I don't own Inuyasha or anything having to do with this show. I make this only for entertainment purposes, (and an excuse to avoid my homework:). So don't sue and enjoy the fic!

The Feudal Fairy Tale Begins Again... By: Msmelanie

Chapter Three: Voices From Beyond the Well

'Kagome!' Inuyasha thought cheerfully as he jumped . 'Oh Kami, I get to see you again after all this time!'

Once Inuyasha hit the ground, he didn't move.

Shippou looked around. "It didn't work?"

Inuyasha looked angrily at Shippou. "It didn't work?" he repeated in a mocking voice. 'Dammit!' he scolded himself. "Why'd I let myself believe so blindly that it would?!'

"Why is the smell here than?" Shippou asked. "How come we sme-"

"I don't know ya runt!" Inuyasha answered as he came out of the well.

Inuyasha looked at Shippou when he heard him trying to fight back tears. "Don't ya dare cry on me."

"I'm...*choke* not...*choke* *sniff*...CRYING!!!!" Shippou shouted as his tears finally burst.

Inuyasha just started to walk back. He wanted to criticise Shippou for crying, but then he'd be a damn hippocrite. He wanted to express his feelings too, but he couldn't just leave a path of destruction straight to Sango and Miroku. So he kept it in just like everything else in his life. The only thing he could say to his crying kitsune comrade was "Hey, hey! Easy on the kimono, it's not a hanky!"

Later that night...

Kawayou looked up at the ceiling from his bed. 'This place might be boring, but there's no yucky smells.' He took a deep breath. 'No factories nearby, no smoke, less pollution...' he smiled. 'My nose likes this place too. If only we could live somewhere like this.'

Then Kawayou started to think back to the well. "Speaking of smells, what was that strange smell from the well and why'd it go away?"

Kawayou got up. He couldn't help it if he just wasn't tired. He put on some clothes and left back to the well shrine.

He zoomed down the stairs and stood on the edge of the well with his hands and tippy toes. "Eh?" he sniffed the air more carefully. "The smell's returned? Plus, somthing different." He stuck his nose down farther. "Something kinda human? But not?"

Kawayou scratched his head with his right hand and leaned closer. "What am I smelling? What am I smelling?!"

*Sniff* "Something human. Something funny, almost stinky and..." *sniff* "A cat?"

But it was too late, the cat pounced on his head throwing him into the well before it bounced back off.

"Why?!" Shippou cried. "Why can't we see her?!" he said as he blew his nose on Inuyasha's kimono.

Inuyasha patted it's head, although he really wanted to bonk it.

Shippou looked at Inuyasha with blurry eyes. "I miss her! Why can't we see her?!"

Inuyasha growled. "Probably for the same reason my poor kimono had to become a damn hanky. 'Cause life isn't fair."

Shippou continued to choke on his tears.

"Yeah, yeah." Inuyasha muttered. "Shi-"

Then they both stopped

"You smell that?" Inuyasha asked as he started to cautiously walk back to the well.

Kawayou looked around. He had fallen, but it hadn't hurt as much as he thought it would. He sat back up and looked around."Feh. Dangit! Mom's gonna be so mad at me!" he whined. He looked around at his surroundings. "Maybe I can get out before mom figures out I'm missing."

Shippou and Inuyasha moved toward the well again.

"It's scent is even stronger." Shippou whispered to Inuyasha. "It smells like it's inside the well."

Inuyasha immediately jumped down into the well with Shippou on his shoulders. *Sniff* "I smell it, it's strong. I don't see anyone though."

'Man, I don't think I can jump straight out.' Kawayou thought as he looked around. 'What am I smelling?!' he barked to himself frustratingly.

Suddenly, he was blinded by a flashlight and covered his face. When he looked up he saw his mom with a flashlight on him, along with an angry yet worried expression.

"Kawayou?!" She shouted shakily, her voice apparently telling him worry was the emotion in charge.

Shippou and Inuyasha's nose sniffed the air constantly.

"No mistake! That's Kagome's scent!" Shippou shouted happily.

"Kawayou?!" they heard from around them.

"That's her voice!" Inuyasha yelled. "Why does she sound so afraid?" His claws began to tense up. "Is someone hurting her?!"

"I didn't do anything!" they heard from around them

They looked around the well.

"A second voice?" Shippou asked confused. He turned to Inuyasha. "How come we can hear them?"

"Don't you 'I didn't do anything!' to me!" Kagome's voice rang. Fear was driven out, and anger could be heard instead. "What in the world are you doing inside this well?!"

"Wow. She sounds really angry." Shippou commented.

'Yeah.' Inuyasha smiled. 'but at least her voice still sounds nice.'

"Because!" the other voice replied.

"Because why?!" Kagome pressed.

"I had to know what I was smelling!" the other voice barked.

Shippou and Inuyasha's ears shot up.

"It can smell us too?!" Shippou shouted.

Silence reigned between everyone.

Kagome sighed her disbeliefs as she set the ladder inside the well and went down.

"I'm tellin' ya the truth!" Kawayou barked again.

Kagome grabbed her child, and letted him sit on the back of her as she climbed up. "How could you do this to me? Don't you know how worried I get?" she said softly. Then, her voice hardened again. "If you do this one more time, we will not come back for Christmas."

Kawayou's ears shot up. "We're coming back for Christmas?!"

Kagome sighed. "Yes, your grandmother insisted. Only if you behave though." she added.

Kawayou didn't reply, but smiled happily at the thought.

"'Christmas'?" Shippou looked at Iuyasha. "Kagome mentioned that before, didn't she?"

Inuyasha's brain was already working on that question.

"Inuyasha?" Shippou asked urgently. "Can we come back for this 'Christmas'? I want to hear her voice again."

"I don't know. It depends if we're near here." Inuyasha replied. Although in his mind he was still trying to remember when Kagome's 'Christmas' was. 'Dammit! In all the senseless dribble about her time, I know she's talked about that before. When was it?'

Next time on The Feudal Fairy Tale Begins Again...

Mrs. Higurashi pulled up a chair next to him. "Dad? Kagome....she's losing the battle."

Kawayou grinned. "See it? Screw that, I wanna smell it again!"

That's when Inuyasha felt a claw brush on the back of his heel. He instantly got up and grabbed her, his claws extended and ready to fight.