So I am taking down a few chapters and combing them all into chapter five. Trying to restart this story so bear with me a little bit. Thank you all!
Chapter 5: Storm
The storm raged on throughout the night and even into the next day, the Shikon priestess had found herself numb from the pain of knowing that her first love was no longer alive nor did he ever get what he truly wanted. Always to be scorned by a woman with no heart. Rising with what should have been the sun it was nastier clouds that surrounded the sky in an ugly gray Lightning flashed along the clouds as the sound of thunder rolled, shaking the house slightly from the loud boom. Pulling herself together in the best she wanted to do for the day. A baggy sweatshirt and lounge shorts she made her way down the stairs to face the demons of her past.
The first stop she made was to check on the male and changed his bandages. The wound had soaked the first layer and needed to be cleaned before an infection set in. Thankfully with her knowledge of ancient herbs she had thoughtfully planted a garden in the back of the shorn, devoted to the plants but modern medicine helped greatly for this male. Once done with him she replaced the blanket and moved into the kitchen. But she was caught by surprise at the sight before her; Kikyo was bustling around the modern kitchen, as if she knew how to use everything in it. A single dark brow raising up in question as her body sagged against the wall. Kikyo turned in time to see the brow being raised and her head hung down a bit.
"It is the least I can do, after all, you healed him" she responded while fidgeting with a tea cup. Turning quickly back to the food cooking on the stove.
"Yeah, but why couldn't you?" Kagome questioned the woman cooking something that she could only guess as eggs?
"I lost them" was the only answer she received
Another brow raised in question at the statement that was uttered from Kikyo, how did she lose her powers? The myth had been busted for being pure to keep them intact, Kagome had found that out shortly after she and Inu-yasha had a wild tryst in the forest before the total completion of the jewel. Another blow to her heart when he tore from her side and ran to the other woman. But, that had been a pattern in her life, hadn't it? Why was it a big surprise then when all the pieces lined up?
"And pray tell how that happened?" voice cold as ice, watching the older girl fidget under her gaze.
"I don't know Kagome, I don't know... My powers are gone the only thing I have left is my skills with a bow. I have nothing anymore, I am as weak as an infant and the God's have a sick sense of humor I suppose" there was something in her voice that caused Kagome to lose a bit of that cold anger, the desperation the actual pain of not being able to do anything was real and it hit home with Kagome once again.
Before anything more could be said there was a low painful groan echoing out from the living room. Hope filled Kikyo as she darted past Kagome and into the male side, calling his name softly. Almost, lovingly. Maybe Kagome just heard it wrong as she too joined the woman's side watching as the male began to stir from the fever sleep he had been in since arriving. Slowly his eyes blinked open. Everything was a blur of shapes and colors, he tried to steady his vision, trying to take in his surroundings as a familiar and annoying voice called his name. His memories blurred as he began to focus on where he was.
Black met blue in a clash of uncertainty and anger, his mind becoming alert with the threat of danger so close to him that it jumped started his adrenalin and caused that injured body to spring up. Every ounce of training from his years being a ninja coming to the surface as he wrapped a strong calloused hand around the throat of a stranger. Dragging the lighter frame to him without an ounce of trouble as he peeled back his lips in a feral sneer and got a good look at the threat.
"Zabuza don't" Kikyo shouted.
His name being shouted from the side caused him pause as he took a small glance to Kikyo, standing with her hair down and worry across those expressive brown eyes of the woman he had found. Her shout was enough for him to drag his eyes back to the person that made his insides scream with terror, and what he found was not what he expected to find. In his grasp was the splitting image of Kikyo the only major difference was those sapphire eyes that peered into his soul and made his skin crawl.
Fingers flexed around her neck and it was making breathing difficult as Kagome stared up at the male that appeared with Kikyo in the well, she was slightly stunned by how fast he had reacted with the injuries he had on him. It was a dizzying speed that the girl hadn't been used to since her travels in the past. His eyes were dark, almost black color that made her skin crawl in warning of the bloodlust that lay in him, lips pulled back to reveal sharpened teeth almost shark-like in nature. Powers swelled to the surface ready to defend their host with all their might, the hint of the energy had Zabuza flinging the girl from his person.
Backwards she went, stumbling on wobbly legs before colliding with a wall and a growl of pain echoed out. "Kikyo" his deep baritone sent shivers down both women's spine as he turned his gaze back to his 'companion' chest heaving as lungs filled with air trying to maintain consciousness. "Y-yes?" was her whispered response as he pinned her with his gaze, her teeth gnawing on the bottom lip in a nervous fashion; Kagome picked herself up from the wall.
"Hey asshole" Kagome shouted in anger, her traveling companion vocabulary having rubbed off on her.
Zabuza turned to the look alike only to be met with a glowing woman with piercing blue eyes, dread filled him as he looked upon this creature that made his skin crawl with a warning. For the first time in his life, he feared this being and that mysterious power she held.
The tension in the air could have been cut with a knife as Kikyo stood in the middle of the two ready to kill one another, this was something she hadn't expected to happen when he awoke from his injuries. Hell, she thought Kagome would have acted more civilized than what she was doing; eyes snapped to Zabuza as he moved to search for a weapon she knew he did not have. The realization dawned across his features and it made the former priestess wince when those eyes turned to her as if it was her fault they were gone, did he not remember the fight? "Kagome, please" she pleaded with the woman who shared her looks and bested her in power it seemed to be enough as Kagome reigned in the power but never took her eyes off of Zabuza.
"Fill him in Kikyo before I purify his ass"
With that statement said Kagome gave one last look towards the male before turning and exiting the living room heading straight for the kitchen to fix something to eat. With the threat gone, he rounded upon the woman that seemed to attract trouble where ever she went. Swallowing deeply she didn't get a chase to speak before the male was towering over her, the killing intent rolling off of him in waves. Fuck.
