Summer Days

Author's Note: This is my first Inuyasha fic so I may get a few facts wrong since I've just started watching this show from the second episode and so far I'm up to the 13th one, so please go easy. So now, Kagome and Inuyasha and Kagome have shared their first kiss and are heading back to the Feudal Era and are unaware of the new person they are about to encounter that could have an impact on both their lives.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or the characters! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *~*~* Chapter 4

Inuyasha followed Kagome groggily to the well the next morning at dawn. He had jus changed back into his original form and with that, Kagome could ride on his back through the well and onto he other side. She took her bag and pulled it onto her back securely. "Ok, Inuyasha. You ready?" she asked. He yawned and nodded, moving in front of her and helping her onto his back before jumping into the well. When they arrived on he other side, Inuyasha jumped out the well easily and let Kagome off his back. "Where is everyone at?"

Could be on a little trip to find the shards without us." Said Inuyasha, and sat on the ground, going curiously through Kagome's bag. She looked around.

"Do you think they'd really do that?" she asked. Inuyasha pulled a bag of chips from her bag and opened it.

"I would count it against them." He answered.

"There you are!" They both looked up in shock as a very angry Shippo came running up to them. He glared at Inuyasha hard. "How come you knocked me into the well!? You know I couldn't get back without you!" he yelled.

"Inuyasha, you told me Shippo wanted to come back on his own." Inuyasha turned his head to the side stubbornly.

"Since when do you listen o me?" he asked and Kagome stared at him in shock. Miroku and Sango came up and smiled at the sight of their friends.

"I didn't think I'd be seeing you two so soon." Said Miroku. Inuyasha turned and looked the monk up and down.

"Yeah, I bet." He said. "Did you go looking for any of the shards without us?"

"We can't. You know we need both you and Kagome to get them." Answered Sango. Kagome smiled brightly.

"So, should we be going then? I'm sure you two are tired of hanging around this well" Miroku and Shippo nodded their heads eagerly.

"So, where are we off to?" *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Miroku was humming to himself as he leaned back in the boat they were riding in. Inuyasha was siting in the front of the boat with his arms crossed and staring ahead, Shippo hanging over the side with seasickness and Sango and Kagome enjoying the scenery. Kagome looked at Inuyasha and nudged Sango. "Is he sleep?" Sango looked around at his face. She laughed silently.

"You're right." she said and looked at Kagome mischievously. "He's pretty irresistible when he's sleep." Kagome looked a Sango quickly and blushed. She looked at Inuyasha who was sleeping pleasantly in a sitting position.

"I guess he is." Sango clapped her hands together with happiness.. You do know actions speak louder than words right? Kagome looked down at her hands that were clenched in her lap.

"I know that." She looked at Inuyasha, whose ears had just perked and his head snapped up. "What's wrong?

"You don't hear that?" he asked and they all sat silently.

"What is it? A waterfall?" asked Miroku. Just as he asked this, the sight of a ledge came into side and the water falling to the bottom.

"Let's get out of here!" announced Shippo and they all began jumping out the boat. Kagome turned around and looked down when she felt something slip out her pocket.

"The jewel shards!" she ran and tried to get the bottle. When she had gotten it, she heard someone call her name and screamed when she saw that she was now at the fall. She closed her eyes and waited, but felt something grab her, and then she hit the ground. She opened her eyes slowly. "Inuyasha."

"Nope." Her eyes flew open and she stared into the innocent brown eyes of a little six-year-old. He was kneeling in front of her with long black hair and a red kimono like Inuyasha's, though he was actually wearing shoes.

"Kagome!" she looked up and Inuyasha and the others were running towards her.

"What the hell do you think you were doing?" Inuyasha snapped.

"I dropped the jewel shards! I was either lose them and have demon fish on the loose or risk it." Kagome snapped. She then turned her head to the side. "I would have at least expected you to have saved me though."

"So this is the little hero huh? Pretty quick aren't we?" said Sango, kneeling in front of the boy. He grinned at her.

"That's because I have demon blood in me." He piped.

"You're a half demon?" asked Miroku. The boy shook his head.

"I'm a quarter." He informed. "That's what my kaasan says anyway."

"A quarter?" Inuyasha raised an eyebrow at the boy. "You look like you're a flat out human to me."

"Well I'm not." Said the boy stubbornly. "My name is Inu." He informed. Kagome saw that Inuyasha was now looking the boy up and down with great curiosity and muttered something about stealing names. She rolled her eyes.

"Really? How old are you?" asked Kagome.

"Five in a half." Answered the boy. Kagome smiled brightly.

"Well my name is Kagome. This is Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Inuyasha. He's half demon." She noticed the staff on his back. "What's that you've got there?"

"It's a weapon so I can protect myself from attackers until I figure out how to get back home." Answered the boy. "My dad taught me how o use I and it's a lot more than a stick."

"Well a kid like you really shouldn't be going around all on his own. You only five after all." Said Sango. He boy looked up at her.

"Yeah. You can come with us." Said Kagome brightly.

"WITH US!" announced both Inuyasha and Shippo.

"We have a hard enough time trying to keep ourselves out of trouble without bringing another brat along for the ride." Inuyasha informed. Shippo obviously didn't notice that he fit under the 'brat' category and agreed with he half demon.

"Aw come on Inuyasha. He's just a kid." Said Miroku. "You know you want him along for the ride."

"Keh. Yeah right. I'm a fighter, not a babysitter." Inu looked up at Inuyasha sadly.

"Well I don't need anyone to take care of me anyway." Kagome cut him off. She went up to Inuyasha and looked up at him in the eyes.

"Inuyasha.." That was all she had said before he growled in frustration.

"FINE! The kid can come. but he had better no get in my way." He began walking off, muttering under his breath. Sango came up to Kagome and smiled.

"You're really wearing him down Kagome. Who knows how much longer it'll be before he's like the rest of us."