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Chapter 1.
Cousins.
Given the circumstances it was apparent, I was stuck with the outcome that now played out. Not that any 18 year old could change any parents mind, when it came to dating the wrong guy. Not two weeks ago I was forced onto a plane to good old Tokyo Japan, to live with my Aunt. I would miss my old home in Chicago, but at least I was with family.
Once here at the shrine I found solace in the shrine, not being able to get along with grandpa, given my outer appearance. "Willow, can't you just put on normal girl clothing?" He griped as I strolled out to the god tree, to clear my mind. I was wearing skinny jeans and an offensive tee shirt, written in English. I figured the old man could not read it, but I was sadly mistaken. The tee clearly read, 'If you keep looking here, you will have to read the sole of my shoe.'
It was far from vulgar where I was raised, yet offensive here, according to grandpa. I mean Jiji as he preferred.
Now sitting here below the tree I realized my selfishness, but I felt beyond prideful, not willing to apologize. Getting up I saw a flash from the well house, which jiji had grumbled for me to stay out of. Something about it being Kagome's safe haven while she was sick, which had answered my many questions as to why I hadn't seen her once since my arrival.
I didn't believe him, after I located a stash of journals, all containing crazy details about the demon world beyond the well.
Walking to the door I slid the shoji door aside where light beamed from the well sitting down at the bottom of some stairs. Curiosity got the better of my warning to leave Kagome alone, and I walked down the stairs not seeing hide no hair of my cousin.
I gazed into the well, baffled to say the least. There like a view screen glaring at me was a mid days sun and clouds, but a slight wind blew from it confirming the sky could not be fake.
Not believing the sight, my eyebrows raised causing me to curse jiji. He had lied, there was something traitorous about his explanation. I turned on heel peeved, "Jiji, you have some explaining to do." I mumbled as a gust of wind caught me.
Like a feather, I could feel my body lift and start dropping down, down in to the well. I saw the wooden sides glide passed me while warmth surrounded me, and a soft purple light began to consume me.
Closing my eyes I feared for the worst, but my feet settled gently to the wells dirt bottom. Opening my eyes, I finally looked up to see the same sky, staring back down at me, causing me to freak out inside. "Where the hell am I? This can't be the well house, there is no roof." I said to myself like a loon would, having a mental break.
The sound of leaves rustling in the wind could be heard above me, and I forced myself to climb free of the well. At the top, I pulled myself free slinging one leg over before the other. The sight caused my derangement to flood my thoughts, I must have fallen into the well and died.
I looked around the clearing, trying to clear my thoughts, when it hit me, "Just pinch yourself stupid." I muttered while grabbing the soft skin on the inner part of my forearm. Giving it a hard pinch, I clenched my teeth. "I'm alive, but where the hell am I?"
"Willow!" I heard a familiar voice say. "Inuyasha you were right, someone did come through the well. But how?" Kagome greeted tossing her arms around me. I stared at her in awe wondering if she had fallen in like I had, but decided against as the man with her seemed livid.
"Hmph, like hell I am putting up with who ever that is." Kagome turned from me, her eyes glinting in a devious way, with a malicious smirk forming.
"SIT BOY!" She yelled before stalking over to him, where he seemed to have fallen down violently at her words. "I might be stuck here for the rest of my life, but she might not. I can send mom, jiji, and Souta gifts back with her and she can bring stuff back." She turned hugging me again.
"Kagome, um... where are we?" I asked, seeing this Inuyasha standing up.
"Oh, We are in feudal Japan. Its ok... I think..So long as you can go back through the bone eaters well." She turned me back to it and looked at me from the side. "Willow, could you try jumping back through?" She asked looking down into the well.
I turned facing her, before shaking my head no. "Kagome, no offense, but I don't intend on breaking my legs today." I moved back slamming into a firm human wall.
"Oh, yes you can." The guy, Inuyasha said shoving me forward before sending me crashing butt first into the bottom of the well.
"Owe, you jerk!" I cried out feeling numbness across my bottom. "Clearly I can not go through the damn well." He dropped down beside me lifting me free of the well and dropped me like a sack of rice to the ground.
"Clearly you can not. How did you get here anyway?" Inuyasha blah blahed on. He was above me but I could see him now. He had platinum white hair, and fangs, but when his head dropped lower to me I saw something. A top his head were two ears like a dog, and I didn't feel myself get to my feet, before grabbing the ears stroking them.
"So cute!" I squealed still touching his ears. The expression on his face was priceless, as was the face on all the people who had gathered.
One, viewer was not so close and had interest in my arrival, but I could not sense him, while a certain Inuyasha could.
"Let go of them." Inuyasha growled pulling back from me as I saw a small girl, monk, woman, and small boy, with a fuzzy tail. Kagome must have noticed my startled reaction to the boy, and grabbed my arm.
"Willow, um let me introduce you to my friends, and we can head to the village. I really need to fill you in on a few things... Geez... this might be difficult." She said the last part on deaf ears as the rest of the group seemed to be amazed, and struck silent by my sudden appearance.
Upon entering the village Kagome took me into a hut leaving most of the group outside. Inuyasha had insisted on being allowed in his own home, while the small children forced their ways in.
"Please sit." Kagome offered, and I obliged taking a seat. She took a seat across from me, where the little girl, and boy sat with her. "Willow, I am not sure why you are here, but I guess I should explain this time to you. I could start with Inuyasha and Shippou... They are demons." She started but I waved her off.
"Jiji, keeps journals, I figured the old man had gone crazy, when I read you could go back in time. He did explain what demons were, so no need to get all technical... I was just shocked to see it I guess." Her concern seemed to fade as a smile formed on her lips.
"So, your not afraid?" She looked down at Shippou who seemed excited, and he shot from her side into my lap.
I looked down at him surprised he would be so social, with a new person, but children always do the unexpected.
"I'm not afraid, just upset... I can't go back home?" Shippou, was now climbing me silently, and I figured he must be a toddler.
"No, the well didn't let you back through... you must have a connection to the past." Inuyasha, said from a corner leaning on the wall.
I pulled Shippou free from my auburn brown hair, looking at him. "I doubt, I have a connection to this time, unless its Kagome." I said glaring his way before looking at Shippou. "So how old is this cute little guy? I am guessing 3 maybe 4?"
Kagome laughed looking at me like I grew a second and third head. "No, he's a lot older than that. Try 50, he just looks younger cause he's a demon." She drew looking towards Inuyasha. "Please let my cousin stay with us." She added, causing him to grimace.
"Fine, but she needs to find a mate or something to get out of our home at some point." Kagome stood furious, looking at him and he cowered a bit. "I mean she can stay as long as she wants.
"SIT BOY!" She yelled causing him to fly face first into the wooden floor boards. Studying her, even in the loose Miko kimono, I could see a round outline at the lower part of her abdomen.
"Kagome, are you... pregnant?" I stammered a bit. She was my older cousin but not by much, only 3 months older, she might have been 18 but she wasn't supposed to be pregnant.
She turned to me smiling. "Yes, I should be truthful. I am having Inuyasha's baby, you'd never guess that the way we are fighting right now." He stood walking to her side wrapping his arms around her waist and looking at me.
"They are married, she forgot to mention that." Shippou, who I was still holding smiled.
"Willow, I think we should give them space." He stood pulling at me. I followed him looking back at Kagome, who nodded at me. "Kagome, I will introduce her to Miroku, and Sango." He led the way out as I watched the other child follow us.
"My name is Rin," She said a gap tooth smile greeting me. "I didn't know there was another girl like Kagome." Shippou hushed her, as we entered another hut where, the woman from earlier was sitting feeding a new born. At her side was the man, trying to get two unruly girls off of him while they yanked and pulled at his ears and hair laughing.
"Miroku, and Sango, this is Willow." Shippou said causing them to look up as us.
The man rose shaking the two small girls off of him. "Hello, I am Miroku, and this beautiful woman is my wife Sango." He said keeping his hands drawn at his back.
"Hello, Willow." Sango said detaching the baby from herself and burping him. I figured the girls were also their children the way played with Miroku. "These are our twins, and this is our son." She said showing me the baby. "Kohaku, please come out and meet Willow." A younger teen walked out from a back room looking at me.
"This is my brother Kohaku, and this Willow, Kagome's cousin. I assume, Inuyasha was correct you are related to Kagome." She said more than asked.
"Yes, her cousin. It is true, demons can smell someone scent and know it?" I asked causing Miroku to laugh a bit.
"It is true, but not all demons have a heightened sense of smell like Inuyasha. Your family must have told you a lot about this time." Sango said looking at Miroku who walked over taking the small baby from her.
"I read grandpa's journals. They never mentioned a thing... and since I was not allowed to leave the shrine or house, I had very little to do, but snoop around." Sango smiled as Kohaku darted out of the hut leaving. I heard him say good bye from a distance.
"Is your brother leaving?" I asked, wondering if I had offended the teen.
"Oh, yes he has training with Totosai today, sometimes he returns the same day, and sometimes he is gone for weeks on end." She stated not very happy of his departure I took.
"Can I ask, who's children Rin and Shippou are?" I said not really seeing a resemblance in any of the adults I had met. "I mean they seem too old to be Inuyasha's and Kagome's and you only introduced the girls, and the baby as your own."
Sango sighed looking off into the distance through a window. "They are orphans, Inuyasha and Kagome have taken as charges. We all care for them in this village, but Rin started with Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha's brother." She seemed taken back by my question, and I probably had no business asking.
"Sesshoumaru." Rin said suddenly looking at the door of the hut. I turned my gaze to where she was now darting. A tall demon, I gathered, stood there. His face was youthful like Inuyasha's, with the same golden eyes, and platinum hair. Unlike his brother, he had a blue crescent moon on his forehead, and two magenta jagged stripes adorning each cheek.
"Rin. Hn" Was all he said, while staring at me. I was in awe, at his true beauty. No where in jiji's journals had there been mention of gorgeous demons, and Inuyasha had been explained as a monster.
"Onna, quit drooling like an animal looking at me." His once serene face was contorted a bit, anger riddling his unnatural features.
Authors note: Thank you for reading. Review, and hopefully I can get another chapter up in a few you again. Hope you enjoyed the first chapter.