A Different Way/A Different Time
By: Kuroi Raishu
Disclaimer: I do not own Inu Yasha, nor do I ever plan to. I am only borrowing the characters to write this fan fiction which I honestly don't think will do so great, but then again…you people might prove me wrong…does any one actually read this thing anyways?? I never did…but I guess some people do…well enjoy the prologue to my fan fic!
Prologue: A new beginning
As Kagome walks up the shrine steps after a long day of school, she stops half-way and sighs. She thinks 'Why is my life so dull? I keep having dreams of who knows what…always the same faces, the faces never change, the place never changes…what does it mean?'
She sighs again and continues up the stairs. When she reaches the top of the stairs she goes into her house removing her shoes at the door and dropping her backpack in the entrance hall.
She then heads to the kitchen for a snack and something to take her mind off of the mat test today, which she knew she most likely failed. When she stepped into the kitchen her mother said, "Kagome-chan, can you help me prepare dinner? We are expecting guests in an hour." Kagome sighed and replied, "Sure mama."
Kagome put on an apron and tied it behind her and went over to help her mother prepare dinner. As Kagome was helping, Souta, her little brother came running up to her and said panicked, "Kagome onee-chan! Onee-chan!" Kagome looked at her brother and had a look of slight confusion on her face and asked, "What is the matter Souta-chan?"
Souta replied, "Buyo…he got outside…then ran into the well house." The well house…jii-chan had warned them to never go into the well house. Kagome and Souta had listened to him, but now she knew they would have to go into the well house to retrieve her cat Buyo.
She then looked at her mother and said, "I need to go fetch Buyo." Her mother nodded and Kagome took off the apron and dragged Souta by the arm out to the well house. She stepped in and was looking for Buyo when Souta pleaded, "Can we hurry?! Please? This place gives me the creeps."
Kagome snapped at him and said, "Shut up! I hear something scratching." Kagome then goes over to where she heard the scratching as Souta hid his face in his hands. Kagome picked up Buyo and started to walk out of the well house when she was grabbed by the ankle by something.
She dropped Buyo as she screamed and her brother looked in fear at the demon behind Kagome. Kagome turned to face the demon and she saw that it had the body of a centipede and the upper body, arms and face of a woman. The demon was breathing heavily and acid dripped from its mouth onto Kagome's wrist and Kagome yelped in pain.
The demon smirked and said, "Give me the Shikon no Tama, and you just might live." Kagome stared at the demon shocked at scared and then says shakily, "I-I don't know…what yo-your…tal-talking about." The demon snarls causing more acid to drop onto her wrist and cause her to yelp in pain again. Souta ran out of the well house carrying Buyo and crying for help while the demon dragged Kagome into the well.
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Miroku was sitting by his campfire thinking about what the villagers had told him of this forest. 'They said that this forest is haunted by the hanyou Inu Yasha…they also said that he was sealed to a tree in the middle of the forest by a powerful miko…and then shortly afterwards she died. I wonder if that is the same miko who protected the Shikon no Tama.'
He glares slightly at his right hand and curses Naraku under his breath. 'If that is the same miko, I might be able to find a way to find and kill Naraku for the curse he put on my family and its descendents.'
He knew that he would gain no rest that night and remembered the villagers mentioning the Bone Eaters Well. He got up and started towards the well so he might have a drink of water.
As he neared the well, Kagome climbed out of the well and ran straight into Miroku at a full out run and knocked him to the ground knocking the wind out of him. Kagome looked at Miroku in surprise and quickly said, "Oh my god! I am SO- sorry!"
Miroku just looked at her and took in all of her features. He then said to her, "I don't know what a beautiful lady like you has to be sorry for-" Kagome could feel herself starting to blush "-My name is Miroku. I am a monk of the finest kind." Kagome then replied, "My name is Higurashi Kagome." She then stood up and wobbled slightly and Miroku helped her to keep her balance when he stood up by her and asked, "Why were you running so fast? Were you running from something?"
Kagome just nodded and he put his arms around her in a comforting hug and she relaxed into his hug and rested her head on his chest. As he held her in his tight embrace, he slowly slid his left hand down until he reached the end of her skirt and felt her thigh.
Kagome's eyes opened wide in surprise and she quickly pulled away from Miroku and smacked him across the face. "You…You-You lecherous monk!" Miroku put a hand to his face where Kagome had smacked him and he quickly said as she looked about to cry, "I am sorry Lady Kagome. It is just a bad habit of mine with beautiful women."
Kagome was glaring at him, and at the brink of tears when she could feel the blush returning. Miroku then said, "Let's head to my camp where you can warm up." Kagome hadn't noticed that she had started to shiver from the cold.
Miroku removed his outer robe and cloaked it around Kagome's shoulders and then put an arm around her shoulders as he led her to his camp. Kagome kept a wary watch on Miroku as he led her. When she felt that he wouldn't be lecherous, she leaned a little closer to him and took in his warmth.
Miroku smiled at Kagome as she leaned closer to him and kept leading her back to his camp. When they got to his camp Miroku sat down by a tree and offered to let Kagome sit by him and Kagome complied and sat next to him. She leaned on his chest as sleep quickly over took her.
~*~*~*~*~Dream~*~*~*~*~*~
As Kagome slept, her dreams returned to her. She moaned a bit, but seemed to be resting peacefully.
Kagome was walking around by the well, like every other time, but now it seemed different to her. As she was walking around she came to the Goshinboku, where she saw Inu Yasha pinned to the tree by an arrow.
Kagome went up to Inu Yasha and just looked at him. He seemed to be sleeping peacefully. She stood on a root so she would be able to reach his face, and as she reached up to touch his face, she saw the ears. She thought they were kawaii and she started to rub one.
She heard someone from behind her yell at her to get away, but she didn't listen and the next thing she knew her wrist was being gripped tightly by a clawed hand. She could feel a small trickle of blood roll down her arm as she saw that Inu Yasha had awakened.
This had never happened in her dream before. She looked frightened and then he said, "What the fuck do you think your doing wench?!" Kagome didn't know what was going on, she knew dreams couldn't hurt you, but she felt that this one could.
Again Inu Yasha said, "What the fuck do you think your doing wench?!!" Kagome then opened her mouth to say something, but didn't know what to say and closed her mouth again. He said, "Well?!"
Kagome hesitated and tried to pull away from him, but he only tightened his grip on her wrist causing more blood to trail down her arm, she then said, "Please, I didn't mean any harm, just let me go." Her voice was full of fear and then he said, "Why should I Kikyo?! You're the one who sealed me to this tree! I should kill you for that!"
Kagome's eyes went wide with fear and he could smell the fear all over her. Kagome screamed in pain as he tightened his grip making her wrist bleed badly. Tears formed in her eyes as she screamed in pain.
~*~*~*~*~*outside the dream*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kagome looked like she was in pain and her wrist had started to bleed. Miroku didn't know what was happening, but figured that he had to wake her up when she screamed and tears formed at the corners of her eyes.
~*~*~*~*~*inside the dream*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kagome started to cry from pain and tried to wretch away from Inu Yasha and she screamed, "Let me go already! I'm not Kikyo!" Inu Yasha looked shocked when she said that and let her go and just then she tried to pull away and she went flying backwards.
As she flew backwards she hit the back of her head hard against a tree, and her vision started to go black as she was fading in and out of consciousness and soon everything went black.
~*~*~*~*~*outside the dream*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Miroku noticed that Kagome had started to cry in her sleep and all at once she cried out about letting her go and not being this Kikyo person. Just as she said that she stopped everything she had been doing in her sleep and was just breathing slowly now.
He didn't know if he should wake her up or not, but he didn't wake her. He then took some bandages and wrapped them around her wrist so the bleeding would stop. When he had the bandages on, he sat her in his lap with her head resting on his chest. He watched her sleep as to make sure nothing bad happened to her.
A/N: Sorry this chapter was kind of short, I just want to know what you the reader's think of it. So please review and if you like I will put up the next chapter as soon as I finish it, which might be soon since I have nothing else to do but write. This is my first fan fiction that I actually took time to write and put up on the internet. So if it isn't the greatest…well, don't blame me….its my first time.