Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha and co. but some day I might.maybe.in my dreams right? I thought so.

*Here's the next chapter. The extra character in here was requested by a teacher of mine from school. His daughter is a big fan of Inuyasha, just like I am.so he requested that she be brought in the story as a small character for a few chapters.get her to meet the characters and stuff.Hope the readers enjoy!*

Chapter 15

The travel to the well in Inuyasha's forest was now complete. Kagome had finally said all of her goodbye's for a while, and jumped in.leaving only a wisp of magical blue light behind. Kouga, during this process freaked out.and began clawing at the well side, as Inuyasha, Kojika, and Miroku fought to keep him sitting. He thought that Kagome was at the bottom, perhaps with a broken arm or such.but they assured him, no matter how many times he jumped into the well and scratched around, they wouldn't find her until she happened to decide to climb back out, or Inuyasha went to find her.

The group decided that since Kagome was to be away, they might as well go into Kaede's village and stay there until she returned. Kouga refused to leave the well however, insisting that if he tried hard enough, Kagome would return. He and Inuyasha nearly got in an argument over who really cared for Kagome, but just as before, Kojika stepped in the way and dragged Inuyasha away, keeping a battle where humans could possibly get hurt, for another day.

Kojika met Kaede a moment later, as Inuyasha stalked off to sulk for not getting his way, and she and the elderly old woman got along just fine.

Kaede seemed to take great interest in Kojika's life over the last century or so.and many of the memories came fresh to Kaede's mind. Shippo ran out to play with Kirara, Sango and Miroku talked quietly near the fire, figuring out the next best locations to go looking for shards were, and how many there were most likely left to get before Naraku did, and what was to be done until Kagome returned.

After a while of talking with Kaede however, Kojika got the sense that she was wanted in Inuyasha's presence, and smiling politely, she excused herself from the wise woman's hut.

Outside, only taking a few wide strides, she found Inuyasha up in a tree.

"Will you walk with me Inuyasha. There are many things to discuss amongst us while there is no one to disturb our conversation." Kojika inquired, staring up at the agitated Hanyou.

"Yeah.sure." He replied dryly, jumping down softly on the green dew tipped grass.

Both walked out into the deepness of the woods.

Kagome climbed out of the well, huffing as she lugged her backpack over the lip and walked out into the bright sun of her era. She spotted Souta immediately.talking to Grandpa Higurashi as he swept up the dirt on the concrete outside their home.

"Hi Grandpa! Hi Souta!" She shouted, running up to hug them. Souta immediately broke into demanding an explanation of what happened in the feudal era, and Grandpa Higurashi simply gave her a few wards for the next time she went down the well to ward off demons. She threw them in the waste basket as she stepped inside the house.

"Hey Mom! I'm home!" She called.

Her mother, Miss Higurashi stepped up, holding a basket of laundry due to be hung on the line outside.

"Oh Kagome. Glad your home. How was you trip?" She asked.

"Fine." Kagome nodded. As her mother went to step around her to go outside, Kagome happened to notice a light blue back pack on the counter, with a chibi bunny on the front.

"Mom.is there someone here for Souta or something?" She asked, as Miss Higurashi opened the screen door.

"Oh.I almost forgot. Your cousin Jole, from America.she came for a visit. Arrived just yesterday if I remember right. She's upstairs in the guest room. You might want to say hello to her as you go to your room to unpack." And her mother was outside.

"Jole." Kagome whispered to herself, grabbing a green apple from the bowl on the kitchen table and taking a bite. "I haven't seen her in years. I wonder how she's been doing?" Kagome only remembered a little baby about a year or so of age, laughing as she dangled a little replica of the Shikon no Tama before her. "A long time."

Once up the stairs, she heard the door to the guest room open and a young girl step out.

She had long fine dark brown hair, held back in a pony tail, and inquisitive brown eyes, staring up at her.

She had to be about eleven or twelve by now, wearing a T-shirt with Chibi- fied anime characters from a show she think she had spotted on television a couple of times.and jeans the darkest shade of faded blue.

"Hi Kagome!" She announced, smiling and hugging her older cousin. "You came back from Feudal Japan right?"

Uh oh, Souta had been telling his stories again.

"Yes Jole. I am. Did Souta tell you that?"

Jole nodded. It was just as Kagome thought. One of these days she was going to have to have a talk with her over exuberant little brother.

"Does Inuyasha really save you from demons all the time?" She asked, following Kagome to her room.

"Yes." Kagome replied, opening the door and flopping her back pack on the bed.

"Whoa. I like your room." Jole commented, rubbing the counter.

"You haven't been in it yet?" returned Kagome.

"No. Aunt Higurashi wouldn't let me in here. She said I could only come in if you let me."

Thanks mom! Kagome thought in her mind. She didn't want anyone in while she was gone. Privacy thing.

Jole happened to notice a picture on the table. a group picture of everyone in the Feudal era.

"Wow! Are these all your friends?" She asked, taking the frame the picture was in and staring at it.

Kagome remembered the day she had taken that picture. It had been right after her birthday, and her mother had given her a brand new camera, which now sat on the highest shelf of her cupboard. She had gone to the feudal era, and promising Inuyasha and the rest after they saw her flash a picture of Shippo, that the light wouldn't hurt them at all. Inuyasha was hard to persuade, but she had managed to some how.

They had all lined up, taking any sort of position they liked, and Kagome had snapped the picture on a timer of one minute, joining in next to Inuyasha just in time.

"Who's that?" Jole asked, pointing at the hanyou in the red hoari.

"That's Inuyasha." She replied.

"Wow! He looks tough." She said.

"I'm sure he does. In both movement and talk. But underneath he's really quite nice."

"And who's that?" She was pointing at the little fox.

"Shippo."

"And him."

"Miroku." Soon, every picture she pointed to, Kagome answered.

"Sango.Kirara.Kaede.."

"Wow! Your friends look so cool!" Jole announced.

"Wait until you see the other." Kagome smiled, reaching into the desk drawer where she kept what she called the "loose" picture. The picture Jole had been looking at.was one she had insisted everyone simply stand still.

This one.she allowed everyone to make any kind of silly looks or what nots they wanted to do.

This, was the funnier picture of the several she had taken.

It was taken right before the bone eaters well.Shippo was sitting on the head of a grown up Kirara, Kaede was winking, Sango had her boomerang out over her head and Miroku was sitting on the ground, favoring a hand mark on his cheek, Inuyasha was growling, and she Kagome, was tugging on his ears, smiling.

What a funny picture it had been.she'd laughed for almost an hour after it was developed and given back to her by the photo developers.

Jole thought it was funny too. She laughed heartily at everything. When she had calmed down a bit, she began asking questions.

"How'd that cat grow so big?" she pointed to Kirara, and Kagome gave an explanation of Kirara's demon blood.

"And why does Miroku have a slap mark on his face." Then Kagome had explain that the houshi was a hentai.

Jole didn't quite understand the terms the first time, but after a little explanation, she began to realize what Kagome meant.

Then Jole asked for Kagome to tell her a few stories of life in Feudal Japan, and after about an hour of explaining, Kagome finally ushered the excited little cousin out of her room so she could catch up on homework.

There was a stack large enough to be a threat to Shippo were it a demon.

Kagome sighed, and sat down, pulling out a sharpened pencil and pulling down the first sheet of homework and test, and the book corresponding it.

*There you go. Did you like it? Please people.send me reviews on what you think. I already have this entire story line planned in my head and I've made what I consider an excellent ending to it. Review my work!*