Forgotten adj. Unable to remember.
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Inuyasha groaned as he regained consciousness, his head throbbing achingly. It was strange, for he didn't think he should be experiencing this much pain, even from a blast that powerful. How long had he been knocked out anyway?
Memories soon came back to him of what had happened, and he grimaced. Kagome. I have to find her. He attempted to leap out of the well, only to fall pathetically short in distance. Frowning, he tried again, only to fail once again. "Damn! What the heck is wrong with me?" he yelled in frustration, banging his fist against the stone wall, wisps of black hair falling into his vision as he did.
Black...wait, that wasn't right! He gave a small yelp of surprise as he studied his hands; his talons were gone, replaced by normal human fingernails. WHAT?!
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Kagome's eyes fluttered upon slowly, her vision slowly focusing. "What? Why I am in the well house...?" she muttered to herself, absorbing the dusty mini-shrine she found herself in.
"Kagome!" She became aware of a pounding sound on the door. "Kagome, are you in there?"
"H-hold on, Mom! Coming!" she called back, her voice hoarse. She picked herself up off the floor and headed over to the door. She gave it a light tug to open, but it wouldn't budge. She tried a bit harder, then again until she felt she was about to tear her arms of with the effort. Her eyes went back to the door, settling on the lock. Oh...it's locked. She quickly flipped the lock on the door and opened the door, met with her mother's worried face. "What am I doing in here?"
"I was about to ask you the same thing," her mother replied, looking concerned. "Souta, Grandpa, and I have been looking everywhere for you."
The girl blinked in confusion, then focused her eyes on the darkened sky behind the figure of her mother. "What...what time is it?"
"It's late. You better get to sleep, you start high school tomorrow, remember?"
"High school..." she again blinked as what her mother said set in. That's right. Tomorrow's my first day of high school. Yawning, Kagome traipsed towards the house. "I'm going to bed. Night, Mom."
Mrs. Higurashi smiled warmly. "Good night, Kagome."
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Opening her drawer, Kagome rummaged through a pile of clothing until she caught a glimpse of her satin blue pajamas in the mess. After tossing them onto her bed, she stripped herself of the blue sundress she had worn that day and changed into her night clothes. After she had brushed her teeth and ran through her hair once with her hairbrush, she willingly collapsed onto the warm comfort of her bed, consciousness leaving her almost as soon as her head hit the pillow.
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Her dreams were disturbing, being of something that seemed familiar, yet she couldn't quite place it. The area she was in looked ancient and old, like something she would read from a storybook, yet parts of it she could compare with her own home. Taking another look around, she knew it was in fact her home, only with lush grass and trees growing where the shrine had been. Biting her bottom lip, her mind frantically ran over what to do, over what had happened. Then a thought struck her. The Goshinboku! Running like mad, she was at a loss for breath, yet she ran anyway out of sheer hope that it would lead her home – to the shrine, not whatever place this was. In the clearing, the tree was in fact there, but there was something pinned to it. It was a boy...
A loud, buzzing noise snapped her back to reality instantly. Rubbing her eyes, she sat up in bed, not feeling much more refreshed than she had the night before. She knew she had dreamed about something, but she couldn't quite remember what. She couldn't even remember glimpses of it, merely that she had dreamed something...
I don't have time for this! I'm gonna be late! she mentally argued with herself after glancing at the clock. So with a sigh, she gave up and prepared herself for the day ahead.
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Kagome ran down the school halls as fast as her legs could carry her, knowing she would be tardy if she didn't make it to class in a matter of seconds. Rounding the corner into her new homeroom class, she quickly took a seat, just in time for the tardy bell to ring.
She could see her teacher giving her a look of contempt from above the glasses perched on the bridge of his nose; overall he looked quite condescending. She had already taken a slight disliking to him. He then lifted his gaze (to Kagome's relief) and began to call attendance.
"Akita?"
"Here!"
Her brown eyes gazed out the window, the morning sunshine streaming through like rays of heaven. What was that dream about, anyway? she thought, somewhat frustrated she couldn't remember. She felt almost as if it was something important that she had to remember, but couldn't. Yet still, she kept searching her mind, only to come up with nothing.
"HIGURASHI?"
Kagome came back from her thoughts, to find the whole class staring at her. She blushed, realizing he must have called her name several times already. "H-here." The teacher rolled his eyes and continued.
The rest of the class seemed to roll by very slowly. The teacher had the astonishing ability to drone on and on about the simplest things, almost putting Kagome to sleep. She knew history was usually pretty boring, but this was much worse than anything she could imagine.
She perked up as the bell rang again, signifying class was over. The man quickly announced the homework before the class filed out, and Kagome took a mental note of it before hurrying to her next class.
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Yusuke rubbed his temples in an agitated way, almost over the edge with frustration. Why had he even come to school? Keiko, that was why. If it wasn't for her, he would've already dropped right out of that hell...
Cutting classes had sounded awfully tempting the entire day, but Keiko had been following him through the halls the whole day, so he didn't have a chance...not that he minded having Keiko around, though she could undeniably be a nag. He much preferred talking to her outside of school, when she had less things to yell at him about.
"Yusuke, wait up!" He stopped and looked over his shoulder, to see Keiko running towards him, clutching her books to her chest with one hand, waving to him with the other.
When she finally caught up, he continued walking, keeping mind to walk slow enough for Keiko to keep pace with him. "How was your day, Yusuke?" Keiko asked in a tone only a schoolgirl could conjure.
The Reikai Tantei rolled his eyes. "What do you think?" he muttered, considerably irritated by his whole day. Hell...it was hell and she knew he hated it. Why did she even bother asking?
"Yusuke, you know you have to come to school everyday if you want to graduate." Keiko's voice was stern, and he could tell she was dead serious. But, in his current mood, he didn't really care.
"Who said I even want to graduate?" he retaliated. "I just want to be left alone, okay?" He had said that a bit more harshly than he had meant, as Keiko's hurt face told him, looking as if she was on the brink of tears.
"You're impossible, Yusuke," she said, anger taking the place of hurt. Without another word, she took of in another direction, leaving Yusuke by himself.
He felt a pang of guilt rising in his chest, but ignored it as best he could. Dammit, why doesn't anyone understand...?
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"Are you suggesting we just sit here and wait?!" Inuyasha cried indignantly, pacing the room restlessly. "Something could've happened to Kagome and we're not doing a thing about it!"
"We don't want this anymore than you, Inuyasha," Sango said sternly. "But there's nothing else we can do."
"She took the Shikon no Tama with her," Miroku confirmed for Sango's statement, "and in your current state, it is doubtful you could pass through the well."
Inuyasha crossed his arms and furrowed his brow, unable to retort, as the houshi's words were the truth. "Damn it all," he muttered, before stomping out of Kaede's hut. Waiting...he hated waiting.
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Crystal: Sorry that took so long. I lost my inspiration for a while...I'll try not to take so long next time. Also, I realize there was no interaction between Yusuke, Kagome, and Inuyasha, as I meant this chapter to be kind of an introduction to the lives they are now leading after the "incident" in the well. Anyway, thanks for reading. Ja!
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Inuyasha groaned as he regained consciousness, his head throbbing achingly. It was strange, for he didn't think he should be experiencing this much pain, even from a blast that powerful. How long had he been knocked out anyway?
Memories soon came back to him of what had happened, and he grimaced. Kagome. I have to find her. He attempted to leap out of the well, only to fall pathetically short in distance. Frowning, he tried again, only to fail once again. "Damn! What the heck is wrong with me?" he yelled in frustration, banging his fist against the stone wall, wisps of black hair falling into his vision as he did.
Black...wait, that wasn't right! He gave a small yelp of surprise as he studied his hands; his talons were gone, replaced by normal human fingernails. WHAT?!
---
Kagome's eyes fluttered upon slowly, her vision slowly focusing. "What? Why I am in the well house...?" she muttered to herself, absorbing the dusty mini-shrine she found herself in.
"Kagome!" She became aware of a pounding sound on the door. "Kagome, are you in there?"
"H-hold on, Mom! Coming!" she called back, her voice hoarse. She picked herself up off the floor and headed over to the door. She gave it a light tug to open, but it wouldn't budge. She tried a bit harder, then again until she felt she was about to tear her arms of with the effort. Her eyes went back to the door, settling on the lock. Oh...it's locked. She quickly flipped the lock on the door and opened the door, met with her mother's worried face. "What am I doing in here?"
"I was about to ask you the same thing," her mother replied, looking concerned. "Souta, Grandpa, and I have been looking everywhere for you."
The girl blinked in confusion, then focused her eyes on the darkened sky behind the figure of her mother. "What...what time is it?"
"It's late. You better get to sleep, you start high school tomorrow, remember?"
"High school..." she again blinked as what her mother said set in. That's right. Tomorrow's my first day of high school. Yawning, Kagome traipsed towards the house. "I'm going to bed. Night, Mom."
Mrs. Higurashi smiled warmly. "Good night, Kagome."
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Opening her drawer, Kagome rummaged through a pile of clothing until she caught a glimpse of her satin blue pajamas in the mess. After tossing them onto her bed, she stripped herself of the blue sundress she had worn that day and changed into her night clothes. After she had brushed her teeth and ran through her hair once with her hairbrush, she willingly collapsed onto the warm comfort of her bed, consciousness leaving her almost as soon as her head hit the pillow.
---
Her dreams were disturbing, being of something that seemed familiar, yet she couldn't quite place it. The area she was in looked ancient and old, like something she would read from a storybook, yet parts of it she could compare with her own home. Taking another look around, she knew it was in fact her home, only with lush grass and trees growing where the shrine had been. Biting her bottom lip, her mind frantically ran over what to do, over what had happened. Then a thought struck her. The Goshinboku! Running like mad, she was at a loss for breath, yet she ran anyway out of sheer hope that it would lead her home – to the shrine, not whatever place this was. In the clearing, the tree was in fact there, but there was something pinned to it. It was a boy...
A loud, buzzing noise snapped her back to reality instantly. Rubbing her eyes, she sat up in bed, not feeling much more refreshed than she had the night before. She knew she had dreamed about something, but she couldn't quite remember what. She couldn't even remember glimpses of it, merely that she had dreamed something...
I don't have time for this! I'm gonna be late! she mentally argued with herself after glancing at the clock. So with a sigh, she gave up and prepared herself for the day ahead.
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Kagome ran down the school halls as fast as her legs could carry her, knowing she would be tardy if she didn't make it to class in a matter of seconds. Rounding the corner into her new homeroom class, she quickly took a seat, just in time for the tardy bell to ring.
She could see her teacher giving her a look of contempt from above the glasses perched on the bridge of his nose; overall he looked quite condescending. She had already taken a slight disliking to him. He then lifted his gaze (to Kagome's relief) and began to call attendance.
"Akita?"
"Here!"
Her brown eyes gazed out the window, the morning sunshine streaming through like rays of heaven. What was that dream about, anyway? she thought, somewhat frustrated she couldn't remember. She felt almost as if it was something important that she had to remember, but couldn't. Yet still, she kept searching her mind, only to come up with nothing.
"HIGURASHI?"
Kagome came back from her thoughts, to find the whole class staring at her. She blushed, realizing he must have called her name several times already. "H-here." The teacher rolled his eyes and continued.
The rest of the class seemed to roll by very slowly. The teacher had the astonishing ability to drone on and on about the simplest things, almost putting Kagome to sleep. She knew history was usually pretty boring, but this was much worse than anything she could imagine.
She perked up as the bell rang again, signifying class was over. The man quickly announced the homework before the class filed out, and Kagome took a mental note of it before hurrying to her next class.
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Yusuke rubbed his temples in an agitated way, almost over the edge with frustration. Why had he even come to school? Keiko, that was why. If it wasn't for her, he would've already dropped right out of that hell...
Cutting classes had sounded awfully tempting the entire day, but Keiko had been following him through the halls the whole day, so he didn't have a chance...not that he minded having Keiko around, though she could undeniably be a nag. He much preferred talking to her outside of school, when she had less things to yell at him about.
"Yusuke, wait up!" He stopped and looked over his shoulder, to see Keiko running towards him, clutching her books to her chest with one hand, waving to him with the other.
When she finally caught up, he continued walking, keeping mind to walk slow enough for Keiko to keep pace with him. "How was your day, Yusuke?" Keiko asked in a tone only a schoolgirl could conjure.
The Reikai Tantei rolled his eyes. "What do you think?" he muttered, considerably irritated by his whole day. Hell...it was hell and she knew he hated it. Why did she even bother asking?
"Yusuke, you know you have to come to school everyday if you want to graduate." Keiko's voice was stern, and he could tell she was dead serious. But, in his current mood, he didn't really care.
"Who said I even want to graduate?" he retaliated. "I just want to be left alone, okay?" He had said that a bit more harshly than he had meant, as Keiko's hurt face told him, looking as if she was on the brink of tears.
"You're impossible, Yusuke," she said, anger taking the place of hurt. Without another word, she took of in another direction, leaving Yusuke by himself.
He felt a pang of guilt rising in his chest, but ignored it as best he could. Dammit, why doesn't anyone understand...?
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"Are you suggesting we just sit here and wait?!" Inuyasha cried indignantly, pacing the room restlessly. "Something could've happened to Kagome and we're not doing a thing about it!"
"We don't want this anymore than you, Inuyasha," Sango said sternly. "But there's nothing else we can do."
"She took the Shikon no Tama with her," Miroku confirmed for Sango's statement, "and in your current state, it is doubtful you could pass through the well."
Inuyasha crossed his arms and furrowed his brow, unable to retort, as the houshi's words were the truth. "Damn it all," he muttered, before stomping out of Kaede's hut. Waiting...he hated waiting.
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Crystal: Sorry that took so long. I lost my inspiration for a while...I'll try not to take so long next time. Also, I realize there was no interaction between Yusuke, Kagome, and Inuyasha, as I meant this chapter to be kind of an introduction to the lives they are now leading after the "incident" in the well. Anyway, thanks for reading. Ja!