Ch.1:A close call
Where am I? Leah stated to herself as she opened her eyes slowly and surveyed her surroundings. She could see nothing but forest everywhere she looked, and from the looks of it she was the only person in the area to. Slowly she got to her feet, and brushed the soil and leaves from her red skirt, and the back of her dark blue shirt. " The last thing I remeber is following Kagome into that well, and seeing a bright light. Was that all just a dream? Maybe this is to.." She thought to herself, and walked to the nearest tree and slowly sat down with her back against it. "but if this is only a dream, and I'm really asleep, why do I feel so tired? She said outloud, and stood up. She inhaled deeply, and then sighed loudly. "I guess wether it's a dream or not, I should probably try to find someone who can tell me where I am.." She said outloud sarcastically, and not realizing that she was being watched and followed very closely.
About an hour later, reality had set in and she realized that she WAS actually lost so she decided to try and find a way out of the woods, possibly to a highway, where maybe she could find a gas station with a phone.
She took in the scenery of where she was. It was incredibly beautiful. There wasn't anything like this back where she lived, in Tokyo. Even the air smelled different, but in a good way. That huge difference made her realize just how far from her home she must be, and this thought greatly worried her.
She continued walking all the while thinking about where she could be, and how she could have gotten here, not paying much attention to her surroundings any longer, until a noise in the trees above her caused her to almost jump out of her skin. She looked above her head. She saw nothing, but knew that the sound couldn't have just been in her head. Just then a tree branch about her size fell out of the tree, almost on top of her. Luckily she reacted rather quickly. Still in shock about almost being crushed, it took her a moment to realize that a large serpent demon fell with the branch as well, and was now staring her directly in the face. Leah looked the giant snake over. She had seen snakes like this before, in books but they looked a lot bigger close up. She might have continued staring at it like an idiot, but instinct finally fought it's way into her brain, and she took off. She could definetely feel neglected muscles waking up throughout her body. It had been so long since she had ran like this! However, the serpent demon was right on her tail, with it's jaws wide open. You never would imagine that even a snake this big would be able to open it's jaws that wide, even if it was a snake. But Leah failed to realize that this was a demon though, and just kept running. "GET AWAY FROM ME!" She screamed at the giant snake. " oh yea, like that'll work!" she thought to herself again. "Oh no!" she exclaimed loudly. The serpent demon was chasing her right toward a cliff! She stopped abruptly, but the serpent kept going, and went flying off the cliff, right into the raging river awaiting him at the bottom.
"That.. was so..close.." she said breathing heavily. She fell to her knees, and tried to catch her breath. "Haha, how coincidental, that I see that cliff and stop, but that stupid giant snake just keeps on going!" She said, laughing wildly at her intelligence. "Now to find that gas station." she said rubbing her hands together, as if she had just finished something important, and turned to walk on, until a loud splash from behind her made her jump once again. " Oh great." she said to herself. "He survived, and now he's brought friends..." she said looking over the squad of serpent demons lain out before her.
"Iron reaper, soul stealer!" She heard a man's voice call out from behind, and looked back just in time to see a boy, with long silver hair, and dog ears dressed in a red kimono jump out from the trees, and slashed several of the giant serpents to pieces. "oh great, more of them, and this one looks a lot stronger..." Leah stated under her breath, and started to sneak away through the bushes behind her. " Hold it right there, girl!" exclaimed the boy as he finished the rest of the demons off. "Why'd you follow Kagome in to that well!" he yelled angrily "Didn't your parents ever tell you that following people into strange places was wrong?" He yelled furiously at her. Leah just stared at him dumbfoundedly. "how do you know Kagome, demon?" She yelled back at him with just as much force. "That's none of your business! Besides, I believe I asked you a question first! You could've been killed back there!"
"Leah!" Kagome exclaimed loudly. "I'm so glad that your okay." She added, while she hugged her tightly. " You mean your not mad, Kagome?" Leah said, looking kagome in the face now that she finally let her go. "Well I'm a little frustrated about it." Kagome said through a smile. "But, I was really more worried than anything else." She added. Leah looked down to hide a smile, and her red cheeks, she was a bit embarrassed . " Thanks." She finally said. "But what about him?" She added inquisitively.
Kagome looked up. "who, Inuyasha? Oh I wouldn't worry about him. I know he seems kind of mad, but he was only worried about you is all. He gets like that a lot." Kagome said kindly. "Come on back, we'll fix you something to eat, you look famished."