"So Kagome, why are you going to a weapon shop?" Dean asked
They had been in the car in silence for about 10 minutes when Dean turned around to talk to Kagome, once Dean asked Kagome that Sam just slowly turned to look at him with a shock face, he was amazed how Dean could be so out there.
"I'm looking for something" she shrugged
"What's that?" Dean asked causing another look from Sam that he ignored
Kagome could see what Dean was trying to do and let forward a little from the back seat.
"I'm looking for a bow"
"A bow? Like a bow and arrow kind of bow"
"Yep"
"What do you need a bow for?"
"Well I hear there good for shooting things" she smiled friendly
"And why would you want to shoot things?"
"I never said I wanted to shoot things" she pointed out sitting back in her seat
"I think I see it up ahead" Sam said
"Why is it way out here anyway?"
"I think it's good, it's safer way out here" Kagome answered
They pulled up on the side of the road and they all hoped out of the car, Sam opened the door for Kagome who smiled at him with a small 'thanks' then walked in after her leaving Dean to open the door himself which he grumbled about. Kagome found where the bows where and frowned, none of them were the traditional bows.
"What's wrong?" Sam asked noticing her frown
"These won't do at all" she said more to herself
Before Sam or Dean had a chance to say anything Kagome was walking up to the counter where a guy was sitting reading a newspaper.
"Excuse me"
"Yeah?" he asked moving the newspaper a little
"Don't you have any traditional bows here?"
"Traditional?"
"You know like ones people have made themselves or something"
"Well" he groaned sitting up straight "there's this guy I know who makes his own stuff"
"Great, where is he?"
"But he doesn't sell them to just anybody"
"Trust me I'll be fine" she smirked
"Hey Sam, what did she mean by that?" Dean asked messing with one of the bows
"I don't know, she seems like she has a good idea to what she wants"
"Well I don't want to be driving this girl around all day, we have work to do"
"You didn't have to come"
"Sam you dog, have you got the hots for this girl?"
"What! No"
"I see, well then should I leave you two alone?" he teased
"Hey guys! Think you could take me to this address?" Kagome asked waving a piece of paper around
"Sure" Sam said without even looking at the paper
They went to the car and using the map they found out the place was about a 5 minute drive into the forest. So with Sam driving they headed out, it was a hard place to find but after driving up and down the same stretch of road a few times they finally found a small path leading into the forest.
"Car won't fit down that" Sam pointed out pulling over
"That's ok" Kagome smiled getting out the car "walking is good for you anyway"
They all got out and walked down the dirt path until they came to a small wooden house that smelled strongly of incense.
"Hello!" Kagome called out
"There doesn't seem to be anyone home" Dean pointed out
"Yeah there is" Kagome said walking closer
She walked up the steps and knocked on the door, Sam and Dean followed after but noticed certain things, like the line of salt around the windows.
"Excuse me, I was hoping I could get a bow here" Kagome called out once more knocking on the door
There was still no answer and it was starting to annoy her, they had passed by the weakling barrier that surrounded the house so what was this guy still afraid of.
"I'm not leaving until I talk to you"
Kagome sat down on the bench next to his door with her arms crossed and waited until she heard footsteps, the door unlocked and was pulled open. Sam and Dean watched as the two talked, they couldn't hear what they were saying but the man's expression suddenly changed and he seemed less hostile and more friendly.
"I'll be back soon" Kagome called out walking inside
The door slammed shut leaving the two outside alone.
"So what do you think? Salt line?"
"Protection from spirits, and look engraved in the dirt"
"Wow"
"Yeah"
Underneath them was an extremely large demon trap that looked like it covered the entire house.
"Think she knows?"
"She didn't seem to notice" Sam said with a shrug
"Well at least we know she isn't a demon"
"Wow, their beautiful" Kagome said softly looking at the bows "may i?" she asked reaching out her hand
"Go ahead, so who are those two out front?"
"I don't know, some guys I met, their either hiding from the cops or their just jumpy people, I don't know"
Kagome run her hand over the bows until she stopped in front of one, there was something different about this one.
"That one was made from the wood of a 500 year old tree"
"Back from then... a prayer tree maybe? It has hidden power in it"
"This one" Kagome said picking it up
"Want to try it out first" he asked offering an arrow
"Sure, why not"
They went out the back where there were some targets painted on some trees in the distance.
"Their pretty far" Kagome observed
"Too far for you?"
"No, just an observation"
She drew the arrow and aimed at the target then infusing her powers into the bow she fired the arrow. A pale blue surrounded the arrow as it flew through the air then died down as it hit the centre of the target.
"This one will work just fine" she smiled facing the man
"I'll get some arrows for you"
"Thanks"
He walked off somewhere so Kagome walked around to the front with the bow over the shoulder and a smile on her face.
"Hey guys, sorry I was so long"
"You found one?" Sam asked
"Yeah, he's just getting me some arrows"
The man came around carrying a handful of arrows and an arrow sack over his shoulder filled with arrows. He handed them to Kagome then she smiled up at him.
"So how much?'
"This is yours, no charge"
"I have to give you something... I know" Kagome went into her bag and pulled out a suture "it's fully charged and will make your protection stronger, just add it in when you charge yours up next"
Kagome waved buy as they all walked back to the car, she carefully put everything in the car then they drove back to the town but just as they were about to leave the forest Sam slammed on the brakes.
"What the hell?" Dean shouted
"I thought I saw something"
"It's here" Kagome thought in a panic
"Wait what was that?" Dean asked point into the forest
"There's defiantly something there"
"Kagome you wait here, Sam and I are going to check it out" Dean said getting out of the car
"As if I'm waiting here"
Kagome climbed out of the car to with her bow and arrow in hand, just as they all got out of the car and Sam and Dean had walked forward a little the demon came bursting onto the road.
"Whoa" Dean said stepping back a step
In front of them was a demon that looked human enough but attached to them was some kind of chain that held four spirits who were floating around him. The demon turned to face the three but instead he looked directly at Kagome who got ready to fire but before she had a chance to even draw her arrow the demon sprinted away.
"What was that about?" Dean asked facing Sam
"I don't know, it looked almost... Scared?"
They both turned around to face Kagome who just smiled at them.
"Well we should get going"
Kagome got back into the car and sat there waiting for Sam and Dean.
"The demon looked directly at her" Sam mussed
"Then it ran away"
"There's something about this girl"
"If the demons afraid of her then maybe we should be"
"Come on, you don't think she is a part of this"
"There is something going on and that girl is in the middle of it, all I'm saying is we keep an eye on her" Dean shouted
They got into the car then drove back to the motel; Kagome gathered all her things then faced the brothers.
"Well thank you for your help... I guess I'll see you around maybe"
"Take care Kagome" Sam said with a smile
"Oh god, oh god, oh god, this is not good. Only a blind person could have missed the demon looking at me in fear! Great... but those two, they didn't even freak out about it... they defiantly know something" Kagome thought to herself as she walked to her room
She opened her door making sure to close it behind her then put her things down on her bed and looked at the clock.
"It would be around 1am there... I hope Sota is ok"
Kagome yawned and sat down on her bed and was quickly asleep.
"So what do you think?" Dean asked Sam sitting on his bed with his food
"I don't know... think we should call Bobby"
"Yeah"
Sam nodded then pulled out his phone and dialled Bobby's number.
"Hello?" came the gruff voice
"Hey Bobby, its Sam"
"Sam, how's the job going?"
"Uhhh good, caught a glimpse at the demon but there's something else going on"
"Something else?"
"Yeah, there's this girl here and she was with us when we saw the demon and it seemed afraid of her"
"The demon was afraid of a girl?"
"Yeah and there's another thing she only rocked up here today and I dunno there's something about her"
"Like what?"
"Well she came all the way from Japan to this little town and the first thing she did when she got here was find a bow and then the demon shows up and its afraid of her, oh and the person she got the bow from had a demon trap around his house"
"So this girl is Japanese?"
"Yeah"
"And she was after a bow and the demon was afraid of her?"
"That's right... have you heard of this before?"
Sam walked over to sit down on his bed across from Dean who looked up at him.
"She's a priestess you nit wit"
"A priestess?"
Dean gave Sam a 'what?' look but Sam just shrugged with an 'I don't know' look.
"She sounds like it"
"Well what do we do?"
"Well if she is here then obviously that means there's something more going on than just a strong demon, priestess don't really get involved unless it's something big so why don't you go talk to her and team up"
"I'm sure we can handle this"
"What did I just say, if she's here than you're going to need her help" he shouted hanging up
"What did he say?" Dean asked
"He said we should team up with her, that if she is a priestess then that means there's something more at work then a strong demon"
"Well I guess that explains the bow"
Kagome was woken by someone knocking on her door, she sat up and rubbed her eyes looking at the clock next to her, it was 12:20 pm, which was 2:20am in Kagome's mind. She dropped her feet onto the ground and stood up with a yawn then slowly walked towards the door, she looked through the small peep hole and saw Sam outside.
"What does he want?" she wondered to herself
Kagome unlocked the door and pulled it open "yeah?" she yawned
"Oh... were you sleeping?"
"It's around 2am for me"
"Right, umm well Dean and I just wanted to invite you over for lunch, we were going to order something in and wanted to know if you would join us"
Kagome didn't know what to say, she wasn't really hungry but she decided that it was lunch time here and a free meal so why not besides she could always bail if things got awkward.
"Yeah ok, just give me a moment to fix myself up" she smiled sleepily
"Sure... well I'll go let Dean know that you're coming over"
Kagome didn't bother saying anything she just closed the door then yawn once more.
"Come on wake up Kagome"
She went into the bathroom and splashed some cold water on her face, that woke her up a little then she brushed her hair and fixed her clothes before deciding she was decent enough to be seen in public. She left her room and walked over to number 10 then knocked on the door.
"Come in" Dean called out
Kagome let herself in closing the door behind her, everything was slightly different, the beds weren't in a mess and there wasn't a piece of paper around and it just looked to clean for Kagome.
"Where's Sam?"
"He went to pick up lunch"
"Oh... so just me and you then eh?"
"Yeah"
Things were kind of awkward with Kagome sitting down on a chair and Dean leaning on the wall; it was Kagome who spoke up first.
"So Sam is your younger brother right?"
"Yeah"
"And you guys travel around together?"
"Yeah
"I count imagine bringing my brother with me anywhere... I mean he would love it if I let him come but it's just too dangerous"
"You have a brother?"
"Yeah, younger, I guess we do have one thing in common"
"And Sam was saying something about your parents?"
"Their dead, it's just me and my little brother"
"What happened?"
"Personal much?"
"You just seem young to be without parents"
"Young? I'm 26" she laughed "but I guess... well my mother died when I was 17 and still in high school, there was an accident... she was killed because of me and my father died in a car crash when I was 5"
"Huh"
"What?"
"I'm just realizing, we have more in common than I thought"
"How so?"
"My dad is dead because of me and now it's just me and my little brother, I would give anything for him to be able to live a normal life but it's his choice"
"I guess you can't protect them forever"
"Sure you can, that's why we travel together, sure we fight sometimes but at least I know where he is so I can save his sorry ass"
"Your brother... I mean I'm sorry for saying this but... there's something different about him. I'm not saying bad just... different. I don't know it just unnerves me when I'm around him even though he seems like a nice enough guy plus he doesn't try to run me over so that's a plus in my books"
"You're never going to get over that are you?"
"Probably not" she laughed
"I'm back" Sam said walking into the room "well you two look like you were having fun"
"We were just talking about stuff" Kagome shrugged "turns out he isn't the jerk I first pegged him for"
"Well thanks"
"He's just an idiot" she laughed
Lunch wasn't too bad, they talked a bit about some of the things they had done, not things involving demons or anything supernatural just every day events but after a while Sam and Dean looked at each other with a serious expression then looked over at Kagome.
"Kagome, there's something we need to talk to you about" Sam started
"Yeah what's that?"
"Well I don't really know how to word this but..."
"Are you a priestess?" Dean butted in
"A priestess? No... well I can't say I'm that religious anyway"
"No more messing around, just tell us the truth" Dean demanded
"The truth huh... well I guess it wouldn't hurt but on one condition, you have to tell me the truth to"
"Ok"
"Yes I'm a priestess, now what about you two? How do you know so much about this stuff?"
"Were hunters"
"Hunters? Should have guessed that"
"So why are you here? Bobby said that if a Japanese priestess is here it can't be good"
"Well I don't know who this Bobby person is but yeah they are kind of right. I'm here hunting an item that has the power to make demons stronger"
"Like the one we saw today?"
"Yeah, I have met hunters before and I know their methods but trust me they won't work this time. You can't just say some fancy words and expect it to vanish, or splash some holy water on them and think it will slow them down, things like that won't work on this demon now, the second the jewel became involved this became a whole different case"
"How do we kill it?"
"Why don't you just leave it to me? After all I know more about this then you"
"What with your little bow?" Dean scoffed
"My 'little bow' has more power in it then the gun in your belt" she glared
"Either way I don't think you should do this alone"
Kagome's face softened and looked towards Sam, she knew there wasn't much chance of getting them to drop it, hunters were too stubborn.
"Ok I'll let you come but we do this my way ok?"