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Down the Rabbit Hole
By Advi
Inuyasha and company were traveling deep through a thick forest when they heard a loud, mournful, wail. "What was that?" Kagome asked, as she stopped walking.
"We're walking on," said Inuyasha gruffly, not wanting to stop and help any fallen old-men again.
"Someone must be in trouble," said Sango urgently, gripping the over-large boomerang strapped to her back.
"We are very deep in this forest, perhaps it is a traveler who got lost," Miroku commented.
"Then we better help them!" said Kagome, straight away.
Again, another wail was heard, and at once, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Kirara and Shippou, ran in the direction the cry came from. "Not this again!" Inuyasha huffed, as he followed his comrades begrudgingly.
Kagome led the way, running as fast as she could through the lush forest. She could hear what seemed to be an old man weeping. "He's near!" she called to her companions. Strangely, his voice sounds rather familiar.
Kagome pushed herself through a bush and found a sight that made her stop in her tracks. "What's wrong Kagome-chan?" Sango asked, as she pushed herself through the bush. But, before Kagome could answer, Sango ran into Kagome's back, while Miroku pushed himself out of the bush and right into Sango. Together, the three of them fell to the ground.
"Ouch!" Kagome yelled.
"HOSHI-SAMA!!" Sango shouted, throwing the monk off her.
"Sorry! I really did not mean to do that!" Miroku apologized sincerely.
"Jaken?" said Kagome, sitting up. The three of them turned to a small imp-like creature sitting in front of a large tree, weeping. A little girl was by his side and she seemed to be hugging a large piece of white cloth to her chest. "Rin-chan? … What are the both of you doing here?" Kagome asked. "Where is Sesshoumaru?" she added.
The moment she mentioned Sesshoumaru's name, Jaken wailed loudly.
Shippou and Kirara finally came through the bush and so did Inuyasha. "Keh, it's only these two. C'mon let's go! I don't want to be here when that fellow returns."
"Go away Inuyasha! You are not needed here, go away and let us mourn the memory of your brother in peace!" Jaken cried.
Inuyasha and the others were stunned.
Kagome jumped to her feet and said, "Mourn… is, is Sesshoumaru… dead?" she asked.
"LOOK!" Jaken cried, holding up one of Sesshoumaru's boots.
Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Kirara, and Shippou came closer and saw all of Sesshoumaru's clothes, swords and armor lying near the trunk of the large tree. Kagome knelt down and touched Sesshoumaru's white Kimono with red sakura's dyed on the shoulder and the sleeves. "What happened?" Kagome asked softly, her voice filled with sympathy at the Daiyoukai's passing.
Jaken gave a great sniff, wiped his nose on his sleeve, and answered, "Poor Sesshoumaru-sama… what a way to go. He was just sitting here by this tree, resting, when suddenly the ground swallowed Sesshoumaru-sama up." The imp then sniffed loudly before he continued, "Rin and I pulled and pulled… but… it was of no use… the ground swallowed poor Sesshoumaru-sama and spat out his clothes."
Kagome bent over Sesshoumaru's clothes and armor and saw a hole between the ground and the tree. It looked deep and dark; however, all of a sudden, Inuyasha laughed out loud. Everyone turned and stared at him. He was laughing so hard, that he clutched his stomach and bent over. Jaken, annoyed that Inuyasha would laugh with such gusto at the demise of his elder-brother, marched up to the hanyou and pointed one of his little fingers at him. "You awful hanyou! How dare you laugh as if someone had just told a good joke! Your brother has just died!"
Inuyasha laughed still. Then, taking deep breaths and wiping a tear from his eye, the half-demon turned to Jaken. "Who wouldn't laugh at that cold-hearted ass's death? Keh! I never considered that jerk as my brother!"
"You awful, awful hanyou!" Jaken shouted, "Sesshoumaru-sama was a good being! Why did not the ground open up and eat you instead! I hope something bad happens to you!"
Inuyasha cracked his knuckles. "Keh, Sesshoumaru ain't here to protect you. You sure you want to speak to me like that?"
Jaken meeped and moved away.
Kagome turned her back on the two and sighed. She looked down the hole again and noted that light hardly penetrated the darkness within. "Sesshoumaru was very tall and he had a good built… how could he fall into this narrow hole?" Kagome wondered out loud. She leaned towards the hole and put her hand in and watched her fingers, palm, and wrist, vanish into pitch black darkness. It appeared as if, someone had cut her hand clean off from the wrist down. "My goodness!" Kagome exclaimed.
She pulled her hand out and at once, felt an unknown force pull her hand back into the darkness. Kagome gasped. She could feel a very powerful current of wind coiled around her hand. It was so powerful that it pulled her arm into the hole. Kagome screamed when she thought her head would smack painfully against the tree trunk. But it did not. Instead, it was as if the old large tree moved out of the way and the crack between the tree and the ground grew larger. Kagome found that she was being pulled into the dark hole, the same hole that swallowed Sesshoumaru.
"INUYASHA!" Kagome screamed.
Kagome felt herself plunge into the darkness, but, all of a sudden, there was a tug on her left foot. "PLEASE, PULL ME UP!" Kagome screamed. She felt three sets on hand's holding on to her foot. They tugged and tugged, Kagome felt as if they were winning; however, the current of wind gave Kagome an almighty pull. She felt as if her body was being pulled apart, and then, the hands around her foot, slipped away.
"No!" Kagome shouted as she fell into pitch darkness.
"KAGOME!" she heard her friends call her name. They sounded very far away.
"Everyone…" Kagome murmured, despairingly.
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For a long time, as she fell, Kagome kept her eyes closed. It felt as if she was falling down forever, being pulled by the strange current of wind coiled around her hand. After what seemed a long, long time, Kagome opened her eyes and immediately, she gasped. She was no longer falling through a pitch black bottomless pit, but a jeweled tunnel.
"Amazing… I have never seen so many jewels in all my life!" said Kagome, astounded. The walls of the tunnel were tiled never-endingly with jewels of every color, glittering dazzlingly.
Kagome looked towards the front and saw that her hand was still coiled in the current of wind that swirled powerfully around her small wrist. It was then that Kagome noticed something about herself.
"I'M NAKED!" Kagome yelled.
She then heard her echo bouncing off the walls of the cave.
Oh that's right, when Sesshoumaru was pulled down this hole, his clothes were spit back up… GASP! Does that mean there is a naked Sesshoumaru lurking somewhere around here? EEEEEK! And I'm NAKED! If he sees me like this I would rather lightning strike me dead!
Kagome blushed for no one to see, as she fell, naked, through the bejeweled tunnel.
After sometime, Kagome wondered how long she had been falling, when the jewels suddenly ended and Kagome saw that she was approaching something black and very big. "Oh kami!" she said nervously. "Oh kami… is this is? Is this the end?" Kagome asked aloud.
She fell very fast towards the black thing and closed her eyes as she came close to it. Kagome felt her body hit something soft, like a mattress. But, because she landed so hard against it, she was instantly knocked out.
End of Chapter One
Hello everybody! I am back with another story! This is the end of the first chapter. Now the big question is, since Kagome is still alive after having fallen through the hole, does that mean that Sesshoumaru is alive as well? What will Kagome find when she wakes up?
Find out in the next chapter!
Now for a bit of translating.
Japanese - English
Kami - God
Daiyoukai - Great demon
Hanyou - Half demon
Hoshi - Buddhist Priest
See you in the next chapter!!