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Kagome's mother shook her head slowly. Kagome was not going to like this news very much. She read over the letter in her hand again.
Due to the many absences of Miss Higurashi Kagome, we are sorry to inform you that she well have to attend a different school. Therefore it is our pleasure to announce that Sarasaki High School has accepted your daughter.
Principal Hitomisho
Setting the note back on the table, she shuffled into the kitchen to cook. She would have to tell Kagome about the news over some Oden.
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Kagome held onto Shippo as she walked towards the small village in Inuyasha's forest. I cant get to mad, or else I'll go into a miko rage…and that's no good! She thought to herself. She then stopped and paused. A miko rage? Where had she learned that? Once again that feeling that there were holes in her memory came over her. Shaking her head slowly, she waited for the feeling to leave her, before continuing into the forest and onto the village.
Entering into the village she spotted Sango and Miroku sitting quietly next to each other, Sango's eyes were red-rimmed, and Miroku's face was sad. Kagome immediately forgot about her anger, and rushed to her friends concern etching her face.
"Sango, Miroku what's wrong?"
The two looked up and then back down.
"K-Kaede has been killed." Miroku said slowly. His eyes looking up to judge Kagome's reaction. She stood there stock still, slowly, very slowly she sat down.
"How?" She said faintly.
"Naraku…we think."
Kagome gazed into the surrounding village. The people moved mechanically it seemed, each harboring a sad face.
"He has went to far! How…why…we will kill him! We will make his death a long and painful one!" Kagome bit out at last. Miroku and Sango looked at her, finally taking in her appearance. Kagome's hair was longer, reaching her mid thighs, she was wearing an outfit similar to Sango's taijiya one. Two swords were strapped to her back, and they seemed to hum with power.
"Where, may I ask Lady Kagome, did you get the uh…equipment?" Miroku asked softly, his hands were itching, but noticing the mood he didn't grope anyone.
"I'm not quite sure really…" Kagome said them distractedly.
It was at this time that Inuyasha and Kikyo decided to appear. Inuyasha looked once at Kagome before he began to rant.
"Oi wench! Where the hell have you been!? The reason we're all stuck here finding these damn shards is because your weak ass broke the damn Shikon no Tama! Kikyo would never have taken this long to find the shards! FOR THAT MATTER SHE WOULD HAVE NEVER BROKEN IN THE FIRST DAMN PLACE! And another thing-"
"Inuyasha Osuwari. " Kagome said icily calmly. Inuyasha landed farther into the dirt than usually, and Miroku noticed this. Her powers have improved…
Kagome walked past the hole that Inuyasha was currently occupying. She seat Kikyo a look that would kill…if she wasn't already dead, and kept walking.
"Shippo, take me to Kaede's grave." Kagome stated. Shippo nodded slightly and bounded in front of her.
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Upon arriving at Kaede's grave, Kagome knelt and looked sadly at the mound of earth, with small flowers covering it.
"Shippo, go to Sango and Miroku, tell them that we will be leaving within the hour." She said softly.
"But Kagoooome! I wanna stay with you! I have to protect you!" He said.
"Go Shippo. I'm trusting you with this task. If I get into any trouble I will yell for you."
"Promise?"
"Promise!" He puffed out his chest importantly, and scampered off to the next clearing.
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When he reached the clearing, Shippo was faced with Sango, Miroku and Inuyasha having a glaring competition, while Kikyo hung onto Inuyasha's arm. Taking a deep breathe, Shippo held it while he passed Kikyo.
"Sango, Miroku! Kagome says that we will be leaving within the hour!" He sat on Miroku's shoulder. They both nodded and began to gather up their belongings.
"Now hold up a minute! Since when did she begin calling the damn shots?" Inuyasha said.
"She is not needed. She is weak, lets get rid of her forever Inuyasha." Kikyo said seductively in his ear. The rest of the gang looked at her in shock, they couldn't believe she had the audacity to say that now that in front of them.
"Now hold up you rotten corpse! You shouldn't talk about my mommy like that! Who do-" Shippo never finished his sentence because Inuyasha had plucked him off of Miroku's shoulder and was shaking him roughly.
"Put him down this INSTANT INUYASHA! Shippo, mind your manners around those who are older than you." Kagome broke in. Inuyasha threw Shippo down who then ran to Kagome's shoulder. Inuyasha turned around and began to glare at her.
"Now wench, when did you become the boss around here?"
"Osuwari mutt." Kagome said. "If you want to call me names, I will do the same." Kagome said, her voice and face were emotionless. Never show your emotions, those are your greatest enemy. Kagome shook her head as a silky voice entered. She remembered someone tell her that before. Who was it? Shaking her head slightly again, Kagome turned to face Kikyo.
"So you want to get rid of me? What for Kikyo? To have your soul back? To live where you should not? You should never have been created and you know it! You can have your soul back, it would do no harm to me. I am not your reincarnation. As you very well know. So…take it back from me Kikyo. I want you to." Kagome said. All those words, were hers, and yet they weren't, that information. Kagome was more than a little confused, but showed nothing. Kikyo said nothing, but her eyes narrowed in anger. She notched an arrow from the bow she had picked up and aimed it at Kagome.
"You deserve nothing short of death." She whispered hatefully at Kagome. Kagome merely smirked and waited. Her face slipping into a bored mask. Kikyo growled at this and released her arrow. It flew with deadly accuracy, the arrow was shimmering a dark red, Kikyo's miko powers tainted with her hatred and impureness. Kagome watched the arrow impassively and waited.
Shippo thought his mom was frozen with fear, and he himself could not move, he felt paralyzed as he watched the arrow draw nearer to her still form. Suddenly right before the arrow was to pierce her heart, Kagome moved into action. Her movements faster than Shippo would have expected, she unsheathed one of her swords and slashed the arrow in half. Shippo's eyes widened at the site of the blade. It was all black, and double-edged, except for silver writing that he could not make out. The sword hummed with power that he could hear from where he was frozen.
Kagome looked at Kikyo impassively. Kikyo's eyes had widened slightly, only to narrow in anger again. She notched two more arrows and sent them both at the same time. They came at Kagome like two red comets, swirling and twisting straight for her. Unsheathing her other sword with a practiced motion, she sliced both the arrows before they came any nearer than the last. Before Kikyo could notch another arrow, Kagome raised her hand, her palm facing Kikyo. A black arrow appeared spinning slowly, facing Kikyo, it stayed close to Kagome's palm. The tip of the energy arrow was silver, while white lines ran along the shaft of the arrow. Kagome released it and it flew forward at an unbelievable rate, Kikyo's eyes widened considerably, as she looked at the black arrow that would be her death. Before the arrow reached Kikyo it stopped, the force of its momentum sending a powerful wind towards Kikyo, which she stumbled backwards against.
"I will not kill you Kikyo…yet." Kagome said. The arrow disappeared and Kagome turned to the rest of the gang. Inuyasha stared at her for a minute before rushing over to Kikyo. Kagome could care less what he did, so long as everyone else was alright.
"Wow Lady Kagome! I never knew…where may I ask did you learn all of that?"
Kagome stood still for a moment. Where did I learn all of that?
"I'm not quite sure. It was… instinctive." She replied. Miroku nodded, sensing that she didn't want to talk about it. Inuyasha walked over to Kagome with a gleam in his eyes.
"What the hell do you think your doing wench? Your not taking over! Im the boss around her! What I say goes! And I say we are leaving RIGHT NOW!" He finished. Kagome fixed him with such a cold stare that he faltered on his way back to Kikyo.
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Ryuko looked at the towards the clearing with mild interest. She glanced at her partner, who was clearly trying not to laugh. She had gotten over the uneasiness she had with him, and they had slowly started to form something close to a small friendship.
"And Koenma wants us to protect her?" Ryuko said under her breathe. She shook her head at the irony of it all. The girl not remember anything of Youko, and Kuronue, nor those psychotic princesses, yet she remembered her training.
"What should we do? Should we join this so called hunting group? Or…go to Koenma, and inform him of this development?" She asked her partner.
"Naw…knowing him, he'd probably find us something to do that's worse than this." Kuronue replied with a mischievous smile.
Ryuko looked at him suspiciously then shook her head, she knew he wanted her to ask what could be worse than this, but she realized that she didn't want to learn the answer.
"Well. Do you prefer to join them then?" She asked a touch impatiently.
"Why my dear, I thought you'd never ask." He said, and in a flash he had grabbed her hand and was dragging her toward the small Shikon hunting group.
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Kagome had been helping Shippo put his hair back into a ponytail, when she felt a familiar youkai aura, and it was coming fast. Apparently Inuyasha had sensed it to because he had shoved Kikyo behind him and had drawn Tetsusaiga. A youkai appeared suddenly with another slightly being dragged into the clearing. The first was wearing all black, and had black wings, a black hat was perched on his head, a scythe in one hand, and the other youkai's hand in the other. The other youkai was female, and had long black hair with silver streaks down to her knees. She had on a black kimono with silver roses on the on the sleeves and collar, her obi was silver with black roses. Black wings closed and opened on her back. Her eyes were red, and currently seemed to glow as she glared at the other youkai.
"Hello. I'm Kur-"
"Kuronue." Kagome said faintly. There was something about this youkai. It tickled the back of her memory, no it itched at the back of her memory, it was foggy, but images started to appear. Flashes. A large castle, two kitsune princesses. Kuronue. You-. Kagome shook her head, that last name wouldn't form, but an image of beautiful golden eyes, and wonderfully soft silky silver hair did, and looked back at the two youkai.
"Yes. I'm Kuronue, and this is my…mate Ryuko." He said. The aforementioned youkai looked as if she were going to faint. Kuronue only chuckled, which sent her to glare at him. If looks could kill. Kagome thought, Kuronue would be dead in a second. Kagome laughed at the pair, but was cut short by Inuyasha.
"I don't care who the hell you are! What in the seven hells do you want?" Inuyasha said.
Kuronue merely glanced at him before re-directing his gaze towards Kagome.
"We wish to join your quest to find the Shikon shards. Naraku must be stopped at all cost."
Kagome smiled softly. And said:
"Yes, you may join, an enemy of Naraku' s a friend of ours!" At the same time that Inuyasha said
"Hell bloody no!" Kagome and Inuyasha glared at each other.
"OSUWARI! INUYASHA!" She took a deep breath and went on more calmly. "Inuyasha, we really need all the help we can get when we fight Naraku, and turning down willing fighter is utterly ridiculous, and anyway! It isn't your choice, it is all of ours. Who wants Ryuko and Kuronue to join?" Kagome said, redirecting the last statement to the rest of the group excluding Kikyo and Inuyasha. All hands went up, and Kirara even included a soft purr. Kagome looked at Inuyasha who began to grumble about weak youkai, and she smiled apologetically at Kuronue and Ryuko.
"He isn't always like this, really." Kagome said. Kuronue raised an eyebrow at her, and Kagome slightly blushed in embarrassment.
"Okay…so he usually is like this, its just something you have to get used to it." Kagome said. Kikyo snorted and Kagome sent her a hard stare.
"Well…we were just about to set off! Welcome to our group." Kagome said as she stood up and shook hands with them both.
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Shigekazu paced his throne room frantically. Her memory gone!
"What should we do sir? All we planed for naught?" Kioko said frantically.
"No! Not for nothing…Minity, and Atsuko…they must trigger her memory again! There has got to be a way. Bring them to me." He said. His silver hair swept the floor as he sat moved to sit in the throne. His silver eyes, with black and white specked in, moved from his hands to the door back. The black stripes outlined in white moved as his jaw muscle clenched. The white upside moon outlined in black on his forehead crinkled as his forehead crinkled in a worried fashion. The door burst open and in walked Minity and Atsuko. Each carrying his traits, yet not all. He could barely control himself.
"Atsuko, Minity! Her memory has been erased!" He said worriedly. The two sisters stopped smiling up at their father, and frown instead.
"Do not worry father…we will help her to remember," Minity started.
"We will travel to the Sengoku Jidai right now." Atsuko finished. Their father nodded, thankful that his daughters had been serious for once. Atsuko raised her hand slowly, and started whispering to the wind. Swiftly, a wind elemental appeared. It was a silver shimmer of a women with long hair, she seemed to have no feet, her dress was long, and transparent, as was she, she moved with the wind and her fingers seemed to be making a pattern in the air. She bowed to Atsuko. And gave the rest a nod. Shigekazu grunted. Damn elementals only obey those who call. He shook his head slightly. The patterns in the air the elemental had been making, began to form a shape. Atsuko whispered something else to the elemental in the Language of the Wind, and then a bubble appeared around Atsuko, then around Minity.
"Your going to travel through time in a bubble?" Shigekazu asked his daughters skeptically. Atsuko merely glared and gave the elemental a nod. The bubble began to lift, and then they zoomed out of the castle at an alarming rate. The wind elemental flying after them in a rush of wind.
"Damn elementals…" Shigekazu said.
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Minity: I AM SOOOOOOO SORRY FOR THE LONG WAIT! I HOPE YOU LIKED IT! PLEASE REVIEW! ONCE AGAIN TERRIBLE SORRY…kinda got caught up in reading other peoples fanfics…mines got put on hold!