Just a Stone by eaf2hina

Moon Stone

Kagome comes to find a blue crescent moon stone and because of it her whole life will change. S x K

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Chapter 1 – Crescent Moon Stone

I don't own any of the Inuyasha characters except for the one's that I made :D

Please go easy on me this time. This just really flowed out of me so please understand the errors and mistakes I have made.

I just figured out that I missed writing about other animes: D My main fanfic anime story is Naruto but I found out that I needed to expand my list more.

Besides this fanfic I will be writing about a Chibi Vampire fanfic and an Ouran Highschool fanfic.

Feel free to check them out.

JUST SOME THINGS TO KNOW:

1. Naraku has been defeated but the Shikon no Tama unfortunately broke to pieces again.

2. Kikyo is still alive and well because of Kagome's great sacrifice (will be explained later)

3. Kagome here is 17 y.o

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"I'm so late!" Kagome shouted as she dashed out off her house carrying her bright yellow backpack with her.

"Kagome! Wait! You forgot your jacket!" Her mom shouted as she came running to her daughter white jacket in hand.

"Thanks mom" Kagome said as she kissed her moms cheek and waved goodbye as she jumped down the well.

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Kagome landed on the other side of the well safely and looked up to see the dark night sky above her. She hurriedly threw her bag upwards and climbed up the well. She sat down the lip of the well and sighed. She didn't want to go back the group yet, expecting that Inuyasha would be there. She picked up her bag and headed toward the village.

"Kagome~!" Shippo wailed out as he saw his surrogate mother walking nearer. He jumped out of the hut and ran to Kagome, greeting her by perching on her shoulder and kissing her on her cheek

"I missed you too Shippo" Kagome giggled out as shippo jumped down to the floor and grinned at her.

"I stayed awake to wait for you." Shippo said walking with his mother

"You should have slept shippo. Growing boys like you need all the rest you need" Kagome said making Shippo laugh. The two of them quietly went inside hoping not to disturb any of the sleeping friends. Miroku and Sango were seen sleeping on opposite sides of the hut with Kirara curled near Sango. Inuyasha was not seen anywhere. The two quickly made up their futon and slept in the middle.

"Oi Wench! Wake up! You were already late yesterday and today you plan to sleep in!" Barking sounds of anger made Kagome wake up. She rubbed the sleep off her eyes and looked around her. All things were arranged and her friends were already up seeing that there were no other futon laying around.

"What? Now you plan to just sit there all day!" Inuyasha shouted at her. Kagome looked at him with an angry glare

"Sango and Miroku went and helped out Kaede-baba. The brat went to play with other brats" he said

"Sit down boy!" Kagome said making Inuyasha drop down the floor

"Thank you for the welcoming greeting Inuyasha" Kagome said as she grabbed her bath supplies and clothes

"I'm going for a bath." She plainly stated

Kagome settled down her supplies and stripped naked. She quickly dipped in the spring, sighing from relief. After washing her hair and herself she dressed up in her modern clothes. She wore plain black jeans and a white plain t shirt. Over all those she overlapped her jacket. Winter was coming soon and she planned to avoid all possible illnesses. Picking up her things she walked back to the hut.

On her way back she felt a presence following her. Not knowing what was following her she picked up her pace and masked her scent. The presence picked up its pace as well making Kagome worry. Kagome broke into a run and her pursuer followed as well. Seeing the end of the forest Kagome ran faster and when she reached the edge of the forest she snapped and looked at her back trying to find the one who followed her.

"What are you looking for?" A voice said at her back making her jump up in shock. She turned around to see a smiling Miroku

"Miroku~ Don't you scare me like that you PERVERT!" Kagome shouted slapping Miroku on his arm. Miroku winced and looked at Kagome confusingly

"What do you mean Kagome-sama?" Miroku asked holding his arm

"You were the one who followed me right!" Kagome said in an irritated voice.

"No. I just recently saw you here Kagome-sama. I saw you standing there looking at the forest weirdly and came to see what I could do to help." Miroku stated in a hurt voice

"Ohhhh.. oh my I'm sorry Miroku! I shouldn't have made false accusations." Kagome said making the monk smile

"Welcome Back kagome-sama" Miroku said

"Glad to be back Miroku" She said smiling at her friend

After her encounter at the forest Kagome went back the hut and decided to practice her shooting skills. Getting her bow and arrow she slung it to her right arm and went into the forest once again. She found a good spot to practice and a good tree to practice on. She quickly made a mark on the middle of the tree trunk and began to practice her aim. Using up all her arrows Kagome saw that she made no progress, it was already sun set. Sulking at the result she gathered up her things and slung the bow and arrows again to her arm. She walked slowly to the Goshinboku tree knowing that it was the only place that she could be at peace at. As she came nearer she heard voices talking, she stopped and hid in a bush. Peeking quietly she saw Inuyasha with Kikyo. Putting her hand to her mouth she kept hidden from sight.

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The two were holding hands facing each other lovingly. Kikyo put her hands on Inuyasha's neck and he put his hands on her waist. They stared at each others eyes.

"I still feel guilty about the battle Kikyo.." Inuyasha said looking down on the ground making Kikyo sigh.

"There is nothing to be guilty about Inuyasha. That is past and the past must be forgotten, the present is more important." Kikyo said as she cupped his cheek making him look at her once again

"But.. You almost died. I shouldn't have let Kagome protect you in that weak state of yours. I knew that girl could not be trusted with protecting things." He spat out the name Kagome and the word girl. Kagome in the bushes gasped quietly, her hands covered her mouth trying to block off any sound.

"Kikyo let me be with you. Let me love you and we could be together again just like in our time. That wench will be disposed off." Inuyasha said grabbing Kikyo's hands pulling her closer. Her head now leaned to his chest and He protectively wrapped his arms around her frail clay body

Kagome couldn't take it anymore. She treated Inuyasha like a brother and she looked up to him too. The scene she watched was too much. Kagome popped out off the bush she was hiding in, tears strained her cheeks and her eyes straightly went to Inuyasha. She whimpered and held back a sob but to her avail she couldn't stop the overflowing tears anymore. She let the tears flow and she opened her mouth as if trying to say something.

"In-Inu-Inuyasha…" Kagome whispered slowly stuttering the whole way. Kikyo froze, she saw Kagome there staring at them. She quickly went out of Inuyasha's grasp

"Ka-Kagome…" Kikyo said making Inuyasha turn around

"Kikyo.. Inuyasha" Kagome said

"You damn DOG! I thought I sacrificed for an important and trustworthy friend! I guess I was wrong! You are a backstabbing ungrateful JERK! I thought of you as my big br-bro-brother but sadly you don't think of me at the same way. I always looked up to you as my saviour and shining knight. I admired you because I knew that deep down that stubborn and hard shell, inside lay a soft and loving Inuyasha. But to think .. to think that you were the opposite. TO think ALL the SACRIFICE I did just to complete the shikon no tama and defeat Naraku was all a joke! You were going to get rid of me when we finished!" Kagome shouted out her tone so broken. Kikyo lowered her head and Inuyasha stared at Kagome , his lips quivering as if he was trying to say something.

"Tch. This is pathetic." Inuyasha huffed

"I have had enough of this TREATMENT! I am done with all this stupidity we are playing! Why was I so blind to think that you were thinking the same way!" Kagome said shouting at Inuyasha

"I will come back and I will prove to you that I am not weak. I am not just a pathetic wench! I was the one who held the shikon no tama inside my body! When we meet again you will regret everything half breed" She stated as she turned her back on them.

"Goodbye Kikyo. Take care" Kagome said her head turned to look at them and gave kikyo a small smile before leaving.

"Stupid wench. She thinks so highly of herself. I bet in three days she'll come back crying" Inuyasha said getting a big slap from Kikyo, the sound of the slap resonating through the whole forest.

"She is right Inuyasha! She doesn't deserve this treatment! She sacrificed many just to stick to her duties as the holder of the Shikon! She left her home, family, school, friends and many more just to stay here in our time and help the people here out! She helped us because she wanted to and not because she was forced to! You don't deserve her kindness and pureness. The time I almost died … Ka-Kagome healed me with her life force. She gave me a bit of her life. It's like she gave me another part of her soul! She did that all because of you. She did it because she knew that if I died you'll sulk and she wouldn't want that to happen…" Kikyo angrily said. She put her hand on her chest.

"I'm alive right now because of that so called 'weak pathetic human wench'. If you were her would you not feel tired because you are missing a part of your soul? Think about her Inuyasha. She has done nothing but help and we did nothing but be ungrateful" Kikyo whispered as she called her soul catchers and flew away. Inuyasha froze on the spot not knowing what to do. He lowered his head and closed his eyes.

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Kagome walked aimlessly. Tears still flowed out but not as much as it used to be. She wiped them away and looked at her surroundings. Luckily her clothes weren't dirtied that much. Her bow and arrows was still intact. She examined her body looking for injuries. Seeing none she ran back to the hut, she needed to take her things first and say goodbye to her friends.

"Guys!" She shouted as Sango, Miroku, Shippo and Kirara walked to her.

"Kagome! I missed you so much! I'm sorry I couldn't spend the day with you earlier. Much help was needed by kaede-sama" Sango explained as she hugged her friend. Kagome nodded and frowned.

"I'm sorry you guys." Kagome said as she lowered her head and ran toward the hut surprising her friends

"Kagome!" Shippo shouted while running

Kagome took her bag and quickly got out of the hut. She covered her eyes with her bangs, lowering her head as she expected her friends to come running. Sango came first, she grabbed Kagome by her shoulders and held tight.

"What's happening Kagome!" Sango said, her hold onto Kagome still strong. By this time the gang, without Inuyahsa and Kikyo, was already there.

Kagome sniffed and her tears flowed out once again. Sango hugged Kagome and tried to soothe her by patting her back. Kagome pushed Sango hard making her stumble back, luckily Miroku was able to catch her.

"I'm sorry but I have to go and prove myself! Don't worry you guys I'll come back! Be sure to stay safe okay?" Kagome said in a trying-to-be-happy tone. She slung the bag to her back and held onto the bows and arrows. She then ran at full speed. The group was in so much shock it took them a few more seconds to process what had happened. Kirara transformed and Sango quickly sat on her back. Before she could fly off to chase after Kagome she was stopped by Shippo.

"Don't follow her Sango! Kagome said she would come back! She promised! I think it would be better to leave her be for a while." Shippo said in a mature voice. Sango gasped but then weakly nodded. Miroku helped her down Kirara and held hands with her for a while

"Shippo is right Sango. Lady Kagome told us that she'd come back." Miroku said getting a smile from shippo and a nod from sango

"Yea she did promise. She never does break promises." Sango said as she looked at the direction that Kagome ran, smiling all the while.

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"You need to be strong Kagome!" She said to herself encouragingly.

She was washing herself in a hot spring that she found. Drowning in the hot water her body relaxed and she let her mind think of her upcoming plans. So far she planned to quickly look for a village that the gang had helped before. She would be able to stay there and help out for a while. The problem was what village would be the best one to go to? She sunk in the hot water more. A faint rustle was heard. Kagome jerked up and grabbed her towel. Dressing in her usual school attire, with black cycling shorts, she grabbed her bow and arrows and readied it. She slowly walked to where the rustle was heard.

"Grrrr.." A growl came from ahead. Kagome quickly aimed at the spot where the growl came from.

A black fox came out growling at her. Kagome released the arrow and it shot the fox right at the head. It slowly disintegrated until a small shard was seen glowing. She ran to the shard picked it up and purified it, she then put it on a small vial and hanged it around her neck like a necklace. Smiling she looked around and saw something shining on the forest ground. She knelt on the grass and found a blue crescent shaped stone. It shined a faint blue when she touched it and felt warm when she held it by her two hands.

"What a beautiful stone. Looks like a miniature moon." Kagome giggled.

"What a unique stone… but still its just a stone. Even though it is beautiful so I'll keep it! I'll make a nice pendant." Kagome said happily

She then exchanged the vial to the stone, tucking the vial deep to her pocket. She went back to the springs and got back her bag.

"Hmm South would be a good start. I have a feeling that the people there need help." She muttered while holding the necklace.

"It's like as if there is something there that is calling this stone." Kagome said

"Or maybe I'm just hungry?" Kagome giggled to herself then started her trek to the southern part.

XXX After 3 days XXX

Kagome had walked more than any walk she had walked in her life. Her clothes were in tatters from her encounters to some minor youkai. She manage to hold her scent covering for the whole day but after 2 days of straight scent covering she couldn't manage to hold out more. The third day was the hardest because without the cover youkai could easily smell her. She staggered on her steps but quickly recovered

"I can do this!" She shouted to herself encouragingly. Footsteps was heard and Kagome quickly clasped her mouth shut with her hands

"W-who is th-the-there?" A small female voice said. Kagome slowly turned around to see an injured Rin.

"Oh my… Rin!" Kagome said worriedly as she hurriedly came to the little girl's side. She had a deep gash at her back like a claw mark. Blood seeped through the girls clothes. He face and hair a mess and her clothes had cuts all over. Dried mud was seen on her feet.

"St-st-stone.." Rin whispered softly then fainted in Kagome's arms.

"GRRRRRRR.." A deep growl like sound boomed in the area. Kagome stiffened at the sound she held Rin tighter.

'I need to go to the village and fast!' Kagome thought as she picked up her pace.

Kagome walked fast minding not the people who were passing by her. When she saw the village she immediately ran and stopped when she got to the middle of the huts. She dropped to her knees and sat down. The villagers stopped and walked to her.

"I need help!" Kagome shouted. The villagers came nearer to see what was happening.

"Yo-you are that miko who traveled with the half inu-youkai." A villager said.

"Someone go get Kimu-sama!" A woman shouted as a man ran off to follow what she said

A middle aged woman walked to them, her hair almost all white except for a few strands. She wore a black hakama and a jacket similar to Kaede's jacket but the difference was in the cream color. She wore the common footwear, Tabi.

"Kimu-sama! The young priestess from before has come back again. She seeks help from you." A villager explained getting a nod from the elder miko.

"Ah kagome-san you have come back. What is it that I may help?" Kimu asked. Kagome then let her see Rin, who was heavily breathing.

"I found her just recently I couldn't manage to treat her because I am already too tired and if any youkai were to appear I wouldn't be able to protect her or even my self…" Kagome said crying. The old woman knelt to her and took Rin from her arms.

"It's alright Kagome. You did the right thing as a miko. Come and follow me to my hut and you shall rest while I treat the lass." Kimu said as she stood up. Kagome nodded and wiped her tears away. Both the priestesses walked to Kimu's hut. Candles were the only source of light in the hut. Kagome followed what the elder miko instructed; she readied her futon and slept. Kimu on the other hand went and treated Rin. After dressing the girl's wounds she herself went to sleep.

X THE NEXT MORNING X

Kagome woke up from a major headache. She clutched her head with her right hand. She tried to sit up but failed, by this time Kimu went in the hut and helped her up.

"I see you have awaken. How are you feeling? I didn't get the chance to ask you this yesterday." Kimu asked while Kagome rubbed her temple.

"I'm having a major headache but other than that I'm just a bit tired." Kagome said smiling softly at the senior miko

"I'll prepare you a meal. For the mean time how about you wash? There be a spring and river near the south of the village." Kimu said returning the smile

"Where is Rin Kimu-san?" Kagome asked as she stood up slowly.

"She is outside gathering flowers with other lasses." Kimu said

"I found extra clothes that would be comfortable for you to wear." Kimu said before leaving

Kagome looked around the hut and saw her things and the extra clothes that Kimu gave pilled up in a corner. Her bow and arrows were fine but they looked a bit dirty. Her bag had small cuts and some mud on it. She really had to find a new bag in her time. Taking her bathing supplies and the clothes she went out to take a relaxing bath in paradise.

She returned wearing the same attire that Kimu had, Black Hakamas and A white not too loose jacket with a black inner layer. She wore a pair of slippers that she had and carried her bathing supplies. Her hair was tied in loose pigtails. On her neck was the necklace she wore yesterday with the crescent stone she found. The shikon vial safely tucked in her bag. When she came back to the village, the villagers bowed to her and greeted her and so she did to them. She blushed upon the attention she was given.

'All this attention feels nice' Kagome thought 'I wish Sango were here'

"Kagome-neechan!" A female voice called out. Kagome saw Rin straight ahead holding a bunch of different colored flowers.

"Rin. Oh I'm glad you are safe." Kagome said putting her things to the ground and hugging the petite child.

"Rin is glad too nee-chan. She is happy that you saved her." Rin said giving Kagome one of her cute toothy grins

"How about we go inside and talk about how you got here." Kagome said standing up holding the girl's hand. Rin looked up and nodded happily, the two went back to Kimu's hut. The two put their things in the corner and sat at the entrance of the hut.

"Do you remember what you were doing there Rin?" Kagome asked softly.

"It's blurry. I don't remember everything nee-chan." Rin said scooting near Kagome. Kagome let the child sit on her lap.

"It's okay. I won't force you to remember everything but do you remember something in particular? Like if you were trying to find something or were you running away?" Kagome fixed the little girl's hair.

"Rin was trying to find something but it got lost? She cant remember exactly.." Rin lowered her head gloomily

"What were you trying to find Rin?" Kagome asked

"Fi-find… I was t-rying to find a-a s-stone" Rin said her hands were at the side of her head as if she was having a headache. Rin closed her eyes for a minute. She suddenly jumped out of Kagome's lap and looked at her with a grin on her face.

"Moon stone!" Rin shouted happily.

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Second Chapter will be coming soon! Please don't miss it

Chapter 2 – A drop of Blood

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