Quantum Leap - Vol. 2 Exile Island (formerly Till Death Do Us Part)

C017 Final Destination

Kagome was literally dragging her feet as she trudged on every 100 paces and continue to make the small fires as she approached as what she had seemed - the beach. Even though she could not hear the sounds of breaking waves or seen any seagulls squawking near the breaking of waves near the shore, she knew that somehow deep inside her heart, that she was finally reaching her destination.

*Please don't compare this with the movie Final Destination... Please*

As the darkness slowly began to shroud and fell around her, Kagome decided that the best thing to do now was to stop and have some rest. She looked around for any plants or fruits that were edible but somehow the Director did not manage to materialize some and so she ended by having a single coconut that she carried inside the satchel bag after removing the bulky husks and all the other whatnot.

Luckily she had disposed the husks and only carried the cores in her satchel bag and as if she would happen to meet a stranger somewhere on the streets, a sentence like "Wow, I love to hold those coconuts of yours" or "Let me suck those sweet coconut juices" would be easily misinterpreted by most girls...Hahaha. 

She made a large bonfire by gathering some tinder, kindling, thin sticks and then larger pieces of wood and made a sort of stackable log fire shaped like a teepee that would burn throughout the night. This way the fire would be smoky enough to be able to ward off gnats and mosquitoes plus a reflected fire that would be able to warm her throughout the night.

After striking a few times with her flint and magnesium rod, sparks flew and it caught fire at the base of the logs that she had stacked. The tinder and kindling were dry so the fire spread easily to the other pieces of thicker wood, creating a bed of embers that slowly 'eats up' to the core of the logs.

She had learned to set up this type of fire again by raking through her memories by watching some weird English speaking Russian or Slovakian dude on YouTube that emphasises on new gadgets and mode of survival. After the fire was catching on steadily, she muttered "boom" just like the crazy bald dude on YouTube.

(I guess you all would be searching for such videos right now on YouTube right? Hahaha...!!!)

She removed her boots and felt that it had gone sore for she had never worn such footwear before and its one size too big for her. She took 2 sticks and poked into the ground and upturned her boots by inserting the openings through it.

This was to ensure that there would not be any scorpions or poisonous centipedes entering and residing inside and once the boots were upturned, nothing would crawl into it after making sure to shake and knock the boots several times before putting them on again.

Another episode on roughing it in wild courtesy of Kagome Kuwahara.

She decided to rough it out and lay spread-eagled on the ground and tried her best to shut her eyes. The ground was soft and does not have any poking feeling of sharp twigs or other branches et cetera underneath her. She supported one of her arms like a pillow and lay on her side. Fighting the urge to yawn loudly she closed her eyes tightly and imagined that Kenzo was beside her as she places her head on her arm instead of Kenzo's lap. 

She felt feeling full by earlier drinking the coconut's juice and eating its inner flesh as she was slowly ushered into a deep sleep and accompanied by the warmth of the smoke fire she had designed as the silence was lulled by the soft crackling of embers underneath it.

The chirping sounds of crickets and the sound of other wild and lively insects soon lullabies her to sleep and in a few minutes time, she was softly snoring and her breathing became steady.

She dreamt that she was walking down the aisle of the church with her mother by her side. A man with silvery hair was standing before the priest as he reached out his hands and looked back at her warmly. His wide smile and flashy pearls beckoned her to shuffle her dainty feet faster as her mother releases her hand so that she would be able to join the man in holy matrimony.  

Kenzo was wearing a light blue three-piece suit and was holding his hands together while a priest in his robe glowered under the sun's rays that formed a kind of holy aura around him as well Kenzo, waiting and beckoning to her with his grey eyes.

She was wearing a short blue coloured sleeveless wedding dress with beige coloured gloves. On top of her head was adorned with a tiara that was made from precious stones and was tilted ever so slightly on the side of her head. A beige veil covered her face and despite having the veil that covered her face, she can see everything around her clearly.

Mrs Kuwahara was walking beside her earlier and whispered to Kagome that she would be going to be a wife soon. She let Kagome's hand go midway across the aisle and she went to sit on one of the pews. Kagome was walking slowly unaided except for some flower girls who were holding on to the log veil that was trailing behind her. Kagome, held in her hands a bunch of flowers as part of the procession.

As she walked down the aisle, everyone was smiling at her and nodding approvingly. Her classmates were there, the teachers too, even some people whom she does not even recognize that comprises the staffs of the Japanese CSI as well the OCD. (just some extras to fill up the whole church anyway)

Slowly, as she ambled forward and towards Kenzo, with his broadly smiling face and his majestically athletic body. He held up his right hand and Kagome took it in hers and they both stood side by side while facing the priest before them.

After the priest had announced the wedding vows and blessings, he immediately confirmed and declared that both Kenzo and Kagome are now husband and wife. (shortcut version since because they need to actually kneel before the priest and sign some papers at the meantime have a certain kind of rope around both of the necks)

Kenzo lifted the veil ever so lightly over Kagome's head, brushed his hands lightly against her cheeks and bent over, their faces almost touching and kissed for the very first time in their life...! (In real life during that period,  a passing mole had somewhat sniffed and had brushed against Kagome's lips as it smelled some coconut juices and fleshy meat that she had eaten slightly earlier. She had actually been kissed by a blind passing mole...! Hahaha...!)

She lifted her toes and held both Kenzo's shoulders for support as the pair of lips entwined and the magical event was recorded. Whoops of joys erupted inside the church as the wellwishers activated their handheld noisemakers such as horns, whistles and bells to celebrate the joyous event. Kenzo and Kagome held on dearly together as they cling to one another and they literally melted in each other's arms.

In the next part, she was carried off like a princess by Kenzo and placed on a wheelbarrow. Well-wishers stood at the sides of the lane and rained them with all kind of candies and sugared nuts as wedding exit tosses. (It was said to bring sweetness in their journey. Also, it was one of Kenzo's crazy  idea of poking fun with people when he used a wheelbarrow instead of a car as a means of wedding ceremony send-offs)

With the bride sitting in the wheelbarrow, Kenzo in his 3 piece suit began to jog slowly as he pushed the wheelbarrow with Kagome sitting precariously inside towards the pier and up a gangway as they boarded a yacht.

In another part of her dream, she had somehow lost one side of her wedding slippers. (Oh... Oh... In Psychology, the translation of her dreams would mean that she would indefinitely lose someone that was close and dear to her) She searched all over for the missing slipper but could not locate it. To add to her worries, Kenzo was not seen anywhere on that yacht as the unmanned yacht was slowly carried away by the currents towards some precarious rocks near some rock face...!!!

The yacht did not suffer any mishap during her part of the dream but she soon dreamt that she was already on the beach, somehow being shipwrecked but fortunately in one piece. Her natural blue coloured hair was entangled with some green seaweed and her wedding dress was torn in many places. 

Somehow she was fortunately not to experience the shipwreck herself but when she saw her Prince Kenzo lying flat on his face half-buried in the receding waves, she immediately rushed up to him and shook the shoulders in an attempt to wake him up... However, when she managed to turn Kenzo on his back, she saw that the face was half decomposed and there were many tiny crabs crawling out from the gaping orifices. EEEWWW...!!!!

"AARRGGHH...!!!!!" Kagome woke up suddenly from her slumber and began screaming and discovered that she was totally drenched in her own perspiration. Her back was covered in a cold sweat and she was panting and heaving as if she was hyperventilating. She frantically looked around for Kenzo and realized that it was all a dream... A frightfully horrific dream that started off sweet and memorable at first.

(Director seemed to be sick in his mind as he changed the script of Kenzo being a floater that was washed up on the beach)

The sudden thoughts of losing Kenzo in such an event made her lose her sleep and she was not able to return back to her slumber. As it was already in the middle of the night or early morning, she had no choice but decided to continue her journey forward by using the smoke as guidance for her land breeze. 

After checking her bearings, she began to put her best foot forward and tried to shake off the horrid dream that seemed to hound her thoughts at this moment. She decided to walk along with the smoke after putting her ill-fitting jungle boots that was a size or two smaller bigger than her feet.

After an hour of walking and setting up smoke every 100 paces or so, she finally reached a sandy clearing of coconut, banana and pineapple plantations. When she found that her feet were shuffling coarse sand instead of soil and grass, her little heart leapt in joy.

She knew her instincts were right all along in setting up those smoke fires and using the smoke as a guide to lead her to the edge of the island. By following the direction of the smoke, she had finally reached her destination and what she needs to do right now was to make more smoke fires in a triangular form to summon rescue as well as expose the area to her friends. 

Kagome was walking around the coconut, banana and pineapple plantations and discovered that there used t be some people who tended to these fruit trees since they were grown in a uniform row and neatly spaced out between each plantation as well as groups.

She was awed by the look of those fruits and was assured that they would be able to survive through this ordeal until a rescue team would be assembled and then be sent over to fetch them home back to their parents and loved ones.

As she was looking around, she had decided to pick the largest and the ripest pineapple that she could lay her eyes on when she heard sounds of waves softly crashing over the shoreline about some distance over some knolls that hidden the shore from the plantations.

"OH MAI GAA...!!! THE BEACH...I KNEW I COULD SMELL IT AND THERE IT IS, HIDING AFTER THIS SMALL KNOLL...!!! HAHA HAHA HAHA...!!!" Kagome was so delighted that she threw the pineapple down and rushed forward as she scrambled her way up the knoll. She was literally laughing hysterically as visiting the beach was one of her favourite past time. 

Kagome really wanted to frolic in the sea and make sandcastles and play with tiny soldiers attacking each other as she would be building lots of fortifications and be playing there on the sand all day long... She also wanted to pick seashells and ride the yellow banana boat that was pulled by a speedboat. 

She had seen some videos on skimboarding before and she wanted to learn how to skim across the sandy beach before she hit the waters and began to flip around like a pro...! All these would surely be enjoyed once she and her friends had left this forsaken island and back to reality.

As she scrambled and fell back several times, she finally made her way through the knoll and a magnificent view greeted her once she had managed to clear the top of it. Miles and miles of deep blue seas and white sandy powdery beach greeted here eyes once she had managed to climb the top of the knoll and was taking a breather. On the powdery sandy beach, there was no existence of human nor animal foot and pawprints and she was a bit sullen by it. 

The sandy powdery beach was more than 30 feet from on either side of the knoll and the wave line of the sea. There was literally no debris or driftwood around and this means that the island was somewhat virgin and pristine. Not only that, she saw the open seas before here that stretch for miles and there were no vessels that ply that route. 

She was feeling a bit dampened but in order to keep her spirits up, she began to calculate the time she needs to build a fairly huge bonfire on the beach as a mean to signal crafts from both the air and the sea.

As she was calculating the space needed and the materials required, her knees suddenly felt weak and buckled under her body weight.