Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from Inuyasha. Just my OC.
My whole body tenses up. I launch my body back into the wall behind me and let my fear wash all over me. What did she put in that? What is going to happen to me? I bring my hands up to my face and cradle my head as it keeps shaking back and forth. My breathing picks up and I start to panic. My fear is almost palpable. Slowly my fear bubbles and festers into anger and in the next instant I am blinded by my rage. The next thing I know I am across the room with the old woman's neck beneath my hands as I roughly shove her body against the wall. The wood splinters and groans from her impact.
"What the hell did you do to me you old hag?" I scream out at her. My hands tighten their grip as I hear her start to cough out a laugh.
"I see that it is working! Cough, cough. Now just the final touch." She manages out through coughs and small gasps.
I look of confusion passes over my face and before I know it I feel a quick, sharp pain in my side. I stagger back and clutch my hand over the part of my body where the dull pain originates from. I bring my hand away and look down to find my blood staining my sweater. She stabbed me?! If her goal was for me to kill her then she did just the right thing! My eyes flash back up to the hag who now holds a bloody dagger in her hand. A huge smile is plastered on her face as she stares at the dagger like Gollum stares at the ring. She waves her hand over it once and the blood slowly vanishes. Wait, no. It does not vanish; it seeps into the blade. I charge toward her, my intent to take the dagger from her and then stab her and see how she likes it. When I am a few steps away she holds up the dagger and shouts, "Stop!"
My body freezes and I cannot bring myself to move any further. I try to move my legs forward but they are like lead. Unmoving I stare at the hag and the dagger she holds. Her smile turns to a smug one, like she won and I am just helpless, and so far that is exactly how it looks.
"Oh I did not know my magic would take effect so soon! I almost did not see you run toward me, and slamming me against the wall really hurt my back!" She said that last part like I should be sorry for what I did. Pfft, yeah right like I am going to feel sorry for that. "Now, let me answer your questions."
"Why can't I move?" I spit out with as much venom as I can.
"Ehm. Stop talking" My traitorous mouth immediately closes and for the life of me I cannot even get out a whimper. "Ah, much better. Now then since you decided to stop being so rude, I will answer your questions." I did not decide to stop being 'so rude', you are not letting me be rude!
"So what was your first question? Ah yes, where are you. Well girlie you are in Japan. It's quite a few hundred years in the past from the time I pulled you from. Tell me is there even a Japan in your time?"
I give her a dead look reminding her that I cannot speak yet.
"Oh yes, slipped my mind. You may speak."
"Yes there is a Japan, but they speak Japanese. How is it that I can understand you?"
"That was all a part of the spell girlie. Technically you are speaking Japanese too, it just sounds like we are speaking your own language. Isn't that an amazing spell? Not only am I the best tea maker out there I am also the best witch!" She raises her hand up in victory and does a little cheer for herself. "Now stop talking again." My mouth glues shut. "Let me finish my questions and then you may speak once I say I am done."
This must have to do with the dagger. Before it got my blood I did not have to listen to her. It's just like from Once Upon A Time, I am like the Dark One. I wonder if I also have magical powers like in the show. I shake my head. Enough with these foolish thoughts Krista. Focus on what is happening now.
"As to why I brought you here," she continues on, "I needed a bodyguard to do my bidding for me. You see there has been a demon who keeps harassing me to make him a potion that will make him stronger. I keep refusing, but he keeps coming around and lately his visits have been… dangerous."
I give her a questioning look asking, why can't you just use magic to make him go away?
"You see he is too powerful for my magic to harm him. Humans, yes my magic works on them fine but demons, no they are much trickier."
I shrug and roll my eyes. This magic thing is totally confusing me, and this thing about demons? Does she mean like angels and demons or like powerful scary beings of their own race. Since I am in Japan I am going to go with the ladder. I was a big history geek and loved learning about different culture's history and I know Japan had a different definition of demons than we did.
Another thing creeps into my mind. Why did she bring me here and not just use a human from this time. If only I could speak. Damn that dagger… and the hag.
"You see I just couldn't choose a human from this time because they all look the same. Dark hair, dark eyes. No they do not look like a demon, but you could pass. Golden hair and blue eyes. Your tan complexion makes you look exotic and dangerous. Besides it was easier for me to make a spell that would pull you back then change the appearance of one these humans. I have tried before and let's just say they ended up not looking like a human at all."
Now magic was really giving me a headache. Why is it easier to pull me through time and just change eye and hair color? Maybe messing with genes is harder than interrupting the space-time continuum. I mean whatever, I do not know anything about magic.
"Ah but one thing I do want to change on you." My eyes grow wide. What if I end up not looking like a human at all after this? Panic must be evident on my face because she chuckles and says, "Oh relax this isn't going to cause you any harm." Then with a snap of her fingers I hear a 'poof' and I open my eyes to find smoke all around me. As the smoke begins to clear I feel no different than before. That is until I feel something sway at my back and touch my butt. My hair. She grew out my hair. Why? I mean I am not going to complain, I do not really care what length my hair is, but why?
"There now you look like a true demon minus the markings, but I don't think that will be a problem because not all possess them. On to the next question which I am sure you already know the answer to but I will humor you anyways. I am in fact a witch. That is all the explanation you will get on that because I am sure it explains itself. Wait, you do know what a witch is right? Do they have those in your time?" I roll my eyes. Which she takes as a sign of 'Yes she understands' and moves on to my last questions.
"As for taking you home girlie, I cannot. I mean I could, but I need you here to protect me! I spent so much time storing away my magic so I could create something as great as you and now that I have you I cannot let you go!"
Sadness washes over me like a hurricane. I will never see my family again? I will not get to see my friends or my dog or ever finish school? I feel a sinking emptiness in my chest that makes me want to cradle my aching heart. My body has a flurry of emotions that make me want to scream and cry out and sit in a corner and wallow in my own self-pity for the rest of my life, but I cannot. She still won't let me move or speak. Another downside to my time here is that I have to do everything she says. Again anger at her rises but I cannot do anything about it so my anger slowly dies down and are replaced by silent tears streaming down my face.
"Whoa I was expecting a louder, angrier reaction. For a second I thought you would try and fight again, but it seems your spirit broke. Why aren't you screaming right now? Or In a fit and throwing things about?"
I gave her one of the coldest stare I could while having tears running down my face. If you can look intimidating with a runny nose I believe I succeeded.
"Oh right I forgot!" She holds the dagger up like a lightbulb just came on over her head. "I am done and you may move, but you may not try to hurt me or destroy my property."
The first thing I do is fall to my knees and break into a horrible sob. I go down into a begging position and ask, "Please let me see my family one more time! I was supposed to be home in thirty minutes! They will be looking for me and I have to let them know that I am okay so they won't be thinking I am dead or kidnapped for the rest of their lives! Please I will do anything." At this point I am curled up in a ball on the floor in a puddle of my own tears. I hate puddles. My crying is so loud it has turned to the point of hysteria and my breathing is in ragged loud breaths.
The witch puts her hands over her ears and yells, "Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" Immediately my mouth is closed once again and my crying ceases. I look up to her and wipe my nose. My eyes are probably red and puffy but I still manage to give her a menacing look. Fuck this! She will not even let me express my sadness! I get up and dust off my pants and shirt. My hand flutters over my wound where she stabbed me and I realize that it does not hurt. I twist my body and look into the small hole in my sweater and see… nothing. No scare or any trace of blood. I touch my skin and feel no pain. I look up to the witch and she is smiling.
"Do you like it? That is one of the powers I gave you. Along with super strength, speed, sight, and hearing. You are stronger than most demons but not all. You may speak again but please, no more of that loud crying right now."
I looked back to the wall where I pushed her up against and realize the wood had splintered and there was a big crack. I looked down to my hands and flexed my fingers. They felt… lighter. Actually my whole body did. I then realized that my vision was blurred. My contacts! I lifted my finger up to my eye and moved my contact over. I could see! Hell, I could do better than see! Now I know how Peter Parker felt when he found out the spider venom gave him eyesight. I ran to her door and looked out into the grassing plains. I could count each blade of grass it I wanted to! I looked to the sky and watched as a bird's feathers were gently caressed as it flew on the wind. This was amazing! I was elated and taking in the scenery for about 40 seconds until I realized again, the big picture. I turned back to the witch.
"Please," I took a deep bow and used the most sincere voice I could muster up, "let me go back to my family and explain. You have that dagger and can command me to come back whenever you need me to. Just at least give me 10 minutes and I promise that I will never try to run away and will do everything you tell me to do."
"I have the dagger for that. Why should I make a deal? But fine. It seems that you truly care for them and that crying was just too annoying I never want to hear something like that again. You have found me in a generous mood and I shall allow this one last time with your family. And since I am so kind I will allow you 15 minutes. My, would you look at all the things I have done for you! You better appreciate this girlie!"
"Oh thanks you so much!" I jump up into the air and find that I can jump at least six feet off the ground and am rewarded with hitting my head on the ceiling. I rub my head a few times out of habit but find that the pain is very bearable and barely stings at all. I run to the witch and pick her up in a hug swinging her around and giving her kiss on the cheek as I place her back on her feet.
She wipes at her face, "It seems that where you are from they have no respect for personal space."
"Ha-ha, it seems that we don't, but for us that is pretty normal." A true laugh bubbles out of me. I am ecstatic that I am allowed to see my family one more time, even if it is to say good-bye. The hard part will be getting them to believe me. Which brings my mood down a bit. How do I explain to them what is happening to me? They will think I am crazy! No! I cannot think like that! They will just have to trust me. I can show them my hair maybe that will help.
"Alright witch. Take me back now." I speak with determination. They will just have to believe. At least some sort of explanation before I get pulled back should help them. And if they do not believe, than they will come to believe it after I am gone.
"Just walk out onto the pond and stand in the same spot as before. While you were having a conversation in your head I already prepared the spell." I always make strange faces when I talk to myself. It's a weird habit that I never got to fix.
I break out into a full sprint towards the pond. To say that I am fast would be an understatement. You know the turtle and the hare? Well let's just say I am the hare and Usain Bolt is the turtle, except that I do not take breaks and feel like I could run forever. I come to a halt at the pond's edge right under the sakura tree and take my first step out onto the water. My foot does not sink so I take another until I think I am standing in approximately the right spot. The water below my feet begins to turn a pinkish-purple color and for the second time today my world is flipped.
Authors note: I got out this chapter out really soon because I know what I want to write. I have the next couple ones planned out too so hopefully they will not take too long since I have been in the writing mood :)! Again, thank you for reading! Oh and I am not sure what chapter Sesshomaru will come in on, but first you have to get to know Krista. Thanks again and I hope you enjoy it!