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Disclaimer: The truth hurts! I don't own "Inuyasha" or any of the other characters, Rumiko Takahashi does. :( I do however, own myself...Melissa.
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"Kagome!" Shippo's joyous voice rang out. Kagome grinned as she made her way over the wall of the well. Shippo leapt into her arms and hugged her tightly.
Kagome giggled, "I missed you too, Shippo."
Miroku and Sango walked up to their friend with warm smiles, "Long time no see, Kagome." Sango said.
"Yes, we were wondering if you were ever coming back!" Miroku joked at Kagome's unusual absence.
Kagome smiled, "Great to see you guys again. Believe me, I could never stay away for too long."
"Good. Now, can I get that in writing?" Inuyasha's stern voice came from behind the group.
Kagome rolled her eyes, "Hi to you too, Inuyasha."
"Kagome?" Melissa's voice was shaky. Where could she have gone? And where was that light coming from? In the well? Franticly, Melissa raced towards the well in fear Kagome may have been injured. But as she approached its ancient ledge she stumbled and tripped because of the ground's uneven surface. Her shouting consumed with fear as she plummeted right down into the well.
"So...what have you guys been up to?" Kagome asked, trying to start up some conversation. The group of friends had begun walking.
"Not much, really." Shippo answered.
"What could we have been up to? With out you, we can't do much of anything. You're the only one who can detect the jewel." Inuyasha added flatly. Kagome hadn't bothered to respond to him, it wasn't worth it and at that moment she didn't feel like spurring an argument again.
"Well, at least he went and apologized. They're not fighting any more, for now." Miroku whispered to Sango.
"Yeah, for now." Sango muttered back. Suddenly, Inuyasha stopped dead. Everyone immediately halted as well.
"Inuyasha? What's wrong? Is it a demon?" Kagome asked.
Inuyasha sniffed the air, "It's no demon. It's human blood." Inuyasha turned around and walked past everyone.
"This way." He finally declared and raced off.
"Wait up!" Kagome shouted. Everyone began running after him. By the time everyone had caught up with Inuyasha, they were out of breath.
"He jumped down the well!" Shippo shouted.
"Down the well?" Kagome sounded confused and nervous. She ran towards the well, but before she could jump down, Inuyasha appeared...with Melissa in his arms.
"This is all my fault." Kagome said, ashamed.
"Oh, quit blaming yourself, Kagome." Inuyasha ordered. The group had settled near the well, Melissa was laying on the ground unconscious. Kagome had treated the gash upon her forehead. Inuyasha peered over them.
"She'll be just fine, Kagome." Miroku said reassuringly.
"Still, none of this would have happened if I had just made sure she wasn't following me. Or better yet, if I had just stayed home."
"You should be worried about that shard you so carelessly dropped in the well! If you had been more careful this could have been prevented! And besides, you couldn't stay home. You had to come." Inuyasha replied.
"I didn't have to come, Inuyasha! You came to me whining like a little baby and I couldn't stand to listen to you another minute!"
"Oh, great. Here we go." Sango sighed.
"You're calling me the baby?! Go look in a mirror, Ms. Loves To Complain! Oh, wait...you can't do that, cause it'd shatter!" He shot back.
"SIT!" Kagome commanded.
Inuyasha instantly crashed towards the ground. "It's always best to quit while you're ahead." Miroku stated.
"Yeah, but it's better to quit when you still have a head." Sango informed. At that particular moment, Kirara decided to calmly approach the sleeping girl and gently began to lick her arm. Sango noticed this and became rather puzzled.
"That's funny, Kirara doesn't usually warm up to strangers like that."
"Inu-yasha?" A weak voice spoke up. Kagome turned to Melissa.
"She's coming to!" Shippo exclaimed. Inuyasha groaned and began to rub his throbbing head.
"How does she know your name?" Miroku questioned. Kagome glanced at Inuyasha. Melissa slowly opened her eyes; the blurry image of the four faces that peered down at her began to clear.
"Melissa? Are you all right?" Kagome asked. Melissa put her hand to her forehead, "Kagome? You're okay!"
"Sure I am...I'm real sorry."
"For what?" "For running off and leaving you alone."
"But, didn't you fall down that well?" Kagome didn't know what to say. Melissa sat up straight and then she noticed the others. "I must have hit my head real hard...am I at the theater?" Everyone exchanged glances.
"What's she talkin' about, Kagome?" Shippo asked curiously.
"Long story." Kagome answered.
"You ain't at no theater. And this isn't a play, it's real life." Inuyasha informed.
He had obviously begun to recover from his fall. "Inuyasha!" Kagome scolded.
"Inuyasha?" Melissa asked. "In the flesh." He replied as he folded his arms.
"Can you stand?" Kagome asked as she helped her friend to her feet.
"Yeah. I think I'm okay." Melissa then looked around. "Where am I?"
Seeing no sense in lying to the girl any further, Kagome explained to her friend of where she was and of the fantasy like situation. "You're joking, right? This is...a joke!" Melissa was seated on a rock before the group. All of them just stared at her.
"No, this is a joke." Inuyasha said as he lifted Shippo up by his tail.
The child protested loudly, "Hey! Put me down you jerk!" Kagome quickly freed him of Inuyasha's grasp.
"Okay...let me...let me get this straight." Melissa began. She looked down at Shippo, "You're a fox demon. But a good one." Shippo smiled. "And you're a demon slayer, with a kitten that transforms into a giant battle cat?" Sango nodded and Kirara purred contently as she sat on Melissa's lap. She still couldn't believe what she was seeing. "And you're a monk...with a wind tunnel that bursts out off your right hand?"
"A single monk. May I ask you a favor?" Miroku said as he took Melissa's hand.
"NO! You may not!" Sango bashed him with her boomerang.
"Are you okay?!" Melissa asked, shocked by the sudden blow.
"Don't worry about him, he's plenty used to it." Inuyasha informed.
Nervously taking her stare off of the unconscious monk, Melissa turned to the half demon, "And you, Inuyasha. I guess those ears aren't fake after all?"
"They're real all right." Kagome replied as she tugged one of them.
"Ow!" Inuyasha complained. After freeing himself from Kagome, Inuyasha stood up.
"Is that all you havta say about me? That my ears aren't fake? Well my powers sure aren't fake either. I got this..." Inuyasha held up his hand to show off his claws "and this..." He whipped out Tetsusaiga.
"He certainly likes to show off." Sango muttered.
"You're a demon too? Like Shippo?" Melissa asked.
A frustrated and offended look overcame his face. How could she compare me to that brat?!
"No, Inuyasha sure isn't like me. He's only-" Shippo began.
"Don't you dare say it!" Inuyasha warned, his face began to grow red with fury.
"Inuyasha is half human, half demon." Kagome finished.
"YOU SAID IT!" Inuyasha shouted and fell over.
"I'm sorry...I guess I'm just having a hard time believing all of this." Melissa told Kagome. The two girls were sitting together while the others ate.
"I understand how you feel. It was a pretty hard fact to accept when I discovered it. But, I need you to promise me you'll never tell anyone about this place."
Melissa shook her head, "Oh, you don't have to worry about that! I hadn't any intentions to. Besides, who would believe me? My mom would place me in an asylum if I told her I traveled back 500 years and hung out with a demon." Kagome laughed. "So...is that a past time or something?" Melissa asked as she pointed to Kagome's bow and arrow that lay on the ground.
"Oh, this!" Kagome picked them up. "No, it's certainly not a past time. It helps us in battles, well, most of the time. But I'm getting better at it."
"Battles?" Melissa's voice trembled a bit.
"Yeah...we kinda run into them once and while." Kagome explained.
"Speaking of battles, you had better get her back home. Where it's safe." Inuyasha told her, with great concern in his voice. Melissa looked up at him and Inuyasha quickly turned his gaze.
Kagome smiled, "He's right. We had better go home."
"Uh, 'we'?" Inuyasha said as he took a hold of Kagome's arm.
"Calm down, Inuyasha. I'll be back."
"Thanks for saving me, Inuyasha." Melissa smiled as she approached him.
Inuyasha blushed, "I...I didn't save you."
"Sure you did! If it weren't for you I' d still be in that well. Thank you."
"Uh, yeah...sure, whatever." He stuttered.
"Uh, we have a bit of a problem." Miroku said as Inuyasha, Kagome and Melissa approached the well.
"'A problem'? What sort o' problem?" Inuyasha questioned. Miroku stepped onto the ledge of the well.
"Miroku, what are you doing?" Kagome asked.
"Look." Miroku took a step forward. Instead of falling into the well, he stood in mid air. Everyone's mouth dropped open and their eyes were wide with confusion and wonder.
"What the hell..." Inuyasha said as he continued to stare.
"What-what happened?" Melissa asked.
"Shippo and Kirara were playing together and Shippo jumped on the ledge and lost his balance. Instead of falling, he just floated there!" Sango explained. Kagome walked up to the well and went to place her hand inside, but Inuyasha grabbed it.
"What do you think you're doin'?"
"What? Miroku stepped right onto it, whatever it is, and he was unharmed."
"Let's leave my Tetsusaiga to this one." Inuyasha whipped out his giant sword and struck the well with it, but it did no good. It hit the top of the well as if some invisible force were there, yet there was no sound.
"I don't get it! How'd this happen?" Inuyasha was puzzled.
"It's got to be some kind of spell." Sango implied.
"This is just great! How are we supposed to get back?" Kagome exclaimed.
"I suppose you don't." Miroku replied.
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NOTE: I realized my first chapter looked a bit screwy. There were weird O's all over the place. It was because I had uploaded the story from my iMac. iMacs stink. So I had to email the chapter to my family's PC and upload it again. *kicks iMac* Fortunately, that fixed the prob. I'll be posting Chapter 3 soon where Sess comes into play. Hope you enjoy the story! ^_^
Disclaimer: The truth hurts! I don't own "Inuyasha" or any of the other characters, Rumiko Takahashi does. :( I do however, own myself...Melissa.
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"Kagome!" Shippo's joyous voice rang out. Kagome grinned as she made her way over the wall of the well. Shippo leapt into her arms and hugged her tightly.
Kagome giggled, "I missed you too, Shippo."
Miroku and Sango walked up to their friend with warm smiles, "Long time no see, Kagome." Sango said.
"Yes, we were wondering if you were ever coming back!" Miroku joked at Kagome's unusual absence.
Kagome smiled, "Great to see you guys again. Believe me, I could never stay away for too long."
"Good. Now, can I get that in writing?" Inuyasha's stern voice came from behind the group.
Kagome rolled her eyes, "Hi to you too, Inuyasha."
"Kagome?" Melissa's voice was shaky. Where could she have gone? And where was that light coming from? In the well? Franticly, Melissa raced towards the well in fear Kagome may have been injured. But as she approached its ancient ledge she stumbled and tripped because of the ground's uneven surface. Her shouting consumed with fear as she plummeted right down into the well.
"So...what have you guys been up to?" Kagome asked, trying to start up some conversation. The group of friends had begun walking.
"Not much, really." Shippo answered.
"What could we have been up to? With out you, we can't do much of anything. You're the only one who can detect the jewel." Inuyasha added flatly. Kagome hadn't bothered to respond to him, it wasn't worth it and at that moment she didn't feel like spurring an argument again.
"Well, at least he went and apologized. They're not fighting any more, for now." Miroku whispered to Sango.
"Yeah, for now." Sango muttered back. Suddenly, Inuyasha stopped dead. Everyone immediately halted as well.
"Inuyasha? What's wrong? Is it a demon?" Kagome asked.
Inuyasha sniffed the air, "It's no demon. It's human blood." Inuyasha turned around and walked past everyone.
"This way." He finally declared and raced off.
"Wait up!" Kagome shouted. Everyone began running after him. By the time everyone had caught up with Inuyasha, they were out of breath.
"He jumped down the well!" Shippo shouted.
"Down the well?" Kagome sounded confused and nervous. She ran towards the well, but before she could jump down, Inuyasha appeared...with Melissa in his arms.
"This is all my fault." Kagome said, ashamed.
"Oh, quit blaming yourself, Kagome." Inuyasha ordered. The group had settled near the well, Melissa was laying on the ground unconscious. Kagome had treated the gash upon her forehead. Inuyasha peered over them.
"She'll be just fine, Kagome." Miroku said reassuringly.
"Still, none of this would have happened if I had just made sure she wasn't following me. Or better yet, if I had just stayed home."
"You should be worried about that shard you so carelessly dropped in the well! If you had been more careful this could have been prevented! And besides, you couldn't stay home. You had to come." Inuyasha replied.
"I didn't have to come, Inuyasha! You came to me whining like a little baby and I couldn't stand to listen to you another minute!"
"Oh, great. Here we go." Sango sighed.
"You're calling me the baby?! Go look in a mirror, Ms. Loves To Complain! Oh, wait...you can't do that, cause it'd shatter!" He shot back.
"SIT!" Kagome commanded.
Inuyasha instantly crashed towards the ground. "It's always best to quit while you're ahead." Miroku stated.
"Yeah, but it's better to quit when you still have a head." Sango informed. At that particular moment, Kirara decided to calmly approach the sleeping girl and gently began to lick her arm. Sango noticed this and became rather puzzled.
"That's funny, Kirara doesn't usually warm up to strangers like that."
"Inu-yasha?" A weak voice spoke up. Kagome turned to Melissa.
"She's coming to!" Shippo exclaimed. Inuyasha groaned and began to rub his throbbing head.
"How does she know your name?" Miroku questioned. Kagome glanced at Inuyasha. Melissa slowly opened her eyes; the blurry image of the four faces that peered down at her began to clear.
"Melissa? Are you all right?" Kagome asked. Melissa put her hand to her forehead, "Kagome? You're okay!"
"Sure I am...I'm real sorry."
"For what?" "For running off and leaving you alone."
"But, didn't you fall down that well?" Kagome didn't know what to say. Melissa sat up straight and then she noticed the others. "I must have hit my head real hard...am I at the theater?" Everyone exchanged glances.
"What's she talkin' about, Kagome?" Shippo asked curiously.
"Long story." Kagome answered.
"You ain't at no theater. And this isn't a play, it's real life." Inuyasha informed.
He had obviously begun to recover from his fall. "Inuyasha!" Kagome scolded.
"Inuyasha?" Melissa asked. "In the flesh." He replied as he folded his arms.
"Can you stand?" Kagome asked as she helped her friend to her feet.
"Yeah. I think I'm okay." Melissa then looked around. "Where am I?"
Seeing no sense in lying to the girl any further, Kagome explained to her friend of where she was and of the fantasy like situation. "You're joking, right? This is...a joke!" Melissa was seated on a rock before the group. All of them just stared at her.
"No, this is a joke." Inuyasha said as he lifted Shippo up by his tail.
The child protested loudly, "Hey! Put me down you jerk!" Kagome quickly freed him of Inuyasha's grasp.
"Okay...let me...let me get this straight." Melissa began. She looked down at Shippo, "You're a fox demon. But a good one." Shippo smiled. "And you're a demon slayer, with a kitten that transforms into a giant battle cat?" Sango nodded and Kirara purred contently as she sat on Melissa's lap. She still couldn't believe what she was seeing. "And you're a monk...with a wind tunnel that bursts out off your right hand?"
"A single monk. May I ask you a favor?" Miroku said as he took Melissa's hand.
"NO! You may not!" Sango bashed him with her boomerang.
"Are you okay?!" Melissa asked, shocked by the sudden blow.
"Don't worry about him, he's plenty used to it." Inuyasha informed.
Nervously taking her stare off of the unconscious monk, Melissa turned to the half demon, "And you, Inuyasha. I guess those ears aren't fake after all?"
"They're real all right." Kagome replied as she tugged one of them.
"Ow!" Inuyasha complained. After freeing himself from Kagome, Inuyasha stood up.
"Is that all you havta say about me? That my ears aren't fake? Well my powers sure aren't fake either. I got this..." Inuyasha held up his hand to show off his claws "and this..." He whipped out Tetsusaiga.
"He certainly likes to show off." Sango muttered.
"You're a demon too? Like Shippo?" Melissa asked.
A frustrated and offended look overcame his face. How could she compare me to that brat?!
"No, Inuyasha sure isn't like me. He's only-" Shippo began.
"Don't you dare say it!" Inuyasha warned, his face began to grow red with fury.
"Inuyasha is half human, half demon." Kagome finished.
"YOU SAID IT!" Inuyasha shouted and fell over.
"I'm sorry...I guess I'm just having a hard time believing all of this." Melissa told Kagome. The two girls were sitting together while the others ate.
"I understand how you feel. It was a pretty hard fact to accept when I discovered it. But, I need you to promise me you'll never tell anyone about this place."
Melissa shook her head, "Oh, you don't have to worry about that! I hadn't any intentions to. Besides, who would believe me? My mom would place me in an asylum if I told her I traveled back 500 years and hung out with a demon." Kagome laughed. "So...is that a past time or something?" Melissa asked as she pointed to Kagome's bow and arrow that lay on the ground.
"Oh, this!" Kagome picked them up. "No, it's certainly not a past time. It helps us in battles, well, most of the time. But I'm getting better at it."
"Battles?" Melissa's voice trembled a bit.
"Yeah...we kinda run into them once and while." Kagome explained.
"Speaking of battles, you had better get her back home. Where it's safe." Inuyasha told her, with great concern in his voice. Melissa looked up at him and Inuyasha quickly turned his gaze.
Kagome smiled, "He's right. We had better go home."
"Uh, 'we'?" Inuyasha said as he took a hold of Kagome's arm.
"Calm down, Inuyasha. I'll be back."
"Thanks for saving me, Inuyasha." Melissa smiled as she approached him.
Inuyasha blushed, "I...I didn't save you."
"Sure you did! If it weren't for you I' d still be in that well. Thank you."
"Uh, yeah...sure, whatever." He stuttered.
"Uh, we have a bit of a problem." Miroku said as Inuyasha, Kagome and Melissa approached the well.
"'A problem'? What sort o' problem?" Inuyasha questioned. Miroku stepped onto the ledge of the well.
"Miroku, what are you doing?" Kagome asked.
"Look." Miroku took a step forward. Instead of falling into the well, he stood in mid air. Everyone's mouth dropped open and their eyes were wide with confusion and wonder.
"What the hell..." Inuyasha said as he continued to stare.
"What-what happened?" Melissa asked.
"Shippo and Kirara were playing together and Shippo jumped on the ledge and lost his balance. Instead of falling, he just floated there!" Sango explained. Kagome walked up to the well and went to place her hand inside, but Inuyasha grabbed it.
"What do you think you're doin'?"
"What? Miroku stepped right onto it, whatever it is, and he was unharmed."
"Let's leave my Tetsusaiga to this one." Inuyasha whipped out his giant sword and struck the well with it, but it did no good. It hit the top of the well as if some invisible force were there, yet there was no sound.
"I don't get it! How'd this happen?" Inuyasha was puzzled.
"It's got to be some kind of spell." Sango implied.
"This is just great! How are we supposed to get back?" Kagome exclaimed.
"I suppose you don't." Miroku replied.
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NOTE: I realized my first chapter looked a bit screwy. There were weird O's all over the place. It was because I had uploaded the story from my iMac. iMacs stink. So I had to email the chapter to my family's PC and upload it again. *kicks iMac* Fortunately, that fixed the prob. I'll be posting Chapter 3 soon where Sess comes into play. Hope you enjoy the story! ^_^