Summary: Elves, Dwarves, Hobbits… this world was certainly different from her home. His wish on the jewel had come with dire consequences, and adjusting to them was weighing a heavy toll on her spirits. She finds herself garnering the affection of the blue-eyed Elf prince who had brought her along with him, but she remained reluctant to move forward.

Pairing: [eventual] Legolas x Kagome.

Disclaimer: I do not own either series. Each belong to their rightful owners.

Prologue

"Would you say we're doing alright? Or would you change this life for another? Do you run or stay and fight? Go on your own or stay together? As we all fall in line, we're blind in our hearts, chasing shadows that lead our way." - Plan Three: When Everything Comes To An End.

She had been sobbing uncontrollably on and off since she had woken up, finding it impossible to control the whirlpool of emotions currently coursing through her heart and mind. A part of her wanted to scream and yank her own hair out due to her frustrations, but she was reluctant to do so out of the fear of whatever may come for her should she happen to become too loud. Her bow and quiver of arrows had not seemed to come with her, leaving her weaponless in this new world, and it was only adding to the frustration she felt.

So she cried as she bit onto her lip to keep her sounds to a minimum.

Stupid Jewel.

Stupid Inuyasha.

Stupid everything.

On one side it should have been expected that, if given the chance, he would wish to bring Kikyo back to life, and she was still kicking herself for not expecting him to make such a wish. He had to of realized that wishing the dead priestess back to life would backfire badly on her in a terrible way, so he obviously had not cared what would happen to her. The two of them shared a soul, so to have Kikyo come back with her soul would mean it would be taken out of herself.

So what had ended up happening? That was a good question, honestly. One that she still was having difficulty wrapping her head around. She knew she had Lady Midoriko to thank for the fact that she was even still alive. Every time she attempted to think through it her head would start to pound and she'd get even more frustrated.

Still, she thought even more on it, and she continued to piece it together bit by bit just so she could have an unmistakable understanding of her current situation.

First things first- the wish Inuyasha made upon the completed jewel. It all started at that point.

Out of everything he could have chosen to wish for, he had chosen to wish for Kikyo to be brought back to life. Due to her having their once shared soul, it had been pulled from her body and it made for a rather unpleasant and painful experience to go through. It wasn't just painful due to the fiery hot sensation that had spread through her veins, but it was also painful due to the fact that he had even made a decision without properly thinking through what would happen in the following moments.

He would have thrown away her life without concern if it meant for Kikyo's revival. It hurt her to still think on it because that meant he didn't even care about what would happen to her as long as Kikyo was returned to him.

Not long after, she felt as though her entire body, inside and out, had been set ablaze in burning flames. A pain began to weigh in her head, and she found herself blacking out before she could stand to witness anything that followed in that timeline. When she awoke next she found herself surrounded by nothing but pink space.

There had been nothing around her.

Just pink that continued to expand forever all around her.

The aura around her would have eventually told her where she was, but, before she could piece it together by herself, another figure had joined her. In order to save her life, Midoriko had placed her within the jewel.

What happened next was what confused her the most.

Midoriko had the jewel return to her body, where it would then take the place of her stolen soul. It no longer had a physical form, and it became a part to her incapable of ever being separated again.

Upon having the jewel reenter her body her mortality had been stolen by it and swallowed whole. The power within the jewel would keep her from dying as she would have once done.

As a result of that occurring, she had then been placed into the world she currently was in.

"An immortal being does not belong in a world full of nothing but mortals."

In honesty, her reasoning had made sense, but accepting that did nothing to make her feel better about the situation. After all… she hadn't even been able to say a farewell to her family back home.

Kagome fell into a sitting position under a large tree, seeking solace from the warm sun within the shade it provided.

What was she supposed to do now? She had never felt this lost before, not even when she had first been pulled down the well.

A disparaged sigh fell from her lips as she pulled her legs up to her chest, resting her chin on the tops of her knees while she watched the blades of grass sway in the delicate wind. Would she just be alone from here on out?

Being alone wasn't something that appealed to her, though.

She could feel the sting of incoming tears, and she buried her face into her arms to hide as she found herself crying while she sat there.

As expected, her bad luck soon caught up to her, and she found herself running and trying to find a place to hide from what chased her. She didn't know what was chasing her, but she knew they were ugly and terrifying all the same. At first encounter, she had resorted to using her spiritual energy to kill them off as they came for her, but that began to quickly deplete her energy, and she didn't have anywhere near enough to get rid of all of them and still continue forward afterward.

Her breath came out in labored pants as she continued to flee, but she found herself steadily doubting that running would do any good. She couldn't go on like this forever. Eventually, she would collapse, and she would fall prey to the pack of monstrosities pursuing her.

An arrow soared passed her cheek, cutting off a few bits and pieces of her hair before it stuck to a tree in front of her. She let out a surprised cry before ducking down and crawling through the dirt to get through a small space. Upon diving into it she found it to lead to a dead end, and she cursed her luck as she pressed her back against something akin to stone.

Kagome sat there, panting hard and waiting for the next attack to come, but it never did. None of those things chasing her could reach her in here- for now- and she finally let out a choked sob of relief. Her shoulders trembled in fear as she sat, trying as hard as she could to sort through her tangled mind to find some sort of solution to this. She couldn't, though, and she quickly found herself succumbing to the exhaustion that had been creeping up her spine during her run.

They were still trying to get to her, but none of their bodies could scramble into the hole she had hidden away in. She placed her hand over her rapid-beating heart- as if doing so would do anything to cause it to slow down.

What should she do now? Wait it out until those monsters left her be?

… would they leave her be?

She couldn't stay in here forever, but she also couldn't take down so many enemies on her own- especially when she lacked a weapon to use.

So she had been saved, only to die anyway by the hands of some vicious creatures that she had never seen before? That sucked. There was no other way she could describe it.

It totally sucked!

She had given up on thinking for a way out, nearly ready to just pass out and let what came her way happen, when a multitude of bodies hit the ground outside of her hiding hole. More hit the ground seconds later, only for them to be kicked out of the pathway that led to where she hid herself away.

Kagome had frozen herself in her spot after hearing the first one hit the ground, and she had been able to see it laying with an arrow lodged through its skull. Something had killed what wished to kill her, but that didn't mean she should just crawl out and say her thanks.

Whatever killed what hunted her might just turn around and try to kill her, as well.

So she waited, sitting as still and as silent as she could manage until she could pass the area as clear enough for her to manage an escape. It did not happen, however, and someone coming to a halt in front of the small tunnel she had wedged herself into caused her breath to snare in her throat once more. She tightened her grip on her legs, and she comforted herself when she observed this person to be too big to crawl in and drag her out by force, too.

It was deathly silent, even as this figure dropped down to their knees as if to observe where she hid. Without meaning to she had begun trembling again, and she tightened her grip on her legs even more, squeezing to the point where pain started in her hands.

This figure looked a lot less frightening than what had chased her, she acknowledged then, but she remained still with refusal to move even an inch. Even kind and ordinary faces could hide evil intentions.

"You may come out now," he called out to her. "The orc pack has been dealt with. You have nothing to fear."

"Y-You can't make me come out!" she snapped back at him. The words had come out harsher than she had intended, but he did not appear to be phased by her tone. She held her tongue then, as she finally registered all of what he had just said. … Orc pack?

She had been chased by Orcs?

"You are correct. I can not make you come out of there," he stated then, shrugging his shoulders in agreement with her. The action made his blonde hair fall over his shoulder.
"However," he continued, "you do not appear to be comfortable."

He was right in saying that. While this placed served to save her butt, it wasn't all that comfortable to remain in. It was cramped and rocks were digging into her back and behind. Still, she was reluctant to move. Exhaustion was still wearing her down, and she felt as though she would pass out any second now.

And if that were to happen, then she'd rather it be in here where nothing big and dangerous could reach her easily.

A few more minutes passed by before she finally moved, adjusting herself the best she could in order to crawl out of where she had stowed herself away. Once she was out, she felt him take her by the hand and help her stand up all the way.

Her body trembled in exhaustion as she stood there, but she wasn't awake long enough to hear him make any comment on it. Her weight tipped backward, and she would have hit the ground if she hadn't been caught mid-fall by the person standing a foot away from her.

Legolas looked over the female he now held in his arms. He was perplexed as he looked her over in search of any death-causing injury, and he let himself calm a bit when he found none. She was alive and only unconscious.

He did not hesitate to hoist her up bridal style.

He could not bring himself to just leave her there after she had passed out. She wouldn't stand a chance in her current state. It'd be pointless to rescue her from pursuers only to leave her on her own while unaware of her surroundings.

He would bring her with him to be sure that she would be okay upon awakening.

So he left the area with the small female held secure in his arms.

As he walked he found himself wondering just what she was. While she appeared to be an ordinary human on the outside, there was something else about her that led him to have difficulty in accepting her to be a normal human woman.

He'd make time to request a valid answer when she woke up next.

Auroua-chan: I've been sorta restless recently, so apologies for all the new pieces published. Weather is sorta bad here… blegh

Anyway… finished this up today. I've been working on it on and off the past few days or weeks. I want to continue my other Hobbit/IY fic, but I also wanted to do one like this.

I hope it was good, and that everyone enjoyed this!

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