Author's note: Hey everyone! Ooh, I'm so mad that they pulled Inuyasha
off of the Cartoon Network late show! I can't help but wonder why! Y'
know? (*cricket chirps) Ok then , maybe I'm just an idiot! ( which is
usually the case!) Oh well. This chappie will be just a little bit slow
moving, but it's that way for a reason! NEXT chapter will be the major
Inu./Kag. Fluff! (no, not that kind of fluff!)
Reviewers to thank: Everyone who submitted a review, thank you so so so so much! It really makes my day to read what everyone has to say. It really is very nice of you all! Once again, to AnimeAngel0123, asianbabygrl03, Panda, and Aamalie, Thank you!
Warning: one very evil Kikyo, more language, and a little bit of sap! ( Yea!)
Disclaimer:...I have to say WHAT? But, I don't wanna.. FINE! I don't own Inuyasha.
Three Days Time: day 2, part 1 Ch. 4: Power beyond belief
" Indeed, so it has come to pass that your chance of killing your reincarnation is at hand." Naraku said slowly, as if hardly daring to believe his fortune. He surveyed the figure sitting before him with a smile. The ever calm Kikyo looked beautiful in the morning sun, which was creeping through the thin bamboo shades that hung behind her. Her ebony black hair glinted, framing her deathly pale face. He stared into her eyes, and felt himself drawn into them, as if they were a swirling black vortex. She is beautiful, he thought smiling inside himself, but did not emotion betray his calm face. Finally, that irritating would be Miko would be killed, without mercy knowing Kikyo. How perfect. " Yes, and I WILL kill her. She nothing more than my shadow, a mere silhouette with my form. She has no chance. I am the undead, but no longer, for I will steal MY soul back from her, and live again." Kikyo said, her soft voice calm with a strongly suppressed hatred.
Naraku wondered what she could be thinking, but did not dare try to look at her thoughts. She would know in a heart beat, and then he would have to destroy her. " Kikyo, do you still hunger for the pathetic half-breed Inuyasha?" He asked suddenly. " I would not scorn half-breeds, for you are one yourself, fool." Kikyo said, a hint of malicious laughter in her voice. He winced. He was a half breed, damn it. But not for long. " You did not answer my question." Naraku commanded. " Why continue to love that idiot, when you could be mine, and share in my soon ultimate power." Naraku said calmly, he had wanted to say this for so long. " Do not be a fool Naraku. Inuyasha killed me, and thus my love for him grew stronger. You are not in my sight." Kikyo said coldly. She rose to leave, getting up in one fluid movement, and Naraku knew he had to act fast. " You will be mine. Soon enough you will see the error of your ways, my beautiful Kikyo." He said slowly, rising to from the shining wood floors.
"But until that time comes, you will take this for your duel. Just a little insurance that you do not fail." Naraku continued, reaching inside of his robes. He pulled out a small pouch, and smiled at the feel of the soft fur against his fingers. He walked over to the glaring Miko, letting a smile play on his lips. Handing the pouch to her, she took it without a sound. Abruptly she turned on a heel, and strode to the bamboo curtains, and shifted them aside gently, disappearing form his view with a quiet swish of her robes. Naraku sat back down, and called to a servant, ordering himself some food. With a morning this good, and a promise of certain victory for the Shikon jewel, he would relax a bit. The impending fight would be great entertainment.
*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* _ Kagome's POV
Floating in the dark void of sleep, Kagome was completely at peace. Training had proved painful and tiring the day before. On the other hand, she now knew how to shoot both arrows of intense power, and normal ones. Yet her horrible aim and reflexes had earned her many large bruises from those damn rocks that Kaede had insisted on pegging her with. A sharp pain woke her quickly from her warm sleep, throbbing at her side. She sat up slightly and surveyed the darkness around her with dully shining amber eyes. She saw that she was inside of Kaede's hut , and her companions were all asleep nearby. Shippo was curled at her stomach, his young face calm with the peace of sleep. Sango was laying on the floor a short distance from Kagome, and Kagome was shocked to see her completely fine with Miroku draping his arm around her, cuddling up to the girl in his sleep. They looked so cute together! Inuyasha was no where to be seen, and Kagome smiled to herself thinking of him probably sleeping outside.
She looked up and found Kaede leaning over her. Apparently she had woken Kagome, but how early? The sun wasn't even up! " What's up, lady Kaede? Why did you wake me up?" Kagome whispered, not wanting to wake the others. " Pray thee, be silent child." Kaede whispered, so quietly that Kagome strained her ears to hear it. " It is now that I must inform ye that ye have five minuets at the stream to clean up, and then we shall resume our training." Kagome barely registered this, but once she did she nearly screamed at the old woman. " WHA? Oops, sorry! I-I mean what? Five minuets? Kaede the sun's not up yet!" Kagome complained. "Go child! Not another a word!" Kaede said sternly. Her remaining eye gleamed in the faint moonlight that crept in the hut. Kagome thought more to argue, but instead she began trying to extract herself from inside her warm sleeping bag. As she did so, she remembered the previous night, and realized that someone must have tucked her in! Kagome blushed, then shivered at the cool air hitting her pale skin. She crept past the still sleeping Shippo, and grabbed her bag.
Heaving it over her back, she made her way to the stream outside the village. She didn't have time to take a bath, so she brushed her teeth, and brushed out her raven black hair. She felt shaky, cold, and stiff in the chill morning air, and still the pain from those rocks irritated her! Not to mention the gnawing hunger that was growing inside of her. Doing her best to ignore it, she made her way back to the village. Setting her back down silently in Kaede's hut, she nodded to the old woman who stood, wrapped in the darkness, waiting for Kagome. Kagome's eyes had adjusted well enough to the darkness now to follow Kaede. Once again her thoughts turned to Inuyasha as they began the path back to the training ground. Kagome stumbled slightly on rocks that covered the path, but she hardly noticed. Where was Inuyasha? Not that she was worried or anything! She quickly reassured herself, but she it was to late. Ringing in her head, her subconscious corrected her. But you are worried. You love him. Hmph, whatever! Kagome thought to herself. But it nagged at her. Where was Inuyasha? Kaede's voice rattled her out of her thoughts, and Kagome listened carefully to the old woman, trying to drowned out the voice of truth. " Be wary child. He approaches." Kaede said quietly, still walking at the same pace. Her mind began to race. Who was coming? Who was he? She straightened herself out, trying to look tall in her long formal priestess robes. But she winced from the bruises all over her. Suddenly a familiar voice rang out ending her curiosity. " And just WHERE do you think you're going?"
Kagome scanned the dark forest, and found a pair of golden eyes staring down at her from a high tree. Inuyasha's eyes glowed down at her, radiating both concern and anger from their infinite color. Concern, Kagome thought slowly. Concern for me?... " Inuyasha, what be ye doing up this early." Kaede asked leisurely, as if commenting on the weather. " I slept outside, old woman, knowing that you two would be sneaking off early." Came his tart reply. " Kagome and I were merely going for a little trek." Kaede replied innocently. (a/n: right.. -_-*) Inuyasha ignored her, but jumped down in front of Kagome. Kagome felt her heart begin to pound painfully hard. He had done this many times, why was this happening to her now? Why? She saw him in the moonlight, his silver hair was glimmering and blowing lightly in the breeze. His usual red Haori was dark in the night, and he was just as tall as ever. She was suddenly aware of everything about herself, like that she had sweated hard yesterday, and not taken a bath!
" What are you two doing out here, at this time in the morning?" came his question. " W-we're on a- a trek." Kagome stammered out. She felt a pang of guilt for lying. She locked her eyes with his, and melted. The ground beneath her feet flew away, and the forest disappeared. All that was left was him, standing solemnly in front of her. She was going to spill everything soon if no one helped her! She felt a sharp tug, and her eye contact broke. She felt herself come back together, and looked gratefully at the old Miko who was dragging her away. " Pray thee, go back to sleep. We shall return soon." Kaede said shortly. " Feh! Yeah right, old woman!" Inuyasha snapped. "Where are you going? Tell me!" Kaede looked meaning fully at Kagome, and Kagome knew what she had to do. With that she yelled " SIT SIT SIT!!!" and heard the ground quake with each impact. She turned to follow Kaede, listening to the fading shouts of " Miserable wench..get ouch! back here! Ouch..damn it!"
Arriving at the clearing, Kagome was still puzzled by what had just happened. But nevertheless, she sat down and waited for Kaede's instruction. Looking up at the sky, she marveled silently at the beautiful colors that were now streaking across the heavens with the rising of the sun. The dark blue had faded into a pinkish hue, and gold shot here and there. Dabs of yellow and orange mixed themselves around, and finally the sun showed it's surface, slowly rising over the distant mountains. Kagome looked around, and found Kaede sitting across form her, watching her silently. Kagome gasped and turned to face her, trying to hide her surprise. " Now child. Today ye will learn to harness the powers that ye have to form attacks and assaults." Kaede said promptly. " It is a difficult thing to learn indeed. Yet thine match is tomorrow, so ye will master it today." Kagome's empty stomach did a back flip. Tomorrow? Already? She was not yet prepared! Kaede cut off her panic by saying, " We shall now begin. Kagome, I wish ye to close thine eyes and concentrate. Try to feel the warmth that signals thine power. " Kagome did as she was told. She strained her muscles, trying to will the power out. She suddenly felt it surge throughout her body, giving her a curios floating sensation. She felt light as the air around her, and warm as a flowing hot spring. Kaede's voice came quickly saying, " Now child, think of what ye wish that power to do. Control is the key."
Kagome sat for a moment, enjoying the sensation. However she then decided it was time to act. She thought about the target that still hung on the tree some distance away. Hit the center of the target, she commanded. The words echoed around in her head for a second, then what came next was absolutely terrible. She turned ice cold, and her limbs seemed to be gaining thousands of pounds by the second. The floating sensation was draining out of her rapidly, and she opened her eyes, only to be blinded by a powerful light. The light consumed the meadow around her, disintegrating the trees, the ground, and even the sky itself it seemed. Kagome screamed, as a torrent of noise deafened her ears. and wishing with everything left in her, she called for the chaos to stop. STOP!!! the light disappeared, the noise silenced itself. Kagome closed her eyes, and felt herself return to normal. Her body began regaining warmth, and she felt the soft dirt beneath her shift slightly. The air around her was silent, and Kagome lay on her back, horribly tired, but otherwise normal. A voice jerked her out of her serenity. " Child! Kagome pray thee, answer my call!"
Kagome felt two small hands shake her roughly, and she opened her eyes quickly to see Kaede bending over her, with a look of terror etched into her kindly face. " Child! Are thee fine?" Kaede demanded. Kagome took a moment to speak, feeling exhausted and not at all in the mood to talk. But her curiosity got the best of her, and she spoke her mind. " Kaede, w-what was that?" Kaede looked relieved at the sound of her voice, and pushed Kagome gently into a sitting position. " Child, that was your power. The force that lurks deep within ye and ye alone. Even in my sister, I have never seen or felt such power. But ye must learn to control it. Look around yeself at what ye have done." Kagome looked around her, and could not stop a scream from escaping her lips. It was horrible.
They were sitting inside of a huge crater. The air was still slightly hazy from the dust it carried. The forest and meadow all around her that once had teemed with life was a barren wasteland. Not even the skeletons of trees remained. All that was left of the once gently swaying grasses was a barren stretch of dirt. All this devastation was in a circular pattern, and stopped abruptly to where Kagome guessed was a spiritual shield. Outside of the circle, the forest remained, lush and green as it had ever been. " Child, I know thee are tired," Kagome heard Kaede say, " Yet we must work more with this." Kagome tore her eyes away from the devastation she had caused and looked the old Miko in the eye. Slowly, she nodded. With this kind of force, maybe she had a chance against Kikyo yet. Just maybe...
_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Hours later, about 5:30 p.m. (ooh, how precise!)
" One more child, ye have a definite gift for this!" Kagome smiled weakly at these words. The day had been far more tiring than yesterday. But now she had almost mastered her energy. She mustered a little bit of energy, feeling it swell inside of her. The floating sensation once again wiped away her exhaustion, and she pushed it into her hand. She raised her hand, pointing one finger out in front of her. She felt the warmth muster there, and a point of brilliantly shining light appeared at her finger tip. She ordered it inside of her, hearing it echo in her blissfully empty mind. Shoot straight forward and hit the ground. She felt the icy sensation creep up her again, and began feeling heavy. Kagome focused on the light which had now exploded into the ground, trying to ignore the feelings that were consuming her. Kagome felt the energy leave her, and once again her exhaustion enveloped her. Kagome staggered to her feet, and looked at Kaede. The old Miko was smiling with pride at Kagome and said, " Come, we shall stop for the day. Ye may take a bath in the hot spring, and eat some food. Kagome's mouth watered at the thought of food. All she had eaten was a slice of bread which Kaede had given her. She began stumbling behind Kaede slowly, tired but eager to get back to the village. Kagome watched the sun creep back behind the mountains slowly, breathing in the scents of the forest. Oh well, she thought to herself. At least all this work is good for my figure!
Author's Note: Hi everyone! I'm sorry that this story is so slow moving, but this next chapter will have a lot of things. A trip to the hot springs, Miroku's excuses, a little bit of angst., romance, and...( drum roll please ) a kiss! But between who? Muahahahaha! Er.sorry. Oh, and just a random comment, I GOT MY WHITE BELT IN KARATE!!!!! Eeeeeeee! Anyway, please, leave me a review. Whatever you have to say is welcome! (as long as it's not bodily harm!!) thanks everyone! Love ya all! BYE!
Reviewers to thank: Everyone who submitted a review, thank you so so so so much! It really makes my day to read what everyone has to say. It really is very nice of you all! Once again, to AnimeAngel0123, asianbabygrl03, Panda, and Aamalie, Thank you!
Warning: one very evil Kikyo, more language, and a little bit of sap! ( Yea!)
Disclaimer:...I have to say WHAT? But, I don't wanna.. FINE! I don't own Inuyasha.
Three Days Time: day 2, part 1 Ch. 4: Power beyond belief
" Indeed, so it has come to pass that your chance of killing your reincarnation is at hand." Naraku said slowly, as if hardly daring to believe his fortune. He surveyed the figure sitting before him with a smile. The ever calm Kikyo looked beautiful in the morning sun, which was creeping through the thin bamboo shades that hung behind her. Her ebony black hair glinted, framing her deathly pale face. He stared into her eyes, and felt himself drawn into them, as if they were a swirling black vortex. She is beautiful, he thought smiling inside himself, but did not emotion betray his calm face. Finally, that irritating would be Miko would be killed, without mercy knowing Kikyo. How perfect. " Yes, and I WILL kill her. She nothing more than my shadow, a mere silhouette with my form. She has no chance. I am the undead, but no longer, for I will steal MY soul back from her, and live again." Kikyo said, her soft voice calm with a strongly suppressed hatred.
Naraku wondered what she could be thinking, but did not dare try to look at her thoughts. She would know in a heart beat, and then he would have to destroy her. " Kikyo, do you still hunger for the pathetic half-breed Inuyasha?" He asked suddenly. " I would not scorn half-breeds, for you are one yourself, fool." Kikyo said, a hint of malicious laughter in her voice. He winced. He was a half breed, damn it. But not for long. " You did not answer my question." Naraku commanded. " Why continue to love that idiot, when you could be mine, and share in my soon ultimate power." Naraku said calmly, he had wanted to say this for so long. " Do not be a fool Naraku. Inuyasha killed me, and thus my love for him grew stronger. You are not in my sight." Kikyo said coldly. She rose to leave, getting up in one fluid movement, and Naraku knew he had to act fast. " You will be mine. Soon enough you will see the error of your ways, my beautiful Kikyo." He said slowly, rising to from the shining wood floors.
"But until that time comes, you will take this for your duel. Just a little insurance that you do not fail." Naraku continued, reaching inside of his robes. He pulled out a small pouch, and smiled at the feel of the soft fur against his fingers. He walked over to the glaring Miko, letting a smile play on his lips. Handing the pouch to her, she took it without a sound. Abruptly she turned on a heel, and strode to the bamboo curtains, and shifted them aside gently, disappearing form his view with a quiet swish of her robes. Naraku sat back down, and called to a servant, ordering himself some food. With a morning this good, and a promise of certain victory for the Shikon jewel, he would relax a bit. The impending fight would be great entertainment.
*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* _ Kagome's POV
Floating in the dark void of sleep, Kagome was completely at peace. Training had proved painful and tiring the day before. On the other hand, she now knew how to shoot both arrows of intense power, and normal ones. Yet her horrible aim and reflexes had earned her many large bruises from those damn rocks that Kaede had insisted on pegging her with. A sharp pain woke her quickly from her warm sleep, throbbing at her side. She sat up slightly and surveyed the darkness around her with dully shining amber eyes. She saw that she was inside of Kaede's hut , and her companions were all asleep nearby. Shippo was curled at her stomach, his young face calm with the peace of sleep. Sango was laying on the floor a short distance from Kagome, and Kagome was shocked to see her completely fine with Miroku draping his arm around her, cuddling up to the girl in his sleep. They looked so cute together! Inuyasha was no where to be seen, and Kagome smiled to herself thinking of him probably sleeping outside.
She looked up and found Kaede leaning over her. Apparently she had woken Kagome, but how early? The sun wasn't even up! " What's up, lady Kaede? Why did you wake me up?" Kagome whispered, not wanting to wake the others. " Pray thee, be silent child." Kaede whispered, so quietly that Kagome strained her ears to hear it. " It is now that I must inform ye that ye have five minuets at the stream to clean up, and then we shall resume our training." Kagome barely registered this, but once she did she nearly screamed at the old woman. " WHA? Oops, sorry! I-I mean what? Five minuets? Kaede the sun's not up yet!" Kagome complained. "Go child! Not another a word!" Kaede said sternly. Her remaining eye gleamed in the faint moonlight that crept in the hut. Kagome thought more to argue, but instead she began trying to extract herself from inside her warm sleeping bag. As she did so, she remembered the previous night, and realized that someone must have tucked her in! Kagome blushed, then shivered at the cool air hitting her pale skin. She crept past the still sleeping Shippo, and grabbed her bag.
Heaving it over her back, she made her way to the stream outside the village. She didn't have time to take a bath, so she brushed her teeth, and brushed out her raven black hair. She felt shaky, cold, and stiff in the chill morning air, and still the pain from those rocks irritated her! Not to mention the gnawing hunger that was growing inside of her. Doing her best to ignore it, she made her way back to the village. Setting her back down silently in Kaede's hut, she nodded to the old woman who stood, wrapped in the darkness, waiting for Kagome. Kagome's eyes had adjusted well enough to the darkness now to follow Kaede. Once again her thoughts turned to Inuyasha as they began the path back to the training ground. Kagome stumbled slightly on rocks that covered the path, but she hardly noticed. Where was Inuyasha? Not that she was worried or anything! She quickly reassured herself, but she it was to late. Ringing in her head, her subconscious corrected her. But you are worried. You love him. Hmph, whatever! Kagome thought to herself. But it nagged at her. Where was Inuyasha? Kaede's voice rattled her out of her thoughts, and Kagome listened carefully to the old woman, trying to drowned out the voice of truth. " Be wary child. He approaches." Kaede said quietly, still walking at the same pace. Her mind began to race. Who was coming? Who was he? She straightened herself out, trying to look tall in her long formal priestess robes. But she winced from the bruises all over her. Suddenly a familiar voice rang out ending her curiosity. " And just WHERE do you think you're going?"
Kagome scanned the dark forest, and found a pair of golden eyes staring down at her from a high tree. Inuyasha's eyes glowed down at her, radiating both concern and anger from their infinite color. Concern, Kagome thought slowly. Concern for me?... " Inuyasha, what be ye doing up this early." Kaede asked leisurely, as if commenting on the weather. " I slept outside, old woman, knowing that you two would be sneaking off early." Came his tart reply. " Kagome and I were merely going for a little trek." Kaede replied innocently. (a/n: right.. -_-*) Inuyasha ignored her, but jumped down in front of Kagome. Kagome felt her heart begin to pound painfully hard. He had done this many times, why was this happening to her now? Why? She saw him in the moonlight, his silver hair was glimmering and blowing lightly in the breeze. His usual red Haori was dark in the night, and he was just as tall as ever. She was suddenly aware of everything about herself, like that she had sweated hard yesterday, and not taken a bath!
" What are you two doing out here, at this time in the morning?" came his question. " W-we're on a- a trek." Kagome stammered out. She felt a pang of guilt for lying. She locked her eyes with his, and melted. The ground beneath her feet flew away, and the forest disappeared. All that was left was him, standing solemnly in front of her. She was going to spill everything soon if no one helped her! She felt a sharp tug, and her eye contact broke. She felt herself come back together, and looked gratefully at the old Miko who was dragging her away. " Pray thee, go back to sleep. We shall return soon." Kaede said shortly. " Feh! Yeah right, old woman!" Inuyasha snapped. "Where are you going? Tell me!" Kaede looked meaning fully at Kagome, and Kagome knew what she had to do. With that she yelled " SIT SIT SIT!!!" and heard the ground quake with each impact. She turned to follow Kaede, listening to the fading shouts of " Miserable wench..get ouch! back here! Ouch..damn it!"
Arriving at the clearing, Kagome was still puzzled by what had just happened. But nevertheless, she sat down and waited for Kaede's instruction. Looking up at the sky, she marveled silently at the beautiful colors that were now streaking across the heavens with the rising of the sun. The dark blue had faded into a pinkish hue, and gold shot here and there. Dabs of yellow and orange mixed themselves around, and finally the sun showed it's surface, slowly rising over the distant mountains. Kagome looked around, and found Kaede sitting across form her, watching her silently. Kagome gasped and turned to face her, trying to hide her surprise. " Now child. Today ye will learn to harness the powers that ye have to form attacks and assaults." Kaede said promptly. " It is a difficult thing to learn indeed. Yet thine match is tomorrow, so ye will master it today." Kagome's empty stomach did a back flip. Tomorrow? Already? She was not yet prepared! Kaede cut off her panic by saying, " We shall now begin. Kagome, I wish ye to close thine eyes and concentrate. Try to feel the warmth that signals thine power. " Kagome did as she was told. She strained her muscles, trying to will the power out. She suddenly felt it surge throughout her body, giving her a curios floating sensation. She felt light as the air around her, and warm as a flowing hot spring. Kaede's voice came quickly saying, " Now child, think of what ye wish that power to do. Control is the key."
Kagome sat for a moment, enjoying the sensation. However she then decided it was time to act. She thought about the target that still hung on the tree some distance away. Hit the center of the target, she commanded. The words echoed around in her head for a second, then what came next was absolutely terrible. She turned ice cold, and her limbs seemed to be gaining thousands of pounds by the second. The floating sensation was draining out of her rapidly, and she opened her eyes, only to be blinded by a powerful light. The light consumed the meadow around her, disintegrating the trees, the ground, and even the sky itself it seemed. Kagome screamed, as a torrent of noise deafened her ears. and wishing with everything left in her, she called for the chaos to stop. STOP!!! the light disappeared, the noise silenced itself. Kagome closed her eyes, and felt herself return to normal. Her body began regaining warmth, and she felt the soft dirt beneath her shift slightly. The air around her was silent, and Kagome lay on her back, horribly tired, but otherwise normal. A voice jerked her out of her serenity. " Child! Kagome pray thee, answer my call!"
Kagome felt two small hands shake her roughly, and she opened her eyes quickly to see Kaede bending over her, with a look of terror etched into her kindly face. " Child! Are thee fine?" Kaede demanded. Kagome took a moment to speak, feeling exhausted and not at all in the mood to talk. But her curiosity got the best of her, and she spoke her mind. " Kaede, w-what was that?" Kaede looked relieved at the sound of her voice, and pushed Kagome gently into a sitting position. " Child, that was your power. The force that lurks deep within ye and ye alone. Even in my sister, I have never seen or felt such power. But ye must learn to control it. Look around yeself at what ye have done." Kagome looked around her, and could not stop a scream from escaping her lips. It was horrible.
They were sitting inside of a huge crater. The air was still slightly hazy from the dust it carried. The forest and meadow all around her that once had teemed with life was a barren wasteland. Not even the skeletons of trees remained. All that was left of the once gently swaying grasses was a barren stretch of dirt. All this devastation was in a circular pattern, and stopped abruptly to where Kagome guessed was a spiritual shield. Outside of the circle, the forest remained, lush and green as it had ever been. " Child, I know thee are tired," Kagome heard Kaede say, " Yet we must work more with this." Kagome tore her eyes away from the devastation she had caused and looked the old Miko in the eye. Slowly, she nodded. With this kind of force, maybe she had a chance against Kikyo yet. Just maybe...
_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Hours later, about 5:30 p.m. (ooh, how precise!)
" One more child, ye have a definite gift for this!" Kagome smiled weakly at these words. The day had been far more tiring than yesterday. But now she had almost mastered her energy. She mustered a little bit of energy, feeling it swell inside of her. The floating sensation once again wiped away her exhaustion, and she pushed it into her hand. She raised her hand, pointing one finger out in front of her. She felt the warmth muster there, and a point of brilliantly shining light appeared at her finger tip. She ordered it inside of her, hearing it echo in her blissfully empty mind. Shoot straight forward and hit the ground. She felt the icy sensation creep up her again, and began feeling heavy. Kagome focused on the light which had now exploded into the ground, trying to ignore the feelings that were consuming her. Kagome felt the energy leave her, and once again her exhaustion enveloped her. Kagome staggered to her feet, and looked at Kaede. The old Miko was smiling with pride at Kagome and said, " Come, we shall stop for the day. Ye may take a bath in the hot spring, and eat some food. Kagome's mouth watered at the thought of food. All she had eaten was a slice of bread which Kaede had given her. She began stumbling behind Kaede slowly, tired but eager to get back to the village. Kagome watched the sun creep back behind the mountains slowly, breathing in the scents of the forest. Oh well, she thought to herself. At least all this work is good for my figure!
Author's Note: Hi everyone! I'm sorry that this story is so slow moving, but this next chapter will have a lot of things. A trip to the hot springs, Miroku's excuses, a little bit of angst., romance, and...( drum roll please ) a kiss! But between who? Muahahahaha! Er.sorry. Oh, and just a random comment, I GOT MY WHITE BELT IN KARATE!!!!! Eeeeeeee! Anyway, please, leave me a review. Whatever you have to say is welcome! (as long as it's not bodily harm!!) thanks everyone! Love ya all! BYE!
