A/N: So far so good!
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7.
Kagome briefly wondered if it would be possible to use the well to return to the future, either the feudal era or the modern would have done.
She dropped that hope when she remembered that the well needed the Shikon Tama or its shards as a catalyst to let her through, let alone anyone else.
8.
Shippo woke up a few hours later and was briefed on what Kagome took their current situation to be. His downcast expression was as clear to her as Inuyasha after visiting Kikyo.
"Don't worry about it Shippo. It's fine. We'll just have to make due." Kagome reassured to her son, gathering him into a warm kind hug.
9.
It was a week later, after scowering for resources and temporary shelter that they met their first visitors during a rain storm.
Kagome stared right into the shocked and trembling eyes of the crane yokai holding an injured male crane close, her mate if anything. The crane yokai's eyes were desperate.
Kagome did not hesitate.
10.
"Thank you for saving my mate miko-sama. Both he and I are now in your debt." The crane, Koyuki, bowed to the exhausted Kagome. Her mate, Takamaru, barely nodded his agreement.
Kagome huffed as she cleaned herself of all the blood off her chest and shoulders. She had taken off her shirt, as it was the only one she had, in order to keep off as much blood as possible. "There is nothing to thank Koyuki-san, and please don't bow."
Shippo watched this from across the fire, as a precaution. "No Yōbo-san, she's right. From what little I remember of crane yokai they take the saving of their mates and kin very seriously. Some even go so far as to form bonds of servitude to repay that debt."
Kagome looked contrite, but after staring into the pride-steeled eyes of Koyuki and Takamaru, the miko sighed heavily and nodded.
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A/N: To any still following my fic thank you!
Next Chapter: Gifts are given and seedlings of a new destiny are planted.