Chapter Notes: Ok! And I am back with more! I think I updated rather quickly. I wanted to give thanks to my WONDERFUL reviewers, Taeniaea and Renie LovesInuyasha Amore!!! You two rock! Much nicer reviews than expected!!! It makes me happy! Anyway on with the story.
Kagome stared in amazement, though her eyes gave nothing away
staying their solid black that showed no mercy. In the middle of her
small, pale hand held a sphere of water with some droplets splashing
out with energy, it seemed. As she thought in her head, the sphere
hovering above her hand slightly turned with a grace that could match
Kagomes. A small gasp escaped her red lips. Kagome thought harder
and it started sprouting like a fountain on its own free will. Kagome
sighed. 'It's the same color as sadness and the same touch of coldness.
Is this what Kagura was talking about? Can I still purify?' Wild thoughts
flashed her mind, making the water in her hand sprinkle higher, faster,
and harder.
'Inuyasha…' Kagome sadly thought. 'Is he still searching for Kikyo, not
even caring for me? Why should he even think of me. I left him. But
still, I love him and it burns me up inside.' Kagome depressingly hung
her head to the side eyes half closed in painful thoughts. Even in the
depressing mode, some say she looked prettier that way. The graceful
sphere formed the shape of a dog and Inuyasha, water splashing out
from both of them. Kagome glanced at the masterpiece, but knew it
was there out of sadness.
'I wanna be protected, again!' She mourned in her head. 'I miss him and
his promise. I want it back…' As she was thinking this, water from the
creek seemed to leap out and it formed a circle around her, hovering
protectively around her, always swirling every which way. It would
splash out droplets everywhere, but always to the outside keeping
Kagome amazingly dry, in a beautiful way. Kagome got up on the balls
of her feet and jumped off in the direction she believed she came
from. The blue water never lost its pattern, still hovering over her, but
with holes appearing every so often for her to see. When she touched
the ground, the cold water would be under her feet, leaving dampness
in its wake.
Kagome was tired, she was sad, she was angry. As she looked at the
water's dance and protectiveness, she felt like it was her friend, the
way it gathered the light and softened it. Their jumping was beautiful,
a dance that no ballerina could compare with. Kagome squeezed her
eyes shut tightly, memories rolling in, matching the cold feel of water.
She ran for a long time. Taking a swift peek, she saw it was dark out,
meaning it was night. As Kagome closed her eyes again, the sphere of
water surrounding her protected her from thorns as she ran blindly
through the woods, amazingly not hitting any trees.
'Is the water not letting me hit the trees? I don't know anymore. My life
is going upside down.' Kagome opened her coal black eyes upon
hearing voices. Her surprise took the water off, and it seemed to
disappear into thin air. She realized she was standing on a branch of a
tree with bright green leaves. She saw the trees clustered together
quite tightly, forming a dense forest, letting hardly any moonlight in.
Kagome unexpectedly heard voices. 'Huh? So someone else is here,
other than Kagura and me?' Peering in the direction of the voices, she
jumped from tree branch, to tree branch, with feline grace.
Sango, Miroku, Shippou, and Inuyasha stopped to rest for the day in a
small clearing in the dense forest. 'I doubt we will ever find a way out
of here. We've been in here for days it seems.' Inuyasha angrily
thought, the same thought going through the others minds.
"Hey, Shippou," Miroku started, "how about you go fill up our water
bottles, I heard that there is a stream nearby. We passed it on our way
here. Inuyasha, Sango, and I can get this place set up. Inuyasha,
firewood please."
"Keh, yeah, yeah." Inuyasha muttered. It was night out already. After
getting the firewood for Miroku, they started a campfire and sat down
on logs next to it. Shippou came back tipping quite dangerously side to
side everywhere with the water bottles in hand, filled to the top,
stacked on one another like a pyramid. After getting them set down
with some help from the others, he told them his tale.
"Miroku! Sango! Inuyasha! You won't believe it! There was a girl near
the creek, but she was playing with water!"
"Haha! Looks like the twirp is getting revenge at me for freaking him
out with the ghost story. Try again, Shippou." Miroku replied, tisking
him.
"No, it's true! You got to believe me!" Shippou yelled back.
Pretty soon, Miroku and Shippou had an argument over it. In-between
it, Miroku had some slap marks for rubbing Sango's backside.
Inuyasha's sharp ears started twitching as he picked up sound coming
from up above in the trees.
"Everyone, shut up! Someone's here." Inuyasha whispered seriously.
The group froze. After a moment of stillness, they too heard the
rustling in the trees. Everyone started getting out weapons, or
transforming in Kirara's case. Shippou just ran and jumped onto
Miroku's back whimpering. Miroku, Inuyasha, Sango, and Kirara stood
back to back in battle stances.
"Put your weapons away."
Inuyasha and the gang froze into stillness once more. The speaker had
voices of small bells and was speaking in a whisper, but loud enough
for them to hear. It seemed airy almost. From the pitch of it, they could
tell it was a female speaking.
"Should we do as she says?" Sango asked quietly.
"Let's question her first. Or whatever she is." Miroku suggested. Sango
nodded in agreement.
"Why are we standing here? I don't recognize the scent. It seems close
to Kagome's, but not quite. Let's just blast the trees apart. It'll be dead
in no time." Inuyasha retorted, smirking.
Miroku decisively ignored him. "Tell us, who are you?"
The group only heard silence for a second, but the unfamiliar chimes
replied softly.
"Who are you, then?"
Sango replied, "I'm Sango. The pervert next to me is Miroku, and this is
Kirara and Shippou. Oh yeah, the hot headed guy behind me is
Inuyasha."
"Sango, you shouldn't be giving out our information like that! What the
hell are you thinking?" Inuyasha scolded baring his fangs.
"Oh, shush. Just watch. Maybe she will come down now." Sango said
right back.
"Keh, I doubt it."
Kagome saw and heard everything that was said and done. They
wanted her to come down? She couldn't decide what to do. Kagome
looked at Inuyasha and closed her eyes slightly and tilted her head to
the side sadly. Her sadness overwhelmed her and she saw little lines of
water rushing around her body, sprinkling like always. She felt its cold
touch like ice as it splashed around her. She felt it tweak her hair with a
small splash. It seemed to be encouraging her to go talk to Inuyasha.
She wanted to badly. It made her chest hurt to think about it. Kagome
made up her mind to. As she glided smoothly down toward the
clearing, she saw the water still swirling around her body in lines that
splashed. It swirled with no direction in particular around her. Kagome
was thankful. It covered up her tears.
Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha, and the others waited for a while. They
thought they heard the sound of water, but quickly dismissed it. They
saw the figure of a woman coming near them, with something circling
around her. She landed, but did not approach the firelight. The female
stayed in the shadows, where they could not see her clearly.
"Come and join us." Sango said carefully, wondering the girl's reaction.
Inuyasha stared at Sango, wide eyed. "Join us? You just asked her to
join us?!"
"Hush, Inuyasha. She has an air of sadness around her. Let's welcome
her in. She seems around my age. You can come!" Sango reproached
Inuyasha. She gestured for Kagome to join them, unknown that it was
Kagome. The group saw her hesitate, but start walking over. As she
entered the firelight, they gasped. The girl somehow had water flowing
around her! They looked her over, taking in every detail. (If you forgot
what she looks like, it's in chapter 8, I think. Oh, oops! I interrupted our
story! Tehee!)
"Well now, young lady, you may come sit by me." Miroku said gesturing
next to him, his fingers twitching. Sango slapped him bringing a faint
smile across Kagome's mouth.
Kagome looked at Inuyasha, happiness filling her up. She started
walking towards him, wanting to touch him, sit by him, talk to him. Five
words from his mouth broke her heart.
"Don't sit by me, wench."
Her head throbbed with ache. She saw more water flow around her,
covering her, comforting her it almost seemed. Kagome sobbed silently
behind her wall of water, tears disguising themselves as water. Kagome
felt wind rushing against her through the barrier of water. As she was
feeling the wind rush against her body, she heard gasps.
Inuyasha didn't want someone looking so much like Kikyo and Kagome
sitting by him. He didn't realize what he said hurt the strange girl so
much for some weird reason. Before he saw her get enclosed by
rushing water from nowhere, he saw a tear leak down her face.
Inuyasha saw the water shield the girl it seemed. 'Huh, this isn't any
ordinary girl we got here.' He saw his friends gaping in awe at it.
Realizing his mouth was open too, Inuyasha quickly closed it with a
snap. But, right after done so, he saw something that made it fall down
again, just as quick. A dog demon made of water ran in the air around
the female, cutting wind at her as it moved. The water dog demon
glared one eye at Inuyasha before putting the female gently on his
back. With one final glare the beast of water took off with an openly
sobbing girl lying on its back. The gang stared until it was gone.
"What just happened?" A dazed Sango asked uncertainly.
"I'm not sure myself." Miroku responded.
"Who was she anyway? She looked sort of like Kagome." Shippou
stated. Kirara mewed in agreement.
'I don't get it. What did I do?' Inuyasha wondered.
Kagome didn't mean to start crying and leave like a little girl. She was
just overcome by emotion and found herself gone. Kagome met up
with a ticked Kagura.
"Where were you girl? This was supposed to be a few minutes trip, but
it took you hours!"
"This." Kagome promptly replied holding out the sphere of water in her
hand. Kagura gasped.
"You're a water dreamer! Amazing…We must start your training then,
immediately." Kagura said in awe. Indeed they trained and trained, all
through the night.
"We'll get some sleep then go to Naraku's castle later." Kagura said.
"Alright." Was Kagome's reply. She snuggled up to herself, trying to
preserve her heat and immediately fell asleep. A surprisingly peaceful
sleep.
Chapter End Notes: Ok, sorry if it sucks. I'll try to do better! I'd love any reviews! See you ppl later!
