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Chapter three

Present Day Japan:

Can this be a dream? Better yet, another nightmare.

Kagome was surrounded by five mysterious looking men. Two of the men were short and had big bellies, while the other three were tall and puny looking. The tallest of the men took out a knife and stood there staring at the young woman.

"You're a beauty, too bad you didn't come along with a friend" The man laughed. The chubbier man stepped into the conversation "Yeah and while you're down there, why don't you entertain us or somethin'?"

"Who do you think you are telling me what to do?" Kagome rose from the ground and told the men whose boss. "You men obviously have nothing better to do, then wait around some random corner for a female to come by… a bunch of low life's that's what you men are!"

"Shutup wench!" One of the men punched her back to the ground causing her nose to bleed.

What am I going to do? I can't run there's nowhere to go…

"Someone help me!" Kagome screamed on the top of her lungs, hoping someone somewhere would be able to help her. The girl tried getting up to escape, but two men were holding her down to the ground.

"What should we do with her boys?" asked the tallest man. "Well we can't do her right here, what if a car passes by?"

"Yeah, and when that car passes by you men are dead!" Kagome semi-injured still had the guts to tell the men off. The man put the knife to Kagome's throat which prevented her from running away. "Ay boys, there's an alley right up ahead just shove her over there." Two of the men were holding her arms back and brought her to the alley that was just up ahead. The men threw Kagome to the ground and managed to knock her head on the hard cement wall behind her.

My visions getting blurry and my nose won't stop bleeding; will I die in this place, all by myself with no Inuyasha? No I can't give up… Not yet

"Grab her arms and take off her shirt!" shouted of one the men. The tallest man used the knife and ripped half of her shirt, and lifting up her skirt at the same time. Kagome struggling to get away had no control of her body. Something kept pushing her to not give up and let these men have her body. She then had a vision of the sacred tree.

"DON'T TOUCH ME, GET AWAY FROM ME!" Kagome lifted up her arms and a strange glow had appeared. How is this possible? My priestess powers in present day Japan? Maybe the sacred tree guided me…

"Who is this girl? What is she?" The men hit their heads on the cement wall as Kagome used her priestess powers on them. Now's my chance to escape! Kagome ran out of the alley, with blood on her half ripped shirt and torn skirt. "I need to get help quick, someone needs to catch these guys…" As she ran down the road she heard a vivid voice not too far away from her. "Catch her boys, don't let the bitch escape!" Tears ran down Kagome's cheeks, burning the cuts that were on her pale face.

What do I do? Where do I go? Kagome managed to turn into an area with little buildings and small homes. I don't recognize this place at all… where could I be? With the corner of her eyes she saw a strange light not too far away from her. "Shoot, one of the men must've had a car… I need to hide!" The girl managed to find a big dumpster; she used it so she wouldn't be seen from the men. The suspicious car approached the area and stopped.

The familiar short man stepped out of the car. "I swear boss, I saw the girl go here, and I swear it was her!" "You fool, the only thing here is a bunch of garbage, the bitch escaped" "Ya sure you don't wanna' check around boss?" "Shutup, you filthy idiot get back in the car, we need to find this girl." The chubby man went back in the car with the other four men and went on a look out for Kagome.

Feudal Japan:

"Goddamn it! I can't stand just waiting around like this!" Inuyasha kept walking around in a circle as he tried to figure out a way to get to Kagome's time.

"Inuyasha, ye need to stop worrying and eat something!" said Kaede who tried to comfort him.

"YE just need to shut your trap!" Inuyasha snapped. Sango and Miroku were by his side trying to comfort him as well. "Inuyasha, I think Kagome is the only one who can get the well the open up…" said Sango

"Yeah, you really think that Sango? I wonder how she'd able to do that… when these filthy men are going to kill her!" Inuyasha yelled sarcastically.

"Don't yell at her like that! Kagome is strong, I don't think she'd let any of the men harm her in any way…" Hopefully not, Kagome is strong is so many ways… but what if she failed this time? Then what?

"Look the only thing I can do right now is wait at the well…" Kaede stepped in and gave Inuyasha an idea. "Inuyasha sitting and waiting for Kagome to pop out of the well, is just not the right way to go… why don't you work on that house of yours?"

Miroku and Sango looked at each other in confusion. "You're building a house Inuyasha?" Inuyasha's cheeks went rosy pink. "Thanks for blurting your big fat mouth Kaede!" "Why should ye be embarrassed anyways?" Inuyasha took a pause. "Look I don't have time for this, is there any way I can get to Kagome's side, yes or no? It's as simple as that." Kaede didn't want to give Inuyasha the bad news but it had to be done. "Inuyasha… it's been three years since ye seen Kagome. If there was an actual way to get to her side, don't ye think I would've told you already?" Inuyasha's eyes began to feel watery and his body full of range.

I can't, I can't do this anymore… there must be a way, there just has to be

"You all want to know something? I can't stand this. I can't stand you people just sitting around waiting for the lunar rainbow to appear or somethin' I mean… what I mean is I will always wait for Kagome, I will be there for the rest of my life by that well waiting for her. And if she never comes out then that's my problem, but I will never regret one minute of it. A mate stays by a mate.

I can't believe I just said that out loud, I…

"Inuyasha… that was beautifully spoken" Sango could see right through Inuyasha.

"I'm with you Inuyasha… before this happened and we were still battling Naraku, I had my doubts on saving Kohaku at times… but not once did I ever give up on him. The feeling of the one you love at danger and just seeing the one you love hurt. And not being there with you, not being able to do anything because you're stuck. You're stuck and there's nothing you can do to help them. That's how I felt with Kohaku. But you Inuyasha, you were there… Miroku and Kagome as well. All of my close friends just stood by me, and guess what? In the end Kohaku's life was saved. The key was to never give up."

The hut went silent and Miroku added on to Sango's words. "I couldn't agree more with what Sango just said… but Inuyasha I couldn't help but notice that you called Kagome your mate?" They all took a glare at Miroku. "Really Miroku?" said Sango as she glared at her husband.

"Hey, hey look I know you thought the same!"

"Yeah I called Kagome my mate…" said Inuyasha blushing.

"Ah, so you're in love with Lady Kagome then?" said Miroku waiting for an answer.

Present day Japan:

Kagome sat behind the dumpster for a while in case the car was still in the area. I don't feel well, my head hurts, it's cold and mom, gramps and Sota are all probably so worried about me… I gotta' get home!

"Alright Kagome you got to think! If the restaurants not too far from here… then maybe I can just walk back and my friends will still be there!" Yeah right Kagome you idiot, who knows how long I've been out here for… they've probably left by now. Kagome made the decision to try to find a fast-food restaurant so she can get her hands on a telephone.

Kagome got out of the dumpster and began to walk on the side walk. Oh I must look and smell so bad at this point… I just need to keep my eyes out for that stupid car. It must've been over forty-five minutes since the woman has been walking. After fifteen minutes of walking she notices that she's in a neighbourhood full of houses. "Great, how did I even end up here?" Kagome decided she wouldn't ring a random stranger's doorbell and ask for help. Still traumatized from the rape incident she continues to walk along the sidewalks of this bizarre neighbourhood. "A bus shelter, I can take the bus and get home!" Kagome ran to the shelter and waited for the bus to arrive.

A good thirty minutes has passed and she finally sees a strange light at the end of the road. Maybe, this stupid bus finally decided to show up! As the strange figure approached her she realized that it wasn't a bus and it was a car ahead. "Oh… no they found me!" Kagome ran; she tried running as fast as she could but her ankle was hurting from the fall she had earlier that night. The car honked at her and she knew she was going to get caught. "KAGOME! IS THAT YOU?" The woman's face dropped when she realized the person in the car knew her. As the car finally approached her, she realized who the person was.

So, who do you think the mystery driver is? I hope you guys enjoyed chapter three! I'm just dying for Inuyasha and Kagome to meet up already… It will happen though don't worry! Please review guys it would mean a lot to me – xoxo Katerina