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OK, this fic is one I have had rolling around in my head for a while now and finally decided to post it. I will tell you the pairings at the end because by then you should have at least one pairing figured out. That's all for now, enjoy!
Chapter One: Field Trip of the Era
"Mom! I'm home!" Kagome called as she skipped into the kitchen.
"Welcome home, honey. How was the feudal era? How is everyone?" her mother called from the pantry.
"Its been great. Now that Naraku is gone, things have been so much more peaceful. And everyone is doing wonderfully. Miroku and Sango are finally getting married, so I've spent the last three weeks prepping for it." Mother smiled at daughter, pride evident in her gleaming eyes.
"Hey Kagome, your home! How long ya staying this time?" asked Souta, sliding into the room in his sock-clad feet.
"I'll be here as long as I want to be here. I live here too ya' know!" Kagome huffed. "But I'm only planning on staying long enough for the big field trip."
"Field trip? What field trip? Oh, the one mom is going to chaperone?"
"Yeah, we're going to a small museum about an hour or so outside Tokyo. It's going to be so much fun! They are supposed to have a really nice section on the feudal era," Kagome told him excitedly.
"She virtually lives in the feudal era so she comes home to see some musty old man's theory on how the feudal era worked. A theory mind you, that is probably totally wrong," Souta commented to the room in general.
Kagome sighed. "You wouldn't understand." Kagome then left the kitchen for her room.
"OK, the field trip isn't for another three days, so I might as well study for my classes before then. Or, I could just call someone…No! Must study first." With that the young miko sat down at her desk, math book out and open and fell asleep.
The next three days went by relatively quickly for Kagome with scattered tests, a couple major meltdowns, and a lot of studying.
"I'm so excited!" Kagome squealed as she followed her friends onto the bus bound for the museum.
"Yeah, and it's great your mom is coming with us, she's so cool!" Ayame declared.
"I'm glad you think so!" said Mrs. Higurashi with a smile as she got on behind the girls.
"Hey, Kagome. I haven't had a chance to ask how your bubonic plague is," said Hojo as he got on as well.
'Bubonic plague?' "Great! I'm cured!" Kagome announced with a smile, hoping beyond all hope that only a reserved few had heard about her newest ailment.
Soon everyone was on the bus and roll call had been called. The bus pulled out onto the highway and headed out of Tokyo.
"Man o man! Look at those clouds!" cried Yuki.
"Looks like a really big storm is coming," said Eri.
"Oh, I hate storms!" Ayame whimpered.
"Don't worry, Ayumi. It'll probably blow right over us," Kagome reassured her. After that the conversation drifted back and forth between topics while the growing storm clouds went unnoticed. Soon though, rain began to fall, just a light mist. Then the wind began to pick up, just a little at first then slowly it began to pick up momentum. The rain also started to increase until it was impossible to see past your eyelashes. The sky was dark, occasionally lit up by lightning just moments before a blast of thunder rocked the earth.
"We have to pull over!" the history teacher, Mr. Yamagata, told the bus driver. The driver quickly got on the radio to talk to the other bus driver.
"Pull over!" the driver yelled. A garbled mess sounding a lot like, "No duh!" was the response.
The bus was pulled over to the side of the road with a thump as two tires left the pavement. Everyone in the back looked out the emergency exit, attempting to see the other bus.
Suddenly the other bus seemed to appear out of nowhere right outside the door. Luckily it had been crawling along so the driver was able to stop quickly, but not before gently tapping the back bumper of their bus.
Kagome and her friends were sitting more towards the middle of the bus, trying to calm a hyperventilating Ayame down.
"Here, I always carry a paper bag, just in case," Mana, the new transfer, offered.
"Thanks," said Kagome, taking the bag and giving it to Ayame, who started breathing into it immediately. There was a particularly strong gust of wind that rocked the bus, causing most of the girls to scream. Of course, all bad things come in threes. The drivers knew about where they were, but said nothing to the teachers in charge. They were parked on the edge of a short yet steep embankment, meaning that with the proper encouragement the buses could go tumbling like Jack and Jill. Staying true to the rule of threes, that gust of wind was accompanied by the first bus being struck by lightning and the second bus being hit by a car that had the same idea about pulling over. The driver of the car was spooked and drove on. The bus however began to roll down the embankment. There was a brilliant flash of light and both buses vanished from the side of the highway.
The second bus continued its roll down the embankment while the other was held in place by a bush. The storm had suddenly ended without any apparent reason. The birds were singing, the sky was a bright blue, and there was a gentle breeze.
"The other bus, quick! Radio the other bus!" Mr. Yamagata ordered needlessly, the bus driver was already attempting to do so, but with no luck.
"Look, someone's coming out!" someone shouted. Everyone ran to the left side of the bus to see someone climb out of the bus's roof since it was on its side. The person waved, then helped the next person out. Mr. Yamagata ordered everyone to remain on the bus while he and Nakura Sensei got out to assist the people in the other bus. The two teachers climbed out of the bus, through the bush and slid down the embankment. Everyone on the first bus started talking, realizing for the first time they were no longer on the road, but on the edge of a forest.
"Mom, I have a bad feeling about this," said Kagome.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine. We'll all get on this bus then try and find the road again."
"I don't think that's possible. Something doesn't feel right, like I know where we are, but it's not where we should be. I don't know, it's hard to explain…" The driver tried to start the bus but to no avail. There was a loud clanking noise and smoke started to rise out from under the hood.
"That's not healthy," said Itsuki.
"Hey, it won't budge!" the driver called out the window. The other driver looked at his tipped over bus then at his friend.
"Looks like we'll have to look for the road on foot."
"Come on, everyone off the bus!" Nakura Sensei ordered. Everyone filed off the bus, struggling through the bush.
"Um, wasn't the road right here?" someone asked.
"Yeah, where is it?" asked someone else.
"Come on, let's go this way," suggested one of the drivers. Everyone started following the adults, Kagome's sense of foreboding increasing. Everyone was getting anxious, how could they possible be this far from the road? That was when Kagome saw something that sent mixed feelings into her heart. There up ahead was a stone fence she had become so familiar with.
"Oh no. Mom, I know where we are."
"Where?"
"We are in the feudal era." Mrs. Higurashi's eyes grew large and she went a little pale.
"Well, honey, it looks as though your secret may have to come out," she whispered.
"Mr. Yamagata? Nakura Sensei? I know where we are. We need to cut through that fenced field in order to get to safety quickly because right now we are a giant, slow moving target for anything that takes interest in us," Kagome warned. The two teachers looked at each other then at the girl in front of them.
"All right, where are we?" Mr. Yamagata asked. Kagome hesitated, not wanting to answer. She was half-afraid of Mr. Yamagata to begin with and was afraid he would not believe her and call her a liar. Nakura Sensei seemed to see the indecision in her eyes and stepped forward, giving her a half smile.
"Kagome? We need to know where we are," he said gently. She looked up at the priest. Math teacher or not, he was kind, he would believe her.
"We are in the feudal era." The two teachers gave her a questioning look.
"I'll explain later, but for now we need to head out of here, come on!" and with that Kagome lead the way over the stone fence and across the field.
OK, so what did you think? Want to know what happens next? Read the next chapter and you shall learn. I don't know when I'll update, but it will be as soon as humanly possible, promise. PLEASE review. I want questions, comments, suggestions, likes, dislikes, just not flames please. I'll cry. What I write depends a lot on what my reviewers say, so if you want to see something put in or taken out of the story, I need you to tell me! Thanks! Now please review!