Author's notes: I'm sorry that this is so very very short. This is my first Inuyasha piece, though I've written other stuff...mostly one-shots (my fear of commitment is strong). A huge part of the inspiration for this piece is the television show Joan of Arcadia, for those of you who know, some of it may seem familiar, but with some very important um....religious? differences. Because this will be Inu/Kag, all you monotheists need to understand that he is A god, not THE God and as such, no religious toes to step on, so to speak, so please do not flame me on any religious level, it's called FICTION for a reason.
Disclaimer: I think the world will be a much better place when everyone comes to realize that Inuyasha really DOES belong to me!! No! Really! I bought the rights ::nods enthusiastically:: Ok fine...I'll share with Rumiko Takahashi...but she has to give him back when she's done!!! Seriously...all I got's is my sister's plushy that I stole and a coupla loose pennies drifting around my jean pockets with some lint. ;;
Anything based on the premise of Joan of Arcadia belongs to Barbara Hall and not to me. Remember kiddies, however, this is NOT a crossover!
June 18th, 2004
It all started on my first day of school. We had just moved to Tokyo so that my mom could help out my granddad with the upkeep of the family shrine. I think if I had known the insanity that would begin on that day, I might have just slept in...
"Kagome."
A young lady with long, black hair looked up sharply toward the voice that was calling her name. Looking around, she saw that she was standing in the middle of a grassy field, the sky overhead was dark and threatening and the air around her had that eerie, still feeling to it, like just before a storm. She looked down at herself and realized that she was dressed in her school uniform; not her old one, but her new one, the one that she had never worn yet.
"Kagome."
She looked around a second time, trying to find the source of the voice, and yet, seeing no one or nothing but the field in which she stood and the heavy sky above her head.
"Kagome."
This time, she spun around quickly in order to see the person calling her, but just as before, she saw only fields and looming clouds.
"Who's there?" she called, mad at the slight quiver in her voice. The silence was her answer. By now, Kagome was beginning to get just a little irritated. Hands on her hips, stomping her foot like a petulant child, she demanded, "I know you're out there and this isn't funny! Who's there?!"
"Kagome."
The voice was directly behind her. She spun around quickly to find herself nose to nose with...with...well she really wasn't quite sure. Silver hair, golden eyes and...puppy ears??? Distracted by the sight in front of her, she didn't even notice that the force of turning around had knocked her off-balance. Well no one was more surprised than her to feel the ground hit her bottom. With a startled squeak she realized that she was looking up at a very, well, beautiful would be the word to describe him, strange, but beautiful boy about her own age.
"Who ARE you??" she asked, looking up at him from her new comfortable spot on the ground.
"Kagome," was his only answer. Suddenly the air began to be filled with a shrill squealing noise. Slamming her hands over her ears, she looked up at the boy in bewilderment, shocked by the sudden sadness in his eyes as he slowly turned to walk away with a small wave as the shrilling got louder.
"Stop!" she yelled, both to the departing boy and the loud shrieking that was filling her head. Squeezing her eyes shut against the pain, rocking on her heels again and again begging the awful noise to stop.
Suddenly, with a gasp, she opened her eyes to find...her bedroom??? Next to her, the alarm clock continued to shriek loudly.
"Shut it off!! For the love of god, Kagome!" a young boy's voice yelled through the wall, banging the wall in frustration. Dazed and confused, she managed to turn over and heave the offending object against the wall, probably with a little more force than was necessary. It stopped, probably forever. But that really didn't matter to the now more than half-awake teenager sitting on her bed enjoying the silence.
"It was just a dream..." she muttered to herself, before getting up to get ready for school. "What was with the wave?? How annoying..." she mused on her way to the shower. If only she had realized then just how much she was going to learn to hate that little wave.
Just a quicky...sorry it's not longer, Chapter 1 will be out soon. Lemme know if it's worth continuing. Thanx for reading!!
