InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Mystic Miko ❯ Unexpected Alliances ( Chapter 1 )

Revision 08/10/2004 - Edited for grammar and spelling. No plot change.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha and co.

Well, this is a new story from me. I now that it might seem like the same old plot. But I do have an idea of where this is going. So please hang in there. Pairings are not going to be told upfront. I think a nice surprise will be best. Don't believe every thing you read. Cause I may just surprise you. If you find you don't like something please let me know right away, so I can defend myself in the next chapters. Well that's all from me. Enjoy

The Mystic Miko

Chapter One: Unexpected Alliances

The group set up camp beside the trail that they had been following. Their search for the shards had brought them far from the village. Lately they have had to go farther and Kagome had to wait weeks till she could see her family.

It had been about five years now since she had come through the well that first day. Kagome had finished school with good marks and was hoping to maybe return soon to go to college. Her family had been very understanding and knew that she wanted to spend as much time here as possible to finish the search.

They had to be getting close to the end. The shards were getting harder to find and they knew that Naraku had some himself. Including the large piece that Kikyo had given him. With what they had and what he had the jewel had to be close to complete.

Kagome had spread out her sleeping bag and was preparing to collapse into a well-needed sleep. Shippo sat in her lap and yawned. They were all quit tired and ready for a good nights sleep. Suddenly Kikyo's soul catchers came streaming into the clearing.

"What the heck?" Inuyasha said. They never come this close. He looked over at Kagome and was saddened by her look. She just knew that he was going to go to her. He looked around at the others. They all had the same look. 'Why is she making this so hard?'

They heard rustling on the path they were camped next to. They turned and Kikyo was seen walking towards them. "Kikyo, why have you come here?" Inuyasha asked. He ran towards her.

"I haven't come to see you. I have come to see my reincarnate." She moved past him and made her way into the camp.

'Me, why does she want to see me? All she has ever done is try to kill me or cause me pain. I don't want to see her. I don't want Sango and Miroku to see the hurt look on my face when I see her with Inuyasha.' She turned to see Kikyo come directly to her. She kneeled down to be at eye level with Kagome, who was sitting on her sleeping bag.

Shippo looked at Kikyo and bared his fangs at her from Kagome's lap.

"What do you want with Kagome?" He asked.

"I have come to train her. Naraku had done the unthinkable. He has chipped pieces from his part of the jewel and allows some of his forces to use them. Your battle will become harder and I will not allow him to succeed." Kikyo's breathing was becoming harsh.

Kagome's concern for others over road her anger at Kikyo. She didn't want Inuyasha to be sad if Kikyo was to die. She reached out a hand and took hold of Kikyo's shoulder.

"What is wrong? Are you hurt?"

"Not bad. Naraku had tried to kill me again. But I was able to kill the demon." Emotions played across her face, which shocked all that were present. Kikyo had never showed anything but contempt and hatred for them. Now however there seems to be longing and sorrow. "I don't have much time. We must link and I must teach you." With that she lunged forward, knocking Shippo off Kagome lap and latched onto her. Their heads pressed together at the temples and arms circled each other's torso.

"What is she doing?" Sango yelled and went to them.

"No, leave them. There is nothing that we can do now." Inuyasha said. He looked at the two women that he loved. Yes he admits it. He loves them both.

"Inuyasha, Kikyo may very well be destroying Kagome's mind." Miroku yelled.

"Look at them Miroku! They are latched onto each other. I would have thought you would realize that to separate them may cause one or both pain." Silence met his reply. They all watched as their friend and enemy sat locked together.

"If Kikyo is attacking Kagome. She will have to fight this battle alone." Inuyasha said. His ears were drooping and his eyes shone with concern. 'Please Kikyo don't do anything to Kagome. I don't know what I will do if you do. You're both important to me.'

O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o

Kagome looked around the hut that she found herself in. `What happened? The last thing I remember is… Kikyo. She..'

"Yes, I have brought you here."

"Where have you brought me?" Kagome turned and saw Kikyo standing by the doorway. "Why am I here?"

"I have brought you to our shared conscious. This is the place your mind created to provide a place for us to converse." She sank low to the floor and took slow breaths. "I have little time left of my life. I wish to leave this life. But not before I can insure the death of Naraku."

"What about Inuyasha?" Kagome asked, though she was afraid of the answer.

"If I live long enough to see the last battle, and the end of it, then I will take him to hell with me. If I don't then I will meet him there later. I am sure that the deeds of his past will insure that happens."

"You're wrong. He has changed. His fate is still not written down."

"We don't have time for this. I must teach you quickly. The spell I am using is transferring my knowledge to you. Once we waken from this trans, I will begin your lessons. With you having the knowledge already to begin with, the small spells will come fast to your mind. The more complex will take some time but you should be able to have complete control of your powers in a short time." Kikyo slowed her breathing and her skin became a lot paler.

"Kikyo, your not going to make it through this transfer, are you?"

"I had hoped I would, but my body is rejecting the souls now. Something is preventing it. I can only guess that it's a spell from Naraku."

Kagome remained silent. Suddenly her mind began scrolling through all that Kikyo was giving her. Some part of her was looking for something. There were pauses and pieces of spells were, well, in simple terms, they were transferred to a clean parchment. 'Now why am I thinking in that old way? Why not a pad of note paper.' More spells went through her mind. She vaguely heard Kikyo say something. She could see her and the scrolling spells at the same time. Kikyo looked worried.

"I have finished the spell. This will allow you to have the time you need to train my other half. This may even return you to life." A voice said coming from Kagome's mouth.

"Who are you?" Kikyo asked.

'I'd like to know that as well.' Thought Kagome.

"I am unable to tell you that. Events are coming to ahead. You all will have need of me. I can tell you that I mean no harm. We are of the same and therefore to harm you I would only hurt myself. More answers will be given later. Right now I must enable this spell."

Kagome found her eyes directed at the parchment. Slowly the other being read the spell, light infused her and then spread to Kikyo. As it faded they found them selves sitting by the campfire. Unable to move or even talk to the others, some thing big was about to happen.

O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.

Inuyasha sat near the girls, leaning against a tree. Miroku was doing the same across the fire and Sango was asleep on her blankets not far from him. Kirara sat between them to prevent the monk from taking advantage of her.

Inuyasha stared half lidded at the girls. The smell of sakura blossoms and morning dew were mixed with clay and dirt. Not the most pleasant of scents, but he wasn't about to leave. He concentrated on Kagome's scent and tried to remember what Kikyo's was. It's true that Kagome's was similar. But he just couldn't remember what the difference had been.

Suddenly he felt a rise in Kagome's miko powers. He opened his eyes fully and locked onto her face. She seemed to be calm. 'Why this sudden burst of energy.'

The pink glow became brighter and seemed to engulf Kikyo's body. Their hair swayed in the powers wind and their clothes fluttered about. Small particle of dirt rolled away from them.

Inuyasha's eyes left Kagome's face when he could no longer see it clearly through the pink glow. He looked over and saw Miroku starring wide-eyed at the girls. Sango also appeared to have felt something to as she was shifting to sit straight up on her blanket. Shippo who had been curled in her arms moved over to Inuyasha.

"What's happening Inuyasha?" Shippo asked.

"I'm not sure. They had been sitting there not making any movement or noise most of the night. Wait a minute, something is happening to Kikyo."

They all looked at the girls and saw the pink glow fully encompass Kikyo's body. A light blue shield was then erected around them.

"That looks like the shield that the witch used on Kagome to get her soul. No, mumble." Miroku slapped his hand over Inuyasha's mouth.

"I don't think you need to say anybody's name. If what I remember from my studies and what Kaede has told me, you saying one name will chose the outcome of this spell. And as we don't know what is going on. I suggest keeping quit."

Inuyasha's eyes locked onto the girls. If he had his choice, it would be to have both together. But Kikyo's body wasn't real, just bones, clay and dirt. He watched as Kagome started to glow as well. Then suddenly the lights of her soul where flashing around inside of the shield. Then more left Kikyo's body. Some of those were allowed to leave the barrier. They were souls that Kikyo use to live off of. Faster the light swirled around the girls. Then they all combined above Kagome's head.

"It's splitting up, look some are going over to Kikyo. It's dividing up the incarnates to be between them."

"What are you saying, Houshi?" Sango asked.

"Each persons soul is made up of past lives experience. It's been thought that if a person was powerful enough they could look at another person's soul and distinctly make out the individual patterns. Granted that has only been in theory. But it would appear that that is what we are seeing. Inuyasha can you detect Kagome's scent?"

Inuyasha moved a little closer to them and sniffed. He nodded his head. Kagome's scent calmed him down. There was no fear or anxiety evident in her scent. It was just Kagome. 'Wait, what is this, sakura blossoms and rainfall? That's not Kagome's.' He sniffed again. 'No, there's Kagome's. Who is this other scent.'

Inuyasha's eyes grew as realization set in. That was Kikyo's old scent. He stepped closer to the barrier and stood. He took in a deep breath. 'Yep, it's all there, sakura blossoms, morning dew and rainfall.' He could smell the both of them.

During this whole time, Miroku watched the soul divide it's self into two. They hovered over the girls' heads. "Inuyasha they are waiting on you," he said. This seemed to snap Inuyasha out of his scent-induced stupor.

"What do you mean," he asked.

"They are waiting for you to pick the first to receive their soul. The rest should go to the other right after."

"Does that one become more powerful or just get her soul first?" Sango ask Miroku.

"I'm not sure. All I know is that it's waiting for a choice."

Inuyasha couldn't seem to bring himself to say one name over the other. He thought hard about who was the most important to him. Kagome brought to him friends and a sense of a home no matter where they were. Kikyo had been the first to accept him as he was. Even though she wanted him to wish to be human.

But that was so they could be together. Now he wasn't sure if she would require that. In all tense and purposes he loved each one just the same as the other. 'Does it have to be a name. Or something that speaks of them.' He breathed in their scents again. Sakura blossoms were heavy in their scent. Not unpleasant but defiantly strong.

"Sakura." Inuyasha breathed softly at the girls. That seemed to spark a change. The orbs of the soul circled and danced around the girls. Suddenly a small orb broke free from one and hovered over them.

The original two slipped into the girls, causing a blinding light to flash. When the light faded the girls were laying on the sleeping bag, their hands cupped together. Still the barrier remains around them. The little orb that was left behind was hovering over them.

"What is it looking for?" Miroku asked.

"What do you mean?" Sango asked. Shippo clutched to Inuyasha's pant leg. He whimpered at the scene before him.

"I mean, that this little piece of the souls can't choose. If Inuyasha had said one name maybe it wouldn't be searching. But, and this is all a guess. It wants someone to chose for it."

Shippo whimpered again. He wants Kagome to wake up and reassure him. "Kagome, please, don't leave me," he said. Suddenly the barrier dropped. The little orb floated over to Shippo and Inuyasha.

"Don't move you two. It wants to look at you." Miroku said. Hoping that he was correct.

The orb floated over them and seemed to check them over. It hovered longer over Shippo. Memories flashed thru his mind. All centered around Kagome. How she would always protected him from Inuyasha's rash discipline. The one moment, of the three of them enjoying the sun on a hill during one of their travels. That was the day Shippo had called Kagome mom, by accident. He hadn't since then. Not because she asked him to, which she didn't. It was just too important to him to make it on everyday occurrence.

The flash backs stopped and the orb moved away. It hovered for a minute over Kikyo and then disappeared into Kagome. Inuyasha walked over to the girls and knelt down by their heads. With each hand he gently removed stands of hair from their faces and sighed with relief when their strong heart beats and even breathing reached his ears.

"Their fine, in fact I believe Kikyo is alive as you and me. She doesn't smell like clay and dirt. She has her original scent."

"You mean they gave her life again?" Sango asked.

"Now, most of all that makes since, like I had said earlier. They were splitting the soul. As to who cast the spell is yet to be known."

Kagome released Kikyo's hand and took the hand of Inuyasha's into hers. She softly pulled him down to her. When his face was close to hers she placed a chaste kiss on his cheek and whispered, "For you Inuyasha, please, be happy." Then she collapsed into a deep sleep.

"Kagome," Shippo yelled and ran to her.

"She's fine, just went to sleep," Inuyasha told him. He was about to sit up straight but the hold she had on his arm was strong.

Kikyo then started to move. She opened her eyes and saw Inuyasha looking at her from his position over Kagome.

"Why would she do such a thing as this?"

"It's her way. She never did hate you. I don't think she is capable of such an emotion." He placed his free hand once more on her head. She leaned into his hand and then fell asleep as deeply as Kagome. And just as Kagome, she took a hold of his hand and pulled him closer.

"I suggest getting into a better position. As it is, they will probably pull you apart." Miroku said with a smirk on his face.

"If I could move, don't you think I would have? Their grips are going to cause my arms to fall asleep."

"Then lay down between them. I am sure once they know you aren't going anywhere their grip will loosen."

"Are you crazy, I'll get sat and probably slapped if I do that." 'Though the idea is appealing.' He shifted to sit Indian style and pulled his arms. But got the opposite response then he thought he would have.

Together the girls move up the blankets, causing our favorite hanyou to loose his balance and fall onto his back. He got another surprise when they snuggled into his sides. "Don't say a word, monk. They obviously don't know what they are doing." `They are so deeply asleep this whole time. If it wasn't for my senses I wouldn't believe it."

"It seems that you have gotten your wish." Miroku said as he settled down against the tree he previously was at.

"What wish is that?" Sango asked as the red in Inuyasha's face deepened.

"Well that is quite the story, but seeing as it is getting on toward early morning I will shorten it. It was right after a certain encounter with Kikyo and their usual fight happened. Kagome went home and we were sitting by the well. Shippo and I were trying to convince Inuyasha to go and get her and to apologize. I innocently asked him whom he would choose to be with. Well he grumbled and then asked why couldn't he have both. Who knew that wish might possibly come true."

Sango glared at Inuyasha. She was fully intent on giving him a piece of her mind when she saw Kagome's hand reach across Inuyasha and take Kikyo's hand. The picture before her, made her rethink the feelings that she thought Kagome had. 'Is she really thinking of sharing him?' She looked over at Miroku and saw the glint in his eyes; he seemed to think so.

"I will stay up since I had sleep. You two rest." Sango moved over to another tree just a few feet away from the others. 'Hope all our questions are answered in the morning.' She watched the rest of the group slip into slumber then waited for the sun to rise.

O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.

That's the first chapter. I have the second one in the works as well as other chapters. I seem to jump around in the story. My muse seems to like to do that to me.

Next up: Chapter two: To be Forgiven