Chapter Four: In The Feudal Era
Kagome and Inuyasha were immediately transported through a blue misty portal that took them to the bottom of the same well, just, different.
"Well, I don't see anything that's different. I mean, the blue misty stuff was pretty weird, but that doesn't mean anything. Is this feudal Japan, or what?" Kagome questioned Inuyasha.
"Just you wait and see." Inuyasha smirked and took a hold of Kagome's side. He leaped up and out of the well, revealing a beautiful, mysterious, new world to Kagome. She gaped her mouth in awe as Inuyasha flew through the air.
"Whoa..." Was all Kagome could say. She studied her surroundings as Inuyasha gently landed on the ground and let Kagome down. Kagome hesitantly walked around the open field near the well. Making sure she wasn't dreaming, she touched a white sakura blooming steadily on a tree branch. "You really weren't kidding... were you?"
"Nope. This is all real. This is feudal Japan, Kagome. This is where you transported when you fifteen, and freed me." Inuyasha sighed and walked up to her. "Maybe we should go meet the others. They've been so worried for you."
"You mean, the monk, the fox, and the demon slayer?" Kagome asked him.
"Yep." He then began walking forward toward the end of the clearing. He turned around when he didn't hear her following. "Hey, you coming?"
"Ahh... yeah." Kagome sputtered and ran to catch up to him. When they reached the hut, a tall, violet-eyed man with black hair in a ponytail and purple robes on slid out from the flap door. A young, pretty girl with brown eyes and dark brown hair slung back into a low, loose pony tail with a long green skirt and white and pink kimono on followed.
"Kagome! We've been so worried." The girl exclaimed and embraced her friend in a tight hug.
"Sango?" Kagome whispered.
"Kagome, how are you feeling?" the man asked her politely while placing his right hand on her shoulder.
"Miroku?" Kagome whispered again. "Is that who you are? Sango and Miroku?"
"Kagome?" Sango questioned. "What's the matter?" Inuyasha sighed.
"Okay, everybody inside. I'll explain it to everybody." Inuyasha told them and shoved them all inside the hut where Shippou, Kirara, and Kaede were sitting.
"Kagome!" A small fox child with a bushy auburn tail and big green eyes cried and jumped into Kagome's arms, wrapping his arms around her neck. "I've been so bored without you here! How's your head?"
"Shippou? Is that you?" Kagome asked white a cherry expression. Shippou's smile faded and he peered up into her big blue eyes.
"What do you mean Kagome? Of course it's me. What the matter?" Shippou asked worriedly.
"Okay, people! Sit down! I'll tell you what happened." Inuyasha barked from the floor and everyone sat down beside him, never letting their gazes wander off from his face. "You see, when Naraku thrusted Kagome into the wall she lost all of her memories. She doesn't remember who we are and who she is. We have to help her." Inuyasha told them sternly.
"Wow, Inuyasha. You're taking this better than us." Sango commented.
"Yeah. That's a first." Miroku stated.
"Oh, Kagome!" Shippou wailed and began to cry onto her shoulder. "We'll help you remember! We'll do whatever it takes!"
"I'll honestly try to remember all of you! I will. I really want to." Kagome promised them.
"Inuyasha, may I see you outside for a moment?" Miroku asked Inuyasha. The half dog demon raised an eyebrow.
"Whatever for, monk?" Inuyasha questioned.
"I'll explain it outside." Was Miroku's reply and he hastily walked out of the hut, Inuyasha following.
"Okay, what's this about Miroku?" Inuyasha asked grumpily and leaned against the wall of the hut, sighing.
"This is your chance Inuyasha." Miroku told him.
"What chance?" Inuyasha asked him.
"Your chance to have a new start with Kagome, of course." Miroku gave him a 'duh' look and sighed. "What, you mean to tell me that you don't have feelings for her? At all?"
"Ahh... like I'm gonna go and tell you something like that, you stupid monk!" Inuyasha growled and held a fist up at him.
"Inuyasha, stop trying to fake your feelings! We all know that you love her! Don't try to hide it! We all notice the looks you give her!" Miroku shouted back at him. Inuyasha turned away from the monk, blushing. After a few moments of silence, Inuyasha finally spoke up.
"You can tell?" He whispered softly.
"Yes. It's so obvious... no offense." Miroku chimed.
"Feh... whatever..." Inuyasha growled.
"Now, I want you to admit that you love her. Now say it. Say, I love Kagome. Go ahead, I'm waiting." Miroku encouraged him.
"I... I... I lo..." Inuyasha stuttered hesitantly. "I lo... Miroku! I can't do it!" He wailed.
"Of course you can! Just go ahead! Say, I love Kagome. It's really quite easy!" Miroku cheerily smiled.
"Yeah... well, you're not the one who really does love her..." Inuyasha whimpered.
"C'mon. Say it!" Miroku shouted at him.
"Fine! I'll say it!" Inuyasha shouted back at the monk. Inuyasha sucked in a large amount of air. "Ilovekagome" He whispered quickly so no one could here it.
"What was that? I didn't quite hear you." Miroku calmly said to him.
"You moron! You very damn well know what I said! So suck on that!" Inuyasha yelled and flung back into the hut in a huff.
"Yes! Yes! Finally! He was actually brave enough to admit it! Yes! YES!" Miroku cried and spun around, twirling his hands in the air, doing his own little victory dance, looking like a complete girl.
Kagome and Inuyasha were immediately transported through a blue misty portal that took them to the bottom of the same well, just, different.
"Well, I don't see anything that's different. I mean, the blue misty stuff was pretty weird, but that doesn't mean anything. Is this feudal Japan, or what?" Kagome questioned Inuyasha.
"Just you wait and see." Inuyasha smirked and took a hold of Kagome's side. He leaped up and out of the well, revealing a beautiful, mysterious, new world to Kagome. She gaped her mouth in awe as Inuyasha flew through the air.
"Whoa..." Was all Kagome could say. She studied her surroundings as Inuyasha gently landed on the ground and let Kagome down. Kagome hesitantly walked around the open field near the well. Making sure she wasn't dreaming, she touched a white sakura blooming steadily on a tree branch. "You really weren't kidding... were you?"
"Nope. This is all real. This is feudal Japan, Kagome. This is where you transported when you fifteen, and freed me." Inuyasha sighed and walked up to her. "Maybe we should go meet the others. They've been so worried for you."
"You mean, the monk, the fox, and the demon slayer?" Kagome asked him.
"Yep." He then began walking forward toward the end of the clearing. He turned around when he didn't hear her following. "Hey, you coming?"
"Ahh... yeah." Kagome sputtered and ran to catch up to him. When they reached the hut, a tall, violet-eyed man with black hair in a ponytail and purple robes on slid out from the flap door. A young, pretty girl with brown eyes and dark brown hair slung back into a low, loose pony tail with a long green skirt and white and pink kimono on followed.
"Kagome! We've been so worried." The girl exclaimed and embraced her friend in a tight hug.
"Sango?" Kagome whispered.
"Kagome, how are you feeling?" the man asked her politely while placing his right hand on her shoulder.
"Miroku?" Kagome whispered again. "Is that who you are? Sango and Miroku?"
"Kagome?" Sango questioned. "What's the matter?" Inuyasha sighed.
"Okay, everybody inside. I'll explain it to everybody." Inuyasha told them and shoved them all inside the hut where Shippou, Kirara, and Kaede were sitting.
"Kagome!" A small fox child with a bushy auburn tail and big green eyes cried and jumped into Kagome's arms, wrapping his arms around her neck. "I've been so bored without you here! How's your head?"
"Shippou? Is that you?" Kagome asked white a cherry expression. Shippou's smile faded and he peered up into her big blue eyes.
"What do you mean Kagome? Of course it's me. What the matter?" Shippou asked worriedly.
"Okay, people! Sit down! I'll tell you what happened." Inuyasha barked from the floor and everyone sat down beside him, never letting their gazes wander off from his face. "You see, when Naraku thrusted Kagome into the wall she lost all of her memories. She doesn't remember who we are and who she is. We have to help her." Inuyasha told them sternly.
"Wow, Inuyasha. You're taking this better than us." Sango commented.
"Yeah. That's a first." Miroku stated.
"Oh, Kagome!" Shippou wailed and began to cry onto her shoulder. "We'll help you remember! We'll do whatever it takes!"
"I'll honestly try to remember all of you! I will. I really want to." Kagome promised them.
"Inuyasha, may I see you outside for a moment?" Miroku asked Inuyasha. The half dog demon raised an eyebrow.
"Whatever for, monk?" Inuyasha questioned.
"I'll explain it outside." Was Miroku's reply and he hastily walked out of the hut, Inuyasha following.
"Okay, what's this about Miroku?" Inuyasha asked grumpily and leaned against the wall of the hut, sighing.
"This is your chance Inuyasha." Miroku told him.
"What chance?" Inuyasha asked him.
"Your chance to have a new start with Kagome, of course." Miroku gave him a 'duh' look and sighed. "What, you mean to tell me that you don't have feelings for her? At all?"
"Ahh... like I'm gonna go and tell you something like that, you stupid monk!" Inuyasha growled and held a fist up at him.
"Inuyasha, stop trying to fake your feelings! We all know that you love her! Don't try to hide it! We all notice the looks you give her!" Miroku shouted back at him. Inuyasha turned away from the monk, blushing. After a few moments of silence, Inuyasha finally spoke up.
"You can tell?" He whispered softly.
"Yes. It's so obvious... no offense." Miroku chimed.
"Feh... whatever..." Inuyasha growled.
"Now, I want you to admit that you love her. Now say it. Say, I love Kagome. Go ahead, I'm waiting." Miroku encouraged him.
"I... I... I lo..." Inuyasha stuttered hesitantly. "I lo... Miroku! I can't do it!" He wailed.
"Of course you can! Just go ahead! Say, I love Kagome. It's really quite easy!" Miroku cheerily smiled.
"Yeah... well, you're not the one who really does love her..." Inuyasha whimpered.
"C'mon. Say it!" Miroku shouted at him.
"Fine! I'll say it!" Inuyasha shouted back at the monk. Inuyasha sucked in a large amount of air. "Ilovekagome" He whispered quickly so no one could here it.
"What was that? I didn't quite hear you." Miroku calmly said to him.
"You moron! You very damn well know what I said! So suck on that!" Inuyasha yelled and flung back into the hut in a huff.
"Yes! Yes! Finally! He was actually brave enough to admit it! Yes! YES!" Miroku cried and spun around, twirling his hands in the air, doing his own little victory dance, looking like a complete girl.