When Kagome awoke she felt as if a great weight had been lifted off her.
The sun was rising in the east and the dew was shimmering on the fresh
smelling grass. A soft breeze lifted her hair from her shoulders. She
looked around at the others, who were still sleeping peacefully. Miroku had
his arm around Sango and she was resting her head on his shoulder.
Everything seemed like it should, until of course Kagome realized Kikyou
was missing. She gasped in surprise, and looked at the foliage surrounding
the clearing, as if expecting her to pop from a nearby blueberry bush.
Maybe she had gone after Inuyasha...
Kagome thought, though wasn't very reassured by it. She wondered if she should wake Miroku, when the brush next to her began to move. She was expecting Kikyou, so when Inuyasha's silver hair appeared she gasped and rushed to his side. "Inuyasha!" She wrapped her arms around him, but when he didn't return her embrace she looked up into his eyes, puzzled.
He looked troubled, as if something was gnawing on his insides. Inuyasha's usually unfazed appearance seemed unsettled, as if something was making him anxious. "What's wrong? Where have you been? I've been so worried." Kagome said, muttering the last sentence into his shoulder. Inuyasha then wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. When she looked into his eyes she saw a new emotion, fear.
"Kagome... I was scared that you would be gone, that all of you would have left me..." He gripped her hand like a child lost in one of those department stores back in Tokyo. She couldn't stop the tears that started to roll down her upturned face.
Kikyou made her way along the forest with Kei a few feet ahead of her. Her injuries were starting to slow her down again, but she couldn't seem weak in front of her captive. The girl was but a mere enchantress, not even a very high leveled one. She worked as a tailor so she never had the need to learn more spells besides the simple ones. Something about her sparked a memory in the very back of Kikyou's mind though, and she knew she would have some function. Now she was starting to get an idea as to what.
Kei was examining different herbs and plants and seemed to know the uses for most of them. Kikyou knew them too, of course, but she had never met anyone as skilled as her. Maybe she could take this girl on as an apprentice, because if she were to die there wouldn't be anyone to fill her place in the village as a healer. Not that she planned on dying any time soon. She had some business she couldn't leave to an apprentice. She knew a secret, a dark secret that could only hurt if it wasn't told.
A/N: Woo! Chapter 10! I didn't know this thing was going to be this long. Well I've got a lot of work to do, seeing as even I don't know what this dark secret is going to be! :P I'd like to thank everyone who has reviewed! I LOVE YOU PEOPLE! =D
Kagome thought, though wasn't very reassured by it. She wondered if she should wake Miroku, when the brush next to her began to move. She was expecting Kikyou, so when Inuyasha's silver hair appeared she gasped and rushed to his side. "Inuyasha!" She wrapped her arms around him, but when he didn't return her embrace she looked up into his eyes, puzzled.
He looked troubled, as if something was gnawing on his insides. Inuyasha's usually unfazed appearance seemed unsettled, as if something was making him anxious. "What's wrong? Where have you been? I've been so worried." Kagome said, muttering the last sentence into his shoulder. Inuyasha then wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. When she looked into his eyes she saw a new emotion, fear.
"Kagome... I was scared that you would be gone, that all of you would have left me..." He gripped her hand like a child lost in one of those department stores back in Tokyo. She couldn't stop the tears that started to roll down her upturned face.
Kikyou made her way along the forest with Kei a few feet ahead of her. Her injuries were starting to slow her down again, but she couldn't seem weak in front of her captive. The girl was but a mere enchantress, not even a very high leveled one. She worked as a tailor so she never had the need to learn more spells besides the simple ones. Something about her sparked a memory in the very back of Kikyou's mind though, and she knew she would have some function. Now she was starting to get an idea as to what.
Kei was examining different herbs and plants and seemed to know the uses for most of them. Kikyou knew them too, of course, but she had never met anyone as skilled as her. Maybe she could take this girl on as an apprentice, because if she were to die there wouldn't be anyone to fill her place in the village as a healer. Not that she planned on dying any time soon. She had some business she couldn't leave to an apprentice. She knew a secret, a dark secret that could only hurt if it wasn't told.
A/N: Woo! Chapter 10! I didn't know this thing was going to be this long. Well I've got a lot of work to do, seeing as even I don't know what this dark secret is going to be! :P I'd like to thank everyone who has reviewed! I LOVE YOU PEOPLE! =D