Chapter Ten: The gift
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Larka let out a gasp of surprise...
"Mother? Father? Is it really you?"
The two people smiled and nodded. Larka leapt up and hugged her parents.
"I've missed you so much!" Larka said, tears of joy glistening on her face.
"We've missed you too Larka." Her mom replied, who was also crying happily.
Larka stepped back and looked at their surroundings.
"Mother, father where are we?"
"Larka we are in the realm between life and death." Her more replied.
"But why? I'm suppose to be dead. Why am I here?"
Her father stepped forward to answer her. "Larka it has been decided that you shall receive another chance to live."
Larka looked at him in confusion. "But why?"
Her mother answered this one. "Since you destroyed the evil demon Naraku, which saved the world from destruction and because you avenged our deaths you have been rewarded a chance at life again."
Larka lost all words, but she was so happy. 'I'm going to get to see all my friends again!'
She looked at her mother who was dressed in a silken while kimono that had a red dragon on it. The dragon's wings were spread the length of the sleeves of the kimono and her mother's silky brown hair was up in a bun with some loose strands flowing around her.
She then looked at her father who was also dressed in a silken white Kimono with a green dragon on it. His silver hair was flowing loosely around him.
Larka smiled and hugged them again. "You two still look as good as you did when you were alive."
Her parents smiled down at her but then their faces turned more serious.
"Larka it's time for you to go back and live again. Your friends miss you and they need you."
"But mother..."
Her father cut her off. "Larka your mother is right, trouble is brewing again the realm of the living and they need you there."
Her father stepped forward and hugged her tightly.
"Take care, my daughter." He stepped back to stand beside Larka's mother and waved at her, smiling.
White light started to surround her but her mother spoke up one last time.
"One thing Larka, it has been a year in the realms of the living since you died. So things may have changed a bit."
"Mother what do you me-"
Larka was cut off as the white light surrounded her, cutting of contact with her parents.
She woke up later in the forest.
Larka's eyes lit up. "I'm alive! I'm back!"
Larka headed towards the castle, a huge smile on her face.
When she arrived, she was shocked at what she saw. Everything was destroyed and a deadly looking gas surrounded the castle.
"What happened here?"
Larka ran forward into the gas, ignoring the lightheaded feeling that was overcoming her she called out her friend's names.
"Koga! Kagome! Inuyasha! Sango! Miroku! Sesshomaru! Nia! ANYBODY!?"
Larka was answered by silence.
She fell to her knees. "Mother said things had changed, but I wasn't expecting anything like this..."
All the sudden she heard a twig snap behind her. She spun around to see Kagome standing there with a puzzled look on her face.
"Kagome!" Larka ran to her friend, embracing her.
"L-Larka?" Kagome gasped in shock.
"B-but you are dead!?"
Larka let go of her and stepped back looking into her friends face.
"Yes I died, but I was given the gift of life. I was given my life back because I killed Naraku and avenged my parents. Apparently what I did was a great enough dead to receive a second chance at life."
Kagome jumped up and down, her eyes spilling with tears. "Oh Larka! We've missed you so much!"
Kagome hugged Larka excitedly and started to pull her away from the castle and into the woods.
Larka stopped and turned to look back at the castle. "Kagome, what happened here?"
"Larka come and I will tell you later, but first we have to get out of here, it's not safe."
Larka nodded and followed Kagome into the woods, only glancing back at the ruins of the castle once.
After walking for about twenty minutes they arrived at a camp of some sort well hidden by the trees.
"Kagome, what is this place?"
Kagome opened her mouth to answer but was cut off by several voices.
"Kagome is that you?"
"YAY! Kagome's back!"
"Feh, about time!"
Sango, Shippo, and Inuyasha all appeared in the clearing but stopped dead in their tracks when they saw Larka.
Sango dropped the basket she was holding and let out a gasp.
"Larka? Is that you!"
Larka nodded and turned a bit red.
"Miroku! Sesshomaru! Nia! Come quick!"
The three came running. "What? What is Sango? What's wrong?" Miroku asked in a worried tone.
"It's Larka!" She cried. "She's back!"
"No but how can that be...?" asked Miroku.
"Let's all sit down and Larka will tell her story." Kagome led Larka and everyone else to an empty part of the clearing.
While everyone was getting settled Jaken and Rin appeared. They looked questioningly at Nia and Sesshomaru, but they just told them to sit and listen.
Larka told her story and after she was done everyone broke out talking excitedly. Even Sesshomaru showed he was glad that she was back.
Kagome piped up. "Won't Koga be thrilled!"
Larka stood up, a far away look in her eyes. "Koga." She whispered.
She spun around and looked at Kagome. "Where is he?"
Kagome told her and she started to walk in the direction that Kagome had said he went.
Shippo started to ask where she was going, but Miroku stopped him and shook his head no.
"They need some time alone."
"Oh..."
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Larka headed towards Koga's wolf den. Kagome had told Larka that she'd find him there.
When she reached the bottom of the mountain she was about to go up when she was stopped by a voice of someone behind her.
"Larka?"
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Punkwolfdemon: Sorry that it was short but I'm still worn out from writing chapter nine so bear with me please! Lol
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Larka let out a gasp of surprise...
"Mother? Father? Is it really you?"
The two people smiled and nodded. Larka leapt up and hugged her parents.
"I've missed you so much!" Larka said, tears of joy glistening on her face.
"We've missed you too Larka." Her mom replied, who was also crying happily.
Larka stepped back and looked at their surroundings.
"Mother, father where are we?"
"Larka we are in the realm between life and death." Her more replied.
"But why? I'm suppose to be dead. Why am I here?"
Her father stepped forward to answer her. "Larka it has been decided that you shall receive another chance to live."
Larka looked at him in confusion. "But why?"
Her mother answered this one. "Since you destroyed the evil demon Naraku, which saved the world from destruction and because you avenged our deaths you have been rewarded a chance at life again."
Larka lost all words, but she was so happy. 'I'm going to get to see all my friends again!'
She looked at her mother who was dressed in a silken while kimono that had a red dragon on it. The dragon's wings were spread the length of the sleeves of the kimono and her mother's silky brown hair was up in a bun with some loose strands flowing around her.
She then looked at her father who was also dressed in a silken white Kimono with a green dragon on it. His silver hair was flowing loosely around him.
Larka smiled and hugged them again. "You two still look as good as you did when you were alive."
Her parents smiled down at her but then their faces turned more serious.
"Larka it's time for you to go back and live again. Your friends miss you and they need you."
"But mother..."
Her father cut her off. "Larka your mother is right, trouble is brewing again the realm of the living and they need you there."
Her father stepped forward and hugged her tightly.
"Take care, my daughter." He stepped back to stand beside Larka's mother and waved at her, smiling.
White light started to surround her but her mother spoke up one last time.
"One thing Larka, it has been a year in the realms of the living since you died. So things may have changed a bit."
"Mother what do you me-"
Larka was cut off as the white light surrounded her, cutting of contact with her parents.
She woke up later in the forest.
Larka's eyes lit up. "I'm alive! I'm back!"
Larka headed towards the castle, a huge smile on her face.
When she arrived, she was shocked at what she saw. Everything was destroyed and a deadly looking gas surrounded the castle.
"What happened here?"
Larka ran forward into the gas, ignoring the lightheaded feeling that was overcoming her she called out her friend's names.
"Koga! Kagome! Inuyasha! Sango! Miroku! Sesshomaru! Nia! ANYBODY!?"
Larka was answered by silence.
She fell to her knees. "Mother said things had changed, but I wasn't expecting anything like this..."
All the sudden she heard a twig snap behind her. She spun around to see Kagome standing there with a puzzled look on her face.
"Kagome!" Larka ran to her friend, embracing her.
"L-Larka?" Kagome gasped in shock.
"B-but you are dead!?"
Larka let go of her and stepped back looking into her friends face.
"Yes I died, but I was given the gift of life. I was given my life back because I killed Naraku and avenged my parents. Apparently what I did was a great enough dead to receive a second chance at life."
Kagome jumped up and down, her eyes spilling with tears. "Oh Larka! We've missed you so much!"
Kagome hugged Larka excitedly and started to pull her away from the castle and into the woods.
Larka stopped and turned to look back at the castle. "Kagome, what happened here?"
"Larka come and I will tell you later, but first we have to get out of here, it's not safe."
Larka nodded and followed Kagome into the woods, only glancing back at the ruins of the castle once.
After walking for about twenty minutes they arrived at a camp of some sort well hidden by the trees.
"Kagome, what is this place?"
Kagome opened her mouth to answer but was cut off by several voices.
"Kagome is that you?"
"YAY! Kagome's back!"
"Feh, about time!"
Sango, Shippo, and Inuyasha all appeared in the clearing but stopped dead in their tracks when they saw Larka.
Sango dropped the basket she was holding and let out a gasp.
"Larka? Is that you!"
Larka nodded and turned a bit red.
"Miroku! Sesshomaru! Nia! Come quick!"
The three came running. "What? What is Sango? What's wrong?" Miroku asked in a worried tone.
"It's Larka!" She cried. "She's back!"
"No but how can that be...?" asked Miroku.
"Let's all sit down and Larka will tell her story." Kagome led Larka and everyone else to an empty part of the clearing.
While everyone was getting settled Jaken and Rin appeared. They looked questioningly at Nia and Sesshomaru, but they just told them to sit and listen.
Larka told her story and after she was done everyone broke out talking excitedly. Even Sesshomaru showed he was glad that she was back.
Kagome piped up. "Won't Koga be thrilled!"
Larka stood up, a far away look in her eyes. "Koga." She whispered.
She spun around and looked at Kagome. "Where is he?"
Kagome told her and she started to walk in the direction that Kagome had said he went.
Shippo started to ask where she was going, but Miroku stopped him and shook his head no.
"They need some time alone."
"Oh..."
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Larka headed towards Koga's wolf den. Kagome had told Larka that she'd find him there.
When she reached the bottom of the mountain she was about to go up when she was stopped by a voice of someone behind her.
"Larka?"
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Punkwolfdemon: Sorry that it was short but I'm still worn out from writing chapter nine so bear with me please! Lol