Bound Souls by Eternal Kenmei J.M.

Explanations part 1

EKJ.M.: *whispers* i'm sorry to say that all the others are busy so it's just me and Yasha. No fair

Inu: Hey i can hear you wench!

EKJ.M.: well anyways on with the fic.

Bound Souls

Chapter 1: explanations part one

She knew her soul left her every night searching, but for what she did not know. Every time she went to sleep her soul would travel far and wide looking for something, and right before she awoke the soul would return. She could feel the sense of pain and loss that came with it every time it didn't find what it was searching for.

This soul belonged to a young priestess named Kagome. Now Kagome wasn't just some normal girl she was the reincarnation of three powerful beings but she only knew of two, one the warrior, Midoriko, and the second the priestess, Kikyo. Both were powerful priestesses and both tied in with Shikon no Tama.

At the moment Kagome was traveling with a small group containing two humans, one hanyou, and one kitsune child, along with a small fire neko. They were all traveling to find the rest of the pieces of the Shikon no Kakera. It was only a few months after they had defeated their greatest foe Naraku when she started having dreams of feeling corporeal and traveling all across the land and then in the morning a feeling of sadness would overcome.

When it had come to a point where every time she closed her eyes for longer than a minute she could feel her soul leaving and the over whelming sadness that she could not find what she was looking for when she came back. She went to the one person she thought could help her with this problem. This person was an old priestess named Kaede, if anyone knew what was happening to her it would be Kaede and, if she didn't know she'd know someone that would.

"Come in child" was all she said when Kagome knocked at her door. She walked in and took a seat across from the old woman.

"I am in need of your help Kaede there is something terribly wrong with me and I don't know what it is except that I feel my soul leaving me while I sleep and then returning when I wake up with great sadness and loss." She said with silent tears. The old woman seemed to understand my dilemma.

"Kagome my dear I have no clue what I can do or tell you but I do know of a very secluded demon of great knowledge and wisdom. I will tell you where to go and what to do but you must not tell anyone of where you're going. The journey will be rough but if it is answers that you seek then she is the one to go to. This demonesses name is Kenmei."

Kaede quickly gave me the supplies and directions She needed to find a small valley in the mountains of where the demoness lived. Kaede agreed to tell my friends that were away at the moment that She was just going home for a few weeks and they were not to come after her.

Kagome set out on her journey westward to Mt. Shikura (made up name). On the way she concentrated on her powers and mentally trained. There were several minor demons after the almost completed jewel around her neck. But they were easily defeated.

Three days of treacherous journey finally brought her to the mountain area. It was late so she decided to lodge at the village closest to her destination unfortunately for she it was a demon village and they weren't very happy about Kagome being there. Kagome quickly put up a shield that would keep out any demon that had any intentions to put harm to her in any way. It kept her safe during her search in the market area for supplies and information.

Kagome was able to find a nice neko family that let her stay the night after she saved their child. Kagome had met a young neko child that was being picked on by the other kids and it soon turned rough. So Kagome decided to save her. She quickly walked up and picked the child up her powerful shield protecting her and Kagome.

"You should all be ashamed picking on someone cause there smaller than you now disperse." Kagome had all but shouted to the others.

"Are you ok little one?" Kagome asked in a soothing voice while she had her aura send calming waves to the child. The small child was crying softly into Kagome's kimono, and refused to let go just yet. She slowly lifted her head and nodded. Kagome looked around and noticed some youkai were starting to stare so she moved to somewhere more secluded.

"Child what is your name?"

"It's Rinni." She said still sniffling.

"Well where do you live I'm sure your parents are probably starting to worry about you?" She softly told Kagome the directions to her house. When they finally got there she was asleep so Kagome knocked on the door and told the child's parents what had happened while Rinni's mother held her. They thanked Kagome profusely and despite her objection offered her a meal and a place to stay.

The next morning after a quiet farewell she set off through the mountains. Kagome had traveled a day and a half until she finally came to a small green valley where she saw a steam and a small hut.

She walked up hesitantly to the door and knocked.

"Come in little miko I have been patiently awaiting your visit." Kagome walked in slowly and looked around and saw a beautiful celestial youkai. She looked to be in her fifties or sixties. She was sitting beside a hearth fire watching Kagome intently.

"You have?"

"Yes indeed my dear. Come sit down and have some tea and we will discuss your problem." She hesitantly sat down and took the cup offered.

"You can really help me?"

"Indeed I can child. I felt you coming into the mountains and have been watching your progress though I'm a little surprised that you got through my barriers."

"I'm sorry what barriers I didn't sense anything."

"Just what I thought you must be of great power to not even feel my barrier."

"I guess it was probably cause of my being the reincarnation to two powerful mikos."

"Child come closer I sense distress in your soul."

"That is what I have come to ask you about for some reason every time I close my eyes for more than 30 seconds my soul will leave me and when I awake it is back and it brings me intense sadness and loss like I was looking for something that I couldn't find." She told her while moving closer to Kenmei.

"Kagome you have something of witch is called a bound soul."

"I'm sorry I don't understand."

"Well along time ago there were the first demons and there was a great battle of species. Until, they finally came to and agreement. The war ended but not without many casualties. Well there were two young demon lovers and during the battle his mate Kareen perished in battle.

The young inu youkai couldn't take it so he begged and pleaded the Kami's to bring his beloved Kareen back to him. The Kami's took pity and saw the strong pure love he had for this young love so they told him a way for her to live on they called it 'the binding of souls'. The process was easy enough it was like a mating mark only it took pure untainted love for it to work along with the Kami's blessing.

Though the binding went well and his love was returned to him there were a few drawbacks. I'm not sure as of yet but after a year the problems started. They could not part more than about a quarter mile from each other along with other bits that they didn't like there were some good points too like the new powers and other abilities.

After awhile they found they did not love each other as much as previously thought. But the binding was eriversal so they lived out the rest of their days with their souls loving and longing for each other but not the body. So it was from then on that a soul binding is forever to be forbidden.

So every once in a while the bound souls are reincarnated and if the body has the time and want for itself to find a true love then the souls of both will start to seek each other out." She said.

"Now child you are the reincarnation of Kareen and you yourself are wanting true love so you soul has been seeking out its other half. I imagine the dreams are trying to tell you to help your soul seek out the other."

Kagome was speechless after hearing the story and explanation, but it made sense.

"So your advice is for me to seek out my soul mate?"

"Yes and you must make haste for if you don't hurry the souls will take matters into its own hands so to speak."

"So do you have any advice as to where I should start?"

"Yes I had another going through the same problem as you come to me about three weeks ago he was the reincarnation of Karam, Kareen's mate. I gave the same explanation to him so he's now searching for you but by your soul patterns I see you are very close to your soul taking over." Kagome was really worried what was she to do.

What exactly could she do she probably hasn't even met this person.

"What am I to do if it is how you say what I can't find this person in time." I said before starting to sob.

"Don't fret young miko when I sensed your coming I called him. He should be here by nightfall now I must leave on a summons you may stay here for the time being though."

With that she grabbed a bag and left out the door and flew away. Kagome looked up to the sky and noticed that they had talked the afternoon away and night would fall soon. Then suddenly she heard fast approaching footsteps, felt an extremely powerful aura. When Kagome finally saw whom this person was She gasped.

EKJ.M.: well there's the first chapter what do you think?

Inuyasha: it sucks where am i at?

EkJ.M.: have patience all shall be revieled in do time.

Inuyasha: yah yah what ever wench.

EKJ.M.: Well see you soon