Letting Go and Moving On by crimsonnyte

Prologue

She was always a sweet girl. No matter how many times she heard the people whispering about her, she kept a smile on her face. They always whispered about how she was the reincarnation of the powerful priestess, Kikyou, who had died tragically over 50 years ago. But the girl didn't let this bother her like it used to. After a year of the whispering she had learned to tune it out. And most importantly, she knew she was not Kikyou, and that she would never be her. The girl may have the same soul as the dead priestess, but she was her own self. She was Kagome.

Kagome understood that she wasn't as powerful as Kikyou. Even the clay doll version of the woman that tragically wanders the Earth holds more power than she. But Kagome had little desire to train as a priestess and learn to control her powers. She only needed to complete the Shikon no tama. That was it. Then she would return home to her own era. At least this was how she had planned it all in her head. It seemed Fate disagreed with her.