Chapter one
"So.. I need you guys to come over later ok… I've got some new to tell you guys.." Kagome said as our little group walked into school. "What is it? You sound kinda down." Eri asked quietly. It was true Kagome had been down for the past couple of days, like she'd been wanting to tell us something important but couldn't really. She would finally tell us later though so I wouldn't say anything. "Ya, you've been real quiet these past few days, Kagome" Yuka added. I just looked at her sadly. Some thing was wrong, I could tell. She had something on her mind. Some thing important too.
"it's well…" Kagome started. "Well what? You can tell us anything you know right." Eri said. "Yah, I know It's just best if I tell you later." Kagome said. "No way, you got me worried now, what is it? Is it something to do with the mystery attitude boy? Did you guys break up?" Yuka asked suspiciously. "no… yes… wait what?" Kagome stuttered before answering. "Well it's kind of to do with him but no we didn't break up. It's kind of two different things. One about him and one… kind of about him." She admitted.
"Well! What is it?" Eri demanded to know. I stayed silent, knowing it was a touchy subject for Kagome. She always acted weird when it came to the "attitude boy", as we called him. "I'm… I'm kind of moving." Kagome fessed up. There was a moment of silence before…
"What!" The three of us yelled at her. Eri was the first to speak up. "You can't be moving!" Then me, "Seriously!" And then, Yuka, simply yelling "What?" again.
Kagome didn't say anything. She just looked down silently with a sad look on her face. "You can't be moving. No way. Please tell me that was just some kind of sick joke." Eri said. "I'll try and come to visit but… It might be a bit hard. I'll tell you why later, right now we gotta run to class." Kagome answered.
School went by slowly. I found myself daydreaming most of the day away, but it came to an abrupt halt when an image of Inuyasha came to mind. Where did that come from! I thought. I haven't thought really much about my past in a while. About Inuyasha and Shesshomaru, my mother and father, the wolf demon tribe, I haven't really thought about any of it in a long time. I missed it no doubt, but it was not something to dwell on since I couldn't get back. I'd admit that being near Kagome mad me a bit nostalgic, I mean she always smelt like the flowers that used to grow in the mountains that I grew up in and she no doubt had some priestess blood in her. It reminded me of the Feudal Era.
Sighing I went back to my school work. No time to dwell on the past and impossible future, right! I thought.
After school our gang of four walked over to Kagome's house. We were greeted by her mother, grandfather and little brother, Sota. Kagome wanted to talk to us for a moment before we went inside. I saw her mother wink at her before she led the rest of the family inside the house. 'So… I think it's time you guys met my boyfriend." Kagome blushed at the word. Another moment of silence before… "Finally!" Eri yelled. Kagome began to lead us towards the house. "Now before you have a motion picture worthy melt down, I'm warning you not to freak out ok. I'd explain but it wouldn't really make sense in less, well, you'll see." She said before opening the door to the living room.
There sat her mom, her grandfather, Sota and… A half-demon, half-dog demon too. In fact he actually looks a lot like an older version of Inuyasha, I thought, come to think about it Inuyasha would be about this age too. But no that's impossible, I began to think before Kagome interrupted my train of thought. "Guys, this is Inuyasha." Kagome said quietly, going to sit down beside him. "Hey." Inuyasha said in a very Inuyasha like manner. Huh, maybe not so impossible.
I tried to tone down my demonic aura as much as I could not be noticed. I didn't want to cause a scene. If they knew that I was a demon, well let's just say they probably wouldn't take it well. Kagome couldn't sense it but bets were that Inuyasha would. Inuyasha's got a keen nose too, and even in a human's form I still emit the slight stench of wolf.
"Hey! I remember you! I saw you at the cultural festival!" Eri was the one to break the long silence first, as usual. "Yup, interesting day I'd say." Inuyasha said chuckling once. Kagome giggled "That it was." She whispered.
I had the feeling that Eri and Yuka didn't realize that Inuyasha's dog ears weren't fake. "Akemi? Earth to Akemi?" Eri and Yuka tried to get my attention. I shook my head riding myself of thoughts of the past. This couldn't be the same Inuyasha anyways.
I half-listened as Kagome began to explain that Inuyasha is half-demon. She explained that during her absence at school she wasn't actually sick she was actually in the Feudal Era slaying demons. Eri and Yuka were shocked but believed her and I was only shocked when she said that she'd been going through the bone eater's well to get to the Feudal Era and back. The same way I got here, I thought to myself, only after I came the portal closed, it must have reopened for her. I could go home, was the rest of my thoughts. The Idea sparked interest in me. I hadn't been home in 6 years and I missed the open spaces of the Feudal Era. It was so much more beautiful then the congested streets of Tokyo.
"Akemi? You've been rather quiet, is something up?" Kagome came over to ask me later. She'd told us that she was moving to the Feudal Era to stay with Inuyasha after she was done explaining about her life. We'd all dispersed around the living room then. Sota and Inuyasha were playing video games at the TV. Eri and Yuka had been gossiping about how cute Inuyasha is while I stood silently behind them, too full of mine own thoughts to notice much else. Eri and Yuka had moved over to bombard Inuyasha with questions while Kagome came over to talk with me.
"It's nothing" I told her. "Akemi… I know that something's up, just blurt it out. You haven't said anything since you first laid eyes on Inuyasha tonight. Don't you believe what I said?" Kagome asked. "No, I believe you it's just, you're leaving. Eri and Yuka don't seem to notice that once you go, you won't be coming back. I can see that you love him but I'm wondering if it's worth leaving all the life you have here." I said. "I know I've thought about it a lot. But I love Inuyasha and there are people who need me on the other side of that well." She said.
I smiled, "Yah I get it.". She grinned and motioned for me to sit on the couch beside her to watch the boys play video games. One last chance to hang out before she left. Or so she thought. She doesn't know that I'll be following her down the well later, so that I can go back home. To my true home as a demon, never to hide in a human's form again.
