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Chapter nine: The Journey Begins

Mira stood there, talking to some villagers asking her questions until she finally screamed "SHUT UP!!" and ran away from them, going towards the fields. 'God, their annoying!' she thought aloud as she caught her breath. 'I wonder where Kagome could be.' Mira looked around the fields to see nothing but empty plains, grass rolling with the current of the wind. She finally saw two figures there, and disintegrated towards them. "Inuyasha, are you okay by doing this?" Kagome asked him, looking at him with concerned eyes. She knew that he was uncomfortable that it was Kikyo they had to send down to hell and worse, kill her to do it! But her nodded as a reply and a smile across his face. "Hey you two! Yeah, the boss was right......You DO look like a cute couple." Mira said integrating in front of their eyes. Inuyasha blushed a bit but Kagome yelled out, "HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND!!" Mira smiled and stuck out her tongue as Kagome began to chase her but barely catching Mira. Mira stopped in front of Inuyasha and hugged his arms. "Well, if he's not YOUR boyfriend, then he can be claimed to anyone right? Because he DOES look hot from my angle." Mira said, trying to make Kagome jealous and get it out of her (A/N: Ain't it the truth? Inuyasha IS hott!!) Kagome blushed furiously at Mira who was laughing hysterically as she fell to the ground. "I'm just kidding! God, the boss said you'd be stiff!" Kagome just to Inuyasha and smiled. "Don't mind her she's just mentally delusional." "I AM NOT!!" Mira yelled out as she punched Kagome in the head, leaving a bump. "Ow!" Kagome yelled as she rubbed her head. "Okay! Enough! What do we need to do here?!" Inuyasha finally screamed out, annoyed by the girls' fighting. Mira cleared her throat and began to speak in a properly manner. "I am Mira Asaki from the heavens above. I was sent from the almighty god or the 'Boss' as we like to call him, to help Kagome on her quest which is to kill Lady Kikyo and send her to hell. Kikyo has caused quite a disturbance around the upper and lower parts of earth, even on earth as we speak." She finished her sentence, Inuyasha rolling his eyes and saying "Whatever......", and Kagome just sitting down listening to her mission again. "But why Kagome? Why can't it be someone like the old hag or me?" He asked Mira as she put her hands in her pockets. "Whatever boss wants, it will be done. Especially in situations like this." Mira replied, listening to the wind blow. "So, my purpose in life was to live in my era until I was fifteen, then come here and have journeys with Inuyasha and my friends, then die and be told I have a quest to kill my carnation?" Kagome asked, tear brimming from her eyes. Not because, of anger, but because her purpose was merely live and serve. Mira frowned a bit and lowered her head. "Precisely, but boss isn't planning you life that way. Kikyo just made the path different." Mira assured her, but Kagome still had a tear coming out of her eye. She got up, her hair not showing her face, and ran. "Kagome!" Inuyasha called out, breaking his silence since he was listening to the mission, but Mira stopped him from going to her. "I will go." Mira said firmly as she disintegrated into thin air and caught up with Kagome.

"Hey there stranger." Mira said as she sat on the air. "Leave me alone. I have no soul purpose in life." Kagome said as she felt in a gothic moment, which frightened her. Mira rolled her eyes and fell to the earth. "Cut the crap Kagome. I know what is in store for you and let me say, it's not bad." Mira said as she crossed her arms. Kagome didn't listen but she did relax a little. "Remember that I'm very close with the boss so I kind of know your future." Kagome then got mad and stood up. "Stop helping me! I need to find my own path okay? That's why gods put me here, so I can find MY soul purpose! And thanks to you, I found out that all I'm going to do is kill some woman and then other than that I HAVE NO LIFE!!" Kagome screamed and tried to hit Mira, but missed. Mira grabbed her hand that was trying to punch her and, kicked her in the stomach. Kagome laid in pain as her stomach was punctured in pain, but no real damage was done. "Give it to me now!" Mira yelled as she motioned for her pocket. "I don't know what are you talking about! Get away from me." Mira looked into her eyes as she saw her eyes were turning reddish-brown. She jumped at her pocket and took the Black Shikon No Tama (A/N: Remember in chapter four? Well the Jewel shards back!!). "I told you not to grab this! It takes over your mind!" Mira yelled at Kagome as tears came running down her face. "I'm sorry! I thought I could purify it like what happened to the other Jewel shard." Kagome pleaded for an apology. Mira stood up and explained to Kagome what the Jewel shard was. "This Jewel shard, or the Shikon no Amotatsu, is a shard that sucks in the bad energy of the person holding it." Mira held it by the necklace as she talked. "This is acts as a sponge......A sponge to gather all of the negative energy of the man or woman holding the jewel. When it is abandoned by its current owner, the bad energy stays within the core of the Jewel. Another picks it up and the same happens. But if the soul is pure, the negative energy fills in the soul with darkness, hate, and jealousy so and it starts to control you. You see, this is a much stronger Jewel than the Shikon no Tama." Mira finished up and put it in her pockets for safekeeping. Kagome sat there, still comprehending of what Mira said but was interrupted with Mira saying, "Did you hear that?! I won't say it again." Kagome nodded, wiping the tears off her eyes and stood up. "I......I need to be strong." Kagome started as she held her hands together. "I need to be positive......to find Kikyo and send her to hell. To make the three worlds go back to normal again." Mira smiled and nodded, knowing that her soul was coming back to the body. "I see you recuperate fast. That's good since this journey will have big tasks in which you will have to sometimes heal or get your soul back fast. Now come on, Inuyasha's worried about you." Mira said as she and Kagome walked back to where he was.

Inuyasha stood there until he saw Kagome come back and he ran up to her. "Kagome, are you alright?" he asked and she nodded, smiling and kissed him lightly on the cheek. Mira grinned in a perverted and said, "Okay now......Don't start anything when someone's around. Mind you manners. OW!!" she yelled as Kagome hit her upside the head. "You know what?! I don't know how the hell you got into heaven with that sort of mouth! You should meet my OTHER perverted friend Miroku...... I think you two would get along just fine." Kagome said angrily as Inuyasha and her looked at her with evil stares. "I'm sorry! God now I know that I shouldn't upset you and your boyfriend." Kagome got furious and grabbed a bow and some arrows that were lying around since when she died, she had brought those items with her. She aimed at the young girl and shot, barely missing. "Good shot Kagome! A little more practice and you can hit the wench! Now shoot her again." Inuayasha encouraged her as she smiled evilly, chasing Mira as she shot, barely missing each time. "YOU SHOULD STOP NOW OR I'LL DO SOMETHING DRASTIC!!" Mira called out to Kagome but she continued. 'Oh well I warned you.' Mira said aloud as she blew a kiss. But when she blew, an arrow that was white and had the mark of a dragon came and she held it up like a bow was there. "1!" she called out and Kagome looked around but nothing happened. She saw that she held the arrow like it was on a bow. "2!" again she called out but this time, Kagome couldn't move. Inuyasha stared and try to move at Kagome but no avail. "3!" she yelled out and a bow appeared as she shot it. She shot it down in the ground and everything went back to normal. Kagome and Inuyasha could move again and Mira's bow and arrow were gone. "What was that Mira?!" Kagome shouted out, confused and thinking Mira was a poor archer. 'She might be a lot worse than me!' Kagome though but her mind paid attention to why the ground was shaking. All of a sudden, a white light started to cut in the ground, heading towards Kagome in a zigzag motion. Kagome screamed as she ran and Inuyasha trying to stop the blast. "I told you not to mess with me! Even though I don't look tough I am!" Mira yelled at Kagome who jumped out of the way and the blast hit a tree, slicing it in half. "Be careful who you do that too! You can really hurt someone." Kagome shrieked, shocked of what happened. She then saw Inuyasha asking her how did she do that and Kagome sighed. "I guess he will always be curious of what's new to him. JUST LIKE A LITTLE PUPPY!!" Kagome screamed at the last part. (A/N: Kagome's turning out to be a bitch yes?) Inuyasha started screaming at Kagome and they both had a fight about dogs and Koga and such. Mira sighed happily, for once she wasn't involved in a fight.

After minutes upon minutes upon minutes of fighting, Mira shut them up. "Anyways, before you guys were continuously fighting, shall we start the journey?" Kagome and Inuyasha blinked at her, wondering what she was talking about and Mira rolled her eyes. "You know......The mission with the journeying and the killing Kikyo to bring her to hell and stuff?" Kagome said, "OH!" and Inuyasha grunted. "All right why don't we go?" Inuyasha said as he started to walk out of the village boundaries. "Wait! What about Shippo, Miroku and Sango?" Kagome asked and Inuyasha turned around. "This is none of their concern and plus, I told them that we didn't need their help so it's too late now." He replied and again started to walk. Mira walked up to him and said, "You know, for a boyfriend, you're not that sweet." "Why you little!!" Inuyasha screamed as she started to chase Mira around. Kagome giggle a bit then sighed. 'Is this what Inuyasha and I do all the time?' she held a hand to her forehead and laughed a bit, waiting for the fight to be over with and to get this journey started.

--Okay! Finish chapter nine and now onto ten. It's amazing huh? I'm updating so much faster......Maybe because no one reviews my stories and I feel lonely. Or maybe because I have nothing to do in my life so I just have some free time. I don't know, pick one. Anyway, Kagome was a real bitch in this chapter wasn't she? Sorry if people don't like it when Kagome is being all bitchy and stuff but she's handling the black jewel shard and I would get pissed off too! Anyways, since not a lot of people of reading my story, I'm not going to put up the tenth chapter until I get at least thirteen reviews. Sorry people who like this story and have to wait I just don't feel loved anymore. So PLEASE R&R and stay tuned for the next chapter until I get about thirteen reviews. ^. ^' I'm so evil aren't I?--