An Angel Inside Me and a Demon in You

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Practice Makes Almost Perfect

Kagome sat straight up from her sleep, aware of her surroundings like never before. She felt as if she were in tune with all aspects of nature. Her senses were also more acute; she could taste the emotions of the wildlife enveloping her and feel every small quiver the earth made beneath her hands. The light fragrance of the flowers assaulted her nose; Kagome’s eyesight improved to the point where she could see the smallest movement 400 yards away from where she was sitting. She even had to cover her ears when the whisper of the wind became too much for her to bear.

The young angel nearly passed out from the overload of her newfound abilities. Her world was spinning in circles as she concentrated on toning down her gift. Beads of sweat trickled down the sides of her soft-skinned face as she searched for the place her power was flowing from. She reached deep inside herself, and managed to store away a large amount of power within her body.

She felt her power receding back inside herself. Kagome became aware that her sensitive senses were bearable. She analyzed each one as she got to her feet.

‘Okay, it seems that I can still see pretty far, but not as far as before… I can still feel the life around me, but not as severe. I can’t taste anything in the air anymore. Hmm. This is great! I can see pretty far. Oh, also my hearing is probably as good as Inu…’ she trailed off in her thoughts, not exactly ready to say his name so casually.

Kagome decided to check out her powers. She held her hand in front of her face and individually flexed each of her fingers a few times. Her eyes widened as they started to glow eerie colors. Her power playfully scattered across her arm, and Kagome felt a sense of warmth and completion. She continued to let her energy wash over her until she was at peace.

‘Wow. That was amazing. I wonder if I can form this into a shape.’

Curious, the miko began to concentrate again, this time willing her power to take a form. After countless minutes of trying, Kagome started to sweat profusely. Nothing was happening. Her hand still glistened with the multitude of colors, and yet, the colors refused to become a figure.

Suddenly, Kagome got a bright idea. She stood up and stretched her arms in preparation. She attempted to use various techniques to harness that power: the “Wax on, Wax off,” the “Spiderman,” the “Princess Wave,” the “Wagging Finger, the “Thumbs up,” and even the “Rock on!” Sadly, all her efforts were in vain.

Frustrated, she plopped down on her derrière. She lifted her hand towards the sky and placed it in front of the sun. Kagome kept her arm outstretched and she examined her appendage. Finding nothing out of the ordinary, besides the glowing, she placed her hand on her knee and said, “You know what? You’re stupid. You won’t even work for me. You just kinda sit there while I am slaving over how to channel this energy!”

She balled her hand up into a fist and glared holes into it. Her mind drifted to the hole that was in her… in her heart. Kagome slowly opened up her fingers. A small heart appeared in the palm of her hand before it flickered and disappeared.

‘By Kami, I think I’ve got it!’

Kagome tried again. She added more force into opening up her fingers and thought a bit harder on that heart with the hole in it. The heart materialized in the center of her hand. Kagome studied it.

The heart was rather large; the colors were bright and swirling. It floated right on top of her hand as it shimmered in the sun. Kagome’s eyes trailed around the shape before landing right in the middle, where there was an absence of the glowing and the magnificent spectrum of colors. Instead, dead in the center was a large chasm. It was black and hollow, empty of the life.

A tear slipped down Kagome’s cheek. This was her. A perfect example. A perfect duplication. On the surface, she was light and bubbly, just like the various bright hues on the outside of the heart. However, inside of her body was darkness, identical to the void inside the heart. Kagome suddenly became furious with herself for being affected so strongly. She watched in amazement as the outside of the heart morphed into an angry, red, six-point throwing star.

‘I wonder what means,’ she pondered. ‘Hmm. Quality. How sharp is this?’ She took her index finger and lightly brushed it against a tip. She hissed in pain when she felt the skin tear slightly and blood immediately poured from the wound. Just as fast as the injury incurred, the puncture sealed itself, stopping the blood flow. She hopped to her feet again.

‘Wow, that was sharp. Let’s see… I got the quality part down; how about quantity?’ Without much effort, a great deal of the weapons spewed forth from her hand. As soon as Kagome was satisfied with the amount, she saw that the stars floated in mid air around her.

“Okay, so I got the ‘quality and quantity’ part down, how about some attacks?” She voiced out loud. Kagome scanned the area to find an object that she could practice on, but nothing was in sight except for the trees. “Hmm, alright, I’ll just use those.”

She looked at her stars hovering above her. Kagome scrunched up her face at the thought of injuring the trees with her magic. “This has to be done though.” With sheer determination in her eyes she sent the red objects toward a tree. Kagome watched as the throwing star passed through the trunk.

Kagome’s face fell when she saw that the tree was unaffected. “Well, that sucks. It worked on my fing-“

Right before her eyes, the incisions she made became painfully obvious. The pieces of the gargantuan tree fell apart, and the earth rattled beneath her as what was left of the tree smashed onto the ground.

Kagome stepped towards the debris, wanting to inspect the damage. She gasped upon seeing the mutilated piece of nature before her. “I’ll have to be careful with those.” The angel immediately felt guilty when she her eyes followed the trail of ruined trees that extended past the one in front of her.

“Let’s scratch using my powers on nature. Hmm, I guess I can only use it on myself.”

Kagome held her palms up in front of her and called forth her power once more. The white energy circled around her again as she changed the flying objects into her offensive weapon. They twisted with more fury, the wind causing her hair to lift from her body. She winced slightly as the stars lacerated her flesh. Her arms, legs, and body were dripping rubies as the numerous shallow cuts bled freely.

Her eyes changed into a darker hue, and the swirling magic halted their assault. They changed from red to green as they revolved around her once more. Kagome felt the skin quickly healing and the metallic smell disappeared from the clearing. She gave a quick once-over of her body and was pleasantly surprised to see that no traces of blood were left on her skin and clothes.

The girl form the future placed her hand in front of her face and mused to herself, “So, purple is cutting and green is healing. I wonder… what could an explosive be?”

A blue light appeared in her palm. It was small but something about it was setting off warning signs in her head. She brushed off those thoughts and continued with the one-sided conversation, “If I make it bigger, I can make it stronger.” She added more power to the sphere, watching as it grew in intensity and size.

When the orb became as bulky as a softball she stopped the flow. “Let’s see what this baby can do!” She juggled it with her hands before hurling it into the middle of the field. She certainly wasn’t prepared for the outcome.

The sphere descended slowly, seeming to take its time. As soon as it touched a blade of grass it was like a miniature version of the United States dropping the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. The sphere’s power exploded outward, instantly incinerating all wildlife within the area of a football field.

Kagome faced the blast head-on by erecting a barrier. She saw as her bomb’s energy clashed hard against her confinement, cracking it. She squinted her eyes in determination as she reinforced her protective shield. To Kagome, it felt like eons before the magic of the softball-sized bomb died away.

Kagome assessed the damage her explosive little sphere caused. The ground and the ring of plants encompassing the vicinity were charred. She let down her barrier seeing that whatever happened was over.

“I can’t believe I did that.” She swayed on her feet, suddenly feeling woozy. “What’s going on? My power hasn’t run out, but-but my body is so-so tired.” Her eyes rolled to the back of her head and she collapsed in a heap in the middle of the destroyed meadow.


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The Inu gang spotted the top of a huge blue dome a few miles away. The light emitted was so bright, it temporarily blinded them. The magic filled the air was so intense; it sent jolts of electricity across their skin. The dome whirled inside of itself before it shrank and disappeared, and the stench of the energy continued to permeate the air.

“What the fuck was that?” Inuyasha scrunched his nose from the smell.

“That my friend,” Miroku nodded in the direction of the scene, “is a big mystery. Perhaps we should investigate.”

Shippo chirped from Sango’s shoulder, “But what about Kagome? We can’t just abandon her!”

“I am afraid Shippo is right. However, that explosion is something really big. I think it will lead us to Kagome. I can feel it,” Sango looked to where the dome appeared.

Inuyasha responded, “I am going with Sango on this one. I got this feeling deep in my gut that is telling me that we’ll find Kagome there.”

“If Kagome is there, then we must hurry. There is no doubt that a great deal of youkai and villagers are going to nose around that area. Such a blast of power is sure to draw much attention,” Miroku concluded.

“Oh, no! What happens if Kagome is hurt? Or if the youkai will hurt her? We have to go!” Shippo leaped from his perch to hop on Kirara.

“Damn it!” Inuyasha exclaimed as he ran his hand through his hair. “You guys fly, and I’ll run.”

The five companions traveled with as much agility as they could muster, and they prayed that Kagome was safe and alive.


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The earth shook with small tremors as his amber eyes watched the devastation unfold in its full glory. He saw the bright flash of light and the way the green of the forest and field burned in an instant. His sensitive nose endured the onslaught of the mixture of noxious fumes. His ears heard the silent explosion and the cackling of energy in the atmosphere.

‘Only the strongest can attain and manipulate such a chaotic ability,’ he thought.

Curiosity took hold of his normally detached disposition. The great Lord of the West flitted through the small expanse of forestry to lay his eyes on the object that could possess such great, untamed power.

In a matter of moments, Sesshoumaru arrived upon the wreckage. He had a sense of déjà vu. The area looked strangely familiar to him, but he could not think of when he had seen it before. However, Sesshoumaru had not expected to discover that the field that once was there was completely black and bear. The ground beneath his feet was empty of all life, not a single plant or animal had survived. The surrounding trees had scarred faces and the earth was like ash and soot.

‘What could have been the reason for this?’

He scanned the open range before landing on a group of lesser demons, who huddled around something. ‘Those worthless beings couldn’t have possibly conjured up such magic. They must have come here to seek the one who did this.’

Upon noticing his presence, the youkai faced their enemy. A green and purple monster, who Sesshoumaru presumed to be the leader, spoke, “This bitch is ours. She will make a delightful meal or a satisfactory whore. She reeks of beauty and strength.”

‘So, a female is over there. Hn.’

His deep, baritone voice replied, “You do not deserve the bitch nor do even deserve drag your filthy feet against this land. Be gone.” With a flick of his wrist, the dense demons were decapitated.

The Lord of the West was thrown off guard when he spotted the figure of an onna that was on her side, her back facing him. Sesshoumaru treaded across the grim terrain, wondering how a ningen could survive such an attack.

When Sesshoumaru finally reached her, he detected a heartbeat, signaling she was still alive. His trail of thought halted when he recognized her attire. ‘This is my half-brother’s wench, the miko, who is in the field similar to the one in my dream.’

His eyes widened slightly at the revelation.

Doubting himself, the lord used his boot-covered foot to nudge the girl onto her back, so he could properly see her face. ‘So, it really is the same ningen.’

His ever perceptive mind started placing the pieces of the puzzle together. ‘In the dream, she collapsed in a field. I thought to help her, and then an energy surge erupted from her body. Now, here she is, in the very same field, and is the only thing left alive.’ Sesshoumaru’s head swam with the information before establishing the final conclusion.

“She is the sorcerer.” He was wretched away from the girl and hurled once more back into reality.

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