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Chapter Two: Girl or Goddess?
May Lee climbed out of the well without much effort. The vines that hung down into the well, like an over-grown plant, were quite sturdy, and easy to climb. When May Lee reached the top of the well, she swung a leg over the side, then the other. She pushed off the side, and landed lightly upon the soft turf. She knelt down, to examine the grass. It was not like that of which was growing in Kagome's yard. She stood up, slowly and cautiously. She looked about her surroundings, and something caught her eye. There was what seemed like a small village not more than a mile away. May Lee started in that direction, hoping to find some clue as to where she was.
She felt so confused, and as if the earth agreed with her, a dense fog settled over the lands very suddenly. How strange. May Lee thought, because wherever she looked, the fog was cut, and she could see clearly. Maybe it's some sort of enchanted fog… she thought. May Lee, who had no problem believing something magical could happen, as long as she had proof. Well, this was plenty of proof. As she looked about, she caught sight of the village again. She decided to walk through the forest that lay before, it was the shortest, most protected route. Or, she thought so.
As May Lee walked through the forest, she found it eerily quiet. There was no sound other than the leaves, crunching beneath her feet. She decided that there might be predators lurking about, since she had no idea of where she was exactly. So she bent down and took off her shoes. This way, she could walk less noisily, plus, if she so happened to need protection, she was prepared to hurl a clog at the attacker.
May Lee approached the village quicker than she expected. Still hidden in the trees, May Lee observed the village. She noticed that the people here wore old clothing. It wasn't hand-me-down old either, it was, old fashioned. May Lee thought with excitement and a little bit of fear, that she was in a different time. She looked about the forest floor for any clue of the times she was actually in. May Lee, having an extreme liking for earth and anything about it, knew most plants of her time, and other eras as well. She knelt down to examine a flower that she had never seen before, not in her time anyway. She remembered reading a book once, about feudal Japan, this particular species of flower was mentioned quite a few times. I'm in…..could it be? Am I, in the….warring states era? May Lee thought, and a joy filled her. She was surprised to see that she was not the least bit afraid, and didn't seem to care if she didn't know why, or how, she got here. All she knew was that she was in her favorite time of being. Most people wouldn't be excited by this, but May Lee was. She was a dreamer, and she didn't know how many times she had daydreamed during boring math lectures about the different ways she could go back to the feudal era.
Suddenly, May Lee's stomach let out a low, threatening grumble. Aware of the situation, May Lee knew she had to find somewhere to go, or something to eat. She didn't know how long she had sat there, stunned, her heart racing, thoughts swirling through her head. She stood now, and looked about. It was nearly dusk, and she had not eaten since breakfast this morning. She took to a particularly wide tree, and hid behind it to spy on the villagers. Although she probably could have hidden about 3 or 4 of her behind the tree, she chose to stay behind this one. She had this sort of unspoken respect for suck an awesome, mighty figure.
Looking down on the village, May Lee noticed a man, with long, white hair. He was clothed in a red material, and looked fierce and strong. With him stood another man, in black and purple robes, who carried a staff at his side. Perched on the second man's shoulder was what looked to be a small fox. Standing beside them was a girl, probably May Lee's age, maybe a little older, dressed in a tight body suit. Over her shoulder, she carried a massive boomerang, and May Lee wondered how the girl could manage to bear it's weight. Then, from out of a hut nearby, came an old woman, and at her side was….Kagome! Kagome acts as if there's nothing wrong…. Does she visit the feudal eras often? May Lee wondered. Then, she remembered that Kagome's grandfather always said that Kagome had some sort of illness when she wasn't present at school. Though May Lee had never heard Kagome's grandfather say anything, and had only met him once, she had heard the rumors that floated about the hallways of their high school. Last week Kagome had the measles, the bubonic plague, the small pox. All very deadly diseases. It all made sense to May Lee now… Kagome had to do something here in the feudal era, though May Lee did not yet know what.
Just then, a gust of wind kicked up. May Lee's long, silky hair was blown into her face, blinding her vision momentarily. When she had managed to keep the hair from her eyes, and looked down to the village, the man in red was gone, and the others were hurrying into the hut that Kagome and the old woman had just come from. Assuming that the man in red was already in the hut, May Lee turned around, with the intent to search for food, or shelter for the night. Tomorrow, she would go to the village.
When she turned, May Lee was surprised to see the man of red in front of her, he held a huge sword, that looked impossible to fit into the small sheath that hung upon his waist.
"Who has sent you here to spy upon us? Naraku? I am sick of your tricks!" the inu-hanyou yelled at her in rage, and lifted his sword above his head.
"I do not know of whom you speak, and I was not spying on you!" May Lee shouted back with almost as much violence.
Stunned for a moment by the girl's ferventness, InuYasha stood still. But, he was jolted back to reality by the girl's movement. She was running away. He couldn't let her get away, what if she had heard them? He doubted she had, looking to be a mortal girl, but if she had, and she told Naraku, he would know that tomorrow at sunrise, they were going to leave in search of the Shikon Jewel again, and where they planned to search. InuYasha quickly put Tetsuiga back in the sheath and ran after her. She was fast for a mortal, but no match for a yokoui as strong as himself. They were now in a clearing, almost like a pastureland.
"You coward. You run away before the battle has begun. Typical of one of Naraku's slaves," the hanyou spat in disgust.
"I do not know the 'Naraku' that you're talking about, or why you think I am one of his slaves! Leave me be!" May Lee screamed at him once more.
"Humph. Fat chance," InuYasha muttered before he launched into attack.
May Lee tried to jump back, away from the death–seeking sword, but stumbled and fell backwards. She put her hands out and screamed, expecting the worst, but a green light shot from her hands. She looked up to see InuYasha getting up, from where he had obviously fallen down and rub his head.
"What the hell…?" InuYasha grumbled before returning his focus to the girl, who was also getting up. She stood there, shaking, as though she were frightened by her own self. She looked at her hands in disbelief and looked up to see a very angry inu-hanyou glaring at her.
"Leave me alone…" she warned him. She didn't know what she might do if just a bit of fear had made this extremely powerful demon fall back.
"Tell me what you are," InuYasha demanded.
"I SAID, LEAVE ME ALONE!" she shouted at him, her voice ringing in the silence of the meadow they stood in. Her face was red with anger and the earth began to tremble.
InuYasha lost his footing, underneath the shaking earth. He laid there, helpless, looking up at the girl who had caused the earth to quake.
She saw the helplessness in the hanyou's eyes, a look almost of desperation, and she instantly felt sorry for him. She stood standing, for around her, the earth didn't move an inch. The shaking slowed and finally stopped. Once it had, May Lee looked around at the destruction that she had caused. She turned and fled, her long hair waving behind her. InuYasha dared not to go after her. A woman of that power could not be battled if she didn't know how to control her own powers.
InuYasha went back to the village thinking. How could a simple girl cause and earthquake? She had the powers of….of a….goddess. Could she have the lost powers of Etlanshina, the earth goddess?