Author's Note: eep I cannot believe the number of reviews I got! Thank you and thank you also for telling me my mistake for the meaning of Wakarimasen. Oh by the way: here's the next chapter so please! Don't die yet! You can die once I'm done! Lol
Disclaimer's Note: ^-^;; seriously… next time you even have to ask… I will sic Inu on you…
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SesshouMaru could not believe what was in front of him. The woman that traveled with his half brother was leaning comfortably on the trunk of an ancient tree. The pup that traveled with her snuggled safely on her lap.
Careful not to disturb the two, he neared them and examined the onna closer. Her form seemed more calm and relaxed now than it was before. But then again, he thought… the only time he cared enough to see her was when he tried to kill her.
A stray hair fell and covered her face. Not knowing what possessed him to do so, he gently brushed it away with his left hand. He examined her face and his heart beat faster. He noticed that both her cheeks had two pink stripes, much like his own. He noticed that her hair was considerably longer as well.
'What is this I feel?'
Growling softly, he stood and flexed his claws. 'Once she's gone, this feeling will go away!'
Before he could even blink, he sensed someone coming near. 'Chikuso! Why does it always seem that my bakayaro hanyou brother arrives when I am about to inflict pain on this wench?'
He noticed how late it was and remembered Rin. He leaned down at the girl and inhaled her scent. ' Lavender… and lilacs…' " I will finish what I started. You can count on that" he whispered in her ear, noticing her ears that looked so much like his.
He noticed she was starting to wake. 'What to call you now? Ningen… no… she seems too ethereal to be a mere ningen… youkai? No… too pure…'
"Kagome"
He snapped out of his reverie and saw a pair of enchanting blue gray eyes staring into his own.
" You don't have to call me ningen… or onna, or youkai… just call me Kagome"
His mask of indifference hid his emotions well, but his eyes told Kagome everything. Without saying a thing, he flew off, leaving a bewildered Kagome to stand by herself.
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Kagome stood there, not knowing what had happened. She was sleeping comfortably when someone had whispered in her ear.
" I will finish what I started. You can count on that"
She tensed, knowing fully whose voice it was. That was when she felt something tugging at her soul. She opened her eyes to find SesshouMaru in deep thought.
What to call you now? Ningen…no…she seems too ethereal to be a mere ningen… youkai? No…too pure…
She heard him, yet… he did not even more his mouth. At first she thought it was her ears changing again, but noticed that he had a far off look, as if he did not even notice that she was awake. She felt her mouth opening and her voice saying her name.
He looked at her with pure shock clear in his eyes. She did nothing, but stand there. "You don't have to call me ningen, or onna, or youkai, just call me Kagome"
'What am I doing?! Shut up! Why am I doing this?'
She saw his look of boredom, but noticed his eyes gave him away. He was amazed and confused. He wanted to know how she read his mind.
'You and me both, SesshouMaru… you and me both'
She watched as he bounded away, and she felt a loss within her. As if she had just lost a piece of her soul. She laughed bitterly and clenched her fist. Not noticing that her fingernail dug into her palm, making it bleed profusely.
'A piece of my soul… If only Kikyou could give it back… '
She was about to go back to sleep when she noticed Shikkon shards coming her way. She decided to see what this change in her could do, so she sniffed the air and smelled two ningens, one male, one female, three youkais and a corpse.
'Why did they find me?'
She was about to take Shippou and make a run for it, when a red clothed hanyou stood in her way.
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Kouga smiled widely. The spell was wearing off, and since many now knew of her, it was wearing off fast. His little sister was now revealing herself to the world. Though, he noticed that she had many differences from him, like her stripes, and her arms.
'They're HER attributes… Lady Ayame's…'
He noted her pupils were slits, much like a cats, and her hair was longer. He could not see her arms, because of her shirt, but saw her hands. They had stripes and her nails were no longer the small stubs, but sharp claws. He looked up at the sky and saw the blue moon.
'no wonder she's changing fast… Blue moon is always when spells were least powerful…'
He stepped up towards her and gave her a big hug. He noted how she tensed, but suddenly went limp.
" Kouga-kun?"
" I finally found you, imouto… after searching for so long… I finally found you!"
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Kagome sat sandwiched beside Sango and Kouga. She sat a few feet in front of InuYasha and Kikyou who were cuddled close together. 'Too close, for my comfort…' Kagome thought icily.
" Kouga… how did you… I mean… I've been a ningen all my life…" Kagome said breaking the silence. They had a little midnight snack and were trying hard not to wake Shippou.
" Well… it may sound perverted, but I saw the mark on your left shoulder." He said. He brushed his hair aside and showed her the silver diamond shaped mark on his forehead. "This is a mark of the Royal Family of Lord Komashiro."
" But… I'm human…" Kagome disputed.
"Are you really?" Kouga teased. " I've never met a human with claws, stripes on their cheeks, slitted eyes, pointed ears and very sensitive nose… No, Kagome, my dear imouto… you are a youkai"
"But… " Kagome said. " How…"
Kouga silenced her and watched InuYasha from the corner of his eyes. 'That lousy hanyou… NOW he notices her… what a waste of a body…'
" You are the legendary Youkai Miko whom Midoriko prayed to hold her crystallized soul"
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Kagome's dream
Midoriko gasped audibly as the centipede-like youkai started to devour her. Time seemed to pass slowly by her as the pain engulfed her whole body. She knew what she had to do. She just knew she had to. Being a Miko, she had special abilities, knowing what was to happen in the future. She knew that her soul would go on, in a crystallized form battling with the soul of this youkai.
She also knew that she needed someone of pure soul to guard it. But a mere Miko would not suffice. She was special. Midoriko knew from the beginning that she herself was nothing compared to the young Miko that was to be born centuries later.
Before she died, she gave out one last breath of prayer. One that gave every creature hope of survival without being tainted by evil.
' Kami-sama… guide my soul to the one Youkai Miko… she will be strong. She can eternally protect this one'
Praying softly in her mind, she glowed an unearthly blue and reached into the youkai. With all her will power, she shot her soul, combined with the youkai's and crystallized it, letting it out of her body, leaving a gaping hole in her chest.
Kagome's eyes shot opened. She scanned the camp and sighed. She had been having the same dreams of the battle since she turned 17. It would not let up and would not reveal what ties it had with her.
She recalled what had just happened before she passed out. Kouga was telling her of the last time he had seen her and tried to make her remember the times they had shared. Alas, the 'spell' it seems still had a strong hold on her mind.
'If there is a spell at all' Kagome said. ' What if this is all a trick to get the Shikkon?'
Some small voice at the back of her mind, seemed to disagree. What if it isn't?
Looking down at her lap, she saw Shippou shivering slightly as the cold wind blew harder. She smiled softly and felt something twitch. She looked beside her and saw a beautiful black and white boa-like thing coiled beside her. 'Oh my… its so soft!' She felt her touch and realized that it was a tail… and it was hers. ' Its like… Sesshou's… SESSHOU? Where did that come from?'
Slumping her shoulders in defeat, she willed her tail to move and it felt good for it to stretch. She covered Shippou in it and used it as a blanket for both him and her. It was long enough and warm enough.
'Well… as I said before, at least whatever I'm changing into… I'm a full one'
She was about to close her eyes when she saw Kouga asleep next to her. She noticed that his tail was considerably shorter and less fluffy. She also noticed that the only similarities he had with her were their eyes and fangs.
'I wonder what his true form looks like? Or for that matter… mine?' she thought 'Ack! I'm actually believing this!'
She ran her tongue around her newly found fangs and noted how sharp they were. She also noticed that they didn't hurt her at all. She glanced at her watch and saw it was 4 in the morning and saw stripes as well. Pushing the sleeves of her shirt up, she saw they were the same color of the stripes on her cheeks.
'Just what kind of a youkai am I?'
" You're a very powerful Inuyoukai, it seems" a voice from beside her said. She smiled as she looked at Kouga who was now stretching
" But I thought you were a wolf?" she asked.
" I am. Father is an arctic wolf youkai. And my birth mother was a wolf youkai. Arctic wolves have longer and bushier tails… and are pure white, where as… my mother had a short tail and… well was a dull grayish color…"
"So… how can I be an Inu?" she asked. " Aren't you my brother?"
Kouga scoffed playfully. " Ya! So? Your Okasan, was a full Inu Youkai. She had poison talons… had beautiful black fur… and a beautiful black tail!"
"So… you're my half brother… and I'm a hanyou…" Kagome drawled.
"heck no. You're as full a youkai I am… you're just of mixed breeds… but considering… its still the same, because now you have both wolf and Inu abilities. You have poison talons… seeing the stripes on your arms… and you seem to have father's best quality as well!"
Kagome felt unsure. " And that was?"
" poison fangs"
Kagome flushed as she recalled herself brushing her tongue against her fangs…' Oh Ya.. my poison doesn't affect me…'
" How…would you know?"
Kouga grinned. " I have 'em too!"
" What… what's mother like?"
Kagome waited hanging her head. She looked up and saw pain in Kouga's eyes. " She… was beautiful… and gentle and kind… "
" What… happened?"
Kouga squatted in front of her and looked deep into her eyes. Kagome instantly knew what had happened. Without talking, she knew what had happened to her mother. Their mother.
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Author's Note: I'm evil! I know! ^-^ don't worry! I'll update once I get the nerve to find some way to make Inu act like a dumb bum…
