The Trip: Part 1

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It was a peaceful Friday at the Higurashi shrine . Kagome has finished
sweeping the shrine steps with Sota and now she is ready to go see Inu
Yasha in Feudal Japan.

" Now I'm off to see Inu Yasha and the others." Sota looks a bit sad, so Kagome goes to him and asks "what wrong Sota?".

"Kagome... I... I want to come with you to Feudal Japan. I want to
see your friends and.. and.. its the weekend."

" Oh alright Sota. Geez. You can come if you promise not to
get in trouble there."

" Oh I promise Kagome. Really I do." He said with a big smile.

" Alright. Go pack some clothes cause were not coming back
for a few days."

" Yippy! Yay!" Sota jumps up and down a few times and rushes off to the house to go pack.

Kagome and Sota pack for their trip and meet at the Bone-Eaters wellhouse.
Sota climbs down a wooden ladder to the bottom. Kagome follows.

At the bottom, Kagome watches Sota as he stomps on the dirt floor. "What are you doing?" she asks.

He looks at her confused "I'm trying to figure out how you get from here (modern day Japan) to there (Feudal Japan).

" Now Sota. You have to hold my hand or you wont be able to
go."

" Oh. But Kagome. Do I have to?" Sota said, cringing a bit at the thought at having to hold his sisters hand.

" Yes Sota or you wont be able to pass threw."

Sota nods and takes her hand. After a few seconds, a mystical light flows all around them. Then the light was dissappers as quickly as it came.

Sota looks around, puzzled. " Kagome.. Were still in the same old well."

" Oh no we're. Look down." she said as she points to the floor.

Sota looks and can see Bones. Lots of dry, old, huge bones.

He jumps and latches onto Kagome's arm. " AHH! Whats that?"

" Its ok Sota. That's from a demon Inu Yasha killed when I first
got here to Feudal Japan."

" You mean were here?"

" Yes. Look up." Sota looks up and can see a rope ladder that was not there before. He climbs out as Kagome follows.

Once Sota is out of the well, he looks around and he instantly knows that he is not at home anymore. The shrine is gone but is replaced with lush green grass and huge trees that surround them on all sides. The wind that blows by gently smells clean and fresh.

" Wow. This place is awesome Sis."

Kagome smiles and heads towards a near by village that lays just beyond the forest. Sota takes Kagome's hand and walks with her admiring his surroundings.

Just before the village, Kagome stops and looks up at a huge but strange looking old tree.

" Sota." she said gently. "This tree is the same one at the shrine."

" It is?" he asks as he looks at the tree.

" Yes it is. And this tree is where I first meet Inu Yasha."

" Oh ya. I remember you telling me about that. Wasn't he stuck
to the tree by a arrow threw the chest?"

" Yes and when that demon that is laying in the well came after me, I pulled out that arrow and Inu Yasha saved me."

" Awesome." he said in awe.

Just then, a voice comes from behind that sounds very familiar. " Oh its you. I thought I
smelled you."

" Hmm.. Inu Yasha." Kagome turns around and spots the half breed up in a tree just sitting there.

" Is that..." she starts to ask.

" Oh and I see you brought your brother along too."

" Inu Yasha. Be nice for once in your life. Sota wanted to come since its the weekend. He will be spending some time with us for a few days."

Inu Yasha jumps out of the tree and lands in front of Sota.

" Well. It is good to see you again I guess." he smiles a little and pats Sota on the head.

" Umm.. Ya. Same here Inu Yasha."

Kagome smiles too. " Well now. Since that's out of the way, how about we see Kaede and the others?"

Inu Yasha looks at Kagome " Umm Kagome... The others are at Kaede's but.. umm... Something has come up since you have been gone."

" Oh? Like what?" she said a little concerned.

" Umm. You better come and see for yourself."

Inu Yasha, Sota and Kagome all walk to the village and
go into a hut. Inside, Kagome spots an injured boy who is covered by a pile of furs. Kagome instantly knows who this boy is because Inu Yasha and her have had to fight him before.

Kohaku appers to be asleep as he lays inside he furs. Sango, Kohaku's older sister, kneels next to him as she dabs a wet cloth over his brow.

" What happened and what is he doing here, Sango." she asks.

Sango looks up at Kagome. "My brother over came the spell Naraku had over him. We removed the jewel shard from his back and now he needs to recover for a while."

" I see." she said as she stares at the sleeping boy.

Sango looks at Sota " And who did you bring with you Kagome?"

" Oh ya. Sorry. Ah. This is my little brother, Sota. He wanted to come with me this time to visit."

Sango gets up and shakes Sota's hand " I'm pleased to meet you finally. My name is Sango."

Sota shakes her hand and smiles. "Nice to meet you, Sango."

Sango introduces everyone else to Sota. " And this is Miroku, Shippo and Lady Kaede." Kagome is happy to see that everyone finally gets to meet her little brother. Even tho she sometimes don't like him because he becomes so annoying to her.

" Hi everyone." He bows politely to everyone. "I'm glad my sister here let me come. I will be staying with you all for a few days since it's the weekend back home." While Sota greets everyone, he keeps looking at Kohaku.

Miroku gets up and steps outside. Sango, Shippo and Kagome
follow, leaving Sota, Kaede and Kohaku in the hut. Sota kneels beside Kohaku as Kaede also sits next to Kohaku.

" Ye is still feeling the after effects of the jewel that was embedded in his back." Said Kaede as she puts a wet cloth on Kohaku's forehead.

" Will he recover?" asks Sota.

" Ye not know yet. Ye may recover, but then again ye may not. Naraku had a strong hold on him for awhile."

" Hmm. Well I hope he gets better."

Kaede looks at Sota " Ye don't know this child. Ye has a strong heart to be able to break the curse that was upon ye."

Sota looks at Kaede. "So he will be fine?"

Kaede nods as she soaks the cloth again.

Sota gets up and walks out and joins the others.

Kaede sighs " Ye will rest now and will recover soon. Ye will have many things to talk about." she said to Kohaku as he sleeps soundly.

Outside the hut, Sota can hear Inu Yasha is once again yelling at Kagome about something stupid like always. "I don't care! You are not going to make me.."

" Grr.. Sit Boy!" Kagome yells.

Just then the necklace hanging around Inu Yasha's neck glows and pulls hard on his neck, making him fall face first into the ground.

Miroku just watches with Sango while Shippo sits up in a tree eating
an apple. Sota ignors his sister and walks to the tree and watches the little fox. Shippo notices that Sota is watching and comes down.

" So.. Your Kagome's little brother?"

" Ya and your Shippo?"

Shippo smiles as his tail swishes from side to side. " Yep. I'm a fox demon." He takes another bit of his apple and smiles again as he sits down next to the tree. " I never had a brother or sister, so I don't know what its like."

Sota sits down next to Shippo. " Well. How about this... While I'm here, I can be your brother. How about it?"

Shippo smiles more then ever and wraps his small arms around Sota's neck. " Oh thank you, thank you, thank you."

Sota giggles a bit.

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It starts to get dark and everyone is in the hut by the now stoked fire that is in the center of the floor. All of them just got done eating one of Kagome's Special recipes. Noodles and White rice with orange chicken and Miso.

Miroku finishes eating and sets his bowl down " Ahh. That was good Kagome."

She smiles. " I'm glad you liked it."

Miroku stretches and wraps an arm around Sango while looking at her. He leans closer to her ear and whispers " Now all I need is some fun. How about it Sango?"

Miroku starts to lean in to kiss her, but she slaps him hard across the face. " No, Miroku. I wont. I'm not that kinda girl you know, Plus there's little kids watching."

Sota gets up fast and throws his bowl down. " I'm no little kid!" and he storms out.

Kagome is a bit shocked and was about to get up, but Inu Yasha
stops her with an assuring hand on her shoulder. " Don't worry. I'll go find out whats wrong.." and he walks out of the hut.

Outside, Inu Yasha finds Sota by a tree, crying a bit with tears in eyes.

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Sorry, but that's the end of this fic for now. More will come
soon. Hope you enjoyed reading this.

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