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Chapter Four: The Truth She Doesn't Know
For a moment all Sesshomaru did was stare at her blankly, which she gratefully took the chance to have another generous pull from her pipe. There was something intriguing and respectable about a woman smoking. It showed power.
"Midoriko? The dead priestess?" Sesshomaru questioned cooly. Priestess Masaya nodded and then sighed, knowing it was now or never to launch into the story.
"Yes. Three years ago today, I sensed a presence nearby. Feeling it was a rather peculiar one, I took up to the woods to follow it. When I arrived, I found the girl close to death in the forest. It looked as though she had not seen light in years. Or food. Anyway, when I happened upon her, the spirit of Midoriko was with her. She told me that I was to keep her with me, protect her, train her, and above all, keep her safe. She also said that one day some one would come to find her." She explained.
Sesshomaru merely raised an eyebrow, clearly wanting more information. Masaya sighed.
"She told me either a half breed, a slayer, a monk, or if enough time passed, a kitsune. After she had been quiet almost a full minute, she thoughtfully said your name." The room fell silent again as Sesshomaru considered this. If it could have been any of them, why exactly was he the one chosen for the duty of returning her to his brother? A thought crossed his mind.
"Whose doing is this?" He questioned. Masaya shifted uncomfortably.
"Her own." She answered softly. She took another pull while Sesshomaru waited for her to elaborate.
"Apparently…from what Midoriko told me, the girl wished for the half breed demon to be able to remain with his departed beloved." She said with a light shrug. She didn't know anything about these people she spoke of, so it felt foreign to her, but it was the story Midoriko had given her. Sesshomaru thought it through quickly and logically. If she made a wish for Kikyo to be permanently alive, Kagome herself would have to die seeing as she was the reincarnated soul of Kikyo. She would have died with the loss of her soul…so why was she alive? He doubted, by the way Masaya was talking to him, that she had no more a clue than he did about the answer to that question, so he skipped it.
"A wish was already made upon the jewel of four souls. For it to be erased from existence and there will be peace. There is no second wish." He said.
"Yes. In all the time I've had to think about this my best guess is as good as yours, Sesshomaru. I think Midoriko gave her the wish." Another thought crossed his mind.
"Why make that wish? Especially knowing the end result would be the loss of her own life?"
"I do not know. Midoriko just said…that Minami had been in a lot of pain."
"Kagome."
"Hm?"
"Her name is Kagome." The Priestess seemed to consider this thoughtfully for a moment.
"Ka…go…me. Ka-go-me. Kagome." She sounded out, getting a feel for it on her tongue before she smiled. "Ah…what a beautiful name."
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