Promise Me One Thing
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. blah, blah, blah. I wish I owned Sesshoumaru, though.
"Don't make me say it, Inuyasha," Kagome said from under the branches that Inuyasha was presently sulking in. She had 'sat' him a few dozen times earlier that day because, when she had cried out be cause she stepped on a sharp shell when bathing, he came to see what was the matter. Not a smart move on his part.
"I really don't want to have to say it again, so maybe I'll just have to come up and get you myself," she continued, and she started climbing the tree. About halfway up to him, pretty high off the ground, her hand slipped and she fell, hard. "Ow," she tried getting up. "I think my ankle is sprained. and my wrist."
* * *
'Now is the perfect time to attack,' Sesshoumaru thought to himself. 'With his wench wounded he will surely try to take her to either that village or that bizarre well.' If what that dark miko told him was true, they won't be able to get through the well, now that she had cast that spell on it, and if it weren't true, she would be dead by morning.
"M'lord, m'lord, are you going to attack or just watch them all day?" Jaken asked from beside him. That earned him a bonk on the head. They had positioned themselves in the direction the wind was blowing, so that Inuyasha wouldn't smell them He knew he had to attack soon, lest he run the risk of the wind changing. So, he did.
* * *
Kagome had just managed to get on Inuyasha's back when Sesshoumaru attacked. 'Gee, what timing he has,' she thought.
'Oh, shit! I can't leave Kagome while she's hurt, and I can't lead him towards the village. The well!' all this went through Inuyasha's mind in an instant. Immediately, he turned in the direction of the well. "Catch me if you can!" he taunted.
'The fool. I will have Tetsusaiga this time,' Sesshoumaru gave chase.
Once he reached the well, Inuyasha jumped in with Kagome; Sesshoumaru followed, thinking he would corner him in the well. Unfortunately for him, the dark miko had been wrong.
* * *
Inuyasha breathed a sigh of relief when his foot touched the ground at the bottom of the well, but he sucked it back in when he heard another pair of feet hit the floor, and they weren't Kagome's. When he did this, he noticed that something was off. Almost everything smelled different. He looked up and it wasn't the ceiling of the well house he was looking at. Instead, it was a gray dawn, surrounded by trees, but that couldn't be right, it was sunset in Japan. What the hell was going on?!
* * *
The look of shock on Inuyasha's face was exactly as Sesshoumaru had pictured it. But something else was definitely wrong. He took a moment to take in his surroundings, or what he could see of them from the bottom of a well. It was morning, wait, that couldn't be right. He couldn't sense Jaken at all in the vicinity. And there were many new scents that hadn't been there a moment ago. He concluded that the spell had not worked and that they had indeed traveled to wherever it was his brother and that human went, but then why did Inuyasha look so shocked? Things just didn't make sense. But he decided to take initiative and get out of the well; he didn't prefer to be in such close quarters with his half-brother.
When he reached the top and climbed out, he looked back down to see Inuyasha struggling with the injured human, trying not to injure her further as they attempted to climb out of the well.
"This isn't working," he heard Inuyasha growl. Then, he heard something he never expected in his entire, long life: his brother asked him to help. To be more exact, he said: "Sesshoumaru, if I throw Kagome up, out of the well, can you catch her? Without hurting her?" But judging by the look on Sesshoumaru's face, you'd think Inuyasha had asked him to go catch a flying papaya (A/N: I've been watching Zoids).
"Fine," he replied. 'I can use her against him, after.'
Inuyasha tossed her up, through the opening of the well, and Sesshoumaru caught her with ease. He set her down at the base of a tree just as his brother got out of the well. 'Too perfect.' "Give me Tetsusaiga or the wench dies," he said in his usual monotone.
"Bastard! You never give up. How do you expect to take Tetsusaiga if you can't even touch it?" Inuyasha demanded.
Someone approached at that moment, and Sesshoumaru turned to face the potential attacker. When he did, he found a sword pointed at his throat. Holding the sword was a girl that looked about Kagome's age, who was saying something in a language he didn't understand, but from the tone of her voice, she sounded angry.
* * *
Kagome turned her head toward the sound of the female voice. The girl was speaking English and pointing a sword at Sesshoumaru.
"Who are you and what are you doing at this well?" the girl had demanded of them.
"You won't get an answer out them. They have no idea what you're saying," Kagome said to the girl, who, at the sound of Kagome's voice, turned her sword on her. Kagome felt very glad she had paid attention in English class.
"And why not?"
"We- er, we're from Japan. We came through the well," she explained quickly, hoping the girl didn't think she was crazy. To her relief, the girl actually put her sword down. "Um, are we in America?"
"No, you're in the magical land of the faeries," she said sarcastically. "Of course you're in America, New Jersey, to be more exact."
"Kagome, what's going on? What did she say?" Inuyasha asked, in Japanese.
Before she could answer, the girl spoke up, "Baka hanyou." When she received odd looks from everyone (even Sesshoumaru), "Nani? You think I don't know Japanese?"
"Well, this should make things a lot easier," Kagome said, for the moment forgetting about Sesshoumaru.
"You never answered my question: who are you? Besides being a dog demon, a hanyou, and a human."
"H-how did you know that?" Inuyasha asked. "You look human to me."
She smirked. "Appearances can be deceiving." At the moment, her form was that of a human: long, straight, black hair, green-blue eyes, and fair complexion. Around her bare upper right arm, was a metal ring. She removed the ring and she changed. Her hair turned silver-white, two dark-blue stripes appeared on each cheek, a black crescent moon shape appeared on her forehead, her fingernails lengthened and sharpened into claws, her ears became pointy, her eyes turned a golden color, and (I'm gonna follow what everyone else thinks and call it a tail) a pale-blue, fluffy tail curled up over her shoulder. The trio facing her was dumbfounded, except that Sesshoumaru wasn't showing it, as usual.
"She's like a girl version of Sesshoumaru," Kagome commented from her spot under the tree.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. blah, blah, blah. I wish I owned Sesshoumaru, though.
"Don't make me say it, Inuyasha," Kagome said from under the branches that Inuyasha was presently sulking in. She had 'sat' him a few dozen times earlier that day because, when she had cried out be cause she stepped on a sharp shell when bathing, he came to see what was the matter. Not a smart move on his part.
"I really don't want to have to say it again, so maybe I'll just have to come up and get you myself," she continued, and she started climbing the tree. About halfway up to him, pretty high off the ground, her hand slipped and she fell, hard. "Ow," she tried getting up. "I think my ankle is sprained. and my wrist."
* * *
'Now is the perfect time to attack,' Sesshoumaru thought to himself. 'With his wench wounded he will surely try to take her to either that village or that bizarre well.' If what that dark miko told him was true, they won't be able to get through the well, now that she had cast that spell on it, and if it weren't true, she would be dead by morning.
"M'lord, m'lord, are you going to attack or just watch them all day?" Jaken asked from beside him. That earned him a bonk on the head. They had positioned themselves in the direction the wind was blowing, so that Inuyasha wouldn't smell them He knew he had to attack soon, lest he run the risk of the wind changing. So, he did.
* * *
Kagome had just managed to get on Inuyasha's back when Sesshoumaru attacked. 'Gee, what timing he has,' she thought.
'Oh, shit! I can't leave Kagome while she's hurt, and I can't lead him towards the village. The well!' all this went through Inuyasha's mind in an instant. Immediately, he turned in the direction of the well. "Catch me if you can!" he taunted.
'The fool. I will have Tetsusaiga this time,' Sesshoumaru gave chase.
Once he reached the well, Inuyasha jumped in with Kagome; Sesshoumaru followed, thinking he would corner him in the well. Unfortunately for him, the dark miko had been wrong.
* * *
Inuyasha breathed a sigh of relief when his foot touched the ground at the bottom of the well, but he sucked it back in when he heard another pair of feet hit the floor, and they weren't Kagome's. When he did this, he noticed that something was off. Almost everything smelled different. He looked up and it wasn't the ceiling of the well house he was looking at. Instead, it was a gray dawn, surrounded by trees, but that couldn't be right, it was sunset in Japan. What the hell was going on?!
* * *
The look of shock on Inuyasha's face was exactly as Sesshoumaru had pictured it. But something else was definitely wrong. He took a moment to take in his surroundings, or what he could see of them from the bottom of a well. It was morning, wait, that couldn't be right. He couldn't sense Jaken at all in the vicinity. And there were many new scents that hadn't been there a moment ago. He concluded that the spell had not worked and that they had indeed traveled to wherever it was his brother and that human went, but then why did Inuyasha look so shocked? Things just didn't make sense. But he decided to take initiative and get out of the well; he didn't prefer to be in such close quarters with his half-brother.
When he reached the top and climbed out, he looked back down to see Inuyasha struggling with the injured human, trying not to injure her further as they attempted to climb out of the well.
"This isn't working," he heard Inuyasha growl. Then, he heard something he never expected in his entire, long life: his brother asked him to help. To be more exact, he said: "Sesshoumaru, if I throw Kagome up, out of the well, can you catch her? Without hurting her?" But judging by the look on Sesshoumaru's face, you'd think Inuyasha had asked him to go catch a flying papaya (A/N: I've been watching Zoids).
"Fine," he replied. 'I can use her against him, after.'
Inuyasha tossed her up, through the opening of the well, and Sesshoumaru caught her with ease. He set her down at the base of a tree just as his brother got out of the well. 'Too perfect.' "Give me Tetsusaiga or the wench dies," he said in his usual monotone.
"Bastard! You never give up. How do you expect to take Tetsusaiga if you can't even touch it?" Inuyasha demanded.
Someone approached at that moment, and Sesshoumaru turned to face the potential attacker. When he did, he found a sword pointed at his throat. Holding the sword was a girl that looked about Kagome's age, who was saying something in a language he didn't understand, but from the tone of her voice, she sounded angry.
* * *
Kagome turned her head toward the sound of the female voice. The girl was speaking English and pointing a sword at Sesshoumaru.
"Who are you and what are you doing at this well?" the girl had demanded of them.
"You won't get an answer out them. They have no idea what you're saying," Kagome said to the girl, who, at the sound of Kagome's voice, turned her sword on her. Kagome felt very glad she had paid attention in English class.
"And why not?"
"We- er, we're from Japan. We came through the well," she explained quickly, hoping the girl didn't think she was crazy. To her relief, the girl actually put her sword down. "Um, are we in America?"
"No, you're in the magical land of the faeries," she said sarcastically. "Of course you're in America, New Jersey, to be more exact."
"Kagome, what's going on? What did she say?" Inuyasha asked, in Japanese.
Before she could answer, the girl spoke up, "Baka hanyou." When she received odd looks from everyone (even Sesshoumaru), "Nani? You think I don't know Japanese?"
"Well, this should make things a lot easier," Kagome said, for the moment forgetting about Sesshoumaru.
"You never answered my question: who are you? Besides being a dog demon, a hanyou, and a human."
"H-how did you know that?" Inuyasha asked. "You look human to me."
She smirked. "Appearances can be deceiving." At the moment, her form was that of a human: long, straight, black hair, green-blue eyes, and fair complexion. Around her bare upper right arm, was a metal ring. She removed the ring and she changed. Her hair turned silver-white, two dark-blue stripes appeared on each cheek, a black crescent moon shape appeared on her forehead, her fingernails lengthened and sharpened into claws, her ears became pointy, her eyes turned a golden color, and (I'm gonna follow what everyone else thinks and call it a tail) a pale-blue, fluffy tail curled up over her shoulder. The trio facing her was dumbfounded, except that Sesshoumaru wasn't showing it, as usual.
"She's like a girl version of Sesshoumaru," Kagome commented from her spot under the tree.
