"Kaa-san I'm home." The young time traveler greeted entering her home.
"Kagome!" A middle aged woman ran down a flight of stairs. "You're home. How long are you staying this time?" She tried to hide it but Kagome could detect the veiled worry in her mother's voice and eyes.
"Just three days. I need to catch up on some work and I wanted to see you all. Where's Souta and Jii-san?" She glanced towards the empty kitchen and living room.
"Your grandfather took Souta out to his soccer game; they should be back in time for dinner though. Would you like me to draw a bath for you?" There was nothing she could do about her daughter traveling to the warring states era, it was, after all her sacred duty. But when she was over here she would do her best to make her first born comfortable and as stress free as possible in her free time.
"Oh could you Kaa-san? I'd really appreciate it; Inuyasha hasn't let us stop at a hot spring in over a week." She gushed.
"Of course dear I'll call you down when it's ready. There's some leftover odin in the fridge if you want any."
"Arigato Kaa-san." She turned towards the kitchen as her mother headed back upstairs. Bypassing the old table she made her way to the closed fridge. Greeted with a blast of cold air as the door opened she shivered slightly before digging in to the fridge. "Odin, odin, odin." Chanting softly and shifting things around she gave a cry of joy when she found the plastic container at the back of the fridge.
Dumping the container in the microwave she closed the door with a soft bang and punched in the time. Kagome began to tap her foot impatiently as the small of the heating noodles permeated the entire room. It was going to taste so good to eat something other than ramen.
"Itai!" She screamed into her hands. She had taken a bite as soon as she had removed it from the microwave and her mouth was on fire.
"Kagome! Your bath is ready!" Her mother called out.
"All right I'm coming!" Leaving the boiling pile of odin on the table the miko in training headed upstairs. She wasn't very hungry any more. "Arigato." She thanked her mom as she left.
'This truly is bliss.' She thought as she lowered her sore body into the steaming water. If only she could stay in this form of bliss instead of traipsing around the feudal era.
She did her best to help her friends in the warring states but she honestly felt like she got in the way most of the time. She was the one who got injured all the time, even her mom seemed to notice them no matter how hard she tried to hide them.
Her tired body started to calm as the warm scented steam worked its magic and her eyes kept fluttering close. She stopped fighting and fell into a heavy slumber.
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"Kuwabara to your left!" A young boy shouted.
"What!" An orange haired teen yelled back glancing from side to side. "I don't see anything Urameshi." His hands tightened on his strange orange sword as he shifted his stance. Fear and apprehension apparent in his stance.
"Watch out baka." Urameshi warned his companion. The demon the toddler had sent them after was a lot faster than either had anticipated, making it difficult to catch or even get a good glimpse of the creature. "It's going to escape."
"Where is it?" Kuwabara panicked and loosened his stance. "Ahhh!" He cried out in pain as the youkai raced past him, slashing his side open as it did.
"Kuwabara!" Yusuke rushed to his friends side. "Are you okay?" He helped the carrot topped giant up.
"Yea." Kuwabara groaned. "I didn't even see it coming." He brushed himself off.
"Then come on it was headed towards the park." The detective grabbed his wrist and raced off in a dead sprint.
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Kagome had awoken from her impromptu nap in the bath and had, after drying off and changing, walked to the park to study. Currently she was up a tree (a habit she had developed from Inuyasha) with a textbook in her lap. She had no idea how she was going to pass the next test it was just too confusing.
"Oh for crying out loud." She whispered. Who was making all that noise down there? Moving aside the glossy foliage she peered down at the spectacle. A couple of boys were fighting a youkai and loosing judging by their appearance. The youkai had an orange haired teen pinned down with one hand; the other raised and poised to take out his throat.
Finally she had the chance to save someone instead of being saved. Grateful for Miroku and Kaede's strict training now she focused her miko ki into her hands. Concentrating she focused it into a shaky bow and pulled back, as if drawing an arrow.
"Hit the mark." She murmured her usual chant and released as an arrow spurted into life. These arrows didn't go as fast, long, or as accurate as a normal arrow because they weren't shaped quite right but they were ten times more powerful being made strictly of holy magic.
The arrow struck the unknown youkai's raised hand and he gave a grunt of pain. That grunt was followed by a shrill scream of pain as it was purified from the inside out.
Kagome jumped out of the tree landing in a crouch. "Jeeze you guys sure do make a lot of noise." Straitening up she walked over to the dropped text book. "I'm never going to get any studying done this way." Flicking a piece of slightly damp hair over her shoulder she made to leave. "Sayonara."
"Wait." The shorter of the two boys commanded. Reaching out he grabbed her shoulder and spun her around. "Just who the hell are you and what was that you just did?"
I'll try to update sometime next week, no promises though. Ja ne minna san .