IMPORTANT: After the 15th of September I will be changing the title of this story to; Shikon No Tama: Reformation
History
"Breakfast is ready!" Kagome called to the others.
"Good, I'm starving," Shippo said as Kagome poured some oatmeal into his bowl.
"What is this? More food from your time?" Sakimi asked.
"Yep it's kind of like porridge only it has flavor. Like today, it has bananas and almonds."
"Oh, what are almonds?"
Kagome sighed.
"It's really good," Sango said and Miroku nodded in agreement.
They ate in silence, and cleaned up. Afterward they sat down and Sakimi told her life story.
"When my parents died I was only four, as you already knew Inuyasha, Kushimi and I set out to find a shrine where a priest or priestess might teach us to cover our sent. After about three days we came across a village with a monk that had a void in his hand; your grandfather I presume Miroku."
"The time seems to be about right." he answered.
"He taught us and we developed our power over time, After he disappeared we set out again. After a month I think it was, we found Arami his parents knew the destiny as well and told him to go along with us to go find Nigimi. They gave us supplies, and told us there was a fifth, Emarine. They told us that when we found her to protect her, for she was human and played an important role in our destiny. They wouldn't tell us why but we found out soon enough (and by soon enough I meant about 130 years.) we traveled for 232 years all together, I think. Yes because we have only been with Emarine and Nigimi for four years. When we found them the only one still alive of all of our parents was her father. He took us in and treated us as he did Emarine and Nigimi. Then he died just two years ago; we have been traveling ever since."
"Kimi?" someone said from behind.
Sakimi turned around and ran to her brother.
"Kush you're awake. How do you feel?" She asked as she helped him sit up.
"I'm fine. What happened, did we win?" He said in a drowsy voice.
"Yes and no," she answered, "Sango, Miroku could you two go get some water."
"Sure." Miroku smirked.
"I smell new people; who are they? Can we trust them?" He said as he looked around for the source of the new scents, he soon found them and stared straight at Inuyasha.
"Yes they are the ones we are destined to travel with. The girl is the one who shattered the jewel." soothed Sakimi/ Kimi.
"How are the others?" he asked switching his gaze to Kagome.
"They should be waking anytime now."
At that time they heard an angry yell, and the sound of someone being slapped, "You perverted monk!"
Kagome and shippo shook their heads, Inuyasha and Kimi just chuckled a bit.
"That's the first time I have ever heard you laugh Inuyasha," Kagome smiled.
"Really, is it? I guess so," he pondered to himself.
He looked at Kagome, and smiled.
Miroku and Sango came into the clearing. Miroku was carrying a small jug of water and had a bright red hand mark on his left cheek.
"Will you ever learn Miroku?" Inuyasha asked, "Wait, don't even answer that, we already know the answer to that question."
Sango walked as far away from Miroku as she could get, without leaving the clearing.
"So you hold the sacred jewel. I once came across a woman that was a priestess in charge of purifying and protecting the jewel. Oh what was her name?" Kush said trying to break the unwanted silence.
"Kikyo." Inuyasha said bluntly.
"You knew her too?" he asked.
"Yes, we were close." He said, "Do you know how she died?"
"No. None of us do, for Kimi and I were the only ones that met her." He said with a grim face.
"Naraku transform into each of us and made us kill each other (she failed at killing me, and a witch made a clay dummy of her that can walk and talk just like the real Kikyo.)" Inuyasha shifted his position up in the tree he was sitting in.
"All I can say, is wow" he sounded surprised.
"I was just telling them of our history. I was at the part where we had set out after Gi's Father had died; it was two years ago wasn't it?" Kimi asked her brother as she gave him a drink of water.
"I don't remember; I try to put things like that behind me." He replied after taking a sip.
"I think we can take your bandages off now," She motioned for Kagome to help her.
After they were all off Kush put his shirt back on. For the first time Kagome noticed what their clothes looked like. Kush's were a deep green with white embroidery; they looked much the same style as Inuyasha's outfit. Except for one thing Kush had a circle at the ankle of his pants. She guessed it was supposed to resemble the sacred jewel. The others had the same outfit on except that Gi's had brown embroidery, and Arami's had black embroidery. Kimi had on a kimono that was the same deep green and had white embroidery, and the same circle only it was right below the left shoulder.
"You all have matching outfit except for you. Why is that?" Kagome pointed to Kimi.
"Gi and I both have kimonos that we wear when outside of battle. Gi never changed before she fell into her sleep." Kimi simply replied.
"I see, so it's like Sango. She wears that on a normal day and put on her demon slayer outfit right before a battle." Shippo clarified.
"You could put it that way," Kush answered as he finished tying his sash, "So, um, how long have I been out?"
"A day. Kagome and Sango helped me care for you three," Kimi added, "Kagome has strange ointments that help heal wounds faster."
"Thank you. Now, lets go kill that demon!" he grabbed two things, and put them in his sash, afterwards Kagome realized that they were like really short versions of swords, sais.
"That will be a tiny bit difficult," Kimi smirked.
"Why is that? Don't tell me it fled," He joked.
"Well for one thing, it's dead."
"Who killed it?"
"I did, and we got a shard from it as well," Inuyasha called.
He jumped down and landed right in front of Kush.
"So you're Kushimi or as 'Kimi' calls you Kush. I'm guessing that that is your nickname." He did quotation marks with his fingers when he said 'Kimi'.
"Yes I'm Kushimi."
"When the others wake up; we'll go burry the dead from the battle," Kagome stated confidently.
"Speaking of which how many survived, where is Emarine?" Kush asked.
"None, other than us, and Emarine hasn't returned, I can barely cense her. At least we know she's alive." Kimi said sadly.
Another unwanted silence fell over the group; that is until a noise made everyone look over to the spot were Nigimi had laid, but she wasn't there. They looked around and saw her leaning herself against a tree about four feet away.
"Uh, what happened?" she mumbled.
"You're safe. We have good news; we have part of the jewel with us." Kush got some water, and walked over to Nigimi.
"What?" She rubbed her eyes and scanned the group. She stopped on Miroku, "You are the monk with the wind tunnel in your hand, are you not?"
"Yes I am, and my name is Miroku."
She switched her gaze to Sango, "By your looks and your weapon, I'd say that you are the headman's daughter from the demon slayer village that was recently destroyed and the birthplace of the sacred jewel. Your name is Sango, right?"
"Yes, but how do you know all this?" Sango asked.
"Two ways, eavesdropping, and Kimi and I can look into peoples' eyes and see their memories and who they are," Nigimi answered simply.
"That would explain you always looking us straight in the eye, and then reveal something from our past," Inuyasha jumped in.
"I don't think you want to look into his past any more." Kagome joked.
"Hey, my past wasn't that bad. Okay, I lied, it was that bad." Inuyasha admitted.
Everyone burst out laughing.
"Shut up; I'm trying to get some sleep here!"
Everyone looked at the only member that was still unconcious (or formerly.) They stopped laughing, looked at each other and then stared laughing even harder.
"What the hell is so funny?" he yelled as he sat up.
He looked around with a quizzical look, and then got up.
"I cense the presence of the jewel." He looked around again, "Who are you people?"
They settled down and answered the question for the third time.
"So you broke the jewel, you used to have a relationship with the priestess that protected the jewel, your village is where the jewel originated, you were cursed by the demon or whatever he is that has quite a few shards, the two tailed cat is with the slayer, and you're just lucky to be with them."
"Yep."
"So were do we go from here?" Shippo asked.
"First we must and burry the villagers, and I have no idea where we go from there. I guess we go find Emarine, yes she is still alive Ara." Kimi ordered.
They walked into the field and were met with the gruesome sight again only now all the blood was dry so all they smelled was the rotting of the bodies, but that still isn't a very good smell.
"I have seen this before and I never want to see it again." Sango grimaced.
"So how about we tell about our pasts while we work. Kimi you can finish your story and then Kush could tell his." Sango suggested.
"I already told you that I don't look back on the past, it's gone, so why worry about it." Kush growled fiercely.
"It's okay I'll tell his story." Kimi said quickly.
"Lets get to work then," Miroku sighed.
They all walked to different ends of the field and started to bring everyone to the middle, while Kimi continued her life story, "After we left, we wandered around looking for a village that we could live in. a month later we found this village and we lived with the priest, but he limited us on what we could do until he trusted us. After that we build a hut; well it was a little bigger than most, but it was nice until that bear demon came and this is the result." She held her arms out with palms up to the sky and circled around to show the field.
"I guess I'll go next," Nigimi/Gi sighed, "Emarine grew up with me and we were best friends even though I was half-demon and she human. My father was a respected man even after he married my mother (she was the demon in my family.) My village had many demons, humans, and half breeds like us, so my mom fit in perfectly. My mom would take care of Ema's father every once in a while, she never got to see Ema though."
"Why not?" Kagome asked.
"She died a month before Ema was born. They invited me to stay with them. She was born, and I think she liked me as much as she loved her father. The years went by quickly, and soon Kush, Kimi, and Ara showed up on my door step. It was weird but as soon as I saw them I said their names. I asked Ema's father if it was okay if we moved out and built our own hut to live in, for I had told him of the destiny and he understood. At that time I didn't know that Ema would be our mentor so she didn't move in with us for another year. Then our father died (he was practically my father too so I called him that), and we left. Then as Kimi said we built a hut at this village until the bear came. That's my story; nothing special happened with me." She ended with a bow that made Kimi chuckle and shake her head.
"So how about you now Ara." Gi suggested.
"I don't feel like talking right now" He bluntly answered.
"I'll start off our group," Kagome chimed.
Everyone told their story; except Inuyasha who, like Ara, didn't feel like sharing his side of the story.
(A.N. I'm not going to put their stories in here, Other than Inuyasha's, because everyone who has read or watched the first 27 episodes already knows their stories.)
"-And I've been traveling with them ever since." Sango concluded her story.
"Oh, I totally forgot to tell you that since our names are the four characteristics that make up a pure soul we call ourselves the Tamas. Lame huh? Oh well." Gi shrugged her shoulders.