Back to the day I met you
Chapter 1: Back to the very first day
Author's Note: I'd really appreciate anyone's help with some episode guides. I need to know exactly what was said during the first few episodes as well as the lines from the episodes where we meet each of the others for the first time, including Kouga. Thanks in advance. Special thanks to my sister, Scarlet Angel16 for helping me with the lines for this chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-Yasha or any of its characters. This story line is mine though so don't steal it.
"Kagome! Kagome! Hey sis, wake up!"
The voice sounded far away. To Kagome Higurashi everything was jumbled. Nothing was making sense. Just a minute ago she was dying and now she was somehow all right. She could hear voices around her, but nothing made any sense. She should be dead, right?
The young miko forced her eyes open and slowly sat up to look around. The first thing she saw was the ceiling of her house.
"I'm....back in the present?"
"SIS! Wake up Kagome! It's time to go to school!" Came Souta's annoying bellow again.
Suddenly realizing that she was indeed in the present Kagome rushed down the stairs to bombard her little brother with questions.
"Souta, what day is it? How long have I been asleep? Where's Mom? What's going on?"
She watched impatiently as Souta blinked his large, dark eyes at her before he answered her in an aggravated voice, "Well, duh, Kagome. Today is your birthday, stupid. Mom's downstairs and you are going to be late for school."
Barely noting that he hadn't answered all of her questions the young miko ran back up the stairs to quickly throw on her school uniform before going back downstairs to glomp her mother.
"MOM! (Glomp) MOM! (Glomp)"
She continued that for some time before her mother finally detangled herself and said, "Kagome, dear, what's the matter? You're acting strange."
"Sorry mom, but I had a really bad dream."
Her mother was instantly ushering her over to the table. "Oh, you poor dear. On your birthday none-the-less. You must tell me all about it."
Kagome waited only until her mother had settled before she jumped right into her explanation.
"I was in the feudal era. Now that the Shikkon is completed we had to fight Naraku. I thought we were winning until Naraku opened up a major can of whoop ass on all of us. Inu-Yasha, Sango, Miroku, Kouga, Shippou, and little Rin were killed during the first assault. My god, mom, it felt so real. I'll have to go see Inu-Yasha today after school and talk to him about it."
She was interrupted by her mother as she said, "Kagome, who are you talking about? Who is Inu-Yasha? I've never heard you mention any of these people. I think you dreamed it all, dear."
"It can't be, mom. I've been telling you guys about my adventures with Inu-Yasha and the gang for nearly two years now."
"Sweetheart, you were dreaming. I've never heard of this Inu-Yasha you speak so fondly about. I think you just had a really realistic dream and you just thought it was real."
Kagome's eyes widened as she tried to comprehend what her mother was telling her.
'All a dream?! It can't be true, it just can't! I did meet everyone! They're real, they have to be! I didn't just spend almost two whole years in a dream world. He's real, Inu-Yasha is real! I won't believe he doesn't exist!'
She could feel hot tears in her eyes as she brought herself out of her thoughts. When they started running down her face she turned and bolted up the stairs to her room, desperation clearly evident in her drawn features.
"I kept a log in my diary from the first time I met Inu-Yasha. It has to be in here. Hah! I am victorious!" Kagome proclaimed as she pulled out the small purple notebook from under her bed.
After quickly unlocking the diary she began flipping through the pages until she got to today's entry. What she saw made the bottom fall out of her stomach. It was blank. As she slowly flipped through the rest of the diary her heart sank even more. Every single page after yesterday's entry was blank. When she reached the end of the diary something fell out of the back pocket. It took her all of five minutes to pick up all of the now noticeable photos before she realized what they were and leapt to her feet.
"I knew I couldn't have been dreaming! I have pictures of everyone since I first met them."
Kagome took her time going through the photos and reading the little notes on the backs of each of them. Nothing was making sense. How could she still have these and not the entries that went with them? Why didn't anyone in her family seem to remember meeting Inu-Yasha? Her questions circled in her mind until finally she gave up on trying to figure things out and went downstairs to get her lunch for school.
After saying her goodbyes to her grandpa and her mom Kagome made her way outside only to find Souta near the old well house with Buyo's (sp?) food dish.
A strong sense of familiarity overcame her as she asked, "Hey, what are you..."
The feeling was only intensified as Souta replied the exact way she knew he would.
"Nothing."
Her body was running on autopilot as the conversation played out.
"You're not supposed to play in there."
"I'm not, it's the cat."
As she knelt down next to her younger brother her mind began to race. 'Why is this happening again? It's exactly like that first time. Everything is playing out the exact same way. The cat, the well, and next is the centipede lady. This is the exact same day that I had when I met Inu-Yasha for the first time. But, there's no way! That happened when I turned fifteen. I'm almost seventeen now, aren't I?'
She let the next few words continue from her lips, unable to stop them. "Did he go down to the well?"
'Now Souta will call the cat....'
A few seconds later her prediction came true as Souta called, "Buyo!" He paused a moment then continued, "I don't know where else he could be."
'I was right. This is playing out exactly the same way. I think I'm starting to get an idea on what is happening. Nobody knows, or has even heard of, Inu-Yasha. My diary is empty save for the photos I took of everyone. The jewel....'
Kagome frantically felt for the chain she had put the Shikkon Jewel on after they had completed it. Slowly letting out her breath Kagome pulled the completed jewel from under her school uniform shirt and stared at it.
'It's on the necklace that Kaede made for me. The same one Kikyou wore when she protected the jewel. Oh my god....its all happening again.....' Kagome shook her head. 'No, I can't believe that! Everyone is just playing a trick on me today because it's my birthday. Nothing bad is going to happen to me today.'
Finally deciding to just play her part in this Kagome said, "So go down."
Souta looked at her as if she'd gone insane before he said, "But why do I gotta be the one?"
She shrugged. "Because you're the one that's looking for him."
Souta fell backwards as a soft scratching sound came up from the sealed well.
"Wah! Something's down there!"
"Uh, yeah, the cat." She stood and walked down the stairs after giving Souta an annoyed, "Pft!"
'This stupid joke has gone on long enough. Man when I find Inu-Yasha, I'm going to SIT him into oblivion for scaring me like this! And I'll find him too. He'll probably be at Kaede's with Sango, Miroku, and Shippou waiting for me. They'll all be okay and we can all go on as if nothing happened.'
It was then that Kagome felt something warm and fuzzy nuzzle against her legs and she let out a startled yelp before she realized that it was just the cat. Bending down she easily picked up the obese cat, blocking out Souta's next words as she looked at Buyo's pudgy face.
She was about to tear into Souta for the stupid charade when she suddenly felt a very ominous presence from directly behind her in the well. Before she had a chance to turn around to see what was going on she found herself engulfed by a very familiar blue light as her body toppled backward into the well.
Before she had the time to stop herself Kagome turned around to face the demon she knew had grabbed her and blasted it with her miko energy. It wasn't until after that she realized she had just repeated her first encounter with Mistress Centipede.
As soon as her feet touched the bottom of the well she began to climb up via the vines that grew down into the Bone Eaters Well. The entire time her thoughts were racing. Nothing was making any sense. She couldn't even remember going home. Had Inu-Yasha brought her after they killed Naraku? She couldn't remember anything at all about how she had come to even be back in the present.
She did remember forcing Sesshoumaru to go see Rin, but the little girl had been dead and the Tensagia useless. She remembered seeing all of her friends dead, or nearly so, in any case. She remembered her timely rescue by Inu-Yasha's older brother from Naraku. She remembered seeing Naraku's head fall almost all the way from his shoulders.
Pain laced through her small form as the memory of Naraku running her through with his sword finally resurfaced in her mind. Everything was in a blurry haze after that. What could have happened? Was Sesshoumaru somewhere nearby? She couldn't sense him, but she had never been able to accurately predict the stoic youkai's movements before so he could be close and just masking his presence from her.
Looking around Kagome finally saw what she had been searching for, The Sacred tree. Inu-Yasha's tree. Her favorite spot in the entire world. Slowly standing Kagome quickly made her way through the brush towards the sacred tree. What she saw when she got there nearly doubled her over in surprise.
There, suspended from the tree by a sacred arrow, surrounded by vines, was Inu-Yasha. He was still under Kikyou's spell.
Her heart leapt to her throat as she whispered, "Inu-Yasha...."She slowly climbed up next to the hanyou's prone form before she continued. "How could this be? Kikyou's dead, I killed her to regain the rest of the jewel. Who could have done this to you? Inu-Yasha, please open her eyes."
She waited silently as the wind blew Inu-Yasha's long silver hair to one side, but he did not respond to her words. He was still deeply trapped within the sealing spell of the sacred arrow. Tears sprang to her eyes as she tried desperately to awaken her sleeping protectorate.
"Inu-Yasha, please, this isn't funny anymore. You're really scaring me. Inu-Yasha, open your eyes..." She broke down into sobs as her words died in the air.
He wasn't playing around. This was no joke. Inu-Yasha was pinned by the sacred arrow and wouldn't wake up until she freed him.
(Inu-Yasha)
Someone was near him. Whoever it was, she was really sad. He didn't know why he cared so much, but the woman's pleas sounded sincere. He couldn't understand her words since he was sealed completely off from the outside world. Inu-Yasha faintly wondered whom she was before he felt her slight form begin shaking. She was crying really hard now.
An immeasurable amount of rage infiltrated his senses then. He didn't understand why this was happening. Humans were frail creatures. He could care less about them, but this one was different somehow. For some hell-forsaken reason, she could reach him in his prison. He felt again after Kami only knew how long. Oh Kikyou was going to pay for this!
The rage that had filled his system tripled in intensity as his mind tried to come up with a reason for her tears. If he found out who had caused her tears, he would kill said person. A deep growl rumbled up from his chest to be verbally expressed a moment later. He felt her move. He sensed that she wasn't crying as hard anymore.
The reason behind her tears finally hit him. She was upset because he was pinned to the tree. Why would a human give a damn about him? He was only a measly half demon. He wasn't worth her tears. He didn't want her pity! Damn her!
'Stupid wench! Get the fuck away from me! I don't want your dam pity!'
She had started sobbing again. ARG! He had to make her stop. She was driving him insane. He wanted to tear into her little body with his claws, but at the same time he wanted to know why she was crying on his behalf. He struggled violently against the spell that kept him in this comatose state. He had to open his eyes! She wasn't going to stop. As his frustration built again he felt another growl reverberate through his body then out of his mouth before he could stifle it.
The girl immediately went still again. She was still crying, but it was silent. A little light bulb came on in his head. She stopped crying some when he made a sound! If he could move maybe she'd stop crying completely. He was much more able to handle an angry female than an upset one. He tried first to move his hand, but that was useless so he tried to form speech. Still nothing. The only sound he was capable of making right now was a low growl. He didn't want to growl at her, he wanted to piss her off.
He was about to try twitching his ears at her when he felt her hauled away from him. Someone or something had found her. Probably her people if his nose was telling him right. As soon as she was gone he felt the coldness of his spell begin overtaking him again. Silently he wished she had stayed just a little longer. Maybe he could have awoken enough to make her pull the arrow out if she had. Oh well, maybe later.
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