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The Kitsune

Kagome looked up at Inuyasha, who looked onto the chuckling hole with

malice. She was surprised to see a youkai that looked like a mole

jump out of the hole and the hole closed up underneath its feet where

it landed. The creature had brown freckled skin with no hair except

for the few atop his head. Its eyes were big and the irises blended

in with the pupils, contrasting strongly to the whites of his eyes.

He squinted those eyes and let out a chuckle.

"Pretty lady you got there, dirty hanyou." The youkai laughed again.

"You should watch her closely, or something might come up between you

two." With that, he was underground and appeared between Inuyasha and

Kagome. Luckily, Sango was quick on the draw and had thrown her

boomerang right where he was to come up. The youkai was back in the

ground as soon as he came up, but so was Kagome.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled as he struck the ground with the

Tetsusaiga. He could smell the youkai.

"Damn," Inuyasha cursed "he's moving all over the place! I'm having

trouble smelling the Cutting Wind with all the fucking dirt, too!"

Shippou cried out for Kagome.

"Kagome! Come back!" Shippou yelled. Damn fucking youkai. How dare he

take Kagome? Shippou used his disguise to turn himself into another

Kagome. "Hey! You are one stupid youkai. That one's not the

priestess, I am!" Shippou cried out. The youkai popped up out of the

ground in front of Shippou and changed "girls" before plummeting back

into the earth.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha and Sango cried. They rushed over to help her, but

she was unconscious.

"We should save Shippou!" Miroku yelled to the two. "We don't know

how long he can last down there." Miroku said gravely. Inuyasha and

Sango jumped up to help.

"Ofuda!" Miroku slapped the sacred scroll on the ground. Immediately

the mole-youkai jumped out of the ground and let loose a high pitched

scream. Shippou bit its hand and it dropped him. Shippou changed back

into himself when he hit the ground and Sango ran over to tend to

him. Inuyasha laughed.

"Dumb bastard," the youkai looked in Inuyasha's direction "now you

can't even deal with me, Cutting Wind!" he yelled as he cut the place

where the youkai meets the wind. The mole screamed as it was cut

apart by the wind blades and enveloped in its own youkai.

"I failed you, Se…" The youkai said with his dying breath. Inuyasha

shook his head once it plopped onto the ground.

"Dumb bastard." He suddenly remembered Kagome laying unconscious with

Sango and Shippou tending to her. Inuyasha and Miroku ran over to

join the group.

"Is she okay?" Inuyasha asked worriedly.

"Yeah, she'll be just fine. Her air was cut off down there for a

little while, but she should wake up in a couple of hours." Sango

informed them with relief. Inuyasha turned to Shippou and ruffled the

kitsune's hair.

"Thank you, Shippou. What you did was really brave, and probably

saved Kagome's life." Shippou squirmed out from under Inuyasha's

hand.

"It was nothing, really. Um, anyone would of done the same thing,

right? I mean, what else was I… Yeah, let's get going." Shippou said

uncomfortably.

"No, I think Shippou saved the day today." Sango picked him up and

hugged him. She laughed when he tried desperately to squirm from her

grasp. "Hey, Miroku!" Sango giggled "I think Shippou needs a hug from

yo-ou!" She laughed when he struggled harder. Inuyasha rolled his

eyes and put Kagome on his back.

"Okay, children, leave the puppy alone and let's get going." Shippou

gasped for air while Miroku and Sango cracked up laughing. Again the

group was headed west. To a place where Hojo was kept captive and

Sesshoumaru plotted against them.

After walking for a few hours, Kagome finally woke up. Her eyes

opened up and she realized that she was being carried. She instantly

knew by the hair her face was buried into.

"Inuyasha," Kagome mumbled. His heart jumped.

"Yeah?" he asked softly.

"I'm thirsty." Inuyasha slid her carefully off of his back and gave

her a drink out of Sango's leather pouch that she had given him for

when she woke up.

"Thanks, how long have I been out?" She asked drowsily. Inuyasha

smiled and gave her a quick kiss on the lips.

"For about three hours. Shippou practically saved you. He used his

kitsune disguise and acted like he was the real priestess. The demon

got him and left you lying there, any longer and you probably would

have died. I just kind of cut him apart once Miroku drove him out of

the ground and Shippou bit the youkai to make him drop him." Inuyasha

smiled. "Sango was really worried about you there for a second."

"Oh and you weren't?" Kagome asked playfully.

"Of course not." Inuyasha answered with fake nonchalance. They

laughed and Kagome called Shippou over to her.

"You're awake!" Shippou exclaimed as he jumped up onto her shoulder.

Kagome carefully picked him up and hugged him.

"I heard what you did for me Shippou." He kind of squirmed

uncomfortably, but accepted the attention. "I just wanted to say

thank you." Kagome gave him another hug before stetting him back on

her shoulder.

"No problem, anyone would o-"

"I have a question." Inuyasha asked abruptly. Kagome hadn't even

realized his absence from the conversation.

"Okay, what?" Kagome looked at him quizzically.

"Where you the only offspring of Kikyou that resembled her at all?"

Inuyasha looked at her seriously.

"Well, yeah actually. No one else ever looked a thing like us. Why do

you ask?" Kagome furrowed her eyebrows in deep thought.

"Well," Inuyasha sighed "nether did her parents or sister when they

were younger. I'm wondering if it means anything. Probably just

stupid, though, I don't know what exactly it could mean. It's just

kind of weird, you know?" Inuyasha looked down at his feet. Kagome

and Shippou followed suit.

"Yeah, I don't know either." Kagome said evasively. She didn't know

what the heck he was talking about, but he was right: there was

something unsettling about the whole thing. All of a sudden, she

couldn't wait for this whole trip to be over.

(A/n: What's happening? Who knows yet? Nobody! So tune in next time

for more interesting things and a long talk between Inuyasha and

Kagome about the Well! Maybe that'll clear up a few questions.

Hopefully, if my writing goes as planned. Love you all!)

*Mwah*

mumu