Disclaimer: I do not own Inu yasha. ::Hides something behind her back::
What're you looking at it? It's just... um..my life size doll of Inu
yasha... no it did not just twitch... or call me a wench and that I
kidnapped him and tied him up... what?? aw.. fine. Here you go... ::hands
Inu yasha over to pack of lawyers:: ..can't even take a joke.... v_v ...
meanies....
Hiya everyone! How are you doing? Probably bored and that is why you are reading tis story right? Well I writing this too because I have nothing better to do so.. yep. Okay here are the total votes so far:
Kurama/Kagome - 30
Hiei/Kagome - 30
Both (Alternative endings) - 30
Sorry for any confusion last chapter! The reason they all gasped at the end was because the've all heard of the Shikon no tama.. at least in my story. Oh and Lady Di lee, I'd like to take ya up on your offer, email me kay? Oh and I believe in happy endings so that some comfort for you who are worried for dog boy, okay? oh I'd like to remind everyone at the end of the next chapter the results for the votings, and the fianl pairings will be announced. Well anyways, on with the Chapter, hope ya like it!
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Tears and Roses
Chapter 9 - Reasons and power
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Kagome felt a pain in her side. A slow dull aching pain that had suddenly been set on fire when she tried to roll over. She opened her eyes, her vision slightly blurred, but she blinked clearing her tears away to she where she was.
She soon found that a very hard question to answer.
She was in an alien room she'd never seen before. She was on a narrow bed, in a small room. The walls were painted a rusty red color, and there was a large window off to the side. In front of it sat a red couch, lounging on it, snoring was Yusuke and Kuwabara. Her brow wrinkled in confusion, as she looked down. Someone had changed her out of her bloodied gym clothes and she was wearing a sky blue nightgown, and she was coved up to her waist with red bed sheets. She felt to urge to rub her temples to sooth the headache she had. Before she could do so though, she felt a cool cloth on her forehead.
"Hunh..?" She whispered looking at who held the cloth there. The shorter youkai, Hiei, she thught his name was, stood beside her.
"I see your finally away.." He said in the same cool voice he always used.
"Where.. are we?" She asked rasply. Her throat was dry, so it was hard for her to talk.
"We're in the Spirit realm.." he said, watching her face pale with fright.
"Your not dead." He added. He could see the floods of relief wash over eyes.
"Why.." She gulped, trying to get her throat wet. "Why am I here..?"
"Kurama insisted in bringing you here after you blacked out. He left to go talk to Koenma, and I was stuck here to take care of you.." He said grumpily, looking at the door in longing.
She laughed dryly, closing her eyes. He looked at her, and eyebrow raised.
"Well, thank you for being 'stuck' with me..." She said. Even through her pain ridden voice, you could hear the merriment weaved in to her words. It surprised him to hear it. He had seen her wounds, and they were quite serious for humans, and here she was laughing, even as close to death as she had been. He instantly gained some respect for her.
"Yes, well it couldn't be helped. How are you wounds?"
"Better. They could be worse..." She said, then she looked at him, managing a worried smile.
"Not to be a nusiance... but could I have a glass of water? My throat is really hurting.."
He snorted,.
"I'm not a servant." He growled. Unfortunately for him, she was used to that kind of attitude.
"Your right.." She said lightly. She pulled of the covers and made to get up.
"Hey what do you think your do--" Hiei started, but she looked at him with innocent eyes.
"Your not a servant. Your right. I'm going to go get the water myself. It's no big deal.
He looked torn for a minute on what to do, and she felt sorry for putting him in that situation, but her thoughts were interupted when the door opened. They turned and saw Kurama, and another figure enter through the door.
She looked at the other figure. She had to crane her neck down to look but she finally caught sight of his face. He was a ... baby? She turned to look at Kurama confused.
"Good to see you awake Kagome.." He said.
"It's good to be awake.." She said, trusting her weak voice for the moment.
"I'd like you to meet Koenma. He is the ruler of the Spirit realm while his father is gone." He motioned to the boy with the pacifier in his mouth. She smiled out of respect saying.
"Hello Koenma. Thanks for letting me stay here.."
"Your welcome." He responded. She jumped. The baby.. Koenma could talk?!?!
She looked away from him to hide her shock, her sight falling on the two boys on the couch. Koenma noticed this too.
"Wake up you two!!" He shouted, they jumped, falling off the couch, on to the floor. She could help but laugh at them.
"Huh? Oh hey Koenma.." Yusuke said, standing up. Koenma tured his head away from him, scowling. There was silence in the room, before Kagome broke it.
"Why am I here? You could have easily taken me to my home instead of.. this place.." She said, motioning to her surroundings. He cleared his throat.
"It has come to our attention, that you may not be all that you seem... and we have a few questions we'd like you to answer."
She narrowed her eyes at them.
"Like what kind of questions?"
"Who are you really?" He asked, sitting in the chair beside her bed. Hiei had moved back and was now leaning against the wall, on the otherside of the room.
Kagome stared at him confused.
"What do you mean? I'm Kagome Higurashi.."
"Yes well it is not possible for a human to survive from the fuedal era to the present. That's two-hundrend years. No human canlive that long."
She almost laughed.
"Oh.. that. I'm really from modern Tokyo, but on the lands of our shrine, there is a well, called the bone-eaters well. I can use it to travel back and forth between my era and the fuedal era. Although only Inu yasha and I can use it..." She said.
"So why aren't you there now, or call him for help when you were attacked?" He asked. Her face fell, and they could tell they hit a sore spot.
"I'd rather not talk about it..." She whispered.
"I see... so the legends are true..about the Shikon no Tama..."
She nodded.
"Do you posess any of the shards?"
She frowned at them.
"Why do you ask?"
"Because if you do, they belong in the spirit realm's vault for safe keeping." He said. She glared at him.
"If you believe in the legends, you would realize the one who protects the jewel, is meant to ALWAYS have it in her care." She said angrily. He folded his arms.
"If you say so, I guess it'd be alright. Only you'd have to premit we keep an eye on you, so if you never need help, we'll be able to assist you.."
Her frown dissapered. Her face and nerves at ease.
"That'll be alright."
"Kagome.. one last question.."
"What is it?"
"How powerful are your miko abilities?"
"I don't know.. You can't measure a preistess' power because it is always changing. Depending on how strong her emotions and skills are.."
"I see.. What kind of skills do miko's posess?"
"That depends to. A preistess' power can vary anywhere from healing, to visions. Even some preistesses have learned how to mask scents, and change their outer appearences. I can sense and purify shards, and shoot purifying arrows. Although I'm still testing out some otehr skills s well.." She said. She knew she had other skills, and knew how to use them. But she wasn't about to tell them that. You could never trust youkai.
"Alright, Kagome I have a propsition for you.."
"What?" She said, her eyes watching his face carefully.
"Our spirit detectives, the four you see before you, are on a special mission right now. To find a legendary sorceroress. I'd like you to come and join them, and help them find her."
"But I--" She began
"I won't except an answer now. I want you to think about it. Until then I'd like you to stay and get some rest."
"I have to get home though!"
"Don't worry, we'll send Kurama to tell them what happened and were your at, so don't worry about it." Koenma stated. He hopped out of the chair, and left the room, an ogre shutting it behind him. She glowered at it.
She HAD to get home. Not only for her family, but her friends had seen what happened, she had to go and explain this all to them too! She had to leave. Only..
She stared at the four still in her room.
... she had to get past them first. She'd have to use her powers to go through with all of this, but she was willing to do it.
Her stomach rumbled.
"Umm... Is there anywhere I get food at in this palce?" She asked kindly.
She have to make her escape at night.. so they couldn't stop her from seeing her friends at school.
"Yes I'll go get you something." Kurama said, leaving the room.
There was silence.
"So.. how long have I been unconcious?"
"Only for a few hours.." Yusuke said, sitting on the couch. She grinned staring up at the ceiling.
"Good.. I have a feeling my friends are worried about me.."
"What'd you mean?"
"They didn't know I had powers like that. I never told them my secret, my grandfather would always tell them I was sick, when I was in the Fuedal era. I spent more days there then in the modern era, it was my second home. I had Inu yasha, Sango, Miroku, Shippou.. not to mention Keade and Kouga.."
"Who's Kouga?" Kuwabara asked. She laughed thinking of past memories
"Kouga, Kouga.. how can I explain him?.. Let's see.. he's a wolf youkai, who had kidnapped me to use my shard sensing ability.. although later..." She blushed slightly catching everyone's interest.
"What happened?" Yusuke asked.
"Until he claimed me as his mate... "
"What?!" Kuwabara shouted
"That's unusual for a wolf youkai. Did you accept?" Hiei asked.
"No!! Of course not!!" She shouted, blushing. They smirked.
"Anyways, he instantly took it as I was already Inu yasha's mate, which I'm not.." She added, seeing Yusuke raise his eyebrows.
"Next time they met, they battled again.. neither of them won.. but everytime they met after that, they'd always fight.. it's a wonder they never killed each other..."
"What was Miroku like?" Kuwabara said. She smirked
She continued on with her tales, even long after Kurama came back with a meal for her. She talked until night fell, when she said goodbye to all of them as they went to their own rooms.
She was laying in her bed, her eyes closed, feigning sleep. Her back was to the door, so whenever the ogre guard opened the door to check in on her, it looked like she was asleep.
She had set a steady pattern the guards had. They came by once every hour. So right after the midnight guard checked in on her, she tossed off the covers. Sitting up ignoring her pain in her side. Foirst thingshe had to do was numb her side. She held her hands over her side. Concentrating he miko powers to do what she wanted.
She felt the pain slowly dissapear..
She stood up, amazed at how easily she could move than in the past few hours.
Kagome walked over to the couch, pulling off the pillows.
She shoved them under her bed covers, making a version of herself, a very lumpy version, sleeping. This would buy her time until morning.
Finally she was ready to go. Kagome sat on the floor, crossing her legs, her hands resting on her knees. Taking deep breaths. She fell into a meditation, concentrating on only one thing. Keade was the one who had taught her this spell. She had to have a perfect image of where you wanted to go in your mind, and focus all your energy in to getting there.
A faint blue glow surrounded her, growing in to a blue fire. Kagome etched every inch of her room in the picture in her mind. She felt her feet tingling, rising up her knees, stomach, chest, arms, head.
She felt light, floating, but in a dropping sensation, she hit a hard floor. She opened her eyes, and saw her familliar room around her. She grinned.
"It worked!"
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And that is chapter nine!! I finished it!! ^_^ / yea!!! anyways R&R&V!!! This is your last chance, kay? Bye!!
Hiya everyone! How are you doing? Probably bored and that is why you are reading tis story right? Well I writing this too because I have nothing better to do so.. yep. Okay here are the total votes so far:
Kurama/Kagome - 30
Hiei/Kagome - 30
Both (Alternative endings) - 30
Sorry for any confusion last chapter! The reason they all gasped at the end was because the've all heard of the Shikon no tama.. at least in my story. Oh and Lady Di lee, I'd like to take ya up on your offer, email me kay? Oh and I believe in happy endings so that some comfort for you who are worried for dog boy, okay? oh I'd like to remind everyone at the end of the next chapter the results for the votings, and the fianl pairings will be announced. Well anyways, on with the Chapter, hope ya like it!
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Tears and Roses
Chapter 9 - Reasons and power
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Kagome felt a pain in her side. A slow dull aching pain that had suddenly been set on fire when she tried to roll over. She opened her eyes, her vision slightly blurred, but she blinked clearing her tears away to she where she was.
She soon found that a very hard question to answer.
She was in an alien room she'd never seen before. She was on a narrow bed, in a small room. The walls were painted a rusty red color, and there was a large window off to the side. In front of it sat a red couch, lounging on it, snoring was Yusuke and Kuwabara. Her brow wrinkled in confusion, as she looked down. Someone had changed her out of her bloodied gym clothes and she was wearing a sky blue nightgown, and she was coved up to her waist with red bed sheets. She felt to urge to rub her temples to sooth the headache she had. Before she could do so though, she felt a cool cloth on her forehead.
"Hunh..?" She whispered looking at who held the cloth there. The shorter youkai, Hiei, she thught his name was, stood beside her.
"I see your finally away.." He said in the same cool voice he always used.
"Where.. are we?" She asked rasply. Her throat was dry, so it was hard for her to talk.
"We're in the Spirit realm.." he said, watching her face pale with fright.
"Your not dead." He added. He could see the floods of relief wash over eyes.
"Why.." She gulped, trying to get her throat wet. "Why am I here..?"
"Kurama insisted in bringing you here after you blacked out. He left to go talk to Koenma, and I was stuck here to take care of you.." He said grumpily, looking at the door in longing.
She laughed dryly, closing her eyes. He looked at her, and eyebrow raised.
"Well, thank you for being 'stuck' with me..." She said. Even through her pain ridden voice, you could hear the merriment weaved in to her words. It surprised him to hear it. He had seen her wounds, and they were quite serious for humans, and here she was laughing, even as close to death as she had been. He instantly gained some respect for her.
"Yes, well it couldn't be helped. How are you wounds?"
"Better. They could be worse..." She said, then she looked at him, managing a worried smile.
"Not to be a nusiance... but could I have a glass of water? My throat is really hurting.."
He snorted,.
"I'm not a servant." He growled. Unfortunately for him, she was used to that kind of attitude.
"Your right.." She said lightly. She pulled of the covers and made to get up.
"Hey what do you think your do--" Hiei started, but she looked at him with innocent eyes.
"Your not a servant. Your right. I'm going to go get the water myself. It's no big deal.
He looked torn for a minute on what to do, and she felt sorry for putting him in that situation, but her thoughts were interupted when the door opened. They turned and saw Kurama, and another figure enter through the door.
She looked at the other figure. She had to crane her neck down to look but she finally caught sight of his face. He was a ... baby? She turned to look at Kurama confused.
"Good to see you awake Kagome.." He said.
"It's good to be awake.." She said, trusting her weak voice for the moment.
"I'd like you to meet Koenma. He is the ruler of the Spirit realm while his father is gone." He motioned to the boy with the pacifier in his mouth. She smiled out of respect saying.
"Hello Koenma. Thanks for letting me stay here.."
"Your welcome." He responded. She jumped. The baby.. Koenma could talk?!?!
She looked away from him to hide her shock, her sight falling on the two boys on the couch. Koenma noticed this too.
"Wake up you two!!" He shouted, they jumped, falling off the couch, on to the floor. She could help but laugh at them.
"Huh? Oh hey Koenma.." Yusuke said, standing up. Koenma tured his head away from him, scowling. There was silence in the room, before Kagome broke it.
"Why am I here? You could have easily taken me to my home instead of.. this place.." She said, motioning to her surroundings. He cleared his throat.
"It has come to our attention, that you may not be all that you seem... and we have a few questions we'd like you to answer."
She narrowed her eyes at them.
"Like what kind of questions?"
"Who are you really?" He asked, sitting in the chair beside her bed. Hiei had moved back and was now leaning against the wall, on the otherside of the room.
Kagome stared at him confused.
"What do you mean? I'm Kagome Higurashi.."
"Yes well it is not possible for a human to survive from the fuedal era to the present. That's two-hundrend years. No human canlive that long."
She almost laughed.
"Oh.. that. I'm really from modern Tokyo, but on the lands of our shrine, there is a well, called the bone-eaters well. I can use it to travel back and forth between my era and the fuedal era. Although only Inu yasha and I can use it..." She said.
"So why aren't you there now, or call him for help when you were attacked?" He asked. Her face fell, and they could tell they hit a sore spot.
"I'd rather not talk about it..." She whispered.
"I see... so the legends are true..about the Shikon no Tama..."
She nodded.
"Do you posess any of the shards?"
She frowned at them.
"Why do you ask?"
"Because if you do, they belong in the spirit realm's vault for safe keeping." He said. She glared at him.
"If you believe in the legends, you would realize the one who protects the jewel, is meant to ALWAYS have it in her care." She said angrily. He folded his arms.
"If you say so, I guess it'd be alright. Only you'd have to premit we keep an eye on you, so if you never need help, we'll be able to assist you.."
Her frown dissapered. Her face and nerves at ease.
"That'll be alright."
"Kagome.. one last question.."
"What is it?"
"How powerful are your miko abilities?"
"I don't know.. You can't measure a preistess' power because it is always changing. Depending on how strong her emotions and skills are.."
"I see.. What kind of skills do miko's posess?"
"That depends to. A preistess' power can vary anywhere from healing, to visions. Even some preistesses have learned how to mask scents, and change their outer appearences. I can sense and purify shards, and shoot purifying arrows. Although I'm still testing out some otehr skills s well.." She said. She knew she had other skills, and knew how to use them. But she wasn't about to tell them that. You could never trust youkai.
"Alright, Kagome I have a propsition for you.."
"What?" She said, her eyes watching his face carefully.
"Our spirit detectives, the four you see before you, are on a special mission right now. To find a legendary sorceroress. I'd like you to come and join them, and help them find her."
"But I--" She began
"I won't except an answer now. I want you to think about it. Until then I'd like you to stay and get some rest."
"I have to get home though!"
"Don't worry, we'll send Kurama to tell them what happened and were your at, so don't worry about it." Koenma stated. He hopped out of the chair, and left the room, an ogre shutting it behind him. She glowered at it.
She HAD to get home. Not only for her family, but her friends had seen what happened, she had to go and explain this all to them too! She had to leave. Only..
She stared at the four still in her room.
... she had to get past them first. She'd have to use her powers to go through with all of this, but she was willing to do it.
Her stomach rumbled.
"Umm... Is there anywhere I get food at in this palce?" She asked kindly.
She have to make her escape at night.. so they couldn't stop her from seeing her friends at school.
"Yes I'll go get you something." Kurama said, leaving the room.
There was silence.
"So.. how long have I been unconcious?"
"Only for a few hours.." Yusuke said, sitting on the couch. She grinned staring up at the ceiling.
"Good.. I have a feeling my friends are worried about me.."
"What'd you mean?"
"They didn't know I had powers like that. I never told them my secret, my grandfather would always tell them I was sick, when I was in the Fuedal era. I spent more days there then in the modern era, it was my second home. I had Inu yasha, Sango, Miroku, Shippou.. not to mention Keade and Kouga.."
"Who's Kouga?" Kuwabara asked. She laughed thinking of past memories
"Kouga, Kouga.. how can I explain him?.. Let's see.. he's a wolf youkai, who had kidnapped me to use my shard sensing ability.. although later..." She blushed slightly catching everyone's interest.
"What happened?" Yusuke asked.
"Until he claimed me as his mate... "
"What?!" Kuwabara shouted
"That's unusual for a wolf youkai. Did you accept?" Hiei asked.
"No!! Of course not!!" She shouted, blushing. They smirked.
"Anyways, he instantly took it as I was already Inu yasha's mate, which I'm not.." She added, seeing Yusuke raise his eyebrows.
"Next time they met, they battled again.. neither of them won.. but everytime they met after that, they'd always fight.. it's a wonder they never killed each other..."
"What was Miroku like?" Kuwabara said. She smirked
She continued on with her tales, even long after Kurama came back with a meal for her. She talked until night fell, when she said goodbye to all of them as they went to their own rooms.
She was laying in her bed, her eyes closed, feigning sleep. Her back was to the door, so whenever the ogre guard opened the door to check in on her, it looked like she was asleep.
She had set a steady pattern the guards had. They came by once every hour. So right after the midnight guard checked in on her, she tossed off the covers. Sitting up ignoring her pain in her side. Foirst thingshe had to do was numb her side. She held her hands over her side. Concentrating he miko powers to do what she wanted.
She felt the pain slowly dissapear..
She stood up, amazed at how easily she could move than in the past few hours.
Kagome walked over to the couch, pulling off the pillows.
She shoved them under her bed covers, making a version of herself, a very lumpy version, sleeping. This would buy her time until morning.
Finally she was ready to go. Kagome sat on the floor, crossing her legs, her hands resting on her knees. Taking deep breaths. She fell into a meditation, concentrating on only one thing. Keade was the one who had taught her this spell. She had to have a perfect image of where you wanted to go in your mind, and focus all your energy in to getting there.
A faint blue glow surrounded her, growing in to a blue fire. Kagome etched every inch of her room in the picture in her mind. She felt her feet tingling, rising up her knees, stomach, chest, arms, head.
She felt light, floating, but in a dropping sensation, she hit a hard floor. She opened her eyes, and saw her familliar room around her. She grinned.
"It worked!"
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And that is chapter nine!! I finished it!! ^_^ / yea!!! anyways R&R&V!!! This is your last chance, kay? Bye!!