A/N: I just realized that I have been continuously changing the color of Kagome's miko powers. So from now on, I'll just be sticking to pink!
Last Time:
Demonic red eyes glowed in the darkness, mouth curling into a sickening grin. He held up a clawed hand, cracking his fingers. "I'm coming for you Kagome…" He growled, staring at her through the water.
Now:
Fifteen minutes have passed since the group left Radiant Garden, and so they were now just cruising along in between the worlds. Donald was steering in the front with Goofy sitting next to him. Sora and Kairi were sitting a few seats behind them, although getting up to move around a lot. Kagome and Riku near the back, getting up and sitting down just as much as Sora and Kairi.
"So which world should we go to next?" Donald asked, looking at Sora.
Sora seemed to ponder it for a moment. "Well— *BANG*" the ship was jerked backwards, sending the humans in the group in various places and positions. Kairi, who was standing up to change seat was sent sprawling over the headrest of the seat in front of her so now half of her body was hanging over it. Sora, who was standing in between Donald and Goofy, fell forward hitting the ground face down. Riku, who was leaning against the back of a seat, was flipped over it landing on his back in the mini isle provided. And finally, we have Kagome. As she stood up to go sit by Kairi, she was thrown backwards landing on top of Riku, both grunting upon contact. Nothing happed to Donald or Goofy, because they remembered to put on their seatbelts.
Kagome looked up at Riku to see him looking right back at her, amusement dancing in his eyes. "It seems as though this position is becoming a regular thing for us, wouldn't you agree?" Kagome blushed slightly before rolling off of him, landing on her own back. She sat up on her elbows and turned to head to look at him. Riku mirrored her position, but looked up at the ceiling instead. The ship jerked sharply another time, sending the two back into their previous position. "Now it's starting to appear as if you like being in this position." Kagome gave him a smirk before smacking him upside the head. "Ow." The ship gave one more jerk before being pulled steadily backwards/downwards.
"Donald! What's going on?" Sora yelled, pulling Kairi off the headrest. The couple was thrown back into the seat with a thud. "OW!"
"We're being sucked into a portal!" Donald squawked, finally letting go of the controls. "Everybody, hold on!"
Kagome grabbed hold of Riku's shirt, hiding her face into his chest. Riku, who had a barely noticeable blush on his face, wrapped one of his arms around Kagome's waist, the other one going up to grab a hold of the chair nearest them to keep from sliding around. Sora and Kairi hastily buckled themselves in, before grasping the other's hand tightly. Donald, Lord only knows how, had sprung up attaching himself to Goofy's head causing Goofy in return to wrap his arms around said duck and holding on for dear life.
'Please let us be safe!' Kagome thought. Suddenly, the pull on the hip stopped giving everyone the feeling that they were just floating. Kagome slowly opened her eyes and was shocked at what she saw. The ship was now bathed in a mixture of white and pink light. She looked down slightly and saw that her hands were glowing pink. She sat up, still sitting on top of Riku mind you, to look over to where Kairi was and saw that her hands were glowing white. "Kairi, open your eyes but don't freak out." Kairi did as she was told and gasped lightly.
"How is this possible?" Kairi asked looking around. By now, the guys were looking around as well, all surprised. Sora looked at Kairi's hands, and felt the incredible urge to poke the light, so he did. "Sora!"
"It's possible your powers acted on their own; they suspected the danger and wanted to keep you safe," Riku guessed, still laying underneath Kagome. "Can you get off of me, please? I mean, I know how much you enjoy staying like this with me but…?" Kagome rolled her eyes before standing up.
She felt the ship land and made her way towards the exit door. She pushed it open and looked at her surroundings. It seems they landed in a grassy field that had a giant tree, and….a well!? Kagome felt her heart stop for a second."No…" She whispered, shaking her head.
Riku came out behind her and looked out over her shoulder. "Kagome? What's going on?" Said girl jumped and shakily stepped out into the open field. She turned around to see everyone crowded around the doorway, trying to see what was outside the ship.
"Everyone," Kagome took a deep breath. "Welcome to the Feudal Era." She exhaled, turning back around. "Follow me." Kagome snapped her fingers, causing the pink glow to recede back into her. Kairi followed Kagome's example, getting the same result. She walked on with the rest of the group trailing slowly after her. They walked for ten minutes before they caught sight of a small village. Kagome pretended not to notice their questioning looks and walked further down the path towards the village.
"Hiraikotsu!" Kagome heard a battle cry from above and looked up. She saw Sango in her battle armor, throwing her weapon at them. Kagome jumped up, grabbing the giant bone by its strap before landing back on the path, slinging the boomerang over her shoulder. "Hey!"
"Sango! Why are you attacking me?" Kagome called, lightly teasing. The girl in question looked down to see Kagome waving cheekily at her. Sango made Kilala fly down close enough to the ground to jump off.
"Kagome, is that really you?" Sango whispered. She received a nod. That was all she needed before jumping on the poor girl, almost knocking her down to the ground. Kagome smiled softly, returning the tight hug. She pulled back to look the younger girl in the eyes. "We were all afraid that Inuyasha had—" Kagome fake coughed during what Sango was saying making it so the KH group didn't hear, "the day you disappeared. And when Inuyasha didn't return, we only suspected the worst happened— Kagome why did you cough just then?"
Kagome tried to look innocent, shrugging her shoulders. "Me? I had some dust caught in my throat, that's all!" Sango looked suspicious, but then looked behind her to see the KH group. Kagome leaned forward towards Sango's ear. "They don't know I was almost killed! Shhh!" Sango nodded in understanding before returning her gaze back to the other group.
"Who are these people?" Sango asked looking at Kagome. Kagome stepped back from the hug.
"These are my new friends. That's Sora, Kairi, Riku, Donald and Goofy," Kagome pointed to each one. "Guys this is Sango, an old friend of mine." Suddenly Kagome snapped her head to behind Sango and smiled. "Miroku! Shippo!"
"Lady Kagome/Kagome!" The two males cried. The younger of the two, launched himself at his mother figure, hitting her dead in the stomach. Kagome cradled the small child-like fox, who was wailing up a storm with tears to boot. "We thought you were dead!" Shippo and Miroku looked at each other, eyes narrowed. "Stop that! Me? What about you!"
"Enough," Sango glared. Shippo turned back to burying his face into Kagome's stomach as she smoothed his hair gently. Miroku cleared his throat, mildly embarrassed.
Kagome, still holding Shippo, turned to face the KH group, who looked like they were drowning in confusion. "I guess some explanations are in order?" They gave her a look. "Yeah…perhaps we should all go to the hut?" And so, the Inu group and KH group all set off for the village. They reached the hut not ten minutes later to see Kaede sitting, crushing herbs. She looked when they came in and smiled at Kagome, giving her a small nod before returning to her work. Once everyone was seated inside the small hut, Kagome spoke again. "I'll tell you my story, if you guys tell me yours. Do we have a deal?" Sora looked at Riku, who looked back before slowly nodding his consent. Kagome looked at them in confusion but he pretended not to see. Sora nodded at Kagome. "Ok, well, it all started when I was 15…."
~*~ 3 hours later ~*~
"…and that's how I ended up in your dimension." Kagome concluded. What the KH group didn't know, was that Kagome left out some parts; the part about Inuyasha trying to kill her causing her to fall into a portal became a portal just appeared and she fell through. And any part that involved loving Inuyasha was just left out. And while the Inuyasha group were confused as to why, they didn't say anything figuring she had her reasons. "Now, I believe I deserve a story from you now."
Sora nodded, shifting into a more comfortable position. "You all may want to get comfortable….it's a long story. It started when I was around 14 years old…"
~*~ 3 hours later ~*~
"…and then Donald, Goofy, and myself all left for Hallow Bastion…"
~*~ 30 minutes later ~*~
"…fought against Riku and the Heartless…"
~*~ 15 minutes later ~*~
"…fought Maleficent…"
~*~ 2 hours later ~*~
"…woke up in this weird tulip with Donald and Goofy next to me…."
~*~ 1 ½ hours later ~*~
"…aided Aladdin…"
~*~ 2 more hours later ~*~
"…ate a sandwich and then headed off to the World that Never Was…"
~*~ another 30 minutes later ~*~
"….found Kairi with Riku. We teamed up and fought at each other's side, like old times…."
~*~ the last 20 minutes later ~*~
"…And then the Doorway to Light opened. Riku and I walked through, ending back on Destiny Islands. And we have been travelling with Kairi ever since; exploring worlds, killing stray Heartless and Nobodies….the end." At some point during his story, Sora had closed his eyes and was just now opening them. The sight that greeted him was interesting; Shippo had curled up in a corner with Kilala, both sleeping with drool coming out of their mouths, and the humans were staring at him with dark circles under their eyes. "What?"
"Sora…that was very long….couldn't you have just given us the summarized version?" Kagome asked with a haunting look in her eyes.
Sora scratched his head, confused. "But that was a summarized version." Everyone did an anime fall at that. "The non-summarized, full detailed one is 15 hours long. I saved you about 5 hours…" Everyone groaned, picking themselves off the floor.
Kagome shook her head. "And to think that my summarized version of a 12 hour story was 3 hours…" Kagome shook her head before looking around. "Where did Riku go?"
Miroku put his hand on his chin in thought. "I think he stepped out 3 hours into Sora's 'summary'" Miroku put air quotes around the word summary, sighing deeply. Kagome gave a small nod, before standing up and walking towards the exit. "Lady Kagome, where are you going?"
Kagome looked at him over her shoulder. "I'm going to go find Riku." She brushed back the flap covering the entrance of the hut before disappearing beyond the door. Kairi hid a small smile before turning to face the wall.
END OF CHAPTER
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