InuYasha waited by the Bone Eater's well waiting for Kagome to come back. She had to do another one of those 'tests' and said she would be back in about three days. He had told her to pack a good supply of ramen but not to bring those tiny colored candies ever again. They were so good and tasty but he ate half the bag and got sick off of them. The little cans of sausages were a good choice too…
"He-llo? Are you going to help me out?"
InuYasha moved an ear and stood up, looking over the ledge of the well at Kagome, who was looking up at him. He frowned at her.
"Can't you get up here yourself? You never needed my help before…"
"Well if you're there it makes it more convenient." She said. "Now hurry up…"
InuYasha sighed but bent over the well, holding out his hand. She held hers up and grabbed it as he pulled her up and over the wall. He set her down in front of him and she smiled.
"Did you really wait for me the whole time?"
"Of course I didn't. I'm not a puppy."
"That's not true." Shippo said, popping up out of nowhere. "He's been sitting there the whole time. Like he always does when you go, Kagome."
InuYasha didn't deny it but stuck his hands in the sleeves of his haori.
Shippo smiled at Kagome and as she smirked at him.
"Did you bring any lollipops, Kagome?"
"I have other candies in my bag. I think they'll be better suited for any leads we have."
"You didn't bring those brown colorful ones did you?" InuYasha growled.
"You mean M&M's?"
"Whatever those rainbow dots of death are called."
"Well, I brought them for me. I didn't think you would get into my backpack while I was bathing in the river." Kagome said with a lift of her eyebrow.
"I was looking for ramen. You shouldn't have tasty smelling candies if no one can eat them but Shippo."
Kagome laughed a little as they went into the village.
"Kagome, you're back." Sango said, walking out of the hut.
"Yup! And I brought that shampoo you wanted. It's in travel size so I got a bunch of them."
Sango smiled at her friend and hugged as Miroku walked up from being in the marketplace, a bag in his hand.
"Oh, Lady Kagome, you're back. How did your testing go?"
"I aced my exam, so that's good. It means that I get to stay here for a while without having to worry about taking any other tests for a while. Thank you for asking." Kagome said, looking at InuYasha.
He flicked an ear. "What? I asked too."
"About food, not about me."
"Shippo didn't ask about your test stuff! Why aren't you getting mad at him?"
"Shippo is little. Have some courtesy." She snapped.
Miroku and Sango just looked at each other, both knowing the bickering was a ruse to true feelings. Suddenly, Kagome stopped listening to InuYasha and looked toward the plains that were a little ways from the village. Soon InuYasha did the same thing.
"Do you feel him?" he asked Kagome.
"Yeah, he's close by… but he's by himself. I don't sense Rin or Jaken nearby."
"I wonder what he wants…"
"Let's go see why he's about. Usually if he's around then something is amiss."
Kagome headed out of the hut toward the plain to see what he daiyoukai was doing wondering around the plains.
Sesshomaru felt like an idiot for being here. Why had he let that little girl rule him as if he were not even a lord? "Lord Sesshomaru, I seem to be missing purple flowers! Can we go to the field near the village where Miss Kagome stays? There are lots of purple flowers there." And without a second thought, he had told Rin that he would go and retrieve them because there had been a strange surge of youkai about where they were.
So, here he was, the Lord of the Western lands, about to bend down and pick flowers. Because a human girl told him to.
"I never thought I'd see the day you were moseying through the flowers." InuYasha said, crossing his arms.
Sesshomaru said nothing as Kagome came up behind InuYasha.
"What's with you? Any other time and you would have let me ride on your back, you jerk." She said, coming through the trees. She saw Sesshomaru and smiled a little. "Hello, Sesshomaru."
He ignored her as well and was about to bend down when everyone seemed to get on edge at the same time as something was thrown into the clearing. InuYasha instinctively went to protect Kagome but nothing else happened. They all waited for a couple of minutes and when they were sure that nothing else was going to happen, InuYasha and Sesshomaru both started toward the thrown object.
Kagome was suspicious that nothing else had happened and as the other two went toward the object, Kagome began to try and use her powers to look for someone who may have hidden themselves. Just as she heard InuYasha say, "What a useless piece of junk!" and kick something, Kagome gasped and turned to the two.
"InuYasha, Sesshomaru, get away from there!"
Just then a bright light shown from the ground and engulfed the two.
Kagome screamed and went to the spot where they were sucked in, finding a pot on the ground. She went to her knees, picking it up.
"InuYasha?! Sesshomaru?!" she yelled into it.
"It's timed." She heard someone say from the forest.
She looked up and saw Kikyo standing in the entrance to the forest.
Kagome grabbed her bow and arrow that she luckily remembered to grab, pointing the weapon at Kikyo.
"What have you done to Inuyasha and Sesshomaru?!"
Kikyo laughed a little. "Wouldn't you like to know?"
ah what's going to happen!