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Chappy 12: Kurama and Hiei out of the well

When Kagome arrived at the other end of the well, she still didn't really notice the pain in her stomach. Whatever Kurama (she was sure he was the one who did it. Let's just call it women's intuition) had done, it had numbed the pain enough so she could reach the village where Kaede lived.

She struggled on and was soon confronted by a red and silver blur. Inuyasha. She smiled at him brilliantly and ran up to give him a big hug. He returned it, hesitantly at first, then became more sure of himself. "Oh, Inuyasha," Kagome said, "I'm so happy you're okay! What happened after you told me to run? Surely you couldn't have defeated all those youkai by yourself, even with the Windscar!"

"We had good luck at the village, Lady Kagome, and arrived here in time to help," said a calm male voice from behind.

"Miroku! Sango!" She hugged Sango then shook Miroku's hand, trying to keep a safe distance away, but he pulled her towards him and embraced her. Unfortunately, his hands, ahem, traveled a little too low in Kagome's opinion. Also, this action made her remember what had happened to herself. She winced, clutching her stomach once more, while at the same time two hands and one giant boomerang came in contact with the houshi's head.

"Damned hentai! Stop touching Kagome!"

"Um, Inuyasha?" Kagome said while poking him in the shoulder. "He's already passed out." Surely enough, there was Miroku, sprawled out on the grass with a lecherous grin on his face. Even in this state he had 'those kinds of thoughts'.

"Kagome, what's wrong with your stomach? Are you in some kind of pain?" Sango asked. She was obviously concerned for the one she thought of as her little sister.

"Yeah, what's wrong with you?"

"Hm? Oh, it's, uhhh, nothing," she said while she smiled a little while waving her hands in front of her face as if that proved she was fine. "Just a little scratch from the battle. Really!"

"Just a little scratch my ass!" Inuyasha said as he approached Kagome.

She stepped back a little. "It's nothing, Inuyasha!"

"Then prove it!" He grabbed the front of her shirt and lifted it up just enough to see her stomach. He and Sango both looked over it in confusion. Leaves aren't too ordinary to see in a person's body, after all. "What the hell happened?!"

******With Kurama and Hiei

Both youkai watched in amazement as the lights surrounded them as they did Kagome. Then they faded when they landed at the bottom of the well. "Are we right back where we started then?" Kurama asked, noticing they still stood in a well.

"Hn. Look up, fox."

He did, and noticed that, instead of a roof over their heads, was a clear blue sky. In the next second, both of the youkai had jumped from the well to discover they were totally surrounded by trees.

/This is a nice change in scenery/ Youko said to Kurama. /Why don't we just live here?/

Kurama didn't say anything because he agreed with Youko, except for the moving part. He owed too much to his human mother to leave her just like that.

But before either of them could really absorb any of their surroundings, they heard someone yelling, "Damned hentai! Stop touching Kagome!"

"Kagome," both youkai breathed.

/Whoever is touching her will die!/

Kurama rolled his eyes at Youko's words. ~Whatever...~

They arrived just in time to see Kagome standing in a field filled with youkai bodies, standing beside another woman and one unconscious man in houshi robes. An inu hanyou was pulling up her shirt, much to Kagome's displeasure, it seemed. "What the hell happened?!"

Before Kagome could even begin to explain, the inu was trying to rip the plants away from her.

/Good luck, dog-boy. Those won't come off until I wish it./ He outwardly smirked.

"Hn."

"Shall we, Hiei?"

The two modern day youkais stepped from their concealing trees (yep, they both still love trees) and into the open. The inu was the first to notice. "Oh great, more weaklings to deal with." He cracked his knuckles like he was trying to be intimidating.

"Huh? What are you talking about Inuyasha?" Kagome's eyes widened as she turned to see two guys dressed in modern clothes, one of which she recognized. "What are you doing here?"

*********** AN: This chappy and the next were supposed to be together, but I couldn't really get the words right. It all sounded like I was half-asleep in the second part (which I was), so I'll work on it and post it Sunday or Monday. I think that's all I have to say for now.

One more thing though. Read this really quick. It's the prologue of my homework thing I was talking about in my author's note that I replaced with this chappy. I know it may sound like I was on something, but I was completely sober when I wrote it (which was also after 12 am.). Anywho, just read. It's kinda funny. ^.^

Death. What is death? Why are people so afraid of death? Why can't people just accept it? Is death really all that bad as people make it out to be? Is death a real, tangible thing? Or is it made up? Where do we go when we die? Are we reincarnated over and over again? Or do we just fade away into the endless abyss? Or stay to haunt people we didn't like in our life? When people are asleep, are we half-dead? If so, don't we die every day? And if that's true, we cheat death every day, right? Are people inevitably meant to die? And if so, then why are people always trying to cheat death? Why are they trying to find the Fountain of Youth? The Fountain of Youth. What is the Fountain of Youth? Is it just something made up by a drunk one night at a tavern? Is it a new kind of soda? Wouldn't that be weird? Or perhaps it's a beautiful fountain where only the young are allowed to go? If not, why is it called the Fountain of Youth? Surely it does not truly grant eternal youth? Such a thing would be foolish, would it not? After all, who would want to be young forever? Who would want to see everyone they care for die? Or perhaps the Fountain steals youth to stay alive? Stealing. Why do people steal if stealing is bad? Isn't that what everyone always says? But wouldn't you say that's beside the point? Point. What is the point? It has to be around here somewhere. I was thinking about putting up a fic (not big story fic) with a bunch of these little random things beginning with one IY character, then going on and on randomly like I did in that. Sound good? Those are so fun, too! ^.^

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