The next day Kagome got up early. Inuyasha noticed she had been
lying in some mud, but her dress looked perfect. When no one else had
awoken yet, he jumped from the trees and sat next to her. Her appearance
had not changed.
"What the hell did he do to you?" Inuyasha asked her bluntly.
"He taught me magic." She replied quietly.
"Why?" He asked her in disbelief.
"He wanted me to collect the shards for him. He said I was powerful. But I ran away." She explained plainly.
"Then why the fuck do you look like him!?" He whispered loudly.
"I. . . I what?" She stammered, taking her hands to her face.
"You look like my freaking brother! Your eyelids, your eyes, and you look older." He told her angrily. She took her hands away.
"I. . . don't know yet." She told him quietly.
"Feh! What kind of magic did he teach you then?" He asked her, trying to get to the bottom of the situation. Kagome cupped her hands over her face and then slid them down her hair. Any feature that separated Kikyou with Kagome disappeared. He looked into Kik-Kagome's eyes.
"All kinds." She replied in explanation of the change. Then with a wave, she turned back to her normal appearance. But then she shut her eyes and changed into the form of his bother.
"Sesshoumaru!" He yelled, drawing the Tetsusaiga.
"It's still me Inuyasha. Except now, I can command all of my miko powers." He-she said. Suddenly, he was lifted into the air. Kagome had turned back and was raising her hands up, as if commanding his flight. Then she pulled her hands away and he fell. Of course he landed gracefully, but gave her a confused look.
"Go back to Kaede's village. I'll be back in a few days." She told him with a small smile.
"What do you mean?" Inuyasha asked plainly. But he didn't think she even heard his last question, for that moment she was there, and the next moment, she was not. Inuyasha looked around in confusion. She was gone.
* * * * * * * *
She had only learned a short range teleporting system, and it did take her most of the next day to get to the well. She jumped in hesitantly and found herself at home again. She told her parents a shrot hello and went upstairs.
Kagome looked around her room. It looked to strange now, so small. Nothing compared to her inner turmoil. Nothing compared to her newfound power. She could turn everything pink, or blue, or red. She could make it gold or dust. It was all so insignificant to her feelings. She lay down on the deep bed. The covers seemed to swallow her. They brought her to the sleep she so dearly wanted.
The morning brought no peace. But she thought about things more. 'I wish Sesshoumaru would have let me stay. I don't know how I turned to love him so fast, or how I feel so bad inside about it. I mean, I only knew the guy for a week and now I'm clawing my insides out? This shouldn't be. But it is. Maybe it's because I've wanted Inuyasha's love for so long, and I see Sango and Miroku all the time. Maybe I just wanted some of that for myself. Maybe I'm crying not just out of love, but self pity too?' Yes, that made sense.
"I need to go do something. Something fun and normal. Shopping and Frappuccinos. That's good." She told herself. On her way downstairs her mom called,
"Where are you going sweetie? You just got back." She asked.
"I'm going to the mall for a while. I need. . . school supplies." She told her.
'Woah, you just lied to your mom! You've never strait out lied to her for no reason. This is getting so weird, what's wrong with me? I'm not. . . myself, anymore.'
*~*~*Flash Back*~*~
Suddenly as if flood gates had opened, Sesshoumaru's feelings crashed into her. She cried out and he looked up, suddenly realizing what she was doing.
He broke the connection hastily and the energy whip-lashed right back to Kagome.
*~*~*End Flash Back*~*~
"That's it!" She cried out in the middle of the side walk, causing people to turn and stare. 'That's it! When he broke the connection, he broke it wrong, and I took a piece of his. . . soul.' She said. She knew this was true. Some foreign feeling of sadness and anger for the people around her had been on her mind.
When she got on the bus she shut her eyes and looked within herself. Her beautiful sky blue aura danced around, but in one spot near her head, it was light yellow. 'Great, now I have to return it.' Was her only thought.
'Not now. Now mall. Now Starbucks. Now shopping.' She thought after she got off the bus. The mall was pretty crowded for a Sunday, but she didn't have to wait in many lines.
"A tall vanilla Frappuccino please. No, wait, bump that up a size." She told the woman working there. After she paid, she walked though the mall looking at new summer wear. She even bought a few new outfits.
But back in a store called Random, she found a purse with red stripes, just like Sesshoumaru's. She bought that too.
'Now that I've spend a few months savings on clothes and caffeinated drinks, I feel better.' She said to herself. 'I still feel horrible, but I think I know why he did it. He viewed it as a choice of good or evil. If he chose one, he would have to give up the other. He chose the evil of course, the bastard. Hey that's the spirit!' She thought with a slightly happier tone.
When she got back on the bus she spotted too of her friends in the back, also sipping on some Starbucks concoction.
"Kagome! Over here!" They shouted, shoving people out of the way to get to her.
She sat in the middle with them as they told her about all the school she was missing. "The spots again? Geez Kagome, do you think it's allergic?" One asked.
"Probably. Are there any exams tomorrow?" Kagome asked them.
"One in math and grammar. Hope you studied because I hear they're really hard." The other told her. Thankfully, the bus came to her stop quickly. Her friends waved her goodbye and they whispered, "Good luck with that guy Kagome." At first she was startled, thinking they some how knew about Sesshoumaru, but she quickly understood they meant Inuyasha.
Kagome got home a little late, dropping her bags off in her room before she went down for dinner. The ramen still made her feel empty inside, but the egg rolls helped. She didn't even think to study on the test before she shut her eyes and fell to sleep.
* * * * *
* * *
Inuyasha and the rest got back to Kaede's hut riding on Kirara. It only took them about two days, and it was dust before they were all settled around the fire.
"I bet she's pissed at Inuyasha for not finding her fast enough." Shippo said.
"That is not the reason!" Inuyasha yelled at them, causing Kaede to smirk.
"I bet that she's just tiered after being tortured or what ever the hell happened because Inuyasha didn't find her fast enough." Miroku said sarcastically.
"She was not! And you lazy bastards were with me the whole time so blame yourselves!" Inuyasha yelled to them. But truthfully, he did blame himself. 'Poor Kagome, whatever happened; it was so bad she wouldn't even whine about it. . .'
"What the hell did he do to you?" Inuyasha asked her bluntly.
"He taught me magic." She replied quietly.
"Why?" He asked her in disbelief.
"He wanted me to collect the shards for him. He said I was powerful. But I ran away." She explained plainly.
"Then why the fuck do you look like him!?" He whispered loudly.
"I. . . I what?" She stammered, taking her hands to her face.
"You look like my freaking brother! Your eyelids, your eyes, and you look older." He told her angrily. She took her hands away.
"I. . . don't know yet." She told him quietly.
"Feh! What kind of magic did he teach you then?" He asked her, trying to get to the bottom of the situation. Kagome cupped her hands over her face and then slid them down her hair. Any feature that separated Kikyou with Kagome disappeared. He looked into Kik-Kagome's eyes.
"All kinds." She replied in explanation of the change. Then with a wave, she turned back to her normal appearance. But then she shut her eyes and changed into the form of his bother.
"Sesshoumaru!" He yelled, drawing the Tetsusaiga.
"It's still me Inuyasha. Except now, I can command all of my miko powers." He-she said. Suddenly, he was lifted into the air. Kagome had turned back and was raising her hands up, as if commanding his flight. Then she pulled her hands away and he fell. Of course he landed gracefully, but gave her a confused look.
"Go back to Kaede's village. I'll be back in a few days." She told him with a small smile.
"What do you mean?" Inuyasha asked plainly. But he didn't think she even heard his last question, for that moment she was there, and the next moment, she was not. Inuyasha looked around in confusion. She was gone.
* * * * * * * *
She had only learned a short range teleporting system, and it did take her most of the next day to get to the well. She jumped in hesitantly and found herself at home again. She told her parents a shrot hello and went upstairs.
Kagome looked around her room. It looked to strange now, so small. Nothing compared to her inner turmoil. Nothing compared to her newfound power. She could turn everything pink, or blue, or red. She could make it gold or dust. It was all so insignificant to her feelings. She lay down on the deep bed. The covers seemed to swallow her. They brought her to the sleep she so dearly wanted.
The morning brought no peace. But she thought about things more. 'I wish Sesshoumaru would have let me stay. I don't know how I turned to love him so fast, or how I feel so bad inside about it. I mean, I only knew the guy for a week and now I'm clawing my insides out? This shouldn't be. But it is. Maybe it's because I've wanted Inuyasha's love for so long, and I see Sango and Miroku all the time. Maybe I just wanted some of that for myself. Maybe I'm crying not just out of love, but self pity too?' Yes, that made sense.
"I need to go do something. Something fun and normal. Shopping and Frappuccinos. That's good." She told herself. On her way downstairs her mom called,
"Where are you going sweetie? You just got back." She asked.
"I'm going to the mall for a while. I need. . . school supplies." She told her.
'Woah, you just lied to your mom! You've never strait out lied to her for no reason. This is getting so weird, what's wrong with me? I'm not. . . myself, anymore.'
*~*~*Flash Back*~*~
Suddenly as if flood gates had opened, Sesshoumaru's feelings crashed into her. She cried out and he looked up, suddenly realizing what she was doing.
He broke the connection hastily and the energy whip-lashed right back to Kagome.
*~*~*End Flash Back*~*~
"That's it!" She cried out in the middle of the side walk, causing people to turn and stare. 'That's it! When he broke the connection, he broke it wrong, and I took a piece of his. . . soul.' She said. She knew this was true. Some foreign feeling of sadness and anger for the people around her had been on her mind.
When she got on the bus she shut her eyes and looked within herself. Her beautiful sky blue aura danced around, but in one spot near her head, it was light yellow. 'Great, now I have to return it.' Was her only thought.
'Not now. Now mall. Now Starbucks. Now shopping.' She thought after she got off the bus. The mall was pretty crowded for a Sunday, but she didn't have to wait in many lines.
"A tall vanilla Frappuccino please. No, wait, bump that up a size." She told the woman working there. After she paid, she walked though the mall looking at new summer wear. She even bought a few new outfits.
But back in a store called Random, she found a purse with red stripes, just like Sesshoumaru's. She bought that too.
'Now that I've spend a few months savings on clothes and caffeinated drinks, I feel better.' She said to herself. 'I still feel horrible, but I think I know why he did it. He viewed it as a choice of good or evil. If he chose one, he would have to give up the other. He chose the evil of course, the bastard. Hey that's the spirit!' She thought with a slightly happier tone.
When she got back on the bus she spotted too of her friends in the back, also sipping on some Starbucks concoction.
"Kagome! Over here!" They shouted, shoving people out of the way to get to her.
She sat in the middle with them as they told her about all the school she was missing. "The spots again? Geez Kagome, do you think it's allergic?" One asked.
"Probably. Are there any exams tomorrow?" Kagome asked them.
"One in math and grammar. Hope you studied because I hear they're really hard." The other told her. Thankfully, the bus came to her stop quickly. Her friends waved her goodbye and they whispered, "Good luck with that guy Kagome." At first she was startled, thinking they some how knew about Sesshoumaru, but she quickly understood they meant Inuyasha.
Kagome got home a little late, dropping her bags off in her room before she went down for dinner. The ramen still made her feel empty inside, but the egg rolls helped. She didn't even think to study on the test before she shut her eyes and fell to sleep.
* * * * *
* * *
Inuyasha and the rest got back to Kaede's hut riding on Kirara. It only took them about two days, and it was dust before they were all settled around the fire.
"I bet she's pissed at Inuyasha for not finding her fast enough." Shippo said.
"That is not the reason!" Inuyasha yelled at them, causing Kaede to smirk.
"I bet that she's just tiered after being tortured or what ever the hell happened because Inuyasha didn't find her fast enough." Miroku said sarcastically.
"She was not! And you lazy bastards were with me the whole time so blame yourselves!" Inuyasha yelled to them. But truthfully, he did blame himself. 'Poor Kagome, whatever happened; it was so bad she wouldn't even whine about it. . .'
