InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Strange Interlude ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: Trinity33 
Jennifer meets the humble Kenji and goes through emotional issues about her situation in the Feudal Era.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Adventure | Type: Self Insertion | Uploaded On: 06.02.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 225 | Status: Work In Progress
Jennifer meets the humble Kenji and goes through emotional issues about her situation in the Feudal Era.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Adventure | Type: Self Insertion | Uploaded On: 06.02.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 225 | Status: Work In Progress
UPDATED AS OF: May 29, 2005
Strange Interlude
Chapter 2
Disclaimer: Uggh! Me no own InuYasha. Uggh! Me do own me OCs, Jennifer and Kenji. Uggh! Now you read! ……uggh!
A slight breeze was blowing. The sun shone brightly, and the long green grass felt good between Jennifer’s toes. Crisp mountain air caressed her lungs as she lay peacefully in the grass. She was so at ease, so genuinely happy lying there.Jennifer wished that it would never end.
Sesshomaru approached the lying girl, slowly walking, step by step, toward her. A twig broke beneath his shoe, startling a flock of birds. They flew high into the sun. Jennifer sat up and turned toward him. Sesshomaru watched as the fluttery birds flew away. He turned to look at her. A white feather drifted down from the sky and landed next to Jennifer’s hand. Sesshomaru knelt and picked up the feather. He looked up to find himself unusually close to the girl. Their eyes locked. He leaned forward, closed his eyes, and kissed her.
Jennifer awoke suddenly. It was only a dream. A dream she rather not have left. But why was Sesshomaru in it? What did it mean? And what had happened to her since night?
Jennifer sat up and looked around, finding herself inside a hut. An open window told her it was day, but which day she had no idea. Whether she had been unconscious for a day, a week, or a month, she had no idea. Jennifer continued to look around the room. Her grey baby tee and blue denim shorts were folded neatly next to the wall. This discovery caused Jennifer to look down at herself. She was wearing a simple white robe. Her first thoughts were not ‘Where am I?’ or ‘Who brought me here?’ but, ‘Ah! Someone undressed me!’
The door of the room slid open. Jennifer fearfully grabbed the sheets and covered herself. A young man nervously poked his head into the room and clearing his throat, stepped through.
“I guess you’re awake now.” he said in a deep voice.
He sat down by the door, unimposing. He was far away enough from Jennifer that she felt unafraid. Jennifer didn’t know whether this man was friend or foe, rescuer or captor, and so she had no idea how to react. Jennifer looked him over. When hehad been standing,he appeared just a bit taller than him. The young man had brown eyes and really dark brown hair. He looked sort of familiar, although Jennifer couldn’t pinpoint from where.
“Were you the one who saved me?” she asked.
“Yes, you were lying unconscious in the Forest of InuYasha. You were hurt pretty badly…”
“Oh yeah…” Jennifer remembered, then looking down, continued, “…my shoulder…”
Jennifer put her hand to the bandaged wound on her shoulder. It stung as she touched it. What exactly happened to hurt her so? Surely that whole ordeal with Sesshomaru didn’t really happen. But it seemed she was in the Feudal Era. Was it true then?
“You lost a lot of blood. You probably would’ve died if I hadn’t found you.” The reserved young man commented.
“What happened?” Jennifer asked, a look of pleading in her brown eyes.
“When I had found you, I thought a demon had killed you. You were still breathing, so I tried to wake you. When I saw the large hole in your shoulder, I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t have any herbal medicine on me to deal with immediate treatment. I didn’t want to wrap it up without putting something on it, so I…well…you had that jewel around your neck…”
Jennifer suddenly remembered the necklace, and put her hand to where the ring usually lay. Her neck was bare.
The man continued: “It looked like a mineral I have seen the priest use before...so
I…”
“What happened to my ring!”
Jennifer sounded harsher than she had intended. She couldn’t help it; she was worried.
“Oh no! If I don’t have that ring, then I can’t get back!”
Her ‘rescuer’ looked ashamed. He couldn’t look her in the eyes. Had he done what Jennifer feared? The adolescent could not make the words come out of his mouth. He pointed at her bandaged shoulder and looked away. Her shoulder flared a barely visible pink aura. She looked up, her brows furrowed with horror, at the man who had supposedly rescued her.
“It’s…it’s inside my shoulder?” she demanded.
He nodded and looked out the window. “It stopped bleeding and the flesh returned. I’m sorry if it’s causing you pain.”
“No, no…that’s not it,” she sighed, “it’s okay.”
Inside, however, she was mortified.
“I can’t believe I’m even here. So much has happened. Sesshomaru, this boy, the jewel, what am I supposed to do?”
Jennifer stood up. She walked with a wobble to the open window. Outside the sun was shining, and there were small children playing in the street. She turned and looked at the kneeling man in blue.
“Where am I? Is this the village of the Priestess Kaede?” she asked.
“Kaede?" he asked, "Who’s that?”
Jennifer sank to her feet and her eyes wellled with tears. “So I’m not in InuYasha’s village…I’m so lost.”
The man stood and approached her. He lent her his hand. She looked up at him, ashamed of her tears. She hesitated but took his hand, and he helped her up.
His face was kind and gentle as he gazed into her eyes. Jennifer saw the depths of these marvelous brown eyes and was instantly reminded of her dream of Sesshomaru. She blushed and looked away.
A look of concern came over him. “What’s wrong?" he asked, "Are you okay?”
She bit her lip,“I’m not going to cry…I’m not…”
Jennifer broke down in his arms.
“I’m so scared! This wasn’t supposed to happen! I don’t know where I am! I don’t know anybody here! I wish I was home!” she sobbed.
The both of them sank to their knees. He did his best to cheer her up, wrapping his arms around her and wiping the tears from her face.
“Well maybe I can help. My name is Kitaoji Kenji. Now you know someone.” He hugged her, “And you’re not lost, and you never will be again…”
“Kenji…” she thought. “This man who has rescued me, the man who has taken care of me. Maybe I can trust him…”
She nuzzled her head into his broad shoulders and cried herself to sleep.
***
Jennifer awoke to the smell of bacon.
“Bacon?” she thought.
Jennifer opened her eyes to find herself in the same room, in the same bed, assumedly untouched. Her stomach growled in envy of the smell. She weakly stood up, and found her way to the door. She slid it open and stepped out on the patio. Down the steps of the patio and several feet away sat Kenji, who was tending a fire while grilling a side of pork. He was whistling some tune she had never heard before and did not notice her presence. She had no sandals, and did not see her shoes anywhere, so Jennifer stepped outside with her socks.
Kenji didn’t see her approach him. He checked the meat, sighed, and lay down on his back with his hands behind his head, staring at the darkening sky.Jennifer's stomach growled rather loudly, and Kenji tilted his head back to see who it was there. He saw Jennifer, smiled and sat up so he could see her right side up.
He smiled, “I guess you’re hungry. You were sleeping for a while; it’s almost sunset.”
Jennifer nodded. Kenji turned back to the fire and checked the meat. He licked his fingers.
“Good, it’s done.”
The meal was wonderful. It had been almost a full day since Jennifer had eaten anything, and she didn’t care that she ate like a pig. Kenji stared at her the way she ate, but then smiled to himself and continued to calmly eat his pork and rice.
After dinner the two of them sat in the main room around a warm fire. The thin wisps of smoke flowed gracefully, rising into the heavens in intricate patterns through the hole in the roof. Jennifer pulled tighter on the blanket that was around her.
“Are you cold?” Kenji asked across from her.
“No, no,” she said, “I’m okay.”
Despite what Jennifer had said, Kenji crawled over to her and put his own blanket around her.
“Um…thank you,” she nodded. Jennifer had never had this much overt flirtation shown her. “You’ve been really nice to me. Thank you for all that you’ve done.”
The two sat in silence for only a moment, when Kenji got up the courage to ask: “So you’ll probably leave soon?”
He asked as calm as he could while dreading her answer. How can this wonderful, beautiful girl he had just met, just walk out of his life? He had to ask. But something she had said, troubled him. Does she not have a place to return to?
Jennifer opened her mouth to answer. She had no plan in mind when she jumped into the well. And now that she was here, what could she do? It was stupid of her to think she could just cross over, find the InuYasha-gumi and just “join their party”. She was eight-fucking-teen; she was too old to be daydreaming like this!
Jennifer hated to beat herself up, but it was true. She was going to Wash U. this August…and what if she never got back? Her future, her whole life was gone!
If by some miracle Jennifer did find InuYasha, she knew she would be worthless to him and his group. What could she do? She was stuck in a world she knew only through comics, in a place that she had only dreamed actually existed. She was in the house of a strange, yet kind young man and what could she possibly tell him about herself and situation? He had been so polite, so kind. Jennifer knew he would be eager to help, but what could he actually do for her?
Since her arrival, Kenji never questioned her as to where she was from or why she was where she was when he found her. Jennifer expected he would ask eventually, but what could she tell him? He couldn’t possibly understand that she came from the future and lived across the ocean in “America.” Or could he? What did Kagome do when she was in this situation?
It was then that Jennifer realized Kenji was still waiting for an answer.
“I live very far away and I don’t think I can go back.”
She looked at her feet folded beneath the bright kimono Kenji had made her wear.
Inner Kenji: YESSSS!
Kenji, “Oh…do you know anyone nearby that you can stay with?”
More dread.
“…no…” Jennifer replied meekly.
Inner Kenji: OH YEAAH!
“Actually…” she said.
Inner Kenji: Uh-oh.
“I was wondering if I could stay here with you…” “At least for a little while,” she added in her thoughts.
Kenji smiled. “That’s perfectly fine.”
Their eyes connected, and she smiled, “Thanks.”
“Oh what a smile…”
They sat there for a minute or so until Jennifer could no longer stand the silence.
She stood, “I think I’ll go to bed now.”
And she left the room.
“Goodnight,” Jennifer said while sliding the door shut.
“Goodnight,” he whispered after her.
Jennifer walked out onto the patio and into the room with her American belongings. The window was open and the full yellow moon shone through. She lay down on her mat and quickly passed into the world of sleep.
Strange Interlude
Chapter 2
Disclaimer: Uggh! Me no own InuYasha. Uggh! Me do own me OCs, Jennifer and Kenji. Uggh! Now you read! ……uggh!
A slight breeze was blowing. The sun shone brightly, and the long green grass felt good between Jennifer’s toes. Crisp mountain air caressed her lungs as she lay peacefully in the grass. She was so at ease, so genuinely happy lying there.Jennifer wished that it would never end.
Sesshomaru approached the lying girl, slowly walking, step by step, toward her. A twig broke beneath his shoe, startling a flock of birds. They flew high into the sun. Jennifer sat up and turned toward him. Sesshomaru watched as the fluttery birds flew away. He turned to look at her. A white feather drifted down from the sky and landed next to Jennifer’s hand. Sesshomaru knelt and picked up the feather. He looked up to find himself unusually close to the girl. Their eyes locked. He leaned forward, closed his eyes, and kissed her.
Jennifer awoke suddenly. It was only a dream. A dream she rather not have left. But why was Sesshomaru in it? What did it mean? And what had happened to her since night?
Jennifer sat up and looked around, finding herself inside a hut. An open window told her it was day, but which day she had no idea. Whether she had been unconscious for a day, a week, or a month, she had no idea. Jennifer continued to look around the room. Her grey baby tee and blue denim shorts were folded neatly next to the wall. This discovery caused Jennifer to look down at herself. She was wearing a simple white robe. Her first thoughts were not ‘Where am I?’ or ‘Who brought me here?’ but, ‘Ah! Someone undressed me!’
The door of the room slid open. Jennifer fearfully grabbed the sheets and covered herself. A young man nervously poked his head into the room and clearing his throat, stepped through.
“I guess you’re awake now.” he said in a deep voice.
He sat down by the door, unimposing. He was far away enough from Jennifer that she felt unafraid. Jennifer didn’t know whether this man was friend or foe, rescuer or captor, and so she had no idea how to react. Jennifer looked him over. When hehad been standing,he appeared just a bit taller than him. The young man had brown eyes and really dark brown hair. He looked sort of familiar, although Jennifer couldn’t pinpoint from where.
“Were you the one who saved me?” she asked.
“Yes, you were lying unconscious in the Forest of InuYasha. You were hurt pretty badly…”
“Oh yeah…” Jennifer remembered, then looking down, continued, “…my shoulder…”
Jennifer put her hand to the bandaged wound on her shoulder. It stung as she touched it. What exactly happened to hurt her so? Surely that whole ordeal with Sesshomaru didn’t really happen. But it seemed she was in the Feudal Era. Was it true then?
“You lost a lot of blood. You probably would’ve died if I hadn’t found you.” The reserved young man commented.
“What happened?” Jennifer asked, a look of pleading in her brown eyes.
“When I had found you, I thought a demon had killed you. You were still breathing, so I tried to wake you. When I saw the large hole in your shoulder, I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t have any herbal medicine on me to deal with immediate treatment. I didn’t want to wrap it up without putting something on it, so I…well…you had that jewel around your neck…”
Jennifer suddenly remembered the necklace, and put her hand to where the ring usually lay. Her neck was bare.
The man continued: “It looked like a mineral I have seen the priest use before...so
I…”
“What happened to my ring!”
Jennifer sounded harsher than she had intended. She couldn’t help it; she was worried.
“Oh no! If I don’t have that ring, then I can’t get back!”
Her ‘rescuer’ looked ashamed. He couldn’t look her in the eyes. Had he done what Jennifer feared? The adolescent could not make the words come out of his mouth. He pointed at her bandaged shoulder and looked away. Her shoulder flared a barely visible pink aura. She looked up, her brows furrowed with horror, at the man who had supposedly rescued her.
“It’s…it’s inside my shoulder?” she demanded.
He nodded and looked out the window. “It stopped bleeding and the flesh returned. I’m sorry if it’s causing you pain.”
“No, no…that’s not it,” she sighed, “it’s okay.”
Inside, however, she was mortified.
“I can’t believe I’m even here. So much has happened. Sesshomaru, this boy, the jewel, what am I supposed to do?”
Jennifer stood up. She walked with a wobble to the open window. Outside the sun was shining, and there were small children playing in the street. She turned and looked at the kneeling man in blue.
“Where am I? Is this the village of the Priestess Kaede?” she asked.
“Kaede?" he asked, "Who’s that?”
Jennifer sank to her feet and her eyes wellled with tears. “So I’m not in InuYasha’s village…I’m so lost.”
The man stood and approached her. He lent her his hand. She looked up at him, ashamed of her tears. She hesitated but took his hand, and he helped her up.
His face was kind and gentle as he gazed into her eyes. Jennifer saw the depths of these marvelous brown eyes and was instantly reminded of her dream of Sesshomaru. She blushed and looked away.
A look of concern came over him. “What’s wrong?" he asked, "Are you okay?”
She bit her lip,“I’m not going to cry…I’m not…”
Jennifer broke down in his arms.
“I’m so scared! This wasn’t supposed to happen! I don’t know where I am! I don’t know anybody here! I wish I was home!” she sobbed.
The both of them sank to their knees. He did his best to cheer her up, wrapping his arms around her and wiping the tears from her face.
“Well maybe I can help. My name is Kitaoji Kenji. Now you know someone.” He hugged her, “And you’re not lost, and you never will be again…”
“Kenji…” she thought. “This man who has rescued me, the man who has taken care of me. Maybe I can trust him…”
She nuzzled her head into his broad shoulders and cried herself to sleep.
***
Jennifer awoke to the smell of bacon.
“Bacon?” she thought.
Jennifer opened her eyes to find herself in the same room, in the same bed, assumedly untouched. Her stomach growled in envy of the smell. She weakly stood up, and found her way to the door. She slid it open and stepped out on the patio. Down the steps of the patio and several feet away sat Kenji, who was tending a fire while grilling a side of pork. He was whistling some tune she had never heard before and did not notice her presence. She had no sandals, and did not see her shoes anywhere, so Jennifer stepped outside with her socks.
Kenji didn’t see her approach him. He checked the meat, sighed, and lay down on his back with his hands behind his head, staring at the darkening sky.Jennifer's stomach growled rather loudly, and Kenji tilted his head back to see who it was there. He saw Jennifer, smiled and sat up so he could see her right side up.
He smiled, “I guess you’re hungry. You were sleeping for a while; it’s almost sunset.”
Jennifer nodded. Kenji turned back to the fire and checked the meat. He licked his fingers.
“Good, it’s done.”
The meal was wonderful. It had been almost a full day since Jennifer had eaten anything, and she didn’t care that she ate like a pig. Kenji stared at her the way she ate, but then smiled to himself and continued to calmly eat his pork and rice.
After dinner the two of them sat in the main room around a warm fire. The thin wisps of smoke flowed gracefully, rising into the heavens in intricate patterns through the hole in the roof. Jennifer pulled tighter on the blanket that was around her.
“Are you cold?” Kenji asked across from her.
“No, no,” she said, “I’m okay.”
Despite what Jennifer had said, Kenji crawled over to her and put his own blanket around her.
“Um…thank you,” she nodded. Jennifer had never had this much overt flirtation shown her. “You’ve been really nice to me. Thank you for all that you’ve done.”
The two sat in silence for only a moment, when Kenji got up the courage to ask: “So you’ll probably leave soon?”
He asked as calm as he could while dreading her answer. How can this wonderful, beautiful girl he had just met, just walk out of his life? He had to ask. But something she had said, troubled him. Does she not have a place to return to?
Jennifer opened her mouth to answer. She had no plan in mind when she jumped into the well. And now that she was here, what could she do? It was stupid of her to think she could just cross over, find the InuYasha-gumi and just “join their party”. She was eight-fucking-teen; she was too old to be daydreaming like this!
Jennifer hated to beat herself up, but it was true. She was going to Wash U. this August…and what if she never got back? Her future, her whole life was gone!
If by some miracle Jennifer did find InuYasha, she knew she would be worthless to him and his group. What could she do? She was stuck in a world she knew only through comics, in a place that she had only dreamed actually existed. She was in the house of a strange, yet kind young man and what could she possibly tell him about herself and situation? He had been so polite, so kind. Jennifer knew he would be eager to help, but what could he actually do for her?
Since her arrival, Kenji never questioned her as to where she was from or why she was where she was when he found her. Jennifer expected he would ask eventually, but what could she tell him? He couldn’t possibly understand that she came from the future and lived across the ocean in “America.” Or could he? What did Kagome do when she was in this situation?
It was then that Jennifer realized Kenji was still waiting for an answer.
“I live very far away and I don’t think I can go back.”
She looked at her feet folded beneath the bright kimono Kenji had made her wear.
Inner Kenji: YESSSS!
Kenji, “Oh…do you know anyone nearby that you can stay with?”
More dread.
“…no…” Jennifer replied meekly.
Inner Kenji: OH YEAAH!
“Actually…” she said.
Inner Kenji: Uh-oh.
“I was wondering if I could stay here with you…” “At least for a little while,” she added in her thoughts.
Kenji smiled. “That’s perfectly fine.”
Their eyes connected, and she smiled, “Thanks.”
“Oh what a smile…”
They sat there for a minute or so until Jennifer could no longer stand the silence.
She stood, “I think I’ll go to bed now.”
And she left the room.
“Goodnight,” Jennifer said while sliding the door shut.
“Goodnight,” he whispered after her.
Jennifer walked out onto the patio and into the room with her American belongings. The window was open and the full yellow moon shone through. She lay down on her mat and quickly passed into the world of sleep.