"Dialogue"
Thoughts
(Ancient Greek)
Twin telepathy (between Shin and Kagome)


Kagome's POV

Her veins felt as if they were on fire. The poison was slowly spreading from the snake bite wound, located at her side. A little girl trembled in her arms, crying for her and calling out for Lord Sesshomaru, but he wasn't near to heed to her request. A pattering of feet came towards her in a hurry and a ball of fluff jumped into her arms, crying for her. Shouts were echoing within her head, causing her to have a headache. She attempted to identify who was saying what as her eyesight was slowly becoming blurry.

"Lord Sesshomaru! Please...sniff...help!" Rin...

"Kagome...sniff...please be alright!" Shippo...

"Raa!" Kirara...

"Kagome, just wait! We'll be right there!" Sango...

"Wind Tunnel! Sango, quick! Head to Kagome and help her!" Miroku...

"You'll pay for that Naraku!" Inuyasha...

Darkness was approaching like an old friend. It always had been her old friend. When she was younger, it hid her from what she was scared of; it introduced her to family members that she yet to meet.

Mom...grandpa...Sota...Shin...everyone...

I'm sorry...

She felt tears slide down her face. She remembered the words that Shin had always told her about his and her fate.

"It isn't easy being a half-blood. We would be lucky to live past 13."

Her chest heaved as she chuckled. It isn't easy being a demigod, neither was being a miko in the Feudal Era, with mortals and demons wishing to have her head than just monsters wishing for revenge against the gods. She took a deep breath and listened to the voices of her friends as she felt her soul slowly fading away. Their voices together created a cacophony, yet to her, it was a familiar symphony that would be her requiem to the grave.

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No! What I am thinking! I am Kagome Higurashi, the descendant of Hades and Izumi! Darkness and death may be my friends, but now is not the time to be seeing them!

A chuckle was heard from the back of her mind.

Am I going crazy?

S: No, Kagome, you're not going crazy.

K: Shin-nisan!

S: Yo! I would love to chat with you about life, but...HIGURASHI KAGOME, YOU BETTER NOT BE DEAD BY THE TIME I REACH YOU!

K: Where are you?

Goosebumps ran up her arms as soon as the telepathy went silent for a couple of seconds. A familiar warm life aura was felt by the Bone Eater's well in the Feudal Era. Shin...

K: What are you doing here?! More importantly, how are you here?!

S: Conserve your strength. I'm coming as soon as I can. The connection is going to be cut off once I shadow-travel. Stay alert Kagome. Don't let Lady Izumi or Lord Hades tempt to their domain.

K: Nonsense! Grandpa Hades and Izumi-obasan are lonely and lovely people, so my company should be pleasant for them.

S: KAGOME!

K: What! Like your company is better than mine.

S: So even as you're dying, you're still a sarcastic little sh-brat.

K: Oh my, you cursed. I'm telling Mom!

S: KAGOME! You are almost dying, must you laugh at the face of death.

K: Don't worry about me...I've been through worse events than this...

S:Connection...is...breaking...be...strong...I...will...find...you

The silence was deafening within her head. The heavyweights in her arms were removed. She felt her body being dragged towards the shadows of the trees. Lithe yet calloused hands tended to her wound, mutterings came from Sango as she attempted to heal her. A pulling feeling came from her abdomen. The shadows were churning and the familiar warm life aura was close. Shin

"Who are you?!" Sango threatened as the aura came closer.

She sighed wearily as she turned her body towards her friend.

"Sango...It's alright...gasp...I know him...let him come near...gasp..."

She felt a comforting hand on her head.

"Hey, Kagome...it's alright. I'm right here." A baritone voice whispered as hands quickly address her wound. A liquid was being poured on her wound, and it's sweet scent reminded her of home. Mom's sweet red bean dessert, the strawberry mochi that grandpa would buy when she was little, the chocolate pocky that she, Sota, and Shin shared on occasion. Nectar. Something was popped into her mouth and she used her tongue to identify it. A seed.

S: Bite it.

K: Why?

S: It's Persephone's pomegranate seed. It's capable of putting children of Hades in a death trance.

K: But the mixing of blood...

S: I was told that it would be fine to eat. The poison may have damaged more of your body than what the nectar can heal. Putting you in a death trance will prolong your life and body from dying until the poison is purged. In that state, you are no longer alive, but not yet dead. Think of it as a safety net for your life.

With that said, she bit down on the seed. Hello, darkness, my old friend.


Inuyasha's POV

Kagome had just started school and she kept mumbling about how she should be living a normal teenage girl, not hiking in the middle of nowhere. Maybe she'll quiet down as the day goes by. It's still the morning. While we were looking for jewel shards, we had to run into not only Rin, who was wandering around the area since Sesshomaru was elsewhere, but also Naraku.

"Hello Inuyasha...I'm not in the mood to fight...but..." Naraku crooned as he looked smug from his position, floating in the sky. "I hope you enjoy this gift I'm about to give you..."

With that said, he disappeared, leaving behind dozens of massive serpents. Damn you, Naraku!

Kagome's arrows and Sango's Hiraikotsu flew in the air, while Miroku was throwing seals in attempt to subdue the snakes. He took control over the snakes with Tenseiga. A female shriek was heard from the far right of him. Rin. A small snake was laying dead with its fangs bared and an arrow jabbed straight through the head. A female laid over Rin, with her arms wrapped protectively around her. Her bare side had a bite wound with oozing with blood and her skin around the wound was tinted green. KAGOME! The leaves rustled above the tree that was near Kagome, out popped Shippo, running toward her

The remaining snakes reared their heads and leapt toward the fallen girls.

"Lord Sesshomaru! Please...sniff...help!"

"Kagome...sniff...please be alright!"

"Raa!"

"Kagome, just wait! We'll be right there!"

"Wind Tunnel! Sango, quick! Head to Kagome and help her!"

"You'll pay for that Naraku!" were the last words he spoke before he charged at the serpentine demons.

The scent of Kagome's tears was present in the air, which fueled him to fight quicker. He wasn't losing her. Sango had told Rin and Shippo to run to safety as she would tend Kagome. With Sango by Kagome's side, he felt at ease and continued fighting. Soon another scent appeared in the air, the scent of rotting flesh. What? He turned his head towards the scent. Out of the shadows walked out a figure with a black helmet wearing strange clothing that looked like the clothing from Kagome's time. Before he could growl at the stranger, Sango, who dragged Kagome away from the fighting, stood up from her position of healing Kagome and in a threatening tone asked: "Who are you?"

From her position, Kagome rolled over to face the stranger and whispered "Sango...It's alright...gasp...I know him...let him come near...gasp..."

How did she know where that stranger was standing? She had her eyes closed.

The dark figure approached the girls, figuring Sango could handle the stranger, he (Inuyasha) continued to fight. His ears twitched at the words that the stranger was whispering to Kagome. "Hey, Kagome...it's alright. I'm right here."

She knows who this person is?

No matter, she'll tell us later

The problem at hand was that the snakes were regrowing back their heads if they were just tails, and their tails if they were just heads. Before he could attack, the scent of the liquid that the stranger as pouring on Kagome caught his attention. The smell of his mom's incense and the smell of ramen tickled his nose. What is that liquid? Sango yelped as Kagome became pale and lifeless. His ears twitched for her heartbeat. There was none.

"What did you do to her?!" He growled, his stance was tense and was ready to pounce.

How could they trust someone who just killed her?

The murderer held his hand up in surrender before Inuyasha could swing his sword. His baritone voice responded to Inuyasha, "I put her in a death-like state. The poison can't affect her body in this state."

It's either now or never since that stranger is still talking.

"Who are you?" He snarled before he performed a wind scar at the serpents, who were advancing towards them.

Hands reached up towards the black helmet and removed the obstacle that hid the stranger's appearance. A face identical to Kagome appeared on the young male's face.

"I'm Higurashi Shin, Kagome's older twin brother."

BROTHER!