This is my first post. Some language and violence.
Kagome stared nervously at the white envelope in
her hands.
"Is that it?" her mother asked.
"This is it," she replied.
"Oh! Then... Does it? Did you?"
"I... I don't know."
"Let me call the others!"
"No! Mom! Wait!"
"DAD!!! SOTA!!!""
"What is it, Daughter?"
"What's up, Mom?"
"Kagome got her letter from UOT!"
"Did �ja get excepted, Sis?"
"Ugh," Kagome sweat dropped. "I don't know!! It's
really not that big of a deal. If I don't get in, I'll
just . . . oh, fuck it!" She ripped open the letter.
"Kagome! Language!"
"Eh, sorry Mom" �Too much time with Inu-Yasha.'
Kagome scanned quickly as her family leaned forward in
anticipation.
"Well??"
"I..."
"You..." Sota urged.
"I... I GOT IN!!! WITH a scholarship!!"
"Kagome, that's great!" Her mother, grandfather
and Sota engulfed her in a hug.
Sota sat back down. "Kagome?"
"Yeah, Sota?" she replied absently, still looking
over the enclosed information.
"Where are you gonna live?"
"In the dorms... Hey, Gramps, look, the
University is built by a haunted lake."
"The dorms? Does that mean you're gonna take
Inu-Yasha with you?"
*SCREECH* Kagome's brain slammed to a halt and
the stupid grin was washed from her face.
"Ah, CRAP! MOTHER F***ING SON OF A *****!!!"
"Kagome!"
College Bound
by Michelle Biggs
minako97@yahoo.com
It had been three and a half years since Kagome
was first pulled into the Bone Eaters well by Mistress
Centipede. She was now seventeen, graduated from high
school a week ago, and had been accepted to the
University of Tokyo. Her life was finally beginning.
As for her life in the past, the shards of the Jewel
of Four Souls had almost been gathered and Kaede had
been teaching her to use her powers and become a
priestess. �All in all, not a bad existence,' she
thought as she hefted her backpack over the ledge of
the well. It was lighter without her textbooks and it
landed with a thump on the dirt as Kagome followed it.
Kagome looked up to see a face appear from
outside the well. Inu-Yasha reached down and grabbed
Kagome's sack.
"It's about time! Where have you been Girl? I
told you to be back by sunset." He pointed to the
bright glow coming from just below the horizon. "Do
you see that? Do you know what that is? That is the
SUN after it has SET!"
Kagome wrinkled her nose. "Calm down, so I'm a
couple minutes late. I've only been gone since
yesterday. God forbid I ever go home! But, no, I guess
to call it that I would actually have to LIVE there!
In the past year I've spent more time in the feudal
ages then I have in my own zip code! What am I talking
about? You don't even know what a zip code is!"
Inu-Yasha felt a punch to the gut. He didn't know
what a �zip code' was. Yet another example of how much
more advanced Kagome's time was and why she did not
belong here with him. Not one to let emotions show, he
snarled. "Come on, Wench! Kaede says the jewel is
nearly complete, but she can't tell just how close we
are. I heard rumors of a warlord in southern Nagato
with abnormal powers." He grabbed Kagome's arm and
swung her onto his back.
Kagome sighed and out of habit laid her head
between the dog-boy's shoulder blades. With her free
hand she fingered the small draw string bag on her
necklace. It held the many shards she and her friends
had gathered over the years. The vial she used before
could no longer contain them all. �How am I going to
tell him?' she thought. �But then, why does it matter?
The Jewel of Four Souls is almost complete and so my
adventure is nearly over. Inu-Yasha is my friend. I
won't let him use the
jewel to become a full demon- not like Sessoumaru.
He'll probably hate me. I guess it's just as well.
Maybe it will be easier to not be near him. Ugh! Don't
start thinking like that! There is no way he and I
could ever be together. He's immortal. I'd be old and
wrinkly when he'd still look young. He's a dog demon.
We're completely different species. Not to mention we
don't even live in the same time period. Just forget
it, Kagome, and try not to let it show.'
Inu-Yasha jumped to a stop in front of Kaede's
hut. Kagome hopped off his back and called, "I'm
back!"
Shippou immediately rushed out and jumped into her
arms. He was now almost as tall as her knees. "Kagome!
You're back! I missed you!"
"I missed you, too, Shippou-chan."
"Hmph. Hurry up."
Kagome sighed and glanced at Inu-Yasha. "We just
stopped by to get my bow."
"Here it is." Kaede stepped through the doorway
handing her the bow. "This could be the last shard you
need, Kagome."
"I know."
"Then it will be up to you to become again its
protector."
Kagome nodded. "I will."
The perhaps one time sisters shared a glance
toward Inu-Yasha and understanding passed between
them. "I will guard it with my life, just as before."
Kaede stepped back and smiled. "Good luck."
"Good luck, Kagome-chan!!"
"Thanks, Kaede, Shippou. Bye!"
"ARGGGH!" Inu-Yasha clawed at the hands choking
his neck. The warlord had a shard. He dug his claws
into the demon's flesh. It screamed and loosened its
grip. The dog-boy dropped into a crouch just as an
arrow penetrated the front of its forehead from
behind. The tip of the arrow popped off the shard
which had been embedded in the demon's forehead.
Inu-Yasha grinned. "Ha ha! CLAWS OF BLOOD!" The
shredded demon lay still on the ground.
Kagome moved the demon's shoulder with her foot
and picked up the sliver. She took the bag off her
necklace and held it in the palm of her hand. She
poised the new shard above the bag and looked at
Inu-Yasha.
"If Kaede is right and this is the last shard,
something should happen now," she told him. Kagome
brought her attention back to the matter at hand. She
took a deep breath and dropped the last piece into her
bag. Neither Inu-Yasha nor Kagome could move. Kagome
let out the breath she was holding. Nothing happened.
"I guess we have some more searching to do." Kagome
put the small pouch back on her necklace.
Inu-Yasha sighed. �I suppose it's just as well,'
he thought. �Delaying the inevitable. Kagome won't let
me have the jewel, so I'll have to fight her for it.
But can I? Could I ever hurt her? Doubt it. Some demon
I am. But that will change.'
"Inu-Yasha!" He was startled out of his thoughts
by Kagome's scream.
"Kagome!" A glow was pulsating from the sack
around her neck as Kagome was trying to yank it off.
He started toward her, but an explosion blew him back.
The cord Kagome was pulling on snapped off and she was
pushed back by the brunt of the explosion. She landed
on top of the warlord demon they had just killed.
"Oh..." Kagome tried to sit up slowly, but
winced. She looked down to the pain in her side.
�Blood.' She touched it and looked at her hand.
�Blood. I'm bleeding. This is the injury from Mistress
Centipede! The one that released the jewel!'
"Kagome!"
She looked up. Inu-Yasha was on the other side of
the Shikon Jewel. It was whole and hovering four feet
above the ground. The glow it was emitting lit the
small clearing in waves. Kagome's attention was drawn
to shadows in the surrounding trees. She gasped.
�Demons! They can sense the jewel! The jewel! I have
to get it!'
Holding her side, she tried to stand. Faltering
she fell to the ground softened by the warlords blood.
"Wahaha!" Kagome spun around in direction of the
laugh. �The warlord demon! It's alive! Agh, got to
move. Got to move.'
"Die Bitch!" He slashed at her with his sword.
She tried to scream, but blood was pouring out of the
fresh wound on her neck. She grabbed at her throat
with both hands. �My throat! He cut my throat! I'm
going to die! No! Inu-Yasha!' She looked toward her
friend but he was too busy fighting the mobs of demons
trying to make a path to the jewel. She pushed herself
away from the warlord with one hand until landed on
something sharp. It was one of her arrows. She took it
with her blood soaked hands and rammed it through the
demon's lower stomach. He screamed and fell.
�My last chance,' Kagome thought. �I will protect
the jewel.' She pulled herself to her feet and
stumbled toward the glowing orb. She lunged and
snatched it from mid air. She landed hard on her
shoulder, but took the added pain in stride. �This is
it,' she thought. �I'm going to die. Ugh, no!' Kagome
clutched the rock she was dying for. Tears rolled down
her cheeks and into the grass and dirt as it mingled
with her blood. She curled herself tightly in a ball
around the jewel. Her mind was filled with regrets.
�College. Sota. Mom, Gramps, Buyo. My home. I'll never
see it again. Kaede, my sister. Shippou, Sango,
Miroku, my friends. Tokyo, school, I worked so hard.
Gone, all gone. Hmm... this is it. This is death.
Hmm... Inu-Yasha. Inu-Yasha... fighting! He's still
fighting!' She opened her eyes. Sure enough, he was
still there, protecting her. He must have seen her
hurt for the Tetsusaiga was drawn. He was swiping down
demons by the dozens as wave after wave fell upon him.
�He's so brave,' Kagome thought. �And strong.
Handsome. He's cute when he's mad.' Her lips twitched
slightly as if to smile. Pain had made her slightly
disillusional. �He would never give up. My best
friend. Still protecting me and hurting for me,' she
thought as he took several blows. �When I die, what
will he do?' She remembered Kikyo. �Will I be reborn?
Into another person? NO! I'm me! I don't want to be
like Kikyo. A spirit. Bitter. NO! I will not!' The
jewel shined strongly, like the sun. �I won't leave.'
She tried move and eventually sat up drenched in her
own blood. �I won't become someone else.' Numb to the
pain, she stood, the jewel cupped in her palms. Her
eyes met Inu-Yasha's. She could see shock and pain...
and grief. She smiled. �I will not die. I cannot
leave. I will not! I WILL NOT!'
The jewel flared brighter than a hundred stars.
The light exploded, encompassing Kagome and flinging
all other beings within a hundred meter radius into
the night sky.
Eventually the glow resided leaving Kagome as the
sole inhabitant to the leveled clearing. She stood
with her hands by her sides and her eyes closed. Her
feet hovered several inches above the ground. Moments
passed and time stood still. Finally there was
movement. Lips parted and Kagome gasped for air. She
collapsed onto the grass in a heap and was then still,
save for her soft breathing.
Disclaimer: All characters belong to very lucky
people, obviously not me or I wouldn't be wasting my
time writing fan fiction.
***UOT -- Anyone know what the actual abbreviation for
'University of Tokyo' is? I'd really like to know
since I have no idea! Thanks!
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