Chapter 6
Kurama walked into his boss's office. Koenma was at his desk stamping papers while mumbling things about 'father's going to kill me' and 'they better hurry up this case.' Approaching the desk he coughed slightly startling his boss out of his work. The toddler-like ruler looked up surprised from his work and faced the redhead.
"Kurama, what a surprise. I didn't expect you here so soon. Do you have anything to report?" the toddler spoke.
"Yes, and I have a few questions regarding the woman at Sunset Shrine."
"S-sunset Shrine? Lady Kagome Higurashi's shrine?" Koenma stuttered out slowly making sure he heard right.
"Yes, why?" Kurama asked with curiosity.
"Oh dear." Koenma sighed. "What is it you need to know?"
"Our investigation led us to her shrine. We know she is the one behind the killings but we have no solid evidence aside of the matching aura's. When we were there, she cast a spell inside the well house. From there she vanished. We don't know what became of her. Hiei tried getting inside her mind but was blocked out with a mind barrier. He tried again and she threatened him. I was looking around the well house and the well caught my curiosity. I tossed a stone in and it was incinerated. Hiei couldn't sense any power coming from it at all." He took a deep breath and thought of how to phrase the questions. "What type of power does this woman have aside of the miko powers she possesses and what type of well needs to have wards around it that neither Hiei or I can sense?" 'Hm, I wonder why he avoided that question.' He thought after asking Koenma his questions.
"This will be hard to explain seeing as you don't know her history. I've kept my eye on her since her fifteenth birthday when her powers awoke. She is the guardian of the sacred jewel, the Shikon no Tama. Five hundred years ago she shattered the jewel and traveled with a hanyou and a few other companions to retrieve the shards. Once the jewel was complete we lost track of her. She didn't show up again until she was twenty. We know now that she works as a newspaper reporter."
"The Shikon no Tama? I thought it had been destroyed." Kurama was surprised. In the Makai the jewel being shattered those many years was nothing but a rumor. No one was able to get their hands on one and if they did they were easily killed off. After a while the whole Shikon no Tama rumor vanished ending all attempts of getting a piece. It was said that it was completely destroyed leaving no remnants behind.
"That isn't true. It still exists. Lady Kagome still protects it but it is unknown where it is kept. When it was complete and we lost track of her, the jewel was hidden, lost from the sight of the world." Koenma answered trying to not give any important information away on the subject.
"Interesting. What of her powers? They far surpass anything of a normal miko." Kurama asked. He wanted to know more about this strange woman.
"All we have on her powers are that they're of miko and untrained. When she was located again we were unable to tell if her powers have changed at all. Quite mysterious if you ask me."
"Koenma, do you know any reason why this woman would assassinate others? How can she be pure yet kill innocent people?"
"I don't know, Kurama, I really don't know." Koenma said sadly. 'My dear Lady Kagome, what in the world are you up to?'
"One more question, sir. How is it you seem to know her?" Kurama asked quite curious. To Kurama it seemed like Koenma was trying to protect her for some reason aside of her being the protector of the legendary sacred jewel.
Koenma almost choked right then from being asked that question. If he were eating at the time he would have. Trying to hold his composure he answered his employees question. "You see, um, Kagome is."
*~*~*~ With Kagome ~*~*~*
Kagome walked through Inuyasha's forest searching for herbs. While she was in the feudal era she took up the role of the miko and cared for the sick and injured with Sango. It was Kagome's advantage though because she was from the future and had more knowledge of medicines that could help with many of the ill patients. While walking through the woods she stopped at the old Goshinboku tree. Over five hundred years the tree hadn't changed much, just got a little wider and taller. The notch in the bark of the tree where Inuyasha once was pinned was still visible even after those many years.
Reaching up to the notch in the tree she traced it lightly with the tips of her fingers. She remembered like yesterday seeing the hanyou pinned to the tree looking like a sleeping babe. Smiling at the thought she retracted her hand and stepped backwards away from the tree to get a better look at it. She could almost picture it the day she saw him there, the slight movement of the hair, with twitch of the ears, the angry shout saying she's Kikyou and a stupid wench. Frowning slightly she turned around and walked right into the very person she was just thinking about. Inuyasha.
"Oi wench, I thought my brother taught you better than that." The hanyou growled angrily.
"Oh! Hello Inuyasha, nice to see you again too!" Kagome said with a sarcastic pleasantness. "I thought you were helping your brother in the western lands?"
"He's back from business in the north so he gave me some leave time. Got a problem with that?"
"Nope! Its good to see you again Inuyasha, it really is." Kagome said, this time meaning every word. She gave him a small hug and smiled at him. "How long has Sesshomaru given you?"
"A week. One lousy week after the two and a half weeks of taking over for him."
"Sounds fair to me. But if it were me, I would only give you three days." Kagome said remembering the times when Inuyasha would hardly let her go home for a test.
"Three days? Are you nuts? With all the work I do for him three days is defiantly not fair."
"I seem to remember a certain hanyou who would rather I not got home for three days and stay here and search for jewel shards for him for weeks on end." Kagome looked up to him only to see the slight blush on his face.
"But that was different!"
"No it isn't!"
"Yes it is!"
"Nope and you know it! I saw that blush on your face! You know I'm right so stop living in denial!"
"I am not living in denial!"
"Yes you are and you just proved it."
"Feh!"
Kagome grinned. It was a favorite past time of hers to catch Inuyasha in his own words, especially when it was a win-win situation for her. She always enjoyed the arguments they had unlike when she was younger and had to worry about passing school than retrieving all of the shards. With a sigh she checked her basket and realized she had all of the herbs she needed for a while.
"Walk back to the village with me?" Kagome asked Inuyasha.
"Feh"
With a smile she and Inuyasha made their way down the familiar and very worn path to Kaede's old village. It was almost like old times except without the sits and arguments about being late.
Ok, I'm going to leave it there. sorry everyone. Right now I really need to work on my college aps. I've put them off for too long already so I don't know when my next update will be. Hopefully it wont be to long so you guys don't get really pissed off at me. Anyways. Thank you for reviewing!
Kurama walked into his boss's office. Koenma was at his desk stamping papers while mumbling things about 'father's going to kill me' and 'they better hurry up this case.' Approaching the desk he coughed slightly startling his boss out of his work. The toddler-like ruler looked up surprised from his work and faced the redhead.
"Kurama, what a surprise. I didn't expect you here so soon. Do you have anything to report?" the toddler spoke.
"Yes, and I have a few questions regarding the woman at Sunset Shrine."
"S-sunset Shrine? Lady Kagome Higurashi's shrine?" Koenma stuttered out slowly making sure he heard right.
"Yes, why?" Kurama asked with curiosity.
"Oh dear." Koenma sighed. "What is it you need to know?"
"Our investigation led us to her shrine. We know she is the one behind the killings but we have no solid evidence aside of the matching aura's. When we were there, she cast a spell inside the well house. From there she vanished. We don't know what became of her. Hiei tried getting inside her mind but was blocked out with a mind barrier. He tried again and she threatened him. I was looking around the well house and the well caught my curiosity. I tossed a stone in and it was incinerated. Hiei couldn't sense any power coming from it at all." He took a deep breath and thought of how to phrase the questions. "What type of power does this woman have aside of the miko powers she possesses and what type of well needs to have wards around it that neither Hiei or I can sense?" 'Hm, I wonder why he avoided that question.' He thought after asking Koenma his questions.
"This will be hard to explain seeing as you don't know her history. I've kept my eye on her since her fifteenth birthday when her powers awoke. She is the guardian of the sacred jewel, the Shikon no Tama. Five hundred years ago she shattered the jewel and traveled with a hanyou and a few other companions to retrieve the shards. Once the jewel was complete we lost track of her. She didn't show up again until she was twenty. We know now that she works as a newspaper reporter."
"The Shikon no Tama? I thought it had been destroyed." Kurama was surprised. In the Makai the jewel being shattered those many years was nothing but a rumor. No one was able to get their hands on one and if they did they were easily killed off. After a while the whole Shikon no Tama rumor vanished ending all attempts of getting a piece. It was said that it was completely destroyed leaving no remnants behind.
"That isn't true. It still exists. Lady Kagome still protects it but it is unknown where it is kept. When it was complete and we lost track of her, the jewel was hidden, lost from the sight of the world." Koenma answered trying to not give any important information away on the subject.
"Interesting. What of her powers? They far surpass anything of a normal miko." Kurama asked. He wanted to know more about this strange woman.
"All we have on her powers are that they're of miko and untrained. When she was located again we were unable to tell if her powers have changed at all. Quite mysterious if you ask me."
"Koenma, do you know any reason why this woman would assassinate others? How can she be pure yet kill innocent people?"
"I don't know, Kurama, I really don't know." Koenma said sadly. 'My dear Lady Kagome, what in the world are you up to?'
"One more question, sir. How is it you seem to know her?" Kurama asked quite curious. To Kurama it seemed like Koenma was trying to protect her for some reason aside of her being the protector of the legendary sacred jewel.
Koenma almost choked right then from being asked that question. If he were eating at the time he would have. Trying to hold his composure he answered his employees question. "You see, um, Kagome is."
*~*~*~ With Kagome ~*~*~*
Kagome walked through Inuyasha's forest searching for herbs. While she was in the feudal era she took up the role of the miko and cared for the sick and injured with Sango. It was Kagome's advantage though because she was from the future and had more knowledge of medicines that could help with many of the ill patients. While walking through the woods she stopped at the old Goshinboku tree. Over five hundred years the tree hadn't changed much, just got a little wider and taller. The notch in the bark of the tree where Inuyasha once was pinned was still visible even after those many years.
Reaching up to the notch in the tree she traced it lightly with the tips of her fingers. She remembered like yesterday seeing the hanyou pinned to the tree looking like a sleeping babe. Smiling at the thought she retracted her hand and stepped backwards away from the tree to get a better look at it. She could almost picture it the day she saw him there, the slight movement of the hair, with twitch of the ears, the angry shout saying she's Kikyou and a stupid wench. Frowning slightly she turned around and walked right into the very person she was just thinking about. Inuyasha.
"Oi wench, I thought my brother taught you better than that." The hanyou growled angrily.
"Oh! Hello Inuyasha, nice to see you again too!" Kagome said with a sarcastic pleasantness. "I thought you were helping your brother in the western lands?"
"He's back from business in the north so he gave me some leave time. Got a problem with that?"
"Nope! Its good to see you again Inuyasha, it really is." Kagome said, this time meaning every word. She gave him a small hug and smiled at him. "How long has Sesshomaru given you?"
"A week. One lousy week after the two and a half weeks of taking over for him."
"Sounds fair to me. But if it were me, I would only give you three days." Kagome said remembering the times when Inuyasha would hardly let her go home for a test.
"Three days? Are you nuts? With all the work I do for him three days is defiantly not fair."
"I seem to remember a certain hanyou who would rather I not got home for three days and stay here and search for jewel shards for him for weeks on end." Kagome looked up to him only to see the slight blush on his face.
"But that was different!"
"No it isn't!"
"Yes it is!"
"Nope and you know it! I saw that blush on your face! You know I'm right so stop living in denial!"
"I am not living in denial!"
"Yes you are and you just proved it."
"Feh!"
Kagome grinned. It was a favorite past time of hers to catch Inuyasha in his own words, especially when it was a win-win situation for her. She always enjoyed the arguments they had unlike when she was younger and had to worry about passing school than retrieving all of the shards. With a sigh she checked her basket and realized she had all of the herbs she needed for a while.
"Walk back to the village with me?" Kagome asked Inuyasha.
"Feh"
With a smile she and Inuyasha made their way down the familiar and very worn path to Kaede's old village. It was almost like old times except without the sits and arguments about being late.
Ok, I'm going to leave it there. sorry everyone. Right now I really need to work on my college aps. I've put them off for too long already so I don't know when my next update will be. Hopefully it wont be to long so you guys don't get really pissed off at me. Anyways. Thank you for reviewing!