InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Stars Never Fall ❯ Returning Home ( Chapter 1 )

The Stars Never Fall : by fukaimori-inu

Chapter 1 - Returning Home

"Kagome, are you sure you're up to this? Your grandfather told us that you had a rare joint disease and could barely walk!"

'Jii-chan, if you would stop making up all of these diseases, I could actually go to school when I'm home!'

My name is Kagome Higurashi. I live at Higurashi shrine in Tokyo, Japan and ever since I turned 15, I've been traveling back and forth between Feudal Japan and the present. On my first visit, I learned that the Shikon no Tama actually existed.inside my body! The jewel was shattered after a centipede demon bite it out of my side and a corpse dancing crow stole it. Now, I travel with a half inu-demon, half human named Inuyasha. Throughout our journeys, we met a young, orphaned kitsune named Shippou, a hentai of a monk named Miroku, and a tajiyasan named Sango who have all joined us on our quest for the Shikon shards. I spend most of my time in Feudal Japan, but I come back home whenever I have a major test, or have just had a huge fight with Inuyasha.like this time.

*flashback*

"Inuyasha! Osuwari!" *crash* Inuyasha's body slammed into the forest floor. "What the hell was that for, wench!" "You know exactly what it was for!" Kagome stood fuming, then turn and ran with tears streaming from her eyes.

`Why did I have to see that? Why should I care?I'

"Oi! Kagome!" She heard his voice, but kept running as a new wave of sadness engulfed her. She knew he didn't know what he had done.the confusion in his eyes proved that. That's what hurt the most

'Everything's been going so well, too! We haven't fought in ages...even Sango mentioned that to me, just this morning.'

That morning seemed like it had happened a year ago. With Shippou and Kirara keeping guard over Miroku, Kagome and Sango had wandered off to their favorite hot spring. Now only a few hours later, Kagome found herself following the path she knew all too well. Entering the clearing of the bone- eaters well, tears rose anew as the scene of what she had just witnessed played in her mind like a movie.

Inuyasha stood beneath a tree, not by himself, but instead with Kikyou.

"Inuyasha, come. It is time for you to leave this world and fulfill your promise. Come with me to hell. Or do you forget? We were meant to die together, Inuyasha."

"Of course I remember." Inuyasha embraced Kikyou, but took a step back as he continued talking. "But not now. I need to avenger your death by killing Naraku."

"That does not matter to me….what does matter is the way that girl has so easily replaced me."

"Kikyou, no one could replace you. I think about you all the time.it's just…." Inuyasha's voice faded away as Kagome stepped into the clearing. Through her tear stained eyes, Kagome watched Kikyou's departure that went unnoticed by Inuyasha.

As Kagome came out of her memories, she found herself facing the edge of the well, about to step in. She stood sobbing as she checked for her jewel shard necklace.

' I knew that he still loved her. So why am I surprised?'

Just as she was about to jump into the well, a pair of strong arms wrapped around her. "Hey, you just came back. You can't leave yet, we still have more jewel shards to find!"

"Find more shards?! Is that your only reason for keeping me around? Why don't you just get your beloved Kikyou to help you. Just because she's dead doesn't mean she can't sense the jewel shards! You don't even need me here." Kagome turned to face Inuyasha, her voice as calm and soft as the dead. "You wouldn't even notice if I left and never came back. Sit, boy."

*wham*

Birds flew from the trees as Inuyasha was given a delicious mud smoothie as his face hit the ground.

"SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT." Kagome's voice carried out of her mouth and bounced off the trees as she slid down the well, leaving behind an 8 foot, Inuyasha size hole.

*end flashback*

"Uh, Kagome? Are you there? You spaced out again." A startled Kagome jumped out of her chair as her head re-attached to her body.

"I'm sorry guys. I have a lot of my mind right now. Too many classes and tests to make up." 'If only that was my only problem!'

Kagome grabbed her books and followed her friends to their next class, history. 'I'll never have any problems in this class.I have first hand experience!'

After finding her long vacated seat, the bell rang and the teacher began one of his famous long lectures. After 5 minutes of listening to him drone on about the legends of the past, Kagome allowed her mind to return to the clouds once more.

'I wonder what Inuyasha's doing.'