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Chapter 3: Kamiko's Past

"Well...," Kagome egged on.

"Well, I just... its hard to explain, i guess" Kamiko stuttered.

"Its ok, you can tell us, we're here to help, right Inuyasha," Kagome said, with a little frustration in her voice.

"Feh, whatever," Inuyasha said walking over to his corner sitting down folding his arms in his haori.

"Well, I believe you've already noticed the scar on my neck," Kamiko started showing Kagome the scar.

"Yeah, we noticed, actually Inuyasha noticed first," Kagome said getting a closer look at the scar.

"Feh, Yeah, right before you chucked me against the wall," Inuyasha said glaring at Kamiko.

"Sorry," Kamiko said looking down, "I just sensed you hovering over me and kind of freaked i guess, I'm not usually like this, but ever since my family was attacked I guess, I just, haven't been myself lately." Kamiko said sadness again overtaking her face again.

"Feh, whatever," Inuyasha said leaning against the wall relaxing a little more.

"Anyway, tell us what happened," Kagome said getting back to subject.

"Well, it all started yesterday," Kamiko started.

Flashback

"Kamiko, hurry up your too slow," Katori yelled to her older sister, Kamiko.

"Alright, Alright, your so impatient," Kamiko yelled back. The two sisters ran through the valley in the mountains back towards their cave where their parents were waiting.

"Kamiko, we need to talk to you," Kamiko's father, Hanasomo, told her as she approached. "Katori take your litlle sister, Rana, outside and keep an eye on her.

"But Papa," Katori started.

"No, Buts about it, I trust you, Your eleven now, I trust you to take care of your six year old sister, Rana," Her fater stated.

"Ok, Papa," Katori said as she took Rana outside to play in the valley.

"We'll call you when dinners ready," their mom Kairin yelled after her two youngest daughters.

"What is it you wanted to talk to me about, Father," Kamiko said taking a seat on the fur in the den. Hanasomo and Kairin took a seat across from their oldest daughter.

"Kamiko, your sixteen now and your mother and I believe your ready to know the family secret about your powers," Hanasomo started.

"Secret, about my powers?" Kamiko questioned.

"Yes," Kairin started, "You know how you seem to effect water everywhere you go right, how you can make it rain anywhere there has been drought, how you can make the rain stop when it starts to flood, how you can either warm up and melt ice on lakes for a warm bath or cool water down when its too hot," Kairin continued.

"Yeah, I just considered myself lucky when the rains came and gone when we needed it or didn't," Kamiko started, but she never considered any explanation for the other things.

"Yeah, well the reason you able to do that and the reason you have that scar on the right side of your neck is because you are water, one of the four elements rencarnated, along with earth, wind, and fire, and you are water," her mother explained.

"What?" Kamiko asked.

"Yes, its true, and earth, wind, and fire are out there somewhere also rencarnated, and when combined your supposed to beable to beat an unbelievable powerful force," her father explained. "Oh, and since you are water this belongs to you," Hanasomo explained while pulling out a small leather bag. He handed the bag to Kamiko, "Its your pendant, it means water," he added. Kamiko took the bag and pulled out a glowing clear stone with a dark blue water looking symbol with a light blue on the rest of the stone. (Lik a dragon tear almost, Its like the symbols on the second Inuyasha movie with the five elements just different meanings) "Wow its beautiful," Kamiko gasped as she put on the pendant around her neck. As she put it on it started to glow.

"You can have these too," Her mother said handing her two jewel shards.

"What are these?" Kamiko asked taking the shards.

"They're jewel shards," Hanasomo explained. "They say they came from a priestess who is collecting all the jewel shards who can purify them with one touch.

"With one touch, now thats a power," Kamiko said.

"And the jewel shards are from the legendary Shikon Jewel, they may come in handy," her mother explained.

"What can I do with two shards of a shatterd jewel?" Kamiko asked.

"Well they say that the shards can give a demon..." Kairin started.

"AHHHHHH, MOMMY, THERES A DEMON..." Katori yelled running up to the cave with Rana in her arms crying. Katory had a deep wound in her arm.

Just then a huge bat demon blocked the entrance of the cave so all you could see were his big red demon eyes.

"Ratorah," Hanasomo whispered in fear.

"Hahahahaha," Ratorah boomed, "Hand over the jewel shards of the Shikon Jewel," he roared.

"We don't have any jewel shards," Hanasomo yelled as he stepped in front of his wife and children.

"Ha, bullshit," Ratorah boomed, "You may not have them but I see your daughter does, I see," he added.

"If you want them you'll have to go through me first," Hanasomo said drawing his sword.

"Ha, this will be cake," Ratorah said transforming to his human form so he could fit in their cave. He had pale skin, he was thin but muscular with long dark hair that came to his shoulders slicked back into a ponytail at the nape of his neck, and his bright blue eyes were piercing. He then drew his sword an prepared for battle. Ratorah charged at Hanasomo sword at ready. They battled for what seemed like forever and finally Ratorah won with his sword right through Hanasomo's stomach.

"Ha, I won," Ratorah said leaning down in Hanasomo's face.

"Papa!" Katori yelled running over to her fathers body.

"You brat!" Ratorah yelled swiping his sword across her back leaving a huge gash.

"AHH," Katori screamed out in pain and collapsed on her fathers body.

"Noooo, Katori," Kairin yelled for her child.

"Shut up wench!" Ratorah yelled shooting darts from his hands hitting the woman in the shoulder, stomach and neck.

"Ugh," Kairin sputtered before collapsing. Kamiko seeing her family dropping before her eyes grabbed her little sister and ran for the back of the cave to the exit she used to sneak out of when she was younger.

"Wench, come back here and give me those jewel shards!" Ratorah yelled. Kamiko sheilded her sister in front of her if he decided to attack from behind and jumped out of the cave and onto the mountainside. That is when Kamiko put a crying Rana on her back and ran as fast as she could down the mountain of into the horizon tears streaming down her face all the way. She sensed Ratorah coming up behind her fast and tried to speed up. She tried to look back and tripped over an up root. She slid along the ground and Rana was thrown a little ahead of her. Kamiko quickly got to her feet and kept running ignoring the pain in her leg. She then sensed Ratorah ahead of her. She realized there was no escaping him and she had to fight. She stopped and put Rana down and told her to be quiet and hid in the thick tree next to them. As soon as Rana was well hidden, Ratorah come out of the trees grinning evily.

"Hand over the jewel shards now and I may let you live," he stated cooly.

"Never!"Kamiko yelled flexing her claws preparing to battle. They went into an all out battle, Rana watching helplessly from her hiding place, Ratorah to into the battle to notice the little girl in the tree trying her hardest to keep quiet. Ratorah knocked Kamiko on the ground, blood coming from the wounds he inflicted on her and from the corner of her mouth.

"One more," he said cooly. Kamiko stood up and charged hastily, he easily sent her flying to the ground.

"One more," he said again walking up to her. She charged agian with great haste, and yet again sent her flying. As he sent her flying farther form Rana and closer to a huge pond she stood up and glared at him. "One more," she gasped out of breath. He smiled even more evily than before. Instead of charging hastily like she had been she took a quick moment to asses her surroundings. They were next to a pond 'That's it' she thought. She faced Ratorah and an evil smirk came to her face.

"What are you smiling at wench, your losing," Ratorah said studying her closely.
"Not for long, you Asshole," Kamiko grinned more. She backed up to the edge of the pond and stepped onto it seeing she could walk on water. Ratorah took note of this and actual fear flickered in his eyes because he didn't know what was going on for once. Suddenly the water turned into a deep Blood-Red color and was swirling under Kamiko's feet. 'What's going on?' Ratorah asked him self. Then the water rose up behind Kamiko her eyes flickering red as she became angrier thinking about how her family was killed. The water suddenly rushed towards Ratorah knocking him a good ten feet. Then the water receeded and hundreds of ice darts were flying towards him. Many went straight through him. Most hit his stomach and chest some grazed his neck. The darts stopped and she stared at Ratorah laying on the ground unmoving. Kamiko walked off the water and stared at him her eyes back to their origional color of a bright green-blue.

"Cake," Kamiko muttered. Rana then came out into the clearing walking past the unmoving Ratorah towards her sister. Ratorah flinched. "RANA, LOOK OUT..." too late. Ratorah grabbed Rana and put his sword up to her throat. "No," said reaching for Rana taking a single step towards her in danger sister.

"Not another step or she dies," Ratorah coughed out. "Now hand over the jewel shards or she dies," he said holding Rana up putting more pressure on the sword on her neck.

"Fine take them," Kamiko yelled throwing the jewel shards on the ground between them. "Hehe," he luaghed quietly, "You stupid girl, you think I would let her or you live if you gave them to me, now say goodbye to your sister," he said raising her even higher. Kamiko's eyes widened as he slit the throat of her baby sister.

"NOOOOOOOO," Kamiko screamed at the top of her lungs. Suddenly a section of her hair, next to her face on the left side, streaked silver except for the tip which remained ice-blue. "YOU BASTARD," she yelled at Ratorah as her eyes suddenly turned a blood red. "YOU'LL BURN IN HELL," she growled. He stared at her fear flickering in his eyes as he stared into her red eyes. He stood slowly trying to hide his fear, and suddenly a wall of ice darts rose out of the pond behind Kamiko. Ratorah charged for Kamiko sword ready. "DIE, WENCH," he yelled. He swung the sword and slashed Kamiko's stomach side to side. Then the ice wall flew towards him cutting, tearing, and slicing through him until he turned to dust and evaporated. Kamiko's eyes turned back to normal and she collapsed and crawled to her sister holding her close. Kamiko cried and sat there with her sister for hours. Then she buried her sister under a pear tree, because pears were Rana's favorite fruit. Kamiko slept there until sunrise and walked over to the pond and washed all the blood off of her and washed the jewel shards.

End flashback

"And thats what happened," Kamiko said tears forming in her eyes.

"Wow, you watched your whole family get murdered?" Kagome asked.

"Yeah," Kamiko said looking down.

"Wait if your parents were both demons how did you become a half demon, I know you are i can smell it," Inuyasha said staring at Kamiko.

"My, mother was a half-demon," Kamiko said staring at the ground not looking up to meet Inuyasha's accusing eyes, "Her mother was a human and her father was a demon," Kamiko explained, then she sniffed, "Just like you," she said looking up. "Your a half-demon am I right, Inuyasha," Kamiko said looking up at Inuyasha, "Your mother was human and your father a full-blooded dog demon, am I right?" she asked staring into the golden eyes of Inuyasha.

"Feh, whatever," was all he said.

"So watching your baby sister die was how you got that silver streak in your hair?" Kagome asked.

"Yeah, it was," Kamiko answered, "I consider it a part of her on me because this is the color of her hair," Kamiko said.