I just start writing fanfics, so please be lenient with me…
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of its characters.
Chapter 1
The much awaited school bell rang. Students start streaming out of the school compound. Gleeful chatter fill the air.
"Whew! Today's Maths test was tough!" 15 year old Kagome Hirugashi thought. Being the granddaughter of the shrine's caretaker does not mean she doesn't face the usual problems normal students face. "I'm so tired…I spent the whole night doing revisions…" She further thought. However, before she has the chance to make her way home to get her well deserved rest, Hojo came along. Kagome didn't have the chance to scram.
"Hi, Hirugashi!" He said in his usual polite manner. Kagome only smiled bitterly. She knew Hojo has been carrying a torch for her since god-knows-when. But she has no feelings for him. To make it worst, she doesn't have the heart to reject him, so here goes the cycle: the dense Hojo trying ways and means to woo her, and Kagome racking her brains to avoid or come up with creative excuses to turn down his numerous request for a date.
"Want to go for a movie this Sunday?"
"Uh…no. Well, you see, I…erm…have something on." Kagome stammered before making an escape. "Bye" She turned and ran, putting as much distance as possible between her and the most probably dejected Hojo.
But strangely enough, Hojo doesn't seem dejected. In fact, he was thinking: "Is her rheumatism acting up again?"
Actually, Kagome couldn't understand it herself. She was an outgoing person. She likes to hang out with her friends on weekends. But recently, she didn't. She would rather stay at home, waiting for something, or someone. She couldn't put her finger on it. What was she waiting for? Why she felt so uncomfortable? Why it seems she lost something big?
These feelings haunt her everyday, but it could be appeased if she go to the Goshinboku. "The sacred tree…" Kagome thought as her finger gently touch the wrinkled bark. Instantly, an image flashed in her mind. But it disappeared before Kagome could grasp it, giving her a very disappointing feeling.
The sun was setting, the sky was getting dark. As the rays of the sun cast a shade of red over Kagome's face, she knew it was time to go home. Kagome dragged herself back. Oddly, she has the feeling that if she stayed longer, she might just realize what's wrong with her.
Then, she passed by the well.
"The Bone Eaters Well." She reminded herself. The door of the small shrine was ajar, flapping noisily in the wind. Kagome sighed and strode across to close it. Her fingers touch the wooden handle, and she looked at her fingers again. "There's no dust…" She thought as she further examines every corner of the wooden door. She fully knew the well was supposed to be sealed and deserted, the door of the shrine should be covered with a thick layer of dust. Yet, everything was fairly clean. Something at the far end of Kagome's heart urges her to peek inside. "Just to double check…"Kagome thought. The air in the shrine was not stuffy, the well was not covered by cobwebs. But most of all, a strange force was luring Kagome to walk into the Shrine. It was calling out for her, reaching for her…
Kagome snapped out of the trance and slammed the door shut. She dashed home, too afraid to turn back and look at the lonely small shrine.
"It's eerie." Kagome thought. But deep in her heart, she knew it wasn't. To think about it, the force that attracted her just now was kind of warm and familiar. She just couldn't explain why.
The strange is yet to come. Kagome had just finished her dinner and was getting ready to get her bath. As she walked into her room to collect her bath things, a hand with sharp claws appeared from nowhere and covered her mouth, muffling Kagome's shrieks of help. The person closed the door silently and whispered to her.
"Hush, wench. It's me Inuyasha."
