Perfect Tragedy

"Your never know how much they care until you are under the weather."

C. Kohler

Chapter 5

Kagome awoke. She looked at the surroundings that were currently around her. She could see: A chair, TV, and a lot of other things. She instantly knew that she was in Kaede's home but why was she here of all places? She moved her small arm. She saw that it was red from her sleeping on it. She rubbed her hand against her nose and slowly got up and walked into the kitchen. There Kaede waited for her. The small girl looked at the older woman and took the seat that was closet to her and sat down and stared into the older woman's brown eyes.

"Why am I here Kaede," she asked, "I'm supposed to be in the woods."

The older woman looked back at the youngling. This child held as much power Midoriko herself. More than her sister ever did. She was also the Shikon no Miko. This was getting weirder and weirder by the minute. How could a child have given off that much power? It was extremely rare to find a miko nowadays and one this powerful was born every one thousand years or so. This shook the older woman's mind. What is it that makes this child so. . . so powerful? Perhaps it was the Shikon no Tama. She didn't know.

"Ye are here because I brought ye here," the older woman replied.

"But why," she asked again.

"I found ye unconscious on the forest floor, young one. Why were ye and that boy there? Didn't you know that there was going to be a storm today?"

"We were just playing. I didn't know," she said as she began to cry.

She thought that she had made the older woman angry at her. She didn't want that. She brought her hands up to her face and wiped the tears that went down in lakes on her face. She buried her face into her two small palms. The older woman looked down at her and a frown came upon her face. She picked the child up and sat her down on her lap. She embraced the child. She smiled. She wasn't angry. Just upset. She hadn't meant for the child to start crying.

"Please don't cry," the older woman said.

"I'm sorry but I thought you were angry at me," she replied as she hiccupped through the words.

"I'm not angry but I was afraid that ye could've gotten yeself hurt or dead. There was a raging storm last night," said Kaede. She brought the girl closer to her and patted her head with the tips of her old weathered-out hands. The child beamed with excitement. The older woman was no longer angry with her. She smiled. This made Kagome so happy. Now she jumped up and down with excitement. "Child, stop. My legs aren't what they used to be." She stopped almost immediately. Kagome sat silent and happy.

"There is something I must ask you, Kagome," the older woman said.

"What is it?"

"Do you remember what happened before you fell unconscious?"

"Yes," the child said hesitantly.

"What do you remember," the older woman asked.

Kagome stared into space. The images came into her head. The memories flowed through her eyes. She felt the pain on her back. "I remember something hurting Jake, and me getting angry. I was starting to float. I also remember a pink light. The monster it was going to try and eat us. I kept saying I wasn't going to be eaten. He was going to kill Jake. Is Jake ok," the child shouted wondering what had happened to her friend. She was jumping out of the elder woman's lap. Kaede took her arms and wrapped them around the young girl.

"He's fine," she replied," he's resting in another room."

She calmed down and looked into Kaede's eyes. "Ok. What happened to the monster?"

"You killed him."

"How?"

"Because you're the Shikon no Miko," the older woman replied.

"What?"

"The pink light. Do you remember that?"

"Yes."

"That is the power of a miko, young one. You are the miko of the Shikon no Tama."

"I don't know what that is."

"Yes, ye do."

"No I don't," she fought back.

"Yes, ye do."

"What is it then?"

"It is the jewel of the four souls."

"Where is it?"

"It was inside of ye," the older woman said as she pointed to the young girl's abdomen, "here."

Kagome placed her hand on her stomach as if she were a mother expecting a child. So she did have it and now she knew where it was. "Ok." She embraced the older woman and smiled into the crook of her neck.

"Where is it now?"

"In a small jar around ye neck."

"Kagome," the woman said.

"Yes," she replied as she moved her head back to look into the woman's eyes.

"In order to guard the Shikon no Tama, ye will need training. Will you do it?"

"Yes."

"Alright, would ye like to go and see the boy," she asked.

"Jake?"

"Yes, him."

"Yes, please," the child, replied.

Kagome followed behind the older woman as they walked passed the rooms that went down the hallway of Kaede's home. She brought her hand to her chest and placed it against the spot where her heart was supposed to be. She could feel the thumping of her heart against her tiny hand. It made her jump but she stopped and continued walking. She wanted to see if he was all right. He didn't need to be in pain or even get injured. She somehow found away to blame herself for it.

She knew she was going to be sad when she saw him but she didn't care. She wanted to see him kept up in pace and walked into the room and saw Jacob lying down but awake. His eyes looked over into hers. He was scared and she knew he was. She knew what he was going through. She cared for him now. She wanted to make sure that nothing was wrong with him. She walked over to him and sat down on the chair in front of him and took his hand in hers.

"I shall be leaving you two. I must contact your father's," said Kaede.

"Ok, " they both replied in unison. The woman walked out of the room. They both looked back at each other. Jacob began to cry. Kagome sat on the edge on the bed and brought him into an embrace. He cried into her shoulder.

"I'm so scared Kaggy, and I'm hurting," he said. Kagome to began to cry. She was just as scared and hurt as he was.

"I know," she said.

"What're we going to do when our daddies get here," he asked.

"I don't know," she hiccupped again.

They sat there crying and holding each other. They were so scared. At his or her age, anyone would've been. "Kaggie," said Jacob.

"Yes," she replied.

"Will you promise me something?"

"Yes, what?"

"That when we're old enough. You'll marry me."

"Yes but why?"

"I had a terrible dream that we were older and that you were going to leave me behind for some guy."

"I will never ever do that to you."

With this she promised her life.

A/N: Edited. Please review! No more repeats! To the reviewer that said that this should be Kagome/Edward. I already have a story in mind for that pairing. Once I'm done with at least 3 of the 4 stories that I'm currently writing, I'll post it. Thanks for your reviews.

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