Journey to Nowhere
Summary:
Kagome and Inuyasha disappeared 15 years ago. But why? Their daughter Kohana finds out on her fifteenth birthday, and decides to set out on a nearly aimless journey with one goal in mind: to find her parents. AU, R&R please
Previously:
Mrs. Higurashi sighed again. "Well, it's all true. So how far did he get?"
"Just to that part about Naraku. He didn't really talk about anything else, actually," She recalled.
"Ah." Mrs. Higurashi nodded, very familiar with that part. She motioned towards the couch in the living room. "Sit. You obviously haven't heard the beginning yet."
Chapter 3: Kohana's Decision
~*~
Kohana's eyes grew wider by the minute as Mrs. Higurashi explained to her how the whole quest for the Shikon Jewel started and stopped right before Kagome and Inuyasha would go off, searching for Naraku and disappear because of it.
When Mrs. Higurashi finished, Kohana didn't say anything for a few moments. She had been shocked into silence.
Mrs. Higurashi peered at Kohana. "Are you okay, Kohana?" Kohana was silent. Mrs. Higurashi sighed. "I knew we shouldn't have dumped all this information on you today," she said in a regretful tone. "I didn't want to, but Miroku was insistent upon it--"
Kohana gave a weak smile. "That's okay, Grandma." She sighed. "Grandma?"
"Yes?"
"Does the well still work?"
"What do you mean?" Mrs. Higurashi inquired, sounding a bit anxious.
"Does it still go back into the feudal era?"
"Yes, it does." She eyed her granddaughter suspiciously.
Kohana let out a small sigh. "Then-I suppose I'll do it then," she said, half to herself.
"Do what?" Mrs. Higurashi eyed her granddaughter apprehensively.
"Look for my parents-this is my chance, Grandma!" Kohana said fervently, her eyes shining.
The absence of her parents had taken a toll on Kohana-she had handled it much better than expected from someone as young as her, but she had always been the adventurous type, and had always wanted to meet her parents. This made a very bad combination-at least, in Mrs. Higurashi's eyes it did.
Mrs. Higurashi looked at her granddaughter. She knew she couldn't stop Kohana, who was just as stubborn as her father. Kohana was the heroic sort, headstrong and determined. She knew Kohana had wanted to meet her parents for so long-- but she couldn't let someone else she loved leave her so suddenly without a fight, could she? She couldn't risk losing someone else she held so close to her heart again..
"Kohana.." She began. She hesitated, trying to find the best way to express her feelings about her granddaughter going off to find her parents.
"What?"
Mrs. Higurashi must've decided to just say what was on her mind, because she cried, "Kohana, don't you get it?! Your parents have been gone for fifteen years! They're probably dead, or have been brainwashed by Naraku or something," she continued fervently, naming a few ominous possibilities, "and I don't think they're coming back anytime soon." Her voice choked with the tears that she had obviously been waiting to cry for a long time. "You don't have to go, and besides, Kohana, I can't just let you go like that. I can't afford to lose another person I love." She looked at Kohana, her face stained with tears. "I can't risk it. I can't let you go without a fight."
It was only just then that Kohana realized how hard it must've been for her grandmother to lose her daughter and son-in-law. Sure, losing her parents was hard for Kohana. But she had never known them. She had no memories of their faces except in pictures, old ones that the color was beginning to fade out of. She didn't know anything about them except from stories, stories told by Miroku and Sango and her grandmother. But did she know them? No.
But her grandmother did.
"Oh, I'm sorry," said Kohana. "I never realized how hard it must've been for you." She trailed off. "I'll think it over, then." She said resolutely. She was pretty sure that she was going to go search for her parents, but after this--? No. She had to think about it. She didn't want to break her grandmother's heart like this if it was so unnecessary.
Her grandmother's smile lit up her face, reminding Kohana fleetingly of the sun peeking out behind clearing rain clouds after a storm.
"Thank you, Kohana." Mrs. Higurashi smiled feebly at her granddaughter. "But please-don't go if you don't have to." She looked at Kohana with pleading eyes.
"I won't," she promised. Not unless I have to.
~*~
That night, Kohana went up to her room and called Miroku to apologize for the way she'd acted earlier that day. After he had accepted her apology, she told him that she wanted to go to the Feudal Era and look for her parents.
"You want to look for Kagome and Inuyasha?" He hesitated for a moment. "Well, that's noble of you. But it won't be easy if you're alone during your trip. You'll probably need someone to go along with you."
"Yeah, I know that. But that's not the only problem." She explained to him about how her grandmother felt about her going off to look for her parents and asked for help on the matter.
Miroku chuckled. "This is a matter of-- complex emotions. I think you'd better ask Sango for help."
"Is she home?"
"Yes."
"Can you get her?"
"Of course." Kohana heard his voice faintly, calling for his wife. A few seconds later, Sango was on the line.
"Hello, Kohana."
"Hi, Sango." She repeated what she'd said to Miroku about her going to the Fuedal Era to look for her parents and about how Mrs. Higurashi felt about her going to the Feudal Era. "He said that this was emotion stuff and that I'd better ask you for help."
Sango laughed. "Well, Miroku's like most men. One thing you should know about them, Kohana. Men are like mascara. They run at the first sign of emotion."
Kohana burst into giggles, which intensified when she heard Miroku yelling in the background ("Hey, I heard that!"). "Anyway, can you help me?"
"Hmm." There was temporary silence on the other end of the phone. Evidently, Sango was thinking about what advice to give her. After a couple of minutes, she spoke. "It's your decision, Kohana, so I can't tell you what to do. Just think it over. Think about how important all of these things are to you, and in the end, make your own decision. I'm not sure what else to tell you. Just-- go with your heart. I know it sounds pretty corny, but that's always helped me when I was faced with tough decisions like these."
"Okay. Thanks, Sango." Kohana really didn't think she had helped much. She also didn't think that Sango would be able to help her much more.
"No problem," replied Sango.
"See you."
"Yeah, see you," echoed Sango. "Bye."
"Bye." Kohana heard a click on the other line before she hung up.
She threw herself onto her bed and let her head fall back into the pillows. 'Well, this has been some birthday,' she thought. 'It's definitely the strangest one I ever had.'
She let out a sigh. Twirling a lock of her black hair, she began to do some of the thinking that Sango had advised her to do.
~*~
She woke up the next morning, seeing the warm September sun streaking through her window, the ray of light ending on her bed. Apparently, she'd fallen asleep while she was thinking the whole thing over. Kohana had always been fearless, and was brave enough to face anything that would come her way in the Feudal Era. But her valiance had made her blind to the dangers that she had just realized last night, after talking to Sango.
She let out a sigh. This was all so overwhelming. But what could she do, now that she knew what had really happened to her parents? Now that she had a chance to actually know her parents and meet them for herself?
Her head was spinning now. She'd obviously not thought this through enough when she told her grandmother what she'd planned to do. She lay in her bed, thinking again.
What was she supposed to do? Embark on a dangerous journey to find what she'd always wanted to find, despite how unlikely it was that she'd find it? Or should she just not risk it and stay back in her own time, safe. but not quite satisfied?
She sighed again. She was close to making her decision, but the uncertainty of what she was leaning towards made her wonder-how on earth was she going to pull this off?
'Oh well,' she thought. 'I might as well just tell Grandma first.'
~*~
Everyone who read the summary should know what her decision is. ^__^ Anyway, if you liked the chapter, then do me a favor and review! ^__^
Summary:
Kagome and Inuyasha disappeared 15 years ago. But why? Their daughter Kohana finds out on her fifteenth birthday, and decides to set out on a nearly aimless journey with one goal in mind: to find her parents. AU, R&R please
Previously:
Mrs. Higurashi sighed again. "Well, it's all true. So how far did he get?"
"Just to that part about Naraku. He didn't really talk about anything else, actually," She recalled.
"Ah." Mrs. Higurashi nodded, very familiar with that part. She motioned towards the couch in the living room. "Sit. You obviously haven't heard the beginning yet."
Chapter 3: Kohana's Decision
~*~
Kohana's eyes grew wider by the minute as Mrs. Higurashi explained to her how the whole quest for the Shikon Jewel started and stopped right before Kagome and Inuyasha would go off, searching for Naraku and disappear because of it.
When Mrs. Higurashi finished, Kohana didn't say anything for a few moments. She had been shocked into silence.
Mrs. Higurashi peered at Kohana. "Are you okay, Kohana?" Kohana was silent. Mrs. Higurashi sighed. "I knew we shouldn't have dumped all this information on you today," she said in a regretful tone. "I didn't want to, but Miroku was insistent upon it--"
Kohana gave a weak smile. "That's okay, Grandma." She sighed. "Grandma?"
"Yes?"
"Does the well still work?"
"What do you mean?" Mrs. Higurashi inquired, sounding a bit anxious.
"Does it still go back into the feudal era?"
"Yes, it does." She eyed her granddaughter suspiciously.
Kohana let out a small sigh. "Then-I suppose I'll do it then," she said, half to herself.
"Do what?" Mrs. Higurashi eyed her granddaughter apprehensively.
"Look for my parents-this is my chance, Grandma!" Kohana said fervently, her eyes shining.
The absence of her parents had taken a toll on Kohana-she had handled it much better than expected from someone as young as her, but she had always been the adventurous type, and had always wanted to meet her parents. This made a very bad combination-at least, in Mrs. Higurashi's eyes it did.
Mrs. Higurashi looked at her granddaughter. She knew she couldn't stop Kohana, who was just as stubborn as her father. Kohana was the heroic sort, headstrong and determined. She knew Kohana had wanted to meet her parents for so long-- but she couldn't let someone else she loved leave her so suddenly without a fight, could she? She couldn't risk losing someone else she held so close to her heart again..
"Kohana.." She began. She hesitated, trying to find the best way to express her feelings about her granddaughter going off to find her parents.
"What?"
Mrs. Higurashi must've decided to just say what was on her mind, because she cried, "Kohana, don't you get it?! Your parents have been gone for fifteen years! They're probably dead, or have been brainwashed by Naraku or something," she continued fervently, naming a few ominous possibilities, "and I don't think they're coming back anytime soon." Her voice choked with the tears that she had obviously been waiting to cry for a long time. "You don't have to go, and besides, Kohana, I can't just let you go like that. I can't afford to lose another person I love." She looked at Kohana, her face stained with tears. "I can't risk it. I can't let you go without a fight."
It was only just then that Kohana realized how hard it must've been for her grandmother to lose her daughter and son-in-law. Sure, losing her parents was hard for Kohana. But she had never known them. She had no memories of their faces except in pictures, old ones that the color was beginning to fade out of. She didn't know anything about them except from stories, stories told by Miroku and Sango and her grandmother. But did she know them? No.
But her grandmother did.
"Oh, I'm sorry," said Kohana. "I never realized how hard it must've been for you." She trailed off. "I'll think it over, then." She said resolutely. She was pretty sure that she was going to go search for her parents, but after this--? No. She had to think about it. She didn't want to break her grandmother's heart like this if it was so unnecessary.
Her grandmother's smile lit up her face, reminding Kohana fleetingly of the sun peeking out behind clearing rain clouds after a storm.
"Thank you, Kohana." Mrs. Higurashi smiled feebly at her granddaughter. "But please-don't go if you don't have to." She looked at Kohana with pleading eyes.
"I won't," she promised. Not unless I have to.
~*~
That night, Kohana went up to her room and called Miroku to apologize for the way she'd acted earlier that day. After he had accepted her apology, she told him that she wanted to go to the Feudal Era and look for her parents.
"You want to look for Kagome and Inuyasha?" He hesitated for a moment. "Well, that's noble of you. But it won't be easy if you're alone during your trip. You'll probably need someone to go along with you."
"Yeah, I know that. But that's not the only problem." She explained to him about how her grandmother felt about her going off to look for her parents and asked for help on the matter.
Miroku chuckled. "This is a matter of-- complex emotions. I think you'd better ask Sango for help."
"Is she home?"
"Yes."
"Can you get her?"
"Of course." Kohana heard his voice faintly, calling for his wife. A few seconds later, Sango was on the line.
"Hello, Kohana."
"Hi, Sango." She repeated what she'd said to Miroku about her going to the Fuedal Era to look for her parents and about how Mrs. Higurashi felt about her going to the Feudal Era. "He said that this was emotion stuff and that I'd better ask you for help."
Sango laughed. "Well, Miroku's like most men. One thing you should know about them, Kohana. Men are like mascara. They run at the first sign of emotion."
Kohana burst into giggles, which intensified when she heard Miroku yelling in the background ("Hey, I heard that!"). "Anyway, can you help me?"
"Hmm." There was temporary silence on the other end of the phone. Evidently, Sango was thinking about what advice to give her. After a couple of minutes, she spoke. "It's your decision, Kohana, so I can't tell you what to do. Just think it over. Think about how important all of these things are to you, and in the end, make your own decision. I'm not sure what else to tell you. Just-- go with your heart. I know it sounds pretty corny, but that's always helped me when I was faced with tough decisions like these."
"Okay. Thanks, Sango." Kohana really didn't think she had helped much. She also didn't think that Sango would be able to help her much more.
"No problem," replied Sango.
"See you."
"Yeah, see you," echoed Sango. "Bye."
"Bye." Kohana heard a click on the other line before she hung up.
She threw herself onto her bed and let her head fall back into the pillows. 'Well, this has been some birthday,' she thought. 'It's definitely the strangest one I ever had.'
She let out a sigh. Twirling a lock of her black hair, she began to do some of the thinking that Sango had advised her to do.
~*~
She woke up the next morning, seeing the warm September sun streaking through her window, the ray of light ending on her bed. Apparently, she'd fallen asleep while she was thinking the whole thing over. Kohana had always been fearless, and was brave enough to face anything that would come her way in the Feudal Era. But her valiance had made her blind to the dangers that she had just realized last night, after talking to Sango.
She let out a sigh. This was all so overwhelming. But what could she do, now that she knew what had really happened to her parents? Now that she had a chance to actually know her parents and meet them for herself?
Her head was spinning now. She'd obviously not thought this through enough when she told her grandmother what she'd planned to do. She lay in her bed, thinking again.
What was she supposed to do? Embark on a dangerous journey to find what she'd always wanted to find, despite how unlikely it was that she'd find it? Or should she just not risk it and stay back in her own time, safe. but not quite satisfied?
She sighed again. She was close to making her decision, but the uncertainty of what she was leaning towards made her wonder-how on earth was she going to pull this off?
'Oh well,' she thought. 'I might as well just tell Grandma first.'
~*~
Everyone who read the summary should know what her decision is. ^__^ Anyway, if you liked the chapter, then do me a favor and review! ^__^