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Onward with Chapter 14!

Chapter 14: The Jewel

The Jewel. What jewel? I don't know what the voice in my head is babbling about!

'Kagome... The Jewel... Inside...' The voice whispered within my head.

"What jewel?!" I practically yell out loud.

"Sis?" Souta called out to me, worry evident on his face.

"Oh," I turn back to him with a smile, "It's nothing Souta. Don't worry about me."

He sends a glare directly at me, "How the hell can you say something like that considering the shit you've just put all of us through?!" He was screaming at me.

This is the first time Souta's ever screamed at me in two years. At this realization, I start to cry. I had upset my brother to the point he felt the need to yell at me. What kind of a big sister am I? I've let my brother down. I start to cry harder.

"I'm sorry Souta.." I whimper.

Souta's eyes soften and he pulls me into a tight embrace, He run his fingers through my hair as he talks to me.

"Kagome, you scared the piss out of me. I thought you were dead.."I feel his tears fall on top of my head, "When Inu told me.. I punched him in the face. I thought there was no way in hell that the strongest person I know is dying. But when I saw you.. Oh god... you just.. I broke down. Sango held me as I cried. I don't even think I cried this much over mom... I'm sorry for yelling at you, sis. But you have to let me help you. If it hadn't been for me and Roku... you'd be dead right now." I looked up at him as he finished.

"I'm sorry too, Souta." I smile at him, "I'm sorry for scaring you. I love you."

"I love you too, Kags."

The rest of the gang joined us soon after and we broke down everything that had happened including the introduction of our birth mother and father. They were all in the same amount of shock as Souta and I were in.

"That would explain your excellent priest and priestess abilities."Miroku said with awe.

"Do you think your father will come for you?" Sango asked.

"I honestly don't have a clue." I told them.

"You guys said Kagome kept spouting on about a jewel. Do any of you know what jewel she could have been talking about?" Inuyasha asked our group.

We all shook our heads except for Sango. Her eyes were wide and she looked like she had just figured out every secret of the universe.

"I think I might know!" She pulled out her iPhone and began to type something. "Look."

She showed us a book she had been reading. It was a biography of the Shikon no Tama: The Jewel of Four Souls.

"The jewel of four souls was said to be created by Lady Midoriko during her final battle with Magatsuhi sending both of their souls into the jewel to fight for all eternity. It says that Midoriko sent the jewel some place safe. Somewhere that the demons and humans of the fuedal era could never reach." Sango told us quickly.

My eyes snapped wide open. Images of my birth mother sending Souta and I into the future. Then a new one.

I was in a field with my mother, Midoriko. She was still pregnant with Souta. She turns to me with a beautiful smile.

"Kagome-chan." She calls to me.

"Yes mother?" I respond, taking my eyes away from the beautiful scenery that surrounds us.

"I need you to do something very important for me."

"Anything ,mother."

"It will be extremely painful, but it will save you, your baby brother or sister, and eventually.. the world." My eyes were sparkling with joy.

I was going to be a savior. A hero! For my mother to always be proud of. She smiled once again and I smiled back. She pulled out a pink jewel from her pocket.

"This is the Shikon no Tama, Kagome. I need to place it withing your body. It will hurt for many days but you must do this for me."She grabbed my chin, forcing me to look her in the eyes as she spoke.

I nod my head vigorously and she forces me to lay down on the field.

"Take your kimono off, now." I do as told and strip myself of my clothes.

Laying on the ground naked I feel her press the jewel to my side. My left side. Then I feel the most horrid pain I've ever felt in my entire existence.

"Mother!" I scream out in agony, "Please stop!"

But she does not stop. She keeps going for four hours. I see no regret on her face. I keep remembering what she told me. I would be a hero for my misery. After many hours she finally finished.

"Put your clothes on." She looks away from me.

It is hard for me to get up but eventually I manage to stand and I put my kimono back on. By the time I begin my walk back to our hut I realize my mother is already gone.

What was the purpose of the jewel? I ponder as I limp back home.

"The jewel is inside of me." I say.

All heads turn towards me. They give me questioning stares.

"My mother put the jewel inside of me so that when her and father died they would have a way out. She put it inside of me when I was 3. I remember."

'You will free us in due time. Kagome-chan' I hear my mother whisper inside of my head.

After a while I ask everyone to leave so I may rest. They all leave after saying their goodbyes and begin to speak with my mother.

'Why do you want me to free you?'

'The battle between Magatsuhi and I is far from finished. I need you and Souta to help me bring him down.'

'No.'

'No? How dare you speak to your mother like that!'

'I cannot kill my own father, no matter how evil he may be. How dare YOU ask your own children to do such a thing? You're on your own.'

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