Brother's Keeper

Chapter 1

"OSUWARI!"

The sun shines on a beautiful late morning in Feudal Japan. The village women were harvesting the rice to sell to market, while the men were gathering hunting supplies, as it was getting close to lunchtime. Meanwhile, at the Bone Eater's Well, Inuyasha waits very impatiently for Kagome to come back from her own time.

"Damn it, Kagome," he nearly shouted at the top of his lungs. "This had better not keep up for much longer or else I'm gonna kill the person who keeps giving you these 'exams'."
"Stop barking, Inuyasha," Miroku said to the frustrated half-demon. "You have to remember that she has another life of her own."
"That's enough out of you, you stupid monk. We all know how important it is to find all of the Shikon jewel shards."
"She can't spend her entire life with you, Inuyasha. You have to realize that it's not easy for her to keep juggling her life and family with the search for the shards. If I were you, I'd quit complaining until you've tried it for yourself."
Inuyasha realized that Miroku made a very good point. He was temporarily at loss for words, but he always found some sort of way to make a comeback. "Keh! Just shut up, will ya?"

Just then, he noticed a blue glow coming from the well. It was Kagome. As she slowly made her way up the side of the well, Inuyasha was inching closer towards exploding right in front of Kagome's face just as soon as she popped her head out of the well. As Kagome was reaching the top of the well, she just knew that Inuyasha would be there to practically rip her head off. So, she stopped him the only way she knows how, and it's certainly the most entertaining.

"OSUWARI!"

Inuyasha fell face first into the ground, causing a minor earthquake.

"OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI!"

This drove Inuyasha at least another three feet into the ground, creating a tremor that even the villagers could feel, and a crater that nearly got Miroku caught up in it. As Kagome lifted herself and her large backpack to the edge of the well, she saw what she did to Inuyasha and said in a sarcastic and surprised tone, "Hello, Inuyasha. My, my, what happened to you?" Miroku smirked a little bit, trying as hard as he could not to laugh.

Suddenly, Shippo comes running out of the bushes to Kagome and leaps into her bosom. He then looked up to her and said, "I felt an earthquake, so I figured you had come back." Kagome gave a little chuckle and set Shippo down as she reached into her backpack. She pulls out a big lollipop, and Shippo's eyes nearly pop out of his head in surprise and joy. "I brought some candy for you, Shippo. I know how much you love these," she said as she gave them to the little kitsune. '"Love these' would be an understatement," Shippo replied as he begin to lick the lollipop.

As Kagome, Miroku, and Shippo left and started their journey, Inuyasha lifted his head out of the ground and started to growl. "Isn't this just great? Shippo gets presents and I get 'Osuwaris'."

As the gang resumes the search for the Shikon jewel shards, Inuyasha catches up with everyone else after he regained movement of his limbs. He stepped right in front of Kagome and yelled at her, "What is wrong with you? What the hell up with all those 'Osuwaris'?"
"I knew you were gonna act this way," Kagome said with a big sigh."Of course I'm gonna act this way! You leave us for three days for one of your stupid 'exams' when you know that we have to continue the search for the shards since we're so close to finishing it!"While Kagome and Inuyasha continued yelling their heads off, Shippo jumped out of Kagome's arms and onto Miroku's shoulder, just so he could save himself from going deaf. Miroku gave a big sigh and said, "We're not gonna get a chance to find the shard because those two will probably kill each other first." Shippo nodded in agreement and continued to lick his lollipop.

"OSUWARI!" Inuyasha hit the ground, causing a small tree to shake off all of its leaves. Kagome storms off in frustration

Shippo sighed and said, "These two are gonna do Naraku's job for him at this rate.

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