Chapter 2 – A Drop of Blood
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"Moon stone? Wait Rin are you talking about this?" Kagome said pointing at the stone. Rin beamed up, seeing this Kagome took off the necklace and gave it to the child
"How did you find this? Rin is so happy you found it!" The child raised up the necklace looking at the stone at eyelevel.
"I found it when I killed a black wolf. It was too pretty to just leave behind." Kagome said giggling all the while. Rin held the stone with her hands; a bright blue glow escaped her fingers. Kagome watched amazed.
"What is that stone exactly Rin?" Kagome asked out of curiosity. Rin opened up her palm to find the stone strongly glowing deeply blue.
"Rin was told by Sesshoumaru-sama that she should keep it with her at all times." Rin said looking at the stone. Kagome smiled and decided to let Rin wear the necklace. The girl happily wore it.
"Well we better follow Sesshoumaru's order. How about you play with the other kids?" Kagome said patting the child's head.
Rin happily skipped to the other kids she waved back at Kagome and went along. Kagome looked around the village finding Kimu gathering herbs. She went to the elder miko and helped her out.
"Kimu I have a request. Could you teach me how to control my miko powers better? I also wanted to ask how to heal minor wounds if it wouldn't be too hard" Kagome said as Kimu arranged the herbs they gathered.
"I would be honored to teach you everything I know about miko powers though mine is weak you will likely find some other way to fit it to you." Kimu said giving the younger miko a smile
"Oh~ Thank you Kimu!" Kagome said happily as she helped Kimu carry all the gathered herbs.
"We shall start this evening Kagome." Kimu stated getting a nod from the very excited Kagome
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Crickets creaked and the forest sang in sounds of the night. Kagome and Kimu were inside their hut beginning their training for the night. Kagome and Kimu faced each other both sitting down the usual Japanese style. A singe candle was lit to shed some light.
"Tonight I want to see how much of your miko power you can control, and then we shall meditate." Kimu said as she grabbed a thing from behind her, a small wooden ball that had small holes on it.
"Try to put all of your controlled powers in this small ball." Kimu handed Kagome the ball and signaled her to start
Kagome closed her eyes and breathed in deep. She felt her miko powers flowing out. She kept this up for minutes and then she heavily breathed in and out. She had reached her limit on her controlled miko powers. She opened one eye to see the room in a soft pink glow. Kimu looked at the miko shocked, she knew that Kagome is the current holder of the Shikon no Tama but to have this much power she herself could only illuminate a small light just enough to give a below average light to the room. But Kagome she had brightened up the whole room just within minutes, so much power stored inside of the girl's body.
"Kimu-sama?" Kagome whispered as she decreased her power a bit making the room look darker
"That's enough Kagome." Kimu stated signaling Kagome to stop. Kagome breathed in deep and squinted focusing it on the ball. Kagome slumped down as she finally cut the flow of power. Kimu helped the girl sit up right by leaning her on the wall
"How did I do...?" Kagome whispered as her eyes started to get droopy. Kimu smiled and answered
"You did more than any priestess could have ever done" and with that Kagome closed her eyes as smiled drifting to sleep.
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After that night Kagome and Kimu began the serious training. Rin would come often wanting to see the 'beautiful light' as she says. Kimu have seen the extent of the young miko, taught her basic to strong techniques of the priestesses'.
In healing from mere scratches to joining up broken bones, the skill of archery was taken from that of a single arrow to multiple arrows and the greatest thing that Kimu taught was that of creating shields and protections spells.
Kagome soaked up every single word that Kimu said, memorizing everything perfectly. All of these were done in a mere one week. After the rigid and non stop training Kagome fell asleep the whole day.
Meditating every night that was the key to success, Kimu taught. Kagome followed her tip into heart taking at least an hour of meditation shocking Kimu.
This was not all that they did in the week that they stayed. They helped in different tasks. Healing the sick villagers and help build new huts. They gathered herbs and killed some minor demons that wished to attack the village.
Rin was taught how to read even thought just a little Rin had already gotten the hang of it. Kagome corrected Rin's terrible grammar and made constant reminders of it. She made sure the little girl was safe and sound all the time, caring for her almost like a sister. Kagome felt very protective over the girl and made sure that she felt safe in her surroundings.
Over time the villagers regarded to Kagome as Kagome-sama, making her blush all the time. They bowed to her when walking and she did the same to them. Kimu and Kagome shared laughs together as they trained making Rin laugh too. Many memories were formed but they were forced to part. A strong youkai made its presence known to the village.
"Kimu-sama it's approaching the village!" A villager shouted
"Everybody ready your weapons!" Kimu ordered as she gripped on her bow hard
"Mina-san… You don't need to do anything. I'll just leave and the youkai won't come here anymore!" Kagome shouted making them gasp.
"B-but you can't possibly think of defeating it on your own…" Kimu said looking at the young miko with a frown
"I have to. That thing has been tracking me and chasing me! I am the reason why it is here! I have to do my duty as a priestess and protect everybody. It has been a very great time and I won't forget the help that you people have done. Farewell" Kagome said in a serious tone. Her head hung low her bangs covering her eyes. Kimu
She put on her bag and slung her bow and arrows to her shoulder. She grabbed Rin's hand and ran to the forest.
"Be safe young Kagome…"Kimu whispered as she watched the miko run deeper in the woods
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"Rin I'll cast a barrier around you. When you see the youkai run and hide safely as I defeat that monster." Kagome said as she and Rin ran to a stop. A deep and loud growl echoed throughout the forest
"I'm scarred nee-san." Rin said as she whimpered holding the hand of Kagome.
"Don't be I'm here to protect you remember?" Kagome smiled at the young girl squeezing the little hand.
"You bring with you this bag and hide okay?" Kagome stated as she put her bag down and handed it to Rin. "When I'm done with that thing I'll come back for you." Kagome said patting the child's head Rin whimpered as she let go of Kagome's hand and headed her way.
"Damned Youkai." Kagome whispered as she closed her eyes. She whipped her head back and gasped as she saw a large youkai.
Large Horns sat atop of its head. It had the body of that of a giant and the head of a demon. Its teeth were like of a shark rows of it were seen as it opened its mouth. A deep growl resonated through the area.
Kagome shivered at the growl. It was her first time to face a demon this big and on her OWN at that.
She grabbed two arrows and aimed it to the demon's head. It stomped its right feet causing the earth to shake making the aim off. The two arrows missed and the demon laughed out loud.
"Die you stupid weakly miko." The deep voice of the demon said
'It called me weak…. I'll show to it how sorry it is to say that to me!' Kagome thought angrily
"Who are you calling weak!" Kagome shouted as she prepared a bow and held still. The tip of the arrow formed a small pink glowing orb. She pulled the string back and released it letting the arrow fly. The youkai chuckled and raised its palm up. The hand glow a deep tainted purple incinerating the holy arrow. The youkai let out a roar and at the same time it let its power loose. Waves of evil flowed from it making chills run up her spine.
"Kagome-neechan!" Rin's little voice echoed to Kagome's ears. She saw the lass running to her heavily breathing. The youkai saw this and chuckled. It bent down and picked up Rin by her back. It clasped its giant hand on Rin making it hard to breath.
"Kag-gome ne-eecha-n" Rin said struggling to get out of the demons grasp.
"RIN!" Kagome shouted as she glowed powerful pink making the youkai's attention back to her
"H-he-lp m-e…" She muttered before losing consciousness. The moon pulsed faintly.
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"A pulse…" he muttered. Its clawed hand ran through its perfect hair
'A faint pulse… that means she's alive!' it thought as it raced to the origin of the pulse
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"YOU"LL REGRET DOING THAT YOU DEMON!" Kagome yelled furiously. If looks could kill then the demon would have been minced to mere sand.
"Weak wench." The demon stated and threw Rin to the ground. Kagome ran and dived just to get Rin. She took a good look of the small girl. Rin's pale and lips were pale and her normal 'brightness' not anymore felt. Kagome held back the tears as she tried to clear her mind. She laid her hands on Rin's body and glowed.
The youkai got angry seeing this pathetic human action. It roared furiously to the sky and charged to Kagome. Destruction in every step it made. Compared to a while ago the tainted ness that it sent now felt so evil. Kagome quickly made a barrier around Rin and faced the demon. She was shaking with fear but still held her ground. She took out three arrows and pointed it at the demons chest. The demon growled deeply taking a crouch position. The nails of its hands lengthened and sharpened. It then broke into a run aiming Kagome with its claws. Kagome stood there frozen in fear. With a swipe of its claw Kagome hit the tree at her back. She looked at her arm and saw it was bleeding. The arrows spread around her broken.
"Stay strong kagome!" She said to herself encouragingly
"Remember what Kimu taught you. Always stay focused." She walked to the demon. Behind her back lay Rin, who was fighting for her life. She took her last arrow and prepared to aim. As she took her stance blood dripped off her arm. Onto Rin below. A drop of blood fell on the moon stone.
A strong pulse pulsed through the area.
Kagome and the Youkai stopped in their doings
Silence covered them as they watched the stone pulse.
With each pulse it glowed pink. Kagome felt something inside her stir.
The stone pulsed the last but glowed strongly illuminating a dark pink glow.
Kagome breathed heavily her arms shook. Inside her was a growing urge, a strong urge to kill. She kneeled to the ground heavily breathing. Her arms stopped shaking and she prepared to shoot at the demon. She held her pose feeling a sudden wave of power inside her. Gusts of wind encircled her and Rin. Her hair whipping dangerously at her back. She pulled the string further back making it creak in pressure. The youkai gasped at her but it was not from the power but that of her eyes. They were bloodshot red.
"You harmed her!" Kagome shouted her voice deep and it ended with a growl.
"Still you are a human! Humans are weak! They will NEVER CHANGE!" the youkai roared
"I'll show you human! Eat this you damned youkai!" Kagome shouted as she released her last arrow. It flew fast piercing the air, the youkai charged its powers once again and tried to stop the arrow. Only to fail epically. The youkai was successfully hit right in the chest.
"That'll show you who is weak you scum…" Kagome muttered as she sat down the floor. She was sweating incredibly and her body felt heavy. She crawled slowly to Rin letting the child's head lay on her lap. She cupped the lass's cheeks and pushed every ounce of power she had left. Tears flowed out of her eyes she felt like dying but she couldn't just give up. Kagome pushed the last of her powers out and saw Rin's eyes open slowly
"I'm glad you're okay…" Kagome whispered and fell into unconsciousness. Rin sat up slowly, and looked at the tired body of her older sister. She cried as she tried to do first aid to Kagome. (NOTE: Its one of the things Rin learned while watching Kimu and Kagome heal with their miko powers)
"Rin" A voice said. Rin whipped her head to the side to see Sesshoumaru standing there.
"Se-ss-sesshouma-ru sa-a-ma…" Rin said as she ran to her lord. She buried her face to Sesshoumaru's hakama and cried out loud. The taiyoukai tensed as he felt Rin's sorrow.
"You're safe Rin." Sesshoumaru said as he knelt down and hugged the crying girl
"Bu-t nee-ch-an …" She managed to say between sobs
"Kagome…" Sesshoumaru muttered under his breath as he looked at the body of the miko.
"The miko is not dead she is merely sleeping. Her form is changing and her body needs its rest" Sesshoumaru stated as he stood up. Rin let go of his hakama and looked up to her lord.
"What d-o you me-a-an?" Rin asked her eyes now lay at the body of her considered old sister
"She's turning into a youkai." Sesshoumaru said he walked over Kagome's body and lifted it from the ground holding her bridal style. Rin gasped as she took a good look at Kagome's face.
She now bared the crescent moon mark on her forehead.
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