"Talking"
'Thinking'
Writing
Stressed Words
January 1566
It has been two years since Kagome disappeared and the Shikon no Tama lost it's magic. It has been snowing since December as Kagome called it. The weather has been strange throughout the year. The farmer's prospered more than any other farmer in the nearby villages. The Sakura blossoms were extremely sweet smelling to everybody's sense of smell. Even the villager's didn't suffer from any illness or demon attacks. People began to comment on Inuyasha's looks and talking about how Kagome maybe had a role in their good fortunes.
We spent a year traveling the villages in search of a Komuso or Miko. Most of the Komusos told us that the Shikon no Tama is a very evil jewel that is a curse to whomever it touches. We knew the history of the jewel so we didn't question their ignorance. When we finally found a Miko who knew the history of the jewel, she turned out to tell us that the Tama was made of souls. That didn't seem like the answer we wanted, that answer made us only worry and think more.
Sango and Miroku traveled back to the Taijiya village while Inuyasha, Shippo and I traveled the opposite direction. Inuyasha spent most of his nights alone in trees. Sometimes, Shippo and I would her him talking to the jewel as if it was Kagome. Inuyasha went as far as sitting himself. He would say 'sit' in a high voice and fall flat on his face when he was depressed. It was a saddening event to watch. Shippo began to sleep most of the days and nights away when we were traveling. After another six months of no luck we all returned to Kaede's village to meet with the old Miko.
"I told ye already," Kaede would begin, "Kagome is apart of the jewel."
"There must be a way to reach her," Inuyasha would growl.
"There are no ways to reach the unreachable," Kaede would answer.
"So, did Kagome's soul make the jewel apart of herself?" I would ask.
"Yes, it made Kagome one with her," Kaede would say.
Then Sango and Miroku would return to the village from their travels with no answers. Shippo would tell them the news of what Kaede said and of Inuyasha's state of mind. Inuyasha would spend his village nights by the bone eaters well. One Inuyasha ran back to us with something clenched in his hand. He threw a glowing stone into Kaede's hut where we all gathered. The jewel went dead again and nothing happened to anybody. We all went back to sleep.
I talked to Inuyasha one warm summer night and found that Inuyasha had a heavy burden on his soul. It was saddening to see him in such a stated of sorrow. He talked to me and told me that it was once his only goal in life to become a true Inu youkai. He then looked at his stripped wrists before he would bite into them and made them bleed. I would watch in horror as he took chunks out of his wrists. He would then growl, as he would watch them heal over.
Inuyasha then told me that he would give anything in the world just to hear her breath. He spoke about the time that the well sealed over and he was so scared that he would never see her again. He looked up to the sky and asked if this was the way his mom felt when she lost Sugimi. He didn't know whether to cry or to fight until death. He told me that she wouldn't want him to waste his gift of becoming a true youkai. He then promised that he would wait all eternity for her if need be.
The Tama's Master's GuardianSora the Kunoichi
April 1596
Thirty years have passed since Kagome's disappearance. Kaede died twenty years back when the village was raided by demons. It was the day the village lost their last Miko of a spiritual line. Everyone had been saddened by the event, someone either lost a protector, a teacher, or a friend. Once fifteen years had passed since Kagome's disappearance we all noticed that we had stopped aging. The main thing that caught all our attention was when Sango was fighting a snake demon.
Sango was getting ready to throw her Hiraikotsu when the demon sank its fangs through her chest. I finally was able to get rid of the demon when it let go. I sucked it into my wind tunnel. We all thought that Sango was going to die and I thought I was going to lose the love of my life. When she made it through the night we saw that her wounds were healing and the bleeding had stopped. The first question she asked me was about my wind tunnel. It had suddenly appeared and left as soon as it came forth.
I searched Sango's aura and found that her aura and shaped into one of a demons. It was amazing to find that our aging was slowed to a stopped and our healing had sped up to one of a hanyou's. When I searched Sora's aura, she had a quality that came close to that of a Miko's. I then searched Inuyasha's and Shippo's; they were the same demonic aura. My spiritual powers became stronger as I practiced each day with them. I found myself able to heal those with small injuries. It was if I gained Miko ki in my Komuso practice.
We had no place to go for answers, so we traveled to Toutousai's mountain in order to see if we had really been altered. It was a day's travel to the mountain of where the old youkai took residence. We reached Toutousai he was shocked to see that humans were able to be where he lived. We then meet up with Myoga the flea and went to a nearby river.
"I see that all of your auras have changed dramatically," Myoga stated as he sat on a rock.
"Myoga, as you said we have changed in a dramatic way," I said as we sat in a circle.
"What has caused this change?" Myoga asked as he looked over at the group.
"The Shikon no Tama was used," Inuyasha gruffly said as he stared off.
"Really? Has lady Kagome been changed too?" Myoga asked as he sat there.
"Kagome's gone," Shippo said as he turned his back to the group.
"Gone? What do you mean she's gone?" Myoga asked.
Kagome wished on the tama and she vanished," Sango said as she reached over and took Miroku's hand.
"The wish had a repercussion to it," Myoga said.
"It wasn't just a damn repercussion," Inuyasha growled.
"Maybe the jewel couldn't take the lost of a soul," Myoga began to explain.
"And what? It needed another soul to keep the demons in check?" Sora interrupted.
"The souls of the demons were in the tama when purified. They were kept dormant until the wish was made. The balance was ruined and another soul was needed," Myoga finished as he crossed his four arms.
"How do we get her out?" Shippo asked as he turned back around.
"That I haven't the slightest idea," Myoga said.
"Stupid flea hasn't ever helped," Inuyasha growled before he stalked off into the night.
"This event has caused Inuyasha to become very… sensitive," Miroku said before he leaned back on the tree.
"I can imagine you all feel this lost," Myoga said.
"So, you have no idea what this has to do with our sudden changes," Sango said before she sighed.
"That is something Kagome would be able to explain," Myoga said.
Once our meeting was done with we all traveled back to Kaede's village. Nothing had been changed our thoughts. If anything changed, it was the thought of Kagome being lost to our group. I also began to notice that youkai companions became stronger in a fight against a scorpion youkai.
Miroku the Komuso