Round 2, here we go, enjoy –DP.
Kagome fell face first onto the cushy hay stuffed, make shift bedding that was lined in blankets. She was exhausted, it was midday, and she swore she must have visited near every person in the village by now. Though they were sweet, and kind even giving her small tokens of gratitude in food and trinkets, one even gave her a kimono. Rolling onto her back she stared at the ceiling for a moment. She still hadn't had time to check on the well as of yet, to see if it would send her back, or even work at all. With a groan she sat up and looked at her yellow pack in the corner. It was the only possessions she owned in here, and the few things she had left from her other worlds. She found out that she was near three hundred years further back in time then Inuyasha's era. Pushing herself up and back on her feet she returned outside and walked toward the woods she had come from, bag in hand she knew the general area of where the well was so she would make it quick and come back if it didn't work, stay one more night then leave.
The village leader had told her further north there was a much larger village and there she could possibly find help in some form. Her mind went from one thought to the other as she forcefully made her way through brush and saplings once more. After several minutes the well came into view, she stood staring at the wooden structure. Approaching it slowly, her hand came to lay upon the chipped surface. "Okay well, look, I know I haven't been that grateful to you for letting me travel back and forth all the time, but if you let me pass through and back to either my time or back with Inuyasha, I promise to try to fix you up and figure what is wrong with out, okay?" She questioned as if it would answer. Kagome could still feel the slight pulse of magick that was embedded into the wood. With a deep breath she climbed over the edge and slid down some, holding onto the vines before letting go. She landed on rear with a louder 'ow' then she had said yesterday, the word echoed up into the surface world. "Well that didn't work, and failed miserably…"
Looking up Kagome knew she had to climb all the way back up again. Life was definitely so not fair sometimes, and it also seemed someone loved tampering with her life constantly. "What did I ever do to anyone, or is this pay back from another life or something?" She asked out loud to no one in particular. With her heart feeling even more heavy now, She stood up and starting pulling herself back up slowly. Once she reached the edge she peeked over to make sure no one was around before hauling herself, bag and all back up. Gathering her thoughts and composure she headed back to the village in a couple minutes, knowing this was useless. Kagome knew now she definitely had to find a more knowledgeable priestess, one older and wiser that might be able to tell her what is wrong with the well, and maybe how she could return home. Looking to the cloudy sky , which looked like rain at the moment, she guessed it was well past midday, meaning she had probably like four hours before dark.
"One more night here….then I need to move on.., I have to find my way back before I ended up changing something that I cannot undo." She murmured to herself as she neared the village once more. She recalled her companions and herself traveling to the northern village they spoke of, and yes it was indeed very much large then this one, but she figured much smaller now then what she remembered. Her line of thought turned to the sick she had tended to, they seemed to be responding to the herbs she had given them, and she gave instructions to wives on how to continue to administer them in proper doses. Kagome was becoming overly home sick, a lot of things seemed to remind her of the friends and times that were so far out of reach now. Hopefully soon, I will find my way back…****
The next morning came fast, with little sleep she set out at the break of dawn to start her lonely journey, which she hoped wouldn't be too long. She wanted to sneak out of the village before anyone noticed. Come and go like the wind…easy enough. Her pace quickened but she remained steady and quiet; soon enough she made her escape from the village which would now be part of her past for the time being. Her path ahead lined by a forest thick and demeaning, but she forced herself onward, knowing by night fall, that if nothing happened she would be at the next village. One of the male's at Kaede's future village was kind of enough to make her a bow and set of arrows, she felt a bit better with them secured to her back. Gives me a little protection at least…since I barely know how to put up a barrier to block an oncoming attack… She frowned at her line of thought, she always knew she depended on her friends for protection far too often, and now it came to bite her in the butt for not training some with them. ****
Thankfully her journey went uneventful, she was quite glad she had left the pouch of jewel shards with her friend Sango, she had never liked bringing them to her own time in fear something would show up there and attempt to take them. They are safe with them, and I am safer without them to take care of… Kagome sighed, not knowing how much longer she would have to walk until reaching the village, she figured she had couple hours till night fall which meant she should be getting close. Her feet ached, her back was near cramping from the weight she carried. "Maybe I can barter for a horse, I do have a few things I could trade, and even some of my costume jewelry might do." She hummed thoughtfully making her check lists of to do's. Besides distracting herself from these aches and pains was better than counting every long step. She just wanted this whole nightmarish journey to end, also hoping that she wasn't changing anything to the point of being irreversible.
Her evening brightened considerably once she topped the hill she currently hiked up, the village came into view and it was full of activity she could see it from vantage point she stood on. "Now crossing fingers and toes that they will have a wise priestess to hear me out and believe me…" She inwardly groaned at her future task but knew it had to be done. With a deep breath she continued forward toward her destiny. *****
Kagome had spent the remainder of day time hours, going from one end to the other of the village it seemed, trying to locate a priestess who supposedly existed, though she managed to get a room for the night, meaning cold ground was out of the picture for another day. Though this task of finding this so called priestess was beginning to give Kagome a headache, though right before she was fixing to give up and go crawl into bed for the night she heard a snippet of conversation that caught her attention. "The demon lord Inutaisho is said to be touring his young son around the lands, no one has ever seen his son, he has always been locked away in the castle , training his life away." Her full attention turned to the pair of males who were gossiping. "Do you think they will pass through this village, it would be kind of exciting to finally see the future lord of the west, The great Inutaisho does reside over this village, it is in the corner of his lands after all." Kagome near wanted to fall over at the words she was hearing. Inutaisho? Alive? No way…and the young son? Are they talking about Sesshomaru… Kagome blinked her thoughts away and followed the village streets back to her room for the night, she shut out the word outside and sighed. She would worry about finding the priestess tomorrow, first thing, but this whole gossip about the currently alive great demon lord and Sesshomaru, being young? How young…. She couldn't help but wonder. Though she had no desire to run across the killing perfection himself, and she assumed his father wasn't much more kind then Sesshomaru himself.