Miracle

Chapter 2

…Somewhere…

It was bright and there was no darkness. I could hear someone humming and I was entranced by the sweet melody. It was smooth and slow and it was something that reminded me of a sad love song and a lullaby. I walked around in the light trying to find a way out… maybe I could ask the person humming? I listened for the voice and tried to follow but it got quieter and quieter until it was gone. It scared me slightly that it stopped, but it started again and I followed it … It was a more quicker melody now it was going fast then stopped and I stopped as well and then it was soft and slow… I saw a figure in the horizon and I was moving quicker than usually and then I stopped. I looked down at my feet and it was in my regular outfit but my shoes were gone. I looked up and saw that the figure was coming toward me and it was a beautiful woman… perhaps she was a demon because of her beauty? I started to walk again and something called out, "Kagome!" It was Inuyasha, I looked around I quickly trying to find him, but I only saw light and the woman… My eyes froze on her… she was even more beautiful up close; her blue eyes were like ice and they shimmered in the light around her, her beautiful black hair had a tint of blue in it and it reached her hips, swaying as she walked. The white dress the hung to her body was elegant and silky looking, it was very long and I could see her feet. Her bangs were even beautiful… Everything about her was magnificent and it seemed it only complemented her. I blushed at her beauty because compared to her I was an insect.

She smiled and I felt my face get red, "Don't worry, child, you are quite beautiful yourself." "I did not mean to gape, but-" she interrupted "Now Kagome it is not everyday that you get to see a God like me." I froze and I remembered what happened at the battlefield and I could feel tears forming in my eyes… Her face show pity, but she smiled don't worry they are being taken care, some are. Come I need to speak with you, will you walk with we?" I nodded and wiped the falling tears from my face. She gently took my hand in hers and I soon felt content and warm… "So I supposed this is heaven?" I asked. She chuckled and it was like she was singing a beautiful song, "Some form of heaven Kagome. This world is a little peace of it, it is not the real heaven… this is a step or realm to get into heaven I suppose… if that's what you want to call it, but you, Kagome, will not get to see the 'real' heaven… yet." She said the last part because I looked at her panicked. 'Yet? What was that supposed to mean?'

"Well, Kagome… How do I explain this? Oh, I have an idea… Kagome everyone on Earth is there to do something like a mission a job of sorts… and we have to do them before we die and you died before you could finish yours." I looked at her and started to laugh, "So the world is all happening by fate and destiny?" Her expression was thoughtful, but then she nodded and said, "Yes, and yours wasn't done." I stared at her waiting for her to continue, but when she didn't I asked, "What are we going to do then?" "You are going to go back and finish your job or mission as us Gods call it. And you won't be here again for a long time. It surprised me Kagome that you came so early. This wasn't the first time we had incident like this so I was prepared this third time." She smiled.

"So… I'm going back? Going back to my friends and family?" She smiled and nodded, but then frowned, "There are things that won't be the same when you return though." "Like what?" I asked a little worried. "Well dear, you won't remember everything; you will remember the basics of life and some people you were close with, but not all. And you'll be more powerful when you go back." I nodded worried, but a least was going back. Back to my life and him…

I wondered what everyone would think and hoped that they wouldn't think I was a possessed corpse. I wanted to see him and tell him everything was okay but he would probably say his usually 'feh' but I hoped he would be glad I wasn't dead. I don't know what I will do when I go back, but I'm sure the first thing I would do is go find my friends and go get little Shippo candy, but I have a feeling that they won't let me go anywhere for awhile…I smiled at the thought and enjoyed that, that was a possibility. I looked up to the God and she was smiling down at me… "Don't worry they will be overjoyed to know that you returned to them, but that isn't the only reason your going back Kagome, remember that." I nodded, "Forgive me for not asking and I hope I'm not being rude, but who are you?" She laughed again, "God heavens no forgive me, I've forgotten to use my manners I haven't met anyone who asked for my name. Well many call me Mika, but my birth name was Miyoko. I haven't used that in almost three centuries." I felt gifted knowing her name… her birth name? "You were a mortal?"

"Yes I was, but now is not the time to ask me questions you must go to sleep, child." She started to hum and I suddenly felt tired from just hearing the slow melody. I noticed we were sitting and my head slowly coming to her lap, laying my head there to rest… I remembered something, "Miyoko, what is my job?" I mumbled I could hear the sleep in my voice already. I heard her chuckle as I closed my eyes, "My dear Kagome, you'll have to figure that one out yourself." And with that I fell into a dreamless sleep that was warm and soft.

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…75 five years later…

The night sky was littered with tiny bright lights and a full moon in the distant. Darks patches in the sky were recognized as clouds and the moonlight let enough light to see through the dark night. The kimono around a woman's shoulder was becoming loose and she quickly pulled it closer to her body… She was walking to a clearing to give her thanks and bless it. She imagined the clearing; the burnt trees and no growing grass. She went to the clearing every month with mother and grandfather, but she traveled alone the past five years. Her mother had gotten sick and is stuck in bed and her grandfather had past away from old age, 10 years ago.

Her great grand parents, her cousin and her uncle traveled with a powerful and beautiful priestess for five years gathering the now complete Jewel Shard that her village protected with their lives. It was 75 years ago… it was said that the priestess and her uncle shared a love so strong that nothing could break it… and that strong bond was tested the priestess, gave her life to protect the her uncles life… She died that day and in the clearing she was heading to. It was a long walk, but it was worth seeing the place where her ancestries were fighting for their lives. Her uncle never liked coming to the clearing, she would always ask him why, but his answer was never clear because his reply was, "Feh." She was close to her uncle even though he was the protector of the jewel and village. Her family has always been close to her uncle, but she was the closest to him. She had asked him to come with her up he refused like always.

The moonlight was becoming brighter as she got closer and she quickened her pace. She had a smile on her face as she got closer, she broke off into a run a full smile on her face, but as she stepped into the clearing it disappeared, turning into a gasp and her eyes filled with amazement.

The clearing was covered with wild flowers and it was green! The trees were blooming cherry blossoms were bright even in the moonlight and this time of year?! It was green even in the moonlight and the young woman stopped gazing at the nature and scenery and stared at something else… A woman was standing, her back facing the young woman. Her long black tresses almost to her thighs, the kimono she was wearing was unique… it was a little green, tighter, longer, thinner, and more elegant than hers. The young woman didn't know what to do, but she asked, "Hello?" No response from the mysterious woman and she tried again, "Hello?" This time she got a reaction. The woman moved her head slowly, seeing where the voice came from. The woman turned around, and the young woman gasped at her beauty. Her hazel eyes shone in the moonlight and they had a tint of blue. Her pale skin was bright in the moonlight as well and her lips were pink and her cheeks were rosy from the cool night.

The young woman was brought back to reality when she heard something, "What?" The woman repeated, "Who are you and why are you here?" The young woman looked puzzled and shook her head, "I was about to ask you the same question. My name is Aiko and this is a holy place." The woman looked surprised and then confused. "Do you know what year it is?" Aiko was bewildered now; she nodded her head and said, "Yes it is the year 1570, why are you asking what year it is?" The woman's eyes nearly popped out of her sockets, "What? 75 years! What the heck did that woman do? Send me back 75 years into the future?" Aiko looked confused at the woman… Aiko studied her expressions it was anxious, bewildered… then it was agony. The woman whimpered, "They're gone… what did that woman do? Why send me back when most of the people I know are DEAD???" She screamed the last part, but then hope was in her eyes. She looked at the young woman and asked, "Do you know where the village of Kaede is?" the women locked gazes with each other for one second before Aiko said, "Yes and why are you looking for that village?" "It doesn't matter, but will you please take me to it?" Aiko nodded her head, "Yes, but I need to bless this clearing." The woman nodded, but confused asked, "Why are you blessing this clearing?"

Aiko laughed, "Have you not heard of the Group that traveled battling the most evil creature, Naraku?" The woman's eyes widened again, but the went back to normal just as quickly, Aiko continued, "My great grandparents were part of the group, The demon slayer, Sango, and the holy monk, Miroku. They traveled fighting the evil and winning, but the final battle cost them dearly. Friends were killed and the great Priestess, Kaede, was killed from Naraku's hand. My cousin, Shippo, joined the fight and helped them win, but he only helped in distracting the enemy while the others did the deed to kill, but he claims that he did most of the 'dirty work' as he calls it." The woman smiled and had a content expression on her face, but there was something else… Aiko continued, "But three years before the great battle, the team had lost a precious person in the group. Her name was never mentioned to me or my mother, but my grandfather knew it, he had said it was a beautiful name that was slightly different from every other person's name.

"They group and Naraku had battled here and when Naraku started confused within the group, the priestess saw right through it, had she sacrificed her life to save my uncle. My grandfather had told me that they stayed in the clearing for days until my uncle took the priestess' body back to the village and he disappeared with her body into the forest and came back without her body, it was said that my uncle went to his half-brother, but it that is false. No one in the village knows what he did with her body, but they assume that he buried her body where no one would disturb her. You see my uncle was in love with the priestess and her death destroyed him great my grandfather had said to me that me uncle was once funny, happy and less demanding than he is." While Aiko was telling her families history to a stranger, she was kneeling and praying. Once she got up Aiko turned to the beautiful woman and just stared at her confused again; the expressions were making Aiko go insane so many in so little time. She appeared to be sad but happy such a strange person, she asked without thinking, "Who are you?"

The woman looked to Aiko and smiled, "My name is Kagome."