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—Misipia—
"Welcome to the kingdom of Misipia—the year 4.3/apple/X, or rather, abouuuut four billion years in your future on the planet Xecra."
Unaware of the keen eyes that followed her every step, Kagome made her way into the street, blue eyes wide as she took in the sights.
How to describe this? Kagome wondered in thinly veiled awe, turning in circles to take it all in. Beautiful was one word. Breathtaking was another.
This place… this town or village or wherever she was taken was a vibrant mix of colors. The sky was a glowing gold with wispy clouds of a darker shade. Lilac grass and trees swayed in the light, cool wind. The buildings, made of pure white stone, looked more like works of sculptured art. She was in a city, something like Tokyo with the amount of buildings, but there were towers, spiraling towers in the distance that reached for the skies, so much taller than back on Earth.
And her mind stalled at that thought—'Back on Earth'… who would have ever thought that I'd think that?—and she broke out in a grin. She whirled towards the Doctor whose mouth softened, lips twitching ever so slightly at the sight of her grin.
"This," she told him with an air of decisiveness, spreading her arms out wide, "Is absolutely amazing." She turned, scanning her surroundings, devouring them with a rapt gaze. "Is this what you do, travel? Anywhere, anywhen?" she said in a breath of wonder.
The man let out an amused huff, burying his hands into the pockets of his long coat. "Not an actual word, but it'll work," and she could see him trying to hold back a smile, however small, when she stuck her tongue out at him. "As for your question, yeah. It is."
Kagome let out a thoughtful hum. "For any particular reason? Or just to… to explore and discover?"
The Doctor nodded softly, chocolate eyes flitting over the buildings, flickering to the sky. "You could say that," he murmured. "Just… to see… To live out history and discover the future." He paused for a moment to turn and peer at her, eyebrows furrowed. Just when she was about to speak up, he did so first. "You could too," he said offhandedly, glancing away, and he shrugged, adding, "Y'know, if you wanted," with an eyebrow inclined at her.
Her mouth twitched. "What, travel with you? What happened to taking me home?" The Doctor chuckled under his breath but only shook his head instead of answering. Kagome's lips curled into a delighted smile. "Oh, but you're not making it easy," she chuckled, and at his curious look she added, "To resist, I mean." Her voice dropped a notch, to a whisper. "It would be so easy to just… run away and see the stars. To see what's out there and never look back."
The Doctor gazed at her, his expression inscrutable. "Why don't you then?"
Though he tried to keep his voice neutral, Kagome could pick up a hint of something. Curiosity? Maybe. His eyes, twin orbs to his soul they were, were searching her—of that she had no doubt. "Oh, I'd like to, I'd like to very much, don't get me wrong," she replied softly, "But, I made a promise."
The Doctor nodded in solemn understanding and said, "Ah."
It was all that needed to be said.
o.O.o
As much as Kagome wanted to charge into the unknown and explore, the Doctor snagged her by the elbow before she could get started and directed her back into the TARDIS with the advice of changing her outfit.
"Bad enough you're decked out in formal wear from five hundred years before your time, but tack on a few billion?"
"We're on an alien planet…wouldn't we look out of place anyway?"
"Nah! You humans eventually reach to the ends of the galaxy and then some. Resilient, you lot are. Kind of like cockroaches—ow, I meant it a nice way, no need to hit me!"
"There isn't anything nice about being compared to a cockroach!"
"Right, right, fine, I take it back! Honestly! In any case, this planet is home to a humanoid race—look like us for the most part, really, but with different bits in the inside. Though, you'll see other aliens that don't look like us; this is a peaceful planet open for visits—Seriza, where we are now, is a nice tourist spot to say the least. Wonderful pools—have all kinds of settings…"
As he went on about the pools of Seriza, he led her on to the wardrobe. After a few awkward questions about just why he would own various female clothing she went to get dressed; the way she scanned him up and down sent him into a flurry of hurried explanations—"They're not for me! Blimey, where'd you ever get that idea?! It's the TARDIS! She takes care of it!"—which, honestly, only set off a new round of questions that they didn't have time for.
After being directed to a section of time-appropriate clothes were hung, she realized the apparel wasn't much different in terms of style compared to that of her time, but instead in its material. In any case, she ended up in a ruffled pale blue skirt of mid-thigh length over black leggings, a black leather jacket over a v-cut shirt, and black ankle boots of a short, thick heel.
"So," Kagome hummed as she stepped out of the TARDIS, peering around. "Where to first?"
o.O.o
The Doctor said that the only true way to really experience the areas you travel, to experience the cultures and people, was to just jump and dive in. Talk with the locals, do a bit of shopping, haggle a little; make mistakes be it a little or a lot and learn from them. It may not be the only way, but learning and preparing beforehand took out the fun of exploring and the delight in discoveries.
After a couple of hours of exploring the marketplace, trying the food, chatting up the merchants, and discreetly marveling at the alien species that roamed among them, Kagome eventually asked the Doctor, "What's there to do in Seriza? You know, other than shopping I mean."
When she didn't get an answer, she looked over to the Doctor who didn't seem to be paying attention to her—instead, he was muttering to himself, tugging absently on his ear with a confused, thoughtful look about him as he fidgeted. "Doctor?" she said, concerned and confused herself.
He turned to her to face her, a serious look about him. "Something's… not right," he murmured. "I don't…"
The Doctor's gaze followed a couple of young aliens—they were taller than the average human, and instead of skin like theirs, the pair possessed glossy, reptilian-like skin of a beautiful bluish-green hue, as well as deep green eyes that seemed to possess an almost ethereal glow and very short talons. As they chatted not far from them the Doctor watched them, his mouth slack and head turning to follow as they passed. They were too far from Kagome to actually here, but the Doctor was obviously able to listen in and if the look on his face meant anything, he did not like what he heard. "Ah," he finally said after a moment, a weary look coming across his face. "That would explain it."
Kagome blinked at him. "Explain what?"
"Well," The Doctor drawled, turning to face her. "Those two right there? They were talking about the Queen-to-be, Farana, and her coronation that is set tomorrow."
Kagome grew tensed as the Doctor's face became serious.
"Thing is, the Queen is meant to be Farana's older sister," he jabbed a thumb over his shoulder at the two aliens still walking away, "And she is apparently currently missing."
So, I toyed with where the Doctor would take her, and in the end I just created a place of my own. He wouldn't want to visit somewhere he's been with his previous companions. After "Journey's End," I figured somewhere known to have action wouldn't appeal. I think he would just like to take her to a nice tourist spot and see the awe and excitement, to see her happy, which would make him happy in turn. I dunno, lol. But of course, with the Doctor, trouble kinda follows him, not to mention Kagome as well lol.
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A Fan- Awh, thanks! I'm really happy you're enjoying this! As for the cover, yep, I put it together myself. The wonders of photoshop, lol. But thank you! As for the girl, I used Keiko Kitagawa as a live action interpretation of Kagome (fun fact: I don't know if you've watched Sailor Moon, but Keiko also played Sailor Mars in the live action series.) And yep, that is Gallifreyan in the background. Fortunately, I was able to find a brush set of symbols on deviantArt ^^ Thank you again for your review, and I hope you enjoyed this chapter!