Disclaimer: Nothing is mine.
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Kagome tried again, trying to force sound out her mouth. She got no result for her efforts. She could see the others looking at her curiously, as if asking why she didn't respond. Inuyasha looked rather concerned with her continued silence.
'Why can't I talk?' Kagome was frantic in her thoughts.
'Dammit.'
'Hikari?'
'Yes it's me.'
'WHY ISN'T MY VOICE WORKING?!?'
Hikari paused for a minute, 'Try this, focus your thoughts and mind on something that you want to say.'
'Now what?'
'Project the thought to who you want to say it to.'
'HOW!?'
'Concentrate hard on the thought and on the person you want it to go it.'
'Like this?'
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'Inuyasha?'
"Kagome?"
Everyone's eyes jumped to Inuyasha when he spoke. Inuyasha was focused on Kagome's face, which hadn't moved.
'Is that you Inuyasha?'
"Kagome? What are you doing?"
'It is you. I can't speak. Hikari told me to speak this way. I think that Hikari will tell us what's going on all at once.'
Inuyasha looked doubtful. Miroku opened his mouth to inquire who Inuyasha was speaking to when her sword trembled and rose. Inuyasha instinctively drew Kagome's form closer to his own, just in case the blade decided to attack her once again.
But he needn't had worried. The blade stood upright, a shadowy outline of a person came. Sango and Miroku went into defensive stances and Inuyasha grasped the hilt of the Tetsugaiga.
"Foolish beings. Lower your guard, my time is short and there is much that needs to be told."
"Hikari?" Miroku ventured.
"Who else monk? Now be silent. I can only stay in this form for a short while and this way I can speak to you all. Kagome can not speak. Her vocal cords were the first thing that the poison destroyed. Luckily, the cure was given before anymore damage could occur. Kagome can only speak from mind to mind now. It was she that was speaking to Inuyasha before. She is new to this but she will soon learn how to speak to a single person and the full group. She wishes that I tell you that the Mentor has now been revealed. She will tell you herself once she learns how to control mind-speech. She can hear you. The mind speech will only work with Kagome, though, I have given this ability to her and her only. No matter how hard you try, monk, Sango will not get your thoughts."
Miroku looked hurt.
"There is a way for Kagome to be able to speak once more. Child of Dark already knows what she has done and the way to fix it. She moves to stand in your way even now. Kagome must drink water from the Spring of Ice. It will heal her voice. It is well hidden though. It lies between the mountains. The only other help I can give you is,
'It is seen from above but not from aside. To drink this healer, up high you must ride.'
That is all I can say. My time here is up. Good luck. I will help you if I can."
The sword fell to the ground with a soft clang. Hikari was gone.
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Kagome was the first to recover from the startling announcement. She stood slowly and scooped up her sword, sheathing it. Her forehead was still ablaze with the mark. That wasn't so astounding. The fact that Inuyasha's mark, to, was shining, was another thing.
'Inuyasha?'
Inuyasha turned to her to show that he was listening.
'Hikari wanted me to tell you something. Hikari said that she gave you something that you could use now, a long time ago. Hikari wants you to use it now. 'To train and learn it' were the exact words. I asked her what it meant but Hikari told me that you would tell me. Hikari also wanted me to tell you how I use mind speech. 'Focus your thoughts,' was what I was told, 'Then project it towards the one you want to hear it.' That was all.'
Inuyasha looked surprised as he tried to figure out what was going on.
An idea hit him. He knew.
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'Yami! What is that supposed to mean? You're supposed to tell me answers not riddles!' Kikyo thought frantically to her spiritual helper.
Yami had just given her information identical to the hints that the 'Light' chosen had been given.
"It is seen from above but not from aside To drink this healer, up high you must ride."
Hidden in the mountains.
And she was to stop the group before they could get there when she herself didn't know what was going on?!
'Calm yourself Child of Dark. I am only allowed to give you that information. It was agreed upon by the Light and myself as another challenge for our chosen. I cannot help you. Luck, my own.'
Yami was gone and Kikyo was left to figure it out herself.
'Fine then.'
"Youkai!" she hated working with the foul creatures, "search the mountain ranges for a spring that can be seen from above but not from aside."
They were all gone but two that she had chosen.
"You," she gestured to the two youkai, "will go to the chosen of Light. You will destroy them before they can search the mountains. Do not fail me."
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"Kagome-chan?"
Kagome turned to Sango.
"Are you all right then?"
Kagome nodded. She used the mind speech only when she couldn't help it.
"Kagome-sama, could you please show us your mind-speech?"
Kagome sighed mentally but nodded.
'What did you want me to say Miroku-sama?'
Miroku's eyes widened as he tried to figure how this was occurring. When no thoughts came to mind, he said out loud, "Ask Sango if she will bear my child."
She didn't even have a chance to say anything before Sango's Hiraikotsu came crashing down on Miroku's head.
"Hentai," she muttered before going back to cleaning her weapon.
Kagome laughed, a sound that echoed in everyone's mind. They looked up, startled.
'Gomen,' she mind-spoke to the whole room, 'I couldn't help it.'
They still stared at her. She didn't even have a chance to apologize again when a small russet blur dashed into the room, wailing, and jumping into her arms.
"Kagome, Kagome, Kagome!" Shippo wailed, burrowing into her arms.
Rin peeked into the doorway a few moments later, apparently they had gotten past Jaken, who had been acting as their guard. And sure enough, a few moments after that, a very upset Jaken stormed in and plopped himself in a corner, muttering.
'It's okay Shippo-chan.'
Shippo stopped his screaming immediately, looking up at her, confusion written in every line of his little face.
"Kagome?"
'Don't worry Shippo-chan. I'm fine, it's just that my voice got hurt when I was sick and this is the only way I can talk now."
"Will your voice get better?"
'There is a cure but I do not know if we have the time to retrieve it.'
"We have to. We will. Inuyasha!" Shippo turned to the large hanyou that had walked up to them, "We will go get the cure for Kagome!"
There was a note of finality in Shippo's young voice, enough to make her start laughing again.
"Apparently," Miroku was saying, "We will all hear if Kagome-sama is laughing."
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Author's Note: Again, nothing to say.
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Kagome tried again, trying to force sound out her mouth. She got no result for her efforts. She could see the others looking at her curiously, as if asking why she didn't respond. Inuyasha looked rather concerned with her continued silence.
'Why can't I talk?' Kagome was frantic in her thoughts.
'Dammit.'
'Hikari?'
'Yes it's me.'
'WHY ISN'T MY VOICE WORKING?!?'
Hikari paused for a minute, 'Try this, focus your thoughts and mind on something that you want to say.'
'Now what?'
'Project the thought to who you want to say it to.'
'HOW!?'
'Concentrate hard on the thought and on the person you want it to go it.'
'Like this?'
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'Inuyasha?'
"Kagome?"
Everyone's eyes jumped to Inuyasha when he spoke. Inuyasha was focused on Kagome's face, which hadn't moved.
'Is that you Inuyasha?'
"Kagome? What are you doing?"
'It is you. I can't speak. Hikari told me to speak this way. I think that Hikari will tell us what's going on all at once.'
Inuyasha looked doubtful. Miroku opened his mouth to inquire who Inuyasha was speaking to when her sword trembled and rose. Inuyasha instinctively drew Kagome's form closer to his own, just in case the blade decided to attack her once again.
But he needn't had worried. The blade stood upright, a shadowy outline of a person came. Sango and Miroku went into defensive stances and Inuyasha grasped the hilt of the Tetsugaiga.
"Foolish beings. Lower your guard, my time is short and there is much that needs to be told."
"Hikari?" Miroku ventured.
"Who else monk? Now be silent. I can only stay in this form for a short while and this way I can speak to you all. Kagome can not speak. Her vocal cords were the first thing that the poison destroyed. Luckily, the cure was given before anymore damage could occur. Kagome can only speak from mind to mind now. It was she that was speaking to Inuyasha before. She is new to this but she will soon learn how to speak to a single person and the full group. She wishes that I tell you that the Mentor has now been revealed. She will tell you herself once she learns how to control mind-speech. She can hear you. The mind speech will only work with Kagome, though, I have given this ability to her and her only. No matter how hard you try, monk, Sango will not get your thoughts."
Miroku looked hurt.
"There is a way for Kagome to be able to speak once more. Child of Dark already knows what she has done and the way to fix it. She moves to stand in your way even now. Kagome must drink water from the Spring of Ice. It will heal her voice. It is well hidden though. It lies between the mountains. The only other help I can give you is,
'It is seen from above but not from aside. To drink this healer, up high you must ride.'
That is all I can say. My time here is up. Good luck. I will help you if I can."
The sword fell to the ground with a soft clang. Hikari was gone.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kagome was the first to recover from the startling announcement. She stood slowly and scooped up her sword, sheathing it. Her forehead was still ablaze with the mark. That wasn't so astounding. The fact that Inuyasha's mark, to, was shining, was another thing.
'Inuyasha?'
Inuyasha turned to her to show that he was listening.
'Hikari wanted me to tell you something. Hikari said that she gave you something that you could use now, a long time ago. Hikari wants you to use it now. 'To train and learn it' were the exact words. I asked her what it meant but Hikari told me that you would tell me. Hikari also wanted me to tell you how I use mind speech. 'Focus your thoughts,' was what I was told, 'Then project it towards the one you want to hear it.' That was all.'
Inuyasha looked surprised as he tried to figure out what was going on.
An idea hit him. He knew.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
'Yami! What is that supposed to mean? You're supposed to tell me answers not riddles!' Kikyo thought frantically to her spiritual helper.
Yami had just given her information identical to the hints that the 'Light' chosen had been given.
"It is seen from above but not from aside To drink this healer, up high you must ride."
Hidden in the mountains.
And she was to stop the group before they could get there when she herself didn't know what was going on?!
'Calm yourself Child of Dark. I am only allowed to give you that information. It was agreed upon by the Light and myself as another challenge for our chosen. I cannot help you. Luck, my own.'
Yami was gone and Kikyo was left to figure it out herself.
'Fine then.'
"Youkai!" she hated working with the foul creatures, "search the mountain ranges for a spring that can be seen from above but not from aside."
They were all gone but two that she had chosen.
"You," she gestured to the two youkai, "will go to the chosen of Light. You will destroy them before they can search the mountains. Do not fail me."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Kagome-chan?"
Kagome turned to Sango.
"Are you all right then?"
Kagome nodded. She used the mind speech only when she couldn't help it.
"Kagome-sama, could you please show us your mind-speech?"
Kagome sighed mentally but nodded.
'What did you want me to say Miroku-sama?'
Miroku's eyes widened as he tried to figure how this was occurring. When no thoughts came to mind, he said out loud, "Ask Sango if she will bear my child."
She didn't even have a chance to say anything before Sango's Hiraikotsu came crashing down on Miroku's head.
"Hentai," she muttered before going back to cleaning her weapon.
Kagome laughed, a sound that echoed in everyone's mind. They looked up, startled.
'Gomen,' she mind-spoke to the whole room, 'I couldn't help it.'
They still stared at her. She didn't even have a chance to apologize again when a small russet blur dashed into the room, wailing, and jumping into her arms.
"Kagome, Kagome, Kagome!" Shippo wailed, burrowing into her arms.
Rin peeked into the doorway a few moments later, apparently they had gotten past Jaken, who had been acting as their guard. And sure enough, a few moments after that, a very upset Jaken stormed in and plopped himself in a corner, muttering.
'It's okay Shippo-chan.'
Shippo stopped his screaming immediately, looking up at her, confusion written in every line of his little face.
"Kagome?"
'Don't worry Shippo-chan. I'm fine, it's just that my voice got hurt when I was sick and this is the only way I can talk now."
"Will your voice get better?"
'There is a cure but I do not know if we have the time to retrieve it.'
"We have to. We will. Inuyasha!" Shippo turned to the large hanyou that had walked up to them, "We will go get the cure for Kagome!"
There was a note of finality in Shippo's young voice, enough to make her start laughing again.
"Apparently," Miroku was saying, "We will all hear if Kagome-sama is laughing."
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Author's Note: Again, nothing to say.
