Take Two

Chapter One

Bellaluna

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or its characters. Please do not copy or steal this fanfiction.

Author's Notes: Yeah! So here I have yet another spur of the moment fanfic. That I hope will go well. Please enjoy!

Chapter One

Souta sighed as he stepped out of the Higurashi temple, slinging his backpack over his shoulder. He passed by the small temple that held within it, the bone eaters well; the well that let Kagome go back and forth between her two homes. About nine years back, Kagome had brought back the news to her family that she and her friends from Feudal Japan had defeated Naraku, their enemy. With that, she announced that she and Inuyasha were engaged, and she would live in Feudal Japan with him, though she'd be able to come home and visit with the help of the Shikon No Tama.

'While that's all well and good, I barely get to see my sister.' Souta thought. 'Not to mention I have a niece that I've never met!'

Figuring he had a little while before he had to get to school, Souta made his way into the temple with the well. He reached the well and looked down to the bottom. "HEY, KAGOME!" He shouted. "I think it's time you visited!!!" He shouted, knowing though that he wouldn't be heard.

Suddenly, something behind him moved. Souta yelped and spun around. There in front of him was Buyo, as fat as ever.

"Buyo! Don't scare me like that," he sighed in relief and went to pick the cat up. "You're such a pain," he muttered, just before he felt some force beginning to pull at his back. "Hey!" he shouted frantically as he then fell backwards, tripping and landing in the well, cat and all.

As he braced for the pain that would come from hitting the bottom of the well and clenched his eyes shut, a wave of energy swept over him. Souta opened his eyes and saw he wasn't really falling anymore. It was more like floating. And he was sure he and Buyo were no longer were no longer in the well. All around them was an indescribable aura of purple lights.

"Where...where am I!?" he managed to say in awe, and just as quickly as it came, the purple area began to fade and the well's wooden walls reappeared. For a moment Souta felt as if he were being tossed upwards, but then he landed softly on the ground.

"Was that...what I think it was?" he wondered and stood up, clinging to the frightened Buyo. Looking upwards Souta could see blue sky, as well as the tops of several trees. 'Well unless we suddenly got some deconstruction for the temple, then I think it was.'

"Come on Buyo," he said and shifted the cat in his arms so he could use one hand to climb out of the well. He finally managed to get them both out safely and surveyed the area around them. All he could see was more and more trees, so he figured he'd just keep on walking.

After several minutes, maybe hours, Souta wasn't sure, so he stopped to take a break from all of his walking. He walked closer to a tree and just as he was about to lean against it something wrapped itself around Souta's ankle and flung him up so he hung upside down.

"ACK!" Souta shouted and dropped Buyo, who was mewing for dear life.

"Wow! That's the fattest cat I've ever seen!" a male voice laughed.

Souta looked down to the source of the voice and saw a boy around his age with orange-brown hair and green eyes. He was shocked to see that the boy had two pointed ears, and he swore he could see a small fang showing when his mouth was open. The boy was now holding Buyo with one hand, and poking him with the other.

"H...hey! Let me down!" Souta finally managed to shout. "And leave Buyo alone!"

The boy looked up at Souta and grinned. "Buyo? Do you mean this cat?"

"Yes!! What do you want with us anyways?"

"Well I was trying to catch some dinner, but I'm not into eating humans," he smirked in reply as he stood up so he could untie Souta. "You smell familiar," he said as he loosened the rope.

"What do you..." Souta said, but then crashed to the ground. "...mean?" he grumbled, sitting up.

The boy bent back down and sniffed Souta. "I mean, you smell like....Kagome!"

"Kagome!?" Souta gasped. "You know my sister!?"

"Sister?" The boy blinked. "Ah...you must be that...Soda? Kagome always talks about you."

"Souta!" Souta grunted angrily.

"Right. That's it!" The boy nodded.

"Shippo!?" A female voice called from a slight distance. "Shippo are you out here?"

"Kagome!" The boy jumped up and started running towards the voice, still carrying Buyo.

"Hey!" Souta yelped and began to follow him.

As they seem to reach a clearing in the woods, Souta stopped dead in his tracks, for up ahead of him was Kagome. The boy, Shippo had already reached Kagome, who was rather shocked to see the fat cat who he held in his arms.

"Buyo!?" she gasped and grabbed the cat. "How...how did you get here!?"

"He came with me," Souta finally piped up.

Kagome looked over and spotted her brother right away. "S...Souta!" she cried and ran over to him, hugging him and Buyo tightly. "What...how did you get here?" she asked.

"Through...that stupid well," Souta replied, trying not to get smothered by his sister.

Kagome finally let go of Souta and looked at him in the eyes. "You were able to pass through?"

"Well I'm here, aren't I?" Souta smirked.

"Right," Kagome giggled slightly. "Come on, why don't we discuss this back at the village?" she suggested.

"Okay." Souta agreed.

As they reached the village, Souta could see a small girl in a red and green kimono, shoulder length white hair and ears like Inuyasha's, running towards them, a smile on her face. "Mama!" she cried happily and ran straight into Kagome's arms. 'Mama!?' Souta thought in amazement.

"Hello, Kira!" Kagome smiled and picked the girl up. "There's someone here I'd like you to meet," she said and shifted her so that she was facing Souta. "This is you're uncle, Souta."

"Uncle?" Kira blinked, starring at Souta.

"Yeah, I'm your mom's brother," Souta smiled sweetly at the girl.

"Ooooh," she giggled. "I'm Kira! I remember Mama talking about you!"

"Well it's very nice to meet you, Kira."

"Ah, there you are, Kira," a voice said seemingly out of nowhere. All four gasped and looked up." Sitting on the branch of a tree was a young boy around eight years old. He wore green and purple robes and his brown hair was tied up into a small tail at the back of his head. In his hand were a couple of flowers.

"Hi, Koto!" Kira grinned at the newcomer, who was now jumping to the ground.

"I have a nephew, too?" Souta whispered to Kagome.

"Oh no!" Kagome laughed. "This is Koto. He's the son of my friends, Sango and Miroku."

"Ah. I see," Souta nodded. "So, where's Inuyasha?" he asked.

"I'm sure he's around somewhere," Kagome replied and let Kira down on the ground.

Kira walked over to Koto who was now holding the flowers up. "I got these for you, Kira!" he smiled sheepishly.

"Thank you, Koto!" Kira beamed and took the flowers.

"Get away from my daughter, you little PERVERT!!!" Inuyasha's voice shouted angrily. He came storming over to the group, glaring at Koto who was blushing and sweat dropping.

"Inuyasha stop it!" Kagome scolding. "Koto didn't do anything perverted. He's not his father, you know."

"Feh, the apple doesn't fall far the tree," Inuyasha huffed. He then spotted Souta standing next to Kagome. "Hey, isn't that your kid brother?" He asked.

"Yes," Kagome nodded. "He was somehow able to pass through the well like I can."

"Strange..." Inuyasha arched an eyebrow. "I thought only you and I could..." His eyes traveled back to Kagome and the cat in her arms. "Hey! Buyo!" he smirked and grabbed him away from Kagome.

"Ah...grow up will you, Inuyasha?" Kagome sighed and shook her head.

"Sango!" two male voices shouted as a young woman made her way around one of the village's huts. Not far behind her were a man dressed in monk's robes and a boy perhaps a bit older than Souta

"Come on, Sango!" the boy pleaded.

"You know you can't go fight." The monk told her, suddenly gaining speed and catching up to the woman. He grabbed her arm, and she jerked to a stop. She sighed and turned around in defeat.

"Miroku, Sango!" Kagome called and ran over to them, the others following. "What's wrong?" she asked.

"Someone from the next village over reported that a demon was attacking them," Miroku explained, "and Sango here wants to go fight it."

"Sango!" Kagome gasped. "You know better. You just found out you were pregnant, you can't go off fighting!"

"I know, I know," Sango sighed. "But I can't help it. I want to help you guys."

"Don't worry, Sango," the boy smiled up at Sango. "We'll take care of it. You just take care of yourself."

Sango looked at the boy and smiled. "All right Kohaku, but you be careful, okay?" she said and ruffled his hair a bit.

"You got it," Kohaku grinned.

"Come on. Let's get going," Inuyasha said, rolling his shoulders.

"Right," Shippo nodded.

"Souta, you stay here, all right?" Kagome said to her brother. "We'll talk more when we get back."

"Aw, all right," Souta replied, slightly disappointed. He had wanted to see his sister fighting a demon. 'Maybe some other time,' he thought.

"Okay, everyone ready?" Kagome asked the others as she grabbed a bow and some arrows from the hut.

With that, Inuyasha, Kagome, Kohaku, Miroku and Shippo left for the next village.

"Good luck everyone!" Souta waved goodbye, as did Kira, Koto and Sango.

Author's notes: Hey! Just like to say big thanks to agentl and Irishgirl for the creation of the 'pervert scene with Koto.