All righty then, chapter two has finally arrived. Enjoyed. Thank you to my reviewers, Chibes, AZNPinaiiPG, and DarklessVasion. You guys are the best.
Chibes: Thanks for adding me to your favourite stories page. I'm honored and also sorry this chap ends right when its getting good too.
AZNPinaiiPG: I'm glad you like my plot and sorry the sheep confused you. It was suppose to be confusing since it was a dream.
DarklessVasion: I agree that the plot is way more importent than the mechanics of a story. Hope you enjoy where I take this story.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Inuyasha and my search for the Shikon Jewel has been fruitless so far. I need a jewel shard dector.--evil thoughts in brisk33's mind-- I'll be right back --goes off in search of jewel detector--.
Chapter Two: The Darkness
A loud silence rang among the group. No one knew what to make of Kagome's speech. They were all concerned with what had just occurred, but none more than Inuyasha. He held her at arms length and fear and concern danced through his eyes.
'What just happened? She smells the same and looks the same,' He thought, 'yet, there's something different about her.'
Kagome still felt as if she was in a trance. She couldn't move or do anything, but stare straight ahead of her. More fear crept into her heart as she tried to speak, but failed as the worried silence crept all through out the small campsite beneath the tree. The kitsune, at the start of the deep sounding message, had fled to Sango's side, and now sat by Kilala, staring at Kagome with quaking fear.
'Is she going to be alright?' He randomly thought, 'That deep voice didn't sound normal. Maybe she's possessed!' Shippo was about to voice his concern when someone beat him to breaking the silence.
"Ah…the prophecy of the Noushoon Jewel," The voice pronounced, "Or at least part of that prophecy was that of the Noushoon Jewel." Everyone, save Inuyasha, began looking for the source of the bodiless voice. Inuyasha, having heard exactly where the voice originated, sped to Kilala and began searching through her fur. Though shocked, Kilala trusted Inuyasha and allowed him to continue his search.
"I'd know that voice anywhere," he claimed as he located the subject of his search, "Myouga."
"Lord Inuyasha," the flea greeted and jumped onto his shoulder. A silence stretched among the camp.
"You said something about a prophecy?" Miroku questioned.
"Yes…Yes," Myouga agreed, "the prophecy of the Noushoon Jewel has been whispered among seers and prophets for near three centuries."
"Screw that," Inuyasha cried, bringing attention back to his chief concern, "How do we fix Kagome?" Kagome had been sitting in the prophecy-induced stupor the whole time. She saw and heard all around her, yet her eyes seemed glassed over and she was unresponsive to all noise. Myouga jumped from Inuyasha's shoulder onto Kagome's nose.
"She seems alright to me," the flea announced.
"She's in a daze!" Inuyasha yelled in frustration.
"She'll wake from it on her own," the flea explained, "It's a natural reaction to one who does not see the future normally." Hearing that Kagome would be all right, the group settled some. Unable to control himself so close to fresh flowing blood, Myouga sunk his proboscis into Kagome's flesh.
'Smack' rang the hit as she swatted the insect and broke from her dream like state. Kagome looked in the palm of her hand to see the flat all knowing flea.
"Sorry Myouga," She meekly apologized. Pulling himself from the contours of her hand and jumping back to the hanyou, Myouga responded,
"That's alright Kagome."
The group patiently waited for Myouga to continue his explanation of the Noushoon Jewel, but Myouga seemed clueless to this fact. Noticing the six pairs of eyes laying of him, Myouga exclaimed,
"What!"
"Oh Baka!" Inuyasha yelled, this was not turning into the night he had hoped for.
"The prophecy," Kagome cued.
"Yeah," Shippo chimed in, "What's a noushoon?"
"A noushoon is a person. He was a great and powerful priest many centuries before. But more importantly, he was the originator of the jewel of light, sister jewel to the Shikon no Tama. Miko Midoriko was his sister. When the Shikon jewel was created, Noushoon and his younger brother, Laceron, the originator of the jewel of dark, took charge of it in a wild attempted to free their sister's soul and defeat the demons within the orb. Slowly over time, like all who possess the Shikon jewel, it began to affect them. Laceron began to greedily want the power of the jewel all to himself, and evil began to creep into his heart. Noushoon, however, was overcome with the joy and purity the jewel could possess. Eventually the brothers turned against one another and destroyed their opposer. From their funeral ashes, the jewels of light and dark were born," Myouga explained.
"Terrible," Kagome whispered and felt the weight of the jewel around her neck.
'This stone has caused so much grief,' She thought.
"You said that the jewel of light has been prophesized?" Sango wondered, yearning for more information.
"Yes," Myouga responded, "the jewel has been spoken of often in a broken foresight… 'The jewel stolen, all will fall, The link unbroken, all will recall.' The prophecy has been unfinished for a long while. Perhaps Kagome stumbled upon the rest of it in her sleep. I suggest you write down what she said as it could be of further use later." The flea finished explaining, "Now excuse me, I have some unfinished business to attend to." With that the flea disappeared into the rapidly disappearing darkness.
'This is not going to be a pleasant day without a wink of sleep,' Kagome thought, as she pulled a notebook and pen from her backpack and began to copy down the prophecy.
When she was finished, she stood and told her friend as cheerily as she could,
"Guess we should have breakfast and keep looking for jewel shards." Upon hearing this Inuyasha stopped what he was doing and turned to face the woman he secretly loved.
"You're not searching for anymore jewel shards for a while," he proclaimed, "You're going back to your own time for a break."
"What! Why?" Kagome protested.
"Why," Inuyasha retorted, "I woke to find you screaming about demon sheep in your sleep. Then, when I finally wake you up, you speak in a voice I've never heard before and fall into a trance. That's why, wench."
"Inuyasha, you can't make me go back to my time," Kagome firmly stated.
"Oh yeah! Watch me," The hanyou claimed taking to her challenge.
"Don't make me S-I-T you." She threatened. Inuyasha froze; he didn't want to be sitted.
"You wouldn't," He said in a low grimacing voice.
"I would, if you force me to," She stated.
"Wench," Inuyasha insufferably started. Sensing a disaster, Miroku jumped into the conversation.
"Please Kagome," He asked, "Go home and take some rest. We'll return for you in a few days."
"But the new moon's tonight," Kagome voiced her fear. She would hate for something to happen to Inuyasha when he was most vulnerable.
"And I'd rather only have one thing to worry over," Inuyasha interjected. Sensing that most of the group felt it would be better for her to go home for a couple of days, Kagome reluctantly agreed.
Once they had journeyed back to the bone eaters well, Kagome had a horrible uneasy feeling. As if she were uncertain traveling through the well this time was safe. She shrugged off the silly emotion and thought of how she would get to sleep in her soft bed that evening.
After Kagome had gone home, the group began traveling back in the direction of the tree. They seemed strangely drawn to it and wished to sleep under its eaves once again.
That eve, Kagome stared into the empty sky and thought of the words that had forced themselves from her mouth. Soon she found herself drifting in the wake of a spectacular dream.
Under the eaves of the tree where the group had found the latest jewel shard, an ancient power watched the group slumber.
'He, He, He,' It silently laughed to itself, "They've freed me and in doing so set forth a series of events none can stop." The tree quieted and looked up at the sleeping hanyou in its branches. He had climbed into the tree before sunset and had no intention of moving before sunrise. His dark hair swept back and forth in the wind and the tree once again laughed.
"He, He, He," It wheezed, sounding like it was bending in the wind, "The transformation will occur on the black mark." With those words from Kagome's prophecy, a glowing aura surrounded Inuyasha without waking him and, several centuries away, a similar aura engulfed Kagome.
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