I hope you appreciate this! I typed it during Summer School Engrish class and I'm rather proud of it (and hopefully I fixed that whole Half-the-page-is-chopped-off thing)
Kyo
was staring at her like she had grown a second head and the fact that
she was cackling almost madly didn't help one bit. As Shigure
joined Kagome in her cackling Hana looked at Kyo.
"Ky-san,
do not ask questions; it only makes things more confusing." She
smiled slightly at his stunned expression, and Kagome's sudden
silence. She nodded to Kagome and they turned towards the beat up
well house.
"Time
to get going, I guess." There was a tone of despair in her voice
that was barely noticeable. Tohru frowned, but followed after the now
moving group.
"Well,
this is it!" came the prideful exclamation from Kagome; everyone
else just stared, unimpressed wit the drab, dusty well. Kagome
started pouting and said, with a hint of hurt in her voice, "I know
it doesn't LOOK like much, but the amount of raw energy surrounding
it is amazing." Everyone just stared at her, faces blank. "You
can't sense it…?" When they all nodded, all but Hana that is,
she sighed and began to explain. "You see, the well is more then
five hundred years old and it's been accumulating mystical energies
since it was created. As I've learned, it takes at least 300 years
to gather enough energy to become noticeable."
After
taking a deep breath, and bracing herself for the incredulous
reactions, she continued. "It seems that, as far as anyone knows,
the well was created from a special species of tree; one with demonic
qualities. The added effect of the accumulated energies created a
portal through time and space. For those of you who didn't
understand any of that-" at this she glared at Ayame, who was
currently waving his hand in the air like an impatient child "-the
well is, basically, a doorway to the past. You can travel to and from
a certain period in time, but only if you have a jewel shard." She
was about to continue but Tohru's quiet voice
interrupted.
"Kagome-san…."
She looked slightly embarrassed but continued anyways, "what
exactly do you mean by 'jewel shard'?" Kagome mentally and
physically hit herself over the head. 'I should have explained
that!' she thought, angry with herself for forgetting.
"To
understand that you must first know of the Shikon no Tama, or The
Jewel of Four Souls. You don't need to know too much about it, only
that many a demon is after it and a few years ago I shattered it. The
shards shot in different directions, scattering across Japan. Just
one piece of the jewel increases ones power at least tenfold." 'And
the incredulous stares make their appearance!' She thought with a
weary sigh.
"Just
continue, Gome-chan; if they still do not believe afterwards I shall
explain it to them," came Hana's monotonous voice. Kagome nodded
in thanks and thought for a moment on what to say.
"The
well allows you to travel approximately 500 years into the past-shut
up Ayame-" Ayame had been about to interrupt "-the first time I
was pulled through by a demon called Mistress Centipeded, and after
getting away I was captured by villagers. I was mistaken as a demon
but the miko of the village saw me for what I truly was." She
glanced down for a moment, trying not to think of Inuyasha's
betrayal. With a shuddering sigh she began again. "She realized
that I was the reincarnation of her deceased sister-Kikyo. Kikyo had
been killed by a half demon named Inuyasha-or so everyone
believed-who had been pinned to a tree by a sacred arrow."
She
explained about that night and how she, along with a demon slayer, a
kitsune, and a monk traveled with Inuyasha to collect the jewel
shards. She talked about Naraku and his deciept and of all the
important allies and battles that had been fought. It was at least an
hour later-she had to answer many questions-before she was able to
get to the point of her story (she had left out Inuyasha's
betrayal, it was still too fresh in her memory). "We have to go
through the well and meet with Sessho-maru-sama, I bet he's pacing
by now." At that she and Rin were giggling like it was the funniest
thing in the world, and everyone but Jaken and Hana backed away
slightly. "I'm sorry," she apologized when she had her giggling
under control. "It's just, if you knew how people viewed
Fluffy-sama, then you'd find it hysterical too."
"Hai,
hai, Milord is very grumpy all the time," Rin added, trying to make
them see why it was so funny.
"The
word is stoic, Rin-chan, and that's only because he has a grudge
against nearly everyone." Kagome said in a matter-of-fact way and
Rin nodded in all seriousness. They burst into more giggles a minute
later.
After
all the laughter had died away Kagome made a decision. "I'll
explain more later, but now we really have to get to
Fluffy-sama…he'll end up coming here himself and we really do NOT
need that." Without waiting for a response she took Rin into her
arms and jumped into the old well. It took a minute for everyone to
realize what just happened but slowly they all made their way into
the well.
On
the other side Kagome and Rin had already sat down near a large tree.
When Hatori noticed her heavy breathing and even more pale face he
hurried over. "You've lost a lot of blood Gome-chan, we should
really see to those injuries." But Kagome just shrugged off his
worry, staring at something behind the heard of Sohma's.
"No
need….Fluffy-sama is…already here," she said, through tired
pants. And indeed, he was standing not five feet from the well, on
the opposite side from where the Sohma's had come out. He looked
almost exactly like he normally did except that his hair was a bit
ruffled and there was a small crinkle in his brow, most likely from
worry.
He
took one look at the claw marks on her shoulder and his eyes bled
red. "I'll kill him," he nearly snarled, his voice nowhere near
calm. Kagome paled even more, she had forgotten how Sessho-maru got
when he was in a demon rage.
"Shimatta!"
Was the only thing she could get out before she was up and running
infront of the Sohma's. "Move back!" she shouted at them when
they didn't seem to realize the danger. Averyone complied with the
panicked order, except for Rin who came up behind her, moving
slowly-she knew the danger. "Sessho-maru-sama, calm down! He isn't
here, you'll only end up killing innocents!" When that got no
response she tried another tactic. "If you don't stop right now
I'll say 'it'! I will!" This seemed to get a reaction because
the mans eyes began to lighten. That only lasted until he glanced
down and saw the arrow wound in her leg-this time his face began to
lengthen. "Kuso! Don't make me say it!" Kagome pleaded, she
knew how he hated when she used this against him, but she had no
choice…
"Heel!"
as soon as the word left her lips a previously unnoticed necklace
around the enraged Taiyokai began glowing a deep blue color. As it
glowed it pulled downwards, and after a moment of futile resistance,
Sessho-maru slammed into the ground face first. It took less then
five seconds for Rin and Kagome to burst into hysterical laughter.