Always My Soul
By: dragonfly-rising
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters.
Kee woke slowly to the sound of Sango crying and was confused by the noise. She brought a hand up to her face, rubbing at it to erase the fatigue that clung to her. Slowly she sat up and looked over to the youkai exterminator.
"Sango" Kee started then cleared her throat.
Sango jerked in surprise and shocked Kee almost to death by scrambling over to her and throwing her arms around her. Kee tensed immediately unsure as to what was happening.
"Thank the gods you are alive" Sango cried.
"Is there a reason I would not be?" Kee asked puzzled.
"I thought you were dying. You were so blue and then with that miko energy coming out of you..." Sango explained releasing her from the embrace.
Kee noted the haunted look in Sango's eyes with concern, "miko energy coming out of me?"
Sango looked away then, "There was so much of it, and...I swear I felt Kagome in it"
Kee was shocked that the energies she and Kagome had displayed had been expressed in such a way in reality. The turned her attention inward and found that the majority of youkai that she had felt in this area before had disappeared. Only one remained nearby and that one seemed weaker then it had been previously. Kee's heart thumped painfully. That youkai should not have been where she found him. She met Sango's eyes with deepening dread.
"Inuyasha...why is he not farther away?" Kee asked puzzled by the fear in her voice.
Sango paled, "I called him Kee...oh gods if this energy hit him..."
Kee sprang to her feet ignoring the protests her body made over such treatment. She gathered her sword without thinking and took off in the direction she felt Inuyasha was in.
~ Please don't let me have killed him ~ she prayed as she ran.
Kee and Sango found Inuyasha and Miroku not five minutes later, the latter oblivious to the world. Inuyasha was sitting by the monk just staring at him as if in a daze. He looked up as they came into sight. His eyes were full of some unidentifiable emotion. Sango went immediately to kneel at Miroku's side her face full of concern.
"What happened?" Sango asked as she checked Miroku over.
"There wasn't enough time, not for me to get away. So he...shielded me." Inuyasha said with wonder.
Sango looked at Kee and Kee sighed inwardly. She had no idea how much of power Miroku had been exposed to or even which of them, her or Kagome, had been the originator of the power. She moved over and knelt beside Sango.
"I don't know if there is anything to do Sango. He may just have fainted." Kee reasoned as she reached out to touch the monk's forehead.
She instantly felt Kagome's essence in Miroku and allowed herself a silent cheer. The powers that she controlled would have ripped the monk apart and given them no hope for his survival. She had learned that her energies were different then any other miko before her since her time alive. It held more then the power to destroy youkai. She could destroy human souls as well. She pondered the thought that if her and Kagome's powers had mixed sufficiently that perhaps it had been what had communicated Kagome's mind to Sango.
"Did you feel anything from the backlash Inuyasha?" She asked moving away from Miroku.
Inuyasha refused to raise his eyes to hers and Kee felt resentment stir inside. She rubbed absently at her forehead trying to shake a headache that had sprung up over the last few minutes.
"Miroku will be fine Sango. I would guess since he took the brunt of the backlash he was simply overwhelmed." She reassured her.
Sango nodded absently and stroked Miroku's hair. Kee wondered if Sango knew that she was displaying such signs of affection towards Miroku and quickly decided that Sango would be the last to admit such a thing even to her self.
Inuyasha stood up and stepped closer to Kee who turned to him expectantly. He still refused to meet her eyes.
"I felt her. Everything she feels I felt it inside of me as if it were me." He finally said raising his eyes.
If she were capable Kee would have taken the anguish from his golden eyes.
"She isn't coming back to us is she Kee" He whispered.
Kee closed her eyes tightly hating herself for knowing the answer.
"I don't believe so Inuyasha but I still have hope she will find it within herself to come back. To be worthy of the trust you all have put into her." Kee answered just as softly.
Inuyasha turned away from her. She could read every emotion in the tightness of his shoulders and the downcast turn of his ears.
"No she won't Kee, not if what I felt is really in her. I don't know if I want her to come back."
The statement shocked Kee so severely she lunged forward, grasped his arm, and spun him towards her.
"You cannot give up on her Inuyasha!" She said to him in a low voice "She cannot be allowed to stay there. You do not understand...if she stays there inside herself, there will be no more Kagome. Unless you want Kikyo to have her soul back"
Inuyasha's ears perked up in anger, "I want Kagome back!"
She relaxed slightly, "You three are her link to this world you must not give up on her. You have to be here for when she is ready to return. Earlier no, she did not want to come back but I have to trust that she would rather die then to see you suffer. We must hurry though, her time is becoming shorter, and I cannot guarantee that she will survive more then three days."
Inuyasha's face clouded with thought, "How are we going to get there in time if Miroku is really injured"
"WE will get there Inuyasha" Miroku said weakly from the ground.
Kee noted that Miroku seemed pale, shaken, and slightly sick. She smiled at his stubbornness praying they would have enough time. She hadn't been perfectly honest with them, she didn't know if Kagome would last through this day.
By: dragonfly-rising
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters.
Kee woke slowly to the sound of Sango crying and was confused by the noise. She brought a hand up to her face, rubbing at it to erase the fatigue that clung to her. Slowly she sat up and looked over to the youkai exterminator.
"Sango" Kee started then cleared her throat.
Sango jerked in surprise and shocked Kee almost to death by scrambling over to her and throwing her arms around her. Kee tensed immediately unsure as to what was happening.
"Thank the gods you are alive" Sango cried.
"Is there a reason I would not be?" Kee asked puzzled.
"I thought you were dying. You were so blue and then with that miko energy coming out of you..." Sango explained releasing her from the embrace.
Kee noted the haunted look in Sango's eyes with concern, "miko energy coming out of me?"
Sango looked away then, "There was so much of it, and...I swear I felt Kagome in it"
Kee was shocked that the energies she and Kagome had displayed had been expressed in such a way in reality. The turned her attention inward and found that the majority of youkai that she had felt in this area before had disappeared. Only one remained nearby and that one seemed weaker then it had been previously. Kee's heart thumped painfully. That youkai should not have been where she found him. She met Sango's eyes with deepening dread.
"Inuyasha...why is he not farther away?" Kee asked puzzled by the fear in her voice.
Sango paled, "I called him Kee...oh gods if this energy hit him..."
Kee sprang to her feet ignoring the protests her body made over such treatment. She gathered her sword without thinking and took off in the direction she felt Inuyasha was in.
~ Please don't let me have killed him ~ she prayed as she ran.
Kee and Sango found Inuyasha and Miroku not five minutes later, the latter oblivious to the world. Inuyasha was sitting by the monk just staring at him as if in a daze. He looked up as they came into sight. His eyes were full of some unidentifiable emotion. Sango went immediately to kneel at Miroku's side her face full of concern.
"What happened?" Sango asked as she checked Miroku over.
"There wasn't enough time, not for me to get away. So he...shielded me." Inuyasha said with wonder.
Sango looked at Kee and Kee sighed inwardly. She had no idea how much of power Miroku had been exposed to or even which of them, her or Kagome, had been the originator of the power. She moved over and knelt beside Sango.
"I don't know if there is anything to do Sango. He may just have fainted." Kee reasoned as she reached out to touch the monk's forehead.
She instantly felt Kagome's essence in Miroku and allowed herself a silent cheer. The powers that she controlled would have ripped the monk apart and given them no hope for his survival. She had learned that her energies were different then any other miko before her since her time alive. It held more then the power to destroy youkai. She could destroy human souls as well. She pondered the thought that if her and Kagome's powers had mixed sufficiently that perhaps it had been what had communicated Kagome's mind to Sango.
"Did you feel anything from the backlash Inuyasha?" She asked moving away from Miroku.
Inuyasha refused to raise his eyes to hers and Kee felt resentment stir inside. She rubbed absently at her forehead trying to shake a headache that had sprung up over the last few minutes.
"Miroku will be fine Sango. I would guess since he took the brunt of the backlash he was simply overwhelmed." She reassured her.
Sango nodded absently and stroked Miroku's hair. Kee wondered if Sango knew that she was displaying such signs of affection towards Miroku and quickly decided that Sango would be the last to admit such a thing even to her self.
Inuyasha stood up and stepped closer to Kee who turned to him expectantly. He still refused to meet her eyes.
"I felt her. Everything she feels I felt it inside of me as if it were me." He finally said raising his eyes.
If she were capable Kee would have taken the anguish from his golden eyes.
"She isn't coming back to us is she Kee" He whispered.
Kee closed her eyes tightly hating herself for knowing the answer.
"I don't believe so Inuyasha but I still have hope she will find it within herself to come back. To be worthy of the trust you all have put into her." Kee answered just as softly.
Inuyasha turned away from her. She could read every emotion in the tightness of his shoulders and the downcast turn of his ears.
"No she won't Kee, not if what I felt is really in her. I don't know if I want her to come back."
The statement shocked Kee so severely she lunged forward, grasped his arm, and spun him towards her.
"You cannot give up on her Inuyasha!" She said to him in a low voice "She cannot be allowed to stay there. You do not understand...if she stays there inside herself, there will be no more Kagome. Unless you want Kikyo to have her soul back"
Inuyasha's ears perked up in anger, "I want Kagome back!"
She relaxed slightly, "You three are her link to this world you must not give up on her. You have to be here for when she is ready to return. Earlier no, she did not want to come back but I have to trust that she would rather die then to see you suffer. We must hurry though, her time is becoming shorter, and I cannot guarantee that she will survive more then three days."
Inuyasha's face clouded with thought, "How are we going to get there in time if Miroku is really injured"
"WE will get there Inuyasha" Miroku said weakly from the ground.
Kee noted that Miroku seemed pale, shaken, and slightly sick. She smiled at his stubbornness praying they would have enough time. She hadn't been perfectly honest with them, she didn't know if Kagome would last through this day.