InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Cavern ❯ Chapter 1

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~Cavern~

 

In the end, it was the constant drip, drip, dripping of cold water upon her head that eventually woke her up.

 

Kagome blinked dazedly and abruptly received an eyeful of the bothersome liquid as it fell towards her face once more. She scowled at nothing in particular, irritated at having been blinded so soon after waking up, and then suddenly she started, only just realising that she had no idea where she was.

 

Oh crap…

 

“Hellooo??” She called out, her voice resounded loudly in the darkness. “Um, hello? Is anybody there?”

 

She squinted and looked around, trying in vain to find some patch of light within the shrouded space. The place was pitch black and chillingly cold; a cool breeze drifted over her goose-pimpled skin despite there being no trace of wind in the air. Apparently the ceiling was quite damp, if the water dripping on her was anything to go by, and her lack of proper clothing - school uniform was hardly adequate in these conditions - only added to the decrease in warmth.

 

She groaned. Getting lost was one of the worst things about being in the Feudal Era. No road signs to direct her, no helpful bystanders willing to show her the right way…in fact, Kagome was far more likely to avoid meeting people, what with her many experiences in the past with strangers who had only been trying to `help' her. She shuddered. No, she didn't enjoy a single moment of it. Not to mention inconveniencing her friends who would eventually have to come looking for her.

 

Kagome winced at that particular thought. Inuyasha was going to be so angry with her when he found out she'd gotten lost again. Not that that was particularly surprising - she did manage to get into more trouble than a pair of toddlers set loose in Toys `R Us - but still, it was hardly ever her fault. Not really anyway.

 

“But does he care? Noooo…” She said to herself.

 

To her surprise, she found that she wasn't as frightened as she usually would have been, alone in a dark place with no idea where she was. I guess I'm too used to it now, she thought, not entirely sure if that was a good or a bad thing.

 

She closed her eyes, briefly shutting out the overbearing expanse of black that surrounded her. Annoyingly enough, she realised there wasn't any difference between having her eyes shut and having them open. Maybe it's night outside? She wondered, hesitating for a moment before slowly standing up. Thankfully the ceiling was high enough for her to stand fully without bending her back, so at least she'd be marginally comfortable if she decided to look around.

 

“Helloooooooo!!” her shrill voice rang out once more. “Hey, if there's anyone out there, please say something now!” She waited for nearly a whole minute but received no reply.

 

Kagome sighed and plonked herself down on the hard, flat floor. Oomph! It felt like she'd just sat on a lump of jagged bricks! She rubbed her aching butt while hesitantly feeling around. It was probably a good idea to get a scope of the terrain first, before she got comfortable.

 

The ground felt smooth beneath her palms, so she knew she couldn't be anywhere outside. She sniffed. Nope, there wasn't a single trace of that earthy outdoorsy scent either. Kagome placed her hands on a rocky edge that sloped gently upwards, forming into what she hoped was a stone wall. She remembered that when she'd spoken her voice had resounded into a recurring echo across the darkness. Which basically means that I'm either somewhere underground or I'm in some kind of weird cavern. Both options weren't exactly promising.

 

Well, that's a start at least, she thought, trying to maintain her optimism but falling short slightly. She couldn't help but wonder if she'd been captured or brought here by force, seeing as though she could hardly recall what had happened before she'd woken up on the floor.

 

Kagome tried to remember, she really did. But in her disorientated mind everything was just a distant memory, a blur beyond her immediate focus. If she even tried to think beyond her actions of a few moments ago, she got a pounding headache, and her sight began to haze. After several more attempts she decided it wasn't worth the effort, and returned to just sitting on the floor, gazing blankly at nothing.

 

Sigh…

 

“This is so boring!” Kagome yelled, the strength of it reflecting her stress and frustration. “How long is it going to take before the others come and find me?” She pouted, her bottom lip wobbling. Sure, she was behaving like an ungrateful child, but she was far too annoyed to care. The wetness dribbling down her forehead had put her in a seriously bad mood.

 

Suddenly a horrible thought came to her and she shot up, her eyes widening with fear. Praying to whatever kamis there were in existence, she patted down her pockets looking for the glass vial containing the shikon shards. Kagome gasped. No, no, no, no, no! This can't be happening! Where are they?! She panicked, searching the ground desperately. She wasn't entirely sure if Inuyasha would even bother saving her if he found out she'd lost all her shards too!

 

She could almost hear his deafening scream of disbelief (“Whhhhaaatt??? You've lost the shards?? I can't believe this! You're the most useless, pathetic excuse for a human being I've ever met! What the hell is WRONG with you??”) and then worst of all…(“Kikyo would NEVER have lost the shards! She would NEVER have broken the jewel in the first place! Dammit, why are you so stupid? I can't believe I'm stuck with such a useless pathetic excuse for a priestess… and the list went on, growing longer and longer in her mind as every second passed and the shards remained missing.

 

After a while, she realised that there was no point searching for the shards when she couldn't see anything around her anyway, especially since her eyes were starting to see things that weren't really there, which wasn't exactly helping her case any.

 

It was probably best to wait until the others came to find her and then they could search for the shards together. She snorted. Yeah, like that theory was going to work. Inuyasha was more likely to scream at her and then make her look for them herself than to offer his help, even though technically, it wasn't actually her fault. But does he care? No…

 

She slumped down on her makeshift seat, exhausted. “I guess I'll just have to wait for the others, then.”

 

Just as she thought this, a small sound distracted her and she flicked her head upwards, searching for the origin of the noise. “Wha-”

 

A movement, barely a slight shifting of position behind her, but it was enough to warn her that she was not as alone as she'd previously thought.

 

… Slowly, she tilted her head back …and found herself staring into the depths of a pair of crimson red eyes.