Brother's Keeper

Chapter 7

"The Priestess Is In"

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Everyone stares at Sota with nothing but shocked expressions on their faces. Kirara landed, and Sango and Miroku hopped off. They also had astonishment written all over their faces. Sota looked down and stared at his hands. Kagome bent down and picked up the Shikon shard from the freshly destroyed demon, but at that moment, it didn't matter. The important thing was Sota has revealed his hidden powers.

"Wait a minute. What about Shippo? Couldn't he have use his fox magic to create the barrier?" Sango questioned.
Sota looked at his new best friend and asked him, "You have magic?"
"Of course, I do. I'm a fox demon. What did you expect? Don't you know anything?" Shippo responded.
"Apparently, I don't"

"This is ridiculous. We already got the shard, so why are we still standing here?" Inuyasha demanded.
"OSUWARI!" followed by a huge thud.
"What should we do?" Sango asked.
"I suggest we see lady Kaede about this and ask her what she thinks about this new revelation," Miroku said.
"I agree. Let's go," Kagome replied.

Everyone hopped on Kirara's back, but Inuyasha had trouble getting up. Kagome got back off, and pulled Inuyasha's frail body over to Kirara. Sango and Miroku helped lift him onto the cat demon's back. Kagome got back on, and off they went. Inuyasha finally sat up and said, "It's about time we left."
"Trust me, Inuyasha. You don't want to be sat from this high up. It would hurt," Kagome answered back.

A short time later, Kirara came in for a landing in front of Kaede's hut, transformed back into a kitten, and hopped onto Sango's right shoulder. Kagome and Sota went through the entrance, as Inuyasha, Sango, Shippo, and Miroku followed. "Lady Kaede," Kagome said.
"Hello there, Kagome. Who is ye guest?" Kaede responded. She was finishing washing her clothes.
"Huh? Oh, this is my younger brother Sota."
She's looks old enough our great-grandmother, Sota thought.
"Kaede, we would like to have a conversation with you," Miroku said.
"What would ye like to discuss?" Kaede asked.
"It's Sota. We come asking for your wisdom."
"Fine, then. I'll make some tea."
"Thank you, Kaede."

Everyone took a seat while Kaede went off to prepare the tea, but Sota wanted answers and he wanted them now.
"Kagome, why are we here?" Sota asked with deep curiosity.
"Kaede will help us try to figure why you have these spiritual powers," Miroku replied.
"I'm sorry, but is your name Kagome?"
"Sota! That was very rude! Apologize!" Kagome demanded.
"Sorry, Miroku"
Wow! I'm not the only one Kagome bosses around, Inuyasha thought.

Kaede walked in with a tray containing a teapot and seven cups. She set it down in the middle of the circle and served everyone. "So tell me, what is it that troubles ye minds?" she asked. Kagome explained what happened with the demon, and Kaede kept eliminating possibilities in her mind as Kagome went on. "Well, I think it has become obvious that Sota possesses the same spiritual powers that ye do, Kagome," she concluded. Of course, a lot of this just flew over Sota's head because he had no idea what Kaede was talking about, but he went along with it anyway.

"How is this possible, Kaede?" Kagome asked
"It makes perfect sense. As ye already know, Kikyo possessed spiritual powers that were quite unique. I have spiritual powers as well because I am her sister. Since ye are Kikyo's reincarnation, Kagome, it would only make sense that ye brother would possess the same powers as ye do."

Sota had so many questions he wanted to ask, like who Kikyo was, and she means by "reincarnation", but he knew it would be a long story that he did not have the patience to hear.

Well, one thing is certain. The situation just got weirder and more interesting, Kagome thought as she sipped her tea.

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