Disclaimer: I wish I owned it but the sad truth is I don't own Inu-Yasha.
A/N: Right, so I'm going to update today because tomorrow school starts again. Vacation was nice for a while…but Easter was horrible. Anyway please don't forget to review!
Chapter 28- Finally!
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So two days passed and they had had six sessions with Jinni. Each time she became more and more cheerful, and each time Kagome became more and more exhausted. Thursday morning came and she couldn't even bring herself to get up. 'Ugh I feel so tired and…lousy' she thought as she tried to push the covers off of her. They felt like bricks on her chest. 'Why am I so weak all of a sudden?' She eventually gave up and yelled for Inu-Yasha to help her. "Inu-Yasha!! Help! I can't get up!" She tried weakly but even her voice was tight and small. 'Thank god he has abnormally good hearing' she thought as she waited.
Soon the hanyou came bursting through the door. "Kagome! What's the matter?" He stopped at the side of the bed. "You look bad" He commented as she gave him a sideways glance.
"I can't get the covers off," she said in a small voice. "They're so heavy too, I almost can't breathe"
He effortlessly pulled the covers back and Kagome inhaled deeply. "What happened to you? You really don't look well"
"I don't know, go get Kaede" Her voice was a little stronger now that the weight of the blankets was lifted off of her.
"Sure" He said backing out of the room. When he was out the door he turned down the hall and sprinted for Kaede. "Oi! Old hag, Kagome is calling for you" he said when he saw her. "She looks terrible, her voice is shot and her skin has a gray tint to it"
"Hold this" Kaede said as she handed him the tray of food. She made her way up the stairs and to Kagome's room. "Let me see you dear" Kaede said as she pulled up the shades on the window. "Oh my, ye do not look well. Not well at all" She muttered as she got a look at Kagome. True to his word Kagome was a little gray and she looked about thirty years older than 15.
"Why am I so weak?" Kagome asked studying Kaede's worried look.
"It'll go away soon, me child. You have used too much power and now your body has to make up for so much lost power. Do not worry about today's sessions with Jinni. Just rest" With that Kaede lowered the shades again and went to walk out of the room. But something was not right; she could sense it. Something or someone was lurking in the shadows. As she went down the hall she heard something pass behind her to an opposite wall. She turned around and there was….
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"Hey is anybody here?" Jill called out as she walked around the living room and downstairs area.
"Yeah, I'm in the kitchen" Inu-Yasha said as he flipped a pancake. "How did you not hear me?" He asked when she appeared in the kitchen.
"I'm oblivious" Jill responded, "Do you know where everyone else is?"
"Kagome is upstairs, something was wrong with her so I sent Kaede up but that was half an hour ago. Maybe Kaede's treating Kagome. I wouldn't worry about it though"
"Hmm…ok, I was just wondering when we were going to get rid of more of that 'darkness'. I'm going to go see what's the matter"
"Ok, but before you go upstairs give these to Jinni, I accidentally ate her breakfast before when Kaede gave me the tray to hold"
"Sure, be back" Jill left the kitchen with four pancakes and some syrup. She descended the basement stairs and went through the barrier to the room. Jinni was in her spot for the purification and was looking at the patterns in the carpet. She looked up when Jill entered.
"Where is everyone else?" Jinni asked in a disappointed tone. Now that the 'darkness' was mostly gone she enjoyed seeing Kagome, Jill, Kaede, and even Inu-Yasha.
"Kagome wasn't feeling well so Kaede went to treat her or something. Inu-Yasha said that was about a half an hour ago so I'm going to see what happened. Don't worry we'll be back to do the purification but for now eat. See you later" Jill said as she set the tray down and left the room. The barrier shined as she walked through.
'Soon I'll be able to walk through' Jinni thought as she got up 'Then I'm going to go home and plant flowers'
Jill walked up the stairs to the ground level floor and went over to the stairs leading to the second level. As she walked up she noted how eerily quiet it could get in a house. 'Damn, it's way too quiet. I mean if Kagome's sick how come I don't hear coughing or sneezing?' she got to the hallway, turned right and stopped. All Jill saw was Kaede sprawled out on the floor, she backed away and quickly spun around and ran all the way to where Inu-Yasha was. "Inu-Yasha!!" She said panicked "You have to go up there, Kaede is sprawled out on the floor in the hallway. There's no blood but I don't know how she could've been knocked out like that"
"What? Look after the pancakes" With that he sprinted up the stairs and turned right. Immediately he knew something was out of place. He sensed something trying to sneak by him in the shadows and lashed out at it. He successfully hit it into the light. "What the hell? What did you do?"
"Me I did nothing" It answered it's eyes twinkling in the light.
"Bullshit, now you're going to pay for lying and hurting the old hag"
"What's a HANYOU going to do to a full youkai?"
"I'll show you" Inu-Yasha then brought his claws down in a vicious manner and golden slivers of light came out.
"Is that the best you can do? A light sho…" The youkai was then silenced when the light directly hit it and killed it.
"Arrogant little toad" Inu-Yasha muttered as the Youkai disappeared into nothing but ashes. Instantly Kaede woke up and saw a pile of dust then the cuts in her wall that obviously did not hit the Youkai.
"Pay more attention to where ye hit Inu-Yasha. Ye have made holes in my wall" Kaede complained as she got up from the floor.
"Well at least I killed the thing" Inu-Yasha said "If I hadn't you would still be on the floor" As this was said Kagome came out of her room looking like herself again.
"I feel better, I don't know why though," she said as she walked down the hall oblivious to everything. "I'm hungry"
Inu-Yasha and Kaede just stood there and sweat dropped ^-^() as she made her way cheerily down the hallway and down the stairs. "Well I guess it's time to purify again then. Right old hag?"
"Yes Inu-Yasha it is time to purify. This should be the last day however and then you can leave an old woman in peace" She answered sighing. They both went down the stairs and told Kagome and Jill to go and purify with them. As they walked down the basement stairs they chattered happily and entered the room. Jinni was lying on her bed reading yet another magazine that was brought when they entered. "Come now, lets do this and be done for now"
"Sounds good to me" Jinni said smiling as she got up and crossed the room to her spot. Everyone made a circle around her and sat down. They did the same process as always and started. However when the light touched on Jinni she felt like she was being tickled and started to laugh. Soon this subsided and all she felt was immense joy and could not for the life of her stop beaming a smile.
~*~ An hour later~*~
"Phew!" Jill said as she lay down on the carpet. They had gotten done with purifying and all were a little tired except Jinni and Kagome. Both of which were smiling non-stop. "Ok, you two seriously have to stop smiling so much. It looks unnatural"
"I can't stop smiling" Jinni half laughed half said "I'm too happy, and there's no more doubt or deception. I feel like I can do anything, meet anyone and be nice. Like I've always wanted to be" This last comment got the attention of everyone.
"You always wanted to be nice?" Inu-Yasha asked, "I don't remember a time when you were nice"
"You hadn't moved into your house yet. You moved into your house when we were 7 right? I had already begun to be sour by then. Before then though I was really nice, I was friends with Kagome until second grade because we were next door neighbors" Jinni said still smiling
"Oh, I remember. It was really fun to play with you but we never went over your house" Kagome said
"My parents weren't nice at all. They brainwashed me to be like them, and it just got worse. But now I'm old enough to choose the way I act. Before I just didn't have enough will power but now I think I'll be able to keep feeling good and smiling!"
"O0o0o0o…" Jill commented "Well this was fun kids but I have to go. Since she's totally purified I'm going to go home. Bye!" Jill got up from the circle and walked out of the room.
"Yes this was the last session, so if you can go through that barrier we can all go home. Try, I believe you can" Kaede said to Jinni
"Ok!" Jinni stood up and walked over to the doorway. She hesitated a bit but then walked straight through it. "YAY!! I can do it!!" she jumped up and down in excitement.
"Good for you Jinni, now try to stay like this. You're a much more likeable person now" Kagome told her.
"Of course! Thank you all!!" She ran up the basement stairs and everyone else walked out of the room and up the stairs. They got changed back into their usual clothing and Jinni borrowed some of Kagome's clothing. She didn't want the essence of evil on her at all. To get the essence off Kaede gave her some herbs and told Jinni to wash all her clothing in it and sprinkle it around her room and on her belongings.
Then they left Kaede to her home for peace and headed towards theirs. Unfortunately Jill had already left so they were forced to take a bus.
A/N: YAY!! Well hope you all liked this chapter and please review. ^-^
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