Higurashi Shrine,
Tokyo, Japan
July 22, 1998
2:15 p.m.
The Sunset Shrine was a very well known and prominent shrine in all of Japan. It was not grand like the great pagodas resting at the base of Mt. Fuji, or those of great eminence that brought tourists by the hordes. No, that was not what the Sunset Shrine was, it was simple and plain, yet the gods smiled down fondly upon it. Even with every hard time that has come to pass, the Shrine itself got by with the changing world with little scarring. If you asked any native that lived and knew of the Shrine, they would tell you it was the Heaven-On-Earth.
The Shrine itself had rested in the hands of the Higurashi's for countless centuries. They descended from the original protectors of the fabled jewel, the Shikon no Tama. Their jobs ranged from anywhere from mikos to demon exterminators to craftsmen. But always has the Shrine in their protection. And protect it the have sworn to do.
And being the small Shrine it was, it always was peaceful.
But today, even as peace rested upon the Shrine, something stirred...
Chaos was to settle upon the little Shrine, and rip the happy family apart...
Mrs. Higurashi sat within her living room, reading a book, trying to ignore the uneasy feeling within her stomach. Kagome had been gone for over a month, but even as a mother worrying over a child, it did not bother her much. Kagome had asked, abet with extreme reluctance, to reside her summer in the past taking care of her duties as the Shikon no Tama Miko.
Hesitantly placing the book down, she entered her kitchen to start a meal, Sota would be back from a friends soon, and Grandfather Higurashi was always hungry after spending so much time with his dusty volumes, and outdated scrolls.
She was grateful to her Father-in-Law for taking her in after his son died, and she would never be able to repay that debt. So, a 'little' lesson on history wouldn't hurt her. Much...and she slightly grimaced, but then gave of a small smile, not betraying the worries underneath.
"My Daughter?"
She turned to see her father-in-law enter the room, his already wrinkled face, etched with hard lines, and pain reflected in his eye.
"What is it? What's wrong?" Concern flashed through her, was he ill?
His eyes bored deeper into hers, and it seemed the pain he felt transferred to her. Gasping, she gripped the counter, her knuckles turning a pearly white.
"Can you not feel it?" He whispered, "This is the pain of your daughter. Kagome is in pain." He voice slowly became a whisper, "Her soul....she is being torn apart by grief."
He seemed frozen, and tears found their way to her deathly white cheeks. And she darted from the house.
She, unlike her husband, was not attuned to nature and the way of the spirits. But as a mother, she could feel her daughters pain.
Before she even reached the well house, she saw her baby, her Kagome, and the pain reached new heights.
The jeans and t-shirt which she had set out in were torn and bloody, and covered in dirt. Her hair was in a state of disarray, with clumps of mud, barely recognizable from all the dirt which graced it's once silky sheen. She was limping and a long gash covered her arm, and scratches were placed along her face and neck. It looked as if Kagome Higurashi had been dragged to hell and left there to die.
"KAGOME NEE-CHAN!"
Mrs. Higurashi did not register the cry of her son, or of his grandfather grabbing him, trying to calm his tears.
Kagome walked as if in a dream, ever so slowly toward her mother, and then she wobbled and started to fall.
Mrs. Higurashi caught her daughter before she hit the ground, but only a blank stare and a few mumbled words came from her traumatized daughter. Straining her eyes to her what her daughter was saying, she leaned down.
"He left me....he was going to let me die....Inuyasha....."
And with that her daughter fell unconscious.
And the Higurashi household flew into a panic.
I hoped you liked this, I worked really hard on the beginning and it didn't turn out as well as I hoped but I must say it will become a crossover. I doubt it will become a romance, but it will become a crossover. MoonFairy
The Sunset Shrine was a very well known and prominent shrine in all of Japan. It was not grand like the great pagodas resting at the base of Mt. Fuji, or those of great eminence that brought tourists by the hordes. No, that was not what the Sunset Shrine was, it was simple and plain, yet the gods smiled down fondly upon it. Even with every hard time that has come to pass, the Shrine itself got by with the changing world with little scarring. If you asked any native that lived and knew of the Shrine, they would tell you it was the Heaven-On-Earth.
The Shrine itself had rested in the hands of the Higurashi's for countless centuries. They descended from the original protectors of the fabled jewel, the Shikon no Tama. Their jobs ranged from anywhere from mikos to demon exterminators to craftsmen. But always has the Shrine in their protection. And protect it the have sworn to do.
And being the small Shrine it was, it always was peaceful.
But today, even as peace rested upon the Shrine, something stirred...
Chaos was to settle upon the little Shrine, and rip the happy family apart...
Mrs. Higurashi sat within her living room, reading a book, trying to ignore the uneasy feeling within her stomach. Kagome had been gone for over a month, but even as a mother worrying over a child, it did not bother her much. Kagome had asked, abet with extreme reluctance, to reside her summer in the past taking care of her duties as the Shikon no Tama Miko.
Hesitantly placing the book down, she entered her kitchen to start a meal, Sota would be back from a friends soon, and Grandfather Higurashi was always hungry after spending so much time with his dusty volumes, and outdated scrolls.
She was grateful to her Father-in-Law for taking her in after his son died, and she would never be able to repay that debt. So, a 'little' lesson on history wouldn't hurt her. Much...and she slightly grimaced, but then gave of a small smile, not betraying the worries underneath.
"My Daughter?"
She turned to see her father-in-law enter the room, his already wrinkled face, etched with hard lines, and pain reflected in his eye.
"What is it? What's wrong?" Concern flashed through her, was he ill?
His eyes bored deeper into hers, and it seemed the pain he felt transferred to her. Gasping, she gripped the counter, her knuckles turning a pearly white.
"Can you not feel it?" He whispered, "This is the pain of your daughter. Kagome is in pain." He voice slowly became a whisper, "Her soul....she is being torn apart by grief."
He seemed frozen, and tears found their way to her deathly white cheeks. And she darted from the house.
She, unlike her husband, was not attuned to nature and the way of the spirits. But as a mother, she could feel her daughters pain.
Before she even reached the well house, she saw her baby, her Kagome, and the pain reached new heights.
The jeans and t-shirt which she had set out in were torn and bloody, and covered in dirt. Her hair was in a state of disarray, with clumps of mud, barely recognizable from all the dirt which graced it's once silky sheen. She was limping and a long gash covered her arm, and scratches were placed along her face and neck. It looked as if Kagome Higurashi had been dragged to hell and left there to die.
"KAGOME NEE-CHAN!"
Mrs. Higurashi did not register the cry of her son, or of his grandfather grabbing him, trying to calm his tears.
Kagome walked as if in a dream, ever so slowly toward her mother, and then she wobbled and started to fall.
Mrs. Higurashi caught her daughter before she hit the ground, but only a blank stare and a few mumbled words came from her traumatized daughter. Straining her eyes to her what her daughter was saying, she leaned down.
"He left me....he was going to let me die....Inuyasha....."
And with that her daughter fell unconscious.
And the Higurashi household flew into a panic.
I hoped you liked this, I worked really hard on the beginning and it didn't turn out as well as I hoped but I must say it will become a crossover. I doubt it will become a romance, but it will become a crossover. MoonFairy