Just When You Thought One Dead Priestess Was Enough
By: Youkai no Kira
Early morning of thenext day, Kgome sats her goodbyes to Inuyasha and friends before jumping in the well to the future. The last image that Kagome captured, was a smiling Kikyou, watching her from a distance in the deep parts of the forest.
Inuyasha watched Kagome leave with a new scent filling the air. Kikyou's soul collectors were in a distance. For once, Inuyasha didn't follow. He just got up and went with his friends to Kaede's village.
To their surprise, Kikyou was with Kaede in her hut, speaking to one another as if nothing has changed. Kikyou stopped in mid-sentence when she saw them arrive.
"Good morning!" she said in an unusual cheerful tone. "And how is verybody this morning?"
Inuyasha and firends blinked twice in confucsion. They have never heard Kikyou to be in a cheerful tone. In unison, everyone took a giant step back as Kikyou got up and a took a step forward.
"Don't be shy! I'm just a lonely priestess looking for happiness! So why don't we put all our differences aside and call it a day?!" Kikyou said with a smile.
Both Miroku and Inuyasha's jaws dropped. Sango desperately wanted to run and Shippou and Kirara were already ahead of them.
Traveling down a narrow dirt path, Inuyasha and his companions went to the next village.
"Somthing was wrong with her. Couldn't you tell?" Sango asked.
"Yes. Somthing is different about her, especially her appearance." Mirou chimed in.
"Even her scent was a little off." Inuyasha added.
Shippou ran on all fours and jumped on Miroku's shoulder. "Have you noticed that her soul collectors weren't around and she was wearing some strange necklace?"
Everyone stopped and looked towards Shippou. "Necklace?" they said in unison.
They reahced the next village and to their surprise, Kikyou was there doing landuary. Inuyasha and friends, slowed their fast pace to an efforted walk. Kikyou sensed them and turned around with big smile on her face.
"Well hello! I wasn't expecting to see you a ll here! Please. Feel free to make yourselves at home!" Kikyou said with a smile that scared them. They shook their heads in unison and headed for the hills.
" Okay I announce it official. Kikyou is possessed." Inuyasha said silghtly out of breath.
"Wasn't she already?" Miroku asked.
Minutes later as Inuyasha and his friends were silently sitting under a shady tree, Kikyou arrived, armed and silent. Everyone expected for her to snap like she did earlier but something was different about her. The priestess aimed her sacred arrow at Inuyasha's head with the strange pendant wrapped around her neck.