Insane-san says: I had a heck of a time trying to find this... I didn't save it with the rest of the chapters so I was so screwed up and I didn't remember where it was and I couldn't figure out where I put it... I thought 'Maybe I didn't save it?' But I did...I just couldn't find it..hah... Well, I found it... I added tons to it and changed stuff... After this one, I'll have to write more instead of pulling them out of my saved documents. Oh, goody.. COUGHsarcasmCOUGH. Reviews please!

Peacock Feathers

IV

I slowly reached a hand up to clench my chest and felt my heart skip a beat.

"...Me...?" My heart pounded deafeningly as I stared at him.

"Yes. You." He smirked in a sickly manner and rubbed two fingers against his forehead.
"I can't understand this…at all. After all my training…" He glanced to the ground with something that looked like disappointment in his eyes. "After all my training, I can't even find the Chosen. After all my training, the person with the largest aura on the planet is a timid little girl who claims she can see ghosts. Heh…Heheha...What a joke this is…" He put on a grin and his eyes narrowed menacingly. He was angry at something. Something that I didn't understand. His arms tensed up and he shook with rage.

"Kagome, come over here." My mother said to me. She motioned for me with her pale hand. The minute she said that, I saw movement in the corner of my left eye. I looked to the boy.

His head shot around to look at me. His eyes were wide open and his jaw was slack. His silver hair swayed around him from the sudden movement.

"Your name is...Kagome?" He said breathlessly.

I stared at him, afraid. Shocked, I think. And sick.

"Yes." I said, hands trembling.

His eyes jerked to the side shakily. He was staring at something.

Then to the right. He went in a full circle. Just looking around. Then he shot his head back to me. I stood up suddenly... My whole body got tingly and I really thought I was going to throw up.

"It's…." he stumbled backward onto the staircase. "It's all…All of it is…"

He shook his head in disbelief.

"It can't be…It can't be! This is all WRONG!" He yelled.

An odd sense of strength was working its way into me. I smiled. It felt good.

No…It felt great.

Mmmm...Actually...Not so good. My stomach churned and I gagged.
Nothing came up, thankfully.

"Stop yelling and tell me what's wrong." My mother said. She was pretty strict-sounding.

"All of the fragments of aura are… flocking to you." He stared at me.
"It's… It's all going to you. YOU!"

I began to think about why this would be. Then it struck me.

I was the Chosen. DUH! The Chosen wasn't a guy, but a girl!

"So I am… I am the Chosen?" I said confusedly.

He was breathing rapidly and shaking his head, still in denial.

"No…No, not you…Not you…"

What was so bad about me, I was asking myself?

"The Chosen is a male! Males are stronger that females! And he's a demon! He's not mortal! He's not! No mortal could be so powerful! NO! HE IS NOT YOU!"

I glared at him and crossed my arms. I was feeling alot stronger... I could take him if he came at me...

Hah..HAHAAHA. I remember thinking that.

"What's your problem?" I asked. He pointed an angry claw at me.

"IF YOU THINK I'M GONNA PROTECT YOU, YOUR FRICKIN NUTS!"

"LISTEN!" I shouted. He suddenly recoiled onto the stairs. "Just tell me what's going on!"

He got his arrogance back and growled at me. "You need to come with me. That's what's goin' on."

He turned his back on me. He whipped back around and glared at my mother. "You won't be seeing her for a while. Maybe never again." He said in a cocky voice. "Say goodbye, Chosen." He mocked.

What a jerk!

"HAH! As if..." I said. "Kagome..." I looked up at my mother. "Yeah, mom?"

"You...must go." I felt all the life drain out of me. "N-no...Mom...No. I don't have to."

"Kagome, from the moment you were born, I knew this day would come...I used to have dreams about this every night. I always knew."

I felt a sort of psychotic smile come to my face. "But...But...He's...Dead, mother. He's dead."

I heard the demon boy let out a loud laugh. "DEAD! You stupid wench..." He growled with amusement. "I'm as alive as you are." He bared his fangs at me. I shuddered.

"Kagome...Please. You must go. Remember that...I will always love you."

"MOM!" I screamed. "CUT IT OUT!" I wanted to wake up. She was just going to abandon me then! How could she? She was my mother!

She came over and hugged me and kissed my cheek several times. My eyes burned.

"I...I'm so sorry, Kagome. I love you so much. I'll help you pack up some of your things--"

"I assure you," The demon butted in. "That she will be well looked after once we reach our destination." His voice was almost…well, it was nasty. I didn't appreciate him using that tone with my mother. It was like he was speaking to her as if she were stupid.

"Yes, well… I hadn't thought of that…" She laughed lightly and wiped tears from her eyes.

"Please take care of her."

"KEH!"

"Why, you...!" I began. "Kagome, please! No...I love you, Kagome. Goodbye." My mother said.

"Oh don't attack the ten-times better than you demon, Kagome! Goodbye, Kagome!" The demon said, mimicking my mother's voice. "For crap's sake, you're gonna make me sick." He mumbled.

The demon turned and motioned for me to follow him.

I looked back at my mother one more time. "So, I'm really going then, mother?" I said lowly.

Her back was facing me.

No words could describe the anger...The betrayal I felt then... My mother had left me.

I forced a smile. "Bye, mom."

"Gaaah, hurry up you sentimental WITCH!" He shouted back at me.

"Coming!" I yelled angrily. I walked towards him. He stood in front of the sliding door. I stood behind him.

I sighed. "Hey, are you gonna open the door?" I asked in a tired voice.

"Open it?" He asked with a grin. "Sure. I'll open it." He brought his leg up and slammed his bare foot against the door. He kicked it right down. It smashed against the floor with a disturbing CRACK.

I winced. Oh well. It wasn't like I was going to have to fix it...

"Don't you have any manners?" I shouted. He stared boredly as we walked out into my backyard.

"Hmm.. What're those?" He asked. I glared at his back.

This was gonna be some journey...

Insane-san says: Woot! Another chapter done! I'll probably have another one up tomorrow...But that depends if I get any reviews! PLEASE REVIEW! You people are what keep me going! -sob-