A/N: stuff at bottom ^_^
Kitsu stood from her bowing position and looked at Kagome with her amber eyes. She knew that today was the day the she would leave. She walked over to her and hugged her legs wanting, needing to get hugged in return. Kagome stood there watching her confused. Deciding she would return the hug, she picked up the kit around her waist and did just that. Kitsu put her arms around her neck and just stayed that way; content that Kagome had returned it. Removing her arms, she moved back away from her to see her face. She put on a smile that showed all her canines though it didn't fully reach her eyes. She managed to squirm out of her grasp and jumped from her arms onto the ground, balancing on her four paws. Standing back up on her two hind ones she took a deep breath and turned to leave. Before she left though she turned her head around and spoke to her; her small back facing Kagome.
"Adiosu Kagome-sama. It was really nice meeting you. I hope we meet again soon yes, yes."
She said it with such sadness that would have ones heart broken. Saying her final goodbye and turning her head back around, she started walking away with her head down, sad she was losing her friend, but to her it felt like she was losing her family all over again for Kagome had become her adoptive mother like she had to Shippo.
"Adiosu Kitsu."
Kagome watched her till she turned the corner and was away from sight. Turning back towards the door with a few tears sparkling in her eyes, she also took a deep breath and slid it open. Walking in she saw the same thing the demon had just she was drawn to the jewel inside the built in box. It glittered and shined in the light like a bunch of diamonds, and was a nice contrast to the dark violet pillow. It produced a light pink color, small swirls of white or light purple light flashing through it and into the interior of the box, making it shine those colors. She didn't understand why but it felt like it was calling to her. Shaking her head a little she turned to the person in front of it. She was sitting on her knees with her hands in front of her. She had on the robes of one of royalty, meaning she had on seven layers of clothing, which fanned around her arms and behind her body. The first layer that covered her body was a pale yellow though, she could only see the fabric the stuck out underneath the others and not the entire thing. The next colors were a light blue, a cream color, fuchsia, olive green, light pink and the top that covered the rest was light lavender. The top part was decorated with scattered, big, dark blue flowers; with a medium light blue flower on the side of it, laying a ways on top of the bigger blue ones. Near the flowers and also scattered on the robe were dark purple spots that were four dots together and went in diamond shaped patterns. Her dark, black hair shined in the light and was as long as her robes, spreading out behind her back along her outfit. On top of her head, to the sides stood two cones made of her hair, making it look like she had small cat ears. On the left side near the cone, pulled back slightly was a single white lilac flower; the edges being a deep purple. Her face was in a serene expression and her eyes are what captivated her. They were a silver-gray with a tiny hint of what looked to her gold around the edge. Her eyelids were covered with a deep purple eye shadow and her bangs had been pulled back, letting you see her two pointed ears and a yellowish-gold sun painted on her forehead. On one of her ears was a silver earring that looked like a crescent moon on its side facing up; on the other was a gold full sun. Her lips were painted a deep blood red color and her skin was a pale white. As Kagome was studying her, the person in general smiled a small smile of amusement. Apparently she had never seen someone the likes of her before.
"Redi-Kagome, please have a seat."
Kagome came out of stupior and looked down. She was right near a pillow facing the onno-shijin. Blushing a little for feeling stupid, having been gawking, and not knowing when she had walked up to the pillow, she sat down on her knees with her hands in her lap, looking at her. There was an awkward silence for a few minutes as they just sat there; Kagome's head being down and looking at her fidgeting hands; the onno-shijin watching her movements carefully as if deciding wither or not she had the right person. Finally tired of the silence Kagome decided to speak.
"Onno-shijin, why have you brought me here and what do you want with me?"
She looked right back up into her eyes waiting for her answer. The onno-shijin closed her eyes and spoke in her soft voice.
"I have brought you here to fulfill a request. You are a growing priestess with great spiritual powers and I have been watching you ever since I first felt your presence here in the Sengoku Jidai. You are the one to fulfill the prophecy and make sure that this precious stone does not fall into the wrong hands. I have chosen you above all the rest mainly because you have a kind heart that will not be foiled by darkness as quickly as some of the others, and you have in your procession something that conspires with what I'm about to give you."
As she was saying all this, the symbol on her head glowed in a bright yellow light then dulled. Soon Kagome felt a gust of wind fly by her, moving her hair in front of her then settling back down on her shoulders. She saw there were two demons now in front of her, their backs facing her and bowing on one of their knees with their heads down. She recognized them instantly as being the demon and the butterfly demon. The demon spoke first.
"You have called us onno-shijin?"
"Yes. You may get up and get on either side of me after you get the two gifts within the box."
They did as they were told and went to retrieve the items. They returned soon after with the butterfly demon holding the package and the demon holding the jewel. She then felt the strange power again; just this one was different. Looking down she noticed the Shikon no Tama was reacting to something. Taking it out of her shirt she held up the fragment and noticed it was pulsating its pinkish-purple light brighter than it ever had before. It was pulsating with power and when she looked away from it and up at the other jewel, it was doing the same thing. Curiosity and shock lined her face while the onno-shijin didn't look surprised at all.
"Just as I thought, you are the right one. I see you are curious as to know what this is. Well this stone is the Taikou no Tama, a sister jewel to the Shikon no Tama. It was forged by my clan millions of years ago, around the same time as Midoriko but a few centuries after. It is used in a way to contour the Shikon no Tama so to speak. Because of your purifying powers and because you are the owner of the Shikon no Tama, I entrust you to guard this with your life and to protect it from evil though you can tell not a soul about it. I never knew or was told how it worked or what the jewel itself does. I do not know if there are side-effects as to possessing it or if it gives its owner a power. It is not fully purified, and that is what has me worried. Especially since I feel a great evil is coming this way and this beast would contort it towards darkness to do its bidding. But redi-Kagome with everything you have been told, do you accept this responsibility?"
She looked back down at the floor, different emotions fighting to take control of her face.
'Effects, what kind of effects? And a great evil? A sister jewel to the Shikon no Tama. Sango never told us of a sister jewel. Do I want to take this responsibility even if something happens to me? The two jewels react to one another, so it's my duty to protect it but…'
She looked back up into her silver-gray eyes, a look of determination in her brown ones.
"I accept the duty onno-shijin, no matter what the cost."
She said the last part softly, almost as if she was dreading her decision.
"Arigatou redi-Kagome. Shiruba-ken, give the jewel to her."
The demon walked up to her and handed her the pillow. But before he went back to his onno-shijin he smirked, showing her both of his sharp fangs, a look of lust in his eyes. She looked back at him, shivered, and then took the jewel within her fingers—looking at it as it continued to pulse with power. She then placed it within a hidden pouch in her uniform that Kitsu had put in. She had noticed it when she was getting dressed and also noticed it was near the scar were the Shikon no Tama was ripped from her body. Looking back up to the onno-shijin she looked from her to the butterfly demon.
"Umm…onno-shijin, houmei and what is the other demon's since I now know the demon on your right is called Shiruba-ken.
"Ah yes. Gomen redi-Kagome. I'm called Raira and she is called Rubi-yue. We also have another gift for you."
"Another gift?"
"Hai. Rubi-yue"
The butterfly demon went to her and handed her the package, then went back to her onno-shijin's side.
"That redi-Kagome is two things. The first item in the package is a battle suit. It will help you when you're fighting demons. You can wear it under your uniform if you wish or just wear it and not your uniform at all. It is made of a special fur that will protect you from almost anything, like fire and sword slashes. The second item there is a flute that will put anyone to sleep when played. It also will call me when you play a special song on it if you ever need any help."
Raira took out a flute from the inside her robes left sleeve that would look similar to Kagome's. It was a dark piece of black wood with two reddish-brown stripes near the end were you blew into it. Hers had a green leaf painted on the end that was a sharp contrast to the color of the wood. She sent a silent command to the two demons beside her to block their hearing to what she was about to do. She put the flute up to her mouth and started the play. It was a sweet song that was mysterious, melancholy, yet soothing at the same time. As she continued to play small blue waves of energy came from underneath Raira and circled her body, making her glow a light blue. The energy slowly moved from over Raira to Kagome and wrapped around her body, engulfing her in the same blue light. The song was making her very sleepy just listening to it. Her eyes were closing but she forced them awake again. It didn't last long as she started to sway and her eye lids just got heavier the harder she tried to keep them open. No longer able to stay awake, she started to fall to the floor in deep sleep. She never hit it because Shiruba-ken caught her right before she got there. Taking the flute from her mouth, Raira looked at Kagome, sad she had to do that but it was necessary.
"Shiruba-ken, take her to a secluded part of the forest near her friends. I have felt that you hold feelings for the girl but forget them and don't do anything stupid. She is meant to be with the hanyou and I will not allow you to mess with the fates."
She reached inside her robes again and took out a small bottle. Inside was a glowing white sphere.
"Take this and when you get there let it out and into her mind. It should erase everything out of her memory but what is of importance that I have told her. I will have a kitsune shrink down the package using some of its fox magic."
She called in an old kitsune who was near by telepathically using the sun painted on her forehead. He came in and bowed before his mistress and did as he was told; leaving as soon as he was finished. Shiruba-ken nodded to his onno-shijin, got the bottle, and then lifted the girl up in his arms-- grabbing the package on the way up and putting it in his kimono. He went outside and down the path that got him to the barrier. Walking through it with his precious package tucked close to him, his lifted up into the sky on what looked like a cloud. Usually he would have run, but he didn't want to wake her up. He flew in the sky sitting down, Kagome tucked in his lap so she wouldn't fall.
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They were on a full out search again looking for Kagome. Inu-Yasha stuck to the ground and Miroku and Sango were on Kirara in the sky. Shippo had to stay behind because Inu-Yasha thought he would just be a distraction. Not wanting to cause yet another argument, they all agreed much to Shippo's disappointment. Kirara flew like she was running on the ground, her fire clad paws moving in rhythm with each other. Sango fisted her hands tighter in her fur, leaning closer to her as she did so. She was dressed in her kimono with her taijiya outfit underneath it. Miroku followed suit, holding onto his golden staff that was around Sango's waist but far enough down as to not hurt her wound.
'Kagome where are you. We've searched all around the village and the forest.' "Kirara pick up speed. We need to cover more ground"
Roaring in response, the fire-cat did as she was told. Sango looked over to the left side to see if she would spot anyone that faintly resembled Kagome, Miroku doing the same thing as her on the right. After not seeing anything he looked up ahead to the spot they were heading to.
"Lady Sango. We should check that clearing up ahead."
She looked. I was a great distance away from where they were, but they could make it there soon if Kirara went quicker.
"Hai Houshi-sama; I see it and we will go check it out. Kirara try to go faster."
She got another roar in response and they were off.
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He was running with all his might to get to the spot, ignoring the pain in his chest. Jumping from the treetops to the forest floor he continued to run with all his might, silver hair flowing behind him. He had to find her no matter what it took.
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Shiruba-ken descended from the sky towards the clearing. He could smell that her friends were coming and soon. He gently stepped off the cloud onto the ground. He walked to the middle of the spot and set her down in the soft grass. He bent down next to her and moved her bangs out of her eyes and away from her forehead. Taking out the bottle his onno-shijin gave him, he uncorked the lid letting the white sphere float out of it. He caught it on the end of his claw, the object just floating there. Directing it to her forehead he let the object absorb into her skin then memory. Looking at her on last time he ran his claw down the side of her face and got up. He sniffed the air again and caught the scent of the hanyou. He was coming quicker than he had expected. He quickly got the package out of his kimono then bent down to place it under Kagome's shirt were it wouldn't be found by her friends. Getting up he turned from her with one last look and ran back to where his onno-shijin was waiting.
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He had finally made it to his destination. He ran into the clearing looking around once he got to the edge-sniffing around for any scent. He stopped his search and sniffed again.
'No it couldn't be'
He sniffed one more time to be certain. Lavender and jasmine.
'Kagome'
He looked around the clearing once more carefully. His golden eyes landed on her, lying in the grass in sleep. He was by her side in a second, looking over her to make sure there were no wounds. When he was certain she was ok, he actually looked at her. She looked like she had the day she had disappeared, just clean and uniform fixed, a calm expression on her face. She looked so peaceful just lying there on the forest floor. He picked her up and tucked her close to him. Making sure she was comfortable, he ran back towards the village.
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Kirara slowed down to a slower speed, looking like she had halted in the sky and was just floating there. She sniffed twice and caught Inu-Yasha's scent. He was heading back to the village. She sniffed again wondering why and caught Kagome's scent with his. Excited that she was back, she turned around and flew back the way they had come with renewed vigor.
"Kirara what are you doing?"
Sango had wondered why they had suddenly stopped and were now headed back the way they came. Miroku was also curious as to why. Kirara roared to them and continued forward. Sango understood and let her do as she wished. How she understood her was still a mystery, but traveling around with her companion for as long as she had made her start to slightly understand all her different roars and mews. She turned away from looking at the sky before her to look at Miroku, so that he could hear what she was about to say to him of what she though Kirara had said to her.
"Houshi-sama, we're headed back to the village. Something has happened that is of great importance."
Nodding his head once, he told her he understood, as they continued on their way.
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He made it back to Musashi's Domain in record time. Still running with Kagome in his arms, he jumped from rooftop to rooftop to Kaeda's hut. Jumping down onto the ground he shoved aside the mat-frame with his shoulder and walked inside. Shippo looked up from drawing on the floor. His green eyes went wide as he saw Kagome in Inu-Yasha's arms. Dropping his crayons everywhere he was by their sides in a minute, jumping up in down in excitement. Inu-Yasha just ignored him and made his way to the futon—Shippo following closely behind. When he got there he placed her on it and covered her with Sango's blanket. He sat down on the opposite side of her his usual way and watched her as she slept. Shippo after watching him cover her ran up to her head and stopped. He looked at her sleeping form to Inu-Yasha then to back to her again. He could wait till she woke up to greet her properly else Inu-Yasha kills him. He decided to run outside to see if Sango and Miroku had returned yet. Watching the kit run out the door, he smirked; glad to have some time with Kagome alone.
'How long has it been since I last saw her smile, or heard her laugh. I even miss when she sits me'
He continued to gaze at her with his piercing golden eyes. His ears twitched in rhythm listening to her even breaths. He was glad to just have her back with him.
'But what if she doesn't forgive me for what happened? It wasn't even my fault.'
He continued his watch on her as his face fell, trying to figure out how to tell her that what she saw shouldn't have ever happened.
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Kirara soon landed a little ways from the hut. Miroku got off first then helped Sango get off of her. Kirara transformed into her smaller form and hopped up onto Miroku's head. Sango had her arm around his shoulders supporting herself up. Even though she was much better, she still was injured. Miroku had his arm around her shoulders and his other arm around her waist, helping to support her body. They slowly walked to the hut with Sango looking towards the ground; Miroku and Kirara looking at her.
"Sango, Miroku, Kirara"
The threesome looked up down the path to see Shippo bounding towards them at high speed. He made it to them and stopped short of knocking them all down. He was panting hard and from what they could tell, very excited about something. Not wanting the cub to explode on them Sango took the bait.
"What is it Shippo?"
"Kagome is back. Inu-Yasha just brought her in and she is asleep on the futon. He is watching over her."
Sango's brown eyes filled up with joy. Kagome was back and that's all that mattered to her right now. Miroku was the same way, his violet's open in shock and joy. Poking the monk in the ribs a little, Sango mentioned for them to hurry back to the hut. Honoring her request, he helped her walk faster, Shippo ahead of them leading the way.
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Inu-Yasha's ears and head turned from her steady breathing towards the door. The rest of the gang was coming slowly, but they were coming. Sighing because he wouldn't be alone with Kagome anymore he turned back to her. Taking one of his hands out of his haori sleeve, he ran one clawed finger down her face. She stirred a little under his touch. Blinking her eyes open she let them adjust to the light and soon saw Inu-Yasha out of the corner of her eye. She turned her head to him and gave him one of her smiles even though her head hurt like hell. His breath caught in his throat, kami he could never get enough of her smiles. After he regained his speaking ability he finally spoke.
"Have enough sleep wench"
She usually would have retorted at that but she was just too weak. The strange thing that got her though was that she couldn't remember a thing as to what made her so tired and yet she could remember bits and pieces of what she was supposedly told to do by a mysterious lady. Turning away from him she just huffed and ignored him. He smirked at this and that is how they found them. Shippo had burst into the room and strait for Kagome. He stopped and saw Inu-yasha's smirk, then looked back to Kagome. She was awake and looked upset. He didn't care though.
"Kagome!"
He bounded towards her and onto her chest while she was still lying down. She looked at the kit is astonishment and moved her arms to give him a hug. Shippo returned it and got off of her once he saw she was trying to get up. Now by her side on the futon, Shippo watched as she tiredly sat up on the futon.
"Kagome, you had us all worried. We thought that Naraku had gotten you or that a youkai had eaten you."
She looked at the cub and smiled again, holding her arms out so that he could jump into them. He did just that and snuggled against her.
"I'm sorry Shippo. I didn't mean to worry you or the rest of the group."
She looked up to see Sango walk in with her arm still around Miroku, struggling to stand. Her eyes got wide as she looked at her. Sango looked to have gotten injured yet she knew not how or when that could have happened.
"Inu-Yasha go help Sango. Sit her over here next to me."
He did his Keh but did as he was told. He helped her to the spot he was in, which was next to the futon against the wall, and went to go sit next to the monk on the other side.
"Sango you're hurt, what happened?"
"Nothing serious Kagome. I was just exterminating a centipede youkai and it just happened to catch me off guard that's all"
Still worried at her condition, she let it go and turned to Miroku and Inu-yasha
"And why weren't you two there to help her. What exactly were you two thinking?"
"Kagome-sama we were out looking for you. She just happened to be here when the youkai attacked and we returned in time to help her."
"Oh." She blushed a little in embarrassment.
"Kagome-sama, where might I ask were you exactly?"
She looked to Miroku and then down at Shippo in her lap, eye sad and full with worry.
"I really don't remember Miroku. I have bits and pieces of memory but nothing as to say where I went or how I got back here. I'm sorry I couldn't have been of much help."
He smiled at her to tell her it wasn't her fault.
"It's ok Kagome-sama. Whatever had you must have had your memory cleared. Though only more powerful demons and some humans know how to do this spell."
She looked back down at Shippo, playing with his brownish-red hair absentmindly. He had fallen asleep right when he had bounced into her lap, not having slept well while she was gone. She continued to do this till she saw Inu-Yasha get up and walk towards the door.
"Where are you going Inu-Yasha?"
He looked at her with his golden eyes.
"If you're tired then we have to wait for you to rest before we can go back shard hunting. Since we're going to be stuck here for a while I'm going to the Goshin Boku to sit and wait. When you're done resting someone can come and get me. Also do you still have are shards Kagome or did they get stolen by a youkai?"
As he was saying all this, he crossed his arms in front of his chest, hands back inside his haori. He looked at her and she looked at him. She was kind of sad that all he was thinking about was going to collect more shards but was sort of happy that he was at least thinking of her getting some rest. Speaking in a low voice she answered him.
"I still have the fragment Inu-yasha. When Sango and I are done resting, we'll have Miroku come get you."
"Wait a minute, I don't need any rest"
"Yes you do. You are still injured and you need sleep to heal"
"But I've slept most of the time you were gone. I didn't want to but since I was of no help I went ahead and did. I'm really fine Kagome"
"No you're not. You still need more rest."
Inu-Yasha watched them as they argued a little, Kagome winning the outcome. He left through the mat door and headed towards the tree. Miroku watched after him then turned back towards the girls. He would see what is wrong with him when they fell asleep.
~TBC
A/N: Wow I think this is the longest chapter I've written thus far. I'm getting better. Oh if you guys want shorter chapters just tell me. I don't mind writing long, short, or medium sized. Just tell me what you want and I'll try to aim and please. Also who ever wants to see a preview of one of the stories that I have written on my author page tell me in the review and the one with the most votes I will place up on the next chapter ^_^ I'll give it about a week or two. Now I want at least 6 new reviews before the next chappy too. Um let's see...oh yeah I figured out some name meanings. Now I looked these up and I think there right
Inuyaksa is Inu-yasha's real name; though yaksa is hard to translate.
So Viz just changed it to Yasha thus his name means dog demon though yasha is the female version of demon.
Sesshomaru- sessho- one way to say killing; maru is perfection and some other stuff. So his name means Killing Perfection
Shikon no Tama- Shikon is bluish purple; Tama is soul, spirt, ball, ect.
The rest I'm too lazy to type right now so I'll do it another time. Not much more to say except R&R and tell me what u think. I need to feel loved and I also need to know if I should continue my time writing this or not if nobody reviews it. That's it. Ciao till next chappy! ^_~
New words
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Taikou – light pink
Shiruba-ken – shiruba-(silver) ken-(blade)
Raira - lilac
Hai- right
Houmei- your name
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Shout outs: I would like to thank Tiger of the Wind1 for letting me use Rubi-Yue and Kitsu and all of you for Reviewing!
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DISCLAIMER: I really don't want to say it but I must. I don't own Inuyasha and co. or some off the characters in here. T_T Though I should be happy cuz I still have mine ^_^
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Finally meeting the onno-shijin- "Toki wo Koeru" this one I just thought would go best with her from what I have on my playlist
Playing the flute– "Aika" from "Inu-Yasha Soundtrack" mainly background music from the show
Miroku and Sango– "Sango to Miroku" from "Inu-Yasha Soundtrack"
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That's all for now. Byz~ *waves*
Oh yeah. The next chappy might not be out for a while. Plz be patient and bare with me. Dare you to guess the two things that caused it. If you guessed work and school you were right. Ja Ne~
