Requiem of Souls

NOTE: no one that you recognize from the inu series is mine! I’m just…borrowing them…yea right growls at Rumiko MINE! *gets shot by paintball gun in the eye* ouch so not really but I can dream right *mutters something about rednecks* well I cant say much cuz I’m a Tennessee girl and I guess that makes me a redneck too…oh well!

Chapter 6: Gathering the first emotion: Pt1

As Kagome opened the box a soft light filled the clearing once more. Not as harsh as before but just enough to see by. The dark cherry wood chest had soft white velvet inside lining it. There was a small green bundle atop a pile of gold and silver coins and pieces of jewelry. Shippou immediately forgot the sword he was pulling at and dashed back over to Kagome.
He peered over her shoulder as she picked up the green cloth. She unwrapped it from what ever it held and almost fainted from shock. The cloth held a necklace. Not just any necklace but one that looked like it could have fed her family for the rest of her life, no her children’s lives, maybe even grandchildren. It was a platinum chain with an emerald pendant carved into the shape of a leaf. It looked as if someone had carved it with a needle, the workmanship was so delicate, and the back of the pendant had strange runes carved into it. She just glanced at Shippou who was entranced be the sparkliness (yes that is a word) of the pendant in the soft glow that still filled the clearing.
She slipped it over her head to rest on her neck. The chain seemed to come alive and retract upon itself to somehow circle her neck in a perfect fit. Shippou eeped and scrambled back from the magic necklace. After a few moments Kagome was caught up in the feeling of something else being ripped off of her, similar to the glamour, but this was not a physical change, it was more of a…mental or rather magical change. She fell back almost squashing Shippou as a pale green light engulfed her entire body.
A barrier inside her mind shattered, sending hundreds of thousands of images through her head, pictures of different plants and herbs the healing properties of each, and how to mix them to make them more potent. Suddenly a voice whispered in her head.
‘My baby girl you are grown up now…’
‘Wha? Who are you and what are you doing in my head?’
A soft tinkling laughter filled her head ‘my baby. I am your mother. Before I died I fixed some of my soul essence in this, my family’s crest so I would be able to guide you.’
‘But how come you are talking to me now? Instead of the fifteen years I spent thinking someone else was my mother? And why do I know all this plant lore and what is happening to me?’
‘I can’t contact you unless you are physically touching the necklace. And you are a healing elf so you know by instinct what plants are used for what in healing. And I think you might even be able to do some minor poisons…until you are trained that is…but no worries I will help with that.’
“Mama?” she hard a voice with her ears, not in her mind. “Mama are you alright you’ve been sitting like that for about umm…this many minutes now.” He held up his chubby little fingers in front of her face to show her.
‘It would be wise not to ell anyone they might ask for memories that would hurt you’
‘But…hmm…I guess you are right.’
“Nothing baby,” she whispered as she nuzzled his hair. “I was just thinking.”


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The next morning Kagome was awakened by a squeal and Sango jumping on her bed hugging something to her chest squealing as loudly as she could. “’Gome! Guess what!! My mama said that since I was leaving with you guys to go find prince sesshwhat’shisface that she would be giving me my birthday present earlier than my birthday because she said it would help in our mission and she gave me her!!” Kagome was fully awake as her giddy friend shoved a little kitten in her face. The kitten was not normal though. It had red eyes and a black diamond on her forehead. And as she was being held she flicked her tail, no tails at this treatment and mewled at Sango.
“Right sorry about that…anyhow her name is Kilala (some people say Kirara but I always hear Kilala in the show so I’m sticking to it J if anyone has any complaints then review) she is a firecat! She can get really big and run on air currents which is basically flyin—“ she eeped and jumped when Kagome rested a hand on her shoulder and calmly said, “Sango you’re babbling.” Sango flushed and then stuck her tongue out at her.
Shippou came barreling into the room with an irate Inuyasha chasing close behind. “YOU LITTLE BRAT!!! COME BACK HERE SO I CAN RIP YOU’RE LITTLE POINTY EARS OFF!!—“ Suddenly he was silent. He fell to the ground grasping his chest and panting. It looked like he couldn’t breathe. There was a pale green glow around his chest and Shippou-having seen that very same glow last night-turned to his mama. She was glowing green and her eyes had no pupils and were glowing the color of ice
“Mama? What’s wrong? What’s happening?” he wailed as he launched himself off of the dresser he had been hiding behind and onto Kagome’s chest where she caught him instinctively. As soon as he was in her arms she stopped glowing and Inuyasha started to take deeper breaths until he got up on his hands and knees looking scared and drawn.
“What the hell was that!” Kagome just looked at him, her eyes unfocused as she gasped and fell to the floor careful to land on her back so not to hurt Shippou, her adopted baby, but her baby nonetheless. Kilala jumped out of her mistress’ arms and did a little swagger over to where Kagome was laying on the floor surrounded by the openmouthed and gaping human, hanyou, and baby demon.
“Sango! Where are you my love?” Miroku chose this time to burst into her room holding his staff in front of him like a shield. He didn’t hear an answer so he cracked on eye open and then openly gaped at the sight in front of him. Kagome was passed out on the floor clutching Shippou in a death grip while Sango looked as if she had been holding something but there was nothing, Inuyasha was on the floor on his hands and knees, his breathing irregular, widely staring at Kagome as a little kitten pawed at Sango’s feet.


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Kagome’s dream
‘Baby?’ her mother’s voice echoed throughout the confines of her dream. ‘Kagome are you all right?
‘Mama? Where…where am I?’ Kagome looked around. ‘What’s going on?’
‘Do you remember when I said you needed to be trained?’
Kagome thought for a moment then brightened and nodded ’yes mama I remember…you said something like ‘you needed to be able to control your powers—‘
‘Why am I here though? I just woke up and I must be in some sort of trance or sleeping…’
‘Well, you did wake up but do you remember anything that happened after you woke up?’
Kagome sank into her thoughts again. ‘Yes I do remember some after Sango came into the room and woke me up…Shippou, and Inuyasha came in. Inuyasha was yelling at Shippou for something he probably had done nothing to create. Then…it just…I felt something tingling all over my body and my eyes were on fire but it didn’t burn then Inuyasha stopped chasing Shippou then…nothing…what happened to me? And why am I here?’
‘You are here to train. And what happened was you lost control over your powers when you saw that your “son” was being threatened.’
Kagome looked down at her feet in embarrassment. Or rather where her feet would be if she weren’t waist deep in some poofy thing. It looked similar to a cloud but it was too solid, unless of course, she was standing on a raised platform or something like that.
‘Now,’ an elf woman appeared in front of her, ”We will begin by seeing if you can form a energy sphere.’
The elf—her mother she assumed—was beautiful. She had thigh length black hair and eyes almost a grey or silver they were so pale blue. She had similar facial features to Kagome and her ears were as pointy and as graceful as any elf…well herself, she had seen.
‘Let us begin.’

Scene change

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Shippou was standing over his mama, almost afraid to touch her. Inuyasha had gotten up from the floor but her was quite a distance from Shippou and Kagome.
“Lady Sango I think you should wake her…after all she is your friend.”
“What! Why do I have to? Inuyasha was the one who made her faint after all, he should do it!”
“Me! She almost killed me! I say the runt has to do it!”
“Fine I will because I’m not a scaredy-fox!”
“You saying I’m scared of the wench!”
Everyone almost pissed their pants when a quiet voice said “My name is not wench dog-boy…its Kagome get it right.” He looked away as his cheeks took a decidedly pinker tone.
“Mama! You’re all right!” Shippou jumped on top of her head and started to hug her blind. “What did you do to the idiot? He looked hurt for a minute there…can you maybe do it again?”
Everyone burst out laughing at this. Well everyone except a certain dog-eared boy who huffed and stormed out of the room. “I just lost control of my new powers…but my mama said she will help me train, and she has, in fact that is what she did when I blacked out.”
Everyone just blinked owlishly at her. “Um, Kagome…your mother is dead, you know this right?”
They were shocked by the small giggle coming from her cherry lips. “Of course sillies! Part of her soul is in my necklace, she is training me.”
‘Kagome! You weren’t supposed to tell!’
“Oops sorry mother…”
“Feh, the bitch is talking to herself, now we really are screwed,”
Kagome glowed green for a moment at this and a glowing strand of beads appeared around the hanyou’s neck. (Get ready here it comes!) She smiled sweetly and asked the oblivious boy “Inuyasha?”
He turned and smirked at the smile taking up most of her face, “What bitch?” thinking he wasn’t in any trouble. Sango however hid behind Miroku.
“SIT BOY!” everyone stared at her for a moment and then burst out in laughter as the beads around Inu’s neck glowed and sent him crashing into the ground.
Before he had the chance to get up, an irate toad youkai stormed into the room, “WHAT ARE YOU DOING!! WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET BY THE FOREST PATH AN HOUR AGO!!” now everyone just stared at him as he calmed down long enough to see that he was being met by four pairs of eyes and one pair of red eyes peeking out from under the bed.
“Wait…what?” everyone once again started to giggle at his ignorance, until Kagome repeated it by saying, “WE were never told by you what to do. Maybe little Rin can tell us? Since you are obviously in a bad mood.”
“Not possible wench! The brat is taking care of Ah-Un, my master’s flying steed.” He glared at them again then clung tighter, if it was possible, to his two headed staff, “The reason we have to leave is, the tournament,”
The girls gasped and the rest of them just looked at Jaken curiously. “Yes well, you two will not be attending the tournament this year. Instead you are to help us gather the nine emotions of my Lord Sesshomaru.”
No one spoke. Until that is, Kagome found her voice and squeaked, ”WHAT!”
“You have the crescent moon necklace do you not?” when she nodded and pulled it out of her shirt he continued, “Then you are the only person who would b able to find him, seeing as you are the only powerful enough priestess in these lands to join him, that and the fact that you are carrying the sword Tenseiga, the only thing that can bind the Shikon jewel back together, not to mention My Lord’s emotions. So you have no choice to come. They however may come if they wish.”
No one dared speak, absorbing the shock of that statement. After the shock wore off it was Sango who spoke up first, saying “I can not speak for the rest of the group here but I’m going to come with my sister whether she likes it or not.” Kilala mewled in agreement.
“I’m coming with my mama! No one will take her from me!” Shippou hugged her head once more.
“Anywhere Lady Sango goes I will follow.” Miroku spoke with as much grace as he could muster, as he moved his hand out to grab Sango’s butt, that is before he saw a flash of red from Kilala and a slap, “PERVERT!”
“Feh, I’m gonna hafta’ go seeing as that letch won’t leave the wench alone. And you! How do I get this stupid necklace off?” he demanded pointing at Kagome, who looked innocently at him before simply stating,
“You can’t.” she paused a moment to look at the pale face of the hanyou in front of her. “Only I can” she finished smirking.
Inuyasha fainted (it was a very manly faint I assure you a small gasp then a graceful thud to the floor hehehehe)
Jaken just sneered at him and then lanced at the rest of the little group, “Now that that is over with I may continue, we must be looking for the nearest emotion. Miss Kagome, if you would please hold the crescent pendant and allow a little of your energy to run through it, you should be able to tell what the first emotion is.”
Kagome nodded then gained a look of extreme concentration. Her mother had taught her something like this when she had been dreaming, but this was the first time she had to do it in real life. She glowed pale green again and then she smiled as she opened her eyes. “It is lust. We have to find lust first…he is in…the west…about two days ride or run from here. He will have the form of a…teen, almost…seventeen summers I believe. Black hair and green eyes would distinguish him from the crowd I would think.”
For the first time since she had received her powers and heritage Kagome felt really proud of herself.
‘Well done daughter’
Kagome almost cried in joy from the praise she had received from her mother, her real mother.


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The entire village had gathered to say goodbye to the girls. They had watched them go from tiny babes to mature (mostly) young women. The sun was shining warmly making the tears of joy, sorrow, pride, and hope mingle into one glowing mass on their cheeks. The light shone through the leafy treetops turning everything a light tint of green.
They cried as they said their goodbyes. Ayumi had just stood to the side, her cheeks as damp as any others’ but she longed for them to actually mean something to the leaving girls. She looked down to try to hide her tears, when she felt a sturdy pair of arms latch around her waist.
“Kagome…I am so proud of you…you may not believe me but…I love you and I always will…with all my heart, you will always be my baby girl.” she hugged her baby close to her and wept into the silken strands of her daughter’s hair.
“Mama…” Kagome burst into tears hugging her surrogate mother as tightly as she possibly could.

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