Oops
"Well, that was a dud," whined Yuka, tromping down the steps, her skirt swishing side to side. "She's never around anymore."
"Poor Kagome," Ayumi sighed, following with more decorum. "It's gotta be hard to be sick all the time." Eri nodded glumly in agreement.
The three paused in front of the torii with a subdued "Ja, ne!" and went their separate ways. Eri hesitated, though. She didn't feel like going home. Kagome's absence had put her in a melancholy mood and the shrine's tranquil atmosphere was appealing. It was warm out; the air above the cement stairs shimmered delicately. Surely, no-one would mind her playing truant for a while...
Eri readjusted her headband and climbed the steps.
She explored the half-familiar grounds, enjoying the solitude. She was soon further in than she'd ever been before, and a considerable distance from Kagome's house. There was a small shack ahead of her, the door almost – but not completely – slid shut.
Eri had that delicious feeling of exhilaration one gets when they do something they perhaps should not.
It scraped in its track, but wasn't too hard to open. Eri couldn't guess what was inside, but she was eager to find out. Curiouser and curiouser... She didn't pause to let her eyes adjust to the dark; she took a large step inside...
...and fell right down the rabbit hole.
She groaned and rubbed her many bumps and scrapes. Eri wasn't a cat, but she sure felt like one. What was it people kept saying about curiosity? She'd even landed on her feet... She blinked up at the sky.
Wait... sky?
This is a really pointless little drabble I wrote for the Inuyasha Fanfic Contest, or iyfic_contest on livejournal. (Point? What point? What, you wanted the drabble to have a meaning?) The theme was "childish intentions". The version I submitted there was 248 words, but for here it's a bit longer - I made some sentences sound better. I have no future plans for it, but if the mood strikes me I might continue it... But don't hold your breath, potential reader. I'm Kiwi, I almost never write anything! Maybe if I did, I'd get better at it...
*disclaimer*I didn't write/draw/animate InuYasha! It belongs in the inspired hands of Takahashi Rumiko.
I'm not sure whether it's really very polite to ask for reviews... but, if you review I'll love you forever!
