. I wish to ask you to assist in the destruction of the Ring when the time comes."
"I'm just a normal girl, how can I help?"
The god smiles at her.
"Should you agree to come to Arda, you will no longer be human."
Kagome's eyes narrow in suspicion.
"What will I be?"
Amaterasu answers her.
"An Elf."
"An Elf?!"
She turns her head to the grinning god.
"You have Elves in your world?"
He nods his head.
"And should you decide to leave with me, you will become one as well. However," he says. "There is much to learn before you would be ready to become part of Arda."
"Such as?"
"Languages and histories, to start."
Kagome turns to Amaterasu in thought.
"Is there a chance I could learn fighting styles that could help?"
"Such as?"
"Weaponry, hand to hand and gymnastics."
"I can impart the knowledge," she says. "But you would have to teach your body yourself."
Kagome nods her head in thought.
The room was silent for a while before Kagome spoke.
"Alright," she says, looking to the two gods. "I will go to Arda."
The two before her smiled, though Eru's was a bit more mischievous.
"It seems I was right to change your appearance after all."
Eyes widening, Kagome looks around for a mirror.
Seeing a full length one on the far wall, she bolts from the bed she had been lying on and ran towards it.
The image before her is the same, but at the same time, very different.
The first thing she noticed was the cream colored floor length nightgown covering her form.
Her black hair was now completely straight and reached her lower back. She pulled her hair back to view her now pointed ears.
Her skin had lightened to a healthy pale.
Her once brown eyes were now a striking blue, which seemed to pop against her black hair and fair skin.
She looked older; maybe in her early 20's.
She now reached a height of 5'6".
She turned to view her profile.
'They just had to grow, didn't they,' she thinks as she looks at her enlarged chest; she was happy to see her backside was a decent size.
She turned to look at the grinning god.
"All I did," he defended. "Was age your body and change your ears and eyes; everything else changed naturally."
'I bet.'
Picking up the robe that was sitting on the back of a nearby chair, she wraps it around herself as she makes her way to the two gods.
Amaterasu approaches her and places her hands on her shoulders before leaning over and placing a kiss upon her brow.
Kagome felt the knowledge she had asked for unlock within her mind as the goddess moves away.
"I wish you luck on your new journey, my daughter."
With a teary smile, she bows once more before turning to Eru.
With a wave of his hand, a door of light appears.
"Come, child," he says. "It's time for you to enter your new home."
Through the door they went into the home of Eru, where Kagome will spend the next 1295 years learning about Arda and her people.