Disclaimer: I don't own the anime Inuyasha or any of the related characters, but I do own Kohana.

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CHAPTER FIVE: MEMORIES

When Sesshoumaru, Kohana, and Jaken reached the room, they found crystals all over the cave room. Colors of blue, lavender, and black. Sesshoumaru placed Kohana on the ground and looked at the crystals. He was trying to decide which one to take with him to sharpen his sword. After a minute his eye caught the black one and he started to reach for it.

Before he picked it from the ground Kohana stirred and opened her eyes right before Sesshoumaru picked up the crystal.

"NO! DON'T TOUCH IT!" she cried and ran up to Sesshoumaru and buried her face into his chest. "Sesshoumaru-sama, please lets leave and find a different cave that has Hikari-no-tama's please!" she begged.

Sesshoumaru was already loosing his patience and wanted to push Kohana away in which he was going to do. He grabbed her wrist firmly and made her look at him in the eye. He noticed she had a desperate look in her eyes but that did not stop him. He compressed her back into the cave wall and went to pick the jewel.

Kohana got to her feet and she grabbed his arm. "SESSHOUMARU-SAMA! PLEASE DON'T TOUCH IT!" and Sesshoumaru pushed her back but she grabbed his arm again and Sesshoumaru finally lost his patience.

"DAMNIT KOHANA! IT'S A JEWEL THATS USED FOR SHARPENING DEMON SWORDS!"

"SESSHOUMARU-SAMA DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT THIS CRYSTAL IS?!"

"WHAT DO YOU EVEN KNOW ABOUT THE HIKARI-NO-TAMA!"

Kohana fell silent. She came to tears and stared at Sesshoumaru-sama with melancholic _expression.

"I-I-I..." Kohana stammered.

"Kohana, sit down so I can pick up the jewel and we can leave" Sesshoumaru demanded and when he was about to pick up the jewel Kohana yelled out, "NO!"

Sesshoumaru was yelling at the top of his voice again.

"KOHANA WHY DON'T YOU WANT ME TO PICK THE JEWEL! YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT'S USED FOR, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IT'S POWER!"

"BUT I DO KNOW WHAT THEY DO!"

"THEN WHAT!"

"It..."

"WHAT DO EVEN KNOW WHAT THIS BLACK JEWEL DO!"

"It's..."

"WHAT!"

"IT'S HOW MY MOTHER DIED!".

Sesshoumaru and Jaken looked at Kohana who was in tears. Sesshoumaru was not expecting this. He thought Kohana forgot everything besides her name and was an orphan. Kohana was showing a sad yet mad expression but who could blame her. She has never talked about her mother for a few years and how the conversation came about was not pleasant at all.

Sesshoumaru did not show any sympathy on the outside but on the inside he wanted to know about Kohana's mother so he tried to be calm and started a conversation.

"Kohana, how can this jewel kill a person?"

Kohana choked on her words but managed to push them out.

"It depends which jewel you use".

"Tell me what they do?"

"Okay, as you can see there are three types of Hikari-no-tama's. The blue one is used for oracle uses, The lavender is used for strengthening and purifying. The one I thought you were gonna use and the black is used for..."

Kohana fell to her knees and buried her face into her hands and let out snobs but she cleared her throat and got back up to her feet.

"It's used for killing" she said and stared at Sesshoumaru who had no idea to do or what to say.

Sesshoumaru was surprised at how much Kohana knew about the jewel but that still did not answer his question about her mother but Jaken opened his big fat mouth.

"Kohana tell us how did your mother died?!" Jaken asked.

Kohana just stared at him not knowing what to say. But she knew that she might as well tell them. She was the only one who knew about the jewel and how to use it. She took a deep breath and started to tell her story.

"My mother was very curious about life and magic. By this time I was five years old when the Hikari-no-Tama was found by the village miko, Hikari. Everyone wanted to know about the jewel even, the miko that founded the jewel. My mother was the Miko Hikari's pupil. She had strange spiritual powers that a miko never would cease to have. And that explains why I have spiritual powers but that's not the point. One day my mother asked Miko Hikari to watch me for the day so she could search for food but the real reason was to go look for the jewel. Rumors had it that the jewels are founded in the mountains where our miko found them. After climbing up the mountain she found a cave entrance into the mountain and there she found the crystal. But nobody knew about the jewel and she wanted to find out for herself. Since she had no idea which one to take she took the black one. She heard a noise and it made her nervous so she ran but she lost her balance and she rolled down the mountain and..."

Kohana stopped and once again and started to cry and she buried her face into her hands and Sesshoumaru and Jaken just stared. After a minute Kohana pulled her self together and she resumed on her story.

"She rolled down the mountain and once she reached the bottom she had no broken bones but a few bruises but she noticed there was blood on the ground and she looked at her ankle. The jewel went into her skin an inch deep. (A/N: The Hikari-no-tama is a crystal but if touched by a miko it turns into a jewel ball like the Shikon-no-tama in my story. So in this case Kohana's mother was not a miko but something more powerful so it's crystal.) She knew at once what was gonna happen and she had only seven more days to live (A/N: I love that movie "The Ring"). When she came home late that night she cradled me in her arms. I knew something was wrong for she was crying so I cried along with her. On her forth day she had left she told me what happened. I did not know to feel angry or sad or both. On her last day we went to our favorite place where we spent a lot of our time. It was by a stream and we were surrounded by forget-me-nots and sakura trees. She held me in her arms and told me it was okay to cry and I did. She stroked my hair and put forget-me-not flowers in my hair and told me her mother did same thing to her to make her cheer up. We stayed there till sunset for that was her time to go. Before her spirit was gonna leave she told me her last words."

Kohana stopped and looked up at the cave ceiling trying to hold back tears.

"And-and what were they?" Jaken asked.

"Do you know what the strongest magic is Kohana? This magic is called love. And this magic has a very simple spell. The spell is I love you. It means you care and want somebody to share the same feelings you have for them. And this spell can be told to anyone that you love. Use these words well my daughter. Oh I love you so much Kohana and I promise you'll find somebody to love for life. Remember that I'm still here, not physically but spiritually. Remember that and I love you so much so take care my little blossom."

Kohana and Sesshoumaru stared at each other. None of them said a word and Sesshoumaru dropped the crystal and started to walk out of the cave and down the mountain. Sesshoumaru led them back to the abandoned village and they spent the night there.

Sesshoumaru and Jaken fell asleep in the hut but Kohana stood outside and looked at the moon and stars and sighed because she knew that one day she would have to tell him much more than she let out. She once again looked the moon and she closed her eyes.

She visioned a once happy Sesshoumaru in the inside with a little girl that she so much resembled. She opened her eyes and turned around and saw Sesshoumaru standing in front of her.

She stared into his eyes and said the only thing she could say "I'm sorry".

Sesshoumaru just stood there and looked into her eyes and did one thing that shocked Kohana. He sat down on the ground. "Sit down" he asked her and she did. He wrapped his fluffy tail around Kohana to keep the cold out. Kohana fell asleep and leaned against his shoulder and Sesshoumaru stared at the moon and said only one thing.

"I'm sorry Rin."

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