DISCLAIMER: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters. :'( I do own
Shimi though.
Chapter 2: Underground
In the bottom of the pit, a young woman spots Kagome who'd landed on a make-shift bed of straw and grass. 'What have we here?' She set a lantern down near the girl, peering up at the whole in her roof. 'Damn, I'll have to fix that again.' She shook her head and ran her hands over the girl. 'I know her, she must have fallen through the roof.' The woman got to work of tending the wounds of her unexpected guest before she patched the roof up. She had just finished with it when Kagome suddenly opened her eyes and sat up with a groan. "I see you're finally awake." In the dim light Kagome could barely make out the form of a woman with black hair and deep green eyes. An anguished howl reached her ears. "What is that sound?" Kagome wondered aloud. "A hanyou, must have lost his mate." Kagome realized suddenly that the woman wasn't a woman, she had ears like Inuyasha. 'She must be a demon.' She thought. "Who are you and where am I?" "I am Shimi. That's all you need know of me." She said kindly enough but it seemed that the hanyou was hiding something but Kagome didn't ask what. "Thank you." "Welcome." Came the kind of gruff reply. "You didn't answer my other question about where I am." Kagome said after a moment of silence. The hanyou glanced up from her cooking. "I'd have thought it was obvious since you crash landed on my bed. You're lucky you did too; saved your life it did. You are in my home." "Is there a way back up to the surface?" Kagome asked
as the hanyou came over to her with a bowl full of aromic broth. "'Course, I'll show you once you can walk."
Kagome looked over herself. Her wrist was swollen and bandaged up but didn't seem to be broken. Her whole left leg; however, was and was splinted and bandaged up. It didn't hurt to touch or move it, but when she attempted to get up, putting just the slightest pressure on it sent her reeling with pain. "Tut, tut. You'll not be walking for at least a week or more." The hanyou said disapprovingly but in a gentle voice. "My friends, they'll be worried about me." "I see, well; regardless, you'll not be able to move for a while. Your friends went to the nearby village anyhow I reckon." "You saw them?" "Donno, but I recall a group of people headin' that way not too long ago before I'd found you. One of the members was unconscious, a hanyou it looked like." 'Inuyasha! I hope he's okay!' Kagome thought. "Will you go and find Inuyasha for me and tell him that I'm okay?" Shimi nodded. "I'll go first thing in the morning." She replied as she handed Kagome the broth. "Thank you; for everything." She ate it hungrily but her caretaker didn't seem to notice. Kagome lay down afterwards, wondering what Inuyasha was thinking. She drifted off to sleep with those thoughts and to the sound of the mournful howling; her last thought was of how much she missed his presence and the feel of his eyes on her as she would fall asleep.
Chapter 2: Underground
In the bottom of the pit, a young woman spots Kagome who'd landed on a make-shift bed of straw and grass. 'What have we here?' She set a lantern down near the girl, peering up at the whole in her roof. 'Damn, I'll have to fix that again.' She shook her head and ran her hands over the girl. 'I know her, she must have fallen through the roof.' The woman got to work of tending the wounds of her unexpected guest before she patched the roof up. She had just finished with it when Kagome suddenly opened her eyes and sat up with a groan. "I see you're finally awake." In the dim light Kagome could barely make out the form of a woman with black hair and deep green eyes. An anguished howl reached her ears. "What is that sound?" Kagome wondered aloud. "A hanyou, must have lost his mate." Kagome realized suddenly that the woman wasn't a woman, she had ears like Inuyasha. 'She must be a demon.' She thought. "Who are you and where am I?" "I am Shimi. That's all you need know of me." She said kindly enough but it seemed that the hanyou was hiding something but Kagome didn't ask what. "Thank you." "Welcome." Came the kind of gruff reply. "You didn't answer my other question about where I am." Kagome said after a moment of silence. The hanyou glanced up from her cooking. "I'd have thought it was obvious since you crash landed on my bed. You're lucky you did too; saved your life it did. You are in my home." "Is there a way back up to the surface?" Kagome asked
as the hanyou came over to her with a bowl full of aromic broth. "'Course, I'll show you once you can walk."
Kagome looked over herself. Her wrist was swollen and bandaged up but didn't seem to be broken. Her whole left leg; however, was and was splinted and bandaged up. It didn't hurt to touch or move it, but when she attempted to get up, putting just the slightest pressure on it sent her reeling with pain. "Tut, tut. You'll not be walking for at least a week or more." The hanyou said disapprovingly but in a gentle voice. "My friends, they'll be worried about me." "I see, well; regardless, you'll not be able to move for a while. Your friends went to the nearby village anyhow I reckon." "You saw them?" "Donno, but I recall a group of people headin' that way not too long ago before I'd found you. One of the members was unconscious, a hanyou it looked like." 'Inuyasha! I hope he's okay!' Kagome thought. "Will you go and find Inuyasha for me and tell him that I'm okay?" Shimi nodded. "I'll go first thing in the morning." She replied as she handed Kagome the broth. "Thank you; for everything." She ate it hungrily but her caretaker didn't seem to notice. Kagome lay down afterwards, wondering what Inuyasha was thinking. She drifted off to sleep with those thoughts and to the sound of the mournful howling; her last thought was of how much she missed his presence and the feel of his eyes on her as she would fall asleep.