Chapter 6: This Place Gets Weirder

It's called Kindness...

Tears Left Uncried

KB: Lee, you get to meet Kagome in this chapter.

Lee: Cool! ...Who is that again?

KB: Did you even pay attention when we were watching the anime?

Lee: …Yes.

KB: You're a terrible liar.

Lee: You created me. Like creator like creation.

KB: *Pauses*…I don't even know how to respond to that.

 

-KB

 

 

Tears Left Uncried

Chapter 6:

This Place Gets Weirder And Weirder

 

Hey…Hey! Wake up, ya moron!

 

Lee groans, trying to ignore the voice. There's no way she's ready to wake up yet. It's too early. The dream is too good.

 

Wake up!

 

She can feel herself slipping towards consciousness and she fights against it with everything she's got. Focusing on the deep recessions of her dark mind, Lee releases all thought and tries to go back to sleep.

 

Stop ignoring me! I know you can hear me. Wake up!

 

Something slams against her thoughts, jarring her awake, and Lee sits straight up in confusion. Where is she? What happened? Why isn't her alarm going off?

 

Then awareness comes over her and her confusion turns to understanding. Right. Sucked through a tree, dragged to another world, dropped into cold water…yeah, yeah. Lee sighs and goes to lie back down, twisting over onto her side, but agony claws up her side and she gasps in pain. Sitting back up quickly, Lee grasps her side for a long moment until the pain dies back down and then gently lets her fingers search over the length of her body. At her hip, soreness throbs under her touch.

 

Bruised. As she expected.

 

Next is across the front of her rib cage. The same soreness. Bruised. Gingerly, she reaches up and pulls back the collar of her kimono so that she can see her left shoulder. And again, bruised.

 

She drops her hands in defeat at her sides and groans. Then she takes notice of the cloth under her. Like a mat rolled out, someone had placed her on top of it so that she was off the ground. Next to her, Rin sleeps soundly, curled up on her side so that she's facing Lee.

Down at her feet, a fire crackles weakly, sending embers up into the night sky to join the bright stars. The dragon is curled up on the other side of the fire, also asleep, but Jaken and Sesshomaru are nowhere to be found.

 

Do they ever stay in one place for more than five minutes?  She rolls her eyes and stares into the flames as they begin to die down. The wood has long been burned, slowly turning

to simple coals under the licking wildfire.

 

Before long, she's watching the sky begin to brighten and the dragon starts to stir. Rin follows suit, sitting up and rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. "Oh, good morning, miss Lee! How are you feeling?"

 

Lee laughs. "My throat hurts, my body is bruised up. Yeah, I'm great."

 

Since when am I so sarcastic? This isn't like me? Is it even coming from me? Lee rolls the thoughts over in her mind. Something is definitely wrong with her. Finding out what is going to be the real problem.

 

Rin's eyebrows pull together in concern. "Well, Lord Sesshomaru and Master Jaken wrapped your throat as best as they could, so I'm sure you'll be okay soon. If you'd like, we can ride Aun today to go look for Lord Sesshomaru instead of walking."

 

"Aun?" Lee lifts an eyebrow in question. As if to answer her, the two-headed dragon lifts its heads and purrs. "Oh."

 

Rin smiles brightly and helps Lee to her feet. They put out the fire and pack up the mat into the saddle bag over Aun's back before climbing on. "Hang on."

 

"Hang on?" Lee barely gets the sentence out before Aun takes to the skies. She shrieks, grabbing the front of the saddle in front of Rin so she doesn't fall off. "He can fly?"

 

"Sure! Aun is amazing!" Rin pats the dragon lovingly and he purrs again. Lee somehow smiles. The big dragon really is gentle, despite his rough exterior.

 

Maybe it's what's on the inside… Lee's thoughts shift to Sesshomaru. His cold eyes, his emotionless expression, his lack of warmth. Maybe there's more to him too.

 

Her eyes drift over the world below them, observing the miles of forests and green grass lands, and suddenly a movement catches her eyes. She loosens a hand to point down at the area below.

 

"Hey, Rin," Lee starts, "What's that?"

 

Rin squints her eyes to see and then gasps. "Oh!" She pulls on Aun's reigns and they're suddenly zipping off towards the ground. "I know them!"

 

Lee watches the movement while they rush towards it as it shifts and takes form. It's not just one movement, it's four. Four people, one pushing something along beside them.

 

Wait, there's no way bikes can be that old!

 

They land and Lee follows Rin to the ground. "Miss Kagome!"

 

Lee stumbles to a halt. Kagome? Why does that name sound so familiar? Her eyes lift and take in the group before her. A woman carrying a giant boomerang across her back stands close to a man in priest's garb with prayer beads wound around his right hand. The other guy in the group seems a bit younger, sporting silver hair that reminds her of another someone she knows, dressed in a red kimono and armed with a flimsy looking sword at his waist. Rin runs up to one young girl in particular, a girl dressed in…

 

"Hang on! That's my uniform!" Lee shouts without thinking.

 

The girl looks up and her eyes widen. "Your uniform? What are you talking about?"

 

"Miss Kagome, she's from your world too. Her name is Lee." Rin announces proudly with a gleaming smile.

 

"Seriously?" Kagome shoots forward and takes Lee by the hands, stunning the poor girl. Lee leans away nervously. "You're from my time? How'd you get here? When did you get here? Where did Rin find you?"

 

"Okay, whoa!" Lee shoots out, that anger inside of her getting annoyed. "One question at a time, please. My name is Lee Fumetsu. What do you mean 'time'? I got swallowed by a tree on your shine grounds. I got here about two days ago. Rin found me by the river after I fell in."

 

Kagome raises an eyebrow. "Fumetsu? I think I recognize that name. You're in my grade aren't you? Wait, what do you mean by 'swallowed'?"

 

Sighing, Lee realizes they aren't going to get anywhere by just asking questions back and forth, so she just explains everything that's happened to her from the time she left home until now.

 

After she is done, Kagome nods in understanding. "Oh, I get it now. That tree you spoke of is the ancient tree, the one Inuyasha was pinned to when I found him. Here let me explain…"

 

And so it begins. Kagome sits Lee down and begins her longer explanation about their journey. The other people in their group, Lee quickly takes notice of, are still shocked to see someone else from Kagome's time, so they stand off and whisper among themselves. Lee tries to ignore their intense glances towards her. Are they planning to kill her? Are they talking about how odd she looks?

 

Just her luck, finding more people to gossip about her behind her back. Anxiously, Lee fiddles with the ends of her kimono and becomes more and more aware of how short it is.

 

"And so now we're still looking for Naraku." Kagome finishes, pulling Lee out of her thoughts.

 

"So, this guy is really that dangerous?" Lee asks finally, finding her voice.

 

"What do you think? Have you even been listening to anything Kagome has been saying?" The silver-haired Inuyasha snaps. He storms over and towers over Lee with a death glare. Lee tries not to squirm.

 

"Inuyasha, stop yelling at her! She's going through exactly what I'm going through so have a heart." Kagome glares up at him. Miroku and Sango, the monk and demon slayer, come to sit down on either side of Lee.

 

"Yes, Inuyasha. The poor girl has obviously been through an ordeal. The least we can do is help the dear out." Miroku agrees.

 

Lee starts to say something, but drops her eyes to her thigh in alarm before glancing suspiciously up at the holy man. "I, uh, really appreciate your kind words, but do you have to say that while stroking my leg?"

 

"Yeah, I said something similar to him when we first met." Sango states flatly as she glares across Lee at the monk. Miroku picks up both hands and waves them in defeat. Both girls slide farther away from him.

 

"Well, I'll get you home. We can head back to Kaede's village and try going through the well together-."

 

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Inuyasha interrupts Kagome. "We can't just turn back now. We're on

Naraku's trail after so long and you want to just leave it?"

 

Kagome glares up at him again. "Inuyasha, she wants to go home. Do you really think she'll last in Sesshomaru's group? I'm surprised Rin is still alive honestly."

 

Lee glances back over her shoulder at Shippo, the small fox demon traveling with Kagome's group, and Rin playing in the grass with some crayons and paper.

 

Inuyasha crosses his arms and stuffs his chin in the air proudly. "Sure I'm as surprised as you that Sesshomaru's kept her alive this long, but that still doesn't mean I'm gonna turn around just to get her home."

 

"But Inuyasha, she's from my time. She doesn't need to be here. You can already tell by looking at her, I'm sure, that she's terrified. Being with Sesshomaru is probably the main reason, but…wait, are you hurt?" Kagome points at Lee's throat suddenly, raising her voice in alarm.

 

Lee blinks, caught off guard by the swift change in subject, and touches the bandages around her neck gingerly. "Uh…yeah, but I'm fine. Really."

 

Kagome shakes her head and stands up. "Inuyasha, we have to take her back."

 

"No," Inuyasha snaps.

 

"Inuyasha-!" Kagome starts to argue, but the white-haired young man cuts her off.

 

"I said no and that's the end of it. Now shut up and let's go."

 

Kagome's face suddenly turns bright red and Lee knows it's not a blush of embarrassment. It's quite the opposite, in fact. "Inuyasha…"

 

The guy stops mid-stomp, his back going ridged and he glances back warily over his shoulder. Lee's eyes widen as she glances from Kagome's rising anger to Inuyasha. She can practically feel the electricity in the air and she's sure Inuyasha can feel it too. The poor guy is already spinning around to raise his hands in defense.

 

"Kagome, wait! I didn't mean…please don't-!"

 

"SIT!" Kagome screams at the top of her lungs.

 

In complete astonishment, Lee watches at the beaded necklace around Inuyasha's neck start glowing white and the very next second he's slammed into the ground, creating a two foot deep hole in the dirt. Lee rushes to the hole and stares down into it with wide eyes, her jaw dropping open.

 

"What the-?" She looks up at Kagome and points at Inuyasha's still form. "How-?"

 

Kagome's mood changes like the flip of a light switch and all of a sudden she's beaming shyly at Lee. "Yeah, the prayer beads around his neck are linked to my word. What you see before you happens when I say 'sit'." Inuyasha slams into the ground yet again and they all wince. "Whoops, sorry!"

 

Lee grins down at Inuyasha. "Cool." Then her eyes spot his cute little dog ears on top of his sparkling white hair. Sure she saw them the second they were introduced, but now she's seeing them up close. "They look so cute!"

 

Her fingers pinch them happily and Inuyasha lifts his head up to glare at her. "Would you get off?!"

 

"Is he always this moody?" Lee asks.

 

"Yes." Kagome, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo all answer with straight faces.

 

Lee fights back a grin. They should all get awards for saying that without laughing.

 

After helping Inuyasha out of his hole and helping Rin back onto Aun's back, Kagome fishes some things out of her overly packed backpack on her bike and hands them to Lee to take with her. "Take my extra sleeping bag. I always bring a spare with me, but I'm heading back to my time soon because I have a math test coming up and there's no way I can miss that. I'm really sorry we can't take you to the village ourselves, but Inuyasha's right. We just now found Naraku's trail and he's too dangerous to let out of our sights now. Just make it to Kaede's village, tell her you're my friend, and she'll take care of you until we get back. We'll try going through the well when I get there."

 

"Thank you, Kagome. I really appreciate it." Lee smiles at her as she ties the sleeping bag onto Aun's saddle.

 

"Take this too." Kagome hands her a tooth brush and some toothpaste.

 

"Are you sure?"

 

Kagome shrugs. "Trust me, I bring extra of everything when I come here. You never know about anything in this time."

 

Lee nods, fearful to find out what she means, but is hopeful that she'll leave before having to find out. "Thanks a lot. I guess I'll see you guys back at that village then."

 

Sango, the demon slayer and her gentle, natural beauty, steps towards her and pulls something out from under one of the pieces of armor that is strapped onto her shoulder. Opening her hand, she hands Lee a small ball. It's firm, but Lee can still feel that the outer layer is soft enough to break.

 

"Only use that if you really need to," Sango tells her. "It will create a fog when you throw it against something. It will halt a normal demon's sensitive nose and cause them to choke. That should give you enough time for you to get away."

 

Lee's heart swells in her chest; this is the first time anyone has given her anything. She hugs Kagome and Sango tightly, fearing that she'll never see them again. "Thank you both very much."

 

"You'll be fine. We'll see you at Kaede's village." Sango hugs her back.

 

Lee joins Rin on Aun's back and the dragon takes to the skies again. "I'm glad you and miss Kagome know each other. That means you can go home then." Rin smiles.

 

Lee barely hears her. Her eyes stare down at Kagome's group as they return to their journey until they finally become too small to see at all. For the first time, she's finally hit with the reality that this world is real; that this isn't a dream. She gasps, her hands going to her throat.

 

"Oh my gosh, I could've really actually DIED!"

 

Rin laughs as Aun carries them on. For a while they just listen to the wind howl around them, but eventually the dragon picks up on something and takes off towards the ground-another wide open grassy meadow.

 

"There they are!" Rin exclaims excitedly. Lee glances at her warily. How can anyone be happy about returning to two male who obviously have no care for the child at all? It makes no sense.

 

"Where have you two been?!" Jaken shrieks the second they land.

 

Lee blinks in surprise. Maybe they do have hearts.

 

"We ran into miss Kagome, Lord Sesshomaru! She gave miss Lee some things to use until we reach lady Kaede's village." Rin explains as she goes to bounce eagerly in front of Sesshomaru. The white-haired demon just nods and walks past her.

 

Lee's eyes narrow into glares. Well, at least one of them might.

Author's Note

Author’s Note:
I started this story a long time ago on the Fanfiction site, but wasn’t getting any feedback on it what so ever. I didn’t know what was good or what was bad on the story at all. I didn’t even know if readers were liking the story either. Very few people were answering my pleas for help, so I decided to just delete the story.
Then a reader on Fanfiction decided to help me and I figured it was time to go back and redo the story chapter by chapter. The helpful reader asked if they could so a version of my story and sadly I agreed to it. Now, the reader isn’t crediting me for the work except when I say something about it and they refuse to answer my messages at all.
So here I am, forced to come to another fanfiction site and look for fresh new readers.
PLEASE let me know if there are any screw ups in the story. I really love the Inuyasha anime (PROPS TO THE ARTIST/WRITER WHO CREATED IT BECAUSE I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA) and I have always wanted to do a fanfiction on it.
There are nearly 40 chapters in this story and they can all be read on Fanfiction.net if you wish to skip forward a bit, but I’ll be uploading the newly rewritten chapters here.
I’m also on DeviantArt under Kizyoi if you’d like to check out my art.

-KB