Shikon no Tama--Jewel of Four Souls
Later on, Kagome took the telephone and decided to call Tamika. Tamika answered, sounding very perky, "Moshi-moshi!"
"Hey," Kagome replied. "It's Kagome! How's it been going?"
"OK, you totally have to tell me what's with you and Inuyasha because there are these rumors going around that you two hooked back up and there's another one that said you hooked up with Kouga. There's also another one that says you two adopted a kid! Another one says the reason you aren't showing up is because you're babysitting Sessohumaru's adopted daughter! God, was he fine."
Kagome raised an eyebrow, "OK, Inuyasha and I did get back together and I would never hook up with Kouga ever again. We did not adopt a kid, that's for sure. And yes, I am babysitting Sessohumaru's 'daugther.' Since when is Sessohumaru fine? He looks like a woman!"
"You have no taste in men, Kagome..."
"Then how come I'm with Inuyasha?"
"You got a lucky chance."
"You're jealous."
"Hush."
Kagome giggled, "What else has been going around?"
"Let's see, there's another one that you have tuberculosis!"
"I'm going to kill who ever made up that one."
"Oh, yes! Sango said that you two were very flirty!"
Kagome smiled from one ear to the other and she blushed, "I-I guess we are... I mean, we kind of touch each other..."
"There?!"
"Hentai! God, not there yet. I haven't even touched him there yet! But I have made him really, really, really happy, if you know what I mean."
"Oh yeah, go Kagome!"
Kagome giggled again, "Anything really interesting happen?"
"Oh! You know those bars by the doors?"
"Hai, those things are so annoying..."
"Well, Rai and I were walking and she tripped over one of those, it was so funny. She almost fell, but then Hojo caught her."
"Typical of Hobo to go after one of my friends..."
"To what? Make you jealous?"
"Hai, of course. Ano, he's not gonna be happy or successful because I could really careless if Hobo is dating Rai or any other girl; I'm very happy with Inuyasha and he doesn't matter to me anymore!"
"Well that's good, because Rai is going out on a date with him tonight."
"Good for her--" Kagome was interrupted by a beep. "Hold on, I got another call." Kagome switched to the next line with the flash button on the phone. "Moshi-moshi?"
"Kagome-sama," Rin said from the other end.
"Oh! Konichi'wa, koibito!"
"Can I spend the night at Higurashi Souta's house, please?! It's OK with his okaa-san and she'll make sure we get up in time for school and we fall asleep on time! Oh, onegai, onegai, onegai!"
Kagome pondered for a moment, "Sure. Did you tell him I said hi?"
"Not yet! I'll tell him soon! Arigatou, Kagome! I'll be a good girl!" Rin hung up the phone and Kagome sighed, switching back to the other line, "Tamika?"
"Hai," Tamika replied. "I just got a phone call from Rai, there's a party tonight at Naraku's house. You wanna come? You know, if you can."
"I'd love to! Rin is going to spend the night at a friend's house, so I can come with Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku!"
"Great! But be careful, Kagura is going to be there, along with this new girl. Her name is Kikyou!"
Kagome dropped the phone and gapped. "Kagome, Kagome," a shouting came from the phone.
Kagome stumbled and picked it up quickly, "Hai! I'm here!"
"What was that?"
Kagome stuttered, "N-nani mo, I just dropped the phone. What'd you say her name was?"
"Kikyou, she claims to be from a suburb somewhere in the northeast. She looks a lot like you, you know. It's kind of creepy."
"Ar-Are you sure her name is Kikyou?"
"Hai, she looks like some priestess, but she's really mature. She can be a little boring, but totally interesting! I know you'll love her. I'm sure you can't wait to meet her! She's too great! Ah, I've got to go! I've got to do my hair and make-up. I've got to pick out an outfit too. What do you think I should wear? Ghetto girly-girl or red-hot, sexy punk rocker?"
"Uh? Oh, yeah, um, ghetto girly-girl."
"OK, arigatou! Sayonara!"
Kagome hung up the phone, still shaking. She went up to Inuyasha who wrapped his arms around her hips, "What's wrong?"
"Ki-Kikyou is alive..." Kagome stuttered.
"Nani?!"
"She's in town... She's going to be at the party tonight at Naraku's house... H-How did she die, exactly?"
Inuyasha sighed and his ears flattened a little towards his head, "Kikyou and I were out for a walk... We were walking downtown and it was late at night. I went to get us something to eat out of a store at the gas station. When I came out, these guys were surrounded by her, beating her. I scared them away and took her in my arms. She died in my arms, crying and drenched in blood. Her body was covered in bruises, cuts, scrapes, and gashes. She had a few broken bones, too... It was horrible."
"Gomen, Inuyasha. I didn't mean to bring up a bad memory..."
"But she died in my arms, how can she be alive? Kikyou was dead, I know it! I don't get it though, I'm so fucking confused. Damn this whole fucking world! Make things even more complicated that it already is! Shit, I can't even think..." Inuyasha was pacing fast, back and forth.
Kagome went up to him and stopped him, "You've got to stop your pacing, I'm getting dizzy. It's going to be all right, just relax. When we go to the party, we'll see if it's her. What you need to do now is sit down and relax."
Kagome kissed Inuyasha, hoping to make the tense muscles go away. It worked, Inuyasha began to relax and fell into the kiss. The one thing Inuyasha couldn't get off his mind was Kikyou, she actually was alive?
Kagome broke the kiss, "I can tell you still have her on your mind..." Kagome's eye contact went off focus when she saw something in the basement. She wallked down the steps that led to the basement floor.
This wasn't you're normal basement with a whole bunch of boxes that's only for storage. This basement had carpeting and the walls were painted tan. There was a closet where somethings sat and there was a couch, along with a few bean bags. There was also a television, but there was one thing that stood out most.
Kagome saw a grand piano, just like the ones you see on stages that are really expensive. It was black and it had white keys. She was gaping, "Sugoi..."
"What's up," Inuyasha asked. "It's only a piano..."
"Only a piano? Inuyasha, this is a grand piano! The most expensive one I've seen yet! It's so beautiful..."
"Big deal?"
"You wouldn't get it... I can play the piano. It's the only thing that relaxed me when I lived with my parents. When they kicked me out, I was torn apart... Every since then, I haven't played a piano..."
"Well, play it then. Sessohumaru won't mind, it's only a piano."
"What if I break it? He'll kill me! I couldn't--"
"Sure you can! If you break it, we'll fix it."
"Umm, OK... But I think I can only remember one song..." Kagome took a seat at the piano and Inuyasha sat down on the couch. Kagome sighed a little. She looked up at Inuyasha from behind the piano, he was smiling.
"Well, go on then. I wanna hear my girlfriend play!"
"O-okay..." Kagome gulped and her finger began to stroke the keys, playing note after note of the song, "No More Words" by Ayumi Hamasaki.
It was perfect, every note was in the timing and at the right tune. The rhythm was perfect as well; Inuyasha was in shock at Kagome's ability at a young age. When the song ended, Inuyasha clapped his hands, "Bravo, koibito!"
Kagome blushed and smield, "Arigatou, Inuyasha... I haven't played in so long, it feels so great..."
"Rin would've loved it."
Kagome shook her head a little and giggled, "Imagine what Miroku would've said."
"Oh, yeah," Inuyasha snorted and started doing a fake Miroku voice. "Inuyasha's very lucky to have a girl who's good at the piano."
She giggled and went around to the front of the piano, "Sango would hit him and then you'd growl, I'd blush, and it'd be very embarassing."
"Hell with that! I'd just punch him and take you to my room."
Kagome turned bright-cherry red, "Heh... Heh... Well, um... Yeah! I should call Sango and Miroku and tell them about the party!" Kagome walked very fast out of the room, Inuyasha smirking.
"She wants me," Inuyasha muttered, smirking even more.
That night, Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha, and Kagome all arrived at the same time. Sango and Kagome wore similar outfits. They both wore a black shirt with light tan khakis; the two wore their hair down as well. Sango wasn't carrying around her Hiraikostu, but Kagome was wearing the same red haori that Inuyasha had given her.
They walked in together, smiling, leaving the two boys to walk behind. "How do girls do that," Inuyasha asked.
"Well," Miroku said. "It's all with the way they walk that make there hips move like that--"
"Not that, baka! Wear similar outfits and not even know until they see each other."
"Oh, that's a mystery."
Inuyasha rolled his eyes and caught up with Kagome, wrapping his arm around her waist. Kagome smiled and she wrapped an arm around his waist. The two walked in together like that, stunning everyone. Another shock was Sango and Miroku walking in, hand-and-hand.
"What's wrong with them?" One girl said. "Are they back together?" Another asked.
"Kagome," Tamika and Rai exclaimed.
"Hey," Kagome smiled.
"Hey, Inuyasha!"
"Yo," Inuyasha replied, not showing much enthusiasm.
"Kagome, Kouga is here," Tamika said, walking on Kagome's other side, Inuyasha still connected with Kagome.
"That fucking yarou, I'll rip his th--" Inuyasha began to say until Kagome hit him in the arm lightly.
"Don't worry, Inuyasha," Kagome smiled at him. "Remember what I told you earlier? Kouga doesn't matter to me, he'll only ever be a friend, nothing more. And if he ever tried, he wouldn't succeed." Kagome leaned up and kissed him on the cheek.
"That's so sweet," Rai exclaimed.
"Quiet," Inuyasha groaned.
"Do you mind if we borrow Kagome for a hour? We promise not to get her drunk!"
Inuyasha was resistant at first, but he let go, "I'll see you in a hour, Kagome." Inuyasha kissed her.
"Ja ne," Kagome kissed him back and left with Tamika and Rai dragging her, Sango following.
Inuyasha and Miroku sighed and both thought the same thing: Woman...
"Hey there," a voice said from behind the two.
They turned around and Miroku greeted the person, "Konichi'wa, Kagura-chan."
"Nice to see you, too, Hoshi Miroku." Kagura smiled brightly.
"What do you want this time," Inuyasha groaned.
"Nothing."
"You're lying. Keep the fan in the pocket and tell us what you want."
Kagura scowled, "Beside the fact that I want you dead, Naraku wants to see you. He's in the pool house.
"Fine, take us to the fucking baka."
The two companions headed out to the pool house and Naraku sat there, in his usual bamboo suit. "Oh for Buddha's sake," Inuyasha cried out. "Take off the fucking bamboo suit, we know what the fuck you look like. We're not stupid."
Naraku rolled his eyes and took off the bamboo suit to reveal a pair of normal denim jeans and a black t-shirt. "It's about Kagome and Kikyou."
"Oh, great, I get a lecture from I.R. Bamboo."
"Silence, hanyou! Kikyou is back and Kagome is here. What does that tell you?"
"Kikyou's not dead and I love Kagome?"
"No, fool! Kikyou has been resurrected. Some old hag ressurected her from clay. A small bit of her soul is missing, well, most of it actually... Kikyou's not going to be the same."
"What the fuck do you mean?"
"Kagome carries Kikyou's soul... Or should I say souls..."
"Souls?"
"Kikyou possessed four souls... Thus, she was the keeper of the Shikon no Tama--Jewel of Four Souls. Kagome wasn't really there until Kikyou died. Kikyou's souls went into it's new owner... Higurashi Kagome. Kagome is the rightful keeper of the Shikon no Tama, which means--"
"I know what it means! I'm not giving it to Kagome. You of all people should remember how much fucking trouble Kikyou got in all the time because she was the keeper of the Shikon no Tama! Especially since you caused some of it!"
"Ah, yes, and who's the one who left her outside in the middle of the night in an alley?"
"Shut up!"
"Inuyasha... All talk... Ku, ku, ku, ku..."
"I'm not giving the Shikon no Tama to Kagome! You want an excuse to kill Kagome, I won't let it happen though! You can't make me give the jewel to Kagome. I'm not going to put her in that danger!"
"Oh, hanyou, your heart has softned and you've grown weaker..."
"I've grown stronger, yarou. You wouldn't know what strength is, would you Naraku?"
"Keep your mouth shut before you lose your life over it. Listen good, hanyou. If you don't give the jewel to Kagome, I'll take it myself. Give the jewel to Kagome and I won't kill her. If she dies, it'll be your own fault, not mine. You have a week, do it soon or else Kagome will be dead..." Naraku left through a window and Kagura smirked.
"Good luck, lover boy," Kagura left and went back inside the house, dodging a drunken idiot.
"A week," Miroku said stunned. "How are you going to tell her?"
"I'm not..." Inuyasha growled.
"What?! You're going to let her die?!"
"Of course, not, Hoshi. I'm going to take her away... Far away from here."
"You're not thinking of--"
"I am, Miroku. I'm going to take her back. She'll love it there, lots of trees and streams. Peaceful villages and there's plenty of clear days! There isn't a lot of rain!"
"Inuyasha, you can't. Kagome belongs in this time. You just can't take her back and expect her to know what to do! She's from the present and so is Sango!"
"And what would they say if they found out you're a monk in the past?"
"You're right, but still--"
"It's for Kagome's safety! I can't let her die! Not like Kikyou! Kagome is going to live, she will... She'll live, I'll protect her! We'll have pups and we'll protect them too! Then, one day, we'll return and Kagome can live a normal life again!"
"But then she'll have to adjust to modern times! Don't you get it, Inuyasha? No matter what you do, Kagome will end up confused! She won't be herself, she has to stay here. She has friends and school, you know how much those things mean to her!"
"Fuck you, Miroku! I'm taking her back, Sango and you don't have to come with! You can stay here and miss us all you want, but it doesn't matter. I'm taking her back, there's nothing you can do to stop me." Inuyasha narrowed his eyes.
"Nothing I can do?" Miroku stomped his foot on the ground since he had no staff. "Inuyasha, you're being so fucking stupid again. Kagome is from this time, she won't be able to adjust like you and I could. Sango may adjust a little better with blood of warriors in her; Kagome's blood is only of human, nothing more! She's like a reincarnation of a miko that died two years ago and is now back from the dead! Will you snap out of that world of yours and focus on the real one?"
Inuyasha growled, "I am. Kagome will die even if I give her the Shikon no Tama. Youkai will be after her all the time and I can't handle the fact that Kagome could die. Either you come with us or you stay here, make your choice. I'll see you tomorrow morning at noon, if you're there, you'll come with. If not, then you stay here." Inuyasha walked off, leaving a stunned Miroku behind.
What was Miroku suppose to do? Roll over and play dead or go fetch the ball? Why didn't Miroku ever listen to his grandfather?
Inuyasha went over to Kagome, it had been fifty-five minutes, close enough to an hour. "We have to go, Kagome," Inuyasha muttered.
"What's up," Kagome asked and then she gasped, "Is Rin upset?! Oh no!"
"No! It's not that, I'll explain when we get to my house. Just, please, let's go before we see--"
"Hello, Inuyasha-kun," a voice said from behind Inuyasha.
Kagome stared and Inuyasha turned around, it was Kikyou. She looked the same way she did two years ago, it was amazing. Still, she still had that something missing in her eyes that told him to stay away and be near Kagome. Inuyasha growled, "What do you want, Kikyou?"
"How are you," Kikyou asked.
"I'm pissed, now what the fuck do you want?"
"Could we talk...?"
"No, now fuck off. Come on, Kagome."
"Inuyasha, the Shikon no Tama belongs to me. Give it to me."
"You're still fucking dead, you may half a bit of soul in you, but that doesn't make you alive. You got reincarnated by an ugly, old, stupid hag. Go before I slice you."
"You left me to die! Give me the Shikon no Tama, you owe me it for letting me die!"
"I didn't let you fucking die! I tried, baka abazureon'na! You don't know shit about the hell I've been through since you left me that fucking jewel. I'm with Kagome now, anyway. I don't give a shit about you anymore, you do nothing for me!"
"Give me the Shikon no Tama and your days of torture are over!"
"My days of torture ended when I met Kagome, there's nothing you can do to change it, damn it!"
"You leave me to die in your arms and now you don't give a shit about me?! You're lying! You say you don't love me anymore, but you do! I can see it in those eyes that you use to look into mine with!"
"I may still love you, but you're the one who came crawling back after you left the Shikon no Tama to me two fucking years ago! Leave now and I'll spear your second death."
"Fine, keep the Shikon no Tama, but if I don't get it, you know that Higurashi Kagome will get it instead." Inuyasha looked at her, every nerve in his body stunned and Kikyou continued. "That's right, I know that girl was destined to have it after me. She doesn't know though... Does she?" Kikyou looked over Inuyasha's shoulder to a confused, yet surprised Kagome.
"What's the Shikon no Tama," Kagome asked, "and what do you mean I was 'destined' to have it after you?"
"You, girl, took my souls..." Kikyou sneered at Kagome. "You never really exsisted until I die. Good luck with Inuyasha, hope you enjoy the lies he tells you..." Kikyou walked off.
"Let's go, Kagome," Inuyasha muttered, taking her hand. "I'll explain at the house."
Kagome was too shocked to even move, but Inuyasha pulled her along. She didn't know what was going on, what was going to happen, or what Kikyou meant. Am I really that stupid? Has Inuyasha been lying? What about the Shikon no Tama thing? Is it some special jewel or something?
