. : Inazuma : .
: . By Akikazu . :
. : Chapter Fourteen : .
"Are you sure you'll be fine? You can come with me, I don't mind."
"Kagome I'll be fine, I'm staying with Noya and you're only going to be gone for a couple of days."
Kagome bit her lip indecisively and Sota sighed heavily. She had avoided going to school all week and now she was leaving to visit the shrine. They both knew that she was trying to avoid her new 'friends'.
"You can't keep avoiding them Kagome."
"I can try," she muttered, then added in a louder voice, "come on, Noya's here."
"I know."
"Smart ass."
She lifted her backpack and Sota's bag and made her way to the door carefully not to drop or bump into anything. She soon came to the front door and spotted Noya leaning against the door, his customary bandana covering his eyes.
"Hi Noya-kun, Sota will be right down," Kagome dropped her younger brother's bag. "Here's his stuff, make sure he behaves while he staying with you. Are you sure you wouldn't rather just stay here with him instead of taking him somewhere else?"
"We'll be staying at the dojo my family owns. By the time you return Sota will be able to return to the public without fear of losing control."
"Alright," Kagome paused uncomfortably, and then rose onto her tip toes to press a soft kiss onto Noya's cheek.
And then she returned fully to the ground and ran off, not bothering to say goodbye. She found herself confused by her actions, she felt pulls to both Noya and to Itsuki but until she could sort out her feeling she would make no more moves towards either of them.
Her steps slowed to a walk, it would take her all day and most of the night to walk to her destination, but this is the way she chose. Lifting her head she looked at the morning sky, the sun was hidden by the mass of dark clouds that hung thickly in the air and Kagome felt a rush of energy. However she curbed her pace and continued to walk at a leisurely pace.
She was going to walk all day, what a pleasant way to reminisce.
: Sota :
"Where are we?"
Though he could not truly see where they were Sota could sense many aura's inside. The auras were an oriental green and red swirl, it gave off a familiar feeling to him. It reminded him of the shrine that he and his sister had been so hard pressed to leave, if their mother recovered they hoped to return there one day.
"This is where we'll be staying, my family's dojo."
Sota's curiosity was raised, he had not learned any personal information about his sensei, and he intended to use this time to absorb all the knowledge he could about him.
"You come from a family of psychics?"
"All Sightless come from the bloodlines of at least one of the five factions."
"Oh."
"My family is Arayashiki."
"Arayashiki?"
"The faction that inherited the orient's magic."
"That's why it's familiar."
Sota followed Noya into the building and shut the sliding paper door securely behind them. They made their way down what seemed to be a hallway and into another room.
"This will be your room."
"Okay, thanks."
The young Sightless set down his bag and spread his senses again, attuning himself with his surroundings.
"Please wait here for s couple of minutes, Sota, I'll be right back."
He murmured a reply, not really paying attention as he scrutinized every inch of the surrounding mile, piece by piece. So absorbed and caught in his near meditative state, Sota didn't notice the unfamiliar person come into the room.
"Kon'nichiwa!"
His head snapped back and Sota whirled to place the intruder in front of him, his aura spiked and because he only learned two outlets for his power and only one of those could be used to defend him, his aura lit fires around him.
"Whoa! Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you."
Sota took a deep breath and reined in his power, though this did nothing to stop the fires that had already started. He ignored the flames that licked at them to examine the intruder, he could tell by the voice that it was a girl, perhaps around his age. She was an Arayashiki, so it was a strong possibility that she belong in the dojo.
After coming to the conclusion that he girl wasn't about to attack him he saw her aura grow. Cool tongues water colored in her aura's color washed through the room washing out all of his rampart flames.
"Thanks, I don't know how to stop them."
"It's no problem. Are you a new stu- Oh! You're a Sightless? Did Noya bring you?"
"Yeah, he's my sensei. I'm Sota, by the way."
"I'm Sakura, I live here."
There was an awkward pause and after a couple of minutes Sota hear a shuffling noise coming from Sakura's direction.
"Well, I've better go tell everyone that Noya's back. See you around Sota."
And she was gone with a soft click of the shoji door. Sota sat down and found himself on the futon that was temporarily his.
What could this funny feeling building in his chest be?
: Kagome :
She had been traveling for hours on end without rest and she was slowly but surely making her way to her destination. Kagome sighed and looked around for a place to rest for a couple of minutes. She had been passing through a small forest like area and considered herself luck when she found a fallen tree that she could sit on.
Kagome collapsed onto her makeshift seat with a sigh, she was tired and hungry but knew this was just something she had to do. She dug through her bag and found an apple to tide her over till whenever she found the time to eat something more substantial.
After finishing her apple Kagome closed her eyes so she could listen to the sounds of the forest if only for a few moments.
There was no sound.
Her body grew tense but Kagome continued to pretend that she hadn't noticed anything. However this time she focus and could hear voices coming from behind her.
"Is that who I think it is?"
"I believe it to be so."
"Itsuki-sama will be so very please if we return with a project that has been so long forsaken."
Itsuki-sama? As in Naoya and Haruna Itsuki? As in that man that had cut Sota's eyes? Kagome sprung upward, having heard enough.
"Crap, she's sensed us!"
Kagome stood balanced onto of her log and glared down at two scrawny girl that had been hiding behind the bushes.
"Hello, I'm Higurashi Kagome, but I'm sure you know that. The real questions hear are who you are, who you work for, and what you can tell." Her voice was hard and cold as ice.
"We don't have to tell you anything!" The second and seemingly rasher girl shouted.
"Oh, but I believe you do."
"You can't beat us! We're two of the top fighters in E.G.O.!"
"Like I care."
There was an abrupt charge of energy in the air and Kagome ducked as a bullet whizzed towards her.
"That wasn't very polite."
"We don't have to be polite to you1 Your just a abandoned project!"
HOW DARE SHE
The girl's body was wracked with pain and her body was ripped apart and blood and body chunks went flying through the air.
"You are truly as powerful as theorized," the remaining girl said, indifferent to her partner's demise. "But how does it feel to have your mind divided and torn at by opposing forces?"
"Kagome's eyes narrowed to slits. "What do you know?"
"Enough."
Kagome jumped off the log and toward the girl who was facing her. The girl slide to the right and Kagome came to a rough stop. Her ankle throbbed but she didn't let it show as she glared at her new found enemy. Kagome tried to take a step towards the girl but the pain in her ankle caused her to fall, it was twisted.
"I'll be taking you to E.G.O. headquarters now, Kagome-sama. Your cooperation is requested but completely unnecessary."
A thin line of blood appeared on the girl's neck and seconds later her head fell off. Kagome forced herself off the ground, using the tree next to her for balance.
"Who's there?" She demanded.
"Kagome."
She turned sharply and met the eyes of Itsuki. He was hurrying to her side, panting heavily. He reached her side and lifted her free hand with both of his.
"Are you okay?"
Her hand ripped away from him and she pressed it close to her chest where she thought he wouldn't dare go after it again.
"What are you doing here?"
Itsuki winced, his eyes looking away to hide his guilt, but Kagome saw it and started to piece together what had happened.
"You followed me," she accused.
"I was worried, we hadn't seen you for days and then I saw you walking out of town with your bag and I just trailed along."
"For five hours?"
He nodded, eyes hidden.
"Damn." Kagome let her body slip to the ground and slammed her fist into the hard ground. "I'm so pathetic."
"Kagome…"
Itsuki knelt at her side, he was close that she could feel his breath stirring her hair. A tear slipped down her right check and Itsuki grew even more alarmed.
"Kagome?"
"I just so damn pathetic."
Driven on by his instincts Itsuki wrapped his arms cautiously around her. Unlike many of the girls they new she was quiet but he knew she was crying because he could feel her tears soak through his shirt when she pressed her face into his shoulder.
After about an hour her tears had stopped and she had drifted off to sleep, using him as her pillow. Itsuki looked around at the forest and sighed, leaning back against the tree, the position was slightly uncomfortable but he couldn't bring himself to move.
He passed into sleep a few moments later and his head rested on top of hers.
: .End Chapter .:
. : Author's Note : .
Here's you're next chapter! This story is getting lots of love, and all the reviews are appreciated, I was surprise because I've got seventeen reviews for the last chapter…
This story is going to be focusing on the E.G.O. faction, with the Arayashiki playing a minor role by Noya's family, the Eraser's evil being discussed, and the rest of the factions in the background.
We're getting to that point in the story where the E.G.O. and the Itsuki family is hinting at involvement with Kagome's past, somehow and meanwhile Sota's train with a potential love interest while Kagome of somewhere with a twisted ankle and Itsuki.
Things are heating up, ne?
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And now thanks to my brilliant mind I bring you a little extra that has-
NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS STORY
.: Breaking Point : .
Kagome sat listlessly, her feet trailing through the water of the lake before her. Her black yukata was settled carelessly around her on the shore, exposing her legs to the bitterly cold night air.
He was with Kikyo.
For some strange reason she could bring herself to do anything about it as she normally would, she couldn't bring herself to care.
She was alone, just as always, always alone. Perhaps that was the way it was meant to be. Maybe it was her destiny.
The bushes rustled behind her and her white haired problem stepped out from the shadowed forest and embraced her from behind.
"I love you Kagome," he whispered tenderly.
He kissed her forehead, and she could still make out the sent of decay on his breath and body.
"I love you and only you."
Her body didn't protest his cuddling but it didn't respond either. She was limp in his grasp, but he took it as a sign of encouragement and pulled her closer.
"It'll be just you and me, I swear. My beloved, my Kagome."
Kagome lay unmoving. She didn't care, his words no longer meant anything to her when she knew he would return to Kikyo when he next caught her rancid stench. She no longer had the will to protest, she had no will at all.
"My precious Kikyo."
She had finally broken.
: . End Mini-Story . :
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I wrote that during Spanish class.
I would also like to repeat that this-
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE STORY
Thank you, have a nice day