Disclaimer: The characters of Inuyasha are owned by Rumiko Takahashi, but this story belongs to me. In fact, parts of this story are based on my own experiences.

When the Rain Fell

Chapter One: Rainfall

Kagome was standing in the grocery store with her mother when the blaring horns started screaming through the air.

A hurricane was coming.

The roads leading from town were crowded with people in cars attempting to flee the oncoming storm, it was impossible to drive anywhere. She and Souta had followed their mother to the store to help her carry supplies so they could ride out the storm.

The store was packed with people, but the aisles were bare.

"We need to be prepared to be without electricity for a week, maybe two." Mama Higurashi turned to her children, eyes betraying her panic, even though her smile tried to say everything was normal. "Find what you can, meet me near the vegetables." The only things that seemed to be left were fresh fruits and vegetables and frozen food.

Kagome and Souta nodded and went separate directions to try to find anything that they could eat.

There were no loaves of bread or cans of soup (except for clam chowder, which Kagome left on the shelves). There was no cereal or sodas. No water. No kitty litter (for Boyu, not for eating). Kagome found a few packages of tuna and some chips.

Her first reaction to the news of the hurricane coming was to take her family down the well to the somewhat relative "safety" of the past. The magic glowed for her, however, no one else could get through. She felt crushed that she couldn't bring them with her. Though her family had encouraged Kagome to leave, the young miko couldn't bear to abandon her family.

Someone trying to take her packages of tuna from her cart brought Kagome back to her senses.

"Hey!" she yelled.

Kagome reached out for the packets, but the other woman was too fast for her. Kagome hung her head in shame. Not only did she fail to bring her family through the well, she was also failing them by losing their groceries. Fighting demons was one thing, fighting a cart thief was something else entirely. Kagome couldn't completely blame her though, everyone was fighting for their own family's survival.

Quickly Kagome, now much more on guard, went to the vegetables to meet her family. Kagome's heart sank at their meager supplies.

"Things will be fine," her mother assured her with a forced smile. "Kagome, why don't you go wait in line with the groceries while we pick up a few more things. It will be easier to go through the aisles without a cart."

"Yes, Mama."

The line was long and the people were angry and loud. Metal carts crashed into each other as people fought their way through the empty aisles.

The store went silent as the angry drums of drops of water started hitting the roof.

Kagome went cold as the rain fell.

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Author's Note:

As some of you know, I lost my house and most of my belongings in Hurricane Harvey. This story is a mix of both fact and fiction.

Grocery stores were picked clean of everything but frozen and fresh food.