Unexpected Encounters

By InuQTpie (And her best friend)

Chapter One

An Early Morning and A Long School Day

BEEP!BEEP!BEEP!BEEP!BE---

"ung…."

Miharu Motsuo brought her petite hand down on her alarm clock. "I don wanna ge up…", she mumbled groggily. "Michiyo, time to get up. Were going to be late.

"Mmmmm… Five more minutes…", her friend sleepily replied

"No! Up! NOW!", she yelled. She was not going to be late…Again!

"Gah! Okay! I'm up! I'm up!

"Good. I get the bathroom first"

"Fine. I'll make breakfast. What do you want?"

"Um…Could you make me an omelet? Maybe with some ham?"

"Would you eat it in a box? Would you eat it with a fox?"

"Ha! Nice one Michiyo!"

Miharu Motsuo and Michiyo Saruwatari are ninth graders and live together in a little apartment just outside of Tokyo, Japan's city center. Miharu has long mid back length blonde hair and deep, ocean-blue eyes. Michiyo has mid length brown hair and pale blue eyes.

As Miharu said this she opened her walk in closet and stepped inside. She looked around for her school uniform and when she found it set it on her bed.

After putting on some earrings with a necklace, she went into the bathroom. She turned on the shower and stepped in and started to wash her hair.

Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Michiyo was making breakfast. She finished Miharu's omelet and then put some toast in the toaster for herself. She yawned as she walked back into the bedroom. She opened her closet and pulled out her school uniform. It was sailor style(a/n hehe…) with a short green skirt. She put on black shoes and tied her hair into a high, loose ponytail.

When Michiyo returned to the kitchen, she buttered her recently popped up toast and poured a glass of milk. Miharu was still taking a shower and Michiyo was getting annoyed. "Miharu, hurry up! You yelled at me for wanting to sleep in!" she shouted at her roommate and best friend. Miharu called back, "All right!" and finished up. She dried off and got dressed quickly. She could smell her omelet and smiled. Michiyo searched around for her backpack and when she found it, removed her Math homework. "Hey, Miharu, what'd you get for number 10?" she asked as Miharu entered the kitchen.

"Number ten? For Math with Mrs. Shimizu? I got 134.3389," she said casually, taking a bight of her omelet. Michiyo starred at her. "How does Math come so easy for you?" her friend shrugged. "Hey, you're an expert in Language Arts." She ate her breakfast as fast as she could without choking, pulled on her backpack, and made a run for the door. "Let's go Michiyo!"

"Yeah, yeah, coming," Michiyo mumbled as she looked over the rest of her Math homework. She put it back into her backpack and followed Miharu out of the room. She locked the door and they took the elevator down to the parking garage (a/n Even though they're in ninth grade, they can drive) where they're green VW Bug was waiting for them. Miharu took the wheel and started up the little car.

They drove off to Tokyo Middle School and parked the car. Miharu stepped out and waved to their group of friends, which was standing at the school entrance. Suzuki Yamashite hurried over first and greeted the two. "Hey guys!" she smiled. Ayumi Kijima was next over with Hasegawa Ishimaru. They were two of the smartest girls in school.

Before the rest of the group could assemble the five minute bell rang. Michiyo and Miharu hurried up the school's steps and into the big building. "Slow down, we have five minutes!" Their friend, Nakamura Kumiko, shouted, chasing after them. They slowed their pace a bit so she could catch up. "Wait, what'd you guys have first?" she asked.

"Math," Miharu answered. "Oh, and did I tell you? I have the option to be moved up a couple grades." Nakamura squealed in delight and congratulated her friend. She had to dash off however to meet her boyfriend, Kaito Yoshikuni, and said good-bye. Michiyo opened her locker. "So, are you gonna do it?" she asked curiously. Miharu shrugged.

"I might," she replied, leaning against someone's locker. A girl tapped her on the shoulder and Miharu turned. The girl had mid length raven colored hair and big, brown eyes. "Um…you're standing in front of my locker," she said sweetly. Miharu mumbled, "Oh, sorry," and moved. The girl smiled and took some books out of her locker. After closing it, she walked away. Miharu starred after her.

"Hey, Michiyo, isn't that that girl in our Math class who's absent all the time? Cause she's always sick or something?"

Michiyo shut her locker door and looked. "I think it is. Isn't her name…like…Kagome?" Miharu nodded and they started off to class. The girl they thought was Kagome had taken her seat by the window and was quietly studying. Michiyo sat next to her friend, Chiaki Kawazoe. "Hey, Chi. What's up?" she asked.

"Nothin' much. You?"

"Same." They discussed the homework until the bell rang and the teacher walked into the room. Mrs. Shimizu smiled at everyone and began. "Attendance first and then we can start. Miharu Matsuo?"

"Here," Miharu said as she raised her hand. She looked over at her guy friend, Takumi Watanabe, who gave a fake yawn and she laughed. His name was called and he answered. Next was Michiyo and Miharu's friend Sukaira Nakamura who called that he was here. Nakashima Kenta, their other guy friend, was called and then Michiyo. "Yeah," she mumbled. She was still a bit tired.

"Kurokawa Momoko?"

"Yep."

Chiaki Kawazoe?"

"Present."

Nakamura Kumiko?"

"Here."

"Hasegawa Ishimaru?"

"Uh-huh."

Ayumi Kojima?"

"Mm-Hm."

"Suzuki Yamashite?"

"Right here."

"Kaito Yoshikuni?"

"Yep."

The teacher had called off all the names of their group. "Kagome Higurashi?" the teacher called. The class had not expected her to answer, but to their surprise, she did. "Here," she told the teacher. Chiaki leaned over to Michiyo and whispered, "That girl is strange. She only comes to school…like…once a day every two or so weeks. She's always sick, but then when she comes back to school she looks like she's never been better."

Michiyo did think this was odd. Kagome was said to have rare diseases and then when she came back to school she looked better then ever. She stopped thinking about it though when she was called on for a math problem and didn't know the answer.

The day went slowly after Math and at lunch Miharu and Michiyo sat at their normal table. Their group was so large it filled the entire table. The only two members who hadn't joined them yet were Kuroda Masato and Naoki Ogawa. Everyone in the group thought Kuroda and Naoki were ok but not Michiyo and Miharu. The two boys were always teasing them and bothering them. They were almost like worst enemies.

"What's up guys?" a familiar voice said and Kuroda was heading over with Naoki right behind him.

"Same old, same old," Takumi answered. "Where were you this morning? We didn't see you." Naoki exchanged a nervous glance with his friend. "Uh…we were just…oh, it doesn't matter. Scoot over Nakamura." Nakamura moved over a seat and let his friends sit.

"Hey, Michiyo, I heard you failed a test."

"Hey, Kuroda, I heard you got your face stuck in a blender. It's an improvement," Michiyo retorted smugly. The smile was wiped right off of Kuroda's face and he started talking to Hasegawa. Kuroda only teased Michiyo. He was always making stupid remarks and she was always making stupid come backs. The truth was though…she actually thought he was sort of cute. A huge jerk…but cute.

The same went for Miharu and Naoki. He would only tease her and she would make come backs. And the truth for her was she thought he was sort of cute. A bigger jerk then Kuroda…but cute. Suzuki whispered, "Nice one," to Michiyo and high fived her under the table. Michiyo grinned and went on eating her noodles.

Later on, after school, Michiyo waved good-bye to everyone and hopped on the City bus to her Martial Arts lesson. Miharu had Kunai Knife practice and she started up the little VW Bug and drove off. Kuroda and Naoki began walking down the street on their way to Naoki's house. It was quiet until…

"Hey Kuroda! Naoki! Wait up!" a sweet voice called. The two boys turned and Kagome came running up to them. "Hey! I wanna show you guys something. Follow me." She started walking and Naoki gave Kuroda a confused look. But they followed Kagome anyway and soon were walking up the long flight of steps to Higurashi Shrine. They expected Kagome to lead them to her house but instead she headed towards a strange Shrine.

Kagome slid open the door to the small shrine and motioned to them to come in. They gulped and slowly started down into the dark Shrine. A well was in there and Kagome was standing beside it. "Come closer," she ordered them. Kuroda took one step forward and pulled Naoki along with him. Kagome walked over so that she was standing behind them and they were standing in front of the well. They peered inside and were suddenly pushed in.

Kuroda screamed as hard as he could as he fell father and farther down into the well. When he landed, he heard a thud beside him and looked over to see if Naoki was alright. "Hey…Naoki…you ok?" he asked, still a sort of dizzy. It took him a minute but finally Naoki answered, "I…think." Blue light started to glow all around them and Naoki's eyes opened wide and his jaw dropped. "W-What's happening?" he asked.

"I dunno but I don't wanna find out!" Kuroda yelled, looking around wildly for some escape. Just then, Kagome landed gracefully beside him and smiled. "YOU!" Kuroda screamed, waving his index finger at her. Kagome nodded. "Don't worry. I'll explain everything once we meet InuYasha and the others."

"I-InuYasha?" Naoki asked, still in shock and so terrified about this whole he was stuttering.

"And there are…others?" Kuroda added. "Why did you push us into this well Kagome? Can we please get out now!" Kagome nodded and started grabbing vines and climbing out of the well. Kuroda starred at her for a moment and then started climbing out too. Naoki followed them and soon the three had landed on soft grass. Kagome helped Naoki up and he looked just as shocked as ever.

"Where are we!" he asked, his tone scared and confused. For they were not in the well house any longer. They were in a forest, trees surrounding them and birds chirping. "Come one," Kagome told them, starting off into the forest. "Kaede's village is just up here."

"K-Kaede's village?" Naoki asked. "Who's Kaede?" Kagome merely smiled. "You'll see."