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Forgetting the past…. Literally

Chappie 1

"Konnichiwa, my name is Kagome, Higurashi Kagome. And my life had been officially screwed up. I remember my 18th birthday as if it was yesterday…

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I had woken up on my 18th birthday as any other day. Inuyasha howling for Raman, Shippo being the overly hyper kit he was and a loud *slap* and "hentai" as Miroku groped Sango. But everything seemed louder than before. My ears twitched at every new sound. Wait, my ears twitched?! I went up to feel the sides of my head, but my ears were not there, my hands wandered up my head to meet two fuzzy fox ears sticking out of my head. Then I noticed that I had something sticking out of my back. I gasped when I saw two large wings coming out right on the inside of my shoulder blades. I reached my hand out to feel them. They were furry! Weren't wings supposed to be feathery? I turned my head back to see them. They were a beautiful silver color with black tips and when they moved, they glimmered aqua green. This was strange. I slid out of my sleeping bag and felt something furry against my leg. Many furry things. There were…. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, wait, 7!! 7 Tails protruding out of my back. They were silver, aqua streaked and black tipped. I had a suspicion that my ears were the same. I quickly rummaged through my bag to find a compact. As I was looking, I noticed claws on my hands. They were long and razor sharp and a shimmering silver and aqua green. `I probably have fangs too' I thought. I was so calm and accepting of it that I surprised even myself. But it felt so right, like this is supposed to be the way I am. When I found the compact, I opened it, I found that I had sparkling sapphire blue eyes with silver flecks and swirls and as I guessed, silver and aqua ears with black tips. My face had also changed. It was narrower and more mature looking, but still beautifully young. I had two aqua stripes on each cheek, the same on my forearms and ankles. The four main elements swirling together on my forehead. My hair had also changed. It was still mainly raven black, but It reached my knees and had streaks of silver and ...(ooh, ooh, let me guess! Let me guess, Aqua!!!! Getting predictable, ne? Sorry I'll go to my corner no

w) yup, aqua green. It was also finer and shinier. I also felt as if a magnifying glass of x100 had been put on all my senses. I was adjusting so fast to them I had to wonder, how had I gotten along without them.

I looked around and took a deep breath. I could smell Sango, Shippo and Miroku going off to find firewood and Inuyasha and something that smells of death and earth and decay…. Kikyo! They were deep in the woods but I could still sense them. I felt betrayal stab at my heart, but not because I loved Inuyasha, but because I considered him a friend. I could smell them getting *cough* intimate but I didn't cry, I was stronger than that. making up my mind, I knew I must leave him, but I would miss Sango, who was like an older sister to me, Miroku, some kind of lecherous older brother, and Shippo, who had recently taken to calling me Kaa-san, or mother. I felt like one to him too. If he would come, I think I would take him with me. After losing his real parents, I don't think he could bear it if I left him too. Naraku was long gone but we still looked for the remaining shards of the jewel. I had found and taken them by myself, covering their power with mine. I wonder if my powers still work as I am now what they were intended to fight, my had glowed aqua green, `yup, still there'. I was much better than Kikyo in my Miko abilities but that kisama still picked the clay pot over me. I fumed to myself but kept my emotionless mask on. I knew that Inuyasha was planning to use the jewel to bring Kikyo back and that would kill me. No matter how kind-hearted and generous I was, I was not going to allow that to happen. This soul is rightfully mine the second Kikyo died and I will not give it to the clay pot. While I'm ranting, did you notice how calm I was about being a Youkai? well as my memories trickle back to me, I understand that this is my true form, I was adopted and had a concealment spell put on me so I would appear human until my 18th birthday when I would have my real form as well as my memories back. My father and mother had been silver kitsunes while I had a falcon demon as my great great great great great great great and I think one more great grandmother. It was a wonder how I still had genes from her but the wings were great! I had power over all elements and was a Psychic. They had been killed and in an attempt to save me, threw me into a well with a note and a barrier keeping all with hostile intentions away. I had been found and taken in by my foster mother, Ms. Higurashi. The note said my name was Kagome Harusame but my last name was changed to suit evil lawyers.

A blood curdling scream jerked me out of my thoughts "Sango" I whispered as I raced off with my newfound speed. What I found would haunt me for the rest of my life. In a clearing were Shippo, Miroku and Sango mutilated on the ground and Inuyasha standing over them, blood on his claws. The worst thing was that his eyes were golden, not red. He was in his right mind and he still killed my, our best friends. "What have you done?" I asked calmly, though inside, a hurricane was raging. "Who are you?" he asked, sneering "and why should you care, I am looking for Kagome, I want to kill her so my precious Kikyo can have her soul back, they were just in the way" I looked at him, I saw him shiver, he had good reason to also. My face was still cold and emotionless, but my eyes were burning in hate, anger and pain. "Inuyasha" I said in a voice so cold and chilling, it would've froze the seven depths of hell over "it's been three years, but you throw it all away for a rotting corpse? you just killed just about everyone who will ever care for you and I have every reason to care about my friends, now you are planning to kill me too?" "Kagome, is that really you, how are you demon, anyhow, yes I am planning to kill you so Shi-ne!!!" with that, he lunged at me with Tetsusaiga, but it didn't transform, I caught it between my fingers and said "it was made for you to protect humans, not clay bitches" in that same cold voice "I flicked it out of his hands and he growled "Kikyo is not a bitch! I will kill you with my claws!" then he started to slash clumsily at me. I dodged every one with precision and speed. Sango and Miroku had taught me how to fight and I had learned quickly, I excelled in hand-to-hand and swordswoman ship (lol) and with my youkai powers; I was more than a match for Inuyasha. Quickly, I muttered a freezing spell and froze Inuyasha in place. Then I said, you are a bastard Inuyasha, after all we have been through, and this is what you do? Have you no sense of honor? Go to hell with your clay whore" then I chanted a spell that suddenly came to mind,

Forces of hell, hear my prayer

Take what is yours,

What is just half-living,

And take with it,

The one who is willing

To live in hell

To rot in flames

To be beside

The one he claims!

At that, I saw the ground open and flames crackling, two black hands came up to grab Kikyo (who was hiding in the trees) and Inuyasha, who was still immobilized and drag them down. As it closed, I took the Tetsusaiga from where it lay and tied it to my waist. I used my fire powers to cremate my friends. Then I took their ashes and buried them at the roots of the Goshinboku tree. I said a prayer for them and watched as blue souls escaped out of them. I knew they were free and happy now. With their families at last."

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From that day, I became colder and unapproachable to all but my very closest friends, my fear of killing gone the day I sent Inuyasha and Kikyo to hell. I fused the Shikon no tama together. As I had no wish for it yet, I was still its protector and the spirit of Midoriko inside of it had told me that the safest place it could be now was in me. So it had mixed and interweaved with my blood. I could call upon it when the need arise. I would be immortal now, to protect the jewel. On that day, Midoriko came to me to train me. Now that she was in my blood, I could contact her at any time. Now she taught me in my Miko powers. I had learned to purify anything, wards and ofudas, numerous spells, healing, how to shape-shift and all those other good things. Midoriko was amazed, the Shikon must've had a great influence on me in the 15 years I had been sheltering it. I had far surpassed her and Kikyo was like a flea in comparison (no offense myouga). I had also changed my outfit since my school uniform was very impractical and in Sengoku Jidai, I looked like a whore. I now had a long black cloak, open at the front and a black tube top underneath, with a silver Kitsune on it and a silver dragon winding around it., I also had a pair of black, flare pants and I was barefoot. I also had 2 crystal anklets on my right foot and 2 of the same kind on my left arm. I also had a silver circlet on my brow with a black rose dangling on it. I had been training all my youkai abilities under the iron paw (lol) of Sesshoumaru, or as I call him, fluffy. I had given him his arm back in exchange to the training. I was taught in strength, speed, agility and almost every kind of weapon known to man or demon. He was merciless when it came to training and in spars, he wouldn't refrain from hurting me, stopping just before the killing blow. I appreciated that he didn't go easy on me and the always-present danger during training forced me to learn quickly, properly and kept me on my toes. If I had any serious injuries, he would heal me with the Tensaiga, but most of the time I had to heal myself so that my body would adapt and heal faster. Her miko powers helped a lot in that too.

My favorite weapon was the glaive. It was a long staff like pole, capped with an 18 inch curved blade. At the end of training, he gave me a sword made from one of his own claws. It was a cross between Tetsusaiga and Tensaiga. It was double-edged so on one side was like Tetsusaiga and the other, Tensaiga. I called it Tensusaiga, nifty ne? Midoriko gave me a glaive of my own. It was a very special one. The pole part was made of enchanted wood from the Goshinboku, the god tree. It had the blood of the gods running up and down little veins all along it. The blade was made of pure diamond, never to break or crack. It was also a channel for my more complicated elemental abilities. I had learned that I had power over all elements, another quirk; mostly kitsunes had only one, like Shippo and his foxfire. Gawd, thinking about him is painful…

I have lived for 500 years now. King Enma has now put me in charge of the barriers between the realms. I can travel freely between them now. I go and visit Sesshoumaru once in awhile now. He is King of Makai and I continue to amaze demons as I always approach him fearlessly and without all the respect and shit. I need to go and face my family. They are just as I left them. It was painful talking about what happened but I did it. They are suggesting that I go to school as my friends and classmates might get suspicious. I reluctantly agreed. But 500 years of living pretty much teaches you all you'll ever need to know. I'm not much of a people person now. I am too cold an emotionless. As I fly to the Goshinboku tree, I perched myself on a branch, as I had done for the last 500 years since `He' left me. I take time to remember my confrontation with my parents today….

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I am finally going to face my family now. My future self had just jumped into the well for the last time. It was time to confront them. I sealed the well and went into my house in the shrine. It was all so familiar but so distant. As I entered, I met Souta. I told him monotonously. Call kaa-san and jii-san. "Kagome?" he inquired "yes" I answered simply. He nodded and hurried off to find them. "Kagome?" asked `mom' as she entered "what happened to you? Why are you back so soon? Are you a demon?!" "we'll talk in the kitchen" I said calmly. As my family seated themselves around the kitchen table, I could see confusion running across their faces. `They show their emotions too easily' I thought `but you were like that once too' my subconscious told me. You know, that infuriating little voice in you head. Everyone has one, no one talks about them though, and they would think they were crazy. I blocked it out of my mind and started my story. "it started when I woke up on my 18th birthday when I turned youkai……

…….so now I came back to see you." I ended. They were stunned but they believed me totally. "so that explains the change in your attitude" murmured my mom. "you know, you'll still have to go to school, even though you must know more that the smartest man in the world, you don't want to attract a lot of attention from classmates and such. Besides, that Hojo kid is very persistant. He'll tell all your friends if you don't. I don't' think you or I could stand so many people coming over to ask why and such" "fine, but I want to transfer, Hojo is such a persistent fly. Even worse than kouga" I said. I said the last part so quietly no one heard. "oh, mom, you won't have to worry about financial problems anymore. You can sure rack up a lot of money in 500 years. "so you're the one that kept sending us money!" mom said, quite like the Eureka! From that old loony philosopher in the bath. "hn" I said "which school is in our area other than my old one?" I asked "well, Sarayashinki is the next closest, but it is about 7 miles away" " miles is nothing compared to what I'm used to" I cut in "so it's settled, I'll call the school" said `mom'
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Now I'm heading off to school, I had to put a stupid concealment spell on again. My lovely tail, ears and wings have become invisible, the markings on my cheeks also became invisible but I kept the others. They were easily explainable and not quite as visible. My claws and fangs were gone too, actually invisible, they still work but no one can see them. I `persuaded' the principle to let me wear my regular outfit. `with a wad of bills' said my subconscious. `oh, shut up' I said back to it. I kept my hair and eye color. I also concealed the Tensusaiga and my glaive, but again, they were just invisible. `This is such a waste of time' I thought as I walked through a park. I heard a voice calling "oi, bitch, come here" I kept walking, deliberately ignoring them. From what I could hear and smell, there was a large gang of males, about 30, they stank and they were coming closer. I kept walking, slowly, mockingly. I saw them surround me, I cocked my eyebrow at the leader, who had apparently called me. "wench, I told you to stop, are you deaf?" "I do not answer to those names, do not expect me to" this was good, I could sense the anger coming off of him. I needed something to relieve my stress. They were all armed but so was I. I could hear a crowd gathering but made a barrier between the gang and the crowd. No one will spoil this fight. I sensed strangely strong spiritual energy coming from my right, but shrugged it off. The leader charged in stupidly. He swung at me and then, I switched into beat-up-the-punks mode. I moved swiftly and gracefully. I took my glaive from by back and started hitting them in crisp, sharp strokes, not enough to kill, but enough for them to feel pain, and a lot of it. On each, I carved my mark, 4 elements swirling together. They were all knocked out in less than 3 minutes. "sad, I thought they would pose some challenge at least. I slid my glaive back to my back and took down the barrier. I had heard the whispers;

-Who's that fighting?
-Hey, I can't get through
-that boy's gonna die!
-It's not a boy moron
-Wow, can she kick ass
-What kind of a weapon is that?
-she's so fast!
-she's hot
-I can't believe it!
-this can't be real
I ignored all the questions thrown at me as I walked away, that was no fun, no challenge at all. I always fought with an archaic style, to honor my first teachers of them. I don't think anyone knows them or would even recognize them anymore. Maybe I should go to Makai today to spar with Fluffy-sama, I hadn't been there for ages. I had learned many form s of demon dialect and worked as an assassin there.

I walked calmly to my new school and entered through the front doors. My mom's advice rang through me head `just try to act normal, just try' hn, how normal I was. I walked to the principal's office to get my schedule and a guide, when I got there, I inwardly smirked at the sight. There was my `favorite' cousin Yusuke Uremeshi. In trouble again. I saw his girlfriend, I supposed, Keiko towering over him with him cowering in fear. I caught a few words before I closed my ears to the sound "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING? SNEAKING OFF AGAIN! AND THROUGH THE GIRL'S BATHROOM NO LESS…" I caught his eye and gave him a u-o-me look and said flatly to Mr. Takenaka, the principal, "I'm here to collect my schedule and guide" I grabbed the schedule from his desk so fast he didn't notice and Yusuke's arm and walked regally out of the office. Leaving a confused Keiko and the principal yelling after me "hey, wait, Keiko here is you guide!" but I ignored him.

When we were far enough away, I dropped my hood and said to him, "sneaking out through the girl's washroom, low even for you" "who are you?" he asked "why, don't you recognize me Yusuke? I'm hurt" I pouted mockingly as it slowly dawned upon him "Kagome!" he said incredulously "no shit" I said "you've changed, the Kagome I knew wouldn't swear for beanz and she never wore all black, especially when she should've been wearing a uniform" he said "I like it, but answer me this, were you the one I saw fighting in the park?" I nodded offhandedly we were walking right out the front doors of the school again when Keiko caught up with us "Yusuke!, I'm not done with you yet! Get back here with that girl!" "good luck" I said softly as I retreated and closed my sense of hearing again. When Keiko had finished ranting, I came back up and said emotionlessly, "now if you'll lead me to my first class?" "oh, sure!, let me see you schedule" she said cheerfully `major mood swings' I thought as she looked over my schedule "hey, great, you have the same schedules as Yusuke and his friends Kuwabara and Ku- Suiichi"

I wondered at the Suiichi guy that she almost said another thing for but didn't probe her mind, it wasn't worth it. She led Yusuke and I to our first class, English. When I stepped in, the teacher screeched, "Why aren't you wearing a uniform! Detention!!!" "oi, bitch you should look at my note first" I said coldly as I handed it to her, she read aloud "Kagome Higurashi has my permission to not wear a uniform during school hours for the rest of the year, signed Takenaka-sensai" I rolled my eyes as waves of anger rolled off of her. `bitch, learn to control you emotions' "well, well…. You aren't aloud to wear hoods in class" she finally spluttered. `no twitching, twitching shows annoyance, annoyance is an emotion, emotions are weak, must not twitch' I said in my head. I twitched. I lowered my hood and ignored the whistles and catcalls of the guys and the jealous glares of the girls. I was used to it. She said, finally able to control her anger "introduce yourself" "my name is Higurashi, Kagome, cousin of Urameshi Yusuke. "Now may I go to a desk?" I said, my voice honey coated steel. The teacher managed to nod and point to a seat between a boy with startling long red hair and sparkling green eyes and a extremely ugly and tall buy with orange hair in an Elvis doo. I sensed an extremely high amount of spirit energy from both, the same as my cousin. I gotta ask about it. "Higurashi, read this sentence" (remember, these people are Japanese) it was more like a paragraph than a sentence but I had no trouble, living 500 years does that to you. The teacher was shocked, as was the class but I just ignored them and sat down. The teacher stopped trying to pick on me from then

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I had been caught trying to sneak off through the girls washroom, shit. I was called down to the office again, 7 time this week and it's only Tuesday. Just my luck, Keiko was there, to guide a new kid. Strange, that kid was familiar, but I don't know why. Keiko started yelling at me, extremely embarrassing. I caught the new kid's eye and she gave me a look saying u-o-me but didn't care. I heard her say to the principal "I'm here to collect my schedule and guide" and nab the schedule off the desk so fast, I didn't really see it, just felt the tiny disturbance in the air. I didn't get to think when the girl yanked me away from Keiko, to my relief and drag me down the hall. She was good at this. I heard Takenaka say something about the wrong guide, judging from the smirk on her face, she knew. When we were safely far enough she said to me "sneaking out through the girl's washroom, low even for you" "who are you?" I asked "why, don't you recognize me Yusuke? I'm hurt" I pouted mockingly as I finally recognized her "Kagome!" I said amazed "no shit" she said "you've changed, the Kagome I knew wouldn't swear for beanz and she never wore all black, especially when she should've been wearing a uniform" I said, then added as a second thought, "I like it, but answer me this, were you the one I saw fighting in the park?" ,she nodded uncaringly, whoa, had she changed. We were walking right out the front doors again, `seems she's not too eager to go to class' I though but then, dum dum duuum Keiko caught up with us.

"Yusuke! I'm not done with you yet!" I winced as she started ranting again "good luck" I heard her say softly as she left me here to endure this. "traitor" I thought. Her speech came to an end and Kagome walked up to us and said emotionlessly "now if you'll lead me to my first class?" "oh, sure!, let me see you schedule" she chirped. She looked over Kagome's schedule and said
"hey, great, you have the same schedules as Yusuke and his friends Kuwabara and Ku- Suiichi" what was she thinking!, she almost said Kurama! She led us to English and left us there. I swear, the teacher is a bitch! When she stepped in, she took one look at Kagome and screeched, in a great Banshee imitation "where is you uniform! Detention!!!" "oi, bitch you should look at my note first" She said coldly as she handed it to her, she read aloud "Kagome Higurashi has my permission to not wear a uniform during school hours for the rest of the year, signed Takenaka-sensai" is smirked, so she was finally put in her place "well, well…. You aren't aloud to wear hoods in class" she finally spluttered. I saw Kagome twitch in annoyance and then she lowered her hood. There were whistles and catcalls aplenty and very jealous glares from girls but she seemed immune to them, I must say, she had grown up very pretty from the last time I saw her. "introduce yourself" the teacher finally said as she controlled her anger. "my name is Higurashi, Kagome, cousin of Urameshi Yusuke." I heard many gasps when she said she was related to me, I felt proud that I had such an affect on people. "Now may I go to a desk?" She said I almost shivered, her voice was so chilling. The teacher managed to nod and point to the seat between Kurama and Kuwabara as she sat down, the teacher wrote a complex paragraph on the board and said "Higurashi, read this sentence . I was shocked had she lived in America or something? After that, the teacher gave up on trying to pick on her.
After class, I met up with Kurama, Kuwabara and Hiei. Kagome was nowhere to be seen, worried for her, I asked Hiei to track her down with the Jagen eye. He did so, grudgingly. He seemed shocked at something, which is hard to detect but he recovered quickly and said she was in the woods behind the school. ??? was what everyone was thinking as we went to meet her, we found a strange sight, Kagome was there and she was practicing with her sword, which we never saw before. She stopped and came over and said "I was hungry" like it was the most normal thing in the world. Kuwabara and I just gaped and although Kurama and Hiei never show it, I'm sure they were surprised too. She raised an eyebrow, are you just gonna stare or are you going to say something when we didn't answer, she just shrugged again, took the rabbit and jumped up to a high tree, startling them. Suddenly, Hiei was thrown back a few feet and when he stood up, he seemed dazed. Kagome jumped down and hissed coldly "if you got a question, ask, but don't try to probe my mind" I started. How could she not only sense him probing her mind, but repel him too. When he recovered, he unsheathed his Katana and I saw Kagome mimic him. They watched in fascination when the sword transformed into a large, double edged sword with aqua green energy crackling around the blade. She smirked, `breaking in the arrogant ones is always the most fun' ……

f u wanna vote 4 pairings, u have Inuyasha… somehow, Sesshoumaru, Kouga?, Kurama/Youko, Hiei or Kuwabaka… not likely but, meh. Ooh, ooh, and if u want any bashing, add dat 2.