Disclaimer: Still, I do not own the phenomenon that is my obsession,
Inuyasha. Rumiko Takahashi does, however, so you really ought to be licking
her shoes. I know I am. *lick* mmm, tasty.
Oh yes, and I like this chapter better because it is funnier and not all "Ooooh I smell a love story coming on!!" Sorry its so long though, I get carried away. Oh and one more thing, REVIEW! Need 'em and love 'em!!
Chapter Two: The Closed Portal and a Puzzle
Inuyasha walks over to the well just as Kagome and Hojou fall into it.
"Ow!" Hojou yelled.
"What are you saying ow for? You landed on me!" Kagome exclaimed rather grumpily.
"Come on, we need to climb up the well so we can jump back in to get you to back to our time."
"Our time? What do you mean? What happened, anyway? Where are we? It seems awfully bright down here, considering the shack where the well was kept was dark."
Kagome grabbed the vine hanging down the side of the well and was about to climb up when she heard Inuyasha yell something.
"Hey Kagome! Hurry up here I have something important to talk to you about." Well, here goes nothing. Inuyasha thought to himself. How do I begin though? I didn't even think of what to say, just to tell her.
"Inuyasha! We'll have to talk later, something.er.happened, and I need to go back to my time for a few minutes."
"What? Why would you need to-" Inuyasha stopped short just as Kagome and Hojou climbed out of the well. "Who are you?" he asked, his tone now angry.
"I'm Hojou, a boy from Kagome's school. She fell down the well and I tried to catch her and something happened. Maybe I hit my head?"
"Kagome, please explain before I tear this boy's head off. I've been meaning to practice the Wind Scar on somebody and he'd be an easy target."
"Inuyasha! Don't be so rude. I jumped through the well and he thought I was going to get hurt so he grabbed my hand and he fell through with me. All we have to do to fix it is jump back through together and he'll be back where he belongs, no big deal."
"Uhhhh, where are we?" Hojou asked in a very perplexed tone (A/N not that his tone is usually something other than perplexed anyway.~.~ yeah, I dislike Hojou, sorry.)
"And how do you explain all this to him and keep him quiet? He's bound to tell people." Inuyasha pointed out.
"Oh. Um.we could tell him he hit his head and this is a dream." Kagome responded quietly so Hojou wouldn't hear. Hojou wasn't paying attention though, he was busy walking around the well and looking at the surroundings.
"Amazing." He said. "All this is inside your well?"
"Uh, no Hojou. Why don't we go back through the well, okay?"
"Sure, I guess. But can you explain all this to me later? I mean where we are and stuff? Oh, do you know you have dog ears? Can I touch them?" Hojou asked Inuyasha, moving forward with his hands out. Inuyasha backed way from Hojou and answered, "No. No way." in a very cold voice.
Sensing that Inuyasha was probably only seconds from killing Hojou, Kagome pulled back to the well. "On three we jump in, okay? One, two three!" They jumped in together. Unfortunately they did not fall through as planned. Instead they landed on the bottom of the well, hard.
"What happened?" Kagome asked quietly, more to herself than anyone else. "I have the shards, we should be able to go through."
"Hey Kagome, what happened? Is he still there?" Inuyasha yelled down.
"Yeah, I'm still here."
"We couldn't fall through, but why? I don't understand."
Kagome and Hojou climbed back up the well. Inuyasha just stood at the top with his arms folded. He did not like that that Hojou person was still there. And who was he to Kagome anyway? Could he be a boyfriend or something?
"Well the best thing I can think of is to get Kaede. Kagome, you come with me. Jojo, you stay behind and make sure no one comes over here."
"Uh, Inuyasha, what is he supposed to do to protect himself if someone does come?"
"You mean you can't fight? Not even a little?"
"Well one time I did get in a fist fight at school. I think I lost though. I came out of it worse than the other kid anyway. And my name is Hojou."
"Right, Hoho, whatever." Inuyasha rolled his eyes. He really hoped Kagome didn't see anything in this guy, he was completely useless. "Fine then, come with us to get Kaede. Here Kagome, ride on my back and we can go faster. I'm assuming that you know how to run, Joho?"
"Hojou, and yeah I know how to run." Hojou was getting the feeling that this Inuyasha guy did not like him. But why? Hojou didn't do anything to him.
"Right, that's what I said. Then let's go." Kagome climbed on Inuyasha's back and they began to move. Why was he being so mean to Hojou? Hojou hadn't done anything. Unless he was.jealous?
"Hey, can you *wheeze* slow down a little *wheeze*?" Hojou asked slowly as they ran through the forest.
"I'm already going pretty slow." Inuyasha answered but he slowed down a little bit.
"So Kagome, what is this Hojou to you anyway?" Inuyasha asked slowly and quietly.
"Hojou is just a boy from school. Actually," She said, quieter still, "He has a crush on me but I don't feel the same way."
"I see." All the more reason to kill him. Inuyasha thought.
A few moments passed before Kagome asked, "What was that important thing you wanted to talk about?"
"Uh, nothing never mind."
"Come on, if it's important you can tell me."
"I said never mind, forget it."
"Fine." What was his problem? He sure is acting weird.
Soon the hut was in sight. Shippou was waiting for them at the entrance. "Kagome!" he cried as he ran forward towards Inuyasha and Kagome. Kagome climbed off Inuyasha's back as Shippou jumped into her arms. "Hey Shippou, how you been?"
"Pretty good. Are you almost done with those tests?"
"Not exactly."
Shippou let a little sigh as Hojou walked to the hut.
"Who's that guy?" Shippou asked.
"Bout time, Chomo." Inuyasha said as Hojou stumbled up to them. He seemed pretty tired.
"That's Hojou." Hojou replied between breathes.
"Here, I'll get you some water." Kagome said kindly. Hojou smiled thankfully and sat down on the ground. Shippou approached him slowly.
"Who're you?" He asked suspiciously.
"Boy from Kagome's school. And you?"
"Kagome's friend. Very powerful friend in fact. Remember that if you were thinking of doing something to her." Shippou puffed out his chest.
"You little runt protecting her?" Inuyasha laughed. "I certainly hope it doesn't come down to that. I'll take care of anyone trying to hurt her in a flash."
"Hey Kaede? Do you have any water?" Kagome asked as she walked into the darkened hut.
"Yes, Kagome, have some water. Who is your friend?" Kaede asked.
"Oh, that's just Hojou. He's a boy from my time. He saw me go through the well and tried to stop me but ended up falling through too. That's why we're here, actually. We tried to jump through the well again and we couldn't get through. Do you think you can check it out?"
"Of course I can, child. I'll bring my-" Kaede was interrupted by yelling heard outside.
"Uh oh" Kagome said as they walked out of the hut to see Inuyasha arguing with Hojou.
"Get away from me!" Hojou yelled fearfully as Inuyasha advanced toward him.
"Give it here! Give me that shard and nothing will happen. Don't test my patience, Koko." Inuyasha began to pull out the Tetsusiaga.
"SIT!" Kagome yelled as she ran up to them. WHUMP! Inuyasha fell to the ground with a crash. "Ugh. Is that really necessary? Couldn't you just ask me politely to stop?"
"Well you really don't seem to learn anything from it, do you?" Kagome snapped.
"What's going on?"
"Well I found this little sharp pointy thing on the ground and decided to keep it because it looks nice. Then all of a sudden this guy started yelling at me to give it to me and nearly pounced on me."
"It was pretty funny." Shippou added. "Poor Hojou here would've been injured pretty quick if you hadn't come out here though." He didn't sound to regretful at the thought of Hojou dying though. Apparently even Shippou wasn't too warm to Hojou.
"Well had he just given me the shard this wouldn't have happened." Inuyasha said as he rubbed the now large bump on his head.
"Shard?" Kagome asked. "Let me see it."
Hojou held it out to her. Kagome picked it up and examined it. It's clean, there's no evil on it. How can that be? It can't be purified by a demon and it wouldn't be just lying here. Why didn't I see it earlier?
Kaede was thinking the same as Kagmoe. "Ye didn't see it earlier Kagome? Not even sense it?"
"No. How can that be? And why could he hold it?"
"I don't know. This truly is a confusing matter."
"Feh."
"Have you any comment, Inuyasha? Or perhaps you saw something?" Kaede looked skeptically at Inuyasha.
"No, Kaede-baba, I saw nothing. The only comment I have is that I hope we can get this Gobo-"
"HOJOU!" Hojou interjected.
"Right, what I said, I hope we can get him back to his time soon because he seems to be nothing but a pain."
"Oh yeah, and you've been just squashy."
"Huh?" Inuyasha looked at him with a very confused face.
"He means 'peachy'. It means nice in our time." Kagome explained. "Well perhaps we had better go then, before more arguments occur." Kaede said.
"Good idea. But where is Sango and Miroku?" Kagome asked. As if on cue, Sango rode up to the hut on Kirara. Her expression changed from anger to happiness when she saw Kagome.
"Kagome! I'm glad you're back."
"Hi Sango. Where's Miroku?"
"Oh, well he was being.well, himself, and I pushed him in the river." As Sango explained, a very wet Miroku walked up to the hut.
"Kagome, I'm glad to see you've arrived." Apparently even while wet Miroku tried to remain dignified.
"Um, hello Miroku." Kagome tried not to giggle at the sopping monk. "Perhaps you'd like a towel?" She pulled one out of her bag and handed it to him.
"Thank you." As he dried himself off, trying hard not to look at Sango, he asked, "Who's the young man?"
"I'm Hojou, a boy from Kagome's school. I just showed up here after falling through a well or something and we couldn't get back and now we're going to try again."
"I see, pleased to meet you, I am the monk Miroku." Miroku held out his hand and he and Hojou shook hands.
"Now that we've got the wonderful bits of politeness over, can we please go? We've got things to do and this kids only hindering us. Kaede, why don't you ride on my back, we'll get there quicker."
"Alright, Inuyasha." Kaede answered as she climbed on. Kagome slipped the shard into her backpack and clambered up Kirar with Sango. Miroku and Hojou walked next to them.
Odd that he'd offer me a ride. Kaede thought as they walked through the forest at a brisk pace. I know I could never keep up at this pace, but only offers rides to Kagome. He'll give rides to others, but never offer them, Kagome is the one who offers. I wonder what's going on. Kaede stole a quick glance at Kagome who was walking near Hojou and seemed to be deep in thought. Hojou was talking rapidly, but no one really paid attention.
What was that 'important thing' Inuyasha wanted to talk about? It must be related to shard hunting or something. That's all he seems to think about. And that's all I am to him is some lousy shard detector. Kagome let out a heavy sigh.
"What's wrong Kagome?" Shippou asked. He was, as usual, sitting in her arms. Kagome smiled and answered, "Nothing Shippou, just thinking."
"So where are we again?" Hojou asked.
"In Japan, feudal Japan." Kagome answered. No one would believe him if he told them in their time, so why not tell him?
"Feudal Japan? Ooooh wait, I see!" Hojou laughed and looked at all the others. "This is an early Halloween party, right?" Hojou laughed again. "What fun! And let me guess, you're acting like its real too? That's great!"
"Uh, yep Hojou you guessed it." Kagome rolled her eyes. She should have guessed that a complicated explanation was not needed for Hojou.
Finally they reached the well. Kaede climbed from Inuyasha's back and examined it from every angle and even climbed into it. After several minutes she came to a conclusion.
"The portal has been temporarily closed from the other side. I cannot tell when it will reopen or how it has been closed. We must therefore stay until the portal reopens and allows Kagome and Hojou to go back home."
"What?! How can it be closed? You better fix it now old woman or else!" Inuyasha yelled incredulously.
"Inuyasha, Kaede has no control over the well. She cannot reopen the well by force or otherwise, no one can. Not even Kagome." Miroku said calmly.
"But how can it be sealed? I didn't seal it when I left." Kagome said slowly.
*Kagome's time*
"But grandpa, what about Kagome?" Souta asked.
"Kagome will be fine, she's supposed to be gone for a week and that's how long this will take. She'll never know. This well has a long history or demons coming through it and I intend to fix that now." Grandpa answered.
"Are you sure it'll do nothing to Kagome? And what if she wants to come home early?"
"Souta, I know what I'm doing, I am the keeper of the shrine and this is a ritual that has been handed down for generations. Its history is long and almost as old as-"
"You?" Souta cut in.
"No boy, respect your elders. As I was saying, the history of this ritual is almost as old as the shrine itself. Now run along, you're distracting me."
"You just don't want Inuyasha to come is all. He's the only demon that has traveled through the well."
"I said run along!" Souta ran into the house as Grandpa began to prepare for the ritual to keep demons away.
*Inuyasha's time*
"He'll just have to stay here with us." Kaede said as they walked back to the hut. She wasn't riding on Inuyasha's back since no one felt the need to rush like before. Inuyasha just growled in response. That Hojou was nothing but trouble. He ruined Inuyasha's plan. Now when was he going to find time to talk to Kagome?
Miroku looked at Inuyasha and then to Kagome. No, they had not gotten a chance to talk. Hojou had ended that idea. Miroku would have to arrange for them to have time alone later.
Oh yes, and I like this chapter better because it is funnier and not all "Ooooh I smell a love story coming on!!" Sorry its so long though, I get carried away. Oh and one more thing, REVIEW! Need 'em and love 'em!!
Chapter Two: The Closed Portal and a Puzzle
Inuyasha walks over to the well just as Kagome and Hojou fall into it.
"Ow!" Hojou yelled.
"What are you saying ow for? You landed on me!" Kagome exclaimed rather grumpily.
"Come on, we need to climb up the well so we can jump back in to get you to back to our time."
"Our time? What do you mean? What happened, anyway? Where are we? It seems awfully bright down here, considering the shack where the well was kept was dark."
Kagome grabbed the vine hanging down the side of the well and was about to climb up when she heard Inuyasha yell something.
"Hey Kagome! Hurry up here I have something important to talk to you about." Well, here goes nothing. Inuyasha thought to himself. How do I begin though? I didn't even think of what to say, just to tell her.
"Inuyasha! We'll have to talk later, something.er.happened, and I need to go back to my time for a few minutes."
"What? Why would you need to-" Inuyasha stopped short just as Kagome and Hojou climbed out of the well. "Who are you?" he asked, his tone now angry.
"I'm Hojou, a boy from Kagome's school. She fell down the well and I tried to catch her and something happened. Maybe I hit my head?"
"Kagome, please explain before I tear this boy's head off. I've been meaning to practice the Wind Scar on somebody and he'd be an easy target."
"Inuyasha! Don't be so rude. I jumped through the well and he thought I was going to get hurt so he grabbed my hand and he fell through with me. All we have to do to fix it is jump back through together and he'll be back where he belongs, no big deal."
"Uhhhh, where are we?" Hojou asked in a very perplexed tone (A/N not that his tone is usually something other than perplexed anyway.~.~ yeah, I dislike Hojou, sorry.)
"And how do you explain all this to him and keep him quiet? He's bound to tell people." Inuyasha pointed out.
"Oh. Um.we could tell him he hit his head and this is a dream." Kagome responded quietly so Hojou wouldn't hear. Hojou wasn't paying attention though, he was busy walking around the well and looking at the surroundings.
"Amazing." He said. "All this is inside your well?"
"Uh, no Hojou. Why don't we go back through the well, okay?"
"Sure, I guess. But can you explain all this to me later? I mean where we are and stuff? Oh, do you know you have dog ears? Can I touch them?" Hojou asked Inuyasha, moving forward with his hands out. Inuyasha backed way from Hojou and answered, "No. No way." in a very cold voice.
Sensing that Inuyasha was probably only seconds from killing Hojou, Kagome pulled back to the well. "On three we jump in, okay? One, two three!" They jumped in together. Unfortunately they did not fall through as planned. Instead they landed on the bottom of the well, hard.
"What happened?" Kagome asked quietly, more to herself than anyone else. "I have the shards, we should be able to go through."
"Hey Kagome, what happened? Is he still there?" Inuyasha yelled down.
"Yeah, I'm still here."
"We couldn't fall through, but why? I don't understand."
Kagome and Hojou climbed back up the well. Inuyasha just stood at the top with his arms folded. He did not like that that Hojou person was still there. And who was he to Kagome anyway? Could he be a boyfriend or something?
"Well the best thing I can think of is to get Kaede. Kagome, you come with me. Jojo, you stay behind and make sure no one comes over here."
"Uh, Inuyasha, what is he supposed to do to protect himself if someone does come?"
"You mean you can't fight? Not even a little?"
"Well one time I did get in a fist fight at school. I think I lost though. I came out of it worse than the other kid anyway. And my name is Hojou."
"Right, Hoho, whatever." Inuyasha rolled his eyes. He really hoped Kagome didn't see anything in this guy, he was completely useless. "Fine then, come with us to get Kaede. Here Kagome, ride on my back and we can go faster. I'm assuming that you know how to run, Joho?"
"Hojou, and yeah I know how to run." Hojou was getting the feeling that this Inuyasha guy did not like him. But why? Hojou didn't do anything to him.
"Right, that's what I said. Then let's go." Kagome climbed on Inuyasha's back and they began to move. Why was he being so mean to Hojou? Hojou hadn't done anything. Unless he was.jealous?
"Hey, can you *wheeze* slow down a little *wheeze*?" Hojou asked slowly as they ran through the forest.
"I'm already going pretty slow." Inuyasha answered but he slowed down a little bit.
"So Kagome, what is this Hojou to you anyway?" Inuyasha asked slowly and quietly.
"Hojou is just a boy from school. Actually," She said, quieter still, "He has a crush on me but I don't feel the same way."
"I see." All the more reason to kill him. Inuyasha thought.
A few moments passed before Kagome asked, "What was that important thing you wanted to talk about?"
"Uh, nothing never mind."
"Come on, if it's important you can tell me."
"I said never mind, forget it."
"Fine." What was his problem? He sure is acting weird.
Soon the hut was in sight. Shippou was waiting for them at the entrance. "Kagome!" he cried as he ran forward towards Inuyasha and Kagome. Kagome climbed off Inuyasha's back as Shippou jumped into her arms. "Hey Shippou, how you been?"
"Pretty good. Are you almost done with those tests?"
"Not exactly."
Shippou let a little sigh as Hojou walked to the hut.
"Who's that guy?" Shippou asked.
"Bout time, Chomo." Inuyasha said as Hojou stumbled up to them. He seemed pretty tired.
"That's Hojou." Hojou replied between breathes.
"Here, I'll get you some water." Kagome said kindly. Hojou smiled thankfully and sat down on the ground. Shippou approached him slowly.
"Who're you?" He asked suspiciously.
"Boy from Kagome's school. And you?"
"Kagome's friend. Very powerful friend in fact. Remember that if you were thinking of doing something to her." Shippou puffed out his chest.
"You little runt protecting her?" Inuyasha laughed. "I certainly hope it doesn't come down to that. I'll take care of anyone trying to hurt her in a flash."
"Hey Kaede? Do you have any water?" Kagome asked as she walked into the darkened hut.
"Yes, Kagome, have some water. Who is your friend?" Kaede asked.
"Oh, that's just Hojou. He's a boy from my time. He saw me go through the well and tried to stop me but ended up falling through too. That's why we're here, actually. We tried to jump through the well again and we couldn't get through. Do you think you can check it out?"
"Of course I can, child. I'll bring my-" Kaede was interrupted by yelling heard outside.
"Uh oh" Kagome said as they walked out of the hut to see Inuyasha arguing with Hojou.
"Get away from me!" Hojou yelled fearfully as Inuyasha advanced toward him.
"Give it here! Give me that shard and nothing will happen. Don't test my patience, Koko." Inuyasha began to pull out the Tetsusiaga.
"SIT!" Kagome yelled as she ran up to them. WHUMP! Inuyasha fell to the ground with a crash. "Ugh. Is that really necessary? Couldn't you just ask me politely to stop?"
"Well you really don't seem to learn anything from it, do you?" Kagome snapped.
"What's going on?"
"Well I found this little sharp pointy thing on the ground and decided to keep it because it looks nice. Then all of a sudden this guy started yelling at me to give it to me and nearly pounced on me."
"It was pretty funny." Shippou added. "Poor Hojou here would've been injured pretty quick if you hadn't come out here though." He didn't sound to regretful at the thought of Hojou dying though. Apparently even Shippou wasn't too warm to Hojou.
"Well had he just given me the shard this wouldn't have happened." Inuyasha said as he rubbed the now large bump on his head.
"Shard?" Kagome asked. "Let me see it."
Hojou held it out to her. Kagome picked it up and examined it. It's clean, there's no evil on it. How can that be? It can't be purified by a demon and it wouldn't be just lying here. Why didn't I see it earlier?
Kaede was thinking the same as Kagmoe. "Ye didn't see it earlier Kagome? Not even sense it?"
"No. How can that be? And why could he hold it?"
"I don't know. This truly is a confusing matter."
"Feh."
"Have you any comment, Inuyasha? Or perhaps you saw something?" Kaede looked skeptically at Inuyasha.
"No, Kaede-baba, I saw nothing. The only comment I have is that I hope we can get this Gobo-"
"HOJOU!" Hojou interjected.
"Right, what I said, I hope we can get him back to his time soon because he seems to be nothing but a pain."
"Oh yeah, and you've been just squashy."
"Huh?" Inuyasha looked at him with a very confused face.
"He means 'peachy'. It means nice in our time." Kagome explained. "Well perhaps we had better go then, before more arguments occur." Kaede said.
"Good idea. But where is Sango and Miroku?" Kagome asked. As if on cue, Sango rode up to the hut on Kirara. Her expression changed from anger to happiness when she saw Kagome.
"Kagome! I'm glad you're back."
"Hi Sango. Where's Miroku?"
"Oh, well he was being.well, himself, and I pushed him in the river." As Sango explained, a very wet Miroku walked up to the hut.
"Kagome, I'm glad to see you've arrived." Apparently even while wet Miroku tried to remain dignified.
"Um, hello Miroku." Kagome tried not to giggle at the sopping monk. "Perhaps you'd like a towel?" She pulled one out of her bag and handed it to him.
"Thank you." As he dried himself off, trying hard not to look at Sango, he asked, "Who's the young man?"
"I'm Hojou, a boy from Kagome's school. I just showed up here after falling through a well or something and we couldn't get back and now we're going to try again."
"I see, pleased to meet you, I am the monk Miroku." Miroku held out his hand and he and Hojou shook hands.
"Now that we've got the wonderful bits of politeness over, can we please go? We've got things to do and this kids only hindering us. Kaede, why don't you ride on my back, we'll get there quicker."
"Alright, Inuyasha." Kaede answered as she climbed on. Kagome slipped the shard into her backpack and clambered up Kirar with Sango. Miroku and Hojou walked next to them.
Odd that he'd offer me a ride. Kaede thought as they walked through the forest at a brisk pace. I know I could never keep up at this pace, but only offers rides to Kagome. He'll give rides to others, but never offer them, Kagome is the one who offers. I wonder what's going on. Kaede stole a quick glance at Kagome who was walking near Hojou and seemed to be deep in thought. Hojou was talking rapidly, but no one really paid attention.
What was that 'important thing' Inuyasha wanted to talk about? It must be related to shard hunting or something. That's all he seems to think about. And that's all I am to him is some lousy shard detector. Kagome let out a heavy sigh.
"What's wrong Kagome?" Shippou asked. He was, as usual, sitting in her arms. Kagome smiled and answered, "Nothing Shippou, just thinking."
"So where are we again?" Hojou asked.
"In Japan, feudal Japan." Kagome answered. No one would believe him if he told them in their time, so why not tell him?
"Feudal Japan? Ooooh wait, I see!" Hojou laughed and looked at all the others. "This is an early Halloween party, right?" Hojou laughed again. "What fun! And let me guess, you're acting like its real too? That's great!"
"Uh, yep Hojou you guessed it." Kagome rolled her eyes. She should have guessed that a complicated explanation was not needed for Hojou.
Finally they reached the well. Kaede climbed from Inuyasha's back and examined it from every angle and even climbed into it. After several minutes she came to a conclusion.
"The portal has been temporarily closed from the other side. I cannot tell when it will reopen or how it has been closed. We must therefore stay until the portal reopens and allows Kagome and Hojou to go back home."
"What?! How can it be closed? You better fix it now old woman or else!" Inuyasha yelled incredulously.
"Inuyasha, Kaede has no control over the well. She cannot reopen the well by force or otherwise, no one can. Not even Kagome." Miroku said calmly.
"But how can it be sealed? I didn't seal it when I left." Kagome said slowly.
*Kagome's time*
"But grandpa, what about Kagome?" Souta asked.
"Kagome will be fine, she's supposed to be gone for a week and that's how long this will take. She'll never know. This well has a long history or demons coming through it and I intend to fix that now." Grandpa answered.
"Are you sure it'll do nothing to Kagome? And what if she wants to come home early?"
"Souta, I know what I'm doing, I am the keeper of the shrine and this is a ritual that has been handed down for generations. Its history is long and almost as old as-"
"You?" Souta cut in.
"No boy, respect your elders. As I was saying, the history of this ritual is almost as old as the shrine itself. Now run along, you're distracting me."
"You just don't want Inuyasha to come is all. He's the only demon that has traveled through the well."
"I said run along!" Souta ran into the house as Grandpa began to prepare for the ritual to keep demons away.
*Inuyasha's time*
"He'll just have to stay here with us." Kaede said as they walked back to the hut. She wasn't riding on Inuyasha's back since no one felt the need to rush like before. Inuyasha just growled in response. That Hojou was nothing but trouble. He ruined Inuyasha's plan. Now when was he going to find time to talk to Kagome?
Miroku looked at Inuyasha and then to Kagome. No, they had not gotten a chance to talk. Hojou had ended that idea. Miroku would have to arrange for them to have time alone later.