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Chapter 2: Add Water
(Flashback)
The world spun upside down in blue foggy color. Her lungs burned and her chest contracted painfully inside her chest. Her hands pushed but grasped nothing. She felt wild and abandoned as she was pushed in various directions hitting anonymous objects that bit into her flesh acerbically. Remnants of the powerful earthquake that just suddenly hit vibrated through her body reminding her as to how this came about. Her mouth opened to take in air and she instantly regretted it. Oxygen was absent but a rush of liquid filled her mouth and she quickly closed it to stop the forceful attack on her throat and lungs. Sooty black eye lashes opened painfully as reddened bloodshot eyes beheld the watery disaster. She pushed her body trying to create equilibrium again to combat her vertigo experience. She looked around seeing various objects floating around her. She looked upwards and was able to sense liberation. With effort, she kicked her legs putting as much energy as she could to reach the top. Her hands moved tiredly and her feet peddled with the goal of breaking free of her watery prison. Her head broke the surface with a mighty gasp.
Water spat from her lips and coughing erupted immediately as she took in beloved gulps of oxygen. Her hands fought against the water to keep her body buoyed and from going under again. Waves still moved pushing water from somewhere but it was hard to determine where it was coming from. She used her hands and brushed her face of her slick wet black hair that blocked her view. Her head looked around making note of the low ceiling and once beautiful handcrafted archways that she wanted. She recognized the various design elements that constituted her building. The golden chandeliers of her restaurant that was just installed dangled dangerously above her considerably closer than they were prior to the chaos. Water came to her chest and her feet no longer touched the ground. Everything was dark and murky making it very difficult to see. Her lip trembled from the cold water that slowly began to leave her fingers numb from being dragged down by its power. Her breathing was ragged and she quickly began to calm herself.
She held her hand up and concentrated allowing a sphere of pink light to wrap around her hand and serve as her flashlight. Satisfied at her makeshift torch, she quickly began looking about her trying to find the people that she had come with. She looked around frantically for anyone she could feel or see. She stretched her aura and she could feel various beings around her that wasn't responding to her rise in reiki. However, they were a bit far from her putting her in a panic. Her mind scrambled as she turned and looked around flinging about in the violent water that destroyed the beginning foundation of her newest restaurant in Japan. Debris of every kind floated on top of the water. Imported chinaware, exotic chairs, and broken tables could be seen about the entire place. Water stuck to her face and her eyes bulged searching for her friends and workers.
"Tsukiyomi!"
"Hoshiyomi"
"Rin!"
"Anybody!"
She yelled frantically swimming and trying her best to avoid the objects. Her side burned painfully as she moved throughout the water causing a painful moan to escape. She clutched her abdomen fighting off the sting to find anyone alive. No one answered or broke the surface of the water. Her heart beat wildly in her chest as she searched before gathering her wit and diving under. Her body felt the pull of the water and her eyes stayed open while searching for her friends. She reached out her hand still lit with her miko powers giving the entire space a pinkish glow. She strained to see her furniture was either destroyed or completely gone as debris from another building washed into the room. Her head turned to the side and she could see an actual white vehicle slammed into what was going to be her kitchen. Pain in her chest grew and fear gained the upper hand in her soul. Her head whipped around not seeing anyone but gaping holes in the wall and chunks of crushed concrete. She swam a little bit until she was forced to take oxygen. Once again she peddled upwards breaking the surface. Her lungs expanded taking in a large gasp of air. She coughed and cursed the situation. She slowly began searching for a way out. Her eyes caught what looked to be daylight and immediately she stroked her arms towards its direction.
With as much strength as she could muster, she pumped her limbs and swam out of the destroyed structure. Sunlight poured in and she made her way to it hoping to get free. She ducked underneath the water and swam through a breech in the wall and up towards the surface again. Her chest heaved as she pushed against the water that was continuously moving in and pushing her back. She grasped onto the wall and looked up to see where she was. The sign of her restaurant swung back and forth that was once on the second story of her building. She grabbed onto it for support feeling panicked that water had risen to the second story of her building. The water was moving too quickly near her and she didn't want to be swept away. She flexed her aura again searching for familiar auras or anyone nearby that could help. Hope began to fade until she felt something flutter weak yet violently near her current position. She recognized the tiny aura and she grew frightened.
"Rin!" She screamed hoping the little pup would hear her with those sensitive ears. Cars, boats, a broken bed, wood, and pieces of someone's roof floated passed her. She flexed her aura again and found who she was looking for. Her head whipped towards the direction to see a white bubble float on top of the giant dirty stream that used to be a busy street for car traffic. The bubble was caught luckily on a sign of a business logo across the street keeping it from being swept away by the rushing tide. Her eyes glowed brightly as she concentrated on the white orb feeling the strong spiritual power of her friend enclose her child safely in the protective barrier. Slowly the bubble began to wrap in a pink hue and floated towards her. She swam a bit closer to the building doing her best to avoid the current while maintaining her hold on the young little body. The water had risen so high that she was nearly floating by the roof of her second establishment.
She kicked upwards grabbing onto a well solidified shingle and hauled herself up on top of the roof. Her side burned even more from the effort causing her to cry out in pain. She looked down to see a giant blood stain coating her right side and bleeding into her now wet transparent white dress shirt. She pushed her pain to the side to focus on the little baby girl still out there amongst the danger that was Mother Nature. She used her drenched white sleeve to push back her soggy black hair out of her face again annoyed with its length. She wiped her eyes while the other hand guided the white orb across the river and to the edge where she was standing. She flexed her aura to soothe the little one inside when her eyes widened.
"Rin!" She yelled frantically diving to the edge and reaching out her hands to grab into the protective barrier. Immediately both the pink and white barrier fell revealing a tiny little baby with tangled short brown hair and a very wet orange dress laying motionlessly. She pulled her out of the water's hold as tears began to pour down her face.
"Rin! I got you!" She said carrying the girl safely in the middle of the roof far away from the deathly trenches of water and debris. She fell to her knees and bent down her head to check her little heartbeat. Her ears laid against Rin's flat chest hoping for a beat. The silence nearly broke her. Forcing her mind to think quickly, she sat up on her hind legs scanning Rin's body quickly with her miko powers mindful of her the girl's demonic heritage. She grabbed Rin's face noticing the paleness of her skin and discoloration of what use to be pastel pink lips. Immediately she titled her head back and adjusted her body to begin issuing CPR.
"Rin!" She blew oxygen between her lips before counting. Her hands came onto Rin's chest mindful of her sternum and pumped. Again she repeated the motions bringing forth her miko energy to try and aid her in her attempt to save Rin's life. Her eyes started glowing a brighter pink than before as she pumped her chest and forced Rin's lungs to expand. She cursed herself for not furthering her miko skills when she lived on the shrine with her family. The thought suddenly shook her and the question of their safety floated along the frontier of her consciousness.
Suddenly Rin coughed and spewed up cups of murky water out of her tiny mouth. Relief washed over the young woman who quickly lifted Rin to the side and patted her on the back. Rin coughed violently with eyes now wide open practically bulging out of her head as her fingers and legs shook. She quivered as if she was in the throes of a seizure. Kagome cried helping Rin through her ordeal as Rin fought to recuperate the oxygen she had lost.
"G-g" Rin rasped still coughing and reaching out with tiny clawed fingers wishing to hold onto the woman she had known her whole life for safety.
Kagome lifted the girl in her arms patting her on the back and holding her tightly. "I'm here. I'm here. Gome got you!" She said rocking her.
Rin's lips gasped and the young miko held onto Rin's body while cradling the back of her head layering her with comforting kisses. She could feel Rin's baby claws puncture her shirt and dig into her skin holding onto her for dear life. Rin's nose buried itself in the crook of her neck taking in deep breaths and scenting to attach herself to what was familiar and safe. Tears ran down Kagome's face listening to the little girl begin to sob. A sinking feeling weighed heavily in Kagome's heart that was very much reminiscent of the time her father passed away from cancer. It crawled from the goosebumps covering her skin and into her bones chilling her nerves. She looked around for the first time at the tragedy around her. What once was a prominent sophisticated neighborhood for the wealthy and one of the top destinations for tourists had been devastated by the earthquake and submerged under the water that arrived from the sea. Luxury storefronts, condos, shopping malls, clubs, and other establishments were now sunk under muddy water or damaged by debris. A few buildings around her had collapsed completely from what she could tell as a few walls were standing but the roofs and sidings were gone.
Her eyes looked for blue and black hair. Panic was getting the best of her as she searched for her beloved friends but she didn't see them. A few bodies were pushed on the water that had her gagging as she could tell they were dead already yet were being fished out by others. Her stomach was lurching and white noise just buzzed loudly in her ears. She prayed for the safety of her friends. They were strong and the most powerful couple she knew. There was no way they were still under. They had to be alive!
Kagome's eyes landed on the survivors watching how everyone put their differences aside to help the other. People she could see began helping each other get to safety despite the tensions recently between demons and humans. Demons transformed into their natural selves and pulled people of various kinds out of danger while more aquatic demons could be seen diving trying their best to snatch those caught up in the rushing water and debris. A few humans held onto an unconscious crow demoness pulling her to safety of what was a balcony of a café. Some people floated on boats searching for loved ones and her heart broke to see some beings just float by unmoving in the water clearly having lost their fight against what she surmised was a tsunami. She looked down at Rin hearing the girl cry louder and yell for her parents.
"Ma-!" Rin croaked clearly in pain and not capable to complete the sounds due to the rasp she now had in her throat. "Pa-!"
Her yells began to turn into nonhuman sounds filled with tiny mewls and whines that could be heard throughout the area. Kagome rocked her in her arms while stretching her aura out to search for her parents. Rin was just a pup…a baby barely crawling at this point. She needed her parents. She needed them here alive! They had to be alive! Their familiar signatures were nonexistent despite her best efforts to find the pair. Kagome stood up with Rin held tightly in her arms looking around her for any signs of her beloved friends who traveled with her to celebrate her success of purchasing her second restaurant. Her pink eyes flashed searching the thick rushing dark waters with haste trying her best to keep her aura calm to avoid further upsetting the pup in her arms.
"Tsukiyomi!"
"Hoshiyomi!"
She called out again seeing, hearing, and feeling absolutely nothing and no one respond to her call. Rin's whines became louder hearing the sound of her parents' names being called and they did not respond. She called out again flexing her aura a bit further but immediately retracted her powers feeling a wave of dizziness assault her. The pain in her side came back full force and she fell to her knees with a hiss. Rin jolted in her hold crying in desperation and fright. Kagome breathed heavily feeling her clothes stick to her and the pain dull on her side. She pulled Rin to the side so she could look at the bloody spot. Carefully she lifted her shirt up and frowned seeing the wound she had suffered when the water broke through her walls and rushed in slamming her forcefully; nearly sending her to a watery grave. Her flesh was ripped leaving her muscle tissue visible and bleeding down her side into her wet tight pencil black pants.
Nausea took her and she steadied herself with one hand while holding Rin tightly with the other. Kagome rolled onto her side crying out in pain and feeling exhausted. She stared at the sky seeing various demons and people flying above her. She pulled Rin close to her feeling her eyes growing heavy. Her heart broke at what she knew in her heart to be true. How could such a happy occasion turn into something so tragic in a matter of seconds? Slowly everything began to fade to black until all she could do was hear Rin's cries. She passed out unaware that Rin's cries for her parents and her whines of fear would be the last sound she would ever hear from the little girl's mouth.
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