~*~Today (December 4th) is my best friend's birthday so as part of her gift, I told her to pick one of my fanfics and I would update it for her. So she picked this one. This one's for you Iris!~*~
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Opening her eyes, Kagome saw the sunlight seep through her window, shining down on her and the sleeping silver haired boy. He had this peaceful look on his face that seemed so very familiar. An image of a tree and an arrow in his chest appeared in her mind, causing her to shake her head. 'What was that? A memory?' Seeing the hanyou stir a bit, Kagome smiled softly and grabbed the extra blanket at the end of her bed, wrapping it around the boy.
Silently, Kagome got up out of the bed and headed down stairs into the living room. All over the room were many pictures of happy faces, of times before. In one she was standing in a kimono near a great tree while one held her mother standing with a man she had not seen around the shrine. 'He looks so familiar and my heart aches seeing this picture. But why?'
"Kagome?"
The said girl turned to see that boy, Souta, looking at her with concerned eyes. "What is it?"
The boy shifted a bit before answering her. "Do you know who that man is in that picture?"
Taking another look at the photo, she looked back at Souta. "He seems familiar. Who is he?"
Souta's gaze went to the floor. "That's our dad. He died a long time ago."
Shocked, Kagome felt tears come to her eyes. "My… dad's dead?" A nod was all she received as she took one last look at the photo. "I think I need to go for a walk." With that, she placed the picture back in its place and quickly left the house, leaving Souta behind. The surroundings blurred together as Kagome walked with her eyes shut, holding back tears. 'I didn't even know my own father. I don't want to be a stranger in my own life anymore.'
A strange feeling overtook Kagome at the moment, causing her to open her eyes and look towards that small house from before.
~Flashback~
Kagome felt a spark of some sort as they passed a small little house. "What's that?"
Inu Yasha was the one to answer her. "That's the well house."
"Can we look inside?"
Inu Yasha hesitated. He seemed to be somewhat… frightened of that house. "Maybe later. You should go inside and rest."
Sango, Miroku and Shippou all snapped their heads up in surprise. After a glare from Inu though, they looked away with that calm look on their faces. Kagome just blinked in confusion.
~End Flashback~
Everything inside her screamed at Kagome to wait for Inu Yasha, but curiosity won. Taking a few steps at a time, Kagome threw open the doors to see an old well inside. An image of that… cat… appeared before her. "What is that cat doing here? Come here Buyo."
Kagome went to fetch that blob of a cat, but when she got by the well, a great blue light emerged from it. Eyes wide, she looked at it as she slowly backed away. The cat image jumped into the well. "No, Buyo!" With that, Kagome leaped forward and fell into the well. The last thing she heard was that boy Souta crying out her name.
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"How long ago did she jump in?"
Inu Yasha looked desperately at Souta, who was still in tears. "I- I think maybe fifteen minutes ago."
"Then why did you wait this long to get me?!?"
Sango put a hand on her shoulder. "Calm down. You won't get any answers if you yell at the poor kid."
Taking deep breaths, Inu Yasha began to pace back and forth. "Okay, so we should all go back and get her out of there."
"That won't do any good now. She will know she's not in her own time. Might as well change into our regular clothing and go over."
Inu Yasha looked over at Miroku. "The longer we wait, the more danger she's in!"
Sighing, Miroku threw down the urge to beat him over the head. "I know that! I'm worried about Kagome-sama as well, but we have to be prepared!"
After glaring at him for awhile, the hanyou sighed, processing all the monk had said. "Let's hurry then."
With that, they all ran inside to change and prepare themselves for a battle that was most likely to come.
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It was dark. The ground below her was somewhat sandy. Lifting her head, Kagome looked above her to see no roof to the well house, but the blue sky. 'Now that's odd.' Getting up, she grabbed onto the vines that "magically" appeared and climbed out of the well. When she reached the lip, Kagome pulled herself over and sat on the edge. Looking out before her, Kagome was more or less shocked. The house was no where to be seen! All she could see was forest, lush and green as if the trees were relatively new or young. 'Okay, that's not normal.'
Taking a deep breath, Kagome started walking when she picked out one tree out of all of them. 'That tree looks familiar! That's that tree… what did they call it? The God Tree or something like that.' With higher spirits, Kagome ran off in that direction, hoping maybe someone would be there. To her surprise, no one was there, but that image of Inu Yasha pinned to the tree with an arrow in his chest entered her mind again. 'What's going on here?!?'
That tingle feeling came again as she felt something rushing towards her. Turning in the direction of the feeling, Kagome came face to face with a tall man with a high pony tail and very blue eyes. He had a brown… tail?!?!.. and pointy ears as well.
The man looked up at her and smile. "Hey, Kagome. I was getting worried when I didn't catch your scent for awhile now. Glad to see you're alright and not with that mutt."
'Scent?!?! Mutt?!?'
The blue eyed man looked at her with worry in his eyes. "What's wrong? Are you alright?"
Kagome did the only thing she could do at that moment. She fainted.
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After coming out of the well with all the gang, Inu Yasha stiffened suddenly as he caught a familiar scent. "Kagome was here. She went towards the tree. I can smell it." Without waiting for the others, Inu Yasha took off for his tree as quickly as he could. Upon reaching it, he found no one there. Sniffing around, he caught Kagome's scent again, but with fear in it. 'She's afraid of the past. I figured she would be. Wait…' A new scent filled his nose which he recognized almost immediately, causing him to growl.
"What is it, Inu Yasha?" Miroku and the others had caught up and were bracing themselves when they saw the hanyou enraged. All the silver haired man did was say one word as they went wide eyed.
"Kouga."
~*~That's enough for now. Thank you all for putting up with me and my extended absence. Ja ne!~*~
