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sama.I only own my own creations. Thank you.
Chapter one: The Dream is Real
Kagome awoke in a sweat, her heart pounding. "Inu Yasha.."she croaked. Her head hurt badly and her skin was covered in a thin sheen of sweat. She untangled her legs from her bed sheets and stood shakily. The same dream..no..nightmare. It had been coming to her for the last three months. Always the same; Sango, Miroku, Shippou.their bodies covered in blood. And Inu Yasha.torn into pieces. It made her heart ache. Could it be real? She never knew how she had gotten back in her own time. She remembered going to see Naraku, to destroy him. Then insuppressible pain. Grandpa had found her, unconscious and bleeding outside of the well. She lay in a coma for nearly two months. In a hideous rage, Grandpa had burned the well, fearing for her life. He never knew how much that had split her in two. Mama knew, she could see her daughter's heartache, see her pain in being in her own time.
Kagome moved to her closet and pulled out a neatly pressed uniform. It was almost time to get up anyways, no point in trying to sleep again. Down the hall she heard Mama's alarm clock and water in the bathhouse. Grandpa was up as well. She sat in the chair by her window, staring out into the early morning sun. Buyo wandered across the room and climbed into her lap. Automatically her hand lifted to stroke his fur. She looked down.Buyo's ears.even they reminded her of him. Her eyes misted and she wiped stubbornly at the unshed tears. "I can't cry anymore..I can't! It does no good. I won't..ever..be back.."she sucked in a ragged breath and closed her eyes. Thinking about him didn't do any good. It wouldn't bring him back.
The smell of eggs and cinnamon rice drifted upstairs.Kagome stood up,dumping Buyo to the floor. She cursed softly and dressed quickly,chucking her nightgown to the corner of her room.Her books were downstairs as always, so she brushed her hair and ran downstairs stopped in the washroom and scrubbed her face before going into the kitchen. "Ohaiyo Gozaimasu Mama."she smiled brightly. Her mother turned and smiled back.
"Ohaiyo Kagome. How did you sleep?" Kagome sighed. She knew that her mother noticed her lack of sleep, but.she didn't want to acknowledge it.
"I slept fine." She smiled and sat down. She hated lying to her, but it was a sensitive issue. No one would understand her feelings towards him, the whole situation. No one could help her heal. She suppressed a sigh and ate her breakfast. Sota came down to the table.
"Ohaiyo Gozaimasu Mama, Kagome-chan!" he said brightly.
Kagome smiled at her brother and continued eating. He grinned as his mom put his plate before him and he started to eat as well.
Her mother looked at them, a sadness in her eyes. She knew her daughter hurt and there was nothing she could do to help. One day.maybe things would be better. She smiled sadly and went back to making their lunches. Sota had wolfed his food down before Kagome had finished hers and he jumped up, grabbing his schoolbooks. "Gotta go Mom! I'm meeting Kiyuske before school!" He kissed her cheek, took his lunch and ran out the door. Kagome twirled her spoon idly, her mind already wandering back to her nightmare. She sighed, disgusted with the whole thing and took one more bite before pushing the bowl away. "I'm going to go now." she said softly, taking her lunch from the counter.
She looked at her mother and saw her mother's frown. She knew what her mom was thinking, but she couldn't tell her. She smiled brightly and kissed her cheek. "I'll see you after school!!"
She hurried off, carrying her school bag hap-hazardly on her shoulder. It was warm out already and the birds were incessant in there chirping. It was almost annoying. Kagome muttered another foul word and kept walking, her head down. She didn't even notice Nakumi coming up beside her. "Hey..Kagome-chan you feeling ok?"
She snapped her head up quickly, her eyes wide, her cheeks pink. "Nakumi."She looked at her so called best friend.
Nakumi smiled brightly, but in her eyes Kagome saw the look of uncertainty. She knew why. Kagome, the girl who was sick for months with elderly diseases. Kagome, the girl who was in a coma for two months with unexplainable wounds. It did seem strange. And she didn't tell anyone anything. She kept secrets from them and no one trusted her. She smiled at Nakumi, hoping that the look would go away. "How's it going Naku-chan?"she asked
"Oh it's going good. Tired of studying for the exams. How are you feeling?" the other girl eyed her cautiously.
Kagome rolled her eyes."Im fine, really. There isn't anything wrong. Im just anxious to start school."She said, her voice somewhat clipped.
Nakumi laughed, a forced laugh, and continued to talk. Kagome only half listened. They entered the school building and became part of the student sea. Nakumi waved to her as she drifted off towards class. Kagome had to see the counselor, to see if her classes would still be any good. Fearing he would say she fell too far behind, Kagome had prepared a speech. She gulped somewhat nervously as she opened the door.
Kagome groaned as she walked towards her house. The day HAD been long and strange. People asked question upon question, students stared and whispered. Teachers smiled and patted her hand. The counselor had given her the option to try her classes again, which she took. The work wasn't hard and she knew she could catch up easily enough. Nakumi had buzzed around her all day and she was given the ok to sit out in gym. Not that that had been a bad thing. Now all she wanted was to go home. She kicked at a rock that lay before and began to hum a tune she had heard before. She couldn't place it, but it was in her mind.
"Kagome!!!" Kagome turned to the voice and inwardly frowned at her best friend.
She smiled, even though she felt like growling. Nakumi caught up with her and the two continued walking. Neither said anything for a block or two, and then Kagome turned to Nakumi.
"Do you know what it feels like?"She asked harshly.
Nakumi looked at her in surprise. What was with the attitude? She swallowed.One more block to Higurashi shrine.
"Kn-know how wh-what f-f-eels Kagome?" she stuttered.
Kagome nodded. Figures. "Just forget it. You wouldn't understand anyways."
She turned and started up the stairs briskly. Nakumi stood there for a moment, her mouth open in a gape.
"KAGOME!!!! Hey!! Wait up!!!"
She ran after her best friend, wondering what was with the sudden coldness. IT kind of hurt her feelings, but more than that, it was irritating. She stamped up the concrete steps, hot on Kagome's heels.
"Kagome, wait.What was that all about?" "You wouldn't understand Nakumi.Just.. I need some space ok?" "You've been sick and gone for months!Why can't you tell me whats going on!?"
Kagome stopped half way to her house. Nakumi leaned against a nearby tree, the tree that replaced the well. Kagome looked at the tree and her eyes stung again with tears.
"If I tell you,you have to promise, swear on your LIFE, that you will never say another word." She lifted her head and looked at her friend. Nakumi's face contorted with confusion and she said nothing, but nodded. Kagome sighed.
"The old well.It was a gateway between our era and the Feudal era. The Shikon no Tama was in my body and it allowed me to be pulled back and forth between the eras. While in the Feudal era, I met a hanyou who stayed by my side after I accidentally shattered the jewel. We have spent all that time hunting jewel fragments and trying to defeat this evil youkai named Naraku.That's is.we were fighting him until... I found myself stuck, here.Now I don't know if everything is alright there."
She watched Nakumi's face.Her eyes were blank so she couldn't tell if Nakumi believed her or not. Her friend opened her mouth and spoke softly.
"I...don't know if I should believe you. But..part of me does.You never lie, not to me or anyone, so..it could be true."
The two girls stood staring at each other then, neither moving nor speaking. There was a soft rumble from under the ground. Kagome gasped. Suddenly her skin felt cold, like before, when she felt something wrong. She sensed it.
"A jewel shard.lots.and."she muttered.
She looked at Nakumi as the ground began to move and crack. Nakumi shrieked and ran to Kagome.The two girls backed away from the splitting ground.
"Damnit!" Kagome hissed.
She turned and grabbed Nakumi, dragging her behind as she ran. There was an awful roar and a rush of cold air as the ground broke through. Blood rushed in Kagome's ears. She ran as hard as she could, her breath in small bursts. Nakumi followed blindly. Then she screamed. Kagome turned her head for an instant and yelped, running faster. Long brown roots were racing after them.But they were almost to the house, almost..
Kagome screamed as the ground beneath her broke and more brown roots shot out, she was lifted about ten feet in the air and the roots began wrapping themselves around her and Nakumi. Nakumi!! She turned her head, looking for her friend. She saw her, she had fainted as the roots wrapped around her. Kagome struggled against the binding things and knew at once what they were.
The roots held them tightly and retreated towards the hole they had made, taking both girls under with them. Kagome screamed for her grandpa, but no one heard her. She found herself surrounded by the familiar blue and purple lights.
'The well.' she thought 'I'm really here, but..Naraku.'
She looked at the roots surrounding her and anger flooded her. Naraku, the despicable youkai. She closed her eyes and hoped to god she was dreaming. But she knew. She knew right away.
'It isn't a dream anymore. Its real!! Naraku is alive and he's got me and my best friend!!'
~Well thus far is the beginning. At least my muse gave me a beginning when she bit me. Hehe.Please review! ^_^~
Chapter one: The Dream is Real
Kagome awoke in a sweat, her heart pounding. "Inu Yasha.."she croaked. Her head hurt badly and her skin was covered in a thin sheen of sweat. She untangled her legs from her bed sheets and stood shakily. The same dream..no..nightmare. It had been coming to her for the last three months. Always the same; Sango, Miroku, Shippou.their bodies covered in blood. And Inu Yasha.torn into pieces. It made her heart ache. Could it be real? She never knew how she had gotten back in her own time. She remembered going to see Naraku, to destroy him. Then insuppressible pain. Grandpa had found her, unconscious and bleeding outside of the well. She lay in a coma for nearly two months. In a hideous rage, Grandpa had burned the well, fearing for her life. He never knew how much that had split her in two. Mama knew, she could see her daughter's heartache, see her pain in being in her own time.
Kagome moved to her closet and pulled out a neatly pressed uniform. It was almost time to get up anyways, no point in trying to sleep again. Down the hall she heard Mama's alarm clock and water in the bathhouse. Grandpa was up as well. She sat in the chair by her window, staring out into the early morning sun. Buyo wandered across the room and climbed into her lap. Automatically her hand lifted to stroke his fur. She looked down.Buyo's ears.even they reminded her of him. Her eyes misted and she wiped stubbornly at the unshed tears. "I can't cry anymore..I can't! It does no good. I won't..ever..be back.."she sucked in a ragged breath and closed her eyes. Thinking about him didn't do any good. It wouldn't bring him back.
The smell of eggs and cinnamon rice drifted upstairs.Kagome stood up,dumping Buyo to the floor. She cursed softly and dressed quickly,chucking her nightgown to the corner of her room.Her books were downstairs as always, so she brushed her hair and ran downstairs stopped in the washroom and scrubbed her face before going into the kitchen. "Ohaiyo Gozaimasu Mama."she smiled brightly. Her mother turned and smiled back.
"Ohaiyo Kagome. How did you sleep?" Kagome sighed. She knew that her mother noticed her lack of sleep, but.she didn't want to acknowledge it.
"I slept fine." She smiled and sat down. She hated lying to her, but it was a sensitive issue. No one would understand her feelings towards him, the whole situation. No one could help her heal. She suppressed a sigh and ate her breakfast. Sota came down to the table.
"Ohaiyo Gozaimasu Mama, Kagome-chan!" he said brightly.
Kagome smiled at her brother and continued eating. He grinned as his mom put his plate before him and he started to eat as well.
Her mother looked at them, a sadness in her eyes. She knew her daughter hurt and there was nothing she could do to help. One day.maybe things would be better. She smiled sadly and went back to making their lunches. Sota had wolfed his food down before Kagome had finished hers and he jumped up, grabbing his schoolbooks. "Gotta go Mom! I'm meeting Kiyuske before school!" He kissed her cheek, took his lunch and ran out the door. Kagome twirled her spoon idly, her mind already wandering back to her nightmare. She sighed, disgusted with the whole thing and took one more bite before pushing the bowl away. "I'm going to go now." she said softly, taking her lunch from the counter.
She looked at her mother and saw her mother's frown. She knew what her mom was thinking, but she couldn't tell her. She smiled brightly and kissed her cheek. "I'll see you after school!!"
She hurried off, carrying her school bag hap-hazardly on her shoulder. It was warm out already and the birds were incessant in there chirping. It was almost annoying. Kagome muttered another foul word and kept walking, her head down. She didn't even notice Nakumi coming up beside her. "Hey..Kagome-chan you feeling ok?"
She snapped her head up quickly, her eyes wide, her cheeks pink. "Nakumi."She looked at her so called best friend.
Nakumi smiled brightly, but in her eyes Kagome saw the look of uncertainty. She knew why. Kagome, the girl who was sick for months with elderly diseases. Kagome, the girl who was in a coma for two months with unexplainable wounds. It did seem strange. And she didn't tell anyone anything. She kept secrets from them and no one trusted her. She smiled at Nakumi, hoping that the look would go away. "How's it going Naku-chan?"she asked
"Oh it's going good. Tired of studying for the exams. How are you feeling?" the other girl eyed her cautiously.
Kagome rolled her eyes."Im fine, really. There isn't anything wrong. Im just anxious to start school."She said, her voice somewhat clipped.
Nakumi laughed, a forced laugh, and continued to talk. Kagome only half listened. They entered the school building and became part of the student sea. Nakumi waved to her as she drifted off towards class. Kagome had to see the counselor, to see if her classes would still be any good. Fearing he would say she fell too far behind, Kagome had prepared a speech. She gulped somewhat nervously as she opened the door.
Kagome groaned as she walked towards her house. The day HAD been long and strange. People asked question upon question, students stared and whispered. Teachers smiled and patted her hand. The counselor had given her the option to try her classes again, which she took. The work wasn't hard and she knew she could catch up easily enough. Nakumi had buzzed around her all day and she was given the ok to sit out in gym. Not that that had been a bad thing. Now all she wanted was to go home. She kicked at a rock that lay before and began to hum a tune she had heard before. She couldn't place it, but it was in her mind.
"Kagome!!!" Kagome turned to the voice and inwardly frowned at her best friend.
She smiled, even though she felt like growling. Nakumi caught up with her and the two continued walking. Neither said anything for a block or two, and then Kagome turned to Nakumi.
"Do you know what it feels like?"She asked harshly.
Nakumi looked at her in surprise. What was with the attitude? She swallowed.One more block to Higurashi shrine.
"Kn-know how wh-what f-f-eels Kagome?" she stuttered.
Kagome nodded. Figures. "Just forget it. You wouldn't understand anyways."
She turned and started up the stairs briskly. Nakumi stood there for a moment, her mouth open in a gape.
"KAGOME!!!! Hey!! Wait up!!!"
She ran after her best friend, wondering what was with the sudden coldness. IT kind of hurt her feelings, but more than that, it was irritating. She stamped up the concrete steps, hot on Kagome's heels.
"Kagome, wait.What was that all about?" "You wouldn't understand Nakumi.Just.. I need some space ok?" "You've been sick and gone for months!Why can't you tell me whats going on!?"
Kagome stopped half way to her house. Nakumi leaned against a nearby tree, the tree that replaced the well. Kagome looked at the tree and her eyes stung again with tears.
"If I tell you,you have to promise, swear on your LIFE, that you will never say another word." She lifted her head and looked at her friend. Nakumi's face contorted with confusion and she said nothing, but nodded. Kagome sighed.
"The old well.It was a gateway between our era and the Feudal era. The Shikon no Tama was in my body and it allowed me to be pulled back and forth between the eras. While in the Feudal era, I met a hanyou who stayed by my side after I accidentally shattered the jewel. We have spent all that time hunting jewel fragments and trying to defeat this evil youkai named Naraku.That's is.we were fighting him until... I found myself stuck, here.Now I don't know if everything is alright there."
She watched Nakumi's face.Her eyes were blank so she couldn't tell if Nakumi believed her or not. Her friend opened her mouth and spoke softly.
"I...don't know if I should believe you. But..part of me does.You never lie, not to me or anyone, so..it could be true."
The two girls stood staring at each other then, neither moving nor speaking. There was a soft rumble from under the ground. Kagome gasped. Suddenly her skin felt cold, like before, when she felt something wrong. She sensed it.
"A jewel shard.lots.and."she muttered.
She looked at Nakumi as the ground began to move and crack. Nakumi shrieked and ran to Kagome.The two girls backed away from the splitting ground.
"Damnit!" Kagome hissed.
She turned and grabbed Nakumi, dragging her behind as she ran. There was an awful roar and a rush of cold air as the ground broke through. Blood rushed in Kagome's ears. She ran as hard as she could, her breath in small bursts. Nakumi followed blindly. Then she screamed. Kagome turned her head for an instant and yelped, running faster. Long brown roots were racing after them.But they were almost to the house, almost..
Kagome screamed as the ground beneath her broke and more brown roots shot out, she was lifted about ten feet in the air and the roots began wrapping themselves around her and Nakumi. Nakumi!! She turned her head, looking for her friend. She saw her, she had fainted as the roots wrapped around her. Kagome struggled against the binding things and knew at once what they were.
The roots held them tightly and retreated towards the hole they had made, taking both girls under with them. Kagome screamed for her grandpa, but no one heard her. She found herself surrounded by the familiar blue and purple lights.
'The well.' she thought 'I'm really here, but..Naraku.'
She looked at the roots surrounding her and anger flooded her. Naraku, the despicable youkai. She closed her eyes and hoped to god she was dreaming. But she knew. She knew right away.
'It isn't a dream anymore. Its real!! Naraku is alive and he's got me and my best friend!!'
~Well thus far is the beginning. At least my muse gave me a beginning when she bit me. Hehe.Please review! ^_^~