"Kagome! Hey Kagome! You're gonna be late! Come on!" I yelled walking through my friend's house. Even if it is her birthday, that doesn't mean that school will wait for her.
Sorry, my name is Naomi Misora and I'm nineteen years old. I know what you're thinking, strange that I have a friend who's a freshman in high school when I already finished right? I guess that's true, anyway the reason I know her is that we were always going in the same direction when it was time for school, so that's how we met. We've been friends since I was in the eighth grade. And since I finished school, I never got out of the habit of walking with her there. Plus I'm kinda her tutor.
I found her talking to her talking to her grandpa, going on and on about some family legend no doubt. No wonder she's late…
"Oh hey Naomi I was just about to head out," she said "Wait here I'll be right back"
And so she left me with her grandpa…great.
"Oh hello Naomi, how are you my dear?" he asked.
"Oh I'm fine," I said running a hand through my long black hair and jingling some of my earrings in the process. I knew Kagome would be taking a while so I just sat down against a wall. I watched as Buyo chewed on some kind of…hand or something. "I guess Kagome didn't enjoy…whatever that is?" I asked. He just had a sad look on his face. Guess I was right.
After sitting there for a few minutes Kagome came out in her uniform. It was green, white and sailor style, with a short skirt. Ugh I hated that uniform with a passion, probably why I ended up wearing the boy's uniform…
"Alright lets go then," I said standing and walking to the door to get my black combat boots by the door. Along with my boots I wore dark grey pants, a red tank top and black leather jacket.
"I'm leaving!" she yelled as she jogged to catch up to me. As we were leaving I noticed her brother Sota at one of the shrines holding what appeared to be cat food. "Isn't that Sota?" I asked.
"Yea, hey what are you-"
"Nothing" he answered. We silently decided to check things out. Oh well I'm old enough to keep Kagome from getting in trouble if she's late.
"You're not supposed to play in there." Kagome lectured.
"I'm not it's the cat," he said.
"Did he go down to the well?" I asked. Not that I really cared. Too make a long story short Buyo doesn't like me, oh well I'm a dog person anyway.
Once we headed inside the dark shrine I took notice of the old well in the very bottom, I had never actually gone in here before. But just from this one time, it put me on edge, I already didn't like it in here, I didn't know why but it didn't feel right in here…
"Buyo…" Sota called. "I don't know where else he could be."
"So go down," Kagome said simply.
"Why do I got to be the one?" he wined.
"Because you're the one that's looking for him." she responded.
All of a sudden there was an ominous scratching sound, causing Sota to screech and hide behind Kagome.
"Something's down there!"
"Uhh yea the cat." She drawled. She started going down the steps to the well, and I cautiously followed. If something did happen I wouldn't let it hurt Kagome…
I have taken a couple defense and weapons classes.
Something moved and it sounded like it knocked something over, causing Kagome and Sota to scream and me to be ready to jump into action.
"Buyo?" he was rubbing up against Kagome's leg.
She picked up her fat cat and turned to face Sota at the top of the stairs.
"You make fun of me cus I'm scared? When your all Ahhh Whaaaa!" Sota mocked.
"Leave her alone Sota." I glared.
"Besides look whose talking mister 'why do I have to go?'"
The scratching continued, but this time from inside the well. I turned to investigate but the lid suddenly burst open, and something grabbed Kagome from behind and pulled her in!
"Kagome!" I yelled grabbing her hand, being pulled down with her. But instead of seeing the inside of a well, it looked like we were falling through dimensions.
I heard Kagome gasp, so I looked at what was dragging us farther. It was a ugly topless women, with long black hair and six arms, but what shocked me the most was from he torso down she had the body of a centipede.
"Oh to be alive once more…" she said in a creepy voice that echoed. "Already my strength returns, you have it don't you?" she said licking Kagome's face with her long tongue. "Give it to me…" I growled loudly, she finally noticed me and seemed to be frightened. "Haa, what are you doing here?" she asked.
"What are you doing?" Kagome asked breaking free and shoving her free hand in her face, "Let go!" her hand unleashed a purple light and cast the woman away.
"Wretched girl, I must have the sacred jewel…" That sounded familiar to me…
"The sacred jewel?" Kagome asked as we continued to fall until we reached the bottom and landed on our knees, trying to regain our breath. What was that?
"I guess I must have fallen in the well?" she didn't sound so sure, then she looked at me "And you tried to save me?" I didn't answer; I was too busy focusing on the sudden pain in my chest. It felt like my heart was being crushed, and my breathing came out harsh. "Naomi? Are you ok?" she asked putting a hand on my shoulder.
"I'm fine… this is nothing." I said standing once the pain was bearable.
I watched Kagome turn around and notice an arm from the women and mumble 'maybe not'. She stood and yelled "Hey Sota get grandpa!"
Instead of waiting I started climbing the wall thanks to the vines on the walls, while Kagome followed while grumbling something.
When I reached the top I noticed that we weren't inside the shrine anymore, we were in the middle of a forest. I had never seen such a place before, and my body felt weird here, it felt lighter, more agile, and my senses had been tuned. Overall I felt free here.
I snapped out of my trance when I noticed Kagome leaving in another direction, I quickly ran over to follow her.
'Did I get taller?' I had always been taller than Kagome but not quite this tall, she used to be at my eye but now she was at my neck. I looked down and noticed that my clothes were still the same. Oh well.
"The tree," Kagome said. I looked ahead and saw she was right. The tree from her house, we could find our way back now. We started running towards it, only to discover a boy stuck to it, his eyes closed as if he were sleeping.
He was wrapped in vines from what I would assume to be the years of being there, he had long silver hair and a red kimono, and were those his ears?
Everything suddenly froze, and I pictured the boy to be older, more mature, with out the ears and longer hair, with purple stripes on his face.
I was broken from my trance by a pain in my shoulder. I looked and saw that an arrow had gone through it, but it didn't hurt that bad. I turned and saw the archers. But the strange part was that they were all dressed in kimonos.
Growling I pulled the arrow from my shoulder and broke it in half.
"It's a Demon!" one yelled. One came from behind wielding a sword, I turned and knocked the sword aside and grabbed it with my hand, then grabbed the guy by the throat with my other hand, I pushed him to the ground where I knelt in front of him and pointed the sword at his face.
"Naomi! Stop!" Kagome yelled. Three came up behind me and tied my hands together behind me, but they saw that I could still struggle so they also tied my arms together and attached both ties to my neck so that every time I moved I choked myself, not that it wasn't choking me already, finally to finish it off they also tied my legs.
The next thing I know we are brought to the center of the village.
"You didn't have to tie me up you know." Kagome complained from her spot next to me. Only while she was sitting up I was lying face down, my hair covering my face. I had collapsed shortly after I got here, my chest was hurting again.
All we could do was sit (or in my case lie) there and listen to the villagers discuss weather we were demons, of foreigners, or whores. (I would have leapt up and beat the guy senseless for that if it weren't for my little predicament.)
"Make way for high priestess Kaede." I heard someone say. I couldn't see them, but I could feel them throw something on us while saying 'Demon be gone'
"We're not demons ok!" Kagome yelled.
"Are ye not? Then why were ye found in the forest of Inuyasha?" I heard this 'Kaede' ask.
"They could be spies from another village." I heard.
"In that case they would be fools, who would invade such a poor village as ours?" she asked. She then got closer, "Let me have a good look at ye, look clever girl or be a halfwit. Its there but I know not why." I heard her order one of the villagers to untie Kagome, and then she walked over to me. "So ye are the one who could fight back?" she asked. She used her foot to flip me on my back and arms causing me to cough up blood when the ropes tightened, I think they ruptured a blood vessel, and now I couldn't breath. "Hurry! Untie her! Quickly!" I blacked out.
When I woke up I was lying on my side facing a wall. I could hear the fire going beside me, and Kagome and Kaede talking.
"-In this time of war no stranger may be welcomed among us with out deep mistrust."
"We really aren't in Tokyo anymore are we?" Kagome asked.
"To-ky-o?" Kaede pronounced. "Never heard of it, is that where your people are from?"
"Uh yea, so we should get going!"
I sat up all of a sudden, alerting Kagome and Kaede. I could feel something getting closer, and it was familiar.
"Naomi are you alright?" Kagome asked. A large crashing sound was heard throughout the village. I quickly stood up and ran out to see what had happened.
The centipede woman was back.
She shot up out of the ground carrying a horse in her mouth, then dropped it right in front of us causing me to jump back.
"Its that thing!" Kagome shouted from behind me.
"Give me the sacred jewel!" it yelled. It charged right for us but missed as we jumped on different directions.
"It said sacred jewel, bare ye it still?" Kaede asked. What were they doing talking about some jewel? We have bigger things to worry about.
"I have no idea, I mean I've heard of the jewel but I-"
"I must have it! I must!" it yelled spinning and causing more damage to the village by whipping its body around.
"Spears, arrows nothing works!"
"We must lure it to the dry well." Kaede said.
"The dry well?" I asked.
"In the forest of Inuyasha." She clarified.
"Where's the forest, where the lights shining right?" Kagome asked before running off towards the forest.
"Wait Kagome!" I yelled following after her. I caught up, but the centipede was still after us. I wasn't a coward but I knew when I was beaten, people were one thing and something I can handle but demons are completely different,
"PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP ME!" Kagome yelled.
Suddenly I could sense something in the forest, no I could smell it, it smelled like a dog.
"Give it to me!"
"I told you I don't have it!" Kagome yelled.
It struck at our feet causing us to go flying into the clearing.
"Hello Kikyo, playing with bugs now are we?" I heard a smug voice ask. I looked at the source and found it to be that boy from before. I smelled the air again and found he was the source of the dog smell too.
"So your alive?" Kagome asked.
"Why you taking so long to kill it? Just do her like you did me." he smirked. "You look pretty dumb there Kikyo, the Kikyo I know wouldn't waist her time."
I stood and glared at him, "What the hell are you talking about Dog?" I asked.
He looked at me and glared back, "Oh, and what's this Kikyo? You playing with foxes too?" he asked.
I would have snapped at him but Kagome got to it first. "That does it! Kikyo, Kikyo, whoever she is she's not me cus my name is-"
"She's here." He said. The centipede came from the trees and tried to attack Kagome, but I was ready for her. I punched her right in the face sending her back a ways. Just in time for the villagers to hit her with arrows and attempt to 'reel her in'.
"So I was saved," Kagome sighed.
"You're pathetic Kikyo." Dog boy said.
"I'm not Kikyo! Look I'm telling you I'm not her!" she yelled. I couldn't pay attention to what else she was saying; my chest felt like it was on fire! I groaned and fell to the ground trying to find my breath. It felt like something was trying to take over, invade the rest of my body, and change it. It felt like I was going through hell.
The sound of ripping flesh and the smell of blood brought it all the way forth. I screamed as I could feel my teeth grow and sharpen, my fingers tightened on the ground as my nails turned to claws, the weight of my hair increased so I could only assume it got longer, my ears were now on top of my head, and I could feel designs make their way across my face. I could feel my very blood pulsing.
When I refocused on the situation, I saw Kagome pulling the arrow from Dog boy's chest. I couldn't describe it, but I felt an overwhelming need to slaughter everyone, and I was gonna start with that centipede…
When Naomi had stopped her screaming, everyone could see the changes that took place. Her hair grew longer, she had black ears at the top of her head, her nails turned to claws, her teeth were now fangs, and red stripes appeared at the sides of her face. She smirked and opened her eyes, her once pail green eyes had turned red.
She crouched to the ground and started chuckling to herself, before both her and Inuyasha tore apart Mistress Centipede. Her ripping the body apart and doing all she could to cause her pain, and cause blood to be spilt.
When all of it was over all the villagers and her friend looked at her as the wolf in sheep's clothing that she was. She then looked at the villagers, and then to Kaede. She smirked then looked at the sky, at the crescent moon, and smiled sadly before falling backwards, transforming back.