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The band of misfits quickly made their way to the part of the store that Kagome's mom had specified. Sure enough, their all-important items were there.

It seemed that the store had glorified their items to an excessive extent; with the massive protection, models, write-ups, and everything else that surrounded the ordinary items, one might think that they were the most precious and valuable items in the world. But the group didn't care in the least. The items were rightfully theirs, and they felt that they had the right to take them if needed.

"There they are! Hurry up and grab them so we can get out of here!" Kagome instructed, as she gazed happily at her bow. But although this odd reunion was enlightening, it had to be cut short. Knowing that they had a very limited amount of time to get their job done, they got to work.

Their possessions were encased in sturdy glass boxes, so Inuyasha took over at that point. With a powerful swipe of his extended steel-like claws, he easily smashed right through the heavy-duty glass that blocked his path.

That's when things got a little more complicated. As soon as his hand even scratched the glass, a very loud alarm sounded.

"Shit! Now we really have to hurry!" Kagome cursed, as Inuyasha flicked his hand to get rid of any shards of glass that may have stuck to it and gotten embedded in his skin.

Now that they were totally and completely rushed, they got right down to business. The alarm kept on wailing, and soon people would be venturing out of their shops to investigate what all the noise was about.

With quick motions of their hands, they swiped it all. Everything was accounted for: Kagome's bow, Miroku's staff, Sango's boomerang, and Inuyasha's Tetsusiaga. Once they were sure that nothing of theirs was going to be left behind, they ran outside to join Kagome's mom and get a ride to safety.

"She…she's gone. She left us," Kagome whispered, when they exited the building to find that there was no longer a car where Kagome's mom had parked.

They could now hear sirens in the distance, and they knew that they were the cops' targets. By the sound of the blaring sirens, they were approaching fast. So with no mode of transportation besides their own feet, they quickly made a decision.

"Guys, we have to split up," Kagome said hastily, as she nervously looked around. They all knew that it was the only way of possibly getting them all to safety.

With some quick nods and wishes of luck, they all took off running in different directions, hopeful that they would confuse their potential captors.

The sirens' volume grew louder as the cars that they belonged to get steadily closer to the scene of the crime. By the time they arrived there, however, it was clear that the trip was a big waste of time; there was no one in sight, and no way of knowing where they'd all run off to.

((Change in time))

Huffing and puffing filled the room, as most everybody had met at the all-too-obvious rendezvous. It wasn't the best meeting place in the world; if they were unlucky, the cops would follow them right to Kagome's house, and to her mom as well. They would all get taken in, if they hadn't been careful. It was an all or nothing chance, and so far, it seemed to be working.

All of a sudden, as the five companions attempted to catch their breath, the last member of their party bounded energetically through Kagome's bedroom door.

"Inuyasha…you're here…so…how did you…all fare?" Miroku panted, as his chest heaved up and down in a rhythmic way.

Inuyasha was the only one who bothered to answer; he was the only one capable of completing the task at the moment.

"Feh. You think a few dozen weapon-carrying humans could stop me? You're pathetic," Inuyasha gloated, showing off how he wasn't panting in the least. "I lost 'em a while back, when I started jumping through the tree tops."

"Shut up…not all of us have…unlimited amounts…of energy and power…like you half-demons," Sango said meanly out of spite between shallow gasps for air.

"Guys…let's just…wait a minute…OK?" Kagome suggested, for she knew that having a good conversation at the moment would be impossible. Everyone but Inuyasha was on the floor, trying to regain his or her lost breath.

They waited a few moments, and soon their breathing returned to normal. Once that came to be, they continued on with their lives. And continue they did; since Kagome's mom was nowhere to be seen, they wend straight to the task of finding her.

A lone tear slid down Kagome's cheek. If anything happened to her mom, she felt that she would be to blame. As time passed by, and still Kagome's mom didn't appear, more and more tears followed.

"Kagome…" Inuyasha whispered sympathetically, when he saw her tears of sorrow. He wasn't too experienced in emotional moments, so he felt that he had to hand this one over to Miroku. It did make him feel slightly bad though; he had strong feelings for Kagome, but he wasn't able to comfort her.

"Kagome, don't worry. I'm sure she'll return sometime," the not-very-monkish monk soothed, as he inconspicuously slid his hand down Kagome's back and pinched her buttocks.

"Sometime isn't good enough!" The depressed and raged teenager took her anger and frustration out on Miroku and his wandering hand.

Miroku loosely slumped to the ground and said, "That was uncalled for." He lay there on the carpet, barely conscience, as everyone in the group went on. Nobody bothered to attend to him; he deserved what he'd been dealt.

Kagome felt that she would never find a solution to her problem if she stayed in this stressed state, so she forced herself to calm down. Sure enough, she was once again able to think clearly.

"I got it!" Kagome yelled in a eureka kind of way, "Stay here, I'll be right back!"

She ran off into the depths of her house, eager to get some help to solve her dilemma. The rest of the group, being curious and all, disobeyed her request and followed her. All but Miroku, that is; he stayed sprawled out on the floor.

"Grandpa! Grandpa!" Kagome called out, as she checked each and every room for her ultra-superstitious grandpa. She had no doubt in her mind that he could tell her whether or not her mom had come home, and where she was as well. One of the rooms contained her target, and she veered to her right to enter it.

Inuyasha, who was gaining on Kagome, sped up. Being the obnoxious half-demon that he was, he wanted a piece of the action, even though he didn't know what they were doing. He was just about to turn into the same room as Kagome when he unexpectedly ended up on the floor with a loud thump; Buyo had trotted into the hall at the very last moment and Inuyasha had tripped over the fat cat.

With a quick and skilful leap, he was very soon back on his feet. By then, the rest of the group had caught up, and they all burst through the doorway together.

They observed Kagome speaking normally with her grandpa, but as soon as he set eyes on Inuyasha, Shippo, and Kirara, he stopped short. With big eyes, he gazed strangely at the companions. Then, without warning, he went into some sort of frenzy.

Kagome recognized the crazed look in his eyes, and knew that they were in deep trouble. "Grandpa…we went over this before…" she started, remembering his many encounters with Inuyasha. It was always the same. As she backed up she continued, "Inuyasha won't do anything rash…"

Her subtle reasoning didn't work, just as she'd predicted.

"Deeemons! Demooons!" her grandpa yelled crazily, as he grabbed a nearby wooden broom and held it like a sword. "DEMONS!"

Everyone turned on their heels and ran. All of them, especially Kagome, knew that the crazed old man couldn't be stopped easily.

In their mad run through the hall, they came across Miroku, who had just regained full conscience ness. His staff jingled as he was forcefully lifted of the ground and placed on Inuyasha's back.

"C'mon!" Inuyasha cried in haste, as he ran as fast as his legs would carry him.

There was no place to hide. Her grandpa had access to all areas on the property, making everywhere unsafe. Every place but one, that is. Kagome thought of it right away.

"Guys, I think I know where to go! Inuyasha, let me lead the way!" she said, as she pushed past Inuyasha to take the lead. She expertly led her partners in crime through her immense yard, and to the one small shrine that contained the Bone Eater's Well.

"Mew?" Kirara asked, as she climbed up Sango's body and perched herself on her shoulder.

"Yeah…do we really have to hide out in this smelly old well?" Sango repeated, as she gazed into the depths of the magical well.

The sound of Kagome's grandpa's footsteps rushing closer answered her question, and made them all realize what they had to do. They were reluctant, but they knew they had to do it.

They were just about to jump into the well when Kagome's grandpa appeared in the doorway. He continued his lunatic ravings, "DEMONS! Be gone, demons!"

Knowing that they didn't have much time yet, Kagome pushed everyone over the edge of the well. She jumped in after them, just as her grandpa began to hobble down the wooden stairs that led to the ancient well.

Shippo yelped in surprise as he tumbled through the air, while everyone else stayed silent. They did flail their arms as they fell, but they knew that screaming would get them nowhere.

With a soft thud, four of the six adventurers landed on the soft dirt of the bottom of the well. They looked up to see Kagome's grandpa waving his broom at them and ranting about demons.

"We're safe now…" Miroku commented. Like everyone else who was stuck at the bottom of the Bone Eater's Well, he expected a witty remark to come from Inuyasha. When they didn't hear one, they conducted a head-check.

"Hey…where'd Inuyasha and Kagome go?" Shippo asked worriedly, when he finished his head count.

Kagome and Inuyasha were nowhere to be seen, and nobody in the group knew where they'd disappeared to.

"Uhm…" Miroku started, though he couldn't find a plausible explanation for this phenomenon.

"Mew…mew…" Kirara whispered, as she wondered what had happened to make her friends vanish into thin air.

((End of Chapter 19))

Well, there you go...chapter 19, hot off the presses...if there're presses in computers...

Yeah, this is going pretty smoothly now. Put everything else on hold because I want to get this done, so it's going a bit faster now. Now in my spare time I write upcoming chapters and type them, and as soon as I'm done 1 chapter, I go right on to another.

Now, some people have asked me about what characters are going to appear, and I'm happy to say: most, if not all of them!

I've got a few chapters ahead now, so I may start working on my other running fanfiction again...I'm one or two ahead of scedual, so I think that that's more than possible!

I finally found a place to put my Robot Chicken fanfiction. So, that being said, if you would like to see what type of things go on inside my demented mind or just like pure evil weirdness, you should totally read it!

Wow...I don't have much to say right now...so I suppose that's all for my comments for this chapter.

Stay tuned! Chapter 20 coming soon to a post near you!