The 2nd Chance
A/N- And here's chapter two. Hope you like!
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Chapter 2: Who's Kagome?
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The mist gave her a warm comfortable feeling as she began to feel more alive by the second.
But then, all of the sudden the warmth left her, and was replaced by an icy cold empty feeling that chilled her to the core. 'This doesn't feel right' Kagome thought.
"No! Wait! Something's wrong!" Kagome yelled in panic as the emptiness started to completely consume her.
"Please! Gin help me!" Kagome cried out. But it was too late as everything went blank…
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[dream]
Colors swirled around Kagome as she floated in the middle of it all. "What, is this." She gasped as she started to see things pass by in the wisps of color.
There was a woman, a beautiful woman, lying in bed as a small girl cried by her side. And then, a blazing fire in a small village.
"None of this makes sense." Kagome spoke in confusion. Images of people appeared… Several of them were men, with golden eyes, and silver hair, with the exception of one who had short black hair, and a rather lecherous look on his face.
And three women, one with long flowing black hair, and a gentle smile. Another one with short redish black hair, and the last with long dark brown hair and eyes that seemed to smile.
And then the scenes flashed again. One moment she saw, herself? In a library, reading a book. But the next moment she watched as she saw, herself thrown into a dungeon cell.
She bit her lip as she watched a boy get stabbed in the side. She flinched as she saw the boy plunge his sword deep within his opponent's stomach.
Kagome couldn't even believe her eyes as she watched the girl the girl that was apparently herself, release arrows into an evil looking ma.
And things just spun around her faster and faster… A line of guys dressed in womens' clothing. A bloody heart out stretched in a boy's hand.
A blue dragon in the sky, a frightening demon with the ability to control people. A cure, being too late, death… Attempted resurrection, more death…
It was all so confusing as it flashed before her eyes. Beginning to get dizzy Kagome couldn't handle it anymore.
[end dream]
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Gasping Kagome sat up her hand clenched over her chest as she struggled to breath.
"That dream…" Kagome whispered to herself as she shook her head. "It was odd. I kind of felt like I was watching as someone's life story flashed before my eyes.
Standing up from where she was on the soft green grass Kagome looked around in confusion.
"Where am I?" she asked out-loud as she began walking. She was in a forest, she knew that much… but that still didn't give her much of a clue as to where she was, or more importantly, why she was there.
Kagome stopped walking as she heard rustling coming from some near by bushes. 'Maybe it's some one who knows where we are?' Kagome thought as she stared at the bush.
Taking a step closer Kagome was about to speak when a large creature burst out. It had a mix of brown fur and purple scales as a sticky green substance oozed from it's mouth.
Kagome paled as she took a step back, only to find herself backed against a tree.
The creature hissed taking a step closer to her. The green substance dripping from it's mouth and hitting a nearby leaf on the ground. The leaf vanished almost instantly as if touched by acid.
"P-please don't hurt me" Kagome squeaked in fear. The creature only hissed more and then slung a claw at Kagome, grazing her ankle.
Kagome winced in pain as a tear slid down her cheek. 'Am I going to die?' Kagome thought as the creature took a new position, leaning back on it's hind legs.
'It's going to attack me!' Kagome thought panicking. And so she did the only thing she could think of and screamed.
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Inuyasha walked along a dirt path on the edge of the forest frowning in dismay. He had went hunting for two reasons.
One, because even though Kikyou means well, she was beginning to annoy him. And two, because hunting gave him something to keep his mind occupied.
It was always the same, every time this day hit every year since she had been gone. And it was hard to keep his mind off of Kagome.
But, hunting usually did the trick. Usually… But, this year, there was Kikyou…
He had found her, and saved her from a pack of wolves about a month ago. Taking her back to the manor Inuyasha let Saori care for Kikyou's wounds, and in the middle of all of it somewhere Saori had told Kikyou that she was welcome to stay as long as she liked.
Inuyasha sighed… His brothers all thought it was a great idea too. They all commented on how much she looked like Kagome…
They all spoke about her as if she were… Kagome's replacement…
But… even though she did share a sort of resemblance to Kagome, Kikyou was anything but Kagome.
That didn't change the fact that Kikyou had nothing but the best intentions. She seemed to care enough about everyone at the manor, and was pretty helpful too.
'Maybe I should, move on…' Inuyasha thought wearily, looking down.
But then his head shot right back up as an ear-piercing scream echoed through the woods.
Dropping the two rabbits that he had caught while hunting, Inuyasha sprung forth, heading in the direction of the scream.
Leaping from tree branch to tree branch Inuyasha scanned the area, when his eyes suddenly caught sight of something.
A demon had some one, though he couldn't clearly make out 'who' trapped against a tree, and looked as if it were about to strike at any moment.
"Not today you're not" Inuyasha smirked as he jumped down, launching himself at the creature.
Claws ripping strait through the creature Inuyasha grinned and stood up to see who would be thanking him for saving them.
Golden eyes widened as he realized who stood before him.
'It can't be..' Inuyasha thought to himself as he rubbed his eyes and looked again.
But sure enough, the same image was displayed before him.
'But, maybe..' Inuyasha took a wiff at the air. There was a chance that maybe she just looked like her…
Inuyasha's heart began to beat at a fast pace when he finished. The scent… it's the same…
It was Kagome… after four years, she was there, standing right before him. She wasn't dead, her soul wasn't trapped in limbo.. she was really there!
Inuyasha took a step forward "Kag-". He cut himself off as he realized something.
Looking at her, Inuyasha saw as her body shook, and in the deep depths of her beautiful blue gray eyes, he saw fear.
And it was a fear, of not only the demon that he had just slain, but of himself. Taking another step forward Inuyasha out stretched his arm a little at the frightened girl before him. What was wrong with her?
A shriek escaped Kagome's mouth right as she fell unconscious. Acting quickly Inuyasha caught her before she hit the ground.
She had a small fever, nothing too bad, it was triggered by fatigue and stress, which is also probably why she passed out.
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Everyone was in the main hall when they heard the loud thud of the manor doors open.
"Looks like Inuyasha is back from huntin-" Keita stopped mid-sentence as he caught a scent in the air.
"Kagome…" Sesshoumaru breathed signifying that he also caught the scent.
"Kagome?" Kikyou asked in confusion when she heard footsteps and turned to see Inuyasha enter the room. Holding some one…
As Inuyasha drew closer the person whom he was holding became clearer and clearer.]
'She looks like me..' Kikyou thought in a daze as Inuyasha walked past her and set the girl down.
Like bugs to a light, everyone crowded around Inuyasha and the girl.
"Is she really?" Ryuichi asked staring at the girl before him in disbelief. Inuyasha looked at his brother "Yes." Inuyasha replied nodding his head.
"Awesome!!! Kagome's a zombie!!!" Ryohei cried happily as he began pocking the unconscious girl.
"Ya! This is so cool!!!" Ryuichi agreed as he also began pocking her.
Sesshoumaru sighed and smacked them both over the head "She's alive you bakas" he said, a slight of annoyance evident in his voice.
"How?" Keita questioned looking at Inuyasha. Inuyasha shrugged "I was on my way back from hunting, when all of the sudden I heard a scream. I ran to where the scream came from, killed a demon, and found Kagome. But.." Inuyasha stopped.
The whole time Kikyou just sat there staring. If this girl really was… Kagome… kikyou shook her head and dismissed the very idea as if it were poison. This girl couldn't be Kagome, and that was that!
"But…?" Keita asked eyeing Inuyasha, in hopes that he'd continue.
"Even after the demon was dead, her eyes, were still filled with fear.." Inuyasha replied quietly.
"Hey look!" came Ryuichi's voice as everyone turned their focus on Kagome.
Her eyebrows creased as her eyes began to open slightly blinking a little at the light.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha said happy that she was conscious again.
But, for Kagome everything felt weird. The room was spinning round and round and round and she felt a little sick.
Letting her eyelids drift shut again, Kagome said one last thing before she once again entered the realm of unconsciousness.
"Who's Kagome?"
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A/N- Heehee. I'm really enjoying writing this =P. Oh and a small word to B.S. Kagome in reply to your review… Will shippou be in this story? My answer.. maybe, I haven't really given him a part in this story, and I usually don't add him in my stories, but I'll think about it. BTW, eventually I'm going to post a story, which at the moment has no name, where shippou plays a very important part, so you can look forward to that ok? =)
It's 11:22 P.M. right now.. so technically it's still july 4th…
So Happy 4th of July!!! (P.S.- my birthday is in a month! Yay!)
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