Ahknee/Kitteen
(Disclaimer: It's clear my name isn't Japanese. Okay, so the 'Ahknee' part is Chinese, but who cares about that? And the 'Kitteen' part, that's made up junk just there for fun. So, animes are Japanese oriented. Get it? Good. If you don't, then you are horribly stupid, cause I'm American/Chinese, bub, and I dun have enough money to do anime.)
Okay, so, this idea hit me just before I fell asleep a few nights ago. Phwee! Okay, I need sugar, big deal. *yawns*
Anywho, this is just the prolouge of sorts, so, if a bunch of people like this, then I'll continue with it eventually, like, after I finish one or two of my other fics. But don't expect this to be updated soon if you like it! If barely anyone likes it, then this thing is going to be deleted within one week of it's posting. If everyone likes it, then it'll be updated in the future.
Now that we have that done and over with, onto the fic.
Summary- Rei Hino is Kagome Higurashi's distant cousing, coming in for a visit. But, what happens when Rei sees Kagome going down the well with Inuyasha late at night? Well, curious Rei does some investigating herself. KEY:
"talking"
'thinking'
(author's notes)
*******
'If everything is coincidense, then how come some things fall into place with eachother?'
*******
Rei entered the Hikawa Shrine, ready to take a short break form school that day before starting up any of her daily chores.
Hearing a slight noise to her left, where good luck charms were purchased, she saw a group of giggling teenage girls, all happy and bubbly and filled with energy. They were still dressed in their school uniforms, and were currently being bribed into helping with work at the shrine by Rei's grandfather, who went simply by 'Grandpa'. (Notice how in the manga her grandpa looks completely different and isn't a pervert while in the anime he is? *sigh* Guess he's comic relief.)
With a loud sigh, Rei marched up to where she was right behind her guardian and glared at his back before letting out a cry of:
"GRANDPA!!!!"
causing the old man to jump a few feet in the air before turning around.
"Just what do you think you're doing?"Rei asked, keeping her temper yet gritting her teeth.
"Oh, just seeing if these lovely young ladies want to help around the shrine or buy some of these nice charms!"he replied.
Rei proceeded to glare at the old man before turning a clamer gaze at the girls.
"So, how may I help you?"she asked, shoving her grandpa away.
"Oh, we were just browsing, actually! We just wanted to know which charms are the best."one said.
"Oh. Well, if that's all, then I really must be going, I have things to do here."Rei said, smiling as much as she would allow herself as she began to usher the girls out of the grounds.
*******
Rei sighed as she plopped down on a bench, letting the broom she held in her hands clatter to the ground at her feet.
"I really need a break."she murmmered, grumbling something about how she was overworked.
"Rei!"
Sighing she looked up to see Usagi running towards her.
"Nani?"the Shinto preistess-in-training asked, looking at the blonde running towards her.
"Well, I ran into Grandpa on my was up here, literally, and after a bit of hassle, he finally said that I should give this letter to you!"Usagi said, coming to a screeching halt in front of the raven-haired beauty.
"Who's it from?"Rei asked, snatching the letter the blonde was waving around.
"I dunno. From the Higurashi family, from what I glanced on it."Usagi shrugged.
"Higuarshi family?!"Rei perked up and ripped open the envelope, pulling the letter out from inside it and reading it as fast as possible.
"So?"Usagi asked once the priestess' eyes stopped scanning th page.
"They want me to stay at their shrine for the next month to help teach my cousin how to b a responsible caretaker for a shrine. . . . . ."Rei trailed off.
"Ooh. Spiffy! What's your cousin's name?"Usagi asked. (Don't ask why I made her say spiffy, I say that all the time.)
"Kagome. I haven't seen them since my mother died, actually. They came to the funeral and I only talked with them for a while. I don't remember them much, though."Rei shrugged.
"Well, that's nice! Oh, and what else was I suppsed to tell you. . . . . .?"Usagi paused, tapping her inde finger on her chin while thinking hard.
Rei proceeded to deadpan while sweatdropping as the blonde continued thinking.
"Oh! Ami said that she wanted to hold a study meeting at. . . . . .five tomorrow, after school."
"Well, I'm supposed to leave at about six tomorrow, so we'll have to cut it to thirty minutes of study time."Rei said, scanning over the letter.
"Oh. Well, I'll make sure to tell her that!"Usagi said turning around and beginning to jog away.
"Wait! Why didn't you just call to tell me this??"Rei demanded.
"Oh, I have to go do some grocery shopping for home! See, here's the lis- Hey, where'd the list go?!?! Aw, man, I'm dead. . . . ."USagi groaned as she ran off.
Rei sighed, shaking her head and sweatdropping as she watched the retreating figure of her friend.
*******
"Okay, study tim'e over, folks! I have to get going if I wanna get to my cousin's on time.:Rei said, slamming shut her book and standing up.
"Aa. We're leaving, we're leaving."Ami said, standing, along with Makoto and Minako. Usagi was asleep.
"Odango-atama, WAKE UP!"Rei screeched in the blonde's ear, casuing her to jump up and land face-first on the floor.
"Itai! Rei, what was that for?!"Usagi gasped, sitting up and rubbing her face.
"You have to leave, NOW! So get going!"Rei screeched, pointing to the door.
"Fine, fine."Usagi whined, pouting, standing, gathering her things and leaving with the others.
Rei sighed as she rushed to her room to grab her bags.
*******
Rei gulped as she stepped out of the cab. She wasn't exactly sure how to greet such distant family, and she had no idea if these relatives were nice or evil.
Stepping up to the gates, her things in hand, she pushed a button which caused a small ding to chime through the shrine.
'Doorbell. How nice.'Rei thought dryly.
A few people came out of the house; an old man, a teenage girl, a young boy, and what appeared to be a mother or housewife.
The boy was first to reach the gates and he slid them open to let the young girl in.
Rei smiled at the boy before stepping in and setting her cases on the ground as the others reached her.
"Rei, how nice to see you again!"the woman stated, walking up and hugging the raven-haired girl. "Call me Mom!"
"Hello."Rei stated back meekly, hugging back.
"Hello!"the old man greeted, bowing. "Call me Grandpa."
"Hi."Rei also bowed.
"Hey!"the boy said. "I'm Souta!"
"Hello!"Rei said, sticking out her hand and shaking hands with the boy.
Rei turned to the lsat person, shocked slightly at how much she resembled herself.
"Uh. . . .I'm. . . .Kagome."the girl stated, also shocked by their resemblance.
Rei recovered quickly, smiling. "Rei. Amazing how family resemblance just seems to happen between us, eh?"
"Yeah."Kagome smiled.
'Don't tell me we have another Kikyou reincarnation. . . . . .'Kagome thought, continuing to smile.
Rei suddenly picked up a feeling from the nearby wellhouse, so she turned to it.
"What's in there?"Rei asked politely, nodding her head towards the wellhouse.
"Oh, just an old, dry well. We just use the place to store old things we never use! It can get pretty dangerous, so stay out of there!"Grandpa explained.
"Oh. I see."Rei said, narrowing her eyes ever so slightly, making a mental note to investigate it later that night, when everyone was asleep.
"Well, how about we go inside to get reaquianted?"Mom said, grabbing one of Rei's bags.
"That's a good idea to me."Rei smiled, grabbing another one of her bags as Souta and Kagome grabbed some, too.
*******
"So, I'm here to help Kagome with her training in becoming a priestess?"Rei aske,d fingers wrapped lightly around a cup of steaming Jasmine tea.
"Aa."Grandpa replied.
"Well, I'm not sure how I can really help, seeing as I've only been following the Shinto religion. . . . ."Rei said, sipping her tea.
"Oh, you can help in every way possible!"Mom said happily.
Rei sighed, closing her eyes temporarily.
"Do you have a. . . . .Sarced Flame anywhere around here? It helps me meditate sometimes, and I do so often."Rei asked, eyes still closed.
"No, we don't."Granpa replied.
"Oh. Well, I guess I'll manage."Rei said, opening her eyes again and smiling at everyone. "May I go up and rest a little? I'm a bit tired, having just come from a study session and then traveling."
"Of course. You know where your room is already, so just head up there."
"Aa. Arigatou."Rei said, standing and bowing before heading towards the stairs. She turned around just as she placed a foot on the lower step. "Will I need to help any around the shrine? I'm used to do chores and such, so I wouldn't mind."
"Oh, iie, iie. No need to. We can handle everything, you just help Kagome."
Rei nodded and continued up the stairs.
*******
At about twelve midnight, Rei stirred after feeling a slightly. . . .demonic prescence near the house.
Standing up from her bed and grabbing her henshin pen, Rei padded out of the room with stealth only one with years of training in combat could muster.
With some speed she raced down the hallway, making sure to move as fast as possible, least there be any loose floorboards that groaned loudly under her weight.
Arriving at the bottom of the stpes, she ran out of the house via some sliding screen doors and made a mad dash for some bushes to peer from.
A light flickered on in Kagome's room and, just as suddenly, it flicked off, and something with long, silverish hair, jumped down with Kagome on its back, judging from the black locks that could be seen in the few rays of moonlight.
Rei stared even harder at the two and made out just what was carrying Kagome to the ground. Kagome hopped off of its back, allowing it to finaly stand straight, giving Rei the pefect opportunity to peek at the face.
And it looked like a teenage boy, a teenage boy who was very angry at the world in general, with dog. . .ears. . .on. . .his. . . .head. . . . .
Rei blinked, shocked at this and wondering what was with the ears, deciding they must be fake.
The two walked to the wellhouse and stepped in, and a faint blueish light could be seen through the loose walls.
Rei, being curious, stood up and walked to the wellhouse, carefully stepping inside and looking down the well.
Nobody was there. . . . .
Rei's eyes widened as she looked around, wondering where the two had gone. Was there a trap door? Was there a secret entrance or exit?
Many such questions ran through Rei's head before she finally cleared them, deciding to try and find the aura of this thing. . . . .it had that strange energy, so why not try and see what it was now?
Sitting down, Rei ran a finger over the edge of the well and closed her eyes, preparing to go into a trance to see what this well did.
And her mind flooded with visions. Visions of demons, battle, blood, and much more.
Rei's eyes shot open and blnked rapidly before standing up an regaining her compsure. Keeping her henshin pen tight in her hand, she put one foot on the ledge of the well, then the other. With a long sigh and big hopes, she jumped down, hoping that this was just a dream.
The blue light flashed and enveloped her as she was absorbed into the time stream itself, in ways.
*******
Rei blinked as she felt her feet suddenly touch down on the ground again. Stumbling slightly, she found herself clinging to vines.
A sickening CRUNCH came from under her feet, causing her to look down. Bones.
More bones.
And it hit her when she thought about it more. Eyes widening, she scrambled up the vines and to the top of the well flinging herself out.
Gasping and panting to regain the air she had lost from nearly hyperventilating (apparently that's my new favorite word, ever since. . . .*cough* the picture incident. . . .*coughcoughsplutter*), she sat up and looked around.
Trees. Trees. Trees. Bushes. Undergrowth. Trees. Trees. Hey, guess what? More trees!
'Toto, we're not in Kanses anymore.'Rei thought dryly, standing up and beginning to look around for a place to go. Spotting a path, a very hidden path but nontheless a path, she headed towards it, hoping to find some familiar landmark somwhere, telling her this was either a dream or some hallucination or to at least prove she wasn't lost.
Yes, this was going to be a long night.
*******
*coughs* Um well, there is the prolouge thingy. Anywho, in other terms, review and tell me if you did or didn't like this fic. Depending on how many people actually think this story is great will tell me whether I should or shouldn't continue this fic.
I don't have any type of spellchecks or anything, so no getting on my case for anything I misspelled. Yes, I DID check over this thing before posting it, so ha. Though, if I did miss anything, then please, do point it out as constructive critism, because flames are going to be used to keep me warm this winter.
Anywho, review, and I'll give you cookies. Phwee! Otherwise, for the girls, bishounen plushies, and for the guys, bishoujo plushies. Yay!
Now, contact me at:
ahknee@greenthunder.zzn.com
Or at:
ahknee@3-lights.zzn.com
I really don't use the second address at much, but hey, do so if you must!
Oh, and my AIM screen name is:
AhkneeKitteen
Okay, so, now that that is all said and done, ja ne minna-san!! *waves*
(Disclaimer: It's clear my name isn't Japanese. Okay, so the 'Ahknee' part is Chinese, but who cares about that? And the 'Kitteen' part, that's made up junk just there for fun. So, animes are Japanese oriented. Get it? Good. If you don't, then you are horribly stupid, cause I'm American/Chinese, bub, and I dun have enough money to do anime.)
Okay, so, this idea hit me just before I fell asleep a few nights ago. Phwee! Okay, I need sugar, big deal. *yawns*
Anywho, this is just the prolouge of sorts, so, if a bunch of people like this, then I'll continue with it eventually, like, after I finish one or two of my other fics. But don't expect this to be updated soon if you like it! If barely anyone likes it, then this thing is going to be deleted within one week of it's posting. If everyone likes it, then it'll be updated in the future.
Now that we have that done and over with, onto the fic.
Summary- Rei Hino is Kagome Higurashi's distant cousing, coming in for a visit. But, what happens when Rei sees Kagome going down the well with Inuyasha late at night? Well, curious Rei does some investigating herself. KEY:
"talking"
'thinking'
(author's notes)
*******
'If everything is coincidense, then how come some things fall into place with eachother?'
*******
Rei entered the Hikawa Shrine, ready to take a short break form school that day before starting up any of her daily chores.
Hearing a slight noise to her left, where good luck charms were purchased, she saw a group of giggling teenage girls, all happy and bubbly and filled with energy. They were still dressed in their school uniforms, and were currently being bribed into helping with work at the shrine by Rei's grandfather, who went simply by 'Grandpa'. (Notice how in the manga her grandpa looks completely different and isn't a pervert while in the anime he is? *sigh* Guess he's comic relief.)
With a loud sigh, Rei marched up to where she was right behind her guardian and glared at his back before letting out a cry of:
"GRANDPA!!!!"
causing the old man to jump a few feet in the air before turning around.
"Just what do you think you're doing?"Rei asked, keeping her temper yet gritting her teeth.
"Oh, just seeing if these lovely young ladies want to help around the shrine or buy some of these nice charms!"he replied.
Rei proceeded to glare at the old man before turning a clamer gaze at the girls.
"So, how may I help you?"she asked, shoving her grandpa away.
"Oh, we were just browsing, actually! We just wanted to know which charms are the best."one said.
"Oh. Well, if that's all, then I really must be going, I have things to do here."Rei said, smiling as much as she would allow herself as she began to usher the girls out of the grounds.
*******
Rei sighed as she plopped down on a bench, letting the broom she held in her hands clatter to the ground at her feet.
"I really need a break."she murmmered, grumbling something about how she was overworked.
"Rei!"
Sighing she looked up to see Usagi running towards her.
"Nani?"the Shinto preistess-in-training asked, looking at the blonde running towards her.
"Well, I ran into Grandpa on my was up here, literally, and after a bit of hassle, he finally said that I should give this letter to you!"Usagi said, coming to a screeching halt in front of the raven-haired beauty.
"Who's it from?"Rei asked, snatching the letter the blonde was waving around.
"I dunno. From the Higurashi family, from what I glanced on it."Usagi shrugged.
"Higuarshi family?!"Rei perked up and ripped open the envelope, pulling the letter out from inside it and reading it as fast as possible.
"So?"Usagi asked once the priestess' eyes stopped scanning th page.
"They want me to stay at their shrine for the next month to help teach my cousin how to b a responsible caretaker for a shrine. . . . . ."Rei trailed off.
"Ooh. Spiffy! What's your cousin's name?"Usagi asked. (Don't ask why I made her say spiffy, I say that all the time.)
"Kagome. I haven't seen them since my mother died, actually. They came to the funeral and I only talked with them for a while. I don't remember them much, though."Rei shrugged.
"Well, that's nice! Oh, and what else was I suppsed to tell you. . . . . .?"Usagi paused, tapping her inde finger on her chin while thinking hard.
Rei proceeded to deadpan while sweatdropping as the blonde continued thinking.
"Oh! Ami said that she wanted to hold a study meeting at. . . . . .five tomorrow, after school."
"Well, I'm supposed to leave at about six tomorrow, so we'll have to cut it to thirty minutes of study time."Rei said, scanning over the letter.
"Oh. Well, I'll make sure to tell her that!"Usagi said turning around and beginning to jog away.
"Wait! Why didn't you just call to tell me this??"Rei demanded.
"Oh, I have to go do some grocery shopping for home! See, here's the lis- Hey, where'd the list go?!?! Aw, man, I'm dead. . . . ."USagi groaned as she ran off.
Rei sighed, shaking her head and sweatdropping as she watched the retreating figure of her friend.
*******
"Okay, study tim'e over, folks! I have to get going if I wanna get to my cousin's on time.:Rei said, slamming shut her book and standing up.
"Aa. We're leaving, we're leaving."Ami said, standing, along with Makoto and Minako. Usagi was asleep.
"Odango-atama, WAKE UP!"Rei screeched in the blonde's ear, casuing her to jump up and land face-first on the floor.
"Itai! Rei, what was that for?!"Usagi gasped, sitting up and rubbing her face.
"You have to leave, NOW! So get going!"Rei screeched, pointing to the door.
"Fine, fine."Usagi whined, pouting, standing, gathering her things and leaving with the others.
Rei sighed as she rushed to her room to grab her bags.
*******
Rei gulped as she stepped out of the cab. She wasn't exactly sure how to greet such distant family, and she had no idea if these relatives were nice or evil.
Stepping up to the gates, her things in hand, she pushed a button which caused a small ding to chime through the shrine.
'Doorbell. How nice.'Rei thought dryly.
A few people came out of the house; an old man, a teenage girl, a young boy, and what appeared to be a mother or housewife.
The boy was first to reach the gates and he slid them open to let the young girl in.
Rei smiled at the boy before stepping in and setting her cases on the ground as the others reached her.
"Rei, how nice to see you again!"the woman stated, walking up and hugging the raven-haired girl. "Call me Mom!"
"Hello."Rei stated back meekly, hugging back.
"Hello!"the old man greeted, bowing. "Call me Grandpa."
"Hi."Rei also bowed.
"Hey!"the boy said. "I'm Souta!"
"Hello!"Rei said, sticking out her hand and shaking hands with the boy.
Rei turned to the lsat person, shocked slightly at how much she resembled herself.
"Uh. . . .I'm. . . .Kagome."the girl stated, also shocked by their resemblance.
Rei recovered quickly, smiling. "Rei. Amazing how family resemblance just seems to happen between us, eh?"
"Yeah."Kagome smiled.
'Don't tell me we have another Kikyou reincarnation. . . . . .'Kagome thought, continuing to smile.
Rei suddenly picked up a feeling from the nearby wellhouse, so she turned to it.
"What's in there?"Rei asked politely, nodding her head towards the wellhouse.
"Oh, just an old, dry well. We just use the place to store old things we never use! It can get pretty dangerous, so stay out of there!"Grandpa explained.
"Oh. I see."Rei said, narrowing her eyes ever so slightly, making a mental note to investigate it later that night, when everyone was asleep.
"Well, how about we go inside to get reaquianted?"Mom said, grabbing one of Rei's bags.
"That's a good idea to me."Rei smiled, grabbing another one of her bags as Souta and Kagome grabbed some, too.
*******
"So, I'm here to help Kagome with her training in becoming a priestess?"Rei aske,d fingers wrapped lightly around a cup of steaming Jasmine tea.
"Aa."Grandpa replied.
"Well, I'm not sure how I can really help, seeing as I've only been following the Shinto religion. . . . ."Rei said, sipping her tea.
"Oh, you can help in every way possible!"Mom said happily.
Rei sighed, closing her eyes temporarily.
"Do you have a. . . . .Sarced Flame anywhere around here? It helps me meditate sometimes, and I do so often."Rei asked, eyes still closed.
"No, we don't."Granpa replied.
"Oh. Well, I guess I'll manage."Rei said, opening her eyes again and smiling at everyone. "May I go up and rest a little? I'm a bit tired, having just come from a study session and then traveling."
"Of course. You know where your room is already, so just head up there."
"Aa. Arigatou."Rei said, standing and bowing before heading towards the stairs. She turned around just as she placed a foot on the lower step. "Will I need to help any around the shrine? I'm used to do chores and such, so I wouldn't mind."
"Oh, iie, iie. No need to. We can handle everything, you just help Kagome."
Rei nodded and continued up the stairs.
*******
At about twelve midnight, Rei stirred after feeling a slightly. . . .demonic prescence near the house.
Standing up from her bed and grabbing her henshin pen, Rei padded out of the room with stealth only one with years of training in combat could muster.
With some speed she raced down the hallway, making sure to move as fast as possible, least there be any loose floorboards that groaned loudly under her weight.
Arriving at the bottom of the stpes, she ran out of the house via some sliding screen doors and made a mad dash for some bushes to peer from.
A light flickered on in Kagome's room and, just as suddenly, it flicked off, and something with long, silverish hair, jumped down with Kagome on its back, judging from the black locks that could be seen in the few rays of moonlight.
Rei stared even harder at the two and made out just what was carrying Kagome to the ground. Kagome hopped off of its back, allowing it to finaly stand straight, giving Rei the pefect opportunity to peek at the face.
And it looked like a teenage boy, a teenage boy who was very angry at the world in general, with dog. . .ears. . .on. . .his. . . .head. . . . .
Rei blinked, shocked at this and wondering what was with the ears, deciding they must be fake.
The two walked to the wellhouse and stepped in, and a faint blueish light could be seen through the loose walls.
Rei, being curious, stood up and walked to the wellhouse, carefully stepping inside and looking down the well.
Nobody was there. . . . .
Rei's eyes widened as she looked around, wondering where the two had gone. Was there a trap door? Was there a secret entrance or exit?
Many such questions ran through Rei's head before she finally cleared them, deciding to try and find the aura of this thing. . . . .it had that strange energy, so why not try and see what it was now?
Sitting down, Rei ran a finger over the edge of the well and closed her eyes, preparing to go into a trance to see what this well did.
And her mind flooded with visions. Visions of demons, battle, blood, and much more.
Rei's eyes shot open and blnked rapidly before standing up an regaining her compsure. Keeping her henshin pen tight in her hand, she put one foot on the ledge of the well, then the other. With a long sigh and big hopes, she jumped down, hoping that this was just a dream.
The blue light flashed and enveloped her as she was absorbed into the time stream itself, in ways.
*******
Rei blinked as she felt her feet suddenly touch down on the ground again. Stumbling slightly, she found herself clinging to vines.
A sickening CRUNCH came from under her feet, causing her to look down. Bones.
More bones.
And it hit her when she thought about it more. Eyes widening, she scrambled up the vines and to the top of the well flinging herself out.
Gasping and panting to regain the air she had lost from nearly hyperventilating (apparently that's my new favorite word, ever since. . . .*cough* the picture incident. . . .*coughcoughsplutter*), she sat up and looked around.
Trees. Trees. Trees. Bushes. Undergrowth. Trees. Trees. Hey, guess what? More trees!
'Toto, we're not in Kanses anymore.'Rei thought dryly, standing up and beginning to look around for a place to go. Spotting a path, a very hidden path but nontheless a path, she headed towards it, hoping to find some familiar landmark somwhere, telling her this was either a dream or some hallucination or to at least prove she wasn't lost.
Yes, this was going to be a long night.
*******
*coughs* Um well, there is the prolouge thingy. Anywho, in other terms, review and tell me if you did or didn't like this fic. Depending on how many people actually think this story is great will tell me whether I should or shouldn't continue this fic.
I don't have any type of spellchecks or anything, so no getting on my case for anything I misspelled. Yes, I DID check over this thing before posting it, so ha. Though, if I did miss anything, then please, do point it out as constructive critism, because flames are going to be used to keep me warm this winter.
Anywho, review, and I'll give you cookies. Phwee! Otherwise, for the girls, bishounen plushies, and for the guys, bishoujo plushies. Yay!
Now, contact me at:
ahknee@greenthunder.zzn.com
Or at:
ahknee@3-lights.zzn.com
I really don't use the second address at much, but hey, do so if you must!
Oh, and my AIM screen name is:
AhkneeKitteen
Okay, so, now that that is all said and done, ja ne minna-san!! *waves*