Always Greet You

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"Where… am I?" Kagome looked around as she climbed out of the well. She had been trying to get to the Feudal Era, but… the Goshimboku was no where to be found. "Inuyasha?" Her voice echoed back to her faintly, increasing the feeling of being alone. "Shippo?"

That brought a response, a spike in an aura somewhere nearby. She whirled around as she heard a voice call out to her. It sounded like Shippo, and yet it didn't. "Kagome!"

She glanced at the well before cautiously walking toward the voice. She came into a clearing to see foud people, all dressed in strange clothes, one of them surrounded by an angry red aura, but… that aura was familiar.

The oldest of the group, a man with lop-sided silver hair, was standing beside the blonde in the aura, calling out to him. The boy appeared to be in pain as he was holding his head and gritting his teeth. Another boy with black hair was trying to grab the other boy, as if to knock him out or to try to help, but the aura wasn't letting anyone close. The last one, a girl with pink hair, hung back in fear.

Kagome took a step back toward the trees, not sure if she should try to help or not. The aura choose for her.

It broke away from the boy and took the form of a small fox, running toward her. A faint sound filled the air, like laughter.

The group turned around to face her and their eyes widened in fear, as if they though the presence would try to harm her, but… Instead of tensing even more, or running away, Kagome relaxed as the familiar presence ran in circles around her before stopping and staring up at her. The miko saw a familiar blue-green tint in his eyes and stared in shock. "Shippo…"

"Heh heh… It's Kyuubi now." The voice she had heard earlier flowed through the air, not really coming from one definite place. Kagome fell to her knees and reached out a hand to touch him. He licked her hand and pressed his head into it.

The group stared in shock. The Kyuubi wasn't harming her. Shaking his head slightly as if to clear it, the silver-haired man cleared his throat, causing the woman in front of them to stand up abruptly and stare at them in fear. What the hell? She's afraid of us, but not him? "I'm sorry, miss, but you'll have to come with us so you can explain this." The blonde was looking at her strangely, as if trying to see if she was real.

Before she could answer, her kit snarled protectively and seemed to grow slightly. "She'll do no such thing! I may have token a smaller form, but I'm still Kyuubi-no-Youko-no-Kitsune." Instinctively, Kagome sent out her aura to her kit to calm him. It worked and his raised hackles lowered and his voice softened. "I'll give you enough energy to pass through the well again, but you need to go quickly; I won't be able to sustain this form for long."

Some of the same red youki from earlier swirled around her as she kneeled back down. "What are you doing? You need to –" He was cut off by her wrapping her arms around him. Her kit sat in shock before pressing as close to her as he could. "Okaa-chan…" His voice was a broken whisper heard by everyone in the group watching them. All of their eyes widened in alarm.

After a few minutes, the whisper was heard again. "You should get going, Okaa-chan… If you don't Inuyasha will try to come get you, and having him on my but is the last thing I need…"

Kagome nodded and slowly let go so she could see that he already missed her terribly. "Ja ne, Shipp-… Kyuubi-kun." She gave him a bright yet sad smile before running away.

The minute she was out of sight, the Kyuubi's form began to waver and fade away. He gave a small cry and began to run after her, with the group behind him. They arrived in another clearing to see the girl jump into an old well. She saw them and smiled. "Remember, I'll always love you…"

Her voice faded away, leaving Kyuubi to set him front paws on the rim of the well and look in. "I know… I'll never forget, Okaa-chan…"

Kagome lifted herself out of the well and looked around, grateful to see the familiar surrounding of the Feudal Era. "Kagome!" She turned her head to see a familiar kitsune running toward her. "I missed you!" A sense of déjà vu swept through her as his ran in small circles around her, just like she had seen him do no more than five minutes ago, then stopping and looking up at her with hopeful eyes. "Did you bring me anything?"

Without reason, she kneeled down and hugged him. He paused in worry and confusion before hugging her back. "Okaa-chan… what's wrong?"

Kagome smiled and pulled back. "I'm just happy that you'll always be here to greet me." The kitsune grinned up at her, even more so when she pulled out a box of pocky for him. Together, they began going to her friends to continue her journey. I wonder… will I ever be able to go back there?...

AN: Okay, this is the first of a series of oneshots/drabbles that I'll be posting. I'm not sure if I'll write another that would be like a sequel to this... It all depends on whether you guys want me to you not, so please review!