Something of Nothing

Disclaimer- I don't own this, if I did, so many things would be different.

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"Speaking"

'Thinking'

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Last time

Placing a hand on Miroku's shoulder Kagome quickly teleported away from the area and teleported a few more times to put as much distance between them and InuYasha's group as they could.

All the while, a pair of eyes was still following their every move.

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Now

As night fast approached Kagome and Miroku continued on their journey. Currently the pair was walking through a forest with no towns or villages in sight.

"Lady Kagome, it looks like we will have to camp here for tonight" said Miroku on a tired voice.

Looking back at the monk Kagome realized just how tired he was. Being a demon she had more stamina than a human, even a human who was used to long travels like Miroku.

"Sure, sure, I'll grab some firewood. Will you set up camp?" asked Kagome.

Seeing Miroku nod to her, Kagome went off into the woods to collect the fallen branches perfect for firewood.

Very quickly Kagome returned with an armful of usable wood and soon a fire sprang to life between the two.

Sitting down, Kagome put up a barrier around their camp to keep out any potential threats as well as the possible rain.

Reaching into her backpack Kagome said, "This is the last of the ramen that I brought with me. It's chicken flavored."

"That's fine with me" smiled Miroku as he waited for the ramen to cook. "Do you, by any chance, still have some of that smoked meat with you two?"

Looking back into her backpack, Kagome pulled out some smoked meet.

"Just a piece, thank you" said Miroku as he began to eat the meat as the ramen was cooking.

The two ate their dinner in silence and soon after Miroku fell asleep, leaving Kagome lying awake as the fire slowly died down.

Just as Kagome was about to join Miroku in sleep she felt…something.

It wasn't a human, but at the same time it wasn't like any demon she has ever encountered before. This feeling was something very familiar, while at the same time intangible and different, like a morning mist through your fingers.

Standing up in the middle of the clearing, Kagome kept her barrier activated as she looked around the woods surrounding them.

Nothing was registering on her senses and Kagome was about to write the whole thing off as a trick on her senses when all the sudden out of the corner of her eye a flash of white was seen.

Quickly spinning around, Kagome saw nothing standing where she was sure she saw something was before.

Quietly teleporting herself outside of her barrier and going transparent, Kagome silently floated through the trees to the place where she saw the flash of white.

Nothing was there, but the bent grass and broken twig indicated that something was there not to long ago.

On her guard Kagome continued to look around in the woods for any more signs of her mysterious visitor.

None were found, but soon Kagome encountered something far more interesting than a midnight spy.

A little ways off in the woods was another camp fire, but strangely the usual presence of a demon or human wasn't there. Rather the same vague feeling of recognition from before was there.

Quietly and still transparent Kagome made her way to the spot where the light was coming from and stopped as she absorbed the figures surrounding the three different camp fires.

They were all of varying height, the males dressed in silver, black, and crimson armor and the females were dressed in armored silver and red kimonos. There skin was pail white and they were mostly white headed, but there were some with gray, black, and even two with light blur hair. Over all there were around thirty-three individuals, twenty-one males and twelve females, of varying ages from little to about middle age with most of them looking like they were in their twenties.

'They're all void demons!' though Kagome with a shock as she recognized exactly what they were.

So excited that she was finally able to meet some people of the same demon race she got turned into Kagome was about to move into the clearing when she felt a small hand grab onto her right arm.

Looking back Kagome was shocked to see Kanna standing there looking at her with almost a pleading expression, her mirror held tightly across her chest.

Shaking her head at Kagome, Kanna tugged on Kagome's arm as she pulled the girl away from the clearing, just as quietly and unnoticed as their arrival had been.

Once they put some distance between themselves and the group Kanna finally spoke up, "You can not go to that group."

"And why not? What gives you the right to boss me around?" asked Kagome as she glared at Kanna.

"They will not accept you" replied Kanna in a monotone voice.

"And why not?"

"It's because you are not a pure void demon. You were artificially created and they would sooner try to kill you that accept you as one of them" said Kanna bluntly.

"How can I trust you? For all I know this is one of Naraku's tricks" said Kagome as she looked down at the young demon.

"I know because it is the same for me. I was artificially created by Naraku and as such many different void demons have tried to kill me or shunned me as soon as we met. They have some way to identify abominations such as ourselves" said Kanna in her cold monotone voice as she looked up at Kagome.

"Abomination? Who says we are abominations! And besides that point, I never intended to become a void demon in the fist place! That was your master's doing all along!" yelled an angry Kagome.

"Our very existence goes against nature. For me and you, we are both abominations" replied Kanna, she was about to say more when she turned around. "They have been alerted to our presence, we must leave."

Quickly and silently the two left the area were they were standing and almost right afterwards three male void demons, two with white hair and one with black, came up to the spot.

Stopping once they reached Kagome's campsite, Kanna turned to Kagome, "This is where I will leave you. If I am away too long Naraku will become aware of my absence." Kanna was about to go away but stopped and turned around, "Go eleven miles north-east of here and you will encounter Naraku. Goodbye."

With that Kanna disappeared into the night and Kagome quietly drifted back through her barrier and sat down on her sleeping bag.

"Is everything alright Lady Kagome" asked Miroku, sitting up from where he was laying down.

"I don't know" replied Kagome as she stared off into the night. "I just spoke with Kanna."

Turning to Miroku she continued, "I saw something off in the woods so I left to investigate it. I didn't find anything but latter I saw a campfire. Around it was a large group of void demons. I was going to try to talk to them but Kanna stopped me. She said that she and I are both abominations and that they will kill us if they found us" said Kagome as she wrapped her arms around her legs.

Getting up from his seat, Miroku sat down next to Kagome and put his arm around her shoulders.

"What Kanna told you, about how they would try to kill you is probably true. Demons tend to shun anything different and the way you became a demon was unnatural. Just like how humans shun people who are disfigured or different, demons behave in the exact same way. To them you would be a cheap imitation that's a blight to their eyes."

"But do not let that get you down" continued Miroku as he looked directly into Kagome's eyes. "You are not an abomination and people do accept you. You may be different but people will see beyond that and learn to accept you for who you are. I'm sure that will be the case" finished a smiling Miroku.

Wiping a tear from her eyes Kagome said is a small voice "Thank you Miroku. I needed to hear that."

With that Kagome moved under her sleeping bag and soon fell asleep.

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The next morning came and both Miroku and Kagome packed up their camp and began to head in the direction that Kanna told them to go.

Miroku voiced his concern that this might be one of Naraku's traps, but Kagome told him that she trusted Kanna.

The two were walking in silence when they came across a village at the bass of a mountain. The village was completely devoid of life and there was a strong demonic aurora in the air.

"It looks like this is the place" commented Miroku as they looked down on the disserted village. "How do you suppose we will get through the barrier?"

"We let someone else take it down for us" said Kagome with a slight smile.

"What do you mean by tha-" Miroku was saying when he caught sight of a group making their way through the village.

Their leader was dressed in red and carrying a large sword and there were several other figures with him.

"Ah, so we'll let InuYasha take the barrier down for us" said Miroku.

"That and kill some of the grunts for us. You know, clear the path" said a still smiling Kagome. "And it looks like we're not the only ones with this idea."

Off to their right Miroku caught sight of Sesshomaru and to their left was various other demons who had a score to settle with Naraku.

"Get ready Miroku, he's about to take the barrier down" warned Kagome.

Suddenly the shape of a purple dome surrounded the mountain before it shattered, revealing a castle nestled at the top of the mountain.

"Let's go!"

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Sorry I haven't updated in a while and that this chapter is so short, school work is pilling up.

The final battle with Naraku is about to begin. Who will live and who will die? Give me suggestions and that person's life just might be spared or lost!

Ja ne!