Disclaimer: still don't own them
Bunny: thanks for sticking with it! you'll find out soon :)
Kanashimi: Glad you're enjoying it. Miroku's fun to write about. Don't worry about the reviews, but thanks
GOMEN GOMEN GOMEN! I've been so insanely busy I haven't had any time to update. But now I'm back! Hopefully I can get back on a roll. And now, on with the story! It's another flashback! Hope it answers your questions Bunny. ^_^
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"Hang on!" Yasha called, as he leapt high into the air. As Kagome clung to his shoulders he began to stretch and grow. Soon she found herself on the back of a giant dog. It all seemed familiar somehow. Kagome frowned, why would she know the feeling of flying on a giant dog?
"Events in your life may not be remembered, but they are never truly forgotten." Kaede had told her. *But what does it mean?* Kagome wondered. She closed her eyes and tried to remember. *Why is this so familiar? Why do I feel like I know Yasha?* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
5-year-old Kagome opened her eyes and rolled onto her side in bed. She looked out the window and saw nothing but white. "It's snowing!" she gasped. She leapt out of bed and rushed over to the window. She peered out at the snow-covered shine. "I gonna build a snowman! An' do it 'fore anyone wakes up." she whispered, and hurried to get dressed.
Kagome hummed a little song while she dragged the big stick along behind her, towards the spot she had chosen for her snowman. She stopped and looked at her stick. *Maybe it's too big for his arms* she thought. Suddenly a strong gust of wind started blowing, sending the little girl running to the nearest building for shelter from the cold wind. Kagome found herself in the well house.
*Oh no! I'm not 'posed to be in here! I'll get in trouble!* she started to leave when she heard a strange sound, coming from the well. Kagome carefully went down the stairs to the edge of the well. She jumped and pulled herself high enough to see and peeked in. The top of the water was frozen, and there was someone under the ice, frantically trying to break it! Kagome ran back outside and grabbed her stick. She ran back in and tried to break the ice with it. She found she was too short to use it as a bat. She climbed up onto the edge of the well and started banging the ice with the stick. It finally started cracking and the person underneath was able to reach a hand through.
Kagome dropped the stick and grabbed the hand. Pulling with all her might she pulled the person from under the ice and over the edge of the well. Breathing hard she looked at the person she had saved. It was a boy, around her age, he had black hair that reached his shoulders and weird looking red clothes. He was shivering uncontrollably and didn't seem to be awake. Kagome frantically tried to remember what had happened at school the year before. A classmate had fallen into the frozen river and, what had they done?
"Right!" Kagome blurted, remembering what they had done. "I'll be right back!" she said to the boy, then she ran as fast as her little legs could go, back to the house. She returned a few minutes later with a couple thick blankets. She was about to put them over the boy, but remembered that they had taken her friends clothes off because they made her colder. *I help change Souta's diaper, this is the same thing* she thought.
She pulled off the boys clothes, stopping only to notice that, *his wee-wee is bigger than Souta's* After that she wrapped him in the blankets and sat back looking at him. Deciding that he was still cold she ran back into the house and got the portable heater from her room, and a towel. Returning to the well house she wrapped his hair up in the towel and turned the heater on near him. She grinned in satisfaction when she saw that he wasn't shivering anymore.
She wondered if she should tell her parents about the boy, but decided she'd get in trouble if they knew she was in the well house. Kagome watched the boy until she heard her mother calling her in for lunch. She told her parents that she had been running around playing, and didn't mention the boy. After lunch she went back to make sure he was ok. The heater had made the well house nice and warm and she spent the afternoon there.
"Where am I?" a voice asked. Kagome looked up from her manga. The boy was sitting up and looking around. Kagome hopped up and went over to him. "You in da well-house at Higurashi Shrine." she proclaimed. "You were under the ice, and I saved you! I'm Kagome!" she continued. The boy smiled. "You saved m' life. Thank ya Kagome. M'name's InuYasha." he said.
The two were silent for a moment and then something occurred to Kagome. "How'd you get under the ice widdout breakin it?" she asked. InuYasha cocked his head. "Well I was playin' at the well, an' I leaned in to get a drink." he frowned. "Then dat stupid wolf pushed me in. I hope he gets in trouble when they fin' out that 'm gone." he shrugged. "Nex' thing I know, 'm under the ice. Then I woke up here."
Kagome leaned forward excitedly. "You were somewhere else? Is da well magic!?" she asked. "Like in Feudal Fairy Tales?" InuYasha blinked. "What'r those?" he asked. Kagome laughed. "Stories 'bout magic." she answered. InuYasha shrugged. "I guess it's magic." he said. "Wow!" Kagome cried, she was about to ask more, but heard someone yelling her name. "Oh no, I gotta go eat dinner. I be back though! Don' go anywhere!" She ran up the steps and out of the well-house, leaving the boy behind.
After dinner Kagome pretended to go to bed and waited until her parents were asleep. Then she ran out to the well-house. She stopped and gasped in shock. "Who're you!?" she asked. InuYasha was nowhere to be seen, but a white-haired boy wearing the same red outfit was sitting and reading the manga she had left. He looked up, and Kagome saw dog ears on his head. "What took ya so long Kagome?" he asked. When he realized why she was staring he laughed. "s'me. InuYasha. I change at night."
"Really! Like Ranma! Kinda. You are magic!" Kagome cried out. "Are those real!?" she squealed. Before he could stop her, she had run down the stairs and was tweaking his ears. He laughed. "Cut it out, that tickles!" he said. Kagome stepped back grinning. "You're so cool InuYasha! You change at night!" she said. He grinned. "I can change into a dog too! But I still feel kinda sick, so I'll wait til 'm better, then I'll show ya." he said smugly. The two children giggled and talked until they both fell asleep on top of the blankets. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ 2 weeks later~
InuYasha and Kagome were sitting on the edge of the well talking. "Do you really have ta go? Kagome asked sadly. InuYasha nodded. "They're gonna miss me. But I'll come back an' visit someday. Promise." They smiled sadly at each other. They had grown inseparable during the past 2 weeks, and didn't want to be parted. "'m glad I met ya. Thanks for saving my life, Kagome." InuYasha said. She smiled. "My mommy says that my daddy saved her life. That's how they met! An' then they fell in love and got married!"
InuYasha hopped off the well and stood facing her. "What's married?" he asked. Kagome jumped off and leaned against the side of the well. "When two people love each other a lot, the lady wears a white dress, an' the man wears a black suit an' they have a wedding. A lot of people cry an' watch them say lots of boring things. Then they say they're married an' they live together forever an' ever!" she said, recalling her aunts recent wedding. InuYasha suddenly grabbed her hand.
"Do ya love me?" he asked. Kagome laughed and then realized he was serious. She pulled her hand out of his and threw her arms around him. "More than anything!" they hugged for a moment, and then InuYasha pulled back. "Will ya wait fo' me?" he asked. Kagome cocked her head. "Whaddya mean wait?" InuYasha kicked the ground nervously. "When we get older, I'll come back. An' then we can get married. Will ya wait until then?" he asked. Kagome bit her lip. "How do I know you'll come back?" she asked.
"Cause I promised. An' the well's magic ain't it? Magic made us meet, so it'll make us meet again." he answered. "Then I'll wait!" Kagome said firmly. "An' I'll never love anyone else! Only you, InuYasha. Forever an' ever!" She hugged him again. "Want me to take you flying?" he asked. She pulled back. "Flying?" she gasped. He nodded, "C'mon." he said, tugging her out of the well-house.
As Kagome watched in amazement, InuYasha transformed into a horse-sized puppy. He looked at her expectantly, and she carefully climbed onto his back. "Ok 'm ready." she said. He took off running and soon was in the air. Kagome clung to his fur and felt the wind whipping past her face. "I'll always love you InuYasha." she whispered into his fur. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kagome's eyes snapped open and she sat up. Kirara and Shippou almost fell off her lap, and she grabbed them and leaned back down. "Yasha! she said. She slid herself forward near his neck, and bent down so her mouth was near his ear. "Yasha listen. When I was little a boy fell into the well at our shrine and almost died. I saved him and we were friends. He disappeared and my mom always told me he was just imaginary. But he had black hair that turned white at night. He had dog-ears and could turn into a giant dog and fly. I forgot about him til just now."
Yasha's ears were perked up and listening. Kagome took a deep breath. "His name was, InuYasha."
Boy, I don't update for a month and then leave a cliff hanger, I'm so evil =) But I'll have the next chapter up this weekend, yakusoku!
Bunny: thanks for sticking with it! you'll find out soon :)
Kanashimi: Glad you're enjoying it. Miroku's fun to write about. Don't worry about the reviews, but thanks
GOMEN GOMEN GOMEN! I've been so insanely busy I haven't had any time to update. But now I'm back! Hopefully I can get back on a roll. And now, on with the story! It's another flashback! Hope it answers your questions Bunny. ^_^
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"Hang on!" Yasha called, as he leapt high into the air. As Kagome clung to his shoulders he began to stretch and grow. Soon she found herself on the back of a giant dog. It all seemed familiar somehow. Kagome frowned, why would she know the feeling of flying on a giant dog?
"Events in your life may not be remembered, but they are never truly forgotten." Kaede had told her. *But what does it mean?* Kagome wondered. She closed her eyes and tried to remember. *Why is this so familiar? Why do I feel like I know Yasha?* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
5-year-old Kagome opened her eyes and rolled onto her side in bed. She looked out the window and saw nothing but white. "It's snowing!" she gasped. She leapt out of bed and rushed over to the window. She peered out at the snow-covered shine. "I gonna build a snowman! An' do it 'fore anyone wakes up." she whispered, and hurried to get dressed.
Kagome hummed a little song while she dragged the big stick along behind her, towards the spot she had chosen for her snowman. She stopped and looked at her stick. *Maybe it's too big for his arms* she thought. Suddenly a strong gust of wind started blowing, sending the little girl running to the nearest building for shelter from the cold wind. Kagome found herself in the well house.
*Oh no! I'm not 'posed to be in here! I'll get in trouble!* she started to leave when she heard a strange sound, coming from the well. Kagome carefully went down the stairs to the edge of the well. She jumped and pulled herself high enough to see and peeked in. The top of the water was frozen, and there was someone under the ice, frantically trying to break it! Kagome ran back outside and grabbed her stick. She ran back in and tried to break the ice with it. She found she was too short to use it as a bat. She climbed up onto the edge of the well and started banging the ice with the stick. It finally started cracking and the person underneath was able to reach a hand through.
Kagome dropped the stick and grabbed the hand. Pulling with all her might she pulled the person from under the ice and over the edge of the well. Breathing hard she looked at the person she had saved. It was a boy, around her age, he had black hair that reached his shoulders and weird looking red clothes. He was shivering uncontrollably and didn't seem to be awake. Kagome frantically tried to remember what had happened at school the year before. A classmate had fallen into the frozen river and, what had they done?
"Right!" Kagome blurted, remembering what they had done. "I'll be right back!" she said to the boy, then she ran as fast as her little legs could go, back to the house. She returned a few minutes later with a couple thick blankets. She was about to put them over the boy, but remembered that they had taken her friends clothes off because they made her colder. *I help change Souta's diaper, this is the same thing* she thought.
She pulled off the boys clothes, stopping only to notice that, *his wee-wee is bigger than Souta's* After that she wrapped him in the blankets and sat back looking at him. Deciding that he was still cold she ran back into the house and got the portable heater from her room, and a towel. Returning to the well house she wrapped his hair up in the towel and turned the heater on near him. She grinned in satisfaction when she saw that he wasn't shivering anymore.
She wondered if she should tell her parents about the boy, but decided she'd get in trouble if they knew she was in the well house. Kagome watched the boy until she heard her mother calling her in for lunch. She told her parents that she had been running around playing, and didn't mention the boy. After lunch she went back to make sure he was ok. The heater had made the well house nice and warm and she spent the afternoon there.
"Where am I?" a voice asked. Kagome looked up from her manga. The boy was sitting up and looking around. Kagome hopped up and went over to him. "You in da well-house at Higurashi Shrine." she proclaimed. "You were under the ice, and I saved you! I'm Kagome!" she continued. The boy smiled. "You saved m' life. Thank ya Kagome. M'name's InuYasha." he said.
The two were silent for a moment and then something occurred to Kagome. "How'd you get under the ice widdout breakin it?" she asked. InuYasha cocked his head. "Well I was playin' at the well, an' I leaned in to get a drink." he frowned. "Then dat stupid wolf pushed me in. I hope he gets in trouble when they fin' out that 'm gone." he shrugged. "Nex' thing I know, 'm under the ice. Then I woke up here."
Kagome leaned forward excitedly. "You were somewhere else? Is da well magic!?" she asked. "Like in Feudal Fairy Tales?" InuYasha blinked. "What'r those?" he asked. Kagome laughed. "Stories 'bout magic." she answered. InuYasha shrugged. "I guess it's magic." he said. "Wow!" Kagome cried, she was about to ask more, but heard someone yelling her name. "Oh no, I gotta go eat dinner. I be back though! Don' go anywhere!" She ran up the steps and out of the well-house, leaving the boy behind.
After dinner Kagome pretended to go to bed and waited until her parents were asleep. Then she ran out to the well-house. She stopped and gasped in shock. "Who're you!?" she asked. InuYasha was nowhere to be seen, but a white-haired boy wearing the same red outfit was sitting and reading the manga she had left. He looked up, and Kagome saw dog ears on his head. "What took ya so long Kagome?" he asked. When he realized why she was staring he laughed. "s'me. InuYasha. I change at night."
"Really! Like Ranma! Kinda. You are magic!" Kagome cried out. "Are those real!?" she squealed. Before he could stop her, she had run down the stairs and was tweaking his ears. He laughed. "Cut it out, that tickles!" he said. Kagome stepped back grinning. "You're so cool InuYasha! You change at night!" she said. He grinned. "I can change into a dog too! But I still feel kinda sick, so I'll wait til 'm better, then I'll show ya." he said smugly. The two children giggled and talked until they both fell asleep on top of the blankets. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ 2 weeks later~
InuYasha and Kagome were sitting on the edge of the well talking. "Do you really have ta go? Kagome asked sadly. InuYasha nodded. "They're gonna miss me. But I'll come back an' visit someday. Promise." They smiled sadly at each other. They had grown inseparable during the past 2 weeks, and didn't want to be parted. "'m glad I met ya. Thanks for saving my life, Kagome." InuYasha said. She smiled. "My mommy says that my daddy saved her life. That's how they met! An' then they fell in love and got married!"
InuYasha hopped off the well and stood facing her. "What's married?" he asked. Kagome jumped off and leaned against the side of the well. "When two people love each other a lot, the lady wears a white dress, an' the man wears a black suit an' they have a wedding. A lot of people cry an' watch them say lots of boring things. Then they say they're married an' they live together forever an' ever!" she said, recalling her aunts recent wedding. InuYasha suddenly grabbed her hand.
"Do ya love me?" he asked. Kagome laughed and then realized he was serious. She pulled her hand out of his and threw her arms around him. "More than anything!" they hugged for a moment, and then InuYasha pulled back. "Will ya wait fo' me?" he asked. Kagome cocked her head. "Whaddya mean wait?" InuYasha kicked the ground nervously. "When we get older, I'll come back. An' then we can get married. Will ya wait until then?" he asked. Kagome bit her lip. "How do I know you'll come back?" she asked.
"Cause I promised. An' the well's magic ain't it? Magic made us meet, so it'll make us meet again." he answered. "Then I'll wait!" Kagome said firmly. "An' I'll never love anyone else! Only you, InuYasha. Forever an' ever!" She hugged him again. "Want me to take you flying?" he asked. She pulled back. "Flying?" she gasped. He nodded, "C'mon." he said, tugging her out of the well-house.
As Kagome watched in amazement, InuYasha transformed into a horse-sized puppy. He looked at her expectantly, and she carefully climbed onto his back. "Ok 'm ready." she said. He took off running and soon was in the air. Kagome clung to his fur and felt the wind whipping past her face. "I'll always love you InuYasha." she whispered into his fur. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kagome's eyes snapped open and she sat up. Kirara and Shippou almost fell off her lap, and she grabbed them and leaned back down. "Yasha! she said. She slid herself forward near his neck, and bent down so her mouth was near his ear. "Yasha listen. When I was little a boy fell into the well at our shrine and almost died. I saved him and we were friends. He disappeared and my mom always told me he was just imaginary. But he had black hair that turned white at night. He had dog-ears and could turn into a giant dog and fly. I forgot about him til just now."
Yasha's ears were perked up and listening. Kagome took a deep breath. "His name was, InuYasha."
Boy, I don't update for a month and then leave a cliff hanger, I'm so evil =) But I'll have the next chapter up this weekend, yakusoku!
