Prologue
The morning sun caught in the jewel and embellished it with a violet gleam. The hand that held it twisted it between thumb and finger, casting more purple beams upon it. A nervous sigh was heard before the jewel got palmed into a fist, the chain of the necklace freely dangling from the enclosed fingers.
Kagome stood over the Bone Eater's Well. Dressed in her usual school attire with a green backpack latched to her back, she was indeed an odd sight when compared to the surrounding lush and green vegetation of Feudal Japan.
She latched the completed Shikon jewel around her neck and placed her hands on the edge of the wooden well. Darkness greeted her; it blurred as tears gathered in her eyes as she remembered.
She had been caught in darkness between two worlds. Naraku was dead, but his death brought along a meidou that had captured Kagome in a black, purgatory state. She hovered between her modern world and the world of Feudal Japan. Her body and soul no longer belonged to either the domain of skyscrapers and modern lifestyles or the realm of straw huts and demons.
In her existence of nothingness, Kagome hovered, confused until something appeared before her. It was the completed Shikon jewel with her arrow completely through it, yet it appeared unharmed in anyway.
It spoke to her, "Wish to go back home, Kagome, or you will stay here in this darkness forever."
"No," Kagome whispered, unable to believe what was around her. "You were not destroyed?"
"I am an eternal cycle. I can not be destroyed. Now wish. What do you wish for?"
It had been a wallowing despair. Kagome had to choose to make or wish or still within that blackness forever. Her heart was succumbing to the Shikon's meidou.
"Kagome! Don't wish for anything until I'm by your side!" InuYasha's voice pierced through the shadows.
Kagome looked at where she thought the voice came from. "InuYasha?"
"Wait for me, Kagome! The jewel is trying to trick you!"
"InuYasha!"
The silver-haired demon materialized before her, and Kagome suddenly knew what she had to wish for.
"Shikon jewel, I wish for you to disappear forever!" Her voice was strong and clear. She turned to InuYasha and caught his eyes within hers.
They had escaped the blackness together and both ended up back in the Feudal era side of the well to be greeted by their happy and relieved companions. The week passed by in celebration, for Naraku was now truly dead and the Shikon jewel had been destroyed.
Or so she thought.
That was why Kagome stood before the well, Shikon jewel still within her possession. It had appeared inside of her. Last night, she awoke with sharp pains in her stomach only to have the jewel rip out of her once more, necklace chain oddly attached to it.
She had stared at it, astonished. The peeking dawn light that filtered through the hut provided enough light to recognize it for what it was. Kagome quickly snatched the jewel, stuffed it into her backpack, and made up her mind to not tell anyone about it, thankful she had chosen to sleep alone.
It wasn't completely destroyed after all, Kagome now thought, eyes staring down the well. I have to go back. I thought I had made the right wish to purify the jewel. Was I wrong?
Her eyes widened. It had been InuYasha's presence that gave me the strength to make that wish. Because he was with me, I wasn't afraid anymore, but there was something in his eyes…
The well's blackness was the only thing that answered her. She was hesitant. What if she was swallowed in the darkness once more?
No, I have to go back! I can't stay here and risk someone like Naraku coming after the Shikon jewel.
Kagome sat on the well and swung her legs over into it. "Here I go," she whispered and pushed herself off.
"Kagome! What are you doing?" a familiar demon's voice cried out.
She looked up to the mouth of the well to see InuYasha's silhouette block part of it.
"InuYasha!" she called back, hand reaching out to him as she fell.
He leaned in and reached for her, but she slipped out of his grasp.
"Hold on, Kagome. I'll meet you on the other side," InuYasha told her before Kagome disappeared from sight.
In a sparkle of white and purple light, Kagome appeared on the other side of the well where she met with familiar, homely sightings. She hastily climbed out of the well and peered down it as she waited for InuYasha to cross over to her time.
He never did.
Author's Note: I picked up from the InuYasha manga Chapter 555 - Darkness. In case you don't know what I'm talking about or forgot what happened in that chapter, I added a quick summary of it via Kagome's flashback. My "fiction" kicks in when, instead of InuYasha and Kagome going to their own respective time, they both appear in Feudal Japan. Just letting you know that in case you were confused or were wondering where my fanfic takes place.
If you have any questions, let me know! Thanks so much for reading! Hope you enjoyed it! ^^
Dedicated to LadyAireen since she's the one that kept pushing me to write this. :P