The car rolled quickly over the cement, carrying Kagome and her mother closer and closer to their destination; the airport. Kagome shook a little bit, nervous about what Kaya might be like. Would she be fun? Would she be constantly in a bad mood, like Inuyasha? Or would be just be a mixture of all moods, changing from one to another. Oh, now wouldn't that be interesting. She sighed and her mother smiled, putting her arm around her.
"Don't worry, Kagome, I'm sure you'll love Kaya."
Kagome looked up at her mother and forced a smile, before peering out the window. The closer they drew the more nervous she got, but thoughts still struck her, one more dominant than the others. Why was she named Kaya, a Japanese name when she was American? It just seemed strange to her. It was possible that her parents just flipped through a baby name book and picked the prettiest one they could find, but it still struck her as odd. Another thought drifted into her mind, although this one had been plaguing her for many days. Why had Mr. Hamata asked her to host a foreign exchange student? Sure, he said it was because her grades were poor but her of all people? Trying to ignore her nervousness, she began to count random things that passed by. 1 tree, 1 house, 2 trees, 1 mailbox, 3 trees, 2 houses...Oh, this is truely boring. She sighed and dipped her head, and her mother nudged her gently. "Kagome, we're here."
She slowly rose her head and glanced around at the big airport, watching the large crowds of people that drifted in and out. She exited the car and let her mother lead her through the airport, dragging a little bit behind her.
"Here we are, Gate 12," Kagome's mother announced cheerfully. "Kaya's plane should be arriving anytime now."
Kagome glanced up at a T.V. showing the arrival times of the planes, and next to Kaya's the word ARRVIED in big green letters popped up. Her heart began to beat as she glanced towards the gate, slowly beginning to see people trickle from the open door. Her mother held up Kaya's picture and smiled as she waved over a girl. The girl had short hair, cut into a bob that was cappuccino colored, and she looked like her age of 16. She had large, amber eyes and wore thin black eye liner around her top and bottom eye lids and was very fair skinned. Kaya was tall, or actually just gave the appearance that she was tall, since she had very long legs which made it seem so. She was actually the same height as Kagome, but maybe just a sliver taller than her, but it was very hard to tell. It was obvious that although Kaya was skinny, she was not athletic. Her arms and legs were like twigs and her stomach was small and sucked in, there was little to no muscle tone. The girl cast them a nervous glance, a meek smile resting on her features.
Kagomes mother smiled sweetly, "Are you Kaya?"
Kaya nodded softly, "I am. It's nice to meet you." Her voice was genuine, although it was a little bit louder than one would expect from a girl her size.
Kagome's mom smiled and nudged Kagome, "It's very nice to meet you, too." Kagome looked towards her and forced a smile.
Kaya smiled and they all moved towards the baggage drop-off, collecting Kaya's bags as they came.
"Did you have a nice trip?" Kagome's mother asked, trying to make small talk. She didn't notice the anxiousness that Kagome gave off, or if she did she chose to ignore it.
Kaya smiled softly and nodded, "Yes, it was very comfortable."
As they exited the airport, Kaya's cell phone went off, playing a song unknown to Kagome. It sounded sort of pop rockish. Kaya rummaged through her duffle bag and eventually found it, answering it.
"Hello? Oh yes, hi mom. Yes, I just got here. Yes, they are very nice. Yes, I will call and check in with you before I go to bed. Yes, I love you too, bye mom." Kaya snickered and rolled her eyes, "My mother is very overprotective."
Mom frowned softly, "It's only because she loves and cares for you."
Kaya nodded delicately in reply although she didn't say anything. The group moved towards the car and entered it, driving home only to be greeted by Souta and Grandpa. Grandpa was the first to greet her.
"Welcome to Japan! Here, I have Mermaid Scale for luck, always keep it with you."
Kaya took the "scale" and held it up to her face, examining it with a light fascination, smiling. "Thank you, I will always be sure to do that."
Souta moved up to greet Kaya, staring at her with googly eyes.
"H-H-Hiii.." Souta said, stumbling over his words. "I-I'm Souta."
Kaya smiled and extended her hand for him to shake, "It's nice to meet you, Souta."
Souta took it and shook it, almost fainting and falling forward as he bowed, giving her the proper respect.
Kagome snickered and grabbed her little brother. "You'll have to excuse him, he's not really..with it."
Kaya smiled and shook her head, "Don't worry about it. I have three little sisters at home so I know how they are."
Kagome stared, "Three?! How can you deal with that many?! I can barely deal with one!"
Kaya smiled, "With a LOT of practice."
Just then, the sliding glass door opened, and who entered? An all to familiar hanyou, Inuyasha.
--
After much screaming, yelling, and Kaya getting over her fascination with Inuyasha's ears, Inuyasha left, and Kagome went with him. Inuyasha had come back trying to get Kagome to come home, but it had failed, at first. When Kaya had first seen him she shrieked in surprise, but then really glanced at him.
"Oooh, how cute!" She had said as she wandered over to him, patting his head and flexing his ears. "Pretty doggy! Doggy want a scratch behind the ears?" Kaya had started to scratch him behind his ears, and Inuyasha had enjoyed it for a few moments, before he realized what was going on and stopped her.
"I'm not a dog, I'm a dog demon!" He growled, obviously a bit annoyed with the mix up.
"You have dog ears, of course you're a dog." Kaya jumped towards Inuyasha and scratched behind his ears again.
Inuyasha's eyes closed as his tongue fell from his mouth in a pant when he suddenly jumped back. "Stop that!"
"Kagome he is your pet?" Kaya shot Kagome a sly look, a wide smirk spreading on her features.
Kagome couldn't help but chuckle as Inuyasha growled, stepping between the two and separating them.
After much debate about whether a dog demon was just a branch off the dog family tree, or if he was just there on his own, Kagome had told him in private that she would go with him if he would stop arguing with Kaya. He agreed, and they left.
Kagome apologized to Kaya for having to leave so suddenly, but Kaya said she didn't care. She said she wasn't really in the mood for doing anything anyway, since she was still very tired from her flight. So Kagome promised she would come back in two days and they would go do something, and Kaya happily agreed. And then Kagome and "the pretty doggy" were off.
--
Kaya wandered around the backyard, still worked up over the doggy. She had never seen anything like it before, I mean it was like he was half human half dog, but yet she wasn't scared of him. In fact, she had taken sort of a "liking" to him. Not a "liking" in the "like-like" since, but she found him funny. Plus it seemed like Kagome already had dibs, and she would never move in on another girls boyfriend.
Right now she was too tired to move, but yet was to restless not to move. What was this poor girl to do? That flight here had really taken a lot out of her but she seemed strangely fascinated by the back yard, finding the natural beauty in Japan amazing, it was all so different. Even the trees were different; the way they grew and the branches were formed was more curvy. It was all so new and she was fascinated with it all. She frowned and picked up a stick and threw it, it landing in the shrine, thing Kagome had told her about earlier. That was where Kagome went to that one place.. Ahh, it didn't matter now. All she knew was that Kagome went some place with Inuyasha through there. She wasn't really paying much attention when Kagome was explaining it to her (more fascinated by Inuyasha than anything). She wandered into the shrine and began to look around, trying to find the stick. Ah, there it was! By the well. She scuttled towards the well and bent down to pick it up, peering into the well at the same moment. Suddenly, a bright purple light began to glow from within the well, and before she even knew it, she began moving towards it! Her eyes widened as they fixated on the beautiful light, her mind losing more and more control over her bodies movements the closer she drew to the light. She lowered herself into the well and before she even jumped off the ladder, she was sucked in.
Kaya found herself traveling through some dimension, and her heart began to beat quickly. Holy shit, where the hell was she?! The purple light consumed her now and she appeared to be floating in mid-air, moving towards..nothing? There was nothing ahead of her and yet.. she was still moving forward. As suddenly as she had left she appeared back inside the well, but where the ladder was previously, there were vines. Huh? That's weird. She slowly climbed up them and glanced around, stopping right in her tracks. What?! Where was the shrine?? Kagome's house?! She slowly exited the well and began to wander around aimlessly, now totally dumbfounded about where she was. What. The. Fuck. The words repeated in her mind over and over again as she twirled in a circle, seeing nothing but trees and grass that stretched aimlessly onwards. Oh god, what did she do! Kaya hopped back in the well and shut her eyes, opening them a few seconds later to find that she was still in the same well with vines and all. Crap, crap, crap!
Oh, where was Kagome? She sighed and sat down on a rock, putting her hand under her chin and her elbows on her knees. Kagome knew all about this well apparently, she'd know what the hell happened and how she'd be able to get home. Just then, she heard growling behind her. She slowly rose her head and her eyes widened, shock consuming her body as she stood still. A strange, large blue creature stood behind her. He looked absolutely hideous; his nails were long and sharp, his back was hunched, his spine protruding from his back. He growled louder and said, "Ahhh, it's been quite some time, wolf mutt. I didn't expect to see you around these parts." His tone was mocking, his eyes narrowing as he focused in on the small girl.
Kaya blinked. Wolf mutt? What was he talking about, she had never seen wolves before except in zoos. Wait, did he just call her a wolf mutt? Oh god, what did she do! She must have fallen asleep in the well. Yup, that was it. She was sleeping. "Okay brain, wake me up now," she repeated in her head. "Wake up!" Kaya stopped and opened her mouth, managing to stumble out a few words. "I-I don't know w-what you're talking about." Her voice was smaller now, more meek and unsure. She wasn't the best at hiding her emotions.
The creature growled lower, narrowing his eyes. "Don't play stupid you pathetic girl! You may not be a child anymore, but that doesn't mean I can't recognize you. You're just as pathetic as your father." He snarled, saliva dripping from his mouth. "It's a shame, I was expecting a fight." The creature said nothing else and lunged at her.
Her heart pounced quickly within her chest, the sound ringing in her ears as she watched the creature lunge. He seemed to be moving in slow motion, and so did she. She took a step back and lifted her hands over her face to defend herself but she knew her efforts were futile; she was going to die. Her eyes pressed tightly closed as she cowered, waiting for the pain that was to come, waiting for the end. But it didn't. Nothing came. Was that a good sign? Maybe he did it quickly. She peeked one eye open and saw nothing but the unfamiliar landscape from before. She wasn't dead?! But how! Wait, something else was there. In place of the creature was now someone else; he was very tall, fair skinned like she was but he had some strange paintings or something on his face, and he had long pointy ears. He also had extremely long silver hair and something huge and fluffy wound around his shoulder. Kaya sat there completely still, afraid to move. Had this new creature done something to the old creature? Oh this was just getting weirder!
The new creature turned to look at her over his shoulder, narrowing his golden honey eyes but he said nothing. His gaze pierced into her and she cowered, her body frozen by his stare but something inside of her, some force dared her to stare back, so she did.
Suddenly his fists clenched before releasing, his gaze softening for only a moment. "Kaya." His voice was cool, slipping through his mouth easily as he spoke her name.
Kaya blinked. What? How did he know her name?! "H-How do y-you know my n-name?"
Before she had even finished speaking the being turned his back to her and without another word or motion toward her, he disappeared into the shadows, moving so fast that it was nothing more than a blur.
How did he move so fast?! Up until today Kaya had never even realized that it was possible for someone to move that fast on their own! But of course it wasn't possible, none of this was possible. None of it was even real, either she was still dreaming or she had gone crazy for one reason or another. Both possibilities seemed probable. Kaya shook her head, gathering her legs to her chest and wrapping her arms around them. She buried her head in her knees while shaking it, which caused it to bump into the bone on each side. "Oh god what did I do, how did I get here? I just want to go home."
From the Author: Welcome to my story! I hope you enjoy it, please review! I do not own Inuyasha or any of it's characters, although I did create and own Kaya.