Darkest Hours
The first thing that came to her vision was snow. She slowly sat up as to not aggravate her aching head. She checked her body, counting out how many arms and legs she had, sighing in relief as nothing was missing or hurting too badly.
She looked forward and saw vines in front of her. Before deciding about climbing up, she looked up only to see a cloudy sky. 'I thought we had a roof over the well...' Kagome thought. With a shrug, she stood, dusted herself off and carefully climbed to the top.
She pulled herself out, huffing and puffing from the hard exercise on her tiny body. After whiping the sweat off her brow, she took a good look at her surroundings. Trees to the left; Trees to the right. With another sigh, she once again stood to dust her self off when she felt something.
Hopeful that someone could possibly help her she called out, "Hello? Can you help me find my way home?" Her only reply was silence and wind whipping past her ears. She called out once more, desperately wanting to go home.
She started to tear up again when she heard nothing and hiccuped lightly. As she whiped her eyes she never noticed the being coming closer in curiosity. Kagome hiccupped and wept quietly, saddned that she could not return to see her father for the first time since she was four.
"Why do you cry, human?" She jumped, startled at the voice. "I asked you a question." She blushed, embarrassed at being startled by a cute boy.
"I'm sorry, I was crying because I don't know how to get home. Its been so long since I've seen my father and he was coming home. Stupid well." She muttered the last part, hoping he wouldn't hear.
He raised an eyebrow at her making her giggle. Suddenly he turned around, looking a bit startled. "What is it?" Kagome asked. He made a shushing motion and looked back at the trees.
Not five seconds later did a disturbing creature come from the tree line. It had on huge eye in the middle of its body, pointy arms and long legs. "I smell girl. Yummy, yummy girl!" It surged forward, hell bent on getting Kagome, when it was cut diagonally.
Never to have seen death before, Kagome's eyes widened tenfold. Blood splattered all over the ground, somewhat covering Kagome. Petrified, she didn't move a muscle until the boy came over and knelt down to her, touching her arm lightly.
"Are you injured? Your covered in blood." He took a whiff of her and nodded. "Only the demons blood." Kagome blinked, confused. "Demon? Like in the legends?"
This time, it was his turn to be confused. "Legends? What legends?" She smiled. "Before I forget, my names Kagome. You are?" He nodded and stated, "I am the young prince of the western lands, Sesshoumaru Taishou."
Kagome's eyes widened again, "You're a prince? Wow! That's so cool!" His brows crinkled in surprise. "You're not afraid of this Sesshoumaru?" She shook her head no with a smile. He shook his head, not fully understanding her.
"Where are we?" He blinked. "You do not know?" She shook her head negative. "The summer is 1551. We are near the village called Edo. How old are you?" Kagome smiled. "Eight this year. I'm about to turn nine." She called out with glee.
Before they could continue, she started shivering and sneezing. "Excuse me. Its really cold." He waved it off and stood, assisting her up as well.
"I'm sure father wouldn't mind you staying over for a bit. He has a...fascination with humans. Come, we shall go." She nodded and followed after the demon prince.
Owari.