Chapter 4: The Ancient Noh Mask.
Kagome was sneaking around in the bushes near the well, "Clear." She whispered to herself.
'What you up to?' Milo thought while eating an apple in a tree. Kagome tried to pedal her way towards the well on what she called a bike when Inuyasha stopped her.
"What's you hurry Kagome?" Inuyasha asked bouncing in front of her strange metal thingy. "Not so fast you're not going anywhere until you hand over the shards of the sacred jewel!"
"In my era girl's go to school and it just so happens that this girl as a huge final tomorrow to study for!" Kagome ranted. "My attendance is so bad I might fail the class even if I ace the exam."
While Kagome was quietly muttering to herself Inuyasha had managed to find a giant rock and was hovering it dangerously close to the well. "Hey! Now what are you doing?" Kagome asked worriedly.
"What does it look like? I'm gonna cover up the well for good so you won't be able to escape to that strange era of yours. Good riddance!" Inuyasha finally yelled about to throw the rock into the well.
"Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit!" Kagome commanded, the beads around Inuyasha's neck glowed and slammed him into the ground with the bolder using him as a bouncy castle while Milo just laughed at his predicament and the painful twitching he did.
"See ya Kagome!" Milo yelled so she would be able to hear.
"Bye! I'll be back in three days! Make sure Inuyasha behaves himself!" And with that she was gone.
"Need help Inuyasha?" Milo asked gracefully jumping down from her branch. Inuyasha just groaned and Milo skilfully kicked the rock off of his back and helped him up to which he fell down again. "Have you injured your back?" Milo asked to which Inuyasha responded with a growl. "I take it that means yes."
Milo picked him up and dragged him off to Kaede's, Kagome told her that she was good with medicines maybe she could help Inuyasha. It only took a few minutes as Milo was incredibly fast. "Kaede!" Milo yelled placing the broken Inuyasha on the floor.
"Yes child?" Kaede answered stepping into the living area, she was a little shocked to see a demon standing there.
"Inuyasha's fallen and he can't get up." Milo told bluntly pointing to the groaning hanyou.
"And you child are?" Kaede asked.
"I'm NekitaKariba but everyone calls me Milo, I'm a half demon like Inuyasha." Milo informed shaking the old Miko's hand politely with her clawed one careful not to accidentally scrape her.
"So Inuyasha ye have hurt your back?" Kaede asked already knowing that it was yes.
"Yes he did, Kagome sat him while he was holding a boulder and it landed on his back." Milo answered for him. "I can help with a medicine if you like."
"Yes child that would be helpful to these old bones." Kaede answered and they walked off together to find some herbs. When they came back Kaede went straight to work on making something for Inuyasha's back while Milo assisted the both of them.
After a while Inuyasha got bored off lying around and attempted to get up, his back didn't agree with that and painfully snapped causing him to groan. "Stop lazing about and get off ye duff and seek out some information on the sacred jewel." Kaede advised while making the remedy with a moater and pestle.
"And if ye hadn't noticed my back is out of commission from all those sit commands!" Inuyasha patronised. 'Oh you just wait until you come back Kagome your gonna pay for this!' "Arh!" Inuyasha whimpered, in his stupidity he tried getting up again.
"Inuyasha! Your back isn't going to get any better by moving it!" Milo stated rubbing his sore muscles through the thick fabric of his haori. Unbeknown to them in Kagome's modern time an evil had just been unleashed.
Back in Kagome's time.
Kagome was sat at her desk studying, he mother and grandpa were at the hospital as a strange fire had started in the old store house on the shrine grounds. "Hey sis, have you got any room for Buyo and me to sleep in here?" Sota, Kagome's little brother asked sleepily.
"No chance, you can sleep in your own room, besides I'm going to be up all night studying for an exam tomorrow." Kagome answered taking out another text book.
"Please sis!" Sota begged.
"Don't be such a scaredy cat! The only thing you should be worried about is the dust bunnies under your bed!" Kagome remarked.
Letting his head droop Sota spoke again. "Grandpa was scared, he plastered his face in all those written spells. Something creepy happened in there sis I just know it!"
Kagome had a flashback to when she was in the hospital with her mother, her grandfather was mumbling in his sleep. 'Beware of the ancient Noh mask.'
Just then Kagome's bedroom window began to shake making Sota go bug eyed with fright. 'Something's wrong, we've never had this sort of trouble at the shrine before so why now? Why after all these generations?' Kagome asked herself, she noticed the jewel shards on her table glisten and realized it was the jewel shards making everything go wack. Outside sirens could be heard.
The Noh mask drove a fire engine into Kagome's window, a bit over-dramatically if you ask me. Kagome grabbed Sota and made him duck on the ground. When Kagome turned around she saw the Noh mask reaching for the jewel shards. "I must have the shards of the Shikon jewel!" It raged slowly reaching for the glass container with its already disintegrating flesh.
Kagome quickly grabbed the jewel shards cutting her hand in the process on the cut glass littering her floor. "Give me the pieces of the Shikon jewel!" It raged again.
"Come on Sota, this is no time to zone out on me!" Kagome rushed out practically hurling her little brother down the stairs. "I have to call Inuyasha! He's the only one who can help us!" She, Sota and Buyo the cat were legging it to the well house.
"Kagome look at your fingers! You fingers are bleeding!" Sota pointed out in a panic.
"Forget it I cut myself on the glass that's all!" Kagome reminded her still bug eyed little brother.
The Noh mask pounced on the ground successfully separating Kagome and her brother. 'The mask has a jewel fragment in its forehead so that's why it's after these shards! I have to get Sota away from here and out of danger.' "Sota run to the hidden well and get Inuyasha tell him there are more jewel shards here, that should be enough to get him to cross over and help us!" Kagome instructed.
Back with Inuyasha.
"There all done!" Milo happily exclaimed as she finished putting the medicine on Inuyasha's back as he refused for Kaede to do it as her wrinkly old hands creeped him out to no end.
"'Bout time!" Inuyasha complained sitting up.
"Yep he's back to normal alright." Milo smiled.
Suddenly both hanyou's ears went up, "You hear that?" Milo asked Inuyasha.
"Yer, it's coming from the well." Inuyasha realized looking at Milo, both of their eyes widened and they took off.
"Kagome is going to be so mad at us!" Milo chanted.
Back in Kagome's time.
"I have to go in that spooky well!" Sota complained.
"You can handle it just get going!" Kagome told him running down the shines outdoor steps with the Noh mask following.
Sota ran into the well and jumped down the hole, he landed face first with an audible thump. "How come I'm still here?" Sota asked himself out loud. "What went wrong!?" Sota then whined while stuttering, Buyo as peacefully cleaning himself as Sota then attempted to dig his way through to the feudal era.
The well began to glow after Sota finished whining that he was the only one that could help his sister, out of the well formed Inuyasha and Milo. "It's you, its Inuyasha!" Sota recognised the neko beside him though he didn't. "Who are you?" Sota asked.
"Milo nice to meet ya, now where's your sister?" Milo asked, she could smell the blood in him and smelt almost identical to Kagome's so she just assumed they were related.
"Arh!" "I forgot!" Sota whinged about forget that his sister was still in trouble. "She's being chased by a Noh mask with jewel shards!"
"Hold on tight kid!" Inuyasha warned as the scooped Sota up and placed him on his back with Milo keeping up as the jumped from building to building trying to find the elusive Kagome.
"I guess I wasn't strong enough to pass through the well." Sota quietly whined.
"Lucky for you!" Milo spoke.
"Yer in our time there would have been plenty of monsters who would have just loved to have you for lunch." Inuyasha said scaring Sota, not that he noticed though.
"Do you guys know where to find my sister?" Sota asked clinging to Inuyasha's back.
"Sure we're not human remember, we can pick up scents from miles around." Inuyasha half boasted half reminded.
"Kagome cut her hand on some glass." Sota said hoping that would be helpful.
"You don't have to tell us that, we could smell the blood all the way back in the well." Milo informed joining Inuyasha on the top of a moving van.
"Fear not we'll rescue Kagome before she gets into any real trouble." Inuyasha promised.
'This can't be the same guy Kagome was telling me about, sure his outfit is a bit out of date but Inuyasha's the only guy around here I think I can trust.' Sota summed up.
Meanwhile running around in a construction site was Kagome trying to escape the Noh mask. 'Inuyasha's not here yet! What's taking him so long!?' Kagome wondered while stopping for breath. As she looked over the edge the Noh mask jumped making Kagome gasp, as she tried to run it blocked her way.
"Give me the shards of the Shikon jewel!" It raged for the third time that day.
"Iron Reaper Soul Stealer!" Inuyasha roared taking a slice out of the masks rotting flesh.
"Raging Blaze!" Milo roared setting alight the other half of the flesh that was still attached to the Noh mask.
"Inuyasha! Milo? How'd you get here?" Kagome asked, the only people she knew who could get through the well was her and Inuyasha, Milo just shrugged for an answer.
"Are you alright?" Sota quickly asked his sister after getting off of Inuyasha's back.
"Sure I'm fine." Kagome answered.
"Oh sis!" Sota began to cry while hugging Kagome's legs.
"Hey what's with all the tears I thought you said you weren't afraid?" Inuyasha pointed out.
"It's ok, Inuyasha and Milo can destroy that monster for us and it will all be over." Kagome reassured.
Inuyasha huk hummed and spoke while crossing his arms. "Before we get on with our little rescue mission this might be an appropriate time for an apology here wouldn't you say."
"Apology, for what?" Kagome innocently asked.
"FOR WHAT!? For shouting all those incantations and putting my back out! That's what!" Inuyasha yelled while Milo just giggled at the fond memory.
"Oh that, now it's coming back to me. Ok, I'm very sorry, there you satisfied now?" Kagome said while waving him away.
Inuyasha turned around in insult and began mumbling to himself. "She makes it sound like she apologizing for stepping on my foot!"
"Sorry to break this up but there is still an Ancient mask trying to take the jewel shards and wreaking havoc in the process so if you don't mind arguing later." Milo suggested.
"Who dares to attack me?" The mask asked while literally pulling himself together.
"Aim for the mask the shard is in the forehead." Kagome informed both hanyou's.
"I am the flesh eating mask centuries ago..." The mask started with its life story.
"Yer yer, shut the hell up." Milo told the thing piecing her claws into the forehead area of the masks face, she moved so quick no one even registered she had gone until she spoke, including the mask as he didn't even have time to prepare himself for the attack. Bringing her claws back out of the now splitting mask Milo brought the jewel shard with her and quickly grasped it in her hand.
Kagome, Sota and Inuyasha stood there stunned, they didn't know she take something out that fast. "Here ya go Kagome." Milo said handing over the jewel. With that the night ended as the sun began to rise. "Hey Kagome didn't you mention something about a test?" Milo reminded the teen.
"Arh! I haven't studied!" Kagome screamed running off.
"Hey where ya going?" Inuyasha asked.
"See ya later guys, oh and Sota don't forget to pick up those jewel shards and bring them home with you. Inuyasha, Milo I'm going to be super mad at you two if your still here after I get home from school!" Kagome spoke her voice slowly fading at she got further away.
Pulling the arm of Milo and the sleeve of Inuyasha they both looked down at the small boy. "I've got new heroes, bet ya can't guess who they are!" Sota stroked their egos while they both just rolled their eyes.
Kagome ran down the street in the school uniform mumbling algebra equations. "Arh! I'll never remember this in time!"