Chapter 5
The fate
Kagome's POV
It felt as if I was on air, nothing below me. Just floating along, not a care in the world. I felt content, something I have not felt in a while. Inside everything felt whole, no pain in my
heart threatening to tear me in two? Was this all a dream? I knew this was all too good to be true. As I gazed around, I noticed off in the distance a strange light. It was not like
anything I have ever seen before. It called to me, deep down it felt as if it was some time ago a part of me. I followed the light, it soon engulfed me, making me feel all the more
better. A wind blew all around me, it was as if it was welcoming me back, inviting me to stay.
With the wind a light voice can be heard. "Kagome, welcome my dear." The voice seemed familiar. "Who are you?" I asked as I looked around. "I am Midoriko; I am the creator of the
Jewel of four souls." The wind carried her voice to me. "My dear, I came to warn you of a terrible event that will occur very soon." A bright light came with the wind; as soon as it
faded I was able to make out the outline of Midoriko. She looked just like the statue I had seen on my travels in the feudal era. "What is it?" I asked as I stepped closer to her. "It is
Kikyo, her being has becoming tainted. She will cause a horrible disaster if she is not stopped. I fear if she is not stopped a lot of people will perish." This was a lot to take in. The last
time I had seen Kikyo was during the final battle against Naraku. She helped us defeat him, almost losing her life in the process. "Is there something I can do?" I asked.
Midoriko nodded. "You must go back to the feudal era and prevent Kikyo from going over to the dark side." I shook my head. "There is no way I can go back there." I told her. Just
the thought of going back made the pain in my heart start up again. The thought of seeing Inuyasha was too much to bear. Midoriko placed a hand on my shoulder. "I am sorry, but
there is no other way." There was no way I could go back, not with having to look after my babies. I bowed my head not being able to look Midoriko in the face. "I cannot go back, I
am a mom now. My duty is to look after my children." The wind that had been circling around us grew fiercer.
An image was being created by the wind. It was Kaede's village. Burning to the ground, every villager slaughtered. Everyone I loved standing in the middle of the wreckage, bound
down by a spell. Kikyo stood above them along with other copies of her, each holding a sword to their throats. Each had a look of worry, asides from Inuyasha who looked pissed off.
I had to look away in fear of my stomach as the sword came down on each of my friends. I looked up to Midoriko, tears pooling in my eyes. "This is the outcome if Kikyo is not
stopped. This will be the fate of every other village." I found my voice after trying to clear those images from my head. "There is no other way?" Midoriko shook her head "I am afraid
not."
A thought came to me. "How am I going to be able to stop her?" The look on Midoriko's face gave me a weird feeling. "I am unable to tell, but you will know the way to stop her as
you start on your journey to stop her." Midoriko's hand soon began to glow, she held out her hand out to me. As she opened up her palm a bow appeared. "This bow is sacred; it will
help on your journey. I must go now. Kagome, the fate of the feudal era rests on you now. Good luck my dear." Midoriko kissed the top of my head and turned away and walked into
a light standing behind her, as she disappeared the light surrounding her swarmed around me enclosing me with the strange glow. As soon as it touched me it grew brighter and
brighter, soon making me look as if I were a ball of fire. The light washed through me, with it clearing away all the sadness and pain.
It was as if those emotions were blocking me from choosing what the right thing to do. I now know that I must go back, I have to face Inuyasha. How am I going to have the
courage to do that? After the way we or should I say I left things. How can I face him after what I said? The look on his face, I had never seen so much hurt and pain in just one look.
Even from Inuyasha, who clouded his emotions but at times showed them. I have to go back, and that's final.
The feeling of being on air soon disappeared from underneath me, leaving me feeling as if I'm falling. I crashed into the dark abyss, waters dragging me under filling up my lungs with
liquid. No matter how hard I tried to reach the surface, something was dragging me down. As I looked down I noticed Kikyo, she was the one dragging me down. The harder she
pulled the weaker I became, we were soon face to face, the look in her eyes, it was as that of a dead fish. The blackness seemed to have no ending point, the look of a killer. "Ah
Kagome, It is time you join your dead friends." Kikyo's voice was ice cold; it went through you just like a knife piercing an animal. I started to scream and try to wriggle my way out of
her grasp. Her hold continued to tighten until it felt like every bone in my body was being crushed. Soon I was out of oxygen, and Kikyo knew that. She brought up to my neck a
knife, as I started to drift off into the waiting hands of my friends. All I could hear was Kikyo laughing as the last of the oxygen left my body… I woke up screaming.
Someone was shaking me; once my eyes were able to focus I focused on who was shaking me. It was Mama. "Kagome, are you awake?" Mama's voice was filled with worry. I
nodded my head, not finding my voice. Mama sighed and smiled. "Good, you had us worried." That confused me. What was she talking about? I was only sleeping after putting down
the babies down for the night.
I started to get feeling back in my body so I got up from bed. "Kagome, what are you doing?" Mama asked. As I stretched I replied to her. "I'm going to check on the babies." I
winced as I talked; my throat was sore and dry. I felt like someone has stuffed sandpaper down my throat and left it there. "Are you sure that is a good idea?" Mama's voice was
different; I just could not put my finger on was It was. I turned around to face her. "What's going on?" I asked her.
I made sure to look her in the eyes so I could tell wither she was going to tell me the truth. Mama sighed. "Kagome, what do you remember last?" My eye brow went up. "I had a
shower, you helped put the babies to sleep, and then I went to bed…Why?" Mama was silent for a little while. "Is that all you remember?" Mama asked me. I wanted to laugh; of
course I remember everything that happened. I think I would know if I was losing my memory and I can tell you for sure that I'm not. "Mama what is going on?" Mama bit her lip, as if
she was trying to hide the truth from me. "I think you should go downstairs to see for yourself." Mama said.
I had this weird feeling deep down in my stomach that I was not going to like what was going on downstairs. "I should check on the babies." I told her. I went to the crib to find that
they were not in there sleeping. I spun around to face mama. "Where are they? Are they alright" I asked her, my heart racing a mile a minute. In my mind all I could think was did
something happen to my babies? "They are alright." Mama told me. "Then where are they? Why are they not in there crib?" I was almost in tears. I always get so emotional when it
comes to my babies. "They are downstairs." Mama's eyes were wandering around the room, not wanting to meet mine.
I slowly made my way to the door and out into the top of the stairs. I stop and tried to listen. To hear anything on what was going on, why it was important for me to go downstairs.
But I could hear nothing. As I made my way downstairs my heart was beating fast, any faster and you could more likely hear it. Once I was at the bottom I looked around in search of
something, anyone. I walked into the kitchen, no one was there. So I made my way into living room. I noticed someone was on the couch and on the floor were my babies. My
breathing picked up. As I got closer the person on the couch tensed, and slowly turned around. "Hello Kagome." That voice, it only belonged to Inuyasha. I thought I was dreaming,
but clearly I was not. Here he was, sitting on my couch, with my babies on the floor around him. I stood strong and tall, not showing how weak I am to him being here. I took a deep
breath and found my voice. "Inuyasha, get the hell away from my babies, leave and never return."