Inu Yasha, The Reincarnation of Midoriko?

Disclaimer: Does anybody ever read these things? I don’t own Inu Yasha, and I’m sure people know this by now, or they will be confused by what the text below will say.

(Warning: Some gory content due to an exploding mirror.)

Chapter 10

A blinding white light filled Kagome’s vision. The sudden blast of light and energy caused Inu Yasha’s coat and undershirt to fly off. (Because we all know that anime guys can’t really lay it out until they are bare chested.) When she could finally see, she looked around. Sango had been knocked against a tree, and Kirara was no longer standing in front of her. Naraku, Kanna, and Kirara were standing in front of Inu Yasha seemingly unfazed by the sheer power being emitted from the hanyou’s body. Kagome cowered in fear when she saw him. Inu Yasha hovered six feet in the air, and his entire being was covered in a white aura of power. He just hovered and leaked out power. This both scared and confused Kagome.

"Jewel shards shouldn’t cause this type of reaction." She voiced her thoughts to herself, but they were drowned out by Naraku’s sinister laughter.

"Hah, hah, hah, hah, hah. Now that I have you under my control, nothing will stand in my way." At this statement Inu Yasha floated back to the ground and landed gently on his feet. He turned his head towards Naraku, and opened his eyes. Instead of the expect red they were a bright and soul-less white. Inu Yasha began to speak, but it was not his voice that came out.

"It is hard to control others with purified shards." The voice was strong and benevolent, and a woman’s. Inu Yasha, or whatever he happened to be now, extended his arm and pointed to Kirara. "Come to me my faithful companion." A large ball of white energy formed at his fingertips, then released with a trailing line straight at the fire cat. The light formed around her completely, and she walked over to the one that called her.

"Purified? How could that be?" Naraku was clearly surprised. "Only the girl has the ability to do that. You don’t even have miko powers. Something is amiss." Kagome’s eyes widened, and it began to dawn on her just what was going on, but just before her thoughts had the chance to fully form, Inu Yasha answered everything.

"I am the spirit of the priestess Midoriko. In actuality, I am only part of her soul. I am the thinking and feeling portion of that soul. My miko powers were lost when I formed the jewel, and since my powers were a part of me, the jewel is part of me. The rest of my soul was reincarnated into this body, but since it was not the full soul, my powers remained in circulation with everything in the universe. When Kikyo burned herself with the jewel, it came as part of her, but since it was separate from her soul it traveled along side of her spirit until it found a new body. Souls are cleansed of power upon death, so the miko powers that Kagome holds belongs in portion to me. So, I am the reincarnated spirit, she is the reincarnated power, and that jewel is the only thing that can finally put me to rest. So, Naraku, unless you want to meet a fate so horrible that you would wish for purification, I suggest you hand over what jewel shards you have, and leave now." Inu Yasha/Midoriko, finished the short version of his/her story. Naraku, only laughed.

"You have already told me that your spirit holds no power. Any one can call a companion from Kanna’s mirror as long as the link is strong enough. You can do nothing to me."

"You are wrong again Naraku." Inu Yasha/Midoriko stated. "I said my spirit had no power only because I had put it all into the jewel. You unwittingly returned part of my powers and awoke my soul when you lodged those jewel shards so close to this body’s heart. Now you shall pay for your foolishness." Everyone who was conscious had some sort of exaggerated expression upon their face. Whether it was fear, surprise, or in Kagome’s case relief. Everything made sense now, and didn’t hurt that Inu Yasha was in no way under Naraku’s control.

Inu Yasha/Midoriko sent a beam of light at Naraku, but at the last minute turned the beam onto Kanna’s mirror. The petite piece of nothingness was too slow to react. The light entered the mirror, and a loud scream engulfed the area. One so loud and full of pain that the very air around them seemed to vibrate. The mirror cracked, and shards of glass flew in all directions. The shrapnel caused by the explosion sliced thru the air and tore at flesh. The high speed projectiles sliced off three of Kanna’s fingers. Another caused her left eye to explode within its own socket. The pieces that came at Naraku only lodged themselves in the surface of his baboon pelt. If it hadn’t been clear already, it was definitely obvious that this Naraku was only a puppet.

A few flew past Inu Yasha/Miroku and Kirara seemingly deflected by the white aura about them.

One grazed Kagome’s cheek. The rest fell slightly short of Sango since she was out of range.

Kanna took this as the time to leave, and the puppet along with herself became engulfed in the miasmic smoke that was Naraku’s trademark.

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Ohh!, I know that some of you out there are really hating me. Two cliffhangers in a row. I could be really mean and end the story there, but I like doing this too much, and even I want to know how I tie up the loose ends. Such as Miroku’s lost memory, and that agonizing scream.

Well, all I need is one review, and everyone’s curiosity will be cleared, maybe.

Here is the list of people that I bothered with the last cliffie:

silverstarlight - glad you like the twist, it surprised me too. If there is anything that I can do to help with the writers block let me know.

Mink - No, I wasn’t being sarcastic, I really do like getting reviews. For future reference, my birthday is in October, but thank you for the thought.

Larania - It was wasn’t it?

Okay, this is the first time that I skipped the general B.S. at the beginning, and since I have nothing better to say I will leave the world with what I thought in reference to both the novel and the movie Black Beauty(which I do not have the rights to).

My favorite character was Ginger. Not just because she was a bitter and high spirited nag. Actually, it is due to the fact that if the story were centered around her, it would have been over a hell of a lot sooner.

Until next time, this is

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