Comphrension slams into me, knocking the breath from my lungs. My eyes widen as my mind reels with this new information. "Kami... you said it may have been changing you since birth. This is what you meant." Why hadn't I caught that during our discussion initially?
She nods. "It's not something we tell people. We didn't want someone thinking I'd be a substitute for the jewel, though we didn't think it actually might mean something. When InuYasha told me what you said, the thought of the jewel having been inside me... It felt like I was slapped, and I probably should've been for not realising it sooner. How we never did, I don't know. Because we know, everyone knows, you can't use a cup to hold a buckets worth of water- the same goes for power. We've always known I was powerful, we just didn't realise how powerful because I had the seal on me. And my soul being split definitely didn't help." She stops to catch her breath, her eyes wide as she stares at our hands, still gripping each other. My own mind is whirling, piecing everything together, working quickly to come to the same conclusion she seems to have.
"I had the jewel inside me, meaning that I am at least as powerful, Sess. I may be more." she whispers, trembling slightly as she voices it, making it reality. "And then, I remember my physics lessons- you remember my science textbooks? You remember when I was studying the laws of thermodynamics? And what the first law is?" Her voice has become breathy, a mix of awe and fear.
My brows furrow as I think back to the conversation we had, as I had been reading over her shoulder before asking for her to explain it. "Energy and matter can not be created nor destroyed... merely... changed... Kami." I lean forward heavily on my desk, my eyes wide at the implications of what we are speaking of. "You housed the jewel, you're body is powerful enough to hold its power..." I murmur my thoughts aloud.
"Sesshoumaru. My wish on the jewel. I wished for it to be no more. I know it's magic, but it's still energy. As energy, it can't just be no more. So, the energy had to change. To go somewhere. To go... to someone." Her voice is so quiet now that even if the blood wasn't rushing through my ears, I would have had a hard time hearing her. My eyes lock with her own wide ones. "Sess. I think it went to me."
4/21/21 A/N: Really enjoyed how many folks figured out where I was going with this, and glad that so many of you appreciate and like the route I took to explain Kagome's stupid amounts of power. All the warm fuzzies! : D