"It's done Inuyasha! We did it!!"
"Of course we did wench, were you actually doubting our power?"
"SIT!!" A loud thump echoed over the blood battlefield. "You don't have to sound quite so smug." Snickers erupted from the shard hunting group.
"Aww, shuddap!!" Inuyasha pulled himself from the ground. "What are you going o wish for wench?"
"Nothing. There isn't a pure wish in this world, no matter how good the intentions behind it are." Kagome sighed softly when Sango's face dropped. "I know that it seemed as if we could return people their lives, but it wouldn't be fair to them. What if they found peace in the after life? We'd be ripping it away from them. I can't ask for people to remember us either, because we aren't that significant. Peace is something that will never last, no matter how much we wish it."
"The miko is right…for once."
"Shut up Sesshoumaru!" The demon dog smirked. "Uh…ooops? Sorry Sesshoumaru."
"This Sesshoumaru will not accept your apology."
"Yea? Well…too bad!!" Sesshoumaru shook his head.
"Is that the best retort you could offer? Pitiful." Whatever Kagome was about to say was interrupted by a scream. The group watched in horror as Kouga fell to the ground, a tentacle in his chest.
"Did you seriously think you had defeated me?" Naraku's voice rang out.
"Naraku!" Kagome turned away from her fallen friend, drawing her sword. "You bastard!" The half demon sighed.
"Yes, we established this already. The mutt made it a point to call me one every five minutes not too long ago, or have you forgotten?"
"Shut up! I'll make you pay for this!"
"What will you do? Throw rainbows on me and hope I succumb to their glowing beauty?" Kagome snarled angrily as she moved to attack the sarcastic man. She was held back Sesshoumaru.
"Is this where my training went? Control yourself." Kagome shot a glare at the demon, but accepted his words as law. She straightened as her eyes dimmed. When she looked at Naraku again, he almost felt the urge to whimper like a scared school girl.
"I'll make you pay for this Naraku. Make no mistake." The unusually calm words of the girl chilled all the combatants.
"Prove it miko. Show me how much you've grown." Naraku smirked. Kagome walked away from the group.
"Kagome!"
"Don't do this!" She ignored the cries as she picked her way over the fallen.
"Get your ass back here bitch!" A silver glow erupted from her body and settled around her. She turned slowly to her friends.
"Where would fun be if I obeyed your every command?"
"This isn't fun Kagome! It's your damn life."
"Don't you think she knows that half-breed?"
"Shut up Sesshoumaru! Kagome, don't throw your life away for us!" Kagome's serene expression turned mournful.
"I will do as I must do. Naraku will not be allowed to live again. He has fooled us twice already. I will not have that again." Sango gasped. "Fool me once. Shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me. Fool me thrice, well, you won't fool me again."
"Don't you dare do this!"
"Forgive me?" The silver light strengthened, forcing everyone to look away. When they were finally able to look again, there was no one there.
"No!!!" Sango collapsed to her knees as she stared at the spot her sister once was.
"Demon slayer?" The group blinked in shock when a silvery form shimmered into view. "Kagome is not yet gone form this world. She has sought to imprison Naraku in a place where he shall never escape from."
"Where Midoriko-sama?"
"The Shikon no Tama." The group gasped in horror.
"The fool!"
"She will not be imprisoned there Taiyokai. It is not her place." Midoriko smiled. "She will return shortly when her mission is completed."
"Why are you here?" Midoriko frowned at Miroku's question.
"The jewel could not hold both our souls at once. It can hold so much evil and pain, but so little good. That is why it is in constant chaos. It is not balanced."
"The jewel kicked you out to let her in?"
"Correct. You aren't quite as idiotic as you seem Inuyasha."
Kagome's bike swerved as she returned the present.
"Damnit!" She slowed to a stop. Leaning forward, Kagome rested her cheek against her motorcycle's cool metal. She heard another motorcycle pull up beside her.
"Are you okay?"
"Peachy keen." Kagome mumbled, not bothering to look at who was speaking to her.
"Would you like to be brought back to Tifa?" Kagome sat up at that and turned.
"Cloud?"
"Yes?"
"Why the hell are you stalking me?"
"Contrary to what you think, I happen to be going in this direction." Kagome sighed softly and slumped forward again. "Are you ill?"
"No."
"What troubles you then?"
"None of your business. I don't spill my problems on strangers buster." Kagome sat up and revved her bike. "Yesterday, I wondered who you were. For the year I had been seeing Tifa, I never saw the Strife guy who owned the shop. Now I wish I never had."
"Why?"
"For starters, no matter what you say, you're a stalker. Number two, my head hurts and number three, because I said so." She revved her motorcycle and sighed. "Now I have to go deal with that mongrel that burned my garden down." She zoomed off without a farewell to Cloud. Cloud sat on his bike and stared at her disappearing form.
"Cloud? Moving on I see. I told you that you should have done that a long time ago." Cloud turned, almost expecting Aeries to be sitting behind him. She wasn't. A giggle rang out.
"Silly. She's pretty. Go after her Cloud. Be happy for once in your life."
"I am happy."
"If that's happy, then I'm alive." Cloud frowned as he revved his bike. He drove off to his favorite thinking spot.
(kagome)
When Kagome reached the building where she lived, a smile settled on her face. It was one of the nicest smiles anyone had ever seen. She climbed off her bike and walked past her dead garden. Moving quickly, she ignored the people in her way, including a smirking Kiba. She made it to her apartment and unlocked the door. People waited with bated breath as she disappeared inside the building. When she emerged, they scrambled out of her way. Instead of walking down the stairs, she simply leapt over the railing, landing two stories down seconds later. Kiba shivered when he saw her smile widened. Briefly, he wondered if he should run away and scream bloody murder. Unsurprisingly, he chose life and moved to run. Kagome cut him off before he had a chance to move.
"You set my garden on fire Kiba? How…quaint." She released his shirt, letting him fall to the ground. He scrambled away from her. She smiled. "You cut my visit short. You know I visit my favorite orphan at least once a week." Kagome dropped the box she had been holding in her other hand to the ground.
"Did I? H-how so?"
"Why, someone called to tell me you had lit my garden on fire." She crouched to open the box. "Do you remember what I told you last week Kiba darlin'?"
"N-no."
"Pity." Kagome stood up again, this time with a chainsaw in hand. "I'm sorry Kiba, but this means war." Seconds later, Kiba had wet himself after Kagome had swung the chainsaw centimeters from his face. He stood in the center of the garden shivering before he realized he had nothing on anymore. He heard a noise from his apartment and ran to it. He could only stare in shock when he reached the doorway.
"I'm out of practice. Damn." Kagome was standing in the shower of feathers. "Usually I take less time to demolish people's homes." She sighed sadly and walked by the man. "Now, remember, you ruined my garden. I ruined your house." She continued on her way to her apartment. "Besides, you should be happy, it only takes two months for my flowers to bloom after I have to regrow them again. That only takes a week or so." She turned to him with a smile. "Take a bath will ya'?"
"Y-y-you."
"Yes I know. Run along now." She disappeared up the steps leading to her floor.
"BITCH!!!"
"I know." Kagome reappeared again. "Come up with something original will ya?" She vanished again when he went quiet.
The next day found Kagome outside the shop. She walked in quietly.
"Tifa?" When she received no reply, she walked further into the shop. "Tifa?" Frowning, she walked to the dining room. She was surprised when she was tackled to the ground. "What the hell? Get off me!!" She flipped her assailant over her head. The man slammed into the wall above her. She rolled to the side as something slammed into the ground where she once stood. She flipped to her feet easily to glare down the two men.
"Are you okay Reno?"
"Yo, she surprised me."
"Who are you and where are Tifa, Marlene and Denzel?"
"The question is, who are you?"
"I asked you first." Kagome stuck her tongue out at the two grown men. The red head growled.
"Yo, I don't know who you think you are, but you better answer us!"
"Why would I do that?" She settled into an easy fighting stance.
"What are you three doing?" Tifa's voice rang out. Kagome flipped out the way easily when the man flung his weapon at her. In return he was slammed into the wall when tiny senbon slammed into him. "Kagome stop!" Kagome slid to a stop in front of the red head.
"Yes Tifa?"
"These are some of ah my…friends."
"I see." Kagome stepped away from the man. "They attacked me first."
"Reno!"
"Yo, we didn't know who she was. And we still don't know."
"My name is Kagome Higurashi." She turned to face Tifa. "Denzel!!" The boy ran towards her with a happy shriek.
"You came!! I didn't think you would!!" He jumped into her waiting arms.
"Don't I keep my promises Denzel?"
"Well… there was that one time…" Kagome slapped her hand over Denzel's mouth and smiled innocently at the onlookers.
"I have no idea what he's talking about." She glared down at the boy who was licking her palm. "Neither does he, right?" Denzel nodded quickly when she held him upside down. Kagome flipped him right side up and set him on the ground. "Where's my cake?"
"I'll get it!!" Marlene cried from her spot near Tifa. She ran past them to the kitchen.
"And the other things that were left on the table?"
"I know where they put them!!" Denzel ran off in a different direction. Kagome giggled softly.
"Who are they Tifa?" She turned serious suddenly. "Besides being your ah…friends."
"The red head is Reno and the other is Rude."
"A pleasure to meet such a beauty."
"Uh-huh." Kagome glared at Reno. "Not a great pleasure to meet you."
"Hey!" Denzel and Marlene ran back into the room.
'We got everything Kagome!!"
"Tifa, is Cloud coming soon?"
"I think so." Marlene set the plates on the table.
"Do you think there's enough cake for everyone Kagome?"
"Most likely Marlene."
"Hey Kagome? What's in these boxes?"
"That's for me to know and you to find out Denzel." The boy frowned.
"Aww." An evil grin lit up Kagome's face suddenly.
"Hey Denzel."
"Yes?"
"How would you like to play a prank on Cloud?"
"Really?"
"Uh-huh."
"What are we going to do?"
"Well…Cloud sure likes to wear black huh?"
"Yea…so?"
"Well…maybe Marlene gets it." Denzel turned to face Marlene only to see her vanish.
"Where's she going?"
"To get the stuff we need." Five minutes later, Marlene returned with a smile on her face.
"What are we going to do?"
"Well, remember we wanted to brighten Kagome up because she always wore black?"
"Yea. We dumped flour…on…her…" Denzel snorted. "Cloud is going to hate us."
"You still have that spare outfit of doom?"
"Yea. We never threw it out."
"Good." Kagome's malicious grin was enough to stop even Tifa's protests. The trio began preparing their trap. Tifa sighed and rolled her eyes, wondering how she could have such an odd friend.
"Kagome! Do we put the water up too?"
"Everything that you did to me happens to him. Besides, we don't need him to be all gloomy on our day, do we?"
"But Tifa is wearing all black."
"We'll make her change into something else."
"Wha-."
"She will change into something else. Right booger bear?" Kagome cut off Tifa.
"Yes Kagome."
"Good." As the final stages for their preparations were finished, Tifa left the room. Reno and Rude looked at each other, wondering how this girl could command Tifa Lockhart around.
Little did they know they would get their answer when Cloud walked into the room ten minutes later.