Inuyasha©Rumiko Takahashi
Beta Reader: MissKatt.
Still PRIMERO
51
A Miko's Duty
Kagome floated in the darkness, her hands around her knees as they pressed against her chest.
Everything was dark.
It was cold.
Quiet.
It felt horrible. She felt crippled, dead. She couldn't see, hear, sniff, taste, or feel anything. It was as if she had been sent to a timeless prison. But she knew that wasn't the case.
She was inside the Bone Eater's Well.
She had seen the familiar wooden edge as she fell in. She had felt the familiar brush of magic before she had been coated in this dull darkness. Whatever this thing was, it had cut the magic from the Well and left her stranded in here.
At first she had thought this darkness was going to eat her, devour her soul and her powers. Nothing had happened. She knew a long time had passed, but nothing had happened. She was not hungry or tired either…it was as…if time had stopped.
It could be. She was a girl from the future who was able to travel back to the past. She had something, a power or perhaps the Jewel, which granted her a door in time, a power to manipulate time…and fate. She could be in a timeless space…but moving.
If only she could find a way out… but there was nothing. How could she get out?
Panic tried to overwhelm her, but she closed her eyes and centered her thoughts. Slowly she pushed the negative thoughts aside and fought off the anxiety trying to get to her. She breathed in and out a few times until her mind was blank again. Then she waited. She rolled into the nothingness.
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Back in the Bone Eater's Well it was morning again. An entire day had passed and Sesshomaru hadn't stopped digging a minute. Inuyasha tried to stay by his brother, but the Taiyoukai's one-sided determination was enough to intimidate them all. They decided to go home for the night and left him when he refused to leave the Well.
Miroku stood by the edge of the Well. Sango had stayed behind with the baby girls. The girls were somewhat cranky in the mornings and they were starting to understand them better and had settled an effective routine as of now. Hopefully they would stay the same for a few weeks. Being a parent was harder than he had first thought.
"You may leave me monk," Sesshomaru suddenly growled from deep down in the Well, "I need not a watcher."
Miroku's eyes widened and he pursed his lips, "If I may, milord… rumors say that if one digs for a long time one will find water," said the young monk evenly, "We may not want Kagome-sama to…drown if she were to come back, right?"
Sesshomaru stopped digging momentarily and turned to the monk with a frown, "Drown?" he asked with disbelief, "What nonsense do you speak of monk?" growled the Taiyoukai tiredly, "Besides…if there's no magic to the Well…Kagome won't be back." The last he said softly, resignation clear on his voice.
Miroku watched the sadness spread into the demon's face for a few moments before speaking, "How…how are you feeling Sesshomaru-sama? Your bond with her, I mean," he cleared quickly.
Sesshomaru sighed, "It is numb now," he said with a tight voice, "This is not what Inuyasha says he felt when…"
"It means Kagome-sama is alive, and well," interrupted the monk with a smile, "These are good news."
Sesshomaru nodded and after watching the hole for a few moments sighed. He turned up and jumped out of the Well. His clothes were dirty, as was his short hair. He sat against the Bone Eater's Well and pressed his forehead to his knee and closed his eyes for a moment. He was tired.
"Kagome-sama asked the wish," said the monk with a certainty that surprised Sesshomaru, "Souls rest inside the Shikon Jewel…it is my belief they are trying to make her desist in her wish. They do not want to disappear."
Sesshomaru's golden eyes slanted his way and narrowed as he considered the monk's word, "You mean to say Kagome is trapped somewhere inside the Jewel?" The idea was not a comforting one. If Kagome was inside the Jewel…where was the Jewel? Would it be possible to take her out?
Miroku frowned a moment, "Inside the Jewel, I don't know, but somewhere. This is a battle she must win, only she can do it," he said as his eyes locked with the Taiyoukai.
Sesshomaru nodded his head in understanding, "I see," he said and once again pressed his forehead to his knee and closed his eyes, "I will support her as only I can," he whispered and breathed in and out for a few moments.
Then he began to think of all the things important, all the memories shared, all the bubbled emotions they had…and tried to send them to her.
So she knew what she was fighting for.
So she knew she was missed.
So she came back.
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Kagome startled when a new sensation racked through her body. It was warm, comforting and it brought peace back with it.
She blinked her eyes and again glanced around her.
There was nothing…only darkness.
Why was she here again?
It took her a few moments, but she remembered. She had been at Kaede's village, about to wish the Jewel away…but she was brought here.
Did she even wish it away for real?
She frowned, no…she didn't.
"I must wish the Jewel away," she whispered to herself. The Shikon was no longer in her hand, but she could feel it. Its magic was all around her. The Jewel was everywhere.
"Shikon no Tama," she shouted and her surroundings suddenly started trembling. She looked around frantically, but panic was closing in. Not wanting to be attacked, or have the Jewel Stolen, she cried, "Be gone from this World!"
A blinding light flashed in front of her, making her cry out, and then she felt light…weightless…and unconsciousness trapped her.
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To be continued…
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JeniNeji's Note:
"Be gone!" :3
