High School Drama
Chapter 38: Search for the Cure
Recap
Kikyo gasped as a chill came over her.
"What is it?" Naraku asked.
She shook her head. "Nothing. Just a little chilly."
Naraku looked at Kikyo, but didn't say anything, even though he had a small inkling of negativity about something...he just didn't know what it was.
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"Kagome, don't you see how bad this is for you?" Sango asked. "Even if you beat Kikyo, the dark that's entered your soul will consume you. You will never be the same again."
Kagome frowned. "You have such little faith in me dear Sango." She turned to Sesshomaru and smiled. "Hello my love."
"What have you done miko?" Sesshomaru asked.
"I've made myself perfect."
"You were already perfect. You didn't need to taint your soul." Sesshomaru answered, walking over to her and taking his courted female in his arms. She smelled of power and lightening. While this was always her scent, it was much stronger. It irritated his nose. He wiggled his nose and frowned.
"You lie!" Kagome hissed.
Sango's soul wept for her friend. There was no telling what was about to happen next. All she knew was that Kagome's soul was possibly corrupted. "Ok, well now that we've got you back, what's the plan?"
Kagome thought for a second. "Naraku won't strike for another week."
"How do you know that?" Inuyasha asked.
She shrugged. "I just know. And when he starts, it's gonna be big. So we've probably got until Friday before anything happens. Until then, I...I..." Kagome couldn't finish her sentence. Her shoulders slumped and she fell against Sesshomaru, unconscious.
"What is happening?" Sesshomaru held the girl of his dreams in his arms.
"The pureness within her is fighting the evil. This is going to happen quite frequently until one of them wins. She will be in and out of consciousness until this happens." Sango explained calmly.
"Is there not a way to reverse the effects of what she has done?"
Sango shook her head. "Not without her losing her powers. And even then, I don't know how to do it."
"Well you will find out. As the miko said, we have until Friday. Why not contact the elder miko that you two speak of from time to time?"
"I can't. Only Kagome knows how to contact Keade." Sango felt useless.
"Well until we figure something out, we need to get out of this weather; it's going to storm soon." Inuyasha suggested.
"You have a point. Inuyasha," Sesshomaru surprised him by calling his half brother by the name, "you drive."
Inuyasha nodded. They climbed into the car and drove to Kagome's house.
"If I simply try to reverse the spell, I could kill one, or both of us." Sango finally spoke, she had been quiet the entire ride.
"We need Miroku. He comes from a long line of monks. Maybe he'll be able to help." Inuyasha was full of helpful suggestions that night.
Sesshomaru nodded, sitting on the bed cradling Kagome in his lap. He was worried about Kagome, not that he would ever say that aloud. He knew something had to be done before it was too late.
"I have an idea." Miroku said at Kagome's house an hour later.
"Well let's hear it." Inuyasha said.
"If we can get a drop of her blood, and a strong, wise miko, she can reverse the spell, and Kagome could keep her powers."
"No." Kagome's voice was barely heard, as it was weak.
Sango turned to her best friend, her sister, with tears in her eyes. "Why not Kagome? Huh? Will you please explain to me why you are so ready to die? Because you very well know that's more than likely what's gonna happen."
Kagome smiled weakly. "I am doing this to protect you. If I die, then so be it."
"No! That's not how it's gonna happen! I've known you too long and this self-sacrifice shit has got to stop. Do you know what we'd do without you?"
"You'll all find someone to replace me." Kagome said.
"You lie miko. And you know it. You know, as we all do, that there is no one on this earth who could possibly replace you. No one has ever captivated us the way you have. Take me for example. Never would I have fallen in love with a human, had it not been for you." Sesshomaru confessed.
Kagome shook her head. "You have plenty of options Sess."
"I am aware of that, but I do not want them. Why do you think that this relationship has lasted so long? It is because I have eyes for you and no other. This Sesshomaru has told you countless times that I love you and that I will never leave you, so what makes you think that I will allow you to leave me?"
Kagome's eyes filled with tears. "I'm so sorry, to all of you. But this is something that I have to do. I have to protect you."
Foolish child! Kagome heard Keade's voice in her head.
'Keade?' Kagome whispered in her mind.
Who else would it be? Now look at the mess you've gotten yourself into. What do you have to say for yourself? The elder miko's tone was as harsh as ever. Anyone would have thought her to be mean, but Kagome could hear the love and affection in her trainer's voice.
'I had to Keade. I did it to protect them.' Kagome told her.
Did ye not listen to me when we spoke before? I told you that you are their strength, just as they are yours. Now look at the mess ye be in. Ye knew very well that that spell could have ended your life.
'But I...I didn't know what else to do.'
Kagome heard Keade sigh in her mind. Well, since ye act like an ignorant fool, like I have taught ye nothing, I will allow you this one answer. To reverse this spell, ye must destroy the source of Kikyo's power, and banish the evil within her. It will come back, but once you banish it, she will be a dark miko no longer.
This confused Kagome. 'What's the source of her power?'
I am not going to tell you everything chile. Ye must figure that out for yerself.
'Oh...well...thank you Keade. Wait! What about the good and bad fighting inside of me.'
That will cease so long as ye heart remains pure. Then, just like that, Keade was gone.
Kagome thought about everything that Keade had said.
"Kagome! Kagome!" Inuyasha was calling her.
"What?" She snapped.
"Damn! I was just wondering if you heard any of us. You were just sitting there, staring like you were in a daze or something."
"Oh...I'm fine. Actually, I'm not. I'm hungry." Kagome hopped off of Sesshomaru's lap and went into the kitchen. As everyone else in the room began talking, Sesshomaru followed behind Kagome.
"Miko." He called.
"Yeah Sess?" Kagome stuck her finger in her mouth to lick the ranch off of it.
"Do you wish to give me a heart attack?"
"What do you mean?" She searched for a fork for her salad.
"You have been gone for an entire day, and when I finally find you, you have altered yourself in ways that I never thought you would. You have worried this Sesshomaru beyond belief. And now you act as though nothing has happened."
"I feel as though nothing has happened. Up there, when I was just sitting there not saying anything, Keade was talking to me in my mind and she told me how to reverse this. And she also said that I won't be passing out anymore because of the battle of pretty much good and evil going on inside of me." She stuck a forkful of salad into her mouth.
"And I feel as though you do not wish for me to be near you. Do you wish that?"
Kagome's eyes widened. "No! Sesshomaru I love you and I always want you to be by me. I'm just...confused right now. There's too much going on for me to comprehend, and I don't want to make the wrong move and end up losing you."
Sesshomaru stared at her for a second before saying, "And I don't want you to make the wrong move and I end up losing you. Kagome, you have to trust me to help you. You are to be my mate, and we must work things out. Together."
Kagome sighed.
"We all care for you and as I said before, we would be devastated should something ever happen to you."
Kagome walked up to Sesshomaru and placed a firm kiss on his lips. "I'm sorry for making you worry."
Sesshomaru buried his face in his courted female's hair and inhaled. Her scent had calmed, and it wasn't as over powerful as before. For that, he was glad. "What did Keade say?"
"She told me that I have to destroy the source of Kikyo's powers, and banish the evil within her for my own soul to be saved." Kagome scrunched her eyebrows together in confusion.
"Sango said that the source of Kikyo's powers is at her home." Sesshomaru said.
"Yeah, but I have to figure out just what it is...if it's still there. She's working with Naraku, so he may have moved it, knowing her weakness. And then there's the whole task of banishing the evil in her soul. There's so much of it that I'm not sure if I can handle it by myself, even with my new powers." Kagome finished eating her salad.
"You won't have to do it alone my love. Because I am going to be there with you." Sesshomaru picked her up and placed her on the counter so they could be face to face. "You will not do anything that dangerous again."
Kagome nodded and kissed Sesshomaru.
"Ok, if you guys are done sucking face, we've got some shit to figure out." Inuyasha said from the stairs to their left.
Sesshomaru growled while Kagome pulled away from him, laughing. "I'm really sorry you guys."
"Don't worry about it. We know you're a stupid wench. Just don't do it again." Inuyasha told her.
"I hate you." Kagome said with a smile.
"Love you too."
Kagome walked up to Sango. "Will you ever forgive me?"
Sango narrowed her eyes, still damp from crying. "You made me cry bitch."
"I know." Kagome said.
"I hate crying."
"I know." Kagome was whining.
"If you do it again, I'll kill you."
"I know."
"And you owe me big." Sango was enjoying this now.
"I know."
"I mean it."
"I know." Kagome saw the smile in Sango's eyes and knew she was forgiven.
"Like, doing my homework for the rest of the school year."
"I kn-Hey!"
Sango laughed. "I forgive you Kags."
Kagome smiled. "I know."
Miroku coughed. "Well, we have a few things to figure out, so if we could get this show on the road."
"Oh shutup Miroku. You weren't even with us." Inuyasha said.
"I was there in spirit."
Everyone laughed, then went upstairs to try to figure the entire mess that they were in, out. Kagome looked around the room and saw how intent everyone was on helping her get through this. As far as they were concerned, it was about all of them, because if you messed with one, you messed with everyone
Things are beginning to get a little heated, building up to the finale! Hope you enjoyed. Please review!
~KM705.M-san