I opened my eyes and saw nothing but light.
"Where am I?" I looked around but saw nothing. I went to move around and began floating off to find an exit.
"I don't know where I am but I have to get back. Ayame and the others are in danger."
"Is that your concern," a distant voice said softly.
"Huh? Whos there!"
"Are you concerned about your friends? Your not seeking power for your own benefit?"
"No! Why would I want power, anyways? I'm strong enough as I am now."
"I'm glad to hear this." Particles of light came before me and began to form something. When they assembled, I saw a woman with traditional priestess attire on along with armor.
"Who are you? I warn you, I will-" I reached for my bow and an arrow but came up short.
"Huh? Where are my weapons?"
"Things like that aren't needed here, Kagome."
"You know my name?"
"Yes, and I've been watching you since the day you freed me."
"Freed you? Have we met before? I'm sorry I don't remember you.""We haven't met officially, but I know everything about you.""I know I've asked this already but, who are you?""My name is Midoriko, the one you freed from the Shinkon no Tama."
InuYasha
Both Sesshomaru and I were attacking Keiji in sync but none of our attacks were useful.
"Damn, not a scratch on him," I exclaimed. He chuckled and watched us closely. Whatever coccon that he put Kagome in, was pulsing and he watched it with excitement while fending us off.
"Hey Sesshomaru," I yelled, "maybe you need to quite going easy on the guy and help me take him out!"
He glared, coldly, at me and Keiji laughed.
"Still so cold. I always wondered why you were born like that, you know. Then I remembered your mother."
This guy is really our brother. Why wasn't I told about this before?
"How is she anyways? Has she finally died or is the wench still holed in her castle?"
Sesshomaru didn't reply, instead he attacked Keiji with more force.
"There is the Sesshomaru our father praised."
"Hey you," I called out. Both demons stopped fighting and looked at me.
"If your really our brother then I wanna know why I wasn't told about you!" Sesshomaru sighed lowly, barely audible and Keiji smirked.
"Well, Sesshomaru, would you like to tell him or shall I?"
Sesshomaru attacked but Keiji dodged it.
"Well then I guess I'll tell the story. You Sesshomaru-" with the flick of his hand Keiji had Sesshomaru pinned to the wall with, what resembled, Sesshomaru's poison whip, "-just stay put. I need a little bonding time with my youngest brother."
He turned to me and I got i to attack stance but he only sat down with his legs crossed.
"Now where to start? Before my demise I'd came across a great power, the Gappei Denryoku amulet. An amulet that lets me have the powers of a demon and the powers of a shrine maiden. The catch is, the amulet must be placed inside of a weapon and the shrine maiden must have unique abilities. Each use of the amulet means the stronger the priestess must be when the amulet is passed down."
"Hold on, are you telling me that your taking away Kagome's powers for an amulet?"
"No, not at all. That would be really cruel of me." A dark expression crossed his face and an evil smile was placed on his lips.
"I'm taking her life energy, that way she won't suffer anymore."
The cocoon pulsed and Keiji glared at it. He used his speed to get to her and touched the cocoon like he did before and it stopped pulsing.
Maybe Kagome is trying to fight her way out! The others need to hurry.
Koga (a/n: what you all have been dying for)
"Koga, you need to calm down," Miroku told me.
"How the hell do you expect me to do that, huh?" I ran quickly towards the familiar scent but made sure that Miroku could keep up.
"It could be a trap."
"No, her scent is mixed in with the mutt's, Sango's and Kagome's. And its growing closer."
I turned the corner sharply but stopped when I saw her. I was about to walk over to her but Shippo ran into me, followed by Miroku and we tumbled down to the ground.
"Get the hell off me monk!"
"Its your fault for stopping so suddenly."
"Miroku, Koga, Shippo." The three of us looked forward and the shock the Koga felt before was what Miroku had felt just now.
"Is that..."
"Get off!" Koga freed himself from under the monk and rushed over to Sango and his wife.
"Ayame," he said cradling her gently.
She stirred at his voice before opening her eyes.
"K-Koga?" Koga stared down at her with teary eyes. Before hugging her closer to him firmly and crying.
"Damn it, Ayame, you scared me there."
"No need to cry you big baby," she said softly.
"I ain't cryin." I sniffed long and hard and she chuckled.
I look at her and saw she was completely healed.
"Keiji healed me so that he can get the weapon from me and the amulet."
"An amulet," I asked her as she sat up.
She rubbed her head before looking to Sango, who was injured. Miroku helped her stand while Shippo tried his new healing fox fire.
"Its not going to help much but I can lessen the pain." I remember when he used it on me and the members of my pack. I thought he'd gone insane but felt the relief.
"Its fine Shippo. I'll be okay; I'm just a little bruised up is all."
Ayame stood to her feet before sniffing the air.
"Okay, we need to hurry and find Kagome. She doesn't have much time."
"Kagome is in trouble?"
"Yes, Keiji is trying to take Kagome's soul and place it inside of the Gappei Denryoku amulet."
"Gappei Denryoku amulet? I thought that it had been destroyed," Miroku stated.
"Yeah, I did too," Sango said, "usually they'd give items like that to us demon slayers to watch over but that had been lost." Ayame shook her head before explaining.
"Before the death of the Inu no TaishÅ, he came to my clan and asked if we could guard a sword. He would have given it to the demon slayers but he was wounded already. No doubt the slayers wound have layed him inches too close to death.
Everytime a pack leader is born, they must be given the task to guard the sword when they come of age."
"What is this sword?"
"Its the sword of-"
Sesshomaru
Each time I moved, the poison threads bit deeper into my flesh. He kept putting Kagome back in her dormant state when she tried to wake up.
"She's a strong one. I've had to place her into dormancy three times now. Anyways, where was I? Oh yes, out father and Sesshomaru's mother. They found out about my discovery of power and sealed me away. Your mother wanted me dead but our father was a big softy."
"So you got sealed by tge old man and now your back with the same tricks and blah blah blah. That doesn't mean I'll let you kill Kagome."
I broke free of the threads and ignored the pain as I stepped forward.
"Its too late for the hero talk."
Both InuYasha and I attacked him relentlessly, not giving him any time to counter us. InuYasha has improved with Tessaiga greatly, which is hard for me to say. He still uses his blade wildly but compensates that with power and agility.
After some time I finally stabbed him, but not fatally, sadly. He coughed up blood before chuckling. His chuckles became mad laughter and he backed away to Kagome's side.
"Its a bit too soon but it can't be helped." Keiji closed his eyes and the cocoon grew veins on itself. When he opened his eyes they were those of a transforming demon dog. The cocoon sprouted an appendage that connected to his lower back like a tail and his body pulsed and began to glow.
"What the- whats going on," InuYasha said.
"He's trying to uses some of Kagome's spiritual energy to fight us."
Kagome
"Midoriko? But, how did I free you, and where are we. Am I dead!?!""No your not-""I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to anyone yet! I'm not ready to die!""Your not dead ye-""I should have written a letter to my mother and grandpa and Sota!""Kagome! You aren't dead," Midoriko shouted.
"I'm not?"
"Not yet, your not! If you don't want to die then be silent and listen!" She sighed and she crossed her arms and closed her eyes in annoyance.
"If your the heir then I'm going to have to stick around with you for a while, what a pain."
This is the great slayer Midoriko? She's beautiful and all but I wasn't expecting a personality like hers.
"Alright, as of now your body is being force to awaken my power inside you.""Your power?""Every powerful priestess you've faced, along with yourself, has had my power inside them. You all are the heirs to my will.""Heirs? So does that mean we are related?""No, before my death, I not only removed my soul but also my power Kikyo was the heir until she'd lost her life and her way. It was pasted down to you, her reincarnation.""Wait, slow down! Your saying that I'm an heir to your power? I can't be! I barely have the power to do the basics!""Trust me, I know all of your capabilities. Honestly you are the worst possible choice for my power.""H-hey-""You're clumsy, don't know any purification techniques, you would have been the last on my list.""Why you-""But your the most pure hearted priestess thus far. You're brave, kind and strong enough to handle my power. Until you're ready I won't leave you to learn alone, I'd feel bad for the world if I did that.""Could you stop the insults please!?!""Now, Kagome, you need to wake up. That lover of yours if fighting for you out there and is about to free you.""Lover of mine?" My mind flashed a picture of Sesshomaru and I blushed.
"Ah, I see. You love this man, don't you," Midoriko teased, pulling at my cheek a little.
"Stop that!"
"Why, am I making that blush spread?""I said cut it out!"