A New Life
Chapter Two
What He Found
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Me: Okay, so now I am obsessed with Inuyasha, so don't be disturbed if I wanna include myself in here.
Inuyasha: Well, I'm flattered.
Me: I know.
Yugi: Don't you love me anymore?
Me: Yes..
Yami: Of course she does, or else she wouldn't be writing about us.
Me: Exactly.
#%#%#%
Naomi looked up at the old temple. She looked back down on her sheet of paper she brought with her.
This is the place, she thought and hesitantly ringed the doorbell of the house beside it.
The door slid open and a little boy stood there, looking up at her.
"Hi." She said, smiling. "I'm here for the job."
The little boy nodded. "Grandpa!" he called.
"What is it Sota?" an old man asked as he looked through the door. He smiled. "Hello there. You are here for the job I assume?"
Naomi slowly nodded. The old man stepped outside.
"Follow me." He said, Naomi nodded and she followed him to the old temple she had seen earlier.
He opened the door and they both walked inside. Naomi sneezed at all the dust.
The man nodded. "Yes, it is very dusty and dirty in here." He turned to Naomi. "Your job is to clean this place, work on it. It is falling apart, paint the walls, redo the roof and things like that."
Naomi nodded.
Maybe I might not go for this job....but I DO need the money for this summer, she thought, biting her tongue.
The man sighed. "It used to be my grand-daughters job, Kagome, but...."
Naomi smiled. "Kagome Higurashi? She's your grand-daughter?"
The man nodded. "Do you know Kagome?"
"Yes." Naomi said. "She went to my school. I haven't seen her for a while since school let out. Is she here?"
The man shook his head glumly. "No, she died."
Naomi gasped. "She....died? How?"
The man took in a deep breath. "By a bolt of lightning."
Naomi raised a hand to her cheek. "That's horrible."
She remembered Kagome as being always full of life, she had many friends and was always happy and nice to ever. Naomi just couldn't picture her....dead.
Maybe I should take the job, she decided. The family seems a little off now that Kagome's gone. I should do them a favor.
The man stood up straight. "So does it sound good to you?"
Naomi nodded.
"The pay amount will actually be on your progress. Today, I would like you to clean the temple. There is a lot to be done here. Three hours should do for today and you can come back tomorrow."
Naomi nodded again.
The man reached into his pocket and grabbed a pair of keys. He handed them to Naomi. "You will be entrusted with the temple. You can come straight into here without having to bother anyone."
Naomi looked at the keys. "So when I think it is done for the day I can just leave?"
The man nodded. "When you come back the next day, you will receive your pay."
Naomi nodded. "Sounds good."
The man led Naomi back into the house. "Let's get acquainted first, then you can start."
Naomi got to meet Mrs. Higurashi, which she saw many times at the school, also little Sota, who she saw before along with Mrs. Higurashi.
They had tea and something to eat.
She started to get to work. It was extremely difficult because the man wasn't kidding. It was filthy in there. Dust, and cobwebs, insects were all over the place. After three hours, all she got done was cleaning up the floor. The walls were still a mess.
She went into the house and the man examined the temple. He smiled.
"I am quite please with the work you've done. Wonderful progress." He pulled out a wallet and gave Naomi thirty dollars.
Naomi smiled. "Thank you very much."
"Now you go home and rest. Tomorrow's another day, and you'll have to clean and re-paint the walls. Come here tomorrow bright and early."
Naomi nodded and waved good-bye as she set back into her car.
"Thirty whole dollars for three hours." She murmured. "Not bad. Not bad at all...."
She decided to go swimming just then. She went back home to get her stuff and drove to the pool.
She pulled on her bathing suit and dived into the pool.
Naomi shook the water off her head and sighed.
"Kagome's dead, huh?" she looked around and dived back into the water and started doing backstrokes. "I remember we were best friends in grade four."
She sighed. "Kagome was dating that guy. I forget his name. I thought he was a real dork. It doesn't matter now I guess."
Naomi was just an average 15-year-old girl. She had long bangs along with long silky black hair. She had big sparkly brown eyes with a slim body.
"I wish I had a boyfriend." She murmured. At the school she was at, there were no guys to her liking. A few of them were her friends, but she could never picture her DATING them.
She had always longed for a boyfriend, ever since her friend Marakou got a boyfriend, she'd been yearning for one. She always wanted to know how it felt like to be embraced like that, to be kissed like that, to be loved like that.
Someday, she kept telling herself. When would that someday be?
Most people thought Naomi had it all – even Kagome. Pretty, rich, smart, athletic, but still, there was something that Naomi longed for. That was a boyfriend.
It's so hot outside, that's why I didn't want to go to the beach.
Naomi had been taking swimming lessons for a long time now. She was on her way to become a life guard.
Fifteen dollars to tell little kids to swim, she thought. Not too bad. It's even better than the job I have now.
Naomi wasn't the nicest kid. She was okay, but a little selfish. Was it because of all the money her family owned? No, it was because she didn't have a boyfriend, and she knew it.
Naomi got out of the pool and looked around. She saw Japanese people everywhere and sighed. She wasn't oriental like everyone else. Her mom was Canadian, she had moved to Japan and married her father, who was Japanese, but it was hard to tell.
That didn't really matter, because she got good grades and had a lot of friends.
One day, I'll get a boyfriend. One day....
#%#%#%
She came back the next day, still very tired.
She opened the temple door, and there stood Mrs. Higurashi.
"Oh there you are Naomi." She said smiling. "I wanted to tell you that our family will be going out of town to visit a relative who has fallen very ill. We will be gone for a week, so this might be your last day of work for a while. You can still come if you'd like to just do some extra painting, but that won't be necessary until we get back."
Naomi nodded. "That's fine. I'll just get to work now, and then I'll see you in a week."
Mrs. Higurashi smiled and left the temple.
Naomi got back to work painting the walls. She had about two walls done after the three hours. She sat down on the well in the middle of the room to rest. She heard a soft meow and a little cat turned the corner.
Naomi smiled. "Hello there kitty." She started waving to it and it pounced on her lap. Naomi started petting it and scratching it. Suddenly, she heard a loud bang and the cat screamed and its claws dug into Naomi's skin.
Naomi screamed and the cat jumped off, pushing back Naomi. Naomi leaned back and fell into the well.
Screaming all the way down.
#%#%#%
She opened her eyes and found herself in a dark tunnel. No, a well. She looked up and started to climb.
When she got out, she gasped. Something was wrong.
All the buildings, the people, everything was a gone. She seemed to be some sort of a forest. But how did she get there?
She got up and started to walk around. It was truly beautiful. There wasn't a cloud in the sky. Birds chirped and she saw wild animals roam free. She walked around admiring the scenery.
There's so much pollution and people in Japan, it's nice to be away from it, thought Danielle peacefully. She walked faster and faster. No matter how good this was, she had to get home. She HAD to get home.
So, she continued exploring. She stopped and heard a noise. It was her stomach.
"Oh, I'm so hungry." She cried, rubbing her stomach. She spotted some apples on the ground.
"Good enough." She said happily. They looked clean enough from where she was. Nice and red. She picked one up, and cried in alarm. A net suddenly picked her up. She screamed and struggled to get out.
Suddenly, a boy popped out from behind a tree. He had silver long hair and red robes. He had yellow cat-like eyes and..dog ears?
I hope I'm dreaming, she thought. Or else I'm turning insane.
"What the hell is your problem?" she screamed. "Is this your net? You shouldn't leave these anywhere where anyone might step in them."
"What are you doing here?" he snarled.
"Why shouldn't I be here?" she demanded.
"Because this forest is forbidden. This forest is the Forest of Inuyasha." He said, observing her while walking around.
"Well, I wouldn't know." She said nervously. "I'm from somewhere else."
"Where are you from?" he asked softly.
"Tokyo."
She stared, confused at the boy and his jaw dropped down.
"Tokyo." He whispered. "Tokyo, Tokyo." He looked at her and took a high jump and clawed the net.
Naomi screamed as she fell through the net and landed on her bottom.
"Ouch!" she cried and gave the boy a cold stare.
"Do you know a girl named K-Kagome?" he stammered, red in the face.
"Kagome? Higurashi?" she asked. The boy nodded his head. "Yes I know her. She's a good friend of mine, but she died. Now where are we?"
"I TOLD you. We're in the forest of Inuyasha."
"I don't know where that is." Naomi murmured as she looked around. "Why are you wearing that?"
"Because it's what everyone wears." He said, raising an eyebrow.
Naomi laughed. "You're kidding! That hilarious."
The boy looked at Naomi's clothes. "You're from the future aren't you? You are from Kagome's time, which means you went through the well."
"That's not possible, unless..I've gone back in time..impossible." Naomi murmured.
"Kagome traveled back in time." He said.
"Stop talking about Kagome!" she cried.
"You know what?" said the boy. "I think you've really traveled back in time."
#%#%#%
Me: That was like waaay longer because it kinda has the stories main ideas. It's exciting eh?
Yugi: Yup, but it'd be better if it was a Yu-Gi-Oh story..
Me: AHH! Get over yourself!
Yugi: Sorry --
Yami: Look what you've done! You've upset my Aibou!!
Me: Tough.
Chapter Two
What He Found
#%#%#%
Me: Okay, so now I am obsessed with Inuyasha, so don't be disturbed if I wanna include myself in here.
Inuyasha: Well, I'm flattered.
Me: I know.
Yugi: Don't you love me anymore?
Me: Yes..
Yami: Of course she does, or else she wouldn't be writing about us.
Me: Exactly.
#%#%#%
Naomi looked up at the old temple. She looked back down on her sheet of paper she brought with her.
This is the place, she thought and hesitantly ringed the doorbell of the house beside it.
The door slid open and a little boy stood there, looking up at her.
"Hi." She said, smiling. "I'm here for the job."
The little boy nodded. "Grandpa!" he called.
"What is it Sota?" an old man asked as he looked through the door. He smiled. "Hello there. You are here for the job I assume?"
Naomi slowly nodded. The old man stepped outside.
"Follow me." He said, Naomi nodded and she followed him to the old temple she had seen earlier.
He opened the door and they both walked inside. Naomi sneezed at all the dust.
The man nodded. "Yes, it is very dusty and dirty in here." He turned to Naomi. "Your job is to clean this place, work on it. It is falling apart, paint the walls, redo the roof and things like that."
Naomi nodded.
Maybe I might not go for this job....but I DO need the money for this summer, she thought, biting her tongue.
The man sighed. "It used to be my grand-daughters job, Kagome, but...."
Naomi smiled. "Kagome Higurashi? She's your grand-daughter?"
The man nodded. "Do you know Kagome?"
"Yes." Naomi said. "She went to my school. I haven't seen her for a while since school let out. Is she here?"
The man shook his head glumly. "No, she died."
Naomi gasped. "She....died? How?"
The man took in a deep breath. "By a bolt of lightning."
Naomi raised a hand to her cheek. "That's horrible."
She remembered Kagome as being always full of life, she had many friends and was always happy and nice to ever. Naomi just couldn't picture her....dead.
Maybe I should take the job, she decided. The family seems a little off now that Kagome's gone. I should do them a favor.
The man stood up straight. "So does it sound good to you?"
Naomi nodded.
"The pay amount will actually be on your progress. Today, I would like you to clean the temple. There is a lot to be done here. Three hours should do for today and you can come back tomorrow."
Naomi nodded again.
The man reached into his pocket and grabbed a pair of keys. He handed them to Naomi. "You will be entrusted with the temple. You can come straight into here without having to bother anyone."
Naomi looked at the keys. "So when I think it is done for the day I can just leave?"
The man nodded. "When you come back the next day, you will receive your pay."
Naomi nodded. "Sounds good."
The man led Naomi back into the house. "Let's get acquainted first, then you can start."
Naomi got to meet Mrs. Higurashi, which she saw many times at the school, also little Sota, who she saw before along with Mrs. Higurashi.
They had tea and something to eat.
She started to get to work. It was extremely difficult because the man wasn't kidding. It was filthy in there. Dust, and cobwebs, insects were all over the place. After three hours, all she got done was cleaning up the floor. The walls were still a mess.
She went into the house and the man examined the temple. He smiled.
"I am quite please with the work you've done. Wonderful progress." He pulled out a wallet and gave Naomi thirty dollars.
Naomi smiled. "Thank you very much."
"Now you go home and rest. Tomorrow's another day, and you'll have to clean and re-paint the walls. Come here tomorrow bright and early."
Naomi nodded and waved good-bye as she set back into her car.
"Thirty whole dollars for three hours." She murmured. "Not bad. Not bad at all...."
She decided to go swimming just then. She went back home to get her stuff and drove to the pool.
She pulled on her bathing suit and dived into the pool.
Naomi shook the water off her head and sighed.
"Kagome's dead, huh?" she looked around and dived back into the water and started doing backstrokes. "I remember we were best friends in grade four."
She sighed. "Kagome was dating that guy. I forget his name. I thought he was a real dork. It doesn't matter now I guess."
Naomi was just an average 15-year-old girl. She had long bangs along with long silky black hair. She had big sparkly brown eyes with a slim body.
"I wish I had a boyfriend." She murmured. At the school she was at, there were no guys to her liking. A few of them were her friends, but she could never picture her DATING them.
She had always longed for a boyfriend, ever since her friend Marakou got a boyfriend, she'd been yearning for one. She always wanted to know how it felt like to be embraced like that, to be kissed like that, to be loved like that.
Someday, she kept telling herself. When would that someday be?
Most people thought Naomi had it all – even Kagome. Pretty, rich, smart, athletic, but still, there was something that Naomi longed for. That was a boyfriend.
It's so hot outside, that's why I didn't want to go to the beach.
Naomi had been taking swimming lessons for a long time now. She was on her way to become a life guard.
Fifteen dollars to tell little kids to swim, she thought. Not too bad. It's even better than the job I have now.
Naomi wasn't the nicest kid. She was okay, but a little selfish. Was it because of all the money her family owned? No, it was because she didn't have a boyfriend, and she knew it.
Naomi got out of the pool and looked around. She saw Japanese people everywhere and sighed. She wasn't oriental like everyone else. Her mom was Canadian, she had moved to Japan and married her father, who was Japanese, but it was hard to tell.
That didn't really matter, because she got good grades and had a lot of friends.
One day, I'll get a boyfriend. One day....
#%#%#%
She came back the next day, still very tired.
She opened the temple door, and there stood Mrs. Higurashi.
"Oh there you are Naomi." She said smiling. "I wanted to tell you that our family will be going out of town to visit a relative who has fallen very ill. We will be gone for a week, so this might be your last day of work for a while. You can still come if you'd like to just do some extra painting, but that won't be necessary until we get back."
Naomi nodded. "That's fine. I'll just get to work now, and then I'll see you in a week."
Mrs. Higurashi smiled and left the temple.
Naomi got back to work painting the walls. She had about two walls done after the three hours. She sat down on the well in the middle of the room to rest. She heard a soft meow and a little cat turned the corner.
Naomi smiled. "Hello there kitty." She started waving to it and it pounced on her lap. Naomi started petting it and scratching it. Suddenly, she heard a loud bang and the cat screamed and its claws dug into Naomi's skin.
Naomi screamed and the cat jumped off, pushing back Naomi. Naomi leaned back and fell into the well.
Screaming all the way down.
#%#%#%
She opened her eyes and found herself in a dark tunnel. No, a well. She looked up and started to climb.
When she got out, she gasped. Something was wrong.
All the buildings, the people, everything was a gone. She seemed to be some sort of a forest. But how did she get there?
She got up and started to walk around. It was truly beautiful. There wasn't a cloud in the sky. Birds chirped and she saw wild animals roam free. She walked around admiring the scenery.
There's so much pollution and people in Japan, it's nice to be away from it, thought Danielle peacefully. She walked faster and faster. No matter how good this was, she had to get home. She HAD to get home.
So, she continued exploring. She stopped and heard a noise. It was her stomach.
"Oh, I'm so hungry." She cried, rubbing her stomach. She spotted some apples on the ground.
"Good enough." She said happily. They looked clean enough from where she was. Nice and red. She picked one up, and cried in alarm. A net suddenly picked her up. She screamed and struggled to get out.
Suddenly, a boy popped out from behind a tree. He had silver long hair and red robes. He had yellow cat-like eyes and..dog ears?
I hope I'm dreaming, she thought. Or else I'm turning insane.
"What the hell is your problem?" she screamed. "Is this your net? You shouldn't leave these anywhere where anyone might step in them."
"What are you doing here?" he snarled.
"Why shouldn't I be here?" she demanded.
"Because this forest is forbidden. This forest is the Forest of Inuyasha." He said, observing her while walking around.
"Well, I wouldn't know." She said nervously. "I'm from somewhere else."
"Where are you from?" he asked softly.
"Tokyo."
She stared, confused at the boy and his jaw dropped down.
"Tokyo." He whispered. "Tokyo, Tokyo." He looked at her and took a high jump and clawed the net.
Naomi screamed as she fell through the net and landed on her bottom.
"Ouch!" she cried and gave the boy a cold stare.
"Do you know a girl named K-Kagome?" he stammered, red in the face.
"Kagome? Higurashi?" she asked. The boy nodded his head. "Yes I know her. She's a good friend of mine, but she died. Now where are we?"
"I TOLD you. We're in the forest of Inuyasha."
"I don't know where that is." Naomi murmured as she looked around. "Why are you wearing that?"
"Because it's what everyone wears." He said, raising an eyebrow.
Naomi laughed. "You're kidding! That hilarious."
The boy looked at Naomi's clothes. "You're from the future aren't you? You are from Kagome's time, which means you went through the well."
"That's not possible, unless..I've gone back in time..impossible." Naomi murmured.
"Kagome traveled back in time." He said.
"Stop talking about Kagome!" she cried.
"You know what?" said the boy. "I think you've really traveled back in time."
#%#%#%
Me: That was like waaay longer because it kinda has the stories main ideas. It's exciting eh?
Yugi: Yup, but it'd be better if it was a Yu-Gi-Oh story..
Me: AHH! Get over yourself!
Yugi: Sorry --
Yami: Look what you've done! You've upset my Aibou!!
Me: Tough.