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Chapter Three
Kagome pulled at the door to the old well with much effort. "Ugha!" she grunted.
"You know that's what I'm for..." Inuyasha called behind her, cracking his knuckles in preparation. Kagome gave the door a final yank before he got too close and it opened wide, a dust cloud
"You're too slow!" she said with a laugh. Suddenly a look of panic crossed her face. "Wait...you don't think its possible that she wont be able to go? I mean...what if we can and she can't and then she's just stuck here and suppose we cant get back..."
"Feh...you women worry too much." Inuyasha took Kagomes hand and rubbed it gently."Relax...she our offspring. Plus she has a shard. She should be fine."
"Yeah...I suppose you're right..."Kagome grabbed Maiyami's hand, as she cautiously approached the well.
"Only one way to find out!" She leaped into the well, dragging Inuyasha and Maiyami with her.
"Mom!!!!" Maiyami screamed. All around her dark blues and blacks swirled. She felt as if she was falling into a perfect night sky, without a moon. Still panicked she glanced at her parents, who were in perfect "falling" position, if there was such a thing. They were looking at each other and smiling.
"Don't you guys ever take a break?!" Maiyami asked. "And does this fall have an end because its go-"
Suddenly there was ground at Maiyami's feet.
"I can't believe we made it!!! Yeah!!!" Kagome could hardly contain her excitement. She eagerly tossed her backpack full of food over the side and climbed up, promptly flashing the two below. Inuyasha smiled.
"Dad. Im right here."
"Uh yes. Yes you are." Kagome pulled herself out of the well with a boost from Inuyasha. He hid his smile from Maiyami. 'Feh never fails.' he thought 'No matter how sharp she is, she always forgets that she flashes me when she bends over like that....'
"Dad? Are we going?" Maiyami peered at her fathers face. He snapped to attention.
"Uh yeah sure. Let me go first and then I'll pull-----"
"Eeeeeeeeekkkkkk!!!!" Kagome screamed.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha leapt out of the well. "Maiyami stay-"
Maiyami jumped past him and ran to her mother. "Mom!" Kagome was standing, hand over mouth and pointing.
"Shi....Shippo?!"
"Kagome?!" Maiyami scanned the trees looking for any signs of life. A warm inviting smell filled her nostrils...it was vaguely familiar, like she had smelled it long ago. Suddenly a figure like her fathers stepped down from a tree. It was a boy.....
"Boy...b...oy....boy....oh my....." Her heart raced as she admired the approaching figure. His golden brown hair was pulled back in a pony tail and hung down his back perfectly. He wore a black and blue kimono top cut off perfectly at the shoulders and perfect black pants that looked like her fathers. The blue in the kimono matched his eyes perfectly....and his smile. 'He's...it's...smile...eyes....perfect......' Maiyami couldn't think straight. He was bare foot and seemed to have a little....tail?
"Kagome!" Shippo wrapped his arms around her and picked her up off the ground. She giggled gleefully.
"Shippo-chan! You've grown so much! Last time I came here you were only as tall as me!"He set her back down on the ground and reached around to shake Inuyashas hand only to catch Maiyami's eye.
"Hey Inuyasha, its good to see you...I'm sorry have we met?" he took Maiyami's hand into his own and softly caressed it with his finger tips. They looked into each others eyes briefly, as if they had something to say but didn't know what.
"Bagah...gah....bag...." Maiyami panicked. 'Snap out of it Mai!' She shook her head and took a breath. Suddenly her wrist was pulled back.
"What, ya been taken lessons from Miroku?!" Inuyasha stepped forward in between the couple, allowing Maiyami to pull herself together a bit. Shippo smiled and looked slightly down at Inuyasha. He scratched his head and smiled.
'That smile.....' Maiyami was dazed again.
"Sorry Inuyasha....I've just never had the chance to meet such a lovely girl...well with the exception of Kagome of course." He reached his hand around Inuyasha for Maiyami to shake. "Im Shippo, an old friend of Inuyasha and Kagomes. You are?"
"Mai.."she took a breath, "Maiyami Higarashi." She took his hand in hers and gently shook it. His hand was so soft...
"Higarashi?" He cocked his eyebrow at Kagome. "Don't tell me this is little Yami?!" he gasped. His sky blue eyes flashed as he looked her over. Maiyami was suddenly very aware of her new "features". She reached up and tried to cover her ears as a deep blush spread across her cheeks.
"Yep!" Kagome rubbed her daughters back and sighed. "Those little 'features' are fairly new....we had no idea she was this much like her father. But I like it!" She smiled hoping to make her daughters insecurities vanish. "Don't you think there cute Shippo-chan?"
Shippo winked. "They look way better on you than they ever did on your father!" he took a giant leap back as Inuyasha dove at him. Laughing and running from Inuyasha he called back at the girls. "Miroku and Sango's place is just down the hill! I'm sure they'll love to see you!" He leaped into the trees, Inuyasha at his heels. "Someone's getting old!"
Kagome giggled as she heard her husband growl and grabbed Maiyami's hand. "Come on, there's some more people I want you to meet. And wipe that drool off your face!"
"Mom how do I know him?" Maiyami released her mothers hand and walked along side of her. Her fingertips brushed her lips and hit a wet patch. 'Oh my...I really did drool! How embarrassing....' she turned red again and wiped her mouth with her sleeve.
"Who, Shippo?" Kagome tossed her hair in the wind and took a deep breath. "You guys used to play together when you were little. Very little. In fact you probably only have met each other a few times, but he's a little older than you so he remembers. In fact... I wonder if you remember Hitomi, Sango and Miroku's kid? Oh! I forgot about her! I haven't seen her in ages!" Kagome took off running like a shot, with very little regard for her daughter. She stood staring at her mother and wondered if she should run after her or just try to go find Shippo.
"M....Mom!" Maiyami called, just as her father leaped beside her.
"Don't worry she didn't leave you, she knew I was nearby. Your mother is just really excited to see everyone." Inuyasha wiped a bead of sweat from his brow. "Looks like I have lost Shippo for now.." He smiled into the wind and quickened his pace a bit.
'Dads excited too....they must mean a lot to him.'
Inuyasha glanced at his daughter, almost as if he could sense what she was thinking. "I guess your mother didn't tell you who we are seeing right? I should explain."
"That might be good Dad yeah." Maiyami took a deep breath and listened to her father tell stories of wild adventures with Sango, Miroku and Shippo.
'Shippo....' she let her mind wander. 'Why is it that I feel this way? So clammed up, so not myself...its strange.....'
"Maiyami are you listening?" Inuyasha smiled and put his daughter in a headlock gently.
"Hey! HEY DAD! STOP!" Maiyami laughed and tried to run as Inuyasha gave her a noogie. Laughing the two continued up the hill.
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