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No, seriously. There was no concrete to be seen at all. Just beautiful green and blue.
I looked around fearfully, my eyes wide in disbelief.
'Where... Where am I?!'
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My head practically whipped back and forth in every direction as I looked around, my eyes wide as I was greeted with the sight of trees no matter where I looked.
'Well, isn't this a fine kettle of fish?' I thought with a frown, jerking up to a sitting position.
Other than the National Park, there was no place in California that had such big strong trees. These beautiful things would have been razed to the ground to make cities on such flat land, with fertile soil to boot.
'Was I kidnapped? I might be a heavy sleeper, but they'd have to Naruto-ninja-stealthy to not wake me up. Let alone the fact that my mom is a light sleeper...' With a bit more thought, I realized this was highly unlikely. Unless they covered their tracks, no one but me had been in this area at all, judging the lack of footprints in the dirt. And who would kidnap someone just to dump them in the wilderness and then waltz off? There was practically nothing to gain other than to cause mischief.
With my deep frown still creasing my lips, I looked down at myself to take a brief surveillance of any injuries I had.
Hm. Not bad. A few scrapes and bruises, but nothing dangerous. I've had worse, despite my low pain tolerance.
Still... If I was in a forest, which this seemed to be... I would either be in a) The National Park of California or b) Not in California at all.
And I had no idea how to tell which was the right answer.
Slowly and carefully getting up on shaky legs, I winced as the feeling of cold needles attacked them.
'Well, judging by how long the feeling of my legs falling asleep is seeming to last, I have been here for a fair amount of hours... Which means while people may look for me, I'm too far away for someone to find me just like that. If I stay still to wait for someone to come looking for me, chances are I'll die from dehydration and/or starvation. Can't risk that shit.' I sighed softly at the fucked-up situation that Life decided to toss me, before placing my hands on my hips and surveying my surroundings more carefully.
Something out of place caught my eye and I turned my head to look at the ground, my brows furrowing as I saw a deep blue object that had a decent size laying innocently upon the grass. 'Well hellooo, what's this?' Moving closer in a cautious fashion, my eyes widened as I realized this particular object was made of fabric, had a strap attached to it, and was actually familiar. 'Could it be...?!'
Quickly moving to grasp the strap and pick the object up, I felt tears of joy well up in my eyes as I stared down at my trusty blue handbag. "There is a God!" I shouted with glee as I danced around like an idiot with my bag high above my head. There was a bit of comfort in this situation after all!
I quickly sat back down and began rummaging through the bag to see if there was any actual stuff I could use.
Textbooks. Nope, not useful in anyway shape or form at the moment. I placed those next to me on the ground.
Two empty water bottles. Now that was useful; good thing I never threw those out.
Sketchbooks, journals and drawing utensils. Those literally kept me sane, no way was I throwing those away.
Oh my Jashin, my phone! I quickly whipped it out and checked its condition. Thrilled that it was crack free, I turned it on and checked the bars.
No Service. Well, shit. Couldn't call for help.
I put that in my pocket. Maybe that would change while walking around. Plus this thing was expensive, why get rid of it?
Some granola bars were next to come up. My stomach rumbled angrily at this discovery, and I grimaced as I realized I would have to hunt for food. Damn.
Spare clothes I used for dancing. Much more comfy than my jeans and tank top, so I had a change of clothes. Though I was glad I had sneakers.
The last few things were my trusty pocket knife, my ear-buds, and a small blow-torch. Don't ask why I have that.
'So my text-books go, while everything else stays. Welp, that leaves a lot of space for any food I catch. Good thing my desire for knowledge made me read a bunch of survival books.' Standing up, I gave a deep sigh before looking up to judge what time it was, because my phone wasn't about to be any help with no service. 'Judging by temperature and position of the sun, I'd say it's around noon. I've got some time before night falls. Water's first on the list, then food is next. I better set up snares and then backtrack when I can. Maybe make a makeshift weapon if that doesn't work, if I can't find civilization fast enough.'
With a plan in mind, I dusted off my jeans before starting on my trek with only one last thought in mind.
'I'm going to fucking murder whoever just left me here.'
3rd person POV- About 6 hours earlier
In a clearing during the waking hours of the morning, a little girl with fair skin, an orange checkered kimono, and black hair with one little part pulled to the side in a cute little ponytail flitted around like a hummingbird as she picked flowers, humming sweetly to herself as she ignored the squawks of a small being behind her.
"Rin! You silly girl, you must slow down, Sesshoumaru-sama will have my head if I lose you!" A toad like creature wearing a dark green haori and hakama complete with a strange looking hat on his head, carrying a strange staff with two small heads upon it hurried out from the surrounding trees, holding thin reins in his hand and dragging out a two-headed dragon behind him, who seemed to be glaring at the shouting toad for making so much noise.
"Ah! Sorry Master Jaken! Rin just wanted to make a bouquet for Sesshoumaru-sama! There's also some nice grass for Ah-Un to munch on!" The girl cheerfully called back as the panting toad demon stopped to catch his breath after catching up with the exuberant child.
"What would we have done if you were taken once again? Sesshoumaru-sama would have to save you once more!" The annoying squawker, known as Jaken, seemed to stomp with fury that Rin didn't seem to take him seriously, as usual.
"Ah-Un, I've gathered some food for you! Here, eat a little!" The dragon demon seemed to look at the girl fondly as she placed some herbs and things at its feet for both heads, before munching on the graciously gathered food.
"Agh! Infuriating girl, listen to me!"
"Sesshoumaru-sama! You've returned!" The toad jerked to attention as he looked over to Rin, who had taken off towards the male clothed in white and descending from the sky. "Sesshoumaru-sama!"
"Rin." The deep baritone came as the girl tackled into the male's leg, and gripped it tightly as she looked up at him with reverence and delight in her eyes. "You are well?"
"Yes Sesshoumaru-sama! Master Jaken took very good care of Rin while you were away!" The girl smiled happily as she nodded, making Jaken blush green and scratch the back of his head at the praise.
"Of course! As is expected of this one!" The white demon with long silver hair had magenta markings on both cheeks, and a light blue crescent moon upon his forehead, marking him as youkai royalty. He barely spared Jaken a glance, instead content on watching Rin continue to run around and pick more flowers around the clearing.
Then a sharp blast of power east of them became known, making his head snap towards the direction of the disturbance. His keen eyes zeroed in on birds flying away in the distance as Ah-Un's heads raised from their meal and gave a soft growl as they also looked in the same direction.
"Sesshoumaru-sama? What do you suppose what that was...?" The toady retainer seemed to be very surprised of feeling such a strong aura this close. Wouldn't have they noticed sooner...?
"Rin felt it too..." All three demons glanced at Rin; If a human child could feel it, then this wasn't something to be ignored in the slightest.
"Come. We move." The Inuyoukai wasted no time in moving towards the disturbance, ignoring the sounds of the others hurrying to keep pace.
'Naraku could be the source of this. If so...' His golden eyes gleamed coldly as he let his fingers twitch, the acid green light of his poison making them glow for a split second before it disappeared. 'His end is near...'
1st person POV- Current time
"And here I am again, on my own~!" I stupidly sang out loud as I walked along, jamming to my music that was blaring in my ears because of my oh-so-lovely headphones. "Going down the only road I ever known~!" I stopped my brisk walk to give a little wiggle and dance around before continuing to move along.
Hey, don't judge. I like peace and quiet a lot more than most, but here's the thing: Music is love, music is life. It's better than moping, especially since I had no idea how I had gotten here in the first place.
Looking up to see the position of the sun, I frowned at seeing the sky beginning to turn a mixture of oranges and red with a dash of pink and the sun starting to set. Grasping my phone out of my pocket, I once again I checked for about the fifth time since I had started walking to see if there was any service, and was deeply disappointed to see none.
Then something else had caught my eye.
After a handful of hours of listening to music on your phone, or doing ANY sort of activity with your phone, your battery basically started to drain. This was an absolute fact of cellphones.
Well, apparently my iPhone suddenly decided to defy logic, because in the top right corner of the screen, it said 100%.
I'm not even fucking joking dude.
In the words of me and all my friends: What is this sorcery?!
I was feeling a bit creeped out, though if I could continue to listen to music, I know I would be a lot nicer to any person I came across on my stroll here.
So not one to look a gift horse in the mouth (note the sarcasm), I continued walking, ignoring the feeling of unease in my stomach as I wanted to get some more distance in before night fell.
A couple of hours or so later, light did indeed begin to eventually disappear, and I debated on what to do.
While wanting a fire to keep warm by, smoke and light could attract predators, and I had no meat to cook just yet anyway, so it was a moot point.
The only other options was to tough out the darkness on the ground (which was a horribly dumb idea), or to climb in a tree and roost. No pun intended.
With the biggest sigh of the day, I moved towards one of the bigger looking trees around me and started to climb.
Now, I hadn't climbed a tree in a long time, but I could feel the knowledge coming back to me as I avoided scrawny looking branches and found little niches to use as footholds and continue to climb up. It was a pretty big tree, but the higher I was off ground, the better.
Finding a small hole in the trunk of the tree I realized was just big enough to hold up my body if I curled up, I placed my bag in there and was about to crawl in before stopping. I glanced up with a frown as an idea came to me, before continuing to climb up with a mental 'Fuck it'.
A vantage point to see exactly where I was wasn't a bad idea.
It was a bit harder to remain steady as the branches thinned out towards the top, but I safely made it up and looked around.
With the dimming light, it was pretty hard to look into the distance, but when my eyes adjusted, they widened.
Oh my god.
Oh. My. God.
There was not a building for miles.
I was also not in California. Nowhere close.
How did I know?
California did not have the distinct outline of Mount Fuji looming in the distance.
Well, I'm glad to have this chapter finished. Leave a comment, tell me what you all think, I would love to hear your thoughts. I just edited some of the grammar and spelling mistakes I caught, but if there is any more I missed, please let me know.
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