Disclaimer: No I do not own InuYasha or its characters
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Chapter Two: What will you do now?
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'It's cold' Kagome thought 'I need to get out!'
She swam up to the surface and took a greedy gulp of air. 'Since when does the bone-eaters well have water in it'
She shivered and started trying to pull herself out 'ugh, my stuff is probably all ruined'
Kagome pulled herself out and looked around. There weren't as many trees as she remembered seeing before. 'It's probably JUST my imagination'.
She squeezed her shirt and water immediately drained out, she repeated the action on her hair and skipped towards the village.
Once there, she saw a few huts already made and a few that were not yet complete, with a couple groups of men building them.
'Strange' She thought.
Kagome ran up to one of the huts that were being built. There were three men working on it.
"Excuse me?" She asked. All three heads turned.
"Yes?" One said.
"What happened here? Did a demon attack?"
"No" Another replied "We were just building a new village"
Kagome noticed that they weren't really looking at her face but lower. They were staring at her legs and she noticed their huge grins. She blushed and then thought about what they just said.
"We were just building a new village"
She gasped and raced back into the woods, leaving three confused village men staring at where she last was.
"Oh no..." She mumbled "This better not be what I think"
Kagome finally stopped in front of the sacred tree. She stepped closer and ran her hand over where Inuyasha used to be. And touched the area where Kikyo's arrow hit...Only, there was never an arrow there...No scar. Just a perfect looking tree. Kagome's eyes widened and she ran to the bone-eaters well and jumped inside. She began swimming down and touched the bottom. But there was no blue light carrying her through time.
'No...'.
The teenager swam back to the surface before she could lose air. And then swam to the bottom again. But she received the same results and swam back to the surface.
'What's happening?' She wondered 'I can't be stuck in this who-knows-what era forever'
She climbed out of the well once again and changed her clothes into a green t-shirt and jeans, since she was sure no one was around. Kagome sighed and slid down on the grass and leaned on the well's wall and closed her eyes.
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"So, you're asking to join our group?" Inuyasha said.
"Just temporarily" Kikyo replied "Only until my reincarnation returns"
'If she ever returns' She silently added.
"Why haven't you ever asked this before. Why now of all times?" Miroku asked.
"The reasons are my own, monk"
"Well..." Inuyasha began "I think it is a good idea if Kikyo joins, even if it's temporary".
"What about Kagome, Inuyasha?" Sango said "Weren't you going to bring her back from her own time earlier?"
"I, uh...Well, since we have Kikyo, who can also sense shards, I guess I can give Kagome some time to herself and let her come back when she plans too"
Kikyo inwardly smirked. Everything was going well. Her spell was supposed to connect the well to another time and then close right after one time-travel. The only problem was that she needed to keep renewing the spell. And once Inuyasha chose her, she'd stop renewing it and then her reincarnation could come back. Hopefully, without the knowledge it was her who did it.
"Okay...Well, get some rest everyone" Inuyasha announced "We'll be leaving first thing in the morning"
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Kagome yawned and her eyes fluttered open. It was early night and she didn't even realize she'd fallen asleep. Her hair was damp and it was stuck to her face and it was still slightly wet. She felt like she had a fever and her hand when up to her forehead. It was slightly warm, but she didn't think much about it, because she just noticed the familiar golden gaze staring at her from just five feet away. He was wearing a haori similar to the one he wore in the feudal era. It was white too but instead of having red sakura blossoms on the shoulders and sleeve ends, the shoulders started out as a dark green and faded into white, the same with the sleeve ends. He had the same white pants, but no armour, his obi was a pale green and his hair was slightly shorter (but still very long).
"Se-" She suddenly paused...Would saying his name affect the future? "Oh, hello. Nice night" She smiled at Sesshomaru as if he was a long lost friend.
Sesshomaru just blinked at the strange human. Normal humans would either be getting ready for a battle, screaming for help, or running away at first sight of him. Not smiling brightly at him.
"So, what's you name?" Kagome asked. She tried to make herself not seem suspicious. And by pretending she didn't know his name, that had to work.
"That is not your concern" Sesshomaru answered calmly "Why were you jumping into the well?".
"HOLY CRAP!!! YOU WERE WATCHING ME??!!!" The schoolgirl screamed and blushed, remembering she changed her clothes.
"No...you are not that interesting. I was just passing through. You were soaking wet and asleep by this well. So I am assuming you were jumping into the well...So why were you jumping into the well?".
"How long were you watching me for?" She asked, purposely avoiding his question.
"Long enough. Now, answer me"
"I...uh...like to jump into wells?"
He just stared at her with no expression.
"I...Well, it's none of your business!" She snapped.
"The way you dress and talk is quite foreign. Where are you from?"
"Er...Tokyo..."
"I have never heard of such a place. Where is that?"
"Somewhere far away"
"Then why are you here?"
"I'm lost"
"What is your name, human?"
"Ka-" She stopped herself. She wouldn't tell him her first name. But, her family name would be fine...right? "H-Higurashi. I don't see why I need to tell you this, you haven't told me your name"
"It is none of your concern" He said once again.
"Neither was my name!" Kagome countered.
"Yes. But you told me anyway" He turned his back towards her and prepared to walk away.
Kagome growled and stood up "Fine, I guess it's bye for now...Sesshomaru"
Sesshomaru turned around and stared at her "How is it that you know my name even though I have not spoken it?"
"It is none of your concern" She replied, sticking her tongue out and folding her arms across her chest.
"Fair enough."
"Wow...you talk alot" She didn't actually think he talked alot but compared to the feudal era Sesshomaru, he talked alot.
"Not as much as you. And I do not see the problem with talking"
'Wow...He is quite different' Kagome thought.
"Do you...Hate humans?" The young priestess asked. Kagome didn't even realize that with each word said they walked another step into the forest.
The demon snorted. 'Wow...He can snort?' "If I hated humans...You'd be dead now"
"Oh..." She mumbled "You DON'T hate humans" 'Not yet anyway...I wonder what caused his change'
"I have no love for them either" Sesshomaru added "What made you come up with something like that?"
"I, uh...Well, most demons hate humans, so I was just wondering if you were the same"
"I see"
'I'd like to know what era this is...I'll ask him...without asking him!' Kagome silently decided "Uh, Sesshomaru?"
"Yes...Higurashi?"
"Do you know where Jaken is?"
Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow "Who?"
"Uhhhh...Nevermind!" She laughed nervously. 'So this is before he met Jaken' "Do you know anyone named Inuyasha?"
"No" He answered "Who are these people that you speak of?"
"My...Friends" She purposely stressed the word 'friends'.
"They are not really your friends?"
"Inuyasha is my best friend. But I hate Jaken"
Sesshomaru chuckled lightly and Kagome surpressed a gasp at how merry it sounded. She didn't know that Sesshomaru's chuckle would sound happy. Heck, she didn't even know he COULD chuckle. 'Oh no...I just mentioned Inuyasha AND Jaken. I hope I didn't mess anything up...I even said his name earlier. Why did I do that? Oh well...at least he's not asking me about that anymore.'
"So, Higurashi, what will you do now?"
"Huh?" Kagome stopped and just realized that they were deep in the forest. But she was still able to see a bit of the clearing and the bone-eaters well.
"You said you were lost. What will you do now?"
"I guess I'll-"
Kagome was cut off when she heard a bunch of villagers run into the clearing where the bone-eaters well was. She turned her head and barely saw them dropping a serpent demon's body into the well. About a minute passed before-
"Something is wrong with the bone-eaters well!" A villager shouted "The demon that Lady Midoriko slayed has not been swallowed!"
'Lady...Midoriko?' Thought Kagome
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Yay! Second chapter completed. I don't know if this is boring or exciting. I apologize if it is boring and wasting your time. And I am happy if you think it is exciting. Oh, and sometimes I start things and never finish them so if I run out of ideas, I may abandon this fic. It's my first, by the way.
Bye for now.
- Katherine