Switched Times
chapter 2
by Nimrodel
It was dark out in the Sengoku Jidai, but the flickering light of a cooking fire could be seen coming from a lone hut.
Kagome was sitting with her friends around the fire in Kaede's hut. They were eating a delicious supper that Kaede had cooked. Everyone seemed to having a good time.
Sango looked around. "Ne, Kagome-chan...where's Inuyasha? I haven't seen him since he left to get you."
Kagome glanced out the window nervously. "I forgot my bag in my time, and Inuyasha went to get it for me..."
"But surely it would not have taken this long to simply retrieve your bag, Kagome-sama?" asked Miroku.
"It has been awhile..." mumbled Kagome.
"Inu no baka is probably just sulking in a tree somewhere, Kagome..." said Shippou.
Kagome smiled at Shippou. "You're probably right, Shippou-chan. We did have a little argument before I came back, so that's probably what he's doing. We shouldn't worry about it..."
And so they went back to eating and talking.
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At the bottom of the legendary well at the Sunset Shrine sat a very frustrated hanyou. The well itself had become considerably deeper because of him.
"Dammit, why won't you let me back you stupid well!" He muttered to himself as he tore at the ground with his claws. He slumped back against the wall of the well, and his bangs fell over his eyes.
'So I really can't get back...' he thought.
He pounded the ground again is frustration, ripping up more soil as he did. "I just want to go back home!"
Suddenly all the times he had heard those very same words from Kagome came flooding back to him. All the times she had wanted to come home and how he had done everything possible to stop her. No wonder she had always gotten so mad at him...
His own words from earlier returned to him. 'The Shikon shards are more important than your stupid old home anytime...' He felt a sharp twang of guilt in his heart. 'So this is the fates way of showing me what an idiot I am...' he thought.
All of a sudden he realized something. 'If I'm stuck here, then Kagome's stuck in my time...'
'Kagome, will I ever see you again...'
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Finally it had grown dark in the Sengoku Jidai, and Kagome had become worried. Even if Inuyasha was sulking in a tree, he should have brought her her bag, right?
"Minna...I think I'm going to go look for Inuyasha. I'll be back..." she said as she stood up to leave.
"I'll help, Kagome-chan. It's dangerous in the woods alone at night." offered Sango.
"Shippou and I will aid you as well, Kagome-sama." said Miroku.
"Hey, Miroku, how did I get dragged into this?" yelled Shippou indignantly.
"You can go with Kagome-sama, Shippou. I will accompany Sango." said Miroku.
Sango did not look too happy with this, and raised her boomerang threateningly. "Houshi-sama, I think it would be better if you went with Shippou." Kagome nodded in agreement with Sango.
Miroku sighed in defeat. "If that is what you wish, ladies."
They all left in search of Inuyasha.
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It was dark before Inuyasha finally climbed out of the well. 'Now what do I do...' he thought. He glanced at Kagome's' house. 'I...I guess I go tell them...' He slowly started walking toward her home.
The first person he ran into was Souta. "Inu-no-niichan, what're you doing back? Where's Kagome-neechan?"
Inuyasha felt his voice catch in his throat. "Where's your mom, kid?"
Souta looked slightly alarmed. "D-did something happen to Kagome?"
"No...not that I know of...but there's something really important that I have to talk to your mom about..." said Inuyasha.
"O-okay...follow me..." says Souta uncertainly, wondering what's going on as he leads Inuyasha towards his house.
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Kagome wandered through Inuyasha's forest with Sango. The search for the hanyou wasn't going very well...they hadn't found any trace of him anywhere...
"Inuuuuyaaaashaaaaa! Wheeeeere aaaaaaaaare yooouuuuuuuuu?" yelled Kagome, listening for some sign that he had heard her. Just for good measure, in case he was being stubborn, every so often she'd yell "Siiiiiit!"
Sango glanced at Kagome. "Maybe we should check by the well...I don't see any reason he'd be there, but we've checked everywhere else..."
"Yeah...I guess you're right, Sango..." replied Kagome as she started walking toward the well.
At the well there was no sign of him either. "Inuyasha! Wherever you are, please come out!" yelled Kagome.
Sango had stooped to the ground. "These are his footprints...they lead to the well...and here's another set...they look like his and yours...only his go back to the well again, and yours head toward the village."
"Aren't there any others from him coming back again?" asked Kagome, starting to get worried.
"No...I can't find any, Kagome-chan." said Sango.
"So he...never came back?" she asked. 'What could have happened that he didn't come back...?' she thought. "I'm going to go back to my world and see what happened." she said as she jumped in the well.
Sango was about to turn around and go looking for Miroku and Shippou when a wavering voice came from the well.
"Sango...the well didn't work..."
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"...and so that's why I'm here. I think the well isn't working for some reason. I'm stuck here...and I think Kagome is stuck over there." explained Inuyasha to Kagome's family.
Souta had started to cry. "S-so we might never see Kagome-neechan again?"
Inuyasha opened his mouth, unsure of what to say. "I...I don't know..."
Suddenly jii-chan stood up angrily. "This is all your fault, demon! If it weren't for you we'd still have our Kagome safe and sound and at home!"
Inuyasha's ears drooped a little, and he mumbled quietly, "I'm stuck away from home too, you know, jiji..."
Only Kagome's mom was understanding. "Come on, Inuyasha. You can stay in the guest room. It must be hard to be stuck in world you don't understand."
Inuyasha quietly followed her. Her words had been exactly what he was worried about.
'What am I going to do if I never get back...?'
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Well, there we go...chapter 2 finished. Thanks to everyone who reviewed, it really helps get me motivated to write more if I know people are enjoying it. I'm not sure how long this is going to be, but I figured at the bare minimum it's going to be 5 chapters, and that's if I don't have any fun with Inuyasha, which I'm definitely planning to do. Anyway, I'm figuring out exactly what's going into chapter 3 right now, so I'll try to have it done soon.
chapter 2
by Nimrodel
It was dark out in the Sengoku Jidai, but the flickering light of a cooking fire could be seen coming from a lone hut.
Kagome was sitting with her friends around the fire in Kaede's hut. They were eating a delicious supper that Kaede had cooked. Everyone seemed to having a good time.
Sango looked around. "Ne, Kagome-chan...where's Inuyasha? I haven't seen him since he left to get you."
Kagome glanced out the window nervously. "I forgot my bag in my time, and Inuyasha went to get it for me..."
"But surely it would not have taken this long to simply retrieve your bag, Kagome-sama?" asked Miroku.
"It has been awhile..." mumbled Kagome.
"Inu no baka is probably just sulking in a tree somewhere, Kagome..." said Shippou.
Kagome smiled at Shippou. "You're probably right, Shippou-chan. We did have a little argument before I came back, so that's probably what he's doing. We shouldn't worry about it..."
And so they went back to eating and talking.
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At the bottom of the legendary well at the Sunset Shrine sat a very frustrated hanyou. The well itself had become considerably deeper because of him.
"Dammit, why won't you let me back you stupid well!" He muttered to himself as he tore at the ground with his claws. He slumped back against the wall of the well, and his bangs fell over his eyes.
'So I really can't get back...' he thought.
He pounded the ground again is frustration, ripping up more soil as he did. "I just want to go back home!"
Suddenly all the times he had heard those very same words from Kagome came flooding back to him. All the times she had wanted to come home and how he had done everything possible to stop her. No wonder she had always gotten so mad at him...
His own words from earlier returned to him. 'The Shikon shards are more important than your stupid old home anytime...' He felt a sharp twang of guilt in his heart. 'So this is the fates way of showing me what an idiot I am...' he thought.
All of a sudden he realized something. 'If I'm stuck here, then Kagome's stuck in my time...'
'Kagome, will I ever see you again...'
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Finally it had grown dark in the Sengoku Jidai, and Kagome had become worried. Even if Inuyasha was sulking in a tree, he should have brought her her bag, right?
"Minna...I think I'm going to go look for Inuyasha. I'll be back..." she said as she stood up to leave.
"I'll help, Kagome-chan. It's dangerous in the woods alone at night." offered Sango.
"Shippou and I will aid you as well, Kagome-sama." said Miroku.
"Hey, Miroku, how did I get dragged into this?" yelled Shippou indignantly.
"You can go with Kagome-sama, Shippou. I will accompany Sango." said Miroku.
Sango did not look too happy with this, and raised her boomerang threateningly. "Houshi-sama, I think it would be better if you went with Shippou." Kagome nodded in agreement with Sango.
Miroku sighed in defeat. "If that is what you wish, ladies."
They all left in search of Inuyasha.
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It was dark before Inuyasha finally climbed out of the well. 'Now what do I do...' he thought. He glanced at Kagome's' house. 'I...I guess I go tell them...' He slowly started walking toward her home.
The first person he ran into was Souta. "Inu-no-niichan, what're you doing back? Where's Kagome-neechan?"
Inuyasha felt his voice catch in his throat. "Where's your mom, kid?"
Souta looked slightly alarmed. "D-did something happen to Kagome?"
"No...not that I know of...but there's something really important that I have to talk to your mom about..." said Inuyasha.
"O-okay...follow me..." says Souta uncertainly, wondering what's going on as he leads Inuyasha towards his house.
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Kagome wandered through Inuyasha's forest with Sango. The search for the hanyou wasn't going very well...they hadn't found any trace of him anywhere...
"Inuuuuyaaaashaaaaa! Wheeeeere aaaaaaaaare yooouuuuuuuuu?" yelled Kagome, listening for some sign that he had heard her. Just for good measure, in case he was being stubborn, every so often she'd yell "Siiiiiit!"
Sango glanced at Kagome. "Maybe we should check by the well...I don't see any reason he'd be there, but we've checked everywhere else..."
"Yeah...I guess you're right, Sango..." replied Kagome as she started walking toward the well.
At the well there was no sign of him either. "Inuyasha! Wherever you are, please come out!" yelled Kagome.
Sango had stooped to the ground. "These are his footprints...they lead to the well...and here's another set...they look like his and yours...only his go back to the well again, and yours head toward the village."
"Aren't there any others from him coming back again?" asked Kagome, starting to get worried.
"No...I can't find any, Kagome-chan." said Sango.
"So he...never came back?" she asked. 'What could have happened that he didn't come back...?' she thought. "I'm going to go back to my world and see what happened." she said as she jumped in the well.
Sango was about to turn around and go looking for Miroku and Shippou when a wavering voice came from the well.
"Sango...the well didn't work..."
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"...and so that's why I'm here. I think the well isn't working for some reason. I'm stuck here...and I think Kagome is stuck over there." explained Inuyasha to Kagome's family.
Souta had started to cry. "S-so we might never see Kagome-neechan again?"
Inuyasha opened his mouth, unsure of what to say. "I...I don't know..."
Suddenly jii-chan stood up angrily. "This is all your fault, demon! If it weren't for you we'd still have our Kagome safe and sound and at home!"
Inuyasha's ears drooped a little, and he mumbled quietly, "I'm stuck away from home too, you know, jiji..."
Only Kagome's mom was understanding. "Come on, Inuyasha. You can stay in the guest room. It must be hard to be stuck in world you don't understand."
Inuyasha quietly followed her. Her words had been exactly what he was worried about.
'What am I going to do if I never get back...?'
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Well, there we go...chapter 2 finished. Thanks to everyone who reviewed, it really helps get me motivated to write more if I know people are enjoying it. I'm not sure how long this is going to be, but I figured at the bare minimum it's going to be 5 chapters, and that's if I don't have any fun with Inuyasha, which I'm definitely planning to do. Anyway, I'm figuring out exactly what's going into chapter 3 right now, so I'll try to have it done soon.