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A/N: First fanfic, please be nice! And please r&r!
CHAPTER 1 - There's a fair
"Kagome!" The little kitsune happily jumped up and down as the dark-haired girl clambered out of the well.
'Oh my gosh, this thing is getting way too heavy,' she thought. With a grunt of effort, she pulled the huge yellow back-pack over the edge. The back-pack was bulging alarmingly, and Kagome was pretty sure that if she tried to stuff one more thing into the poor bag, it would burst. 'I have to get mom to stop giving me so much stuff for the gang.'
Smiling, she nodded a greeting to Miroku, who was standing beside Shippo. "Hello, Kagome. We missed you." He nodded politely as he said it, bowing slightly.
Kagome was too impatient to wait for him to say more, "Hi Miroku. Where's InuYasha? And Sango? I have to ask you all something." Thinking happily about her surprise, she added, "It's important!"
Suddenly worried, he asked, "What is it? Is something wrong? They're waiting at the village."
"Oh, nothing," she dismissed, embarrassed and wagging her hand in his direction. "Come on, let's go." Taking a grip of the handle on her backpack, she gave it a tug. It didn't budge.
"Here, let me get that for you." Miroku stepped forward, reaching his hand out to take the bag. He could smell the wonderful ninja food she had brought. His mouth watered. Taking a step in the direction of the village, he grunted, staggering a bit under the weight of the heavy bag. Feeling sweat break out on his forehead, he wondered why the bag got bigger each and every time Kagome returned from her era. Thinking of all the tasty meals they would be having soon, he decided he really didn't need to know.
"Miroku, hurry up!" Shippo yelled from the edge of the forest. "Can't you even keep up with a girl?" the little kit taunted as Kagome's green skirt disappeared down the trail to Kaede's village.
When they eventually reached Kaede's hut, they greeted Inuyasha, Sango and Kirara. "Hmph. What took you so long, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked with the usual attitude in his voice.
"Why do you almost always use that as your greeting whenever I come back?" Kagome responded with a hint of irritation in her voice.
InuYasha scowled and opened his mouth apparently ready to argue. Miroku smoothly interrupted him. "So, Kagome, what was that important thing you needed to tell us?"
"Whadya mean, important thing?" barked InuYasha as Sango asked, "Important thing?"
Smiling, Miroku responded, "Kagome mentioned that she had something important to tell us when she came out of the well."
Kagome felt suddenly anxious, having all of her friend's eyes on her, waiting patiently. Except in Inuyasha's case, of course, his face all scrunched up and impatient looking. "Uh…I'll tell you guys over lunch," she said quickly, grabbing the five lunch boxes out of her bag. After looking under the lids of each box she passed one out to each of her friends. "Hope you all enjoy, I cooked it myself." She said with a small smile.
The room was quiet as everyone began to eat. Even with the wonderful aromas and flavors of the ninja food, her friends seemed less hungry and more curious about what the important thing Kagome was going to tell them. Kagome swallowed, feeling butterflies flutter in the pit of her stomach. She pushed the feeling away, knowing that what she had planned would be so much fun for everyone. Finally, she could wait no longer. "Alright, you guys ready to hear what I wanted to tell you?" she said excitedly. Everyone nodded at the question, smiling attentively. Kagome giggled anxiously. "Ok, well, over in my world there is this place called a carnival that comes in to town, every year. And today, in just a little bit, it's going to open up!" At their confused looks, she added nervously, "I thought it would be fun if we could all go.."
"What do you do you do at a Carny fall?" Shippo asked curiously.
Smiling, she said again, "Carnival…umm. At a carnival you can do many things like playing games, watching shows, and riding rides." She laughed, shaking her head. "Oh yeah, you guys don't know what rides are." She realized as her friends all looked at her, tilting their heads. "Rides are these big metal machines...um…you don't really know what machines are…um, anyway, they're things that you ride on." She said hurriedly. "They move really fast and they're lots of fun."
Everyone was thinking different things. Shippo's thoughts were obvious from his smile and bright eyes. "I want to go! I really want to see your era! And go to this carnival thing, it sounds like fun!
"Why would you want to go to a stupid thing like that? I've seen her era, it's completely boring." Inuyasha said who was now bored.
"What's wrong with my era?! It's completely fun and, the carnival is my favorite place to go while it's in town!" Kagome said now irritated.
"Whatever, I still say it's boring." Inuyasha said not even noticing the irritation.
Kagome about ready to say 'sit' was interrupted "Kagome, how would we even get to your era?" Sango asked curiously.
"I was thinking the same thing." Added Miroku, who was also curious.
"I thought about that too and then thought that you actually never tried to go to my era. So, while I was thinking, I thought what would happen if we tried holding hands and then going through the well. Would it be me going through then Inuyasha holding Miroku's hand and then 'SPLAT' Miroku falls to the bottom of the well or would you go through with us" Kagome answered. "So I thought we could try."
"I don't know." Miroku said still a little shaken by the whole 'SPLAT' thing." But, I would like to go" he said as he thought of all the women he would meet.
"I guess we could try" Sango said still skeptical about the whole idea. "What about Kirara? Could we bring her to the fair?"
"I don't think they would let a two tailed cat in. But, she could stay with Buyo." Kagome replied.
"Who's Buyo?" Sango asked curiously.
"Oh, he's my cat" Kagome replied.
"What are we waiting for? Let's go!" The young fox said anxiously pulling on Kagome's arm in the direction of the door.
"Hold on Shippo, so, what do you guys think?" Kagome asked.
"I certainly wouldn't want to miss a chance to see this era of yours." Miroku answered.
"I guess we could try" Sango said, still unsure.
"Whatever." Inuyasha said with the usual attitude in his voice even though on the inside he was wanting to see what it was like.
"Then it's settled. Let's go to the well." Kagome said happily.
AT THE WELL
"Alright, how should we do this?" Kagome asked herself.
"What do you mean?" Sango asked.
"Well, I don't think we can all go at once. It would be a little cluttered." Kagome replied still thinking.
"How about we split into groups?" Miroku suggested jumping into the conversation.
"Good idea!" Kagome replied wondering why she didn't think of that herself.
"Yes, I can go with you and Sango and Inuyasha can go with Shippo and Kirara." Miroku said with a lecherous look on his face while inching his hand towards Sango's bottom.
'SLAP' "I don't think so! I'll go with Kagome and Kirara and you can go with Shippo and Inuyasha!" Sango yelled with flames in her eyes.
"Idiot" was all Shippo said while looking at the red hand mark on his face. Kagome sat opposite of Sango on the sides of the well with Kirara on her shoulder. They waved goodbye to Inuyasha and Miroku and then grabbed each other's hands and jumped into the well. Sango looked up and saw the top of the well start to disappear and then looked around a few moments later and saw that they were surrounded by blues and purples. Sango closed her eyes a little scared by all of this and finally opened them when she felt her feet touch the floor. When she looked she saw Kagome start to climb up the well and deliberately followed.
BACK IN THE FEUDAL ERA
Miroku peeked over the edge of the well "I guess they made it."
"Seems like it, let's go Miroku!" Inuyasha said walking towards the well with Shippo on his shoulder.
"Right, let's go. Ready Shippo?" Miroku asked looking at him.
"Ready." Shippo said gripping Inuyasha's shoulder a little tighter. Inuyasha and Miroku jumped in the well and were engulfed in blues and purples. Miroku looked around in awe and saw that they were floating as well.
"Is it always like this when you go to Kagome's era?"Miroku asked still looking around.
"Yeah, pretty much, you get used to it." Inuyasha replied a little amused by how amazed he was. Shippo had the same reaction and thought it was cool. A few moments later they found their feet touching dirt and four walls surrounding them.
"Did we make it?" Shippo asked just before two heads looked over the edge smiling.
"I think we did."