The last shard to my soul

Chapter one.

A young maiden fell to the ground broken in a fit of tears. She gazed up at her last chance of freedom. The well stood only a few feet from her fallen form.

"Only a little farther," she whispered to the wind.

She struggled to stand but her body wouldn't obey. The tears continued to fall as she remembered what had happened to lead up to this point. As her memory came back she choked on a sob as the memory consumed her mind.

= Flash back =

A young girl rose from her sleeping bag to greet the sun that was just rising from the horizon. She slipped out of the silky material without disturbing the little fox that still slumbered.

She had to bite down the giggle that tried to surface. She walked over to a tree where her yellow backpack lay. She leaned over and pulled out a pair of clothes since her uniform was covered in blood from the battle the day before against the boar demon that had a shard. She pulled out a few bath utensils, which consisted of shampoo 2 in 1, soap, rag and a towel.

She got up off the ground and headed toward the nearby hot springs for her morning bath. She walked down the road remembering the previous week's battle against Naraku. They had beaten him and sadly they still are missing two fragments of the jewel but it's not to hard to gather them since Naraku is gone.

She round a tree and came to a stop. She placed the stuff on the ground. She looked around the area and put up a barrier that protected her for a 20-foot radius from where she was so she could take a bath in peace. She slowly thanked Keade for teaching her that spell as she began to undress. She slid into the water and began her bathing.

-=- 20 minutes later -=-

Kagome emerged from the spring's water wrapped in a towel. She quickly dried her self off and pulled her clothes on. Her clothes were a baby blue tee shirt, white capri's and blue tennis shoes. She grabbed her stuff and headed back to camp.

As she neared the camp yelling could be heard. The closer she got the clearer the argument got. When she was three trees away from the camp she came to a dead stop to listen but what she heard she didn't want to hear. Not now, not ever. But the words still got through to her.

"Inuyasha how can you bring that clay bitch her?!"

"She's my –Mate- Sango that's why."

"What about Kagome?"

"She is and will always be a –shard detector-."

Kagome couldn't take it anymore. She couldn't stand being called a damn shard detector. She walked into the camp with a dark shadow looming over her.

"Well look who decided to join us."

Kagome glared up at him with soulless eyes and spoke with a cold and emotionless voice,

"Inuyasha... I've put up with you shit long enough... you chose a dead bitch over me a living breathing human being. How could you? I thought... no I thought wrong... how could I have fallen in love with someone who doesn't notice me... someone who believes I'm lower than him no lower than dirt to them. I can't take it anymore you've done this to your self."

Kagome grabbed Shippo from the ground in front of her and ran off into the forest. She ran towards the only place she could call home in this era, Edo.

She could feel Inuyasha's anger. She could care less. She continued her run until she felt a tug from above her. She knew who was there and raised her hand. She felt her only friend pull her up and pull her on to Kirara's giant form. Miroku grabbed Kagome from Sango and sit her in front of him as he felt Kagome shake and struggle against herself.

Kirara headed for Edo at top speed. When they reached Edo Kagome got off and ran towards the river with Shippo still in her arms. Miroku, Sango and Kirara watched as Kagome took off.

When Kagome reached the river she shrunk to her feet in a puddle of her own body. She looked down at Shippo and brought a lazy hand up to her neck. She grabbed the throbbing jewel and took it off. She pulled a shard off and handed it to Shippo.

"You hold on to this until you can find me again. I can't stay here any more. I've taught you all I know... I've cared for you as a son of my own. I love you but you belong here and me in the future... My dear Shippo do me well and protect the others and your self don't let Inuyasha come near this village he has betrayed me way to many times... I can't take it any more... I'm going home Shippo... Protect them for me and protect this shard it is my life and your life in one shard..."

She pulled him into a hug and mumbled a small incantation and Shippo disappeared. She rose from the ground and ran towards the well as quick as possible.

She felt a power coming closer and was afraid of it. The next thing she knew she was face down in the dirt with a weight on her head.

"You aren't going anywhere."

Kagome knew who this was. She knew these two auras's to well. She felt mad no angry no furious. Her aura skyrocketed for the very first time she unleashed her full aura. She was no mere reincarnation. She wasn't Kikyo's reincarnation no she wasn't even Midoriko's. She was her own soul. Her aura was powerful. Strongest Miko around. Her skin burnt Inuyasha's foot. Inuyasha removed his foot only to find Kagome getting up.

She glared at the two. She couldn't take being second best any more. She felt her body heating up. Like flames licking at her form. As if she were the devil's child and not a normal mortal being.

Inuyasha glared at her as he slowly lost his control over his demon blood. Kagome saw this but was aware of what was happening. Kagome turned her eyes toward Kikyo and whispered out to her,

"Come to me, release what is mine."

Kikyo's eye's glazed over. Her eyes turned a solid pink before turning a dull black color. She fell to the ground limp. Her body slowly evaporated into nothing but cloth and mud. The souls left her body and disappeared. A small part of a soul looked lost. It looked around until it saw its vessel. It floated towards Kagome and entered her body. That boasted her aura and powers the rest of the way.

She looked back at Inuyasha but she was to late. She felt his claws in her back. She screamed in pain and agony it hurt her. It hurt her real bad.

Inuyasha felt his demon want something but he didn't no what it wanted. He let his beast take complete control as his human part fell completely asleep. His hand began to caress her thigh.

Kagome felt his hand caress him. She screamed at him to stop. She wouldn't let him deflower her no she would let her true love do that. Not someone who doesn't care for her. She let her miko powers respond and back fire on him.

Inuyasha jumped away after feeling a shock of fire hit him. He growled out at her as she turned to face him.

She turned around to face him with nothing but dark eyes. She summoned her miko powers into a shape of a bow. She pulled the sting back as an arrow appeared. She let it fly.

-Swoosh-

It hit him.

-Wham-

-Crack-

She watched as his human self woke up as he felt him self being sealed to the same cursed tree, the god tree. He looked up at Kagome with tears in his eyes. He reached a hand out to try and reach her. To the failed attempt his hand fell limp and his eyes slowly closed and he fell back into his slumbering sleepless death.

Kagome watched this and saw the tree take her painful sorrow. It was as if it knew her forever. As if this tree could go through time as well. It slowly engulfed all of Inuyasha. It pulled him into it as if to shun him from the world that he disgraced with his presence.

A soul popped out of the tree and stood in front of Kagome. She knew this soul from somewhere but she couldn't place a finger on it.

The soul handed her Inuyasha's sword and a jewel shard he had and the soul whispered in its last cry,

"Kagome... I am sorry for what you have had to deal with and hope you take this dangerous weapon away from this era and return to yours to keep it safe. Don't fail us... This tree feels your pain and will always be watching you now go for Inuyasha is no more..."

With that said and done the soul disappeared.

Kagome hugged the sword and ran, she ran away from her past. She cried. She cried tears of sadness. Sadness for the departure of her friends, her only son... the life she just threw away... she also cried for the man no hanyou she sealed away forever within the tree of time.

She closed her eyes and rubbed the tears away. She accidentally dropped the sword and tripped over it. She looked up at the well only a mere few feet away.

= End flash back =

Kagome uncovered a little untapped energy and rose to her feet. Grabbed the sword and stumbled to the well.

When she reached it she sat on the lip and swung a leg over it. She threw her other leg over and before she dropped down she whispered a sad farewell and dropped into the well her very freedom from the past.

She went through the time passage and as her feet hit the darkened well surface she screamed in pain and fell into unconsciousness.

The well houses door was swung open and a young boy whom looked to be in his early teens ran to the well and looked over. His eyes widened. He ran back up to the top of the stairs by the doors and screamed out them,

"MOM!! GRANDPA!! COME QUICK ITS KAGOME!! SHE'S COME BACK AND SHE LOOKS HURT!!"

An old looking woman ran in and an elderly old man shuffled in the well house last. The young teen jumped down into the well and picked up Kagome. He pulled her up and out of the well. The old woman helped the young teen carry Kagome into the house.

= Next day =

Kagome woke to a searing pain in her back. She opened her eyes to see that she was in her room. She slowly rose from the bed. She shouldn't have and she wished she hadn't cause her body was engulfed in pain.

As soon as the pain resided she pulled her feet from under the bed to the floor. She saw her clothes were changed to that of a loose black shirt and a pair of black shorts. Kagome reached over and pulled on a pair of black socks. She got up off the bed and headed for the living room.

She sat down on the couch and literally melted into it (A/N- I just love when seats feel like buttermilk... mom almost bought a living room set... aw man I almost fell asleep... now where was I oh yeah the story crap *shuts up and goes back to typing*). An old looking woman walked by and stopped to smile at Kagome and ask,

"Kagome dear would you like some breakfast?"

Kagome nodded as she turned on the television. She flipped through the channels until a book report show came on.

'Wonder what book is a hit now?' she thought sarcastically as she waited to hear about the book.

= On TV =

A woman walks in as the audience cheers really loudly. As she sits down the audience quiets down.

"Alright so today's best author has written a whole series in the state of fiction. You all have heard of the series of 'Just A Mere Shadow'?"

The audience was in an uproar. When the lady brought her hands up the whole audience silenced once again.

"Well we had gotten him in here today to tell many who haven't heard of this series know a little about this book. Know what it is that tweaks everyone's interest. Please come on out Mr. Snicket (ran out of last names...lol)."

A man with reddish orange hair walks out on to the stage. The audience was cheering again. They got all quiet again when he sat down.

"Now Mr. Snicket what we all wanna know is how you came up with this series?"

"Well it was something that I found that was kind of played out in front of me a friend of mine had gone through something like this but as you can see most could not happen now a days so it's a mere fiction book."

"Wow, for something that drastic to almost be real would tear my heart. Are you going to continue the series any farther?"

"Actually there is no ending you see, the girl never had a happy ending, for as anyone has read it knows that at the end she disappears from time forever in total sadness. She has nothing left to stay for. Unless some how the ending is reborn then I might be able to continue but as for now it has come to a complete stop."

"But the girl, such a sad ending for a story like that, wasn't a fiction book suppose to have a happy ending?"

"Not all do now a days."

"Well there you have it, straight from the author him self. Now many have read this book. It makes you laugh, cry, angry, furious and beyond all left in the mist. Now to end this book talk we will have Mr. Snicket give us a summary of the whole series in a shortened version."

"In the beginning a girl is found wandering around and some how unlocks a half demon but little did she know he was her key. The very key to her heart and soul. She broke a simple jewel that if you wish a heartless wish upon it the jewel will fade but she pierced it with an arrow. She set out with this half demon to find it but comes across problems. Meets new people. Makes friends while making enemies. She has to kill in order to live but the half demon in the end tries to kill her and she does the only thing she can do. She seals him away forever. She then fades leaving everyone and everything behind. Her adopted son was given a shard of the jewel but all that remained in the end were his and another shard while she faded away into another dimension with the rest of the jewel with her."

"And there's your short summary so you fellow listeners go out and read this series it is a great book! Now that ends today's book talk until next time ja ne!"

= Show ends, back in reality =

Kagome felt the tug of a jewel shard. Her eyes were already wide as if that person knew her life but he had a shard of the jewel. Did the shard share her secrets with him? It's possible.

Kagome turned off the television and got up. She headed for the kitchen for breakfast. She sat down at the table as the older lady placed a plate of eggs and sausages in front of her. Kagome looked up and smiled.

"Thanks mom."

Kagome dug into her food and ate a t a fast pace that would put Inuyasha to shame (or goku from db & dbz lol).

"Your welcome dear."

Kagome finished off her breakfast. She got up and walked to the sink. She rinsed off her plate and chopsticks. She then placed then in the dishwasher. She turned to see her mother hand her an envelope.

"What's this?"

"I want you to go out and buy your self something..." her mother said. "You'll need it after what happened," her mother then whispered.

Kagome took it and walked to the door. She slipped on a pair of black tennis shoes and ran out the door. She ran towards the steps but stopped. She looked around. She felt eyes but she didn't know where. She looked at the god tree.

'Could he still see me from within there?' Kagome shook her head, 'No! But I better check to make sure.'

Kagome ran back towards the tree and placed a hand on the tree. She felt a beat from within the tree but other than that nothing else.

"It'd be to hard for him to still be alive wouldn't it? Besides that soul told me I have no worries to worry about."

Kagome nodded her head and took off down the stairs towards the main road.

But little did she know a head popped out of the tree and whispered in a hoarse voice,

"I'm sorry, Kagome... now I can't protect you from the dangers..."

The head disappeared back into the tree as if nothing was even there.

Kagome darted down the stairs and off to the left. She wanted to get to the mall and see what this book really is like. She continued to walk as she lost her self in her mind.

'How can someone make a story up that sounds almost like mine but I guess in that era it would seem as if I disappeared off the face of the earth... yeah. Besides you'd have to be there to know how my life went wouldn't...'

"Ouch!"

Kagome looked up from her position on the ground to see the author of the book...

'It's him Mr. Snicky, Nike, Nicket or what ever his name was.'

He looked down at her. His eyes widened.

She felt the pull of a shard and saw it in a small jar around his neck.

"A jewel shard," she whispered.

"Kagome?"

Kagome's eyes went wide, "How do you know me when I don't know you?"

"Kagome I'm...."

To... Be... Continued...

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