1Disclaimer: I still don't own InuYasha.
Chapter 1 'Welcome Back'
"Shia!" Shippou ran over to the well at top speed when he saw her poke her head over the side. "Hi Shippou," she smiled and jumped off the side of the well. She gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and smiled as he blushed. Blushing and smirking goofily Shippou said, "Gosh I've missed that." The two sat down to talk about how things had gone since they last saw each other. InuYasha helped Kagome out of the well. "Hi InuYasha," she smiled. "So was that quick enough for you? I nearly jumped over the well because I was running to get here before you came to get us!" He smirked and 'fehed' and then turned to Shia and Shippou. "Oh," he said dramatically loud. "I feel forgotten." Shia jumped up and ran into InuYasha's arms. "Hi," she giggled. "I didn't forget you, I wanted to give you a few minutes with Kagome!" InuYasha nodded and put her down.
"Kagome," Shia said, holding her hands up. "Can I have my bag?" Kagome handed her a bag and watched as she grabbed Shippou and made him sit across from her. "When I went home last time," she began. "I drew a picture of InuYasha's outfit. My mom is really good at sewing and making things so when she saw the picture she made us outfits just like it!" As Shia was talking, Shippou was busy looking over her. She looked the same as she did when she left, only a few months ago. His eyes stopped on her wrist, which had the bracelet he had given her on it. It looked worn, like she almost never took it off. He smiled. "Shippou!" He frowned and looked at Shia. "Were you listening to me?" she questioned. He blushed and scratched the back of his neck. "No," he admitted. "Sorry." Shia pulled out two red outfits, perfect replica's of InuYasha's. "Who made these!" he questioned excitedly, jumping up. Shia sighed. "If you were listening you would know," she giggled. "My mom made them. She saw a picture I drew of InuYasha and made them for us." She handed him one of the outfits and shoved him in one direction. "Go get changed!" she shouted as she ran off in the opposite direction.
InuYasha and Kagome sat down next to the bags to wait for the pair to return. InuYasha put an arm over her shoulder as she sighed. "What's wrong Kagome?" She rested her head on his arm. "This is the first time Shia has talked since she came to our house," she said sadly. "What do you mean?" InuYasha questioned. He hated it when Kagome was upset, but he needed to know the whole story before he could help her. "Shia's parents are very rich," she began. "So obviously they had enemies. About a week ago, two police officers came to the shrine with Shia. They said that both her parents had been murdered and a good sum of money had been taken as well. When they searched the house they found Shia hiding in one of the closets. When they looked in her cell-phone and saw that we were the only family members they could find, they brought her to us." She took a deep breath. "Shia was so depressed when she got to the shrine. We tried everything but she wouldn't cheer up. Bringing her here was our only option left." InuYasha pulled Kagome closer to him. "Shia's always welcome here," he said. Kagome looked up at him. "Thanks InuYasha." They heard someone step close to them and they looked up. There standing in front of them was the raven-haired girl they had just been talking about.