Hiya! Sorry bout the longer than a week long wait! :) I had volleyball and had to recuperate from camp. Not to mention my computer was dead and I was too lazy to plug it in! But, you all don't care, so thanks for reading all the way through to chapter 10! I hope this meets up with your expectations and maybe exceeds them! Please remember to REVIEW at the end. Politely. Thanks! So many people reviewed throughout the week and I really appreciate it. I'm glad everyone seems to be enjoying this story!
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Kyo strolled up on the roof and sat close to Kagome but far enough away so that they both had plenty of space. Then he did something completely out of character. "Do you want to talk to me about it?"
Kagome shook her head and continued to stare distantly at the stars as if she was looking beyond them at some distant memory. The two sat on the roof for what felt like days but was really only two hours in complete silence until the sun rose and Kagome began to speak. "It was about my past." Kyo was confused for a moment but a second later he realized she was going to explain her dream to him. "I had some really good friends that were practically my family and I travelled with them all over the place. There was this one guy, InuYasha, that I loved up until I had to leave." Kyo subconsciously curled his fingers into fists and relaxed them as Kagome continued.
"I realized he could never love me the way he loved my sister Kikyou, so I let him go. But I never wanted to leave him or my other friends. We had a dangerous life due to a very special object that I broke and repairing it was… troublesome. That thing we fought earlier was a Shadow Demon who had taken the shape of InuYasha. He wanted the object I broke and I had to fight it. It," Kagome's shoulders shook as she tried to suppress the tears that pooled in her eyes. "It wasn't easy fighting someone who looked like family." The tears finally spilled over Kagome's eyes and down her cheeks. Her breathing grew rapid and uneven and soft whimpers escaped her.
Kyo stiffened. He didn't know what to do with the crying girl so he did the best he could. "Hey, stop crying Higurashi. It was just a dream and the demon you fought earlier wasn't InuTrasha."
"His name was InuYasha!" Kagome snapped instinctively. When she realized what had happened she started to laugh softly. "Thanks Kyo-kun. I appreciate you coming up and listening. We should probably head downstairs though. I think I smell Tohru's cooking!" With that, Kagome stood up and walked to the edge of the roof. Kyo watched her curiously which quickly turned into horror as she calmly stepped off the solid roof and into thin air.
"Kagome!" He exclaimed worriedly as he instantly dove off the roof as well. He expected to find Kagome's body broken and bleeding on the ground below but she was already walking leisurely to the front door.
"Mmm, Tohru, this smells delicious!" Kagome cried as she opened the unlocked door and strolled into the kitchen. "Can I help you with anything?"
"Kagome-chan!" Tohru exclaimed. "No, no thank you. It's fine, I have everything under control. Please just go sit in the dining room. Breakfast will be finished in just a minute. And I don't think you should be moving around with the injuries you have! Wait! Where did you come from? I thought you were up in the guest room."
"I was. Kyo-kun and I had a nice chat on the roof, didn't we Kyo-kun?"Kagome called teasingly to the kitchen.
"Hn," Kyo grumbled.
Kagome and Tohru giggled and Kagome followed Tohru's instructions to go sit down. She carefully seated herself close to Kyo, her arm just brushing his. His muscles tightened but he didn't move. Kagome's presence was very comforting even if he didn't want to admit it. For Kagome, Kyo had a very familiar and warm aura. Nobody noticed that when her fingers brushed his bracelet it burned bright pink for a split second.
"Breakfast is ready!" Tohru called happily as she set plates down in front of the two.
"Tohru!" Kyo whined suddenly. "I hate leeks! Why would you put them in my breakfast!"
Tohru's eyes widened in hurt as she gazed balefully at Kyo. Seeing Tohru's hurt expression, Kagome snapped and instinctivelysaid something she hadn't in several weeks. "Kyo, SIT!"
When the word escaped her mouth she recoiled and expected nothing to happen, especially since Kyo was already sitting, but Kyo's bracelet glowed pink and lifted his arm to where he was standing before smashing him to the ground. He lifted his head looking completely dazed and befuddled only to see Kagome huddled in the corner looking at him with wide, scared, watery eyes. Tohru's hands had clamped themselves to her mouth and her eyes were wide with disbelief.
At that moment Shigure and Yuki stumbled into the dining room with bleary, sleep-filled eyes. Tohru snapped out of her daze and went to pour coffee for the two.
Yuki rubbed his eyes when he saw Kyo lying on his stomach with cracks in the wood beneath him and Kagome crouching in a corner looking scared. He decided that since Kyo was getting up he was okay, but Kagome looked like she was about to have a panic attack or go into shock.
"Kagome," Yuki intoned softly. "Are you okay? What happened?"
Kagome just shook her head and continued to stare at Kyo.
"Stupid cat," Yuki turned, glaring at him. "What did you do to Miss Higurashi?"
"It wasn't me damn rat. And don't call me stupid dammit!" Kyo shouted furiously. "She yelled something and I hit the floor, like magic!"
"Yeah right," Yuki sighed. "Don't make Miss Higurashi take the blame for your stupidity."
"No," Kagome whispered. "It was me. I don't understand. I didn't think…" Kagome trailed off and Shigure looked worriedly at her. It wasn't normal for young, pretty girls to have such terrified and sad expressions on their faces.
"Tohru!" he trilled. "Can we get Miss Kagome-chan here some tea?" Tohru called an affirmative from the kitchen and put the teapot on the stove. Shigure sat down at the head of the table and patted the cushion beside him deciding to get serious. "Now Miss Kagome, come sit here please. We actually do need to talk."
Kagome nodded blankly and shakily walked over to Shigure. Yuki walked close behind her as if ready to catch her should she fall, which didn't go unnoticed by Kyo or Shigure.
"Kagome, you said last night that you could see our auras. How is this possible?"
Kagome blinked and sadness clouded her eyes. "I am a priestess. I think it's only fair if I start from the beginning though so you understand. In this time most priestesses have little to no power but I am the reincarnation of a very powerful priestess from the feudal era. On my fifteenth birthday magic in the dry well on my family's shrine pulled me into the feudal era. It sounds unbelievable, but it's true. I met a lot of very special people there and they became my family. I assume you have heard of the legend of the Shikon no Tama?"
Everybody nodded, even Kyo. He had kind of been paying attention because Kagome had told him a lot of this earlier. However he had figured before that she had edited it and now he was happy that he was getting the full story of the mysterious Higurashi. It also made him feel special that she had decided to trust him with the majority of her tale. At least, the important parts.
"Well, it's real and I broke it. I travelled all over the place in the feudal era looking for pieces of it with a half demon named InuYasha, a demon slayer named Sango, a young fox demon named Shippou and a… monk… I guess named Miroku. He was cursed too with an endless black hole in his hand that he had to cover with cloth and prayer beads. Had we not found and defeated the evil half demon Naraku, his wind tunnel would have swallowed him and killed him.
"My incarnation was a priestess named Kikyou. She died when she was very young, but when I was pulled back to the past a witch took my soul and gave it to Kikyou, bringing her back to life. I managed to get most of it back and when I was yanked back to the future she gave me back the rest of my soul and with that my power.
"Eventually we did find and put together the whole jewel, but the result was that I was forced back to this time and haven't been able to go back. While I was in the feudal era though, I learned how to control my powers and used them to my advantage. They are also the reason I can see auras and why I healed so quickly."
To put it simply, everyone was shocked and disbelieving, but one look at Kagome's completely serious face put their doubts to rest. She was after all a very trustworthy person.
"That still doesn't explain how you're able to hug us though without us transforming." Yuki put out thoughtfully.
"It could be the power of the jewel." Shigure mused. "Kagome-chan, you are a girl aren't you?"
Kagome looked slightly affronted, but she couldn't muster the energy to get mad. However, Kyo and Yuki punched him on the head with furious faces as he stared pointedly as Kagome's chest.
"And how were you hurt Miss Higurashi?" Yuki asked softly, calming his ire and trying to change the subject. Then he glanced at Kyo and said lightly, "Kyo wasn't exactly able to explain it coherently last night."
"Yeah," Shigure piped up. "He was much too worried about his little Kagome-chan!" It seemed he had forgotten what he had just said and done and plowed straight on.
Yuki flushed jealously and punched Shigure on the head again while Kyo reddened slightly but didn't deny it. Kagome smiled softly at Kyo and he blushed a little harder.
"Hn, I just didn't want her to die when I could've done something to help."
"As sweet as that is Kyo-kun," Kagome smirked sarcastically, "You wouldn't have been able to get out of the barrier I put over you. It was intended to keep you safe from the demon that attacked us. Plus, I took care of it even if I did pass out. He looked just like InuYasha," she added softly as she held the warm mug of tea Tohru had given her several minutes earlier. "It was harder to fight him than I would have ever imagined." She swallowed thickly and took a sip of tea to calm herself.
"So, that's what happened." Shigure murmured. "You know, we're going to have to report this to Akito don't you?" He told Yuki and Kyo.
"We can't!" Kyo and Yuki protested at the same time.
"We have to." Shigure repeated firmly. He stood and said solemnly, "I'm going to call Hatori. He can drive her over. Kagome, we need you to go see the head of our family."
Ooookay... Well it seemed Kagome didnt really need any persuasion to tell the family her little excursion to the past -_- oh well. Hope you liked it! now Please kindly REVIEW! :) I'll put up the next chapter in a few days I guess. Maybe. Depending on how I'm feeling and if I think people actually want to read... It's really all up to you... Yes. I am talking to you person who is reading this right now...