And, to those of you who are reading, this is another short chapter, but I'm just clearing up a few facts.
Disclaimer: sigh I, do not, THANKFULLY own Inuyasha, I would destroy the whole series.
Chapter 21: Trapped"No… It has to work… It's always worked… What do I do?!"
Thud.
Thud Thud.
"Nooo…"
Hopelessly climbing up the ladder again, Kagome pitched herself off, backwards. Once again, she hit the invisible wall.
"Oww…" Bruised and battered. She climbed up once again and sat on the edge of the well. What was she going to do? The well. Shut.
'I didn't think it would shut itself so early. I didn't finish my job. I didn't collect all the shards. I didn't get to say…goodbye… I won't be able to see anyone again…' her eyes started shimmering, tears hanging onto her bottom lashes. 'Sango…Miroku…Kirara…' her fists clenched as the tears tumbled over, running down her face. '…Inuyasha…'
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'Okay Kagome. You promised to come. You aren't here, so now I have to be inconvenienced to come and get you.'
He leapt lightly onto the rim of the old structure.
'Here goes…'…
On both sides of time, someone jumped into the well.
"INUYASHA!" Kagome wailed as she plummeted again, entering the blue light once more. Through her tears, she saw a figure come closer to her. Red. Silver.
"INUYASHA!" she cried again. She reached out her hand, Fingers spread up and apart, reaching. She saw the confused look on his face. Time seemed to slow.
"No…" she whispered as she felt the force of the wall slowly come into play. They seemed so close now, only feet apart. She never looked away from his eyes.
On the other side, Inuyasha was confused. Why was she crying? How come she seemed to be yelling, and yet he couldn't hear her? Why couldn't he smell her tears? Why did she seem hopeless? She reached out her hand, as if she were drowning and wanted help. That was when he felt it. Something stopping and slowing him. He looked up at Kagome, startled.
The force had stopped him. Now it seemed to be pushing him backwards.
"KAGOME!" he shouted, her disappearing as he flew away from her, backwards in time. The blast to force was so great, he flew up and out of the well. Crashing on the other side, he landed flat on his face. Turning his head, he saw the well, scarred and old with age. The portal that had, for a few years, brought Kagome to the past. Now it wouldn't work.
Damn. How was everyone else gonna take this?
"Ka-kagome?" a wavy voice called down the tunnel. "Kagome?" Sounding more sure, Shippō called again. Leaping off into the dark, he landed with a little Th-thump. He looked up at Kagome, who was sitting on the ground. She had tears running down her face, and seemed to be staring through the wall in front of her. She reached out, lightly touching the wall with just her fingertips.
"Inuyasha, Shippō. We were both here, at the same time. Traveling through the well. But that didn't help. He couldn't get through either. We should go inside. It's dark down here." She turned and started climbing, talking all the while. "Yes. I should do my homework. Good idea, huh? But I should probably make us something to eat. Not ramen. The packages in the cupboard are Inuyasha's." She picked up Shippō, who had climbed up right behind her. "He would be mad. I don't want to have to sit him. I really don't like to sit him. It must be painful." She continued mumbling until she got into the house.
The note was still on the table. Carefully picking it up, she didn't comprehend a single word she had written. Slowly, she tore it up. Smaller and smaller pieces fell to the table and floor. Shippō watched with sadness. The paper falling like snow.
"Lunch!" Suddenly whipping around, she started clanging pots and pans onto the counter and stove. Ingredients appearing from cupboards and shelves. She was too busy to notice her surroundings.
Thankfully, her mom was the first into the room.
"Hello, Shippō. It's so nice to see you again. What is Kagome doing? Why aren't you two back in the feudal ages?"
"We…we…" Shippō choked, trying to say it. But it seemed like saying it would make it official. "We couldn't." He stopped. If he went onward, he would break down.
"Couldn't what, Shippō?" A hand appeared on his back, comforting him. He trembled.
"Get back…" he whispered.
Now you know NOBODY can get through the well, even if they timed it. Sorry.
Okiay dokiay. I decided that updating faster was a better than a real long chapter, seeing as I've been wanting to this whole weekend. If you're bored with this, don't worry, new intrigues are coming. Or we could just kill them all off.
Dead people don't cause trouble…right?
Kaikie