Author's Note
I tried to make this chapter longer to make up for being evil in the last chapter but I got really tired. :3
Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.
Same Yet Not
(Kagome's POV)
"I'm sleepy." I mumbled. I can see the darkness begin to close around me. Everything was fading and it was becoming harder to discern things. Someone was yelling but I couldn't hear. It sounds so distant but I can tell that it's someone I know. Who are they and what are they saying?
Pain. A sharp stinging pain suddenly flared on my cheek. The darkness receded, as if it was afraid of the pain. I slowly blinked, hoping to get rid of the spots and looked up at the person who had caused me pain. Beast. What was she doing? "Why did you hit me?" I breathed out, my head pounding.
"You can't fall asleep. If you do, you won't ever wake up." she said, looking me over, with worrisome eyes.
"Couldn't you have just shake me or something?" I groaned as I sat up. A throbbing pain pounded into my skull. I hunched over, pressing my thumbs into my temple. It feels as if someone was hammering nails into my head.
"I did. I tried everything but you still weren't waking up. I panicked and ended up smacking you… twice." she said that last part sheepishly. "You can't stay here for long. Your physical body is severely injured." she said quickly and pulled me up to my feet, pushing me out the arched doorway.
"I thought you said that our aura would protect us!" I said, accusingly.
"It did. Trust me. If it hadn't, we would be dead. Now you need to hurry and return to your physical body." she quickly explained, pushing me over the wooden bridge. She looked back to the tree and gasped. The tree was dying. The white leaves were falling and the branches were wilting and snapping off. The healthy brown bark was being petrified. "GO!" she yelled.
I closed my eyes and pulled at the golden string that connected me to reality. The closer I got, the more pain I felt throughout my whole body. I wanted to turn around, to run from it but I knew if I did, I would die. I felt myself settle and fit into my body. Like slipping on your shoes.
My whole body was throbbing, as if each wound had a separate heartbeat. I could barely move. Using whatever bit of strength I had left, I looked down at my body. There were large and small jagged x-shaped cuts running over my entire form. If my clothes were shredded before, they were practically nonexistent now. There was so much blood that you wouldn't be able to tell I was practically nude. The blood flowed over my body, looking like the most elegant crimson dress I have ever seen.
'It so pretty...' I thought to know one in particular. That strange out of body experience came to me again. Like I'm trapped in a limbo, unable to move.
'This is no time to be thinking like that!' Beast snapped. 'It's not a dress! It's your blood and it SUPPOSED to be inside your body!' she said frantically. She sound so afraid. It's so weird hearing her like that. I don't I think I ever heard her sound like this before. I don't like it. How do I get her to stop sounding like this? She was talking about my blood needing to be inside my body.
Well that's just it! Just put the blood back inside my body. Silly Beast didn't think of this before. I looked down at the beautiful dress. 'Now how do I do this?' I thought. I think slurred a bit. Can you even slur in your head. I mentally giggled at that thought.
'Oh, Kami. She's gone delirious from the blood loss.' Beast groaned.
Now, to put the blood back inside my body. How do you even do that? Someone needs to be really powerful to do that. HAH! I am fucking powerful! I am KA-GO-ME! I moved my demonic aura over my whole body, making sure it flowed out to each and every drop of blood that I can see.
'What are you doing?! Stop that! You need to just stop moving or stop trying anything and heal!' she yelled, sounding exasperated.
'I'm putting our blood back inside our body.'
'Why are you doing that?!'
'You said that it was suppose to be inside my body. So I'm putting it back inside!'
'Oh really. How do you expect to do that?'
'It's my blood! It will listen to me no matter what!' I slurred some more. I giggled mentally again. 'I sound funny.' I laughed. Beast started ranting again but this time she was growling so much that I couldn't understand what she was saying. Ignoring her, I looked back to my body. My blood will obey me. I Imagined power induced strings connected to the blood. I grasped onto them and pulled them towards me.
The blood moved towards my body, flowing over the floor in my direction. Beast had stopped growling and breathing all together. She watched the blood make its slow crawl. 'How are you doing that?' she finally manage to whisper, staring at it in fascination. Ignoring her, I concentrated.
The blood was moving too slow. I pulled on the strings harder. The blood shot onto my body and was seeping into my wounds. The fog in my head began to clear a bit. 'It's working.' I thought, no longer slurring. Beast doesn't answer. She just watches the whole thing. I can feel my wounds stitching itself back together.
'You're healing unnaturally fast, even for a youkai. With wounds like that, it should've taken you at least a week and a half to just even move but the wounds are closing up and healing to the point where there isn't even a scar left behind.' she said thoughtfully, watching as the gashes looked like they were being erased.
I continued holding onto the strings until every last wound had healed. Feeling rejuvenated, I sat up and looked over my now clean naked body. Nothing. Just smooth skin. The only blemish I had was the scar on my side.
I turned to everybody who was standing there staring at me from at least ten feet. They were looking at me in shock and awe. Then Miroku's lecherous smile spread slowly across his face and Inuyasha flushed red. "HENTAI! SIT!" I screamed, covering my breast with my arms and my newly freed tail wrapped tightly around my waist. Inuyasha kissed the dirt and I heard Sango hit Miroku over the head with her boomerang. He fell, joining Inuyasha on the ground.
Sango ran over to me with my giant yellow pack slung over her shoulder and I almost cried out in joy. Kirara hopped off her other shoulder and transformed lying on the floor next to me, hiding my body from view. She drops the bag onto the floor and I couldn't stop myself. I jumped her, wrapping my arms around her neck, and saying 'thank you' over and over."You're welcome Kagome." she laughed hugging me back.
I dug through my bag, looking for a spare change of clothing. I pulled out a pair of blue jeans and sighed. I can't wear jeans, it would constrict my tail. They aren't suitable for this time. I sighed loudly again. "What's wrong Kagome?" she asked, slightly worried.
"I can't wear these. The pants are too tight and would hurt my tail. Besides, after a while of wearing nothing but miko clothing, I don't feel comfortable wearing clothes that are too revealing." I explained, looking dejectedly at the folded jeans and tank top in my lap.
"Well it's the only spare clothing you have. You should wear it until we reach a village, then you can buy some new clothes."
"What about my tail?" I whined, holding the furry appendage to my chest. I don't know how it feels to have a tail but I can tell it's a sensitive part of the body and I'm REFUSE to put myself through that.
"Maybe you can cut out a hole?" Sango suggested with a shrug of her shoulders. She's right. There was no other spare clothing and the next village can't be that far… I hope.
Using my claws. I cut out a hole bigger than a bottle cap on the back of my jeans and did the same to my underwear. I tried my panties on, pleased to see that my tail slipped through with ease. I tried sticking my tail through the jean hole first to see if would fit and luckily it did. I put on the rest of my clothes and wore my spare shoes.
When I was done, we joined the boys, who were no longer on the floor. "How did you do that weird blood thing Kagome?" Inuyasha asked and for once wasn't being loud and obnoxious.
"Honestly, I don't know. I just kind of used my aura and pulled it back to me… Does that make sense?" I said, just as confused as them. 'Because it doesn't make sense to me either.' I thought and they didn't answer. "Where is the closest village?" I asked them.
"About two days walk, east." Inuyasha answered.
"Good. That's where we'll be going." I said and nobody protested. Being alpha sure has it's perks. As we traveled, everyone fell deep into thought.
'Maybe controlling your blood is your youkai ability.' she said earnestly.
'Like how Sesshomaru has poison claws and can morph that into a whip?'
'It's possible. You were so concerned with your miko powers that you didn't even think about your youkai powers. It would explain the marking on your forehead.'
'It's not a teardrop. It's a drop of blood. So that's what that marking means. Holy shit! I can control my blood!' I thought excitedly.
'It does sound like an interesting trait but of course you need to train on it.'
'Great. More training. Yippe.' I thought sourly, my excitement dead. Beast laughed at my reluctance.
Author's Note
Oh, Kagome. You silly girl.
How do you guys think about Kagome's new found ability? If you don't like it please comment as to why. Although I'm not making any changes.
If you have any suggestions, I would love to consider them.
If the grammar is terrible, I'm apologize.
Chapter 9 will be out as soon as possible.
Thanks for reading!
-Chiki
