FieryIceKitsune: Yeah!! I got more reviews!! Love to all that reviewed for the last chappie. Sorry that I left ya hangin for so long. Here's the next, and for now, the final chapter of: From An Accident!!
Ashlia (CloversnFoxes):: (Sigh...) not fair, I don't wanna end here....
FIK:: Well........ there might be a sequel in the future....
Ashlia: REALLY!!!
FIk: If I get any reviews for this chapter... I dunno if I wanna write it if noone likes my fics...
Ashlia:: (glares at readers) You heard her!! Read and review or I will send my army of three legged, purple flying llamas on you!!
Disclamer: do I have to say it? I only own all the kids I made up, Ashlia, Lynn and whoever I forgot to mention. Kay?
Part Five
One day though, something changed the fate of these happy families.
It was on a warm spring evening six years later (their kids looked and acted like teenaged humans because they were youkai (grew faster)); when Kagome was watching all of them play out in the garden. Sesshomaru was sitting besides her, instructing Shippuo and Keishou occasionally while they practiced with their katanas. Sango and Miroku walked lazily around the garden, their son Hayai (swift one) sitting on Miroku's shoulders. Seirei had been talking to Rin and Tenka about the latest news from the South Lord's children when she froze suddenly, staring at something in the distance. She gasped and ran over to Kagome, tugging irritably at the restrain her kimono had to any sort of running.
"Kaa-san! Okaa-san!" (Mother! Mom!)
Kagome looked up at her daughter, feeling her coming from where she sat.
Sesshomaru glanced over at her, wondering why she seemed so distressed.
"Hai, Seirei, what's wrong?"
"There's something on the other side of the creek! It keeps appearing and disappearing like a ghost."
Kagome shot up, hurrying towards where her Irihi was playing next to the creek, Sesshomaru striding after her. Shippuo, Keishou, Tenka and Rin stopped what they were doing and ran behind Seirei to where their parents were. From the other side of the garden, Miroku and Sango noticed the sudden flurry of wariness and sprinted towards the creek as well.
Kagome stood stock still, surprise and wonder overriding her worry. She signaled the children to quiet down, staring at the figure. Standing on the bank was the spirit of the long dead priestess.... Midoriko. She smiled softly at the wide-eyed teens and bowed low. Kagome followed this example and waited to see what happened next.
"Kagome, thou have done well in protecting the stone and I. It is an honor to have such a person as yourself guard the Shikon, purifying it more than thy has ever done."
"Arigatou, Midoriko-sama. I hope that the afterlife is good to you."
"Hai, it is. I have come to tell thee that the Jewel is ready to be wished on, no evil residing in its depths any longer from Naraku's control."
"Wish... Wish on it? But... I have nothing to wish for, Midoriko-sama?"
Midoriko smiled more brightly than before, her incisive black eyes gleaming.
"Than any wish thou shall make will be good. Since thou's heart is pure and thou's soul untainted, anything is possible to thee and thee's family. Unselfish and caring is thee's heart."
Kagome thought of this, astonished to be judged as such from such a legendary figure. Biting her lip, she looked around at the crowd surrounding her, catching Sesshomaru's golden gaze. The minute she looked up at him, Kagome knew exactly what she wanted. Taking a breath, she turned back to Midoriko, who waited patiently on the bank.
"I-I know of a wish."
"Then make it, if it is pure and unselfish of thee to do so."
"Hai... It is."
Kagome stepped away from her family, ignoring the restraining hand on her shoulder. From around her neck she took the jewel, unhooking the silver chain from it. Holding it out, she let Midoriko's pale, transparent hands clasp it. For a moment she stood, staring up at the sky, as if waiting for Heaven's agreement to her wish. A calm, soft wind swept over her, whispering its secrets to unhearing ears.
Kagome heard.
Nodding, she looked once again at her family, then back into Midoriko's fathomless midnight orbs. Her body started to glow a soft blue, illuminating the sky with her radiance. Behind her, everyone was astonished to find that they too were shining; their own bodies a different color from everyone else, as if the color indicated their own personality. In a sing song voice, Kagome whispered:
"Let my friends and family join me in a quest for peace and happiness to all kind, standing together as the bringers of a new era; an era of New Hope and Equality."
Time stood still, her words lingering in the air, the message dawning to those nearby. The jewel lit up, pulsing with its hidden magic until it rang in everybody's ears. Midoriko floated unaffected, her eyes closing, a calm look about her. A steady beat now came from within the Shikon, in time with Kagome's heartbeat. For a moment nothing happened...... And then..........
"Hai, your wish is good. Farewell Guardians."
Midoriko vanished, the Shikon shimmering as it hung in mid air. Something started happening, the shell of the pink stone melting away, rolling inside of itself. The pulse quickened. Foreboding sat thick in Kagome's throat. Waiting.
Out of the blue, Inuyasha and Ashlia appeared, their bodies glowing red and bronze, soon followed by Koga, Jinenji, Kaede and lastly a person who only Kagome recognized as Lynn, another friend from the future. They looked around confusedly, spotting Kagome and Co. a few feet away.
"What's happening?!" Ashlia half yelled, clutching at Inuyasha's arm.
"Do not worry. I'll explain when this is over," Kagome told the new arrivals.
At the height of the pulsations from the jewel, it started to break apart, making tiny copies of itself. When it had made seventeen replicas of itself, enough for all of them, they spread out, gliding through the air as if on invisible pathways to those who called to them. A moment later, they stopped, one hanging over each person, flickering, shimmering, pulsing like living hearts.
'Hearts,' Kagome thought. 'The Shikon is the heart of each guardian.'
Suddenly knowing what to do, she faced everyone behind her, waiting until each of them was looking at her.
"My wish was for all of us to be the creators of the new era, the bringers of hope and joy. Above you is a Shikon, your heart as a Guardian. It will be forever yours, your passage to eternity as a helper of Heaven, Kami-sama's peacemakers. If you accept this fate then touch this heart and be the new future of this world."
Silence followed her speech, all eyes trained on her without flickering. Nobody moved, except for the shifting of hair and clothing. All of a sudden, Irihi spoke up, her young and melodious voice catching everyone's attention:
"I'll be a guardian. What's the good of living if nobody cares to do something about the evil in the world? I may be one of the youngest, but I'm all for helping people."
And with these words spoken the orb above her pulsed once more than disappeared into her chest, right where her heart lay. She smiled brightly, laughing as a tickling sensations came over her. She looked at her hand and upon it lay a blue-grey dragon, lined in a ginger color; her symbol as a guardian.
Keishou watched his little sister, and then looked up at the orb above him. With a nod that mimicked his father's, it flew into him as well. His hand glowed for a minute and a thundercloud colored sheild materialized on it.
A second later, Shippuo and Tenka simultaneously laughed and joined hands as the orbs entered into them. When they let go, Tenka had a fragile looking lavender snowflake on her hand and Shippuo had an emerald leaf.
'Well, that was expected,' he thought.
In the next few minutes the rest of the group had absorbed their jewels: Inuyasha with a crimson sword, Ashlia with a bronze compass, Kaede with a dark grey arrow, Jinenji with a white blossom outlined in green, Rin with a red rose, Lynn, with some confusion, had a silvery-amber colored shooting star, Koga with a black twister shape, Miroku and Sango with twin paws, his blue-green, hers pink and cream. Hayai, since he was their son, also had a paw print, but his was orange and had a stripe of jade in it.
The last ones to grant the orbs passage were Kagome, Sesshomaru and Seirei. They had been watching everyone else receive the orb and now looked at one another. Kagome knew she was going to accept, but wanted to see everyone else do so first.
"Papa?"
Sesshomaru looked down at his second daughter, her gold rimmed crystal eyes reminding of his mate standing next to him.
"Hai, Seri?" He questioned, using a nickname he'd created for her.
"You're a guardian too, right? I don't want to be one if you aren't one."
Sesshomaru was a little surprised to be hearing this from her. Of any of his pups, Seirei had always been the one to do whatever her siblings did. This question told him that she had always looked to him for reassurance, but he had never noticed it before.
Placing a hand on her head, he ruffled her soft hair, smiling softly down at her.
"I wouldn't be one without you either Seri, so if you want to be one, I would guess I am too."
Seirei laughed gently and stepped away, comforted to know he agreed to her being a guardian. A smile spread on her lips as she whispered,
"Let me fly, Shikon. I'm a spirit, just like daddy named me." Her orb lowered into her, Seirei's entire body turning a crystal color. When it faded, she turned and
held up her palm for them to see.
"See, I'm a spirit, just like you said."
On the middle of her smooth hand was a delicate feather, the color of her eyes with a gold center. It was the sacred sign of an angel, an angel who was born to fly.
"Hai, you are my little angel." Sesshomaru murmured to her. He looked around when a hand touched his arm. Kagome stood next to him, her orb following behind her.
"It's our turn, Koshi."
They turned to their orbs together, her hand still on his arm. For a moment they were silent, the group of people around them watching expectantly. Simultaneously, they looked at one another and said,
"We agree."
When it was all over and everyone else was lounging about the gardens talking, Kagome examined her hand. Her hand had a lilac bell, symbol of new beginnings and hope.
"You know, the crescent of the Tashio family is the symbol of devotion and strength."
"Really? I didn't know that." Kagome answered, looking up at Sesshomaru. He nodded and held out his hand. On it was a replica of the crescent gracing his forehead; the only difference was that it was gold.
"I remember what you said that night. How you used to think of me differently. Now that I think about it, it's funny that of anyone, it is I who received this symbol."
"Not to me. What I think is strange is how all this came to be. If what had happened hadn't happened, well, things probably wouldn't be as they are now."
Sesshomaru cupped her chin in his hand, drawing her to him.
"Oh? And how did this all happen?"
Just before their lips met, Kagome managed to respond.
"From an accident."
END!!!!!!!!!!
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