Kagome sat in her room, tears leaking from her eyes as she remembered scraps of her past.
It was dark out when the attack came. Kagura had tried to warn them, but she was killed right before there eyes. Everyone was up in moments, scurrying about confused. I managed to grab my bow, but I was slow. A tentacle flew at me at an alarming pace and I couldn't dodge. I was frozen. I braced for impact, and red splattered across my view.
"INUYASHA!"
"SIT BOY!"
"Sango...I'm sorry... I couldn't...protect you..."
"You have a choice Kagome. You, or the monk. Which do you choose?"
"Kagome...it's ok..."
"I WANT TO LIVE!"
"It's ok...Kagome"
It was all she could remember. Each day their bodies grew back and along came their memories. Karite's arm was growing back, and each night Kagome heard the screams of torment. They weren't meant to be alive, they shouldn't have to deal with their memories anymore. Kagome heard that the Shichinintai had recently been ressurected, and they would be sent as soon as their bodies were restored enough. Or atleast, Suikotsu, Jakotsu and Bankotsu would. Kagome remembered them, but just barely. (this will not be a KagBan.) The exams started in a week, and they'd arrive just on time. "Kagome... you remembered more...didn't you?" Karite asked. Kagome nodded. "My arm...and my eye...they'll stay like this..." Karite said suddenly. Kagome looked down to see Karite's skelatal arm, unwrapped from the bandages, and her eye was unpatched. The eye was completely black with a red iris and a yellow slit pupil, and it never blinked. "Karite...what do you mean?" Kagome asked. "The arm of the damned reaper, the eye of hell. I remembered..." she slipped into memories.
She sat in a room covered in blood, a circle surrounding her limp body. Her arm was twenty feet away, and her right eye rolled away from her as she reached for it. A dark figure stood above her.
"Damn. What the hell is happening?"
"My...my eye... STOP!"
"What are you doing to me! Please...stop!"
"Isn't this what you wanted? Aw...little Rin...little reaper, is this not what you wanted?"
"BASTARD!"
"Somebody...help me..."
"Karite...are you ok?" Kagome asked. Karite noddded slightly. "My name...isn't...Karite. It's Rin, Kagome-sama." she said, and Kagome gasped. "Wha? How?" Kagome asked, recognizing the similarites between the little girl from long ago and this girl who sat beside her. "Heh heh. Well, after you and Sesshomaru died...I tried to bring you back. As you can see, it didn't work." she said, motioning to the eye and arm. "Do...you remember anything else?" Kagome asked. Rin shook her head. "How did you get red eyes?" Kagome asked. Rin shrugged again. "What about the sythe? The new name?" Kagome asked. "Karite...it means...Reaper." she said, trying to be helpful. Kagome shook her head. "How...how did I die?" she asked. Rin glanced up at her. "You...killed yourself." she said as tears began to stream down her cheeks. Kanna found them then, Rin in tears and Kagome trying to figure something out. "I...killed myself?"
''You have a choice Kagome. You, or the monk?''
"I WANT TO LIVE!"
"Kagome...it's ok."
She tried to put them together, but she only got small flashed of memories. She saw Rin looking sorrowfully at her left arm, the skeletal arm she was cursed with. She glanced up at Kagome and flashed her a small grin. "Why did you try?" Kagome asked. Rin's smile grew slightly sad. "I was all alone...I don't regret it Kagome...really." Rin said, then stood up. "Kanna...let's go get something to eat!'' she said, giving the thumbs up to Kagome. 'How did I die?' Kagome asked herself once again, trying to sort through her memories. "You coming Kagome?" Kanna asked, turning to look at the miko. Kagome nodded slightly, standing and to follow the two.
Village Hidden in Graves:
"You understand?" the leader of the Village of Graves asked the three young men. "One question. Why the hell am I thirteen?" the braided boy asked. "Ah... I really don't know. When I bring everyone back, they're young again. Do you have any other questions?" he asked. "Where are our weapons?" the girly one asked. "Ah...yes, they should be in our weaponry. Go check it out." he grinned as the three boys gleefully ran to find their weapons.
Day Before Chuunin Exams; Suna:
"Hi!" Rin yelled to the group of boys. "Uh...hi?" Bankotsu said nervously. "You don't remember me, do you?" she asked, smirking. "I'm Sesshomaru's brat, Rin." she said, grinning as their eyes widened. "You got brought back too huh? Oh, I see the albino and Inuyasha's wench are here too. Yipee, it's like a freakin reuinion." Bankotsu said and Rin giggled slightly when Kagome glared. "So...your bodies were restored sucessfully?" she asked, glancing them up and down. "What's with the eyepatch?" Bankotsu asked, remembering that last he saw Rin, she didn't have one. "Heh heh. Anyway! Nice to see you all on our side." she said, avoiding the question. "Whatever. Yo, Inuyasha's wench! What the hell are we supposed to be doing here anyway?" he asked. Kagome stayed silent. "An exam." Kanna answered dully. 'What kind of exam?" Jakotsu asked. "We don't really know yet." Kanna answered again. "Well, aren't we all little rays of sunshine?" he asked, watching the girls huff and walk away. Suikotsu sighed and glared lightly at Bankotsu. "Smooth, slick.'' he said. "Shut up Suikotsu." he said angrily.
"Welcome to the chuunin exams. Your first exam is a written exam. There will be ten questions. We accept NO CHEATING. If you get caught cheating more than 5 times you lose. In exactly 40 minutes the last question will be given. You may begin." he said. 'Ne, seems like we're supposed to cheat, doesn't it?' Kagome thought to herself. Discreetly she glanced to Rin who, if you looked close enough, was using her Eye of Hell to see through the boy infront of her and copy his test. Kanna had a soul floating in the air telling her the answers. Kagome saw Bankotsu, Jakotsu and Suikotsu looking completely lost. Poor guys, they probably would have to risk everything on the last question. Kagome herself easily knew these answers, she had been a 15 year old at the top of her class before...everything. She answered them easily, not caring about the three kids attempting to copy off her. The barier would block the dumbasses anyway. She noticed the Kazekage, Gaara, staring at her suspiciously. Kagome glared back and he quickly averted his gaze, making Kagome grin triumphantly.
Rin noticed the exchange with a smile. 'Oh la la! I smell a relationship in the works.' she thought happily. She glanced to Jakotsu who had also seen the exchange and the game was on. 'Matchmaker Unite!' she thought as they grinned secretivly to eachother. Bankotsu watched the two in confusion. 'I'll never understand women or Jakotsu's.' he though to himself, then realised he had classified Jakotsu as his own gender. Smacking his forehead, he gave up on the subject looking back to his test. With a groan he dropped his head to his desk. 'I don't even know how to write! Dammit!'