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Padfootlet: Yeah. Sure. You keep telling yourself that, kiddo.
"Where am I?" Ginger asked aloud, looking around. She stood in a vast, empty space, a flat plane of existence topped with a dull grey, cloudy sky. Even as she stood it began to rain. The flat, concrete-like land didn't soak up the water, nor did it allow it to run off anywhere.
Ginger stared around, confused. The rain, though pouring hard and fast, didn't seem to affect her. Finally, it seemed as though a swirl of darkness emerged from the ground beside her. It formed into what looked like a column of smoke, and then it blew away as though caught in a light breeze. In it's place was revealed a woman.
"Mom?" Ginger asked, staring incredulously at the woman before her.
"Hello, Ginger." Her mom said kindly. "Ginger, you know how to get home."
'There's mom, cutting to the chase like that...' Ginger thought ironically. "I do?" She asked aloud.
"Yes. Just as you know of your origins."
"Okay, you're aren't my mom. Mom never was that cryptic." Ginger sighed, crossing her arms.
"Your great Grandma Leiko would be ashamed. She chose you, out of all her grandchildren."
"She died three years ago." Ginger looked at her mom. "I never heard anything about her giving me in particular anything in her will."
"But it wasn't on paper, child." Ginger spun around to see her deceased ancestor standing there, as young as in the pictures Ginger had seen of her childhood.
"G-Grandma Leiko?" Ginger said, now entirely confused. She stomped her foot indigently, eliciting a large splash from the now accumulated inch of rainwater. "Someone tell me in plain English what's going on!"
"Come home, baby. Please!" Ginger turned back to her pleading mom.
"I will. If I can figure out how." Ginger said.
"You silly child, just jump in the well!" Leiko said, laughing. Ginger rolled her eyes.
"I tri—Mom? Leiko?" Ginger looked around. They had vanished, and along with it her seeming protection from the rain. It was now coming down in torrents, the water level slowly creeping up. Ginger had bowed over slightly from the force of the rain. She took a deep breath before passing out.
"Ginger! Wake up!"
Ginger felt something shaking her. Her eyes shot open and her first instinct was to try and cough up the nonexistent water.
"Whoa! It's okay, calm down! Whatever it was it was just a dream." Ginger looked up to see Kagome leaning over her, looking concerned.
"I have to get home." Ginger said immediately. "I have to! I've got to figure out what the heck is going on, I've got to get home!"
"Calm down! We'll get you home, I promise." Kagome assured her. Ginger barely relaxed at all.
"Let me see that necklace." Ginger said, pointing to the silver chain that Kagome had wrapped around her wrist as if a bracelet. She took it off and handed it to Ginger, who took it and examined it closely.
"Oh my..." She muttered when she noted the tiny engravings on the tip of one of the points. "L.G. Leiko Gin... But... How did Linda get it?" Ginger muttered to herself. She put the necklace back on her neck.
"Take me to the well. I think... This might just be what I needed after all." Ginger finished quietly. Kagome nodded.
"Well come on. I'll go get InuYasha. He can carry us both." Kagome stood and left. Ginger finally sat up and looked around.
"Thank you for your hospitality, Kaede. It has been much appreciated." Ginger moved to remove the beads that Kaede had given her.
"Ye should keep the beads. Ye never know when ye might need them."
"Thank you." Ginger whispered. "Bye!"
"Farewell, Ginger." Kaede said as Ginger walked out of the hut towards the forest without waiting for Kagome and InuYasha. When the caught up with her, InuYasha merely slung her over his back much as he had the day before.
"GEEZE! You're going to break my arm off doing that, kid!" Ginger said, glaring at the back of his head.
"Kid? Who are you calling kid, kid?" InuYasha shot back.
"I call everyone kid. We're here!" Ginger jumped off InuYasha before he could drop her. Kagome jumped down slightly more gracefully.
"Well, It was nice knowing you. Who knows, perhaps we'll meet again someday." Kagome said. She gave Ginger a hug before stepping back.
"I'm off. Wish me luck!"
And with that, Ginger dropped out of sight into the stone well, landing with a soft thump.
"Hello?" She called. Silence replied. She smiled slightly, reaching for a vine and checking it's strength. She finally managed to climb up the sides and left the woods. Once she emerged from the tree line, she was swarmed by her mother, other family, friends, and a few police officers. 'Time to act!' Ginger thought. She put on an incredibly confused expression.
"What's going on? I leave for one hour and you organize a family reunion?" She looked at her mom.
"Baby, what are you talking about, you were gone for two days!"
"Mom, you're crazy." Ginger shook her head.
"Miss, where were you for two days?" A cop asked, taking her hand.
"I was barely gone for an hour!" Ginger protested. "I went for a walk down to the well. I fell in, I climbed out, I came home. End of story!"
"No memory of the past two days. You must have been unconscious the whole time." Another police officer said. She tutted and sighed. "Let's get you to the hospital for a checkup."
Ginger gave a fake sigh of resignation, and an expression that said 'I guess I cant get out of it'. She allowed herself to be whisked away to the hospital.
She stayed for two whole days, getting X-rayed, poked, prodded, injected full of stuff and X-rayed some more.
Finally, during a moments peace, Ginger fingered the necklace around her neck, pondering over the last few days. She sighed and glanced at the clock. Her mom should have been back from looking over the X-rays with the doctor. She wondered what took them so long.
((In the X-ray laboratory))
"Ms. Brown, this is a highly unusual case. I assure you, the... whatever it is... poses no threat to your daughter's health as far as we can tell, but we should run a few more tests to be positive."
"I know what it is. It's some sort of marble!" Alicia Brown said, staring at the X-rays on the light board. Just beneath the ribcage there was a white spot, clearer than the bones, as if someone has put a disk of lead there during the X-ray.
"A lead marble? Ma'am, It's some unknown metal, it wasn't identified by the detectors we have. We'll need to operate and remove it. We'll examine it and proceed from there. It's a simple operation, it will take no more than a half hour. Ginger will be able to leave the hospital within a few days." The doctor said. Alicia fidgeted.
"I'll speak with my daughter on this." She said sharply before turning and leaving the room, mind still on the white spot in the X-rays.
Alrighty then... Ginger is back home, we know what got her to feudal Japan... but it's nowhere near time to close the book. Reviews are appreciated, as well as cash, check or money-order donations. I also accept MasterCard and Visa. Flames will be used to toast marshmallows to mush in Tala's hair.
Padfootlet: Yeah. Sure. You keep telling yourself that, kiddo.
"Where am I?" Ginger asked aloud, looking around. She stood in a vast, empty space, a flat plane of existence topped with a dull grey, cloudy sky. Even as she stood it began to rain. The flat, concrete-like land didn't soak up the water, nor did it allow it to run off anywhere.
Ginger stared around, confused. The rain, though pouring hard and fast, didn't seem to affect her. Finally, it seemed as though a swirl of darkness emerged from the ground beside her. It formed into what looked like a column of smoke, and then it blew away as though caught in a light breeze. In it's place was revealed a woman.
"Mom?" Ginger asked, staring incredulously at the woman before her.
"Hello, Ginger." Her mom said kindly. "Ginger, you know how to get home."
'There's mom, cutting to the chase like that...' Ginger thought ironically. "I do?" She asked aloud.
"Yes. Just as you know of your origins."
"Okay, you're aren't my mom. Mom never was that cryptic." Ginger sighed, crossing her arms.
"Your great Grandma Leiko would be ashamed. She chose you, out of all her grandchildren."
"She died three years ago." Ginger looked at her mom. "I never heard anything about her giving me in particular anything in her will."
"But it wasn't on paper, child." Ginger spun around to see her deceased ancestor standing there, as young as in the pictures Ginger had seen of her childhood.
"G-Grandma Leiko?" Ginger said, now entirely confused. She stomped her foot indigently, eliciting a large splash from the now accumulated inch of rainwater. "Someone tell me in plain English what's going on!"
"Come home, baby. Please!" Ginger turned back to her pleading mom.
"I will. If I can figure out how." Ginger said.
"You silly child, just jump in the well!" Leiko said, laughing. Ginger rolled her eyes.
"I tri—Mom? Leiko?" Ginger looked around. They had vanished, and along with it her seeming protection from the rain. It was now coming down in torrents, the water level slowly creeping up. Ginger had bowed over slightly from the force of the rain. She took a deep breath before passing out.
"Ginger! Wake up!"
Ginger felt something shaking her. Her eyes shot open and her first instinct was to try and cough up the nonexistent water.
"Whoa! It's okay, calm down! Whatever it was it was just a dream." Ginger looked up to see Kagome leaning over her, looking concerned.
"I have to get home." Ginger said immediately. "I have to! I've got to figure out what the heck is going on, I've got to get home!"
"Calm down! We'll get you home, I promise." Kagome assured her. Ginger barely relaxed at all.
"Let me see that necklace." Ginger said, pointing to the silver chain that Kagome had wrapped around her wrist as if a bracelet. She took it off and handed it to Ginger, who took it and examined it closely.
"Oh my..." She muttered when she noted the tiny engravings on the tip of one of the points. "L.G. Leiko Gin... But... How did Linda get it?" Ginger muttered to herself. She put the necklace back on her neck.
"Take me to the well. I think... This might just be what I needed after all." Ginger finished quietly. Kagome nodded.
"Well come on. I'll go get InuYasha. He can carry us both." Kagome stood and left. Ginger finally sat up and looked around.
"Thank you for your hospitality, Kaede. It has been much appreciated." Ginger moved to remove the beads that Kaede had given her.
"Ye should keep the beads. Ye never know when ye might need them."
"Thank you." Ginger whispered. "Bye!"
"Farewell, Ginger." Kaede said as Ginger walked out of the hut towards the forest without waiting for Kagome and InuYasha. When the caught up with her, InuYasha merely slung her over his back much as he had the day before.
"GEEZE! You're going to break my arm off doing that, kid!" Ginger said, glaring at the back of his head.
"Kid? Who are you calling kid, kid?" InuYasha shot back.
"I call everyone kid. We're here!" Ginger jumped off InuYasha before he could drop her. Kagome jumped down slightly more gracefully.
"Well, It was nice knowing you. Who knows, perhaps we'll meet again someday." Kagome said. She gave Ginger a hug before stepping back.
"I'm off. Wish me luck!"
And with that, Ginger dropped out of sight into the stone well, landing with a soft thump.
"Hello?" She called. Silence replied. She smiled slightly, reaching for a vine and checking it's strength. She finally managed to climb up the sides and left the woods. Once she emerged from the tree line, she was swarmed by her mother, other family, friends, and a few police officers. 'Time to act!' Ginger thought. She put on an incredibly confused expression.
"What's going on? I leave for one hour and you organize a family reunion?" She looked at her mom.
"Baby, what are you talking about, you were gone for two days!"
"Mom, you're crazy." Ginger shook her head.
"Miss, where were you for two days?" A cop asked, taking her hand.
"I was barely gone for an hour!" Ginger protested. "I went for a walk down to the well. I fell in, I climbed out, I came home. End of story!"
"No memory of the past two days. You must have been unconscious the whole time." Another police officer said. She tutted and sighed. "Let's get you to the hospital for a checkup."
Ginger gave a fake sigh of resignation, and an expression that said 'I guess I cant get out of it'. She allowed herself to be whisked away to the hospital.
She stayed for two whole days, getting X-rayed, poked, prodded, injected full of stuff and X-rayed some more.
Finally, during a moments peace, Ginger fingered the necklace around her neck, pondering over the last few days. She sighed and glanced at the clock. Her mom should have been back from looking over the X-rays with the doctor. She wondered what took them so long.
((In the X-ray laboratory))
"Ms. Brown, this is a highly unusual case. I assure you, the... whatever it is... poses no threat to your daughter's health as far as we can tell, but we should run a few more tests to be positive."
"I know what it is. It's some sort of marble!" Alicia Brown said, staring at the X-rays on the light board. Just beneath the ribcage there was a white spot, clearer than the bones, as if someone has put a disk of lead there during the X-ray.
"A lead marble? Ma'am, It's some unknown metal, it wasn't identified by the detectors we have. We'll need to operate and remove it. We'll examine it and proceed from there. It's a simple operation, it will take no more than a half hour. Ginger will be able to leave the hospital within a few days." The doctor said. Alicia fidgeted.
"I'll speak with my daughter on this." She said sharply before turning and leaving the room, mind still on the white spot in the X-rays.
Alrighty then... Ginger is back home, we know what got her to feudal Japan... but it's nowhere near time to close the book. Reviews are appreciated, as well as cash, check or money-order donations. I also accept MasterCard and Visa. Flames will be used to toast marshmallows to mush in Tala's hair.