Chapter 2 – Kagome's POV

            Even though Buffy is a few, okay, several years older than me, we have a certain bond. We're both the Chosen Ones. She told me about her Slayer deal. It really sucks to have a responsibility like that dropped on your shoulders. Well, I can relate. It was my duty to protect the Shikon no Tama, and in doing so, I managed to shatter the damn thing. And since I'm the only one who can see the shards, I have to help with clean up. Before Naraku does, and now he's sent us all to Sunnydale. I was Chosen, even thought I didn't know it at the time. I am Kikyo's reincarnation, I have her powers. Buffy thought it was similar in that when on Slayer dies, the next is Called. So even though the previous Slayer dies, when the next is Called – she gets the Slayer powers. Part of that got messed up with Kendra and Faith, but I didn't follow those parts too well.

            She invited me to go patrolling with her. She was pretty interested in my purifying powers. Vampires are demons and we reasoned that if I could purify demons, then I could fend for myself against vampires.

*~*on patrol*~*

            Buffy and I were sitting on headstones on either side of Sally Henler. "So the newly turned vamp crawls out of her grave, her face goes all growly, I hit her a few times, she tries to hit me back, then I stake her," Buffy stated.

            I got caught unawares after contemplating Buffy's gameplan. It wasn't really a gameplan, was it? It was just the same thing she did night after ni—oops! I felt old hands around my neck, clawing off my air supply. I screamed and opened my eyes. Buffy was occupied in a deadly dance with three other vampires. Deadly for them, anyway. It's like they knew I wasn't from the area. They were specifically targeting me and distracting Buffy. For a split second, I thought that Naraku had sent more evil minions through a portal—my thought was cut off again as Sally squeezed my throat. It brought me back to reality. I really did not want to die at the age of 18 at the hands of a flaky vampire. I did not want to die a virgin at the hands of a flaky vampire, and I haven't had a chance at Miroku yet! [a/n: figured out what kind of shipper I am yet? ^_-'] The desire to live right then and there was very déjà vu. It was the same feeling I had when I did not want to die in the Sengoku Jidai – crushed chest to stomach with a young adolescent inu-youkai in the coils of a gigantic ugly centipede bitch. I screamed because I couldn't get away. I screamed for my life. I screamed in fright. I screamed and my neck glowed pink. The hands around my neck caught the pink glow. I felt the glow concentrate, as if it was gathering my desire for life, and with a burst radiate outwards. Poor Sally Henler had a great look on her face, if I had a camera, I would have taken a picture of it… but I was too busy trying to live at that moment. For a few moments, I was the glow. I really don't know how else to explain it. I felt myself pass through people. I could tell if they were demon or vampire or human. I purified the demons… I felt their flesh turn human for a few seconds before they themselves expired. How do I explain this? I purified the demon, and the human became whole, but the demon forced the soul out of the human… so after the demon got purified – the human body died. Does that make any sense? Anyway. I felt Angel and Spike in my glow, but since I knew they weren't bad… I infused them with my desire to live… wait, made them stronger? I don't know how to put that. But I passed through them, like any other human. I almost purified Anya, but I stopped myself in time. I felt my friends. I felt… like living.

            I dropped back to the ground. That whole glow thing was intense. Next thing I knew, Buffy was shaking me asking me if I was alright. I answered in the affirmative only to be hit square in the face with another barrage of questions. "Kagome? Are you alright? Did you just do that purifying thing? Because I can't sense any vamps around here."

            "Yeah, that was the purifying thing. Although, I have to say I haven't done anything quite so… wide before. I don't think you have to worry about any vamps in a 5 block radius of here…"

            "Did you just say five block radius? Did you fry Spike and Angel too? They're vampires, in case you've forgotten!" Buffy was getting agitated way to quickly for my taste.

            "Wait! I felt the … no, wait. I was the glow. Well, that's the best way to explain it. I could choose who to purify and who not to purify. I made Angel and Spike… stronger, more will to live. I think that's where my powers come from. It's the same way, that when we get back to the … Magic Box, that all my friends, all the demon ones – are going to be fine. I felt them. I know where they are."

            "You'd better be right about that Kagome."

            I was right. I knew it.

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A/N: yeah yeah… sorries about the long time for an update. It's just that it's around the end of the session… and I've got papers up the god knows where for next week. I figured you guys would perhaps like another chapter on Three Months … so there it is. Little Friends is still in progress.

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~~XCori~~