One
…one and only…
"I'm sorry."
Whispers drifted away on the wind, as did her spirit. Her physical body was gone, but her soul did not fly away. A spiritual manifestation of her own self glided in the air, sorrowful, puzzled, empty. She felt real, felt solid.
But now she was only spirit. It did not matter that she was not in the underworld. She was dead.
And she would not come back.
Perhaps she was too acceptant, too calm. It surprised her, that even in death she could still control her expression. Even in death, she lied to herself. She was shattering with pain and hurt. Dying though already dead. In her silent chest she thought there must still be a heart, bleeding and breaking. Yet she had no blood to spill, nothing left to break.
Nothing. Everything.
In this state she felt the world, felt as she never did alive. She felt her connection to the fabric of the universe stronger than ever before, as if by shifting her fingers she could travel through the endless yonder. She wanted to be a true spirit and fly away with the wind. She wanted real life and continue her earthly pursuits.
Maybe it was her uncertainty that kept her here, a wavering spirit condemned to be bound. Condemned to be free. It was her choice, her decision of her desires.
A storm broke her trance. The same storm had called out to her when Magatsuhi first killed her, but it had been barely audible. Now it boomed into her translucent ears.
And then there was sight.
Her eyes widened with shock.
The light, the power. The silver, the gold.
That god, that aura.
Author Note: another chapter! I was reading Yu Yu Hakusho, and the spirit state fascinated me, inspiring me to write Kagome as a spirit. Anyways, read and review!
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