Author's Note- Yay! Someone finally found out where I got the title of the story! ^_^ Hai, kiya1821, "And Then It's All Gone" is a part of a Linkin Park song. I was listening to it, and then I realized I needed a title for the story. :) Oh, watashi no baka! I forgot that a lot of you wouldn't know Japanese. Here's the translations and ones I will eventually use:
Konnichiwa- Hello
Hai- Yes
Iie- No
Hanyou- Half-demon, half-human
Youkai- Varied translation - witches, demons, ogres...., etc.
Konbanwa- Good Evening
Oyasumi nasai- Good night
Hentai- Could mean porn or pervert, depending on how you use it.
Shikon no Tama- Jewel of Four Souls
Shikon no Kakera- Shikon Shards
miko- Priestess
houshi- Priest
ne- huh, right, yeah
Daijoubu?= Are you alright?
Arigatou- Thank you
oneesan- Older sister
Imouto- Younger sister
Jii-chan- Grandpa
Oniisan- Older brother
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Chapter 6
Kaede's Help
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Kagome was furious when she stomped back to their cave. 'How dare he?! He has no tact at all!' she thought, as she perched on a boulder over looking the forest. Gods, she was bored. And hungry. She heard her stomach growl, but paid no attention to it. She watched Inuyasha return (it took him awhile with all of the sits he got from Kagome).
"You do know that when your stomach growls it means that you're hungry, right?" She heard. Kagome glared at him, and tried to ignore each growl her stomach let out. She'd rather starve than have to ask Inuyasha to help her. She shouldn't have helped him.
"Here," She heard, and saw a huge chunk of cooked meat pushed into her face. Kagome looked up to see Inuyasha. His face was unreadable, his lips pursed into a thin line. "Take it." His voice was sounding slightly impatient. Kagome took the meat, and watched him sit on the boulder as well.
"Why?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha looked at her for a minute. "Why did you do this?"
"You're hungry. Or, did you not know that?" Inuyasha asked.
"Hai, I knew I was hungry, but why'd you give me this? You could've left me to starve," Kagome pointed out as she took a bite of the meat. It was rather good. "What is this, anyway?"
"Deer."
"Oh. Answer my question."
"I did."
"Not that one, the one about why you fed me," Kagome told him.
"I don't know, I just did, now stop talking. You're giving me a migraine." Kagome smirked, as she took another bite. When she finished, she wiped the grease off on her skirt, and she stood up, and stretched.
"Oyasumi nasai," She said, sleepily. "I'm goin' to bed." She jumped off the boulder, and walked into the cave.
Inuyasha looked in the direction of the cave before he sniffed, and then smirked.
Kikyo's little sister was looking for them.
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"Let's see... I feel the miko's power coming from over there," Kaede said, to herself. The eight year old was indeed looking for them. But not for Inuyasha. He could burn in hell for all she cared. She was looking for the girl with Inuyasha. She felt an odd power coming from the girl, almost like Kikyo's except that the girl's... was... totally pure. Like it had never been tainted before by blood.
Kikyo had to kill. It was the only way to get rid of the youkai who visited the village. The youkai blood tainted her power. Kaede could somehow feel that. Each time Kikyo killed a youkai, Kaede could feel slightly less power radiating from Kikyo. But this strange girl... her power seemed to overwhelm even Kikyo's when Kikyo was in her prime.
Kaede was frankly surprised that the girl's purifying powers hadn't fried the hanyou she traveled with yet.
"So, you've come to try and kill me, ne?" A cruel voice asked, behind her. Kaede turned around to see Inuyasha standing there.
"Iie. Although I want to inflict the same pain that you inflicted upon my sister," Kaede answered.
"Heh. You'll never actually know what really happened."
"I want to talk with that miko you're traveling with."
"H-how did you know she's a miko?!" Inuyasha asked.
"I can feel the purity she gives off," Kaede answered.
"Leave her alone."
"Oh, so you can taint this girl's purity like Kikyo? I want to see the girl."
"Hell no," Inuyasha replied. Kaede narrowed her tiny eyes, and stomped past the hanyou.
"HEY! GET BACK HERE!" Inuyasha yelled. Kaede paid no attention.
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Kagome woke up to see an eight year old girl staring at her.
"KYAA~A!" Kagome screamed. Well, she was scared easily.
"Shh! You want all of the youkai to know that we're here?!" The girl asked. "I'm Kaede."
"Kagome."
"Konnichiwa, Kagome. I'm sorry for startling you," Kaede answered. "Anyway, are you a miko?"
"I-I-Inuyasha told me so."
"And how did he know?" Kaede asked.
"Um... the... Shikon no Tama..."
"How did you get it?! It was burned with my sister!" Kaede asked. Kaede looked at Kagome for a minute. "Wait... where did you come from?"
"Tokyo, at the Higurashi Shrine."
"Where's Tok-ee-o?" Kaede asked.
"Tokyo is this huge city," Kagome answered.
"I've never heard of it."
"No wonder. I came from the year 2003," Kagome replied.
"Huh? Are you sure you're not lying to me?" Kaede asked.
"Hai, I'm sure. Look at my clothes! This is my school uniform!" Kagome pointed out.
"Hm... I believe you, even though my mind says otherwise," Kaede said, in deep thought. "Let me see the Shikon no Tama you have."
"Here," Kagome said, handing her the light pink orb. Kaede gasped when she saw it.
"I-I-I've never seen it this color..." She stammered. "It was always nearly red."
"It was nearly red when it came out of me," Kagome admitted.
"Came out of you?"
"Hai, a huge centipede youkai bit my side, and the jewel popped out."
"..." Kaede didn't reply. "You wouldn't happen to believe in reincarnations?"
"Not really."
"Well, considering the following, that you look like my elder sister, are a miko, and the jewel came from you, you might as well be the reincarnation of my elder sister, Kikyo," Kaede answered.
"Nani?!" Kagome yelled. "Honto?!"
"Honto. We better keep this a secret from the hanyou. He might kill you."
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That seemed like the last thought in Inuyasha's mind when he overheard the little girl's conversation with Kagome. She... was Kikyo's reincarnation? Well, it would explain a few things.
Inuyasha walked in the cave, and looked at the girls. Kagome smiled at him for a minute, before biting her lip.
"I heard the whole thing."
"I guessed as such," Kaede answered. "Sit down here."
"Fine," Inuyasha said, sitting as far away from the two as possible.
"Kaede, you wouldn't happen to say what happened to Kikyo?" Kagome asked.
"Well, considering that Inuyasha might've actually was with you while Kikyo was being killed, we can be safe to say that a youkai killed her. She walked into the village with a huge wound on her shoulder."
"Whoa..." Kagome looked over at Inuyasha, who seemed to be deep in thought.
He looked up, and glared at the two girls. "Leave me the fuck alone."
With that, Inuyasha got up to leave.
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A/n- Hope you liked this chapter. Oh, and I'm switching some things around. Like, Sesshoumaru and Tessaiga (Tetsusaiga) with Yura. ^_^
Next Chapter- Inuyasha's Half Brother