Ch. 7- The Fire
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Inuyasha jumped down.
"Are you sure?" he asked.
"Well, I'm still here, aren't I?" Kagome responded.
"Hey!" Shippo yelled. "What's going on?"
"Just stay up there!" Inuyasha called back.
Kagome was clawing at the ground.
"Do you have any jewel shards with you?" Inuyasha asked.
Kagome pulled the necklace out of her shirt.
"Right here." she said, then went back to digging ."Why can't I get through?" she growled.
Inuyasha gently pulled her out of the way.
"Here, let me." he said, then started digging twice as fast as she was, then suddenly stopped and sniffed at the air.
"Something doesn't smell right."
"What do you mean?" Kagome asked.
"Like fire, but not from here. From your time." he responded.
"Fire?" Shippo asked, climbing down from the top of the well.
Inuyasha grabbed his tail and tossed him out. "I told you to stay up there!" he shouted.
"Why would there be Fire?" Kagome frantically asked. "What if someone's hurt? LIke Sota, or Mom, or Grandpa!"
"Kagome, calm down." Inuyasha said. "Stress can't be good for you. Or the baby." he added as an afterthought.
"Shut up!" Kagome yelled. "I need to get back! I need to make sure they're all okay!" She started digging again.
Inuyasha put his hand on her shoulder. "Kagome, I don't think you're gonna get back through."
Kagome stopped and looked at him. "What do you mean? I always get through!"
Inuyasha sat down and put his arms around her. "I think...I think the well burnt down."
"I have to get back!" She started sobbing.
Inuyasha sat there for a while, just holding her. Slowly, her shaking stopped.
She looked up at him, tears still in her eyes "What should I do?" she asked.
"You should let me come down there!" Shippo shouted.
Inuyasha jumped out of the well and punched Shippo. "Shut your damn mouth!" he growled. Then he heard a sound behind him and turned around
Kagome was climbing out of the well, and once she got on the ground, she collapsed.
Shippo ran over to her. "Kagome, are you ok? Why aren't we going to the party?"
Inuyasha ran over and lifted Shippo up by his shirt collar. "Go back to the camp. I'll tell you later."
"Fine." Shippo grumpily said, then started walking off.
"No, it's okay." Kagome said. "He can stay."
Inuyasha glared at him. "Go sit over by the tree."
Shippo sighed and walked over to it.
"Kagome, maybe we should get you back to camp." Inuyasha said.
"Okay." Kagome emotionlessly said.
"Can I carry you?" Inuyasha timidly asked. "Or would you rather walk?"
"I don't care." she responded.
"I'll carry you." he decided.
"What about me?" Shippo asked.
"Walk." Inuyasha said.
"No, he won't. Here, Shippo, I'll hold you." she called over to him.
"Fine, but I'm not a little boy." Shippo griped.
"Yeah, but you still got the body and mind of one." Inuyasha snorted.
Kagome glared at him. "Be nice."
Inuyasha looked at her, clearly confused. "Why?" he asked.
"Because. If I can't get back, you all are my family now." She started sobbing again .
"What?!" Shippo yelped. "She can't get back? What about the honey buns?"
Inuyasha thumped him on the head. "You're so insensitive!" he shouted. "Now Kagome can't see any of her family, or her friends, or..."
Kagome, who had almost stopped crying started again.
Shippo looked up at Inuyasha. "Nice going, genius. And you say I'm insensitive!"
Inuyasha hit Shippo again.
"Are we at the camp yet?" Kagome asked.
"We are now." Inuyasha said. He carried Kagome up to her hammock in the tree.
"You stay here. I'll go tell Miroku what happened." Inuyasha said.
"I'll get back. You'll see." Kagome fiercely said
"I know. You always do. Just like you told us earlier." Inuyasha jumped down.
Shippo ran up to him. "Inuyasha, you need to see this."
"Not now. I'm gonna go see Miroku." Inuyasha responded.
"I know! You've gota see this!"
"I said not now!" Inuyasha growled, shoving Shippo out of the way.
"Fine!" Shippo said.
Inuyasha walked into the tent. "Miroku!" he called, poking at the lump in the blanket. "Miroku, Kagome can't get back to her time! WAKE UP!!"
He pulled the blanket back, and under it were some pillows with a note on them.
Inuyasha, Kagome, and Shippo,
I cannot stay here without my dear Sango, soI have decided to return to the monastary for a few years.
Please do not follow after me. I cannot endanger any of you any longer.
Goodbye, old friends.
Miroku
"That bastard!" Inuyasha yelled. "There's no way he went back to the monastary without Sango. He obviously went to save her. We're going after him!"
"I told you that you needed to see it." Shippo said.
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