It had been weeks since Kagome's death and Sesshomaru had l let no one see her. He and Kagome's body were stowed away inside Kaede's hut for three weeks now. No one went in, no one came out. The group was at a loss for what to do. They gave up trying to coax Sesshomaru out and trying to get in.
"She's still here! I can feel it!" Shippo's insistent ramblings went unnoticed by the small group. He had been in a despondent stupor since the incident, once in a while stating some heartbroken hope. Inuyasha had grown tired of it all, and ran off to Goshinboku. Some days they wouldn't see him but randomly he would show up in the village banging on the makeshift door of Kaede's hut, yelling obscenities at Sesshomaru. Sango and Miroku had become closer, clinging to each other like lifelines. They didn't say much to anyone, but would take care of Shippo. It's what Kagome would have wanted.
The group hadn't seen Kikyo since Kagome's demise, but thought nothing of it. Until,exactly three weeks after Kagome died, Kikyo appeared as Shippo was muttering about Kagome being alive.
"It's true." The group peered at Kikyo as if she had another head sprouting from her shoulder. "If she truly was deceased her soul would have come to me, but it remains inside if her."
Kiyko strode over to Kaede's hut and sent a small wave of energy to prod the demon lord inside for entrance. To everyone's despondent shock, Kikyo entered. Once inside, the dead priestess noticed something very odd about Kagome's body. It hadn't decayed in the least in the three weeks of death. There was no stench of a dead body nor of any herbs to preserve her.
"Have you done anything to her body?" Kikyo looked to the demon who was masked with the coldness she remembered. He gave his head a slight shake in the negative response. His cold, golden eyes held a curiosity in them that Kikyo herself shared.
Kikyo prodded Kagome's seemingly lifeless body with her energy in hopes of getting a response, but there was nothing. Giving up, she turned on her heel to exit the hut, giving a slight nod to Sesshomaru as she passed by, confusion evident on her tired features.
Hey, sorry about the long time of no posts. I jusr completed my first year of college, and I have to say that I have been very stressed. I lost both of my scholarships and have nowhere to live for my next year of college. Besides being stressed because of school, I just haven't had much to inspire my writing, but I'm back and will try to keep posting. Hopefully this inspiration will stay with me long enough to stay with this stoty and eventually complete it. Hopefully...