A/N 2/22/06 I recently added a new program to my laptop that allows me to spellcheck my work, and though I cannot guarantee that it will eliminate all the errors it will get rid of most of them...To those of you who have read this story already and this has been sent again due to my replacing flawed chapters with spellchecked ones I want to apologize if this was sent to you again ..I screwed it up to start with and had to go back through and reload all of the first eight chapters as I seem to have had a huge lapse of brain failure tonight...This was not my intention and I hope it will not be a bother to anyone..I am not sure if this will be resent to you all again or if it simply updates on the ff site alone...I have only spellchecked the first seven chapters as of this date and will finish the rest tomorrow morning so for those who are new to this story as well as those who may be currently reading I am sorry if this may have posed a problem for anyone but I promise to have it all done asap...Thanks you all again for taking the time to read my story and for those of you who are new please review as I still love to hear what you may think of this story..Again, Sorry if this has been a bother to anyone...OKAY, I LIED...I THINK PERHAPS IT WOULD BE BETTER TO LEAVE THIS ALONE AS IT HAS CHANGED MY HIT COUNTER ALREADY AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WHATEVER I DID EARLIER WAS DEFINATELY THE WRONG WAY TOFIX IT SO ASTO AVOID CAUSING UPDATEEMAILS TO BE GENERATED TO THOSE WHO HAVE READ THIS ALREADYI WILL JUST LEAVE IT AS IT IS..I AM FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT I \DID THIS WRONG SO IF SOMEONE OUT THERE KNOWS HOWI CAN SPELLCHECK WITHOUT CAUSING UPDATE EMAILS PLEASE LET ME KNOW AS I DO NOT WISH TO BE BOTHERSOME TO ANY OF MY WONDERFUL PAST REVIEWERS...THANK YOU AND I AM SOOO SORRY IF THIS HAS GENERATED UPDATE NOTICES, I WAS MERELY TRYING TO CORRECT PAST ERRORS...SINCERLY..NEISHA
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Inuyasha or any of the characters although I would love to. I have used some scenes from the TV series and the movie 2 to help tie things together. If you haven't seen the series or the movie 2 then this story will have spoilers so be warned. I am rating this story as M just in case. Please review, I have never written anything before and I have been wanting to for a long time now and this is a great opportunity to get outside opinions that are based on my writing, but please try not to be to harsh. Anyway...on with the story...
Reflections of the Past : Kagome's Thoughts Chapter 1
Kagome stood at the edge of the well.
She had decided to return to the feudal era earlier than planned, and had just lifted the rest of the extra supplies she had brought with her over the edge.
Tired, she decided to take a short break to enjoy the evening for a few moments before heading to Keades's hut.
Taking a moment to survey her surroundings making sure that there were no signs of danger she slowly lowered herself to the ground lying on her back on the lush green grass that surrounded the well.
The breeze was stirring the leaves in the trees making a slight rustling sound, and the stars were bright as there were no clouds in the sky to mask their beauty.
Kagome lay there for awhile silently watching the stars, her thoughts returning to the reasons behind her early return.
She had finished her senior year tests and was looking forward to spending more of her time devoted to hunting for the jewel shards. She had already told her family that she would be gone longer between visits but would return as often as possible to see them.
It had been 3 1/2 years since she had first fallen through the well. Now almost 19 years old she wondered how she could have ever missed these excursions 500 years in the past. She was glad that she had been chosen to travel back and forth between the two eras. She couldn't imagine her life any different.
" Inuyasha "she thought,
How could she ever go through life without him. He had become so important to her. Sure he could be hardheaded but she found that over the years she had fallen in love with the half demon, had known for a long time now.
How do things like this happen to people like me she thought.
She closed her eyes remembering all the adventures they had shared, the battles and victories, the loss of dear friends, and the pain from the wounds that each had sustained but mostly the friendships that they had developed along the way with Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Keade and all the others.
But she also remembered one of the first moments that she and Inuyasha had shared alone.( Well not entirly alone, the others had gone to sleep.)
It was the first night that Inuyasha had changed into his human form when he told her that she smelled nice, and the way it made her heart race at his soft words.
That was when she realized that her feelings for him were something more to her than just friendship.
She would give her life just to keep him safe and not give it a second thought, and had done just that during their fight with Kaguya when she jumped in front of the arrow that was meant for him, though Kaguya had not let her die for reasons of her own.
She continued doing what she could to keep him safe because the thought of living without him was unbearable.
And he , as always protected her, without thought to the injuries that he would no doubt recieve, relying on her to patch him up and care for him as she always had.
She had also told him that she loved him as a half demon, and had even kissed him trying to stop his transformation into a full demon. She still bore the scars she recieved from his claws piercing the skin of her upper arms but they didn't bother her.
In fact she cherished them as they reminded her of their first kiss, of the moment that her lips met his. And then he kissed her back, and held her in his arms, telling her that he would stay a half demon awile longer...Just for her...
She raised her fingers to her lips, tracing them lightly, remembering the feel of his lips on hers, and wondered again, as she often did, if he thought about it at all. It was just a brief kiss, but it held all the love she felt for him in it...
Now she longed for more...
The others had seen as well but none had made comment, except for Miroku who afterwards thought it would be a good time to place his relationship with Sango on a more intimate level, though she didn't respond quite as he had hoped.
She and Inuyasha had been so embarrassed that it all ended in another argument and another one of countless sittings.
But beyond that it was never brought up again, at least not openly.
So much had happened since then, more battles had been fought and won and yet they remained as close as ever, if not closer, as if nothing awkward had happened,
" I wouldn't change a thing about him, she thought.
" I love him...demon, human and hanyou and I wouldn't give up this experience for anything in the world..
As she lay there thinking she didn't hear the soft footsteps behind her...
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Well, that's all for now. I hope that someone out there liked this chapter. Please review if you would like me to add more chapters.
11-22-05: A/N - This story was intended to be only about 8 chapters long,but my wonderful reviewers wanted me to keep going..so I have, it gets more involved the further you read, so please give it a chance..and if you would, please review each chapter as it helps me to know what you all are liking..The first few chapters are a little slow getting going, but I promise it gets better the further you read...Thanks for taking the time to read my story, I really appreciate it, as well as your feedback...Neisha