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Ayu
Chapter Two: The What Era?

My eyes fluttered open and I found myself gazing up at a wooden roof, the smell of ramen wafting through the air.

I groaned and sat up, my head felt as if I'd been hit by a truck and then stomped on.

"W-What happened?" I breathed.

"You passed out." A voice said.

I gasped and turned, only to find myself face-to-face with a brown-haired girl.

The girl who'd thrown the ball at me, Sango.

"Who are you?" I asked, controlling my temper.

She smiled weakly at me. "Sango. Kagome told us about you."

"Kagome doesn't know me." I said, somewhat acidly. "What did you do to me?"

"You wouldn't calm down." Kagome sighed, sitting beside me. "We had to calm you down."

"You wanted me to calm down?" I growled. "After what I just saw…could you really blame me?"

Kagome giggled softly. "No, I was the same way when I first came here."

"Where is…here, anyway?"

"The Feudal Era." Kagome said.

And then she told me everything. Everything.

By the end of her very long explanation, I was in shock.

"You have got…to be kidding me, right?"

Sango shook her head. "Everything Kagome just told you is true."

I laughed, really I just laughed, and shook my head. "You guys, I grew up in Los Angeles, the movie central of the world. I think I know when someone is playing with me or not."

"You have to believe us." Kagome pleaded. "Ayu…there's a reason you came down the well, there's a reason you could get through."

"Okay." I sighed. "So let's just say I do believe you, though I don't. What happens next? Where are all the demons?"

Sango smirked, petting the small cat in her lap. "Kirara is a demon."

I stared flatly at Sango. "She's a cat."

Sango gently nudged the cat awake. "Kirara, can you transform for me?"

The tiny creature, it was so cute, mewed and got up, walking slightly away from Sango.

Then, it burst into flames.

I shrieked and stumbled backwards, my back meeting the wall. "Omigod! That thing just burst into flames!"

Then, the flames disappeared, and a huge cat was standing where Kirara was, with long fangs and black markings on it's sleek fur, flames coiling around it's feet.

"This is Kirara's true form." Sango smiled. "Now do you believe us?"

I nodded, my eyes wide, still fixed on the demon cat. "Yes. Yes I believe you now."

Kagome smiled and stood. "Great! Now, let's eat. Oh and we'll have to get you something else to wear."

I looked down at my skirt, a little too short, and black tank top and boots. "No way. If you expect me to wear a kimono, you're insane. I'm not Japanese, you can wear the kimono."

Kagome sighed. "Fine. But I warn you, no one will take you seriously here if you're dressed like that."

"Then why are you in your school uniform?" I asked wittily.

Kagome's cheeks flared. "Never mind. Anyone hungry?"

XxXxX

I sat later that night out under the stars, my guitar in my hands, strumming to myself.

"I turned my back on all the things that gave me trouble." I sang, strumming along slowly, gently picking up speed. "Thought that maybe you'd leave too."

It was so beautiful here. I could see ever star that there was to see, not fogged up or hidden by pollution.

So this was the Feudal Era. I liked it.

"I placed myself in a self reflecting bubble. Start livin the way I wanted to." I continued to sing. "And when I told you that I loved you, well I wasn't being true. And now I start to notice, what I am without you."

Suddenly I heard someone approach from behind me and I stopped playing.

"What are you doing?" A familiar voice asked.

I turned to Sango. "Playing my guitar and singing. Why?"

"It sounded…nice." Sango smiled, taking a seat beside me. "Keep playing, please."

I smiled and nodded, starting to strum again on my guitar. "Wore my heart on my shoes, don't know how I let it weigh me down. Expected more of the blues, now that you're in town. And I can feel my fire burning longer, feel my strength getting stronger."

I continued to sing and play, Sango watching me intently, as I stared up at the night sky.

"Just to prove that I'm a person too…" I finished, strumming the last note.

I turned and smiled at Sango. "Sorry…I haven't practiced in a bit."

"No, that was wonderful." Sango smiled. "Did you learn that in your era?"

I nodded. "Yeah."

"What is it?"

"This?" I said, holding up my guitar.

Sango nodded.

"It's a guitar." I said. "Acoustic."

"It sounds pretty." Sango said.

I sighed and turned away from her, gazing out at the Feudal lands, lush and green in the night's shade. "It's so beautiful here. So much nicer than Tokyo…Los Angeles, even."

"Is Los Angeles in Tokyo?" Sango asked. "I don't know of any other countries other than China. You aren't Chinese, or Japanese."

I smiled. "I'm American, actually. It's far, far away from Japan. I moved to Tokyo two years ago."

Sango nodded. "Your clothes…you go to Kagome's school and live in her city, but your clothes are so…different."

I smirked. "I'm not like Kagome."

"How so?"

"She follows the rules." I said. "And I…well, I hit people with music stands."

"So you're a fighter?"

I shrugged. "I guess so."

Sango nodded and stood. "Then you should do well here."

"Wait." I said as the turned and began to walk away.

She stopped and turned as I got to my feet and stood in front of her. "What is it?"

"You're my age, sixteen, right?"

Sango nodded. "Yes. Why?"

"You're so…serious." I said. "Why? No one our age should be like that."

Sango frowned and nodded. "Your time is different from mine, Ayu."

I rolled my eyes. "Well I know that, but really, girls here are no different from girls in my era, we all have the same spirits."

"Spirits? You talk as if you are a priestess." Sango said.

I laughed. "I'm no priestess. A musician? Yes. Priestess? No. But I do know about being free. Your not free Sango…at least, not really."

Sango nodded. "I guess…I've lived my whole life training to fight. That's all I know."

I smirked at her. "No, it's not. You love, too."

Sango's cheeks flared. "W-What are you talking about?"

I gave her a wicked look and walked past her, my hands in the air. "I see the way you look at that perverted monk, Miroku."

"I-I don't love him." Sango said.

"Sure." I laughed. "But it's okay. He's cute. A little rough around the edges, but cute."

"This is ridiculous." Sango sighed.

"Is it?" I sighed. "I don't think so. Hey Sango?"

"What?"

"Do the others hate me?" I asked. "I mean…is Inuyasha still mad?"

Sango shrugged. "Inuyasha has a wicked temper. You'll get used to it, though."

I sighed and sunk back onto the grass. "I wonder how long I'm going to have to be here…what will my mom think? What will David think?"

"Who's David?"

"My brother." I said. "He's a year younger than Kagome. But…my mom will probably think I'm dead, or I ran away back to the states."

"She doesn't know you're here?"

I shook my head. "No…she doesn't."

Sango sighed. "That's too bad. I'm sure she's worried, but she'll understand when you return. I'm going back now. You should come, too, it's dangerous for a human to be out alone at night."

I smirked, lying back on the grass. "I'm okay here for a while. I've got a few tricks up my sleeve."

"Suit yourself." Sango said, walking past me, back to the camp.

I smiled and closed my eyes, resting my hands behind my head, my guitar lay beside me. I was so…comfortable here. No sounds from the city, just the sound of the wind against the trees and the crickets hiding in the grass.

Perfect.

I soon found myself drifting off into a deep sleep.


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