Title: A Child of Fate


Part: (2/?)


Author: Kay


Disclaimer: InuYasha doesn't belong to me.


Distribution: Take it but leave your site addy.


Summary: An attempted fusion of Modern and Ancient Japan.
A few kinks in the vanilla flavored original plot.


Author's Notes: I'm trying to make the parts longer and I swear it comes out as more on paper.


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(Five Years Later)


"Okaa-san, can I go out and play?" Kagome said forming

her mouth into a cute pout,"Miaka and Yuki are waiting for me".

Fixing a teasingly stern look to follow her smile Shoka Higurashi

said,"Hai musume, mochiron omoidasu e shitagau ni Kocho,

dakara konojo da issho ni iku anata".


"Does she have to come 'kaa-san?" she whined petulantly, her

pout becoming more genuine and defined as she thought of her

unwanted nanny.


"Must you whine so shrilly?" a tired and brittle voice snapped

interrupting from the doorway of the hut. "Kocho-san!" Shoka

said with a touch of worry in her voice hoping that the elderly

midwife hadn't been offended by her daughter's unthinking

statement-she really was a selfish thing at times. Ignoring Shoka

for the moment Kocho fixed the child with a stare rivaling the

intensity of a hawk,"you do know that now the dogs are weeping

from hearing you". To which little Kagome had nothing but silence-

cat had her tongue.

"Shoka, do not forget my gift," the midwife said-the look in

her eyes speaking more hidden meaning than words ever could, as

Shoka scrambled to secure teh charmed bracelet to Kagome's

wrist. "Are you coming child?" Kocho snapped silverquick-her

fondness for the girl buried deep beneath her tone,"your little

friends are not going to wait forever." That quip sparked Kagome

into a mad dash towards the outside. After the first ten minutes of

play Kagome herself never noticed a blue stone falling to earth

leaving the set of stones in her bracelet but someone did notice.

Reacting quickly Kocho grabbed Kagome away from her

activities and swiftly dragged her home to the surprise of her and

her friends.

"SHOKA?! SHOKA??!!" the midwife yelled into the hut very

alarmed at what had happened though she was sure in Kagome's

eyes that it was a seemingly insignificant event to happen. Quickly

showing herself Shoka was about to question what happened?

What was wrong? But before she could, she was told what she

always feared would pass, "Her charm broke, Shoka, hurry and

go get your things!" She had endangered the village and her family

by staying here knowing as she did. "I'm going to get some herbs

and charms, I will be right back, be ready in five minutes," Kocho

said a bit saddened to be leaving as well. 'Why?' was all Kagome

could think in alarm since the first words fell from the two

women's lips then a chill traveled up her spine with the call of a

nearby wolf howl being followed by a collective response.

"Hurry," was all Kocho said with desperation touching her voice

at last as she moved to get her things as well. Her eyes darkened

into a pool of faintly disguised fear as a high shrill scream like that

of a child came from just inside the village- she quickly turned to

see what it was to cause such a scream of fear, pain, and

hopelessness then all she felt was pain and a brief sensation of

falling into darkness as whatever it was to cause the scream found

her first.

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Kay