InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Fateful Night ❯ Twilight of Power ( Chapter 6 )

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A/N: Ok warning I wrote Kikyo as nicely as I possibly can, but I truly despise her so there! She is fickle in this chapter but….deal with it. Also Kikyo will NOT I repeat NOT be resurrected in my fanfic. The fact that she ever existed is plenty of misery to begin with so….no asking for her return, because I won't listen.

Ok now on with the Chapter please enjoy and review. Please please I really need encouragement (begging here).

Chapter 6
Twilight of Power

"Kikyo!? What the hell are you talking about toshiyori baba! Kikyo is dead!" Inuyasha bellowed at the old Miko leaning against Miroku.

Unconsciously gripping Kagome tighter to his chest he stalked over to the woman and leaned down. His face drawn in anger he hissed at Kaede, "This is Kagome…NOT Kikyo."

"I care not what her name is now Inuyasha, but her aura shines with the same light and the feel of my older sister dead these fifty years."

"Shut up you old hag! And let us into the village, KAGOME needs to be healed!" he bellowed, pacing in front of the shimmering barrier blocking him from the village.

Behind him Kouga leaned against a nearby tree his eyes following the irritated hanyou as the mutt continued to clutch the girl to his chest. Sango rushed over to her friend worried that Kagome would be crushed if Inuyasha didn't relax.

Amused by his half brothers actions Sesshomaru watched silently from the side of the group.

Shrugging Sango's hand off his shoulder for the fifth time Inuyasha tuned on the Miko still clinging to a worried looking Miroku. "Let us in the barrier or I swear….." a small hand cupped his cheek killing the words unsaid on his lips.

Looking at the small form in his arms, golden eyes locked with deep blue as she blinked sleepily up at him.

"Inuyasha? What's wrong?" she mumbled up at him running her thumb lightly over his cheek bone.
Noticing a blue glow to her right she glanced over at it. Tilting her head to the side Kagome stared at the shimmering surface as she watched trees waver and warp in odd patterns behind the curve.

"Kagome?"

Looking back at Inuyasha she patted his face again. "It will be Ok `uyasha?" she slurred. At his nod she sighed slightly before snuggling closer into him and falling quickly back to sleep.

Inuyasha watched as the girl, exhausted after such a short interaction drifted off in his arms again. As she slid into sleep her hand slowly dropped down to rest against his neck, and she turned her face into his chest.

Sesshomaru was silent while Inuyasha talked to the fragile looking woman in his arms. As the woman again succumbed to sleep he walked over to the curve of the barrier erected by the aging Miko.

Looking over at Inuyasha he coldly stated. "Let us continue to the village, this Sesshomaru grows weary of standing idle in the woods."

Without a backwards glace he calmly walked though the barrier.
At his touch the shinning wall shattered in a rain of dazzling blue sparks.

Shielding Kagome from the harmless specks of dissipating Miko energy Inuyasha glared at his brother's retreating back. At the sound of grumbled curses he glanced over to the old Miko now standing on her own near Miroku and Sango. She too was staring off after the retreating youkai.

"Damn taiyoukai …flaunting their power" he could hear as she began to hobble after the western lord.

A hand clasped his shoulder as he stood watching the pair walk off toward the village. Tuning his head Inuyasha watched Kouga reach down and push a lock of Kagome's hair behind her ear from where it had fallen across her face.

Repressing the urge to bite the intruding hand Inuyasha looked back up to Kouga as he began to speak.

"I think we should follow them dog face, it appears that Kagome's injuries are more severe than we first believed."

Tearing his eyes form the wolf prince Inuyasha looked down at the girl. Her pale skin had an odd blue cast to it and dark circles where growing under her eyes.

Startled Inuyasha glanced back at Kouga, "You grab Kaede and meet me at her hut." On the same breath he dashed off blurring past the laboring Miko and his sauntering brother as he headed for the baba's hut.

Inuyasha looked up as Kouga ducked under the matt hanging in the doorway of Kaede's hut. The wolf deposited a grumbling yammering bundle that turned and whacked him across the head as soon as its feet hit the ground.

"I can still walk ye cur! Ye nearly gave this old woman a heart attack…picking me up…not even a word…no manners." she muttered as she turned to regard the hanyou kneeling at her fire pit.

He was poking the logs burning there, prodding them into life as he clutched the sleeping girl in his other arm. Quirking a silent brow at the normally aloof hanyou's behavior she hobbled towards the pair.

At the muffled `ompf' Inuyasha looked up again. Kaede was stepping onto the raised living area of the hut. He could hear her aged bones creek as she rummaged around in one of her many trunks.

Watching her pull various vials and pouches out of the wooden containers Inuyasha resettled Kagome in his lap satisfied with the warmth radiating from the sunken fire pit located in a cut out section of floor in the center of the old Miko's hut.

Kaede settled on her knees arranging her ingredients around her. Ignoring the inu impatiently cradling the injured girl before her she glanced around her.

She gestured to Sango who had just entered the hut, "Girl, bring me that bowl there by the door and you, Wolf, fetch me some water from the second spring on the north trail."

Sango hid a grin as Kouga who had been leaning against the wall near the door pretending to ignore the inhabitants grumbled his way down the path.

Setting the bowl down at the Miko's side Sango sat near the back of the hut next to the folded sleeping mats.

"Ok Inuyasha let me examine yer prize while we wait on Kouga." Kaede told the hanyou noticing how he again tightened his hold on the woman before eyeing her suspiciously. "If you want me to heal her boy ye have to let me see her. I can't treat what I can't even touch."

Growling Inuyasha rearranged Kagome in his lap to allow Kaede to see her. Rolling her eyes Kaede began to examine the girl noticing a multitude of cuts, scrapes, and swollen bruises.

"Oh child what happed to ye?" she questioned softly, as she began to feel around Kagome's arms and legs checking for broken bones. Kouga stepped back into the hut and placed a full bucket of water next to the Miko, followed by Miroku who went straight over to Sango and sat down.

Eyeing the houshi suspiciously, Sango scooted away from him towards Inuyasha and Kagome. Kaede's swift intake of breath and Kagome's unconscious whimper drew Sango's attention away from the motives of Miroku and she swung her head quickly back to the woman.

Kaede was gently pressing her fingers to Kagome's abdomen checking for any swelling.

At Kagome's whimper Inuyasha swung her back into his arms and glared at the Miko. "What did you do to her?"

Ignoring the glaring half youkai Kaede turned to Miroku and Sango. "You lay out all the sleeping mats right here and you put some water on the fire to boil." She barked jabbing her finger in directions.

Shuffling though the various herbs and roots carefully arranged in her pouches and boxes the Miko selected various items and gestured again to Sango, "Put this in now and when the water boils add both of these at the same time."

Turning to Miroku she nodded her approval and swung back to the still glaring Inuyasha. "Put her down on the mats Inuyasha." At his instant withdrawal Kaede suddenly grabbed fists full of his hair on either side of his face and yanked him closer.

"If you don't trust me to tend to her then why bring her here?" Waiting a moment Kaede spoke again, "She is going to die if you don't let me treat her."

"WHAT!?" Inuyasha yelled.

"She's bleeding on the inside. If I don't use my powers within the next couple of minutes she may die."

Inuyasha scuttled on his knees over to the mats and lay Kagome gently down. Carefully arranging her on the mat Inuyasha moved around to the other side and glared back up at the Miko. "Well majo! Heal her already!"

Glaring at the inu Kaede turned to the now boiling pot of herbs. Scooping up a clay cup she carefully dipped a generous portion of the concoction into the vessel.

Moving back to Kagome and Inuyasha she handed him the liquid, "Blow on that." She demanded "Call me a witch again and I'll purify you." She muttered as the hanyou obediently blew on the steaming liquid.

Kneeling beside Kagome, Kaede held her hands above the woman. As her hands hovered an inch above the girl's abdomen she focused her inner sight on the swirling forces that surrounded every living being.

What she found as she sorted past all the powerful and brilliant fields of those present in the hut caused her to fumble back away from the woman. Blinking rapidly Kaede shooed the helping hands righting her, and adjusted her focus so as not to blind herself again.

The woman lying on the floor of her hut shone with a brilliant swirling pattern of purple and white light that ebbed and flowed around her small frame. Looking back at Inuyasha, Kaede bit her lip as she watched him brush a strand of hair that had again fallen across Kagome's face, behind her ear.

Even though Kaede hadn't seen this pattern since her childhood lessons she instantly recognized the aura of her sister Kikyo.

"BAKA Miko!" Inuyasha's irritated voice penetrated her light trance. "Heal her already; are you nodding off over there?"

"If ye wish to heal her yourself go right ahead Inuyasha." Kaede mumbled sinking deeper into her trance as Miroku and Sango grabbed the hanyou by the shoulders preventing him from lunging over Kagome at her.

A thin smile graced her lips as she plucked the now cool earthen cup from Inuyasha's hand. Kaede tilted Kagome's head and gently urged the concoction down her throat.

Laying the woman back down she watched as the liquid began to take effect. To her eyes the liquid slowly curled though Kagome, a vivid green flow of water moving among the woman's bright aura. When the green liquid reached an area of darkness it would pool around the wound.

Focusing her Miko abilities on the areas where the liquid pooled Kaede fed tiny amounts of energy into Kagome hooking the brilliant white and purple bands of power present in the woman's body.

Connecting Kagome's power to her own golden glow Kaede wrapped the now green colored wounds in a cocoon of gold and purple. Withdrawing her own power from the mix Kaede watched carefully making sure that Kagome's power stayed even and smooth around the wound.

Satisfied that the girl could control the flow of power needed to heal her internal bleeding, Kaede moved on to the next pool of swirling green. Repeating the posses several times Kaede slowly taught Kagome's power how to repair and heal her own body.

The hut was silent as the group of friends watched the aged Miko kneeling beside Kagome. Kaede's wrinkled, age spotted hands hovered just above Kagome's abdomen and the group could all sense the power radiating off the pair.

Sango huddled near Miroku drawing comfort from the monk's warm presence. Kouga arched an eyebrow at the pair amazed the monk had yet to grope the taijiya.

Glancing back at Inuyasha, he watched as the hanyou leaned against the side wall trying for the entire world to look like he was sleeping. Hiding a laugh by coughing into his hand Kouga sat near the door and grinned at Inuyasha when the hanyou's eyes snapped open at the sound.

Inuyasha glared at the wolf youkai as Kouga slid to the floor. Looking back at Kagome he watched as Kaede's gnarled hands began to shake and then suddenly the old woman toppled backwards.

Behind her the fire flared brightly sending crackling flames jumping around the pot still hung above it. Instantly Inuyasha jumped between the Miko and Kagome.

"What's wrong? Did you heal her?" he demanded scowling at the old woman struggling to right herself while fending off the helping hands of Miroku and Sango.

"Heal her? Kami Inuyasha she practically threw me across the room in excitement when she realized she could heal herself."

"Heal herself?" Inuyasha asked tilting his head to the side and turning to regard the still unconscious Kagome. "Then why isn't she awake yet?!" the hanyou raged turning back to the Miko now sitting facing the fire.

"I used her own power to heal her and to teach her. She's tired Inuyasha. She may have all the power of Kikyo but she remembers nothing of my sisters training."

As the words fell from her lips Inuyasha shot up from the floor and towered over the Miko. Fists clenched he glared down at Kaede shaking silently for a moment before in a blur of red and silver he was gone.

The mat covering the door swung as the group slowly tore their eyes off the dangling bamboo and looked questioningly at Kaede.

"What the hell is wrong with dog-face?" Kouga asked.

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Ending A/N: I'm sorry I'm sorry I just couldn't bring my self to re-proof read this chapter. I'm sure there are mistakes. There always are! I just don't feel good but I wanted to get a chapter up. WAAAAAA Please forgive me!