At the edge of the castle…
The waves were ruthless this night… and they continued to get more aggressive within the hour. Hitting the rocks and smashing against the cliffs in their way.
The spot where Kagome fell… was a very dangerous area to swim in, let alone fall into. But… there was no sign of her body anywhere.
Inuyasha left that very second and took him almost 2 hours to climb all the way down there, and searched to his heart's content.
"I'll have to swim in there…"
"NO INUYASHA WAIT!"
Inuyasha turned around "Miroku, what the fuck are you doing here?"
"I came here to help out. I heard that Kagome fell far, I didn't think it was THIS far…"
"How did you climb down here so fast?"
"Uh… I took the stairs on the other side of this cliff?"
Inuyasha mentally slapped himself. "Ok ok, whatever, as long as we're here-"
"Hey guys, wait up!"
"SANGO?!" Both men gasped
Inuyasha yelled "Go back, its too dangerous down here!"
"Tell that to the hungover bastard right here"
"eh…" Miroku huffed.
"Whatever, why are both of you here anyways?"
"Kagome, and plus we're your friends, we cant let you go about this by yourself" Sango explained.
"Fine, but don't slow me down!" And they searched wherever they could.
Kagome, Sakura and Yue swam to the nearest coast, which was in plain view of the castle, but far enough from town. Kagome sighed with regret and sadness.
"Kagome, maybe it would be better if we found the prince." Said Yue
"Yue, it is forbidden to reveal the identity of a mermaid! You know that!" Kagome answered back
"Kagome, things are different now. Your father has been dethroned for the time being. He cannot be angry with everything going on now!" Sakura debated.
"Sakura you just don't understand. If I see him again… I don't know how I'll be able to leave."
"Anyways," Yue interrupted "We need to help you with the powers. Now, Is there anything you know how to do yet?"
"Well, I know that if a wave hits me, I transform from a human to a mermaid and vice versa, but that's really it."
"Ok, well its more than just a spell. It is called a wave spell for many reasons. That is one obviously, but for example. I obtain the light spell. It is a basic spell me and all sorcerers have. I can beam light from my hand, or I can create a shock. From a small shock" she touches Kagome lightly
"Ouch!" Kagome flinched
"To a stronger shock" She holds her hand against the trees and as if lightning shoots out of her hand and sparks fire among 5 trees next to them.
"Yue!" Sakura yelled and she holds her hand to the ocean and drags water in the air and stops the fire.
"I have the manipulative spell. It is like telekinesis, but in more ways than one. From objects, to people, and it is a very hard spell to maintain. It was a gift from Totosai when I made a perfect score on my battling technique."
"So you guys have these amazing powers, what is so special about the wave spell?"
Yue sighed "The wave spell… is a spell that was especially made for Totosai from the ocean itself. It contains the balance of the ocean and all life within it. So you see, changing forms is probably the least of your powers. I have also heard you can move the entire ocean once its mastered."
"Well I don't think I want to do that…"
"It is just a rumor. Now, think hard. What do you think you are capable of?"
Kagome took a few seconds to process that question, then she closed her eyes. She thought for a split second, then something came in her mind. A memory, from when she was younger…
"mommy, who is sesmaru?"
"Darling, it is sesshoumaru, he is going to be a good friend of yours!"
"Ohh a new friend? Does he like flowers?"
"Oh sweetie, he is a boy, most boys like rocks and toys"
"I like toys too! Does that mean Im a boy?
"Of course not sweetie, you are my special little princess"
"Im not a princess, Im a girl!"
"You are special though!"
"I am special…"
Kagome looked at the sea, walked towards it and waist deep in the water. She closed her eyes again, and breathed deeply.
The water started to form in front of her, it was the shape of a person, and it was a mermaid. She opened her eyes and saw in the face of the person of water, a reflection of herself as queen of the ocean, but then another form appeared to the side and it was a human form. And it was her reflection as a human queen.
She realized it was her destiny to rule, but it was her choice to where.
The water forms vanished.
"Whoa." Sakura said. "Did you just see the future or something?"
Kagome turned her back to the sea to face Sakura "No I… it was showing me two different options in my life. Whether to rule on land or under the sea…"
"Do you know?" Yue asked
"No… I didn't think about it that much, but I don't understand why this is happening now, I need to learn combat or something!"
"No rush, we have all nigh-" Yue was interrupted by Sakura screaming
"LOOK OUT!" As she pointed to the ocean with dozens of piranhas swimming towards the shore.
"WHY ARE THERE PIRANHAS SWIMMING TOWARDS LAND?"
"WHY DO YOU THINK YUE!" Sakura screamed sarcastically
The piranhas were flopping onto the shore starting to attack the girls, Sakura and Yue used their light spell to repel most of them away, but there were too many, and you can't shock the ocean too much because of all the other creatures around it.
"KAGOME COME BACK HURRY!" Yue yelled
Kagome looked around her, realizing they were too close and she didn't think fast enough, she tried to swim towards the shore as fast as she could, but the piranhas had a hold of her ankles and tried to pull her back with their teeth, and Kagome screamed in pain.
"AHHH!" She tried desperately to swim back, but more and more piranhas got a hold of her, but they weren't eating her, which was weird.
"I CANT GET THEM OFF, THEY WONT LET GO!" The pain started to get unbearable from all the sharp bites all over her legs, and she nearly gave out underneath her in the water
Yue and Sakura swam towards her getting bit themselves, trying to repel more piranhas away from her, but when they kept trying pulling them off, they pulled her skin with them.
"SAKURA WE CANT DO ANYTHING, WE CANT RISK THE OTHER CREATURES!" Yue screamed
"IM TRYING TO GET THEM OFF HER, BUT THERE ARE TOO MANY TO REPEL!"
"Kagome, you need to think! Use your powers, you know you have them! DO IT NOW!" Sakura yelled
Kagome couldn't think she was in so much pain, but she did the only thing she could do.
Scream.
"AH!" and all of the sudden, there was a pulse in the diameter around them and the piranhas suddenly became paralyzed, all stiff underneath the water.
After a few short seconds of silence, the girls brought kagome over to the shore, and placed her on her back. Her legs were extremely tore up and parts of her skin were missing.
"Kagome, hang on a bit, we can heal you some but you have to stay still." Yue said calmly
She whimpered "Ok ok just do it."
Yue raised her hand over her tattered skin and she was concentrating.
"Ok, now your skin wont scar and you wont get infected, but unfortunately we cant ease the pain any."
"Thank you so much" Kagome cried, trying to be grateful but it was hard.
"KAGOME!"
Kagome looked up with pain filled eyes and the other girls and realized that was a man's voice.
And a familiar one at that.