Unknown Whereabouts
The arrow sped through the air and pierced Kagome right below her neck. Though strangely, it didn't hurt. Kagome felt as if the arrow was spinning slowly inside her, and that she was being pulled by a powerful force under the water and to the bottom of the pond…
"…What's… happening…?" Kagome thought, for she was paralyzed and couldn't speak.
When Kagome opened her eyes, she was lying near the pond on the damp ground (fully clothed!). Miroku and Shippo were hovered over her.
"Kagome, are you okay?" Miroku asked.
"What happened to you??" Shippo demanded.
Kagome tried to sit up, but she felt weak. "I don't know…" She tried to remember what had happened, but her mind was blank. "Where did you find me?"
"You were floating on your back in the middle of pond. There seemed to be this black mist around you. When we got you out of the water, you were unconscious. You've been like this for almost an hour." Miroku looked at the pond, then back at Kagome. "By the way, have you seen Inu- Yasha or Shikara?"
"What?!?" Kagome cried. "You mean they've disappeared?"
"We're not sure. Right before we found you, when we left camp, Inu- Yasha was sitting next to the fire, staring into it. But when Shippo went back to get you a blanket, he wasn't anywhere to be seen." Miroku studied Kagome's face and raised an eyebrow. "Is there something going on that we don't know about?"
Kagome's memory suddenly began to come back to her, and she remembered what Shikara told her before… before she had shot that arrow into her heart. The arrow… what was it? It couldn't be a regular arrow, because it hadn't hurt. Then Kagome looked down at her chest and realized that she didn't have a wound. Instead, there was a small black heart where the arrow had pierced her. Kagome tried to rub it off, but it remained. "This is getting scary," Kagome thought with fear.
Kagome got up with a start. Her face was filled with determination as she faced Miroku and Shippo. "We have to find Inu-Yasha and Shikara as soon as possible. Inu-Yasha may be in great danger. We must hurry!"
She ran into the forest, with Miroku and Shippo following close behind.
The arrow sped through the air and pierced Kagome right below her neck. Though strangely, it didn't hurt. Kagome felt as if the arrow was spinning slowly inside her, and that she was being pulled by a powerful force under the water and to the bottom of the pond…
"…What's… happening…?" Kagome thought, for she was paralyzed and couldn't speak.
When Kagome opened her eyes, she was lying near the pond on the damp ground (fully clothed!). Miroku and Shippo were hovered over her.
"Kagome, are you okay?" Miroku asked.
"What happened to you??" Shippo demanded.
Kagome tried to sit up, but she felt weak. "I don't know…" She tried to remember what had happened, but her mind was blank. "Where did you find me?"
"You were floating on your back in the middle of pond. There seemed to be this black mist around you. When we got you out of the water, you were unconscious. You've been like this for almost an hour." Miroku looked at the pond, then back at Kagome. "By the way, have you seen Inu- Yasha or Shikara?"
"What?!?" Kagome cried. "You mean they've disappeared?"
"We're not sure. Right before we found you, when we left camp, Inu- Yasha was sitting next to the fire, staring into it. But when Shippo went back to get you a blanket, he wasn't anywhere to be seen." Miroku studied Kagome's face and raised an eyebrow. "Is there something going on that we don't know about?"
Kagome's memory suddenly began to come back to her, and she remembered what Shikara told her before… before she had shot that arrow into her heart. The arrow… what was it? It couldn't be a regular arrow, because it hadn't hurt. Then Kagome looked down at her chest and realized that she didn't have a wound. Instead, there was a small black heart where the arrow had pierced her. Kagome tried to rub it off, but it remained. "This is getting scary," Kagome thought with fear.
Kagome got up with a start. Her face was filled with determination as she faced Miroku and Shippo. "We have to find Inu-Yasha and Shikara as soon as possible. Inu-Yasha may be in great danger. We must hurry!"
She ran into the forest, with Miroku and Shippo following close behind.
