Not as much as I would have thought. . . . .

With another sigh Kagome leaned off the well and slumped down in the grass. She leaned back, resting against the wooden boards. Sun rays scattered around her, making her pleasant sitting to be interrupted. A few moments later she stood up again and made her way to where she had dropped the basket.

How did this all happen? Why did it have to come to this?

Kagome knelt down and scooped up the basket, making her way down the path she was originally supposed to take. Her feet crunched against the ground, silencing once the dirt walkway appeared. A gust of wind pressed by, she paused and closed her eyes. No matter where she was or what she saw, nothing changed.

It could have all ended differently. . . .

A voice brought Kagome out of her thoughts.

"Kagome!" Rini greeted and ran up next to her. Kagome noted the basket she was carrying, she had come to join her.

"Hello," Kagome said softly, still keeping her gaze focused somewhere in the distance. Rini looked down at her empty basket. "I see you haven't start," she said in a joking matter. Kagome did not respond. They both continued to walk down the path in an uncomfortable silence. "Master is going into town for a meeting today, we could ride and no one would know." Kagome's eyes widened an inch, but otherwise you could not read her facial expression. Rini smirked, she knew Kagome loved to ride the horses.

"That would be nice," she said, a faint smile appearing on her face. "I thought so!" Rini smiled brightly and hugged Kagome. At first Kagome was stunned in shock, it was unusual for Rini to touch her in any way. Sure they talked, all the time in fact, but never hugged. When she didn't release Kagome returned the embrace, wrapping her arms around Rini's waist as well.

It took a while to release Rini was upset about something. Her first clue was when she felt her clothes get damp. Kagome pulled Rini away from her to see tears streaming down her face. "Things aren't the same, are they?" she hiccuped. "No," Kagome said softly and sat down on the dirt ground, motioning for Rini to do the same.

She sat down next to Kagome, sniffling here and there. "I don't like it here," Rini said after a while. "None of us do," Kagome said in an almost harsh way. Suddenly her wounds seemed to scream out in previous pain. She moaned softly and put her hand up to one her worst injuries, a gash mark on her side. Surprisingly it was bleeding again, she cursed silently.

"Are you ok Kagome?" Rini asked, peeking over Kagome's shoulder. She gasped and put her hands over her mouth. "D-does it h-hurt?" she stuttered. Kagome nodded, grinding her teeth in agony. Rini bit her lower lip in thought and then leaned over, picking a red flower. She ripped off the head and petals, mooshing them together into a gooy mush in her hands. "Let me see," she said and pointed to where Kagome's clothes were soaking up her blood. She lifted it up slowly and Rini covered the wound with the mush. "Ack, it stings," Kagome said in a voice only above a whisper. "It will help," Rini said. Kagome nodded, still squinting her eyes closed tightly from the terrible pain.

"It's him again, isn't it? They're hurting him," Rini said, her expression in slight anger. Kagome nodded. "We have to do something!" Rini yelled. "No," Kagome said softly, tears streaming down her face.

"There is nothing we can do to help Inuyasha."

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"Wench!"

"You're such a baka!"

"You're not going!"

"Yes I am you arrogant jerk!"

The wind stirred, almost like she was controlling it. Her green skirt fluttered in the breeze, but she paid no mind to it. "I am going home Inuyasha," Kagome snapped, glaring at him.

His silver hair brushed across his face. "We have Naraku to find, he's weak at this point. We can't have you keep going home all the time," he scoffed. "I don't go home all the time, it's just this once!" she hissed. "Besides, how do you know he's weak? It's just the same as before!" she yelled. "I just do!" he growled.

"Oh what an answer!" she said sarcastically. Kagome dropped her feet over the edge. "Wench!" he yelled again and went to grab her arm. "Sit!" she yelled. "Sit! SIt! SIT! SIT! SIT!"

"And don't come back for me for another week or I'll SIT you to death!" she snapped, emphasizing the 'sit'. With that said she lept into the well without another word.

She fell through the fabrics of time, the glowing blue colors wrapping around her. Her feet touched the bottom and she sighed.

Her eyes widened in shock once she realized that her sigh had not been full filled. She coughed out water, and looked around. Her vision was blurry, though she still knew she was in the well. Kagome kicked off the bottom and swam to the top, gasping for air. She looked at her surroundings.

She was not in her familiar well house, but exposed under the sun. Forest was behind her and an open area stretched out in front of her. Her eyes widened in shock at the large castle that lay before her.

"Where am I?"

I think this may be moving faster than I thought, but there are many things still left to happen!

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