"Sis, are you leaving already?" Souta asked as he watched his sister rush around the house getting all of the supplies she needed for her next trip.
"Yeah. I've been here for over a week and I bet InuYasha is having a fit back there" Kagome said, smiling as she shoved the last item into her big yellow back pack and moved past her mom who had just walked into the living room.
"Be safe Kagome." Her mother called out to her as Kagome walked out of the front door. As usual, her brother followed her out to the shrine so say farewell. As they entered the shrine Kagome stood in the doorway staring at the Bone Eater's Well remembering the first time she had past through there. After a couple of minutes she shook her mind of the memories and got back to the present.
"Say hi to InuYasha for me and I'll see you later Sis" Souta said as Kagome walked down the steps and jumped into the well. Before she did so she gave him a small wave. A blue surrounded her and soon she was on the other side.
Kagome felt herself touch down on the soft dirt that lay at the bottom of the well. She paused for a moment before collecting herself, climbing up the vines that lead to the exit. She had always enjoyed the feel of the well. It made her feel as though she was being protected by the God Tree itself. She knew it allowed her exclusive passage through time; her own ticket to Inuyasha.
She slung her heavy backpack over the side of the well, calling out to her friends. "Miroku! Inuyasha! I'm back!" When no answer greeted her she couldn't help but wonder where they were. "Great, they left me again, when will Inuyasha learn to stay put while I'm gone?"
"Kagome! You're back!" Shippo bounced excitedly, leaping into her arms and scrambling up her shoulder. "Inuyasha and the others went to go look for jewel shards. They just left, Kagome. Come on, I'll show you" The excited kit jumped off her shoulder and ran into the surrounding forest, expecting the older girl to follow.
She silently followed Shippo through the woods, letting him lead the way to the rest of their party. Kagome was just moving a branch out of her way when she felt a tingle invade her mind. She paused mid-push.
"I sense a jewel shard"
"You sense a jewel shard Kagome?" Shippo repeated, stopping his trek through the woods to turn around and look at her.
"Yeah, come on Shippo, Inuyasha may be in trouble" She broke out into a run.
Kagome ran into the forest feeling the sense of the jewel shard growing stronger. Shippo followed behind her, running frantically trying to keep up. She moved the branches out of her way so that he wouldn't get hit in the face and slow her down.
"Kagome. Could you slow down a little." Shippo wined with jaggering breathing. He almost tripped over a root that was popping out of the ground.
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"Come on Miroku!" InuYasha yelled at his friend, then took a swing at the attacking demon with his Tetsusaiga. He couldn't tell where the jewel shard was without Kagome here.
'You better be coming back soon Kagome. And when you do you'll be sorry.' InuYasha thought just was the demon knocked him into a huge rock, making him break it into two.
Sango and Kirara were at the village visiting her family and paying her respects. She wanted to kill Naraku so that she could have her brother back. He was the last of the family she had. Since she met Miroku, Kagome, InuYasha, and Shippo have become her family also.
"I can't suck him up until we get the jewel shard InuYasha." Miroku said as he scrambled to his feet and dodge the demon's attack towards him.
Kagome broke through the trees, stumbling upon a battling Inuyasha and Miroku. Shippo popped out a few moments later, doubling over cutely and puffing for breath.
Kagome took a second to take in the scene. Inuyasha was doing most of the fighting, Miroku throwing a few wards when a tentacle got too close. It was an ugly demon. It looked like a mix of the American Barney the Dinosaur and Godzilla, with two tentacles on either side poking out from underneath its arms. It was green, a faded out almost dead leaf green.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome winced as he heard her, turning his head just in time for the demon to grab Inuyasha, snatching up the half human half dog demon from the ground. The demon squeased his fists closed. An audible pop sounded.
"Kagomeā¦" Inuyasha weezed, from irritability or lack of air Kagome couldn't tell.
Good thing she could judge the situation and knew what Inuyasha most likely wanted, "It's in its right shoulder!" she shouted. Kagome knotched her arrow and prepared to shoot.
Inuyasha got the hint and wiggled out of the demons grasp. The transformed Tetsusaiga ripped through the demons arm, hacking off the appendage. It fell to the ground and the demon wailed in outrage. Kagome let her arrow fly at its still standing body.
"Hit it, hit it" Kagome chanted watching as the arrow hit the body and the demon stumble backwards. She looked over at Miroku and nodded, giving him the sign to finish off the demon.
"WIND TUNNEL!" Miroku yelled as he took off the prayer beads that sealed his cursed hand and opened up his right palm. Demon and rock flew into his void and he closed it right after his task of clean up was complete.
"Welcome back Kagome." Miroku said walking next to her. They both walked over to InuYasha who was standing over the arm with the glowing jewel shard.
"Grab the shard Kagome." InuYasha instructed her. Rolling her eyes, Kagome stepped foward and took the shard out as the arm started to dissolve before her eyes. She put it in the bottle with all the other shards they had collected hanging around her neck.
"What the hell have you been doing Kagome!" InuYasha yelled at her as he put away his Tetsusaiga and folded his arms. Kagome winced at his tone
"Well excuse me for saying goodbye to my family InuYasha!" Kagome yelled right back at him, watching his facial expression turn to one of astonishment.
"Here we go again." Shippo said as he jumped onto Miroku's shoulder. They both stood a few yards away from the bickering couple as they observed the fight.
"Not even 10 mintues and they're already going at it. When will InuYasha learn." Miroku said as they watched the scene unfold before their eyes.
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