Deep Forest
It's so cold.
But why?
I sat up and looked around, only to find that I was outside in the middle of winter.
How did I get here? Last time I checked, I was inside my house, tucked in in my room. What time is it?
I got up and realized that I couldn't see any sign of civilization.
Did Inuyasha take me out of my house and lay me here as a joke?
"Hey, Inuyasha, you can come out now!"
Nothing. Where am I?
I realized that I was in some kind of forest...at night. Ooh, Inuyasha's gonna die if he took me out here...
How do I get out of here?
Where is everybody?
How did I get here?
"OK, Inuyasha, I'm starting to get REALLY freaked out here, so PLEASE come out now!"
Still nothing. What's going on?
I hear some wind and some footsteps...
"Inuyasha?"
The footsteps grow nearer and nearer and nearer until...
"Kagome! Why are you here? I thought you said that you had an important exam!"
Thank goodness it's only Inuyasha. I thought that the footsteps were...
...FOOTSTEPS...
...STILL SOUNDING...
...STILL COMING NEARER...
Next thing I know, a feel a pain in my head...and I collapse.
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I wake up suddenly in a colder part of the forest. This time...
"INUYASHA!"
...is next to me.
What's going on? How deep is this forest? Will I ever get out? And will I fail my exam?
MY EXAM!
OH NO!
But right now, I have more important things to do...like
WORRYING ABOUT MY LIFE!
"Inuyasha, wake up!"
I try shaking him awake, yelling in his ears, and even yelling, "SIT!" but he won't wake up.
But his heart is still beating and he's still breathing.
I stand up and try to carry Inuyasha on my back. Then I wander all over this deep, deep forest.
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It's been five years and I'm still wandering all over this forest, only this time, Inuyasha is the one carrying me. It's winter here and all we eat are a bunch of leaves and berries and we drink our own saliva. But hey, I'm used to it. Besides, I love this forest. And the footsteps that put me to sleep every now and then. Here they go now...ha! I'm crazy now! I actually look forward to those footsteps, knocking me out. Oh well. So what if I'm crazy? I'll live...won't I?