Everyone's Dead
Disclaimer Bleach isn't mine, and neither is Inuyasha, I did try to buy the copyrights and believe me it would take more money then I am likely to ever have.
A/N to It's a Secret i do see your point, and i love that you took the time to explain clearly why you were confused, now as for why you don't understand how/why they marked Kagome that because by normal standers it shouldn't have happen, so they aren't sure themselves. and your right Kagome could have/should have be more then a little confused by Ichigo wrapping her in his aura, but she hasn't had normal training and A doesn't realize just what it could mean, and B i don't think she would feel threatened enough to freak out, or attack him over it. To her it's like he's reaching out and touching her, now how is that overly threatening? and Ichigo feeling her is because as part of his marking her he latched a small part of his aura on hers, thats how he feels her, you note he can't feel her all over the city, just a hundred yard sort of range.
And their meeting was rushed, she was running, and then they talked a little and Kagome was sure they would have to talk, she had given herself away. but then she was running late. and as for why she seemed void, have you ever lost more then just one person? and been thrown here, to there, to here? i was trying for Kagome, i was trying to go for the effect of her distancing herself from her past. and i think Kagome at this point also doesn't trust Ichigo enough to cry in front of him. so your right at this point Kagome is trying to repress her feelings when talking to another.
I did what i did with Zangestu and Hichigo because i am not sure they would just tell him because they knew something, everything Ichigo has gotten from them has been earned. so i can see them doing that with information to, besides they didn't tell him till he started asking the questions, and yes Hichigo is a little more demon like in his powers. Kagome is able to hide the jewel some what, but Hichigo can feel it and that is part of why he said what he did.
Hope that answers enough, but it should make more sense as the two of them learn more about it.
Hollow speaking
Zangetsu speaking
"""" Ichigo speaking in his mind
Chapter Nine
Kagome lay in bed Friday night, she was completely exhausted. She had promised her Father she would take over the store while he did something, sadly she had promised she would take over at nine thirty. So she hadn't gotten to finish talking to Ichigo, because she had to get to the store in time.
It was sad, she could have come up with some excuses and spent the whole day looking at his body and talking with him, learning more about him. But no, she had stuff to do, and couldn't even ask him to come with her. She sighed, the more time she spent with him the more she wanted to spend with him, it was funny. He barely knew her but she was more honest with him then her own Father.
What made her like him so much? Was it his looks? Was it his hero tendencies? His sheer presence?
Or was it all of the above?
Probably all of the above, she hadn't seen or heard a single thing about him she didn't like.
Maybe her friends in Tokyo were more right about her obsession with bad boys then they thought. Hun. That was a funny thought, but probably true. Lets see, gets in to fights, scowls, curses, is injured a lot, yep he fits.
It was funny to think at her old school she would have never known he had two younger sisters who loved him, she would have never noted the definition of he almost never started the fights, she would have simply never spoke to him and his friends. Funny how life changes, funny how old lines blur and you find new ones.
She rolled over to hug her pillow to her chest, she sigh again, she really wished she had time to date him properly. First date they could go to a movie, second they could have a dinner, and walk along the river... When would he kiss her?
She giggled, Miroku would have been proud, assuming he didn't go big brother on her.
But... there were things she needed to know, the way the their auras interacted wasn't normal, she wasn't sure why Ichigo's liked to grab her when ever she was close, but she wasn't exactly complaining, and hers always rose to the surface trying to mingle with his.
She wished Miroku was still around he might have been able to tell her, god she missed them all.
That was right, Sunday would be the ten week anniversary.
Ten weeks without her mother's wisdom, her brother's laugh, her grandfather's legends, her friends protection... she buried her face in her pillow, allowing the tears to come.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Kagome climbed the stairs to the shrine, she was wearing her old school uniform, and her face didn't feel the stiffness of the scar. Why was she here?
She reached the top, and saw all was fine. The house was standing, the well looked fine, the god tree unscorched. She ran into the house and found everyone in the kitchen, "MAMA! SOUTA! GRANDPA!" She threw her self in to her mother's arms.
"Hello Kagome, we've missed you," her mother said hugging her tight.
"Yeah I've missed you sis," Souta agreed.
"What?... did I come back from the well? or..." she trailed off.
"So this is just a dream?... and you really are all dead," she said stepping away from her mother, sadly looking around at the beloved faces, and the kitchen.
"Of course we're dead silly girl you saw him kill us didn't you?" her grandfather snapped.
"PAPA! That wasn't needed, Kagome upset enough as it is," her mother snapped, looking at her daughter's teary eyes.
Kagome buried her face in her hands, wailing "I'm SORRY! I didn't think he could have come through the well, if I had known, I would have stayed on the other side!"
"Kagome don't say that! I am glad no matter what happened... I am glad you lived, and you kept the jewel safe, it didn't fall into his hands." Her mother said sternly, pulling her hand from her face, to look her in the eye.
"Yeah sis, Inuyasha would have been furious had Naraku still gotten the jewel," her bother said, touching her shoulder.
"Kagome dear," her grandfather started and she cut him off.
"But I miss you all so much, I... I don't want to fight again. I just want to live my life! Why did you have to die? Why didn't you run away?" she fell to her knees crying harder.
"Sis," her brother knelt next to her, "Why did Sango live while her clan died?"
She stared at him wondering where he was going with this.
"Why did people look at Inuyasha funny? Why did Miroku's family get cursed? Why did little Shippo get orphaned? Why did we die?"
She stared, Naraku was responsible for parts of all these things, but that wasn't the answer.
"Because stuff happens, now some things you change and fight, but others were meant to happen Kagome."
"But it's not fair, I saved the jewel, lost my friends, why did I have to lose you too?"
"Kagome who said life is fair? because they lied," her grandfather demanded.
"No one, but... but. I shouldn't have to fight again. Why do I have to fight? Why am I always involved?"
"Kagome I think it's partly because you have the jewel, you know strife has always followed it. But some of it is, your a good person you aren't just gong to stand by and let it happen, and the last bit is.. Probably has something to do with who your father is, trouble follows him every where, it makes sense one of you two got it from him." Kagome's mother almost laughed at the last bit.
"So you know about Kisuke?"
"Of course I wasn't going to marry him till I knew everything, of course it helped before you were born, Kagome I had just a little bit of power, just enough to see ghosts and such."
Souta and Kagome both stared at their mother, she had never talked about it like this before.
"So why did he leave?" Souta asked.
"Why he left to clear up the mess he made, that and to hopefully clear his name."
"You do know, to do that he's using people my age to kill off those responsible?"
A frown crossed her face, "Yes I know he's using your Ichigo, and his friends, we would be having words over that if not for the fact I'm dead."
Kagome spluttered, "Wait? What? What do mean my Ichigo? It's not like that.. not at all." Her beet red face said other wise.
Her mother was clearly fighting a smirk, "Well maybe not yet, but you wish."
"MOM!" Kagome buried her face in her hands, while the other three laughed.
Suddenly their laughter seemed to fade, the world was twisting, and becoming wavy, she looked up, their faces became serious, "KAGOME THINGS WILL CHANGE FOr you, your powers..."
She tried to run to them, they only faded away faster. Their voices disappeared she could see them getting lost in a white mist, fading, finally they raised their hands and waved.
Then it was black.
She slowly became aware of how heavy her body was, she tried to move her arms, open her month, something, she struggled to opened her eyes. Finally she pried one open, she was in her room on her back on her bed, tears still running down her face, she opened the other, she must have fallen asleep crying.
That was a dream.. it had to be. She rolled over still crying, it had been a wonderful and horrible dream, she spoken to them and they had really forgiven her, but then reality intruded, they were dead.
It was just her and her secrets.
Slowly she calmed, tears stopping, she turned to look at the clock, it was nine a.m. Saturday.
Good morning world, she thought sarcastically to herself.
She dragged herself out of bed, and got dressed for her run, she normal was gone and back by now but... obviously she was just getting up. The others watched her, concerned for her, she had gone to bed tried, but still almost glowing, now she was back to normal. If not even a little depressed, she left her run and the others promptly started talking, "What happened do you think?" Jinta asked Ururu,
"I don't know but she looks awfully sad."
Tessai agreed, only Urahara had a clue about what might be bothering her, "You three know how she has nightmares?"
The three nodded, "She has them any where from three to five times a week, well last night she didn't have a screaming nightmare, so it stands to reason she had a dream about her family, she has been here coming up on three months you know." He left them standing there, heading off to do who knows what.
Kagome ran, she thought over her dream, they tried to tell her something about her powers but she woke up before they could finish, what did they mean by 'things would change for her?' They already had, she had moved and learned many things, about her history, what happened to her friends, why her parents split. What was coming?
She helped in the store, made lunch and left to train with the others for the afternoon.
Mizuiro was still her best student, but Keigo was catching up, Tatsuki was learning to use her powers by focusing on what it had felt like attacking Kagome rather then meditating, Chizuru was the problem.
Chizuru was getting no where meditating, Kagome didn't know how to reach her by pissing her off, and was pretty sure she didn't want to try, she had this sinking feeling, Chizuru's powers would be of a sexual orientation. To sum it up, she was stumped. So she delegated, "Tatsuki, I want you to attack Chizuru."
She stood to the side and watched as Tatsuki did as directed, finally she called, "Tatsuki attack her with intent, you want to hurt her, you want her on the ground out of commission."
Mizuiro and Keigo stopped to watch, she let them, she wanted to see this to.
Tatsuki began throwing half blasts at her, some times she got a low powered blast to leave her fist others she failed to power a blast properly. Tatsuki was giving her time to dodge but if Chizuru tripped or fail to dodge correctly...
Finally after a good ten minutes, the moment came, she tripped on a patch of some what torn up grass, she fell right in to the path of the half bast, Kagome could see the terror on her face. Kagome knew perfectly well if her powers fail to emerge to protect her she would be hurt and likely never be up for fighting again, but Kagome was sure and she hoped she was right.
Chizuru's speed jumped, she moved out of the way, then crossed her arms and then flung them wide catching Tatsuki in an almost clear wave of something...
Kagome's other suspicions were proved correct when Tatsuki's eyes glazed and she dropped her arms, Chizuru walked, almost as dazed towards her, when she reached her, she wrapped her arms around her caressing her sides and butt, Tatsuki did nothing. As Chizuru leaned in to kiss her, Kagome flung a barrier up separating them, Chizuru turned furious, Tatsuki began blinking as if trying to fight it off. Kagome was forced to drop the barrier around Tatsuki, when Chizuru crossed her arms and flung that clear wave at her, she brought it up in time. Then she charged slapping her soundly across the face.
"Chizuru!"
Chizuru blinked, "hum." Kagome mused, it seemed as if her power controlled her as much as she could control it. Kagome sat her down, seeing the girl was dizzy from all the power she had expended.
Kagome turned to check on Tatsuki, she turned in time to see the girl charge, she caught the fist using a barrier to keep her arm from being disintegrated, as Tatsuki was pissed and using full power. She felt the bones in her arms grind painfully under the pressure. As soon as the blast was gone she twisted Tatsuki's arm using it to force her to her knees, ignoring the pain as she used her arm muscles, "You BITCH! You knew she would do that!" Tatsuki cried.
"No," Kagome said, bluntly stopping Tatsuki's rage. "I needed her to feel threatened, I needed her to be motivated, I couldn't that, you could. Besides I thought she would be able to control herself and her powers enough not to go that far, but it seems her powers control her as well as she controls them."
"Chizuru," Kagome turned to face the embarrassed girl, "You now know what your powers are, you know you will only be good against girl opponents, do you want to continue?"
Chizuru looked up at her, tears of humiliation in her eyes, as well as determination, "Yes, I don't want my powers to control me again, as for only being good against girl opponents the people I am fighting likely won't know that."
Kagome grinned, "Thats the spirit, but it will take practice for you to do this."
"I know."
"Tatsuki I know you'll hate this but it's good practice, you need to be able to fight influences, some people's powers interfere with you senses or your will to fight, you must be able to fight this off."
Tatsuki glared from where she was sitting on the ground, "I don't see you practicing fighting it off."
"Fine, Chizuru I won't use my barrier, are you ready?"
Chizuru got to her feet, "Ready," not a trace of worry in her voice. She crossed her arms and tried to throw a wave, nothing happened, so she tried again, and again, and again, and again.
Kagome tentatively suggested, "Now would be time to meditate, you knew how your powers felt and you just needed to find them in yourself." Chizuru nodded her head, tried and frustrated, Kagome turned to see what Tatsuki was doing. She was still sitting on the ground a frown on her face, watching Chizuru.
"Tatsuki get to work."
Tatsuki ignored her, "You really think, you could brush it off with no trouble don't you?"
Kagome just nodded.
"Thats pretty cocky don't you think?"
"Not really, I... I have had to fight off enchantments before."
"When?"
Kagome shut her mouth, turning away.
"I HATE" Tatsuki moderated her voice, "it when you do that, we have a right to know. Your teaching us, we need to know, what if your enemy shows up or something?"
Kagome laughed bitterly, "That bastard is dead, he's not going to show up, and no one needs to know. No one does, not even my Father knows. So stop being nosey Tatsuki," she growled out through gritted teeth.
"Are you really so sure he won't show up? We are fighting dead people."
"Yes..." Kagome paused fighting her anger. She considered it, but unless he had become a hollow there was no real way for him to be involved, he would have needed years in soul society to gain powers and he had died less then three month ago... but he had started to fade... Well he had gained the power to move silently, and to be half out of faze...
She shook off her uneasy, "Yeah I'm pretty sure there's no way for him to be involved."
Kagome turned to check on Keigo and Mizuiro, who both were sitting in meditative posses, but Mizuiro was glowing faintly, she grinned he was reaching his powers! Suddenly a silvery box formed around him, it was a barrier. Kagome thought about it and decided it fit the boy, he kept himself separate from most people, and he never willing shared his heart with anyone.
His eyes slowly opened, he looked at the box around him and smiled, then it shattered.
He stood, "Kagome did you see it?" his voice shared his excitement with her.
"Yes, can you do it again?"
He frown in concentration, it formed in a different shape as he was standing, she grinned as his eyes opened, then she charged forward slamming her armored fist in to it, it crumpled around her fist, but stopped the attack, before shattering.
"Good," she grinned as he frowned at her.
"Your going to start attacking me now too, aren't you?"
"Yep," she charged, he dodged and brought out a half shield to block her fist, she stopped surprised, and he counter attacked, shoving her away with her shield, actually throwing his shield was a better description. It knocked her off her feet and she had to half back-flip to get away.
She grinned at him, "Your catching on fast."
"I try to be a fast learner," he smirked back at her.
They fought for another ten minutes before he fell to his knees exhausted.
"Good," she grinned at him "I guess I'll see you tomorrow, you need to go home and rest, eat a good dinner and tomorrow same time."
He merely nodded, and dragged himself up to walk home. It was time to head home, so she nudged Chizuru and Keigo from their meditative states and told Tatsuki same time tomorrow.
Kagome walked home, her arm had healed while she used her powers and it was good thing to because she needed her arm for tonight, Tetsusaiga wouldn't have forgiven her for needing a night off. She grinned at her Father who was there to greet her when she arrived home. "Hey Kisuke." He stopped her from going in.
"Kagome where were you?"
"With friends," she was sensing a trap in what he was asking.
"Where?"
"At a park."
"Which park?"
"I don't know."
"Why are you lying to me?"
Kagome stared at him, for once she wasn't lying and here he was accusing her of exactly that, maybe he had tried to track her and the barrier she had kept up during practice had confuse her Father's sensor. It fit, but the fact her Father was trying to track her was worrying all on it's own.
"I'm not lying, I was at a park across town."
He stared hard at her, his shoulders slumped, "I'm sorry for accusing you Kagome."
"Whatever," she walked passed him and hid in her room. Then at dinner she wouldn't talk to him, she wasn't rude she just wouldn't talk to him, Tessai was amused, as was Jinta but Ururu was troubled. It was on her behalf, Kagome broke her silence, "I won't be able to work in the store tomorrow."
"Why," Tessai and her Father said at the same time.
"Because it will be ten weeks to the day, and... and I wish to spend the day alone. I might even miss dinner."
"It's no day to spend alone Kagome," said her Father.
"That's nice, but I will spend it alone and I will not tolerate being followed." She made sure to glare hard at her father, he looked away guiltily. With that as an ending statement she flounced away from the dinner table, once in her room she giggled to herself, she had guessed right, her Father had, had her followed.
She got ready for bed and fell asleep quickly, but at two a.m. She woke up screaming, only Tessai came to check on her, but once he assured himself she was fine he left, the house had become accustom to her nightmares and it was rare to find more then one person checking in on her any more.
She got up and practiced with Tetsusaiga just a few moves, mostly focusing on practicing on mixing moves up. Then fifty push-ups, and fifty crunches, and another fifty push-ups, and she was tried enough to sleep, for the next four hours.
xoxoxoxoxoxo Sunday xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Once again she was getting up at nine, she didn't bother going for a run, she showered and got dressed, black long-sleeve, jeans, sneakers, her purse and the swords in her backpack, she took some money and was gone, she wasn't hungry for breakfast.
She just wandered that morning, she didn't see anything in particular she care to remember, she just walked. She had an early lunch, and continued walking. She found herself over by the two sword shrine, it was odd to know she was the one who had named the wielders of the two swords in her backpack, it was her all the curious wondered about.
Time came for her to meet the others in the park, she went and it went much like yesterday had. She sparred with Mizuiro, she also sparred with Tatsuki, some times she had one against the other, others it was them together against her. Chizuru was meditating, Keigo was too, but he seemed close to reaching his power, but by the end of their practice he still hadn't found it, so she told him to work on that, and she knew he could do that without her. But by the end of three hours, Tatsuki and Mizuiro were ready to collapse and Kagome was barely winded.
Tatsuki noted this, "Kagome why is it you are barely winded and we're ready to collapse?"
"Power difference."
"Are you saying that your that much more powerful then us?" Mizuiro asked.
There was no nice way to put, so she nodded.
"How?" both of them breathed.
"Practice, battles, training, lots of field practice."
"Why?" Tatsuki asked nosily.
Kagome's face closed up, both of them knew that look, she wouldn't say any more about that.
"How is it you still feel you aren't ready for battle?" Mizuiro asked.
She grinned, and headed for her backpack, she pulled out Tetsusaiga. "I feel I am not ready because my swordsmanship is not nearly as good as my teacher wants it to be."
"Is that a Zanpakuto?"
"Tetsusaiga here? No he's just a rusty piece of bossy crap." The sword rattled in it's sheath, she grinned at it ignoring the others' looks of shock.
"Did it just rattle on it's own?" Tatsuki muttered.
"Yep," Kagome grinned at her.
"Who's your teacher?" Mizuiro asked.
"Tetsusaiga."
"But it's just a sword..."
"Not really..." Kagome's face had a funny little smirk, like she was enjoying a joke neither of them had gotten.
They decided with a look at the other they would just leave it at that.
They all went home and Kagome's grin died, she was on her own again. She practice some more with Tetsusaiga but he or it if you'd rather, could tell her heart wasn't in it, so she stopped rather quickly and started walking again.
She passed many places she had never seen before, but it didn't matter, she wouldn't remember it later.
She walked, and walked. Nothing really came to mind, she didn't think about the war, she didn't even think about her families deaths, no she was just walking. So it surprised her when she realized it was eight o'clock at night and she hadn't had dinner yet, so she stopped at a McDonald's and had dinner. After she was done she thought about heading home, so she started that way, when she was within a couple of blocks she realized she wasn't ready to go to bed or even to see Kisuke yet, so she turned and walked a different way. Had she been thinking, she might have realized her subconscious was leading her towards the Kurosaki clinic and house hold, but as she wasn't, she didn't.
It was almost ten when she pasted their house, she stopped feeling the two girl's auras and their father's along with Renji and Rukia, but she didn't feel Ichigo; so she spread her senses wide, she felt him half way across town. She grinned he had drawn the short straw again, he had patrol tonight, she kept going, she was close to four blocks away when she stopped dead, something was coming...
She searched the sky, and the surrounding area, nothing.
Where was it?
There!
She spun to the left, it was a panther like hollow with a snake like tail, she confidently brought up her barrier. It hit it and seemed to stick, then slowly it moved through, "What?" she gasped.
Then the mask reached her chest, she screamed, dropping her barrier, it hurt! It felt like a sword was slowly being twisted in her chest, then pulling out and starting again.
She struggled trying to stop it from entering her chest, but slowly and surely she was absorbing it. She screamed louder and louder, she had fallen to her knees and had no clue when it had happened, she still had half the of the hollow hanging out of her chest, god it hurt!
She paused to draw in a breath and that only multiplied the pain, she couldn't scream any more, she fell on her back staring up in the sky, as she silently withered on the ground. God let it end! she cried in her head, she had never felt pain like this, and she still had the hindquarters left along with the tail.
Finally blessed blackness consumed her.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Ichigo ran following what his senses told him was a hollow, tonight had been more busy then normal, he and Afro-san had been running all over town trying to get them all.
Suddenly the hollow seemed to disappear... What was up with that? Well he might as well go the rest of the way he couldn't feel any others waiting to be taken care of, he was within three blocks of where he felt it disappear, when his hollow started stirring.
"King somethings wrong."
""What is?""
"KAGOME!"
""Damn it! Did you have to shout?""
"Kagome! Faster King somethings wrong!"
""Hold on, what are you going on about?"" but even as he said this, he sped up heading for the spot.
But he no longer wondered, he had arrived and Kagome was eagle spread on the ground, he immediately hopped down to her, "Kagome!"
She didn't respond, Ichigo struggled to think, his hollow was screaming and wailing about revenge on the one who hurt their Kagome. ""Shut UP I can't help her well you're screaming.""
He checked her pulse it was fast and thready, that wasn't good or at least it wasn't if he was right and remembering his first aid lessons. What was wrong with her? he touched her shoulder intending to shake her a little to see if that got her to respond but the moment he touch her shirt that thought was gone. Her shirt was soaked in blood, "Shit!" he swore.
His hollow went back to screaming in his head, only now it was incoherent in rage.
What was he suppose to do?
Lets see how bad it is, first he looked and felt with his fingers, but he couldn't find a wound, so he torn her shirt open, he checked every inch of blood stained skin, there was no wound.
So where had all the blood come from?
Well it didn't really matter, something was wrong with her, he scooped her up in his arms and ran for the clinic, once there he worked the door open and ran in to set her on a bed, once he got her comfortable he went to get his dad, only to realize he couldn't. "Shit."
Should he get Rukia?
"No. Don't get that bitch she wouldn't help, besides I won't let her touch our Kagome."
""And how exactly do you plan to stop me horse?""
"I will fight you, do you really want to become a hollow here?"
""Fine, you damned bastard!""
He stopped his pacing and went back into her room, and that was when it hit him he had torn her shirt off, and completely felt her up... he groaned now he really had no chance.
Then his hollow decided to be helpful, in reminding him just how soft her skin and breasts had been, even as his face became red beacon, he felt his body react. He sank down on the floor, he had felt her thigh before and now he had seen her... okay so she was still wearing a bra but he had seen enough to know his dreams were about to become a lot more vivid.
He sighed,feeling the heat in his face fade, he'd better check to make sure there really were no injuries, he got some peroxide, and water and cotton balls. He carefully pulled the blankets he had tucked around her back, and started wiping away the blood.
At first he tried not to look, but then as he began to see scars he hadn't seen before in the dark, he started looking. She had a scar almost identical to one he had on his shoulder, only hers was shallower, and he had been hit by multiple opponents there, and she had one distinct scar, but then she had puncture wound scars on her upper arms that would fit with a hand it the hand in question had claws. Then there was this funny star shaped scar just above her hip bone, by the time he finished getting all the blood off her, he had found several other scars, some looked like sword wounds, others he wasn't sure, but some looked like scratches from some giant cat or something.
As he put the water and used cotton balls away, he found he felt a new emotion, when ever he thought of Kagome. Empathy. He felt empathy, she had gone through his worst idea of hell, she had lost everyone, some to death and some to moving. He was pretty sure if had he gone through that, he would have died. He couldn't believe she was willing to fight again, he didn't understand what made her go on. He looked over his shoulder, and sighed, he really wished he could have a chance with her, she seemed more incredible the more he learned.
He sat down in the chair by the bed, he hope she would wake soon, other wise he would have to get in his body and wake his dad. He grabbed her wrist, felt for a pulse, and settled in for a long wait.
Two and half hours later
He jerked up right, and then looked around what woke him?
He looked at Kagome, she was thrashing a little on the bed, she had her hands clenched over her heart and her face was a mask of pain. He jumped to his feet, and tried to stop her thrashing he was afraid she was going to hurt herself, "Kagome! Wake up!"
She thrashed harder, actually sitting up, her mouth opened like she was trying to scream, he clamped a hand over her mouth, "Kagome your safe, Wake up!"
She threw him off her, and her hand went back to her chest, her eyes opened, blindly staring in front of her.
"Kagome?" he asked from the floor.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Kagome clenched her hands, pushing them into her chest trying to fight the pain off, it hurt, it wasn't as bad as before, but... She gasped, her aura flared briefly, she struggle to bring it under control. It was far harder then it should have been, she held it in, fighting the pain that worsened, "SHIT!"
She fell back on the bed struggling to breath through the pain, it felt like when Sesshomaru was first teaching her how to hold her powers in her body... Fuck. The hollow had to be Kikyo, it made sense her clay body wouldn't have lasted long and with all her bitterness... she became a hollow. So now she had a lot more power, she was whole for the first time in eighteen months.
She struggle to sit up and was surprised when someone helped her, she looked up meeting amber eyes.
"Are you okay?"
"No, but I will be," she looked away trying to not to blush, she slid her legs over the side, intending to stand, only then did she notice she had no shirt on, just a bra. She eeped and grabbed the blanket pulling it up over her chest. She looked up at him to find he was looking away face red.
"Sorry. When I found you, your shirt was soaked in blood, I tore it looking for the wound."
She looked down at her lap still massaging her chest, "Oh, then can I borrow a shirt?"
"Yeah, I'll go get one of mine," he left her alone, she stood on her weak legs, she got half way to the door when her aura flared again, she fell to her knees fighting to push it back in to her body. She succeeded only for the door to open, She laughed a little at his oath, she looked up through teary eyes, as he dropped to his knees in front of her, "Kagome are you sure you should be up?"
"No, but I have to get home."
"Kagome you could just..." he switched tactics at her glare, "Okay tell me where you live and I'll carry you home."
She considered it, but she couldn't risk him concluding correctly who her Father was, besides she wasn't sure her father wouldn't be waiting up for her, and she couldn't have him guessing she had lied about her powers, she would rather surprise him. Some times all these secrets were tiring.
"Sorry, I'll pass."
He sighed and helped her stand, handing her the shirt, and while she put it on, he commented on her stubbornness. "You really don't trust anyone do you? Not with every single thing you know."
She chose not to answer that, once clothed, she headed out, walking slowly.
"Kagome are you sure I can't help?" Ichigo called after her sounding worried.
"Yes."
She sighed, a sigh of relief, Ichigo wasn't going to try to follow her, she had not been sure what she would have done had he tried, but it mote, she detoured to get her backpack, and walked home struggling with her aura control.
Once home she went straight to her room, dropping her backpack on the floor with no regard for the swords, she went to her desk and taking a pen went about drawing some wards Miroku had taught her to stop power, sound, and entrance, she pasted them all four walls, the ceiling, and the floor. Then she placed Tetsusaiga on the floor in front of the door for a better barrier. Once all of those things were done she dropped what little control she had over aura, it flared wildly out of control and she was allowed a deep breath before the pain was back.
She was in for one hellish week.