I don't own Inuyasha or his buddies, they belong to Rumiko and the bitch aint sharing. Sorry if this chapter is a little boring, it was nessecary to get our girl back to the fuedal era. Now that she is back the next chapter will be much more exciting. Besides, it is a nice peek into a side Carolina doesn't want any one to see. :-)
Kagome spent no time hanging out with her friends after school. She decided to stop by Carolina's house on the way home. The youkai wasn't home. Kagome figured that perhaps she had gone down the well.
Kagome made it home and checked in with her family then jumped down the well. Inuyasha caught her sent and ran to the well, she wasn't supose to be back yet, something must be wrong. He got to the well and helped her pull herself out.
"Did Carolina come back here?" She asked the hanyou.
Inuyasha sniffed the air. "No, I don't smell her. Why?"
"Something happened at school today. Do you know what an intercom is? Have I ever told you?"
"No, but I've seen them on T.V. at your house. Souta explained what it was."
"Well, the intercom at school malfunctioned. It didn't go off like it was supose to after morning announcments and the office staff said some pretty nasty things. Carolina walked out and I couldn't find her after school."
"Well c'mon. I'll help you find her." Inuyasha offered then they jumped down the well together. On the other side they stopped long enough to grab Inuyasha's hat then walked down the street to Carolina's house.
At Carolina's house Kagome was about the ring the bell when Inuyasha sniffed the air and motioned her to follow him. He led her around back then looked around and sniffed the air again. He then realized exactly where Carolina was. He picked Kagome up in his arms, it was faster and easier than having her hold onto his back for one jump, then he lept to the roof.
Carolina had been laying on her stomache reading a book. She sat up quickly when she heard the hanyou's feet hit the roof and caught his and Kagome's sents on the wind. "What are you two doing here?" She asked with out turning around.
"We came to see what your up to." Kagome replied. "I plan to go back to the fuedal era Friday afternoon. You want to come with me?"
"I can't. My mother said she was going to call me this weekend."Carolina replied, though she desprately wanted to return to that era. "Why don't you guys go ahead and I'll catch up with you later?" She suggested.
"Are you sure you'll be able to find us? We can travle quite a distance in very little time and your nose isn't as strong as Inuyasha's."
"Don't worry about it. I have ways to follow a trail and find people."
Kagome walked to Carolina and sat down infront of her. Carolina's face was cool and emotionless but her eyes looked just a little red. She knew better than to ask about Carolina's red eyes so looked down at the open book. It was a very thick book.
"So what are you reading? Is it about cryptic zoology?" Before Carolina could reply or yank the book away Kagome took a peek at the cover. She was very surprised to see it was the latest Harry Potter book. She had never read any of the books herself, all she knew was they were supose to be for children.
Carolina's cheeks took on a slightly pink tint. What would they think of her, the cold heartless robot, reading childrens books? 'Man, the staff at school would really have fun with that one, wouldn't they?' She thought to herself. 'Why don't you just tell everyone you watch Kay's Disney cartoons when your home alone while your at it? Tell every one how much you love The Lion King, or how you almost cried when you thought Beast had died!' She knew Kagome would never tell, but she was still embarassed to be cought reading a childrens book.
Kagome and Inuyasha stayed for a while and chatted to Carolina, who mainly listened with out talking. As they were leaving a car pulled into the drive way. They were greeted by a tall couple with a gangly teen age boy about Kagome's age with thick glasses.
"Konnichiwa you two." The tall woman called to them as she approached. "I am Kumi Yamakoto. This is my husband Toshi and my son Kin. Who are you?"
"Konnichiwa." Kagome greeted with a bow and elbowed Inuyasha to do the same. "I am Kagome and this is Inuyasha. We are Carolina's friends."
The boy, Kin, looked skeptical. "Carolina's friends?" He asked. The tone of his voice made it clear to every one but his two smiling parents that he rated that as likely as a U.F.O. landing on the emperor's roof. There was something about this boy the two instantly disliked.
"Yes Kin, they are my friends." Carolina confirmed standing at the corner of the house, her eyes narrowed dangerously at the boy. She didn't like him either. She strode past him and gave a brief nod to his parents before leaving with her friends. She knew that if they hadn't been called at work about what happened they would hear it on their voice mail. She didn't want them bugging her when they found out.
As soon as she returned from her walk with Kagome and Inu they were there, the two adults offering comfort that she didn't really need and making it into a bigger deal than it was. They were nice enough people but so damn emotional and over dramatic. She wished they would learn to just back the fuck off! She peeled herself away from the two doting humans and locked her self in her temporary room blasting Godmack on her radio at a volume that would have mad Ozzy Osburn proud.
After that things returned to normal. Carolina still sat by herself at lunch and kept to herself. Kagome sat with her a few days and with her old friends a few days. Every now and then kids would make clicking and beeping sounds when Carolina past them and would fall into an uneasy silence around Kagome, whom they believed to be 'dying'.
The girls found some comfort in spending much time together after school. Carolina found she actually liked having the young human around. And Kagome was use to Carolina's silent unemotional behavior. Every now and then Carolina would give the girl a quick, small smile. And Kagome knew that Carolina's smiles were always sincere.
On friday Kagome went down the well after school and Carolina hid in her room to await her mother's call. Her mother called late Sunday night and Carolina tried to sound like everything was fine. Some how her mother knew something was wrong and finally got her to tell her what had happened at school. Carolina tried to make it out to be nothing. He mother told her she would see those two lost their jobs and Carolina replied that they already had.
They spent the rest of the call talking about what was going on back home and Carolina mentioned the girl who sometimes ate lunch with her, much to her mother's delight. She shared a few words with her step father then her mother passed the phone to Kayley. Carolina had taken the cordless phone to her room so allowed a slight smile while she listened to the child prattle on about what she had been doing all week.
After saying good bye to her family she decided it was to late to go down the well that night. She went to bed and awoke before dawn to the alarm clock she had set on low volume. She cast a spell, then certain no one would miss her, she picked up the extra back pack she had bought in secret and snuck out of the house. Looking around to make sure she wasn't seen she entered the little shed and jumped down the well.
First she went to see the miko Keade. She and the elderly miko exchanged greetings and a few words then she asked which way her friends had gone. Keade told her which way and where she thought they meant to travle then bid her a farewell as she started after them.
It wasn't long before Carolina reached a fork in to road. Keade hadn't mentioned a fork because she could not have known about it, she rarely left her villiage after all and had never travelled far on this road. That didn't bother Carolina. She sat down her bag and dug out just one of her little tricks, a crystal pendulum on a long silver chain.
She stood at the center of the fork and let the pendulum swing gentley back and forth as she concentrated on Kagome. After a moment the pendulum started to shift with each swing untill it travelled back and forth between Carolina and the right path. The young youkai smiled and placed the pendulum back in its protective case before lifting her bag and continuing down the right path.