InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Kazuko Harmony ❯ The other girl who overcame time ( Chapter 1 )

Kazuko Harmony


Chapter One


The other girl who overcame time

 

 

“Mom, why didn't you wake me up for school? I'm so late!”

 

 

“That wouldn't have happened, Harmony, if you would just wake up the first time I tell you to”

 

The young girl's mother rolled her eyes as she hung out the damp clothing in what looked to be the main living room; she absolutely loved to chastise her daughter.

 

Harmony tore through the house, throwing on her white button up shirt and her grey vest, all the while trying to brush her teeth at the same time. If Harmony was late for school one more time, there would be hell to pay and she wasn't joking, staying extra hours after school was hell on it own. Throwing on her grey woolen skirt, Harmony grabbed her lunch and school bag off the counter and made a dash for the front door, throwing on her shoes roughly when she reached the first step. Needless to say she almost fell and broke her neck when she hadn't gotten her left shoe on properly - again.

 

The blond ran from her front path, huffing and puffing by the first block. Jesus, she needed to get in shape, this was ridicules. She even forgot to say goodbye to her mom, which was pretty rare. Running up the block Harmony looked over the street and saw a familiar raven haired girl; Kagome. The blond was surprised, Kagome was never late; at least she hadn't seen the girl running like her life depended on it before.

 

Kagome and Harmony weren't exactly the best of friends, but friendly enough to go over each others places for study sessions every once in a while, and it had been a long while since the two of them got together.

 

“Hey, haven't seen you around in a while Kagome, seeing your boyfriend a little more often?!” she yelled, waving frantically and barley missing the pole that jumped out of nowhere. It had gotten around (mainly by Kagome's friends, Erin, Yuri and Ayami whatever, Harmony never stuck around long enough to get their names) that Kagome was seeing this really self centered, egoistic, jealous jerk, but at the same time he could be a total sweetheart.

 

Way to confuse the blond girl, right?

 

She seemed confused at first “Nani? Who-“ it must have dawned on her on who Harmony was talking about, because she turned at least three different shades of red, from anger or embarrassment she didn't know, she did know however that it did make her laugh “Inuyasha's not my boyfriend!” Kagome raged. Ah, so the jealous jerk had a name. These remarks only made Harmony laugh louder, which didn't sit to well with the girl on the other side of the street.

 

“Well whatever he is, he has to spare you this afternoon, we need to do some serious catching up!” By this time, all the two girls were doing was yelling, seeing as they were running at two hundred miles per hour and were on opposite sides of the street. Kagome seemed to pale and not just because she was huffing and puffing from lack of oxygen.

 

“Yeah, sounds good!”

 

“Great! See you at your house then? Sounds like a plan, see you at four Kagome!” and with that Harmony turned sharply around a left corner and practically piss bolted, not waiting for her answer.

 

Needless to say she didn't make it before first bell.

SSS

 

 

Hell to pay came in a neat little package that called itself detention. You would think they would be a little more lenient when a student basically lives on the other side of the city and has to run to school everyday just to make it by the second bell. Go figure she was the only student that was late - almost everyday.

 

Harmony fumed as she walked to Kagome's shrine, it hadn't been a very good day. Gym had been the worst, getting hit in the nose with a volleyball and then having to sit out with two hundred boys staring at her with a big ice pack on her swollen nose. She looked like freaking the red nosed reindeer! And that girl, Dori, was on her case the whole day about it. What had Harmony ever done to get that sort of treatment?

 

Harmony slumped as she walked up the two thousand steps in front of Kagome's home and was again huffing and puffing when she reached the top. How could Kagome do this everyday? That girl seriously needed to give her blond friend a few pointers on what exercises she uses. Harmony got to the top and knocked on the front door, slipping off her shoes as she did so. Kagome's mother answered the door; lovely person, she was just a little too mellow to be a mom though. She pointed the way up to Kagome's room where she was apparently sleeping.

 

Harmony bowed slightly as she thanked her and walked up the small stairway.

 

Kagome's room was always tiny in her perspective, it had little color and Harmony couldn't understand how she could sleep in that bed of hers. The green eyed girl also hated how she let the cat sleep in her room at times, last time Harmony came over she was almost rushed to the emergency room from an asthma attack because of her cat's fur.

 

Everything seemed in place, all except a few clothes that were scattered along the ground. She couldn't find Kagome, the girl wasn't in her bed and Harmony suspected she might be in the bathroom, so the blond just made herself at home for the time being.

 

Harmony chucked her bag on the floor and collapsed into a chair near Kagome's desk usually tidy desk. Her desk was piled with books, math, English, history, everything for the upcoming exams. Every school in the city had exams - the exact same ones - all on the same day and Harmony suspected she was working extra hard for the time she had missed.

 

Despite being blond, Harmony did fit all the stereotypes of being your typical bimbo. She didn't know right from left without checking which hand she wrote with first, she failed her drivers test four times and still counting, and she was almost held back a grade last year because she did so badly on my tests. When Harmony first came to Japan she even complimented on Kagome's American when she first met the raven haired girl. If it wasn't for Kagome, Harmony wouldn't have a clue on what most people where talking about.

 

About a year and a half ago the two spent most afternoons going over Harmony's Japanese, and by now the blond could speak fluently enough to understand, but not enough to keep a conversation going for long. That was before Kagome started disappearing and Harmony hardly speaks to her anymore.

 

Sad, really.

 

Harmony spun around on her chair, leaning back and staring blankly at Kagome's white ceiling. How long did she need to use the bathroom for?

 

“Huh?” the blond looked out Kagome's window and into the yard; she could have sworn she saw someone out there. She then looked towards the well hut, shrine, whatever they called it and smiled, it was only Kagome “Hey, Kagome!” she called out through the window. She didn't seem to hear Harmony as she walked into the hut, a rather large green knapsack on her back. What was she doing? Harmony grabbed her own green bag and ran down and into the yard, maybe she was sick or something and needed air… with her bag and school uniform on.

 

Harmony looked around before going into the hut, only to find it completely void of any human being, all except that cat. She sneered at the cat who yawned in retort, Harmony has never been a cat person, she had always preferred dogs. Harmony shrugged in discomfort and put her bag on her back, firmly strapping it on. She was ready to turn around and walk home and forget all this weirdness when a purple glowing light caught the blonds' attention. She turned back around only to be met by the stone well, maybe she was imagining it. Harmony was feeling a little light headed today anyway after that Volleyball brutally attacked her nose.

 

Just to be sure, she walked cautiously over to the well, maybe Timmy was trapped down there and Lassie had gotten lost on the way for help. She leaned over slightly, almost falling inn in the process and looked into the well. There it was again, only this time not as bright as to catch her attention, she had search the bottom of the well to find this small flash of purple light. Wanting to get closer, the teenager stepped over the edge and climbed down the small ladder that seemed to occupy the side of the well.

 

It looked like a shard of purple glass. She picked it up and studied it more closely, it was beautiful. Harmony thought maybe the sun had reflected off of it to make that sort of glow but there was no sun that could get into the small shrine. The girl shrugged and shoved it absentmindedly into her vest pocket, maybe dad could tell her what it was, someone mustn't want it back to badly as to lose it down here.

 

Harmony went to step back onto the ladder, but something stopped her dead in the position she was about to take.

 

“Huh?” she carefully turned around, unsure of what was behind her. It wasn't what was behind her that was the problem; it was what was under Harmony that was disturbing. It was that light again, similar to the light that gleamed off of that shard of glass.

 

Harmony let out a sharp breath as the floor underneath her seemed to disappear and that weird light engulfed her whole body. Harmony felt like she was falling when really she was floating down. You know that feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you go down a hill to fast, or when you're driving down a steep slope? That was her feeling right now.

 

She let out another sharp breath as the floor seemed to come back under her, making her fall to the ground and flat on her face.

 

“Ouch” she moaned, rubbing her sore nose. If that was some sort of ride, Harmony was definably complaining to the owner about the ending. The blond got to her feet and dusted her grey skirt.

 

Since when was the shrine removed? Looking up all Harmony could see was the blue sky and she could have sworn there was a roof there not three minutes ago. The ladder was missing as well, meaning she had to either climb out the old fashion way, or wait here for hours until someone realized there was a girl down here. She chose her first option; Harmony highly doubted Lassie was coming to save her anytime soon.

 

Harmony started to climb out of the well, falling back down four or five times before finally getting some footing on the overlapping vines. This was ridicules! She had obviously hit her head somehow when coming down here and was now dreaming, she must have been watching The Wizard of Oz before going to bed last night, because this dream was just way to freaky to be real.

 

SSS

 

“What is it Inuyasha?” asked Kagome, a worried look on her face. The dark haired girl had been angry at the half demon all afternoon, considering he did make her come back to the Feudal Era without even telling her family. She had a mind to sit him the moment he turned up, but disregarded it.

 

The silver haired boy stared straight ahead, his eyes narrowed and his ear's twitching “I dunno', it smells like a human, but… different”

 

Sango pushed herself up from the ground, leaving Kirara on her back in mid-pat fashion; her eyebrows knitted together obviously quite confused “What do you mean `different'?”

 

The hanyou was about to speak when the miko beside him gasped, her chocolate eyes widening considerably “I sense a jewel shard” she rasped, but then paused “No wait, two!”

 

That was all he had to hear before jumping into action “Where? It must be that bastard Bankotsu, how the hell did he survive anyway? It's the only other reason I would be sensing this” Inuyasha raged. He looked back towards Kagome “Well? Where is he?” he asked, getting a little annoyed at her lack of explanation.

 

Kagome looked towards the direction her and Inuyasha had come not to long before “The bone eaters well”

`Oh no, what if Nuraku's found out about the powers of the bone eaters well. What if he's sent Bankotsu to destroy it?'

 

Thoughts racked through her mind as she rode on Kirara. If the well was destroyed, she may never get back home again.

 

“It's getting stronger Inuyasha!”

 

Inuyasha smirked and cracked the knuckles in his hand as he ran “Good, I was starting to get bored sitting around anyway”

SSS

 

Harmony kicked up some dirt as she walked, this didn't feel like a dream, she even sneezed when the dirt neared her nose. Everything was so different here, she had originally been a little afraid to walk through the nearby forest, but what choice did she have? It was getting dark and Harmony doubted someone with good intentions would stroll by and help her out.

 

Harmony stopped walking, she could hear someone yelling up ahead and it sounded a little too feminine to be a guy. She started to walk towards the voice, maybe someone could help her out? Coming up through some tree's Harmony heard what seemed to be leaves moving against the wind, only, there was no wind.

 

“What was-” she didn't get a chance to finish her sentence as someone - or something - came flying through the tree's and almost ripped her head off with what looked to be claws. Harmony screamed a shrill, loud scream and fell back before the clawed hand could get a hold of her neck.

 

“Damn” the figure in the red kimono seemed cover their ears “keep it down would ya'!” he landed on the ground with excellent agility and glared.

 

Harmony lay on her back; her head thumping from the beating it had taken on the way down “Keep it down? You just about ripped my head off!” she retorted, trying to get to her feet but with little success.

 

“Inuyasha!”

 

Harmony's eyes widened as she sat on the ground, was that who she thought it was?

 

The man sighed and stared pointedly at her “Look wench, you look harmless enough, so don't make me rip you apart just to get those jewel shards you have” he outstretched his hand “now hand'em over”

 

Harmony furrowed her brow's “Hand what over?” what is this guy on about, what jewel shards? Harmony's eyes widened as she remembered that bit of purple glass, maybe which was what he wanted. She pulled the tiny shard out of her vest pocket and handed the strange looking man the purple jewel.

 

He didn't look pleased, just more annoyed “Don't try and pull one over on me, I know you have another jewel shard somewhere” he accused. Harmony looked blatantly confused as she moved away from the stranger.

 

“What other jewel?” she asked, by now scared out of her wit.

 

The man growled inhumanly; was she as dumb as she looked? And what was up with her hair? Inuyasha pulled back his clawed hand “I guess we'll have to do this the hard way” there was no way to know if she was bluffing or not or whether she was as dangerous as she looked, and he wasn't about to take any chances and put Kagome in danger again.

 

“Inuyasha, sit!”

 

The man's eyes widened as he came crashing down in front of Harmony, creating a small crater in the ground. She screamed and moved further away, this was too much excitement for a Monday evening.

 

“Kagome?” she asked and looked up, only to be met by a large flying lion type creature. Riding on the creature was her raven haired friend, looking royally pissed off, for what reason, Harmony didn't know. What was she doing here anyway?

 

“What am I doing here? What are you doing here!?”

 

Woops, did Harmony say that out loud? “Well I wouldn't be here if I knew how to get back home” she argued, standing up and brushing herself off. She had a few scrapes and bruises, but nothing life threatening, although the guy currently eating dirt in front of her might be.

 

Kagome sighed and jumped off Kirara, how could this have happened? She thought only her and Inuyasha could get through the well, but apparently her friend could as well. Looking over at a now whimpering Inuyasha Kagome's eyes softened, she hadn't meant to do that but he was going to rip Harmony's head off if she didn't, she also noticed he had a jewel shard. Could that have been from Harmony? Looking back at her blond friend Kagome looked towards her right arm, she had a jewel shard in her wrist!

 

Sango looked on in confusion, along with Shippo eyeing the new girl, not knowing if she should be trusted or not “Kagome, you know this girl?” Sango asked.

 

Kagome nodded “Yeah, she's my friend from my time. Harmony, can I look at your wrist?” she asked. Harmony nodded, again pretty confused and lifted out her left wrist. Kagome shook her head “No, your right one” she instructed.

 

“Oh, sorry” she gave Kagome her right wrist and watched as the girl looked it over firmly.

 

Kagome noticed it was a rather large jewel shard, two times bigger then an average one. Maybe this is what helped her get through the bone eaters well, it made sense considering Kagome had gotten through when she had the entire Shikon Jewel in her body. She hadn't seen Harmony that often considering they went to separate schools, so that's probably why she couldn't sense or see the shard before. It was impossible to be able to hide the power of the jewel, wasn't it?

 

“What was that for Kagome!?” yelled the angry looking guy in the red kimono.

 

Kagome sighed and looked towards him, smiling lightly “Sorry Inuyasha”

 

Inuyasha eyed her carefully, that was too easy.

 

“Wha-” Inuyasha didn't get to finish his sentence before a flash of blond was in front of him, reaching up and rubbing his ears.

 

Harmony couldn't help herself, she just had to find out if this `Inuyasha's' ears were real or not. The second he wasn't looking she took her chances and started to rub his furry ears, they were so soft to! She couldn't help but giggle, they were just like her dogs ears, only softer and they even twitched. A coughing sound broke her from her daze “Are you right there?”

 

She blushed and jumped back “Oh, sorry” she apologized. If she had ears, she wouldn't want just anyone coming up to her and rubbing on them. She looked behind her to see Kagome laughing “Don't worry, I did the same thing when I first met Inuyasha”

 

“Yeah this is great and all but what's she doing her?” Inuyasha interrupted.

 

“I think it's because of the jewel shard” Kagome muttered “We should take her back to Keade and see what's going on”

 

Inuyasha nodded and sprinted off, mach to the astonishment of Harmony. Harmony looked towards Kagome and sighed, she was tired and sweaty and all she wanted to do was go home. Kagome pulled her towards Kirara and taught her how to get on, explaining it was like a horse. Harmony didn't even know how to ride a horse, let alone get on one. After a little help from Sango, they started off back to the Village.

 

“Harmony, this is my friend Sango” Kagome said, pointing to the brunette towards the front of the cat. Sango turned and smiled at Harmony, who in turn smiled back “and that's Shippo, he's a fox demon” she said, again pointing towards the - what Harmony thought was a little boy. He seemed to have a human's head, but fox like qualities. Shippo jumped from Sango's grasp and in front of Harmony.

 

“You have funny hair, are you a half demon like Inuyasha?”

 

Harmony's eyes widened, not only because he asked if she was something as ludicrous as a demon, but what he had said about her hair.

 

“You have funny hair”

 

Harmony couldn't help but think she had heard that before a long time ago. The thought was shaken off though when she noticed Shippo staring at her “Oh, sorry, no I'm not a-” she laughed uncomfortably at the strange looking boy “a half demon” she finished lamely.

 

Harmony couldn't help but think she wasn't going home anytime soon.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or anything that resembles the Anime or series. I do, however, own my original character(s) Kazuko & Harmony.