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Chapter four: What are you doing here!?
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Helen entered the kitchen via the back door. She was breathless and could have sworn that she heard her own heart beating madly in her chest.
"Helen! Where have you been?" Mrs. Higurashi, who had just entered the kitchen, said in a worried voice. "I was so worried when your teacher said you never showed up."
Helen sat down on a chair and sighed. "I got…sidetracked, Aunt H."
"You look pale and clammy; sit still while I get you some hot tea."
As Mrs. Higurashi bustled about making tea, Helen allowed her thoughts to wonder freely. So many things happened to her in one day! And not just little things, strange, unordinary things had happened. She wondered for a moment if Mrs. Higurashi knew about the well; she reached the conclusion that she must have.
Mrs. Higurashi set down two cups of warm tea on the table and sat down opposite Helen, who picked her tea up and blew. She took a sip, swallowed and looked at Mrs. Higurashi, who was taking a tiny sip of the scalding liquid.
"Aunt H," Helen said. Mrs. Higurashi looked up at her. "Am I…adopted?"
Mrs. Higurashi stopped sipping her tea and looked sternly at Helen. "Why no dear, why do you ask?"
Helen looked at the brownish liquid of the tea in her hands. "It's just that…I just got the feeling."
"No, you are Hisia's daughter and I can vouch for that. Now, where did you go off to this afternoon?"
Helen had a feeling that her aunt was hiding something from her. She knew how to get the truth out of her unsuspecting aunt.
"I've been in the feudal era," Helen said flatly. Mrs. Higurashi's eyes widened as she looked at Helen. She tried to act like she didn't know anything, but the simple act of eye widening was enough to give the unsuspecting aunt away.
"Feudal Era? What are you talking about?" Mrs. Higurashi said too unconvincingly.
Helen sighed. "Please don't act like you don't know about Kagome's visits to the feudal era; I know. I also know that Inuyasha isn't human…"
Mrs. Higurashi gave her a look, "How did you know?"
"I fell down the well on my way to violin practice and there I was kidnapped by Inuyasha's demon brother, I think his name his name was Sesshoumaru, and a woman told me that I am her daughter and that she sent me here to the present for my own good…she also said that I was a demoness." Helen said all these very fast and firmly.
There was such a look of pure astonishment on Mrs. Higurashi's face that she didn't speak for a few minutes before she continued. "Dear-"
Helen interrupted her. "Aunt H you've heard me…Now I want to know…Am I adopted…Was what Lady Shinsuke saying valid?"
Mrs. Higurashi looked sadly at her niece. "Yes…you are adopted…"
Helen felt her insides vanish and she grew cold with dread. So Lady Shinsuke was right…She was her daughter. And she was a demoness.
"But," Mrs. Higurashi continued. "I am not the right person to tell you those things…your own mother should tell you."
"But which one is my mother?"
Mrs. Higurashi looked sadly at her and Helen looked determinedly at her. "When the exchange program ends, I'm going back to the States and confront my mother…"
"You will now, will you?" Mrs. Higurashi said. Helen nodded at her. She placed her unfinished tea down and left the kitchen and up to her room. She flopped on her bed and stared up at the ceiling, thoughts swirling around her like a heavy fog. She sighed and rolled over on her side. She didn't even have her violin to comfort her.
It was true…She was a demoness bound in a human's body and worst of all she was truly betrothed to that man named Sesshoumaru. She decided she didn't like him because she also had the feeling that he didn't like her.
She placed a finger to her necklace and bit her lip. She was startled out of her deep thoughts when something furry brushed against her back.
"Buyo!" Helen said, sitting up in bed and glaring at the cat. "Don't scare me like that!" Then she remembered that it was because of Buyo that she fell down the well in the first place.
There was a soft knock on the door.
"Come in," Helen called out.
Kagome walked into her cousin's room, holding something behind her back. "Hey," Kagome said quietly. "How are you?"
"I feel horrid," Helen said blandly. Kagome just smiled at her.
"This'll cheer you up, then." The miko handed Helen her violin. Helen smiled at her. "Thanks, Kaggy, I wondered where this went."
Kagome sat down on the edge of Helen's bed and said, "What happened to you anyway?"
Helen sighed then looked at her cousin. "One"-she raised her pinky-"I fell down the well and into the Sengoku Jidai; two"-she raised her ring finger-"I was kidnapped by Inuyasha's demon brother, I think his name was Sesshoumaru; three"-she raised her middle finger-"a demoness told me that I was her daughter and that I'm a demoness bound in a human body; four"-she raised her index finger-"I didn't believe them and told them they were mental and five"-she raised her thumb-"the worst part is…I'm betrothed to Inu baka."
Kagome's eyes widened. "You're betrothed to Inuyasha!?" Already she could feel her heart breaking.
"No, no! Not Inuyasha! Sesshoumaru!"
"Oh," Kagome said relief in her voice. But then she looked at her cousin with wide startled eyes. "Sesshoumaru!?"
"Don't get all excited," Helen said bitterly.
"Helen…" Kagome said. "What'll you do now?"
"I'll forget that I ever fell into the well and when the exchange program's over, I'm going back to the States…After all who would wanna remain here, with Inu baka?"
"Wait a minute," Kagome said. "If you're a demoness in a human's body then…how do you become what you were?"
"I become a demoness if ever I decide to accept my betrothal to Sesshoumaru…Another good reason to stay out of Feudal Japan…I swear Sesshoumaru hates me."
"Sesshoumaru hates everyone," Kagome pointed out. And to her surprise, Helen laughed aloud.
"Kaggy, do you remember when I asked you if Inuyasha had a brother? Guess it shows that you should be careful with what you say!"
Kagome looked at her cousin; if she could still laugh then she would be fine. "So," Helen said. "I've told you about what happened to me, now it's your turn to tell me all about your little adventure."
Kagome explained all about the Shikon jewel and all about Naraku and about her companions. "So Inuyasha's a hanyou?" Helen said. She sighed. "I wondered why Sesshoumaru hated him."
"Kaggy," Helen continued. "No matter what, we're still cousins, right?"
Kagome nodded her head and smiled.
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Lady Shinsuke sighed for what seemed like the hundredth time that day. "Come now, Shinsuke," Takeida said in a comforting voice.
"I didn't even know her name, the name I know she must prefer, the name she's gotten used to hearing," Shinsuke said sadly.
"I believe she was called 'Helen,'" Sesshoumaru said.
"Helen…what a sweet name," Shinsuke said. It was clear to Takeida that her closest friend was falling into a state of depression. Takeida sighed. "Sesshoumaru, go after Helen, will you? Convince her to come back."
Sesshoumaru had a look on his face. He knew it. He knew that his mother would make him do such a thing. He inwardly cursed. He didn't have time to look for that girl due to the fact that he had planned to meet Kagura later in the morning.
"Very well," Sesshoumaru. "I will leave in the morning." He left the room, looking smug and annoyed.
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Helen opened her eyes just as the morning sun crept into her bedroom. She yawned and got out of bed. She stared at her violin on the table as she walked towards the bathroom in her room. She looked in the mirror and sighed.
Forget everything that happened yesterday, Helen thought as she splashed cold water on her face.
She bathed then changed into her uniform and went downstairs to breakfast where she surprised Mrs. Higurashi with a cheery good morning as if nothing happened to her.
A few minutes later she and Kagome left the house and headed for school.
"Um…Helen," Kagome said as they crossed the street.
"What?"
"Why are you so cheerful today?"
Helen gave her a big sunny smile. "That's because I've decided to forget about everything that happened yesterday!"
"That's good," Kagome said.
"Hey, Helen!" Houjo rode up to the two of them. "I was wondering if I could have a word with you for a moment."
Helen looked at Kagome, who nodded. Just as Helen and Houjo moved away, Eri, Yuka and Ayumi ran over to Kagome.
"Oh no!" Yuka said. "Houjo-kun likes Helen-chan!"
"Poor Kagome," Eri said sympathetically.
"It's alright you know," Kagome said truthfully. Her three friends stared at her then Yuka spoke up. "We forgot that Kagome-chan already has a boyfriend. Does he still two time you and his old girlfriend, what's her name again?"
"Kikyou."
"It's a nice name," Ayumi remarked.
"I wonder what Houjo and Helen are talking about," Eri said, glancing at the two.
Meanwhile, Houjo was talking to Helen about some concert this Saturday. "I'm sorry, Houjo-kun," Helen said apologetically. "I can't go with you…I have a violin recital this Saturday."
"I'll just watch you, then," Houjo said. Helen smiled at him in consent.
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Sesshoumaru peered into the well's dark depths and scoffed. Lady Shinsuke had told him that this was the very portal she had created and it would take him to the present. Sesshoumaru knew that he had to be quick. His brother was somewhere in Kaede's village and he did not fancy fighting him today.
"Sesshoumaru!" a voice called out from above. Kagura landed in front of him, looking puzzled and yet sad at the same time.
"Is it true?" she asked softly. "That you are betrothed to another woman?"
"Yes," he said simply. Kagura looked downcast. Sesshoumaru saw this and pulled her to him in a tight embrace.
"Do not worry…I will find a way to get out of this predicament. For now, I want you to go back to Naraku and do what you always do."
Kagura nodded at him and flew off. Sesshoumaru watched her go, before he jumped down the well.
Kagura flew back to Naraku's palace and a fiendish plan as to how to get rid of Sesshoumaru's betrothed came to her mind. She entered Naraku's chamber and bowed low to him.
"I have information for you," Kagura said.
"What is it?" Naraku asked.
"It seems that Sesshoumaru is betrothed…We can kill off the woman."
Naraku narrowed his eyes. "That sounds like an idea…Very well…I shall do that myself."
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Sesshoumaru jumped out of the well and the smell of strange chemicals hit his nose. He left the well shrine and supposed that he was in present Japan. It was difficult to sniff out Helen amid the many strange scents that lingered in the air. He managed to find it, nonetheless. He decided to fly instead of walk since the place he was in was strange and unfamiliar. He knew that his brother visited the woman, Kagome and he wondered how Inuyasha could have tolerated the strange scents and sounds. But then it occurred to him that his brother's senses weren't strong enough as his.
He found Helen in deep conversation with some male while Kagome chatted with a couple of stupid looking females at a distance.
"So, I'll see you, this Saturday!" Houjo said, giving Helen a smile.
Helen smiled at him. "I already fell nervous."
"I'm sure you'll do fine."
Helen watched him ride off before she decided to return to Kagome and the others. She inwardly smiled as she remembered how Houjo had encouraged her. She didn't notice bumping into someone whom she didn't see.
"Gomen!" she said. She stopped and she grew cold for the person whom she had bumped into was Sesshoumaru.
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Haha! A cliffy!
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