Perfect Tragedy

"I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself."

Rodney Dangerfield

Chapter 4

"Come on, Kagome," yelled Jacob. He ran as fast as he possible could go. He was going to win the epic battle and defeat Kagome. Even if it were the very last thing that he would have to do. He smiled and came around the bend of a grove of trees. He hid behind the silhouette of the trees.

"I am," she happily yelled back. Said girl ran two times aster then he male counterpart. She could easily see the footprints that he had let behind. A grin began to grow on her face as she ran to the grove of trees. She came behind him and tapped him on his back. "I found you."

He looked behind him in fear. Darn it! He thought. She found me. He looked at her and began to run again. He was determined to outmart her and make sure that she would never be able to catch up to the likes of him. He would make sure of that. "Try again," he retorted.

"No fair!"

"Life is never fair, Kags!"

"Only if you say so."

Kagome ran with all of her might. She was going to get him whether he liked it or not. He was going to lose fair and square. She could see that he was in front of her. Just enough so that she could tag him before he got back to the home tree. She was determined to get him before he could cause a problem and get himself hurt or otherwise. She cared for the boy. "Where are you?"

"Where you least expect," he replied as he tagged her.

"Dang it, Jake!"

He laughed. He continued to run. He saw that the home tree was just in front of him. Only four feet away. He ran and reached the tree. He placed his hand onto the trunk of the tree and smiled. "I won," he declared.

"You cheated," she replied.

"Okay, maybe I did."

She laughed. She began to chase him around. She was going to get him. He was only a grasp away from her. She had the determination of a bull and was going to prove it to him. He looked behind him as he ran away from her. He was quite enjoying this moment as she was. He was used to girls chasing after him. He was a heart-breaker as his father had put it and he was overjoyed by that.

Soon he came to a fork in the road. He hadn't seen a tree branch but he tripped over it and fell into a creek. Kagome cried out and went to go and help him out. She came to him and held him up. He looked at her and smiled. She looked at his legs to see if there was any damage to them. She found a giant gash across his left leg. She began to worry as she saw the blood flowing.

Kagome then heard a sound. Then that sound began to shake the earth that she was sitting on. She was frightened but she thought it was probably an earth quake. Then the sound turned into giant foot steps. They were getting nearer and nearer to her. She looked from Jacob and looked at the sky. She could see all birds in the surronding areas leaving in fright.

She was curious.

What could've it been that had caused such a thing?

The sound cam closer and closer. It was close enough that all she had to do was look up and see what it was. It was a giant green ogre looking monster. She didn't know but she was fearful. It looked down at her with it's beady-red eyes. Telling her that she had just ran out of luck. Something was going to happen and she knew it from the story that his eyes were telling her.

"Little humans, all by their selves. Just my luck. I'm hungary anyway," the monster said.

Kagome gasped.

"You can't eat us," she yelled.

She was soon surronded by a mist of pink light. The demon looked at her. He was scared and something was obviously wrong. Kagome was soon lifted off the ground. She could see nothing but pink in her field of her vision. It was a coral pink. The surge of energy went back into her and gently placed her on the ground. The ogre looked at her again. He looked frightened.

"You're a miko," it yelled.

She have him a questioning look.

"You know what you are!"

"What're talking about?"

The giant ogre looked at her and attacked her. He swung his fist and the force of the punch was enough to throw her against a tree. She slumped to the ground and crawled into a ball and began to cry. This caused the ogre to cover its ears in protest. Kagome looked at this ogre and saw its reactiona and continued to cry. It began to scream in pain. It walked over to her and hit her again.

She landed on the ground in much more pain than she already had been and cried more. The mysterious pink mist came back and attacked the monster. The monster dissenagrated and cried as it was fully blown away by the wind. Kagome tried to crawl over to Jacob but it was no use. She soon cried out in pain and fainted. Resting in her hand, was a pink jewel that had come out of her abdomen.

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Kaede had felt a surge of reiki come from the forest. She had also sensed a giant ogre demon. She knew that it was a miko that was out in those woods alone. She walked out of her home and walked into the forest. She knew that whoever out there was going to need her help. Only a miko could heal another miko who had been damaged by youkai power.

She continued into the forest until she saw two bodies lying on the forest floor. She made out the two figures. It was a small girl and boy. She realized that the young children were Kagome and Jacob. A hand came over her mouth when she saw the small pink pearl lying in Kagome's hand. It was the Shikon no Tama. The deadly jewel that had sought her sisters life and took it greedily.

She was shocked.

Kagome was only a small child and she had discovered her reiki. It meant something. The only other miko to accomplish such a feat was Midoriko. She had a feeling that Kagome was somehow either related to the Great Miko or her reincarnation. Kaede walked over to the small child and picked up the pearl and placed it into her pocket and picked the child up.

She walked over to the other child. She saw that a medium sized gash had worked its way onto his small body. She picked him up as well and cradled the two small children as she walked home and placed them down onto cots. She placed her hand over the boys wounds and healed them as her hand began to glow blue. The gash cleared up and was gone out of sight. She looked over his body to make sure that there weren't anymore wounds and found none.

She went over to Kagome and healed the deep-hole in her abdomen and the tiny scars that were all over her body. She looked at the small child and sighed. Kagome had been prone to such accidents. The child had such luck. It was as if the Kami himself were playing with her or trying to teach her something. Kaede wasn't sure. She took the pearl out of her pocket and walked over to her desk and placed it into a small jar and placed it onto Kagomes neck.

"Child, ye are up for a hard life," she said softly as she brushed the hair out of Kagome's face.

A/N: I had to re-write this, since I had lost the original one. I did remember the plot though so it came out alright. I hope you enjoy it and review!

S.K.P.

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