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Connected
By: The_Beautifully_Disasterous_Miko aka TheDisasterousChibi

Chapter Five:Promises And Unsuspectiong Surprises

Recap: “ Oh I almost forgot” Mrs. Higurashi’s exclamation broke though the silence as she set her cup down and walked rapidly into the kitchen.

Sitting with her legs folded under her on the couch Kagome wondered what it was her mother had forgotten. It wasn’t an every day occurrence, her mother almost never forgot anything. ‘Maybe she left the stove on or something’ the miko’s musings were cut short as her mother walked back into the living room, with something in her hands.

“Here I found this in the box next to that chest you found and I thought you might like it.” in the older woman’s hand laid what looked like…
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Kagome had never seen anything more beautiful then the necklace that laid in her mothers hand. Taking the piece of jewelry from her mother Kagome gently rubbed her thumb over the soft black leather, intricate patterns were sewn in silver thread into the material, almost like there was something written there, however it was to worn to make out the words. A sphere connected to the leather, perfect in its shape and vivid in color; an amber stone, rich and warm, but at the same time cold and incomplete, was cut into four sectors by golden lines.
The first of these sectors held a tiny Kanji, a symbol for the word Unity in a dark sapphire blue, the other sectors where blank; as if the artist did not have time to finish his master piece, it was lovely but missing pieces.

“What do you think Kagome isn’t it lovely? I found it after you went to bed, I was going to give it to you tomorrow morning” Mrs. Higurashi who was immensely happy seeing the look of awe on her daughters face said.

“Mama it’s so beautiful, it looks really old though, who knew something so exquisite could be in the attic?” the awed miko commented to her mother, never taking her eyes of the piece of jewelry.

“Yes it does look quite old but it’s in almost perfect condition. Someone must have taken great care of it.” Sitting on the couch beside her daughter Mrs. Higurashi picked up her now lukewarm tea an sipped. Watching her daughter’s happy face was something she treasured, a rarity now a days.

Following her mothers example the time traveling miko also sipped from her forgotten tea cup. After a few more minutes of silence the miko turned to her mother and asked, “Can you put it on me Mama?” eyes sparkling with hope.

Chuckling Mrs. Higurashi replied “ Of course dear, give it here.” Taking the necklace from her daughters hand Mrs. Higurashi motioned for her to turn around. Kagome did so lifting her hair as well to help her mother in her task.

Unclasping the necklace Mrs. Higurashi placed the necklace around her daughters neck gently, careful as she clasped it shut, not to pull any stray hair. Kagome’s hand lifted to the jewel around her neck the moment her mother had finished clasping it, it laid there unchanged.

‘Well what were you expecting Kagome fire works or something’ thought the tiny miko slightly disappointed at the lack of shall we say other worldliness the necklace seemed to show.

“Thanks Mama, looking at the clock Kagome began to panic, Oh Kami its one o’clock in the morning Mama.” drawing her mothers attention away from her current thoughts Kagome pointed to the clock. “ I’m sorry Mama but now I REALLY have to go to sleep, or else I’ll be good as dead tomorrow.” Jumping up Kagome left her tea cup on the table and walked away, only to turn back to give her mother a good night kiss.


Kissing her mother’s forehead Kagome did not wait for a reply as she called an “I love you” over her shoulder and made her way upstairs. Leaving Mrs. Higurashi to her thoughts. “So it has finally begun, just like he said it would” closing her eyes Mrs. Higurashi sighed and closed her eyes, leaning back into the couch, lost in memories of years passed.

(A/N: I had seriously thought about ending it here but I promised that she would go to the feudal era in this chap and I always keep my promises * good guy smile disgusts audience*)

Sunlight danced into Kagome’s room shining its bright rays on the young woman face, ultimately causing her to once again join the world of the living. Stretching in a distinctly feline way Kagome rubbed her eyes free of the Sandman’s sleeping sand and rose from bed.

Making her way to the dresser Kagome began to pack for her trip back. Since it was so close to summer vacation Kagome was going to be staying at the feudal era for two consecutive months, only making trips back if absolutely necessary.

‘Joy, thought our miko, two months of feudal hell’ the Inu-tachi, who had been pretty useless in the last couple of weeks was going to once again begin their search for Naraku who had been missing for quite some time. Kagome wondered just how well the tachi was doing, it had been a week since she had returned to the future to pick her courses for next year, with his royal canine’s permission of course.

The new recruits, namely Kouga and Sesshoumaru, may not take to having Inuyasha order them lightly. Scratch that Kouga wouldn’t take it lightly Sesshoumaru would knock Inuyasha into the next era if he tried to order him. Which brings us back to the miko’s concerns, just how the hell would they all travel together with three very domineering Alphas.

Kagome, though she would never admit it even under the pain of death, had her money on Sesshoumaru becoming pack alpha. The miko had punished her self many times for thinking such a thing for betraying Inuyasha until she realized something; Sesshoumaru was the better choice for alpha, he would not go charging into a battle putting himself and the rest of the tachi in danger, unlike some people Kagome knew.

‘But what would we call our selves the Fluffy-tachi, or how bout the Human-Haters-Of-Japan’ giggling at her own silliness Kagome continued to stuff her new black backpack with clothes. She was sure that her mother was already packing the yellow one with food and other supplies for the entire group.

The new backpack would serve for personal belonging, like clothes, bathing things, and most importantly that time of the month things. Kagome never wanted a repeat of the time Inuyasha found her pads and tried to cook one thinking it was ninja food. The miko had been mortified when she entered camp and saw Inuyasha cooking pad a la stick barbeque style. Red faced and nearly hysterical Kagome had sat him so many times that it almost caused an earthquake. In the end Inuyasha never again touched her pads and Kagome never had to explain why.


After packing almost her entire summer wardrobe including shoes and a few winter pieces just to be safe; you never now in the feudal era, Kagome dressed for the day in a short yellow sundress that came up to her knees, wearing jean shorts underneath to accommodate her traveling lifestyle. A pair of black converse finished of her look giving her a overall appearance of a normal, if not a little conservative teenager.

Slugging her backpack over her shoulder Kagome made her way down stairs to have some breakfast. Upon reaching the kitchen Kagome gave her clueless little brother a noggie, to which he responded with a high pitched yelp of surprise. “ I thought you went away yesterday Sis what happened is every thing okay?” her brother, who happened to look quite a bit like her only with brown eyes, asked.

“Nope I was just spending so time with Mama yesterday and decided I would stay an extra day.” Buttering up a piece of toast Kagome gave her brother a grin and bit into her buttered delight.

“So your going back today…Uhmm ‘Gome when are you coming back?” asked Souta with his head bowed as he sat restless in his chair.

“ In about two months unless I really have to, why Sou’?” replied Kagome sensing her bother wanted to ask her something that he was nervous about.

“Oh its nothing just some stupid base ball game the summer camp I go to holds every year for the campers and their siblings its nothing” Souta conjured his best fake smile in order to hide his disappointment, he had been building up the courage to ask his sister to come since the beginning of the week.

“ When is it Souta and why didn’t you tell me sooner I would have gone?” tacking her brothers hand Kagome looked into his eyes and awaited his response.

“Well its at the end of the summer, the week before we go back to school” said Souta his once disappointed eyes shining with new found hope at the prospect of his sister coming with him. Since she had gone down the well they had stopped doing a lot of things he had taken for granted before like, her picking him up after school. Before he had though he was way to old for it but then he had missed his sisters presence.

“ Souta I promise I’ll be back by then and We’ll kick butt at the baseball game, okay I promise” hugging her brother Kagome saw over his shoulder her mother walking into the kitchen.

“Morning dear, did you sleep well” Mrs. Higurashi asked her first born as she walked in on this tender scene of sibling love; she had earlier resisted the urge of taking a picture.

“Yeah I did Mama, did you pack the bag for me or do you still need help” asked Kagome letting go of her brother only to ruffle his hair.

“I’ve already packed it dear your all ready to go.” sitting down at the table as well Mrs. Higurashi informed Kagome of her bags status.

Rising for the table Kagome gave a kiss to both her family members and called over her shoulder as she race out the door “ I’ll be back in about a month Mama to check in I promise.”

At the entrance to her home Kagome picked up her discarded back and was about to walk out when she noticed the book her teacher had given her yesterday laying on one floor next to her brown school loafers. Picking up the book, thinking she could read it in the past if Naraku refused to show up Kagome raced out of the house as fast as the extremely heavy back packs would allow her to.

Reaching the well house Kagome slid the door open and walked in taking a deep breath Kagome climbed on top of the lip of the well and jumped. Blue light enveloped her as she traveled throw time, the comforting power of the ancient well gave her a safe feeling. The trip though extraordinary by nature was relatively short and rather uneventful, now climbing out of the well in the past that as an adventure.

Lucky for Kagome she had brought a ladder from her time and place it at the feudal era well to help her with her climb. Fixing the straps of her back Kagome took a deep breath of the clean feudal era air and Began her climb.

Waiting for her was a the most surprising sight her eyes had ever scene, there in the middle of the clearing was every member of the tachi, minus the children and they were all surrounding, with the exception of Sesshoumaru, something. The sight of her comrades surrounding something was not what surprised the miko but rather what they were surrounding.

The in the middle of the clearing, locked inside a glowing green barrier and in the middle of many powerful sutras was Naraku. The dark hanyou stood with his arms crossed smirking as if lost in some personal joke. All the attention of these people was placed on Kagome when Naraku said “ Hello Miko, now that you’re here we can begin this little…meeting.”

Swinging her legs over the well Kagome dropped her bags and the only thought her flabbergasted brain could come up with was ‘Looks like I wont be reading for a while!”


A/N: Well now that I have Naraku in the story the plot can start to really move *hears the audience cheer* To tell you the truth I was having a little trouble on thinking of how to introduce Naraku to the plot and then I started writing and this is what happened and I must say I kind of like it. Any way to close up today’s chapter I have a Very special guest, so take it away special guest.

DBZ Announcer: What is Naraku doing at the clearing? Why is no one attacking him? What meeting is he talking about? Find out next time on Connected