Disclaimer: I do not in any way shape or form own InuYasha, or any other of the characters.
Chapter One: May Lee
"Have you seen that new girl?" Yuri, one of Kagome's three stuck-up, popular friends asked her.
"What's wrong with her?" Kagome asked. She looked in the direction of the new school member. She was pretty, or Kagome thought so. Yuri probably thought so too, which might be why she didn't like her. Kagome observed the lonely new girl. She was pretty. She was one of those people that, the longer you looked at them, the more beauty it added to their appearance. Kagome sighed and looked at Yuri, expecting her to start rattling off reasons that there was something wrong with the girl.
"Well, um…" Yuri stuttered, "she's um, too nice."
"How can someone be too nice?" Kagome asked, genuinely confused. She didn't understand, How can someone be too nice? She asked herself.
"Yeah, and, long hair, is totally out. Oh, and, have you seen where she lives? Oh, my, gosh." Yuri continued to bicker, now she was on a roll. Kagome on the other hand, thought she would like the new girl. She looked in her direction one more time, before returning her attention to her non-stop friend.
"I'm going to go make friends with her," Kagome said. Her sweet heart didn't want to see someone so new and alone sitting at a vacant table, and have people like Yuri talk about them and spread rumors about them. While Yuri stood, astonished, mouth open, staring after her, Kagome made her way to the new girl's table.
"Hi," Kagome said cheerily once she'd arrived at the new girl's table. The girl looked startled, but not scared, like Kagome figured she would.
"Hello," the girl responded, as she looked Kagome over skeptically.
"I'm Kagome," Kagome said in a friendly tone. She would have extended her hand to shake in greeting, but this was school. That seemed a little over-rated.
"My name is May Lee," the new girl replied, she too, seemed as if she wished to extend her hand, but didn't. Kagome pulled out the chair next to her and sat down.
"So, you're uh, new here, huh?" Kagome said, feeling stupid now.
"Yes, I am," the girl said. Now the girl looked as if she wanted to say something too, start a conversation. "Do, you, um, like dogs?" May Lee asked.
Kagome smiled, then she thought of InuYasha. I only have to stay for 3 more days, then I can go back to the feudal era. If only I didn't have these stupid tests. She thought. Then, realizing she still hadn't answered the girl's question, she said, "Yes, very much."
"Me too!" May Lee exclaimed, then, became sort of flushed for being so excited. She put her hands in her lap and played with her fingers to preoccupy herself.
Seeing that the girl was somewhat self conscious, Kagome decided to make her feel more welcome to her new school. "Hey, um, do you want to come over to my house, after school to study or something. I could tell you about all the teacher's little quirks or something…" she said, her hands now in her lap too, pulling on fingers, trying to pop knuckles and what not. Then, she actually popped a finger. Oww! She thought, as a flash of discomfort crossed her face.
"I would like that," May Lee said, and smiled warmly at Kagome. She was the first person to acknowledge her presence in a good way, since she'd gotten off the bus.
When May Lee and Kagome arrived at the Higuashi residence, Kagome opened the door brightly and pointed May Lee toward the comfortable couch. Kagome got some tea for them to drink and sat down next to May Lee on the soft furniture.
"Ok, first things first, you don't have Mr. Lamb for mathematics, do you?" Kagome asked, determined to help May Lee settle into the new school by telling her about the worst teacher ever.
"No…." May Lee said suspiciously, unsure if she wanted to hear what Kagome was about to say if she did have Mr. Lamb. Fortunately, she didn't.
"Oh, good. He's just really mean, and super strict," Kagome explained.
For the next few hours, May Lee and Kagome talked about school, boys, dogs, and much more. When it was time for May Lee to go home, Kagome felt as though she were parting with a sister. She knew so much about this girl already, and liked her very much. It was hard to believe that she had only just met this girl at lunch a few short hours ago. Kagome smiled and thought back to the deep conversation they had had. May Lee had said something like, "I think I was born in the wrong era. I was meant to live in a feudal era, with gods and goddesses, demons and magical powers. My life is so boring." Kagome had never thought she might be taking what she had for granted, and that other people might want a well in their front yard that took them to their favorite time period.
Over the next 2 days, Kagome and May Lee grew close. They were inseparable and Kagome dreaded that she would have to go back to the warring states era so soon. But Kagome knew she couldn't have the best of both worlds.
May Lee sensed a difference in Kagome on the third day. She seemed sad about something, as though she were awaiting something awful to happen. May Lee didn't want to ask about it, so she decided to leave the matter alone.
Kagome wanted to walk home from school that day, instead of riding the bus, so May Lee followed her, just to make sure she would be ok. She was really worried about Kagome at this point. At lunch, she hardly touched her food, and Kagome normally ate all of her lunch eagerly, as if she had been starved.
All along the way home, May Lee walked a safe distance back from Kagome. Though she was pretty sure she could be right beside her, and she would not have noticed. Kagome was in such a daze, May Lee didn't know what to do.
When Kagome got to her house, she walked inside and came back out within a few moments. Her mother, brother and grandfather followed her outside. She hugged each one of them, as if she were saying goodbye. May Lee, taking cover in some bushes, thought this to be somewhat strange. She watched Kagome walk into the temple that was kept on their lands since ancient times, and her family went back into the house.
May Lee watched to see when Kagome would come back out of the temple, but she never did. Curious, she went to investigate. Seeing that there was no trace of Kagome, or anything else, in the temple, May Lee looked around. Could something have happened to her? She thought. May Lee saw the well in the center of the small hut like shack, not very fit to be called a temple. The only thing she could think of, was that Kagome fell down the well. There was nothing else in there. May Lee walked over the well and leaned over to peer inside. She wanted to see if Kagome could lay, hurt or injured at the bottom.
Seeing only blackness, May Lee swung a leg over one side of the well, then the other. Gingerly, May Lee used the rusty old latter rungs to climb to the bottom. Suddenly, an unstable, extra rusty rung snapped. Pop! Then May Lee found herself falling, down, down. She covered her head with her arms and shut her eyes, expecting to land on the hard floor with a loud thump. She found that she had been falling for far too long to have not hit the bottom by now.
She opened her shut eyes, which un-wrinkled her face. She saw she was surrounded by a blue light, then, she was on the ground, at the bottom of the well. She looked up, and saw no temple roof over her head, but instead, a blue sky. What's going on here? May Lee wondered. She used some vines and rusty ladder rungs to climb out, but she managed to find her way to the top. As she pulled herself out of the well, he eyes and whole being was filled with awe.