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Chapter 4

Kagome sighed, as she looked up toward the sky it was so very hot. She could feel the sweat pouring down her back and she could only sigh as she looked over her two friends they seemed just as uncomfortable as she did. Which wasn't really surprising… then again Manta should have been used to Tokyo heat, both she and Yoh were more accustomed to a cooler more mountainous regions of Japan?

"What are you doing Yoh?" Manta asked, as he two watched Yoh start moving around like crazy, trying to get cooler or at least that was what he thought.

"I'm fighting the heat!" Yoh exclaimed.

"Yoh… the more you move, the more you sweat, thus the hotter you get." Kagome replied, an amused expression on her face. It really couldn't be helped when one of your friends ran around like a chicken with its head cut off it was incredibly hard not to laugh.

Yoh rolled his eyes, "The heat is only unbearable because you run from it, if you face it head on!"

"You might get sunstroke." Kagome finished, her voice a tad bit dry with humor.

"Darn it Kagome!"

Both Manta and Kagome just laughed and the defeated expression on Yoh's face, this continued on until they heard shouting not far from them. There was a large boy on the ground begging to be left alone, he kept asking what he had done. The boy who'd been hitting was taller, and looked to be very strong physically, just yelled asking if he wanted more.

"Hey, Manta what's going on?" Yoh asked, as he stopped his chicken dance long enough to stare at the confrontation.

"Oh… that's Tatsushi." Manta replied, he looked a little intimidated just by being near that guy.

"So you know him?" Kagome asked, still sitting beside Manta a book of herbs sitting in her lap.

"Don't everybody? Haven't you heard of Gusshi Kenji?" Manta asked.

Kagome and Yoh shared a puzzled look, neither of them were really up to date on celebrity news or current events. They both trained until exhaustion… well Kagome trained and prodded Yoh along with her Pudao and food, but they really didn't do anything else. Yoh listened to his music and she did her gardening.

"Nope," the two of them replied in unison.

Manta rolled his eyes at the two of them, sometimes he wondered why they even came to school. "Figures, anyway Gusshi was like a boxing champion, like the God of Boxing in Japan… Gusshi found Tatsushi, and tried to you know develop him… But as you can see it didn't really work."

"Develop?" Yoh asked.

"Yeah… for a while he went from being a punk and bully to a boxer. But after Gusshi's death he went right back to his old ways." Manta sighed, before his eyes went wide when Yoh went to talk to Tatsushi. It didn't take long for the older boy to slug Yoh, like it was nothing.

Kagome sighed, before dragging Yoh to the nurses office… thankfully the nurse wasn't there it was lunch hour so no one was really about. "That was silly Yoh, and very insensitive." Scolding him lightly Kagome's hand rested on her friend's swollen cheek a soft pink and marbled blue light could be seen coming from it.

"That was pretty stupid, Yoh." Manta looked at his friends. He was still a little confounded by Kagome's abilities sometimes.

"He didn't seem like such a bad guy." Yoh responded before leaning into the warmth that Kagome was pushing into his cheek. It felt soothing and relatively wonderful after that smack in the face he'd received earlier.

"I agree, he didn't seem to be too bad of a fellow." Amidamaru responded, coming out of the memorial tablet Yoh kept in his pocket.

"Oh I agree with you, but you reminded him that someone he probably loved and cared about was dead… Gusshi didn't die to long ago right? He's probably feeling lost and alone, I felt like that after okaa-san died… and again when jiji died." Kagome replied calmly, before inspecting Yohs cheek, she didn't notice the light blush across his nose.

Both boys became silent when they looked at their female friend it made a lot of since, most people didn't just randomly change it had taken time for Tatsushi to change. "So let's get to know the guy!" Yoh grinned.

"Ha! Not gunna happen!" Manta replied, "He doesn't have any friends, or family and he's not going up to anyone!"

Yoh rolled his eyes with a huff, "So we'll look for the Champ's ghost, I mean he was the guys teacher."

"Gusshi Kenji's ghost?" Manta looked more than a little freaked out.

Yoh nodded, "Yeah, if he's still here. It's not good to run away." Grinning at the two of them Yoh spoke once more, "Alright, Amidamaru go talk to your ghostly friends. Kagome, Manta you guys can help me look around the boxing rings."

"Alright!" Kagome grinned, before giving a cheeky salute.

Manta just groaned sometimes he just wanted to let Kagome deal with it, she was surprisingly good under pressure.

It didn't take very long for the four of them to hunt down and talk to Gusshi apparently he was relatively upset with his protégés lack of commitment and was quite willing to beat the tar out of him to fix the problem. Finding Tatsushi wasn't that hard either, it had been a little frightening to have to walk through the downed bodies of Ryu and his gang. Kagome had practically stayed glued to Yoh or Manta the whole time, she and they hadn't realized how much it had frightened her of the older boys.

She and Manta stayed out of the way and they could tell from the way Tatsushi was talking to himself that he was hurting from being alone yet again.

Yoh happily teased the older boy telling him that he did indeed miss boxing all things considering, then he went even farther telling Tatsushi that he would be the next Gusshi Kenji. Of course Tatsushi didn't take to well to a guy he considered to be an out of shape punk saying things like that about his friend and mentor.

Finally infuriated, they could all hear the older boy yelling "Don't mock my teacher, you lousy imitation!"

Yoh was very in tune with the spirit that was currently sharing his body, as such every time Tatsushi tried to hit him, Yoh dodged with great skill, eventually he retaliated by giving the guy a right hook to the face.

Tatsushi grinned, "Okay, Kitty." He mocked, "I underestimated you, but not this time, you're going down."

Yoh allowed Gusshi to speak instead, "You bum, after all I told you. Still making excuses, Tatsushi?"

Yoh pulled back and socked the guy again, "You PUNK! STOP RUNNING AWAY." The shouting could be heard all over the room.

Tatsushi had tears running down his cheeks, "He always grinned like that after he gave me a lecture. Cut it out, already. You make me want to take up boxing again." When Tatsushi began to regain consciousness he remembered two thing, a kind smile of a dark haired blue eyed girl looking down at him, when he woke up he could remember her words, "But aren't you happier living this dream? And all the possibilities that can come from it? Don't give up Tatsushi-san, and make Gusshi Kenji proud." The other thing he could remember was seeing his teacher's smiling face full of pride and happiness, as if he truly was happier.

The oddest thing about everything that happened, when he regained his consciousness he had little to no bruises. As if someone had healed them all away…

Several Blocks Away…

"Kagome, why did you heal Tatsushi?" Manta asked looking up at his friend.

Kagome grinned lightly, "One, practice. Two, he really didn't deserve the beating even if Gusshi-san thought he did. And three… he's one of many young boys in this city that need a little kindness. When Gusshi-san took Tatsushi under his wing, he became happy and could make connections with the other students in his life."

"That's pretty vague, Kagome." Manta replied, slightly confused "So Yoh, what happened to getting Gusshi as a spirit?" There was a slightly laughing expression on his face.

"I ran away from him." Yoh replied, a frown on his swollen face.

"Aww, poor Yoh…. Gusshi expected you to be able to fight didn't he?" Kagome asked, before her hands were attached to her friends face and amused expression could clearly be scene.

"Yeah, yeah… you win some you lose some." Yoh replied, thanking to all the gods that he could remember that his friend could heal him when things went bad. He thanked her when those soft hands slowly removed themselves from his previously aching jaw. It still twinged, but he wasn't sure he could have eaten anything after the smack down Gusshi had given him.

"Oh, by the way. Since summer break is starting this coming Sunday I was wondering if either of you would be interested in coming with my family on vacation. Well be gone for two weeks, and it'll be a lot of fun!" Kagome grinned.

Both boys blinked surprised, "Ah… is that okay with your dad?" Manta asked, it wasn't that he didn't want to go but he was looking for a polite way to turn down the offer.

"Hai, Souta and I were told to invite two friends… thankfully Minoru and Masaru couldn't go… but Shippo was able to… he's so cute! Then again so is Souten!" Kagome had little stars in her eyes.

Yoh laughed, "I can go… it would be nice," he was practically drooling at the thought of all Kagome's good food. The idea that he would be able to chill on the beach and watch the clouds while listening to the ocean wasn't too bad either.

Manta sighed, "I can't go. I would really like to but my family usually goes abroad for summer break…"

Kagome went wide eyed, "You're going abroad!"

Manta nodded with a sigh, most of the time he enjoyed spending time with his mother and little sister. But this would also be the first summer that he'd had good friends.

"It's okay Manta. I probably should have asked earlier." Kagome had a small pink on her cheeks. "Neee, Yoh why are you drooling?"

Yoh just laughed, before rubbing at his lips he hadn't even realized he'd been drooling. Man, it was bad enough he was addicted…

"I'll see you on Sunday then… but just remember that we're going to be getting up early! So pack beforehand…" Kagome stated staring at her friend she knew just how lazy he was.

Yoh groaned, before waving her off and took the time to walk toward home it was a little depressing. It was one of the reason's he spent so much time at Kagome's who knew that so much time would pass so quickly. Huffing he frowned… where were they going again? He could call Kagome later… then again she would just get onto him about not having a cell phone. Meh… he would worry about it later.

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Kagome huffed as she squirmed into her seat, they had just arrived at Yoh's house and they could all see why he stayed at their home so much. It was littered with Ghosts but the place just had an empty sad feeling to it, Kagome yawned when the van door opened and Yoh sleepily stepped inside, bypassing the three six year olds to settle into the seat beside Kagome.

"Morning Yoooooh," Kagome yawned again.

The large van bounced and moved while Yoh just blinked, it was way too early in the morning for this.

"Sleep." Yoh replied, his eyes were already starting to slip closed.

Haru laughed softly, when he climbed back into the car looking in his rearview mirror a slow grin of amusement was on his face. "I have to say okaa-san this is going to be a relatively quiet trip."

Kaede snorted with laughter, "That's because you forced those children up at this ungodly hour. Really Haru, it's 4 in the morning. Isn't this just a bit early?" Kaede was forced to push down a loud yawn.

"Nah, besides the Tango Peninsula is nearly a nine hour drive… leaving this early will ensure we get to check in on time and let the kids explore. You and I can take a nap while Yoh and Kagome chaperone." Haru chuckled softly.

Kaede shook her head, "That's really cruel of you Haru. This vacation was supposed to be for everyone, especially Kagome." There was a slight frown on her face, a worried one two… Kagome hadn't stopped her Miko training, nor her Shaman training with Yoh. Kaede was worried that her granddaughter was going to spread herself too far, but she was far happier now than she had months ago.

"Ah, I don't think we'll have to worry to badly about it. Miroku and Sango will be there at about five, they agreed to watch over Souta and his friends for a few days, and we're going to be able to see the baby." Haru grinned, Miroku was his oldest son from a previous marriage. Both his wives had passed before him.

"Kohaku will be there?" Kaede asked surprised.

Haru nodded, "Hai, Kagome will be happy about it. Go to sleep okaa-san…" Haru watched his mother dose off, before looking back again. Souta and his friends were in the middle seat of the van, considering that there were three of them. Souten, was probably Souta's only female friend she was also the one in the middle seat both Souta and Shippo were snuggled up on either side of the girl. Kaede had placed a blanket over the three of them when they'd stopped to pick up Yoh.

The seat farthest back was a two-seater, Yoh and Kagome were sleeping as well. He knew his daughter very well and if Yoh was anything like her they would both be passed out until they were just about there. He felt his heart clench at his only daughter, there was so much weighing down on her shoulders. That and he was once again reminded that she was growing up so fast, Yoh was leaning on his girl an arm wrapped around her waist and she was snuggled up against his side, head on his shoulder.

Shaking the thoughts from his mind he focused on the drive ahead, they would be awake for the ride back and he knew that Kagome would enjoy it. Yoh too since he seemed to like napping in the sun… though Haru and his mother had eventually gotten used to seeing the boy passed out under the Goshinboku's limbs.

Several Hours later…

"Otou-san?"

"Hai, Souta?" Haru looked back.

"How much longer do we have?" Souta asked, he and Shippo had been awake for the last three or four hours and they'd been watching movie after movie; so the only reason he would ask was if they movie was over.

"Hmmm, not too far actually. About fifteen minutes left, you can wake everyone up if you want." Haru chuckled when both Souta and Shippo cheered, Souten had yelped she had been playing a video game on her DS and they had yelled loudly enough to be heard over her ear buds.

"Souta, Shippo don't shout please." Kaede replied, looking into the review to glare at them.

"Wassa?" A sleepy response could be heard behind the six year olds and it was definitely male.

"Hey, Yoh… you and onee-chan sleep like the dead." Souta grinned, looking back over the seat.

Yoh just blinked before nodding and rubbing at his face with his free hand, "Soo, where are we?"

"Near the Tango Peninsula." Haru grinned, "We have a large house rented, within walking distance to the beach."

"Ah," Yoh was finally awake, at least he thought he was. Looking for Kagome he was surprised to find his female friend snuggled up against his shoulder, her thick raven black hair was brushing his chin and he really didn't mind. She was warm and soft, then again he'd never seen Kagome just sleep she seemed a lot younger than normal asleep.

"Well, are you going to wake her up?" Shippo asked.

Yoh just sighed, before shaking her lightly with both arms, he was surprised when Kagome grumbled about getting up and wrapped her arms around his waist and snuggled down sleepily.

Souta and his friend giggled watching, "She sleeps a lot on Sunday's the only reason she gets up before one is because she knows you come over a lot." Souta finished, and laughed happily when Yoh sent him a surprised look and blushed when Kagome's face began to nuzzle his neck.

"Kagome! Come on wake up." Shaking his friend a little rougher, he felt a hot breath on his cheek and sleepy eyes blinking at him.

"Yoh?" Kagome was soo sleepy… she'd stayed up a lot in the last few weeks, before shifting back into her seat slipping out of Yoh's lap.

"Yeah." Yoh stared, she still wasn't awake just sorta awake and staring at his face.

"Where are we?" Kagome asked, her mind still hadn't booted back up.

"Actually we're here. It's time to unpack." Haru grinned, "There several bed rooms. Shippo, Souta, Yoh the three of you will be staying in the same room, Souten, Kagome, you have another, and while okaa-san and I will be sharing the fourth room is for Miroku and his family."

Kagome was suddenly awake, "Roku is coming?"

"Hai, now you all get out let's get things in the house." Haru replied as he began to hand things to the children. He'd given his mother the key and she was opening it, thankfully because there were so many people it didn't take too long to get everything unpacked and put away.

"Alright, what does everyone want to do?" Haru asked, it was roughly three after everything was said and done. They had ordered pizza and eaten before anything was said and done. He and his mother had gotten something at the drive-thru while the children had continued to sleep.

"Beach!" Shippo replied, a big grin on his face.

"Hmmm, Kaede and I need to go to the Nariai-ji Temple. I would like to speak with the head priest there, his grand-daughter wishes to learn more advanced barriers. Kaede is one of the best, if the terms are agreeable we will earn good revenue from this."

"This is how you paid for the vacation nee?" Kagome asked, an amused expression on her face.

Haru just rolled his eyes, "No, you have to pay before you get to rent this house, now will you and Yoh keep an eye until we get back? Miroku and Sango should be here in an hour or so."

Yoh just shrugged his shoulders in a universal whatever okay way, while Kagome nodded. "Okay, otou-chan… but I want ice cream this evening." She was eyeing her farther with a sharp gleam.

"Hai hai," Haru and Kaede waved before getting their things together and leaving.

"Okay, if you guys want to go, ya gotta get your swimsuits on." Kagome grinned, before she found herself in the room she had with Souten helping the younger girl get on her swim suit. "Go wait with the boys I'll be there in a minute kay?"

Souten nodded, "Okay, thanks for helping me with this swimsuit… I swear my mom just buys the oddest ones."

Kagome snickered softly, the suit crossed in an awkward way in the back and front. Laughing softly she rolled her eyes when Souta yelled that they were going out without her and she could hear Yoh's protests.

Going down stairs she sighed, Souta had left everything and she meant everything at the back door. Picking up the umbrella and the bag of towels she set off, Kagome yelped when she hit the sand it was hot and white and seemed to sear the soles of her feet. Taking several steps back she grinned when she found Yoh's flip flops before putting them on, it was just too hot to walk on the sand.

Yoh sighed as he watched the three six year olds all the while sitting farther up on some of the still compacted sand. It wasn't as hot as the soft and fluffy sand, but it also kept him from being soaked by the three of them splashing each other.

Blinking Yoh looked back he could hear the movement of sand but he could also here the huff of frustration, he didn't expect to see an woman's lower body he could see everything from her plump round cheeks to the very thing that exclaimed she was female everything was covered in a white string bikini bottom. He could see long thick black hair fluttering in the wind, and the bottom wiggling every few movements as the woman ensured that the large beach umbrella was properly in the ground.

Turning back toward the kids, he groaned at his not so little problem… what if Kagome caught him like that? He was a teenage boy, she would understand right? Then again one time when they were watching movies she seemed ready to kill a pervert…

"Yoh… Yoh!"

Yoh nearly jumped out of his skin when a warm calloused hand landed on his shoulder, "Hai?" He knew his voice was tight and he was more than a little embarrassed.

"Are you okay?" Kagome asked looking toward her friends face.

Yoh nodded, "Yeah…"

"Come on," Kagome grinned, snagging Yoh wrist dragging him toward the ocean.

Yoh blinked on the hand at his wrist before his eyes drifted toward his friends back, his heart dropped four white strings tied around her neck and upper back. He was so dead if she ever figured out how closely he'd studied her lower half.

"Yoh are you sure you're okay?" Kagome asked a worried frown on her face, as she looked back she'd stopped tugging on his and he could tell she was concerned.

"Yeah, yeah." Yoh waved of the concern away.

Rolling her eyes, she grinned when the water hit her knees before rushing the rest of the way in both her brother and his friends cheered they could go deeper into the water, as long as Kagome and Yoh were around at least. Yoh laughed, as he watched them play it was pretty obvious that Kagome adored her brother and the feeling was completely returned.

"Phhh, oh no don't let him get away!" Kagome laughed, when both Shippo and Souta attacked Yoh the three of them promptly fell into the ocean and they came up sputtering.

Souten began to giggle in amusement, "Go Yoh!"

"Hey! Who are you rooting for?" Shippo pouted, just before he was once again shoved under water by a strong push from Yoh.

Souta laughed, before jumping on to the older boy's back sending him into Kagome and all three of them ended up the bright green water.

Kagome came up laughing, she was attached to Yoh's back and Souta was squished between the two of them. She was as slippery as a fish and really fast in the water it was about the only reason that she'd managed to get on her friends back.

"Ah, Kagome watch the feet." Yoh replied pulling the thin foot high on his stomach.

"Hai hai," Kagome replied, it didn't take long for them to once again plop back into the water, then again she wasn't surprised. She doubted she could hold up a teenage girl and three six year olds either.

"Kagome, Souta!" A tenor male voice shouted across the beach, both siblings paused before looking up as did the siblings friends. A tall man was standing in front of the rented house, he had dark hair the same raven black as the Higurashi family.

Yoh could only watch in surprise at Kagome's expression she looked as if something precious had been dropped in front of her. She took off out of the ocean, and across the sand before anyone could ask who it was. While he wouldn't admit it, looking at the happiness on her face made his heart clench with something he hadn't felt before. Yoh had to wonder who this person was and why she was so happy.

Souta grinned, "Come on," Pulling on Yoh's hand the boy began to babble, "That's our onii-chan."

"Onii-chan?" Yoh blinked in surprise, while Shippo and Souten both followed behind the two of them. They were to an extent hiding behind Yoh's legs a little bit shy around this new older person.

"Hai, Miroki-nii is from father's previous marriage. We're only half siblings… and he's a lot older than me and even Kagome. He's twenty six." Souta replied, his finger lacing with Yoh's happy that his two favorite people were around. He liked Yoh almost as much as his Miroku-nii, though he still wasn't too sure about Manta he was really loud.

As they came closer to the house it was easy to see that Kagome even in her bikini was practically wrapped around her brother, she was tiny in comparison to the older man who stood a good foot and some inches taller than her.

"Mai, mai Kagome-chan… I disapprove this swimsuit… I'll have to fight off the perverts to defend your honor." Miroku grinned, his little sister was all but sitting on his forearm because of her lack of height and he couldn't help but bring her close and bury his face in her hair.

"Pft… Yoh would help me out if someone tried to take advantage of me." Kagome scoffed, before happily sighing as she took in her brother's scent. He always smelled like coffee and chocolate, some special cologne that Sango loved.

"Oh? Who is Yoh?" Miroku asked curious.

Kagome grinned before wiggling down, and looking back she knew that Souta would drag Yoh and the others to meet their older brother.

"Onii-chan this is Yoh Asakura, Souten Raimatsu, and Shippo Kurama."Kagome grinned pointing out to each of them, "Guys this is Souta and my older brother, Miroku Higurashi."

All three of them bowed, before looking up to see Miroku grinning down on them. Souta just laughed at his brother before tackling him, only to be lifted into the air and being thrown up and being caught.

"Alright, everyone inside… Kagome, Yoh will you get what needs to be brought back from the beach? After that you two can go explore." Miroku replied, absently rubbing Souta's back.

Kagome nodded, before grabbing Yoh's hand and pulling him along… neither of them noticed that they never let go.

Miroku on the other hand sighed as he looked at the two of them, Kagome and Yoh to an extent were in for a world of heart ache. He knew Kino and Yohmei Asakura, he also knew that Kino was bound and determined to have the girl she trained become part of the family. But it was obvious to him that the boy would never love that particular girl.

"Sango… come meet Souta's friends." Miroku turned away from the young teenagers to walk into the house trying not to let his heart become too heavy for the things that he knew were coming.

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After things had been gathered and taken back to the house, both Kagome and Yoh found themselves just walking around curious about what was going on around the area. What they found was that the locals were absolutely terrified of them after they found what house the two of them were staying in.

"What do you think Yoh? It was odd… I tried to ask questions and the only one who would answer were the children… they said there was always a white figure around the house at night. Every night…" Kagome asked looking up at the sky.

"Hmmm, maybe it's a ghost… sometimes if they have enough energy they can manifest during particular times." Yoh commented absent mindedly.

Kagome sighed nodding, "I suppose." She couldn't help it… something was bothering her about the story.

"Don't worry about it…" Yoh replied, looking forward as they walked toward the house.

Kagome nodded in agreement, it was getting dark so this supposedly the figure would be out there "Come look with me."

"What?"

"Look with me, please?" Kagome asked, a large begging expression on her face.

"Look at what Kagome?" Miroku asked, standing in the doorway staring at the two of them.

"Supposedly there's a spirit that stands at the front of our beach house... I think I need to be there." Kagome grumbled, loudly enough for her brother to understand her.

Miroku sighed, "You're just like Hua…"

Kagome frowned, a very rebellious and slightly angry expression came across her face. "Low blow, onii-sama." Huffing in hurt, Kagome turned and stomped away in a hurry. Her shoes were kicked off, before she took off running down the beach.

Yoh could only watch in surprise, when a low voice sighed deeply before asking him something "Will you go after her to make sure she doesn't get into any trouble?"

Yoh looked at the older boy an unreadable expression on his face, before nodding and following his friend at a much slower calmer pace.

Sango sighed, "You knew that would hurt her more than anything in the world Miroku, why would you say something like that?"

Miroku turned to look closely at his wife, she was beautiful, but she was blind it was one of things that had kept them apart for a long time before she finally trusted him. "Kagome needs to face reality, following your gut isn't always going to be what needs to be done."

"And you need to face it to, your little sister watched things that no child should. You had no right to interfere… I'm disappointed in you Miroku. If Kagome doesn't find this protection then it will be on your head when she dies."

Miroku stared at his wife, she had something that came at a high cost almost too high to pay and he was sometimes disconcerted when she spoke out against his actions. "I would do it again if it pushed them closer together."

"And what of my punishment?" Sango asked, coldly.

"I would accept it as mine."

"You're such a foolish man. Sometimes I wonder why I married you." Sango replied, her long thick hair was pulled back from her face as she glared in annoyance. Not only was he a pervert but a meddler to.

"Don't worry Sango… everything will be fine." Miroku replied, pulling his wife forward for a kiss. He yelped when he received an elbow to the gut instead of his kiss, "Go change Kohaku… I'll tell Haru and Kaede about Yoh and Kagome's adventure tonight Mr. Responsible."

Miroku groaned, his dad was going to kill him if his grandmother didn't do it first. He knew what the spirit was and more importantly he knew WHO the spirit was his own guardian had informed him that earlier in the day.

A soft chuckling reached his ears before he turned to look at a younger woman, she looked to be about 16 or 17 to young to be wearing the garments of battle. But she was also several times older than he himself was, "What is it Midoriko-sama?"

"That girl holds my power… but she also holds a pure heart and you sent her after a demon spirit. You must have great faith in your dear little sister, Miroku-chan." The woman replied, her long hair falling around her ankles as she floated before him.

Miroku stared at the spirit, she was the strongest priestess the strongest woman spirit born to the Asian nations according to a number of articles he'd read. But she was also the most troublesome, "She's stronger than you." It was all he would say, leaving his spirit with a thoughtful expression on her face.

"We will see." Midoriko chuckled softly before beginning to follow the young Higurashi girl. She was curious about the girl she'd been born inside, and how she'd been able to purify the demon Magatsuhi when she the greatest Miko of her time had been unable.