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Chapter Four
The End of a Journey
It was getting closer to sunset
All was still.
All was quiet.
Something rustled in the bushes. A doe raised it's head looking around for the source of noise. Finding nothing it returned to it's grazing.
She saw the dear look up. She froze so as not to make anymore noise, and waited. Her prey returned to it's eating.
Silently she drew an arow and fitted it into her bow. She pulled back and let go, needing only a second to aim. The arrow flew true through the air before implanting it's self into the chest of the, now dead, deer.
Still making no noise Kagome made her way over to the kill that would last her a few days, removed the arrow, picked it up and started the walk back to camp.
In the two and a half, almost three weeks she had been traveling alone she had become a proficient hunter, not an expert, but it was enough to guarente her a meal. Her archery which had been good was now much better and her stealth had improved greatly. She was no longer tripping over rocks and tree roots, blindly. She was constantly aware of her surroundings. The survival had waked her miko powers just enough for her to sense things. She couldn't call on them or do anything with them consciously, but she could feel them there. Just under her skin.
Not much had happened in her solo travels. It had taken three days for her to find her way out of the forest. It had been another five before she was near enough to clearly sense Kikyou's portion of her soul.
She had arrived at her meager campsite and was starting to clean her meal.
She sighed. her being able to sense Kikyou across long distances was another secret she kept from her friends. Strangely enough the tug of her soul felt similar to the feeling she got when she sensed jewel shards. They were both painful. Not excruciatingly so, but it felt like something in her chest was being tugged, when it should remain stationary. It felt as if someone was poking you in the side repeatedly with a blunt stick. Not enough to cause you serious pain, but enough to keep you aware of it.
After finding Kikyou's general direction she had slowed her pace. She could tell you the direction but not the distance unless the person was within about.... half a kilometer she guessed.
'Why rush?' She had asked herself.
On the seventh day she had stopped in a small village where she had ended up burning her ruined jeans and tank top, after being given some more durable clothes. The villager had tried to gift her several things after discovering her Milo abilities. She had excepted nothing but the clothes. A pair of black hakamas, a black haori, deep blue hakamas that matched her eyes, a white haori and a red haori.
She traveled at a leisurely pace for the next three days off the beaten path but not so deep into the forest as to get lost.
It was on the eighth day when she had been informed of the acting up of her Miko abilities. She had been bathing in a stream she had managed to find, when a little jolt went up her spine she couldn't get rid of the feeling so did what she thought she should, get out and get dressed.
Just as she had pulled her shirt down past her mid-section. Three humanoid youkai had come running out of the trees heading for the creek. They had stopped and stared at her for several minuts before turning to themselves.
"I thought you said this clearing was empty."
"I thought it was! I didn't smell anything! ... come to think ... i STILL cant smell anything other than us...." She watched as all three youkai turned and stared at her, again. It was silent for a whole minute before two turned to each other and the third continued staring. He had hazel eyes and deep blue hair.
The talking two had gone silent and stiff, when the third took a step towards her. His eyes widened as he got closer and closer before stopping a few feet away.
"You are a miko?" he more stated then asked.
"Umm....." she was very very confused. she ran the facts through her head
1) She was talking to youkai. ( 'well there's nothing really weird about that.' )
2) They were youkai with Humanoid bodies meaning they were very stong. ( 'I'm not strong enough to beat them!!' )
3) they weren't attacking her ( 'well... IF they were actually attacking i wouldn't be able to beat them.' )
4) the couldn't smell her ( 'I know i tried to cover my scent in the forest but they should be able to smell me now' )
5) The blue haired youkai was doing nothing. Just standing there. ( 'It's starting to creep me out actually' )
"Yeah..... I guess i'm a miko."
"you guess? How do you guess when your aura is as strong as it is?"
'my aura's strong? how hard did that guy hit his head?'
"further more you are not attacking us even though we are youkai" How dare he assume that about her! Taking a few steps foreward she japped her index finger into his chest as she spoke.
"For your information, buster. I don't go around attacking anything that moves! Just because you are youkai doesn't mean you should be attacked! And even if i did attack you guys I'm nowhere near strong enough to beat you. And why cant you smell me? And why for that matter are you standing here staring at me?! It's unnerving!" She removed her finger from his chest and huffed stepping back, crossing her arms and fixing him with a glare, which was wiped clean off her face at his reaction.
He Laughed. Not just chucked. a full out loud deep laugh.
"What a strange creature you are.... My name is Toshihiro, Pleasure to meet you Lady Miko."
"It's Kagome." She didn't know why she gave him her name. But when he flashed her a brilliant smile that met his eyes, she didn't see any problem with it.
"Pleasure to meet you Miko Kagome."
She sighed. Toshihiro had been a nice guy. They had spent the rest of the day conversing and they had reasoned out that her powers ere acting subconsciously. "When my Inner Youkai feels threatened, sometimes my shouki will act up. You say you are trying not to be found... maybe something similar is happening."
For the next seven days she had continued to head north following the tugging of her soul as well as meditating to try and tap into her powers. She had learned to control her aura and the amount of power she used in her arrows. 'But still.... i'm not strong enough.....'
She shook her head and cleared her mind before focusing of Kikyou's location. Today had been day sixteen. She guessed she could make the rest of the trip tomorrow if she woke early and didn't stop for lunch.
She took some of the fire wood she had gathered before her hunt and prepared a fire. She would be going home tomorrow. Home, back to her friends. Back to.... Inuyasha....
Blacklight: heh, hehe.... heh,.......... Hi every one! I'm sorry i took so long and i know this id a very bad chapter. i was trying to make it longer but it FAILED so i'm going to post what i have and keep working.
Shippou: Hey. where's mamma?
BL: I dont know honey. I cicked her out of the last CC.... she was in the Chaprer three [KouXKag] version though.....
Shippou: So she's coming back
BL: Yes. Yes she is. ... (I think).....
Shippou: okay. Hey BL! what does TOSHIHIRO mean?
Toshihiro: It means Wise, Clever
Shippou: AHHHH!!!!!! WHERE DID YOU COME FROM!
BL: Yeah! Where did you come from! you're not even a major character! heck! you're not evern really a MINOR character.
Toshihiro: The Miko Kagome told me to come and ask you is you could let her back into the [SessXKag] CC's.....
BL: I never kicked her out...... just for the last one cause she said my thing,
Toshihiro: Yes. Yes, she did, didn't she.
BL: OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! YOU ALL SUCK! First sesshomaru! Then Kagome! Now a not-even-minor-character-whose-name-i-forget!!!!!!!
Shippou: You JUST wrote this and you dont remember his name!!!!
BL: well......... i DO........ but......... ........ .....ummmmmmm........ REVIEW!
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