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The Greatest Power

Chapter 4

Kagome awoke early before the sun rose. She is going to go visit her parent's graves and watch the sun rise, as she has been doing since their death. Souta used to come with her until he became sick. She kneeled down in front of their graves praying as memories of them came flooding back. The sun began to raise bringing blues, purples, reds, oranges, and yellows to fill up the sky, signifying the coming of a new day. Tears had begun to flow freely down her face, as she watched the beautiful scene unfold.

InuYasha woke with a start and frantically looked around the room. 'Were the hell am I?' he thought before the memories of the day before came flowing back. 'Oh, that's right that strange women stopped me from beating the shit out of those villagers and then offered me a place to stay.' He then got up and looked out the window noticing that the sun has not yet come.

"Good the sun hasn't risen yet. I can get out of here without anyone noticing." He then grabbed the blankets and left. When he found his way out of the palace he found himself near the palace shrine. There he noticed a figure kneeling in front of a grave stone. 'Who is that?' He thought as he moved closer to get a better look. He found that it was the princess, and as the sun rose she turned her head towards the horizon, causing the rays to make her face seem as though it has a glow about it.

'She looks like an angel. Wait what am I thinking?!' He shook his head as his demonic powers returned and InuYasha's head snapped up as the smell of tears hit his nose. He looked at her and saw a sad yet happy expression on her face. 'What is wrong with her? Wait why do I care?'

Then she got up and headed back into the palace. InuYasha ducked behind the small shrine house and watched her enter the palace, and once she was out of site he turned and entered the forest, with no intention of returning.

Kagome was walking back to her room to wait for Rai to come and get her ready for the day, when she noticed the door to InuYasha's room open. 'I shouldn't enter without knocking.' She thought as she stuck her head in to find that it was empty and that the blankets were missing.

"He left. When did he leave? Why didn't he at least say good-bye?" She said as unexplained tears began to form in her eyes. 'Why am I crying? I only meet him yesterday? That is not enough time to feel this way.' She wiped her eyes and continued to her room, never noticing that the jewel had brightened ever so slightly.

After she had finished taking care of a few things concerning the village, Kagome decided to visit with Lady Kaede to discuss Souta's health. Although Souta wasn't the only thing that was on her mind, a certain half-demon was still plaguing her thoughts. 'Why did he leave? Was it something that I have done? Or did a villager or one of the guards threaten him after he was no longer in my presence?'

She had reached Kaede's and saw that the priestess was tending to another villager, so she stood there and waited letting her mind wonder the reasoning for his leaving.

Kaede had finished with the villager by giving them some herbal remedies and bidding them well, when she turned to see the princess waiting patiently to speak with her she noticed a brighter glow coming from the sacred jewel around her neck. Kaede gasped and dropped her basket of herbs. This brought Kagome out of her thoughts and as she looked over to Kaede she saw that she had a terrified face on, like she had just seen a ghost or something.

"Lady Kaede, are you feeling well?" Kagome asked.

Kaede said nothing she was too concerned about the jewel to hear. 'Why has the jewel brightened? Could the princess of found the other who can help awaken its powers?'

"Kaede!" yelled Kagome as she waved her hands in front of her face to get her attention.

"Yes, child?" asked Kaede as she was brought out of her thoughts.

"Are you alright?" Kagome asked for like the tenth time.

"Yes, child; now what brings ye here?" Kaede asked. 'It must of just been a trick the sun was doing to my old eye.'

"I came here to discuss Souta's health with you Kaede." answered Kagome.

"Oh, well come in child." Said Kaede, as she led the way into her hut; Kagome followed and once they were settled they began to discuss Souta's health.

A/N: Hello everyone. I do hope that you enjoyed this chapter. I am planning on just doing one update a week. I would also like to get some input on what you would like to see. If anyone is wondering what Kaede looks like, it is just like in the anime. Please review.