Disclaimer- Guess what! I don't own Evenescence either! Shocking isn't it?
Chapter One- Introducing year 3,012
All of our questions are answers to our sins.
All of our endings are waiting to begin.
Giggles filled the artificial summer air and drifted softly over the school courtyard. A group of four girls sat gathered around a small plastic lunch table, papers before them and books piled high in the grass. One of the females turned as a loud shout made its self known from a yard away, her long raven hair held a bluish tint and waved with years of care. The soft glow in her eyes stopped on a tall young man who waved anxiously at her and a gentle rose colored blush made access to her cheeks.
"Kagome! Hold on, I'll be right there." The boy shouted as he brushed his brown locks from his eyes then set out in a jog toward the blushing girl and her friends. The girls giggled even louder simultaneously then hushed them selves as they waited for the news the man had wished to say to their friend.
"Hey."
Kagome blinked her dark blue eyes then forced a smile to her face, the boy staying blissfully unaware of how fake the movement was. "Hey Hojo- kun."
He blushed and placed his books underneath his left arm.
"I was just wondering if you'd like to go to the movies with me later today, I mean if your not busy or anything?"
She shifted in her seat, uncomfortable with being put in such a position. Sure the boy was tall, dark, and cute. But for some reason that's what not Kagome wanted at the time. He was strangely innocent and more naïve than she herself was. Suddenly Ayami, a short-cropped hair girl with brown eyes grabbed onto her shoulders and yanked her back as the rest of her friends leaned forward.
"Of course she would Hojo!"
The boy smiled, not caring that the girl was mouthing protests in her friends faces right in front of him and nodded turning to leave then looking over his shoulder at the girl. "I'll meet you there at seven!" then jogging off with a happy skip that made Kagome cringe. 'Is he sure he's not gender confused?' she shook her head and glared at her friends once Ayami released her
"You guys!"
"Come on Kagome! Hojo's the most popular guy in school and he asked 'you' on a date! Besides you need to get out more often and stop hanging around your shrine so much."
Miya was the first to reply while Ayami and Yagashi nodded their heads in agreement. Kagome simply sighed and stood as the bell rang, grabbing her books and hoisting her backpack over her shoulder.
"Alright. I suppose it couldn't hurt any." With that said she marched back, defeated to her last class.
In My field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby
Kagome paused at the top of the shrine stairs and glanced back down them as her large cat came running past her and into the opened well house. Ignoring the pet she turned her gaze to the fake sky above her. The created picture of clouds rolling by brought the feeling of a deep sadness with in her, even the breeze in the air was man made, smelling of chemicals and the faint scent of sakura blossoms and the camellia surrounding the well house.
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me.
"Kagome! I can't find Buyo!"
She jumped at the unexpected scream of her younger brother Souta then sighed as she pointed where her overly size cat disappeared. Souta's ten- year-old face scrunched in fear and he looked back to his seven teen year old sister.
"I can't go in there! Grandpa says evil spirits lurk in there!"
"Grandpa's... well he's just strange Souta. Go ahead inside and take my stuff, I'll get Buyo."
The boy nodded his thanks and snatched her pack from the ground dragging the heavy thing inside, leaving a track to follow in the dirt as he did so.
"Great. Now I have to wash it." She mumbled as she pushed the well house door open and walked slowly inside the damply dark room.
"Buyo!"
She yelled softly turning her attention to the closed off stone well as the cat meowed from it's perch atop the wooden boards. It walked slowly across the top leaving loud creaks in its wake. Kagome scowled. 'Oh! You stupid cat!' She reached across for him, her legs pressed against the side of the well, just as the cat jumped down from the opposite side she lost her footing and crashed against the weak boards, causing them to cave in. She screamed on her fall down as the feeling of air rushing past her alerted her of her situation. She pushed out her hands against the stone wall hopeful to stop her fall but only receiving scratches on her palm. A light at the bottom caught her attention and she glanced down recognizing grass before it stopped her, her rear absorbing most of her fall.
Kagome frowned and stood on shaky legs, rubbing her burning backside and glancing above her. Darkness. Sighing she looked around. The stone wall stopped about seven feet in the air opening up to a grass covered valley that was cut short in the distance by what looked like a real forest.
"Wow... it's like another world down here."
She stepped out of the whole in the wall and glanced around with wide and adventurous eyes. 'Maybe there are people down here, I can probably ask to borrow a ladder or something.'
"Everything looks so real...except that." Her eyes froze on the large tree that rested a yard away, a white metal chamber surrounding its trunk. Frowning, she approached it. Controls lie on the outside, the monitor shut off and covered with webs as vines climbed up the sides of it. A cobweb covered window above the control panel.
"It looks like one of those ancient freezing chambers."
With fascinated curiosity Kagome cleared the web off and peered inside the circular window gasping at what she saw. "There's a guy in there!" quickly she loomed over the control, looking them over frantically. "Okay...it looks just like moms microwave oven. I just have to turn it on and follow the directions." She pressed a few buttons, smiling once the screen lighted up and a humming sound emitted from the entire machine.
"Chamber activated. Please select a command"
Kagome blinked at the voice of the computer then focused as several items appeared on the screen. "Um... I don't even know what this stuff means... Where's open?"
"Command accepted. Chamber Opening; please wait for temperature to rise to seventy-four degrees. Specimen will be defrosted in forty-five seconds. Stand by."
(A/N- Hehe! Defrosted...sorry I couldn't help my self...)
The chamber door came open with a hiss, frosted mist spilled out into a disintegrating fog over the grass and Kagome stepped over the thresh hold and toward the man. His white hair covered his sleep like face. For some reason he was stuck against the tree. She glanced at the metal arrow and frowned. 'What kind of person would do this?' Her attention was drawn from the weapon to the top of his head.
"Seven, six, five..."
Two white dog like ears poked out from his hair, she reached forward slowly and ran her fingers across one of the appendages. "Four, Three..." Smiling at how soft they felt she raised her left hand to the other ear, ignoring the machine's voice. "Two, one. Specimen awakened."
I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all of my childish fears
A cold hand snatched her wrist securely, causing her to jump in surprise and glance down. A growl rumbled through the unknown man and Kagome's eyes widened in fright not removing her gaze, even as the man's head rose to meet her face, his features young. Gold eyes glared heatedly into her own while his grip did not loosen in the slightest.
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
"Kikyo!" He spat the name with vile anger catching Kagome in confusion as her brows knitted together in proof. "What? I'm not Kikyo. I'm Kagome." He sneered and pulled her closely against him, sniffing at the base of her neck. "You are Kikyo, I can smell it!" "No I'm not! I'm Kagome! KUH-GO-MAY!"
Because your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone...
The man frowned as she insisted her point and looked at her closely, taking note of how different her appearance really was, She looked younger then the said priestess, her eyes not a chocolate brown but a deep cool blue that sparkled with slight annoyance, her hair was wavier and had more of a blue shine to it.
He leaned forward and sniffed at her again, ignoring her struggles to free herself. She only smelled faintly like Kikyo, this girl's scent was strangely innocent and had the strong aroma of freshly bloomed Sakura blossoms and lingering camellias. His hold loosened in shock and the girl stumbled backward, landing once again on her bottom.
"Thanks a lot..." She growled and furiously tried to dust the grass stains from her white and green skirt as well as her slightly scratched legs.
"What year is this, bitch?"
"3,012"
His eyes widened at the news. "You mean I've been sealed for fifty years!"
"Really? And don't call me that! It's rude."
"Feh."
He turned his gaze toward the forest, his brow knitting in concentration while Kagome glanced down at her scratched and bleeding hands.
"So what's your name anyway?" He turned back to her, staring at her a moment as if wondering if he could trust her with that knowledge.
"Inuyasha."
"Doesn't that-"she was interrupted at the sound of cracking wood and rustling leaves, turning she froze at the sight she saw. A large snake sat before her on its belly, slithering with anticipation, a female's head and torso at the top, her tongue darting out as it tasted the air. Her scales held a glossy green sheen to them as the sun radiated from them. She bent her head down to come face to face with Kagome.
The young girl backed away until she was pressed against the hanyou who watched the scene with slight interest.
"I taste the scent of Miko blood with in your body human." The creature hissed out and Inuyasha stared down at the girl in confusion, yes, he could see it now, the faint aura of magic that surrounded her. If she was a miko then that meant...
Suddenly the snakes tail lashed out against the chamber from the outside, causing it to break apart with ease and fly out into pieces around the grass, Kagome turned and grabbed the haori of the young man with frightened hands. The creature hissed once again. It's tail sliding around the base of the tree and encircling it as well as Kagome and Inuyasha's legs. The girl clenched her eyes in pain and continued to grip the red fabric.
"I will squeeze it from you child."
"How...god it hurts."
Inuyasha looked down at her, numb to the feeling of her being pressed roughly against him. "Hey, hu - Kagome, you want to live?"
The girl glanced up at him and nodded, too much in pain to speak as the tail was now at her waist and still crushing.
"Then pull this arrow out. I can't do anything if you don't."
Kagome hesitated then reached up, stretching her arm as she tried to reach the metal shaft. Suddenly shouts pulled her attention away from the task and both of the heads turned to the crowd of village people, mostly men, an old woman in the front of them.
"Don't child! He will kill you once he is free!" Kagome frowned and glared at them as Inuyasha opened his mouth to yell at them, she beat him to it. "Well you guys sure aren't doing anything!" she gasped from how much energy talking used up when her entire body was racked with pain.
"Besides, I can't just leave him pinned to this tree..." Kagome returned her gaze to him, dead set on completing the given task.
"You better not be lying Inuyasha."
Her hand grasped tightly around the arrow clenching her eyes tight as she tried to pull the item from his chest, instead it began to glow a brilliant pink and then vanishing leaving only slight pink energy ashes to fade into the air.
Inuyasha grinned as he felt feeling return to his body and the press of the female against him as she gasped in pain. The villagers mumbled and backed away as the hanyou smirked, his clawed hand coming in contact with the youkai's tail and tearing it away from the rest of it's body.
Kagome fell against the grass once the hanyou took off after the creature. It dodged his first few attacks, the rest of it's tail, though squirting blood, slammed against his body and threw him into the trunk of a nearby tree. The snake turned her attention to Kagome and slithered quickly in her direction. Kagome's eyes widened in fear and she stood, watching as the woman's upper body transformed into the head of a snake. She turned to dodge the creature but was too slow as its teeth grazed her side and made a deep wound. The miko watched with confusion as a large pearl like marble exited the bleeding gash. The snake's eyes widened in recognition and it made a grab for the jewel but Kagome was closer and her hand clasped it tightly before she crashed to the ground and slid back into the dirt.
Inuyasha had seen the entire thing with angered then surprised eyes. 'That wench had the Shikon Jewel inside her!' He leapt forward with sudden speed. His hand aimed at the creature as he was coming down. "Strike Laser Claw!"
He shouted and the creature turned in shock, knowing it was too late to dodge the attack and took it head on. Inuyasha's claws digging through the middle of the demon and killing it with ease, the glow around his hand burning the blood from it so his hand was left untouched by the substance.
His attention went to the terrified and bleeding girl, a snarl on his lips. "Give me the jewel." Kagome stared at him then down at the glowing pearl. She stood, wincing in pain and clasped her wound with her free hand, trying to slow the flow of blood. "I don't see why you'd want the thing but okay." She paused when the old woman spoke up again.
"Don't give him the jewel! You are its protector child!" Kagome raised a brow to her as if she was nuts then glanced at Inuyasha, he had a surprised look on his face. She was willing to just hand over the jewel. The shock turned into an angered snarl and he growled at the old woman
"Stay out of this Kaede-Baba!" he turned his attention back to Kagome watching as she pulled her hand away. He growled again. "Give me the damn jewel!" "No! It came from me for some reason and I'm not just gonna hand it over that easy after the pain I'm suffering just cause some stupid demon!"
Sticks were suddenly being thrown and Inuyasha turned at the villagers that were too frightened to confront him but stupid enough to throw things. "Run girl!" He whipped his head back around to find said girl running into the forest away from him, the wound in her side making her steps slower and limp. He dashed after her jumping above the ground and toward her. She turned to see if he was following, gasping when he came from above and grabbed her shoulders, slamming her mercilessly into the dirt.
"Give it to me or I'll rip your arm off!"
"Stay away from the girl Inuyasha." He turned at the voice of Kaede, eyes widening as a beaded necklace was thrown at him, wrapping around his throat and he skidded away from Kagome. Glancing down at the beads he eyed them in confusion.
"What the-"
"Quick! Say a command child!" Kagome blinked in confusion and darted her gaze to the outraged Hanyou who stalked after her.
"What?"
"Hurry! Say something!"
"Uh... uh...Sit?"
The ground rattled as Inuyasha went barreling in to the dirt, face planted firmly. Grumbles and confused curses were heard as he waited for the odd spell to ware off. He picked himself up and sat cross-legged beside his indention.
"What is this Baba!"
"It is a subduing spell. Once the rosary around your neck has been activated it enables you motionless for a small period of time." She turned her attention away from him as he growled and tried in vain to remove the cursed item.
"Now child, what is your name?" Kagome looked at her, now standing again and holding her side.
"Higurashi Kagome. Kaede-san can you explain this?"
The old woman walked toward her and then took her face into her age- wrinkled hands and turned it from side to side, examining Kagome's features.
"Yes, though it is as I expected. Ye are my sister, Kikyo's, reincarnation."
Inuyasha and Kagome froze at the announcement and the mumbles of the villagers were heard from the silence. Inuyasha huffed once he stood and crossed his arms.
"I could have told you that, old woman."
Kagome glared at him then focused her attention to Kaede as she released her.
"Come Kagome, I shall explain all of this over a cup of tea in my hut. Inuyasha,"
The hanyou paused in his steps, he had been walking away from them and into the deeper part of the forest.
"Where do you think you are going? Kagome has freed you from the hibernation chamber, you are now under her say."
"Damn you old woman, can't keep to your own business."
The hanyou stayed rooted to where he was, going neither back to them nor toward the safety of the trees.
"Inuyasha I shall have Kagome say the command if you do not return."
She said warningly and a deep growl could be heard from Inuyasha as he turned around and trudged to Kagome's other side while Kaede walked ahead, shooing the villagers away as the two followed her.
A/N- I Know that it is NOT following directly like the manga and series but that's a good thing! Because if it was, what would be the point of writing it? So just bare with me if you would please. R&R would welcomed greatly!
Chapter two- Follow Me into Madness