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Timeline:
Saiyuki time period: late-Sui dynasty (581-618) and early-Tang dynasty (618-907), Chang'an
Inuyasha, Feudal Era of Japan: 1185-1868
Inuyasha, Kagome's time: 1980s
The Journey to the West
Summary: Time, once again, plays a significant role in the life of one Higurashi Kagome. Five years after the completion of the Shikon no Tama, the Bone-Eater's Well once again pulses with power and transports Kagome to another epic adventure.
Prologue
After the final battle with Naraku and upon the completion of the Shikon no Tama, Kagome found herself in her time inside the well-house. It took her a moment to gather her wits together and come to the conclusion that her time in the past was complete. It left her feeling empty because something about the past made her feel alive, but she didn't let it get to her. She had this feeling that the Bone-Eater's Well was merely dormant and would call to her when she was needed, when she was ready.
Ready for what? She did not know, but she was certain that only time will tell her when the well will open for her once again. After all, according to that false celestial maiden in the guise of Kaguya-hime, she was immune to the effects of time. She's only got a grasp of her temporal powers, but she's very sensitive that she could feel and see the flow of time.
Kagome found out about her new powers sometime after their encounter with the false celestial maiden. At first, when she felt as if the time around her would slow down for a few moments before going back to normal, she paid it no mind, but when she was alone meditating, she noticed something off about her surroundings.
It was too quiet, she couldn't hear any sounds of nature. It wasn't the tense atmosphere of a predator hunting its prey. It was too still. The clearing she was in became too stagnant, and that's when she noticed that she somehow stopped the flow time.
Alongside her well-spring of reiki, this new mystical magic made her powerful.
Kagome kept her temporal powers a secret from her friends because she knew that it was dangerous if someone found out about her powers. She trusted her friends, but she knew almost nothing about her newly found powers. Time was beyond her understanding despite being able to travel across time. It wasn't something she used often because it uses up a lot of energy and it's difficult enough to control time.
The Bone-Eater's Well is a different matter altogether, as it is a conduit of power that comes from the Goshinboku. The Goshinboku itself is a Tree of Ages, well known to be connected through time.
She suspected that Sesshōmaru was aware about her powers, but she knew that he would keep it to himself until he decided to confront her about it. After all, if there was something the Lord of the West respected, it was power.
Kagome stayed in her time to finish her education and managed to graduate with high honors. All that late-night cramming finally paid off, and math was still her worst enemy. She decided not to go to college because she knew that her time was limited. She could feel it. The flow of time around her was too stagnant, like the clearing she first manifested her powers in. When she explained the situation to her family, she was relieved that they understood, and would let her go when it was time.
After that, she made sure to spend most of her time with her family. She wanted her family to know that she loves them dearly no matter when or where she was.
Kagome also did a lot of historical research of different time periods that date back to ancient times. Mostly ancient China and India, she was already well-learned when it came to Japan's history, having traveled through it's past. She has this feeling that her next journey will be somewhere in ancient China and India. She trusted her instincts, it never led her astray before.
She studied the culture and language intensively, that she was well on her way on becoming as fluent as she was in speaking her native tongue. No one would know she wasn't a native unless she tells them herself. She also took it upon herself to learn the time period's form of martial arts, becoming well-versed in Qigong. It aided her in controlling her well-spring of reiki as well.
She wanted to be prepared when the well sends her through time again. She didn't want to be ignorant and defenseless like she was during her first trip down the well. It also didn't help that she wore her middle school uniform as often as she did. It was no wonder that the people of Edo suspected her of being a demon the first time they saw her.
This time she would make sure that she'll be wearing a lot more inconspicuous clothing. She didn't want something simple as what she was wearing to be blown out of proportion. She couldn't count how many times her virtue and her profession as a miko was questioned because of her middle school uniform. She damned the perverts who designed her school uniform. She always suspected the school board to be filled with nothing but perverted, old men. It was with great relief when she finally graduated from high school. So long short skirts and sailor uniforms!
She knew it was not long until the well began to pulse with power once again. Five years has passed. Now 21 years old, Higurashi Kagome, once again prepares for an epic adventure.
Between late-Sui dynasty and early-Tang dynasty. Somewhere in the ancient capital of Chang'an…
It has been months since the well transported Kagome in the sacred lands of Shangri-La. She was currently in the a small tavern having a small meal, thinking about her first arrival.
As soon as she jumped into the well, she lost consciousness for who knows how long. With nothing but the clothes on her back and a small pack of provisions, Kagome woke up in a forest. She was disoriented for a moment because of the overwhelming sensation of what felt like a mixture of something holy and demonic coming from the lands. She was amazed to feel something so contradicting in nature be so well balanced. It gave the yin-yang a whole different meaning.
She wandered around the forest for awhile trying to find a way out when she stumbled upon what looked to be a high-priest. She recognized the white robes and the coronet, but not the scripture that hung around his shoulder. It looked very important and she could feel a powerful aura surrounding it.
She examined the priest for a little longer and noticed that he wasn't exactly what she expected a priest should look like, or even act like. From what she researched, that she is now questioning its accuracy, priests or monks during ancient times, would normally shave their head bald, and would abstain from any type of alcohol or drugs, even sexual relations, to keep their body and mind pure. And this priest is anything but what she expected of the ancient priests from ancient China.
He was quite attractive with a head full of golden blond hair, brushing the nape of his neck, with a fringe that just settles over his alluring violet eyes. She could tell that he was taller than her, and was quite muscular under his robes. He was also smoking a cigarette.
Kagome was too into her observations that her normally, tightly concealed aura wavered under her focus, and only her finely-honed instincts saved her from having a bullet shot in her head.
Sh flinched at the sound of a gun cocking and she wondered for a moment what time period she was in again. From the priest's robes, she suspected somewhere in the late-Sui dynasty of China, but he was holding a gun, and guns hasn't been invented yet until a millennium or so years!
She did her research when she became interested in firearms. It was a passing curiosity ever since she met with the Shichinintai in the feudal era of Japan. The first recorded use of modern weapons started in 1364. By the 1380s, handguns are known all across Europe. In 1892, the use of firearms ended with the introduction of automatic handguns, but the first automatic handgun with a separate magazine wasn't created until a year later.
She became a licensed gun owner on a whim. She already had a sharp eye honed by her archery and soon became an expert sharpshooter during her five years in her time.
She was sure that specific model was designed after the second World War and was introduced in 1950.
What's a Smith & Wesson M-36 revolver doing here, especially in this certain age in ancient China?!
Her mind was all discombobulated, but she was able to somehow gather her wits together and ascertain what she believed were cold-hard facts and the most probable possibilities...
Fact. She's currently in ancient China.
Fact. She's certain that it's in the late-Sui dynasty, give or take a few years.
Fact. She's positively certain that guns did NOT exist until a millennium or so years have passed.
Undeniable FACT. She was shot at and nearly died.
Most undeniable fact. Her life went past and beyond the scope of crazy, unbelievable from the day she was born.
? She's possibly in an alternate timeline…
? Again, also very probable due to the magics in the well. She could very well be in a different world... with an alternate timeline…?
? That cigarette really, really looks like the ones from her past? Was it her present? Or future…?
Promptly getting rid of all her historical, supposedly accurate, research down the metaphorical garbage bin inside her mind, Kagome found herself staring right up at a 2-inch barrel revolver at point blank range with a dumbfounded expression on her face.
To be continued…
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Fact Corner:
Saiyuki is based on the Chinese novel, The Journey to the West, written by Wu Cheng'en. The story is based on historical events that occurred during the late-Sui dynasty (581-618) and early-Tang dynasty (618-907), Chang'an. Chang'an was an ancient capital of more than ten dynasties in Chinese history. Today, it is known as Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, People's Republic of China.
The first use of modern weapons started in 1364, but ended in 1892 with the introduction of automatic handguns. By the 1380s, handguns are known all across Europe. In 1893, automatic handguns with a separate magazine was invented.
The Smith & Wesson M-36 revolver was designed after WWII, and introduced in 1950. It's still in production today.
All these information, as well as the timeline in the beginning, can be found via Google Search. Simple as that. I don't own any of these facts.