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Chapter 6: Transformations
By the time they had reached the hut in Kaede's village, night had already fallen. InuYasha looked down at Kagome's lifeless form. Even in death she was still beautiful. InuYasha shifted her in his arms and held her closer to his chest. Miroku looked over to Kagome and smiled weakly at the faint glow he could see around her.
"Her body is dead, but her soul and spirit still holds on…Lady Kagome truly is a remarkable person." InuYasha eyed the Monk.
"What are you talking about?" Miroku looked up at the sky before explaining, the stars twinkling above them.
"Kagome's body is dead, her heart is not beating and right now she should just be a corpse, but her soul and spirit still reside in her body, either by her will or someone else's. My guess is it's her will to resist death and stay in this world. When a person dies, their spirit and soul return to the gates of heaven to await reincarnation, but Kagome's remains." InuYasha looked down at Kagome. Her face was white, devoid of any color that used to reside there.
"So what your saying is that Kagome is resisting death, and her soul and spirit are trying to revive her body?" Miroku nodded his head before looking back to Sango. She hadn't spoke since they started on their way back to the village, she was grief stricken. Shippo was quiet, almost as if he afraid to break the silence. They had found him on their way back. Shippo had explained how Kagome made him stay somewhere safe until the battle was over. When he noticed Kagome's body in InuYasha's arms the kit broke down and wailed his heart out. Now he was quiet and reserved from the others. Everyone had been deeply affected by Kagome's death, himself included.
"Quickly, lets get Kagome to Kaede's." Miroku looked back at the hanyou, his eyes holding an immense sadness. InuYasha nodded, and walked faster towards the old Miko's hut. Sango walked ahead of them to the hut and held the flap up so InuYasha could walk in with ease. Kaede looked up from the pot on the fire in the sunken earth. She looked at all of them. They looked unscathed, but then she noticed the limp form of Kagome in InuYasha's arms.
"Bring Kagome into the other room InuYasha, Sango please go fetch some water from the stream." Sango nodded and exited the hut with the small wooden bucket that was next to the doorway. InuYasha followed Kaede into the next room and placed Kagome on the futon. Shippo walked in to the room and sat down next to InuYasha. Kirara was curled around Shippo's neck, mewing quietly in grief.
"What happened?" Kaede looked at InuYasha. She knew it would be hell for him to relive what happened but she needed to know, she wanted to know. InuYasha nodded his head and explained everything that had happened up until the point when they arrived at the village. Kaede nodded her head in understanding.
"Miroku." Miroku walked in from the other room and stood beside the elderly woman.
"Yes, Kaede?" Kaede pointed to him and InuYasha.
"Please go out and search for these herbs, I'll list them on the back of this paper." Kaede pulled out a piece of parchment from her inner robe and wrote with a brush and ink that was in the corner. She handed it to Miroku.
"Anything else we can do?" Kaede shook her head.
"Iie." She replied in her aged voice. InuYasha walked out of the room quickly. Miroku glanced at the door before turning his head back to Kaede.
"Leave him, he has been through a great deal. Watching that happen to Kagome has taken a toll on him, it has on all of you. It would be best to leave him alone for a while." Miroku nodded his head in understanding and left the hut.
"Kagome, can ye hear me child?" Kaede leaned over Kagome's body. Kagome didn't stir. Kaede knew that Kagome was still alive inside.
"Your spirit and soul have decided what to do, I can sense ye new aura. Your body is changing Kagome, your becoming even more powerful then before." The elderly woman sat back and closed her eyes in a silent prayer over the miko.
A/n: Stay tuned!