just so you know, trying to keep the sessh still the sessh is so hard! cuz he's a secret smart ass...
"I think I should go with you." InuYasha said as they headed to the Bone Eater's Well.
"Why?"
"Well, it's a pretty serious injury this time. Not just scrapes and bruises. I've been with you for anything that's happened far from the village but you leaving like this… Besides, how do you expect to get out of the well?"
Kagome made a face. She hadn't thought about that.
"Wow, for once it will be a good idea to bring you home with me."
InuYasha made a face. "When has it never been good?"
"Oh, don't act like you don't know. You cause so much trouble."
"Well you can't expect me to just sit at your house all day."
"Yes, I do! You're a hanyou- er, yokai? I don't know anymore. Whatever the case may be, yokai in general don't exist in my time and you flouncing around like a superhero just makes people suspicious."
"And that's a bad thing?"
Kagome didn't answer, just buried her face in his hair and screamed. She was actually surprised that it smelled very nice and was very smooth. The two reached the Bone Eater's Well and InuYasha jumped into it but was suddenly propelled back and he landed on his feet, digging them into the earth.
"What the hell?"
"What's wrong? What happened?"
"I just tried to jump into the well and it wouldn't let me pass."
Kagome frowned. "Can you try again?"
InuYasha nodded and ran to the well, jumping. He got to the mouth of the well and felt a spark as it sent him flying backwards again.
"It's not letting you through… How am I supposed to get out of the well when I get home? Mom, Sota, and Gramps don't go there very often. I mean, Grandpa does but it won't be any time soon…"
InuYasha was only half listening because he understood very well why the well wouldn't let him pass. He glared at it, watching the thin barrier pulse purple at him.
"I can't go with you."
"Well I figured that out when you couldn't go in."
"It won't let me in… ever…"
"What do you mean?"
"It's because I'm a full yokai now. That's the only thing that I can think of. There's a very thin barrier over the well and I think it's there to make sure full yokai can't get in the well."
"Well… then what do we do? I can't stay at the bottom of the well in my time and hope Grandpa needs to sweep the walkway or something."
InuYasha sighed but gripped her legs to him tighter.
"Unfortunately, there's only one thing that can be done. We have to go back to the village for a second."
"For… what?"
"To… to get Sesshomaru."
"Sesshomaru? Why him?"
"He's a hanyou now."
"Why can't I just try taking Sango with me?"
"Can Sango hold you and climb out of a well?" InuYasha snapped.
Kagome pouted because he was right.
"And besides, I think the well needs a little what you call 'mythology' to get through. I think the only full human that can pass through is you but anything else that wants to pass through needs to be human enough but not all human. I think the mythology of the yokai blood makes it possible."
Kagome was impressed with InuYasha's conductive reasoning, something he didn't do often.
"And you figured this all out now?"
"It had never occurred to me until now but I had always wondered why no other creatures tried to go down the well… plus, I've seen Shippo try and it always failed and I'm seen Sango try too. It also rejected her. Miroku too."
"And… you're alright having Sesshomaru come with me? I mean, he doesn't like me."
"Well, I don't very much like him but we need him if you're going to get your toe fixed properly."
InuYasha set Kagome on the top step of the hut.
"I'll… I'll go ask him…"
Kagome sighed as she sat on the step and waiting to see how everything would pan out.
InuYasha clenched his fists angrily as he left Kagome on the top step of the hut. He had never been denied entry to Kagome's world before. It was scary as well as frustrating to him. Knowing that he could be there for her was… suddenly not acceptable. He knew she could take care of herself but… She was hurt and his world wasn't cutting it. He wanted to be there in her world while she was getting something to fix it.
"You're back already?" Kaede said, looking up in shock at InuYasha's entry.
"No. You, Sesshomaru; get up." InuYasha growled, pointing to Sesshomaru.
The only thing that got up was Sesshomaru's eyebrow as it arched expertly above his yellow eyes. Luckily, as usual, Sesshomaru didn't have time to stay anything as Jaken took over his quarrels for him… as like now.
"You will address the Lord Sesshomaru with respect! How dare you speak to him as if he really were a hanyou! You know that this will be fixed, right? You can't seriously think this is a permanent state?"
"Imp, I don't know what will happen. All I know is that being a full yokai is… finally not a good thing for me."
"Are you mocking the body that I have lent to you?" Sesshomaru grumbled.
"Lent? Sesshomaru, I wouldn't want to live in your body or be a part of something that belonged to you if I had to give every shard of the Shikon Jewel up so long as I didn't have to. Right now, I just can't help it but I'm telling you, it's an itch that I can't scratch and it makes my blood boil."
"The body that you have now is something you can never achieve, Shikon Jewel or not. You should be proud to have the body of a true daiyokai."
"I'm not here to talk about lineage. I need you to take Kagome back to her time so that she can get her foot fixed by her doctors in her time."
Sesshomaru lifted his eyebrow again.
"What do you mean?"
"I need you to go to the Bone Eater's Well, jump in it, and climb back out with Kagome and take her to her home. How hard is that?"
Sesshomaru stared at him. "You expect me to jump into a well?"
"It's not a normal well. It's a… a magic well."
"Do you take the Lord Sesshomaru for a fool? To make him try to do silly tricks like jumping into an empty well… You're just trying to kill him!" Jaken yelled, going into an overreacting rant.
InuYasha rolled his eyes but crossed his arms.
"Look, it sounds stupid but I'm telling you that that well is enchanted. That's how she travels here from her time. I've been to her world. No trees or forests; it's all big tall rectangle buildings that they call 'skyscrapers'. It's shiny and full of odd smells."
"And you expect me to go there?"
"Look, the well won't let a full yokai go because… well, in Kagome's time, there are no yokai."
"You would tell my lord to go into a dangerous place where only humans dwell?!"
"Master Jaken, he's in a place now where just humans are." Rin pointed out.
Jaken turned angrily at her. "Don't be sassy, girl!"
"It doesn't matter, damn it. Look, Sesshomaru, I just need you to take her to her house. It's right outside the well. Just get her to the house, let her explain what happened, and you can come back through the well. It's simple. I think a hanyou like yourself can do it, right? Or is it too much for you?"
Sesshomaru felt his blood boil and he clenched a fist but he was happy that he was not expressing his anger facially. He stood up and walked over to InuYasha, who was watching him.
"I do not take orders from half-breeds."
"Then don't be a narcissist because you are a half-breed now. I don't care about you, I care about Kagome. Right now, her doctors are the only ones who can help her."
Sesshomaru turned and left the hut.
Kagome sighed as she tried to contain the pain in her toe. It was throbbing and she was getting a little antsy. She had a pretty good feeling that Sesshomaru wasn't going to help them. He was- had been- a daiyokai, one of the most powerful of yokais. Now he's reduced to a hanyou and InuYasha wants him to help her, a human. If he gets him to do it, I'll bring him a month's supply of ramen. she thought as she gripped the edge of the step in response to a throbbing pain.
"I understand that you are incapable of taking care of yourself?" a deep voice said above her.
Kagome looked up and saw that Sesshomaru was staring down at her. Her mouth dropped open and he stared at her.
"Well?"
"Uh, well, it's more like I can't. And I'd do it myself but I can't climb out of the well when I get home."
He walked past her and then turned to her, grabbing her arm and swinging her onto his back. She yelped and he looked behind his shoulder.
"I suggest you hold on. I cannot hold you."
Kagome immediately obliged and he walked toward the well.
so this will be interesting and there will be some other interesting things coming soon!
ps: trying not to make inuyasha a nance is really hard! he has to stay cool and collected. and writing for jaken is like, the best!