Chapter 2: the boy with dog ears.
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Kagome signed. It was time to leave.
She needed to find Kaede's village to officially start her adventure.
Kagome watched her surroundings one last time before leaving. With a firm step the black-haired girl headed towards the only spiritual energy present in the area. With her current speed she should be able to reach the village in less than 2 hours, but one never knows what could happen in feudal japan.
"I must be careful," she reminded herself. Since she was no longer in modern tokyo, she had to be careful with everything and everyone.
"Everything is so green." Another smile appeared on her face. The anime definitely didn't do any justice to the beauty of feudal Japan. It was strange for the girl to walk silently through the woods. Even though it was daylight, Kagome could not help thinking that something was wrong. If I wasn't mistaken. (And she was sure she wasn't) I should have crossed paths with the villagers a while ago.
"Maybe I did something wrong" she said aloud.
She frowned. Trying to think what she had done wrong. Kagome gasped in alarm as she remembered what she'd forgotten, well, more like who she'd forgotten.
In her eagerness to reach the village she had completely forgotten about Inuyasha. She had no choice but to continue on her path. Of course, she could always turn around and change her course to the sacred tree, but she had been walking for 1 hour and it seemed rather tiring for her to have to return. "I'm sorry Inuyasha, but you'll have to wait for a little longer"
Her original plan was now ruined. At first she had planned to go to the sacred tree and take Inuyasha's arrow, take him to the village and wait for the centipede woman to appear. Although, with the character of Inuyasha I doubt that he would have stayed in the village by his own free will.
She was relieved to be so forgetful.
"Everything happens for a reason," she reminded herself.
Once she srrived at the village, Kagome could not help but feel like an animal at the zoo. All the villagers were watching her cautiously. The men clenched their work tools so hard that their knuckles were white, the women were murmuring, and the mothers hiding their children behind them.
"Will it be a demon?" Someone behind her mumbled.
"Look at her clothes. Isn't she ashamed? "A feminine voice adorned in a tone of disgust said.
"I don't know, but I don't want her here. Sousuke do something "
"Excuse me." The girl called somehow exasperated. She did not like the way they were talking about her. At all. "Can you take me with the priestess Kaede?"
Her words raised suspicion among the crowd. A man, -Sousuke, she remembered, that's the way the woman had called him- Had stepped out of the crowd and made his way towards her with an air of fear.
He cleared his throat. "I'll take you with her. But please, do us no harm "
Kagome was speechless. "I'm not a demon. I am a priestess in need of help " she assure the man
The man looked at her skeptically. Taking one last look at her uniform, he began to walk in front of her.
"Kaede- sama," Sousuke called from outside the hut. "There is a young girl who needs your help"
Kagome swallowed the lump in her throat. Finally she would meet someone important from the feudal era. She could not contain her emotion when the straw curtain rose revealing the face of the old woman.
"Come in child"
With a flick of her wrist Kaede dismissed Sousuke and turned to look at her. The old woman's eyes narrowed in mistrust, but it was then replaced by an expression of surprise.
"Kikyo-nee" The woman said in shock. "How is it possible?"
Kagome shook her head. "I'm so sorry, Kaede-sama. But my name is Higurashi Kagome "explained the girl. "I'm here because I fell into the well this morning and I showed up here," she continued to explain.
Kaede's attention was concentrated on her abdomen. "I feel great spiritual power within you"
"Well, I am the priestess of the temple of my family"
At this, the old woman smiled, causing more wrinkles to appear on her face.
"I'm not surprised," she said in a low voice, the nostalgia and sadness present in her voice.
The old woman placed one of hers hands on the girl's shoulder. "Sorry for the confusion." She apologized" You look a lot like my older sister, Kikyo. "The woman sighed sadly remembering her sister.
Kagome felt an emotion she could not locate at the mention of Kikyo, but she nodded her head anyway.
"Kaede-sama. Is there any way I can get back to my time? "
The old woman brought her hand to her jaw thoughtfully. "Actually, this had never happened before, but I think you could go back the same way you used to appear here."
She nodded. She knew this already, but it would be suspicious not to ask.
(...)
It was already night time. Kaede had fed her and offered her to stay in her cabin.
Kagome suddenly got up waking up the old woman's from her slumber. "What is it, child?"
"I feel an evil presence aproaching"
Kaede narrowed her eyes and frowned in concentration for a couple of seconds before gazping in surprise. The older woman got up and rushed out of her cabin shouting orders to the men of the village.
The screams of an angry woman soon broke the silence that reigned only seconds ago.
"Where is it?" The same voice shouted. "I want the pearl"
The centipede woman, it was about time she showed up. Kagome thought taking the bow and arrows that were in Kaede's cabin.
"Do you know how to use it?" Kaede asked in surprise.
She nodded. "Come on, we do not have time to lose"
(...)
Excellent. Kagome thought, smiling internally. She had already lured the centipede woman into the Inuyasha forest, now the only thing left was to remove the arrow and- and lose the jewel.
She grimaced. She was not particularly thrilled that the centipede woman tore her abdomen open.
In the distance Kagome spotted a red spot and hastened her pace. Careful not to stumble over the roots, the girl leaned on the young man in front of her who began to move.
"Kikyo," he murmured hoarsely.
"Inuyasha! Wake up, I need your help! "
"Heh," he said in a mocking tone. "What is Kikyo? Seal her with one of your arrows like you did with me "
Kagome frowned. "I'm not Kikyo, my name is Kagome" She said annoyed to be confused with her incarnation.
Summoning some of her spiritual energy, Kagome placed her hands around the arrow and began to pull out ignoring Inuyasha's insults.
"Give me the pearl!" The centipede woman came out of the forest enraged. Kagome pulled harder but nothing happened. "Dang! Now what?"
"The pearl of shikon?" Inuyasha caught her attention. "Do you have it with you? Give it to me if you want to live "
She snorted. "I'm not stupid enough to give it to you"
The arrow was beginning to give way, but out of nowhere she felt something grabbed her causing her to release the arrow and Inuyasha.
Kagome began to struggle with the demon's steel grip. But this one didn't even seem to flinch.
"The Pearl!" She screamed before launching the girl in the air and using one of her sharp nails to cut off some of her skin to get the pearl off Kagome's body who gasped in pain and surprise.
Before she could hit the floor Inuyasha caught her midair.
"Inuyasha." She said weakly "The Pearl"
"Heh. You don't need to remind me." He put her down and ran to his opponent.
Kagome watched the field and smiled relieved when she found the pearl resting innocently in the middle of the battlefield. Since Inuyasha was still busy with his opponent the girl took the opportunity to take the pearl.
"You're safe" for now
"That was easy" the hanyou turned to her. "You. Give me the pearl if you don't want to get hurt "
Kagome swallowed eyeing the sharp claws of the hanyou. He wasn't going to hurt her. Right?
"Don't move" said the girl pointing the man with her sacred arrow.
"How nostalgic"
She frowned. There was something in the eyes of the hanyou. Pain? Dang, now felt guilty.
"Inuyasha," Kaede said stepping out of the forest.
She let out a sigh of relief. It was time for them to show up.
"Kaede? Hah! Now you're all wrinkled, the years weren't kind with you like kikyo "
Kaede sighed and pulled out something of her haori. The woman placed her hands in a strange position and murmured something unintelligible to the girl creating various small light pink spheres to appear around Inuyasha's neck.
"Quick Kagome, Say a spell"
Ow I'd been waiting for this since I was born.
Kagome smiled sweetly and said. "Sit boy!"
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