Kagome flailed in her bed, immediately crying out as pain shot out from her right side. "Kagome are you alright?" Her mom asked pushing the door open hurriedly. "Mom." Kagome whispered cracking her eyes open. Kun-Loon stepped in fully and pulled the sheet down, exposing a bloody bandage on her side. Pulling her daughter's computer chair to the bed, she sat down and started changing the bandage and cleaning the wound. "What happened?" Kagome asked softly.
"Inuyasha came through the well holding you, you were both covered in blood. He said an evil witch had attacked you and that you had taken most of the attacks. Don't you remember?" Kun-Loon asked holding her daughters hand. Kagome shook her head, and turned to look at her. 'An evil witch; why can't I remember?' she thought as tears filled her eyes in a panic. Sniffing Kagome struggled to sit up, resting against the headboard. "What's today?" she asked breathless.
"August 8, 2014." Kun-Loon said. Kagome nodded as her mother put her chair back at her desk and kissed her forehead. "I'll bring up some food." She said before shutting the door behind her. Squeezing her eyes shut, she willed… something; what did she want? Taking a deep breath, she felt oddly incomplete as she looked around her pink room. Frowning, she glanced back down the wound on her side, removing the bandage as a warm feeling circled the area.
Pulling off the bandage, she ran a thumb over the exposed flesh, no scar in sight. "Right, I can heal." She mumbled as she climbed off the bed. "2014; why doesn't that seem right to me?" she sighed. Moving around her room, she grabbed the frame off her desk staring at the faces of Inuyasha and her other feudal era friends. Furrowing her brow she stared harder, images flashing before her eyes with a gasp.
Eyes opening fully she put the picture down harder than necessary and stepped back. Glancing down at her left hand, she smiled even though her ring was no longer there. Opening her door, she made her way downstairs and into the door of the kitchen. "What are you doing out of bed?" Kun-Loon scolded. Kagome pulled her shirt up and showed her the healed flesh before sitting at the table.
"There's something you need to know." She said rubbing her naked finger.
One Year Later
Kagome pulled her hair in a high ponytail as she finished getting ready for school, yawning as she rubbed her eyes. Stepping in front of her floor length mirror, she straightened her maroon blazer and skirt. Tossing her bangs out of her face, she made her way into the kitchen her thumb rubbing her naked ring finger absently as she grabbed breakfast to go and meeting her brother outside. "Do you ever think about going back?" Souta asked as they walked past the bone-eaters well.
Kagome shook her head and pulled her bag higher on her shoulder. "No, I'm honestly just ready to start living normally. No time travel and especially no more travelling in between worlds. I don't think I can handle that any more mentally." Kagome grumbled. "You mean you're heart can't take it anymore. It's kind of upsetting, having Inuyasha in the family would have been cool; but having THE Captain Hook, that's just awesome!" Souta exclaimed excitedly.
The elder sibling laughed and ruffled her brother's hair before giving him a hug as he darted through the gates of his junior high school. Watching her brother, she felt a presence beside her and spun sharply her fist getting caught easily by the silver haired man beside her. "Inu…Yasha?" Kagome mumbled. "Hey, relax; I saw you across the street and wanted to come and say hi. And catch up since it's been a while." Inuyasha grumbled. Smiling Kagome nodded and followed him to a nearby café.
"I stopped by a few days ago, you were out with your friends. Your mom told me everything you said last year too, about that Elphaba lady teaming with Naraku and everything. Speaking of that ass… He's still alive; he's a contractor in Hong Kong." Inuyasha said. "It's just not what I expected. Blue took me away because of the pain; then I go through all of that just to be separated from Killian. I mean don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled that Blue was able to change it before I was gone completely. I've just been so tired." Kagome sighed.
Inuyasha placed his hand on top of her two and squeezed. "Well then I've got some news for you. Sesshoumaru's been doing some digging and guess what he found." Inuyasha stated. "A personality." Kagome guessed running her thumbs along her coffee cup rim. "No, unfortunately. There's this town in Maine; it's called Storybrooke." He sniffed leaning back. Kagome jerked her head up and leaned forward. "He said if you wanted he would let you use his plane." Inuyasha said.
"What's the catch?" Kagome asked suspiciously. "No catch, he's trying to help. We can't stand your depression anymore." Inuyasha said rolling his eyes. Kagome bit her lip and jumped up. "Than what are we waiting for?" she asked yanking her friend to his feet and running out of the café.
Storybrooke, Maine
Ruby leaned across the diner's counter, sharing a smile with Doctor Hopper. "Bet you weren't expecting to see this place again." She said. "No I didn't, everything that happened with Oz and the Enchanted Forest being unable to fully get restored; it's better that we're here." Archie admitted. Ruby nodded as Mother Superior sat herself at the counter, a wide smile on her face. "What's got you all happy?" Granny asked looking at her over her glasses.
"When Kagome was fading back to her true time, I was able to change what happened to her friends. She still had the memory; but it didn't happen, an evil witch killing her friends instead of Inuyasha; that way she would have someone to help her through the pain of losing you all. Well, she's on her way here." Mother Superior sighed with a smile. "And with good timing; Hook's been so all over the place that he can't control himself anymore." Belle agreed from her table.
"Yeah, well that too." Ruby said with a nod. "When will she be here? We owe her a debt since she helped save us all, even though she wasn't so great in her past." Archie said. "She'll be here sometime tomorrow. You are right though, we all owe her and Emma our lives." Mother Superior agreed. "I have an idea." Ruby said thoughtfully.
The following day, Belle and Doctor Hopper were knocking on Regina's door impatiently. "What do want?" Regina asked opening the door. "Kagome's coming, and since she played a part in keeping us alive when Elphaba was on her rampage, we're all trying to find a way to re-welcome her." Doctor Hopper said. "Give me an hour; I'll meet you at Granny's." Regina said before shutting the door.
Hours later, Granny's was packed with excited people, surprising themselves at how happy they were at the prospect of seeing Kagome again. "Where's Hook?" Emma asked glancing around. "He's probably still at the ship; nope, nevermind." Neal said as the pirate in question walked in, his head down.
"Hey, Captain come here." Henry called standing on a chair to get his attention. With a sigh, Killian looked up with a strange look on his face. "What's going on tonight? You having a special on your three day old lasagna?" He asked Granny from his place by Henry. "I'll let your comment slide today pirate, just because you're drunk." Granny said back. "Robin went to bring Kagome here." Regina whispered to Snow and David.
Mr. Gold played with his cup across from Belle as a vision of the future invaded his sight. Feeling dread wash over him at the images he broke out of his visions to Belle's concerned face. "What did you see?" She asked softly. "I'll tell you later, now's not the time." He said as Robin Hood walked into the diner with Kagome. "What's all this?" Kagome asked. "We never got the chance to properly thank you for your role in bringing down Elphaba." Snow said. Killian pushed through the crowd of people and faced the black haired woman.
Kagome smoothed down her school uniform nervously as the pirate moved to stand in front of her. "I can't even begin to express how much I've missed you." Killian said pulling her into a hug. "I missed you too." Kagome sighed. "I know you guys really want to be together, but this is our welcome home/thank you party. We've all missed you." David said. "Kind of!" Leroy hurriedly added. Kagome laughed and pulled her pirate in for a kiss. "Here's your ring back, love." Killian said slipping her ring back on.
Sharing another kiss, Kagome broke away and began hugging her friends, smiles and drinks being passed around. Mr. Gold looked around nervously as the heavy dread feeling stayed with him, making him fearful of the near future.