I don't own Inuyasha (Sheesh, I thought that was quite obvious
Chapter two: Kidnapped!
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The next morning, Helen allowed her fingers to gently caress her violin. She practiced the piece which she planned to use for the competition; it was called 'Dearest.' She was going to be practicing with their music teacher, who was quite delighted that she had a student was willing to come to her.
There was a gentle knock on the door and Kagome walked in, wearing-strange enough-her school uniform. Helen stopped playing and Kagome smiled at her. "You play so good; I don't know why you even bothered to ask Ms. Nagasaki to help you."
"Practice makes perfect," Helen said innocently.
"Well if you're done practicing, Mama has breakfast ready."
"Kaggy, can I ask you a question?"
"Okay," Kagome said.
"Why are you wearing you uniform, it's a Saturday, remember?"
Kagome looked red in the face. In truth she was going to the feudal era to check up on Sango and bring her more medicine; Kagome was used to wearing her uniform when she went to the feudal era.
"Oh," Kagome said, trying to find an answer. "That's because I-"
"Never mind," Helen said quickly, noticing Kagome's discomfort. "It's none of my business."
Kagome smiled at her cousin. That was one of the many things that she liked about her. Helen never pried people for information. Kagome left Helen's room so the young violinist could change.
Helen was wearing a white halter and black jeans when she came down to breakfast, bringing her violin with her, her necklace sparkling in the early morning sun. Inuyasha was there, wearing his strange clothes and his hat.
"Oh, good morning, Inuyasha," Helen greeted, giving the hanyou a smile. Inuyasha nodded his head in acknowledgement.
"What'll you have for breakfast, dear?" Mrs. Higurashi asked.
"Umm…I won't have any, thanks," Helen said. "I said I'd be at Ms. Nagasaki's house by nine it's already eight thirty."
"Just make sure you get something to eat, okay dear?" Mrs. Higurashi said. Helen nodded as she walked out of the house. As she bent down to put on her flat heeled sandals, she noticed Kagome and Inuyasha leave the house via the backdoor. Kagome had her backpack with her and Helen watched as the two made their way to the well shrine.
What are those two up two? Helen thought as she tucked her violin under one arm. She took out her cell phone and checked the time. Eight thirty five. Don't you dare, Helen! She scolded herself. It's none of your business!
Helen couldn't keep her curiosity contained as she noticed that neither Inuyasha nor Kagome came out of the well shrine.
It can't hurt to check if they're alright, right? Helen thought as she made her way to the well shrine. Using one hand, since she had her violin in the other, she gently slid open the door and blinked.
Neither Inuyasha nor Kagome was inside!
Where did they go? Helen thought as she descended the wooden steps that lead to the well. She stared into the well's depths. Years before when she and Kagome were only five, they came into the well shrine and heard strange noises coming from it. Scared, both girls had run out and vowed never to set foot in it again. It seems that Kagome had forgotten her vow.
As Helen peered into the well's dark depths she felt a strange force coming from within it. It felt as if the well was telling her to jump in. She felt Buyo brush against her jeans, startled she tumbled into well. Blue light enveloped her as she fell. What on earth? She thought. She braced herself for the impact, but there was none. Instead, she found herself at the very bottom of the well.
Was that lighting trick? Helen thought as she picked up her fallen violin. She looked at the well's opening and sighed.
"Buyo, if you can understand me, go get grandpa!" Helen called. This is stupid, she thought as she began, with great difficulty because of her instrument, to climb out of the well.
She heaved herself out of the well and blinked. She was in a forest. Why am I in a forest? She thought as she looked around. She could swear she had fallen in a well in the well shrine so how on earth did she get here?
She looked around. It was a luscious and green forest and the air smelled fresh and pure. She looked over at the treetops where one tree towered over the rest.
The Goshinboku!
Heart hammering, Helen ran towards the sacred tree, certain that the shrine would be nearby. She stopped. She was facing the tree but there was no shrine. Just great, Helen thought as she sat down on one of the tree's gigantic roots. She leaned comfortably against the tree's trunk to think of what she should do next.
Helen quickly took out her phone with the idea of calling Mrs. Higurashi but she stopped. What the!? She thought. No measly signal! Just great! Fuming, Helen stowed her phone away and sighed. She stared at the tree's leaves. Where am I, anyway? She thought. She picked up her violin and decided to play since playing usually calmed her nerves.
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"It isn't safe for you to see me," Sesshoumaru said to Kagura, who pouted at him. "If Naraku finds out, he will kill you."
"Do you think I care if he finds out?" Kagura asked fiercely. Sesshoumaru wrapped his arm around her and sighed.
"I don't want you to get harmed," the daiyoukai said simply. Ever since they had told each other how they felt for the other, Sesshoumaru feared that Naraku would find out. Even though they were together, they had never said the words 'I love you' to one another, not even once. Kagura couldn't even remember when Sesshoumaru had tried to kiss her, since he never did. She didn't mind, though. Just knowing that they belonged to one another was enough for the wind witch.
"Naraku won't find out," Kagura said confidently as she pulled herself away from him. "I'll make sure of it. But when will you tell Rin and Jaken?" Sesshoumaru had kept Kagura a secret from his companions since he knew that Rin was afraid of Kagura.
"I'll tell them…soon enough," he said. Kagura sighed and took out her feather.
"I'll see you soon, then," she said and flew off. Sesshoumaru watched her go then he too began walking back to where he had left his companions.
He stopped. Somewhere in the distance he heard a sweet melody like none that he had heard before. Even his mother's flute playing couldn't compare to it. Curious, the daiyoukai decided to investigate. He suddenly realized that he was in the very are where Inuyasha was sealed to fifty years ago. He knew that his hanyou brother would be around here somewhere. But the sweet melody made him curious.
He continued to walk until he came to the tree where his brother had been sealed. He hid behind a tree and looked at the source of the melody.
A young girl was playing a strange instrument that he had never seen before. She was obviously a human but that didn't make the sound she produced unpleasant. He continued to watch her.
She was wearing a strange assortment of garments and loose curls fell past her shoulders. But what caught his attention was the necklace she wore. It couldn't be, he thought. Lady Shinsuke had sealed her away years ago…But what was she doing here? There was no mistaking that necklace. It matched the one he had, the one that he didn't bother to wear.
Curios, he stepped out of hiding.
Helen stopped her playing and stared at the rustling bushes. A second later, a white haired being stepped out. They stared at each other for a moment. He was strange. He wore some sort of armor and he had silver hair. His eyes were yellow there were strange marking on his face. The empty left sleeve of his haori indicated a missing limb.
"Who are you?" the man asked.
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Kagome placed a wet towel on Sango's forehead and continued to watch the sleeping exterminator. Her fever had now gone down, but that didn't mean that Sango was out of hot water.
"Is she going to be fine?" Miroku asked.
"She'll live," Kagome said as Kirara mewed in a relieved way.
Shippou dug through Kagome's backpack for a packet of sweets, finding what he wanted, he sat down next to Inuyasha to enjoy them.
"Gimme some," Inuyasha demanded.
"No, they're mine," Shippou said stubbornly.
"Gimme!" Inuyasha tugged at the sweets.
"No!"
"Give them to me!"
"Kagome!"
"Osuwari!"
Inuyasha crashed to the ground. "Stupid beads, someday, I'll get rid of them."
Inuyasha sat once more and stiffened. He stared outside the doorpost. "Kagome"-the miko turned to the hanyou-"I maybe imagining it but, Helen's scent is here."
Kagome looked at him. "Are you sure?"
Inuyasha nodded. "Who's Helen?" Miroku asked.
"Kagome's cousin," Inuyasha said. The monk had a look on his face which clearly stated his next victim would be Helen, if he got the chance to meet her. Inuyasha stiffened again. He stood up so fast, that everyone in the room stared at him.
"Kagome it is Helen and she's not alone…Sesshoumaru is with her!"
Kagome's eyes widened. "I'll go with Inuyasha," Miroku said hurriedly. "Kagome stay with Sango!"
With that both of them ran out of the hut.
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Helen looked at the man before her. Either he was going to some sort of costume party, or he was going to some sort of convention.
"Who are you?" he asked. Helen's eyes strayed to the swords strapped to his waist. Were they real?
Helen didn't stand up as she continued to stare at the man.
"Can you not talk?" the man asked. His eyes, like his voice, were cold and devoid of emotion.
"My name is Helen," the girl said, still not standing. Sesshoumaru stared at her. It couldn't be her. This woman did not show any courtesy at all. She should have stood up when she introduced herself. Either her necklace was just a fake or it was just an imitation.
Still he was curios. He had to know how that girl had gotten hold of that necklace. "Where do you come from?" he asked. This time, Helen stood up and jumped from the tree's roots, her violin under her arm.
"Sorry," she said. "But I can't talk to a person I don't know."
Sesshoumaru glared at her. She must never have seen a demon before; otherwise she would have been cowering with fear.
Helen walked past him and he grabbed her arm. "Hey!" she said as she let her violin drop.
"I asked you a question," he said, turning her around so they faced each other. Helen felt pain at her arm; she glimpsed at his hand and saw his sharp talons digging painfully into her flesh.
"Sesshoumaru! Get away from her!" a voice called. A second later, Inuyasha and a strange guy burst from the trees.
"Inuyasha?" Helen asked. He looked at his hat free head and noticed that he had…dog ears?
"I have business with this onna, little brother," Sesshoumaru said, still not letting go of Helen's arm. Helen looked at him, then at Inuyasha. Little brother? These two were related? But Helen should have known that when she first saw this man, Sesshoumaru, so Inuyasha called him.
"What business could you have with her!? She's just a human!" Inuyasha spat.
Human? Helen thought. What does he mean?
She watched as Inuyasha took out a huge sword from a sheath at his side. "If you don't let her go, then I'll make you!" Helen watched, wide-eyed, as Inuyasha charged at both she and Sesshoumaru.
Sesshoumaru wrapped his arm around Helen's waist and jumped out of the way, avoiding Tessaiga. Helen struggled against him but it was just useless.
"Let me go, you!" Helen snapped, glaring at him. Sesshoumaru glared down at her and she remained quiet.
"Don't hide behind her, Sesshoumaru!" Inuyasha snarled.
They man who was with him said, "Be careful Inuyasha, or you might hit her!"
"I know that, Miroku!"
Sesshoumaru glared at him then at Helen. He tightened his grasp on her waist, knocking her out.
"Sesshoumaru, you bastard!" Inuyasha shouted staring at the unconscious Helen in his brother's arm.
Sesshoumaru ignored him as he flew off.
"Dammit!" Inuyasha shouted as he watched the two fly off. He couldn't hit his brother with the Kaze no Kizu, otherwise, he'd hit Helen too. He watched helplessly as his brother flew out of sight.
"Kagome's gonna kill me," the hanyou said. He picked up Helen's violin and stared at Miroku.
"But what did Sesshoumaru want with her?" Miroku asked. Inuyasha shrugged his shoulders. "We'd better get back to Kagome."
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That's it for now.
What will happen to poor Helen? Review please!