DISCLAIMER: Unfortunately, I do not own Inu-Yasha or any of it's characters. I wish I did, but I don't. This is just a fanny-ficcy. Whoo! Shake that fanny! XD

AUTHOR'S NOTE: I know, In the summary it says something about someone named Maki. Whoever that is, right? Yes, even though her name is Maki, this fanfiction is about the elaboration of the Priestess Midoriko's character. You'll understand soon. -

"SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT!" Kagome cried at a decibel she's not sure she had ever reached before. Inuyasha was smacked to the ground with such force, a grove in the dirt below him was formed. Then, of coarse, to top it all off, gravity's pull finally got a hold of the boulder above him and it fell onto his back with a ton of weight. Inuyasha winced in pain from beneath the rock, still shocked that timid Kagome could be so cruel.

Kagome made one last defying "Humf!" before jumping into the magic well, returning to her normal era. Inuyasha was left to lay there in pain, pinned beneath this huge rock, as he called out for Kagome. He called her name quietly enough so that no one else outside the clearing's range would be able to hear him. His pride didn't need anyone knowing the GREAT INUYASHA needed help! His ego was much too large to be degraded by some woman helping him.

"Do you need some help?" A calm woman's voice whispered. Inuyasha wasn't sure if he actually heard someone offer their help or if it was just a voice in his head, imagining what Kagome would say if she was the 'timid girl' Inuyasha thought she was. Either way, the voice sounded quite familiar.

In any case, Inuyasha mumbled "Ya, like you can help." He didn't need Kagome, or any other woman, to help him at anything. Let alone the women lifting a huge boulder off his back.

Then he suddenly felt the immense weight of the boulder disappear within a fraction of a second. It might have just disappeared, as he felt all it's force vanish within an instant.

Inuyasha opened his eyes to find a young woman looking down at him with waist-long, nicely trimmed black hair. She wore a white Kimono with highlight blue on the collar and sleeves. Around her waist was a large matching highlight-blue scarf that had two wing-like banners with red trimming tied to the back. Her 1 inch platform boots when up to just below her knees and the fabric resembled leather.

The woman leaned down and touched Inuyasha's cheek lightly with the tips of her fingers. She smiled at him tranquilly, though her navy-blue eyes lined looked as though she had seen much chaos and sorrow throughout her life.

Inuyasha blushed slightly, but could do nothing more, as he was paralyzed with pain.

He was about to ask who the woman was when the girl's solidity began to fade. He could now see the sun-soaked trees which blew leisurely in the wind behind her. Her vanishing state grew, until the remainder of her outline disappeared into fluttering blue glitter. The dancing orbs of ocean-blue drifted around Inuyasha until his back pain become unbearable and he went limp, blacking out in his grooved hole in the ground.