Summary: After having the Shikkon shards stolen by Kikyo, Kagome finds herself at a demon's mercy and a power long hidden rises forth. Now Kagome must head to the Xavier Institute to learn to control her powers.
Feudal Weather Witch
by ElysianKiss
Cool Breeze
Kagome lathered her hair thoroughly. There
was nothing quite like washing your hair while soaking in a natural hot
spring. She sighed deeply. How could she just let Kikyo get
away with the Shikkon shards? Well, it's not like she could really
do anything about it. Kikyo had used the vines to trap her defenseless.
And now she simply could not get the image of InuYasha and Kikyo kissing
out of her head. She dunked her head beneath the surface and rinsed
her hair out.
"Kagome! Are you almost
done?!" InuYasha's impatient voice filtered through the trees.
"Yes, InuYasha! I'll
be out in a minute!"
She quickly got out and dried off with a towel she
had in her pack. She then got dressed in a spare school uniform while
the other dried on a tree branch. She figured she could leave the
uniform there until it was dry, so she headed off. The camp was not
too far from there. InuYasha was waiting for her a few yards ahead
on the path with a frown on his face.
"Hurry it up, Kagome.
I want to eat my dinner before it gets cold!"
"Well, why didn't you just
stay at the camp and eat?"
"Sango wouldn't feed me
unless I made sure you were all right."
Kagome sighed and nodded her head. The two walked back to the
camp in silence.
The following morning, Kagome awoke to the feel
of a warm caress on her behind. Her morning fuzziness didn't comprehend
the feeling until a few seconds later. The others woke up to her
screams and Miroku's howl of pain. Kagome was panting in rage and
Miroku now held a very red cheek that would, no doubt, be sporting quite
a bruise come afternoon.
"I see Miroku was the first
to wake up," Sango says with a bit of ire in her voice.
"Stupid pervert...," Kagome
mumbles.
"I swear, Lady Kagome!
I had no idea my hand had found its way to your lovely behind!"
"Save it, monk!" InuYasha
growled, "And don't be touching Kagome like that again, or I'll find another
way to rid you of that wind tunnel."
Miroku chuckled nervously, sweating. This was the point that
Shippo decided to wake up.
"Huh? What did I miss?"
A few hours and several whines from Shippo later,
and the group was heading toward a supposed village where a Shikkon shard
resided. It was said to be protected by the village's priestess,
a woman named Suiren (water lily). Sango rode Kirara with Shippo
by her side. Kagome was on InuYasha's back and Miroku followed on
foot. They soon arrived at the village to a rather cold welcome.
The priestess, Suiren, was at the village limits staring coldly at them.
Her gaze landed upon InuYasha and her eyes narrowed.
"We do not tolerate demons
of any kind to enter our village," she spoke, "Nor do we tolerate those
with whom they associate. Be gone from here! You are not welcome!"
she voiced.
"But, wait! You are
Suiren, the priestess?" Miroku asked, "I am Miroku..."
"Introductions are not necessary.
I said it before and I'll say it again, you are not welcome. This
is your last warning!" she said before pulling out a few metal spikes that
surged with purification energy.
"Look lady, I don't care
who you are, but you have a Shikkon shard and we're going to get it!" InuYasha
declared.
"So the half demon wants
our Shikkon shard," Suiren said, "Then we have more reason to protect it!
I will purify your soul!"
Suiren threw the spikes at InuYasha. He dodged them all, and
they exploded on impact with the ground.
"Please! We're only
trying to restore the broken Shikkon jewel so that it can be purified!"
Kagome said.
Suiren glared at Kagome, only to step back in surprise.
"You hold the aura of a
priestess! Sister, why do you travel with such a being?!"
"It was my fault the jewel
shattered. InuYasha, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo are helping me on
my journey to piece it together."
"I see. You and your
human friends are welcome to stay the night. The demons will remain
outside the village," Suiren replied with finality.
"Feh. Like I would
want to go inside your stinkin' village! The whole place reeks!"
"You mean I have to spend
the night with InuYasha?! But he'll beat me up!"
"Quiet, you!" InuYasha said,
bonking Shippo on the head.
"Ahh! Kagomeee!!!"
he whined.
"InuYasha, behave!
Or I'll 's' you!"
"Grrr...stupid wench."
Suiren glared at the two demons and turned swiftly toward the village.
Kagome, Sango, and Miroku followed quietly. The villagers murmured
and whispered amongst themselves about the strangely dressed and supposed
priestess their revered Suiren had allowed to enter their village.
Suiren lead them to a hut and motioned for Sango
and Miroku to make themselves comfortable. She lead Kagome to her
own hut and sat on the floor, cross legged.
"Tell me, what is your name,
sister?"
"Kagome."
"Lady Kagome, why is it
that I sense you have the aura of a priestess and yet your powers are not
fully trained?"
"Ah well..that's a long
story. But to make it short, I was never taught."
"I see. Well, perhaps
while you are here I can be of some help. I have years of experience
in training priestesses. Please accept my proposal."
"Oh, well,...I guess it
would help in my journey if I knew how to tap into my power...," Kagome
said, in thought.
"Of course, Lady Kagome.
We can begin as soon as you'd like. In return for allowing me this
honor, I will hand over the Shikkon shard I have been protecting," Suiren
smiled.
"Alright, you've got a deal,"
Kagome smiled in return.
The training began that very night with meditation and concentration
techniques. Suiren was a tough trainer indeed. Kagome was exhausted
by the night's end and in sore need of a soothing bath. Suiren gave
her directions to a nearby stream where she could bathe. Kagome thanked
her and walked off with her toiletries in hand and white and green priestess
robes that Suiren gave her.
"Oi, Kagome, where ya goin'?"
InuYasha asked from his perch on a nearby tree as she passed.
"InuYasha! You scared
me!"
"You should be paying more
attention to your surroundings..."
"Keh, I'm going to take
a bath."
"You just had one last night!
What is it with you and bathing?!"
"Well, excuse me for liking
to be clean! I'm surprised you can stand your own scent! I'm
human and I can smell you from here!" she said, hotly.
Kagome left with her nose up in the air as she walked
off, having won their verbal argument. Meanwhile, InuYasha looked
around before carefully sniffing beneath his arm. His faced turned
slightly green and he decided it was high time for his weekly bath.
Kagome arrived at the stream and set aside her things
and looked around to be sure she was alone and safe. After giving
the place a once over, she decided she was fine and stripped of her clothing.
She began to bathe quickly, shivering from the cold of the stream.
Once she was done, she rinsed off a final time and began to towel off.
She heard a noise to her left and turned that way, freezing. She
strained her ears to hear anything at all, but there was no further noise.
She let go of a breath she didn't realize she was holding and turned back
around only to face a giant demon beetle. She shrieked and it dove
at her, ready to snap her in half with it's pinchers. She quickly
dodged it.
"InuYasha!!" she called
out.
"Kagome!" the distant reply
was as InuYasha ran toward her.
The demon beetle was upon her again and she had
a difficult time dodging its assault while trying to hold the towel over
herself. InuYasha soon dove into the clearing and fell upon the beetle's
back, the Tetsusaiga buried deep in its back. The beetle shrieked
and bucked, trying to dislodge the half demon from its back. It succeeded
when it slammed its back against a tree. InuYasha was momentarily
stunned and that was all the time the beetle needed to advance on Kagome.
Kagome screamed as it dove at her, its skinny foot
pinning her to a tree as it's pinchers began to slowly close, ready to
pierce her neck.
"No! Some help me!
NO!" she screamed powerfully, something within her snapping free and flooding
her with power.
Her eyes glowed silver and her hair flowed in electrical currents as
the heavens thundered and clouded over. The beetle stopped its assault
to look up at the unnatural weather. It looked back at Kagome, knowing
that somehow she was the source. Before it had time to ponder more
on the issue, a bolt of lightening struck it and sent it flying back from
Kagome and into a tree. It shrieked as the half demon it had forgotten
about sliced through it with the Tetsusaiga.
Kagome's eyes returned to normal and she fell to
her knees, panting.
"What was that?!" she thought,
"Those didn't feel like my priestess powers. It was...different."
"Kagome, are you alright?!"
InuYasha asked her.
"Yes. Thank you, InuYasha."
"Feh. Stupid wench.
I told you that you should be more aware of your surroundings. Good
thing your priestess powers managed to show up when they did."
"Those were not the powers
of a priestess," came the angered voice of Suiren, "Those were the powers
of a demon! You have deceived me, Kagome! You and your group
will leave my village!"
"No! I'm not a demon!
I'm a human! Please!"
"Leave, or I will be forced
to kill you!"
Kagome's eyes widened and she quickly picked up her things as Suiren
left the clearing. She dressed quickly in the priestess clothing
and ran back to the village, only to see her bag outside the village.
She picked it up and stared at the cold hatred on Suiren's face.
"I will tell your human
friends to meet you here in the morning."
Suiren left and Kagome swayed a bit. InuYasha was by her side
and steadied her.
"Kagome, what was that power?"
he asked.
"I have no idea," she whispered.
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