Disclamer: If I could own anything at all, I would own Inuyasha... but, unfortunately I don't... however Aki is MINE! BWAHAHAHA... *ahem*
Authors note: Thanks for the reviews! This next chapter is for you. Just keep in mind that if you want me to continue I'd like to have a few more... or else... yeah... no, I'd probably continue writing this story anyways... anyways, here's chapter two.
Chapter Two
Aki landed gracefully onto the bottom of the dry well, as she barely touched the ground she swiftly jumped to the rim and grinned at her success. The well served as a portal to the past, and although she had never thought to ask the well to take her back to any specific time, the well seemed to take requests. She and her parents normally just jumped in and were automatically sent back to where they left off... well, not exactly but, it propelled them to their alternate existence in the past. Aki was grinning so hard now that it seemed her face would crack. She knew immediately that she had managed to come before she was conceived, at least, mostly because her parents had built a hut nearby the well soon after they married, and noticing the lack of a hut and the undisturbed space where it would be only meant that it hadn't been built yet... well, that's logical enough. Aki jumped off the rim and sniffed the air, as she had inherited a somewhat sensitive nose, and could therefore distinguish if a person had walked in any space; seeming satisfied Aki allowed her sheepish grin to widen, "I can smell them... and... oh! Dad! Didn't you ever bathe?!?" she winned as a particularly savage scent attached to her father was detected. "You would think that someone with such keen senses would pick up on that!" Aki grumbled, feeling her eyes water in disgust.
Turning around... mostly for a breath of fresh air, she took she began to take in her surroundings. Everything looked less disturbed, and more wild than how it would look in the future... and judging from the footprints from the well she could only assume that her parents had been there recently. Well, she didn't need the footprints to tell her that... there was a relatively fresh indintation in the grass... "How immature..." she sighed. "Wow, mom really liked that subduing spell... there are dents in the earth all over this area!" Looking onward with awe... mostly realising that she was surprised even a hanyou could still have children after so many harsh collisions to the cold hard earth.
Weighing her sack on her shoulders she began to make a triumphant decent towards the village, now contemplating if she might get to actually see one of those famous 'sits." If she was lucky her parents would still be around. Aki stopped for a moment to flatten invisible wrinkles in her shorts and blouse and...
"Shit!"
Suddenly dropping her bag she looked allowed a better look from her attire to her belongings. Was she supposed to explain that she too was from the future, wouldn't that arouse suspicion? Obviously, yes. "I've never had to think of what not to bring before..." she thought in absolute dismay. "What am I supposed to say 'Hey there! I'm part demon, and I'm from the future! Cool huh? So whadaya say? Can I stay a while? Oh... and I'm in no way related to Kagome and Inuyasha... even though I'm cuarter youkai and there's a scary resemblance between me and my m- K-A-G-O-M-E.' Yeah sure... geez... I could have eaten all my ramen in all this time I wasted paking useless stuff..."
Still grouching about her stupidity and wasted time turning abruptly and snatching her bag in one swift movement she sped back to the well and, like before, jumped up on the rim and muttered... if not a little thickly, "Take me back to my time." Then without further ado she jumped in. THUMP. Aki stood rather dumbfounded at the floor of the dry well. Instead of disappearing she had remained in the feudal era. No lights, no time travel... nothing. Jumping back out she couldn't help but growl, "Why didn't it work?!? I could have gone back to exchange my clothes for my kimono that I usually wear in the past anyways... damn... stupid impulsive idiot... damn... what if this was a one time deal? what if I can't go back? Stupid well t.h.i.s. i.s. a.l.l. y.o.u.r. f.a.u.l.t." thinking hard she ran through her options at hand she allowed herself to give the well a well deserved kick... making a slight dent in the base. "Hmm... that's how that got there..." she said suddenly, looking at her handiwork... Since the well was closed off she couldn't go back and prepare her course of action, she also concluded that waltzing up to everyone in her future garb that they would suspect something... Aki growled in frustration, "What am I supposed to do then?" she thought, "Go naked?" as soon as the word popped in her mind she quickly rejected it, she may be desperate but she couldn't possibly stoop that low... "No, nuh uh, no way." However, the more aki thought about it, the more possibilities raised from appearing to have lost her clothes... "Appear..."
~~~~~~~~~~Some time later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aki looked over the village from her perch in a nearby tree, well, near enough to have a look around, but not to be detected. She waited, happy that her father wasn't around... he would have sensed her a mile away... and made this far more difficult than it had to be. Waiting for the better part of the day she was sore, exasperated, and irritable... if there had been an onlooker to witness this tranfer of emotions they would have sworn that they had seen a Kagome look a like turn into an Inuyasha look a like... disturbing... It was a hot day, surely someone would discard some clothes in exchange for a swim... Or someone would want to dry they robes after washing? Temper rising to its peak, aki was about ready to bound in and steal something from under their noses... "No," she scolded herself, "I am borrowing... and I'll go back and say..." but she never did have the chance to finish that thought as suddenly, as if the gods had been waiting for her to bring her attention elsewhere, an elderly woman had set out a sheet of cloth to dry. Aki watched, a feeling of excitement renewed. "This is going to work after all!" she thought gaily to herself.
Unfortunately, she had never been the type to wait for her laundry to dry, preferring the a drier to quicken the process, and soon she found that she was undoubtively bored... again. After what seemed like hours, (only three minutes), Aki lost any or all patience left inside and suddenly decided that she could wait no longer. With stunning speed Aki lept down to the cloth when no one was looking and jumped away, all in the blink of an eye. Once she was back in the safety of the forest, she lifted up the still slightly damp cloth and examined it a little more closely. It was ordinary, and undied, nevertheless fine and light, despite being dampened. Pleased with its size, she quickly stipped and wrapped the cloth aroung her body in a toga style, then hid the remainder of her clothes in a carefully hidden knook underneath some roots behind a boulder well enough to remain undetected for some time. Stepping back she concluded that unless someone knew where to look no one would be able to find her stash, and if she was lucky she'd be able to find it again when it was time to return home... if the well allows it, she thought sullenly.
Now comes the hard part of her plan. Allowing herself one last glance in the direction of her stashed supplies... and ramen, Aki set her face in determination and lowered her eyes to hide their...uncanniness... if she was lucky maybe she could fool them long enough to have them believe that she meant no harm to them. The more she could hide the better... She just hoped that her presence wasn't going to negatively influence her parents future... and her own, that is if she even had a future anymore.
In the distance she could hear some commotion arising, something about a theft... responding with a "Feh." she tightened her grip on the cloth, and mustered all of her strength and will power to walk casually and cautiously back towards the village. Her barefeet crunched on the dry leaves that littered the ground and their crackle seemed to resonate loudly in the air, like a trumpet, announcing someones grand entrance. Aki's entrance was anything but grand, and the closer she walked the more insecure she felt; nevertheless, she didn't feel like she could go back now. "It has begun," she thought, "don't let me screw this up too..."
~~~~~~~~~~In the village~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Most of the village was already gathered around the old widow, there was a stillness in the air, and it seemed that everyone was searching amongst themselves for the guilty culprit. An old priestess sighed, knowing in her heart that no one was to blame; however as soon as she was about to express her opinion she felt it. Mild at first, as if it was trying to remain hidden, and suppressing its own aura. Then as if it was ready to be seen it revealed itself as, the priestess raised an eyebrow, she may be getting on in years but she was certain that this presence was human, and demonic. Turning a cautious eye to the source, she waited for the being to present itself. Nevertheless, she did not seem afraid, or threatened, if anything she felt as if this being was more afraid of coming out.
"What is it lady Kaede?" a villager asked, noticing her now steady gaze into the forest.
"Someone comes." was her steady reply. Allowing herself a moment to consider the situation and she thought that it would be better to be prepared than not. "Be ready, I am not certain if this be friend or foe, I sense a youkai aproaching."
Authors note: So sorry, another cliffhanger, I didn't mean to! I swear! But please review if you want to know what happens next. Anyways, soon I'm going to add more points of view... and I'm thinking of adding Inuyasha pretty soon... maybe in chapter four. If it works out the way I want it to his entrance/reaction should be interesting... *giggles* but I can't tell you... lol.
Authors note: Thanks for the reviews! This next chapter is for you. Just keep in mind that if you want me to continue I'd like to have a few more... or else... yeah... no, I'd probably continue writing this story anyways... anyways, here's chapter two.
Chapter Two
Aki landed gracefully onto the bottom of the dry well, as she barely touched the ground she swiftly jumped to the rim and grinned at her success. The well served as a portal to the past, and although she had never thought to ask the well to take her back to any specific time, the well seemed to take requests. She and her parents normally just jumped in and were automatically sent back to where they left off... well, not exactly but, it propelled them to their alternate existence in the past. Aki was grinning so hard now that it seemed her face would crack. She knew immediately that she had managed to come before she was conceived, at least, mostly because her parents had built a hut nearby the well soon after they married, and noticing the lack of a hut and the undisturbed space where it would be only meant that it hadn't been built yet... well, that's logical enough. Aki jumped off the rim and sniffed the air, as she had inherited a somewhat sensitive nose, and could therefore distinguish if a person had walked in any space; seeming satisfied Aki allowed her sheepish grin to widen, "I can smell them... and... oh! Dad! Didn't you ever bathe?!?" she winned as a particularly savage scent attached to her father was detected. "You would think that someone with such keen senses would pick up on that!" Aki grumbled, feeling her eyes water in disgust.
Turning around... mostly for a breath of fresh air, she took she began to take in her surroundings. Everything looked less disturbed, and more wild than how it would look in the future... and judging from the footprints from the well she could only assume that her parents had been there recently. Well, she didn't need the footprints to tell her that... there was a relatively fresh indintation in the grass... "How immature..." she sighed. "Wow, mom really liked that subduing spell... there are dents in the earth all over this area!" Looking onward with awe... mostly realising that she was surprised even a hanyou could still have children after so many harsh collisions to the cold hard earth.
Weighing her sack on her shoulders she began to make a triumphant decent towards the village, now contemplating if she might get to actually see one of those famous 'sits." If she was lucky her parents would still be around. Aki stopped for a moment to flatten invisible wrinkles in her shorts and blouse and...
"Shit!"
Suddenly dropping her bag she looked allowed a better look from her attire to her belongings. Was she supposed to explain that she too was from the future, wouldn't that arouse suspicion? Obviously, yes. "I've never had to think of what not to bring before..." she thought in absolute dismay. "What am I supposed to say 'Hey there! I'm part demon, and I'm from the future! Cool huh? So whadaya say? Can I stay a while? Oh... and I'm in no way related to Kagome and Inuyasha... even though I'm cuarter youkai and there's a scary resemblance between me and my m- K-A-G-O-M-E.' Yeah sure... geez... I could have eaten all my ramen in all this time I wasted paking useless stuff..."
Still grouching about her stupidity and wasted time turning abruptly and snatching her bag in one swift movement she sped back to the well and, like before, jumped up on the rim and muttered... if not a little thickly, "Take me back to my time." Then without further ado she jumped in. THUMP. Aki stood rather dumbfounded at the floor of the dry well. Instead of disappearing she had remained in the feudal era. No lights, no time travel... nothing. Jumping back out she couldn't help but growl, "Why didn't it work?!? I could have gone back to exchange my clothes for my kimono that I usually wear in the past anyways... damn... stupid impulsive idiot... damn... what if this was a one time deal? what if I can't go back? Stupid well t.h.i.s. i.s. a.l.l. y.o.u.r. f.a.u.l.t." thinking hard she ran through her options at hand she allowed herself to give the well a well deserved kick... making a slight dent in the base. "Hmm... that's how that got there..." she said suddenly, looking at her handiwork... Since the well was closed off she couldn't go back and prepare her course of action, she also concluded that waltzing up to everyone in her future garb that they would suspect something... Aki growled in frustration, "What am I supposed to do then?" she thought, "Go naked?" as soon as the word popped in her mind she quickly rejected it, she may be desperate but she couldn't possibly stoop that low... "No, nuh uh, no way." However, the more aki thought about it, the more possibilities raised from appearing to have lost her clothes... "Appear..."
~~~~~~~~~~Some time later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aki looked over the village from her perch in a nearby tree, well, near enough to have a look around, but not to be detected. She waited, happy that her father wasn't around... he would have sensed her a mile away... and made this far more difficult than it had to be. Waiting for the better part of the day she was sore, exasperated, and irritable... if there had been an onlooker to witness this tranfer of emotions they would have sworn that they had seen a Kagome look a like turn into an Inuyasha look a like... disturbing... It was a hot day, surely someone would discard some clothes in exchange for a swim... Or someone would want to dry they robes after washing? Temper rising to its peak, aki was about ready to bound in and steal something from under their noses... "No," she scolded herself, "I am borrowing... and I'll go back and say..." but she never did have the chance to finish that thought as suddenly, as if the gods had been waiting for her to bring her attention elsewhere, an elderly woman had set out a sheet of cloth to dry. Aki watched, a feeling of excitement renewed. "This is going to work after all!" she thought gaily to herself.
Unfortunately, she had never been the type to wait for her laundry to dry, preferring the a drier to quicken the process, and soon she found that she was undoubtively bored... again. After what seemed like hours, (only three minutes), Aki lost any or all patience left inside and suddenly decided that she could wait no longer. With stunning speed Aki lept down to the cloth when no one was looking and jumped away, all in the blink of an eye. Once she was back in the safety of the forest, she lifted up the still slightly damp cloth and examined it a little more closely. It was ordinary, and undied, nevertheless fine and light, despite being dampened. Pleased with its size, she quickly stipped and wrapped the cloth aroung her body in a toga style, then hid the remainder of her clothes in a carefully hidden knook underneath some roots behind a boulder well enough to remain undetected for some time. Stepping back she concluded that unless someone knew where to look no one would be able to find her stash, and if she was lucky she'd be able to find it again when it was time to return home... if the well allows it, she thought sullenly.
Now comes the hard part of her plan. Allowing herself one last glance in the direction of her stashed supplies... and ramen, Aki set her face in determination and lowered her eyes to hide their...uncanniness... if she was lucky maybe she could fool them long enough to have them believe that she meant no harm to them. The more she could hide the better... She just hoped that her presence wasn't going to negatively influence her parents future... and her own, that is if she even had a future anymore.
In the distance she could hear some commotion arising, something about a theft... responding with a "Feh." she tightened her grip on the cloth, and mustered all of her strength and will power to walk casually and cautiously back towards the village. Her barefeet crunched on the dry leaves that littered the ground and their crackle seemed to resonate loudly in the air, like a trumpet, announcing someones grand entrance. Aki's entrance was anything but grand, and the closer she walked the more insecure she felt; nevertheless, she didn't feel like she could go back now. "It has begun," she thought, "don't let me screw this up too..."
~~~~~~~~~~In the village~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Most of the village was already gathered around the old widow, there was a stillness in the air, and it seemed that everyone was searching amongst themselves for the guilty culprit. An old priestess sighed, knowing in her heart that no one was to blame; however as soon as she was about to express her opinion she felt it. Mild at first, as if it was trying to remain hidden, and suppressing its own aura. Then as if it was ready to be seen it revealed itself as, the priestess raised an eyebrow, she may be getting on in years but she was certain that this presence was human, and demonic. Turning a cautious eye to the source, she waited for the being to present itself. Nevertheless, she did not seem afraid, or threatened, if anything she felt as if this being was more afraid of coming out.
"What is it lady Kaede?" a villager asked, noticing her now steady gaze into the forest.
"Someone comes." was her steady reply. Allowing herself a moment to consider the situation and she thought that it would be better to be prepared than not. "Be ready, I am not certain if this be friend or foe, I sense a youkai aproaching."
Authors note: So sorry, another cliffhanger, I didn't mean to! I swear! But please review if you want to know what happens next. Anyways, soon I'm going to add more points of view... and I'm thinking of adding Inuyasha pretty soon... maybe in chapter four. If it works out the way I want it to his entrance/reaction should be interesting... *giggles* but I can't tell you... lol.