Chapter 2, fun.

I opened my eyes to dimly lit room. I started to close my eyes again, when something caught my eye. Above me, slightly to the right, was a red lantern. I don't remeber having that in my room . . .WAIT! My eyes widened as the flashbacks from what seemed like two seconds ago blurred through my mind. When it came to a halt, I sat up quickly, scanning the room. This certainly WAS NOT my room. A searing pain hit me in the ribs, as if I had been through a meat grinder. I gripped them tightly, not helping much, and continued to look around the room. I couldn't recognize any of it, though I DID feel the home-y touch. Plain White walls with some swords and arrows on display were what cought my eye. The floor was plain wood flooring. I shook my head, which felt like it had been hit with a baseball bat, trying to make sense of the situation. I pryed my body off of the ground and got up as easily as my murdered ribs allowed. I slowly trudged to the door, anxius to find out where I was. As I opened the door, my eyes burned.

The sunlight was very bright, and I hadn't even SEEN the sun in about two weeks. After the burning faded, I was greeted by the warm breeze and sunlight. What had tortured me a second ago, now seemed to be comforting me. I had forgotten how much I loved the sun, and I was sure I'd NEVER forget again. But again, my joy was stopped early. My arms folded in front of me, and the breeze now seemed ominous. Where am I? What caused me to come here? How am I going to get home?

"Ye should be resting." A old cracked voice informed me. I turned around quickly to see something I actually DID recognize. But, I never expected it to ever be recognized in real life. In front of me stood Lady Kaede. I blinked for a second before shaking my head. I looked at her again, feeling stupified. She blinked at me and squinted her eye in annoyance. Finally I shook my head once more, suddenly feeling dizzy and responded.

"Uh . . . yeah." I confirmed. Stupid. Stupid response. She was still scanning me, which put a brick in my stomach. Of course, I had to refrain from staring at her eye patch, with little success.

"Ye have a name, does ye not?" She asked me. She had a curious yet scared look on her face.

"OH! Uh, yeah m-my name is Nicole." I informed her. "But you can call me Nikki for short." I felt very,very out of place and Lady Kaede staring at me didn't help much. She seemed to think for a second before speaking again.

"Ye does not belong here, does she?" She asked again. It took me a second for it to absorb and register in my brain. (I SUCK at Shakespearian English)

"Oh, yeah. I'm not from . . . here." I answered her, circling my arms for (failed) emphasis. I was hoping she could understand me, although I knew she already did from talking to Inuyasha. She seemed to scrunch up her face a bit.

"Ye does not look of here." She stated, beginning to relax. I felt slightly offended.

"What? Never seen brown hair before?" I snapped. She shook her head and looked straight into my face for the first time.

"It be ye eyes." She answered. My eyes? What, they're the same color as my hair! The scene of the blackhole before the plummett played through my mind. Aren't they? I looked at her questioningly before scooting over to a puddle to my left. As I looked into it, I jumped. My eyes were now light purple and I had more golden, healthy looking hair. After admiring myself for a few minutes, I snapped my attention back to Lady Kaede. She looked very tense and worried as she returned my stare.

"But wait. Other people from here have odd colored eyes. Take Inuyasha for example- EEK!" My hands shot up to clasp my mouth shut. Now she stared at me with wonder, but shook it off.

"But anyway, what's wrong with purple eyes?" I asked her. She smiled and resonded casually.

"I shall tell ye at another date. Come inside. Ye needs rest." She repeated. She walked over to me and helped me up, giving me instructions on how to get up so it didn't hurt as bad. After I got up, she hooked my arm and led me back to her little house. When we got back in, she changed my bandages and gave me some ointment that helped me relax. She explained to me that she found me in the middle of the forest, sprawled out and unconscious. After she was done changing my bandages, with clearly showed my wimpy-ness, she began asking me the tough questions about where exaclty I came from.

It took me FOREVER to explain everything from a television to cartoons and manga. After I had explained everything to where she wasn't completely confused, I told her everything I knew about Inuyasha. I tolf her EVERYTHING, including stuff that was in the end, like Kouga and Ayame's wedding and Kagome staying back with Inuyasha. She helped fill in the blanks at the end, explaining what happened after the ending. Kouga and Ayame had one kid, who just turned 7, and Inuyasha and Kagome had become official mates. I was overjoyed, though I tried to hide it. She also began telling me stories of her childhood, which I found interesting, and soon I felt a bond coming. By the end of the night, we had become great friends in a short amount of time adn I felt like I knew Lady Keade to a T.

Out of nowhere, she straightened up and stared ahead. I stared at her, waiting for her to say soemthing and also felt the stange urge to poke her, but I stopped myself.

"Lady Kaede?" I asked her. She didn't respond for a few minutes adn it became extremelly awkward. And my urge to poke her was excruciating. When I was finally about to try it out, she spoke.

"I sense thy presence of Inuyasha and thee." My heart sank. Inuyasha and the others? Coming here? BUT I'M STILL HERE! She grabbed my arm and made me look her in the face. She looked terrified.

"Listen to thee, please. Ye must not be ye. YE CANNOT BE YE!" My head spun for a second before my mind finally translated. I have to have an alias. My mind swirled around all of the names I could choose from, and I found one that no one had. I stared at the door, ready for my challenge. And my heart froze as the door began to open.

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