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Scientific Method

Chapter 51


November DDN: PROMPT 4: SPOON

Words: 100

The final get together was normal. A table full of desserts, hot chocolate and warm coffee waited for anyone willing to take some. Kagome indulged on a coffee and a piece of cheesecake. She bit into it and allowed the sugar to flow into her system gleefully.

That, however, was the only thing she was serene about. Her eyes studied every single person, trying to pinpoint any kind of power from the Shikon Jewel…but it wasn't so easy.

The sounds, a spoon hit a cup softly, and whispered conversations had her on edge.

This was it, now, she was alone.


November DDN: PROMPT 5: BLACK

Words: 100

As the sun fled and darkness covered the sky Kagome began to get even more nervous. As the minutes tickled by people began to leave the Hojo House and she started to become more noticeable.

If someone is hiding the shards, she thought miserably, then they probably know about the Shikon-miko.

Her slender fingers pushed her black bangs behind her ear anxiously, could she really do this alone? She had to…no one else was here right now… but really… why were shards around? Didn't Inuyasha collect them?

Did they die?

Did Sesshomaru?

That was simply unbelievable, right?

Simply impossible, right?


Kagome wandered through the halls of the Hojo household. She asked Hojo for permission and he told her it was ok. The truth was, the more she wandered about the more frightened she became. This was a huge house.

Hojo was rich! Or well, his family was.

Once again Kagome tried to feel for the Jewel Shards but there weren't any around. She always thought the Shikon was far too powerful to be contained by a mere barrier. Maybe it was because it was incomplete, or maybe it was because it was pure?

Kagome didn't know. Again she saw a lone shoji door at the end of the hall and pulled it open curiously. Unlike the other rooms, this one was decorated. She would have mistaken it for a guest room if there weren't so many presents in it.

Presents?

She eyed them carefully until one of them caught her eye. After a surprised shriek she moved inside the room and grabbed the present surrounded by green wrapping. Trembling hands took the note glued to it and she gasped.

It was one of the presents Hojo had offered her back in school, when she was sick. Her brown eyes turned to the tower of presents with a new understanding. She placed the green present on the floor and moved closer to the others and began to search for the notes, one by one.

"They are all mine," breathed out Kagome with her heart clenching painfully, "Hojo…kept them all."

"No," a soft voice said from the door making Kagome jump. On the door stood Hojo's mother with baby Kaede on her arms, "I stored them all for you, Kagome-sama."

The miko's eyed widened in surprise. She didn't know who this woman was, but what startled her the most was that she had referred to her with such respect… "You do not have to call me Kagome-sama," tried Kagome with a fierce blush, "I am sorry for wandering around and entering random rooms, Hojo-san, this was most disrespectful."

The woman smiled softly, almost indulgently. "There's no need to apologize Kagome-sama," the woman said, refusing to call Kagome otherwise, "What you search for is here, in one of the rooms. You must search harder."

The young miko's heart skipped a beat. She knows?

The woman smiled one last time before nodding her head and walking away.

"No, wait!" cried Kagome as she left all presents behind and ran to the door, however, when she finally reached it Hojo-san was nowhere to be found. Also, the hall didn't look like the one she had been walking on a moment ago…and unlike before, where the walls were empty and only this door stood out, there were hundreds of doors now. "What?" her surprise couldn't be contained.

Slowly, she stepped away from the room she was in and moved to the closest door. She eyed the door for a moment and after a determined huff grabbed the doorknob, "I must search harder, she said." With far more courage than before, and confidence, she opened the door and instantly a heat so unbearable hit her straight on the face along with the smell of sulfur. Instinctively she closed the door with a cry.

"What the hell?" she yelled horrified as she pushed herself against the opposite wall from the door, "What is the meaning of this?"

After a few minutes of unstoppable shaking and irregular breathing she glanced at the other doors weakly, "Kami help me."

She shuddered as she moved to the next door.


To be continued...


JeniNeji's Note:

Who's happy about the long chapter? :3