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Chapter 5: Power
Disclaimer: Yeah, yeah you know the drill! I don't own InuYasha.
"Yasha!"
My eyes snapped open and I glared at the dark haired girl who'd awakened me from my almost peaceful sleep.
"Come on you sleepy dog! Wakey Wakey eggs and baccey." Kagome joked as she pulled off the wool blanket I'd been using to cover myself. A shiver went down my spine at the sudden burst of cold air that hit my exposed flesh.
"Damn it, Kagome. Five more minutes." I murmured drowsily and tried to grab back the blanket, but to no avail.
"No way! It's our first day of winter break!" Kagome grinned and tried to pull me out of bed. Luckily I dug my claws into the mattress just in time.
"You know," Kagome, grunted "You'll ruin your bed if you keep doing that every morning." She stared pointedly at the hundreds of little holes that blanketed my thrashed mattress.
"Exactly. The first day of winter break. As in a break from school and a break from having to get up before 8 a.m." I explained to her, even though she was obviously ignoring me.
"Yeah, yeah whatever. I guess I'll just go outside, all alone. I'll just go build a snowman, all alone. And I'll go hiking into the cold, hypothermic wilderness all alone. Then maybe fall in some ice and not be saved. Why? Oh I know it's because-" She stopped mid sentence when I got out of bed and started to pull on a pair of jeans. I could practically feel her smirk burning through the back of my head.
"Well, I'll be downstairs with Sesshy! Meet me when you're done!" She called over my shoulder and tramped down the stairs in her pink rubber boots. I contemplated just going back and sleeping the rest of the day, but I knew Kagome'd kill me. I shivered as I thought of her wrath.
After I pulled on my long sleeved black sweater and my brand new blue winter coat I marched downstairs only to be met by Kagome giving Sesshomaru a kiss on the cheek. I couldn't help the growl that rose into my throat from escaping and it rang loudly through the otherwise quiet household.
Sesshomaru looked towards me with this stupid arrogant smirk plastered on his face and Kagome turned around in surprise. "Finally! Come on, we're wasting daylight here!" Kagome grinned and skipped out the door into the freezing wasteland.
I shot my brother a heated glare before following behind her like a dog would follow its master. (I didn't mean anything weird by that I swear!)
The wind was blowing hard, whipping my hair around my face and into my eyes. I brushed it away and continued the trek to the woods just behind out houses. Kagome laughed and spun around in pure bliss. At least someone thought it was enjoyable.
"Okay, Yasha! What do you want to do first?" Kagome asked happily as she quickly pivoted to my direction, causing her hair to come out of her ponytail. She let out a small "Eep", before the wind started blowing her hair into her face also. I laughed softly and handed her the rubber band that had fallen into the snow. She smiled, embarrassed, and refastened it into her hair.
"How about snow angels? Oh! Or maybe we could build a snowman! Or have a snowball fight! Or we could-" She continued on for a few more minutes, while I stared out into the snow encrusted woods. I didn't know why, but it felt like there was a demonic presence coming from inside the forest.
I turned my attention back to Kagome as she continued on about sledding and other types of activities for snow.
"Why don't we go ice skating?" I supplied, catching that she hadn't already listed it. Her eyes widened and her mouth was gaping in awe. "But I don't have any ice skates!" She said sadly. I grinned and took her hand.
"That's alright. You can skate without them." Kagome looked at me skeptically, before shrugging and tagging along.
I smirked and looked around the woods one more time. The presence was gone.
"Yasha? Are you okay? You seem kind of out of it." Kagome stated in a worried tone. I smirked and sat her back down on the ice.
"Keh. It's nothing important." I told her, lying through my teeth. She gave me a skeptical look before sliding in the opposite direction. I watched her go and was about to follow after her once more when I felt it again.
The demonic presence, it was back and it was fast.
"GIVE ME THE SACRED JEWEL, MIKO!" screeched the centipede demon, which scurried out of the trees, just out of Kagome's vision.
"KAG-" I tried to yell her name, but was cut off by her piercing scream as the demon grabbed her by the waist and held her high in the air. I sprinted as fast as I could across the ice, my claws poised to slit the damn demon's throat, when something amazing happened.
Kagome's hand began glowing a bright, almost translucent pink and the demon's hand disintegrated. I leapt up to catch her before she fell into the ice, listening to the painful sound of the demon's rage.
I hopped back to the side of the small pond and sat Kagome down, before sprinting back over to the giant centipede demon and finishing it off with my claws. I huffed and made my way back over to Kagome who was staring at her hands as if she'd never seen them before.
"Kagome." I called gently. She looked up at me blankly, and then her eyes widened and started to tear up. "Yasha!" She cried and pulled me down next to her, into the snow. She hugged me around my neck and in return I patted her back soothingly.
"What just happened?" she murmured softly against my shoulder. I didn't say anything at first. I didn't want to frighten her. I sighed when she lifted her head to stare at me, waiting for any answers I could give.
"I think you're a miko." I said slowly, still contemplating the possibilities. "You must have purified the demon and that's why your hand started to glow."
Her eyes widened once more as she took in the information. She started to mutter incoherently to herself so quietly that I couldn't even hear her. I sighed and rested my chin on top of her head in a brotherly fashion, or so I tried to convince myself.
"I understand now…" She smiled grimly. "This has happened before. When my brother was first born, I was so angry because my mother was giving him all the attention and I felt like she had forgotten me."
I held her tighter, encouraging her to continue. She shivered as the next part of the memory entered her subconscious.
"I snuck into his room the night after Mama brought him home. As I stared at him all I could think of was that I hated him and I wished that he'd never been born. Then my hands started to glow and Souta was suddenly screaming and-" She shuddered and gripped me very tightly.
"Then when I realized I was the cause of his pain, I felt so horrible and vowed to never think about people that way ever again." I let her go slowly and walked over to the dead centipede demon's body and kicked it with my foot. She stared at me silently for a minute or two waiting for my reaction.
"Well at least use it on Sesshomaru, will ya?" I grinned and she smiled back at me kindly. We decided it was time to head back and I crouched down in the snow to let her climb on my back. I gripped her thighs and began to walk out of the forest.
"Yasha?" Kagome called timidly.
"Hmm?" I muttered, still in thought over the whole, demon after Kagome thing.
"I love you." She said quietly, her head buried into my back, making it almost impossible for me to hear her.
I stopped in my tracks and looked over my shoulder at her in surprise. Did she mean what I thought she meant?
She looked up from my coat and gave me a big toothy grin. "You will always be my bestest friend in the whole entire world!" She exclaimed placing a big sloppy kiss right on my cheek, causing me to blush like a schoolgirl and also succeeding to embarrass the hell out of me.
She sighed contentedly and placed her head back on my back and was soon fast asleep. Once I knew she was out of it I released one of her legs and touched my hand to where she kissed it. It was warm even through my glove. I smiled warmly and whispered as softly as I could…
"I love you too."
When I arrived at the shrine Kagome was perfecting her new healing ability that she'd started to learn only days before. She was pressing her hands to cut on her little brother Souta's elbow. He smiled at me as I walked towards them. Kagome had her eyes shut focusing the energy into the cut, so she didn't notice my presence (well actually she probably did, because she'd be working on sensing a demon's presence recently also).
"Hey Onii-chan!" He called to me, startling Kagome out of her trance.
"Souta! I told you I need absolute silence!" Kagome yelled sternly and closed her eyes once more to finish up the last of it.
I grinned and raised one eyebrow mockingly at him; he just rolled his eyes and smiled toothily back, already used to Kagome's utter frustration.
"Okay. All done!" Kagome clapped her hands together and stood up, brushing the dirt off of her knees. Souta hopped off the bench he'd been occupying and ran towards me. He grabbed one of my hands and started to lead me to the house.
"Come on, Onii-chan! I got this brand new game and it is-" Souta was cut off by a quick shove to his back, he turned around to see Kagome smiling mischievously. Souta glared and let go of my hand, letting it drop to my side.
"Okay fine! I'll play with you later!" He threw up his hands and stomped into the house, he was having a fit. I smiled and turned around to Kagome who was now walking toward the well house.
"Um… aren't we not allowed in there?" I asked quickly, hopping over the gate to reach her. She just smiled and took my hand, making me blush. Damn face!
She opened the large wooden doors and stepped inside, gesturing for me to go in as well. I walked inside cautiously looking around the somewhat empty shack. My eyes landed on a giant pink jewel sitting in the very back, behind the well. It was placed carefully on a soft purple velvet pillow and shined dully in the darkness. My eyes widened and I felt my control over my demonic senses start to deteriorate, the jewel was calling to me.
Kagome grasped the jewel in her hand and my human senses returned. I gasped as if I'd been holding my breath and looked down at my claws only to see them shrink slightly back to their normal length. Kagome stared down at the jewel as if it was her most prized possession and spoke.
"This is the Shikon No Tama, or The Jewel of Four Souls, as some call it," Kagome explained holding it up in the air for me to admire. "My Grandfather gave it to me this morning, saying it was my turn to protect it. I am the descendent of the great miko warrior, Midoriko, and it is my duty now to protect it from evil. The jewel can grant any wish to those who choose to use it. That is why it must not fall into the hands of evil." She placed it back on the pillow and turned back towards me.
I was losing my senses again, and she grabbed my hand, oblivious to my discomfort. She grinned and led me out of the well house, closing the door behind us. I looked back over my shoulder the entire way back to the shrine.
I sat there in a daze. All I could think about suddenly was the Shikon Jewel, the innocent pink pearl sitting on a small pillow, just waiting to grant the owner's wish. I licked my lips and felt the stinging pain as my elongated fangs pierced it.
"Found it!" She yelled, breaking me out of the trance once more. She held up a necklace of black beads and white demon teeth. I stared at it dumbly.
"What the hell is it?" I asked her as she sat down on the bed next to me. She grinned and twirled it around her finger.
"It's a rosary silly!" She stopped spinning it on her finger and clasped it between her hands as she placed it to her lips. She began to mutter an incantation and I watched as the necklace slowly began to glow a light pink. The beads and bones suddenly broke up from each other and with lightning fast speed clasped around my neck. My eyes widened as I looked down at the necklace like it was sucking the life out of me.
Kagome stood up and tapped a finger to her chin, pacing around the room as I tried to remove the damn thing, it wouldn't budge.
"Yes! Now I have to think of a word to subdue you." Kagome said thoughtfully as she continued to pace around the room tapping her chin and rubbing her head in concentration.
"What the hell? To subdue me? What am I your damn dog?" I asked angrily, still trying to remove the rosary, gritting my teeth and using all my hanyou strength. It didn't even loosen.
"That's it! Sit boy!"She yelled pointing to the ground. My eyes widened as the necklace glowed a frighteningly bright pink and thrusted me face first into the floorboards. I was speechless as I laid there in utter disbelief. Kagome was clapping her hands together and cheering for her success.
"Finally! I've been working on that one for weeks!" She grinned and did a little victory dance around the room.
I was finally able to lift myself up, my arms shaking, and nose throbbing. Kagome stared at me, her eyes wide in fear as I stood up, staggering slightly.
"And now I'm your guinea pig, huh?" I sneered as I rubbed my aching head. Kagome looked around the room, looking for a way to escape my wrath, most likely.
There was no way she was getting out of this one. She screamed shrilly as I tackled her to the ground, tickling her until she was gasping out a whole load of "I'm sorrys".
Sorry wasn't going to help her now…
Until that fateful night, when Kagome left the well house door open.
Love Ya,
Lil Neko
