InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Successor ❯ Descent ( Chapter 2 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

A man who looked rather old, easily in his eighties or older was sitting at his desk in surroundings Dillon couldn't recognize even a bit. 'What the.. This place looks ancient' He thought to himself. Picking up a quill and dipping it into the ink bottle on the corner of the table, he began to make a sketch on the long scroll in front of him. Curiously, Dillon approached the old man to see what he was drawing. Intent on his work, the man didn't even seem to notice the boy only a desk's length away from him. Slowly, the picture turned from indecipherable ink-strokes into a detailed depiction of five companions walking down a seemingly endless road. From left to right, Dillon saw on the paper, a man, his eyes filled with sorrow. 'A priest, by the looks of it?' He thought. To the right of the man was a mysterious-looking woman with a large boomerang attached to her back, and what appeared to be a cat on her shoulder. Continuing to the right, he saw... Something. On the ground. It stood about knee-height of the other figures with a large fluffy tail. Another man stood beside the short creature, this person with long, flowing hair and ears that weren't quite standard on a human, 'Does that guy have.. Cat ears?'. Dismissing the thought, he shook his head and continued on to the last figure. Another woman, but this one was... Different, from the rest. She looked more modern, with normal clothes. Casually, the man set the quill back down on the table and finally looked up to Dillon. Giving a slight nod, he opened his mouth to speak to him. Dillon listened closely, but the voice coming from the man was more high-pitched and shrill than he had expected, with a slight sound of anger to it. "Get OUT, of my BED, Sota!!"

Dillon shot up, surprised to see himself back in the room from the night before. Towering in the doorway was a girl about his age, who seemed rather un-intimidating despite her current display of anger. Paying little heed to her, Dillon mused to himself on the dream he just had, 'That was odd.. It was so.. Vivid, and it felt almost real..' With a startled, 'Eep!' And a blush, the girl's face softened, and she ran to the edge of the bed. "Sorry! Mother told me the day before yesterday that she was making up the spare room for you, so when I saw my bed full, I assumed it was my brother." She apologized. "It's no problem, really.. I would've slept in if not for that, anyways. Kagome, I reckon?" He replied, before extending a hand. Hesitantly, she took the hand and shook it softly and her lips turned into a half-smile, "Yeah, I'm Kagome.. And you must be Dillon." Apparently realizing something finally, his faced flashed with comprehension, 'It's the girl! From my dream..' Kagome's faced twisted slightly in confusion and she asked him quietly, "Is there a problem?" Dillon opened his mouth to reply, but then decided against telling Kagome about the dream, shaking his head, "No problem, I was just thinking of something." He planted two feet on the floor and lifted himself slowly off the bed before pulling a T-shirt and jeans out of the suitcase behind him, but Kagome promptly shook her head at him and grinned slightly, pointing to a black outfit with a button-up shirt folded on the nightstand, "Nope, your new uniform came in today. You have to wear that." Quickly, she turned around and exited the room, closing the door behind her. "Lame..." Dillon said to himself in a pained tone before changing and exiting the room.

After a short breakfast, the two made their way to the school for the last day before the weekend. The day of school was rather uneventful, and Dillon was all but ignored by the other students. He didn't really understand anything that was going on, or the work that was assigned, leaving him relieved when the day was finally over. Kagome and Dillon walked back home, each complaining at the amount of homework left for the weekend. Walking up to the door to the house, he turned to address Kagome again but was surprised to see that instead of going towards the house, she was making her way towards the well nearby. Dropping his books on the step, he ran over to catch up with her again, “Uhm.. What are you doing?” He asked. With a slight smile, she replied, “There's someone I want you to meet, if you promise not to tell anyone other than family.” With a shrug and a confused look, he shrugged and followed Kagome inside the small building the well was located. “Wait right here.” She commanded, and walked right beside the well. “What do you mean “Wait here.”? There's nowhere you can go.” But before he had finished talking, she had already jumped down into the well, and disappeared. Dillon blinked in amazement to see she wasn't in sight, and began reasoning with himself, 'There must be a tunnel in there or something, I'm curious now.' A short moment later, he himself jumped into the well, and looked around, talking to himself, “No.. There's no tunnel, I don't know where she could have gone.” Shaking his head and narrowing his eyes in confusion, he began to ascend the ladder back out of the well again.