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(chapter five) Dreams of the past

"I want to turn Inu-Yasha into a demon," said Kagome, clearly, gathering up ingredients to do the spell. Something bad was coming, she could feel pulsating in her blood stream.

"Why on heaven's earth would you want to do that?" asked Kaede, following the young priestess as she filled a white hand bag.

"I have to do this," Kagome said, urgently, taking a silver dagger and slipping it into its sheath.

"You could get yourself killed!" Kaede glared at the young miko. "Do not be foolish." Kagome was heading out of the small hut that they were in, Kaede put her hand on top of the young one's shoulder. "No one is worth this much, Kagome."

Kagome glared and jerked her shoulder away. "Sorry, Kaede," she whispered, coldly, looking out of the hut into the rising moon. "But it is life or death for all of us."

Kagome ran out of the hut and into the forest. Where are you, Inu-Yasha? "Inu-Yasha?" she whispered, heading towards a stream that was 100 yards away from the hut. "Get over here now!"

Inu-Yasha suddenly appeared beside her and picked her up over his shoulder. "Inu-Yasha!" she growled, and made sure not to let anything fall out of her bag.

They appeared in front of the stream. It was actually a hot springs. "Get undressed and purify yourself," Kagome ordered, undressing herself, and looking away.

He nodded, a silent smirk on his face. He threw off everything and did a cannonball into the water. The next moment as he tried to look at her nude form, she was at the edge of the water. She grabbed the bottles and emptied them into the water. "Make little movements, Inu," she whispered, taking the silver dagger out of its sheath. He stopped moving and watched her with his eyes. "This is for you." She angled it against her arm.

Her head looked away, her eyes half-closed. Silent prays left her soft, mortal lips. The knife's edge dug into her skin, carving away slowly. Tears brimmed quickly, she bit her lip and dug her toes into the dirt. The arm holding the knife started to shake. The pain burbled out of her mouth in tongue-bitten screams. She curved the knife up, just before the elbow. The thick piece of skin fell into her hand as she caught it. She dropped the dagger into the water, letting her blood change the color of the spring. The ingredients, she had previously added, made the blood double and triple in amount.

When the whole spring was red with her blood, she motioned for Inu-Yasha to come towards her. He didn't know what she was going to make him do. With her free hand, she took his right hand and put her skin on it. His gasp was nothing compared to her exhaled breath.
"Eat it," she ordered, she looked to the blood-filled waters, and began to chant. "Come, ARISE, demon, demon. Demon, ARISE, demon, demon. SETTLE, demon, demon." Then her voice became shadow; nothing and everything. It rang in his ears, making him want to vomit.

Kagome looked up, her eyes pure white. She lifted her hand to his and shoved her flesh into his mouth. "Eat." Was the last he heard, then her chanting took over. As he chewed, the red spring water turned, slowly, into mist and dissolved, entering his nostrils. He swallowed the rest of her skin and blacked out, the spring was entirely gone. Kagome's blood was caked to his body, and it was the same for her. She used the rest of her powers to form a shield around her body and his. Then, she blacked out and fell to the dying ground.

"PRIESTESS!" A voice hissed into her dream, making her shake in fear. "HAVE NO FEAR."