From the Bottom of the Well (Chapter One)
Another sleepless night passes by like the hours of Kagome's life that fateful night. The night the Shikon Jewel disappeared from existence and took her soul with it as a price for the wish she made. I can still see the face she put when the Shikon Jewel vanished, she didn't seem thrilled that it was over. Then a few moments later I knew why, she had given her soul away in exchange for the wish and she had to pay the price.
I couldn't do anything to stop all I could do was stare as she faded away into nothing and my heart faded with her. As I stare up at the stars I can visualize the words she last said to me, "I will always be waiting for you at the well." I never understood what she meant but it seemed important. I raise my hand to the sky and close my eyes to visualize Kagome's face. The face that always smiled and showed me how to smile, laugh and cry. I couldn't stop the tears from rolling down my face when-
"Inuyasha!" I suddenly jump from the ground and wipe my cheeks.
"What!? Can't you see that I am trying sleep !" Sango has really warned me down about me helping her little brother hunt demons in the village down south. She really insists that I practice with Kohaku as much as I can.
"Lady Kaede has come to talk to you," she yells, "She says it is important."
Kaede seemed to really come closer to me after Kagome passed away. She came to talk to me more often and give me advice on how to establish more of my power spiritually. It actually helped me out and it enabled me to help her at the village when there was another attack at the village. For an old fart she wasn't half bad. I jumped from the roof of the little house at the edge of the village and head inside as I see Kaede sitting down next to the fire. I sit in front of her and wait patiently (kinda) for her to start speaking.
"So, why did you come here at this hour aren't old people supposed to be sleeping at this hour." She looks at me with a face that could kill a million people just at a moment's passing. I looked away to avoid being turned to stone as she began to talk.
"Inuyasha, what I am about to say is serious and I need your full undivided attention. This is no laughing matter." I suddenly look at her face and see the seriousness in her eyes and decide to cooperate, for now. She looks at the fire and takes a deep breath.
"I think there is a probability that Kagome isn't dead."
End of Chapter One