Happy Holidays! I'm on winter break until January 13th, so I figured I'd
better get at least one chapter out during my month off, but I'm gonna try
my hardest to get two out. Although, since Christmas my writing is going to
take a major hit. I got dothack//Outbreak, Smackdown HCTP, and Final
Fantasy X-2 so those are going to occupy most of my free time. I will still
write though! It helps me to relax.
Reviewer Responses:
Lost Darkness and Nibzo, thank you both for your continued reviews. I hope you had a good holiday. I'm waiting for your next reviews.
Disclaimer: Inuyasha isn't mine, but my OCs are.
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Ch 4: The Dream
*Thump, thump, thump.* came the echoing footsteps.
"Where am I?" Adam says into the void as he stops walking and looks around. All he sees is a dim and colorless area that seems to go on forever in all directions. The only distinction between the 'sky' and 'ground' was the different shades of gray.
"Adam." a faint voice came from nowhere, yet everywhere.
"Who's there?" Adam yelled, turning around to search for the source of the voice, but finding only empty space.
"Adam." the voice vaguely came from behind him this time.
"Hello?" Adam said as he turns again trying to find the voice. Once again, there is no one there.
"Adam." the voice once again was barely audible from another direction.
"This isn't funny!" Adam yelled into void, becoming angry. "Where are you!?"
As he turns to the new direction, he stopped suddenly. Off on the horizon there was a faint glow. Adam slowly started walking towards the glow. As Adam proceeded toward the glow, the voice continued to call him toward it. Eventually he found the source of the glow to be a square hole in the ground.
"Well this is interesting." Adam said as he stops at the edge of the hole.
"Adam." the voice called from down the hole.
"Sigh, I hear you, who ever you are. What do you want?"
"Save me." the voice almost pleaded quietly from the hole.
"Save you? Save you from what?" Adam asked.
"Save me." was the only reply the voice gave him.
"Alright," Adam said as he started to climb into the hole, "I don't know who you are, or what to save you from, but I'll try."
Adam was about halfway into the hole when he noticed that there was nothing he could use to climb down.
"Well that's just great," Adam sighed, "looks like I'll have to jump."
Adam continued to climb into the hole until he was hanging from the edge by his hands. When he had stretched as far as he could, trying to shorten the distance to the bottom, he let go. He shut his eyes as he started to fall, and got ready to land at the bottom.
'Man, this hole is deep; it's gonna hurt when I land,' he thought as he held his eyes closed. 'Wait a sec, why is this taking so long for me to reach the bottom?'
Adam slowly opened one eye and then the other to see that he was not falling down the hole, but floating down it. Adam relaxed as he continued to float the rest of the way down. As he landed at the bottom he looked around to find nothing, save for the walls of the hole. He looked back up the hole to see that the glow was emanating from outside the top of the hole now.
"What the hell!?"
"Adam. Save me." the voice echoed down the hole.
"How am I supposed to do that from down here!?" Adam yelled at the voice as he paced around the bottom of the hole. "There wasn't a way for me to climb down, so how can I possibly begin to climb. up."
He was once again cut short in his rantings as he noticed a series of rocks sticking out from one of the walls of the hole, that were not there before.
"I give up," Adam said throwing his hands up in exasperation.
He started to climb back out of the hole; when he reached the top, the source of the glow was very close. Adam got out of the hole and started towards the source. When he got to it, he found it to be a fire. It was massive and burned intensely; at the center of it was a girl. She was shrouded in darkness, despite the blaze that surrounded her. Adam could barely tell that she had her back to him. Hearing him walk up the girl turned to face him. Adam gasped. All he could make out of the girl were her eyes, but they were stunning. Her eyes were the brightest shade of jade green he could imagine; they even made the inferno around her seem dim, and yet, those eyes we so very sad, that Adam could feel all the pain and sorrow in her very soul.
"Adam, save me. please," the girl said as she held her hands out towards him and a single tear ran down her cheek.
Adam reached towards the girl, ignoring the fire, and grasped her hand. As soon as he touched her hand, he felt the searing pain of the fire, as if she were the one generating it. The intense pain made Adam cry out. Suddenly he was sitting in his bed, covered in a cold sweat, and clutching his hand to his chest. He relaxed as his heart rate returned to normal.
"That dream," Adam murmured rubbing his forehead, "why've I started having it again?"
As he pondered the dream, he examined his hand. It showed no signs of being damaged, but he could still feel the pain caused by the fire. He tried to rub the pain away as he looked at the clock on his nightstand. It's big green numbers read four twenty seven in the morning. With a sigh Adam laid back down and tried to go back to sleep, but all he could think about was the dream.
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Adam yawned as he sat down on one of the temple's many stone benches. As he waited for Kagome, he played with the bracelet on his wrist. Kagome walked up and caught Adam not paying attention. She sat down beside him on the bench and watched him play with the bracelet for a little bit.
"That's a nice bracelet Adam, may I look at it?" Kagome ask, admiring the bracelet from beside him on the bench.
"Gak! Don't do that!" Adam mock scolded, "You know better than to sneak up on me."
"Sorry," Kagome couldn't help but giggle at Adam's overreaction. "May I see it?"
"Sure," Adam said as he took the bracelet off and handed it to Kagome. She proceeded to examine the bracelet. It was a simple two-stranded silver bracelet, held together by a simple oval centerpiece with a gemstone. The stone was perfectly clear, except for the very center, which was an amazing shade of red that seemed to change brightness as you looked at it from different angles.
"It's very beautiful," Kagome said as she returned the bracelet, "What kind of gem is that?"
"I don't really know," Adam said as he latched the bracelet back onto his wrist, "The bracelet was my great-grandmother's; she had it taken to several jewelers and none of them knew what it was."
"That's odd, why haven't I seen you wearing it before?"
"Well, my great-grandmother gave it to me about a year before she died. For a long time I never took it off because it kind of quelled the pain, but I eventually broke the clasp and had to have it repaired. After that happened, I usually just kept it close and I only wear it when something has bothered me. It helps me calm down for some reason."
"Really? Then why are you wearing the bracelet?" Kagome asked concerned for her friend, resting her hand on Adam's shoulder.
"Oh, it's nothing important. So, what do you want to do today since you are done with school and Grandpa doesn't have you busy?" Adam said trying to change the subject.
"For it to upset you it must be something," Kagome said, "And don't try to change the subject."
"Well, alright," Adam said hesitantly, "I had a reoccurring dream for a long time a few years back. It eventually stopped, but recently I've started having it again."
"What is the dream about?" Kagome asked, "If you don't mind me asking."
Adam sat there for a minute not saying anything. Kagome decided to take this as a sign that he was not going to tell her and stood up.
"Never mind then, sorry for asking."
"Oh no, I don't really care, Kagome," Adam quickly replied, "I'm just a little surprised that you want to hear about it. Most people think it's strange and try to change the subject when I talk about the dream."
"Trust me, a dream is not strange," Kagome said sitting back down. "Traveling through a well to the past is strange," she mumbled under her breath so Adam wouldn't hear.
"What was that?" Adam asked, as he gave Kagome a strange look.
"Oh nothing, nothing at all," Kagome sweat-dropped.
"I'll make a deal with you; I've noticed that you get all sulky and depressed whenever you look at the well house or the god tree. I'll tell you about the dream if you tell me why the tree and well house depress you. Alright?"
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*Dunbarbalooie2 hides in a bunker.*
Please don't kill me! I know every one hates a cliffy, but I wanted to get this chapter out.
To address a question I got from one of my proofreaders, I know the time flow of the story is really confusing, but that's the way I write. The first chapter has no exact time or date. Chapter two is three months after chapter one. Chapter three is the afternoon of the same day as chapter two, and chapter four is three months after chapters two and three. I swear that future chapters will become less confusing.
Reviewer Responses:
Lost Darkness and Nibzo, thank you both for your continued reviews. I hope you had a good holiday. I'm waiting for your next reviews.
Disclaimer: Inuyasha isn't mine, but my OCs are.
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Ch 4: The Dream
*Thump, thump, thump.* came the echoing footsteps.
"Where am I?" Adam says into the void as he stops walking and looks around. All he sees is a dim and colorless area that seems to go on forever in all directions. The only distinction between the 'sky' and 'ground' was the different shades of gray.
"Adam." a faint voice came from nowhere, yet everywhere.
"Who's there?" Adam yelled, turning around to search for the source of the voice, but finding only empty space.
"Adam." the voice vaguely came from behind him this time.
"Hello?" Adam said as he turns again trying to find the voice. Once again, there is no one there.
"Adam." the voice once again was barely audible from another direction.
"This isn't funny!" Adam yelled into void, becoming angry. "Where are you!?"
As he turns to the new direction, he stopped suddenly. Off on the horizon there was a faint glow. Adam slowly started walking towards the glow. As Adam proceeded toward the glow, the voice continued to call him toward it. Eventually he found the source of the glow to be a square hole in the ground.
"Well this is interesting." Adam said as he stops at the edge of the hole.
"Adam." the voice called from down the hole.
"Sigh, I hear you, who ever you are. What do you want?"
"Save me." the voice almost pleaded quietly from the hole.
"Save you? Save you from what?" Adam asked.
"Save me." was the only reply the voice gave him.
"Alright," Adam said as he started to climb into the hole, "I don't know who you are, or what to save you from, but I'll try."
Adam was about halfway into the hole when he noticed that there was nothing he could use to climb down.
"Well that's just great," Adam sighed, "looks like I'll have to jump."
Adam continued to climb into the hole until he was hanging from the edge by his hands. When he had stretched as far as he could, trying to shorten the distance to the bottom, he let go. He shut his eyes as he started to fall, and got ready to land at the bottom.
'Man, this hole is deep; it's gonna hurt when I land,' he thought as he held his eyes closed. 'Wait a sec, why is this taking so long for me to reach the bottom?'
Adam slowly opened one eye and then the other to see that he was not falling down the hole, but floating down it. Adam relaxed as he continued to float the rest of the way down. As he landed at the bottom he looked around to find nothing, save for the walls of the hole. He looked back up the hole to see that the glow was emanating from outside the top of the hole now.
"What the hell!?"
"Adam. Save me." the voice echoed down the hole.
"How am I supposed to do that from down here!?" Adam yelled at the voice as he paced around the bottom of the hole. "There wasn't a way for me to climb down, so how can I possibly begin to climb. up."
He was once again cut short in his rantings as he noticed a series of rocks sticking out from one of the walls of the hole, that were not there before.
"I give up," Adam said throwing his hands up in exasperation.
He started to climb back out of the hole; when he reached the top, the source of the glow was very close. Adam got out of the hole and started towards the source. When he got to it, he found it to be a fire. It was massive and burned intensely; at the center of it was a girl. She was shrouded in darkness, despite the blaze that surrounded her. Adam could barely tell that she had her back to him. Hearing him walk up the girl turned to face him. Adam gasped. All he could make out of the girl were her eyes, but they were stunning. Her eyes were the brightest shade of jade green he could imagine; they even made the inferno around her seem dim, and yet, those eyes we so very sad, that Adam could feel all the pain and sorrow in her very soul.
"Adam, save me. please," the girl said as she held her hands out towards him and a single tear ran down her cheek.
Adam reached towards the girl, ignoring the fire, and grasped her hand. As soon as he touched her hand, he felt the searing pain of the fire, as if she were the one generating it. The intense pain made Adam cry out. Suddenly he was sitting in his bed, covered in a cold sweat, and clutching his hand to his chest. He relaxed as his heart rate returned to normal.
"That dream," Adam murmured rubbing his forehead, "why've I started having it again?"
As he pondered the dream, he examined his hand. It showed no signs of being damaged, but he could still feel the pain caused by the fire. He tried to rub the pain away as he looked at the clock on his nightstand. It's big green numbers read four twenty seven in the morning. With a sigh Adam laid back down and tried to go back to sleep, but all he could think about was the dream.
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Adam yawned as he sat down on one of the temple's many stone benches. As he waited for Kagome, he played with the bracelet on his wrist. Kagome walked up and caught Adam not paying attention. She sat down beside him on the bench and watched him play with the bracelet for a little bit.
"That's a nice bracelet Adam, may I look at it?" Kagome ask, admiring the bracelet from beside him on the bench.
"Gak! Don't do that!" Adam mock scolded, "You know better than to sneak up on me."
"Sorry," Kagome couldn't help but giggle at Adam's overreaction. "May I see it?"
"Sure," Adam said as he took the bracelet off and handed it to Kagome. She proceeded to examine the bracelet. It was a simple two-stranded silver bracelet, held together by a simple oval centerpiece with a gemstone. The stone was perfectly clear, except for the very center, which was an amazing shade of red that seemed to change brightness as you looked at it from different angles.
"It's very beautiful," Kagome said as she returned the bracelet, "What kind of gem is that?"
"I don't really know," Adam said as he latched the bracelet back onto his wrist, "The bracelet was my great-grandmother's; she had it taken to several jewelers and none of them knew what it was."
"That's odd, why haven't I seen you wearing it before?"
"Well, my great-grandmother gave it to me about a year before she died. For a long time I never took it off because it kind of quelled the pain, but I eventually broke the clasp and had to have it repaired. After that happened, I usually just kept it close and I only wear it when something has bothered me. It helps me calm down for some reason."
"Really? Then why are you wearing the bracelet?" Kagome asked concerned for her friend, resting her hand on Adam's shoulder.
"Oh, it's nothing important. So, what do you want to do today since you are done with school and Grandpa doesn't have you busy?" Adam said trying to change the subject.
"For it to upset you it must be something," Kagome said, "And don't try to change the subject."
"Well, alright," Adam said hesitantly, "I had a reoccurring dream for a long time a few years back. It eventually stopped, but recently I've started having it again."
"What is the dream about?" Kagome asked, "If you don't mind me asking."
Adam sat there for a minute not saying anything. Kagome decided to take this as a sign that he was not going to tell her and stood up.
"Never mind then, sorry for asking."
"Oh no, I don't really care, Kagome," Adam quickly replied, "I'm just a little surprised that you want to hear about it. Most people think it's strange and try to change the subject when I talk about the dream."
"Trust me, a dream is not strange," Kagome said sitting back down. "Traveling through a well to the past is strange," she mumbled under her breath so Adam wouldn't hear.
"What was that?" Adam asked, as he gave Kagome a strange look.
"Oh nothing, nothing at all," Kagome sweat-dropped.
"I'll make a deal with you; I've noticed that you get all sulky and depressed whenever you look at the well house or the god tree. I'll tell you about the dream if you tell me why the tree and well house depress you. Alright?"
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*Dunbarbalooie2 hides in a bunker.*
Please don't kill me! I know every one hates a cliffy, but I wanted to get this chapter out.
To address a question I got from one of my proofreaders, I know the time flow of the story is really confusing, but that's the way I write. The first chapter has no exact time or date. Chapter two is three months after chapter one. Chapter three is the afternoon of the same day as chapter two, and chapter four is three months after chapters two and three. I swear that future chapters will become less confusing.
