Give Me Sight
PROLOGUE
"Kagome…do you…do you have any, you know, special powers?"
"Special powers? What do you mean Shippou?"
"Well, Miroku was talking about priests and mikos the other day, and he said sometimes they specialize with certain things. Like you can purify things, but imagine only stronger…"
"Sigh…like…like Kikyou?"
"No! I'm not saying that! I'm saying like, say there's a miko, but she can work really well with spells, or one can use weapons like no other."
"Oh I see…"
If only I had known what would happen.
Of course I believed I had no "special power", I was an ordinary miko for all I knew. Detect the shards, shoot an arrow, purify this demon to save our hides. Just like any other miko. Well…except Kikyou, she was so strong. Still is, but I'd prefer not to talk about her.
And you'd think it would stay this way right? Imagine my surprise…
Now, I'm not too sure what really happened. Its all a blur of light and sounds and feeling. I remember Naraku, that I do. It had to do with him. but he did something, I can't recall exactly, but he did. I remember we were fighting him, like we normally would. He had Miroku trapped because of the Saimyoushou, so we couldn't use the Wind Tunnel against him. no surprise there. And he kept Sango busy with demons pouring out of everywhere. How he does that I still wonder. What, does he like breed them especially to follow any of his orders? That's not important now though.
He was toying with Inuyasha as well. Inuyasha and I both knew that, but nothing can stop the hardheaded hanyou from a good fight, especially from his sworn nemesis. Me, I was watching, I was thinking of what I could possibly do. Naraku had grown so much in power over the years, not that Inuyasha hasn't. We all have you could say. My miko powers themselves are more detained and controlled, so it's not only out of desperation that I can call them forth and blast a demon to next week. But I still need more practice.
Will I ever be as good as Kikyou?
I'm getting off track again! I hate that, damn my short attention span.
Anyways, as I was saying, we were fighting Naraku. I don't believe Kagura was doing anything, that evil bastard had no use for her at the moment. Kanna wasn't there either, then again, how would we ever know? That little girl gives me chills…
Now this is where it gets fuzzy. I know I pulled out an arrow, I was gonna fire it at Naraku. That damn being had a weakness against my holy powers, as proven with my first encounter with him. So I notch my bow, pull back and let loose a good powered purifying arrow.
And I don't know how it happened. It was one of the most confusing things ever. Naraku saw it coming, and he KNOCKED it aside! Like it was nothing but a fly! I would later be told that that one blow blew his arm to bits, but not before inflicting damage. It's all so blurry, even now…
I remember seeing that arrow coming straight back at me, and me being the shocked dumbass I was, I just stood there. I think someone yelled my name, I'm not sure, but it wouldn't have mattered. That arrow came flying at me, it hit. And it hurt. I mean, I didn't except it to, it being MY power and all, but it did. I remember my skin burning, my lungs constricting as blazing pain went up my spine.
And something happened then, something I'll never understand how it happened. As a blinding flash of light took my vision, I felt something snap. Something came loose. If it was supposed to, I'll never know…
The only thing that disturbed my unconscious state was strange dreams. I can't explain them, and I don't recall many of them. They were more like flashes, something you'd see in a movie, a flashback sequence of sorts. But they weren't mine.
I knew I wouldn't be able to take much more if they continued, and so reluctantly, I woke.
The first thing that hit me was the white-hot pain in the back of my skull, a tight knot of nerves throbbing. My face grimaced at it, and I felt hot. My hearing came next, and I could hear the crack and snap of wood as it burned. I heard the shuffling of cloth, and the crunch of stones under feet.
"I think she's waking up…" the voice was gentle, but it still hurt my poor head. Ow.
I groaned in protest of the migraine, and a cold cloth settled on my forehead. I sighed. Bless Okaa-san, she always used cold clothes to calm a fever or headache. It's good to know something don't change, even in 500 years.
The next I felt a brushing of fingertips to brush my bangs away. And my eyes snapped open.
I can't explain it. It was like my dreams. Flash upon flash, too rapid for me to decipher. But its forgotten as the brightness of firelight hits my pupils, and I closed my eyes again quickly.
"Kagome-chan?" Sango. Her voice was so soft, so concerned. She's so good to me, like the older sister I always wanted.
"Hai, Sango-chan?" I rasped, my voice husky from disuse. Rubbing my eyes, I sat up to my elbows, and eased my eyes open. I heard her sigh in relief.
"how are you doing? You gave us quite a scare…" she trailed off, and I opened my eyes fully. A fire was going, and it was good into the night. Crickets made a racket in the surrounding forest, and I looked to a worried Sango first. Then across the fire, where Miroku sat, calm as ever. I'm gonna have to ask him how he does that. Cause he's damned good, I mean with Shippou sitting on his head and everything. Shippou peered at me concerned a great deal, and in one leap he bounded a across the fire to look closely at me.
I looked to the trees. No Inuyasha. But then again, he probably wasn't far, he never was whenever I'm down. I heard Shippou sniff. I looked down to find the small kitsune sniffling, his eyes tearing. I smiled, my headache subsiding. "Why Shippou-chan, whatever is the matter?"
"He was scared for you Kagome-sama," I looked up to find Miroku smiling softly at the little youkai, his soft dark eyes shifting to me. I smiled back, and sighed.
"And why would you be scared Shippou-chan?" I asked, sitting up to sit cross-legged, and pouted at him.
He sniffed back a few tears, "you-you were hit with your own arrow, and there was this light, and you screamed--! Wah Kagome!"
He threw himself at me, and clasped to my neck for life. My eyes went wide.
"Now, Shippou, when hunting you got to be real quiet…"
"You sneaky cub! That was for later!"
…a warm body wrapped around his snuggled form, big bushy tail covering his cub warmly, and they fell to sleep under a star filled sky…
I didn't know I had thrown off Shippou until my vision had cleared, and my panting died down. My head snapped up to see that I had thrown him at Miroku, who sat shocked with a more shocked kitsune cub in his arms. I turned to Sango, and she looked at me with bewildered wide eyes.
"Ka-Kagome?" I whirled to look back at a confused and sniffling Shippou, whose pout was trembling, hurt.
I shook my head, "oh Shippou I'm so sorry!"
I got up quickly, but stopped myself from snatching Shippou back and hugging him ruthlessly. The others grew confused at my pause I was sure. But it had dawned on me…
When he touched me…
"Sango-chan" I said firmly, spinning to face her, making her jump. I held out my hand. "Take my hand."
"Kago—"
"Do it!" I barked, and made her jump again. I winced. I didn't want to scare her, but I was getting scared myself. She raised her own hand, which was shaking I bit I noticed, and gently took mine. I gasped.
"Come on Ane-ue!! Come catch me!"
"Now reach back, keep your grip firm, go back…back…and go! Yes like that, look at it go Sango!"
"Sango, my little flower, I give you this armor…"
When the flashes of colors, shapes and light faded, I found myself on my hands and knees, panting again. I slowly raised my head to meet Sango's gaze. She had backed away from me, clutching her hand like I had burned it. Maybe I had, I didn't know.
I didn't know what the hell was going on!
"Kagome-sama…are…are you alright?" Miroku asked, and I heard him stand as his staff rings jingled. I sat on my heels and tilted back my head, closing my eyes.
I shook my head again, "I don't know Miroku…it's…its all so strange."
"What is?" he inquired softly. I opened my eyes and looked down at my hands. They had touched…I had saw…what was this?
"I don't know…" I looked to him, Shippou now perched on his shoulder. He had a hand raised cautiously my way. I had to stop myself from recoiling from him. I swallowed nothing down my parched throat, and I covered my eyes with my hands. I released a breath. "…what happened to me?"
now, I had this idea even BEFORE edo high, so why am I starting it now? I don't know, ask my brain. Oh wait, I don't have one. This won't all be in Kagome's point of view, but it thought it might be a good way to start.
Okay, you're probably wondering about my other updates that have yet to be updated. Right…
Edo High: Chapter 53…about 5 done
Gone to California: Chapter 5…about 50 done, maybe more, I'm not sure
All my other ones I will get to, but you have to understand, this is going to be my hardest year in high school ever, and I already fucked up my first report card, I don't want a repeat. Updates will happen, but they will be few and far apart, mostly on weekends when I have time. I'm telling you, this is the year I kill myself…
And this is to BluePuppy…would you update "The Hitchhiker"!!! I am DYING to read more!!