Chapter 1

I walked around the tree, it was an old tree, though it's spirit still sprung with life. I looked up and saw one of its leaves spiral it way gracefully down and land near my feet. I picked it up and twirled it around my fingers, the leave was still smooth and healthy, and though winter was just around the corner, it was about time they started to fall. This was just the first one that would fall, I know tomorrow that there would be more, and if there was wind they would ride the wind as they twirled around dancing. It would be sad, it always made me sad these last twelve years when I would see the Goshinboku lose its leaves.

Obaa-san would always scold me in my childish behavior, talk about how a seventeen year old cannot have those kind of childish thoughts and just accept that nature is nature. Though I wanted to be imaginative, no matter how old I get. Looking once more at my tiny old watch, I saw that it was almost time to head back. Obaa-san only allowed me an hour outside today, and didn't want another "tire relay" today. It is not like it was hard, it's just that I always got tired halfway through which always slows me down, though she wishes for me to get faster and improve. Giving the tree a small pat I began making my way home. I never liked to wear shoes, and even though November was going to end soon there was still plenty of lively grass, so I walked barefoot.

The woods were not exactly the safest place to walk through barefoot, I have come home sometimes with splinters and new cuts that I don't really notice until I walk inside the cabin home. Though it was all worth it when I stepped on the grass, its soft texture caress my feet like a cloud. My Cabin was only a few more feet away, though as the sun was slowly setting, it sent a nice orange hue across the sky and because my cabin to look like it was emitting its own source of light.

It was a simple log cabin (though the wood had seen better days), with a front door and two small windows and a porch, though at that moment, its old age was hidden by the orange hue around it. I smiled as I began making my way up the steps, each making a soft creasing sound. I opened the door as I walked in.

I was welcomed by the smell of soft blue berry muffins, and I realized that I have not eaten anything since I went out .So with a smile I walked into the kitchen, passing the warned out couch and small table as I made my way to the dinner table. Sitting down I heard the rustle in the kitchen and saw Obaa-san come out.

She was a strong, short old woman. She had a slight hunch and had a black leather eye patch over her right eye. Though she smiled, and even though her face looked tired and weary, she could still emit joy in her eyes.

"Ye were almost late Kagome", she said as she placed the plate on the table and gave on in front of me.

"Well I made sure to check the watch and calculated the time in my head, I would have been okay if I walked the whole way". I said with a smile as I picked up my muffin

Though she raised an eyebrow at me in a scolding manner so I lowered my head as I took a small bite

"Eh, I mean that I will make sure to not be so late next time".

"That is what I like to hear", she said as the smile was once again on and she sat across from her.

They ate in silence as Kagome looked around. For the past ten years this was all she could remember, when she was seven she lived normally but her grandmother said there was bad times in the world and it was better to live here. To avoid man's corruption and greed she lived here, though she was never really permitted to leave.

Obaa-san always brought books for her to read, and that is what she loved. She could spend countless hours reading under the sun. The stories I read had always captured me in sucked me into their world. Any genre captured her and kept her attention, and that was sometimes bad when her grandmother had to call her multiple times to get her attention.

Though Kagome actually enjoyed her life here, she never had the want to leave, this was her little piece of heaven and she loved it.

Granted there were lacking on technology, the only high tech they did have was the oven stove and a fan. There was also a blender but it had seen better days, and of course there was the radio. The radio was never really used for music, just to hear the news. Though when it was late at night, I would sometimes go down and listen to different stations of music, it was all so exciting though I had to make sure to play it low since Obaa-san did not like any music of this time.

She was born in 1945, and she had a lot of old record disc from back then. I remembered when she was tuning the radio on the back porch a week ago and had stopped when random hip hop music started playing.

"The music of 2014 has lost its soul, back when I was young, the music actually made sense", she said with distaste as we hear Larry Herman talked about the weather.

By the time I had finished my thoughts I felt my eyes get droopy, my body began to feel tired and I was beginning to feel the tiredness settle on my shoulders.

"Ye used too much energy with the tree again". Obaa-san said with a scolding tone of hers.

I smiled lightly as I knew that I couldn't lie. The thing is that my spiritual energy was apparently really strong, another reason why Obaa-san moved us way out here. The first few days were focusing on controlling my chi and energy. There was times I would release these random orbs of blue light and hit something, though usually it was absorb by the nature itself. I went to the sacred tree and stored some of my overflowing energy in there, it was happy to receive any because it was always feeling tired. There was many things that I could do with these gifts but I didn't really want to think about all that right now, I needed sleep.

"I'm going to sleep, Oyasumi Obaa-san" I said smiling as I kissed her cheek and headed upstairs to my room. I got on the Futon and settle myself comfortably. The hard floor welcomed me as I laid on my stomach and closed my eyes, waiting for the comforting darkness of sleep.

There is always things that alert you when you are asleep. Sometimes you don't even realize you are swatting something in front of your face, it is all mechanical because your body knows how to react to it so it just does it. Though my energy was stored in various places around the house since we have a lot of plants and herbs. When I felt one plants unsettlement I got up immediately. I looked around and had my sensea opened, I couldn't hear much but I could feel two people, they were probably male and felt old, not like Obaa-san, younger but not by much.

They were walking quietly as they moved around, they were being sloppy now and start making soft scuffing sounds as they seemed to be looking around. Breathing in I left out a bit of my energy and used it to look around downstairs. Another part of my energy went to alert Obaa-san.

They were muttering to each other and were wearing strange outfits, it took me a while but then I snapped my fingers as I realized they were cops. One as a burly man with tussled black hair, he had a broad frame and a hard set on his face, and he was definitely taller than the other one who actually seemed like a polar opposite. He was small and had brown short hair, he seemed to have a pointy noise and a thin frame, but his face was set in a look of concentration as he looked around.

I then sensed Obaa-san's presence make its way down the stairs. Not knowing what do but also not wanting to leave her by herself, I grabbed a pillow and the lamp as I made my way down. There was one rule that my Obaa-san always had, never use the gifts on regular people. It was the rule that I recited to myself many times and had to repeat back to her whenever she asked.

Walking quietly down I had still a view of them and could hear them as their pulses spiked a bit. I guess they just noticed Obaa-san.

Though it was weird, they held back a bit, almost timid to approach her but the burly man finally pulled his wits together and approached her with even steps.

"Are you Mrs. Kaede?" he asked with an old, husky voice

I could feel her nod, his next words surprised me

"You are under arrest for the kidnapping of the young Kagome Higurashi. You have the right to remain silent, anything you say will be used against you in court", he said as he pulled out two silver discs. Obaa-san didn't say anything, just let them handcuff her.

"Where is the girl?" the smaller one asked. I waited holding my breath as I thought if I should reveal myself, should I turn myself in and we could try to talk it out. Obaa-san always said that words were the power to bring a man to his knees. I took a small breath as I took a small step forward

"She is hidden in the basement" my grandmother muttered. I stopped as I took the step back.

What was she doing? I wondered to myself. The smaller one took ahold of my grandmother and the burly man went downstairs. My aura went closer to her, purposely making it so that she felt it brush against her

I heard one soft word fall out her voice, it was so soft that I doubted the other guy heard it but it seemed to have been spoken to me as if she was right there next to me.

"Run"

I was stunned, I didn't know what she meant, surely she didn't mean that I leave her by herself and just go? Go where? There was nowhere to go, I have tried once when I was thirteen and just gotten lost. I have never tried again and just accepted that this place was my home. I wouldn't give it up so fast, I didn't want to. Though she kept on repeating, each time softly but with more conviction.

I didn't want to go, I even had my energy wrap around her hand as I tried to tell her that I didn't want to go. Though she smiled sadly as she gave it a small squeeze and let go, I could feel tears though I knew what to do. It was nothing that was spoken much, though we had a backup plan. Using my energy I grabbed my shoes and a coat. I was still in my shorts and my long sleeve shirt though I didn't care. I had back up clothes in my black Tote bag with my wallet. I quietly went to my room and grabbed it from a spot from under the floor boards. I also grabbed my journal and a pencil. After I was ready I touched the walls, I called the stored energy that I saved in the house and brought it in me.

Obaa-san always asked that I store some of my energy into the wall so I could call on it just in case of an emergency. Though it slightly spiked as it felt that burly man climbed back up and look at Obaa-san.

"She is not there", he said as he crossed his arms and began to give her the stern glare.

"Where is she? Or is she even alive?" the smaller one asked as he got my grandmothers arms and leaned really closely to her face.

I hesitated as I was at the window, I would jump down and head to the bush that Obaa-san told me was where I should go for emergencies. Though should I? I know that we had rules though there this must be an exception. Though I could tell that she knew what she was doing, and she already told me to go.

Taking one last look inside my room I smiled at it at all the warm memories and then jumped down. Using my energy to slow my descent, I landed slowly down and went to the bush. The map was not too far from the bush, the only thing that kept it hidden was that it was painted green.

I grabbed it and opened it. Though I began feeling steps getting near me, I took a deep breath in as I crouched below. I used my energy to mirror my surroundings and make it look like I wasn't there. Then the back door opened, the problem about the door is that it had a bell, so it tingled when he opened it.

"Whatcha doing Burt?" Asked the smaller man as he walked right next to the man named Burt. Burt shrugged though he kept on looking around, he looked at the spot I was longer then he did the other area though he just shook it off and went back in

"Thought I heard something" he muttered as he went in with the other guy. I sighed out as I let the energy fade and flow back in me. My energy was not something that I knew too much about, it was like another form of me that I could control without too much thought. The forest was a great place to train myself and the energy around me to keep it at bay and control it.

Getting up, I dusted of my shorts and began walking away from the house. I felt Obaa-san's presence though it was getting weaker and weaker as I made my way around the forest. Making one last minute decision I went to visit the sacred tree, it took longer because I went from the back but I still made it, and the little fireflies circled and danced around the tree. I placed my palm on the tree as I channeled some energy to it, it was my way of saying hello. I felt its old life gently say hi back. Smiling I lean my forehead on it as I whispered to it.

"I'm going away for a long while, I don't know when I will be back, but I promise I will", I said and I felt its aura surround me in a warm embrace, it went away as soon as I felt it but I smiled nevertheless.

I gently patted it one more time and started walking on the trail that my grandmother had marked. The first few minutes was filled with familiar trees and scenery though I began leaving all that and began getting lost. It was dark and as far as I knew, we had no nearby neighbors. The darkness seemed unbearable and I grabbed the little keychain light, it was very faint and it was already dimming. My energy can produce light, but that was still something that I was still trying to control, it didn't listen to me and wanted to shine as bright as it wanted.

I walked with slow steps through the forests, fallen and crisp leaves crackled under my feet, it seemed that the winter season had reached earlier in these parts of the woods. Though I continued to look around my surrounding and kept on walking. The forest was not as loud as I thought it should be, it was only filled with the soft hooting of the owls and the occasional rustling of the bushes. Though this was welcomed because I was already getting a head ache worrying about what was happening to Obaa-san.

She was strict, and could at times be hard to read, but she was kind and I still loved her. I have no idea of a kidnapping or what not, but I know that she only did what was best for me. I was reckless when I was young and in more than one occasion, tended to use my gift without knowing it. Though those cops were serious, but I also knew that she would be okay. She managed all these years with me, mere cops should be okay. Though there was still that part of me that worried, because getting things settled took time, and time was something that could be wasted away without a second thought.

Sighing I decided to settle down on the ground, it was not the most comfy place but it was sure softer then the floor in my room. Leaning my head back on the tree I sent a wave of energy at it, it welcomed it and now become a sensor, its roots stretched about ten feet away from me, and would alert me if anyone was too close. Closing my eyes I decided I would take a quick nap, I couldn't run on low energy and it would be tiresome if I had to run somewhere and was half-asleep while doing it. Closing my eyes I let the sounds of the forest lull me to sleep as my last thoughts were about Obaa-san

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-Blessed_Imperfection