Later in the day, Kay found herself being passed food that looked familiar. She gasped. Food sounded better than anything else at the moment, and it looked like Ramen. She was done in five minutes, as the rest of the group stared.
"I guess she was hungry." Observed Sango as she drew her knees up and rested her chin on them.
Kagome nodded and sat by Kay again. "I think that I'm going to have to try and take you home, and see if we can work something out. Maybe you just need to cross the barrier and get a plane ticket home."
"What's a plane ticket?" Asked Miroku, sounding truly interested.
Kagome sighed. "Never mind that. We have to get to the well."
"You're going home?" Asked Inuyasha, suddenly extremely interested in the affairs.
"Well, it doesn't look like I've got another choice, now does it?" Asked Kagome, "Either that, or she can stay here and be scared and confused some more."
"She doesn't look too scared to me." Said Sango, watching Kay peer around their campground, eyes settling on Kirara. With a measure of delight, the girl set about coaxing the demon to her. "Go on, Kirara," said Sango quietly, "maybe you'll help." Looking a bit miffed, the small demon got up and delicately pranced over, to the delight of the girl, who set about petting her. Deciding that it was not so bad after all, the cat like demon settled in, wrapping both tails around the girl's arm. For a moment, Kay looked disconcerted about the presence of two tails, but soon got over it.
"Well." Said Sango, smirking, "looks as if you've made a new friend, Kirara."
"Petting is a universal language." Observed Kagome, grinning. Kay grinned as well and pointed with her free hand, making a questioning noise.
"Kirara" Sango supplied.
Kay nodded, whispering the name to herself, the looked up and pointed from Sango to Kirara.
"I think that she wants to know if Kirara is yours." Miroku said.
"Oh!" Said Sango, and nodded.
Kay smiled contentedly, and continued to pet the cat demon. Kagome smiled and rummage in her pack. "You're a lot bigger than me…" she started and pulled out an oversized sleeping shirt, "but this should work." Kay looked at the offering and pointed to herself. Kagome nodded. Obviously happy, the girl stood and bowed shortly, then slipped behind a tree to change.
"What do ya know," said Inuyasha, watching from the relative safety of a tree, "She does have some manners."
Kagome glared up at him, fists on her hips. "You're not still mad about the ears, are you?"
Inuyasha did not reply, effectively giving her his answer.
Kagome sighed as she went to change. "You're so stubborn."
Kay did not stay awake much longer after she changed, curling up near the fire and using the other shirt as a pillow. Kagome spread a blanket over her, eliciting something that sounded like 'dank yo'. Whatever that meant, she suspected it was 'thank you'. Shaking her head, she sat down near the others, Shippo coming to curl up in her lap."So. What are we going to do?" Asked Miroku, watching Kay sleep.
"I don't know," Kagome admitted as she scratched Shippo behind the ears. "I think that the well might let her through, and maybe she'll just be able to catch a plane home." She sighed. "She looks like she could afford it, but if she can't, I think I can manage."
"What if the well won't let her through?" The monk asked.
Kagome frowned. "I have no idea. I guess we'll think of that when we get there."
Morning was not a happy venture. A misunderstanding between Kay and Shippo left both of them rattled as they began the journey back to the bone eater's well.
"Shippo," Inuyasha said quietly, "What did you do to her?"
"I didn't do anything!" Cried the Kitsune, "I was just getting breakfast, and she started talking at me and shooing me away. I tried to introduce myself, but she wouldn't listen!"
Kagome shook her head. "Shippo, there's nothing like you in my world," she glanced over at Kay, who was walking on the opposite side of the road, near Miroku and Sango. "Our world. I think talking to her only made it worse."
"Really? I was trying to tell her my name!"
Kagome sighed. It would be too difficult to explain to Shippo that before she had gone through the well, she would have reacted much the same as Kay was to Shippo; a small fox type thing that spoke? It would be considered absurd in their world.
It did not take too long for them to get back to the well, and thus, for Inuyasha to get cranky.
"You won't be gone too long, right?"
Kagome rolled her eyes. "It depends. I might not be gone at all, if Kay can't get through."
Inuyasha muttered darkly. "You'd better not be gone too long."
"Oh, miss me already?"
"I…well…No!" Inuyasha fumbled, and then recovered, answering in his normal, cocky way. "Of course not! You're just the only one who can see the jewels, that's all!"
Kagome glared at him and crossed the road to walk in the middle; between Inuyasha and the group of Kay, Miroku and Sango. Kay had acquired a thoughtful look on her face, and tapped Miroku on the shoulder.
"Yes?" He said, raising his eyebrows.
Kay pointed to Inuyasha, then to Kagome and made a strange gesture. Miroku frowned.
"I'm afraid I don't understand…" he said, and she repeated it.
Sango understood first. "Ah, she's asking if Kagome and Inuyasha are together."
"How did you know?" Asked Miroku, gazing at her in apprehension.
"That last gesture," she said, "It's a heart, Kagome showed it to me once."
"Oh…" said the monk, feeling like a fool. "How are we supposed to explain them?" He asked. "It's not as if it's a yes/no question!"
Sango smirked, and held up her hand, rocking it back and forth. Kay nodded, smiling, then began to chuckle.
"Hey!" Said Inuyasha, hearing her, "What's her problem?"
Miroku and Sango glanced at each other, then at Kay, then to Inuyasha and smiled; the perfect portrayal of innocence.
"What do you mean, Inuyasha?" Said Sango, "I think she's doing quite well if she can laugh after being dropped here where no one knows the language."
"She probably was laughing at your ears," Miroku said, adding his own fuel to the fire, "You know how they amuse Kagome."
Kagome grinned sheepishly and nodded.
"Feh." Said Inuyasha, "Well, tell her to stop it."
"Inuyasha, I can't speak to her anymore than you can." Miroku said coolly.
Having quite forgotten this, and not willing to admit it, Inuyasha opted for cold silence, even ignoring Kagome as she giggled helplessly.
The group walked along the road for a time with little commotion, and Kagome was almost hopeful that they would reach the village with no problems when Miroku stopped dead.
"Inuyasha, do you smell it?"
Giving an experimental sniff, Inuyasha nodded. "Yeah. I smell it." He glanced over at Kagome. "Kagome, Sango, get what's-her-name to the village, whatever it is, it isn't too big, but I don't want her life on my hands."
Kagome nodded and took Kay's hand as Sango loosened Hiraikotsu. "Come on, we've got to go now."
Kay gave her a worried look, and glanced towards the two men of the group as she was led away. Kagome tried to give her a confident smile. "It's ok, they'll be fine, we just have to go now, come on."
Biting her lip, Kay followed without complaint, but Kagome could tell that she was frightened. Amazing how you pick up on feelings when you can't pick up words. She thought to herself, no one told her that we were in danger, but she could tell.
There was a scream, and Kagome heard Tetsusaiga being drawn.
"Time to run!" Sango yelled, and began to push them along. Kagome, used to such a way of running, sped up immediately, but Kay tripped and fell to the ground, making an 'oof' noise.
The demon, a large flying serpent, heard the fall, and whipped its head up to see Kay lying on the ground. It grinned toothily and slipped around Tetsuaiga, heading straight for the girl.
"Kay!" Miroku cried, loosening the beads around his wrist. Inuyasha grabbed his hand before the monk could get any father.
"She doesn't know! If you open that thing, she'd get sucked in along with the demon."
Realizing that Inuyasha was right, Miroku cursed and replaced the beads as Inuyasha ran to the girl; but it was a long way, and the demon could fly.
Kay, meanwhile, had pushed herself up and turned over, only to be faced with a flying snake. She promptly froze; made no noise, but froze.
"Ssssso, a ssssssstrange tttthhhhing you arrrrre." It said, hovering about a foot from her face. She stared at it, looking like she was hyperventilating. "Ssssssuch a looooooovely dinner yyyyyyou'll make!"
"Kagome." Sango whispered. "Can you hit it with an arrow? It's too close for Hiraikotsu."
Kagome gulped. "I don't know. My aim isn't that good, I might hit her."
"It's better than having her soul sucked out. That demon will trap her soul and torture it; it lives off of fear and pain."
Kagome nodded in agreement and knocked an arrow. The demon was preoccupied, staring deep into Kay's eyes as they both swayed in time. Kagome could already see traces of her soul trickling out of her mouth; an emerald green fog that looked none too willing to come out. Well then, she thought, it won't. And she let loose, closing her eyes and praying that the arrow hit its target and nothing else.
There was an audible thwack a scream and quiet. Then crying; almost silent, but made obvious by the quiet on the road. Oh no, thought Kagome, I hit her. I hit her, and the demon went away because her soul wasn't good to him anymore; and now she's going to die anyway… she might have continued to think that way, had Sango not patted her on the shoulder. "Nice shot." She said, and pointed. Kay sat with her head on her knees, physically unharmed and covered in demon parts. She was crying, but over all, unharmed. Heaving a sigh of relief, she dropped her quiver and ran to the terrified girl.
"Kay?" She said quietly, cautiously touching her shoulder.
Kay yelped, falling over her side and scooted to the side of the road, blabbering, tears still streaming down her face. Kagome stared, and then put both her hands up. "It's ok, Kay, it's alright. The demon is gone; everything is going to be ok!"
Kay made little response, but to wipe her forehead of slime and curl up a little tighter, burying her face in her knees.
Sango knelt beside Kagome and frowned. To Kagome, she said "The demon must have gotten to her more than we thought. She was already frightened, and it exploited that."
"How awful." Kagome said quietly, and tried again to move closer to the girl. She had no luck though, Kay pressed back, moving nearly into the ditch.
"Here, let me try." Miroku said, and moved next to Kagome. The girls eyed him suspiciously, but lost for anything else to do, moved aside. He untied his outer robe slowly, which, of course, made everyone's eyebrows hit their forehead, but stopped there and, surprisingly, began to hum.
It was a simple tune, and it seemed like it was made up as he went along. Sure enough, though, Kay began to stop shaking, and, after five patient minutes, looked up to find Miroku offering his robe to her. He stopped humming and smiled, gesturing her to take it.
Trembling slightly, the girl did so, and began to wipe her face. She accepted Kagome's offered water bottle and took a few sips, then hesitantly smiled. Miroku nodded and stood, holding out a hand to Kay, who took it and was drawn up to a standing position; extremely close to the monk.
"I don't suppose you'd understand if I asked you to bear my children, would you?" He asked, as the hand that had not helped her up took a trip south.
Kay obviously did not understand what he had said, but she did understand the hand. All three watched her face go from thankful to questioning, and finally to a frown. Readying themselves for a scream, or a slap, they shrunk back; only to be very surprised when it was Miroku who yelped. At first, it was not obvious as to why, but when Kay handed Kagome an empty water bottle, and a miffed Miroku began to wring out his robes, they understood.
"Interesting;" said Sango as Kagome and Inuyasha began to laugh, "I'll have to try that; it seems very effective."
sigh Ok, so the summary sucked the first time around. Hopefully the new one will draw ya'll in.