"With great power, there must also come great responsibility."
Stan Lee
Chaper 5: Tatsuo
"Are you quite done Miko?"
Her aura glowed brightly around her, a combination of soft pink and gold. It was pulsing with such a raw power, I could almost taste it on my tongue and could feel it radiating on my skin. I watched with hesitance when her fingertips began to glow. Slowly, from her chest out, her body was overcome with the glow that was her power.
How could someone so...uneducated about their powers have control over what could not only be my demise but hers as well?
I pondered this over and over, but I could not find a straight answer.
"Well?" I heard her snap at me.
I huffed at her boldness and was just about to retort but it died on my lips when I gazed into her eyes. Her eyes held so much pain that it made it hard for me to look away. Just a few minutes ago her brown eyes held such wonder, but now they were frozen over and the tenderness was nowhere to be found.
I got lost in her tirade as she shouted at me. One more look in her eyes and I noticed that they had glazed over and from that I could tell it wasn't me who she saw, but the person who I suspected had cause her this hurt.
"Why don't you say something now huh? First, it's Inuyasha with Kikyo and now it's you with Midoriko! I'm so sorry if I'm lacking and don't compare to these oh-so-great woman everyone can't help but compare me to! It's not my fault that I was born like this in the time that I was!"
I squinted my eyes in recognition. Kikyo. The priestess who held the Shikon Jewel 500 years after Midoriko's passing. She had been lackluster as a master, so I held no feelings at all upon learning of her death. If anything, I only felt indignation for what I'm sure would be another 500 years I would need to wait for the Shikon No Tama to appear again.
I could tell that this was something personal to her as she fell to her knees. Her reaction was unexpected but gave me the information I needed to gauge just how much work I would need to do.
With her little performance over, I knew she would need comfort as most human women do. I transformed into my humanoid form and carefully stepped closer. Even though I was no longer in my beast form, I couldn't help but stay cautious as to what she would do next if she still saw me as a threat.
Instead, I held my ground and reached out to her.
"Are you quite done Miko?"