Hey! The chapters will keep coming as you keep reading! Yeay!!!! Anyways, I'm hoping to wrap this one up before Christmas time, so there'll be a final chapter as your present. From me to you! Again, enjoy!
Kagome waited for his reply, but nothing came out of his mouth. It was pursed, as in concentration, and his brow was deeply furrowed. His furry little eyebrows almost sunk down to touch his eyeballs, which made Kagome chuckle to herself a little. This brought InuYasha out of his deep thought and he stared at her.
"What are you laughing at?" he asked inquiringly, but with an undertone of anger and impatience.
Kagome took a moment to compose herself; she still felt like giggling! "That was a funny face, that's all," she replied. "What were you thinking of?"
"It was NOT, I was thinking, and none of your business."
"It is my business, cause if you were thinking of me I would like to know!"
A little flush of color reached his cheeks, but vanished immediately. His face took on a shocked and embarrassed look. How did she know? But then, a small smile formed on her fair face and she started laughing again. This time she couldn't control herself and she started rolling on the ground, hardly able to breathe. She loved toying with boy's minds; it was so… maniacal!
"Stop laughing… What's so funny? I didn't do anything… Just SHUT UP!!!!" he finally bellowed, and Kagome got up and sat on her knees, hands placed on her thighs, panting for breath.
"So, when am I going to know more about this mystery world of yours?" she noted, as if their entire comversation before never happened. InuYasha sat cross-legged in front of her, glaring at her intensely. He was still furious, and embarrassed, but answered curtly back, "Whenever you're ready, wench."
She threw daggers towards him with her eyes, but knew that she had to cooperate in order to learn more about her past. "I'm completely ready! Where do we start?"
InuYasha smiled evilly, and she could tell right then that their brain waves were not in synch. Before she could ask, he was up and grabbed her around her waist, carrying her bridal-style out her window and through the chilly air. The sun had come up completely over the horizon, but it was still early enough that the city was calm and peaceful, as if a deep slumber. Her bedroom window was on the second floor of her house, and as they fell to the ground she felt lighter than air, floating towards the earth, as if in her dream last night. She looked up at InuYasha and found he was looking at the sunrise as well. His eyes sparkled and glimmered in the rising sun and Kagome couldn't help but blush at the beauty of them. They were magnificent, enticing, so… pretty. She felt embarrassed and, not thinking too terribly, stuffed her face into his chest, shielding her eyes from his.
InuYasha looked down at her as he bounded towards the sacred shrine. Was she nuzzling her face into him? Was this another part of her memory coming back? He smiled and landed nimbly on the top step of the shrine, hoping that she was coming back to him. He bounded into the shrine and landed swiftly on the ledge of the well, preparing to jump.
"You're not serious, are you?" Kagome asked, concern crossing over her face. He just looked at her with a smile placed slyly on his face.
"You're not scared, are you?"
Kagome had to think about that one for a minute. Sure, she wanted to go and find out more about this other world, but couldn't he just tell her about everything, then she could decide from then whether she wanted to leave? She hadn't even said goodbye to her family members; what would they say when she wasn't in her bed that morning to go to school?
"Can't I just leave a note for my family? I mean, they're going to be worried, and--"
"You've been here before! They'll probably make up excuses for your absence again, just like they did last time! You always complained about your crazy grandpa and his inventive illnesses for you…"
Grandfather would do that, Kagome thought to herself. InuYasha smiled once again at her.
"Well, are we going in?"
Kagome looked up at InuYasha, sure that her decision would either make or break her future.
No more looking back to the past, she thought to herself. Take some chances… Live your own life…
"Let's go."
With those words, InuYasha grinned from ear to ear and leaped up high into the air, falling down into the deep sacred well. The same purple swirling light enveloped them as they did when he came to this world, and the orbs of light danced back and forth among the vast space. They kept falling, not even hitting the bottom of the well, and Kagome couldn't close her eyes, for they were wide with awe and shock. It was so beautiful, yet so powerful at the same time. The vastness of light and yet nothingness scared her, but it intrigued her as well.
It all disappeared the next second and they stood on the dirt ground of the well. The wooden walls loomed upwards, and it seemed that the well was deeper than she expected. Without any warning, InuYasha took a deep knee bend and jumped the entire depth of the well. They shot out into the bright morning air, letting the sun envelop them in bright, cheery light. InuYasha landed neatly on the grass, kneeling and setting Kagome next to him, his smile still evident on his face.
"Welcome to the Feudal Era."
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