"You're lucky your parents are so desperate to see you well again Kagome.. Most families who have gone through an ordeal like yours wouldn't so easily allow you to leave the asylumn.. I'm kind of worried about giving them the slip though, for all they know I kidnapped you." Kagome was wearing normal clothes that her family had braught for her from home when Hojo asked for her to let her get some fresh air for a while.
It was a white sweater with a little pop icon on the front and a skirt a little longer than her school uniforms one. She practically dragged him along as she led him to the shrine and thought furiously of what she could do, while simultaniously not thinking of what she was going to do with hojo when she went to the feudal age... Previously the only ones who could use the well were her and Inuyasha, but now that he was gone, who knows whether the well would work for even her.
"Don't worry about it Hojo." She stopped on the little steps of the shrine and faced Hojo, his confused face staring into her determined one. She took a breath and continued. "Now what I'm about to tell you may seem crazy but you're going to have to trust me. I'm going to try something I haven't done in a while, and I can't be alone right now, so I'm going to need you to come with me." Hojo smiled warmly.
"Of course Kagome." She slid open the door to the shrine and stepped down the steps to the well, tugging Hojo behind her and stared at the bottom of the well, finally letting go of Hojo's hand for the first time since they left the hospital. She shut her eyes for a moment and just breathed. Hojo watched her curiously and said uncertainly "Kagome?"
Kagome suddenly grabbed his arm and jumped down the well, Hojo just barely able to jump over with her to avoid getting dragged over the wooden rim of the well as he yelled in confusion and Kagome shut her eyes, praying that it would work...
The two landed as carefully as they could, Kagome much more nimble due to all the times she had done it before, and Kagome looked around, praying to see vines instead of wood-rot. She smiled serenly with a bright smile and Hojo looked around and realized that they were no longer in the same well that they jumped into. He stared wonderously at Kagome and was cut off when he realized that she was already climbing the vines. He quickly followed and spoke up to her.
"Hey Kagome, what exactly just happened? I'm pretty sure that the shrine we were just in is nowhere near as bright as it looks now..." Kagome held onto Hojos wrists and helped him out of the well as they reached the top and Hojo looked around at the obviously different place they had arrived in. "Kagome?" Kagome was smiling brightly, finally feeling at home. She still looked thin, and sleep deprived, but the beaming smile on her face made her look so much more healthy.
"Hojo, THIS is why I've always been out from school. I feel like I've returned home... Let me show you where we are."
Nik: Cliffhanger! Yes! Tis I! The marvelous raccoon-girl Nik! (I've become a furry while I was gone ) I am going to update like a crazy mad person who must update to save her life! I figured that since my previous posts were so short, I could be a little shorter in this one as well, though I'm not sure how short this appears to be... Maybe I'm just being lazy... Anyway, I hope you enjoy it and tough if you don't like the HojoXKagome pairing thats budding itself. I love kouga with all my heart, but were inuyasha to die, we all know that kouga wouldn't be the first person to come to mind. Hojo is a sweet boy despite all the lack of fuzzy ears and boo to you if you dun like it :P This is my story and I'm running with it!