The Fox�s Miko � Return of the Miko

ATTN: Its short i know but i wanted to get something out in hopes i can pick up where i left off. This chapter was just a setup for the next one which will be longer i promise.


“Speaking”
‘Thoughts’


Chapter 6
Making the food

Stirring the pot of udon she was making Kagome allowed her thoughts to wander. ‘I know I felt his ki. There was also that slight pulling sensation I felt when ever we spooned after making love. But that red head is not him, he looks nothing like Youko. A reincarnation maybe? Had Youko died and she never knew?’ she asked herself not liking the possible answer at all. ‘No, Youko was much too clever to die.’ Kagome thought confident in her lover’s abilities to not get caught.


Kurama had elected to stay while Yusuke left to pick up Kuwabara and a few other things saying it was for the safety of Keiko. Yusuke did not completely buy his excuse but figured that if he was so interested in a girl then maybe he just stay quiet and see what comes of this. Kurama was his friend and he wanted him to be happy and if this girl could make him happy then so be it.


So lost in her thoughts Kagome was that she did not realize she had an audience. Kurama stood out of field vision and watched her as she cooked trying to figure out what those visions he saw where. Those where memories he knew, but not from his human life. They were from his life as Youko. But things were out of place; like her cloths. The longer he watched her the more pronounced the odd feeling of longing became. It was confusing because how could he long for someone he did not know? Wanting to at least getting her talking he cleared his throat to gain her attention.


Startled out of her thoughts by the sound she whirled around hand over her heart. “Don’t do that!” Kagome exclaimed when she turned to face the red head. “You scared me”.


“My apologies I did not mean to startle you” he said sincerely it was the truth he had not meant to scare her. She was more jumpy then other girls he noticed quickly filing that away as puzzle piece number 1.


“Its ok I just got lost in my own world. It happens from time to time.” Kagome replied with a smile.

Desire. That was the emotion he felt when he seen her smile at him. That was also another emotion he had not felt in what seemed like centuries. Which was why as a human he could not stop the slight flustering of his cheeks in response to the emotion he was feeling. Puzzle piece number 2 being, he desires her still. Clearing his throat again in an attempt to cool his blush he asks “I wanted to ask if you needed any assistance?”


“Oh, um… sure” Kagome said a little surprised he would actually offer to help. “The udon is pretty much done all that is left is to make the miso soup, rice balls, and the curry.” Kagome informed not knowing what he knew how to make.


“Ok, I will start on the miso soup while you get the curry ready then we can both do the rice balls. Does that sound alright with you?” Kurama asked as he walked into the kitchen and put an apron on.


With a nod of her head Kagome lowers the heat on the stove to the lowest flame and puts the cover over the pot of udon. Getting the vegetables ready to be chopped Kagome almost returned to her little world of thoughts, but was stopped from the talking Shuichi.


“So how long have you known Keiko?” he asked trying to spark up conversation.


“Oh, um since high school. We meet through a mutual friend and we become inseparable. We both had to put up the nosy friends trying to hook us up. We usually denied saying we had plans with the other, so, we ended up spending a lot of time together.” Kagome said as she chopped some vegetables and placed them in a pot.


“That was nice of you to support her decision to wait for Yusuke.” Kurama commented as he added some things to his pot.


“She loves him. No one should try and interfere in matters of the heart. It was her decision to make and no one has any right to try and change it.” Kagome replied. It was true she felt the same way about her situation. If she wanted to wait until she was old and grey to learn for certain that her love was gone then she would. No one or nothing could change her mind; Kagome was after all very stubborn.


“That is true. It sounded like you were speaking from experience?” he stated in a questioning manner. Always looking for that next puzzle piece.


“Keiko’s situation and my own are vastly different. Keiko had the promise of her loves return to her. I however, can not say the same. It is complicated to understand.” Kagome answered easily. It was strange that she felt so comfortable in his presence; he was a stranger to her.


“So you wait for someone even though you have no promise that they would return? That sounds unfair to you.” Kurama stated looking out the corner of his eyes towards the woman. He still could not place her. Still did not know where those visions came from.


“Yes well, it’s complicated. It’s not that I’m waiting for him per say, but more like waiting for someone who could make me feel as he once did. It only seems that I am waiting for him because no one has gained my attention since him. He was… unique.” Kagome said with a wistful smile as she stirred the food she was cooking.


“So how did you meet him?” Kurama asked still working on making the miso soup. He felt this strange need to know her. There was this strange sense of Hope and Longing that he did not understand. These emotions were new to him and he could not understand why he would feel this way for a girl that he did not know. What makes this stranger is the memories he has of this girl, memories that can not be real.


Kagome eyes glazed over as she relieved the memory in her mind and a soft smile lit her face. “I walked in on him bathing in the woods at a hidden hot springs, the single most embarrassing event of my life. I guess we just clicked after that.”

He could see it as she told a cliff note version of their meeting. He had just finished washing the blood from his tunic when he walked in waist deep into the springs. He was washing with some plant leaf when he heard her approach. At the time he could not have been bothered by who ever it was. He was sure that it was human and as soon as they saw what he was they would leave screaming. Only she did not run away she gawked at him in all his naked glory. It also gave him the same chance to observe her. He was attracted to her purity, her innocence. She had gotten away from him then. She had pulled herself free of the kitsune seduction he had weaved around her.

Though he was intrigued he never went back he knew he would not find her. They were in the middle of a forest with no village in site. After he had found out that she was the Shikon Miko he was shocked. He knew she was an untrained priestess, but the Shikon Miko was said to be very powerful. So powerful in fact that she could purify the jewel with just a touch. It was surprising because she did not react to him as a miko should. He also knew that he had to return to her, it was a matter of pride. No one before her was ever able to pull out of kitsune seduction, but she was. It was a challenge.

Shaking his head to clear the memory he looked at her more closely. Nothing about her fit that time so how was it that he had these memories of her. And only pieces of the memories were available to him. He could not remember what happened to them, or when he gave her his Intention mark. Never mind when they last saw each other.


There was not much talking after that as both of them were too emerged within their own worlds at the moment and before they knew it everything was done and people had already started to arrive. Neither of them noticed when Yusuke had come back with Kuwabara since they did not disturb them.