Journey to Nowhere
By silentrose24
Summary: Kagome and Inuyasha disappeared 15 years ago. But why.? Their daughter Kohana finds out on her fifteenth birthday, and decides to set out on a nearly aimless journey with one goal in mind: to find her parents. AU, R&R please
Author's Note: This is the first fic I have ever written, so it's probably pretty bad. But please read it and review it, because I really, really want to improve.
Chapter 1:
A Secret Revealed
~Kohana's House~
Morning, grandma!" Kohana called out cheerily as she pranced into the kitchen. It was her fifteenth birthday, and she was pretty sure that just about nothing could bring her down today.
"Ohayo, Kohana." Kohana's grandmother smiled. "Happy birthday!"
Kohana grinned. "Thanks, grandma." Kohana swung her book bag over her back and gave her grandmother a hug. She glanced at her watch quickly. "Oh, gosh, I really gotta go. Bye, grandma!"
"Bye, Kohana." Mrs. Higurashi continued to smile until the door clicked shut. Then, a worried look came over her face.
She was hiding something from Kohana.
'It's for her own good,' thought Mrs. Higurashi. 'If I told her, she would just think I was crazy.
And what teenager wants to hear that their parents are probably dead?'
~At School~
Kohana walked down the hall, stopping in front of her locker. As she knelt down to unlock it, her two friends Michiko and Akina crept up behind her and shouted: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KOHANA!!!"
Kohana, startled, dropped a few books and looked up to see her two friends' faces grinning mischievously at her. Laughing, she said, "Hi to you too."
Akina's grin grew wider and she handed her a card and a balloon. "Sorry. I forgot it was your birthday, so I couldn't really get anything better."
"That's alright. Thank you, Akina!" Kohana said happily. 'Nothing can bring me down today, let alone someone not getting me a wrapped present.'
Michiko grinned, handing her a wrapped gift. "Ha! I remembered," She said to Akina. Turning to Kohana, she said, "You can open it whenever, I don't really care. Anyway, let's go, we're going to be late for biology if we don't go now."
"And I gotta get to history," added Akina.
Kohana was suddenly more alert. "Oh right, let's go." As Kohana set off to the classroom on the other side of the hall with Michiko, she smiled to herself. 'This is going to be the best birthday ever.'
She had no idea what she was going to find out later that day.
It would change everything.
~Kohana's House~
Kohana walked into her house, holding a pile of birthday presents that had accumulated throughout the day. "I'm home!" Kohana listened for a response. All she heard was silence.
"Hello?" She placed the presents on the kitchen table and headed towards the living room. She peeked inside and looked around. Completely empty. She decided to look upstairs. Kohana quietly walked up the stairs, where she heard familiar voices getting louder as she came closer.
"No, you can't tell her now, Miroku! It's her birthday. This is her day, and I won't let you ruin it! "
Kohana knew that they were talking about her. She took a few steps closer to the room.
"Mrs. Higurashi, Kohana's not the little baby she used to be. She's fifteen, Mrs. Higurashi!"
'Mature enough to know what?' She thought curiously.
"I still don't think you should tell her."
Kohana stood in the doorway. "Tell me what?" She said quietly.
They both blanched at the sound of her voice, realizing that she had heard what they said. Miroku and Mrs. Higurashi turned to face her.
Mrs. Higurashi spoke. "Kohana--"
"Tell me what?" Kohana's voice came stronger.
Mrs. Higurashi sighed. "Fine. Tell her." She headed down the stairs.
Miroku motioned for Kohana to sit down. "Come here, Kohana."
Kohana walked to the seat next to him.
Miroku took a deep breath. "I'm going to tell you what you should've what you should've known before. This is what we should've told you a long time ago."
Kohana's heart pumped a little faster. "So? What is it?" She tried to sound calm, suppressing the anxiety she felt over his words.
"Remember when your parents disappeared? You were barely a year old. And it was on a business trip, didn't we tell you that?"
"Yes.." 'So what's your point?' she thought.
"Well.. It wasn't exactly the type of business trip you probably thought it was."
"What do you mean?"
"Kohana, I know you probably won't believe me, I know this probably sounds crazy to you, but it's true." Miroku paused, as if he was pondering whether or not he should go on.
"Yeah. okay, keep going."
"Okay. The Higurashis, your mother's family, are a family of mikos.. You know what mikos are, don't you?"
"Yes. Aren't they priestesses, with magical powers or something?"
"Yes. Anyhow, your mother came from a line of mikos. Back in the Sengoku Jidai, there was a jewel called the Shikon no Tama. It had the power to either do incredible good to the world.. Or destroy all good."
"Mm-hmm.." Kohana raised one eyebrow. 'This is pretty farfetched. Is he feeling ok?'
"The Higurashis were entrusted with guarding the Shikon no Tama. Demons had tried to steal it before, but they were never successful. until you were about one year old."
'I think I know where this is going,' thought Kohana. 'But does he really think I'm going to buy this crap?'
"A demon named Naraku stole the Shikon no Tama from your family around then, and your parents went out to find him and the Shikon no Tama."
"Miroku?"
"Yeah?"
"You were right. I do think this story of yours is crazy."
"You have to believe me, Kohana. It's the truth."
~End of Chapter~
That was the end of my first chapter.. It probably sucks, but I asked someone to read it, and she liked it, so I'm taking that as a good sign.. But now I want to know if anyone else thinks it's ok, so please review! "You were right. I do think this story of yours is crazy."
"You have to believe me, Kohana. It's the truth."
~End of Chapter~
That was the end of my first chapter.. It probably sucks, but I asked someone to read it, and she liked it, so I'm taking that as a good sign.. But now I want to know if anyone else thinks it's ok, so please review!
By silentrose24
Summary: Kagome and Inuyasha disappeared 15 years ago. But why.? Their daughter Kohana finds out on her fifteenth birthday, and decides to set out on a nearly aimless journey with one goal in mind: to find her parents. AU, R&R please
Author's Note: This is the first fic I have ever written, so it's probably pretty bad. But please read it and review it, because I really, really want to improve.
Chapter 1:
A Secret Revealed
~Kohana's House~
Morning, grandma!" Kohana called out cheerily as she pranced into the kitchen. It was her fifteenth birthday, and she was pretty sure that just about nothing could bring her down today.
"Ohayo, Kohana." Kohana's grandmother smiled. "Happy birthday!"
Kohana grinned. "Thanks, grandma." Kohana swung her book bag over her back and gave her grandmother a hug. She glanced at her watch quickly. "Oh, gosh, I really gotta go. Bye, grandma!"
"Bye, Kohana." Mrs. Higurashi continued to smile until the door clicked shut. Then, a worried look came over her face.
She was hiding something from Kohana.
'It's for her own good,' thought Mrs. Higurashi. 'If I told her, she would just think I was crazy.
And what teenager wants to hear that their parents are probably dead?'
~At School~
Kohana walked down the hall, stopping in front of her locker. As she knelt down to unlock it, her two friends Michiko and Akina crept up behind her and shouted: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KOHANA!!!"
Kohana, startled, dropped a few books and looked up to see her two friends' faces grinning mischievously at her. Laughing, she said, "Hi to you too."
Akina's grin grew wider and she handed her a card and a balloon. "Sorry. I forgot it was your birthday, so I couldn't really get anything better."
"That's alright. Thank you, Akina!" Kohana said happily. 'Nothing can bring me down today, let alone someone not getting me a wrapped present.'
Michiko grinned, handing her a wrapped gift. "Ha! I remembered," She said to Akina. Turning to Kohana, she said, "You can open it whenever, I don't really care. Anyway, let's go, we're going to be late for biology if we don't go now."
"And I gotta get to history," added Akina.
Kohana was suddenly more alert. "Oh right, let's go." As Kohana set off to the classroom on the other side of the hall with Michiko, she smiled to herself. 'This is going to be the best birthday ever.'
She had no idea what she was going to find out later that day.
It would change everything.
~Kohana's House~
Kohana walked into her house, holding a pile of birthday presents that had accumulated throughout the day. "I'm home!" Kohana listened for a response. All she heard was silence.
"Hello?" She placed the presents on the kitchen table and headed towards the living room. She peeked inside and looked around. Completely empty. She decided to look upstairs. Kohana quietly walked up the stairs, where she heard familiar voices getting louder as she came closer.
"No, you can't tell her now, Miroku! It's her birthday. This is her day, and I won't let you ruin it! "
Kohana knew that they were talking about her. She took a few steps closer to the room.
"Mrs. Higurashi, Kohana's not the little baby she used to be. She's fifteen, Mrs. Higurashi!"
'Mature enough to know what?' She thought curiously.
"I still don't think you should tell her."
Kohana stood in the doorway. "Tell me what?" She said quietly.
They both blanched at the sound of her voice, realizing that she had heard what they said. Miroku and Mrs. Higurashi turned to face her.
Mrs. Higurashi spoke. "Kohana--"
"Tell me what?" Kohana's voice came stronger.
Mrs. Higurashi sighed. "Fine. Tell her." She headed down the stairs.
Miroku motioned for Kohana to sit down. "Come here, Kohana."
Kohana walked to the seat next to him.
Miroku took a deep breath. "I'm going to tell you what you should've what you should've known before. This is what we should've told you a long time ago."
Kohana's heart pumped a little faster. "So? What is it?" She tried to sound calm, suppressing the anxiety she felt over his words.
"Remember when your parents disappeared? You were barely a year old. And it was on a business trip, didn't we tell you that?"
"Yes.." 'So what's your point?' she thought.
"Well.. It wasn't exactly the type of business trip you probably thought it was."
"What do you mean?"
"Kohana, I know you probably won't believe me, I know this probably sounds crazy to you, but it's true." Miroku paused, as if he was pondering whether or not he should go on.
"Yeah. okay, keep going."
"Okay. The Higurashis, your mother's family, are a family of mikos.. You know what mikos are, don't you?"
"Yes. Aren't they priestesses, with magical powers or something?"
"Yes. Anyhow, your mother came from a line of mikos. Back in the Sengoku Jidai, there was a jewel called the Shikon no Tama. It had the power to either do incredible good to the world.. Or destroy all good."
"Mm-hmm.." Kohana raised one eyebrow. 'This is pretty farfetched. Is he feeling ok?'
"The Higurashis were entrusted with guarding the Shikon no Tama. Demons had tried to steal it before, but they were never successful. until you were about one year old."
'I think I know where this is going,' thought Kohana. 'But does he really think I'm going to buy this crap?'
"A demon named Naraku stole the Shikon no Tama from your family around then, and your parents went out to find him and the Shikon no Tama."
"Miroku?"
"Yeah?"
"You were right. I do think this story of yours is crazy."
"You have to believe me, Kohana. It's the truth."
~End of Chapter~
That was the end of my first chapter.. It probably sucks, but I asked someone to read it, and she liked it, so I'm taking that as a good sign.. But now I want to know if anyone else thinks it's ok, so please review! "You were right. I do think this story of yours is crazy."
"You have to believe me, Kohana. It's the truth."
~End of Chapter~
That was the end of my first chapter.. It probably sucks, but I asked someone to read it, and she liked it, so I'm taking that as a good sign.. But now I want to know if anyone else thinks it's ok, so please review!