Inuyasha and Kagome were cleaning up after lunch. While they ate, Inuyasha explained to Kagome, to the best of his abilities, the differences between demon and human emotions and the signs to watch for before going into demon mode hoping to lessen the chances of it happening again. Though he wasn't very good at explaining everything Kagome thought she got the point of it and asked him if he thought meditating would help. She also wanted to keep up on working with her rekki. She may not want to be a priestess anymore but being able to use her spiritual powers would still be a valuable skill in this era. Inuyasha thought it wouldn't hurt to try, reminding her it would be easier for her when she has the seal that Myoga would have waiting for her upon their return home.

Inuyasha sat on the ground and leaned up against the trunk of a large tree that stood off to the left side of an open field. Kagome walked into the middle of the field before sitting with her legs crossed and her hands resting in her lap. She closed her eyes and let her mind run blank; she sat in silence for a while before the warm, familiar feeling washed over her as she let her rekki expand out a bit. She hadn't done anything to work on her rekki since returning to the feudal era; she missed the feeling of calm it placed in her mind and soul.

Inuyasha was resting against the tree trunk with his eyes closed when he felt Kagome's rekki brush against him flowing with the breeze. It was warm and made his skin tingle slightly, 'her spiritual powers have gotten a lot stronger since the last time I felt it. She must have been training hard while she was stuck in her time,' he thought to himself, remembering that her rekki use to sting his skin rather than a warm tingle. Curious, he opened his eyes to gaze upon his beautiful mate. When he fixed his eyes on her, he saw the light of her rekki tightly surrounding her body. Inuyasha rubbed his eyes before blinking a few times; something was different about her rekki.

The light that was once a lighter shade of blue, matching the colour of the sky was now purple like lavender. Inuyasha looked along the trunk of the tree, searching for a dying branch, once he located one he stood up and walked over towards Kagome.

Lightly tapping her on the shoulder, he spoke softly, "Hey sorry to interrupt but I want you to try something for me, think your up for it?"

As she opened her eyes the light faded away and she looked up at Inuyasha with a smile on her face, "Sure."

Inuyasha offered her his hand to help her up off the ground when she accepted his hand he helped her to her feet and led her by the hand to the tree he was resting under. Stopping at the base of the tree he pointed at the dying branch he had found,

"Think you could try to heal this branch?" Inuyasha asked.

Kagome turned a confused but curious eye towards her husband before stretching her hands out to hover over the dying branch. Before starting she turned her head towards Inuyasha and asked,

"What's this about?"

"Humor me," he replied as he crossed his arms in his sleeves, watching her hands intently.

Kagome sighed but started to send her rekki through the branch. Kagome gasped and snapped her hands to her chest, "My light... It's different! Is it because I'm a half demon now?"

Inuyasha stood in silence while thinking for a few more seconds before walking a bit out into the field and drawing his sword, calling upon the Dragon Scale Tessaiga. Green scales engulfed the sword and Inuyasha looked at his demon vortex in awe, the swirl of yokai energy that had once been as red as the Robe of the Fire Rat was now a dark purple resembling what he once heard Kagome call royal purple. He turned around to look at his wife and let out a small gasp, behind Kagome was her own demon vortex that matched his in colour.

Inuyasha sheathed his sword and walked back towards Kagome, confusion evident on her face.

Running his hand back through his hair he let out a small laugh, "I completely forgot you would have your own demon vortex now, it surprised me to actually see it. Yours matches mine perfectly."

"Is that what that swirling purple thing was?" Kagome asked still surprised by what she just saw. She had never been able to see them before.

"Yeah, that was my demon vortex you just saw. It changed colours, It used to be red like this," Inuyasha said as he lightly yanked on his sleeve. "Also, I think because of our mating you are also connected to Tessaiga like I am, or you wouldn't have been able to see my demon vortex when I drew Tessaiga, hold out your hand," Inuyasha instructed his mate.

Holding out her hand Inuyasha placed the rusty old blade in Kagome's hand. She gasped when she felt Tessaiga pulse in her hand and take its battle form. She noticed she felt a lot calmer with the sword in her hand.

Inuyasha lightly grabbed Tessaiga and returned it to its sheath. He laughed a bit when his sword shook a little in the sheath. "It likes you."

Kagome smiled prettily, "I felt really calm when it was in my hand, almost as calm as when I work with my rekki while meditating."

Inuyasha smiled, "That's probably because we now share yokai as well as our soul. The Tessaiga is my seal, and it helps me stay in control when my emotions become unbalanced, it probably can help keep you stay in control if the situation ever rises again."

Content with Inuyasha's answer she had a curious thought of her own go through her mind, his aura had felt different ever since her senses returned after their mating. She nervously chewed on her bottom lip for a minute before asking,

"Would you try something for me now?"

Curious he tilted his head to the side while placing his arms back in his sleeves. "You want me to try something?"

Kagome smiled and nodded, grabbing his arm by his the crook in his elbow and leading him into the field. Releasing his arm, she took a few steps back and sat in the grass, "I want you to try to meditate."

Confused, Inuyasha shrugged and sat down on the grass in the position he had seen Kagome sit-in earlier and closed his eyes.

"Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth, try to pace your breathing, listening to nothing but the nature around you, clear your mind of any thoughts. Try to draw in the essence of the forest, the breeze and the earth around you. If you start to feel a slight tingling sensation focus on it and try to imagine spreading that feeling around your body like a layer of skin." Kagome instructed.

Raising an eyebrow while peeking through a partially open eye towards his wife, he exhaled deeply and did as she asked. After a while, he started to feel the tingling sensation he felt earlier when Kagome was meditating. Doing as she asked earlier, he tried to imagine covering his body with this feeling. A lavender light started to cover his body. When the tingling reached his toes, he heard Kagome gasp, breaking his concentration.

The light faded as he opened his eyes and looked at his wife, he saw her hands over her mouth and her eyes as wide as Shippo's when he was trying to get something from someone, "What?" He asked confused by her reaction.

Shaking off the initial shock of what she had just witnessed. She took her claw to her hand and ran it along her palm, causing it to bleed.

"Oi! What are you doing?!" He yelled, shocked by her actions as he crawled over to her.

Kagome shook her head, using the hand that wasn't bleeding she grabbed Inuyasha's hands and placed them so they would hover over her bleeding palm. "Try calling that tingling feeling again to your hands and directing it into mine with the intention of healing it."

Confused beyond belief, he did what she asked. After a minute, a Lavender glow started to surround Inuyasha's hands and into Kagome's, healing her hand in the process. Inuyasha was stunned into silence as he sat there still as stone. After a moment he lifted his hands to his face to look at them better.

"What was...H-How... I mean... Did I seriously... gain spiritual powers?" Inuyasha whispered under his breath. If Kagome didn't have her new hanyou ears and demon like hearing she would never have heard him.

"I knew your aura felt different, but I couldn't put my finger on it. It looks like I'm not the only one who's changed." She laughed.

As she grew a wicked grin she looked at Inuyasha taking his hands into hers, "Looks like we will have to train each other, we wouldn't want you accidentally purifying Shippo because you lost your temper." She chuckled under her breath when she saw Inuyasha's reaction to her words. He was mortified by the thought and nodded in agreeance.

~AN~ Hope you're all liking the story so far! So I just want to explain a couple of things here real quick. The original blue light Kagome had was based from The Final Chapter in the anime series when Kagome tried to purify Kohaku's shard and couldn't heal it due to her powers being sealed. In that scene, the light that emerged from her hands was a light blue and was the colour I decided to go with. Also in the anime, I know Inuyasha's demon vortex was not as red as I described it but I wanted the shared colour of Inuyasha and Kagome after their mating to be purple. I hope that clears any confusion anyone might have, reading this chapter. (^^) Please feel free to review!