Holy MF! Look what I found in my email account's -sent mail- folder! Oh yeah Oh yeah Oh yeah!
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Kagome and Miroku lay among the stars and the night breeze in the grass that had long since cooled and released the afternoon's warmth.
It was odd, Kagome thought, how in just a short time she had come to know Miroku inside and out. It was odd, being so intimate in his mind, like a connection of souls.
Kagome opened her eyes, startled. Is that what they were doing? Sharing souls? She was in Miroku's mind, but was his soul still inhabiting his body? Part of it?
Kagome sighed; a product of twentieth century thinking. Overanalyzation…
Could she share a soul with two other people?
"Kagome," Miroku startled her out of the reverie. He didn't think he could take anymore of that rhythmic chewing of the lips without getting ridiculously aroused. "How long do you think we'll be stuck like this?"
Kagome turned over to see the familiarity of her own eyes looking back at her. She wondered how anything could go back to being the same as before. Now that she really knew him…
"I don't know Miroku. Kumi said it would be temporary…probably because it was only one shard, and just a spell." Kagome fiddled with the rosary beads absently. "She seemed so knowledgeable about what happened…do you think she's seen it before?"
Miroku sat for a moment in thought. "Well, there are spells that can go awry and cause the death of the participants. But we're still alive, so I think Kumi figured we'd be ok."
"I don't know…it seems kind of fishy to me."
"Oi! Bouzu! Do I have to keep watch all night to make sure you don't harass Kagome?" Inuyasha interrupted, storming over. If she had been in her own body, she would have…
Kagome watched as a devious smirk appeared on her former face.
"Inuyasha, Osuwari!" The already irritated hanyou slammed face first into the ground.
"Whee! That was fun! I don't see why you don't do it more often," Miroku chortled. Kagome looked meaningfully at him and shushed him silently, but violently. He realized what he had alluded to, and gulped. Fortunately Inuyasha was concentrating on escaping Mother Earth's hard and dirty embrace.
"Umm sorry Inuyasha! You just surprised me!" Inuyasha's angry growl was the answer. "Heh he, I'll be going to sleep now!"
Both returned to their respective sleeping places, jumbled thoughts settling until the rising of the sun brought them to the surface once again.
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It was strange, Sango noted, how close Kagome and Miroku seemed to be now. He had tried to grope her only once, then started cursing and getting red in the face. Sango was so startled, she forgot to hit him with Hiraikotsu.
Inuyasha also noticed the changes when Kagome failed to harp on him to take her back to the well when her supplies from the future began running low. She had stuttered her answer, saying she would rather hunt the shards and didn't need anything at the moment.
Their late night talks continued, and though it was not spoken, so did the treks down each others' memory lanes. On the third night, the familiar cat-like tendril Mirkou had become so used to brought him far back into Kagome's past. A random thought crossed his mind. The oddity that this was also in the future, albeit a future he would not be alive to experience.
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"Once upon a time, there was a spider demon who wished to consume the world. He killed good humans and evil demons alike, or enslaving those whose hearts were dark enough. After a while, the spider demon was met by a miko of great power. The demon laughed at her, and called the wind to cut her down. But the miko was not harmed. He sent the snow to steal her soul, but it remained stuck fast to her. Do you know why Kagome?"
A young Kagome shook her head, mesmerized by her grandfather's voice.
"The miko was in love. It had been a secret kept from all, for things like that were not allowed. The strength of her love was more powerful than the tricks that were sent against her. The spider demon saw this and used his cunning to strike down her love while she fought him. When the miko realized this, there was a great explosion of power and she shot the demon with a beam of silver that destroyed his black heart."
"What happened to them, Ji-chan?"
"It is said the miko was stolen away after her love had perished."
"Oh." The child Kagome wrinkled her nose. "Tell me Bunbuku Chagama!"
Her grandfather laughed "That one again? As many times as I tell it, you won't turn into a raccoon."
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Miroku wondered what was meant by him being allowed to see this memory. It seemed faded, forgotten. It was somewhat unclear and jerky, the colors not as bright, the background not as defined, the voices hazy. He wondered if Kagome was conscious that she had been told a legend that had sounded suspiciously like their current situation.
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Now, a new beta...please find me and help. The muse for this story is so dusty with misuse that I'm gonna need some help cleaning it off!