This is chapter number seven. Seven's my lucky number. I took way too
long on this chapter. That's because my computer broke and I have the
technical skills of a hamster on acid. - Shedemon
Kagome got up, red-eyed. It was a sunny Saturday morning that did not reflect her feelings at all. She
walked to the bathroom and washed her face and brushed her hair. Her mother had
already left, Sota must have been at school, and she did not know where Grandpa was. She was alone. But
she prefferred it this way, today. There was something she needed to do. She needed to return to the
Sengoku Jidai.
"It seems as if I haven't been here in so long," she thought, as she walked up the familiar hillside and
entered the shrine. She paused at the edge of the well.
As she fell into the well, the beautiful kaliedascope of colors that marked the passage of time surrounded
her. She was desperately trying not to cry, although tears were running down her face. She needed to be strong now.
She landed with a thud. She did not even dare to look up. She couldn't trust herself not too expect his annoyed face glaring down at her while his cute little ears betrayed him by perking up at the sight of her. She was sitting there, softly sobbing, trying to find the strength to carry out what she came here to do, when a noise made her sit bolt upright.
Someone else was crying. Someone small.
"Please! Please let me go through! I want my Kagome! Please, Well, please, just let me this once, Please!"
Kagome dashed up the sides as fast as she could climb and was holding Shippo before he even knew what hit him.
He looked up and saw his Kagome and squeezed her so tight she thought his little paws would fall off, if her arms didn't first.
"Kagome!''
Shippo started crying again, so she rocked him back and forth, speaking to him soothingly.
"It's alright, Shippo. I'm back. You aren't alone now. Shhhhh. It's okay."
From the way his eyes were drooping, she could tell that he was exhausted. She wondered how long he had been here, waiting for her to come back through the well. She cringed at the thought. She couldn't believe that she had even thought about not returning. She felt like she had almost abandoned him. She knew that she didn't have the luxury of leaving and never coming back, to forget forever. There would always be people here that needed her. People that would remind her forever of what she lost.
Shippo's slowed breathing told her that he had fallen asleep on her shoulder. She held him as she walked to the village. She felt her throat close up as she saw the village through the trees. A sudden thought struck her. What if they had already put Inuyasha to rest? She hoped to god they hadn't. She needed to be there. She needed to say goodbye. They wouldn't do it without her, would they? No. Sango, at least, would have enough sense to know that she would want to be there. Or would they do it, thinking that she would never return? No. They couldn't have thought that! But she felt guilty again thinking that they were very nearly right. She sped up to a run as she neared the hut. There were people there, going on with thier lives, and thinking nothing peculiar of the girl from the future holding the kitsune, dashing towards the old priestess's hut. Suddenly someone else stepped out of the small cottage.
"Sango!"
Shippo was very nearly crushed as he was sandwiched between the fiercest hug he had ever witnessed.
" Oh my god Kagome! I was so scared that you weren't going to come back! I'm so glad you're alright!"
As she hugged Sango, Kagome felt a tiny warmth begin to penetrate the cold that had blanketed her for seven days now. She felt the most alive than she had this past week of her own world of dark and pain.
" I very nearly didn't. But I'm back now."
She stooped to gently put down Shippo who had been very rudely awakened. He rubbed his eyes, looked up, and latched himself onto her leg.
Kagome felt that familiar lump in her throat as she remembered why she had come.
" Sango.... wh.. where is.....Inuyasha?"
Mustard Yellow Sunshine: Who the hell said I was going to have a happy ending? (hee hee hee hee hee) And yes, the world must be ending because Miroku hath failed to grabbeth anyone's ass. (my boyfriend doesn't seem to have a problem with it, though)
lizzie: I have reasons for making my chapters so short. Most of them lie with my bad case of A.D.D.
forever sleeping peacefully: As explained above my plot is long, rambling, and makes no sense. So just read the explanation above and you will be confused no more.
cheeseplease: I must say I love your penname and your philosophy on men astounds me. I thank you.
mkh2: yup, you got it. Thank you for reviewing.
shaanu101: This is a perfect example of how anyone can resolve thier differences. A few reviews ago we were ready to kill each other. But now were resolved. My congratulations to a worthy opponent. (bows)
new reader: I can recommend some lovely attention hyperactivity disorder medication for you. Patience, you will get your story.
Serenity the Moon Princess: serenity the moon princess? well, it wouldn't have been my first choice of penname but I'll bet I know what show you like! ( humming ' fighting evil by moonlight..... hmmm hmm hmmm....)
Crystalline X: Well you were the closest in guessing my plot except for the part about Sesshomaru because I don't think he's even going to be in this one so here's a cookie! on second thought, hmm, this is a really tasty looking cookie and... crunch crunch.... oops, I ate your cookie. my bad. But ROCK ON I SHALL!
HMPrune: If I told you why would I be writing this fic? and I'm not telling you because um i have no idea yet. Prunes?
blahblahHOBO: wow you scared me I thought it said homo. anyway no Kagome always was alive Inuyasha just thinks she's dead. Try going back and rereading. And Thank you so much for putting me on your favorites! .
sarah: OKAY NOW I KNOW THAT I ABSOLUTELY MUST FINISH BECAUSE SARAH TOLD ME TO! yes, oh great sarah, I will obey
Kagome got up, red-eyed. It was a sunny Saturday morning that did not reflect her feelings at all. She
walked to the bathroom and washed her face and brushed her hair. Her mother had
already left, Sota must have been at school, and she did not know where Grandpa was. She was alone. But
she prefferred it this way, today. There was something she needed to do. She needed to return to the
Sengoku Jidai.
"It seems as if I haven't been here in so long," she thought, as she walked up the familiar hillside and
entered the shrine. She paused at the edge of the well.
As she fell into the well, the beautiful kaliedascope of colors that marked the passage of time surrounded
her. She was desperately trying not to cry, although tears were running down her face. She needed to be strong now.
She landed with a thud. She did not even dare to look up. She couldn't trust herself not too expect his annoyed face glaring down at her while his cute little ears betrayed him by perking up at the sight of her. She was sitting there, softly sobbing, trying to find the strength to carry out what she came here to do, when a noise made her sit bolt upright.
Someone else was crying. Someone small.
"Please! Please let me go through! I want my Kagome! Please, Well, please, just let me this once, Please!"
Kagome dashed up the sides as fast as she could climb and was holding Shippo before he even knew what hit him.
He looked up and saw his Kagome and squeezed her so tight she thought his little paws would fall off, if her arms didn't first.
"Kagome!''
Shippo started crying again, so she rocked him back and forth, speaking to him soothingly.
"It's alright, Shippo. I'm back. You aren't alone now. Shhhhh. It's okay."
From the way his eyes were drooping, she could tell that he was exhausted. She wondered how long he had been here, waiting for her to come back through the well. She cringed at the thought. She couldn't believe that she had even thought about not returning. She felt like she had almost abandoned him. She knew that she didn't have the luxury of leaving and never coming back, to forget forever. There would always be people here that needed her. People that would remind her forever of what she lost.
Shippo's slowed breathing told her that he had fallen asleep on her shoulder. She held him as she walked to the village. She felt her throat close up as she saw the village through the trees. A sudden thought struck her. What if they had already put Inuyasha to rest? She hoped to god they hadn't. She needed to be there. She needed to say goodbye. They wouldn't do it without her, would they? No. Sango, at least, would have enough sense to know that she would want to be there. Or would they do it, thinking that she would never return? No. They couldn't have thought that! But she felt guilty again thinking that they were very nearly right. She sped up to a run as she neared the hut. There were people there, going on with thier lives, and thinking nothing peculiar of the girl from the future holding the kitsune, dashing towards the old priestess's hut. Suddenly someone else stepped out of the small cottage.
"Sango!"
Shippo was very nearly crushed as he was sandwiched between the fiercest hug he had ever witnessed.
" Oh my god Kagome! I was so scared that you weren't going to come back! I'm so glad you're alright!"
As she hugged Sango, Kagome felt a tiny warmth begin to penetrate the cold that had blanketed her for seven days now. She felt the most alive than she had this past week of her own world of dark and pain.
" I very nearly didn't. But I'm back now."
She stooped to gently put down Shippo who had been very rudely awakened. He rubbed his eyes, looked up, and latched himself onto her leg.
Kagome felt that familiar lump in her throat as she remembered why she had come.
" Sango.... wh.. where is.....Inuyasha?"
Mustard Yellow Sunshine: Who the hell said I was going to have a happy ending? (hee hee hee hee hee) And yes, the world must be ending because Miroku hath failed to grabbeth anyone's ass. (my boyfriend doesn't seem to have a problem with it, though)
lizzie: I have reasons for making my chapters so short. Most of them lie with my bad case of A.D.D.
forever sleeping peacefully: As explained above my plot is long, rambling, and makes no sense. So just read the explanation above and you will be confused no more.
cheeseplease: I must say I love your penname and your philosophy on men astounds me. I thank you.
mkh2: yup, you got it. Thank you for reviewing.
shaanu101: This is a perfect example of how anyone can resolve thier differences. A few reviews ago we were ready to kill each other. But now were resolved. My congratulations to a worthy opponent. (bows)
new reader: I can recommend some lovely attention hyperactivity disorder medication for you. Patience, you will get your story.
Serenity the Moon Princess: serenity the moon princess? well, it wouldn't have been my first choice of penname but I'll bet I know what show you like! ( humming ' fighting evil by moonlight..... hmmm hmm hmmm....)
Crystalline X: Well you were the closest in guessing my plot except for the part about Sesshomaru because I don't think he's even going to be in this one so here's a cookie! on second thought, hmm, this is a really tasty looking cookie and... crunch crunch.... oops, I ate your cookie. my bad. But ROCK ON I SHALL!
HMPrune: If I told you why would I be writing this fic? and I'm not telling you because um i have no idea yet. Prunes?
blahblahHOBO: wow you scared me I thought it said homo. anyway no Kagome always was alive Inuyasha just thinks she's dead. Try going back and rereading. And Thank you so much for putting me on your favorites! .
sarah: OKAY NOW I KNOW THAT I ABSOLUTELY MUST FINISH BECAUSE SARAH TOLD ME TO! yes, oh great sarah, I will obey