Volurin: Hey guys. Sorry if I took too long. I've been busy with my two other stories that I have been writing for fictionpress. Thanks for the reviews!
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.
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The Taiyoukai had appeared out of nowhere and caught the young miko. Kagome touched the hands that were wrapped securely around her waist.
"Well, well if it isn't Sesshomaru." Naraku chuckled and stepped back a pace so that he was covered in shadows.
Sesshomaru released the miko and pushed her behind him, cracking his knuckles as his nails started to glow green as the attack Dokkasou got ready to be used.
"Naraku, remove yourself from this immediate area." the Demon Lord said in his usual cold tone.
"My dear, Sesshomaru, why must you always use violence?' Naraku queried, a small smile curving his lips. Sesshomaru leapt forward and swiped at the opposing half-demon. He managed to cut Naraku's cheek and the skin was already beginning to fester from the poison. Naraku growled and tentacles shot out at the Taiyoukai. Sesshomaru avoided them with ease, slicing a few off Naraku's body as he did.
Kagome was frozen in shock.
Had he come to save me? Or had he sensed Naraku's presence? I bet that he only came to kill Naraku. I'm nothing to him.
For some reason the thought saddened her. No one loved her except her only family. Kagome looked back at the Demon Slayer. She appeared to be awakening.
"Sango!" Kagome kneeled down by her friend again and helped her sit up. Sango wiped at her cheek, and blood stained her hand.
"He cut you with his claws and knocked you unconscious when you tried to protect me." Kagome said quietly, gratefully.
Sango smiled faintly at her friend, and then looked to the battle before them. "Sesshomaru? What's he doing here?"
"To kill Naraku." she wasn't going to mention that he had actually saved her. She'd thank him for it later unless…she was going to be in trouble for leaving! Inuyasha and Miroku appeared through the bushes.
"What the-" Inuyasha started, staring at his brother and Naraku as they fought.
"Naraku!" Miroku growled under his breath. The two ran forward to engage the enemy when a Kagura dropped down in front of them. Shippo and Kirara stopped besides the two women.
"This just keeps getting better and better." Inuyasha smirked and unsheathed Tetsusaiga.
Kagura merely smiled. "DANCE OF THE DRAGON!"
The whirl winds came down around them, separating the different battles. Inuyasha and Kagura started to fight.
"Kagome, Naraku must be here for the jewel," Miroku said in a low tone. "You'd best go to the well and back to your own time."
Kagome opened her mouth to protest but Sango agreed with the monk.
"For once he's being sensible. But he's right, Kagome. Inuyasha will come and get you when the coast is clear."
She had no chance to argue when she was pushed towards the cat-demon. Kagome sighed and got up onto the two-tails back.
"Take me to the well, Kirara."
Kirara growled at Naraku silently before jumping up into the air and flew in the direction of the well.
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Kagome moaned as she finally climbed over the top of the well. She was back in her own time. She checked her watch. 6.15pm. It worried her. She'd left when the battle was in full swing. She hoped that everything was all right.
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Three days passed and Inuyasha hadn't come to collect her. Kagome sighed as she tried to pay attention to her maths teacher. Maths. The most boring subject in her life and she was stuck in it for the next hour! Hojo, who had just been moved to her maths class, glanced at her with a smile. Kagome ignored it. Her three friends sat besides her.
"Kagome! Hojo's staring at you again."
Kagome sighed. "I know."
"I heard that he's…umm…he's planing to ask you out today."
Kagome reflexively gripped her desk. Her knuckles turned white. Her surprise was barely concealed.
"Please tell me you're not serious." Kagome hissed under her breath.
"I'm dead serious, Kagome. You should accept when he asks you! You're perfect for him!"
"Why don't you go out with him?" Kagome huffed.
"I would if I could." her friend muttered.
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Kagome hastily shoved her books into her locker and slung her yellow bag over her shoulder.
Completely empty.
"Kagome!"
Just when I thought I could escape in time. Luck never works in my favour.
Unwillingly, she turned towards the male walking swiftly towards her.
"Hi, Hojo." she tried to sound as bright as possible.
"Hi…can we talk?" he glanced around at the students walking past them. "How about I walk you home?"
"Sure."
This is not my day.
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The two walked along the street of a busy intersection in the direction of the shrine.
"Eh…Kagome?" Hojo said hesitantly.
She looked at him. "Yeah?"
"Er…umm…have you got a boy friend yet!" he blurted out. Kagome stared at him and then she remembered what she'd been told in maths but she answered too quickly. "Nope."
Damn! Why do I remember something when it's already too late?
Hojo grabbed her hand and they both stopped walking. "Kagome, will you be my girl friend?"
Even though she knew she had it coming she was shocked. It felt like a nuclear bomb had just been set off around them.
"I….uh…." she decided she could always dump him. "OK."
Hojo grinned. "Great! How about we go to the movies tonight to celebrate?"
They were standing at the bottom of the stairs that led to the shrine.
"OK." Kagome smiled weakly. Hojo swept in and kissed her on the cheek quickly before turning around and walking away.
"See you at seven!" he called over his shoulder. Kagome put a hand to her cheek where he had kissed her. Her cheeks burned in embarrassment. No one had ever kissed her. But Hojo? She had never considered him to be the one to do that. Inuyasha's image ran through her mind and she clenched her hands into fists as she walked up the steps. Just once, she wanted to be kissed lovingly. Not a quick peck on the cheek but on the mouth - a full, passionate kiss. She sighed and climbed the last step and proceeded over to the house. Never did it occur to the young miko that later on she would meet her one true love and together they would complete the prophecy that would soon be revealed.
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Kagome rarely went out and when she did it was never with a boy. She had dressed into blue jeans and a warm, black jumper with a singlet underneath. She put her mobile in her small red purse and ruffled her hair a bit so that it fell around her face.
"Much better." she murmured. She walked out of her bedroom and down the stairs.
"Where are you going, Kagome?" Sota asked as he stepped in front of her. Kagome sighed just as the door bell rang.
"Why don't you find out yourself and open the door?" She suggested indifferently, staying at the foot of the stairs as her younger brother walked over to the door and opened it to reveal Hojo with a small bouquet of flowers in his hand. Kagome's breath hitched in her throat.
Flowers? Wasn't that nice of him…maybe I will learn to like Hojo as much as he likes me…
Sota blinked and then started laughing. Hojo stared at him. Kagome walked over and he handed her the flowers with a small smile.
"For you,"
Kagome smiled warmly; it wasn't fake - it was real. "Thanks, Hojo."
The two walked out, leaving Sota still laughing with an unexplained bouquet in his hand. Kagome had just put it into his hand and he unconsciously had held onto it.
He abruptly stopped and stared at it. "Who put this in my hand?"
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Kagome took her seat in one of the red cinema chairs and sighed at the softness of it. Hojo sat on her right. The movie started but Kagome's attention was distracted. Her thoughts kept drifting to Inuyasha and then…Sesshomaru. Her mind halted. Sesshomaru? Why am I thinking of him? I must be crazy! But it's hard not to miss them. Stupid, Inuyasha. Sango. Miroku. Shippo. Kirara. Oh hell! Maybe even Naraku if I'm in a dark mood. I wonder what Sesshomaru is doing now?
"Kagome?"
She turned her head to look at her supposing date. "What?"
"Just wondering what you're thinking about. You had a dazed expression on your face."
"I did?" she blushed and looked back at the screen. The movie was about demons. It made her think about something very funny.
I can just imagine it! Everyone's in the movie cinema: Inuyasha and Kouga throwing popcorn at each other, Kirara perching on top of Sango's head, while Sango and Miroku held each others hands. Sesshomaru would be sitting away from all the ruckus, actually paying attention to the movie. Naraku would be waiting to start a fight right up the back.
Wow that would be cool!
All of a sudden Kagome heard a voice inside her head.
Young miko.
Light flashed before her eyes and the environment around her blurred and changed completely. Now she was sitting on grass. Flowers dotted the ground around her. The sky was pleasant and the sun radiated warmth that was neither too hot nor too cold.
"Where am I?" Kagome asked herself and stood up. It was then that she noticed the still figure of a beautiful women standing across from her.
She immediately recognised her as the long deceased priestess. "Midoriko!"
The older woman smiled. "Yes, child, it is I."
Kagome frowned. "Aren't you dead?" She didn't mean to be rude but literally she was dead!
Midoriko laughed and the sound sent a calming aura through the younger priestess.
"As long as the jewel of four souls exists I can exist as a spirit but yes technically I am dead." she said coolly.
"Ummm…" Kagome searched her mind for a coherent question. "Did you bring me here?"
"Yes, I did. You are the keeper of one half of the sacred jewel, are you not?"
Kagome nodded and waited as Midoriko seemed to be thinking of a way to explain why she was here.
"I brought you here to tell you something of great importance. Long ago there was a saying that told of the jewel of four souls. It is said that the jewel itself holds life in its existence. This is very true."
Kagome gasped and touched the jewel around her neck. "You're saying that without this jewel…the world wouldn't exist?"
"No, child. Not the world, but life itself. Without the jewel the world and the galaxy would still continue as if nothing was amiss. However, life wouldn't exist if it were not here. If that jewel wasn't here, you and I wouldn't exist."
Kagome gasped. "But-but what about God?"
Midoriko sighed briefly. "His existence is false. Beings and animals alike were created from the essence of the jewel itself. But that is a story that I do not have the time to tell. Kagome," she said softly. "There was also a prophecy. If the jewel were ever to break, it was only a matter of time before it completely disappeared. If the jewel is not put back together in the next three years it will disappear." she held up a hand to stop Kagome's sudden urge to interrupt. "Of course, there is a way to counter act it. Fix the jewel and return it to its natural power."
"Natural power?" Kagome echoed. It was very had for her to keep track of everything that Midoriko was saying but it stayed in her mind.
Midoriko nodded. "Yes, the jewel is not at its ultimate power, yet. When it does it will not disappear as such but rather evaporate and join with life. There is only one person that can do this. The prophecy had said that a human girl was destined to restore the jewel back to its ultimate power."
Kagome stood stock still as Midoriko uttered one word.
"You,"
Her whole mind stopped and then was a blur of thoughts and feelings.
How can this be true?!
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Volurin: I hope that made things a bit clearer. Sorry if I left it on a bit of a cliff hanger but I need rest. Lol. Let me know on errors. Thanks.
