Research Project
We sit in Kaede's hut trying to come up with a way to find Naraku. "Perhaps we should just continue to collect jewel shards and wait for him to come to us" Miroku suggests. "I like it," I say. It's really the opposition we have. "I'd rather take the fight to him," InuYasha says with his brow refueled.
"It's not like we would be sitting around," I respond
"What do you mean?"
"We can prepare for him. When he comes for us, we hit him hard."
"Did you have anything in mind?" Sango inquires.
"A curse, something old and spiteful would do him dirty," I answer, thinking about the sections of old books in the library at home. It should have something.
"Sounds fitting" Miroku replies
"I can go back home for a few days and do some research," I tell them.
"I want to come with you," Kagome chirps with excitement.
"You want to come and look through old dank books?" I ask.
InuYasha sighs "Both of you are going?" he asks. Crossing his arms in disapproval.
"Yup," she replies smugly, gets up and head out of the hut. She stops in front of the door. "Are you coming?" she asks me, grinning broadly. I Look at InuYasha and who is now looking like a child whose mother refused to get them ice-cream. Then at Sango and Miroku awkwardly avoid eye contact. Well, this is uncomfortable. I get up and follow Kagome out of the hut. "Sorry about that." Kagome sighed. I look at her with raised eyebrows "Yeah," I respond. Then with a wave of my hand, I open a portal to my home and Kagome and I walk through.
"Wow, this place is beautiful," Kagome says in amazement. I chuckle in response "Yeah it's a pretty nice place." I tell her. The manner is impressive to most who see it for the first time with it. She is a beauty from the 19th century clothed in white and trimmed in gold. The black shutters and trees with Spanish moss draping over her. "Let's get to work," I say to Kagome and we head to the back section of the library, where the oldest books stay collecting dust.
"So what are we looking for exactly?" Kagome asks putting her index finger to her chin. "Any curses that cause a massive amount of damage to the victim," explain as I look up at the large amount of books that we need to go through.
"We just have one small problem," Kagome says reluctantly.
"And what is that"
"I can't read English"
I laugh, "You actual think that speak Japanese? I used a spell, here," I tell her. Then I hold out my hand "Bure masikio jicho na mdomo" I recite and I small purple orb forms in my hand. I bring my hand to my face then blow on it and the on it and skaters like dust, up into Kagome's face. She coughs and waves her hand in front of her face. "What was that?" says with her nose and brow ruffled.I pull a book off shelves and flip to a random page.
"Can you read this?"
"Yes, it's Japanese."
"Not actually it's French, but the spell translates it for you. It also always you to speak to others in their language." I explain and give her smile.
"Wow" She replies
"Now," I hand her the book, "Let's get to work,"
We look through books for hours, with no results. Just I a lot of cures involving making the victim infertile. I close the thirtieth book that I've combed through and I hear a low growl come from the other side of the stack of books in front of me. "Hungry?" I ask and her hand pops up from behind the books. "Just a little," she replies cheerfully. "Alright let me see what kind of grub we have," I tell her as I pull my phone from my jean pocket to text my mother. "Are there any leftovers in the fridge," I send to her. A moment later the three dots show up.
MOM: I'm making Chicken Alfredo now. Want some?
"Want some chicken alfredo?"
"Sure."
We head over to the kitchen where my mother standing by the stove with a steaming pot of pasta "Hello ladies," mother says greeting us with warm welcoming voice. She grabs some bowls from the cupboard and fills them with the cream alfredo sauce and pasta. "That smells amazing," Kagome exclaims. We take a set at the island across from mother and she sits the bowls in front of us. "Mom this is Kagome, the girl that I was telling you could travel through time," I explain to her as I gesture to Kagome. "Kagome this is my mother, leader of the Shujaa tribe," I tell Kagome.
"It's nice to meet you," Kagome nodes politely to mother. "It's nice to meet your as well, I've heard you're a remarkable young lady," Smiling broadly at the both of us as she leans on the island. Kagome looks down at her pasta. "Oh I'm not...remarkable." says. Mother ruffles her brow in confusion then her face relaxes into a sympathy expression. "You have a great deal of spiritual energy, like nothing that I have ever encountered before," Mother explains to her. This makes Kagome smile. Then my mother turns to me, "So, I heard that you are making a mess of my library," She says with one brow raised.
"We are looking for a curse," I tell her. "You might want to talk to the elders about, Umri in particular is handy with lethal cures." She says as she makes herself a bowl of pasta. I am not a big fan of going to the elders for advice. The three old woman Umri, Wakubwa, and Kongwe. Since I was young they have been interested in my future enough to unnerve me. They always insist on telling my future and warn me that if I continue my relationship with Chris my powers will not reach their true potential.
Mother sees the look of distaste on my face and gives a light laugh. "Would you rather comb through an endless amount of books?" She says with a smug look on her face. "No," I sigh, she couldn't be more right. She fills three more bowls. "Here take these to them, they're out on the terrace," she tells me, then pushes the bowls in my direction. "If I were you I would get more comfortable with them. When you take your place as the queen you will need to go to them for counsel often. Besides they think you're amazing," She explains. I hop off the chair without a word. "I'll be back," I say as a flick my hand and levitate the bowls. Then I walk out to the terrace with the bowls hovering behind me.
