A/N: Hey, this is the revamped version. Please R&R, Please enjoy.
Words: over 2000.
P.S. Sorry for the shortness, chpt 2 will be a mega make up trust me.
The Feudal Era:
Chpt 1
Kagome Through Time
"I'm off now mom." Kagome called back behind her. Getting no reply, she turned and smiled at the sight which met her eyes.
Inuyasha was busy wolfing down as much ramen as he could, apparently ignoring the fact that Kagome's pack had at least a week's supply. Her mother was over his back, her fingers caressing his ears. Sota was on one side, running the fire rat haori through his fingers, while talking a mile a minute to Inuyasha's left ear while her grandfather did the same on the right. Inuyasha gave all the suitable nods, grunt or 'feh' where they belonged as Buyo curled in his lap, pawing at him to get his attention.
Kagome's smile widened. 'This might take awhile.'
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"I wonder what's taking them so long," Sango pondered out loud.
"Speak of the devil," Miroku remarked. "And he shall appear."
"Kagome!" Shippo shouted with joy.
"Mew." Kilala chirped.
The late comers stepped over the well with Kagome's bike and stuffed pack. They seemed ready for their journey ahead.
"Well, we're ready when you are." Kagome announced cheerfully.
"Well," Miroku started as he turned towards the village. "Counting Koga's three jewel shards, we only need about five or so to have half of the sacred jewel back together."
"Let's go then, the sooner, the better." Inuyasha commanded.
"We have to go to the village first Inuyasha, say bye to everyone and drop some medical stuff off."
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The female stopped on the building she sought, standing still and listening, smelling for the one she hunted inside. The shrill sound of a bell ringing broke her concentration for a second, but another second later she heard the voice she pursued out of the cacophony of a thousand others.
"Tenma!" It shouted, though it came to her as voices usually do from a far yet sounding near. The girl smiled, 'Only a second more.' And then it came again, on a whisper this time, though she heard it just as clearly as before, "Kurome?" She heard the wonderment even with the reasonable distance and disturbances between them. 'Bingo.'
Her next thought was clear, and pointed as if speaking to someone. 'I'm on the roof, find me.'
Something floated back to her, as if on a breeze, brushing gently on her mind though not truly entering, urging her to pick it up. She did, 'Can I bring someone?'
She smiled.
"The more the merrier, I always say." This time she spoke out loud, knowing her friend would hear her. It was through her friend's powers that they were able to communicate that other way, and though Ki complained that she could barely get a read on her, even though Kurome was not blocking, she always preferred to practice on her, ''in case, I meet another mind like yours, so that way, I'll be better prepared.''
Kurome walked along the roof, till she came upon an area suitable for their meeting and was met by two others half a minute later. A boy and a girl.
The demoness rushed forward, her short, pale, candy curls hair trailing close behind her. They met in the middle in an embrace. "So when did you come back?" Ki asked her, her bright red eyes dancing in joy.
"Um, just awhile ago, actually. I thought it was an opportune time for me to sneak out." Kurome answered.
"And, how did it go?" Kurome knew what her friend meant and knew also that her presence there gave her friend hope, gave her the wrong impression. She looked at her friend's face, so very like her father's, the thought of forgetting the answer when it was he who had given it in the first place fled her mind as an excuse to keep the façade up a bit longer for her friend's sake, 'Or maybe for my sake, too.' She could see the puzzlement on Ki's face at that thought.
She sighed.
"Kurome, stop dragging the moment, I really can't get a read on you, so spill already," She paused and looked over her shoulder at her waiting companion. "Or I shan't introduce you to my friend."
Kurome sighed again. "Doesn't make any sense anyway." She muttered.
"What? Why would you say that?"
"Never mind," She took a deep breathe. "I didn't get it." She rushed on as she realized she didn't want to hear what Ki had to say on the matter just yet. "I even proposed a three day at school thing. They declined, they didn't even think about it – I mean, they said they did, but I know they didn't. This sucks. I bet they didn't have crap like this in the feudal era."
"You're right it might have been crappier." His voice was nice, really nice, kinda like Ryu's smooth and deep voice only it was gruff too, like how she imagined Inuyasha's voice to be. Maybe that's why she liked it, this demon's, no this hanyou's. And her smile widened, 'Another similarity to the great Half-demon.'
"Ok, so I answered your question, you answer mine. Who's your friend?" She was never this forthcoming; she always waited to be introduced, always. Maybe it was the dejection from the council's rejection, or the fact that he wasn't one of the usual people she'd be introduced to, maybe it was her comparisons of him to her Inuyasha, she didn't know but she had asked and she focused on that instead.
"This is Tenma." Ki said simply. The boy had long unkempt dark hair that stopped at his waist, the end tied off with one of those leather bands Ryu always had in his hair. His eyes were violet, his face strong, his lips totally kissable, and a gold ball earring in one ear. He was tall, lean and toned.
"Hey!" He said.
She nodded. 'Oh yea, love his voice.' "Hi, nice to meet you."
"And nice to finally meet you." He stepped forward, grabbed her hand and shook it. "That's how I hear you have to do it every time you meet someone."
She had looked at Ki, in confusion at his reply to her polite rejoinder, but snapped back around at the feel of his hand on hers. "Yes, that's true. But so far this first meeting had been different." He hadn't released her hand yet, and at her reply he went about holding her hand by the silver band around her wrist with his other free one and proceeded to directing her in one of those intricate handshakes she saw her brother and Ryu do everyday.
He looked up at her, as he executed the shake, a smirk on his face. "Wouldn't want to revert back to the old again, would we?"
She smiled again and the denial of attending this school hurt her that much more.
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Kurome lay on her back on the curve of a circle design in one of the garden walls. 'That had been a year ago. Or a little over a year now since I meant Tenma.' She turned on her side. 'I missed his last birthday, but I'm going to get this one.'
"Kurome?" She sprang out of her circle.
"Yes? I'm over here Aoshi." She called to her little brother.
"Dad says to get ready. We're leaving in an hour. Should I send up someone, or will you be fine?" The eleven year old turned the corner and looked at his sister. Kurome turned to Ryu, her ever present bodyguard, her friend.
"Can you get them for me in time? I mean in every colour, with the main ones in a larger amount and gift wrapped and everything."
Ryu chuckled, "When I finally give it to him, he won't need to buy any for five years, and if he doesn't throw them away after one or two use tops, he won't need to buy anymore til the end of his days. Let's just hope he still likes doing his hair like that."
he smiled and turned towards the house kissing her brother on the head as she passed him, her smile getting bigger when she saw the ritual hand movements between him and Ryu.
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"It's been three days now and we haven't gotten anything. Kagome hasn't picked up on anything and there's been no rumour of anything weird or suspicious lately."
"I know, Miroku. Come on Kagome, do you want Naraku to win?"
"Of course not Inuyasha, but I don't sense anything."
Inuyasha sighed and sat down around the fire.
"We'll just have to hope that the next town will have something for us." Sango said. "Naraku had been restless last trip, he's quiet now. I don't like it."
"Me either."
"Oh, he's up to something alright." Inuyasha's said with gruff conviction.
Kagome prepared the meal as the three continued their debate as to the motive behind the youkai's silence.
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"Don't look like that Inuyasha." Kagome cajoled the heavily sulking hanyou.
"And why the hell not? We found nothing, Kagome, nothing! And that bastard Naraku hasn't been spotted nor rumoured. No Naraku, no jewel and even his cronies have disappeared. To top it all off your going home."
"Well, we did spend two weeks searching. I have to get back remember. I've got midterms."
"I bet the damn demon has the other shards already that's why he was brewing up a storm last time and this time he's so quiet. And here we are slacking off with you going home!" Inuyasha had continued as if Kagome hadn't spoken.
Inuyasha had some valid points but he was being a pit paranoid over them, first of all Naraku would come after them as his next move for their share if all the others had been collected already, focusing all his strength and resources to bear down on them. And he wasn't doing that which means his mysterious un-accountableness was due to something else. Which probably made it more suspicious and alarming. Better she and the others keep this from Inuyasha until she returned from her time, only then was she able to deal with it. She had to go back today; she'd already pushed the deadline. Hopefully Inuyasha didn't figure out what they had and come for her.
"Well bye then!" She jumped off into the well before Inuyasha could continue his ranting and stop her.
"Feh." He looked at the spot she'd disappeared in.
They obviously thought he was stupid, he had other more pressing and realistic thoughts about Naraku but she really did have to go back and right now because of how odd the situation was with Naraku, he preferred her to go spend some time in her own time. Naraku's absence usually meant that the other good-for-nothing demons would be out and about and he would have to protect the village. Kagome attracted enough trouble as it was to add her to a village that had that same attracting trouble ability and his spoon would be full and he needed time to brood on top of it all. His brother was also missing and he wondered if Naraku had found a way to get his hands on Sesshomaru. That demon had to have a thing for his brother. Inuyasha shuddered. Still… things were worrying him and having Kagome away for a while, while he scooped the village's closer vicinity would have to settle his need to get more shards for now.
Inuyasha frowned. "Kagome?" There was no answer. "If you don't wanna go just say so and don't waste my time wanting for me to change my mind."
The Miko eventually reached the top af the well and leaned her head on its wall wearing a very disgruntled look. "You think i'm doing this on purpose, inuyasha?" She asked irritated at the very thought and circumstance. "It's not letting me pass. And the least you could have done was help me out."
Kagome looked back down into the well, she was hanging in, deep in thought. 'Hmm, i wonder... no way...' She looked back up at inuyasha, "Maybe, i just need to try again." She looked down into the well, nothing felt out of the ordinary, and Inuyasha didn't seem to sense anything wrong. "Well, i'm off... again." She let go of the well's wall...
... and disappeared from the Feudal era into the well's strange night sky and into her own time. 'Hmm, you seem to have a glith old girl. Or is my time running out...?'
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She would get to go back soon and the fact brought on thoughts of the well.
Why hadn't it worked the first time? For a split second she had thought she was going to be stuck in that era, but her mind had shut down at the possibility before she could ponder it any further, laying it to rest until now. But she had gone through when she jumped down the second time. But what could it mean? Was she truly running out of time?
'But all the jewel shards haven't been collected yet. Could that not matter anymore?'
Kagome shuck her head, it couldn't be. The well was just having some lunar issues or somehting. Everything was fine. Her being there proved that. At any rate, she couldn't think further on it, little time was left and she had half her test paper to complete.
If it happened again, then something was there, otherwise, everything was fine.
She would see the others again.
She would see Inuyasha again.
And find all the jewel shards, getting back even the ones, the evil Naraku had.
Only then would she worry about a well, which not longer transported through time.
A/N:
I've finnally updated a re-vamped version. Chpt 2 if already finished also but i need to touch up chpt 3 before i send that one out - that will be soon though, don't worry.
Anyway, i am so sorry, especially to my alerters, reviewers, and 'favoured-the-story' [:)] people, sorry to have taken so long, i was severely separated from my computer and then i lost my re-vamps and then i got disconnected from internet and then i had more ideas to tweek my story with again. and so on and so forth, but then i got back my computer with an extra and then i found my back ups and then i got internet and fitted in the tweeks.
So enjoy. i hope.
Oh, and yea, my new name.
o0Che0o
...out. until next time.
