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Without You
Chapter One
The group sat in a pile at the bottom of the well, everyone too shocked to speak or even move. One moment they had been rejoicing at their victory over Akagi, the next, they were in a heap in the modern era. The scene kept playing over and over in all of their heads.
Flashback
"So what now?" Sango questioned.
Becca glanced down at her feet, which were slowly disappearing. She was surprised the others hadn't noticed it yet. "Our time here is done." She said softly. Everyone's head snapped around to stare at her.
"What is that?" Miroku asked in horror as he noticed that everyone's legs from the future were steadily vanishing.
"The Well's closing." Kagome said quietly.
"What do you mean the Well's closing?" Inuyasha demanded.
"We defeated Akagi. There's no reason for us to stay here anymore." Becca said, and Kagome kissed Inuyasha presumably goodbye. She never knew if she was going to see him ever again. Inuyasha hugged him tightly. He never expected he'd lose her this soon.
Becca turned to Kyoinu. "Thank you for waiting. It's too bad I was ready now, huh?" She asked, kissing him softly on the lips before walking to join her friends who were huddled in a group with a tinge of pink on her cheeks. Kyoinu stared at her with his eyes wide, his own cheeks a shade of pink.
"You guys will never know the impact you had on me. I'll never forget you." Kagome said, tears falling softly down her cheeks as she walked over to join the crew. She grabbed Becca's hand.
"We love you." The group chorused as they finally disappeared.
"The answers you seek can be found in Musashi's Domain. Never forget us." Becca's parting words were nothing but a whisper on the wind, but Sango, Miroku, Kirara, Kyoinu, Shippo and Inuyasha heard them loud and clear as they stood in the middle of the forest. Within a couple of minutes, the people they cared about most were gone.
They were really gone.
End Flashback
Suddenly, Kagome burst into tears, and dissolved into a sobbing mess. "I'm never gonna see Inuyasha or Sango or Shippo again!" She wailed miserably. "I even miss Miroku!" she sobbed. Becca could feel tears well up in her eyes, and she knew her friends were having the same reaction. Silently, she closed her eyes and prayed to every deity she could think of, 'Please let them find that damned potion!'
After a half an hour of sitting at the bottom of the well, the group finally staggered to the main house. "Hey guys!" Suki called cheerily, after a warning look from Chris and Lyndsi, and upon seeing the girls' crestfallen faces, she asked, "What's wrong?"
"The well sealed for good." Lyndsi told her solemnly.
"Oh my…Are you guys okay?" Suki asked and Kagome and Becca nodded slowly. Not saying a word, they each headed upstairs, Kagome heading for her room, and Becca bee lining for the shower. Lyndsi took a deep breath, and started explaining to Suki what had happened.
Kagome sat on her bed, holding a picture of the Inu-gumi. They were all standing in a field, arms around each other. There was another picture in her lap of her and Inuyasha, cuddled in the Goshinboku in the early hours of the morning. Becca must've snapped it when they weren't paying attention. She wiped away the tears that were streaming down her face. She'd never see them again, and it killed her inside. She curled up on her side, her back facing the door, and just let it all out. She was going to cry for as long as it would take her to find a way back to them.
Becca sat in the deep tub, her hair hanging limply around her. She rested her chin on the side of the tub and let the tears fall down her face. This was the only time she would cry. She didn't have time to waste on tears. She wanted nothing more to be back there and rejoice with her friends, but she knew it wasn't possible. She simply had to wait. She couldn't do anything until they found her.
A week later
It had been a long week. Everyone had opted not to go to school, and focused instead on figuring out what to do. Becca had chosen to camp out on the Higurashi's couch, flipping through papers that had come in the mail for her from an address that only she knew.
The idea of going back home with or without Becca had crossed The Crew's minds a number of times, but nobody set anything in stone. It wasn't going to help them to leave their friend in the pain they knew she was denying she was feeling. Kagome had tried hunting down Kouga, but Becca knew it was useless. Kouga knew what was going on, and had orders from a high power to leave them be. Becca knew Sesshoumaru had motives to keep the wolf-prince away, and when she had tried to explain it to Kagome, the miko had threatened to "Tie him up with his mokomoko-sama and shove Tojikin where the sun don't shine." Becca sincerely hoped she found Sesshoumaru before Kagome, for her torture would be far less excruciating.
To keep her mind off of the most recent events, the Faery/sorceress was keeping herself busy by running her most recent idea by Suki.
"Mrs. H.?" Becca called quietly as she entered the kitchen.
"Becca? Why are you up so early?" Suki Questioned. Becca scowled at the clock, which read the ungodly hour of six-thirty in the morning.
"I have a question to ask, and I couldn't sleep." She admitted, sitting down at the table. Suki sat down and motioned for Becca to continue.
"I think Kagome should come live with me and come to my school. It might do her some good to be away from the shrine. Especially the Well. I can teleport us there by this afternoon. I think the faster she starts something new, the easier it will be on her." Becca explained, looking Suki in the eye.
"That sounds---wait, teleport?" Suki did a double take.
"Yeah, you didn't know I wasn't your average teenager?" Becca questioned. Suki shook her head, her mouth opening and closing. "Uh, Mrs. H., you might want to brace yourself. I look different than Inuyasha." Becca warned. Suki obediently plopped onto the floor.
Becca sighed and lifted a hand over her head and snapped her fingers. A cascade of purple sparks rained down on her revealing pointed ears and iridescent purple wings. They flapped twice, and suddenly Becca was sitting Indian style in mid-air. "I have to ability to jump from portal to portal. Except the Sengoku Jidai one apparently. The Gods just love messing with me. The portal was closed because Kagome fulfilled her destiny. She is now supposed to guard the completed Shikon no Tama in this world." Becca explained, and Suki's eyes were on the verge of popping out of their sockets. Becca sighed. "My mother was from the Sengoku Jidai. She's a Faery princess. Her parents were, and probably still are, Fae royalty. She fell in love with a sorcerer, and got pregnant. My grandparents disapproved and wanted my mother to abort the baby. So, my mother ran off and had the baby, me, in the present era. She ended up adopting a three-year-old human boy when I was six months old. Alex, my brother, became a youkai hunter, and he was killed on the job a couple of months before my mother. We covered it up as a car accident, since he was still in high school at the time. He became one of my spirit guardians, he watches over me and protects me so I don't get hurt or killed. Kagome's father is her spirit guardian. That's why he died when she was so young." Becca explained. Suki could only nod.
"A couple of months after Mom died, I started living with the crew, My Nee-chan, my almost-sister Lyndsi, who's also a sorceress, and my half-elfin wise-crack best friend Chris. That's what we started out with. Then came the live wires Amanda and Ashley, who we credit to never letting a moment be boring. Chris' girlfriend moved in with us a year later, soon followed by dumb and dumber Josh and Nick, along with another set of twins, Jess and Ashley G. They're total opposites, and nobody believed that they were actually twins at first. Somehow, Alyse, my all-time best friend got dragged into the mayhem." Becca paused to let it all sink in. Poor Suki was having one hell of a morning. Becca heaved a sigh and continued.
"About two years before she died, my mom shoved me through a portal back to the Sengoku Jidai. I ended up staying with Kouga, not knowing a word of Japanese and pretty new to my powers. While I was gone, my mother was murdered by a youkai. When I got back, that's when I moved in with the crew. Only Lyndsi and Chris really know what happened. The rest are under the impression that it was a car accident, just like Alex's death. The youkai cleaning crew who clean up big messes like that, or the Gut Dusters as they like to call themselves, told the humans that Mom had died in the accident, only telling Lyndsi and Chris what had really happened. They told everyone that I was staying with relatives until everything was sorted out. When I came back, I sought revenge. I killed the youkai and after a month, went back to school. Between Lyndsi, Chris, and my Mom, who helped from the spirit world, I caught up with everything that I had missed. I was constantly hopping back and forth between eras." Becca explained.
"Like Kagome." Suki noted.
"Exactly. Then, about last year, I met a spirit named Reianna, who must've been killed around the time Inuyasha was pinned to the Goshinboku. By then, I was working at the Demon Relations building, which is like a police station for youkai. She came to my boss, saying that there was a strong youkai in the Sengoku Jidai and Kagome and Inuyasha needed help. So, back I went through the portal, and the rest is history." Becca concluded, snapping her fingers once again and concealing her ears and wings. She took her spot at the table and faced Suki.
"Do you think she'll be happier?" Suki questioned quietly.
"I think she'll be able to cope better. I think all the reminders might get to her." Becca explained.
"Go ahead dear. I trust you. But, can I go and visit?" Suki asked hopefully. Becca smiled at her.
"She's just a call away. Call, and I'll get you there."
"Kagome! Rise and Shine!" An extremely perky voice broke through Kagome's dreamland. Kagome turned over and buried her head into her pillow. She was not getting up for anything. Inuyasha was gone, along with her friends and surrogate son. Becca had probably lost it and decided to be perky while Kagome was wallowing. Kagome was. Not. Getting. Up.
"HIGURASHI KAGOME! GET OUT OF BED THIS INSTANT!" Kagome sat up straight at her mother's thundering voice. Then again, maybe she was getting up. Kagome blinked her bleary eyes.
"Mrs. H., you're scary sometimes." Came Becca's voice again. As the room came into focus, Kagome looked at the clock. It read 8:15AM.
"What's so important? Just leave me here to die." Kagome groaned, collapsing back down only to find her pillow had vanished.
"I'm kicking you out!" Suki exclaimed, walking into the room with various pieces of luggage.
"What? Aren't you supposed to be comforting me?" Kagome asked. "Or leaving me alone?" She added. What the hell was going on?
"You're coming with me!" Becca declared.
"Aren't you supposed to be depressed and wallowing?" Kagome grouched.
"Been there, done that. C'mon, you stink. Into the shower." Becca said, hauling Kagome up and out of bed and shoving her into the bathroom and starting the shower. "You've got a half an hour and I want you downstairs. Trust me, you'll feel better." Becca said, depositing clothes on the sink and exiting the room, shutting the door behind her. Kagome stood in the center of the bathroom in a stupor.
"I think all that ice cream has gotten to her brain." She muttered, getting ready to get in the shower.
Becca burst into the apartment that Lyndsi, Ashley, Amanda, and Larissa shared. "Wake up!" She cried, pouncing on Lyndsi's bed.
"No. Sleep." Lyndsi protested.
"What, you don't wanna go home?" Becca asked slyly.
"HOME?!" all four sat up straight, and Becca was almost unseated.
"Hurry up and pack, I'm going to go wake up the guys." Becca said, heading off to the guy's apartment.
"Wake up! We're blowing this joint!" Becca exclaimed, bouncing on Chris' bed and snatching his pillow and whapping him with it. When she was satisfied that he was awake, she turned on her next unfortunate victim; Josh.
"What did you say about blowing a joint?" Chris asked groggily.
"We're," whap "Going," whap "Home," whap "Today." whap whap.
"Okay! Okay! I'm up!" Josh grumbled.
"What flight?" Chris questioned, digging through the closet.
"Magick express." Becca answered flatly, turning her evil grin on the still-sleeping Nick.
"Oh joy." Chris said sarcastically through the bathroom door. Becca beat on Nick with the pillow until he rolled out of bed. Literally.
"Fuck!" He yelped. Becca laughed at him.
"My job here is done! Higurashi Shrine in an hour. Wait a sec, where the hell's Alyse and Ashley G.?" she asked suddenly, turning around.
"Sent 'em home. They wanted to go." Chris explained.
"Ah. Okay, Shrine. One hour. ¿Comprende?" Becca asked.
"Comprende. And don't you steal my sweatshirt!" Chris yelled through the bathroom door.
" Wouldn't dream of it!" Becca said, pulling her braid out of said sweatshirt.
Without you,
The ground thaws,
The rain falls,
The grass grows.
Without you,
The seeds root,
The flowers bloom,
The children play.
A/N: Well, I hope you guys liked it. As I've said before, this is more about Becca than Kagome. Kagome will be a main character in this story, but the story itself is in Becca's POV. I should be updating every other Thursday. You guys know the drill.
Bec