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Awakened Dead
Chapter 15. November 29th
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Just as Miroku had planned, Sango had come over to his place as soon as she had woken up. She had even gone as far as skipping breakfast to make it to his home before anyone could notice the changes in her. That and the newly dented bathroom doorknob… She really needed to work on her grip on objects.
So now it was Sunday. A full day had been spent in this perverted monks house. To her surprise he hadn't even tried to pull any moves on her! She knew she was super strong and all, but she didn't think that strength like this would stop him from groping her. 'I could get used to this.' Sango mused. She was sitting cross-legged on the couch in the living room, carefully drinking tea from a metal thermos. She had tried drinking from a mug yesterday, and that ended with hot water landing in her lap as well as broken shards from the mug. Again, she really needed to work on her grip.
"Kagome is almost done meditating with Mushin. After that we're going to try and return your friends from wherever Kagome had sent them and properly send them to the next world." Sango heard Miroku explain to Allen.
The red head nodded. "Great, thanks man. I know we've been a lot of trouble to you guys. First ticking off that reaper, then dicking around with others and all." He scratched the back of his neck and smiled apologetically.
Miroku shrugged. "We've been through worse."
"Right yeah, bet you have." Allen agreed, and then shuffled a little uncomfortably before asking. "What's gunna happen with.. you know, Noegi?"
"Actually, since your little haunting antics the other night, it seems that he was beginning to feel the guilt of his actions. I read in the newspaper yesterday that he turned himself in at the police station." Miroku answered with a small smile.
"Oh." Allen actually looked a bit shocked for a moment.
Sango observed the boys silently. Miroku had told her yesterday about the four ghosts from the accident involving the students of their sister school. She was actually surprised to hear about all the supernatural occurrences that had been happening all around her. She couldn't believe she didn't know about it until just a day ago. She shivered, taking another sip of her hot tea.
'It feels so wrong just sitting in here and doing nothing while Miroku is talking to a ghost. And I really don't like that Inuyasha. He's really gotten on my nerves.. and feeling him just in the next room with Kagome just makes me want to—' Hot tea spilling on her hand had stopped her mid-thought, the woman hissing and blowing on her hand to cool it. Damn! She hadn't even noticed squeezing the thermos this tightly. She managed to bend the thing like it was nothing!
Ah crap, if she broke one more thing Miroku would kill her.
Looking up, the boys were still talking. So as quickly as she could, she tried to pop the dent out by bending it another way. She nibbled on her bottom lip in concentration and silently beamed when the thermos had gone back into the correct form. 'Haha! I am getting used to my strength after all.'
"There's no way I can do this, I'm not ready." Kagome's distant voice argued loudly.
Sango turned her head to find Kagome with her poltergeist hanyou and shishou walking out from the meditation room together. 'What's this now?'
"Kagome, there's no reason you can't do it. You were able to pull me back when I was already half way to finding that hunter. This shouldn't be that difficult now that you're beginning to have a firm grasp on your powers." Inuyasha reasoned.
"But that's the thing, I don't have that much of a grasp on my powers. I've only meditated for a few days. I still sometimes get caught up in myself and need you to bring me out." Kagome wrapped her arms around herself. "Can't Mushin-shishou bring them back?"
The old man next to her chuckled loudly. "My dear, I'm only a simple monk. You are the one with the great power. Only you can return them. Besides, you should give yourself more credit. Your aura has been a little bit more tamed since you began your exorcises."
"It has?"
Inuyasha backed away to look at the girl himself, "Huh, the old drunk is right. You do look a little different."
The miko looked between the two then down at herself with a raised eye brow. She couldn't see anything. Just her clothes and her skin. What the heck were talking about? What glow? 'The only times I've seen myself glow has been in the washroom and I think back when I sent the others away. But now? I don't get it, there's nothing here.'
"You do realize what kind of glow she has, don't you?" Mushin was now speaking with Inuyasha a little more quietly.
The hanyou had turned to the monk with a hint of curiosity and suspicion in his eyes. He figured that the glow that was naturally always around Kagome was the glow of a priestess, something only seen by other spiritual beings like mikos monks and spirits. He had never seen one until Kagome had freed his soul from the Tessaiga. 'That is what it is though, right?' But the look that Mushin was giving him made him question his own answer.
"I take it you don't." Mushin murmured.
"Don't what?" Kagome asked suddenly. "What are you guys talking about?"
"Nothin'." Inuyasha rumbled, shooting a glare at the old and grinning man. "Go sit with the others while we set up the circle to bring the spirits forward."
"Uhm, okay." Kagome said slowly, wanting to ask again what they were talking about but then just decided to shrug it off. Whatever, if they wanted some time to talk over some things privately, she would let them. But one way or another, she would pry out that conversation from Inuyasha and find out why he had basically told her to scram.
She sat next to Sango and huffed, leaning back carefully into the couch cushion. Her shoulders still hurt, but it wasn't as bad as the previous day. Mushin had even looked at her and was beyond surprised that she was healing already. 'Again, stupidly powerful spiritual powers must be playing a role in this.' She thought with a hint of annoyance. Though she couldn't really complain. Healing faster meant less pain and would mean Sango wouldn't feel too guilty for long.
"How are you feeling?" Sango asked worriedly.
Kagome smiled weakly. "I'm okay. How are things out here? Has Miroku attempted to pass a move on you yet?" She was quick to change the subject, grateful for the small laugh from her friend.
"No he hasn't. I think he's afraid I might break something valuable to him. Or just break him period." She snuck a look at the monk still deep in conversation with the red head ghost. "Do you think that.. A relationship could still form between us, even though… I'm like this?" She stared down at her thermos and bit her bottom lip.
What could she tell the hunter that would make her happy? Make her feel confident? She didn't know much about her kind, or their blood limit. Inuyasha was the one with the answers, the one who actually most likely fought against a hunter back in the Sengoku Jidai. "I think…" Kagome began, trying to be careful with her choice of words. "When Bankotsu-san comes back, everything will be fine. I've been with him and Jakotsu-san, and they're both hunters. They didn't seem to be experiencing any problems with their powers. I'm sure when they get back, they'll take you under their wing and teach you everything they know. You'll be fine, Sango-san."
The magenta-eyed girl took another sip of her tea. "Thanks for the encouragement." She mumbled in a bit of a daze, clearly thinking over what Kagome had said.
"Besides, you're not the only one with crazy abilities. I'm working really hard too just to keep mine in check. If it weren't for me, none of this would be happening." Kagome added.
"Kagome, you shouldn't blame yourself." Sango tilted her head. "I was obviously a ticking time bomb myself. From what I can understand, with all the weird stuff happening, I would have woken my dormant ability one way or another."
"I guess…"
"Oi! Wench! We're all set up." Came Inuyasha's voice from the door of the meditation room.
Everyone had shuffled inside that room safe for Sango who decided to sit outside the door to give everyone some room. The weird circle and markings drawn on the floor took up enough room as it was. They didn't need an extra body just floating around in there watching uselessly. So she decided to sit this one out and let them take care of things.
"Now my dear, you bring them forward and trap them in this circle. From that point, I will read the exorcism spell and banish them to the proper world where they can rest in peace. Does that sound easy enough?" Mushin asked Kagome.
Kagome nodded eagerly, standing in front of the circle with Inuyasha on her one side, and Miroku standing on the other. Mushin was on the other side of the circle, book in hand while Allen just leaned up against the wall to observe everything. Hurray, your typical Sunday, summoning spirits and then exorcizing them! 'Don't I suddenly lead an exciting life?' Kagome mentally chuckled and then closed her eyes. Here we go.
At first she focused on the three spirits faces. She imagined a veil that separated the world she banished them to from their own. She mentally reached out to them and gave them a tug, trying to pull them through said veil. 'Toko, Sosuke, Mamoru.' She mentally whispered, gently ramping up her power to pull them harder.
"Keep going, you're doing fine K'gome." Inuyasha rumbled encouragingly in her ear.
This summoning technique, she had read about in the book Jakotsu had so graciously given her. She had brought it over today to show Mushin-shishou during her lesson. He told her specifically how to properly summon the spirits back into this world without having her powers surge all over the place. This technique allowed her to focus more easily and was more effective than any other method at the moment. So, as opposed to simply calling them, which wouldn't do much good unless she sent out a huge call that alerted them in the next world she had shoved them in, she instead was manually pulling them through.
She tugged a little bit more on their ghosts, being mindful to not loose control. They were being pretty good, and weren't fighting it too much. Either they were ecstatic to leave that world, or she was in for a hell of a mouthy bunch.
"They're shimmering in, just one last pull wench." Inuyasha murmured gently.
She did one last tug and voila. Three very angry looking ghosts where standing inside a circle of salt and sutras.
"What the hell are we doing here?" Toko drawled out, shooting glares at Kagome. "What did this bitch just do?"
Mamoru looked around the room and made a move to leave the circle, but an invisible force kept him inside. "What the fuck is this crap? Why can't we get out!" He slammed his fist into the barrier.
"Allen? Is that you? The hell is going on?" Sosuke spotted Allen leaning against the wall calmly.
"Nothing to worry about." Mushin's chuckles caught them off guard. "You are simply here to be properly sent to the beyond."
"Not this crap again." Sosuke breathed in exasperation. "Look old man, we aren't going anywhere until we find the prick who killed us!"
"Yeah! And do him in ourselves!" Toko added fiercely.
Mushin simply ignored them and turned his attention to the book he was holding. And so the exorcism began.
Kagome had stepped back from the circle and grabbed Inuyasha's hand for some support while Miroku stood his ground in case the circle couldn't hold the trio. She had hoped to settle this matter in a more positive way, but these ghosts were just too restless and needed to be sent out the hard way. At least she knew for sure though that they were going to the right place and not being trapped in limbo anymore.
"Don't worry, this is the right thing for them. They're just being picky." Inuyasha rubbed his thumb over her hand.
"Yeah.." She didn't sound too convinced.
"What is that?" Toko mumbled, looking up at the ceiling.
Mamoru and Sosuke did the same and were both equally confused. "A black hole?"
Kagome and Miroku had exchanged looks, not seeing what the spirits were seeing.
It was like something had yanked them up. The ghosts I mean. Like a string had wrapped around their torsos and just giving them a firm tug upwards. Then they were gone.
No more vengeful teenagers.
"I guess now's my time to leave too." Allen pushed himself from the wall and nodded to everyone.
Mushin had closed his book and smiled largely at Allen. "It was good to have you here my boy. Find peace in the next world." He bowed respectfully.
Allen grinned shyly and returned the gesture. "Yeah, I will definitely try. And I'll try to help the others chill out too." With one last wave, he had dematerialized from the room.
Kagome had let out a breath she didn't know she was holding, wincing when her shoulders drooped a little. "Well, does this mean I can go and do something non supernatural?"
Mushin had chuckled again and reached for something that was in his pocket. "Oh yes, but first I have a small gift for you." He walked around the circle and handed her a necklace of sorts. Upon closer examination it turned out to be a pink amulet that hung on a nice black chain. "Here, this is something that we carried in our family for generations. I didn't think of it before until I looked into that wondrous book you brought."
"What are you talking about? What's so special about this?" Kagome took the amulet gingerly and stared at it inquisitively.
"Well, for starters it belonged to Priestess Midoriko-sama."
"Mi-Midoriko-sama? The woman who wrote the book?" Kagome gaped at the necklace.
"Hai. This necklace was made with a special material that was melted down and turned into this. It was made specifically for her, to help her control her powers." Mushin explained. "Until now, I had almost forgotten we had it. Somehow I know it will be useful to you my dear."
Kagome had wanted to ask more about it, seeing as the look the old man was giving her kinda creeped her out. It was like he was expecting some thing to happen. That and he wasn't telling her something crucial about this necklace. 'Well, he wouldn't give me something harmful.' She thought with an inward nod, delicately placing the thing around her neck.
Next to her she heard Inuyasha take in a sharp breath as soon as the gem had dropped against her chest. She didn't feel too different, maybe more relaxed if anything. Was Mushin-shishou trying to play mental games with her or something? 'Oh yeah, this will totally help you control your powers' when in reality it does absolutely nothing. Next thing you know, you learn anyways how to master them and shishou reveals oh so cleverly, 'It was never the necklace, it was you, heehee'. How cheesy would that be? No, how stupid did her master think she was?
She opened her mouth to say something sarcastic to Mushin-shishou when Inuyasha started to look at her strangely. Was there something on her face maybe? Or did this necklace look horrible on her? No, it had to be something else… 'What is he staring at?' Jeez, she was beginning to feel self-conscience about herself now. She looked away and shyly tucked a piece of hair behind her ear, hoping she'd look a bit better.
Meanwhile, Inuyasha was simply in a little daze. It was as if the conversation he had with Mushin was returning to him like wild fire. For once, the old drunk wasn't just sputtering nonsense. He had actually made more sense as to why Kagome was as strong as she was.
"You do realize what kind of glow she has, don't you?"
Damn. He hated when other people were right about stuff. But this…
"You do realize what kind of glow she has, don't you?"
He mentally cursed.
"There is only one other person in the entire world who has ever had a similar glow. The glow of a Priestess… and the glow of a Necromancer."
"A Necromancer? The hell are you talking about old man? She can't be both a Necromancer and a Priestess. Sure their powers a similar and junk, but there's no way they can coexist inside one person."
"Oh? So you doubt me? You know she isn't the first to have this power. There was one other before her. Someone from before your time."
"Wait, you're not telling me that—"
"Priestess Midoriko. Yes, she was born as both a Miko and a Necromancer. A hybrid. That was why she was so interested in the two subjects and researched them so. She wanted to learn more about her existence, her rarity."
"I remember now, I read about how a war was started to gain advantage of her unusual powers. My father fought in that war to protect her from other youkai. If a demons soul or even an evil human spirit had forced themselves into her body, possessed her, with that kind of power they could rip open a door to hell and summon armies of the dead without much trouble. Even armies of full demons would be at their beck and call."
"That's right. I see you were told of her story."
"My brother had in interest in her when I was still young. I found some of his books and read up about her before the son of a bitch kicked me out of the Western Lands. Prick… But I never really believed a word of it."
"Yes, well.." Mushin coughed. "In order to help prevent being detect by souls and being possessed by one, she had a sword smith construct her a special necklace made with a gem material used only by Necromancers. When she wore it, it partially hid her Necromancer glow, and it produced a barrier that prevent possession."
"You know where this necklace may be?"
"Of course! I have it! Hee hee. I found it in storage, covered in dust. Boy did my nose feel—"
"Are ya gunna give it to Kagome?"
"Hm? Oh yes yes! A marvellous idea!"
"Stupid old man…"
"Now then, I don't believe she is quite ready to hear the story of the miko. So for now, we will tell her that this necklace will help her focus better."
"Yeah yeah. That's sounds good to me. But one more thing, how is it that you can see Kagome's glow? I'm sure you can see her miko aura, but how did you know about the Necromancer glow too? Isn't it only spirits that can see it?"
"…" Mushin had been rummaging for the tools necessary to make the circle and had stopped, suddenly frozen. "I had a very powerful near death experience. Ever since then, I've been able to see all kinds of different things a normal ningen could never see." He spoke gravely.
He stayed quiet for the rest of the time Mushin set up the circle for the summoning. Only speaking to call the others over when it was complete and ready to go.
Inuyasha blinked back to reality and found himself still staring at Kagome and her dimmed aura. That necklace really did have some weird power to it. It practically took half the shine off of her, which was good considering it was that exact glow that attracted spirits to begin with. 'Serves me right for not believing in the old stories.' He thought.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome waved a hand in his face. "Uh, are you feeling okay?"
The hanyou snorted softly and turned away. "Yeah yeah, let's get going. You still have some of that school stuff to do, right?"
"I almost forgot about that." Kagome gasped. "Sorry guys, I do have to go!"
With a brief wave to the others, Kagome had left while there was still some daylight out. She shivered at the cool wind and wanted to wrap her arms around herself more tightly, but just couldn't. It hurt too much on her shoulders, healing quickly or not, it was still a bitch.
'Maybe I shouldn't go to school tomorrow. I won't be able to carry my bag and Sango won't be going either anyways.' She peaked at Inuyasha from her peripherals, admiring his half demon features that glowed from the setting sun, a small blush dusting her cheeks. 'I could also spend more time with Inuyasha. Crap, I shouldn't be thinking that way. He's a ghost Higurashi. Well, not really the dead kind… more like just a floating soul... Kami who am I kidding, he's a ghost. And you can't have relationships with them. Even if they're cute…'
'Cute? Try a sexy hunk of a ghost.' A small mental voice pointed out.
She turned a deep shade of crimson, looking the opposite way of Inuyasha. Now the wind didn't feel like it was cool enough. She was getting to be too warm. 'Think of something else!'
"Are you feeling okay wench? Are your shoulders bothering you?" Inuyasha asked unusually softly.
"Yeah, no, they're fine. I took some pills before we left." Kagome mumbled out quickly.
Silence.
They just remained quiet for the rest of the way home. Which wasn't all bad considering it kept Kagome from blabbing out embarrassing things. 'Thank Kami for that.' She thought as they walked into the house. They greeted Kagome's mother once they got inside, the teenager heading upstairs immediately while Inuyasha lingered on the main floor for a few minutes. He had followed Kagome's mother into the living room and spooked her a little when she saw him right behind herself.
"Gomen, I just didn't expect you to be there. I thought you were going upstairs with Kagome-chan." She smiled apologetically.
Inuyasha shrugged. "I was, I just had a question to ask you first."
Mrs. Higurashi frowned and shook her head at him. "I still can't hear you I'm afraid. Do you mind writing down what you're trying to tell me?"
"Writing?" Inuyasha repeated. He could read, sure, but he was never taught how to properly write. He had no idea how to go about this and just settled for shaking his head. Out of all the damn things he could not do, why, why didn't he know how to write? 'This isn't my time. Writing skills are essential in this world. Not like the Sengoku Jidai.' He sighed.
"Oh." Mrs. Higurashi mumbled. "Well I-I don't know how—"
"It's okay. Never mind." Inuyasha waved his clawed hands around and just shrugged her off. He would just have to wait until she was able to hear him is all. His question could wait, even if he was as curious as hell to ask about it.
His thoughts had trailed back to what Mushin had told him, and what he already knew himself. If Midoriko was a hybrid in his era, born with a father as a necromancer and a mother as a priestess, could that mean that Kagome was the same? Was her father a necromancer, and her mother a priestess?
"Gomen nasai, I know it takes a fair amount of spiritual powers to see the supernatural. I never trained mine and let them fade. You're hardly visible to me to begin with."
She had to be a priestess, she told him that she had dormant spiritual powers.
He trudged up the steps, even though he knew he could easily poof into Kagome's room effortlessly. This just gave him time to think a little more… If Kagome was born the same way Midoriko was so long ago, could it mean that time was repeating itself? Was there possibly a war coming?
'If that's at all true, then we need to be prepared. I need my body back as soon as possible to protect her. But how can we do that?' He grit his teeth and cursed under his breath. 'As long as I have a demonic spirit trapped inside my meat suit, I can't do squat.' He walked into Kagome's room, his nose instantly getting bombarded with her sweet scent. You could bottle this smell and sell it as a drug to him it was that good. It clouded his mind a little, louring him to the girl's bed where he sat down cross-legged and sighed contently.
"Inuyasha, do I really look different with this necklace on?"
Her question had gently pulled him out of his daze, his misty amber eyes landing on her petite figure sitting cutely in the computer chair across from him. "Hn? Yeah, it lowers your glow."
"My glow?"
He was quick to recover from the minor slip and inwardly cursed her scent for loosening his tongue a little too much. "Uh yeah, your spiritual powers glow. Your aura is dimmer now that you've got that on. You'll probably be affecting less people now with your powers."
"Oh, well that's good." She admired the fine piece of jewellery around her neck. "I wonder what kind of material this is?" She fingered it, feeling the cool and soft gem.
"Beats me." He shrugged. Maybe there was something in that weird book about the amulet. Wait.. book… Maybe good ol' Midoriko had written something useful in there that could help him with his problem. "Oi wench, where's that old book of yours?"
"You mean Midoriko-sama's? I left it at Miroku-san's, why?" Kagome asked.
'Damn! I guess I'll hafta wait till tomorrow to look through it. But maybe till then…' He looked up. "You still have the one the hunters gave ya?"
Kagome actually seemed to think about that for a second. She turned in her chair, the thing squeaking in protest while she rummaged around on her desk. There were mountains of papers and textbooks littering it, and it took a minute, but she found the old leather bound book the boys had given to her before they left town. "Here it is, why do you ask?"
Inuyasha scowled. "I do need something to do while you do your school work ya know."
She glared at him and tossed the book onto her bed. "You don't have to be mean about it!" She hissed, turning sharply back to her homework with a small wince. 'A crap, I turned too suddenly and hurt my stupid shoulders.' She bit back a small whimper and eyed her math work wearily.
Inuyasha observed the book on the bed, not aware of Kagome's pain. He was telling the truth about needing something to do. But he also was getting a little curious about his situation. If there was any way he could fix things with his body, he was going to find it. Then when he did, he'd rip out his brothers' throat for even thinking of leaving him to rot eternally in the Tessaiga.
'Of course that's after I have the some of Mrs. Higurashi's cooking. Heh.'
-X-
A few hours later, Inuyasha's head had shot up from the book he was reading, only to look outside into the darkness. He narrowed his golden eyes at the window and slowly stood up to look out, his ears flat against his skull and a snarl ready to roll off his lips. 'The hell is that stench? Somethin' is trespassing on this territory…' He pulled back some of the curtains slowly to get a better look. 'Wait, I know this stink.'
He shuttered involuntarily and looked over at Kagome briefly.
She was asleep.
But her aura… It looked to be fluctuating strangely.
He took another quick glance outside and growled, 'Shit shit shit. This can't be happening now. How can this be happening?'
Dozens of small critters were littered on the Higurashi grounds. But not just your average fluffy bunny family and bushy tailed squirrels. We were talking rats, some decomposed birds and raccoons, rabbits that were dragging their carcasses and even rotting chipmunks.
They were dead.
No, not dead.
Undead.
Zombies.
'Damn this all to fucking hell!' He ripped himself away from the window and as gently as possible, he had shaken the crap out of Kagome to wake her up. "Get up! Open your damn eyes! Kagome wake up!"
The miko shot up in her seat, yelping when a blast of pain coursed through her shoulders from the jump. "Wh-what? Where?" She looked side-to-side and breathed heavily. "I-Inuyasha! Y-you wouldn't believe the dream… I was… I was…" She blinked and took in his panicked appearance. "What's going on? Why are you looking at me like that?"
How was he going to tell her that she had risen most likely all of the dead bodies of animals on the Higurashi property without freaking her out? "Remember how you brought those spirits through earlier, you know, to exorcise them?"
"Y-yes?"
"I'm gunna need you to do the opposite of that, release them. Can you do that?" Inuyasha asked slowly.
"Mushin-shishou was telling me about that during my lesson. I-I think I can… Why do you.. ask?" She frowned in confusion.
"Just do it, okay?" He risked a quick glance at the window and then looked back at her. "Well?"
"What were you just looking at? What aren't you telling me—" Kagome stood from her seat to look out the window, but Inuyasha was quick to step in front of her. "Inuyasha, move."
"No, just do what I'm telling you to do."
"Excuse me? What makes you think you can order me around—Just move and let me look outside!" She hissed, trying to get passed him. When he wouldn't budge she had fixed him with her coldest glare, her blue eyes turning to glass. "For Pete's sake—Sit!" Once he was out of her way and grovelling on her floor, she had access to her window and looked outside to see what was so alarming to her hanyou.
She breathed in and held her breath, a scream ready to leave her lips. 'Oh god, oh my god. Wh-what.. Oh god..' She shrieked, but only managed to let out a bit of a shriek before a clawed hand had covered her mouth and muffled it. Her eyes were wide in terror and she was shivering all over.
"Shh shhh, just calm down." Inuyasha tried to sooth her. He only removed his hand when she was done trying to scream and carefully guided her back to the window, covering it with his body so that he could get her to focus for a second. "All you need to do is release their spirits, just like Mushin told you about. Can you do that?"
Kagome shook, her body covered in goose bumps. "I-I think… But how did this… My dream… These… Oh Kami.."
"Calm down Kagome and just close your eyes."
"Th-there's z-zombies out there! Th-they're coming after m-me!"
"Damn it Kagome! Just shut your eyes and focus! Only you can get rid of them." Inuyasha barked.
She snapped her mouth shut and nodded her head meekly, tears forming in her eyes. "Can you support me? I just need you.. Behind me while I do this." She asked, bleary eyed. Kagome was granted this request and was now standing in front of the window with Inuyasha behind her. Her back was flat against his chest while his arms looped around her waist. The miko's eyes had closed and she had begun to focus on the small army of rodents and corpses dragging their way up to her house.
Their decomposed flesh trailing behind them.
Their bones scrapping against the cement.
Their screeches of pain as they pulled themselves forward.
'Stop!' That little voice in her head shouted. 'Focus.'
'R-right.' Kagome breathed in deeply and out. She imagined them clearly with their souls leaving their broken bodies behind and moving onto the afterlife. She pictured shoving them behind the veil like she did earlier when she pulled the teens from the veil. She mentally apologized for putting these little critters through pain and continued to release them.
'Release…'
'…Release!'
"Kagome? You're doing great, just a little more." Came Inuyasha's encouraging whispers.
'Just a little more…'
The hanyou behind her let out a sigh of relief and rubbed small circles on her waist. "It's okay, they're all gone now." He assured her.
When she opened her eyes, she could see that her front yard was still littered with bodies. But now they were just unmoving. She had let out her own sigh of relief, wiping the sweat that had formed on her forehead from concentration. "How did this happen?" She asked aloud.
A snort came from behind her. "I blame Mushin. He shouldn't have brought up any necromancy stuff with you when you can barely control your spiritual powers."
"B-but, you don't understand. Sure he talked to me about it and the book, but how could this happen? I was dreaming about raising the dead, dreaming! This was exactly what happened. Well, not exactly. I only raised one zombie, but still! I know I have spiritual powers, but can a Miko really do this? Could I have really done… this?"
'She dreamed of raising the dead?' Inuyasha thought in shock. That would explain the fluctuation in her aura when he began to catch the scent of all the corpses. 'But if all it takes is a simple dream of raising the dead, then this means I've got my work cut out for me. Damn it. If Mushin had kept his damn mouth shut, he wouldn't have planted these thoughts into her head and gotten her to raise the dead, by accident.' He mentally cursed. 'She's also looking a bit suspicious about all this. She may not believe so much anymore that she's only a Miko...'
"We'll deal with all this crap tomorrow when we go to your meditation session." He let go of her and stepped back.
"W-what are you going to do?" Kagome stuttered out.
"What do you think? Someone has to clean up the mess out front. I don't think your family is gunna be impressed with this." Inuyasha glowered.
"Um, I'll leave my window open then. Just j-jump on the window sill when your done and I'll l-let you in." Kagome said with a hint of guilt in her voice. She was having Inuyasha clean up her messes, so of course she was going to feel guilty about it.
The ghost looked at her for a second longer before silently leaving the house. Things were getting complicating now. With the knowledge that something similar to this had happened centuries ago and ended with a war, it made the hairs on Inuyasha's neck rise. They weren't just dealing with an out of control priestess anymore. If his theories really were correct, they were dealing with the second ever hybrid to be born.
Something that would explain why Kagome's powers were so uncontrollable to begin with.
They were clashing for dominance inside her and out.
The power to purify evil.
And the power to raise evil.
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A/N So, what do you think? Too dramatic? Haha. Better believe things are gunna get interesting… Real interesting… Read and review, eh? See you all later!