A/N: Do not own Inuyasha!


A moment alone was hard to come by lately, and Inuyasha was looking for some explanations.

"How could you leave Kagome all alone out there?" Inuyasha was trying to keep his anger at bay in front of Kikyo.

"She was not alone", replied Kikyo calmly.

"What do you mean?"

"Even now, she is being watched by a demon."

"How? I can't smell anything nor feel it." Inuyasha started sniffing insistently, and turning his doggy ears back and forth, searching for something he could not find.

"Inuyasha", Kikyo looked into the hanyou's eyes and placed a gentle kiss on his lips." The demon has no ill intentions and it protected her by the river. He is not interested in the Shikon Shards, but my reincarnation." Kikyo teased with another kiss.

"So, instead of telling Kagome, how about we do something else…" The priestess whispered.

"Kikyo…" Inuyasha whispered her name in a husky, ragged voice, snaked an arm around her waist, burrowed his other hand in her hair, and passionately kissed her lips.

Kikyo broke the kiss, as her lover gently nibbled her earlobe. "Inuyasha… I have a plan for the girl. Let's not tell her anything about the demon."

"Mmmmm… okay…" the hanyou whispered in her ear. He was hooked, and would agree with anything Kikyo said at that moment. Lust was written all over his face.

xXx

Kagome was practicing every night since the incident at the river. She could not understand why Kikyo would tell her to do that. It seemed dumb.

However, as they got deeper into the mountains, she would always find a stream and concentrate. Every time she did it, it would get better, but she would never see anything with her eyes closed.

Tonight, the group had eaten; Kagome did the dishes, and meditated like the previous nights.

She heard somebody sitting in front of her, but she did not open her eyes. Involuntarily, survival instinct kicked in as she got nervous, and her sacred powers arose.

In that moment, on the black canvas in front of her closed eyes, colors started pulsating brightly. Seated in front of her, a gray cloud with golden reflexes swirled tightly around a small, throbbing white sphere.

Gasping, Kagome opened her eyes and saw Kikyo smiling in front of her. "You…. gray and gold!" Kagome said pointing at the dead priestess.

"I see you understood on your own what to do."

"I don't know how I did it, but all of a sudden I could see all these lights around me…"

"Those you saw are souls."

"But why different colors?"

"Because everyone is different. Just now, you looked straight into my soul. The darker the aura around their soul, the eviler the person is."

"Wow… I could do this all this time if I had trained?" Kagome's jaw dropped, and pinched her leg to make sure it was real.

"Yes."

Kagome flashed her past life a toothy grin, and could not help but hug the woman. She could finally be of use.

"Kikyo you are the best!" squealed Kagome, and assaulted her teacher in a fierce hug.

The dead version of Kagome was speechless. She did not expect gratitude, since they made a fair trade. Kikyo did not do charity and she expected her payment later.

"You can let go now, Kagome." Kikyo said, gently pushing Kagome to release her.

When Kagome allowed Kikyo to escape from her hug, she could see a glint of happiness her teacher's face.

"I want to tell this to everyone! I can't wait to see their souls!" Kagome got on her feet and was ready to run back to camp.

Grabbing her hand, Kikyo tugged Kagome to sit next to her.

"Before we leave, I need to test you. Tell me exactly how far you can see."

Kagome was happy she could exercise her newly found skills. The young miko quickly sat down closed her eyes, and concentrated. Kagome's brow furrowed, as the auras she saw earlier would not light her darkness.

"Kagome", said Kikyo, sensing the girl's confusion "release a small amount of your powers as you concentrate."

Kagome was now radiating a glowing pink aura. Suddenly, the darkness illuminated and Kagome saw a multitude of pulsing colors everywhere. Some smaller, some bigger, some closer, some further away.

She saw Kikyo's grey soul, now mixed with strokes of pink and cerulean blue.

With her eyes closed, Kagome smiled gently.

As Kagome's excitement grew, her aura intensified. Kagome's surrounding aura started to become light lavender, then light blue, and Kikyo could feel the raw power hurt her clay body.

The more sacred energy she released, the further she could see.

Kagome's sacred energy was close to blinding white, when she caught a glimpse of darkness. Scared, Kagome immediately tried to snap out of it, but the blackness was drawing her in, not letting go.

Kagome let out a whimper, as her eyes became damp.

Kikyo realized that Kagome was about to go off any second now, and blast her off in an explosion.

Kikyo jerked Kagome by the shoulders, even slapped her, but the girl did not wake up.

Already starting to hyperventilate, Kagome was whining pitifully.

Kikyo used the last resort to snap Kagome out of her cataleptic state.

The undead priestess gently laid a hand on Kagome's chest, and delicately sent soothing waves of her own spiritual energy unto her reincarnation.

Slowly, Kagome's features eased, and her eyes snapped open.

"What has just happened?" Kagome trembled, still visibly shaken.

"You tell me. What did you see?" Kikyo's voice washed over her as a cold shower in a hot summer day.

"I… I saw darkness… I was testing my limits, when very far away I felt a presence so tainted… I was scared, tried to pull away… but I could not… I just couldn't…" Kagome said, thoroughly confused.

"It is of no importance. You will not attempt to do this again. You are not ready yet. You lack discipline; your energy is out of control." Kikyo chided.

"But…" Kagome protested.

"Let's go back!" Kikyo interrupted.

"Kikyo, I saw something up in the tree behind us. It's purple with a little yellow…"

An almost invisible smile graced Kikyo's lips." Now you can come out, she already knows you are there!" the older priestess commanded.

The top of a tall the tree rustled, a growl broke the building silence, and faster than their human eyes could perceive, a mass of white fur leapt in front of them.

Kagome recognized the demon. "Fluffy-Kun!"

The futuristic girl gulped loudly, as the demon growled in displeasure, and started limping towards her.


Leave a review on your way out! Thnx!