A Journey in a Different Time
-Chapter 2-
Deciding if to go on the Journey
Kagome explained everything to Michelle while Inuyasha and Shippo were training. Michelle knew the names to everybody and was wondering why demons exist now. They were suppose to be extinct! But then she realized, it was the Feudal Japan Era. This was way before Tokyo was created.
But she was still afraid...about the demons. Kagome explained about Kagura. Miroku and Sango tried to be helpful but it wasn't working.
Now Kagome was wondering about the Shikon jewel shard in Michelle's skirt pocket. She wanted her to get it out for her. "Michelle...can you take out whatever is in your side pocket?" Asked Kagome.
"Sure! But, I don't think there is anything in my pocket," answered Michelle. She put her hand in her pocket and searched all over to find if anything is in it. She felt something sharp and pulled it out. It was a shard of something.
"That's the Shikon jewel shard Kagura was talking about. You had it! But that doesn't explain everything on how the time warp is closed," explained Kagome. "Can I add it to my collection?"
"Um, Kagome? Maybe we should let her watch over it. She is the one that had it before Kagura," said Sango.
"I agree, Michelle should be the one to have it," said Miroku.
"Wait! I'm not sure because I'm not THAT responsible if this thing is valuble! I might lose it or someone might steal it away from me. Or a demon beats me to death until it gets it from me!!!" Cried Michelle.
"Man you have a lot of negative thoughts! Do you ever think of positive thoughts?" Asked Kagome.
"Not really! I mostly think of negative thoughts for some reason! Anyway...what am I suppose to do right now? I have to do something besides watch over this...shard."
Kagome was thinking on that. Michelle couldn't stay in Kaede's village, she wouldn't get help from there. And she can't stay by the well because demons might come and kill her and take the jewel shard and then Inuyasha will be pissed. There was only one solution!
"You're going to have to come with us on a journey to look for the shards!" Said Kagome.
"What!? But, you guys go into battle and I CAN'T do anything in battle besides run away! You let that kid Shippo fight-" Michelle was about to finish her sentence but Shippo stopped and cut her off.
"I'm not a kid! I'm an ADULT!!" Said Shippo and he continued back to training.
"Whatever! Anyway! I can't do anything to help you guys!"
"But you're the only one who can sense danger coming! And you're right, you need to do something else! I know! You can use a bow and arrow like me!"
"But I never used one in my life!"
"Don't worry! I was like that the first time I used it! But I got use to it and it's much more easy to aim! Inuyasha!" Inuyasha stopped training with Shippo and looked at Kagome. "You need to stand right in front of the tree!"
"Why should I!?" Asked Inuyasha.
"Because I said so!" Answered Kagome.
Inuyasha growled at her. He didn't want to do it. What is she going to do anyway? He ignored that question in his head and he just stand in front of the tree. His back was against the tree, maybe that's what Kagome wants him to do.
Kagome grabbed Michelle's arm and made her stand 10 feet away from Inuyasha. Kagome had her bow and arrows with her. Everybody else was wondering what Kagome is doing.
"We'll do some target practice! The reason I'm using Inuyasha to be the target is because he can't really feel the human arrows. Now, do what I do!" Kagome held her bow and let the arrow rest on her thumb so she can aim at Inuyasha. She handed the bow and arrow to Michelle and waited for her to do it. She did it, now all she has to do is shoot the arrow at Inuyasha to try and get a perfect shot.
"Now what?" Asked Michelle.
"Now shoot the arrow at Inuyasha! Just make you're aiming at the chest or the upper arm. But not below the stomach or above the neck!"
Michelle's arms were shaking. She had one eye closed and the other eye was trying to aim at Inuyasha. She was afraid to let it shoot for some reason. She let it go and she watched where the arrow was aiming. It was aiming above Inuyasha's head! She hit the tree!
"[I think this girl is trying to kill me!]" Said Inuyasha.
"That's all right! You just need to aim a little lower, aim in the chest! Here! Do it one more time!" Commanded Kagome. She gave Michelle another arrow.
"[She's a control freak!]" Said Michelle. She got her bow and arrow ready and she tried to aim it at Inuyasha's chest. Again she was shaking and couldn't stop herself. She somehow imagined Inuyasha a horrifying demon and just shot her arrow! Michelle had her eyes closed and didn't see where the arrow hit. She was on her knees with her eyes closed real tight. She was afraid she would miss. But that was when Kagome spoke up.
"Well, you almost had it! You just need to aim the arrow a little higher and a little to the right!" Said Kagome.
Michelle opened her eyes and looked at the spot where the arrow hit. It hit Inuyasha's right sleeve. She saw Inuyasha had his eyes closed, probably because he knows that Michelle is not going to actually hit the chest. Suddenly, Michelle panicked and gave the bow and arrow to Kagome.
"Here! You do it! I don't want to do it anymore!" Said Michelle.
"O...kay! Here! Let me show you how its done!" Said Kagome.
"[Wait! Not Kagome!] Kagome! WAIT!!!!!!" Commanded Inuyasha. Too late! Kagome already shot the arrow at Inuyasha. Michelle saw the pink glow around the bow and was amazed by it. Inuyasha on the other hand, panicked and ducked below, making the arrow to hit the tree. Inuyasha stood back up and grabbed Kagome's arrow. "What the hell do you think you're doing!? Trying to be Kikyo!?"
"NO! I was trying to show Michelle how to use the arrow! WHY!?" Asked Kagome.
"Because Kikyo was the one who used her arrow to pin me to a tree!!"
"Well you should've reminded me!"
"You're the one with the miko powers!"
Sango, Miroku and Shippo were embarrassed by them. They just would never stop fighting. Miroku got up and grabbed Michelle's arm, then Sango grabbed her other arm and had a wierd smile on their faces.
"Uh, let's go! Before both of them start to explode!" Said Sango.
"It's best for us to leave them alone and let them fight!" Said Miroku.
Then Shippo climbed on to Michelle to sit on top of her head. "Once we leave, they won't blame us for anything!" Said Shippo.
Miroku and Sango started to pull her to Kaede's village so they can get away from the fighting freaks! "Where are we going?" Asked Michelle.
"We're going to Kaede's Village! The people there are really friendly!" Answered Shippo.
"Who's Kaede?"
"You'll see!"
Before they left, Michelle looked back at Kagom who was fighting with Inuyasha. She was thinking on how she did that. "[That pink glow...how did she do that?]" She turned her back to the road in front of her and let Miroku and Sango pull her to the village.
Once they were no where in sight, Kagome and Inuyasha were still fighting. Kagome was so getting closer and closer for saying the 's' word. But she couldn't get the chance to say it yet.
"It seems to me you're trying to be Kikyo! By sealing me with that arrow!" Said Inuyasha.
"How many times do I have to tell you!? I was only trying to Michelle how it's done!" Shouted Kagome.
"I don't care! Why do you want that girl to join us on a journey to look for the shards anyway!? She CAN'T do anything!"
"She can sense danger coming which gives us an advantage to prepare!"
"I don't care about that either! We don't need another human in our group! Tell her she has to go back home!"
"I can't! The time warp is closed! Neither me or Michelle can go back home! Me and her are stuck here until we complete the Shikon no Tama! Then me and her will use it to go home so the Shikon no Tama can be purified so it can no longer exist!!"
"Fine! Let's just hurry before I start to claw her!"
"Why do you hate her so much!?"
"There's no reason for me to tell you anything! Hey! Since when did we change the subject from you being like Kikyo from discussing about that girl!?"
"I was the one that change the subject!"
"Then change it back!!"
"Fine! I wasn't trying to kill you!"
"Didn't you already said that!?"
"Yes I did! But it seems like you think I'm Kikyo every SINGLE DAY!!"
"IF you were Kikyo every SINGLE DAY, you would be an ugly witch just to get revenge on me!" Oh! He shouldn't have said that. Kagome exploded! She was clenching her fists which caused a few veins on her hands and on her head. Also, clenching her teeth is a very bad.
"O-OSUWARI!!!!" The prayer beads forced him to hit the ground flat on his face. Inuyasha didn't see Kagome leave because his face was in the ground. But he did hear her leave. When her heard her footsteps were gone he sat back up and crossed his arms over his chest. He didn't know anything about this girl. But he knows only one thing.
"I HATE THAT GIRL!!!!!!!!" Yelled Inuyasha.
*~*~
"What's this girl's name again?" Asked Kaede. Kaede was standing out of her house with Sango. Miroku was inside with Shippo meditating. Michelle was just walking on to the tree. (_ Where Kagome and Inuyasha was first eating together in the second episode.)
"Her name is Michelle. She's so much like Kagome for some reason. But I have a feeling she doesn't like us and decides not to come with us. She could get killed if she wonders off on her own," said Sango.
Kaede and Sango was just watching Michelle climb the tree to the top to get a better view of the village. "You mean she'll join you?"
"Kagome hopes she would. But I don't know...it seems to me only one of us hates her."
"Who might that be?"
"Who else! Inuyasha!"
"Why am I not surprised!? And what about the girl?"
"Dunno! But I'm afraid...she might go crazy and she won't be able to get along with us."
Michelle was standing on the highest tree branch to get a good view. So far she was enjoying it. She may not like the place, but she likes the view. She loved the cool breeze on her face and it blowing through her hair.
But the wind was making her hair get in the way from seeing the lovely land. So she took her scrunchy off of her right wrist and used it to tie up her hair and put it in a ponytail. There! That's much better. Then she got bored of standing on the same spot on the branch. So she decided to walk back and forth on the tree.
"Hey Michelle!"
"Ah!" Her foot slipped. Before she completly fell, she made her arms wrapped around the tree branch she fell off of. She couldn't bring herself up so she just looked down at the position she was in. She saw Kagome on the grass waving her hand.
"Oh! Sorry about that! I didn't know you were going to ACTUALLY walk on the branch," said Kagome.
"That's okay! The important thing is that I didn't fall off completly!" Said Michelle.
"That's great!" She gave her a warm smile. "The reason I called your name is because we're going to eat dinner! It's some delicious soup!"
"All right! I'll be right down!"
Kagome smiled again and waited for Michelle to climb down. But to Kagome, Michelle was having a hard time to reach the branch under her foot. She was going to ask if she needed any help but someone came to talk to her.
"Kagome!" She turned around and saw Miroku. "What are you doing?"
"Waiting for Michelle to get down!" Said Kagome.
Miroku looked up and realized the situation she was in. She was about to jump down on the branch. "She might slip again if she jumps on that branch!"
"Maybe...if you think so then do something-huh?" Miroku didn't listen to her. He went under the tree and dropped his staff on the ground. Miroku put his arms out with his eyes closed to get ready to catch her.
Michelle was still hanging from the branch. Her arms weren't wrapped on the tree branch. Her hands were hanging on to the branch. She was swinging her body to get ready to jump.
"All right! I only have one shot at this! If not, I'm dead!" Her hands let go and she fell on the branch that was under her. When she landed, her foot slipped again and she fell backwards. She kept hitting her head against the tree branches while she was falling. "Oof!" She thought she laned on the ground. But she felt hands on her back and under her knees. She opened her eyes and realized she was in Miroku's arms. She saw him smile in a wierd way.
"Hi! How are you?" Asked Miroku.
"Uh...fine! And...you?" Answered Michelle with a question.
"Very fine!" He smiled...which was very cold. "Can I ask you something?"
"S-Sure!"
"[Oh no! I should've warn her about him!]" Said Kagome.
Miroku put her down and let her stand on her own two feet. He held both of her hands and looked at her seriously. "Michelle...will you bear my child?"
"Huh!?" Her eyes form into two dots over the shock of the question. She didn't know what to say, but she did know she didn't want to bear his child. She thought of all kinds of ways to say something mean to hurt his feelings. But something interrupted her thoughts. She felt something touching her butt. She looked at the hand of who was doing that and realized it was only Miroku. She clenched her teeth which created a vein on her head.
Kagome was covering her eyes with her hands to block the action. She heard a loud slap from them. She put her hands down and saw Miroku unconcious on the ground. Michelle had her arms crossed with her eyes closed and was mumbling about something.
"He's a pervert! He's a pervert!! HE'S A PERVERT!!!" Shouted Michelle.
"Heh-heh!" Laughed Kagome. She was behind Michelle and was laughing at her and Miroku. She went over and put both of her hands on Michelle's shoulders. Michelle turned around and looked at Kagome.
"What?"
"Let's leave before he regains concious!" Kagome pushed Michelle to get away from Miroku as far away as possible. Michelle hated Miroku's action. That must be his inside, she hated that, his outside is okay, so she liked that! She'll deal with the outside better then the inside.
"How long is he going to be like that?" Asked Michelle.
"From being slapped by a woman? About 5 mins! He might forget about the slap and just move on to a different girl!" Answered Kagome. She continued to push her. Maybe to Kaede's house.
*~*~
They were just finish eating. Kagome had some kimchi in her backpack and she shared it with everybody. The problem was, there was only one left now. Michelle went to grab it with her chopstick but someone else's chopsticks went for it too. When both of the chopsticks landed on the last kimchi, Michelle looked at the owner of the other chopstick. It was Inuyasha.
He made a look at her. Michelle was scared of that look but all she wanted was the last kimchi. She was about to say something mean to throw him off but he growled at her. Her chopstick was removed from the kimchi and Inuyasha took and put it in his mouth. Michelle watched him chew the last kimchi and looked at the fire in the middle of the room.
Michelle put her chopsticks down and stood up. Everybody looked at her with confusion except for Inuyasha. "I'm...going to go out for some fresh air!" Said Michelle. She walked out of the house while Kagome's eyes follows her.
Kagome put her finger on her chin to think of something. She needed to talk to her. She stood up too and was about to walk out of the house.
"Where are you going?" Asked Inuyasha. She turned around and faced him.
"Just to wash my face!" Answered Kagome.
"You better watch out...I don't trust that girl!" It didn't seem he was only talking to Kagome. His voice sounded like he was telling everybody in the room while Michelle was out of sight.
But she ignored him and walked out of the house. She saw Michelle by the river, splashing some water on her face. She was sitting in a Japanese way, looking at her reflection in the water. Then she continued to splash her face. Kagome walked up to her and sat next to her looking at the water too.
"I can't..." said Michelle. Kagome looked at her with a confused look. What was she talking about? "I can't go home! I'm just stuck here in a bloody hell of a place!"
"At least you have someone to guide you through the way home! And don't forget! I'm stuck here too. We BOTH can't go home. So you're going to have to come with us to look for the shards. We'll use the Shikon no Tama to go back home!" Said Kagome.
"Yeah...whatever!"
Kagome sighed and laughed. "You know! It's hard to believe we're friends right now. Because at school, we didn't even pay attention to each other. We only heard of each other. And now, ever since you came here we have noticed each other...a lot! We're becoming friends little by little. And I'm trying my best to be friends with you!"
"And I'm trying my best to be friends with everybody..."
"What?"
"Never mind..."
"Well, tonight you better get some sleep. We're going on a journey tomorrow and you need your rest because we're going to be walking a lot!"
"I'm sure it'll be great..."
Now Kagome was lost! What did this girl want!? Besides on going home, maybe her life is not that exciting. She didn't know what to do. She stood up and looked at the sky. "You're not alone now...you have us to guide you through the journey." She looked down at Michelle. "You can trust us..." She turned around and walked away to Kaede's house. Michelle's eyes followed her and she turned her head back at the water.
Maybe she's right...she can trust them if she allows herself to. But she wasn't sure if they can guide her to home. But she's not the only one that's stuck there...Kagome is too. They both have a few things in common. They're both stuck, they didn't know how to use a bow and arrow when they first used it, they both think Kirara is so cute! Ok, maybe not that for an example.
Suddenly, Michelle started to have tears in her eyes. The tears rolled down her cheeks when she closed her eyes. But she had no idea she was alone.
"Is something wrong?" Said a voice.
She turned her head and saw Shippo. She turned her head back to wipe away her tears so Shippo couldn't see. But the problem is Shippo did see the tears. He walked next to her and looked at her with those cute green eyes.
"Why are you crying?" Asked Shippo.
"Who said I was crying!?" Said Michelle.
"Because I see dry tears on your cheeks. And besides, I saw your tears when you turned your head towards me."
Michelle splashed water on her face to get rid of the dry tears and looked at her reflection. "The thing is...it's the first time I have felt like this."
"Like what?"
"Not so lonely...where I come from, I don't have any friends so I couldn't trust anyone besides my family. But now I have to start trusting people because I'm stuck. All this time, I didn't want any friends because I knew they would turn against you. But now that I'm growing to be a woman, I need all the friends I can get...so, I'm glad to be friends with you guys."
"Really? Maybe you should tell that to all of us! Especially Inuyasha! He's a grouch! And a meany!!"
Now the conversation turned to Inuyasha. She didn't want to think about him. But she was forced to. "Does...Inuyasha hate me?"
"Why?"
"He hasn't even talked to me! He only has said one word to me. 'Monster!?' Is what he said."
"Well, he's always like that! He first turns out to hate you. And once he gets use to you, he'll start to like you as a friend."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes I'm sure! He was like that with all of us! Besides..." he started to leave for the house and go to bed. "He can't hate you forever if you're going to travel with us."
He ran back to the house. Well, that's the first conversation she enjoyed with someone. She didn't practicly enjoy a conversation with Kagome for some reason...who knows why! Maybe it's because Shippo is just a little kid and that he's so cute with the little bow and the fox tail!
*~*~
Michelle was sitting at the corner at night still awake up with the blanket over her. She was mumbling to herself about tomorrow.
"I can't do it! I can't do it!!" Said Michelle.
"Too bad...you're going to have to decide!" Said a voice.
The voice was coming right in across from her. It was Inuyasha with his sword Tetsusaiga in his hands.
"You either decide if we you stay here or let us help you!"
"But, what if I don't want to do both!?" Asked Michelle.
"Then you might fall into hell by a demon! It's your choice!" He looked at her with those golden eyes. "If you stay here, that's giving you a bigger chance to get killed! If you come with us, you're just one step closer to go home and out of my sight for good! But that can also get you killed as well. I don't care which you pick, just make up your mind so I can forget about you!"
"Do you really have to talk like that?"
"Yes! It just shows how much I want you out of my sight!! Woman!!"
He closed his eyes to sleep. Well, that's another conversatin she didn't like AT ALL. At least he talked to her. But the thing is if she goes, she would DEFINATLY not get along with Inuyasha. But who cares? He's only a half-breed!
*~*~
Inuyasha and the others were waiting on the top of the hill for Kagome to come. Inuyasha got tired of waiting and was getting pissed. Everybody can tell Inuyasha hates Michelle. But they don't care what he thinks...maybe.
Finally, Kagome arrived at the hill. She looked back at the village and was worried.
"Come on! Let's go!" Commanded Inuyasha.
Kagome looked at Inuyasha. "But we have to wait for Michelle!" Said Kagome.
"How about not to wait for her!? She probably doesn't even want to go anyway. Have you ever thought of that!?"
*Gasp!* "You said something to her, didn't you! What did you say!? ANSWER ME!!"
"I said it was her choice if she wants to go or not! She either gets killed now or gets killed later!"
"And what did she say before that conversation started!?"
"She kept saying 'I can't do it! I can't do it!' She's being a crybaby if you ask me!"
"I am asking you!!"
"Hey guys! Don't you think we should get going?" Asked Miroku. They both looked at him with evil eyes to tell him to not to interfere in their argument. And now they continue to fight!
"I don't see why you don't like her!" Angered Kagome
"That's none of your business! Come on guys! Let's just go before Kagome starts going into tears!" Said Inuyasha.
"But-"
"No buts Kagome! Ever since that girl came here you've been ignoring us! You don't care about any of us because you're concentrated on that little crybaby girl!!"
"That's not true!"
"Yes it is! You hardly even talk to us for even 5 min. but you talk to her for about 10 min! You didn't even let her get a chance to talk to any of us! Which means she's going to stay at Kaede's village and not come with us!! END OF STORY!!"
Inuyasha turned around and started to walk into the direction they're suppose to be heading. Kagome realized Inuyasha was right. She should've let Michelle talk with the others but not Inuyasha. (_ I think it's a little too late for that!)
She looked back at the village again and sighed. She turned her head and started to follow them.
"Wait up!!"
Kagome heard a voice. Suddenly she turned happy and turned around to see Michelle running to them. Her hand was waving to probably say good morning to them. Everybody else turned around and was very happy...except for Inuyasha. He just ignored her.
When Michelle arrived at the top of the hill, she had to take a break from running. When she could breathe, she stood up straight to look at all of them in the eye.
"Please! Take me with you! It may be dangerous and that I can get myself killed but I'm taking the risk!" Said Michelle.
"Good! But you have to remember something...don't complain to us when you're scared of going into battle!" Said Kagome.
"Don't worry, I won't!" They both smiled at each other. And then they looked at the others with the same smile. Inuyasha saw that and hated it from Michelle.
"Let's go!" Commanded Inuyasha. Then Miroku, Sango and Shippo smiled and started to walk to their destination. No one knows when they're going to complete the Shikon no Tama, but Inuyasha hopes its soon to get rid of somone! And we all know who that is.
But Michelle doesn't care about that. As long as there is a way back home, she'll do anything to go home. Including to let Inuyasha hate her for the rest of the journey.
-Chapter 2-
Deciding if to go on the Journey
Kagome explained everything to Michelle while Inuyasha and Shippo were training. Michelle knew the names to everybody and was wondering why demons exist now. They were suppose to be extinct! But then she realized, it was the Feudal Japan Era. This was way before Tokyo was created.
But she was still afraid...about the demons. Kagome explained about Kagura. Miroku and Sango tried to be helpful but it wasn't working.
Now Kagome was wondering about the Shikon jewel shard in Michelle's skirt pocket. She wanted her to get it out for her. "Michelle...can you take out whatever is in your side pocket?" Asked Kagome.
"Sure! But, I don't think there is anything in my pocket," answered Michelle. She put her hand in her pocket and searched all over to find if anything is in it. She felt something sharp and pulled it out. It was a shard of something.
"That's the Shikon jewel shard Kagura was talking about. You had it! But that doesn't explain everything on how the time warp is closed," explained Kagome. "Can I add it to my collection?"
"Um, Kagome? Maybe we should let her watch over it. She is the one that had it before Kagura," said Sango.
"I agree, Michelle should be the one to have it," said Miroku.
"Wait! I'm not sure because I'm not THAT responsible if this thing is valuble! I might lose it or someone might steal it away from me. Or a demon beats me to death until it gets it from me!!!" Cried Michelle.
"Man you have a lot of negative thoughts! Do you ever think of positive thoughts?" Asked Kagome.
"Not really! I mostly think of negative thoughts for some reason! Anyway...what am I suppose to do right now? I have to do something besides watch over this...shard."
Kagome was thinking on that. Michelle couldn't stay in Kaede's village, she wouldn't get help from there. And she can't stay by the well because demons might come and kill her and take the jewel shard and then Inuyasha will be pissed. There was only one solution!
"You're going to have to come with us on a journey to look for the shards!" Said Kagome.
"What!? But, you guys go into battle and I CAN'T do anything in battle besides run away! You let that kid Shippo fight-" Michelle was about to finish her sentence but Shippo stopped and cut her off.
"I'm not a kid! I'm an ADULT!!" Said Shippo and he continued back to training.
"Whatever! Anyway! I can't do anything to help you guys!"
"But you're the only one who can sense danger coming! And you're right, you need to do something else! I know! You can use a bow and arrow like me!"
"But I never used one in my life!"
"Don't worry! I was like that the first time I used it! But I got use to it and it's much more easy to aim! Inuyasha!" Inuyasha stopped training with Shippo and looked at Kagome. "You need to stand right in front of the tree!"
"Why should I!?" Asked Inuyasha.
"Because I said so!" Answered Kagome.
Inuyasha growled at her. He didn't want to do it. What is she going to do anyway? He ignored that question in his head and he just stand in front of the tree. His back was against the tree, maybe that's what Kagome wants him to do.
Kagome grabbed Michelle's arm and made her stand 10 feet away from Inuyasha. Kagome had her bow and arrows with her. Everybody else was wondering what Kagome is doing.
"We'll do some target practice! The reason I'm using Inuyasha to be the target is because he can't really feel the human arrows. Now, do what I do!" Kagome held her bow and let the arrow rest on her thumb so she can aim at Inuyasha. She handed the bow and arrow to Michelle and waited for her to do it. She did it, now all she has to do is shoot the arrow at Inuyasha to try and get a perfect shot.
"Now what?" Asked Michelle.
"Now shoot the arrow at Inuyasha! Just make you're aiming at the chest or the upper arm. But not below the stomach or above the neck!"
Michelle's arms were shaking. She had one eye closed and the other eye was trying to aim at Inuyasha. She was afraid to let it shoot for some reason. She let it go and she watched where the arrow was aiming. It was aiming above Inuyasha's head! She hit the tree!
"[I think this girl is trying to kill me!]" Said Inuyasha.
"That's all right! You just need to aim a little lower, aim in the chest! Here! Do it one more time!" Commanded Kagome. She gave Michelle another arrow.
"[She's a control freak!]" Said Michelle. She got her bow and arrow ready and she tried to aim it at Inuyasha's chest. Again she was shaking and couldn't stop herself. She somehow imagined Inuyasha a horrifying demon and just shot her arrow! Michelle had her eyes closed and didn't see where the arrow hit. She was on her knees with her eyes closed real tight. She was afraid she would miss. But that was when Kagome spoke up.
"Well, you almost had it! You just need to aim the arrow a little higher and a little to the right!" Said Kagome.
Michelle opened her eyes and looked at the spot where the arrow hit. It hit Inuyasha's right sleeve. She saw Inuyasha had his eyes closed, probably because he knows that Michelle is not going to actually hit the chest. Suddenly, Michelle panicked and gave the bow and arrow to Kagome.
"Here! You do it! I don't want to do it anymore!" Said Michelle.
"O...kay! Here! Let me show you how its done!" Said Kagome.
"[Wait! Not Kagome!] Kagome! WAIT!!!!!!" Commanded Inuyasha. Too late! Kagome already shot the arrow at Inuyasha. Michelle saw the pink glow around the bow and was amazed by it. Inuyasha on the other hand, panicked and ducked below, making the arrow to hit the tree. Inuyasha stood back up and grabbed Kagome's arrow. "What the hell do you think you're doing!? Trying to be Kikyo!?"
"NO! I was trying to show Michelle how to use the arrow! WHY!?" Asked Kagome.
"Because Kikyo was the one who used her arrow to pin me to a tree!!"
"Well you should've reminded me!"
"You're the one with the miko powers!"
Sango, Miroku and Shippo were embarrassed by them. They just would never stop fighting. Miroku got up and grabbed Michelle's arm, then Sango grabbed her other arm and had a wierd smile on their faces.
"Uh, let's go! Before both of them start to explode!" Said Sango.
"It's best for us to leave them alone and let them fight!" Said Miroku.
Then Shippo climbed on to Michelle to sit on top of her head. "Once we leave, they won't blame us for anything!" Said Shippo.
Miroku and Sango started to pull her to Kaede's village so they can get away from the fighting freaks! "Where are we going?" Asked Michelle.
"We're going to Kaede's Village! The people there are really friendly!" Answered Shippo.
"Who's Kaede?"
"You'll see!"
Before they left, Michelle looked back at Kagom who was fighting with Inuyasha. She was thinking on how she did that. "[That pink glow...how did she do that?]" She turned her back to the road in front of her and let Miroku and Sango pull her to the village.
Once they were no where in sight, Kagome and Inuyasha were still fighting. Kagome was so getting closer and closer for saying the 's' word. But she couldn't get the chance to say it yet.
"It seems to me you're trying to be Kikyo! By sealing me with that arrow!" Said Inuyasha.
"How many times do I have to tell you!? I was only trying to Michelle how it's done!" Shouted Kagome.
"I don't care! Why do you want that girl to join us on a journey to look for the shards anyway!? She CAN'T do anything!"
"She can sense danger coming which gives us an advantage to prepare!"
"I don't care about that either! We don't need another human in our group! Tell her she has to go back home!"
"I can't! The time warp is closed! Neither me or Michelle can go back home! Me and her are stuck here until we complete the Shikon no Tama! Then me and her will use it to go home so the Shikon no Tama can be purified so it can no longer exist!!"
"Fine! Let's just hurry before I start to claw her!"
"Why do you hate her so much!?"
"There's no reason for me to tell you anything! Hey! Since when did we change the subject from you being like Kikyo from discussing about that girl!?"
"I was the one that change the subject!"
"Then change it back!!"
"Fine! I wasn't trying to kill you!"
"Didn't you already said that!?"
"Yes I did! But it seems like you think I'm Kikyo every SINGLE DAY!!"
"IF you were Kikyo every SINGLE DAY, you would be an ugly witch just to get revenge on me!" Oh! He shouldn't have said that. Kagome exploded! She was clenching her fists which caused a few veins on her hands and on her head. Also, clenching her teeth is a very bad.
"O-OSUWARI!!!!" The prayer beads forced him to hit the ground flat on his face. Inuyasha didn't see Kagome leave because his face was in the ground. But he did hear her leave. When her heard her footsteps were gone he sat back up and crossed his arms over his chest. He didn't know anything about this girl. But he knows only one thing.
"I HATE THAT GIRL!!!!!!!!" Yelled Inuyasha.
*~*~
"What's this girl's name again?" Asked Kaede. Kaede was standing out of her house with Sango. Miroku was inside with Shippo meditating. Michelle was just walking on to the tree. (_ Where Kagome and Inuyasha was first eating together in the second episode.)
"Her name is Michelle. She's so much like Kagome for some reason. But I have a feeling she doesn't like us and decides not to come with us. She could get killed if she wonders off on her own," said Sango.
Kaede and Sango was just watching Michelle climb the tree to the top to get a better view of the village. "You mean she'll join you?"
"Kagome hopes she would. But I don't know...it seems to me only one of us hates her."
"Who might that be?"
"Who else! Inuyasha!"
"Why am I not surprised!? And what about the girl?"
"Dunno! But I'm afraid...she might go crazy and she won't be able to get along with us."
Michelle was standing on the highest tree branch to get a good view. So far she was enjoying it. She may not like the place, but she likes the view. She loved the cool breeze on her face and it blowing through her hair.
But the wind was making her hair get in the way from seeing the lovely land. So she took her scrunchy off of her right wrist and used it to tie up her hair and put it in a ponytail. There! That's much better. Then she got bored of standing on the same spot on the branch. So she decided to walk back and forth on the tree.
"Hey Michelle!"
"Ah!" Her foot slipped. Before she completly fell, she made her arms wrapped around the tree branch she fell off of. She couldn't bring herself up so she just looked down at the position she was in. She saw Kagome on the grass waving her hand.
"Oh! Sorry about that! I didn't know you were going to ACTUALLY walk on the branch," said Kagome.
"That's okay! The important thing is that I didn't fall off completly!" Said Michelle.
"That's great!" She gave her a warm smile. "The reason I called your name is because we're going to eat dinner! It's some delicious soup!"
"All right! I'll be right down!"
Kagome smiled again and waited for Michelle to climb down. But to Kagome, Michelle was having a hard time to reach the branch under her foot. She was going to ask if she needed any help but someone came to talk to her.
"Kagome!" She turned around and saw Miroku. "What are you doing?"
"Waiting for Michelle to get down!" Said Kagome.
Miroku looked up and realized the situation she was in. She was about to jump down on the branch. "She might slip again if she jumps on that branch!"
"Maybe...if you think so then do something-huh?" Miroku didn't listen to her. He went under the tree and dropped his staff on the ground. Miroku put his arms out with his eyes closed to get ready to catch her.
Michelle was still hanging from the branch. Her arms weren't wrapped on the tree branch. Her hands were hanging on to the branch. She was swinging her body to get ready to jump.
"All right! I only have one shot at this! If not, I'm dead!" Her hands let go and she fell on the branch that was under her. When she landed, her foot slipped again and she fell backwards. She kept hitting her head against the tree branches while she was falling. "Oof!" She thought she laned on the ground. But she felt hands on her back and under her knees. She opened her eyes and realized she was in Miroku's arms. She saw him smile in a wierd way.
"Hi! How are you?" Asked Miroku.
"Uh...fine! And...you?" Answered Michelle with a question.
"Very fine!" He smiled...which was very cold. "Can I ask you something?"
"S-Sure!"
"[Oh no! I should've warn her about him!]" Said Kagome.
Miroku put her down and let her stand on her own two feet. He held both of her hands and looked at her seriously. "Michelle...will you bear my child?"
"Huh!?" Her eyes form into two dots over the shock of the question. She didn't know what to say, but she did know she didn't want to bear his child. She thought of all kinds of ways to say something mean to hurt his feelings. But something interrupted her thoughts. She felt something touching her butt. She looked at the hand of who was doing that and realized it was only Miroku. She clenched her teeth which created a vein on her head.
Kagome was covering her eyes with her hands to block the action. She heard a loud slap from them. She put her hands down and saw Miroku unconcious on the ground. Michelle had her arms crossed with her eyes closed and was mumbling about something.
"He's a pervert! He's a pervert!! HE'S A PERVERT!!!" Shouted Michelle.
"Heh-heh!" Laughed Kagome. She was behind Michelle and was laughing at her and Miroku. She went over and put both of her hands on Michelle's shoulders. Michelle turned around and looked at Kagome.
"What?"
"Let's leave before he regains concious!" Kagome pushed Michelle to get away from Miroku as far away as possible. Michelle hated Miroku's action. That must be his inside, she hated that, his outside is okay, so she liked that! She'll deal with the outside better then the inside.
"How long is he going to be like that?" Asked Michelle.
"From being slapped by a woman? About 5 mins! He might forget about the slap and just move on to a different girl!" Answered Kagome. She continued to push her. Maybe to Kaede's house.
*~*~
They were just finish eating. Kagome had some kimchi in her backpack and she shared it with everybody. The problem was, there was only one left now. Michelle went to grab it with her chopstick but someone else's chopsticks went for it too. When both of the chopsticks landed on the last kimchi, Michelle looked at the owner of the other chopstick. It was Inuyasha.
He made a look at her. Michelle was scared of that look but all she wanted was the last kimchi. She was about to say something mean to throw him off but he growled at her. Her chopstick was removed from the kimchi and Inuyasha took and put it in his mouth. Michelle watched him chew the last kimchi and looked at the fire in the middle of the room.
Michelle put her chopsticks down and stood up. Everybody looked at her with confusion except for Inuyasha. "I'm...going to go out for some fresh air!" Said Michelle. She walked out of the house while Kagome's eyes follows her.
Kagome put her finger on her chin to think of something. She needed to talk to her. She stood up too and was about to walk out of the house.
"Where are you going?" Asked Inuyasha. She turned around and faced him.
"Just to wash my face!" Answered Kagome.
"You better watch out...I don't trust that girl!" It didn't seem he was only talking to Kagome. His voice sounded like he was telling everybody in the room while Michelle was out of sight.
But she ignored him and walked out of the house. She saw Michelle by the river, splashing some water on her face. She was sitting in a Japanese way, looking at her reflection in the water. Then she continued to splash her face. Kagome walked up to her and sat next to her looking at the water too.
"I can't..." said Michelle. Kagome looked at her with a confused look. What was she talking about? "I can't go home! I'm just stuck here in a bloody hell of a place!"
"At least you have someone to guide you through the way home! And don't forget! I'm stuck here too. We BOTH can't go home. So you're going to have to come with us to look for the shards. We'll use the Shikon no Tama to go back home!" Said Kagome.
"Yeah...whatever!"
Kagome sighed and laughed. "You know! It's hard to believe we're friends right now. Because at school, we didn't even pay attention to each other. We only heard of each other. And now, ever since you came here we have noticed each other...a lot! We're becoming friends little by little. And I'm trying my best to be friends with you!"
"And I'm trying my best to be friends with everybody..."
"What?"
"Never mind..."
"Well, tonight you better get some sleep. We're going on a journey tomorrow and you need your rest because we're going to be walking a lot!"
"I'm sure it'll be great..."
Now Kagome was lost! What did this girl want!? Besides on going home, maybe her life is not that exciting. She didn't know what to do. She stood up and looked at the sky. "You're not alone now...you have us to guide you through the journey." She looked down at Michelle. "You can trust us..." She turned around and walked away to Kaede's house. Michelle's eyes followed her and she turned her head back at the water.
Maybe she's right...she can trust them if she allows herself to. But she wasn't sure if they can guide her to home. But she's not the only one that's stuck there...Kagome is too. They both have a few things in common. They're both stuck, they didn't know how to use a bow and arrow when they first used it, they both think Kirara is so cute! Ok, maybe not that for an example.
Suddenly, Michelle started to have tears in her eyes. The tears rolled down her cheeks when she closed her eyes. But she had no idea she was alone.
"Is something wrong?" Said a voice.
She turned her head and saw Shippo. She turned her head back to wipe away her tears so Shippo couldn't see. But the problem is Shippo did see the tears. He walked next to her and looked at her with those cute green eyes.
"Why are you crying?" Asked Shippo.
"Who said I was crying!?" Said Michelle.
"Because I see dry tears on your cheeks. And besides, I saw your tears when you turned your head towards me."
Michelle splashed water on her face to get rid of the dry tears and looked at her reflection. "The thing is...it's the first time I have felt like this."
"Like what?"
"Not so lonely...where I come from, I don't have any friends so I couldn't trust anyone besides my family. But now I have to start trusting people because I'm stuck. All this time, I didn't want any friends because I knew they would turn against you. But now that I'm growing to be a woman, I need all the friends I can get...so, I'm glad to be friends with you guys."
"Really? Maybe you should tell that to all of us! Especially Inuyasha! He's a grouch! And a meany!!"
Now the conversation turned to Inuyasha. She didn't want to think about him. But she was forced to. "Does...Inuyasha hate me?"
"Why?"
"He hasn't even talked to me! He only has said one word to me. 'Monster!?' Is what he said."
"Well, he's always like that! He first turns out to hate you. And once he gets use to you, he'll start to like you as a friend."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes I'm sure! He was like that with all of us! Besides..." he started to leave for the house and go to bed. "He can't hate you forever if you're going to travel with us."
He ran back to the house. Well, that's the first conversation she enjoyed with someone. She didn't practicly enjoy a conversation with Kagome for some reason...who knows why! Maybe it's because Shippo is just a little kid and that he's so cute with the little bow and the fox tail!
*~*~
Michelle was sitting at the corner at night still awake up with the blanket over her. She was mumbling to herself about tomorrow.
"I can't do it! I can't do it!!" Said Michelle.
"Too bad...you're going to have to decide!" Said a voice.
The voice was coming right in across from her. It was Inuyasha with his sword Tetsusaiga in his hands.
"You either decide if we you stay here or let us help you!"
"But, what if I don't want to do both!?" Asked Michelle.
"Then you might fall into hell by a demon! It's your choice!" He looked at her with those golden eyes. "If you stay here, that's giving you a bigger chance to get killed! If you come with us, you're just one step closer to go home and out of my sight for good! But that can also get you killed as well. I don't care which you pick, just make up your mind so I can forget about you!"
"Do you really have to talk like that?"
"Yes! It just shows how much I want you out of my sight!! Woman!!"
He closed his eyes to sleep. Well, that's another conversatin she didn't like AT ALL. At least he talked to her. But the thing is if she goes, she would DEFINATLY not get along with Inuyasha. But who cares? He's only a half-breed!
*~*~
Inuyasha and the others were waiting on the top of the hill for Kagome to come. Inuyasha got tired of waiting and was getting pissed. Everybody can tell Inuyasha hates Michelle. But they don't care what he thinks...maybe.
Finally, Kagome arrived at the hill. She looked back at the village and was worried.
"Come on! Let's go!" Commanded Inuyasha.
Kagome looked at Inuyasha. "But we have to wait for Michelle!" Said Kagome.
"How about not to wait for her!? She probably doesn't even want to go anyway. Have you ever thought of that!?"
*Gasp!* "You said something to her, didn't you! What did you say!? ANSWER ME!!"
"I said it was her choice if she wants to go or not! She either gets killed now or gets killed later!"
"And what did she say before that conversation started!?"
"She kept saying 'I can't do it! I can't do it!' She's being a crybaby if you ask me!"
"I am asking you!!"
"Hey guys! Don't you think we should get going?" Asked Miroku. They both looked at him with evil eyes to tell him to not to interfere in their argument. And now they continue to fight!
"I don't see why you don't like her!" Angered Kagome
"That's none of your business! Come on guys! Let's just go before Kagome starts going into tears!" Said Inuyasha.
"But-"
"No buts Kagome! Ever since that girl came here you've been ignoring us! You don't care about any of us because you're concentrated on that little crybaby girl!!"
"That's not true!"
"Yes it is! You hardly even talk to us for even 5 min. but you talk to her for about 10 min! You didn't even let her get a chance to talk to any of us! Which means she's going to stay at Kaede's village and not come with us!! END OF STORY!!"
Inuyasha turned around and started to walk into the direction they're suppose to be heading. Kagome realized Inuyasha was right. She should've let Michelle talk with the others but not Inuyasha. (_ I think it's a little too late for that!)
She looked back at the village again and sighed. She turned her head and started to follow them.
"Wait up!!"
Kagome heard a voice. Suddenly she turned happy and turned around to see Michelle running to them. Her hand was waving to probably say good morning to them. Everybody else turned around and was very happy...except for Inuyasha. He just ignored her.
When Michelle arrived at the top of the hill, she had to take a break from running. When she could breathe, she stood up straight to look at all of them in the eye.
"Please! Take me with you! It may be dangerous and that I can get myself killed but I'm taking the risk!" Said Michelle.
"Good! But you have to remember something...don't complain to us when you're scared of going into battle!" Said Kagome.
"Don't worry, I won't!" They both smiled at each other. And then they looked at the others with the same smile. Inuyasha saw that and hated it from Michelle.
"Let's go!" Commanded Inuyasha. Then Miroku, Sango and Shippo smiled and started to walk to their destination. No one knows when they're going to complete the Shikon no Tama, but Inuyasha hopes its soon to get rid of somone! And we all know who that is.
But Michelle doesn't care about that. As long as there is a way back home, she'll do anything to go home. Including to let Inuyasha hate her for the rest of the journey.