(A/N: Sorry for this chapter folks. It has to be short… My dad's in the hospital, so I'll continue after he's out. But PLEASE feel free to review!)
For the next several days, Kagome and Robin stayed in the Tower.
Every now and then Kagome would join Raven for meditation, but these past six days she stayed in the Tower with Robin.
They did everything from Playing video games to making fun of the cooking show on TV…. ('"Now zat ze chocolate is melted we add ze snails…"' Who wouldn't make fun of that? )
But Robin also spent a good deal of time in a room that she was loathe to enter. So she spent the rest of her time either in the training room or in Sickbay talking to the fake Kagome about what was planned.
They heard the docking back doors for the T-Car open and on reflex, Kagome hid in the evidence room with a spare communicator that Robin gave her. She opened it so she could listen in on what was being said. You could never be too careful. And whenever she meditated, she sensed that someone was watching her very closely.
Kagome blinked hard. She knew better than to wear her contacts this long, so with a grimace, she pulled out of her pocket some eye drops, and after dispensing a few drops in each eye, she removed her contacts and placed the lenses in a case that she always kept in her pocket.
The contacts were the same smoky blue color as they had been before she returned to the Feudal Era that final time. Upon Sesshoumaru's request, Kagome was officially adopted into the Taisho family. But her adoption was on demon terms.
They, both Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru shared a blood-bond with her, slicing open their hands and hers to allow the blood to mix. Apparently they had expected her to gain a longer life and some demon attributes, but things never went the way they were expected to when she was involved.
Her hair remained the same, they had expected her to at least gain some silver among her raven strands. Her nails remained human, as did the condition of her skin, though she did heal twelve times faster than a regular human did. She still remained the same Kagome. Nothing seemed to have changed. Not at first any way.
When they exchanged blood, Kagome fell unconscious. During her unconscious period, the portion of her soul that had remained with Kikyo had become active, so much so that Kikyo became a life-long companion, her best friend, all in those three short days she was unconscious.
It was explained to her by Kikyo that a miko's body wasn't meant to house demonic blood. But due to Kagome's power and the force of her pure soul, things were changing for her. The first was Kikyo's involvement in their soul.
She placed another barrier so that nothing could hurt their soul ever again, being separated for as long as their soul had had been extraordinarily painful for Kagome. The second thing that was changing, were Kagome's eyes.
The iris' had turned a blinding silver.
So when Raven opened the door, knowing where Kagome would be she was completely surprised so see Kagome's eyes, which the silver blended in almost perfectly with the white of her eyes. So when she almost shrieked, Kagome slapped a hand over her mouth and dragged her inside the evidence room.
"I can explain, Okaseri?"
"You mean… Okay?"
Needless to say she was freaked out, but after she took a deep breath, she was able to look at me without her eyes glowing black.
In a whispered voice, Kagome explained. "I am bonded, sisterly, bonded to a Demon Lord."
At Raven's widening eyes Kagome explained further. "I traveled with his half brother for a while before our acquaintance was solidified into respect, then friendship and when I returned, it was requested that I become a member of the family… So I am now a Blood-bound member, the sister to the Taiyoukai, Lord Sesshoumaru of the Western Lands of Japan…"
Raven felt her mouth drop open. "So you are also part demon?"
Kagome frowned. "It hasn't really been made clear. I am fully human, a priestess, and sister to the demon brothers of the House of the Moon…"
"Yeah- that literally explains nothing." Raven said a 'really?' look in her eyes.
"Welcome to the newest chapter of my life…" Kagome said as she exited the evidence room. Where she walked right into the metallic torso of Cyborg.
"Whoa girl watch where you're-" He got a good look at her face. "What happened to your eyes?" He asked bending slightly to look into them better. He noted that Raven exited behind her and left for her room, more likely to read a creepy book or to meditate or something...
"Erm- My DNA was altered six weeks ago, and to blend in I normally wear the colored contacts that match my original eye color… A few minutes ago, I took my contacts out… So our plan will work even better! Not wearing my colored contacts will make it even harder if and when someone tries to remove my mask. They'll see that I (now) have naturally silver eyes so I couldn't possibly be Kagome Higurashi…"
"Makes sense I guess… But you are going to explain this to the rest of the team aren't you?" He asked, almost suggested; it was almost as if he was a respected older cousin/ friend and he was telling me to do something. There was no way that I was going to let this new friend of mine down
"Of course I plan on telling everybody; but first you have to tell me how things have been going without the help of Robin."
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Not so great apparently.
Because.
That evening the T-Plane took off for Japan.
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During that time, as according to plan, the rest of the team were trying to find out why Aquaman would try to contact Them when the JLU had more than enough manpower to assist.
Star-Fire wore a specialized rebreather mask and was scanning the ocean for signs of Aquaman or unusual disturbances with Beast Boy.
Raven was checking all communication lines to see if the JLU had been contacted about Aquaman. So far she had been getting no response and she was getting so frustrated that she demanded that BB return and continue while she went to meditate. No reason to let her anger get the best of her…
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It took the T-plane eleven hours and thirty minutes to get to Tokyo;(A/N: Which is the normal amount of time it takes for a non-stop flight from SFIA to TIA… The main international airport for Tokyo is Narita Airport. Interesting huh?) after having dinner with Kagome's family, and spending the night, Kagome changed and put on the mask that Kagome borrowed from Robin; but that her mother had added some silver styling along the inside.
Kagome was now 'Miko' and she heard Kikyo cheering for her loudly in her mind. It was amazing what a lack of duty did for the deceased miko.
Cyborg was very surprised but gave her a 'thumbs-up!' and a large grin. After goodbyes were spoken, 'Miko' calmly walked out of the home she'd known for her entire life up to this point, and straight past the three girls, as a civilian she'd known as her closest friends who pointed and whispered about her and her cybernetic companion.
(Yeah REALLY short and insubstantial, I know- but I'm more worried about my dad… Thanks all! ...I'll write more soon! -Jowashington)