InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Even The Distance Feels So Near ❯ Voiceless Song ( Chapter 2 )

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Even The Distance Feels so Near……..

 

Ch 2: Voiceless Song

 

Kagome awoke in the darkness two days later, she tried to clear her throat, the pain, the throb, the pain, the dry rasp…. gods the pain, in her throat

 

She let out a harsh croak as she tried to cough, she opened her eyes fully to se a dimly lit fire and two figures. One cloaked figure by the fire and another in a chair next the futon she was laying in.

 

She had much more energy, she didn't feel nearly as tired as she had upon waking up before and after the pain subsided she felt a bit better.

 

She sat up and felt her neck, she could feel the marred skin that formed the three large scars but she was completely healed.

 

Kagome looked around wide-eyed and found Ruby orbs fixed on her.

 

“you're awake” said Kagura

 

“w….” kagome tried to speak but instead of her voice she choked out a hard whisper that sent her into a severe coughing fit, she spat blood out with each hack and Kagura quickly came to her and wiped her mouth with a small cloth before setting her head back down.

 

Kagome silently thanked her as she calmed , Kagura helped her drink water and Kagome's' eyes stayed fixed on the wind sorceress.

 

“Do not attempt to speak Child for you cannot heal completely until your powers come to you…..I believe the trauma of the attack from the dog hanyou has made your powers go into a dormant state” said a smooth voice…it was an old human woman. She had a strange accent it reminded Kagome something but she couldn't' be sure.

 

Kagome looked at the strange crone who dawned a thick black cloak, her long grey hair fell raggedly over her wrinkled face. Kagome could smell the crisp clean scent of incense burning near her.

 

Strangely, Kagome felt warm and comfortable….her thoughts strayed to Naraku

 

`was it all a dream?' she thought as she touched her lips and remembered the sensations caused by the hanyou.

 

`it couldn't' have been she thought as she closed her eyes and remembered his touch. Suddenly tears burned in her eyes as she remembered who Naraku was and what he did to those she loved.

 

`how can someone so evil make me feel so right?....it can't be real….Naraku is toying with me' she thought as she inhaled the scent she knew to be his all over her bed. Even her human nose could pick up the crisp scent of the male.

 

`what have I done?.....where can I even go?....Inuyasha tried to kill me , the well doesn't work…. What now?' she thought as a lost expression crossed her face.

 

The witch took notice of the plethora of emotion the girl was experiencing and chose to help her snap out of it for the time being

 

“I am Hatsuka , I am a witch….long ago I was a Miko like you, but I turned to magic to prolong my life” she said with a gentle gaze

 

“like…Tsubaki” kagome mouthed. The witch cackled and looked on at kagome

 

“that little wench was my student but she left before I could finish her teaching she was an arrogant little wench , she was obsessed with the jewel, the very same jewel my new apprentice was obsessed with. Tsubaki however, was too impatient for her own good and she paid for it….it was you who finished her….” said the woman

 

Kagome's eyes widened and she gulped thinking about who this witch was. She was the one who trained Tsubaki and…..Naraku

 

“What is it child? Do not fear me, for I do not seek this jewel…. There is no real power in it, not for me anyway, the battle inside must be stopped, balanced forever. It was the foolish monk who betrayed my people and exploited the Miko scrolls long ago who started that nonsense about the jewel granting a wish.” She huffed

 

Kagome furrowed her brow and mouthed “what?”

 

The crone cackled and looked at the beautiful Miko, she took Kagome's chin in her rough bony hand and looked at her face.

 

“You have struck passion in a being I never thought capable of it Miko….. I don't know what it is about you, you're beautiful there is no doubt about it but something in your soul soothes his beast, calls to it, makes it long to mate…. It is not a trick…..but I think you know that” she whispered as a look of guilt and dread crossed Kagome's face

 

The witch smiled and released the girl before walking over to an altar table. She picked up a rosary and brought it to kagome.

 

“here child touch this” she said as kagome eyed her strangely.

 

“Do not be afraid, this belonged to my sister, she was a great Miko…” said the crone as she held the rosary out for the girl. Kagome wearily touched the rosary. Suddenly she was thrust into a strange trance and her body stiffened as she fell unconscious

 

 

She found herself in an odd place surrounded by pinkish mist. She looked down and could not see the floor, looked up and could not see the ceiling, she looked forward to see a strange figure approaching her.

 

She waited, as a strange feeling washed over her , she felt calm and relaxed, suddenly she heard a female voice, she looked up to see a radiant woman

 

“Kagome” the woman said with a smile

 

“Mi….Midoriko” Kagome said smoothly

 

“I…I can talk” she gasped closing her hands over her throat

 

“Yes child you can talk, but once you are back in your body you will cease to be able to speak again, you can heal completely , for you are more than capable yet your soul chooses not to. You have your power back, Kikyou was siphoning it from you like a leech…it was I who went to her and told her to free you, it was the kamis who pulled you back to this time and sealed the well. It is strange but I feel you will know when the time is right to regain your speech. You must be trained in the arts of the Miko to reach your full potential…..But right now there is much I have to tell you…..Miko…..Shikon Miko” smiled the woman

 

Kagome nodded and looked on as the woman began to speak

 

“Long ago I was born of a line of powerful Priests and Priestesses known as the Shiki, we were very powerful as a whole but every five hundred and seventy five years one female child was born with extraordinary powers, this child became known as the Shikon Miko. I was a Shikon Miko, it was written in the ancient scrolls that the Shikon Miko was to be mated to a powerful demon, it was tradition, to unite evil and good in perfect balance. The children of these unions were born extraordinarily powerful. These children became known as taiyokai or great demons, the power is even passed down through the generations” said Midoriko

 

“Inutaisho” said Kagome under her breath

 

“Yes kagome, Inutaisho's mother was a Shikon Miko, she was born many generations before me but I saw her a few times as a child” said Midoriko

 

“how?” breathed Kagome

 

“You see a Shikon Miko is born every five hundred and seventy five years, however when they are mated to their demon husbands they are gifted with prolonged life, they will age with their husband unless the demon is killed then the Miko dies as well, the stronger the bond between them, the quicker she will follow her lover into the underworld” said Midoriko.

 

Kagome's eyes went wide at this revelation…. all of it, and unbeknownst to her, Midoriko had only just begun.

 

 

“Everything went smoothly for centuries, until a man named Rushiki interfered. You see word spread to other priests and priestesses over the generations. Though most respected the way we did things, certain extremist priests see the mating of a Miko and demon as the highest form of sin. However, it was set this way by the kami's themselves as a bit of a control. You see if these unions had not occurred then the demons and humans would have wiped each other out many times over. The male demon in these unions usually takes care of any unruly humans and the female Miko in the union will handle unruly demons. The taiyokai offspring also tend to be neutral, peace keepers of sorts, many times they even mate humans, like Inutaisho did after his first mate died” she said looking at Kagome smiling at the look in her eyes.

 

“but there are no demons in the future” said Kagome

 

“there will be once you set it right……. You see there are demons in the future but they are hidden, forced into hiding by an unbalanced world, they grow angrier by the generation and the bide their time, growing stronger and angrier. They are waiting growing stronger in order to take control of the world from humans, the war is set to happen four years from now in the future time” said Midoriko

 

“what?” she panted

 

“If you do not fulfill your destiny kagome, your family will die” said Midoriko

 

“BUT!” she roared as tears threatened to fall

 

“I am sorry you did not get to say goodbye to your family, you will see them again if you complete your destiny” said Midoriko as she watched Kagome's expressions change

 

“BUT HOW?!?!?! WHAT DO I DO!?!?!” she roared with tears streaming down her face

 

“I cannot tell you what to do Kagome that you must figure out on your own, but I will tell you the true story of the Shikon jewel.” She said

 

“True story?” kagome bit out in confusion as tears flew down her face

 

“The jewel…..it is the source of the Shikon Miko's true power before she hits puberty. Every Shikon Miko's power is stored in jewel form, it is located right below her heart, when she begins puberty the jewel will come to life, during this time she must be taken by her demon mate quickly or the jewel will continue to destabilize and can then be removed by a spell” said Midoriko.

 

“Every generation this process went smo…” Midoriko could not finish as kagome jumped up and questioned her

 

“How does the jewel stabilize exactly?” she asked

 

“ Upon mating and receiving the demon Jaki when the demon male ejaculates into the Miko for the first time the jewel will seal itself inside the Miko's heart maximizing her power and stabilizing.” said Midoriko as Kagome blushed

 

“But why do I still have power even though my jewel is gone?” asked kagome

 

“ You have plenty of power without it but when the jewel returns to your body and becomes sealed inside, your power will be magnified to an extraordinary level, it will only be balanced by the Jaki of a demon, the one who is your match in every way, without the balance of your demon lover's Jaki the power is reactive and unbalanced causing it to be easily removed and tainted” she said

 

“but that means……” said kagome

 

“yes Kagome I never received the balance from my lover, he was killed and sucked into the jewel when it was removed by the priest Rushiki, there was one spell in the Miko scrolls which made the castor capable of doing this, it was only supposed to be performed in dire situations where the demon lover died before mating, the jewel would then be removed and placed inside the next Shikon Miko by one of the elders.” Said Midoriko

 

“The jewel was yanked out of you without a spell because of the power of the well and because it is a transferred jewel. It is my jewel, and once it is sealed inside of you and we are freed it becomes your jewel and your power” said Midoriko

 

“How…how will I know who my demon is?” asked Kagome

 

“you will know, trust me kagome, you will know him when you feel him” she said

 

“you see I did not die fighting demons who were attacking me on behalf of a demon who lusted after me as they say….I died protecting the demon I love from an extremist priest and the demon enemies of my love” she said somberly

 

“The priest was only able to get the jewel out because he attacked us three days before our mating ceremony. I was heavily guarded but he disguised himself as one of us and stole the Miko scrolls from their chamber, he then used the demons to attack us and exacted his plan, his Idea was to take my jewel and use it but he was killed by one of the lower level demons who were attacking us before he could even try to use it” said Midoriko

 

“You…you loved him, the demon who is in the jewel with you…..” whispered kagome in awe.

 

“I love him with all of my heart but he will not wake while we are trapped in the jewel, we are trapped inside, I can get out through my connection to you through the Shikon no Miko bond we share but he is in eternal sleep, please free us” she said as a tear rolled own her face

 

“I….I…” stammered Kagome as she took in the information given to her by the Miko

 

“My sister Hatsuka will guide you, she will tell you more, now you must wake young one, remember you are our only hope….train hard” she said then kagome jolted awake

 

Her chest heaved as she looked around the room trying to find her bearings.

 

“You spoke to her….the Miko, Midoriko, my sister” breathed the witch

 

“how?” rasped kagome immediately going into a coughing fit , she'd forgotten she could not speak without consequence.

 

“I told you not to speak child, you cannot further aggravate that injury, you nearly died several times when it was fresh…it's wonder you are still alive…had it not been for..…” she trailed off

 

Kagome looked at her seriously as if pining to know the rest of her thought

 

“forgive me there is much I must tell you, I am not sure what my sister told you, I can only guess she stopped her recounting at her death, she was killed and pulled into the jewel along with her love. They are trapped inside fighting to be together. After she was pulled into the jewel, the traitorous priest Rushiki, who was wounded by my sisters intended, took the jewel but did not get very far before he was killed by one of the demons who helped him take the jewel. The jewel then passed from demon to demon until it came into the possession of Kikyou” the witch said the name with contempt.

 

“Kikyou took possession of the jewel but did not appreciate it, nor did she try to return it to the next Shikon Miko in order to free my sister even though Tsubaki who was the Shikon Miko of that generation came to her to ask her for the jewel. Tsubaki was severely unbalanced due to being born without her jewel. She became obsessed with the jewel after Kikyou denied it to her. Kikyou on the other hand was bitter because she was unable to wield the power of the jewel, it could not be put inside of her because she was not the Shikon Miko of that generation, her soul was intended to be born the Shikon Miko a generation later , as you, but she did not know this. She just knew that she was not the one yet she had to protect it and she resented it. Kikyou saw the jewel as a burden and sought to misuse it. The same priest who took my sisters jewel misinterpreted the scrolls and told his allies that he would be able to use the jewel to grant a wish, I know this is not true, but I cannot prove it without the scrolls”

 

“Scrolls?” mouthed kagome

 

“The Miko Scrolls are a set of scrolls which were handed down through the ages by the elders. They are a kind of manual about the Shikon Miko and she should conduct herself. They also contain various spells and incantations that can be used on or by only the Shikon Miko” said Hatsuka

 

“ If Kikyou had used the jewel to try and make her hanyou companion into a human there would have been horrible repercussions. The only good thing that fool did was burn the jewel with her body, this returned the jewel to the Kamis and also gave them the opportunity to place the jewel inside of you when Kikyou's soul passed on and became your soul, they figured you would be born like a normal Shikon Miko and when you were sealed by the Jaki of your demon after your first intercourse, Midoriko would be freed” she said

 

“this is why you are so inclined to demon and hanyou males” added the witch

 

Kagome blushed and looked away.

 

“You see I have a theory, I think Naraku's soul recognized you in Kikyou and wanted to be close to the energy of you but now that he has you he wants nothing but your essence. He was not supposed to become a demon in that way, he would have probably re-incarnated as one, he just became impatient like Tsubaki and even Kikyou. This impatience in those who are intended for the jewel comes as a repercussion of extraction, this is why it was only done in dire times ” said the witch as kagome began to shiver involuntarily.

 

“we must get the jewel from him…… after it is competed and you must find a strong yokai to mate you, I suggest you use the brother of that hanyou, since he already has the blood of a Shikon Miko in him, the offspring you produce will be extremely powerful” she said slyly

 

Kagome grimaced and looked away as tears fell from her face

 

`I could never have sex with Sesshomaru…..it'd probably be like fucking a pillow…. He's got as much passion as a rock, besides….she said I would know' thought Kagome as she shivered in disgust this time

 

“I'm not sure if you can be sealed by just a half demon, we wont know for certain until I get those scrolls ” she said

 

“Perhaps you think the dog hanyou can seal you” she said as kagome turned to her and narrowed her eyes

 

`as if I'd want Inuyasha to “seal me”. I didn't spend three months getting over him, only to have my throat torn out by him so I could turn back into a silly school girl trailing after him like a dog' she thought as the memory of his words to her followed by his claws digging into her neck flew through her mind.

 

“why do you glare at me? Could it be it is another hanyou you long to seal you?” she smirked as kagome blushed and turned away fast

 

Suddenly the things she learned in kama sutra class all came flooding back to her and she blushed when she realized that she'd already imagined herself trying them on Naraku

 

She was snapped out of her stupor by the witch again, she spoke softly and methodically.

 

“I was a bit younger than you are now when our Kingdom fell to that priest, everyone ran and scattered, my father he was dying, he thrust the Miko scrolls into my hands and made me promise him I would take care of the scrolls and find a way to put the jewel into the next Shikon Miko. Covered in his blood I left the palace and ran, I ran and ran until my legs would no longer carry me. I finally stopped at the base of Mount Hakurei. There I met a beautiful boy about my age, he saved me from a serpent yokai and we became friends. I told him what happened, though I failed to mention that the miko scrolls were in my possession. He took me to live at the shrine in the village, there I served as a shrine miko for a few years. That boy he was strange and lived in the forest, when I asked one of the other Mikos why , she told me he was a Tiger hanyou and that I should not associate with him.” Said the witch as Kagome looked at her face in awe

 

“Rather familiar is it not? Hokaku was his name, he unlike Inuyasha had a demon mother and a human father, he had almost no trace of his demon ancestry in his looks aside from his beauty, his claws and if one looked hard enough you could see his tail in his Hakama. He was raised by both of his parents in the kingdom of his mother until his uncle killed both of his parents and turned him out of his home forever. He found refuge in that village, the village elder was a kind man who allowed Hokaku to live in the forest and protect the village so long as he did not interact with the villagers. I would often go to the forest and talk to him. Soon we admitted our feelings to one another and we mated, gods it was the most amazing moment in my life, we mated for days. After he marked me he built us a hut near the lake so we could live in peace. I kept my powers and was able to keep the barrier around the Miko scrolls. I was happy with Hokaku, until one day a priest came to the village. It was one of the disciples of Rushiki the priest who killed my sister. One of the other Mikos told him about Hokaku and I, she also told him of my pregnancy , I barely began to show. We were both so happy to be starting our family……” she looked away before she spoke again , this time she stared into the fire and spoke as if in a trance

 

“It was midday, I had just fixed lunch for my mate and I, he was helping the villagers build a damn in the river, he had just returned and I was about to serve his lunch when there was a pound at the door. Even if I was fast enough I would not have been able to save him, I held him as he bled to death in my arms, the priest then tried to purify my baby but since the baby was half miko it had no effect, I should have run but I could not leave my mate. I barely felt the knife penetrate my womb, when I woke up I was in the shrine, my mate was left in the forest to be scavenged by animals. I never found a trace of him. I bled for days until any trace of my pregnancy was gone, the elder miko was able to stitch my abdomen but my womb was ruined forever, not that I cared for I would never want a child who wasn't Hokaku's. That day I vowed revenge on the priest and his entire sect. I left the village as soon as I was able and sought out the great and powerful sorceress Anahita, she was from the land of the sutras and she was known to have been hiding in our country from the great yokai of those lands. She never did tell me what she was guilty of” she chuckled as she looked over at kagome who was choking back tears

 

“Don't cry for me Miko, I exacted my vengeance….. it did not bring my mate or my child back but gods I loved the feel of that bastards blood gushing all over me” she said forcefully

 

“Anahita showed me everything she knew, I was her apprentice for fifteen years. We traveled back to the lands of the sutras, to the mainland and even to a strange island in a cold sea, the lands are lush and green and the witches are powerful. I saw the world with Anahita, until she too was taken from me by the yokai she ran from. Upon our last return to the lands of the sutras we were captured. She was beheaded in front of me and I was released and sent back from whence I came.” She looked down again and began to speak …barely above a whisper

 

“I found that priest and his followers, they had grown in number. I stalked their village. I joined them as a Miko again, he did not even recognize me, he ripped my child from my womb and killed my mate and the bastard did not even remember my face. I poisoned the well in the town. By nightfall everyone was dead , women, children and priests. I made sure he had not drunk the water. I wanted to finish him, I went to him and I cut out his heart with the same blade he used to kill my son and my mate. I looked into his eyes and I told him, he made me. He made me into a twisted sorceress. I then went after the rest of the disciples who resided in two other villages. I killed many people in the years after that, I also eventually took an apprentice named Naraku” she said with a smile as kagome blushed

 

 

“I even lost the scrolls a few hundred years before . Inutaisho tricked me, bedded me and took them , thinking he was protecting them. I was livid, he died just after and The scrolls were lost to me for many years. One day however I came upon a man who served as a scribe to Sesshomaru and he told me that he saw the scrolls in the corner of that dog's library rotting away. You can understand I became enraged, I was killing my way into the west, until he came to me …..my mate came to me in a dream , he was holding our son and he told me I had to cease this madness, he was right, the next night my sister came to me and asked me to find the Shikon miko and help her get the jewel back. At fist I was confused because I knew the jewel was burned with Kikyou and Tsubaki was believed to be dead, and that no Shikon mikos had been born since…..then you came and I have been trying to formulate a plan ever since, then you fell into my lap…so to speak” she said looking over at Kagura who had been quietly listening

 

“how?” mouthed kagome

 

“Child I told you Anahita trained me in the magical arts, I have lived many life times. I have decided I will finally die when I see the jewel back inside of your body and sealed…..for my sister. I long for my mate and he and my son await me in the afterlife forgoing re-incarnation.” she said as she stroked the mark on her shoulder and smiled looking away.

 

“I apologize, I have provided Naraku with all of his magical abilities, I believe he hurt you with some of them, for that I am sorry. It is my job to protect you not harm you, though now I am confident he will never try to harm you again.” Said the woman

 

Kagome looked down and nodded softly

 

“He never could kill you when he had the chance you know, if he really wanted to you'd be dead” she whispered

 

“Now to get rid of the other…Kikyou” said the witch

 

Kagome nodded no vigorously and mouthed “ NO KILL KIKYOU” as she shook her head again

 

“You will not kill the abomination , you cannot your soul protects her from you and vice versa, there is but one who is charged with killing her , she has yet to come forth but she will and there is nothing you can do to stop her, a warrior with the blood of my brother inside of her” said The woman

 

Kagome looked at her in shock.

 

“Midorkio and I had a brother he was a great priest, he mated a demoness and they had a hanyou child, my brother and his mate died during the fall of my kingdom and their son was taken in by an elderly miko and her deaf daughter who cared for him until she died of old age. When the child grew he mated a human and they started the demon slayer village” she said casually

 

“Kohaku?” mouthed Kagome

 

“Yes Kohaku and Sango are all that remains of my blood line, I protected them when they were young , Naraku attacked their village on my orders. However, he failed , he was supposed to leave Sango and Kohaku unharmed , he redeemed himself with Sango but Kohaku had to be brought back with a jewel shard.” She said somberly

 

“KOHAKU WHERE?” Mouthed Kagome

 

“that's right, you were not here when….Kikyou killed him and took his shard of the jewel. She wanted to take the jewel before Naraku did” she said looking down

 

“Naraku would not have taken it….he was waiting for me to come up with a way to keep Kohaku alive if the shard was removed. I punished him hard for what he did to that little boy, Kohaku reminded me of my brother, innocent and loving but skilled. So much sadness in his eyes. They buried him with his father, Sango is no longer traveling with the Hanyou and the clay doll, she and the monk now travel together. They have all separated, I meant to ask what became of that Kitsune you once cared for” said the crone

 

Kagome looked down at her hands and tears came to her eyes but she smiled

 

“family” she mouthed with a smile as she remembered the day Shippo's uncle came to find him.

 

Shippo's uncle had moved to the mainland to study his magic when Shippo was a baby, he did not hear of his brother's death until much later and as soon as he heard he came back to Japan to find the child. He mated a mainland vixen and had a son a bit younger than Shippo. Kagome was happy Shippo could finally be with his family and away from danger.

 

Shippo came to visit them once at Kaede's village and Kagome got to meet Shippo's new aunt and younger cousins. He was a big help to the growing family and they loved him and cared for him. He told her he was happy and she told him she was glad, Kagome hadn't seen him after that, but after he left she felt an emptiness.

 

Hatsuka decided not to probe further as kagome's eyes were still swimming with tears and she did not look up again.

 

Kagura lifted kagome's hand then her own and compared them before setting kagome's hand back down on the futon lightly

 

“yes, you have her hands” said The woman as she chuckled and Kagura turned to face away from kagome

 

“Do you wish to tell her or should?” asked the woman as Kagura scoffed and walked from the hut into the grassy clearing in front of the structure. She looked back towards the door but decided against re-entering the hut finally she rode away on a feather swiftly

 

Kagome's eyes widened in a panic, even if it was Kagura it was the only familiar face kagome knew.

 

“I will tell you, as I'm sure you know Kagura was created with a spell from a piece of Naraku's flesh. Naraku however could not create her form without the blood of a female, he chose you Kagome, your blood is mixed with Naraku's essence inside of Kagura. She is your child in a way, if you look carefully she has many of the same features as you….as she just discovered she has your hands” said the woman warmly

 

Kagome's eyes went wide with shock and she shook her head in disbelief

 

“she is afraid you will hate her if you find out she is part of you as well as Naraku. You see that spell is a very complex one, her soul is a soul that was meant to be one of your children, she is your child in every way. She knows this yet she still fears you will hate her” said the woman

 

`my child? He made her with my blood? Why would he do that? She always seems so unhappy…..how can she be mine?..... she does have my hands and …my nose….she's mine?....I don't think this woman is lying. I've always sensed something about Kagura, which is why I was never able to attack her directly…..she's mine….my…my child' thought Kagome strangely before she turned to the witch again

 

Kagome thought for a moment and shook her head no she took her hand and placed it over her heart and shook her head yes.

 

“you love her?” said the woman and kagome shook her head yes vigorously hand over her heart

 

“good, she has been through a lot since she was freed. Naraku freed her just after you went missing and she was captured by the wolf tribe of the north” said the woman

 

Kagome looked down with mixed emotion as she knew Kagura slaughtered the demons mercilessly and Kouga was Kagome's friend

 

The woman stared into the fire and spoke as if in a trance “I found her…….she was on the brink of death, she'd given up her will to live and death was going to take her…..I gave her one of my remedies and she recovered…physically she was fully restored….. but they raped her for days mercilessly. They all took turns , the whole pack all of the unmated wolf demons they left her chained to a stone and did not feed her or let her bathe , they rapped her until she could no longer receive another male, until her womanhood had been torn to shreds, then they took her from behind until that area too was torn to shreds and she could no longer regenerate. They left her to die in the middle of the forest, or so they thought, the one who brought her to die actually took pity on her and left her in what he thought was a beautiful naturally occurring garden , little did he know it was my front lawn” she said with a strange smile

 

“I healed her, I helped her cope with the memories and told her she was right in the world for all of her misdeeds she was now square with the Kamis , now she trains her magic with me.” Said the woman

 

Kagome was crying in silence at the retelling of what happened to this demoness who saved her and who had kagome's very blood in her veins.

 

Kagome made a strange signal with her hand then clutched it over her heart ,the woman seemed to get the gist of it

 

“she'll be back soon enough” said the woman and kagome nodded

 

“we will begin your Miko training tomorrow, for now you may rest or if you can get up you may get some air in the garden, there is a hot spring not to far but I prefer if you'd wait for Kagura to go to the hot spring.” Said the woman as kagome nodded

 

kagome went to speak but remembered what happened the last time she spoke, so she opted for more strange hand gestures, this time she pointed to her bed and the cloth that covered her eyes and made a shrugging motion.

 

“where is Naraku?” asked the woman

 

Kagome nodded yes shyly.

 

“he has not been back since you last woke, he's been busy” she said with a sly smile

 

“I know you remember…….your days asleep just after you were brought here, before you woke the first time…..I know you had to have woken a bit during that time….” Said the woman slyly

 

“you may linger outside for fresh air” said the woman and kagome nodded as she stepped outside and sat in the grass a strange expression across her face. Kagome looked off into space and remembered the days just after her injury…….

 

Kagome never fully woke, her body was too weak but she was conscious for small fractions of time…..

 

She had felt warmth all around her, arms wrapped protectively around her, she snuggled into a hard chest behind her ….his scent it was all over her, she remembered the sweet decisively male scent which enveloped her…..she did not know it then but it was Naraku's scent

 

In one instance she stirred and cracked her eyes a bit only for a few seconds, she saw him, the one who nursed her…. He was stroking her hand , looking off in another direction as his tender touch moved to her hair and her face.

 

Another time she had a coughing fit , she was conscious for the end of it, she felt him wipe her blood as he held her firmly and stroked her back as she calmed. He then turned her and nestled her into his chest wrapping his body around her.

 

He'd cared for her, he held her when she was ill….she felt his warm touch….his cresses…the soft innocent kisses he fluttered all over her face

 

The final time she remembered gaining a bit of consciousness was just before she woke for the first time after the attack, she felt something touching her face, she could not crack her eyes but she felt him nuzzling her nose with his, whispering words of comfort. She could feel the fresh herbs on her raw throat, she could also feel his sweet breath against her lips as his fingers traced her jaw.

 

He kissed her cheeks lightly before pressing his forehead to hers and then all was black…..

 

She healed fast because he'd cared for her…. He'd changed her bandages and put herbs on her wound and curled up behind her and held her , kissed her and spoke to her.

 

Kagome stood and walked to a clearing in the garden, she breathed in and leaned against a tree, she stretched her body out and touched her face, she missed the warmth of Naraku's breath on her face.

 

“Naraku” she breathed as she looked off before engaging in another stretch, she would dance that day if she could.

 

Naraku snatched the mirror from Kanna's small hand and set it down hard face down.

 

“ DAMN HER!” roared Naraku as he threw a vial of liquid across the room in anger

 

“WHY DO I THINK OF HER AND ONLY HER NIGHT AND DAY? WHY DOES HER TASTE HAUNT ME??...” he roared in frustration as he looked around at his destroyed altar room

 

“it was not like this before….before I tasted her….I would think of her often but I would still be capable of concentration!!” he groaned and threw a magic mirror across the room in anger

 

“I MUST KILL HER!” he screamed as he stalked out of the room in his castle and went to fetch a poison

 

“I will slip this into her water and she will be gone from my life forever” he said with a smile on his face, but it didn't last long

 

he thought of what it would be like…..life without her ……even two days and he was going mad…..even before she was injured he would go to the campsites where she and those other fools had camped and just take in her scent. He pulled the little red tie from her school girl uniform, he'd always kept with him and he smelled it

 

“My Kagome….how could I even think for a moment that I'd be able to Kill my precious kagome….my Miko…my curse….my lo…lo…love?….I would die with her if she ever left me” he said the last part in a disgusted tone as he threw the vial of poison on the ground

 

“DISPICABLE!!!” he roared

 

“I've spent so much energy and time dispelling that disgusting onigumo because of his lust for Kikyou and now I Naraku have fallen victim to something worse!” he groaned

 

“DAMN MIKOS !!!” he roared

 

“You are acting like a child! A SPOILED CHILD!” roared a female voice as Naraku felt his ear being pulled

 

“YOU ARE A FOOL!!! But only because you deny her” said the astral projection of his mentor

 

“She is already well on her way to falling in love with you!” she said

 

Naraku narrowed his eyes “Love is does not exist!, it is a human invention” he said angrily

 

“Oh but it does exist and for those fortunate enough to find it, it is the greatest gift in the universe” she said with a smiled on her face

 

“Yes well she loves the half-dog who maimed her” he spat

 

“we shall see, you should come and see her, she misses you” said the woman with a sly expression Naraku's eyes lit up for a moment then went back to his scowl

 

“She does not want to see me” he said angrily

 

“Oh but she does” said the woman

 

as she came back to her body and gasped as she opened her eyes to see Kagome enter the hut.

 

Kagome sat in her bed and sighed , she looked down at her dress, folded and placed next to her bedding, and blushed. She'd been changed and bathed and hoped that it was Kagura not Naraku who'd seen her naked

 

Suddenly her thoughts wandered to him naked….His long inky hair over his pale soft skin….his rippling muscles and thin lithe body. His beautiful red eyes and the blue markings over the lids…..his lips…..the taste of his lips.

 

Kagome touched her lips and sighed hard, she didn't notice the witch watching her.

 

“you are still pure at your age it is quite remarkable” said the woman as Kagura entered the hut

 

kagome stood up and launched herself at Kagura. Kagura was caught off guard and fell to the ground kagome cradled her like a child and put her head to her chest she brought her hand to kagura's hair and looked her in the eyes

 

“I love you” mouthed Kagome as tears welled in kagura's eyes.

 

Kagura was stunned as she laid here in Kagome's arms, her mothers arms . She'd imagined what it would have been like to be a child with a mother. She envied the children she came across all except Kohaku.

 

There was a reason the boy Kohaku felt best when he was with Kagura. He was soothed by kagome's blood coursing through Kagura's veins.

 

It helped keep his shard pure when he was around Kagura. The blood in Kagura was also what kept Akago from overtaking kagome's eyes and Tsubaki from tainting Kagome completely.

 

Kagura shook her head and got up tearing herself from kagome's arms. She looked down at the pleading cerulean pools as kagome too got up. She placed her hand over kagura's heart again

 

“I love you” she mouthed again before taping kagura's nose then her own to signify that their noses were the same which they were.

 

“do you not hate Naraku for creating me?” asked a weary Kagura

 

Kagome shook her head “no” vigorously

 

She looked at Kagura in the eyes and mouthed “grateful” with her hand over her heart…..and with that Kagura was gone

 

Kagura did not know what to think here was this forgiving, loving being that was her mother and she didn't know what to do.

 

She'd been treated like a thing , a lowly servant who meant nothing by her creator Naraku.

 

However, this woman who's blood ran through her very veins she loved her she genuinely loved her and Kagura for the first time in her life was happy , truly happy.

 

She smiled and went out to one of her favorite clearings, she'd not been there since the wolves attacked her.

 

She'd not been too far from her teacher's hut at all since that day, the farthest she'd ventured was to protect kagome , she fiercely protected her because of the connection she felt to her.

 

Kagura sat in thought and looked up at the stars, `my what a starry night' she thought as she reclined and bent her legs so her feet could slide into the soft grass

 

She smiled big and felt at peace