InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Peril ❯ Where it all began ( Chapter 1 )

“Hey! Mom, Souta, grandpa!! I'm home!!” Kagome yelled. “He FINALLY let me come home….” She thought as she stepped out of the well “I wonder why”

 

“KAGOME!!!!!” Souta yelled as he ran and tackled her, “I missed you so much!”

 

“I missed you too Souta, can I get up now??”

 

“Oh, sorry sis…” he got up as she winced from the landing.

 

He helped her up and led her into the house. Kagome immediately went up into the bathroom to take a nice, warm bath. “Sometimes I wonder how I miss this so much, I don't mind the hot springs, they are actually relaxing,” she said as she sank into the water.

 

“I'm guessing Kagome is home, Souta? I heard the water running upstairs” Kagome's mother sighed as Souta walked into the kitchen.

 

“She sure is!” Souta beamed at her observation.

 

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“Oi, Shippo, come here a minute,” Inuyasha exclaimed as the kitsune walked by him.

 

Shippo blinked in surprise, “what could he possibly want?” he thought as he took a step towards him cautiously. “Erm, yes, Inuyasha?”

 

“What does Kagome like?” he paused, “I want to get her something.”

 

“Why the heck should I help you?? What are you up to??” he looked up to him with questioning eyes.

 

“Watch your mouth damn it! Why in the seven hells should I tell you why I want to get her something, just think of it as a celebration for the first day she met me.” He scowled, “its not like I'm going to let him know that I like her, at least I think I do, I don't know why I got this sudden urge to do such nice things for her, I mean, getting a gift?” “Oi! That hurt!” he yelled as he felt a very sharp prick at his wrist.

 

“Sorry Inuyasha, I just had to get you out of that scary trance you get when you're thinking, I cant stand it,” Shippo had to duck to get away from the claw coming straight to his head, “and WHO said I was that young?? Besides, why would you be getting her a gift for such a day as that?? I thought you tried to kill her then, so wouldn't she hate that day,” he paused thoughtfully, “I sure would, I despise the day I met him, that arrogant jerk, but I also love that day because that's when I met my Kagome.” Of course Inuyasha would bash him if he had said THAT comment out loud.

 

“Someday you are going to tell me exactly how old you really are,” Inuyasha mumbled as he looked into the campfire, “now, answer me before Sango comes back from her bath with an injured Miroku.” He snickered to himself.

 

“Young enough to still be cute, and for Kagome to be my mother!” Shippo said as he hopped up and down joyfully, “you still haven't told me why you are planning on getting Kagome a gift, but she likes flowers, and candy, and, and, and…..um….MEEEE!”

 

“That sure helps…” Inuyasha scowled at the kitsune threateningly.

 

“I'm sorry Inuyasha, I'm not exactly a girl, so I don't know what she would like, why didn't you ask Sango?” Shippo asked halfheartedly, curious as ever.

 

“I guess it's because you are around her all the time,” he shrugged, “if you think of some things that Kagome might like, tell me, got it??”

 

“Sure thing, pal,” Shippo said in a mocking tone, as he hopped off in the direction Sango had taken not to long ago.

 

“Argh, what the heck am I going to get her…why the hell am I so concerned anyway??” Inuyasha pondered as he watched the kitsune hop away merrily “and why is he so happy all of a sudden, he was upset when Kagome had to leave.”

 

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“KAGOME! Are You Alive In There?!?!” Souta yelled as he banged on the bathroom door, startling Kagome, “guess so, that was a big splash, you fall asleep or something?”

 

“Yeah, thanks for waking me up Souta, I would have wrinkled into a big prune if you didn't wake me,” she said sarcastically.

 

“Ewwwww!! That's disgusting, I don't even want to think about that!” Souta grimaced at the thought.

 

Kagome just laughed, “I'll be out in a few minutes Souta, is dinner almost ready?”

 

“No, that's why I came up here, mom wants you to go to the store and get some more ingredients for the stew,” He said happily, considering it's his favorite food.

 

“Oh, stew?? Yum!” Kagome giggled, “I'll be out in a few seconds.”

 

Sure enough, Kagome was out quickly, running Souta over to get downstairs, a long stream of water came flying out of Kagome's hair and landed right in his face, causing him to cough in surprise. “What can I go get mom??” Kagome asked from the doorway.

 

“Some more beef, I don't have enough for all of us, I wasn't expecting you to be coming home anytime soon, and Souta inhales the stuff, you know that,” Ms. Higurashi added in jokingly.

 

“Ok ma, I'll be back soon.” She said as she put her shoes on, going as fast as she could, she didn't realize it at first, but she was hungry. Besides, she hasn't eaten a “real” meal in a while.

 

“What I didn't mention is that I needed more because I knew Inuyasha would be coming soon to get her, we all know he didn't willingly let her come home, he never does. It's just so cute how he acts with her.” Kagome's mother thought as she watched her child leave the house.

 

Kagome was humming all the way to the store, happy as anything to actually be home for once. She had to admit, she loves her home in the future, but she just can't get this nagging feeling out of her head, one that tells her that she belongs in the past. “Must be because Inuyasha implies it all the time, I was born here, so why would I belong in the past? Then again, that centipede youkai did pull me through the well, and the jewel was inside me…” she shook her head trying to get that thought out of her head. She truly thinks she belongs in the future, but is needed in the past, not just by Inuyasha, but by the rest of her friends, and the people who depend on her. “Sango, Shippo, Miroku, Kaede…I miss you all when I come here, but I also miss my family while I'm with you guys…humph, what a weird life I live.”

 

“Well, well, what do we have here, a young woman?” a raspy voice cut off Kagome's roaming thoughts. Just at that moment she realized that she was in the alley she usually used as a shortcut to the store. “Hmm, what shall we do with her? Got any ideas, Mac?” the raspy voice said as firm hands grabbed Kagome's hips from behind. The man in front of her came into the dim light, covering her mouth so she wouldn't scream for help.

 

A soft voice came from the man holding her hips, “I wonder, what shall we do,” he started playing with her skirt, “looks like this one comes with easy access...”

 

Kagome gasped and tried to kick the man behind her while trying to bite the hand of the other. When his hand left her mouth to be replaced by the other, Kagome passed out.

 

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“Inuyasha, where are you going??” Sango asked as Inuyasha started to walk away from their spot near the well.

 

“I'll be back in a day or so, just stay here until Kagome gets back. Go and stay at Kaede's when she does, and don't leave until I get back,” Inuyasha explained as he walked, he knew exactly what to get her now, and he hoped that she would like his gift. “I still don't know why I even care, but I'm just following my instincts.”

 

“Um, ok Inuyasha, we will take good care of Kagome while you are gone,” Miroku said with a huge smile on his face.

 

“NO funny business from you, monk,” Inuyasha yelled angrily before he vanished from view.

 

“I wonder what he's going to get her,” Shippo whispered to himself as he watched the hanyou speed off.

 

“Mew?” Kirara turned her head in question before she lay down to go to sleep.

 

“Nothing Kirara, it's my promise to keep quiet.” He muttered to her before he went to sleep as well.

 

Sango and Miroku just gave eachother confused gazes before they went back to the fire to rest.

 

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“I wonder what's taking so long for Kagome to get home,” Kagome's mother said about a half hour after she left, “it shouldn't take this long.”

 

Just as she finished her sentence, Kagome walked through the door, and straight to her room, “I've decided that I'm not hungry mom, I just want to go take a shower and go to bed.”

 

“Another shower, but she just took a bath an hour ago, and it's still early, why would she want to go to bed?” Souta thought as he heard her turn the water on.

 

“She is probably upset that Inuyasha hasn't come back for her yet, she might have taken a walk to try to get her mind off of things, and decided she wasn't hungry,” his mother answered as if reading his mind. “She doesn't get to take actual showers either, so she might want to take them as much as she can before Inuyasha actually does come and get her,” she finished.

 

“Well, that might make sense,” Souta answered, and continued with helping his mother with dinner.

 

They didn't know just how wrong they were. Kagome was actually starving, hungrier than she has ever been in her whole life. What she really wanted to do was think over what had happened to her while she was knocked out. She already knew how horrible it was, “not to mention the reaction I'm going to get from Inuyasha to this whole thing, he would be able to smell it if I don't try to get myself as clean as possible. I have to at least try before I go back tonight.” She thought as she stepped into the shower. She gasped and backed up when she noticed a drop of blood land on the edge of the tub. She almost screamed when she turned around, seeing the large bloodstain on her shirt and skirt. Instead, she stumbled to the mirror to look at herself; there were gashes in her skin from something sharp, perhaps a knife? She couldn't see a knife on either of them. She then noticed blood on her socks too, and looked down at her leg and saw blood, but no signs of any cuts; they were only on her stomach and the side of her breast. “Why would there be blood on my leg then, I guess I'll figure it out as I wash.”

 

When Kagome finally found where all the blood on her leg was coming from, she doubled over in shock. “Oh my god…” she whispered as she slowly took her shaking hand away from between her thighs. Blood was dripping off of her fingers and pain returned to her in waves at her gashes. None were as painful as the quick rush she got from the pit of her stomach, causing her to drop down on her knees. She was shocked; she never imagined in all the hells that someone could be so rough as to rip as much skin as they had on her. Kagome slowly got up and continued to clean herself, taking great care around her gashes and now very sensitive areas.

 

When she finished her shower, and cleaning the bathroom, she went to her room and packed all she could fit into her bag, she wasn't planning on coming back for quite some time. Kagome decided to eat when her stomach growled violently as she was wrapping bandages around herself, right above her hips.

 

After eating, Kagome said her good-byes and made her way to the well house. She brought her bloodstained clothes with her so her family wouldn't see them and get worried. “I just hope that none of my friends find them or are around when I get back, I need a few minutes to discard of these before I see anyone, I wouldn't be able to hold it a secret if they did.” She jumped down the well and felt a rush of relief the second she entered the portal, all pain leaving her, “I feel like I've just died and gone to heaven,” she thought with a smile. All too soon, for as soon as she landed on the other side all pain returned at once, causing her to scream in agony.