Like Mother, Like Daughter

By: Cat Silver

(Disclaimer: If I owned them this wouldn't be called a fan-fic. However! I take credit for Mika and Ryuji's names and any of the strange arse character's you've never seen before.)

Chapter 1:

"Mama?" Mika Higerashi glanced down at the little girl tugging at her skirt. She smiled and crouched down, nearly toppling over her growing belly. Setting her basket of clean clothes to the side she set to stroking her child's hair away from her face.

"Yes Kagome?"

"Who's Daddy?" the question took Mika by surprise and she stared for a moment into Kagome's innocent blue eyes.

"He was a strong kind man, he was sweet and daring and always around when I needed him most," Mika stood again settling back to folding the laundry from the line. She knew the answer wasn't enough but didn't keep going. It would have hurt Kagome to know. The little girl seemed satisfied however and dashed over to her Mom.

"Bye Mama! I'm going to go play by the big tree!" she leaned in towards her mother's stomach and rubbed it gently, "See-ya little brother," Mika smiled indulgently down at her child.

"Don't go too close to the Well dear," she waved as the little girl darted off to make mischief around the shrine. Maybe she'd tell her one-day. When the time was right.

11 Years Ago

"Bye Dad!" a young dark haired girl called back to the shrine. Her brown eyes were bright and innocent and her hair was cropped around her ears. What a day! She'd be 15 tomorrow and she could hardly wait. She smiled as she set off for school where the school heartthrob was, along with her two friends. Today was a history test, she was sure she would pass. Everything was going great.

Then the Well caught her eye.

She noticed the door was ajar and wandered through supposing some animal had found it's way in. It was dark, and it smelled musty as if it hadn't been aired out in a while. She wandered towards the well noticing that the lid was gone. Something had broken through her father's seals?

She wandered closer and ended up tripping on something hard and round which sent her backpack flying into the dry well. She grunted as she slammed into the side and turned around nursing her bruised head. Mika saw the stone then, a beautiful pale pink, polished to perfection. It seemed to glow in the dim light and she picked it up to admire it better.

The Jewel was ordinary enough, it seemed to be rose quartz, and the same color as one of those pink hearts given around for Valentine's Day. She smiled and went to slip it into her backpack for good luck when she noticed it wasn't there. Her heart skipped a beat as she looked over the rim of the well. Wow it was deep, and were those bones?

She slipped her way into the well anyways, hanging by the very tip of her fingers and dropped, she realized it was deeper than she thought when she didn't touch bottom. She panicked opening her eyes; around her the well had taken on a weird purple glow, with bubbles. She looked up, but was unable to see the opening above her.

She hit the ground with a slight thud, her knees chafing against the rocks and bones. She stood up quickly grabbing her bag; she looked up and saw the sky above her, and could hear the birds. Worried she put on her pack and struggled towards the top. What had happened? Where was the shrine?

Hefting herself free she sat on the edge of the Well, all around her was a forest, dark deep and beautiful. She seemed to be in the thick of it, almost no sunlight filtered through the thick leaves. She was worried, no doubt about that. She quickly made her way towards where the sacred tree should have been; if she got there she was on her way to getting back to her home. Then again that was if home still existed.

She came into the tiny clearing and found a young tree, almost the same as any other. She stared in disbelief; this was exactly where the tree should have been. But it was younger! The branches were the same way as they were in her time, if only closer to the ground. Mika did the only thing a normal girl would do, she freaked.

A 14-year-old Kikyo stepped through the underbrush, her kid sister trailing at her feet. She'd escaped her Mother the Shrine Priestess for a chance to go hunting herbs. She smiled down at Keade as the younger girl brought her fresh mint she had found by a tree, such a sweet child. Kikyo's musing was cut short as a shrill screech caused the birds to take off from their nests.

Kikyo grabbed her bow and arrows, settling one into its place ready to protect her sister. The paired made their way to where they had heard the screech to find a girl in a stupor, her hair cut short as if in mourning.

The young Priestess left Keade behind with her own bow and arrows and walked stately over to the girl. What strange clothing she wore, such a small Kimono, and no weapons in sight. Perhaps she was a demon. Kikyo pulled out a small sutra and prepared to purify this demon to dust. The Strange girl snapped out of it.

"Who... who are you?" the girl stuttered, there was no hint of a demon aura but Kikyo was not sure.

"I am the Shrine Maiden Kikyo, I heard your scream," Kikyo's tone was dismissive as she glanced the girl over, she didn't seem to fit in with her surroundings.

"I'm Mika," her tone was surer now as she looked up at Kikyo, surely a Shrine Maiden could help her.

That was how it all began for the first time.


Fine it's short, half way to Unimaginative, and kinda boring. Review anyways and tell me what you DID Like.

Hearts n Spiders, Cat