Chapter two
Harsh reality
Not wanting to drag her bag around, she tucked it away next to the tree's roots and started walking.
"I'll have to check out the village."
Kagome walked casually through the woods toward the village she ended up in the first time she came to feudal era. She starred down at her feet as she walked through the woods and passed places where she remembered vines, and shrubs that weren't there before. She had almost reached the forest's end when she heard laughing. It was childrens' laughter. Kagome looked out behind a tree on the edge of the forest and saw a group of children half pulling around a pale, beautiful, young woman. She had long, black hair tied back with a white ribbon and she was wearing the clouths of a priestess.
"Kikyo?!"
Kagome quickly hid behind the tree. "What's Kikyo doing here? With children?!" Kagome peered around the tree again and inspected the scene. "I don't recognize those children at all. Are they from the village?"
Kagome watched as Kikyo spoke and laughed with the children, sending them ahead down the field. "She looks so happy..." noted Kagome. "I've never seen her like that.....Huh?"
At the corner of Kagome's vision was a red blur. The blur jumped from the canopy to Kikyo's side.
"Inu-Yasha!? What's he doing with Kikyo?!" Kagome glared at the two until she noticed something peculiar. "His rosary's gone! How can that be!? Did Kikyo take it off him? Can she do that? What on earth is going on!?"
Kagome scurried around the forest's edge to get a better view of Inu- Yasha and Kikyo. They were conversing and smiling, sitting so close to each other. "Look how happy they are.... Inu-Yasha's never looked at me like that..." Kagome blushed slightly as she slumped against a tree and slid down the trunk, her hair casting a shadow over her eyes. "I guess he's finally with her.....Kagome, you fool. Kikyo's come back, Inu-Yasha's happy, he doesn't need you here anymore....."
Kagome looked up to see Inu-Yasha nod to Kikyo and they both stood. Kagome felt tears coming to her eyes as she watched them just stare at each other, both of their eyes filled with longing.
"I can't watch this anymore!" Kagome stood up quickly and started back into the forest just as Inu-Yasha parted from Kikyo. She marched strait back to the tree, picked up her bag and headed back for the well.
"I'll just come back later when- Wait a minute.... Kikyo didn't have her soul collectors with her..... and she was happy.... SINCE WHEN IS KIKYO HAPPY!? SHE'S DEAD!?"
Kagome stopped half way to well and sank into deep thought, the water in her eyes quivering. "Could it be that that back there was Inu-Yasha and Kikyo before they betrayed each other? That would explain why no one showed up, and the tree, and the rosery, and why the well is still in use..... Am I in an illusion?"
Kagome turned and looked at the area around her, and then back at the well. "What do I do?" She ran a hand through her hair and got shocked. "Ow!" She gasped as she suddenly realized the answer to her question. "The lightning storm! It struck when I transported so it must've sent me too far back.... That means...... I'm in the time before the shikone jewel was stolen and shattered and before Naraku. I'm in the time when Inu-Yasha and Kikyo were in love with each other."
Harsh reality
Not wanting to drag her bag around, she tucked it away next to the tree's roots and started walking.
"I'll have to check out the village."
Kagome walked casually through the woods toward the village she ended up in the first time she came to feudal era. She starred down at her feet as she walked through the woods and passed places where she remembered vines, and shrubs that weren't there before. She had almost reached the forest's end when she heard laughing. It was childrens' laughter. Kagome looked out behind a tree on the edge of the forest and saw a group of children half pulling around a pale, beautiful, young woman. She had long, black hair tied back with a white ribbon and she was wearing the clouths of a priestess.
"Kikyo?!"
Kagome quickly hid behind the tree. "What's Kikyo doing here? With children?!" Kagome peered around the tree again and inspected the scene. "I don't recognize those children at all. Are they from the village?"
Kagome watched as Kikyo spoke and laughed with the children, sending them ahead down the field. "She looks so happy..." noted Kagome. "I've never seen her like that.....Huh?"
At the corner of Kagome's vision was a red blur. The blur jumped from the canopy to Kikyo's side.
"Inu-Yasha!? What's he doing with Kikyo?!" Kagome glared at the two until she noticed something peculiar. "His rosary's gone! How can that be!? Did Kikyo take it off him? Can she do that? What on earth is going on!?"
Kagome scurried around the forest's edge to get a better view of Inu- Yasha and Kikyo. They were conversing and smiling, sitting so close to each other. "Look how happy they are.... Inu-Yasha's never looked at me like that..." Kagome blushed slightly as she slumped against a tree and slid down the trunk, her hair casting a shadow over her eyes. "I guess he's finally with her.....Kagome, you fool. Kikyo's come back, Inu-Yasha's happy, he doesn't need you here anymore....."
Kagome looked up to see Inu-Yasha nod to Kikyo and they both stood. Kagome felt tears coming to her eyes as she watched them just stare at each other, both of their eyes filled with longing.
"I can't watch this anymore!" Kagome stood up quickly and started back into the forest just as Inu-Yasha parted from Kikyo. She marched strait back to the tree, picked up her bag and headed back for the well.
"I'll just come back later when- Wait a minute.... Kikyo didn't have her soul collectors with her..... and she was happy.... SINCE WHEN IS KIKYO HAPPY!? SHE'S DEAD!?"
Kagome stopped half way to well and sank into deep thought, the water in her eyes quivering. "Could it be that that back there was Inu-Yasha and Kikyo before they betrayed each other? That would explain why no one showed up, and the tree, and the rosery, and why the well is still in use..... Am I in an illusion?"
Kagome turned and looked at the area around her, and then back at the well. "What do I do?" She ran a hand through her hair and got shocked. "Ow!" She gasped as she suddenly realized the answer to her question. "The lightning storm! It struck when I transported so it must've sent me too far back.... That means...... I'm in the time before the shikone jewel was stolen and shattered and before Naraku. I'm in the time when Inu-Yasha and Kikyo were in love with each other."