Start Time: 10:56
Kikyou. The named haunted Kagome's mind, swirling around in her brain as if it were her own name. But it was not her name, and therefore, her name was not the last thing she heard Inuyasha yell before Naraku killed her. Yes, Kagome died, yet here she stood, on the hill. She was like Kikyou... but not. She still had her real body and she didn't steal Kikyou's soul to get the body. No, she was brought back to life by the sword that was sworn to do so. Sesshomaru had brought her back to life with the Tensugia, which was all thanks for Rin.
Kagome did not know how Rin had convince Sesshomaru to do so, but that did not matter now. Not now that she was on her own and no one was to be seen for miles. Had they won the battle with Naraku? Or had he won? What if it wasn't even Naraku they were fighting but another demon puppet instead? That would mean that she got defeated by a demon puppet. That made her weak. Really, really weak. Kikyou was right in saying that she didn't live up to the title of Miko. That she wasn't strong enough. She had to be saved by Inuyasha daily and couldn't do anything besides collect jewels.
Kagome sighed. She felt useless and worthless. She couldn't even live to save Shippou. Was Shippou alright? What about Sango? Kilala? Miroku? Inuyasha? They had to be alright, they were strong and wouldn't give up that easily. Of course, Kagome hadn't given up either yet she was brought down. But then again, she was born into an age of no demons and the others had more experence in battling demons, but she hadn't had a problem up until then. Was she... weakening?
No! She couldn't be weakening... could she? She had to be strong if she was going to help Shippou! She had to be strong if she was going to live in the Feudal Era. Wait... live? No, her time wasn't here! It was 500 years into the future. She couldn't move here, she wasn't even suppose to be alive! But... that didn't stop Kikyou. Kagome knew that was a bitter thought and that she shouldn't be thinking it, but the thought still came. She was tired of being second fiddle to Kikyou! She was tired of being only second in Inuyasha's heart. She wasn't strong enough, caring enough, or whatever it was he thought of her.
"Stronger..." the word slipped from Kagome's mouth. She needed to become stronger in order to survive. Dying had shown her that. She would train her Miko powers, train until she couldn't anymore. Train until she had nothing more to learn and no one to teach her. Her first stop would be Kaede. Kaede would know what to do and could possible teach her more but there was a downfall. She had the chance of running into Inuyasha. She wanted to see him again, badly, but not yet. Not untilshe could save him, like Kikyou had done once. Kikyou seemed to be the one who was saving and never being saved. Kagome envied her for that and wanted to be like that. She didn't know why either. Maybe it was her jealous teen thing, or maybe, she actually wanted to be able to walk around the Feudal Era and not have fear because she knew she would be able to take care of herself, with no help from anyone. She would need to work on calling her Miko powers when she needed them, not just when they were in dire need of it. Heck, if she could use them whenever, they would never be in dire need of it because Inuyasha and her could take it.
Kagome clenched her fist. She had died. She had almost left this world forever. All because she couldn't fight her own battles! She just got in the way and she knew this. But not anymore! She would become stronger and she would help save her friends. Naraku would not rule this world, not as long as Kagome was still breathing, and thanks to Sesshomaru, she still was. She would have to thank him about that later. She would think about that later. Right now, she was going to head to Kaede's hut.
Gripping her bow and arrows, which she had found next to herself when she awoke and saw the backs of Sesshomaru, Jaken, and Rin walking away, she walked down the hill. A gentle breeze made her hair move around her and she realized how much she loved the feel of the wind around her. She had missed that in the dark place, where she had been before she was brought back. And now feeling it tug gently and her hair and clothing made her smile. Speaking of her clothes, she would need to go back to her time to get some clothing. Her shirt was missing one sleeve and had a huge hole over her stomach where Naraku had stuck his tentical through her. And yet, as Naraku had done that, Inuyasha had called out Kikyou's name. Why?
Kagome felt tears, once again remembering that. Kikyou had been fine and was not harmed, yet as the Darkness over took Kagome, she had heard Kikyou's name called out in fear and loss, not her own. Did Inuyasha not care if she died? No... he had to care. She had seen him cry once over her would-be death. He cared, she knew that, but he cared more for Kikyou. Nothing Kagome could do would change that but she could make it so she wasn't such a burden to Inuyasha. And she was going too, whether it killed her or not. Honestly, what did she have to lose?
End Time: 11:24