Kagome awoke in Kaede's hut. Her head was foggy, and the hut seemed to be rolling over itself,
everything tipping and spinning. Kagome closed her eyes, willing the world to stop spinning. She
sighed, searching her mind for the reason she was lying here. She had a feeling that something
big happened. And if the pain in her heart was anything to go by, she knew whatever happened,
as not good.
She opened her eyes, staring at the wooden ceiling above her. Outside the hut, she heard Sango and Miroku conversing in subdued voices. Kagome frowned slightly, her ears picking up the quaver in Sango's voice, and the slight sniffles coming from her kit Shippo.
Kagome's eyes widened, her imagination going into hyper drive. She sat up quickly, fear building up inside her. She kicked off the rough woolen covers, leaping off the futon, her mind swirling with images of her friends getting hurt or killed.
'Inuyasha,' she gasped, her mouth widening into a silent scream, while her eyes filled with pain and sorrow, as the memories of the battle came back full force. 'No! It was a dream, it couldn't be real! Inuyasha didn't die. He promised me he wouldn't die, and he never brakes a promise.'
Her thoughts were cut off when Sango and Miroku, with Shippo on his shoulder, entered the hut.
She saw the dark circles under their eyes, and the tear tracks running down their cheeks. Sango
was leaning against Miroku, and for once, Miroku was keeping his hands to himself.
Sango looked over to where Kagome stood. Sango's eyes widened slightly, as she took in Kagome's disheveled appearance, before her eyes locked with Kagome's.
Kagome took in a deep, shuddering breath, before forcing her voice to work. " Sango...what
happened...w-w-where's," her voice broke, as a sob got stuck in her throat. Kagome swallowed,
before trying again. "I-I-Inu...Inuyasha...where...where is...is he?" Sango broke her gaze with
Kagome, shaking her head, her eyes filling with tears.
Kagome sucked in a breath. "W-What do you m-m-mean n-n-no," her voice hitched. " He's n-
not...h-he's n-n-not..n-not." "Dead," Miroku's voice broke in, looking up sadly at Kagome. "I'm
sorry..." he trailed off.
Kagome choked. 'N-no, he can't, he promised. H-H-He's...no...not dead...he's not.' Kagome slid
to the floor, eyes wide, staring at her friends. She let out a small sob, tear's trickling down from
her eyes. 'He's dead.' Her head leaned against the wall, her bangs casting shadows on he face.
Her shoulder's quivered, as she took in shuddering breaths.
Sango stepped forward timidly. "Kagome?" She knelt down next to Kagome, putting her hands on Kagome's shaking shoulders.
"N-No! Don't touch me, j-j-just leave m-m-me alone!" Kagome shoved off Sango's hands,
ignoring their pleading cries, as she fled from the hut, tear's pouring from her eyes.
Miroku and Sango burst from the hut, just in time to see Kagome's form disappearing into the
dark woods, her heartracking sobs becoming quieter as she went deeper into the demon infested
forest. Sango made to go after her, but Miroku stopped her. " Leave her be, she needs to be by
herself right now, and Kagome can protect herself should a reason arise." Sango sighed heavily,
her energy suddenly gone. "Fine, but if she's not back by morning, I'm going to search for her"
She stated, before going back into the hut.
Miroku sighed sadly, looking back in the direction where his friend had run off. " Be safe,
Kagome," he whispered into the early night, before heading to his bed.
Neither he nor Sango noticed the small form sneak out of the hut, before bounding of to where his adopted mother had fled. " Don't worry 'kaasan, I'm coming."
KAGOME'S P.O.V.
I ran, not caring about the branches that tore through my clothes, or the cut's that I got on my body. All I care about is getting away from the pain. I ran faster, as memories of my brother's death flashed over and over in my head. I tripped over a root, landing in a small clearing. I groaned, before pulling myself to the pond at the edge of the clearing. I made it to the pond, and sank down at the edge, staring at the water.
END P.O.V.
END FLASHBACK
Kagome cried to herself, unaware of the soft, sympathetic, silver eyes gazing at her from it's spot
in the tree across the pond from her. The mysterious figure shifted from it's perch in the trees,
trying to get a better look at the heartbroken beauty crumpled at the edge of his scrying pond.
MYSTERIOUS PERSON'S P.O.V.
He sighed sadly, he could practically tasting the sorrow radiating off his sweet Kagome. Yes, he
knew her name. In fact he knew almost everything about the miko. He had been watching her for
awhile from his scrying pond. Ever since he had first seen her, playing with the children of some
village, he couldn't get his mind off her. Albeit, the first time he had seen her, he had been hired
to assassinate her. Why someone wanted a girl so pure and lovely dead, he had no idea. Granted,
she was a miko, a powerful one at that, but he had seen the way the miko treated the kitsune, and
the other members of her group with demon blood. She treated everyone as an equal, and helped
anyone, no matter their past or blood. Frankly, it was quite refreshing. Most miko's were cold,
vain, judgmental, and despised anyone who had so much as a drop of demon blood in their
system. Now, he was an assassin, but even he would not do something so wicked as killing
someone as pure as Kagome.
Anyway's, after his first encounter with the girl, he had found himself watching her from his pond, or watching over her from a tree above her at night. He had grown strangely protective of her, and every time that blasted wolf would come along, proclaiming the miko as his mate, he would get the strongest urge to slaughter the wolf.
He sighed slightly, shaken out of his musings by his Kagome's sad scream. He had more important things to worry about right now. Kagome had now practically cried herself to sleep. He could only hear the occasional soft sniffle. He jumped down from the tree branch, heading toward the half-asleep girl. It wouldn't do to leave her in the middle of the forest, alone and unprotected.
KAGOME'S P.O.V.
After I had cried myself out, I felt exhausted. I was so tired, I didn't think I had the strength to erect a barrier. I sniffled slightly, feeling the warm, comforting darkness of sleep creeping steadily into my body. The last thing I saw before I closed my eyes, was a demon, reminisced completely in silver, walking toward me. 'His aura, it's so pretty...so silver,' was my last conscious thought, as I felt myself being picked up and held closely to the demon's chest. His aura wrapped itself protectively around me. ' So pretty.'
MYSTERIOUS PERSON'S P.O.V.
As I picked her up, she snuggled into my arms. I smiled softly at down at her. She looked so
small and defenseless in my arms. I breathed in her scent. 'Mmm...so nice.' I held her tighter, as I
lept up onto a tree branch, and started bounding through the trees, deeper into the forest, where
my home is. After a few hours of traveling, I spotted my estate in the horizon. The moon shone
directly above me. I hopped onto a window ledge, and adjusted Kagome so I could open the
door. I slid it open and went into the room, heading toward the double bed in the center of the
room. I placed Kagome on the bed, and pulled the covers over her small form. She snuggled into
the warmth, a pleased smile on her lips. 'Precious.' I leaned down and kissed her forehead,
breathing in her wonderful scent. " Goodnight, my little miko, sleep well," I whispered, then
went out of the room, shutting the door behind me.
END P.O.V.
Well, there's the second chapter. It was a bit bigger than my first chapter. Hope you liked it!
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