A Curse Can Also Be A Gift

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Chapter 5:

"Kaa-san?" Shippo groggily asked as he woke up. Kagome smiled.

"Here I am, Shippo-chan," She said as he opened his eyes. He looked around. All the debris had been cleared away and in place was a small meadow leading to a hut. He gaped at the sight. The hut hadn't been there when he fell asleep.

"Did you-did you?" Was all he could get out. Kagome nodded. Shippo sprang forward and gave his mother a bone crushing hug. "THANK YOU!"

This was the scene that the Kenshin-gumi appeared at( Shippo only slept for fifteen mintues). They gaped at the sight of Kagome being hugged by a tall red haired man with a long fox tail. Kagome saw them smiled embarrassed. A small pink tint landed on her cheeks barely noticeable. Sanosuke cleared his throat and Shippo let go.

"Shippo-chan," Kagome said. "Why don't you go and explore you new home."

"Okay, Kaa-san," He answered and walked into his new home. The Kenshin-gumi gaped at her. She had a child that was older than her! Kenshin and Sanosuke stopped gaping as they remembered the curse and Sanosuke nudged Kaoru to stop.

"Well," Kagome started to say something, but was cut off by Kaoru.

"You have a child!" She asked suprised. Kagome looked at her expectantly until she realized what she was hinting.

"No!" She exclaimed. "He's my adopted child. I met him in the Sengoku Jidai era right after InuYasha!"

"InuYasha?" Kenshin inquired wondering how many more men she knew. He was getting jealous.

"Oh!" Kagomer said. "I forgot that I didn't tell you his name! He is the guy that I was fighting earlier. The one with the silver hair."

"Oh," Kaoru said. Kagome smiled. Suddenly, her smile turned into a frown when black clouds flew into the sky blocking out the sun. A woman's cruel laugh filled the air. Kaoru hid behind Sanosuke while Kenshin stood next to Kagome sakabato unsheathed. Kagome growled and summoned her Hiraikotsu. It appeared in her hands with a dark blue aura around it. The Kenshin-gumi, minus Yahiko, eyed it warily before a sixteen year old girl floated down form one of the clouds on a little blue leaf made from water.

Rain fell. Lightning flashed. Her forest green kimono stood out a littleloking darker because of the rain. As her feet touched the ground, Thunder rumbled. and lightning hit a tree close to Kaoru and it caught fire making the said girl scream. Sanosuke got her away form the falling tree just in time.

"Who are you?" Kagome yelled. She could feel the youki rolling off of her in waves.

"I am called Kima," The sixteen year old answered. "Your executioner."

"Like that'll ever happen," Kagome muttered as she looked distastefully at the now smirking Kima.

"Izzat so?" Kima asked mockingly. Kagome growled inhumanly as Shippo came out of his hut to see where his mother was. He gasped and ran towards Kagome. He stopped running when he got to Kagome's left side. Kima laughed. "So, your son is going to fight?"

"You gotta problem with that!" Kagome yelled. Kima smirked.

"No," She answered. "The more to die, the merrier."

With that said, she gathered up water from the rain and formed four huge water balls. Kagome looked expectantly at her, Hiraikotsu held in a defense position.

"So," Kim said tauntingly. "You're only going to defend? You're that big of a wimp?"

"Shut up," Kagome snarled.

"Aww," Kima said in a baby like voice. "I hurt wittle Kagome's feewings."

Shippo growled low in his throat before attacking. Kima sent one of her water balls at him and it surrounded his head. Shippo tried swatting the water away so she could breathe.

"Shippo!" Kagome yelled as she sent a blast of purification energy at Kima. Kima dodged and sent the other three water balls at Kenshin, Sanosuke, and Kaoru. They attached themselves to their heads and drowned them. Kagome growled fiercely and attacked Kima. Kima dodged most of it, but holding four huge water balls in place while the victims moved around were hard.

Blood spurted form her wound as Kagome dodged one of Kima's waves of water. The huge water balls around the Kenshin-gumi's head got a little smaller. Lightning flashed. Kima smirked at Kagome as Kagome tried to attack her with purification beams. Thunder roared. More trees caught fire, but didn't get to flame for very long under the pouring rain. The winds roared warnings, which no one heeded.

A thump was heard. Shippo has fainted. Kagome gasped at him and snarled at Kima. Fortunately, for Kagome and Shippo, Kima used his water ball to make the others' bigger. Thunder oared along with the wind. Another thump. Kaoru was unconscious, but the water ball still stayed on her head. Sanosuke and Kenshin tried to get to her, but failed and fainted next to each other. Kagome looked back at them and gasped. Kaoru's chest wasn't moving. Kima say this and smirked maliciously.

Kagome growled, the fire in her eyes getting bigger and bigger until her whole body was glowing with dark blue miko energy. Kima's eyes widened before going back to normal. Her eyes turned sea green as a huge waved swept over them. Kagome put a barrier over her and the unconscious and dead ones. She looked back to see how they were doing and her eyes widened in horror. Kenshin's and Sanosuke's chest stopped moving. She turned towards Shippo and was relieved to see that he was still alive (he IS a youkai after all. they can stand not breathing for a few hours).

She ran at Kima with inhuman speed and slashed her in half with her Hiraikotsu. Kima gasped silently as she was cleaved in half. The sky cleared up almost instantly and the sun brightly shone with all its glory. A rainbow came and shone with all its colors. A few tears fell down Kagome's face as she looked at her three dead friends. She knew she loved Kenshin, and Kaoru was like a sister to her even though they only knew each other for a few hours. Shippo stirred. His green forest green eyes shining slightly as he looked around. Some of the rain had evaporated leaving damp Earth and mud.

"K-Kaa-san?" He asked as he looked around. His eyes stopped moving as he looked at the three dead figures. "Are they...?"

"Hai," Kagome said sadly. "I wasn't able to kill Kima quickly enough."

"It's alright, Kaa-san," Shippo said as he hugged her.

"Arigato," Kagome murmured as her breathing evened and her eyes closed. Shippo smiled. His mom looked so peaceful sleeping. He looked up into the sky and gasped.

The rainbow's colors were black, grey, and brown.

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