Summary: Kagome moved from Japan to America when she was in seventh grade. She stopped talking in eighth grade, and no one knows why. Now, in eleventh grade, Kagome will undergo a series of events that will dramatically change her...Kagome's POV.
Rated M. Why? Because my mind has many bad things in it and I don't know what I might use...
Dates Written:
June 15th, 2006
June 16th, 2006
Oooh... This is getting interesting all over again! I'm going to miss this story, now that it's coming to an end. I'm starting to come up with ideas for a sequel already. How pathetic is that? I don't think it would be too interesting, do you?
ALRIGHT! THIS IS IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND THE LAST OF MY NEVER-ENDING NOTE! I am going camping with my father from Wednesday to Saturday. I won't be able to update during those days. However, I have the next chapter written out. So, if I get back and have an inbox stuffed full with reviews, then I will give you the next chapter without mading you wait like I usually do. Sound fair? (Please review a lot. It makes me REALLY happy to see lots of reviews in my inbox.
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The Games We Play
Entry Thirty-One: The Talk
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Fourteen Days Until The Rebellion...
"Who are we waiting for?" Kagome asked impatiently. She looked around the near-filled living room of her home. It seemed that EVERYONE was there. Well, almost everyone. They were obviously still waiting for someone to come. Kagome bit her lip in impatience and looked around the room once more.
"Mom." Souta replied. Kagome nodded then looked up as her mother came in with drinks that everyone had already requested. Kagome reached for her lemonade and smiled at her mother. She was so grateful that her mother returned to normal after the crash. She didn't expect her to, but it was a welcome surprise.
"Alright, just to warn you, Ms. Higurashi, things will get abit troubling. I would offer you to leave whenever you are overwhelmed, but I believe it to be in your interest to hear this." Sesshoumaru's father warned. Kagome nodded her head and took a deep breath.
"I'll go first, since I have to explain to my mom." Kagome paused and turned towards her mother. She took in another deep breath and tried to steady her quickly beating heart.
"Mom... When we first moved here, the person who sent me letters was not my friend. I was deathly afraid of him because he said he got media attention due to his rapings of women. When Kimi was found with me and she had to be taken to the hospital, well... He had done that to her. He had done some brain damage to me, and raped me. He raped her, too...
"He raped me a total of three times. That's why I stopped talking, because I couldn't trust myself to shut up about the subject. After I got into this high school, I was raped a fourth time. When I went to Arizona to see Souta, I was almost raped. Then, when I was recently kidnapped, I was raped three times... I wasn't quite aware of it, though." Kagome explained. Kyoko had her mouth covered, tears in her eyes, and a pale face.
"That's what you missed." Kagome meekly added. Kyoko nodded her head then lurched forward and hugged her daughter. She let out silent sobs, the sobs that Kagome had been restricted from letting out for all these years. Kagome was unable to cry, but Kyoko was able to. She did it for the both of them.
After the small episode, Souta cleared his throat.
"Since it's a hassle to explain all of it again, mom, I'll just keep going along. If you have questions, ask me afterwards and I'll answer them." Souta said. Kyoko nodded her head and gave everyone a glance.
Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, Souta, Kagome, Akito, and herself. They were all attendants in this meeting. They all had something at stake for this. Kyoko then looked up at the five body guards that were playing a game of cards at her kitchen table. They were listening, she was sure of it, but they were enjoying themselves at the same time.
"Kagome, tell us what you know about the crash. No, not just that. Tell us everything that you know, regardless of whether or not we know it." Sesshoumaru said sternly. Kagome shivered at the coldness that filled his voice. It hadn't sounded that coldwhen directed at Kagome in ages.
"I know that, when I was young and in Japan, I met a little boy. His name was Naraku. He was really interested in finding a jewel called the Shikon No Tama. That is the very jewel that I protect with my life. I told him that I had it, but I never gave him my name. A while later, after yearbooks for young children were handed out, he contacted me. He said that he wanted the jewel. By that time, I realized my duties as the protector of the jewel. I told him that I didn't know what he was talking about it.
"He didn't argue, which always confused me. A few years later, Kimi introduced me to an American boyfriend. His name was Andrew. He said that he received much media attention because he was the leader of a gang that raped women. Kimi and I were both scared, so we tried to avoid him. It seemed to work, and I soon had to move to America myself. I began to receive letters from Andrew. I was terrified, because of what he told Kimi and I.
"After a while, I began to trust him. I blocked what he had told us from my mind. I met him for lunch and he said he wanted to take me somewhere. He took me to a room and Kimi was in the closet. He raped the two of us and bashed our heads against the frame of the bed. Kimi spent four months in the hospital and died. Andrew found places to meet me and rape me after that. Once, while he was dressing afterwards, I heard him mutter about how Naraku didn't need to pay him for doing this anymore.
"I pieced together that Naraku hired Andrew to take me out so he would have easy access to the jewel. When we were hit... There were two cars that we collided with. That car that came at us had Naraku at the wheel. There was another car that blew a red light and was going about 80 strait for us. Andrew was driving that car. They intended to kill me so I would stop interferring, but I managed to live because Sesshoumaru protected me." Kagome stopped talking and realized that her entire body was trembling. She wanted someone to comfort these nightmares from her so badly, but she knew that no one would. The guilt of being raped and being responsible for her friend's death was holding her back. She didn't realize that it was still there, even.
"That goes along with what I have. They're getting desperate to get to the jewel. The more people that are taking Kagome's side, the more people they have to take down before her." Souta added.
"That makes sense. I've had their stupid goons trying to kill me. They're weak, druggies who were paid in dope or something. They attacked me and said that Boss Naraku couldn't have me in the way of what he wanted." Inuyasha said. Sesshoumaru nodded and then looked at his father. Kagome was in need of protecting, just as he had tried to help him believe.
"How will we get them to leave her alone?" Miroku questioned.
"How do you cure cancer?" Souta asked as his eyes slowly turned dark.
"Killing it..." Sango's words slowed down as they left her mouth and she looked at everyone to see if she understood that correctly.
"Exactly. They must be killed if we expect to keep Kagome and the Shikon Jewel safe. If we put them in jail, they'll escape, hire someone else, they'll find some way to get to Kagome again. They won't stop until we get rid of them." Souta said. His eyes had gone from their normal blue to a soul-less black. Death would do that to anyone.
"Who all will be fighting?" Kyoko asked in a meek voice.
"I'm fighting alone." Kagome said firmly. Sesshoumaru, Akito, Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, Kyoko, and the five body guards looked at her. She looked back at them, never backing down.
"I'm the one who protects the jewel. That is what I was born here to do. I will be taking care of my duty alone. I do not need your help. I can do it." Kagome said firmly. Her eyes clearly showed that she had made a decision on this. Everyone else wanted to protest, but no one could thinkof a way to convince Kagome how to back down.
"No. You will not." Sesshoumaru said firmly. Kagome looked at him, her eyes showing the stubbornness and frustration that she clearly felt. She silently challenged him to make her stop. To her surprise, he rose to the challenge. Sesshoumaru leaned into her ear and murmured a few words in demon. Kagome opened her mouth to reply, but her words had left her. Had he just... Did he just... ?
Her stomach filled with the fluttering wings of butterflies and her heart lost the beat it had been keeping. Her face turned a light shade of red as she backed down from her position. Akito and Inuyasha were both amused with her reaction. Akito was glad with what his son said, but Inuyasha was enraged. He hadn't... Inuyasha had been defeated, and he knew it without Kagome's response. The five demon body guards heard it, but no one paid attention to it.
"Does anyone know where they are staying?" Miroku suddenly asked.
"I do. I had a few invesigators go into it as their graduating job. They had to get the information and they would graduate when we took care of this..." Akito said. Sesshoumaru nodded and everyone looked at Souta. He seemed to be the ring leader on this whole thing.
"We'll go in two weeks. I want a chance for things to be set firmly before we do this. Bring things to fight with. Kagome will be staying home." Souta looked over at her, hoping that she received his demand clearly. Kagome shook her head.
"If I can't fight alone, at least let me fight with you guys." Kagome meekly begged. Souta sighed then hugged his little sister possessively.
"Fine. Just promise not to get hurt, alright?" He asked. Kagome nodded and he ruffled her hair.
- - -
Thirteen Days Until The Rebellion...
Sango took in a deep breath of air as she came home. She had to get ready for fighting against the people who wanted to hurt her best friend. But, first, she had to tell her father what was going on. If she got hurt during the whole process, he wouldn't have any idea what happened to her.
"Father?" Sango called throughout the house. She smiled when she saw her father sitting on the couch. His eyes were looking over the newspaper and at her. She walked into the living room and rested on the recliner chair.
"Father, there's something really big happening. I need to do it, but I have to tell you in case something goes wrong." Sango said. She leaned forward and her father set down the newspaper beside him.
"You remember Kagome, right?" A nod
"You remember the accident, right?" Another nod.
"Someone is trying to kill her. There's two demons that are after her and we need to kill them first. I have to use the skills that you've been teaching me my entire life to do this, father..." Sango said. She watched her father's eyes harden and he looked away. Slowly, a smile crept onto his face.
"I do not worry over you. Out of everyone in the business, you are the best. You may outdo me one day soon. You have a gift for this, Sango. I trust that you will be taking Kilala and that she will keep you safe." He nodded. Sango smiled then surged forward and hugged her father. He smiled and hugged her back.
"We got news from the doctors. Kohaku is starting to wake up. Perhaps by the time you do this, you will be able to see him again." Her father smiled even more. "When are you doing this, my dear?"
"Thirteen days. We're planning it out through instant messenger conferences." Sango said. Her father nodded then rubbed her head, which in turn ruined her ponytail.
"Alright, my sweet. Just let me know when you are leaving so I may start praying to the Gods." He requested. Sango nodded her head and watched her father stalk out of the room and into his own room.
- - -
"Alright, boys. You remember the swords I gave you?" Akito asked cautiously. Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha both grunted in response. He had given them swords, sure, but he had never allowed them to use them. Not yet, at least.
"You are to take those with you. You are to have two fighting swords. One of them will be a powerful one, and the other will be a plain blade that appears the same as the stronger one. It will fool your opponents, no doubt." He said. He walked into a room and pulled two swords from a glass case. He placed the Tetsaiga in Inuyasha's hands and the Tensaiga in Sesshoumaru's hands.
"Sesshoumaru, you have Tokijin, do you not?" Sesshoumaru nodded. "Good, then you are to bring that as your powerful blade." Akito said. Sesshoumaru nodded and went to retrieve the sword. Akito looked at Inuyasha in pity.
"About what your brother said..." He trailed off and attempted to find the right words.
"I don't want to talk about it." Inuyasha grunted.
"On the contrary, you do want to talk about it. You must learn to let it go that Kagome couldn't be yours. Kikyou, however..." Akito sighed.
"Kikyou f-- seduced me, father. She purposely put me into heat, which is what made me act up around Kagome." Inuyasha hissed.
"Kikyou was under a spell. It seems that Naraku has the ability to control a weak mind. Kikyou was sick that week. Her mother told me that." Akito said. Inuyasha nodded then looked towards where Sesshoumaru had left.
"Do you still love her?" Akito asked.
"I do. I love the person that she was... But... I love Kagome too. I love Kagome for who she still is. That's why I gave up on Kikyou. She seemed to change." Inuyasha said.
"She changed for everyone but you, son. I have noticed that she enjoys the things that the stereo-typed girl may enjoy. Shopping, manicures, whatever... When she's around you, I have seen her chip a nail and not care. I believe she acts one way around everyone else because she does not wish to be a misfit." Akito said. Inuyasha grunted.
"You don't know what you're talking about."
"I do.I have the best investagators in my program."
"... I do still love Kikyou for the tomboy she was. But, after how she seduced me like that and made me piss Kagome off... Even if it wasn't her intentional doing, it's hard to forget. It was her body that I saw when I was in heat. It wasn't the body of her mind controller's body. It was hers... And... It's just hard to separate the issue from the person." Inuyasha murmured.
"If she had not done that and Kagome had been with Sesshoumaru, would you have gone to her?" Akito asked.
"Yeah... I doubt she'd want me, but I would." Inuyasha said with a heavy sigh.
"Then go to her. I will hold a training session for you and your brother tomorrow... I wish for you to make ammends." Akito said. Inuyasha looked at his father with a cocky smirk.
"You make it sound like I'm dying." Inuyasha joked.
"You very well may. Make ammends with your brother. That way, if you do die, you will have someone to bring you to life." Akito said. Inuyasha laughed.
"Me and Sesshoumaru get along? No. Our entire relationship is built on our hate for each other. No way in hell we'll get along." Inuyasha laughed once more then tied the sheath of his sword to his jeans. Within an instant, he had sped off to see Kikyou. He could only hope that she would accept him.
- - -
"Kagome, what are you doing?" Souta asked. He watched his sister dig around for something under her bed. All that was visible were her knees and below. Everything else was submerged into the boogey man's residence.
Souta heard some type of mumble, but he couldn't make it out. Soon, his sister emerged, yelling 'I got it!' triumphantly. Souta approached her to see what she had gotten. A pink marble? Suddenly it clicked. It was the Shikon No Tama. It surprised him that it was still purified. Then again, Kagome was more powerful than she cared to realize.
"I'm going to put it on a necklace and keep it with me. I can't afford to have it just sitting here in my room and having someone come in and take it. Even if they can't sense it, they can still grab it." Kagome said. Souta nodded his head and watched as his sister dove under the bed once more. A few moments later, she returned with a necklace. She said a few words, and the jewel became a part of the necklace.
"We have to get your weapons for you." Souta said. Kagome whined.
"What? You wanted to fight!" Souta said. Kagome's whining instantly stopped as she stood at attention for Souta to lead her to their destination. The two of them went to a weapons store and Souta instantly asked about a weapon that could be great at channeling miko energy but strong without it.
"You'll want to come through the red door." The woman behind the counter replied. Souta and Kagome looked at each other then walked through the red door with little question. What they didn't know is that people without miko powers were unable to see the door. The woman followed then showed them a few weapons.
"She'll have a bow and arrow." Souta said instantly.
"What! I don't want a sissy bow and arrow! I want something like a sword!" Kagome complained. Souta leaned over towards her.
"I don't want you getting hurt. You play by my rules or you don't fight." Souta whispered. Kagome wimpered then murmured that she would have the bow. The woman handed her the weapon.
"I'll have a sword." Souta said.
"Souta, can I have a sword. Just in case I run out of arrows or something." Kagome pleaded. Souta nodded and got two more of the same swords. He purchased the items and left.
"We're going to train you in archery, fencing, and how to channel miko energy." Souta said. Kagome nodded her head radidly and prepared herself for the extensive lecture.
- - -
"Miroku, where did you get that weird staff?" Sango questioned as she sat on Miroku's couch. He smiled then looked at the staff and moved it. The rings on it made a few sounds before silencing. He leaned against the door frame to the hall, holding the staff still.
"It belonged to my father. He was a monk, and he said I was supposed to be a monk." Miroku replied. Sango let out a short laugh.
"You? A monk? They can't even be alone with women." Sango said.
"No... When demons first existed, in feudal times... That's when our generation started. Back then, monks were simply there to subdue demons, exorsize ghosts, the sorts. Now that being a monk has changed, we have stopped publicly calling ourselves monks." Miroku said. Sango nodded and Miroku gently approached her. He set down the staff next to the couch and sat beside her.
Sango rested her head on Miroku's shoulder and curled her body to him. Miroku hugged her close and rested his head against hers. A few moments passed in silence. Neither of them were too sure about this whole thing.
"They'll have demons at their disposal, Sango." Miroku said. Sango nodded.
"That means you'll have to see my hand..." He added. Sango nodded again. Miroku's hands were always in gloves. She had only recently discovered that the gloves had an enchantment on them. It was to keep a hole in his hand sealed so it wouldn't suck up things. Miroku said that he got it from his father. It went down generations, and no one knew how to get rid of it or who first cursed them with it.
"I'm scared, Miroku. There's something I know that I didn't say. The fight isn't only for Kagome. It's for my brother and mother. There was a man named Onigumo who killed my mother. He said her soul was going to his son, Naraku, to strengthen him. Then he put Kohaku in a coma for trying to take her soul back." Sango said.
"I believe that Naraku and his father, Onigumo, are just heartless people. World domination is their true goal. It seems that they hurt a lot of people. I kenw of someone who died. Naraku was captured and he admitted to doing it so he could have another soul to enpower him. He got away later on. I'm guessing that his goal is to make people miserable." Miroku said. Sango nodded.
"I should go home and get my weapon from my father. I'll have to talk to Kilala and let her know what's happening. Even if she can't speak back, I know that she can understand me." Sango said. Miroku nodded then tightened his grasp on her.
"You have to let go for me to do that, Miroku." Sango said.
"Do I have to?" Miroku asked. Sango smiled then looked at Miroku. Slowly, she placed a tender kiss on his lips.
"If either of us die--"
"Stop, Sango. We will live. You can't believe that there's even a chance of us being hurt. Besides, good guys always win, don't they?" Miroku asked. Sango smiled then kissed his lips once more. Miroku kissed her back and watched her leave his apartment. He would worry for both of them.
He knew of Naraku's power. He had almost become a victim that Naraku killed for an extra soul. He knew that Naraku could summon demons from the feudal times and be able to control them. He also knew that the safest place to fight him would be in an area out of the way. A place in ruins, or just a plain forest.
He dialed Akito's number to ask about this. They wouldn't stand a chance in the city. There would be innocent deaths and more souls for his power to grow off of. Akito needed a way to lure him out to nature.
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I am not yours. I am not something for you to hold and use. I am myself, and I will NOT allow you to take claim over me. I will show you that I am not weak. I used to be weak, but I will not be that way anymore. I will be strong. I will show you that you will pay for what you have done to me. I will fight back now. Are you ready? I warn you, do not expect a weak girl to fight you. Expect me, the Holy Demon.
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Things are starting to get rough. Can anyone else tell or is that just a strange feeling that I'm coming up with randomly? Well, let me know what you thought of this chapter. Oh, I changed the phrase above. This might be the last time I change it. I plan to stop at Chapter 35 or after. So... Yeah...
Review Replies:
Mama Geisha- There is a full demon form that he loses control to, just as Inuyasha does. He loses his sense of what is right and wrong and all. That is just his eyes turning red and the more vicious, angry side of him coming out... I guess it's the form that he takes before he turns into the giant dog demon... Make enough sense?
NekoYasha101- No, the story is coming to an end soon, so I can't have her captured again. And who does need real sentences with real words? You're too good for them!
LynGreenTea- I am doing just as you are requesting!
Interwoven Emotions- Why thank you! You character will be coming up in the next chapter! Too bad I won't give it to you until AFTER I come back from camping. I come back on Saturday (I think it's the 24th), so that's the soonest you will be able to read it... Unless you get reviews to me before I leave on Wednesday (the 21st).
Black Juju- You are welcome. And he does have the kind of air about him, huh? He couilda most pull off as a bad guy. Heh. Don't worry, he won't be (couyetgh). But he does seem suspicious. I'm theone who controls him and he still kinda freaks me out. Strange...
Abc- (Anonymous reviewer name) So THAT'S what the first three letters of the alphabet are! I knew I was doing something wrong when I was getting n, x, l for the first three...
Youkaimei- Heh. Don't worry. And I got your review from both chapters. Strange, ne? Thanks for the gifts. Because of those, I will now be able to do a lot of things. The explosives and the voodoo dolls will help me figure out ways to kill those two. Perhaps I'll use other things to give me ideas, too... And beware of the energy drink. Because of that, Chapter 34 (what I'm currently working on) will be starnge, and hopefully, funny.
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