Souls of the Dead
Chapter Three
Living Again
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Me: I think the last chapter was a little too short.
Inuyasha: I think it should have ended at the title.
Me: (hits his head) Well too baaaad.
Inuyasha: ;.;
Me: That's right, but I still love you =)
Inuyasha: You see, that's the only reason I'm here doing the commentaries.
Me: You're pushing it....
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Kagome was floating above Naomi, staring at her for the longest time. She was making a decision in her head, fighting with herself.
But I'm not a bad person, she thought. I'll be able to force myself out of her body once her souls back. Yes, I can do this.
So Kagome floated on her back and started to move down until she was in Naomi's body.
There was a pause, then Naomi slowly opened her eyes. She stood up and stretched. She looked at her hands.
"It worked...." She whispered. She lost her balance and fell against a wall. She gasped for air.
"I haven't been able to touch for so long." She said, tears rolling down her cheek. She raised her hands to her face and smeared her hand on the tears. "I haven't been able to cry for so long." She slowly rose back to her feet and started walking.
The walking turned into running and as soon as she realized it, she was out of the tunnel and back in the Inuyasha Forest.
She was running, sprinting into the air. Naomi laughed; it felt so good to be alive again. She rolled in a pile of leaves. She climbed trees. She screamed in joy.
"And I took all this for granted." She murmured. Now the only thing she needed to enjoy life was Inuyasha. But first, she had to go back home. She looked for the well and jumped in.
She was heading for a pit of light and as quickly as it started she was back in the well. She climbed up, it was easy in Naomi's body. She went into the house, the door was unlocked. She suddenly felt itchy, she decided to change her clothes. She rummaged through her closet but only found her school uniform, so she just put it on.
It fit Naomi's body perfectly. She set back into the living room where she figured her family would be. She was right. She peered through the door. On the couch was her mom, grandpa and Sota. They looked miserable.
Her mom was holding Sota's head, he was leaning on her and it appeared that tears were streaming down his face.
"Uncle Natashou, he died?" he murmured.
"I'm afraid so." Mrs. Higurashi said. She stroked Sota's hair.
"Why?" he cried. "Now sis AND Uncle Natashou died. It's not fair." He buried his head in his hands and started sobbing.
"Mom, Sota, Grandpa?" Naomi walked through the door. Mrs. Higurashi smiled.
"Well hello there Naomi. The door was open I suppose. I haven't seen you for a while."
Naomi stared at her, trying to hold back the tears, but they formed anyways. She ran up to her and wrapped her arms around and started crying and screaming.
"Oh mom!" she cried. "I missed you so much!" she started chopping up her words.
Mrs. Higurashi acted with surprise, then she hugged her back.
"K-Kagome?" she breathed. "It that you?"
Naomi nodded and began sobbing loudly. She went off her mother and hugged her grandpa and Sota in one squeeze.
"I was so scared!" she cried. Mrs. Higurashi went up to her and they shared a family hug.
"We missed you too Kagome."
Naomi widened her eyes and gasped for air. She let go of her family and closed her eyes.
"Mom, Sota, Grandpa, I have to go now." She said, she stood up.
"No sis!" cried Sota. "Why do you have to go now?"
Naomi stared at the ground. "This....this isn't my body. I have to go do something important."
Mrs. Higurashi stood in front of Naomi. She leaned forward and planted a small kiss on her forehead. She went on her knees and held onto Naomi's shoulder.
"Kagome, just remember, no matter what happens, even if you'll be away forever – we'll all still love you, no matter what. And we'll always think of you, even as we go on."
Naomi stared at her. Her eyes started to water, then she leaned forward and hugged her mother.
"Arigauto mother. You don't know how much that means to me."
As Naomi left her family, she wondered if she'd ever see them once again.
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Naomi stood on a balcony, watching over life. She looked by and saw her friends walking by. She so desperately wanted to go greet her friends, but knew that couldn't be done.
Her friends looked up and saw her, they waved. Naomi was shocked.
"Hey there Naomi!"
Naomi sighed and forced a weak smile and waved back. They smiled but kept walking. Tears brimmed at Naomi's eyes. She wiped them away and started to walk back down. She decided to go explore the park.
She walked with her head staring at the ground. She was so depressed.
I shouldn't have died, she thought sadly. How could a reincarnation of a miko die?
She shook the thoughts from her head.
Kikyou died once right?
But she was bought back to life.
She clenched her fist and crinkled her forehead. Maybe I should be brought to life too.
She suddenly felt angry. This wasn't normal for kind, caring Kagome Higurashi. But she was dead! No one seemed to care. Her friends seemed just fine. Only her family cared. Only her family and Inuyasha.
All of the angry thoughts stirred through her head. They abruptly stopped once she realized she had bumped into someone.
She fell down and rubbed her side. Wow, she thought. I haven't felt pain like that since I died. She stood up to help the person, she reached out her hand.
"Are you okay? Sorry, I didn't mean to bump into you." She said blushing. She could feel her face getting hot. The other person's hand touched hers and she helped them up.
"That's okay." He said, dusting himself. "I was not really paying attention to what I was doing." He looked past her shoulders. "And if it weren't for you, I'd probably walk into that poison ivy." He said, laughing at it.
Naomi opened her eyes. There was nothing to be embarrassed about after all. But once she saw the person she bumped into, she was embarrassed.
"Oh!" she gasped, pointed at him. "Houjyou-kun." (Me: In case you have no hell of an idea who that is, its Hojo. That's just how you spell it.) She cried wide-eyed.
Houjyou looked down at Naomi.
"Oh." He said, slapping himself on the head. "Sorry Naomi, I didn't recognize you for a sec there." He looked around, red in the face. "Do you wanna go for a walk? It's a nice day out."
"Uhh....sure."
They started walking to the middle of the park, where there was a small waterfall.
Naomi looked up at him.
I missed him too, she thought sadly. I wonder if he missed me.
"Hey, Houjyou?" she asked unsure of herself.
"Yeah?" he asked, looking down, his handsome brown eyes (or I'm not sure if its BLUE or brown. In the eps, its brown, but in the Inu movie they were blue.) looking down on her.
Naomi hung her mouth open, then slowly began to move her lips.
"Did you – did you hear about Kagome Hi-Higurashi?" she stammered.
Houjyou looked back on the path. He raised his hand to his eye and began rubbing it.
"Houjyou?"
He looked back down on her, his expression stiff, but with a smile, but it wasn't as comforting as it always was. "There was something in my eye." He said quickly.
Naomi nodded.
"Yeah." Houjyou sighed. "I heard. I used to really like Kagome. I just hate it now she's gone. I wonder if she's looking down at us now." He said, raising his face up.
Naomi smiled slightly. "I bet she is. You know, we were best friends in grade four."
He smiled. "I remember. Do you remember those water fights that we used to have with each other in grade four?"
How could Kagome forget? She remembered her and Naomi and Houjyou and a bunch of her other friends running around in their bathing suits spraying each other with water guns.
Naomi clung onto Houjyou's arm. She could feel his body stiffen.
"Oy, Houjyou?" she asked, turning her face to hers.
"Yeah?" he asked, not looking down.
Naomi stopped. Tears started brimming at the corner of her eyes. She ran up to him and wrapped her arms around him.
"I missed you Houjyou!" she cried. "I've been gone for so long! I always wanted to see you again. I always wanted to tell you." She raised her face to his. "How much I really like you."
She could feel Houjyou resisting. "What's the matter?" she asked, wiping her tears away.
"I missed you too I guess." He said, beads of sweat rolling down his cheeks. "But it's only been two months. I thought you didn't like me like that. You told me in grade seven remember?"
She raised an eyebrow.
"I like you too." He said, breathlessly. "But just not like that. You're a cool kid Naomi."
Naomi gasped.
I forgot I'm in Naomi's body!
Houjyou caught her expression.
"What is it?"
"Oh my god." She cried slapping her head. "I'm sooooo sorry Houjyou. Could you please pretend none of this happened. I uhh....I'm in a hurry. Dentist appointment. Rotten gums. Ciao." She punched him in the shoulder.
She started running leaving Houjyou back in the park.
He raised an eyebrow and scratched his head. "Rotten gums?"
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Naomi pushed her way into the temple. She ran down the stairs and landed against the lip of the well. She looked back at the open door and closed her eyes and cried.
I'll miss this fresh air. I'll miss my family. I'll miss my friends. I'll miss Houjyou.
She wiped the tears away, then stood at the edge of the well and while squeezing her eyes shut, jumped in.
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Naraku entered the tunnel. He looked around and started running towards the mattress.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!" He howled.
He looked around, then he lowered his head.
"She's gone." He murmured. "Someone stole her. She had no soul – she had no life. She couldn't have moved out of here herself."
He gasped as he came to a realization.
"THAT BITCH!"
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Me: Hahaha, that kinda gave it away eh?
Inuyasha: No, what does that mean? Why is Naomi a bitch? I don't get it.
Me: O.o Of course you don't.
Yugi: (whispers it in Inuyasha's ear)
Inuyasha: OOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Yami: (nods)
Me: =D Now everyone understands the fricken story.
Inuyasha: But....
Me: Sit boiiii.
Chapter Three
Living Again
#%#%#%
Me: I think the last chapter was a little too short.
Inuyasha: I think it should have ended at the title.
Me: (hits his head) Well too baaaad.
Inuyasha: ;.;
Me: That's right, but I still love you =)
Inuyasha: You see, that's the only reason I'm here doing the commentaries.
Me: You're pushing it....
#%#%#%
Kagome was floating above Naomi, staring at her for the longest time. She was making a decision in her head, fighting with herself.
But I'm not a bad person, she thought. I'll be able to force myself out of her body once her souls back. Yes, I can do this.
So Kagome floated on her back and started to move down until she was in Naomi's body.
There was a pause, then Naomi slowly opened her eyes. She stood up and stretched. She looked at her hands.
"It worked...." She whispered. She lost her balance and fell against a wall. She gasped for air.
"I haven't been able to touch for so long." She said, tears rolling down her cheek. She raised her hands to her face and smeared her hand on the tears. "I haven't been able to cry for so long." She slowly rose back to her feet and started walking.
The walking turned into running and as soon as she realized it, she was out of the tunnel and back in the Inuyasha Forest.
She was running, sprinting into the air. Naomi laughed; it felt so good to be alive again. She rolled in a pile of leaves. She climbed trees. She screamed in joy.
"And I took all this for granted." She murmured. Now the only thing she needed to enjoy life was Inuyasha. But first, she had to go back home. She looked for the well and jumped in.
She was heading for a pit of light and as quickly as it started she was back in the well. She climbed up, it was easy in Naomi's body. She went into the house, the door was unlocked. She suddenly felt itchy, she decided to change her clothes. She rummaged through her closet but only found her school uniform, so she just put it on.
It fit Naomi's body perfectly. She set back into the living room where she figured her family would be. She was right. She peered through the door. On the couch was her mom, grandpa and Sota. They looked miserable.
Her mom was holding Sota's head, he was leaning on her and it appeared that tears were streaming down his face.
"Uncle Natashou, he died?" he murmured.
"I'm afraid so." Mrs. Higurashi said. She stroked Sota's hair.
"Why?" he cried. "Now sis AND Uncle Natashou died. It's not fair." He buried his head in his hands and started sobbing.
"Mom, Sota, Grandpa?" Naomi walked through the door. Mrs. Higurashi smiled.
"Well hello there Naomi. The door was open I suppose. I haven't seen you for a while."
Naomi stared at her, trying to hold back the tears, but they formed anyways. She ran up to her and wrapped her arms around and started crying and screaming.
"Oh mom!" she cried. "I missed you so much!" she started chopping up her words.
Mrs. Higurashi acted with surprise, then she hugged her back.
"K-Kagome?" she breathed. "It that you?"
Naomi nodded and began sobbing loudly. She went off her mother and hugged her grandpa and Sota in one squeeze.
"I was so scared!" she cried. Mrs. Higurashi went up to her and they shared a family hug.
"We missed you too Kagome."
Naomi widened her eyes and gasped for air. She let go of her family and closed her eyes.
"Mom, Sota, Grandpa, I have to go now." She said, she stood up.
"No sis!" cried Sota. "Why do you have to go now?"
Naomi stared at the ground. "This....this isn't my body. I have to go do something important."
Mrs. Higurashi stood in front of Naomi. She leaned forward and planted a small kiss on her forehead. She went on her knees and held onto Naomi's shoulder.
"Kagome, just remember, no matter what happens, even if you'll be away forever – we'll all still love you, no matter what. And we'll always think of you, even as we go on."
Naomi stared at her. Her eyes started to water, then she leaned forward and hugged her mother.
"Arigauto mother. You don't know how much that means to me."
As Naomi left her family, she wondered if she'd ever see them once again.
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Naomi stood on a balcony, watching over life. She looked by and saw her friends walking by. She so desperately wanted to go greet her friends, but knew that couldn't be done.
Her friends looked up and saw her, they waved. Naomi was shocked.
"Hey there Naomi!"
Naomi sighed and forced a weak smile and waved back. They smiled but kept walking. Tears brimmed at Naomi's eyes. She wiped them away and started to walk back down. She decided to go explore the park.
She walked with her head staring at the ground. She was so depressed.
I shouldn't have died, she thought sadly. How could a reincarnation of a miko die?
She shook the thoughts from her head.
Kikyou died once right?
But she was bought back to life.
She clenched her fist and crinkled her forehead. Maybe I should be brought to life too.
She suddenly felt angry. This wasn't normal for kind, caring Kagome Higurashi. But she was dead! No one seemed to care. Her friends seemed just fine. Only her family cared. Only her family and Inuyasha.
All of the angry thoughts stirred through her head. They abruptly stopped once she realized she had bumped into someone.
She fell down and rubbed her side. Wow, she thought. I haven't felt pain like that since I died. She stood up to help the person, she reached out her hand.
"Are you okay? Sorry, I didn't mean to bump into you." She said blushing. She could feel her face getting hot. The other person's hand touched hers and she helped them up.
"That's okay." He said, dusting himself. "I was not really paying attention to what I was doing." He looked past her shoulders. "And if it weren't for you, I'd probably walk into that poison ivy." He said, laughing at it.
Naomi opened her eyes. There was nothing to be embarrassed about after all. But once she saw the person she bumped into, she was embarrassed.
"Oh!" she gasped, pointed at him. "Houjyou-kun." (Me: In case you have no hell of an idea who that is, its Hojo. That's just how you spell it.) She cried wide-eyed.
Houjyou looked down at Naomi.
"Oh." He said, slapping himself on the head. "Sorry Naomi, I didn't recognize you for a sec there." He looked around, red in the face. "Do you wanna go for a walk? It's a nice day out."
"Uhh....sure."
They started walking to the middle of the park, where there was a small waterfall.
Naomi looked up at him.
I missed him too, she thought sadly. I wonder if he missed me.
"Hey, Houjyou?" she asked unsure of herself.
"Yeah?" he asked, looking down, his handsome brown eyes (or I'm not sure if its BLUE or brown. In the eps, its brown, but in the Inu movie they were blue.) looking down on her.
Naomi hung her mouth open, then slowly began to move her lips.
"Did you – did you hear about Kagome Hi-Higurashi?" she stammered.
Houjyou looked back on the path. He raised his hand to his eye and began rubbing it.
"Houjyou?"
He looked back down on her, his expression stiff, but with a smile, but it wasn't as comforting as it always was. "There was something in my eye." He said quickly.
Naomi nodded.
"Yeah." Houjyou sighed. "I heard. I used to really like Kagome. I just hate it now she's gone. I wonder if she's looking down at us now." He said, raising his face up.
Naomi smiled slightly. "I bet she is. You know, we were best friends in grade four."
He smiled. "I remember. Do you remember those water fights that we used to have with each other in grade four?"
How could Kagome forget? She remembered her and Naomi and Houjyou and a bunch of her other friends running around in their bathing suits spraying each other with water guns.
Naomi clung onto Houjyou's arm. She could feel his body stiffen.
"Oy, Houjyou?" she asked, turning her face to hers.
"Yeah?" he asked, not looking down.
Naomi stopped. Tears started brimming at the corner of her eyes. She ran up to him and wrapped her arms around him.
"I missed you Houjyou!" she cried. "I've been gone for so long! I always wanted to see you again. I always wanted to tell you." She raised her face to his. "How much I really like you."
She could feel Houjyou resisting. "What's the matter?" she asked, wiping her tears away.
"I missed you too I guess." He said, beads of sweat rolling down his cheeks. "But it's only been two months. I thought you didn't like me like that. You told me in grade seven remember?"
She raised an eyebrow.
"I like you too." He said, breathlessly. "But just not like that. You're a cool kid Naomi."
Naomi gasped.
I forgot I'm in Naomi's body!
Houjyou caught her expression.
"What is it?"
"Oh my god." She cried slapping her head. "I'm sooooo sorry Houjyou. Could you please pretend none of this happened. I uhh....I'm in a hurry. Dentist appointment. Rotten gums. Ciao." She punched him in the shoulder.
She started running leaving Houjyou back in the park.
He raised an eyebrow and scratched his head. "Rotten gums?"
#%#%#%
Naomi pushed her way into the temple. She ran down the stairs and landed against the lip of the well. She looked back at the open door and closed her eyes and cried.
I'll miss this fresh air. I'll miss my family. I'll miss my friends. I'll miss Houjyou.
She wiped the tears away, then stood at the edge of the well and while squeezing her eyes shut, jumped in.
#%#%#%
Naraku entered the tunnel. He looked around and started running towards the mattress.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!" He howled.
He looked around, then he lowered his head.
"She's gone." He murmured. "Someone stole her. She had no soul – she had no life. She couldn't have moved out of here herself."
He gasped as he came to a realization.
"THAT BITCH!"
#%#%#%
Me: Hahaha, that kinda gave it away eh?
Inuyasha: No, what does that mean? Why is Naomi a bitch? I don't get it.
Me: O.o Of course you don't.
Yugi: (whispers it in Inuyasha's ear)
Inuyasha: OOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Yami: (nods)
Me: =D Now everyone understands the fricken story.
Inuyasha: But....
Me: Sit boiiii.