I'm back with yet another story. *sighs* Someone needs to control my "must write new ideas down" sense. Otherwise I might die from overwriting. Oh well I hope you enjoy this!

The Future Past

Memories

I stepped onto the lush, green grass of Tokyo University. Students ambled around the grounds, either heading to class or walking to their dorms, or breakfast. My first class was at 9:00, but I ended up getting to campus at 8:30. I was so used to walking here from my mom's house that I forgot how close my new apartment is to the school.

My name is Kagome Higurashi. I used to your normal teenage girl. At least that was true until I turned 15. On my fifteenth birthday I was pulled down the Bone Eater's Well by a demon know as Madame Centipede. The well took me over 500 years into the past into the Feudal Era of Japan. There, I discovered that I was the reincarnation of the priestess, Kikyo. Kikyo had died 50 years prior after pinning the half demon, Inuyasha, to the Goshinboku, the Sacred Tree. I soon freed Inuyasha after having the Shikon Jewel, a jewel that demons and evil humans seek to strengthen their powers that everyone thought had been destroyed with Kikyo's remains, ripped from my body by Madame Centipede. Inuyasha destroyed her, but then started coming after me for the Sacred Jewel. Kaede, Kikyo's little sister and current priestess of the village, placed subjugation beads on Inuyasha. I could, sort of, control Inuyasha by saying the word "sit", which made him smack face first into the ground. Later I accidentally shattered the Jewel, sending its shards all across the country.

So Inuyasha and I began searching for the shards of the Sacred Jewel. Along the way we met a perverted monk named Miroku, who had been cursed with a Wind Tunnel in his right hand by a half-demon called Naraku. We later found out that Naraku had been born from the bandit Onigumo and a band of demons, a request from Onigumo so that he could eventually be with Kikyo. Naraku then made it look like Inuyasha and Kikyo, who had been deeply in love, had betrayed each other, which led to Inuyasha being sealed to the Goshinboku and Kikyo's death.

Then we met Sango, the demon slayer. Her whole village had been slaughtered by Naraku and her brother, Kohaku, was enslaved by the vicious hanyou. At first she tried to kill Inuyasha, then she learned of Naraku and his evil and began to travel with us.

Before we met Sango and Miroku, we met the kitsune, Shippo. His parents had been killed by the Thunder Brothers, Hiten and Monten. Shippo would irritate Inuyasha constantly, which generally would result in a bonk on the head for him and Inuyasha with a face full of dirt. They acted like they didn't like each other, but I know that deep down, Shippo looks up to Inuyasha and the inu-hanyou loved him like a son or a little brother.

We ended up with several allies in our fight against Naraku. There were the wolf demons, Kouga and Ayame. We also worked with Inuyasha's older brother, Sesshomaru. The two fought constantly, neither one could stand the other. But somehow they were able to put aside their differences and fight against Naraku.

Along the way, I found myself falling in love with Inuyasha. I don't know how many times I had my heart broken by seeing him with Kikyo, who had been resurrected by the witch Urasuei. Eventually, I learned that Inuyasha loved me back and I decided that I wanted to stay with him after we had defeated Naraku.

Eventually, after almost a year of tracking Jewel shards and fighting off Naraku's incarnations, we were at the point of the final showdown. We had passed obstacle after obstacle, including demons who couldn't stand us and the Band of Seven, ruthless mercenaries resurrected by some of Naraku's Sacred Jewel shards. The battle was a long one and we suffered some major injuries. Miroku was poisoned by Naraku's Saymiosho, Sango had taken a hit from her Hiraikotsu after Naraku threw it back at her, and everyone else was being weakened from Naraku's terrible miasma. Finally, after Inuyasha and I combined his Wind Scar with my Sacred Arrow, Naraku was destroyed and the Jewel was whole once again.

After it was all over, I purified the Shikon Jewel for the final time and it vanished from existence. What we didn't know was that with the purification of the Jewel, I would be thrust back into my own time and the well, which was my only way to travel back and forth between my time and the Feudal Era, would be sealed.

It's been nearly five years since that day. I haven't seen any of my friends since. For about three years after the well was sealed, I would still jump down it every day, hoping that the familiar blue light would engulf me and take me back to what I considered my real home. But it never happened. I finally gave up, but not really accepting that I could never go back. I've lost almost all of my hope and the memories are becoming painful. So I moved away from our family's shrine over the summer this year, hoping to finally escape from my heartache and start anew.

Today is my 21 birthday. I'm also starting my first day of my junior year here at Tokyo University. I'm studying to be a historian. It still feels silly to me that I want to study history when I lived and breathed it, but maybe that's why I want to make it my future. No matter how much I try to get away from the time and people I'll never see again, I can't separate myself from it fully.

I began walking toward the building that my first class, Feudal Religion and Tradition, is in. I knew I was early, but that's better than being late any day; but being late is better than being absent. I actually haven't missed a day of school since the well was sealed. I also have had straight As and Bs since high school; when I realized that I could never go back, I devoted myself to doing well in school so that I could have a future here if the well never reopened.

A powerful slap rang through the air. I winced; it sounded like it hurt. I turned in the direction of the sound, trying not to be noticed. Off to my right stood a couple. The girl had her hands balled up into fists at her sides and she was glaring at the guy, who was holding the side of his face.

"Is it absolutely necessary for you to grope me in PUBLIC!" the girl shrieked at the guy. He lowered his hand to reveal the red hand print on his face.

"I told you, it's not me! It's this infernal family curse!" he whined.

"It's not a curse, it's your personality you pervert!" she yelled back and stormed off away from home.

"Akira, wait!" he called while running after her. I stared wide eyed as they disappeared from my sight. Well, that was a familiar conversation, I thought as I watched them disappear.

*Flashback*

"You are such a pervert, Miroku!" Sango yelled, staring down at the monk who was currently splayed out on the ground with her handprint covering half of his face.

"But Sango," Miroku said as he sat up. "It's my cursed hand! Unfortunately, it's drawn to anything that is round and firm."

"Ggggrrrraaaahhhh!" Sango groaned. She threw her hands up in the air and stalked away from him.

"You really should try to control yourself, Miroku," I told him as Inuyasha helped him up off of the ground.

"I cannot control a curse," he said and brushed the dust off of his robes.

"You do pretty well with the Wind Tunnel," Inuyasha grumbled. He glared at Miroku, daring him to challenge his words. The monk just stood there, looking sheepish.

*End Flashback*

I quickly shook off the memory. Something I did not need right now was remembering things that would only make me upset later. So I gathered my composure and resumed my walk to class.

Well, do like or dislike? Curious as to who the strange couple are? Does the well reopen? You'll just have to wait to find out. But let me know whether you like it or not in a review!