What If?
For the people of Feudal Japan it was a shining day. For the people of Endo, the beauty of the rising sun was interrupted by the harsh sounds of two people arguing.
"Inuyasha shut up. The only reason you are against this is because of some petty feud." Kagome growled.
"No Kagome, I won't shut up about this!" an enraged Inuyasha shouted back, "I cannot believe you want to invite that frigid ass to join us. I mean, he probably won't even say yes to this ridiculous plan."
"Well there is no harm in asking is there? What happens if he actually considers it? What if he says yes!?" Kagome yelled back at the top of her lungs, feeling fed up with Inuyasha's idiocy.
"Keh. Kagome are we talking about the same person? I know he won't say yes and if he does I'll kiss Miroku." Inuyasha spat back. Miroku and Sango rolled their eyes at their friends, who had been arguing for several minutes, ever since Kagome brought up the subject of inviting Sesshomaru and his pack to join in their hunt for the shards.
"You are so immature." Kagome snapped before turning on her heal and stalking away, he backpack slung over her shoulder.
"Where are you going?" Inuyasha shouted after her.
"To clear my head!" she bit back.
Kagome walked a short ways until she finally found a small clearing that would be perfect for her to use. She pulled out her IPod and turned on the playlist that she had made for her exercises. It was a mix of her favorite songs that got her blood flowing and encouraged her to keep moving.
She turned the music up as loud as she could stand as she put her head phones on. She pulled out her first weapon, a single sword, just as the song 'I Will Not Bow' by Breaking Benjamin began to play. She kneeled as the guitar played and waited.
'Fall!' screamed the lead singer as Kagome took off dramatically slicing and stabbing at imaginary enemies before slowing with the music.
'Now the dark begins to rise, save your breath it's far from over. Leave the lost and dead behind. Now's your chance to run for cover. I don't want to change the world; I just want to leave it colder. Light the fuse and burn it up. Take the path that leads to nowhere. All is lost again, but I'm not giving in.' pounded through her ears a she sped up and did a flip in time with the next section of the song.
'I will not bow, I will not break. I will shut the world away. I will not fall, I will not fade. I will take your breath away. Fall!' sounded as she landed perfectly and continued.
Kagome flared her miko powers and began to make dummies out of the energy. She gave them a mind of their own and they began to attack her.
As she cut down her own creations she moved fluidly, almost as if she was dancing instead of practicing with a deadly weapon.
'Watch the end through dying eyes. Now the dark is taking over. Show me where forever dies. Take the fall and run to heaven. All is lost again, but I'm not giving in. I will not bow, I will not break. I will shut the world away. I will not fall, I will not fade. I will take your breath away.' rang as the song continued. Kagome she repeated the moves she did previously.
Opting for the worst case scenario she threw the poorly made sword to the side. During the next verse she rolled towards her bag and pulled out her fans. While Kagura knew the basics of the fan, Kagome was so advanced with it that she could actually kill someone with it without using her Miko energy.
'I will not! I will not bow, I will not break. I will shut the world away. I will not fall, I will not fade. I will take your breath away.' She flicked open her fans and continued to hack and slice away at her "attackers" while still looking regal and graceful.
'And I'll survive, paranoid. I have lost the will to change. And I am not proud, cold blooded, fake. I will shut the world away. Fall!' as the song ended so did Kagome. She sank to one knee, head bent, and her arms crossed over her chest with her fans closed one in each hand.
Kagome had not even broken a sweat, but was breathing slightly heavily. The next song that came on made her want to laugh while she put away her weapons and opted for new ones. The song that had come on was "Highway to Hell" by ACDC, which she felt fit Kikyou's personality.
As the song started she pulled out her personal favorite weapon, her Sai. As the song played on she flipped her weapon open and closed like a pro as she continually killed all of her "enemies". She used this weapon through three different songs, never losing her grip or slipping up. Feeling better Kagome went to put her weapons away but something stopped her.
'That aura,' she thought, 'it feels so familiar.' She calmly put her IPod in her backpack and slung it over her shoulder. She waited for the person to move and when they did not she called out in a calm, clear voice
"Come out so I can see who you are." The aura disappeared and then she remembered. That had been the aura she had felt in the woods before she had left a month ago. She did not sense it as much then because she was so weak.
'I wonder who it is.' she thought. Suddenly Inuyasha barged into the clearing, sword out.
"Kagome, there is someone here" he growled as Kiara flew in, carrying Sango and Miroku. With slow, precise steps, a tall figure strode from the shadows. Kagome felt confusion wash over her as she took in the sight of the demon before her.
'But…that definitely wasn't Sesshomaru I was sensing earlier.' Kagome though, as Inuyasha growled at his half-brother.
"Sesshomaru, what-" Inuyasha began but was but off as Sesshomaru launched forward and knocked Inuyasha's sword form his hand and grabbed his throat, holding the struggling hanyou in the air.
"I am in no mood to play war with you half breed. I am here on official business. I need information about your village, and would rather not have to bloody my cloths and claws to get it." Sesshomaru intoned blandly.
"What did you need to know Lord Sesshomaru?" Miroku asked politely.
"Several days ago I received reports of an extremely powerful Miko that was in this area. Who is it and are they a threat?" Sesshomaru asked, his tone never changing from its original frigid state.
"That would be me, so no, not a threat." Kagome smiled from the back.
"Hn." Sesshomaru hummed, not giving an actual response. No sooner did his voice carry a whirlwind tore through the clearing before stopping right in front of Kagome. The wind died down quickly, revealing a grinning Koga.
"Hello my Kagome. How are you dearest?" he asked flirtatiously.
"I'm great." she replied, not even commenting on the 'my Kagome' and 'dearest'. Koga looked her over before grabbing her hands.
"You look amazing." he grinned, commenting of the change in Kagome's wardrobe. He glanced around and seemed to just notice two Inuyouki, on holding the other in the air.
"Sesshomaru-sama, did I interrupt something?" Koga asked, warily glancing between the tense shard hunting group and Sesshomaru.
"No," Sesshomaru said as he dropped Inuyasha, "I was just leaving." With that he swept from the clearing and disappeared without a trace.
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