A/N: hey guys. Brand new fic. This fic is gonna suck. You don't have to read it but this
is the first fic I've done with my own character mixed with the others. Hope you like it.
I don't know enough Japanese to type the whole sentences so when it's in mari's POV
it'll be like this :Japanese: when theyare talking in Japanese and when it's the Inuyasha
goups POV it'll be like this :English: when Mari's talking. When I actually do type out
an individual word, it is for a specific purpose. Enjoy.
My name is Mari Lee. I used to live in a place called California. I have to
tell you, I was an anime Maniac. I had really long hair at the time, down to by
butt. It was sort of a red/brown/blonde color. I always loved that attribute. I had
rather tan skin and a rather serious face. The part of my face that showed the mst
emotin were my eyes, I could never hide the emotion in them, they were also the
most Inuyasha like thing about me, they were golden, cool huh. I wasn't very tall,
only about 5'4". I loved reading and writing. The thing I loved to read most
were Fan Fictions. Sappy, corny and even depressing, but the thing I don't get is
that they miss so much. Now, no one were I live understands what it's like being
sucked away from your world into a whole different era and dimension. They
never tell you that it's a whole new setting, and sometimes even a different
language. Well I understand all of this. I had the most un-perfect life you could
imagine. I won't go into details though. One day I went to sleep and I woke up
in a completely different world, Well, here goes.
Mari woke up realizing how clean her room smelled, and how cold it was. "Oh
wow it's cold. Mom could you turn on the heater?" she yelled. She opened her eyes
when her voice just spread out instead of bouncing off of the walls of her room. Her eyes
widened. She wasn't in her room. She was in a field. "Mom?" she shouted worriedly.
"Oh, god." She whispered, as she turned around spotting something about three feet
away. "Oh my god, No. I can't be here. It's not real. It's not Kagome's Well. I am not
in Feudal Japan." She took a few deep gulps of air. "Okay, I can prove that I'm just
dreaming. I can just walk towards the place were Kaede's hut would be if she were really
in Inuyasha's world. She started towards the tree line and found a well used path. She
walked through the trees for about five minutes before she saw it. "No." she whispered
to herself. She felt something running down her cheek and rubbed it. She was crying.
She hadn't cried in years. She hadn't even cried when her dog died. She felt more tears
run down her face and sank to her knees in front of the very tree she hadn't wanted to see.
She was crying like she hadn't since her brother died when she was seven. She was
nearly sixteen now. When she had stopped crying she stood up, not even bothering to
wipe the tears off of her face. She started towards what she thought was Kaede's village.
While she walked she barely missed hitting tree branches and tripping over rocks. She
didn't know if she would be able to understand anything of their language. She had
picked up some Japanese from fanfictions but not enough to ask for something. She
didn't even know the proper grammar. She had taken Karate, sword, archery and other
classes like that because she had been fascinated after reading about the movements,
almost as if it were a dance. So she wasn't really worried if she got attacked of not, she
had been top of her class in everything. She was still thinking about this as she saw the
village come into view. She looked down at her clothes, sighing slightly. It was a Form-
Fitting red Tank Top and leopard spotted PJ pants. Heck, she wasn't even wearing a bra.
She tried to think of the word for 'help' as she got closer and closer to the hut that should
be Kaede's. She walked up to the hut and hesitated, before pushing the reed door flap
aside. When she looked inside she saw a little old woman sitting in front of a fire,
looking at her. "Watashi." She said quietly, praying that Old Kaede would understand,
and that she had used the right word. Kaede got up slowly, walked to Mari, and stared
speaking, :What is it child? What do ye need?:. Mari cursed her luck; it wasn't like in
the stories, they all spoke in a different language. "Nakareā¦.Nakare." She couldn't
remember! She tried to remember, but could not. She started to cry, and she hated
herself for it. She sank to her knees again and sobbed, confusing the old woman to no
end.
.: Kaede's POV:.
She was confused. Here was a girl who was obviously foreign, and in strange
clothes, crying in her home. The girl didn't even speak Kaede's language. She knelt
down next to the girl and comforted her patting and rubbing soothing circles on her back.
She was only slightly surprised when the girl clung to her almost desperately. When the
girl had stopped crying, Kaede walked to the water barrel and dipped the tip of her sleeve
into it, then walked over to the girl and wiped her face off with it. When she had finished
with that she signaled the girl to look at her and pointed to herself. "Kaede." She said,
still pointing to herself. The girl then got a look of understanding on her face and pointed
to herself. "Mari." She said her name with a hint of pride at being able to communicate
with her. "That is a beautiful name." Kaede smiled. Looking the girl over, she noticed
her clothing. She thought it strange to see such clothing. It reminded her of Kagome's
strange garb. Her eyes suddenly went wide and Mari looked worried and apprehensive.
She would have to ask Kagome about it when the group returned. In the mean time she
would keep Mari busy and give her little jobs. Kaede motioned for Mari to follow her.
.: Mari's POV:.
When Kaede was able to communicate names Mari was really happy. She wasn't
so happy when Kaede looked at Mari's clothes and her eyes bugged out. When Kaede
motioned for Mari to follow her she did so without complaint. Before Kaede could walk
far, however, Mari stopped her and gestured at her PJs. When Kaede looked at her in
confusion Mari folded her hands and put her head on top of them closing her eyes, then
opened her eyes and picked at her clothes again. A look of comprehension dawned on
Kaede and she stepped into a room separated by another reed flap. When she came back
out she was hold the garb of a Miko. Mari was shocked, She couldn't wear Miko clothes,
they were sacred. She tried to gesture that she couldn't wear that, but Kaede just shook
her head and held the clothes out. Mari took them, hesitating slightly and went into the
other 'room' to change. She saw that it wasn't the garb of a miko but closer to what
Inuyasha wore. The 'pants' were black and closed at the ankle, unlike Kaede's open
ankle 'pants'. The 'Shirt' was just the same as Kaede's. It was very difficult to put on
because she had to tie the waist and had to figure out how to put the pants on. When she
was finished she walked out of the room to find Kaede already outside. She pushed
opened the 'door' and spotted Kaede, sitting in the shade of one of the trees, with a
basket of herbs next to her. Mari walked over to her and Kaede looked up at her and
smiled, looking her over. :You look beautiful Mari.: she said, Knowing Mari wouldn't
understand her. But Mari had understood when she said the word :Beautiful: even if it
was in Japanese. She blushed and smiled softly at Kaede. Kaede chuckled softly,
apparently she new a few words of the language. She started showing Mari how to
separate the leaves from the stems carefully without damaging the leaves. Mari watched
for a little bit and then picked one up and did as was demonstrated. It wasn't that hard
and it made the time pass by. When she realized that it was almost sunset, she
remembered what two of the things she had wished she could go to Inuyasha's world, just
to see them. One was the Sunset and the other was the Stars. To see both of them 500
years ago, unpolluted and unspoiled. When she and Kaede had finished with the herbs,
Kaede showed Mari were they were stored. When she had done that, Mari started
making gestures with her hands and arms. She pointed to the sun and then making her
hand flat, made it look like she was pushing it down. When she had done that, she
stretched both arms above her head then started to spread them wide, making a gentle
arch. 'I hope I say this right.' She thought, then said out loud, "Uruwashii." (A/N: That
Means Beautiful. And like I said, I'm not sure if that's the correct way to use that
particular word.) She looked hopefully at Kaede, who looked confused for a moment
but then comprehension seemed to dawn on her face. She motioned for Mari to follow
her and started to walk towards a hill that was facing the sun that was only minutes away
from giving its spectacular show of brilliant colors. When they approached the spot
Kaede motioned for Mari to sit down, facing the approaching sunset. Then she made it
clear, by gestures, that she had to attend to the other villagers before nightfall. Mari
nodded and looked out towards the horizon. She started singing a song that was one of
her favorites. It was called 'Whiskey Lullaby' and Brad Paisley sang it. She loved the
song, it was one of the ones she liked to listen to while reading a sad/romantic Fanfiction.
Her eyes started watering as she sang it.
She put him out like the burnin' end of a midnight cigarette
She broke his heart he spent his whole life tryin' to forget
We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time
But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind
Until the night
He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger
And finally drank away her memory
Life is short but this time it was bigger
Than the strength he had to get up off his knees
We found him with his face down in the pillow
With a note that said I'll love her till I die
And when we buried him beneath the willow
The angels sang a whiskey lullaby
La la lala la la la
La la lala la la la
The rumors flew but nobody knew how much she blamed herself
For years and years she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath
She finally drank her pain away a little at a time
But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind
Until the night
She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger
And finally drank away his memory
Life is short but this time it was bigger
Than the strength she had to get up off her knees
We found her with her face down in the pillow
Clinging to his picture for dear life
We laid her next to him beneath the willow
While the angels sang a whiskey lullaby
La la lala la la la
La la lala la la la
When she finished she wiped the tears off of her face and looked at the, now full on,
sunset. She almost gasped at its beauty. The red, orange, and yellow all mixed together,
fading into dark blue at the top. When she stood up and turned around she came face-to-
face with a girl wearing a really short, green skirt and a sailor type shirt. Mari jumped
back in surprise and almost fell. "You have a beautiful voice." The girl said. Mari
almost did a double take. Kagome could speak English. "Y..you can speak english?"
Mari asked almost desperately. Kagome smiled and nodded. "Lets go to Kaede's hut.
I'm sure that both of us need an explanation." Kagome said leading the way to Kaede's.
Mari just followed totally unsuspecting of what she would find in the hut that the whole
Inuyasha group now occupied.
A/N: Well I hope you guys liked the first chapter of my new story. More soon. I also
wanted to know if the guys who read my other story want me to do Kurama chapters as
well. Bye guys hope to hear good from everyone.
