Playing God

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Summary: The plaything becomes the player.

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A tear escaped pass thick black lashes; several more followed the first till pale cheeks were covered in wet tracks. A gentle sob filled the silent breeze, the chilled night air her only companion on her evening stroll.

'This is stupid,' she hissed internally, wiping at her damp face with her jacket sleeve. 'Why did I kid myself thinking the well would remain open after I wished away the Shikon,' Kagome slumped down upon a park bench, head drooped forward as she continued to wipe her tears.

It had been several long months since Kagome had been returned to her present. Everything had gone according to their plan; Naraku defeated, and the jewel not only completed but wished from existence as far as she knew. The only thing that didn't go according to plan was her, without even a passing goodbye Kagome had been thrust forward into the future, her birth time, a place she had never expected to return to. The past had become her home, and the people there her family, and life without them was beginning to become too overwhelming. She had planned to stay, to make a life with her friends, to grow old with the ones she loved, even if it wasn't with Inuyasha.

A few more tears found their way to her chin.

The hanyou had made his choice, even as Kikyo died in his arms, he had chosen neither. At that moment, Inuyasha had decided to be alone until his heart could heal, in hopes that he could have a future full of love just like the one Kagome made him realize he deserved.

There had been hope; she'd finally had hope that they could have a future together. And if not together, then at least she could have him in her life as her best friend. But now he was gone, possibly dead, just like Sango and Miroku, or her precious Shippo.

"What am I going to do?" Kagome sobbed into her hands. She had continued to live the mundane life that was her present to indulge her mother. She finished middle school and now was beginning high school at Kawagoe High School. The uniform was a hideous mustard-colored, but due to her poor attendance at her middle school, it was one of the few high schools to accept her.

She felt so empty, hollow, without them. Kagome had been submerged into the supernatural only to be returned changed. There had been excitement in her life, danger at every turn, and a purpose that resonated deep within her soul. Being with and around demons had ignited a fire within her, her rekai awakening, and burning fiercely beneath her skin. In a world without them, it had all but been smothered out. Even if she were still a novice with her rekai, to have it wither, to feel it withering away, hurt so much that at times she could hardly breathe.

She felt wrong; everything felt so wrong.

A bark to her right had Kagome jolt up, with another bark she recognized it as a stray dog. With a scoff, she had every intention of leaving, but then a man cried out.

"Help! Someone help! Get this dog away~" the man shrieked.

Running to help Kagome turned a corner to see the neighborhood stray, (everyone knew him as Imasu- treating him like a trusty guard dog, even leaving food out for him). And clinging to a tree was an older gentleman, screaming and shrieking wildly in fear.

"HELP ME! PLEASE!"

With a chuckle turned to the small dog, gently waving it to back down. "Shoo, shoo! Go away Imasu," Kagome whispered softly. With a soft bark that had Kagome fighting off a giggle, before turning to look up at the young man. "It's alright to come down now sir, sorry about Imasu; he's all bark and no bite,"

"Thank you!" He panted, still shaking fearfully as he came to stand next to her. Now besides her, Kagome noticed his blonde hair and hazel eyes, almost making him look like a mysterious foreigner with his long trench coat and hat shadowing his face. No wonder Imasu barked at him. "I'm horribly afraid of them, and my first night back that thing attacked me,"

She gently patted his back as he continued to rambled between spouts of fearful tremors. Even though he looked to be in his mid to late twenties, it seems he had been far from home for twenty years, and that those awaiting him would be unhappy upon seeing his return.

"What brings you out so late?" He finally asked, having paused in his rant to look at her somber face. From the looks of it, it seems as if she'd been crying- a lot. Raven hair fell into her pale face in lush waves that she quickly tucked behind a slightly pointed ear, her red sapphire eyes looking off into the park unseeing as if she were lost in the past.

"I come out here to think, the memories of my family's home are hard to avoid if I'm always there," she finished in a whisper.

"It's not much of a home if it brings you such sorrow to be there,"

She nodded, a tear falling from her eyes that she quickly wiped away while also wiping her reddened nose. "I don't think it will ever feel like home again, not after what happened. Mama means well, so does grandpa, but my past there is too painful to ignore when I am reminded of it every day," she signed brokenly.

"Then have mine," he suggested softly. "If you can no longer call that place a home, then you can call mine yours from now own. I have no use of it anymore,"

"What about the people there waiting for you? I'm sure they would be happy to see you," she insisted, thinking back to her friends in the past, she'd give anything to be with them again, even if it was just to say goodbye. In this time, they were dead, and to think of them as that broke her heart. Tears began to well up in her eyes again.

He stood with a shake of his head. "After how I left, I doubt it, " Kagome stared at him wide-eyed. Pulling out a pen and paper, he jotted down a quick map and small note at the note. "Follow the map, and it will lead you straight there, tell them Mikage sent you,"

Putting the note in her hand, Kagome looked at him, unsure what to make of him. His aura was soft and gentle, but other than that she couldn't feel anything fishy, despite the feeling in her gut that told her there was something more to him.

"But it's your home,"

"Not for many years now," He shook his head. "You, on the other hand, little miko," he leaned forward, using her shock to tenderly kiss her forehead. "Should feel right at home there in no time,"

'How'd he know?!'

And like that he was walking away, waving over his shoulder as he left with a gentle goodbye.

Looking down at her hands and then back up, Mikage was gone. And she felt different. Her rekai settled heavy in her stomach; it was like it'd grown suddenly while becoming something more.

With a laugh, Kagome shook her head and stood, her eyes studying the map. "What do I have to lose?"

Watching the small girl walk in the direction of the shrine Mikage smiled, the Shikon Miko would make a great land God, without a doubt.

wolfYLady: I saw this idea a lot (Kagome as the land god) but thought I'd try my hand at it. No idea as of a pairing at this point, might not have one.

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