AN: Hey guys! Hope you enjoyed the last chapter! Here's the next one!
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Chapter 4
Kagome's head was pounding. She slowly opened her eyes and sat up taking in her surroundings. She currently sat in a field, surrounded by multiple corpses. The smell of blood filled the air and stained the ground. Standing up, she tried to recall what had happened. This last thing she remembered was Shippo's lifeless body staring up at her in agony. After that, her mind went blank. Perhaps she would see something that would jog her memory if she walked about.
She hadn't walked very far when she heard the familiar voices of her friends Sango and Miroku calling out for her. The two ran towards the miko worried. "Lady Kagome! You are awake!"
"It would seem that way, yeah." Kagome smiled at them. "Where's Naraku?"
Her two companions looked at each other, and then at her perplexed. "You don't remember?" Sango asked. She shook her head. If she had, she wouldn't have asked.
Miroku cleared his throat. "After Naraku threw poor Shippo's body to the ground, you immediately began to attack him. The weirdest part was that you started to glow with holy energy and a force field was created pushing all of the living outside of this barrier."
Kagome stared in shock at the two. "I did that?" There was no way she would have been able to unleash that much energy. Sure, she had been training her miko powers the past couple years, but Inuyasha constantly continued to insult her abilities.
"It was amazing. You purified Naraku in less then twenty minutes." Her best friend quickly threw her arms around Kagome's shoulders in a hug and continued speaking. "We were all so worried about you, but we could only watch in horror as you guys fought to the death. I'm so glad you are alright."
But the rest of the demon slayer's words didn't reach Kagome. The idea that she, hardly twenty years old and a todai student from the future, had destroyed the most ruthless half demon of the feudal era. However, one thing bothered her. "How did I do it? And why can't I remember any of it?"
"Good question." Miroku glanced at Shippo's body that lay only a few feet away from them. "My theory is that after Naraku threw Shippo to the ground, his death triggered your rage. This rage, however, awakened your more dormant and powerful miko abilities, enabling you to easily destroy Naraku. The only reason you might not remember it is perhaps it was too much for your conscience state to handle, so it knocked you out and took over."
Everything Miroku said made sense. She glanced around the village again until her eyes fell upon the heart wrenching sight of Shippo. Quickly walking over to where her little boy lay, she picked him up and closed his terrified eyes. Tears ran down her face. "I'm so sorry." She whispered to him. "I'm sorry I wasn't there."
She suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder. "I think we should lay him to rest." Sango's soothing voice calmed her down a bit. Nodding, the three of them walked towards the Bone Eater's Well and began a mini ceremony for him. After a short eulogy by Miroku, they carved a tombstone for him and walked back towards the village to deal with the rest of the deceased.
As they arrived in the village, Kagome felt something tug at her senses. She saw a pile of ashes that she could only assume to be what remained of Naraku, seeing as severed tentacles also surrounded the pile. Reaching inside, she pulled out a completed Shikon No Tama. She couldn't help but recall their entire journey as she stared into the lustrous jewel. She remembered how Sango woefully took the jewel keeping Kohaku alive out of his back. Even when Kouga gave up the shards that gave him enhanced speed. She mentally thanked everyone's efforts in their journey. But that reminded her…
"Where is Inuyasha?" The half demon that brought her here hadn't been in sight since she blacked out. She couldn't even sense him.
Miroku first glanced at Sango and then at Kagome. "Not long after your one on one against Naraku began, Kikyou appeared and Inuyasha left with her."
"Oh." To be honest, this really didn't bother or upset Kagome. When it became clear to her that despite her efforts to gain the love of the half demon, and he did not return her feelings, she gave up. There was no point in chasing after someone who was just going to constantly run off with a half dead priestess.
"You don't think…" Sango warily looked at her two companions. They both knew what she was getting at. Inuyasha's constant threat of descending into hell with the earth and clay miko became evident with each passing day. And with Naraku destroyed, there was almost no doubt that he had no excuse to stay in the realm of the living if he could be in the afterlife with his beloved.
"I would say the probability is over ninety percent." Said Kagome having decided to put some of her statistics skills to good use. Besides, after taking multiple classes with him, she learned that Ryuga based everything off of percentages. She decided it would be okay to try. "The only reason he would stay would be to use the jewel."
They decided to forget about Inuyasha and Kikyou for now, and focus on the situation in front of them. The first thing they needed to do was bury those that had been killed. The next thing they needed to do was rebuild the village so that the surviving villagers could move on with their lives. It was going to be a long couple of days…
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Kagome yawned as she walked on the campus of To-Oh University once again. She had been out of school for a week and regretted the absences. She missed so much in school that she didn't exactly understand what was going on in a majority of her classes. The only one she was doing well in was history. No surprise there. Perhaps she would need to find a tutor…
She was passing by the athletic fields when she noticed a crowd of people around the tennis courts. She decided to check it out, and wasn't shocked to see both Light Yagami and Hideki Ryuga in an intense tennis match against one another. Without drawing any attention to herself, she quickly slid inside the fenced area and stood in the corner next to Ryuk.
"What are they doing?" The two not only looked like they were in an intense battle, but also like they were in deep thought. It was a rare combination to behold on a tennis court.
"I think they are challenging one another." Ryuk looked highly entertained by all of it. "But I wish that they wouldn't hit the ball so hard, one almost hit me earlier."
Kagome giggled. "Wouldn't it go through you anyway? You seem to be able to phase through most material things. So, why not a tennis ball?"
"It's the whole, projectile concept. When something comes flying at your face, you can't help but dodge still." Kagome nodded and decided not to press the matter. "But what happened to you?"
"What do you mean?"
Ryuk's grin seemed to turn into a frown. "You've missed a week of school and after the entrance ceremony your earring nearly burned my head off. I had to leave the room so that Light wouldn't see me flipping out."
"Sorry about that. I was battling an evil half demon and I sort of lost control of my powers." Kagome glanced at the Jewel of Four Souls that now hung freely around her neck. She was doing her best to hide its aura. Who knew if shinigami could benefit from it?
"Demons are extinct. There's no way you could be battling a half one." Ryuk smiled knowing his logic was flawless. Being a death god, he would know of course.
Kagome giggled. "That just goes hand in hand with that explanation I still owe you, that's all. We still need to arrange a time to meet with one another in private. Without the presence of your owner."
Ryuk frowned again. "Light is not my owner. I could easily write his name in my death note and end this whole thing."
"But you won't. You're bored remember? Besides, you follow him around like a little lost puppy, probably getting apples for treats." Kagome smirked at him. He only stood in silence, knowing that no matter what he said back, she would have an even better come back then before.
Without warning, Ryuga struck the tennis ball sending it straight towards the two. Kagome simply tilted to the right as the ball slammed into the fence where her head used to be, causing the shinigami to jump nearly a foot into the air in surprise. This alerted the two of her presence. Light glanced at Kagome then at Ryuk. By the look on his face, he was confused as to why Ryuk was standing so close to another human.
Ryuga, on the other hand, brought his thumb near his lips once again. He quickly looked at the light pole, used to illuminate the courts at night. Puzzled at this, Kagome looked at the top of the pole too. A security camera was perched in the corner between the two lights. She mentally cursed herself for getting caught on tape. If someone watched that and saw her lips moving with no one standing next to her, they were going to think she was crazy. If worse comes to worse she could just say she was singing to herself.
But this only helped to confirm one thing for her. Ryuga was in fact a detective of some sorts. First using an alias as wild as Hideki Ryuga, and then using security cameras. But there was no way he was investigating her. He had no previous knowledge of her attending the two's tennis match. So that meant he had to be investigating Light. At least he was on the right track as to who Kira is. If that is the case he's working on.
She decided she would wait to see who would make the first move. If Ryuga wanted to talk, she would wait for him to come to her. And it was only a matter of time before Ryuk spilled the beans about her to Light. Nonetheless, she wouldn't move first.
Let them come to her.
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AN: Thanks for your patience guys. I love reading all of your reviews that you send in! I hope you liked this chapter! I know I sort of dipped out on the fight scene. I'm just not that awesome at writing them. There will be one coming up in my other story Another Day. So I apologized if I disappointed some of you. I know I updated this time pretty fast, but that's because I won't be able to update again until next week due to me attending CJI this Wednesday to Sunday. But I will be taking my laptop with me to work on the next chapter along with my broadcast videos. So please Review this chapter! The more you do, the sooner the next chapter will go up I can guarantee, because you guys motivate me so much! I also got a beta reader too! She's amazingly wonderful! I love you amagaeru!
