A cool breeze wafted in through the open windows of the Higurashi household. Kagome sat painfully bored on her bedroom floor studying math textbooks, but with the intense heat outside, and the broken air conditioning, she had a hard time focusing on what was in front of her. She tossed her raven locks out of her mocha eyes and leaned in closer to the fat book to try and concentrate.
"Ugh, I can't do this anymore!" She slammed the book shut and sluggishly picked herself off the floor with a groan. Suddenly, Kagome turned her head towards her door, and the pounding footsteps coming for her.
"Kagome, Buyo's down in the wellhouse again!" Souta Higurashi wined.
"I'm coming," she groaned in reply.
When they reached the old wellhouse, Souta hid behind Kagome in fear of the darkness.
"Oh, come on Souta, man up. It's just a wellhouse," she said.
"Buyo!" Kagome called.
"Buyo! Come on out! Here Buyo!" She climbed down the wooden steps and looked around the dried up well.
"Sis, I found Bu-" Souta stopped. His eyes widened and he took a step back.
"What's wrong Souta?" Kagome asked. The well started shaking, and the seals placed on top of the boards disintegrated.
"K-k-" Souta started, but a bright light erupted from the opening and Kagome was dragged inside by a pair of arms.
"Kagome!" Souta screamed, but she was already falling.
As Kagome fell, she was surrounded by a never ending pink light. Where am I? Suddenly, those pair of arms turned her around. What Kagome saw made her gasp. It was a youkai with the body of a centipede and torso of a woman. Her eyes were slits of black and her tongue slipped in and out, licking her lips. Kagome cringed in disgust and horror.
"Give me the jewel girl!" The centipede lady demanded. Before Kagome could react though, she found herself at the bottom of the well with skylight raining from above, and the centipede lady missing. There were vines crawling up the walls of the well, so Kagome used those to haul herself out.
Outside the well was not a wellhouse, but an open meadow surrounded by trees, but a village could be seen in the distance. What the heck happened? Kagome thought.
"Now where am I?" She whispered to herself.
"Give, me, the jewel!" The voice of the centipede lady called from behind her. No, not again! She thought in fear. Kagome took off throught the trees and ran with all her will out of blinding fear into the forest. She would NOT be eaten today, and certainly not by that thing!
She wanted to scream for help from anybody, but she was afraid the youkai would hear her. She just ran, and ran, and ran until she needed to jog. Sweat dripped down her forehead, drenched her jade green shirt and continued to her jean shorts. She was just glad to have worn sneakers to the wellhouse. I think I lost that thing but... What do I do now? She thought. She took a moment to rest on the ground.
"GIVE IT TO ME NOW!" that all too familiar voice screamed, and Kagome leaped to her feet and sprinted away with tears in her eyes.
"HELP!" She screamed, her voice watery from crying.
"HELP ME!" She screamed again. She shut her eyes for a second when she ran into something soft and fluffy. She looked up to see a beautiful man with long silver hair and golden eyes. A purple crescent moon adorned his forehead while magenta stripes covered both of his cheeks. That face glared down upon her.
"I-I'm sorry, I'm so sorry," she whimpered. At that moment the centipede youkai crashed through the nearest tree and eyed the two.
"Give me the shikon jewel girl, or die." The youkai seethed. Kagome closed her eyes and buried herself in the man's chest preparing for her death, but it didn't come.
She opened her eyes and turned around to see a pile of melted flesh that looked as if to of been the centipede youkai. The man behind her simply started walking the other way.
"Wait!" She called, but he ignored her plea, so she began running after him. Once she was in front of him and grabbed his attention, she began.
"Thank you for saving me. I owe you a lot," she said, but he didn't say anything. When he started walking again, she began to walk backwards in time with his steps.
"What is this place? What happened to the 21st century? All the cars, buildings, and people are gone. Are we even on Earth!?" She asked. He ignored her again, but he quickened his pace and turned left.
"Hey, are you listening to me?" She said, walking in front of him with her hands on her hips and a questioning glare on her face.
"Why won't you answer me?" She said. Then she stopped, making him stop also.
"Look mister, I know you just saved me from that monster back there, but you could atleast say something. You can talk, right?" A moment of silence hung between the two.
"Oh my gosh, you can't talk! All this time I've been pestering you to answer, and you couldn't reply. I'm s-"
"Move," he interuppted. Kagome's jaw dropped open and you could almost see the steam being released from her ears.
"You can talk!" She said.
"I can't believe you!"
Kagome stood feeling absolutely helpless. What do I do now? I have no one. In a moment of desperation, she reached out to catch his left arm.
"Wait," she said very quietly. The man was surprised to see such a look of griefplaced upon the young girl's face. His golden eyes widened but just as fast as it happened, returned to normal.
"I'm sorry. I'm the one who's been plain obnoxious since you saved me. Please, forgive me. Heck, I don't even know your name," she said.
"Sesshoumaru," he said. Kagome looked up and smiled. "Well Sesshoumaru, thank you for your help. I'll be off then!" She said.
"You are defenseless," He said.
"Well, I am just a normal girl, and I come from a place without danger. I never needed to protect myself. Besides, maybe another kind stranger like you will come to my rescue again if need be," she replied.
"I did not save you priestess. You saved yourself." A dead silence passed over the two as a brief wind blew through.
"What do you mean I saved my self?" She asked.
"You are a priestess. You did not know that?"
"No! Of course not!" she said.
"Interesting," he said, then started walking.
"Wait up!" she called before running to his side. After a few moments, Kagome finally realized it.
"Hey! Why didn't you say that in the first place!?" she asked, waving her fist around. After being ignored once again, she just sighed and began walking away.
"You shall be my ward. From now on, follow only me," he said. Kagome stopped in mid step and turned around. To Sesshoumaru's surprise, Kagome had a big smile and tears running down her face.
"Th-thank you!" She said, wiping away her tears.
"Hmph."