Kaori lay in the warm, meadow blinking up at the sun. She felt like the world was spinning and that somehow she was lost at the center of it all. She tried to sit up but the world only seemed to spin faster.
"Are you okay, Kaori?" Kagome asked. She was only kneeling but it seemed that she towered over the other girl. Her chocolate eyes seemed liquid, filled with concern.
"I think so, but you know you didn't really describe going through the well accurately," she blinked and it seemed the world was finally slowing down.
A cascade of soft silver looking hair seemed to pour over Kagome's shoulder, before a boy's face came into view. He stared down at Kaori skeptically, his amber eyes trying to size her up. He snorted. "How is she going to help us find the jewel shards? She can't even stand up."
"Inuyasha," Kagome said in the same tone that she would often use with Souta.
"What?" he paused while Kagome frowned at him. "How is she supposed to find jewel shards if she can't even stand after a trip through the well."
At this point Kaori couldn't see the look on her cousin's face but she was certain it was not a friendly one. "Inuyasha, sit boy." Kaori had a moment to see the rosary beads flare to life around his neck before the boy was suddenly lying flat on his face.
Kaori sat up slowly then, giggling as the boy made grunting sounds. Kagome towered over him and must have said sit about five more times. The little purple beads would flare to life each time she said the word. She pressed her back to the wooden well and the world finally stopped moving. Falling through the well felt like sky diving into a monsoon, minus the water.
A small boy with a bushy little tail peeked his head out from behind a tree. His little brown eyes lit up before he yelled, "Kagome!" and raced towards her. He hopped into her arms and with his little hands held on to her. "I missed you, Kagome!" he squealed.
"I missed you too, Shippou," she said. She deposited the small boy on the ground before pulling a box of crayons out of her large bookbag. "I brought these for you," she said handing it to him.
He squealed with excitement, "Oh thank you, Kagome!" he looked happily from the box back up to Kagome's smiling face.
Kagome nudged Kaori with her leg. "I brought you this Shippou," she said quietly.
It was the first time the boy noticed her. He cocked his head curiously and sniffed the air as he approached her. He smiled, "You smell like home."
She smiled at him, he was so cute and so nice compared to Inuyasha. She knew from Kagome Inuyasha was a big softie on the inside, but he put on the badass act so thick you could've cut it with a knife. Had you known it was an act of course. She held out a tablet of blank white paper to Shippou, he squealed again and leapt into her arms, hugging her with those tiny arms.
"Oh thank you…"he trailed off, not knowing her name.
"Kaori," she said quietly.
"Thank you, Kaori," he said and he nuzzled her shoulder.
"Kawaii!" she said. He was just too cute!
He sat down on the ground next to her, and promptly began drawing a picture. He smiled and nuzzled himself against Kaori's thigh.
Kagome smiled, Shippou was making contented little noises sitting there with Kaori. "Come on Shippou, I want to take Kaori to the village to meet with Kaede and the others before nightfall."
"Why? We're not staying in the village tonight? We have to meet that wimpy wolf." Inuyasha hissed. He still lay on the ground flat on his stomach. Kaori suspected he was afraid to stand up again, with Kagome so near him.
"Don't be ridiculous. We're not taking her to the mountains on her first night here. You've seen our world, it's not a thing like this."
He grumbled under his breath, and got to his feet.
Kaori looked around her, it was so beautiful here. The lush meadow with little wildflowers poking up here and there in the grass, trees bordered the meadow creating the illusion of containment even though everything was open. It was so hard to imagine that this is what Tokyo used to be. How could we do this? How could we destroy something so beautiful?
The village was not far from the Bone Eater's Well, standing near the edge was a squat old woman with eye patch. She was dressed in the traditional miko attire of, a white chihaya and red hibakama. She smiled warmly at Kagome, the lines of her face lessening it seemed.
Kagome smiled, "Kaede, this is my cousin, Kaori, that I told you about."
Kaede smiled and bowed towards Kaori, "I am pleased to meet ye, Kaori."
"Are you okay, Kaori?" Kagome asked. She was only kneeling but it seemed that she towered over the other girl. Her chocolate eyes seemed liquid, filled with concern.
"I think so, but you know you didn't really describe going through the well accurately," she blinked and it seemed the world was finally slowing down.
A cascade of soft silver looking hair seemed to pour over Kagome's shoulder, before a boy's face came into view. He stared down at Kaori skeptically, his amber eyes trying to size her up. He snorted. "How is she going to help us find the jewel shards? She can't even stand up."
"Inuyasha," Kagome said in the same tone that she would often use with Souta.
"What?" he paused while Kagome frowned at him. "How is she supposed to find jewel shards if she can't even stand after a trip through the well."
At this point Kaori couldn't see the look on her cousin's face but she was certain it was not a friendly one. "Inuyasha, sit boy." Kaori had a moment to see the rosary beads flare to life around his neck before the boy was suddenly lying flat on his face.
Kaori sat up slowly then, giggling as the boy made grunting sounds. Kagome towered over him and must have said sit about five more times. The little purple beads would flare to life each time she said the word. She pressed her back to the wooden well and the world finally stopped moving. Falling through the well felt like sky diving into a monsoon, minus the water.
A small boy with a bushy little tail peeked his head out from behind a tree. His little brown eyes lit up before he yelled, "Kagome!" and raced towards her. He hopped into her arms and with his little hands held on to her. "I missed you, Kagome!" he squealed.
"I missed you too, Shippou," she said. She deposited the small boy on the ground before pulling a box of crayons out of her large bookbag. "I brought these for you," she said handing it to him.
He squealed with excitement, "Oh thank you, Kagome!" he looked happily from the box back up to Kagome's smiling face.
Kagome nudged Kaori with her leg. "I brought you this Shippou," she said quietly.
It was the first time the boy noticed her. He cocked his head curiously and sniffed the air as he approached her. He smiled, "You smell like home."
She smiled at him, he was so cute and so nice compared to Inuyasha. She knew from Kagome Inuyasha was a big softie on the inside, but he put on the badass act so thick you could've cut it with a knife. Had you known it was an act of course. She held out a tablet of blank white paper to Shippou, he squealed again and leapt into her arms, hugging her with those tiny arms.
"Oh thank you…"he trailed off, not knowing her name.
"Kaori," she said quietly.
"Thank you, Kaori," he said and he nuzzled her shoulder.
"Kawaii!" she said. He was just too cute!
He sat down on the ground next to her, and promptly began drawing a picture. He smiled and nuzzled himself against Kaori's thigh.
Kagome smiled, Shippou was making contented little noises sitting there with Kaori. "Come on Shippou, I want to take Kaori to the village to meet with Kaede and the others before nightfall."
"Why? We're not staying in the village tonight? We have to meet that wimpy wolf." Inuyasha hissed. He still lay on the ground flat on his stomach. Kaori suspected he was afraid to stand up again, with Kagome so near him.
"Don't be ridiculous. We're not taking her to the mountains on her first night here. You've seen our world, it's not a thing like this."
He grumbled under his breath, and got to his feet.
Kaori looked around her, it was so beautiful here. The lush meadow with little wildflowers poking up here and there in the grass, trees bordered the meadow creating the illusion of containment even though everything was open. It was so hard to imagine that this is what Tokyo used to be. How could we do this? How could we destroy something so beautiful?
The village was not far from the Bone Eater's Well, standing near the edge was a squat old woman with eye patch. She was dressed in the traditional miko attire of, a white chihaya and red hibakama. She smiled warmly at Kagome, the lines of her face lessening it seemed.
Kagome smiled, "Kaede, this is my cousin, Kaori, that I told you about."
Kaede smiled and bowed towards Kaori, "I am pleased to meet ye, Kaori."