The Little Village

Chapter 10: Amazement

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While Inuyasha was still on the ground, the girls surveyed their situation. Sango and Ayame were shrunk and naked and there was no clothing that would fit them. Kagura was still unconscious.

"We can't take Kagura's clothing." Kagome said.

"Why not?" Ayame asked.

"Because we're not killing Kagura." Sango said.

"Inuyasha will be up soon and I don't want to have to use that word again. Can you hide in your clothes, Ayame-chan?" Kagome asked.

"Okay." Ayame said.

The girls raced to Ayame's clothes to hide. Inuyasha blushed as he rose to his feet to the sight of the naked girls disappearing into Ayame's clothes. Inuyasha immediately turned around. "So, you don't want me to kill Kagura?" Inuyasha asked.

"NO!" Kagome shouted back.

"What do I do with her then?" Inuyasha asked.

"Take her back to Bokeh!" Kagome shouted.

"And I'm supposed to leave you three here? We're all shrunk and Sango and Ayame are naked." Inuyasha said.

Kagome couldn't say anything. Inuyasha was completely right. Sango and Ayame couldn't stay in the cave in their current condition. But it didn't take long for Kagome to think of something. "Inuyasha, give me your clothes!" Kagome shouted back.

"What? Why?" Inuyasha asked.

Kagome rushed away from Ayame's oversized clothes and towards Inuyasha. "Just the top, really. I need your jacket and shirt for Sango-chan and Ayame-chan." Kagome said.

Inuyasha shrugged and removed them for Kagome. Didn't mean anything to him as they were poor substitutions. Kagome watched, trying her best to stop from blushing over seeing Inuyasha without a shirt of any kind on. It was finally too much for her and she turned around. "You're gonna have to turn around." Inuyasha said.

Kagome did so, trying to keep from blushing too noticeably. She reached her arms out for the clothes and Inuyasha handed them to her. "I've seen Inuyasha without any kind of shirt on before… So why am I so nervous now?" Kagome thought to herself as she raced back to her friends.

"Here… You'll have to wear these for right now." Kagome told her naked friends as she handed them the clothes Inuyasha had given her.

Ayame immediately picked out the red jacket. Sango was forced to take the white shirt. "Kouga's not gonna like this." Ayame said.

"It doesn't really matter right now, does it? We have to take care of Kagura and get back to the village." Sango told Ayame.

Kagome watched as the two naked girls dressed themselves in Inuyasha's clothes. Their clothes covered them, leaving only their legs exposed. "Well… They fit… Barely…" Kagome said.

"Are they dressed?" Inuyasha asked.

"Yeah. Barely…" Kagome said.

"Can we go now?" Inuyasha asked.

The girls said nothing as they approached Inuyasha. Inuyasha picked up the unconscious Kagura and began to walk out of the cave. The girls quickly followed after him. "Thank you, Inuyasha." Sango said.

"Not a problem." Inuyasha replied.

"What are we going to do with Kagura?" Kagome asked.

"We're takin' her to the village. Let them lock her up." Inuyasha said.

As they walked out of the cave, Ayame stared in amazement at the sheer size of everything around her. She had seen how small Kagome and the others were but to see everything from their shrunken size amazed her. The blades of grass were taller than she was and the sheer amount of grass seemed to go on as far as the eye could see. Ayame stopped at the sight of a giant woman before her. A young woman dressed in the typical garb of the miko. The normal-sized miko looked down at the shrunken group and Ayame was awestruck by just how big she was. Ayame couldn't even think of what to compare her size to when she was normal-sized. The miko, who looked a little like Kagome, was bigger than a tree would have been in terms of relative scale.

"What's Kikyou doing here?" Sango asked.

"She's helping us." Inuyasha said.

Kikyou looked down at the group and saw Inuyasha carrying an unconscious and miniature Kagura in his arms. "What are you doing with her?" Kikyou asked.

"We're taking her to the village to imprison her." Kagome said.

"Why not just kill her?" Kikyou asked.

"No! That is not up for debate!" Kagome protested.

Ayame was quite taken aback by Kagome's stern protest. She was about the size of a bug and she hadn't lost a shred of her resolve. Kagome had lost her height, but not her resolve.

"Do as you please. She won't be much of a threat from this point." Kikyou said.

"Kikyou, are you coming with us?" Sango asked.

"I will wait here. I can defend myself should Naraku attack." Kikyou told the miniature group.

"The elder's missing after Kagura's attack. We fear the worst. We won't be able to get the item at this rate." Ayame finally said.

"Hhmm? A wolf?" Kikyou said, finally acknowledging Ayame.

"THE ELDER IS MISSING! WHAT DO WE DO NOW?!" Ayame shouted back to Kikyou.

Kikyou sighed. "Wait for me in the village. I will join you."

"And you have a change of clothes, right?" Kagome asked, not wanting Inuyasha to… act like Inuyasha.

"I am the one who has helped Kaede with this from the beginning. I prepared myself in case I too needed to shrink." Kikyou explained. "But I can see you weren't completely prepared."

"We… Kagura really surprised us." Sango said, embarrassed to be wearing clothes borrowed from Inuyasha.

"Let's go." Kagome said.

"I will handle everything. I will find your shrunken friends and the missing elder. Wait for me in the village." Kikyou said.

Kikyou walked away from the miniature group as Ayame looked on, surprised at the interaction she had just seen between Kagome and the miko called Kikyou. "Uumm… What exactly is your story with that miko?" Ayame asked.

"It's a long story." Kagome said.

Inuyasha had already left to enter the village, leaving the girls to run after him. As they raced through the tall grass, Ayame finally understood the situation. She saw signs of the village. As the group entered the village, Inuyasha approached one of the youkai.

"Hey, this woman needs to be locked up." Inuyasha said.

"Hhmm?" The one eyed youkai let out in acknowledgment.

"She killed the elder!" Inuyasha shouted.

To Be Continued…