Somewhere, Somewhen: Chapter 5
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. Really, I don't!
Author: Burning Ice
Summary: What happens when Hojo falls through the well with Kagome one day, and starts to have feelings for someone he meets on the other side?
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Hojo didn't bother to fight as he was held against the feather, he tried to tell himself it was because they were hundreds of feet in the air and there was nowhere to go. In actuality he was petrified of heights, and there was no way to force a demon to release someone they didn't want to release. He would have to talk his way out of this one.
After what seemed like hours she stopped, her feather hovering about a dozen feet above the water. Though he scanned the horizon, he could see no sign of a shore, no glimmering lights on the horizon.
"Where EXACTLY am I?" He heard Kagura demand.
"You're in Tokyo, in Japan."
"What- Or Where is Tokyo?" She asked, her red eyes glinting.
"Well, its the Capital of Japan, its the year 2005, about five hundred years in the future from when you lived."
Kagura sat back, thinking, "Naraku is dead here?"
"There are no demons here now, they've been gone for hundreds of years too. Something must have killed them all. I don't know what, maybe-"
"Then I am not going back" She interrupted him, "I escaped whatever killed them and I'm sure as hell not going to go back to Naraku." She glared at him, daring him to argue, enjoying the fact that she had power over others.
"Please don't kill me."
"I'm not going to kill you." Kagura snapped, "you're going to help me."
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Hojo sat on his bed, ready to bolt at any second while Kagura pawed through the cloths he had stolen from his mother's closet.
"I cant believe women in the future dress like this!" she huffed, holding up a spaghetti strapped tank top, "Not even concubines dress like this!"
"I'm sorry, its what they wear now." Hojo edged further away.
"Why!" The demoness demanded, holding a knee length skirt against her waist.
"I guess because they are comfortable, don't get hot, are easy to wash and women like showing off a little. These days, men notice the skin beneath the fabric, not the silks its draped in."
She huffed, but didn't say anything, picking up boot cut jeans and a long sleeve red shirt, and holding them together.
"What are you going to do after you know your way around?"
Kagura turned, she was holding a bra up against her chest, and Hojo realized that Kagura wouldn't be able to wear it, it swam on her.
"I don't want to be caged anymore." She said, "I'll find somewhere I can live alone and be free. Though I will have to do something about all the toxins in the air first!" she fumed, "I can hardly think straight!"
Hojo cringed, imagining the power plants cars, and factories all in ruins, and he prayed that Kagome and Inuyasha would be back soon.
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"That monkey demon didn't know what hit him!" boasted Inuyasha as they headed home from their last encounter, "I cant believe he didn't have a jewel shard!"
"Oh Quiet," Kagome said, "I told you I didn't sense anything on the way there. At least we helped those villagers."
"Keh, we should start charging them for it!" he grumbled, "They're wasting our time."
"Do you think Hojo has any Idea were Kagura is yet?"
"Maybe we should all go to the future when we get back." Sango suggested, "We really should deal with her as quick as we can."
"That means we'll have to find her wherever she is hiding, she could be on the continent by now!" Inuyasha complained.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome scolded, "Just because she's out of your hair here doesn't mean you can just leave her to run amuck in my time!"
"Fine!" he yelled, "But only because we have no leads on Naraku or any shards!" he sped up his pace, to sulk as he walked ahead of them.
Sango looked at her, "There are buildings as tall as trees in your time, and horses made out of steel, and boxes that look out on other worlds. I don't know how you can understand it all."
"I don't either." Kagome sighed, "Sometimes I think I should just drop out do my shard hunting, and re enroll in America. I hear their schools are much easier."
"Where is America? On the other side of China?"
"On the other side of the world . . . I don't think Columbus has even discovered it yet . . . or maybe he has . . . I don't remember the date they landed."
Sango nodded, though she didn't have the foggiest of what her friend was talking about.
"Well, if you sailed east for months, you would hit America." Kagome explained.
Sango shrugged and then whispered, "Do all the men look like demons, like the ones in your book?"
Kagome remembered when she had brought a magazine to the past to show Sango, and had surprised her when a picture of Gackt had fallen open, and made them both blush. She could see that the grace and androgyny of the popular rock stars could be compared to the demons of this time.
"Well, those men just try really really hard."
"Hurry up!" Inuyasha barked, and they both fell silent as they trotted down the path, catching up.
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Ok, sorry about the long time and no updates, I have no excuses, I just lost interest. Sorry the chapter is short, but its the most convenient stopping place for a while.
Icy