Chapter 3
Stepping out of an office building a raven-haired girl looked around. Her hair was long and fell down to about her mid back when it was down. Right now though, her hair was held back in a neat braid. Her eyes shone a bright and cheery blue the seemed to swirl and shift with her emotions. She stood about 5'7" and moved with a ballerina's grace.
Walking gracefully towards the street she hailed a taxicab, keen eyes always discretely taking in her surroundings. Giving the cab driver directions, she arrived at her home, a shrine, a place where she has lived her whole life and always loved dearly despite all the oddities with it. She searched with her senses for anything out of place before approaching her home. Finding none, she walked into the house and prepared her dinner. Ramen. After so many years of being around Inuyasha and always eating it, it became much of a habit for the years she spent with Inuyasha searching for the jewel shards.
Her ears perked almost like a demons would as she heard noise, no not noise, voices coming from nearby and getting closer. One she could tell was moving incredibly fast even by her terms. Quickly finishing her dinner she grabbed her most trusted weapon, the bow and arrow. It was her first weapon that she learned to use and became her most loyal companion aside of her sword. Her sword was a gift from the Lord of the West for completing her training. She ran outside and got into a semi defensive stance. She knew that these weren't normal people dropping by for a visit like Inuyasha still occasionally does if he isn't so busy taking care of things in his brother's absence.
She didn't know what these new comers wanted. She was weary of them even though they were in her own time. Demons in her time were rare. Only a few survived the years and only the ones young and strong back in the feudal era. She watched as four figures approached. One she could tell was a demon. Another one she wasn't sure whether he was human or demon or even hanyou. The other two were humans. She could tell that much but there was something off in the humans that was really bugging her. Something told her these four weren't just going for a look around the shrine like some people do to get in touch with history a little.
"You sure this is the place? It's looking a little shabby. Why would anyone want to live on a shrine anyways? It's not like its important or anything. You sure this is the place, Hiei? Nothing seems special about it."
"Hn. This is it. The same residual aura is here as it was at the ningens house."
Kagome listening, cursed herself for forgetting to cover up her aura. She knew she was forgetting something before she arrived at her targets house. She stood at the door waiting and watching as the four boys came up to the house. She silently hoped they wouldn't think her being the assassin or at least be unable to put the right pieces together to make the connection. Putting up a mental wall as they approached she decided that it would be safer to block it now before any of them try to take a look inside her head.
"Welcome to Sunset Shrine. Is there something that I can help you with? My name is Kagome Higurashi." She said putting on a cheery face.
"We're just looking around. Thank you." Spoke the longhaired red head calmly not even noticing the two other boy's angry looks. The third boy was just staring at the girl with drool beginning to seep out of his mouth
"I think. I think I'm in love." mumbled the tall red head with short hair loud enough so Kagome heard.
"Guess he's finally over Yukina then" mumbled Yusuke to Kurama who nodded in silent agreement.
Giving the boy a disgusted look she turned her attention to the three other boys. It was now easier to examine them up close making it easier to determine exactly what they are. Looking at the really short boy in all black and a katana at his side she noticed something was off about him too. Something she could sense was under the bandanna. The small demon radiated an air of calm anger always flowing through his body. Focusing her power on the short one she noticed that this demon was able to control fire, thus a fire apparition. But then, there was something else in him too. He wasn't just a fire apparition he was also and ice demon.
The boy with long red hair was a mystery to her. She couldn't tell whether he was human or a demon but she was sure that he wasn't a hanyou. He had beautiful green eyes that showed with wisdom beyond his years. He gave off an air of infinite calmness that seemed as if he could wait for the whole world to come to an end before having to truly worry about something.
The other two boys she could tell were humans. They each gave off a strong aura even though she could tell they were covering them up with their power so they didn't attract any unwanted attention. One of the boys wore a green school uniform. He was shorter than the taller red head. His black hair was slicked back and stood as if he was pissed off at the world, very much like Inuyasha.
Kagome didn't give much concentration to the second boy. The shorter one gave enough answers to her questions so she didn't need to spend precious time on him.
Smiling politely she left the 'visitors' to look around the shrine.
"If you have any questions I would be happy to answer them for you. Don't be afraid to ask." She said as she walked away towards the well house.
Going into the well house, she looked around. Nothing has changed about this well house and she liked it that way. With a small sigh she chanted a small incantation that gave out a small pulse and then jumped through the well. When she landed on the other side of the well, she finished her incantation to temporarily seal the well. As she turned to leave she felt a nudge on her barrier within her mind. The second time the nudge came she sent her little visitors a small itty-bitty threat as she walked towards Kaede's old village.
'Well so much for trying to keep yourself from looking suspicious Kagome.'
'Yea, well, I couldn't really stay. They already knew anyways. The short one and the black haired one are not ones that I would want to do any explaining to.' Kagome thought to herself as she walked through the woods toward the village. She was talking to herself, that mustn't be a good sign of health now is it?
*~*~* With the boys*~*~*
"You can't think that that woman is doing the murders. She doesn't even have and high spirit energy!"
"Yusuke, she is doing the same with her power as you do with yours. Though she has a quite different power than us. You see she is a miko, a priestess with the gift of purification. Miko's many years ago were one of the main protections humans had against the demons along side of the demon exterminators. Every village had a miko. The miko's were the healers of the village taking care of the sick and dying." Kurama explained calmly towards the hotheaded human.
"Cut the crap Kurama, I didn't come here to get a history lesson. If I really wanted a history lesson then I would be in school sitting in a desk like a mindless drone."
"Hn. I thought the line of mikos died out years ago."
"Yes, so did I. I wonder how a miko of today would get the proper training to control her power."
"Come on you two, we can't let her out of our sight. The only way to tell if this human woman is the killer is if we follow her. I watched her go into that old building over there." Yusuke said annoyed as he pointed towards the nearby well house.
The three walked off towards the well house leaving behind a day dreaming Kuwabara behind with drool sliding down the side of his chin. Snapping out of his dazed state, Kuwabara jumped and started to run frantically towards his three companions.
"Hey, you guys! Wait up! Wait for me! You can't forget about the Great Kuwabara!" he yelled while struggling to catch up with the three who were already a fair distance ahead of him.
They arrived at the door to the well house and listened as Kagome chanted a small incantation and felt a small burst of power pulse outward and then retreat back inside. They two demons shuddered inwardly at the touch of the power. Even a little bit of miko power could seriously injure the demons. Yusuke and Kuwabara too shuddered but only because of the strength behind it and the force, not because of the purity of it.
Hiei tried probing outward with his jagan eye to search her thoughts and mind only to be hit with a strong brick wall inside her mind. Frowning inwardly, he tried again and failed. This time though, there was a voice inside his own head.
'Please, if you would like to retain your life then don't try to get inside my mind. You know as well as I, what I can do. I know you and your green eyed friend can sense it so don't put me in the position of actually having to try.'
Nearly jumping back from shock Hiei withdrew from trying to attempt from getting inside the girls head. He knew full well that this slip of a woman was the assassin from the coldness in her warning.
'Fox, she is the assassin.'
'How are you sure?'
'She is able to block me out of her mind and she threatened to kill me if I tried again. There is no doubt. She too, carries the same aura'
'Hm. we really cannot do anything until she proves herself as the assassin. I wonder what that spell was she cast inside there. She hasn't come out yet either. Shall we take a look inside?' Kurama thought to Hiei with a voice of mischief.
'Hn.'
Kurama and Hiei approached the door. Hiei listened carefully for any noises inside. Cautiously Kurama opened the door. When he and Hiei went inside they stood in silent shock. They stared into an empty room. Nothing betrayed the presence of an earlier entrance except the faint lingering aura of the miko. There was no other way out of the well house so if she wasn't here, then, where did she go?
"Um, you guys, why are you staring into and old well place? No one is there." Pointed out the always two steps behind Kuwabara.
Yusuke, bashing Kuwabara over the head, yelled at him to shut up. Kuwabara just laid there day dreaming of the woman he saw just minutes earlier.
Ok, I'm going to end it there for this chapter. I'm really pleased with the amount of reviews I'm getting. I really appreciate it. It's basically what keeps me writing. Anyways, thank you for your reviews. Any requests I'll accept but I won't promise I'll include them into the story. I don't think I'll have a pairing with any of the yyh characters in this story. If I do do a pairing then it will probably be an original character. None of the ideas I have work well with having Kagome paired with any of them.
Stepping out of an office building a raven-haired girl looked around. Her hair was long and fell down to about her mid back when it was down. Right now though, her hair was held back in a neat braid. Her eyes shone a bright and cheery blue the seemed to swirl and shift with her emotions. She stood about 5'7" and moved with a ballerina's grace.
Walking gracefully towards the street she hailed a taxicab, keen eyes always discretely taking in her surroundings. Giving the cab driver directions, she arrived at her home, a shrine, a place where she has lived her whole life and always loved dearly despite all the oddities with it. She searched with her senses for anything out of place before approaching her home. Finding none, she walked into the house and prepared her dinner. Ramen. After so many years of being around Inuyasha and always eating it, it became much of a habit for the years she spent with Inuyasha searching for the jewel shards.
Her ears perked almost like a demons would as she heard noise, no not noise, voices coming from nearby and getting closer. One she could tell was moving incredibly fast even by her terms. Quickly finishing her dinner she grabbed her most trusted weapon, the bow and arrow. It was her first weapon that she learned to use and became her most loyal companion aside of her sword. Her sword was a gift from the Lord of the West for completing her training. She ran outside and got into a semi defensive stance. She knew that these weren't normal people dropping by for a visit like Inuyasha still occasionally does if he isn't so busy taking care of things in his brother's absence.
She didn't know what these new comers wanted. She was weary of them even though they were in her own time. Demons in her time were rare. Only a few survived the years and only the ones young and strong back in the feudal era. She watched as four figures approached. One she could tell was a demon. Another one she wasn't sure whether he was human or demon or even hanyou. The other two were humans. She could tell that much but there was something off in the humans that was really bugging her. Something told her these four weren't just going for a look around the shrine like some people do to get in touch with history a little.
"You sure this is the place? It's looking a little shabby. Why would anyone want to live on a shrine anyways? It's not like its important or anything. You sure this is the place, Hiei? Nothing seems special about it."
"Hn. This is it. The same residual aura is here as it was at the ningens house."
Kagome listening, cursed herself for forgetting to cover up her aura. She knew she was forgetting something before she arrived at her targets house. She stood at the door waiting and watching as the four boys came up to the house. She silently hoped they wouldn't think her being the assassin or at least be unable to put the right pieces together to make the connection. Putting up a mental wall as they approached she decided that it would be safer to block it now before any of them try to take a look inside her head.
"Welcome to Sunset Shrine. Is there something that I can help you with? My name is Kagome Higurashi." She said putting on a cheery face.
"We're just looking around. Thank you." Spoke the longhaired red head calmly not even noticing the two other boy's angry looks. The third boy was just staring at the girl with drool beginning to seep out of his mouth
"I think. I think I'm in love." mumbled the tall red head with short hair loud enough so Kagome heard.
"Guess he's finally over Yukina then" mumbled Yusuke to Kurama who nodded in silent agreement.
Giving the boy a disgusted look she turned her attention to the three other boys. It was now easier to examine them up close making it easier to determine exactly what they are. Looking at the really short boy in all black and a katana at his side she noticed something was off about him too. Something she could sense was under the bandanna. The small demon radiated an air of calm anger always flowing through his body. Focusing her power on the short one she noticed that this demon was able to control fire, thus a fire apparition. But then, there was something else in him too. He wasn't just a fire apparition he was also and ice demon.
The boy with long red hair was a mystery to her. She couldn't tell whether he was human or a demon but she was sure that he wasn't a hanyou. He had beautiful green eyes that showed with wisdom beyond his years. He gave off an air of infinite calmness that seemed as if he could wait for the whole world to come to an end before having to truly worry about something.
The other two boys she could tell were humans. They each gave off a strong aura even though she could tell they were covering them up with their power so they didn't attract any unwanted attention. One of the boys wore a green school uniform. He was shorter than the taller red head. His black hair was slicked back and stood as if he was pissed off at the world, very much like Inuyasha.
Kagome didn't give much concentration to the second boy. The shorter one gave enough answers to her questions so she didn't need to spend precious time on him.
Smiling politely she left the 'visitors' to look around the shrine.
"If you have any questions I would be happy to answer them for you. Don't be afraid to ask." She said as she walked away towards the well house.
Going into the well house, she looked around. Nothing has changed about this well house and she liked it that way. With a small sigh she chanted a small incantation that gave out a small pulse and then jumped through the well. When she landed on the other side of the well, she finished her incantation to temporarily seal the well. As she turned to leave she felt a nudge on her barrier within her mind. The second time the nudge came she sent her little visitors a small itty-bitty threat as she walked towards Kaede's old village.
'Well so much for trying to keep yourself from looking suspicious Kagome.'
'Yea, well, I couldn't really stay. They already knew anyways. The short one and the black haired one are not ones that I would want to do any explaining to.' Kagome thought to herself as she walked through the woods toward the village. She was talking to herself, that mustn't be a good sign of health now is it?
*~*~* With the boys*~*~*
"You can't think that that woman is doing the murders. She doesn't even have and high spirit energy!"
"Yusuke, she is doing the same with her power as you do with yours. Though she has a quite different power than us. You see she is a miko, a priestess with the gift of purification. Miko's many years ago were one of the main protections humans had against the demons along side of the demon exterminators. Every village had a miko. The miko's were the healers of the village taking care of the sick and dying." Kurama explained calmly towards the hotheaded human.
"Cut the crap Kurama, I didn't come here to get a history lesson. If I really wanted a history lesson then I would be in school sitting in a desk like a mindless drone."
"Hn. I thought the line of mikos died out years ago."
"Yes, so did I. I wonder how a miko of today would get the proper training to control her power."
"Come on you two, we can't let her out of our sight. The only way to tell if this human woman is the killer is if we follow her. I watched her go into that old building over there." Yusuke said annoyed as he pointed towards the nearby well house.
The three walked off towards the well house leaving behind a day dreaming Kuwabara behind with drool sliding down the side of his chin. Snapping out of his dazed state, Kuwabara jumped and started to run frantically towards his three companions.
"Hey, you guys! Wait up! Wait for me! You can't forget about the Great Kuwabara!" he yelled while struggling to catch up with the three who were already a fair distance ahead of him.
They arrived at the door to the well house and listened as Kagome chanted a small incantation and felt a small burst of power pulse outward and then retreat back inside. They two demons shuddered inwardly at the touch of the power. Even a little bit of miko power could seriously injure the demons. Yusuke and Kuwabara too shuddered but only because of the strength behind it and the force, not because of the purity of it.
Hiei tried probing outward with his jagan eye to search her thoughts and mind only to be hit with a strong brick wall inside her mind. Frowning inwardly, he tried again and failed. This time though, there was a voice inside his own head.
'Please, if you would like to retain your life then don't try to get inside my mind. You know as well as I, what I can do. I know you and your green eyed friend can sense it so don't put me in the position of actually having to try.'
Nearly jumping back from shock Hiei withdrew from trying to attempt from getting inside the girls head. He knew full well that this slip of a woman was the assassin from the coldness in her warning.
'Fox, she is the assassin.'
'How are you sure?'
'She is able to block me out of her mind and she threatened to kill me if I tried again. There is no doubt. She too, carries the same aura'
'Hm. we really cannot do anything until she proves herself as the assassin. I wonder what that spell was she cast inside there. She hasn't come out yet either. Shall we take a look inside?' Kurama thought to Hiei with a voice of mischief.
'Hn.'
Kurama and Hiei approached the door. Hiei listened carefully for any noises inside. Cautiously Kurama opened the door. When he and Hiei went inside they stood in silent shock. They stared into an empty room. Nothing betrayed the presence of an earlier entrance except the faint lingering aura of the miko. There was no other way out of the well house so if she wasn't here, then, where did she go?
"Um, you guys, why are you staring into and old well place? No one is there." Pointed out the always two steps behind Kuwabara.
Yusuke, bashing Kuwabara over the head, yelled at him to shut up. Kuwabara just laid there day dreaming of the woman he saw just minutes earlier.
Ok, I'm going to end it there for this chapter. I'm really pleased with the amount of reviews I'm getting. I really appreciate it. It's basically what keeps me writing. Anyways, thank you for your reviews. Any requests I'll accept but I won't promise I'll include them into the story. I don't think I'll have a pairing with any of the yyh characters in this story. If I do do a pairing then it will probably be an original character. None of the ideas I have work well with having Kagome paired with any of them.