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Chapter 5

He didn't like where this was going. He had his doubts on what he felt for the torquoise-eyed priestess, but he knew he craved her touch. He needed to hear her soft voice, even if and when it spoke of corruption and an evil plot against a pure and untainted priestess.

'...and though I shouldn't care about this Kikyo-person, I can't help but feel sorry for her. She doesn't deserve this...'

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She'd left that morning after going over the details of her plot against Priestess Kikyo with him. He was to 'corrupt' her.

"Corrupt?" he had asked.

Was he that dirty? Was she that pure?

In his mind, he knew what this meant, but it was harder for him to actually think of the details without getting worried she would purify him instead.

Quite the risk, if you asked him. Priestesses were able to do that, and he knew it too well.

He was to make her fall into his trap... but what if he fell into hers? What if she was beyond carnal desires? What if she was the saint she was assumed to be?

What if she simply didn't like him? What if she was horrified by him?

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"So much more powerful than I... and as such, you should be careful not to fall in love... for that would surely decrease your spiritual powers..." Tsubaki began.

"... Kikyo, if you fall in love, you will live, or shall I say, die an unnatural death..." Tsubaki finished.

Kikyo smiled, partly to herself. "I'll see you around, Tsubaki." She said, turning about and walking away from her fellow priestess. Her sister tagged along, carrying extra bows for her.

"Sister Kikyo..." Kaede whispered, wondering what her sister thought of what the pretty priestess that wore a green-beaded necklace had said.

"A curse..." Kikyo simply answered.

"A curse..." Kaede repeated, almost questioning.

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A/N: Very... very short. I know, I just want you guys to know I'm not giving up on this.

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