It was a dull day at school, but Kagome managed to push that morning's
incidents to the back of her mind. Inuyasha had agreed to give her three
days off from fighting feudal battles. This was day two. When school
finally ended, Kagome's modern friends gathered around her.
"Kagome! I'm so glad you're back! It's good to see that you're well. Why don't you go swimming with us to celebrate." Yuka declared with glee.
"Yeah! We'll stay out for hours and eat pizza when we're done!" Added Eri.
"So... what do you say, Kagome?" Harumi asked her.
"Hmmm..." Kagome thought. "Sounds great! Let's go to the pool. "Um... I don't know where my bathing suit is. Do any of you have an extra one?"
"I sure do!" Eri declared. "I've got an extra one in my backpack just in case!" Eri produced a string bikini from her backpack.
Kagome laughed. "Why are you carrying around a bathing suit in your backpack?"
"We planned this in advance! We just knew you wouldn't say no!" Eri smiled and handed it to Kagome.
They walked to the community swimming pool, and on their way there Kagome stopped at a pay phone and got permission from her mom.
They chitchatted at the pool. On and on, so much gossip that Kagome didn't really care about. She didn't have the slightest interest in what they had to say about Hojo. Kagome moved over to a spot in the shallow end of the pool that was shaded by a large tree. She started to sing that same lilting song and began to think about Inuyasha.
"I wonder if you know... about the part of me ... that can't let you go." She smiled to herself a little. "Do you even know about... the words inside I don't let out? Do you have some too?"
CRACK! The big old tree that she was under broke and fell on top of her. Kagome tried to swim up. She struggled, but she was sandwiched between the bottom of the pool and a tree branch almost the size of her own body.
Her three friends rushed over and tried to pull the tree off of her. "Help! Help us!" Yuka screamed! "Our friend is trapped under this tree!"
Soon everyone at the crowded pool was pulling and tugging at the tree, trying their hardest to get it off of her, but it wasn't working. The tree wasn't budging.
Under water, Kagome was struggling, gasping for air and breathing in water. Right when she thought she was going to die, A beam of light shot out of her hands and made a hole in the tree large enough for her to escape. She panted. Her heart was beating furiously in her chest.
"Kagome!" Harumi shouted as she rushed to embrace her. "Thank God you're alright!"
Kagome thought to herself, "Thank Kikyo's priestest powers I'm alright. That's what happened in the well the first time I fell in. What's going on. I thought it was just in my house that this would happen. I don't know what to do."
"Kagome!" Eri shouted. "How did you get out?!"
"I-I don't know." Kagome stated quietly.
Yuka rushed to hug her too.
"Yuka..." Kagome whispered so that all three girls could hear. "I'm really scared. This kind of thing keeps happening to me. And I've got a message in blood on my wall right above my bed. It's really frightening. I don't know what to do."
"Well..." Yuka whispered to her. "If someone is after you, they're not going to check for you at my house. You can spend the night there and we'll figure something out.
Let's go home. Stay close everyone."
"Kagome! I'm so glad you're back! It's good to see that you're well. Why don't you go swimming with us to celebrate." Yuka declared with glee.
"Yeah! We'll stay out for hours and eat pizza when we're done!" Added Eri.
"So... what do you say, Kagome?" Harumi asked her.
"Hmmm..." Kagome thought. "Sounds great! Let's go to the pool. "Um... I don't know where my bathing suit is. Do any of you have an extra one?"
"I sure do!" Eri declared. "I've got an extra one in my backpack just in case!" Eri produced a string bikini from her backpack.
Kagome laughed. "Why are you carrying around a bathing suit in your backpack?"
"We planned this in advance! We just knew you wouldn't say no!" Eri smiled and handed it to Kagome.
They walked to the community swimming pool, and on their way there Kagome stopped at a pay phone and got permission from her mom.
They chitchatted at the pool. On and on, so much gossip that Kagome didn't really care about. She didn't have the slightest interest in what they had to say about Hojo. Kagome moved over to a spot in the shallow end of the pool that was shaded by a large tree. She started to sing that same lilting song and began to think about Inuyasha.
"I wonder if you know... about the part of me ... that can't let you go." She smiled to herself a little. "Do you even know about... the words inside I don't let out? Do you have some too?"
CRACK! The big old tree that she was under broke and fell on top of her. Kagome tried to swim up. She struggled, but she was sandwiched between the bottom of the pool and a tree branch almost the size of her own body.
Her three friends rushed over and tried to pull the tree off of her. "Help! Help us!" Yuka screamed! "Our friend is trapped under this tree!"
Soon everyone at the crowded pool was pulling and tugging at the tree, trying their hardest to get it off of her, but it wasn't working. The tree wasn't budging.
Under water, Kagome was struggling, gasping for air and breathing in water. Right when she thought she was going to die, A beam of light shot out of her hands and made a hole in the tree large enough for her to escape. She panted. Her heart was beating furiously in her chest.
"Kagome!" Harumi shouted as she rushed to embrace her. "Thank God you're alright!"
Kagome thought to herself, "Thank Kikyo's priestest powers I'm alright. That's what happened in the well the first time I fell in. What's going on. I thought it was just in my house that this would happen. I don't know what to do."
"Kagome!" Eri shouted. "How did you get out?!"
"I-I don't know." Kagome stated quietly.
Yuka rushed to hug her too.
"Yuka..." Kagome whispered so that all three girls could hear. "I'm really scared. This kind of thing keeps happening to me. And I've got a message in blood on my wall right above my bed. It's really frightening. I don't know what to do."
"Well..." Yuka whispered to her. "If someone is after you, they're not going to check for you at my house. You can spend the night there and we'll figure something out.
Let's go home. Stay close everyone."