Temptation High

Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha or any of the other characters on the show.


Author's note: You mus be so confused, no?

From Chapter 13:

“Oh quiet down old woman, did the cemetery keeper tell you any information on how Kagome could have crawled out of her grave?”

Kaede shook her head and spoke while putting a warm cloth on Kagome’s forehead, “What I found out was quite disturbing…” she paused and looked Inuyasha in the eyes, “ the cemetery keeper said that the grave had been untouched. There was no signs of the soil being moved, not even the bouquet of flowers was moved out of place.”

“How can that be? This is definitely Kagome, I can tell by her scent and her stubborn attitude. I’m absolutely positive about that.” Inuyasha said looked at Kagome, his eyes silently questioning her, as she lay there unconscious.

“Maybe what she was telling you about how the well lead to here was true….” Kaede said after a moment of silence.

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Kagome could hear faint voices speaking, but she couldn’t open her eyes to reveal who the owners of the voices were. It was if she wanted to wake up but she just couldn’t open her eyes or snap out of her dreams. She knew one of the voices though, it belonged to none other than Inuyasha, and the other belonged to a woman. She had never heard the woman’s voice before, but it seemed soothing and calming, almost motherly. Occasionally she would hear the words “well” and “grave”… she had no clue how those words were related, but they had to be since they were using them so often.

“Kagome, dear? Can you open your eyes for Aunty Kaede?” the motherly voice asked. Kagome let out a reluctant moan and fought her urges to keep her eyes closed. When she had finally opened her eyes, everything seemed to be blurry and twisted… whatever Inuyasha gave her to make her come with him quietly had a really negative aftermath. As the figures of people started to become more clear, she could see that Inuyasha was standing on her left and this “Kaede” character was on her right, tenderly stroking her hair.

“How are you feeling, Kaggy?” Kaede asked.

It was hard for Kagome to speak at first, but she managed to say, “Like I’ve been hit with a bat…who are you?”

Kaede frowned and said, “Aunty Kaede…do you not remember?”

Kagome shook her head ‘no’ and Kaede continued, “Well, what do you remember?”

“I-I fell down the well… and here I am.”

Inuyasha butted in, “You keep repeating yourself… can you just tell Kaede that you remember your little fight with Kikyo so we can be done with this!”

Kaede glared at him and hit his shoulder, “Inuyasha! She’s been through quite a bit, be sympathetic!”

Inuyasha rolled his eyes and said, “Okay.”

“Thank you. Now Kaggy, can you tell me about this well?” Kaede asked soothingly.

Kagome looked at the older woman with a sigh and said, “It’s my family’s well…it’s been there for centuries. When the city wanted to level it and place a shopping mall over it, my grandpa put his foot down and down right refused their money that they offered him to sell the well. I don’t know exactly why he felt so attached to that well, but I guess it has some kind of sentimental value to him. I believe that he said that his late wife, my grandma, absolutely loved that well. I can’t see why someone could grow so attached to the well, but she did.”

Inuyasha was about to open his mouth, but Kaede clamped her hand over it, “Now what were you talking about when you said that you fell down the well?”

“I was upset because Inuyasha had died, and I was feeling like it was all my fault. I guess I was so consumed in my grief that I just wanted to end it for good. I remember that I was by the well and I saw a knife nearby, so I grabbed it and was about to…well you know. And I lost balance and fell through the well. I expected there to be water at the bottom, but instead, I ended up here.”

Kagome slowly walked to a chair near Kagome’s bedside and plopped down in it, “I think I’ve figured this situation out…completely.”

Inuyasha’s ears perked up as he turned his complete attention to Kaede. Kagome cocked her head and said, “Oh?” Kaede nodded and looked down at the ground. About a minute passed when Inuyasha spoke up, “Well are you going to tell us, old woman!”

“Calm down, Inuyasha. I was just trying to think.” Kaede said calmly.

“Well, are you done thinking now?” Inuyasha asked.

“No.”

After a couple seconds passed, “Now?”

“No.”

“Now?”

“NO.”

“Now?”

“Fine.” Kaede said finally giving in, “I think Kagome may have ended up in a alternate universe. This,” Kaede pointed to Kagome, “is not the Kagome that we know and love… this is a Kagome from another universe.”

Inuyasha gaped at Kaede and said, “S-so the Kagome from here is really gone forever?”

“Yes.” Kaede said sadly.

“I have just one question… why am I dead in this universe and Inuyasha dead in mine?” Kagome asked.

“That is a hard question to answer, Kagg- I mean Kagome. I believe that Inuyasha was outside of the well… grieving for our Kagome. As you were by the well in your universe grieving for the Inuyasha that had passed away.”

“I was not grieving!” Inuyasha shouted abruptly.

“So you mean that you were not the least bit upset about Kaggy’s passing?” Kaede snapped.

Inuyasha blushed and looked down at the ground, “I am…”

“Then why deny your feelings?” Kaede asked.

“I’m not.” Inuyasha said, still looking at the ground.

“Good. Now, back to what I was saying. I think that there was some kind a glitch in the universe and somehow, when Kagome fell, she ended up in this universe.”

Kagome gasped and asked, “Is there a way I can get back?”

Kaede looked Kagome in the eyes, “I do not know.”


Author's Note: I dunno why I put this A/N here. I just felt like it. ^^;