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The Colors of Emotions
Chapter 7
Lack of Answers
"Kaede!!!!" The impatient hanyou yelled at the top of his lungs as he barreled into the old miko's room. Inuyasha nearly tore off the drape that was used as a door as he raced through it. Kaede looked up at him with a frustrated glance and then turned her head downwards where she continued to grind herbs while sitting on the floor.
"What do you want Inuyasha?" She calmly asked.
"Kagome just woke up and was fine until that little brat jumped on top of her and hit her cut and she screamed and fell back down and when I grabbed Shippou, Kagome shot this light from her fingertips and hit my shoulder and then she fell unconscious!" Inuyasha panted as he had rushed his entire explanation out as fast as he could and was now out of breath.
"Kagome attacked you?" Sango questioned from a corner of the room. Inuyasha turned abruptly not realizing the demon exterminator had been in the same room.
"No, Lady Kagome didn't seem to have any control over the power that escaped her. She looked shocked at what she had done and then just sort of passed out." Miroku answered for Inuyasha as the monk strode into the room. He seated himself next to Sango who quickly scooted herself away from his wandering hands.
"Let me see your shoulder Inuyasha." Kaede instructed.
"No need old lady, I'll be fine in an hour or so." Inuyasha shrugged.
"I need to see what kind of wound it is. It might help explain Kagome's strange new ability."
"Feh," But Inuyasha did as he was told as he sat down next to Kaede and allowed her to roll his haori and undershirt up his arm.
"Hmmm, just as I thought. Kagome's attack was pure energy." Kaede was mumbling to no one in particular. "Inuyasha, the scar that will be left behind will never go away."
"Huh?" Inuyasha questioned. He looked at his shoulder wound to see a large burn running across the exposed flesh. "Why won't the scar go away? I have gotten wounds a lot worse than this before. And what exactly is going on?"
"I think I know exactly what is going on, but I need to double check. I was going through an old scroll on kotsonues. It seems they are weak demons when it comes to brute strength, but they have unbelievable magical capabilities. They survive, as I have explained before, by attacking their prey when they are alone. The kotsonu sucks the energy from their weakened opponent and kills them by draining them. It is common for a kotsonu to get their prey alone by putting a shield around the people the chosen victim might be traveling with. I believe this is what happened to you Inuyasha. Sango told me what you remember happening.
A kotsonu must have put a barrier around you to separate you from getting to Kagome. You saw images of memories because the barrier serves as a distraction. Nothing distracts one better than to see their own lives flash before them. You know what happened next."
Inuyasha let out a low threatening growl, "So the weakling wouldn't fight me because it knew it would lose. So it attacked Kagome. What a disgusting excuse for a demon. Hey, you still haven't explained what's up with my scar and why Kagome is suddenly attacking me with bolts of light!"
"I think I understand what Lady Kaede was hinting at." Miroku commented. "May I give my idea Lady Kaede?" Kaede nodded her consent and Miroku continued, "Lady Kagome absorbed the magic of the kotsonu. Lady Kaede mentioned that kotsonues are known for having amazing magical abilities. It would only make sense that Kagome's own magical abilities have increased dramatically. Her miko powers mixed with the kotsonu's powers.
I guess the bolts of energy that shot from her were the outcome of all of the power. It is a known fact that miko and demon magic should not mix. I have never heard of a case of this happening. It is like a mixture of good and evil."
"I believe you are correct Miroku. We can do nothing but wait for Lady Kagome to wake again. She will hopefully be able to clear up some answers for us. I assume that when she attacked, the energy left her already weakened body in a rush. She might not wake again for another few hours."
"Weak humans." Inuyasha mumbled.
"I wouldn't call Kagome weak anymore Inuyasha. Like I said before, she attacked you with pure energy. The power seared your skin and it will leave a scar."
"It didn't hurt that much." Inuyasha snapped in a gruff tone.
"If Kagome had hit your chest or head you would be out cold. You were lucky Inuyasha. Kagome has no control over her power and until we figure out how the magic inside of her works, you should stay away from her. She attacked you after all even if it was by accident."
"I am not staying away from her. There is no way a weak human girl is going to actually hurt me. I'll tell you when Kagome wakes up." Inuyasha snapped at the group in front of him. He stormed out of the room ignoring the pain that still ran through his shoulder at the sudden movement.
"In Inuyasha language, he really meant that no matter what, he is not leaving Kagome's side because he is worried about her." Miroku stated while Sango began to laugh.
"I heard that monk! I am not worried for Kagome. I just need to keep an eye on my jewel. She does after all have the jewel that I plan to use to become a demon, if your thick head has already forgotten." Inuyasha yelled while popping his head back in the room to glare at Miroku. The hanyou quickly turned and retreated back to Kagome's room.
Sango angrily glared at where Inuyasha's head had been moments before, "How could he still mean that? After all he and Kagome have been through, how could he still see her as a shard detector?!"
"He was lying through his teeth." Kaede spoke up.
"How do you know? He just said he was going back to Kagome's room to keep an eye on the jewel fragment!" Sango questioned curiously.
"Lady Kagome no longer possesses the jewel." Kaede bluntly said.
Miroku and Sango were unsure how to react. It was funny how the hanyou had been caught lying that he was just checking on Kagome to check on the jewel. But a kotsonu now had possession of a large part of the Shikon jewel. Kagome had been gathering the shards for about three years, and the jewel was probably about two-thirds of the way done.
"Hopefully Inuyasha won't notice the jewel is missing until Kagome is better. He would push Kagome out of bed as soon as she was awake and moving to find the jewel. She needs to rest and regain her strength. And we certainly cannot go to find the jewel on our own. We cannot sense or see it like Kagome can." Sango mused.
Moments later, Shippou was heard wailing from being kicked out of Kagome's room. Then a certain hanyou yelled, "You didn't do much good last time you were near her!"
The kitsune retorted by yelling back, "I didn't mean to kick her! At least she didn't attack me! She probably zapped you because she didn't want you near her!"
A thud was heard and then a crying kitsune ran into Kaede's large room where the rest of the group was sitting. Shippou jumped into Sango's lap. "He hit me!"
Kaede had been puzzling over why Kagome's power was unleashed, how powerful it really was, how to control it, and how to train Kagome to use it. It all confused the old miko greatly, but at hearing Shippou, she got an idea. "Shippou? Did Inuyasha try to hit you before Kagome accidentally 'zapped' him?"
Shippou looked thoughtful and then began vigorously nodding his head.
"I think I have just figured something out. But we must wait until Kagome wakes up." Kaede murmured.