Okay, so I didn't get a super amount of reviews for the first chapter, but
that's perfectly okay with me because it think this is one of those fics
that has to grow on ya, you know what I mean? Like...i dunno, but you kinda
have to read more of it for everything to fall into place. ^.^
Disclaimer: What you disclaim is what you disclaim, disclaim what you disclaim how you disclaim it whenever you're disclaiming it, just remember how you disclaimed it when you was disclaiming it, so who you playing with, huh? ^.^ If that wasn't enough...I don't own any of the characters from Inuyasha, etc.
Kagome grabbed her red backpack, a remnant of her modern life in Tokyo. She threw in a couple of necessities that also came from her "regular" life: shampoo, a hairbrush, lotion, nailclippers, an empty water bottle, and a picture of her family. Kagome stopped packing to observe the picture for what seemed like the millionth time. Her brother Souta beamed back at her, his hand ruffling his hair. Mrs. Higurashi smiled modestly and warmly, her hands resting on Souta's shoulders. Kagome's grandpa was glaring at the camera, grasping an amulet in his left hand. Kagome remembered how she had laughed when grandpa had claimed that cameras would steal their souls. Kagome placed the picture carefully in the bag, then began to pile in clean miko garbs.
Suddenly, Kagome sensed a presence behind her. Spinning around, she was met by two golden eyes boring into her. Those eyes...
~Flashback~
"Naraku...you deserve to die for all the pain you have brought us and everyone else!" Kagome shouted. She grabbed an arrow, glancing at Inuyasha, who was lying on the ground, injured. Sango, Miroku, and Shippou were all above him, but he insisted he was fine.
Kagome closed her eyes letting all her anger, her sorrow, and all her pain flow into the arrow. Without opening her eyes, she loosed it. It seemed as if something inside of her was ripped from her soul as the arrow flew straight towards Naraku. She stumbled backwards, and managed to look up at Naraku. The arrow pierced through his barrier that he had set up, and struck him. There was a bright flash of light, and Kagome felt herself being hurled somewhere far away. The trees around her disappeared and there was only blackness as she hit the ground.
Sesshoumaru walked through his lands, smelling that something was not quite right. He sniffed the air. It smelled like...Inuyasha's wench. Curious, he prodded in the direction he sensed her presence. As he came upon a clearing, he saw her...slightly battered, but still very much alive. He walked over to her and observed her lying there. How had she ended up here without Inuyasha?
Kagome woke up, feeling her body on hard ground. This was not something pleasant to wake up to. She could already feel the big bruises that covered her body. She opened her eyes to be met with two golden orbs boring into her.
She gasped. Those eyes...
Sesshoumaru?!
She scrambled away from him, hitting a tree as she tried to escape.
Sesshoumaru walked to the trembling girl and grabbed her arm as she tried to run.
"What are you doing in my lands, wench?"
Kagome's eyebrows furrowed. He had the nerve to ask her something so stupid when she had just been woken up and scared out of her wits. AND he had called her wench.
"If you don't remember properly, my name is KAGOME. And I don't know why I'm in your stupid lands in the first place." She looked away. "The last thing I remember is fighting Naraku. I shot him with my arrow, then there was this white light...He must have transported us all to different places."
Sesshoumaru let his eyebrows go up a little as she made a growling sound. Then Kagome looked at him again.
"So, what are you going to do with me?"
Sesshoumaru turned away. "You could be useful to me. I will take you to Inuyasha and perhaps take the Tetsuaiga in exchange."
~End Flashback~
"Mommy, are you feeling well?" Sukashi asked, stepping towards Kagome. "Yeah...Yes, it's just that you have the same eyes as..." Kagome stopped for a second. "Are you packed? Remember to take all important possessions, as we are not coming back."
"Yes mommy. I packed everything. But, where are we going? You never told us."
Kagome hesitated for a second. Where were they going? We should go to the western lands. That is our best bet. Should she tell Sukashi? What if they never found him? Sukashi would be devastated if she knew. No...it is a better idea to not tell her until later.
"You'll find out soon enough. Go find Shippou, will you?"
"Yes mommy." Sukashi walked out of the hut, eyes down. Soon enough she was back with Shippou, both holding backpacks, which Kagome had given them.
"Lets go then!" Kagome tried to inspire a sense of adventure on the two. She smiled brightly as they began their long journey.
~I'm sorry that this chapter took awhile. I was supposed to finish this chapter yesterday, but it didn't work out. Oh well. Review please! Oh yeah...I still haven't decided on the whole Rin situation. Does anyone have any ideas? Should she not exist, or should she still be in the story?
Disclaimer: What you disclaim is what you disclaim, disclaim what you disclaim how you disclaim it whenever you're disclaiming it, just remember how you disclaimed it when you was disclaiming it, so who you playing with, huh? ^.^ If that wasn't enough...I don't own any of the characters from Inuyasha, etc.
Kagome grabbed her red backpack, a remnant of her modern life in Tokyo. She threw in a couple of necessities that also came from her "regular" life: shampoo, a hairbrush, lotion, nailclippers, an empty water bottle, and a picture of her family. Kagome stopped packing to observe the picture for what seemed like the millionth time. Her brother Souta beamed back at her, his hand ruffling his hair. Mrs. Higurashi smiled modestly and warmly, her hands resting on Souta's shoulders. Kagome's grandpa was glaring at the camera, grasping an amulet in his left hand. Kagome remembered how she had laughed when grandpa had claimed that cameras would steal their souls. Kagome placed the picture carefully in the bag, then began to pile in clean miko garbs.
Suddenly, Kagome sensed a presence behind her. Spinning around, she was met by two golden eyes boring into her. Those eyes...
~Flashback~
"Naraku...you deserve to die for all the pain you have brought us and everyone else!" Kagome shouted. She grabbed an arrow, glancing at Inuyasha, who was lying on the ground, injured. Sango, Miroku, and Shippou were all above him, but he insisted he was fine.
Kagome closed her eyes letting all her anger, her sorrow, and all her pain flow into the arrow. Without opening her eyes, she loosed it. It seemed as if something inside of her was ripped from her soul as the arrow flew straight towards Naraku. She stumbled backwards, and managed to look up at Naraku. The arrow pierced through his barrier that he had set up, and struck him. There was a bright flash of light, and Kagome felt herself being hurled somewhere far away. The trees around her disappeared and there was only blackness as she hit the ground.
Sesshoumaru walked through his lands, smelling that something was not quite right. He sniffed the air. It smelled like...Inuyasha's wench. Curious, he prodded in the direction he sensed her presence. As he came upon a clearing, he saw her...slightly battered, but still very much alive. He walked over to her and observed her lying there. How had she ended up here without Inuyasha?
Kagome woke up, feeling her body on hard ground. This was not something pleasant to wake up to. She could already feel the big bruises that covered her body. She opened her eyes to be met with two golden orbs boring into her.
She gasped. Those eyes...
Sesshoumaru?!
She scrambled away from him, hitting a tree as she tried to escape.
Sesshoumaru walked to the trembling girl and grabbed her arm as she tried to run.
"What are you doing in my lands, wench?"
Kagome's eyebrows furrowed. He had the nerve to ask her something so stupid when she had just been woken up and scared out of her wits. AND he had called her wench.
"If you don't remember properly, my name is KAGOME. And I don't know why I'm in your stupid lands in the first place." She looked away. "The last thing I remember is fighting Naraku. I shot him with my arrow, then there was this white light...He must have transported us all to different places."
Sesshoumaru let his eyebrows go up a little as she made a growling sound. Then Kagome looked at him again.
"So, what are you going to do with me?"
Sesshoumaru turned away. "You could be useful to me. I will take you to Inuyasha and perhaps take the Tetsuaiga in exchange."
~End Flashback~
"Mommy, are you feeling well?" Sukashi asked, stepping towards Kagome. "Yeah...Yes, it's just that you have the same eyes as..." Kagome stopped for a second. "Are you packed? Remember to take all important possessions, as we are not coming back."
"Yes mommy. I packed everything. But, where are we going? You never told us."
Kagome hesitated for a second. Where were they going? We should go to the western lands. That is our best bet. Should she tell Sukashi? What if they never found him? Sukashi would be devastated if she knew. No...it is a better idea to not tell her until later.
"You'll find out soon enough. Go find Shippou, will you?"
"Yes mommy." Sukashi walked out of the hut, eyes down. Soon enough she was back with Shippou, both holding backpacks, which Kagome had given them.
"Lets go then!" Kagome tried to inspire a sense of adventure on the two. She smiled brightly as they began their long journey.
~I'm sorry that this chapter took awhile. I was supposed to finish this chapter yesterday, but it didn't work out. Oh well. Review please! Oh yeah...I still haven't decided on the whole Rin situation. Does anyone have any ideas? Should she not exist, or should she still be in the story?