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Ch. 6 The Quest Begins Again
Nani awoke to the sound of mumbling about who knows what. Her body was stiff and her mind was clouded. What had happened? Her eyes shut against the migraine that now plagued her. Sleep took her once again.
"What do you think she is?" Shippou asked the perplexed Ashitaka. "Could she be another one of Kikyo's reincarnations?"
"I don't know." Ashitaka looked down on him self. Just under an hour ago he could barely walk, and now he felt better than ever, except for the fact that his home had been destroyed. He looked over to where Nani was sleeping. She had caused herself pain to heal him even when he had tried to kill her. What that lady had said, about Nani being evil and stuff, couldn't be true. Ashitaka's head began to hurt. He stepped outside for some fresh air when everything went black.
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It was dark. Very dark. He couldn't see a thing. He couldn't move either. What was going on? Out of the corner of his eye he could faintly see a speck of light. Whatever had been holding him released him and he began running to the light. It seemed like an eternity before he could see the figure that now lay before him. It was Nani. She was crying. Ashitaka put his arm around the slump of a girl. The girl shot up at his touch.
"A. Ashitaka? What are you doing here?" Nani sobbed out.
"I. I saw your light and came running." He just smiled.
"I'm sorry! It's all my fault! I shouldn't have left! If I had been here, that lady wouldn't have hurt you!" Nani continued to ball, clinging tighter to Ashitaka.
This was starting to get odd. He knew this was a dream. No girl would ever get this close to him. Ever. It didn't make sense at the same time. He thought Nani was a stupid little girl. He would never think like this. Or would he?
"Its alright, I'm ok now. You healed me. I'll be fine." Was all Ashitaka could think to say.
"Will you promise to stay here with me forever? Please, don't leave me all alone again!" Nani squeezed so hard that Ashitaka could barely breathe. He didn't quite understand this dream so.
"I'll always be here with you. You'll never be alone again." He hugged Nani back. What was he thinking? How could he be so mushy? It was a dream anyhow, so no one would know. As long as he could get Nani to stop wailing, he'd do anything. He had very sensitive ears, you know.
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Nani awoke with an intense migraine, this time not bad enough to nock her out again. The room was dark. It took awhile for her eyes to adjust. The migraine didn't help. Finally her eyes worked as well as could be expected and she sat up to see where she was. The hut she had learned to call home wasn't in very good shape. There were holes in the roof and blood everywhere. Ashitaka. She just remembered. What had happened to him? And what about the others?
They were all there, sleeping beside her. Ashitaka almost in the same futon. The floor of the small hut was blanketed in injured people. All of her friends weren't too bad though. Ashitaka. When she had last seen him, he could barely walk, and now he slept peacefully without a scratch on him. That's right. Before she blacked out, he had somehow been healed. She let out a long deep sigh. Suddenly, something grabbed her hand and pulled her down back onto the futon.
"I'm sorry," Ashitaka whispered. The two were silent for a long time.
"It's alright," Nani whispered. Then she realized Ashitaka was asleep again. She stood and made her way outside.
It was awful. The village was destroyed. Everything was so desolate. Tears began to swell into her eyes, but she held them back. From nowhere, Nani heard her name being called. It wasn't very loud, it was almost a whisper but it was there. Nani followed the voice to a hut secluded from the rest. She found a very badly wounded Kikyo.
"I am so sorry!" Nani rushed to the miko's side.
"It's alright. It wasn't your fault." Kikyo choked out. She sat up and began to speak again. "I need to ask you to do something for me," she whispered weekly. Nani looked on with yerning and determination. Kikyo continued. "Do you still have that jewel, the one Ashitaka tried to take from you? Good. If you look closely you can see that it is hollow." Kikyo held the jewel up to the light of the moon and Nani could see the outline of a hollow place within it.
"Kagome's quest in this world was to bring together the shards of this jewel together and purify the evil that dwells within. As you can see, there is still one missing. Kagome was cut off from this world before we could find it. Now, this world faces a new threat and we need the good power that comes from this little marble, but first we need to find the last shard and purify it. I think you can do that. You have the same miko powers as Kagome and I posses, though not nearly as powerful. yet, and you are the only one here who can." the injured miko coughed up a little blood and continued, much to the worried Nani. "I need you and Ashitaka to finish the quest that your mother started, or both worlds will be destroyed." She coughed again.
"Why can't you do it? I don't mean to be disrespectful, but you'll heal soon and you can save the world. I'm not even sure if I believe any of this, I mean this is something out of a fairytale. I'm not cut out to save the world." Nani blurted out.
"Sadly, I'm not going to be in either world much longer. I need you to do this for me. For Kagome. For Ashitaka. For this world and yours. Don't make me make it a death wish." Nani then saw the rarest occurrence in either world, Kikyo laughed. Nani understood the situation now. This world wasn't like hers, people died more often here. and they were ok with it. "Ashitaka will protect you, you don't have to worry." the miko's voice faded into a deep sleep. Then her breath stopped.
Nani left the little hut without a tear. She now had a purpose in life, even though it came out of death. Even though she just heard the last words of a good friend, she felt better than ever.
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Nani spent the next week helping tend the wounded and burring Kikyo. She always had a smile on her face. Even with death and hardship all around her, she kept her spirits up and was an inspiration to the whole village. It was on a beautiful morning that Nani's life really did change.
"We're leaving. Now." Ashitaka pulled on Nani's t-shirt.
"Nani?"
"We've got to go find the last shard of the jewel, dough- head! Now move it!" He started to drag her out of the village by her collar. Nani broke loose of his grip and retrieved her backpack. Nani, Ashitaka, and Shippou then left the village together. Ashitaka, though, had a scowl on his face the whole way.
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PLEASE REVIEW!!! I feel as if no one reads my fics anymore! *runs away crying* you people are so mean! I'll get ch. 7 up as soon as possible though!
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Ch. 6 The Quest Begins Again
Nani awoke to the sound of mumbling about who knows what. Her body was stiff and her mind was clouded. What had happened? Her eyes shut against the migraine that now plagued her. Sleep took her once again.
"What do you think she is?" Shippou asked the perplexed Ashitaka. "Could she be another one of Kikyo's reincarnations?"
"I don't know." Ashitaka looked down on him self. Just under an hour ago he could barely walk, and now he felt better than ever, except for the fact that his home had been destroyed. He looked over to where Nani was sleeping. She had caused herself pain to heal him even when he had tried to kill her. What that lady had said, about Nani being evil and stuff, couldn't be true. Ashitaka's head began to hurt. He stepped outside for some fresh air when everything went black.
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It was dark. Very dark. He couldn't see a thing. He couldn't move either. What was going on? Out of the corner of his eye he could faintly see a speck of light. Whatever had been holding him released him and he began running to the light. It seemed like an eternity before he could see the figure that now lay before him. It was Nani. She was crying. Ashitaka put his arm around the slump of a girl. The girl shot up at his touch.
"A. Ashitaka? What are you doing here?" Nani sobbed out.
"I. I saw your light and came running." He just smiled.
"I'm sorry! It's all my fault! I shouldn't have left! If I had been here, that lady wouldn't have hurt you!" Nani continued to ball, clinging tighter to Ashitaka.
This was starting to get odd. He knew this was a dream. No girl would ever get this close to him. Ever. It didn't make sense at the same time. He thought Nani was a stupid little girl. He would never think like this. Or would he?
"Its alright, I'm ok now. You healed me. I'll be fine." Was all Ashitaka could think to say.
"Will you promise to stay here with me forever? Please, don't leave me all alone again!" Nani squeezed so hard that Ashitaka could barely breathe. He didn't quite understand this dream so.
"I'll always be here with you. You'll never be alone again." He hugged Nani back. What was he thinking? How could he be so mushy? It was a dream anyhow, so no one would know. As long as he could get Nani to stop wailing, he'd do anything. He had very sensitive ears, you know.
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Nani awoke with an intense migraine, this time not bad enough to nock her out again. The room was dark. It took awhile for her eyes to adjust. The migraine didn't help. Finally her eyes worked as well as could be expected and she sat up to see where she was. The hut she had learned to call home wasn't in very good shape. There were holes in the roof and blood everywhere. Ashitaka. She just remembered. What had happened to him? And what about the others?
They were all there, sleeping beside her. Ashitaka almost in the same futon. The floor of the small hut was blanketed in injured people. All of her friends weren't too bad though. Ashitaka. When she had last seen him, he could barely walk, and now he slept peacefully without a scratch on him. That's right. Before she blacked out, he had somehow been healed. She let out a long deep sigh. Suddenly, something grabbed her hand and pulled her down back onto the futon.
"I'm sorry," Ashitaka whispered. The two were silent for a long time.
"It's alright," Nani whispered. Then she realized Ashitaka was asleep again. She stood and made her way outside.
It was awful. The village was destroyed. Everything was so desolate. Tears began to swell into her eyes, but she held them back. From nowhere, Nani heard her name being called. It wasn't very loud, it was almost a whisper but it was there. Nani followed the voice to a hut secluded from the rest. She found a very badly wounded Kikyo.
"I am so sorry!" Nani rushed to the miko's side.
"It's alright. It wasn't your fault." Kikyo choked out. She sat up and began to speak again. "I need to ask you to do something for me," she whispered weekly. Nani looked on with yerning and determination. Kikyo continued. "Do you still have that jewel, the one Ashitaka tried to take from you? Good. If you look closely you can see that it is hollow." Kikyo held the jewel up to the light of the moon and Nani could see the outline of a hollow place within it.
"Kagome's quest in this world was to bring together the shards of this jewel together and purify the evil that dwells within. As you can see, there is still one missing. Kagome was cut off from this world before we could find it. Now, this world faces a new threat and we need the good power that comes from this little marble, but first we need to find the last shard and purify it. I think you can do that. You have the same miko powers as Kagome and I posses, though not nearly as powerful. yet, and you are the only one here who can." the injured miko coughed up a little blood and continued, much to the worried Nani. "I need you and Ashitaka to finish the quest that your mother started, or both worlds will be destroyed." She coughed again.
"Why can't you do it? I don't mean to be disrespectful, but you'll heal soon and you can save the world. I'm not even sure if I believe any of this, I mean this is something out of a fairytale. I'm not cut out to save the world." Nani blurted out.
"Sadly, I'm not going to be in either world much longer. I need you to do this for me. For Kagome. For Ashitaka. For this world and yours. Don't make me make it a death wish." Nani then saw the rarest occurrence in either world, Kikyo laughed. Nani understood the situation now. This world wasn't like hers, people died more often here. and they were ok with it. "Ashitaka will protect you, you don't have to worry." the miko's voice faded into a deep sleep. Then her breath stopped.
Nani left the little hut without a tear. She now had a purpose in life, even though it came out of death. Even though she just heard the last words of a good friend, she felt better than ever.
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Nani spent the next week helping tend the wounded and burring Kikyo. She always had a smile on her face. Even with death and hardship all around her, she kept her spirits up and was an inspiration to the whole village. It was on a beautiful morning that Nani's life really did change.
"We're leaving. Now." Ashitaka pulled on Nani's t-shirt.
"Nani?"
"We've got to go find the last shard of the jewel, dough- head! Now move it!" He started to drag her out of the village by her collar. Nani broke loose of his grip and retrieved her backpack. Nani, Ashitaka, and Shippou then left the village together. Ashitaka, though, had a scowl on his face the whole way.
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PLEASE REVIEW!!! I feel as if no one reads my fics anymore! *runs away crying* you people are so mean! I'll get ch. 7 up as soon as possible though!