1Demeter Hera: This is the first chapter of A Miko's Touch. I do hope you enjoy the chapter; I will be updating it whenever the opportunity present's itself. As an initial opening I would like to state that I do not own any characters that are part of or relating to InuYasha. The character Gin Hitome ceases to be mine as well, I am merely using the character with approval from the owner.
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The hot sun of California rose in the sky as the darkness that was night disappeared. As the sun's ray's drowned the city in light it crept into the windows and rooms of the entire city. The shadow's that were cast shadowed the morning workers as they rushed off to work for it was six in the morning, and that meant that many people would arose from their slumber to perform their duties.
One Kagome Higurashi was one of those to get up. The sun's ray's pooled into her small apartment and bathed her once black room in light. As she stirred and opened her eyes, the promise of a new day was bestowed on her. As she stood up the black silk covers, in which she once took the refuge of sleep in, fell to the floor. As she stretched the bottom of her shirt rose to reveal her toned abdomen. Taking in the morning's light she made her way into her bathroom, turning on the shower once she entered.
The hot water hit her back and woke her up. Today was different then any other day. Yes, this was the day she had to start a new school, on her own. Her family, consisting of her younger brother and mother, were at their home in Japan. How she missed them. The school in question, Kuan Yin Academy, was no a 'normal' school.
Kuan Yin was a school for anything related to the world that most people did not know about. Very few knew of the academy for what it was for it was a school for the non believable. The attendants of the school were demons, hunters, monk's that helped in the demon world, and miko's, powerful 'priestesses'. Most of the world's population was oblivious to the fact that they lived with concealed demons and such.
Kagome had been trained in Japan but had the opportunity to further her teachings at the academy. Taking the offer she was now where she was, alone. She knew no one, spoke to barely anyone and wanted to go home, but knew she could not.
Stepping out of the shower she looked in the mirror. Her raven black hair reached the middle of her black and her ice blue eye's sparkled as the light reflected off them. Although she was only of the eighteen year mark, her powers were extensive. She had mastered skill's that had taken previous the majority of their lives to learn.
As she dried her body and put her hair up in the traditional Japanese style she walked back into her bedroom. Class for her started at seven, though she knew she had to be there ten minutes early to get her schedule. Looking at the clock it read quarter past six. Sighing, she knew she had to leave the safety of her apartment.
Dressed in a pair of jeans and navy tee shirt she left. American clothing wasn't foreign to her, but she had never tried on a lot of things. She preferred to conceal what was not to be seen, the standers to what were shown taught in Japan were far stricter then where she was. She did not understand why women in this country degraded themselves enough to wear thing's that showed too much.
Reaching the destination of her car, a sleek black mustang, she unlocked the door and started the automobile. Her bag had been in the passenger seat beside her, knowing she would forget the first day. Rolling down the window as she drove her mind was plagued with thoughts.
What if they didn't like her? What if this was a big scheme to put all demon world connected beings away? What if she couldn't handle the lessons? All these worries she knew were not of concern. She was smart, smart enough to catch up with what she had missed since school started two weeks prior. She was likable, if you did not strike a nerve by insulting her. And the thought of someone going to the extent to lock every demon and demon related personnel away was absurd, they would die trying.
As she pulled into the parking lot of the school she sighed. How she wished she was at her old school, where she knew everyone. Who to avoid, who to trust and who were her friends. The feeling of not belonging was lingering at the back of her mind as she walked to the school. Students were not permitted to stay in the front; there was a back field that they could 'hang out' in, so that they may be in their true forms.
Walking to the office she stood at the desk, waiting to be addressed.
"May I help you dear?" The secretary, a pure blooded cat demon, asked her.
"Yes you can, ma'am. I am a new transfer student, Kagome Higurashi, and I was hoping I could get my schedule." Kagome told the secretary, startling her slightly with how much respect she showed.
"Oh yes, the chairman informed me of your coming. Here is your schedule and please, call me Mrs. Ferro." Mrs. Ferro announced.
"Thank you Mrs. Ferro." Kagome replied, as she took her schedule and left.
Looking it over to find her locker number she slightly scowled. Her schedule wasn't horrible but it was far from her liking. The six subjects she was 'stuck' with for the year were not very enjoyable. Her first three classes, before lunch, were English, Demon History and Meditation, all an hour each. Following an hour's lunch she had to attend physical education, which in this case was fighting and training, mathematics and singing.
Kagome loved to sing, it was by far her favourite class. She decided that as long as she ended the day with singing she would survive. As she made her way to her first class she couldn't help but notice the stares she got. They were unnerving. As she entered the classroom, a good ten minutes before class she noticed the teacher's intense gaze.
"Are you Kagome Higurashi?" The teacher asked her.
"Yes I am sir." Kagome told him.
"Well, welcome to the class I understand you are a miko." The teacher announced.
"Yes, I am a miko sir." Kagome replied.
"Okay, you may take a seat and please call me Mr. Demigaro." Mr. Demigaro told her as she made her way to the back of the class.
Kagome sat down and looked out the window. Upon sitting down she noticed the students were on edge because of her. She hadn't done anything to upset them, had she? No, all she had done was get her schedule, introduce herself to the first teacher and sat down. How would that offend anyone? Her nervousness increased, she knew miko's were rare but were they so rare seeing one made you on edge?
As she pondered over her thought's a group of four entered. Kagome watched as they walked over to where she was seated. The group was most defiantly 'odd'. It consisted of two hanyou's, a monk and a hunter. The hunter approached her with caution.
"H-hi, are you a miko as everyone says?" The hunter asked her.
"Yes I am but may I ask why everyone is so afraid or nervous around and about me?" Kagome questioned the girl, keeping calm.
"It's just that the only other miko in the school try's to purify anyone who crosses her." The hunter told her.
"Well, I'm not like that, I know my power's for what they are, a gift. Something that should not be used for personal pain infliction." Kagome replied to the girl.
"Oh, well, in that case, I'm Sango." Sango told Kagome, offering a hand.
"I'm Kagome, would you mind if you sat with me?" Kagome asked Sango, shaking her hand.
"No, this is where we usually sit anyways." Sango told Kagome, motioning for the other's to come over.
The two hanyou's looked at her oddly as the monk looked her over.
"It's alright guys, she not like Kikyou." Sango informed the others.
Kagome could feel the other's relief and smiled slightly, her nervousness subsiding somewhat.
"I'm Gin." Gin, one of the hanyou's, announced to Kagome.
"Nice to meet you." Kagome told Gin.
"This is my boyfriend InuYasha." Gin told, pointing to the other hanyou.
The response Kagome from the other hanyou was an audible 'humph'.
"I'm Miroku." Miroku told Kagome.
Kagome smiled in return. As the five chatted Kagome learned that the two hanyou's in question were both half human half dog demons. Kagome decided she liked the four of them. As the class started she noticed one other miko presence. Looking over she saw that a lone girl sat in the corner and glared at anyone who even neared her. As the other miko locked eyes with Kagome she could feel the bad vibes from her, it made her nervous. Never in her life had she felt so much personal pleasure in causing other's pain. Her aura stated that if you came near she would hurt you for pleasure. Kagome now understood why the other student's were leery about her.
The class progressed and she was not lost. The only thing that was keeping her distracted was the aura the other miko was giving off.
"Hey Kagome, are you okay?" Sango asked her, when she sighed for the near millionth time.
"Yeah, it's just that, the other miko's aura is bugging me. You were right to say she uses her powers for something far beyond what they're meant for." Kagome told Sango.
Sango frowned at her new friend. Although she was not educated in the ways of miko's she knew that there aura reading was near perfect. If Kagome was feeling this pestered from Kikyou without being all that near to her, then she was a bigger malice then they had first imagined.
As the class ended Kagome learned that Sango had the same schedule as her. As they entered demon history Kagome was almost blow back. Something, or someone in the room, was extremely powerful. As they took their seats at the back Kagome searched around the room and found the source to be coming from the male demon in the corner.
"Sango, who's the demon in corner?" Kagome asked Sango, her voice barely above a whisper.
"That's InuYasha's half brother Sesshomaru, full blooded, and doesn't say two words to anyone." Sango told her.
"Oh." Kagome replied, deep in thought.
Kagome sat through the history lesson barely paying attention. How could she concentrate with such a presence in the room? She had never come across someone so…powerful.
The bell rang, startling Kagome to the point where she fell out of her seat. Sango practically jumped on her.
"Are you okay? You look a little pale? Are you sick?" Sango questioned her, looking at her as she stood.
"Yes I'm fine, I've always been a little pale and no I'm not sick." Kagome told Sango, feeling like a complete idiot.
Sango nodded and walked with Kagome to meditation. Kagome knew someone was intensely staring at her. She didn't dare look who. As soon as the thought registered in her head that this was a demon school she panicked.
'He could be here! It is a possibility.' Kagome thought.
She couldn't stand it she slowly looked over her shoulder. Her eyes locked with molten. InuYasha's half brother was the one who was starring at her. Kagome breathed an inaudible sigh of relief as they entered the classroom. She was thankful that she had an hour to meditate, Kagome meditated often but an hour during school hours was always useful. Clearing her mind and losing herself in the nothingness of everything always calmed the soul.
As she took a seat in the middle near the window on a mat laid out on the floor she waited for the sensei to come in. The sensei in question was delighted to have Kagome in his class. He made his way over to her.
"Miss. Higurashi?" He asked her.
"Yes sensei?" Kagome replied to him.
"I understand that your former sensei was sensei hyou." The sensei stated.
"Yes I did sir." Kagome told him.
"Well, I'll let you in on a secret, he is my brother. He has informed me about you Kagome, I expect nothing less then you gave for him." The sensei told.
"Of course." Kagome replied to him, smiling.
The sensei nodded and winked at her, knowing how far she could go into meditation without assistance.
As class began she was relived. The sensei had lit incenses and places them around the room, leaving one right by her, which she liked. As she started to lose her self in nothingness her peace was shattered. At the back of the class a shouting match had erupted in the back of the class between two youkai.
The sensei couldn't get them to stop. He looked around the class apologetically as the two youkai continued. His eyes fell upon Kagome who was finding it hard to keep herself in check. She hated being interrupted. Her concentration and peace would be broken like glass, shattering on impact. As that last remained shattered piece dropped Kagome started to have some difficulty in keeping her anger under control. The two youkai were now breaking her peace out of concentration as well.
"Will you two control yourself?" Kagome snapped, causing the two youkai to stop immediately.
Kagome breathed deeply, wanting to rip the two youkai limb from limb and hating the fact that she was thinking that. The two youkai left for the office, knowing the punishment would be severe.
"Well, if everyone is ready, we may begin again. Thank you Kagome." Sensei announced.
Kagome merely nodded, her head pounded. She hated losing concentration and snapping like that caused her miko energy to rise, which she did not want. No, that was defiantly not what she wanted. She closed her eyes and tried to concentrate again, but couldn't. She groaned in her head and tried again. She felt a reassuring hand on her shoulder and knew it was sensei. She smiled and tried again, this time succeeding.
She slipped once again into nothingness. The darkness that once surrounded her transformed into light, then back into darkness. This was her bliss. Where darkness and light could be together yet apart. Where there was no one, just her. Where no one could hurt her. This was her confinement. This was her everything. This is what her soul wanted. Not to be left alone but to have dark and light be as one. No more fighting, no more tears, no more hurt.
She heard the sensei say the time to come back to reality was upon them. Kagome knew she didn't want to but carefully willed herself out of her deep bliss. Back to reality she came. Back to the place that hurt her. Back to the place that betrayed her. Back to the place where everything she held dear was far away. No, she didn't like reality but she had to face it, it was her biggest fear.
She opened her eyes to find the bell was about to ring. The majority of the class rushed out of there, oblivious to the fact that this was to teach and help them. Kagome sat there for a few more seconds. The sensei walked over to her.
"You were deep inside yourself Kagome, I could feel it. My brother was not lying when he said you were gifted." Sensei told her.
"Thank you, your brother was a great teacher. In and out of meditation." Kagome replied to him, standing up.
Sensei nodded and left, that's when Kagome noticed the one person in the room other then her, InuYasha's half brother Sesshomaru. She looked into those molten eyes again and caught him starring into the depths of her blue one's, as if searching.
"I have never met someone who could go that deep into meditation. You nearly lost your aura in yourself." Sesshomaru announced, startling her somewhat.
"Thank you, I take pride in my meditation, it can be a power to some and a weakness for others." Kagome told him.
"Spoken like a true miko." Sesshomaru replied, brushing past her out the door.
For a split second their bodies touched. Kagome felt an electric type shock rise up her arm. It made her breathing shaky, her intake sharp and her release even harder. She quickly left the classroom and headed to her locker to put her thing's away. Entering the cafeteria she spotted the group of four at a back table.
From a distance Kagome did not want to disrupt them. They looked they all belonged. InuYasha with Gin, Sango with Miroku. How did she fit in? She didn't. She turned around and walked out. Eating wasn't very high on her priority list. She was happy if she ate one meal a day.
Walking into the refuge of the back field she walked to a tree near the back. The shade made it cooler as she sat down, with her back to the tree. She stayed there, unmoving, seemingly not breathing for a few minutes. She sighed and got into a meditation pose. Yes, meditation was what she would do. She closed her eyes and was about to attempt nothingness when she sensed a presence. She looked up to meet the silver eyes of Gin.
Kagome thought Gin was beautiful. Her long black hair was kept lose and her silver eyes were unmatched by none. Her aura was seeming always calm, she liked that.
"Why weren't you at lunch? I seen you come in and then you walked out. Sango said you were acting a little off, is everything alright?" Gin asked her, sitting down beside her.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I just thought I'd come out and meditate." Kagome told Gin.
"Weren't you just in meditation class?" Gin asked her.
"Yeah, I was, but, meditation is something I do a lot." Kagome told her.
"Oh, well, if you're sure you're alright I'll see you in the next class." Gin replied, standing up.
Kagome smiled and nodded, watching as Gin walked away, seeming disappearing as she used her demon speed to return to her group faster then normal. Kagome put her head in her hands. She knew she was over reacting. They seemed to like her fine. But that's what was bugging her, they seemed like they did. Kagome wished she was invisible, like the air. Now even more then before she wished she could just blow away with the breeze. Another presence made itself known.
"Hello Sesshomaru." Kagome announced as the demon walked out from behind the tree and took a seat beside her.
"This is where I usually come during lunch hours." Sesshomaru told her.
"Well then I'll make sure I go somewhere else." Kagome replied, not in the mood for anyone or anything right now.
"It is alright, it's big enough to share and I realize that I do not own the world. You have free reign on the grounds, as do I." Sesshomaru told her, not knowing why he seemed to want to be near the girl.
"It's so different here." Kagome started, not knowing why. "This school, the people, everything is different. I don't know who it can be so completely opposite. It's like I don't belong. I doubt I'll stay long, as much as I like California I don't like the feeling of not belonging. It's like Japan is a whole different planet."
Sesshomaru was about as confused as Kagome as to why she would just start talking about what was bothering her. She knew she should just suck it up and keep going. She hated to be defeated but how could she keep her sprits up when they were still broken from Japan.
That's when the realization hit her. If she went back to Japan everything would return to how it was before. She couldn't handle it. She had come to California not only for the opportunity but to escape. Of course she was the only one who knew that reason. She breathed in a shaky breath, everywhere she went seemed to bring pain, sorrow but maybe, just maybe, she was wrong. She could fit in, if she tried, she could put everything behind her, if she wanted to, and she did.
Kagome smiled as she stood up.
"You didn't even say anything and you helped me in ways I wished someone always would, thank you Sesshomaru." Kagome told him, walking away.
Sesshomaru was just plain shocked. His emotionless façade dropped, he had helped someone? No, impossible, he hadn't done anything.
"Truly a strange miko." Sesshomaru thought out loud.
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Demeter Hera: That, my friend's and acquaintances, was chapter one. In attempts to entice the reader to continue reading I will be writing my chapter around the same length. I humble request that you review, but I have no control over action's and the minds of other. So, until we meet again.
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