Well, I had
this idea and I just HAD to write it out. I'm telling you, I am in
no position to write right now so I have no idea when this will be
updated. I'll try to do at as soon as possible. Remember to
review!
Inuyasha: Am I in here?
Nanami: Uh, yes. The first chapter and then I think you might be in farther as well.
Sango: What about me?
Miroku: And me!
Nanami: Well, you two are in the first chapter and that's it. I think.
Sango: Do we die?
Nanami: I'm sorry, I'm not at liberty to indulge that.
Kagome: Where am I?
Nanami: You, Kagome, are in every single chapter.
Kagome: Yes!
Kagome rolled over in her bed, successfully tangling herself in her pink comforter. Raising a hand, she swept the stray hairs from her face whooshed a big sigh. She turned her head and glanced at the bright green numbers on her digital clock.
"2:44?" she moaned. "I really need to get to sleep." She buried her head in her pillow and scream growled her annoyance into the muffling softness. Strangely enough, she was far away from home enough that the sounds and scents befuddled her when she returned to her century.
Sitting up, Kagome shoved her feet over the side of the bed and wiggled her toes with the sudden chill.
"To get a drink, or not to get a drink?" she asked herself sarcastically. "That is the question." Wrinkling her nose in annoyance, she stepped out off bed and stumbled a bit on stiff legs.
Regaining control, she hobbled off for the kitchen, entirely forgetting her slippers. Nearing the kitchen, she froze when she heard her Ji-Chan.
"We can't do this any longer, Shuziko." he said. (For those who don't know, I named Kagome's mother Shuziko because 'Kagome's mother' was way too long to write) "There is no money left in the account at all, have you had any luck at all getting a new job?"
Shuziko sniffled a bit and replied. "I'm sorry Father. I've looked everywhere, but no one wants to hire me."
Kagome's brow crinkled. Her mother had surgery on her left leg a while ago, but it wasn't laming or disfiguring. Why wouldn't they want to hire her?
Ji-Chan sighed. "The shop is closed, you still have no job, Kagome is way too young to work." Kagome's huffed through her nose when she heard that. "I'm afraid there is no choice, Shuziko." he continued. "We must sell."
Kagome gaped. Sell the house? They couldn't do that! She leaned closer to listen.
"I've already looked into several realtors. This place will go high, more than enough for us to get an apartment and to live on until you get another job."
Shuziko interrupted. "But what about the children, especially Kagome! She would have to catch a bus to get here to go down the well. We can't move, surely there is another way!"
Ji-Chan shook his head. "I'm sorry, there really is no other way. Kagome will just have to limit her visits."
"No!" Kagome gasped and clamped her hands over her mouth when she realized she had said it out loud. Both her mother and Ji-Chan whirled at her outspoken complaint and Shuziko leapt out of her chair towards her daughter.
"Kagome," she said comfortingly. "Kagome, please go back to bed."
"Mom." Kagome whispered. "We can't move. Please tell me we aren't going to move."
Shuziko sniffed. "There is no choice, I'm so sorry Kagome."
Kagome shook her head, "No, no!" she cried before whirling and running back to her room, slamming the door shut behind her and fumbling for the little used lock.
"No, no." she gasped in short spurts. "I can't move. I can't!" Reaching beneath her bed she drew out her yellow back pack and started stuffing it randomly with clothes and supplies. "I'll just stay in the fuedel era." she muttered to herself. "As soon as I get down there they can't take me back."
Grabbing the last pair of socks out of her dresser and stuffing it into her pack, she reached under her bed once again and drew out a box full of Ramen and candy that she always brought along. "Luck," she muttered. "Everything I needed is here."
She jumped up and ran to the window, forcing it open and looking down. It was a two level drop, but she could make it with ease now. She flung her back pack out of the window, cringing when it made a thunderous 'Whump!' as it hit the ground, but no voices were heard and no lights came on.
Breathing a sigh of relief, she grabbed a whippy branch from right out side her window and held on for dear life as she flung herself through the window. With a death grip on the rough bark, she closed her eyes in fear as she dropped. When all momentum had stopped, she opened her eyes to realize she dangled a mere few feet off the ground.
"Sweet," she muttered to herself. "I wish I knew it did that before." She stepped off the branch, which whistled back up swiping her cheek in the process.
"Ow!" she yelped, fingering her cheek. She felt a long welt crossing the left side of her face. "Well, that will leave a mark." she told herself. Glancing over her shoulder, she moved forward when the view was clear.
Reaching the well house, she creaked the door open and stepped in.
"I thought you would try this." Kagome leaped in guilt as her mother came into view.
"Kagome," Shuziko pleaded. "Please."
"No, no Mother. I have to go back." Kagome answered, side stepping her mother's advance.
"Kagome, you don't. Stay with us, your family."
Kagome's eyes teared. "But they are family too!"
"Its not the same! Kagome, what will Souta think if you disappear like this."
Kagome swiped away a fallen tear. "I'll come back! Tell him that for me, will you?"
"Why don't you tell him yourself, Kagome?" Shuziko pleaded. "He's your brother."
"And I'll see him again. And you." Kagome side stepped her mother again and leaped onto the top of the well, freezing there for a second. "Good bye, Mother." And she jumped into the open well.
"Kagome!" Kagome held her hands over her ears as she jumped, trying to block out the sound of her mother's heart wrenching cry. She shook her head violently, swiping at tears. Reaching the past era, she collapsed sobbing on the well floor.
"Kagome?" Kagome raised her head to the ceiling of the well, then ducked it back to the ground to hide her tears.
"Go away, Inuyasha." she sobbed.
"Kagome," he tried again. "What is wrong? Why are you crying?"
"I told you to go away!" She shrieked. Inuyasha flung his ears back then jumped out of site towards camp. This kind of situation called for another girl.
(This is going to be a really cool story…)
Reaching the site, Inuyasha called for the only other girl available. "Sango!" he yelped. "Quick!" Sango came running from a clearing a little ways away, Miroku right behind her. Inuyasha wrinkled his forehead.
"What were you two doing back there?" he asked. Sango blushed and Miroku grinned.
"Yes, what were we doing, dear Sango?" Miroku said to her. Sango back handed him but that did nothing to wipe away the smirk on his face.
"Ignore him," Sango muttered. "Whats wrong? Why did you call me?"
Inuyasha violently nodded his head, remembering the reason he had fled so quickly to camp. "Kagome is crying in the well."
"What?" Miroku asked. "What did you do to her this time?" Inuyasha growled and Miroku backed away with his hands flung up. "Just a joke." he muttered.
Inuyasha turned back to Sango. "I smelled her and went to the well and she was crying. She said she wasn't coming back for two more days!"
"I know," Sango mused. "Can you give me a ride or should I take Kiara?"
"Kiara." Inuyasha insisted. "She told me to go away."
"Really?" Sango said, turning to call her cat. "That's a bit odd."
"I know!" Inuyasha cried. "So hurry!"
"Will do." Sango muttered, leaping onto the cat's back. "Be back in a flash!"
"Back in a flash?" Miroku murmured. "Must be another thing Kagome is always saying."
(Actually, back in a flash is something I'm always saying)
Kiara touched down a mere 5 feet from the well. Sango jumped off and headed towards the well, Kagome's heart breaking sobs were all too clear.
"Kagome?" Sango whispered, peeking over the well. Kagome's tear stained face looked up and showed brightly in the moon light.
"Oh, Sango." Kagome sobbed.
"Whats wrong?" Sango asked, leaping down into the well landing lightly by her side. "Kagome, what happened?"
"I have to stay here now." Kagome cried softly. Sango's brow crinkled.
"What? Why?" she asked.
"We have to sell our house." Kagome sobbed. "And we are going to move deep into the city. If that happens I'll only see you once a month. I have to stay here!"
"Oh, Kagome." Sango breathed. "Are you sure?"
Kagome nodded her head. "Mother and Ji-Chan were talking in the kitchen. I heard all of it."
Sango smiled a small smile. "No, I meant are you sure you would rather stay here than with your family."
Kagome's eyes widened. "But, but-"
"Its okay," Sango chided. "Inuyasha will wait for you."
Kagome blushed. "That's not what I meant." she muttered. "What about Shippou? And you, and Miroku, and Kaede. What about the jewel shards?"
Sango sighed. "Shippou will be heartbroken of course, but I'm sure you can fix that with a couple boxes of chocolate." Kagome giggled a little. "And I can live without you, even if it will be hard. Same for Miroku and Kaede."
"But the jewel shards." Kagome repeated. "Inuyasha will be furious if I don't help find them."
Sango wrinkled her nose. "Well he can do without you for once." she said. "Besides, Naraku has almost all of them anyways. Any day he will announce battle with us for the remaining shards. Inuyasha can go call you back when that happens."
Kagome bowed her head and sobbed, Sango brushed her hair back and whispered comforting words to her. As she did so, Sango felt fur brush her back and turned to Kiara. A sudden idea struck her.
"Here, Kagome." Sango said, picking up her beloved three tailed cat and handing her to Kagome who took her with puzzled eyes. "Take Kiara." Kagome gasped.
"I can't take Kiara!" she cried, "She's yours!"
Sango smiled. "I know, that way you will still be connected to us. Besides, this way you know I'll never abandon you."
A smile wavered on Kagome's face. "Thank you, Sango." she whispered. "You have no idea what this means to me."
"I have a pretty good idea."
(That's so sweet of Sang, isn't it?)
Kagome bounced through time and landed in the well house. She still had her bag with her but had dumped it of all the food items so Shippou and Inuyasha would be a little more forgiving of her departure.
As her feet touched the floor of the ancient well, she winced at the sound of sobs over her head. Her mother was still in the old shack, sobbing over her daughter.
"Mom?" Kagome whispered as she pulled herself over the top of the well. "Mom? I'm so sorry."
Shuziko looked up at the sound of her daughter's voice. "Kagome?" she croaked. "You came back?"
Kagome nodded, her eyes welling with a second batch of tears. She held Kiara tighter to her chest for comfort. "I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have left." she sniffed.
"Oh, Kagome." Shuziko cried, pulling her daughter into a tight hug. "I'm sorry we have to move. I really am."
"Have you found a place to move to?" Kagome asked, wiping away a stubborn tear that had fled down her cheek.
"Ji-Chan is looking into a apartment only 7 blocks away." Shuziko said. Kagome looked up with a happy gleam in her eye.
"Really?" she whispered. "But that's really close!"
Shuziko nodded. "Well, its our first choice. One of the apartments are opening up in 2 weeks. But we have to move in three days."
Kagome raised her head sharply. "Why? Why do we have to move so soon?"
Shuziko winced. "Some Realtor guy said he would buy it from us for a good price then sell it again. We really need the money, okay?"
Kagome bit her lip. "Where would we be staying until the apartment opens up?"
"We would probably be staying with your Aunt Yura."
Kagome winced. "Anyone but Yura." she moaned. Ever since the incident with Yura of the Hair, her aunt's name had struck a wrong note with her. Besides, her aunt was a bossy thing. Always telling Kagome what to do and what not to do.
"Sorry, Kags." Shuziko chuckled. "Unless you want to go to Grandma's."
Kagome shook her head violently. That would be even worse than aunt Yura. "No thank you," she said quickly. "I'd rather take Yura."
Shuziko smiled.
(Okay, I'm skipping like 3 weeks here. So now they have just moved into the new apartment. BTW, Aunt Yura lives on the other side of Tokyo)
Kagome hummed cheerfully to herself as she biked the last remaining block to her old house. They had only just moved into the lovely big apartment and Kagome had begged a chance to go to the well. Kagome couldn't wait to tell the others about Yura's new dog, a stuffed up puppy by the name of Yasha.
As she turned the corner, Kagome braked so sharply she was flung off her bike and to the side of the road. She lifted her head from the dirt and growled at the parked bull dozer that blocked her way.
Getting to her feet, Kagome dragged her bike around and headed towards the well house. Her breath froze in her throat when she realized it was no longer standing.
"No," she whimpered. Kiara lifted her head from the pack on Kagome's back where she had been resting and hissed at the sight. A pool of concrete was all that was left of the place the well house had stood. They had destroyed the well.
(I am SO bad. Aren't I?)
Nanami: No, really. I am like so evil.
Inuyasha: Yes you are.
Sango: -muses- so THAT'S why me and Miroku aren't in the other chapters. But then how come Inuyasha is?
Nanami: I said MAYBE he is.
Kagome: Nanami, by now we should know that when you say that you mean they are.
Nanami: Oh bugger. I should stop hanging around you guys.
Inuyasha: But we like to hang out with you.
Nanami: -Hugs Inuyasha tightly- Really! That's so nice!
Inuyasha: -Eyes bug out of head because Nanami is choking him- Yes, it is, now get off me!
Nanami: Sorry Yashi.
Inuyasha: -shakes head in despair-
Nanami: So make sure you all review! -Pokes Inuyasha- Inuyasha, give them your puppy dog look.
Inuyasha: -Looks at camera and growls.-
Nanami: Not that look! -Whacks Inuyasha on the head- Give them the puppy dog look you give Kagome.
Inuyasha: -Winces then gives puppy dog look to camera- There, you happy?
Nanami: -Grinning madly- Infinitely.
