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Chapter 8
"You don't need them, Kagome," the man whispered sweetly and gently as he brushed her hair away from her face. "They've all abandoned you," he murmured. "Come, join me... you will never be abandoned if you join me," he said.
"I... I..." Kagome gasped as fresh tears made their way down her face.
"You're all alone, now, Kagome," the man said. "There's no reason to stay." he added.
'all alone now...' the words echoed in her head. "No... no i'm-"
"Not alone?" Damien asked with amusement. "Then where are you precious friends now?" he asked.
"I... I..." Kagome murmeured as images began to fill her mind.
"I can give you friendship, and everything else in the world," he murmured softly against her forehead.
"I... I WON'T!" Kagome shouted.
"What?" the man asked, as he took a few steps backward in surprise.
"I WON'T! Just because," Kagome said. "they don't need me, doesn't mean I'll abandon everything I worked for."
"You foolis-"
"I've worked for four years to keep the world away from darkness... and you expect me to JUST GIVE THAT UP!" she shouted as she struggled harder. "I refuse! I WILL NEVER HELP YOU!" Kagome shouted.
"So be it," the man said as he stood up swiftly. "But, so you know, I always get what i want... and i want you to join my side. With your consent or not, you will join me in the end." he said.
"Master Damien," a high pitched voice said.
"What is it?" he asked as he stepped away from the miko.
"They're coming," she said with distaste.
"Already?" he asked.
"Yes, Master."
"Go."
"Go?" she repeated.
"Yes, go and... give them a special welcome." he said.
"Yes Master," the girl said as she left as quietly as she came.
With Others
"Damn, we'll never find her!" Yuskue shouted as he threw another rock away.
"Don't be like that Urameshi." Kuwabara said as he moved a rather large boulder by a bit.
"Yes, well it'll be a hell lot easier if HIEI WOULD JUST HELP!" Yuskue shouted as he threw another rock away, this time towards Hiei's direction.
"Hey, watch where you're throwing things!" another voice shouted.
"Huh?" Kuwabara said as both he and Yuskue turned around to see Inuyasha and Sesshomaru. "Hey! When did you two get here?"
"Just now, idiot." Sesshomaru said before he turned towards Hiei. "I presume you are the one with the Jagonshi eye?"
"You've presumed correctly."
"Than stop sitting on your ass, and use that stupid eye of yours to find the portal that'll lead us to Kagome!" Inuyasha shouted.
"Hn." Hiei said before he shut his eyes once more.
"Why you damn brat!" Inuyasha shouted as he made to punch Hiei, only to have Sesshomaru stop him.
"Now is not the time for you petty temper tantrums," Sesshomaru stated befor he faced Hiei. "And you, boy, will help us whether you like it or not."
"Hn."
While everybody was arguing with Hiei, nobody notice Kurama fighting to keep Youko inside of him.
'Let me out, Kurama!'
'No... you can't!'
'You don't even know what i'm going to do!' Youko cried out in distress.
'I can't take the chance,' Kurama grunted, as his eyes changed completely gold, only to go back to green.
'I can help!' Youko insisted as Kurama's hair grew longer, and his eyes were mostly gold, with the middle area of the irises green.
'How do i know that?' Kurama demanded as the hair shrunk a bit, but grew longer and lost some red in it.
'You don't understand!' Youko said as Kurama's height rose.
'Just leave it be!' Kurama said but couldn't stop Youko as he finally broke through, and Kurama was the one within Youko's mind.
"I DON'T GIVE A SHIT FOR WHAT YOU WANT!" Inuyasha shouted.
"Then leave me alone." Hiei said.
"You're still mad, aren't you." Youko said as he made his way in front of Hiei.
"Mad? About what?" Kuwabara asked densely.
"Shut up," Yuskue murmured as he hit Kuwabara on the head.
"This has nothing to do with you fox!" Hiei snarled.
"Oh, but I was there, apparation." Youko replied as he stared down at Hiei. "So don't you think I would be mad as well?"
"Mind your own business!" Hiei snapped.
"It wasn't her fault, you know." Youko said. "She didn't ask for it to happen."
"She was the cause of it! and you know it!" Hiei shouted.
"Did you ever think to find out what she was doing?" Youko asked.
Hiei did not answer, but instead, pointed towards the alley way. "There's a portal in there," he murmured before he slowly walked towards it. "This isn't over yet, fox." Hiei added before jumping down the portal, followed by the rest.
IN Kagome's Mind
'This is more than your battle back in the Feuderal Era. Much more. You have stronger enemies... and you must understand what has happened to youself after the wish... and agreement you made.' Genkai's words still rang through Kagome's head. 'What did she mean? What has happened to me?' Kagome thought as she looked deep within herself. 'My body is still the same...maybe, it's not my body,' Kagome thought as she entered her mind.
'That's odd,' Kagome thought as she looked around. Her mind was completely black. 'That's not right at all.' she thought as she walked around trying to find something.
"It's good to finally meet you, Kagome," a voice said.
With a gasp, Kagome looked up... to see a version of herself when she was 15. She still wore the green sailor uniform, and had her bows and arrows with her.
"Who are you?" Kagome asked.
"I'm you... or at least, I was a part of you," the other girl said.
"I don't understand... how can you used to be a part of me?"
"Ah, but here's another question... how it that I'm now, not a part of you?"
"Isn't that the same?" kagome asked.
"No, it is not... until you understand what has happened to you, and what might still be able to happen to you... we will always be seperated... in fact, it might already be too late." the other girl said as she started to fade.
"Wait! Where are you going?" Kagome cried out.
"You're sitll not ready to meet me, so i'm going to let you meet another..." the other girl whispered as she completely faded away.
"What?" Kagome asked, as she turned around to meed another version of herself... one when she was just about 5.
"Nice 'ta meet 'ya Kagome!" the child giggled as she tugged on her hand. "Let's go an' play!" she exclaimed as she dragged Kagome around.
"Where are we going to go?" Kagome asked.
The child giggled again and said, "You'll see!"
Kagome sighed, as she kept on walking, and gasped when she saw that they were at a small pond. "Come sit!" the girl said as she sat down at the edge.
"What are we doing here?" Kagome asked.
"'Ya know, I had lots o' fun when we was together," she said.
"Hm?" Kagome asked.
"Well, when we was together, we had lots of adventers, right?"
"Yeah," Kagome said.
"But then... you and me was filled with pain, right?"
"No, i wasn't..."
"Not out there! Buts in here we was filled with lots of pain... and than... i couldn't find you again!" the girl exclaimed as she moved to hug Kagome, but only to went through her.
"What's... what's happening?" Kagome exclaimed.
"You's gottas go now." the young girl said. "But come back soon... so we cans be together again!"
"What! NO!" Kagome shouted, before she was forced out of her mind, and into the real world.
"It's seems that I have underestimated those fools," Damien said as he forced Kagome up, to watch a screen with the Spirit Detectives, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru walking towards the castle.
With others
"So, we're here," Yuskue said. "But now what?"
"We find Kagome, brat!" Inuyasha said.
"Who're you calling a brat, mutt!"
"Who're you calling a mutt, punk!"
"My, my," a soft voice purred. "If it isn't a human pup, and a puppy."
"I ain't no puppy wench!" Inuyasha shouted.
"But you act so much like one," the voice said, before the walked up to the entrance of the Castle, and saw a scantly clad female there.
"Disgusting!" Inuyasha shouted as he covered his nose, however Sesshomaru's face showed indifference.
"Move aside, woman, and let us through." Sesshomaru comanded.
"I'm afraid I can't do that," the woman said as she walked out. "Master Damien's sent me and a few others to give your the proper greeting," the girl said before she disappeared and appeared right in front of Yuskue, ready to knock him down, only to have Yuskue kick her in the stomach.
"Geez, lady, you're sure slow," Yuskue exagerated.
"I'll take it from here," Inuyasha said.
"What?"
"You guys go ahead, and find Kagome." Inuyasha shouted as she came back for another hit. "GO!" Inuyasha shouted as he shoved them ahead, and then ran to meet the girl, punch for punch.
"Right," Yuskue said before he ran ahead, followed by the others. As soon as they exited the hallway, Yuskue ducked as a knife sailed through the air, and hit the wall in the spot where his head had just been.
"Not, bad," a deep voice said a masked ninja stepped out from the shadows. "You're better than i thought."
"And you sound more stupid than i thought you would!" Yuskue yelled back.
"We'll see about that, impudent child."
"I"M NOT A CHILD!" Yuskue yelled as he headed for the masked ninja.
"Let's get going," Kuwabara whispered as they ran ahead, only to be stopped once more by triplets.
"Well, well, look what the cat dragged in," the male one said as he smirked.
"Hn." Hiei replied before he ran at them, followed by Kurama.
"I guess that just leaves us," Kuwabara said, only to see Sesshomaru running ahead of him. "HEY! Wait up!" he shouted, only to be stopped by the third triplet.
"You weren't going to leave us, were you?" he said as he charged... and the fight began.
'Where could she be?' Sesshomaru though silently, as he continued up the stairs, before he was faced with 3 hallways.
"Looking for somebody?" a deep voice said as a body emerged from the shadows.
"Ah, so you're the dark one." Sesshomaru sneered.
"Yes, but I'm also the one you're looking for." the figure said.
Sesshomaru made no reply, but instead just raised an eyebrow.
"You want the girl, don't you," the man said.
Seshomaru growled as he took a threatening step forward.
"Here, you can have her," the man said as he raised his hand, and Kagome came out of the floor, still binded and uncouncious. "But don't forget to tell her that I'll be waiting," the man added as he disappeared.
"Wh-" Sesshomaru started, only to find himself back in the Human Realm, along with the others.
"What the hell?" Yuskue asked as he noticed they were back into the Human Realm.
"Come, there is a lot we must go over," Sesshomaru said as he started to walk into another portal towards Makai.
Kagome's Mind
"Kagome nee-chan!" a childish voice called out.
"What?" Kagome asked, as she looked around, and realized once more she was in her mind. "Why is it that i can see in here?" she wondered, when she saw the younger version of herself.
"It's your mind! of course you can see!" chibi Kagome exclaimed!
"Oh," Kagome replied softly, as she looked around, and frowned when she saw the broken shards of glass scattered onto the ground.
"So, you finally see them," an older voice said as a middle school Kagome revealed itself.
"Where did you-" Kagome asked as she realized that the child Kagome disappeared. "I don't understand..."
"Every mind is organized differently," the younger Kagome stated. "Every mind always has a path that connects things together." Turning around, the girl gestured to the shattered glass. "However, there are many things, in one's mind that can be broken, for every mind has several objects that make a mind, what it is." She squatted as she picked up a shard, obsevering it in her hand. "A connection, a primary emotion, secrets, and most importantly, an anchor for one to attach their whole thoughts onto."
"An anchor?" Kagome asked, curiously.
"Hm, yes," the girl said as the picked up another piece of glass. "It's what one bases their whole thoughts, ideals, actions, the very thought of life itself."
"And what happens when that anchor is broken?" Kagome asked.
"The mind turns into turmoil, the soul can not function without the will of their mind, the body becomes nothing more than flesh, blood and bones. But when a shattered mind is whole once more, chaos erupts..."
"Why is that?" Kagome asked quitely.
"Nobody knows, for that has yet to happen..."
"But what does this has to do with me?" Kagome asked.
"Everything, and yet it could be nothing," the girl replied as she placed the shards back down, only to pick up a strand of red string.
"What is-"
"You must figure it out by yourself... and hope that all can be acomplished before then." With that said, she faded away.
"That made no sense," Kagome said as she sat down, and observed the glass around her. "A connection... that's probably like a bridge way that connects everything together..." She picked up a shard, as she started intently at it. Her eyes narrowed, when she saw an odd green colored shine to it. With a gasp, she saw a quick image of herself, when she was just a child, giggling with Souta. What is that? Kagome inspected the floor more carefully, when she noticed small strands of red thread that was mixed within the road of broken shards. Carefully, she picked two strands up, and watched in awe as they sew themselves together. Odd, she thought before she was forced out of her mind.
Makai
"Should we...- her?"
"... know if...- how...-her?"
What? Kagome thought as she opened her eyes, before groaning due to the brightness.
"Finally wench! Do you know how long you've been out?" Inuyasha demanded as he helped Kagome sit up.
"Wa... wat...er..." Kagome rasped out as she tried to talk.
"Here, wench," Inuyasha huffed as he gave her some water as he called for Sesshomaru.
"Don't call me wench!" Kagome exclaimed as she poured the rest of the unfinished water onto Inuyasha.
"What was that for, wench!"
"For calling me a wench! You know my name, use it!" Kagome shouted with a huff before she ignored them once she remembered what had happened.
Inuyasha frowned when he noticed the change, and sighed when he realized that she had not forgiven them.
"Kagome," Inuyasha started.
Kagome didn't reply, but just fisted her hands.
"We know, Kagome... we know that you're blind..." Inuyasha finished softly.
Kagome's eyes widened when she realized that she hadn't been wearing her sunglasses. She felt as though icey water slowly crawled down her back. What will they do now, she wondered.
"Why the hell didn't you tell us?" Yusuke demanded, tired of Inuyasha taking his time. "We're family, aren't we?"
"Family?" Kagome asked quietly. "Where was family when I first lost my eye sight? What family do i have? My family wouldn't think i would do something evil after fighting several years of my life to prevent it! My family was never there because i have no family! Not then, not now, and not EVER!" Kagome shouted as her nails peirced her skin, causing blood to trickle down her hands.
"Kagome..." Yusuke stared.
"Don't call me my name! You don't have the right to call me my name!"
"Ka-"
"DON'T!" Kagome shouted.
"Enough." Sesshomaru demanded with a commanding voice.
"What, tired of this Kagome acting different from your old Kagome?" Kagome demanded, using Sesshomaru's words to taunt him.
"Shut up, human, and listen to what this Sesshomaru has to say." he demanded, reverting back to his old way of talking.
"Fine than, o great Sesshomaru-sama." Kagome said with a mocking bow.
"You're involved in a prophacy. One that was created 480 years ago... 20 years after the battle in which you prevented."
"So?" Kagome asked harshly.
"You, with us 4, must stop this new evil force... one that we have no clue of, except that he has some connection to you." Sesshomaru said.
"Che. As if I'd want anything to do with him." Kagome muttered, as she gestured with her hands to continue.
"You, myself, Inuyasha, and two others must defeat this evil. And hopefully, find Kami's heir." Sesshomaru said.
"And what is this prophacy that i am included in?" Kagome asked.
"The escape of all escapes
The death of all deaths
A disturbance within the balance
The beginging of them all
With the surving Forbidden
The cold ice Lord
Joined with a part of both sides
and the combining minds
All on a search for the Balance
that was once disturbed
and concealed within cold ice
shall you find the Heart of Gold
With all five found
the journey must begin
Through all the worlds
To times end
With a final battle that ends
the fight that was erased from time
Shall Kami's own heir
Give rebirth to man-kind
And with that shall the heir
Set off a lonesome journey
To fix all that was broke
And join the other half at long last."
"Well obviously we have all 5 people here," Kagome said after a while.
"We do?" Kuwabara asked surprsingly.
"Well, duh. Sesshomaru's the cold ice lord... anyone could figure that out! And the surviving forbidden? Not many forbidden child survives, and so far, only one in exsistance at the moment... Hiei. And joined by a part of both sides? That's Inuyasha. He's half-human, half-demon. And the combing of minds? That's Kurama. His and Youko's mind are slowly, but surely combing." Kagome said simply with she inspected her nails. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be on my way now." Kagome said.
"You're not going anywhere wench!" Inuyasha shouted as he pushed Kagome down onto a bed.
"And why not?" Kagome demanded.
"What do you know of this person, who captured you." Sesshomaru demanded.
"How do you know i can be trusted?" Kagome asked.
"Kagome," Kurama said softly. "Please, we're sorry for anything we did, but this is crucial."
"Che. All I know is that his name's Damien or something like that."
"That's it." Inuyasha asked skeptically.
"That's it." Kagome confirmed. "So I'll be leaving now." Kagome said firmly as she stood up, only to be pushed back down by Sesshomaru.
"What now?" Kagome asked.
"You'r not leaving anytime soon." Sesshomaru said. "We need you here, so we can defeat this Damien or whatever his name is."
"What gives you that right!" Kagome shouted as she tried to stand up, only to be held down by Sesshomaru.
"Are you going to run away like the coward you are?" Sesshomaru said.
"Coward? I am no coward!" Kagome exclaimed.
"Then prove it."
"You're a bastard." Kagome said as she forced herself to sit down.
"Deal with it."