Kagome ran back into the house, and up to her room. She had no idea
what was going on. She spun around in a circle. She couldn't call anybody.
She couldn't ask her grandpa because he was out, and she couldn't pass
through the well because, well, she just couldn't.
"Okay, what normally stops me from going through the well? Inuyasha plugging it up, but Hojo fell through. So that can't be it. Well, I can't go through when I don't have my shards. But I do have them. Don't I?"
She picked up her backpack and dumped it out on her bed. She sifted through all of her things. She ripped open pockets, and zippers: still no shards. She repacked her bag, just in case, and thought about the obvious, not wanting to believe it.
"Who the hell are you?"
"What? I'm sorry, can you tell me where I am?"
Inuyasha was yelling at Hojo. Hojo was very confused.
"You see. I was at Kagome Higurashi's house, and I fell through a well, and,"
"You know Kagome!! Where is she?"
"What?"
Just then Miroku and Sango appeared.
"Hey! We heard shouting. What's the,"
Miroku stopped in mid-sentence. Sango's mouth dropped open.
"Who is this?"
"He's wearing clothes that sort of look like Kagome's. Do you think he's from her country?"
"What's your name?"
Hojo sputtered a little, not sure what to make of the situation.
"M, m, my name's Hojo."
"Well, Hojo, what did you do with Kagome?!"
Just then they heard a rumbling. Sango grabbed her boomerang, and called Kirara.
"What is that?" whined Hojo.
"I feel an evil aura!"
"It's a demon!"
They heard screams coming from the town.
"Hey you! Can you fight?"
"Huh?"
"If you can't fight, then get outta the way! It's coming closer!"
Hojo was scared stiff. He couldn't move. Just then the clearing was filled with rabbits. Not normal rabbits. They were clearly possessed with a Shikon Jewel. Hojo screamed. He then fainted. The rabbits seemed to come from nowhere.
"Where do they end?"
"I don't know!"
"Can you use your wind tunnel?"
"Sure!"
Miroku opened his hand, and sucked up rabbits. Sango threw her boomerang around and managed to get a good chunk of them. Inuyasha, too, used his Iron Claw to get rid of them.
"Ugh! I wish Kagome were here! She'd be able to find the jewel for us!"
Shippo was throwing his fox fire around, helping as much as he could. Suddenly a rabbit screamed, and they all disappeared.
"What?"
Shippo had managed to get one of the rabbits straight in between the eyes and there the Shikon shard was. All the rabbits were replicas of the first. Inuyasha and crew fell down in a heap. Inuyasha reached out and picked up the shard.
"Good work, cub!"
Shippo smiled. The compliment was hidden by the 'cub' remark, but it was there.
Sango got up and went over to Hojo. Before she managed to get to his side, she gasped.
"Uh, Inuyasha? Kagome can't come through if the wells broken, right?"
"Yeah, why?"
He looked up and the well was nothing but splinters.
Kagome was pacing her room.
"Okay, the shards fell out of my bag. Hojo picked them up, and then fell down the well. Now he's on the other side, am I'm here. No problem. He'll come back through, once the gang tells him everything. Either that or Inuyasha will come and get me, right?"
She sat down, and tried to relax, clearly not able to.
Hojo woke up in Kaede's hut. He had bruises all over himself, where the demon bunnies had trampled him, and his head hurt. He had forgotten where he was. Suddenly an angry silver haired head popped into view.
"Where's Kagome!"
Hojo cowered.
"Inuyasha, that's no way to talk to a guest. He's probably scared.
"Oh, come on Old Lady. He knows where Kagome is!"
"Hey, how did you get through the well?"
"Huh?"
Sango rolled her eyes.
"How did you pass through the well? Only Kagome and Inuyasha can do it."
"That's not completely true. If he had a shard, then he could come through. Kagome wouldn't be able to without the shards."
Miroku turned and looked at Hojo.
"Do you have a shard?"
"A what?"
"Do you find any pieces of a jewel?"
"Hojo dug around in his pocket for a minute. I have this?"
He held out his hand, and the gang gathered around to see.
"Hey! That's Kagome's! That's her bottle where she keeps her shards! How did you get it?"
"It fell out of her bag. I was returning it, but I accidentally fell in the well. Next thing I knew, I was here."
"Kaede! The well's destroyed, and Kagome doesn't have any shards! How can we get Kagome back?"
"I don't know. We can repair the well, but it will take a while."
"Do you think she knows what happened?"
"She might've figured out the shards bit, but she'd have no idea that the well was broken."
Kagome was sitting in her room. It was almost dark by now.
"Inuyasha, where are you?"
"Okay, what normally stops me from going through the well? Inuyasha plugging it up, but Hojo fell through. So that can't be it. Well, I can't go through when I don't have my shards. But I do have them. Don't I?"
She picked up her backpack and dumped it out on her bed. She sifted through all of her things. She ripped open pockets, and zippers: still no shards. She repacked her bag, just in case, and thought about the obvious, not wanting to believe it.
"Who the hell are you?"
"What? I'm sorry, can you tell me where I am?"
Inuyasha was yelling at Hojo. Hojo was very confused.
"You see. I was at Kagome Higurashi's house, and I fell through a well, and,"
"You know Kagome!! Where is she?"
"What?"
Just then Miroku and Sango appeared.
"Hey! We heard shouting. What's the,"
Miroku stopped in mid-sentence. Sango's mouth dropped open.
"Who is this?"
"He's wearing clothes that sort of look like Kagome's. Do you think he's from her country?"
"What's your name?"
Hojo sputtered a little, not sure what to make of the situation.
"M, m, my name's Hojo."
"Well, Hojo, what did you do with Kagome?!"
Just then they heard a rumbling. Sango grabbed her boomerang, and called Kirara.
"What is that?" whined Hojo.
"I feel an evil aura!"
"It's a demon!"
They heard screams coming from the town.
"Hey you! Can you fight?"
"Huh?"
"If you can't fight, then get outta the way! It's coming closer!"
Hojo was scared stiff. He couldn't move. Just then the clearing was filled with rabbits. Not normal rabbits. They were clearly possessed with a Shikon Jewel. Hojo screamed. He then fainted. The rabbits seemed to come from nowhere.
"Where do they end?"
"I don't know!"
"Can you use your wind tunnel?"
"Sure!"
Miroku opened his hand, and sucked up rabbits. Sango threw her boomerang around and managed to get a good chunk of them. Inuyasha, too, used his Iron Claw to get rid of them.
"Ugh! I wish Kagome were here! She'd be able to find the jewel for us!"
Shippo was throwing his fox fire around, helping as much as he could. Suddenly a rabbit screamed, and they all disappeared.
"What?"
Shippo had managed to get one of the rabbits straight in between the eyes and there the Shikon shard was. All the rabbits were replicas of the first. Inuyasha and crew fell down in a heap. Inuyasha reached out and picked up the shard.
"Good work, cub!"
Shippo smiled. The compliment was hidden by the 'cub' remark, but it was there.
Sango got up and went over to Hojo. Before she managed to get to his side, she gasped.
"Uh, Inuyasha? Kagome can't come through if the wells broken, right?"
"Yeah, why?"
He looked up and the well was nothing but splinters.
Kagome was pacing her room.
"Okay, the shards fell out of my bag. Hojo picked them up, and then fell down the well. Now he's on the other side, am I'm here. No problem. He'll come back through, once the gang tells him everything. Either that or Inuyasha will come and get me, right?"
She sat down, and tried to relax, clearly not able to.
Hojo woke up in Kaede's hut. He had bruises all over himself, where the demon bunnies had trampled him, and his head hurt. He had forgotten where he was. Suddenly an angry silver haired head popped into view.
"Where's Kagome!"
Hojo cowered.
"Inuyasha, that's no way to talk to a guest. He's probably scared.
"Oh, come on Old Lady. He knows where Kagome is!"
"Hey, how did you get through the well?"
"Huh?"
Sango rolled her eyes.
"How did you pass through the well? Only Kagome and Inuyasha can do it."
"That's not completely true. If he had a shard, then he could come through. Kagome wouldn't be able to without the shards."
Miroku turned and looked at Hojo.
"Do you have a shard?"
"A what?"
"Do you find any pieces of a jewel?"
"Hojo dug around in his pocket for a minute. I have this?"
He held out his hand, and the gang gathered around to see.
"Hey! That's Kagome's! That's her bottle where she keeps her shards! How did you get it?"
"It fell out of her bag. I was returning it, but I accidentally fell in the well. Next thing I knew, I was here."
"Kaede! The well's destroyed, and Kagome doesn't have any shards! How can we get Kagome back?"
"I don't know. We can repair the well, but it will take a while."
"Do you think she knows what happened?"
"She might've figured out the shards bit, but she'd have no idea that the well was broken."
Kagome was sitting in her room. It was almost dark by now.
"Inuyasha, where are you?"